Poverty plan suggested
Income distribution can eliminate poverty in the United States. Ronald Calgaard, KU associate professor of economics told the Faculty Forum Thursday.
The U.S. government lists a family of four living in an urban
area with an income of below $3,900 as poor. Calgaard said. Any family is poor if their income is below the median of one half the average income for a family of four, he added.
Graduation garb must be ordered next week
Graduation candidates must order and make payment for their cap and gown at the information counter on the first floor of the Kansas Union. Registration hours are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
The cost for cap and gown including tassel is $4.50 for both bachelor's and master's candidates. It is $5.50 for a doctorate candidate. If the tassel is returned a 50 cent refund will be made. Caps and gowns may be ordered by mail with checks or money orders made payable to
the Kansas Union and mailed to: Caps and Gowns, Kansas Union, University of Kansas. Included must be name, current mailing address, school of graduation, student I. D. number, sex, height and hat size.
After March 31 a 50 cent penalty fee will be assessed and after May 1, $1
Caps and gowns may be picked up at Hoch Auditorium on May 30 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; May 31, from noon to 6 p.m.; and June 1, from noon until Commencement time.
Meningitis epidemic not likely
There have been no cases of meningitis reported at Ft. Riley and Ft. Leavenworth army bases in wake of the epidemic at Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo., last week.
Irwin Army Hospital at Ft. Riley and Munson Army Hospital at Ft. Leavenworth have both stated that no cases of the highly contagious disease have been reported in their hospitals
Dr. Raymond Schwegler, director of Watkins Hospital, described the disease as an inflammation of the lining membrane that covers the brain. Though there are many types of the disease, the type at the fort is the typical meningococcus bacillus that is contagious, he said.
The symptoms, he said, usually start with headaches and neck stiffness which develops into the definite symptoms of shock, bleeding into the skin and unconsciousness.
Watkins Hospital has had no cases of meningitis, Dr. Schwegler said. Lawrence Memorial Hospital and the Douglas County Health Center also report no cases.
The trouble at the army bases, Dr. Schwegler said, is the close quarters and the strenuous work plus the arrival everyday of new men. Though a college is a rather confined situation, he said, there was not much chance of an epidemic here.
At Ft. Leonard Wood there have been three deaths and 29 cases of meningitis this year. Because of the epidemic and reports the men had been overworked and not cared for at the health unit, several members of the U.S. House Armed Services Committee visited the fort last week to investigate the conditions. Rep. Richard Ichord, D-Mo., chairman of the group, said, "Everything possible was being done to bring the epidemic under control."
Meeting scheduled
The KU Physical Therapy Club will meet March 17 at 7:30 p.m. in the Kansas Union Parlor A. There will be a panel discussion on the role of the physical therapist. Panel members will be chief physical therapists from three local hospitals.
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Poverty is on the decrease, Calgaard said, but slowly. In 1960, he quoted, 22 per cent or 40 million persons in the U.S. were considered in poverty. In 1969, only 13 per cent or 25 million persons were so considered.
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The group living below the median point has not changed since 1945, Calgaard said. Twenty per cent of families of four were below the median then and in 1969, 20.1 per cent live below the median.
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Generally the persons in this poverty group were from groups with lower levels of education, with female heads of families, and persons in minority groups. Recent figures show that only 3.4 per cent of the labor force is unemployed.
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Use Kansan Classified
University of Kansas Theatre
presents
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
by Jay Allen
Adopted from the novel by Muriel Spark
MARCH 13,14,18,19,20
For Tickets Call UN 4-3982
Current registration card admits to $1.40 seat
University Theatre --- Murphy Hall
RING DAYS
Next Tuesday and Wednesday, March 17 and 18
The Official RING
OF THE UNIVERSITY
A factory representative will be at the bookstore to help you personalize your KU class ring. Seniors-order now to assure delivery by graduation. Juniors-get your ring now and enjoy it for a year.
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