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Wednesday, October 20.1976
University Daily Kansan
KU whistle as shrill as 1912 predecessor
Bv GERRY O'CONNOR
Staff Writer
Surely you remember your first encounter with the campus whistle. There you were walking somewhere in the vicinity of the University of Kansas power plant when suddenly a shrill and deafening blast made you jump about a foot off the ground.
There's no reason to be ashamed. There has been a whistle startling unsuspecting KU students since 1912, when it was determined that a whistle blast reduced tardiness and delay in the opening of class sessions.
The whistle was so effective that one is still used 64 years later.
A FEW YEARS after the whistle was installed atop the boiler building of the University heating plant, the casting became defective and steam pressure blew it off the roof. Another whistle was used a few months, but the plant engineers never repaired it. So she woaked the old whistle, nicknamed "Old Faithful" and put it back in place.
In 1946, a 200-pound steamboat whistle was donated to KU by Robert Haggard, a former student. Haggard salvaged the whistle from a German
Bigger weekend for homecoming in '77 suggested
After KU's homecoming weekend,
"bigger and better" plans are being made
to carry on the tradition next year, Robert
Foster, KU band director and chairman of
the homecoming committee, said yesterday.
Foster said after the committee's final meeting that, aside from the score of the football game, other college events were well received by students and alumni.
He said he thought a large cross section of students enjoyed homecoming.
“It’s something for them to do besides going to class.” Foster said.
NEXT YEAR'S HOMECOMING will be "business as usual, with everyone wearing blue," Foster said. The weekend will include the house decorations contest, a pep rally, a Saturday night concert, and an All-Attendance sponsored by the Alumni Association.
"We'll go from that point forward," Foster said.
Barney McCoy, SUA Homecoming Committee chairman, said it was suggested classes on the Friday before homecoming be dismissed at 1:30 p.m. next year. McCoy said that the official homecoming weekend kick-off would be called "T.G.I.H." or "T.A.M.E."
After a pep rally, the band would march to Potter Lake for a keg party and dance, he
MCCOY SAID that a window-painting contest downtown this year was supported by 23 merchants, who were willing to provide window space and $10 each for paints.
Student response to the context was poor because of inadequate funds for publicity,
"Next year we'll budget for additional advertising." he said.
Merchants may offer more prize money, he said, so the contest will heighten spirit and enjoyment.
Decorated houses were a popular attraction Friday night, but people found that they didn't move as long. Foster said, Because of excessive traffic, some people spent an hour just driving to the first house exhibit from the Stadium, where they picked up tour maps.
"We want to enable a lot more people to the house decorations in a lot less time," Eagerty said.
Old Faithful lasted until March 26, 1954,
when it cracked a seam. It was replaced by
the Marmor.
McCoy said exhibits that included recorded dialogue or music would have to limit the recordings to one minute next year to alleviate traffic problems.
transport ship, Orkins II, which had been scuttled in Leghorn, Italy. However, this whistle wasn't loud enough, so it was replaced three weeks later by Old Faithful.
HOLLY MILE, physical plant super-
visor, yesterday said it took 750 pounds of
water to cool the plant.
The whistle blast is controlled by a time clock, which sends an electric current through a relay to a cylinder valve. The valve operates an arm that opens the whistle valve. The length of the blast is controlled by the clock.
The whistle was changed from a motor-operated valve to a cylinder-operated valve two or three years ago, Miley said. This change may be the reason the whistle sounds as if it is coughing out its last sickly, dying tool every time it blows.
Mail deadline almost here
Deadlines for mailing Christmas letters and parcels bound for foreign countries rapidly are approaching, according to the U.S. Postal Service in Strong Hall.
In a release issued yesterday by the government, the following deadlines have been set for all letters and parcels sent to the following areas to be received before
Oct. 25 - International service parcels to the Far East (China, Japan and Korea).
Oct. 28 - All mail for armed services.
Nov. 1- All mail bound for Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
Nov. 30-All mail bound for Alaska and Hawaii.
Jack Harris, postmaster at the Lawrence Post Office, said that a domestic mailing schedule hadn't been issued, but that it probably be released in early November.
In addition, he listed some precautions for early mailers in their Christmas gift
-All items should be mailed in a strong (175 lb. test) cardboard box and be cushioned with tissue paper, woodshavings or newspapers.
- In multiple mailings, keep each item separate from one another; cartons for individual items should be reduced as much as possible to prevent rattling.
—Fragile or perishable items should be clearly marked and should have a one-inch diameter.
—Cover and firmly secure all packages with strong tape or twine.
- Books and records should be marked
  "broken." Don't ship more than 25 pounds of bait.
A delay in the collection of pledges from the Cystic Fibrosis Bikeathon Sept. 19 has caused some problems for the sponsors of the event, and a chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
- Print address, zip code and return address on both inside and outside of package
The postmaster also recommended that all packages be insured.
Uncollected pledges stall drive
Patsy Kempthorne, bikeshair chairman, said yesterday that because less than half of the women in her district are been collected, staff members might soon have to individually talk to the riders to find out.
She said it was the responsibility of the rulers to collect the pledges they had
**ABOUT $3,100** already has been deposited in a local bank, Kemphoure said, of the $65,000.
She said that this was the first time the organization had had so much trouble with the riders not collecting the money from their sponsors.
"I think people are extremely busy and they just put off the things that look like them."
Only 60 of the 140 riders have sent in their money, she said.
EIGHTY-TWO PER cent of the money collected for the bikefish is to be used for
CLASSICAL SERIES
SUMMER INTERLUDE (1930)
(Sommerlek)
Dir. Ingmar Bergman, with
Maj. Britt Wilsson, Mainer
Subtitles
Wed., Oct. 20, 7:30, 75c
FATA MORGANA (1971)
Dir., Werner Herzog (Germany)
Thurs., Oct. 21, 7:30, 75c
HESTER STREET (1975)
Dr. Joan Micklin Silver.
Kenny Keats.
Steven Keats.
Sidney and Sat., Oct. 23
10:30, 7:00, 3:00
7:30, 8:00, 10:30
FILM SOCIETY
Kansas Union
POPULAR FILMS
Woodruff Auditorium
Place an ad. Tell the world. Call 864-4358.
Oct. 23 and 24 Robinson Gym Deadline for signing up is Oct. 21 in the Intramural Office Room 208 Robinson Gym -- Double Elimination Open to all K.U. students, faculty and staff
Indoor Recreation Mixed Doubles Racquetball Tournament
Service Department Winterize Special
John Haddock Ford
- Back flush radiator
- Replace thermostat gasket
- Check thermostat
medical research and clinic funding in helping to research cystic fibrosis, a disease
- Check belts, hoses, and radiator
- Install 2 gallons of permanent antifreeze
Kempherstone said that she was pleased that so many Lawrence and especially University of Kansas students had taken interest in the bikathon, but that she wished more could have collected their pledges before the Oct. 1 deadline.
in the Pine Room of the Kansas Union. For further information call Craig at 841-4704. Beginners and girls welcome.
JOHN HADDOCK
FORD
23rd & Alabama
Phone 843-3500
Wanna get high &
get down?
Sky Dive!
KU Sky Diving Club
Oct. 21 at 9:00 p.m.
"It means, as the case now, we get half as much as we hoped for and half as much research can be done to get the kids to live longer," she said.
Parts and Labor
Bikathon pledges can be sent to the Sunflower Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, in care of the University State Bank, 955 Iowa St.
$23^90
The other 18 per cent of the money raised goes to the local chapter to pay for main-land roads.
1407 Mass.
843-8593
STOCKROOM DISASTER SALE
Candles at wholesale prices
Thurs., Oct. 21—Fri., Oct. 22—Sat., Oct. 23
- Veteran Combat service in the Republic of South Vietnam
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Training
ELECT
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KU The First Annual Fall Backgammon Championships
KU Backgammon Club
to be held Sunday, Oct. 24, in the Jayhawk Room Kansas Union sponsored by:
BRITCHES CORNER Makers of fine clothes for men and
women, 9th & Mass. and the Backgammon Club of K.C.
ADVANCED DIVISION-Elimination Knockout Tournament Including consolation flight; prizes awarded to top five places. Entry fee $5.00. Begins 2 p.m.
BEGINNER DIVISION-Swiss Style Tournament; 4 five point rounds. Prize awarded to top three places. Entry fee $3.00. Begins 3:30 p.m. Doubling cube will be used in both divisions (will be explained for beginners). Sign up and pay Entry Fee in SUA office, Kansas Union.
For further information, call Rich Boyer at 1-432-3143 after 5:30 p.m.
Open to all students, faculty and staff. Deadline, Oct. 22, 5 p.m.
FOR EFFECTIVE REPRESENTATION
Nancy 44th HAMBLETON
During four years as an elected official, I've learned the difference between premises and accomplishments.
It's not enough to have ideas, you have to earn the respect and support of your fellow workers to get the job done.
I want to work for you again—this time in Topeka as your representative in the 44th district.
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