Kansas is home to mighty winds
By EARL HAEHL
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There's something about Kansas that draws the big winds. In the thirties a big wind started out west that blew up the loose topsoil. The dirt was formed into a giant cloud that blocked even the sun. This was the dustbowl, product of a malevolent wind.
IN THE SIXTIES (1966) there was a calm day in July. A storm front was moving eastward, gaining momentum. The cyclonic movement of air was common enough—this is the predominant form of precipitation in Kansas.
But there was something different about this storm. The cyclone had run wild somewhere. And then it came—violent and sudden.
Topeka, never before touched by a tornado, was in a state of upheaval. The wind left the town looking as if it had been bombed. And the wind carried debris to the surrounding countryside.
THE WIND CAN be malevolent as in the case of the dustbowl and the tornadoes. It can produce blizzards unrivaled in other states. But there is something to be said in favor of the wind.
Considering it from an esthetic point of view the wind may be thought of as the color of Kansas. Wheat standing vertically has no life, no real color. But add a breeze and high sun and the wheat becomes the golden grain of Kansas.
Or in winter, snow falling straight doesn't provide the excitement of wind-blown snow. And the drifts, rolling and white are products of the wind.
And the wind brings moisture. Up from the Gulf of Mexico come the warm, moisture-bearing fronts. And down from the north come the cold air fronts.
AND WHEN THE WARM front from the Gulf meets the cold front from the north, there is a development known as a cyclonic storm.
The most common form of cyclonic storm in Kansas is the thunderstorm. There is plenty of moisture, lightning, and thunder. Occasionally the cyclone tightens up and runs amok as a tornado, but generally the wind brings rain to the farmers.
All things considered, the wind in Kansas is not as horrible as disgruntled Kansans and shocked outsiders seem to indicate. So there's a tornado—Carry Nation destroyed property in Topeka and she's one of the state's most illustrious characters. Why not the wind!
TRY TO REMEMBER . . .
Kathy Martin, Columbus sophomore, reflects on the warmer months as she touches a stream of water frozen in mid-air by a Kansas January. Temperatures again have dipped, with predictions of below freezing today and tomorrow.
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person who does not inform his school that he is withdrawing from classes is likely to end up with 15 or 16 hours of "F" in the classes he has left behind.
Another important reason, however, is to make sure that a student really wants to drop out. Although both indicated that no effort is made to talk a student out of his decision, the deans said they seek to clarify his reasons.
MISS TAYLOR SAID, "We ask that they come here to make sure that someone besides a secretary sees them. We try to be available if they want to talk. Some don't want to, but most do. And sometimes we find that they don't really wish to withdraw at all."
Alderson said, "As far as men are concerned, most who come in do withdraw. There is a hope, however, that sometimes the problem that caused a student to decide to withdraw, may be resolved in some other way."
Daily Kansan Tuesday, January 17, 1967
By JAY COOPER
Class plans, plays
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Oh, where, oh where can it he?
where oh where has the class of '67 gone,
So far the class of 1967—the class which will "inherit the earth"—has done its part to promote the popular conception of its meek inheritance.
With a rousing coffee, the senior class started on its sweatshirted way, its whirlwind of activity.
From the sweatshirt fete the seniors proceeded at a rapid pace to . . . well anyhow they proceeded.
THE SENIOR CLASS had a class party at the National Guard Armory. True to the form of the class, it was an echo of past senior class bashes—it was a bust.
The senior class calendar, presided over by Don Hunter, Abilene senior, made its appearance before Christmas vacation. The calendar is free of charge to all seniors who have a class card.
However, if one desires to obtain another calendar of student activity events, the procedure is to pay one dollar at the alumni office in Strong Hall.
THE CALENDAR itself encompasses the entire year of 1967, outlining such senior events as finals, fee payment deadlines, and concerts.
January is highlighted by a picture of a student bowed in study over a book. One could observe that the student might be praying for salvation during final week.
Harry Wiles, Topeka senior and president of the class, said two senior parties are being planned for spring semester. One may be the senior picnic.
THE SENIOR class does have some other projects in the works. As yet they are not completed.
Wiles said the picnic may be changed to an indoor party to avoid the financial loss inclimate weather could force on a sandbar party.
THE CLASS gift to the University is being discussed, and officers are debating how much money to appropriate for it. As yet, nothing has been decided.
Wiles said another senior coffee probably will be held; however, it might be incorporated into the senior breakfast the morning before graduation.
The spirited class of 1967 will depart June 5 and will inherit the earth, possibly.
Where does an engineer intern?
Before you decide on the job that's to start you on your professional career, it's good to ask a few point blank questions . . . like:
- Will this job let me rub shoulders with engineers doing things that haven't been done before, in all phases of engineering?
- Will I be working for an engineering oriented management whose only standard is excellence?
- Will I have access to experts in fields other than my own to help me solve problems and stimulate professional growth?
- Will I be working with the widest range of professional competence and technological facilities in the U. S?
- Are engineering careers with this company stable ... or do they depend upon proposals and market fluctuations?
Why not ask these questions about Bendix Kansas City when Mr. R. E. Cox visits the
Kansas University campus
Feb. 7, 1967
Or you may write Mr. Cox at:
Box 303-me Kansas City, Mo. 84131
PRIME CONTRACTOR FOR THE AEC Bendix Kansas City, prime contractor of the Atomic Energy Commission and equal opportunity employer, produces and procures electrical and mechanical non-nuclear components and assemblies for bombs, missile warheads and experimental weapon devices.
BENDIX KANSAS CITY / Excellence the world depends on