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University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, Oct. 8, 1957
From Canoes To Cars In 40 Years At KU
After 40 years of teaching at KU, Miss Cornelia Downs, professor of bacteriology, says she would rather talk about her students than her own accomplishments.
Although a nationally known bacteriologist, Dr. Downs is, in the words of one of her associates, "an extremely modest lady."
Dr. Downs, reluctant to talk about herself, spoke enthusiastically about her students who have distinguished themselves in the field of medicine.
MISS CORA DOWNS
"If a teacher knows she has stimulated students to do worthwhile things, she can ask no more in the way of satisfaction," Dr. Downs said.
Dr. Downs entered KU as a student in 1911 and began teaching here in 1917. She received the A.B. degree in 1915, A. M. degree in 1920, and Ph. D. degree in 1924, all at KU. She has had numerous federal research grants and is now working on six grants. During World War II she did research on germ warfare for the armed forces.
Dr. Downs worked for a year at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. Her best-known work has been in research to combat tularemia, a disease of rodents, domestic animals, and man.
Campus Was Prettier
when she first came to KU. Dr. Downs said the view from Mount Oread was prettier.
"The campus was not so beautiful then, but the Kaw Valley could be seen for miles, and it was an inspiring sight," she said.
Tennis, dancing and canoeing on the river were popular spare-time activities of the students then, she said.
"Boys used to take their dates for a canoe ride before they had cars. In fact the biggest difference I've noticed has been the rapid increase in cars on the campus. When I first came here, there was only one car around, a Pierce Arrow belonging to a Beta," she said.
She said few facilities to serve the students, such as the Student Union, were here when she was a student. The All-Student Council did sponsor dances, but they were held in halls downtown.
The second round of the KU debate squad's novice tourney ended Friday evening with Larry Ehrlich, Russell, and Alan Kimball, Derby, freshmen, ahead.
2 Freshmen Lead In Debate
Round three of the tournament will be this week. The finals will be at 7:15 Thursday night following the regular debate squad meeting in 134 Strong.
Ehrlich and Kimball were undefeated at the end of the second round with a 1-3 decision over Russell Bailey, Nashville, N. C., and David Carson, Kansas City, Kan., freshmen.
The novice tourney began Tuesday with Ehrlich and Kimball debating Gilbert Cuthbertson, Leavenworth junior, and David Rockhold, Winfield freshman.
James Wood and Kirk Prather,
Wellington freshmen, debated Bailey
and Carson Wednesday and on
thursday, Rockhold and Cuthbertson
debated Wood and Prather.
Judges for the four tourneys have been Bill Summers, Wichita junior, Ray Nichols, Lawrence sophomore and Kenneth Irby, Fort Scott and Vince Riley, Ottawa, seniors.
The novice tourney, for those students who have not had any intercollegiate tournament experience, provides the new debater with experience for off-campus debates, said Phil Tompkins, assistant debate coach, who is in charge of the novice tourney.
Joe Douglas, Leavenworth freshman, and Charles Fishel, Lawrence sophomore, will debate in the third round.
Residents of Kansas call the Arkansas river the Ark-kansas. The state is pronounced, however, as Ark-an-saw.
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It's International Pizza Week! （come down and celebrate it here）
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Duane Ogle, company manager has not decided whether to paint all the buses green and white or yellow and orange.
Acquiring two green and white buses has presented a problem to the Lawrence Bus Co. since all other buses in use are orange and yellow.
Green-White Buses Present Problem
Mr. Ogle said the company plans
some changes in service. Next week the Sunset route will begin at 7 a.m. instead of 6 a.m. and there will be some experimenting on service in north Lawrence.
Oklahoma gained 222 first downs last year for what is believed a new all-time national record.
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