SUMMER SESSION KANSAN
Friday, July 21, 1961
49th Year. No. 11
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
GOING UP—The new dormitory, located near Templin and Lewis Halls east of Iowa Street, is beginning to take shape with the addition of the first floor above ground level. The photo shows the north end of the new housing facility with the south end of Lewis Hall in the background.
KU Scientists Take Pictures of Twisters
The birth and death of a tornado were for the first time observed and photographed from the air Saturday afternoon by a team of University of Kansas scientists.
The tornado, which touched down briefly in fields northwest of Otis in Rush County (west central Kansas) without significant damage, came from an intense squall-line lying southwestward across Kansas.
The National Science Foundation is financing Dr. Bates' study of the dynamics of Great Plains thunderstorms through a grant to KU's Center for Research in Engineering Science. The "flying laboratory" gets heavy use in this project.
The KU team, led by Dr. Fred C Bates, associate professor of aeronautical engineering, viewed the storm and its cloud structure in depth from an altitude of about 4,000 feet for approximately 20 minutes, about 6 p.m. They had been patrolling the trailing edge of the squall-line in KU's "flying laboratory" C-45 plane.
The first clue to the tornado was the low-hanging "pedestal cloud," Dr. Bates said. "We skirted the edge of this cloud and watched for evidence of rotation in pendant cloud streamers."
As soon as the group was sure of detecting the rotation, radio notification was given the Russell FAA Flight Service Station of the existence of the funnel aloft.
"The funnel then developed toward the ground and the dust whirl indicated a touchdown," Dr. Bates continued.
"Fortunately the storm was short-lived. We saw it dissipate before the surface swirl affected any farm
The storm confirmed Dr. Bates' belief that tornadoes occur frequently near the trailing edge of squalllines and may be safely approached by research aircraft. It also under-scored the significance of the low-hanging, flat-based "bedestal cloud."
Dr. Bates believes "the most important scientific finding may lie in observation in depth of the cloud structure above the storm. We may have observed the pattern of clouds that gives rise to the 'hook' echo on the radar screen.
buildings or dwellings. Mother Nature was mighty obliging to provide us with this opportunity without hurting anyone!"
With Dr. Bates in the K.U. airplane were Norman Hoecker, the pilot; James A. Franklin, Kansas City graduate student in aeronautical engineering, and Wayne L. Pratt, Topeka junior.
Photography was done with a K-24 aerial camera and a Bolex 16 mm. time-lapse camera.
"But right now we are sweating out the development and printing of our photographs."
Proficiency Exam Passed by 142, Seaver Reports
The occurrence of the tornado was confirmed by FAA personnel who observed the storm from the Russell FAA Flight Service Station.
Seventy-nine per cent of the 180 students who took the summer English Proficiency examination passed, according to James E. Seaver, associate professor of history and director of the Western Civilization program.
Prof. Seaver said the percentage of failure on the June test was about the same as was recorded on the test last spring.
The 142 who passed are:
William Newton Allen, Patricia K. Anderson, Joan Beth Arkle, John Emery Arnold, Grover James Askins, Judith Newel Bernard, Emery M. Bontrager, Constance Jean Brenda Booth, Larry Beerdling, Nancy Jane Bram- Ruth Mille Brinkman, Walter Broughton, Carolyn Ann Budd, Virginia Lynne Butts.
Marjorie B. Candlin, Irving G. Carlson, Ramona C. Carrier, Carolyn S. Carroll, Jillian E. Cornell, Cogswell, Charles T. Cruthird, Raymond L. Dabney, Judith D. Daugherty, Barbara Joaan David, Carol Marie Davis, Jonathan F. Ferrara, Hazel L. Detrott, Sheryl S. Dickworth
Dixie A. Dunnaway, Floyd R. Elliott, Sara JO Essex, Silfa Fulker III, Ger-ger, Jeremy H., Stephen Francis Jr., Susan C. Frantz, Ronald D Gallagher, Karl A. Garrett, Judith A Gentry, Morad Ghodooshim, David E.ikon, Phyllis Guthrie, Mary Eller Hardwick
Charlene Harrington, Philip B. Harris,
Sara Lee Hartley, Kim F. Heller, Janice
Jones, Caroline Kopp, Elena Hewins,
Barbara Herrim, Eda Ann Hewins,
Maye R. Heywood, John Peter Blavkj,
Helen Sandra Hopkins, Gary Gene Huff-
man, Eric M. Reid, Elaine Huntley,
Margaret E. Innes
Janice Kay Jenista, Carole Ann Pnw
Johnson, Jo Ann Johnson, Richard Lee
Johnson, Jo Ann Johnson, Richard Lee
Jolliff, Firetrist Leed Jumod, Johannes
V, Kapter, Anna M, Keeler, Patsy
G, Kapter, Can I Kill Roberta P
Kirk, Dinah, Kilewey, Rickard Lee
Kline, Dorothy Jane Komarek
Alice Noland Land, Jerry Kent Levy,
Alice Lewis, Daw Laws, Daw Lewis, Carol A.
Lowe, William Lewis, Carol A.
Lyster, Edythe I. Marshall, Carole J.
Mfcadden, Patricia S. McGinnis, Gerald
Lee McKay, Marcia Ann Mericle, Jean-
lene McKay, Lynne A. Meyer, Norma
Evans Miller,
Charles R. Moore, Joan Hamilton Myers, Lois C. Notsinger, Jeanne A. Nothall, Jeffrey K. Woodman, Barbara Jean Ossian, Patricia J Phillips, Constance K. Plummer, Horace Roger Raine, A Rate, Amelia Ayoen R. Rainbow, Theodore M. Maurine Roach, Edward A. Roberts
Marjorie L. Roberts, Richard W. Rodewold, James Bean Rose, James Simons, Clayton Bickerton, Chlozman, Shclozman, Anita Louise Schrag, D Jenean Sears, William G. Sheldon, Don Jenkins, Joel Shultz, Arlie Sieber Jr, Suzanne Sim, Lenora D Skinner, Cynthia Lou Smith
Maurizio E. Spechel, John F. Stallare,
Stazel, Robert Henry Strack, Karen Lee
Stuart, Therrissa E. Taylor, Sylvia D.
Kent N. Tigges, William
Tortilliere.
Sara F. Tubbs, Roseanna L. Tweedy,
Mary D. Rasmussen, H. Washburn, John
Rachael Havelyn, Lyrin H. Washburn, John
J. Williams, Donald D. Wilson, Janis
C. Woodburn, D. Woodburn,
Timothy M. Woodburn.
KU Reactor Tests Progressing Well
180 took exam, 142 passed, 38 failed.
The testing procedure on KU's new nuclear reactor has been progressing satisfactorily according to Harold F. Rosson, assistant professor of chemical engineering.
The reactor began operations June 24. It is housed in the new environmental health building recently constructed on the north side of Fifteenth Street west of Naismith Drive.
Prof. Rosson said there have been a few minor problems but nothing to hamper the testing program to a great extent.
The $146,000 reactor was built with a $100,000 Atomic Energy Commission grant. The building and the remainder of the reactor costs were furnished by the University.
KU Football Team Picked as No.2
Smith and Street, a national football magazine, has picked KU as the No. 2 team in the nation this fall, outranked only by Ohio State.
In its national preview page, the magazine lists the Buckeyes and Jayhawkers 1-2, followed by Alabama, Texas, Iowa, UCLA. North Carolina State, Penn State, Rice, Auburn, Houston, and Notre Dame.
Smith and Street also predicts Kansas not only will win the Big Eight but will be favored in all ten of its games.
Bob Hurt, sports editor of the Topeka Capital-Journal, covers the magazine's Big Eight and Missouri Valley section and states:
"The Big Eight was only the Big Six in 1947 when Oklahoma, quarterbacked by Jack Mitchell, tied Kansas for the conference football championship. This year Kansas, coached by Mitchell, is expected to win again. Last year the Jayhawks won the title but abdicated after a short reign when the conference ruled it had used an ineligible player in two games.
"Missouri, Oklahoma, and Colorado all will field lines the equal, or nearly the equal, of the swift, skinny Jayhawk forwards. None, however, can match Kansas' all-purpose backfield. It has size, experience and passing potential. It wouldn't embarrass a pro squad."
"Vengeance may be a favor for Kansas this fall. More of a factor is the fact that the 1960 Kansas team, which was the league's best on the field if not in the conference room, is back almost intact.
After hearing the news, football coach Jack Mitchell commented, "It's a fine compliment, but it would be much greater after the season. We have too many problems at present to even approach such an aspiration."
Mitchell and five other college coaches have been chosen to participate in a national pre-season television program organized by Sports Illustrated magazine. Mitchell and his wife will leave Lawrence by train for New York July 31 where he will make recordings for the film.
Athletic Director Dutch Lonborg said: "It's good to be recognized. I imagine the rating was based in large measure on the team's showing at the tail end of the 1960 season. It's been quite some time since KU has been ranked this high (the 1952 team was picked as one of the nation's finest before the season) and this should help our ticket sales a lot."
Four KU players who are in town this summer had mixed emotions. All America quarterback John Hadl said, "It's nice to be thought of that way, but with Coan out of action, I can't see it. I think maybe we belong in the top ten, but we lack depth in certain spots. This is certainly a nice honor and I'd sure like to end up that way, but I actually don't see how we can."
Halfback Bert Coan: "I don't put much confidence in pre-season predictions, but if we can keep the spirit we had last year, it's possible we could move up. We'll just have to wait and see."
End Andy Graham, "I'm pleased, but I don't see how they could pick KU to be that good. Our football picture is a little hazy right now because of injuries. I feel we're overrated and it's going to be tough to live up to the prediction. But we'll try."
All-conference guard Elvin Basham: "I don't know if we have the size or the horses to be No. 2, but we'll sure work at it. A lot depends on the mental attitude. We'll have a senior team and seniors sometimes can be complacent. If we want to win all our games we probably can. It's hard to predict right now, but we should have a better team this year than last if everybody will work and report to the opening practice session in shape."
Mitchell . . . dubious
Dyche Shows Ancient Life
An archeological exhibit of the Central Plains from 1000 to 1400 A.D. has been attracting many visitors to the Natural History Museum.
The project was built by Jon Muller, Salina junior, Walter Birkby, Lawrence graduate student, and David Ross of Wilmette, Ill., a June graduate. The collection, which consists of artifacts dug from an earthen ledge, was gathered in Kansas from 1920 to 1950 by the late Floyd Schultz of Clay Center.
The display is the fifth in a series of six and was set up by Carlyle Smith, professor of anthropology and curator of the anthropology museum. The exhibit is located in the south wing of the second floor.
Dr. Smith said the purpose of the series "is to give people a synopsis of Kansas archaeology. The important thing is to counteract the public's Hollywood conception of the Plains and its inhabitants."
A sixth display will be added sometime next year and will deal with the arrival of Francisco Coronado, the Spanish explorer, into Kansas.
Other displays which can be seen now concern the early American nomads, who lived between 20,000 and 40,000 years ago, the first pottery making Indians who migrated to Kansas before the time of Christ, and Kansas burial mounds.
JFK, MacArthur Discuss Problems
WASHINGTON — (UPI) — Five-star Gen. Douglas MacArthur and President Kennedy discussed Berlin and other world problems Thursday.
The 81-year-old general was Kennedy's guest at a White House lunch honoring him for his services as U.S. representative at the 15th anniversary celebration of Philippine independence in Manila July 4.
MacArthur said he reported on his trip. He said he and Kennedy "discussed a number of world problems, of which I, of course, cannot reveal the details."
The general said he told the president that the Philippine people are "allies we can trust and count upon—a bright light in a somewhat clouded world."