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University Daily Kansan Wednesday. March 1, 1961
KU Professors Return From U.S. Antarctica
Rufus H. Thompson, professor of botany and Kenneth B. Armitage, assistant professor of zoology, have returned from an expedition to the Antarctic.
"We went as a team to investigate fresh water ponds and lakes on Antarctica for phytoplankton (floating algae) and zoological plankton (floating or swimming animals)," Prof. Thompson said in explanation of their trip.
"WE WANTED to make population studies on what life was present and the productivity measures (use of oxygen, etc.) of the plants and animals," Prof. Thompson added.
The trip was sponsored by the U.S. Antarctica Research Program under the National Science Foundation.
Questioned about his finds, Prof. Thompson said that blue-green algae formed the bulk of plant life, with bottom dwellers being the most numerous. "The blue-green algae formed deposits which had been accumulating for years," Prof. Thompson added. "Five or six inches of algae accumulated on the bottom due to the slow rate of deterioration.
"WE DID NOT find any zoological plankton," Prof. Armitage said, "the only animals lived on the bottoms of shallow lakes."
"The 24-hour days were the hardest things to get used to." Prof. Thompson said. "The only way we could tell the difference was that the lakes would have a thin crust of ice at night."
"The vastness and difficulty of perceiving distance was strange for me," Prof. Armitage said. "A group of mountains might be 40 miles away, but they seemed to be within walking distance.
"The temperatures were not extreme." Prof. Armitage said. "The cold was not difficult to take, usually 20 to 30 degrees above," he said.
"OCCASIONALLY it was warm enough to go without coats," Prof. Thompson added. "It went to 40 degrees above one day, that was approximately the highest."
"There is no terrestrial life." Prof. Armitage said. "The seals and penguins are marine animals and have no way to defend themselves on land," he said.
Prof. Armitage said:
10. 4. Ammons "The marine forms are problems for the future. The cold-blooded animals are of particular interest. Why and how they live—their physiological functions need studying."
He said he had no future plans to return, but if he did he would study the cold-blooded marine animals.
Applications for the expedition were submitted in November, 1959, according to Prof. Thompson. The two men were gone from November 26, 1960 to January 28, 1961.
Canuteson, Collister Disagree With Smoking-Grade Theory
The more a student smokes cigarettes, the lower his grades are likely to be.
But two administrators at KU do not entirely agree with this theory
This was the conclusion drawn by Donald K. Pumroy, a University of Maryland psychologist, after he ran a written survey among freshmen at Maryland.
RALPH I. CANUTESON, director of the KU Health Service at Watkins, made this statement.
"Ive never heard of this theory before. I am more inclined to think that smoking is due to nervousness or other related things than scholastic potential and initiative. The students studied would probably have lower grades for these reasons."
GORDON E. COLLISTER, director of KU guidance bureau and professor of education, said there are many factors that determine grades. Prof. Collier said it is hard to
FBI Checks KC Bombing
WASHINGTON — (UPI) — Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy said today that the FBI investigation of a Feb. 9 bomb incident at Kansas City, Mo. "has developed a great deal of helpful information regarding underworld activities" in Kansas City.
Kennedy said the FBI is continuing its investigation of the bombing in which Stanton Gladden, a battalion fire chief and president of a fire fighters' union local, was seriously injured.
"This information is being evaluated by the Justice Department to determine what further steps should be taken." Kennedy said.
He declined to elaborate on what information the inquiry has produced.
Gladden suffered serious leg injuries when a bomb exploded as he turned on the ignition of his automobile in the driveway of his home
Gladden has been involved in a dispute within the city government over whether he should be permitted to hold both his union position and his job in the fire department.
At one point during the dispute, one faction within the fire department joined the Teamsters Union.
conclude something as Dr. Pum-
roy did from one variable.
An experimental group of smokers and non-smokers should be set up and all factors studied before a conclusion is drawn, he said.
Kennedy Tells McNamara Plan
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in the dollar is being restored. In an effort to further simulate housing sales, he has directed Chairman-designate Joseph McMurray of the Home Loan Bank Board to meet with leaders in the home loan field to reduce mortgage rates. McMurray will start in California, where these rates are highest.
HE HOPES in the next few days to issue an executive order "strengthening employment opportunities for all Americans in and out of government" although the administration is still studying other proposals affecting housing and education, in the civil rights field.
He believes G. Mennen Williams, assistant secretary of state for African affairs, has "done very well" on his African tour despite some criticism of him. The President is "wholly satisfied with his mission."
WASHINGTON — (UPI)— President Kennedy today nominated Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt to the five member U.S. Delegation to the 15th Session of the United Nation's General Assembly.
Kennedy Nominates Five UN Delegates
Mrs. Roosevelt's name was sent to the Senate along with those of Adlai Stevenson, U. S. Ambassador to the U.N., and three other American officials.
The three are Francis T. P. Plimpton, Deputy U. S. Representative to the U. N.; Charles W. Yost, Deputy U.S. Representative in the UN Security Council and Philip M. Klutznick, U. S. Representative in the UN Economic and Social Council.
Voice Recital at 8
Lorinda Holladay, soprano, and Harry Hopkins, tenor, will present their senior recital at 8 p.m. today in Swarthout Recital Hall.
JFK Grain Plan Passes Agriculture Committee
The bill would enable farmers to qualify for higher government price guarantees if they agreed to reduce their feed grain acreage at least 20 per cent.
WASHINGTON — (UPI)— The House Agriculture Committee today overwhelmingly approved a modified version of President Kennedy's emergency program to reduce the costly feed grain surplus and put more money into farmers pockets.
Committee Chairman Harold D. Cooley, D-N.C., said the vote was 25 to 8 and "I'm sure it will pass the House," probably later this week.
It also would provide extra payments-but in the form of surplus grain rather than cash-by taking up to another 20 per cent of their land out of production.
WORDS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE
Today let us take up the subject of etymology (or entomology, as it is sometimes called) which is the study of word origins (or insects, as they are sometimes called).
Where are word origins (insects) to be found? Well sir, sometimes words are proper names that have passed into the language. Take, for instance, the words used in electricity: ampere was named after its discoverer, the Frenchman Andre Marie Ampere (1775-1836); similarly ohm was named after the German G. S. Ohm (1781-1854), watt after the Scot James Watt (1736-1819), and bulb after the American Fred C. Bulb (1843-1912).
There is, incidentally, quite a poignant little story about Mr. Bulb. Until Bulb's invention, all illumination was provided by gas, which was named after its inventor Milton T. Gas who, strange to tell, had been Bulb's roommate at Cal Tech! In fact, strange to tell, the third man sharing the room with Bulb and Gas was also one whose name burns bright in the annals of illumination—Walter Candle!
The three roommates were inseparable companions in college. After graduation all three did research in the problem of artificial light, which at this time did not exist. All America used to go to bed with the chickens. In fact, many Americans were chickens.
Well sir, the three comrades—Bulb, Gas, and Candle promised to be friends forever when they left school, but success, alas, spoiled all that. First Candle invented the candle, got rich, and forgot his old friends. Then Gas invented gas, got rich, bankrupted Candle, and forgot his old friends. Then Bulb invented the bulb, got rich, bankrupted Gas, and forgot his old friends.
Candle and Gas, bitter and impoverished at the age respectively of 75 and 71, went to sea as respectively the world's oldest and second oldest cabin boy. Bulb, rich and grand, also went to sea, but he went in style—as a first-class passenger on luxury liners.
Well sir, strange to tell, all three were aboard the ill-fated Lusitania when she was sunk in the North Atlantic. And, strange to tell, when they were swimming for their lives after the shipwreck, all three clambered aboard the same dinghy!
Well sir, chastened and made wiser by their brush with death, they fell into each other's arms and wept and exchanged forgiveness and became fast friends all over again.
For three years they drifted in the dinghy, shaking hands and singing the Cal Tech rouser all the while. Then, at long last, they spied a passing liner and were taken aboard.
They remained fast friends for the rest of their days, which, I regret to report, were not many, because the liner which picked them up was the Titanic.
What a pity that Marlboros were not invented during the lifetimes of Bulb, Gas, and Candle! Had there been Marlboros, these three friends never would have grown apart because they would have known how much, despite their differences, they still had in common. I mean to say that Marlboros can be lit by candle, by gas, or by electricity, and no matter how you light them, you always get a full-flavored smoke, a filter cigarette with an unfiltered taste that makes anyone—including Bulb, Gas, and Candle—settle back and forget anger and strife and smile the sweet smile of friendship on all who pass!
© 1961 Max Shulman
Another peaceful smoke from the makers of Mariboro is the brand-new unfiltered king-size Philip Morris Commander. Try one soon and find out how welcome you'll be aboard.
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Buy Jockey Briefs
at university shop and town shop
Richard the Lion-Hearted says
I would never have surrendered England ...if I'd had Jockey BRAND
support
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2. Richard the Lion-Hearted, 1157-99, surrendered England and a huge ransom to secure his release from Henry VI.
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