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Bacteriologist Predicts Cure for Cancer Near
Cora M. Downs, professor of bacteriology, said yesterday that a prevention and cure for cancer will be discovered in time. She also said that a cure for the common cold will be found within the next three to ten years.
Prof. Downs spoke before the Faculty Forum about her study of the structure of virus. She showed during her discussion pictures of virus taken through the electron microscope.
PROF. DOWNS said that bacteriologists believe today that cancer may be caused by a virus. She said that some viruses known to cause cancer in animals had been seen in a few human cancers.
"If one can project," she said, "the morphological, genetic and chemical structures of the better known animal viruses to the human ones, a great step in learning to treat cancer could be taken."
There is no single virus that causes a cold, she said, but several of them than can cause it. One antibody could protect a person from the cold fostered by any of these viruses.
The Albeneri Trio will present a program on the KU Chamber Music series at 8 p.m. tomorrow in Swarthout Recital Hall.
Chamber Music Concert Tomorrow
The trio which was organized more than 12 years ago is composed of Artur Balsam, pianist; Giorgio Ciompi, violinist, and Benar Heifetz, cellist.
Tickets are on sale at the School of Fine Arts or Bell's Music Co. for $1.79.
Moreau Writes Law Book on Kansas
A supplement to "Kansas Practice Methods," a law book co-authored by Frederick J. Moreau, acting dean of the school of law, was published recently.
The supplement was written to bring the original work up to date by covering law developments in Kansas during the past three years. "Kansas Practice Methods" is used by attorney's practicing law in the state and is available in libraries throughout the country.
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THE BACTERIOLOGIST described the virus as an entity between living and non living matter.
"It is a particle that must borrow the natural living processes of a host to multiply as it has no means within itself for life." Prof. Downs said.
Odd Pairs
NEW YORK — (UPI) — A soft drink company (Pepsi-Cola), checking through its employee roster, came up with these combinations: Day and Knight, Gilbert and Sullivan, Wolfe and Lyon, Priest and Rector, Rome and England.
An eight week course in creative dramas for 8- and 9-year-olds will begin at 10 a.m. next Saturday. The class will meet in the Rehearsal Room of Murphy Hall.
Dramatics Course Open to Children
No particular talent is required of the children taking part. The youngsters will work on rhythms, pantomimes, characterizations, and eventually the playing of stories. Emphasis is upon the development of the children and no audience is involved. The group will be under the leadership of Jed Davis, assistant professor of Speech and Drama.
Parents may enroll their children in the course by calling KU Extension 268 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. today and tomorrow.
No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience. — John Locke
Thursday, March 2, 1961 University Daily Kansan
Book Dealer's Life Reviewed
The life of A. S. W. Rosenbach, dealer and collector of rare books, was reviewed at the Book Forum yesterday.
Thomas R. Buckman, head of the acquisitions department at Watson Library spoke on a biography of Rosenbach's life by Edwin Wolfe and John Fleming.
MR. BUCKMAN SAID that many of Rosenbach's fellow collectors said that in the auction room he demanded fantastic prices and once paid 5400 pounds for the book, "Alice in Wonderland."
Mr. Buckman said the two things that mattered most to Rosenbach
were what the buyer could pay and what he would pay.
"He was not only a tradesman, but a gentleman. Rosenbach did not think books to be valuable merely because of age or precious exterior, but because of intrinsic work or beauty, rarity, condition and last of all antiquity," he said.
Education Talk Tomorrow
Dr. Ervin Rock from the School for Social Research in New York, will speak at 8 p.m. Friday in the Forum Room of the Kansas Union. Dr. Rock will speak on "Current Research on the Role of Repetition in Learning."