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University Daily Kansan Thursday, Sept. 19. 1957
Economic Boom Brings Problems To Germany
The American problems that face West Germany is the most amazing thing J. A. Burzle discovered about his native country during his summer tour there. Political Lethargy
High prices, juvenile delinquency, and traffic problems have arisen out of the tremendous economic boom, Mr. Burzle, professor of German, said in an interview Wednesday. Buildings are going up, thousands of people are working and even schools are overcrowded, he said.
Prof. Burzle was on a study tour in West Germany from June 10 to July 10 with 12 professors of German from the United States. It was his first trip to West Germany since 1952.
"The universities are more overcrowded than in the United States. This crowding isn't because of the thirst for knowledge the German people knew in 1952. That thirst has now given way to a materialistic outlook," he said.
Prof. Burzle said when he was in Germany in 1952 the country was still in rubble and had a huge number of refugees. Now the German government estimates there will be no sign of rubble by 1960 and the refugees have become remarkably integrated into the working force.
Buildings using modern architectural designs are going up all over West Germany. In Berlin a whole section of the city called the Hansaviertel is being built with designs from 27 different foreign countries, he said.
Modern Buildings
Some cities chose to reconstruct in medieval style while others are built half medieval and half modern.
The people of West Germany show a great appreciation for the American aid in the Marshall Plan which helped make all this economic progress, he said.
"When you go to East Germany the difference is just like a day and night affair, for this 'priming the pump' which American aid has done for West Germany has not taken place in East Germany," Prof. Burzle said.
"In 1952 there was a great deal of tension in West Germany's affairs with other nations for there was still some feeling of not being on a par with other nations. Now there is a much greater international awareness," he said.
Prof. Burzle said the political thinking has changed from one of political apprehensiveness in 1952 to political lethargy because of economic well-being of the country.
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"The child is the victim of this economic miracle," he said. "Young women take jobs to earn just a little more money and fail to keep control of their children. This produces the juvenile rowdyism that Germany has today."
Supervisors Man Bell Switchboards
KANSAS CITY, Mo., — (U.P.) — Service on long distance and interzone calls continued to improve today as Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. supervisory personnel manned switchboards left vacant by an installers strike.
A Southwestern Bell spokesman said that 95.2 per cent of the long distance and interzone calls placed through the Kansas City office were completed yesterday. Tuesday, the figure was 81 per cent, compared with 60 per cent on Monday, the first day of the strike.
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State Health Board Tests Water Wells
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Five Kansas towns will continue to serve as testing grounds this year for the State Board of Health investigation of the nitrate content of private and public water supply wells. The state water laboratory at the University has received a $1,840 renewal of a United States Public Health Service grant supporting the research directed by Dwight Metzler, chief engineer of the State Board of Health.
Howard Stoltenberg, assistant t professor of civil engineering, is the chemist for the project. The geological work is done by V. C. Fishel district engineer of the United States Geological Survey. Their work is coordinated and sites are determined by Russell L. Culp, chief of the water supply section of the State Board of Health.
The towns, Wilson, Lucas, Luray, Idana and Randall, and a farm n Saline County were selected as sites for the investigation, which began last year.
Six Chemistry Profs Attend ACS Meeting
Dr. Arthur W. Davidson, chairman of the chemistry department, and five other faculty members represented KU at the American Chemical Society's meeting recently in New York.
Others were Ralph N. Adams and Frank Rowland, assistant professors of chemistry; Calvin VanderWerf and William E. McEwen, professors of chemistry, and A. W. Burgstahler, instructor of chemistry.
Cobalt has long been used as pigment in coloring glass, chinaware and ceramics.
The first cotton mill in America was built on James Island, S.C., in 1789.
Math Professor Writes Textbook
Dr. George Springer, professor of mathematics, is author of "Introduction of Riemann Surfaces," a new text in the Addison-Wesley mathematics series. The text is for advanced graduate level mathematics, physicists and engineers.
Dr. Springer formerly was an associate editor of the American Mathematical Monthly. After earning his Ph.D. degree from Harvard in 1949, he taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Northwestern University before coming to K.U. in 1955 as associate professor. He was promoted to professor in June.
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