KU Approves of Peace Corps
Interviews with KU students about President Kennedy's Peace Corps showed approval for the overall plan, but some doubt as to the number of college students willing to volunteer.
According to later developments in Washington, Lt. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, head of selective service, said that draft-age young men who have military deferments won't lose them by serving in the Peace Corps. He said that those who served in the corps for two years would be eligible for further deferment from military service.
R. Sargent Shriver, Peace Corps director, said that no exemptions from military service for peace corpsmen had been proposed and none had been requested.
In response to UDK reporters' questions, David Britten, Lewis senior, said, "The Peace Corps would be better than anonymous money coming from 'capitalistic' America. I think that there is bound to be some small percentage of students who would go."
A SMALL EASTERN university has announced the granting of college credits to peace corps volunteers if they want to study for advanced degrees.
"This personal approach." Susan Shibley, Prairie Village senior, said, "would be more effective than giving money. I think college students might think it was more glamorous than it really it."
Kay Roundybush, Edwardsville junior, said, "I think he (Kennedy) might have quite a problem, because there are so many opportunities for college students in the United States."
"I THINK THAT with the response that President Kennedy is getting, it could really be quite effective," Ralph Bauman, Attica junior, said. "This could be a great opportunity for someone interested
in helping and teaching people. I would have to be convinced that there was a need for my type of experience before I volunteered."
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"I don't see how you could beat this as far as improving foreign relations," Robert Platz, Hutchinson junior said. "I think there are a lot of people who would welcome the opportunities and experiences that this program might offer. This is an opportunity to further your education in a very real sense."
Eckhard R. Knolle, assistant instructor of German and foreign exchange student from Germany, said, "I think it would be a very good thing. Of course, the students would have to be very carefully chosen and know the languages well.
"I THINK THIS is a tremendous idea. If the resolve to send these skilled people to areas where their skills can be employed is carried through." Roy D. Laird, assistant professor of political science, said, "and if it is done clear, 'no strings attached basis,' I think it could have a great impact on underdeveloped countries and on our relations with them. I should like to feel that there is a combination of enough idealism and recognition of the seriousness of the problems of the world, as related to the underdeveloped areas, that we will find that large numbers of American college graduates will be glad to participate in this program."
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THE CASE OF THE MISSING BUTTONS
The dress came back from the dry cleaners with all the buttons missing. Ordinarily, Sue would be furious. But this time she was baffled. Under her probing fingers, the button threads were still looped and unbroken!
She called her cleaner. "I'm sorry," he said, "let me check." But he found no buttons had been removed, nor were there any trapped in the dry cleaning equipment.
Checking with the manufacturer of Sue's dress, they learned the missing buttons had been made of a thermoplastic — which dissolves and disappears in drycleaning fluid!
"Detectives" in a unique laboratory at the National Institute of Drycleaning, Silver Spring, Maryland, solved the mystery days later.
Two industries put their heads to together. Plastic button makers agreed to use this plastic only in colorless buttons in the future.
Now when you send a garment to the drycleaner — and the buttons look like glass — he tests them. If they're made of this thermoplastic, he removes the buttons before cleaning your dress.
Many Americans don't even stop to think what drycleaning is. Actually it is a great deal more than just making clothes clean. The term covers all the other elements of care your drycleaner takes with your clothes. It includes the removal of
difficult stains, for many don't come out in the cleaning operation. A professional "spotter" has to go to work on them with a startling array of tools and little bottles.
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The most interesting fellow to watch is the "spotter." Let's move in for a closeup.
Maybe it's your own dress — an expensive satin that sets you apart from the other gals at anybody's party. Hurriedly gulping prescription medicine before leaving home . . . your hand slips, and the dress gets the dose instead.
But the dress isn't, provided a skilled "spotter" gets it in time. He does his work on an "operating table" . . . this fabric surgeon. First he sprinkles digestive powder on the stain and allows it to set while the enzymes work. Then he flushes it with a steam gun. Next, to your horror, he paints your precious satin with tincture of iodine! Now sodium bisulfite, and the stain is fading. Coup de grace — he applies acetic acid solution. A final burst from the steam gun, a quick drying, and your dress is good as new.
Your evening is ruined.
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