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University Daily Kansan Thursday, May 15, 1958
DOES ANYBODY HAVE A FLY SWATTER?—Robert L. Sullivan, entomology research associate, sits in his unique laboratory surrounded by jars of flies. (Daily Kansan photo)
War Against Flies Goes On In Hoch
Consider the housefly.
it goeth by the name of Musca domestica. It liveth in fine houses. It weareth a coat of black and gray stripes. It eateth the food from the table of man. Yea, it getteth swatted every time man getteth the chance.
When man doesn't have the opportunity to swat, he sprays the pest with dichloro-diphenyl trichloro-ethane. To those who don't read the label, this means DDT.
And here is where some flies put one over on man. Some have developed a resistance to DDT to such an extent that the stuff doesn't even make them stagger.
On the KU campus, a research group is studying inheritance in the housefly so that eventually they may know how it developed its widespread resistance to insecticides. The project is sponsored by the Office of the Surgeon General, United States Army.
Robert L. Sullivan, entomology research associate, is in charge of a unique laboratory in the southeast corner of Hoch Auditorium's basement.
In the laboratory, thousands of flies are kept in small wire-covered cages, bottles and cardboard containers. These flies are the breeding stock which produce more thousands of flies.
"We gather the flies in the field, bring them to the laboratory, inbreed brother-sister pairs, and in this way we bring out the recessive characteristics." Mr. Sullivan explained.
In the course of the work, several unusual characteristics have been studied.
For example, most houseflies are black and gray striped. Mr. Sullivan said a brown-bodied fly found in the field was brought into the laboratory.
Brother and sister offspring were inbred and a whole generation of brown-bodied flies was produced.
Mr. Sullivan said the same sort of work has succeeded in producing a group of DDT resistant flies.
"We now have a strain which we cannot kill with DDT."
The end result of this experimenting and observing will be the development of a better way to kill flies.
Whether the fly will be able to resist what is developed, no one knows. But it's a cinch that there isn't a fly made that can survive a good healthy forehand smash with a飞yswatter.
Next year Easter will fall on March 29.
Drive Begins To Get Alumni
Want to join the Alumni Association? If you're a senior, stand still in one place for a little while, and you'll be signed up.
The senior class alumni relations committee is conducting a drive to get as many seniors as possible into the alumni ranks, with emphasis on life membership.
Life membership costs $80 if paid in cash, or $100 in ten annual installments. The cost for joint husband and wife memberships is $100 or $120.
The senior committee, headed by Betty Douglas, Kansas City, Kan. is using folders, brochures, reminders, and representatives in organized houses to boost Alumni Association membership.
Annual alumni due$ are $5, but this sum doesn't go toward life membership. At $10 a year, the graduating senior gains life membership in 10 years.
Fred Ellsworth, secretary of the Alumni Association, said Tuesday that a few seniors are already life members, but the elimax of the drive would be at commencement time.
More than 4.000 alumni are life members or are paying life membership dues. There are more than 12.000 alumni in the Association. Mr. Ellsworth said life memberships add stability to the association and are "very important to the Alumni Association and to the life of the alumnus."
Top Graduates To Be Honored
Mr. Ellsworth said letters had been sent to parents of graduating seniors suggesting a life membership as a graduation gift.
The superior scholars among the graduating classes will be given recognition through action taken Tuesday by the University Senate
Adkins To Visit Washington
Not more than the upper one-third of the honor group will be graduated "with highest distinction." The remainder of the honor group will graduate "with distinction." These designations will be placed on the Comencement program, and on the diploma and transcript of the individual.
The faculty of each degree granting school, effective immediately. may designate not more than the top 10 per cent of its graduates as scholastic honor graduates.
Dr. George B. Smith, dean of the University, said these regulations and honors had been adopted after an extensive survey of the recognition procedures of comparable universities.
Gale R. Adkins, assistant professor of speech and journalism, will be in Washington, D.C. today through Sunday at the invitation of the Department of Audio-Visual Instruction to confer regarding radio-television workshops. The DAVI, a division of the National Education Assn., may help organize regional workshops in the educational uses of radio and television.
The "with distinction" system will not affect the departmental honors programs, which have been expanded recently, by which some seniors are listed in the Commencement program as having earned "honors" in a specific subject area.
Are They Sure It's 'Our' Flag?
With the advent of spring and the consequent early rising of the sun, the day begins earlier for some members of the University staff.
Evidently it began too early for one sleepy-eyed custodian at Lindley Hall the other day when he raised the American flag—upside down.
Students in the radio-TV sequence of the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information are performing in and helping produce five live television programs this week.
5 Live TV Programs Given By Students
The programs, presented with the cooperation of WIBW-TV, channel 13, in Topeka, originate directly from the television training studios in the basement of Hoch Auditorium. All are "profiles" featuring University schools and departments.
The shows began Wednesday and will run through Saturday. They will be from 3 to 3:15 p.m. Friday, and 3 to 4 p.m. Saturday. A limited amount of room is available for public observation in the Hoch studios.
This is the first time that television equipment purchased by the University last year will be used for an actual on-the-air signal.
Wednesday evening — "Profile—The Gifted Student Program," with Ray Nichols, Lawrence, and John Steve Callahan, Independence, both sophomores; Fred Morrison, Colby freshman; Judith Hulse, Topeka junior, and Arlan Ramsay, Dodge City senior. William Conboy, associate professor of speech and drama, George Waggoner, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Francis Heller, professor of political science, also appeared. Bruce Linton, associate professor of speech and journalism, was the director.
Programs alredy presented were: Wednesday, afternoon—"Profile—Nature Indoors," a special program on the Museum of Natural History. Tom Rea, instructor of journalism was the director, and Kala Mays, Lyons junior, was mistress of ceremonies. John Brannigan, Kansas City, Mo. graduate student, was scriptwriter.
Conference Of United Funds Chests, Councils To Be Held
A Kansas Conference of United Funds. Chests and Councils will be held Friday and Saturday at the University. About 40 persons are expected to attend meetings in the Kansas Union.
Gerald W. McCarty, assistant treasurer of Boeing Airplane Co., Wichita, will speak at the opening session on "Where Does Kansas Stand in the One Campaign Plan." Joseph Cohen, chairman of the conference, will preside.
Other speakers on Friday afternoon will be Howard Faulkner, executive secretary of United Fund, Leavenworth, Paul Anderson, executive secretary of Community Chest, Topeka, and John Harrell, executive director of United Community Campaign, Kansas City.
Hess Sears, vice-president of
Equitable Life Insurance Co. in Des Moines, Iowa, will speak of "The Potential for State-wide Efforts in Fund Raising," at a banquet Friday night.
Speakers Saturday morning will be Mel Witrogen, director of public relations, Wichita Community Chest, Henry G. Blanchard, executive vice-president, Commercial National Bank, Kansas City, Claude Scott, executive director of Wichita Community Chest, Bill Adams, secretary-manager, Pratt Chamber of Commerce, and Craig Berke, associate executive director of Wichita Community Planning Council.
The conference will close after a luncheon followed by election of officers and an outline of immediate objectives for Kansas United Funds, Chests and Councils.
Programs Friday and Saturday will be:
Thursday — "Profile—Modern Design" by the department of design. It featured Carylyle H. Smith, associate professor of design and Ron Hickman, Lawrence graduate student. The program will be supervised by Tom Rea and directed by Claude Kean, Olathe senior.
Friday, 3-31-15 p.m.—"Profile—Music for a Small Room." a KU chamber music group playing "Introduction and Allegro" by Ravel and featuring Mrs. Margaret Ling, instructor of harp. Francis Dolan Ellis, Topeka junior, will be master of ceremonies, and Dr. Linton will direct.
Saturday, 4-5 p.m. — "Profile— Science at KU," a survey of typical activities in science using the departments of geology and bacteriology and the School of Engineering as examples. Dr. Linton and Tom Rea will direct.
Eggplant, is believed to have originated in India or Burma. Many different names for eggplant in ancient Sanskrit, Bengali, and Hindu-stani indicate its antiquity in the Middle East.
Dr. H. R. Williams
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