Chalmers to be C of C guest
KU Chancellor-designate E. Laurence Chalmers Jr., will address the annual Lawrence Chamber of Commerce Banquet at 6:30 p.m. March 31 in the Kansas Union Ballroom.
Frank Raley, Chamber of Comraerce president, said the banquet would be a good start to an "excellent town and gown relationship."
Chalmers' selection by the Kansas Board of Regents was announced Tuesday. He will replace Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe whose resignation becomes effective June 30.
Faculty seminar to discuss drugs
Four KU School of Pharmacy faculty members will discuss drugs sold over-the-counter at the third annual Mid-Winter Pharmacy Extension Seminar Sunday in Wichita.
They are: Howard E. Mossberg, dean of the School of Pharmacy; Gary L. Lage, assistant professor of pharmacy; Gene Martin, assistant professor of pharmacy, and Hugh Cotton, assistant dean of the School of Pharmacy.
Natural History Museum offers youth workshops
KU's Museum of Natural History plans to continue its summer Workshops for Young People, a program developed last summer by Philip Humphrey, museum director.
The program is designed for elementary school children in the fourth, fifth and sixth grades, Douglas W. Albaugh, museum taxidermist and instructor for the 1969 summer session, said yesterday.
Students will be instructed in the relationships of plants and animals in their natural habitat, Albaugh said.
John B. Bowles, Philadelphia, Pa., graduate student, is the second instructor in the program.
Delta Delta Delta sorority is sponsoring a scholarship competition for undergraduate women who show promise of valuable service in their chosen field and future community, Pam Milam, Kansas City sophomore and Tri-Delt publicity chairman announced yesterday.
"We need to develop in the younger set a greater understanding of how plants and animals fit together in an ecological pattern," Albaugh said. "We hope to present the
Applicants are eligible for a $350 scholarship to be given by the local chapter and to compete for $1,000 awards from the sorority's National Service Projects Fund.
Tri-Delts sponsor $350 competition
The deadline for applications is March 1 at the Dean of Women's office.
Phone bids too high
Architectural plans for individual telephone service in residence hall rooms must be revised because bids for the work exceeded available funds by $18,000, J. J. Wilson, director of housing, said yesterday.
The plans include installation of 2,500 telephones, conduits, wiring and construction of a switching facility behind Ellsworth Hall.
Bids were opened in Topeka Tuesday, Wilson said. Combined low bids equaled $168,000, $150,000 had been budgeted. Wilson said bids on revised plans would be sought within a month.
The phone service, approved by the Board of Regents last year, will cause a $15 increase in residence hall fees which will cover local calls, Wilson said.
Student hurt in car accident
Craig N. Trigg, Wichita freshman, was listed in good condition at Watkins Memorial Hospital after a traffic accident yesterday morning.
Police said Trigg was injured when his car collided with another car at 16th and Sunflower Road. The accident occurred when he stopped for traffic and his car slid on a patch of ice causing him to collide with the other car.
Research funds given
Milton Steinhardt, professor of music history, has received an American Philosophical Society grant for $1,250 to do research in Austria this semester. He will leave in mid-March and spend the spring and summer in Vienna, the office of music history announced yesterday.
implications of man in the environment."
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Enrollment will be limited to 12 students who will meet three hours daily for two weeks, he explained.
"We hope to explore subjects not included in general school work. Students will be taken to
nearby ponds, prairies, and wooded areas for instruction."
Albaugh added that the museum facilities also will be used.
Because the museum is not sponsored by the University, a $35 tuition fee per student will be charged, said Albaugh.