Student to soar with self-assembled glider
Bv LESLIE GUILD
Staff Reporter
A year ago it was a 10-foot by 2-foot box. Today, after more than 800 hours work, it is a 30-foot hang
Aviation, I was able to get the concoction from a company in Kansas City."
Cormelius said he ordered it from a catalog recently and expected the material to arrive any time.
Larry Cornellus, Topera king, is now about 30 years old. He built his hanger gibl, which he began to construct a few years ago.
"The construction needed epoxy glue, some of aircraft strength," he said. "Although I could get the regular kind in hardware stores around town, I had to call plaquette in California in order to get the aircraft strength."
Corneillus said he began thinking about building a bane lure because of his interest in airplanes.
"Because I like to do woodworking projects, it must be all that bad," he said. "But constructing it has never been that difficult."
He said the additional costs were about $300,
making the total cost of the glider about $1,500.
However, he said that John Masssey, owner of Aircraft,
had valued the glider at $4,500.
"Finding needed materials has been one of the most frustrating things about this project," he said. "I've spent a lot of time on its construction. But I've
finish it," he said, "I had a really hard time finding it. I even checked government documents at Watson Library to see who made concoction. Finally, after consulting with some personnel at Lawrence
"I read a number of hang gliding publications," Cornelius said. "I ordered brochures from them and then decided on which hang glider I wanted to make. Then I purchased the kit."
CORNELIUS SAID he also had seen persons hang glide on Wilson Reservoir in western Kansas. He said that and his involvement in KU's hanging glider was what prompted him to begin building his glider.
"As a kid, I always had an interest in airplanes. I used to build model planes," he said. "But it was when I was working for Hallmark a couple of years ago and met a friend who was flying model airplanes that I seriously thought about getting into飞ing in some way."
Corrissan said he was able to get the kit through Airmass, a distributor in Desoto. He said the kit included 13 blueprints and 3 blueprints needed for constructing a glider, including sheet metal and plywood stripping.
Cornelius said the original kit cost him $1,200.
CENCONITE. A nylon material that is used to
covenant the glider was another item for
Carnelius had used in his work.
"ONE OF the hardest parts to building the glider was to just sit down and try to figure out what all the blueprints meant," he said. "There were some substitution instructions from what originally was written to be done, which had not been interpreted. And they were that they were labeled, which had to determine what they were."
Corpusius also said that some materials were not included in the kit and had to be purchased separately.
"That's what I'm waiting on right now, in order to
Flyin' high
Despite the ominous clouds, this lone plottoed to the air in his motorized hanger glider over Desoto. Gilders similar to this one have flown as far as 100
miles. If the glider gets caught in an updraft in this kind of weather, it can be drawn up into the clouds thousands of feet.
an awful lot of time just researching where I can set the materials I need to complete the elider.
CORNELIUS SAID another problem was finding adequate space in which to construct the elider.
Cornetius said that because the glider was constructed in sections, he had problems when it came through.
"I originally began making the glider in my living room," he said. "When it outgrew the living room, I moved part of it to my brother's store, where he had a desk and a chair to a friend's farm and continued to work on it."
Cornelius said he then arranged with Massey of inermes in Deko to let him store and on the work at his farm.
"By that time, I didn't even have a way to transport the sections to the same place," he said. "So, 'I had to build a trailer to move the glider and I had to buy a different car to pull the trailer.'"
Cornellius said he had used more than 7,000 staples and 20 packages of glue in the construction of the building.
"MASSEY OFFERED to let me have the space I needed to complete the glider," he said. "We've even discussed the possibilities of my doing work, such as building gliders, for him after I graduate in six."
"It's constructed basically like airplane wings," he said. "But the stress points are the crucial thing." He also pointed out that the glue with staples to the glue glides. Then the staples are removed because they would add too much weight to the base.
He said other materials used were surgical tubing and birchwood.
Cornelius said he had confidence in his glider.
"I know what's gone into making it," he said. "So I know it's probably better than one you would buy in a store. Knowing that I'm going to be the one using it, I've probably even over-reinforced it."
CORNELIUS SAID he planned to begin flying his elder in May.
"It somewhat depends on when I am able to get the material I need to finish it," he said. "But it also depends on when I can get the three or four days it will take to complete the work. I won't put off finals to work on it. So it probably won't be finished until after finals."
He said he planned to fly his glider at Clinton.
"This glider has a 360-degree grip with a rudder twist grip, which actually gives the pilot better control over the glider when flying," he said. "That will enable me to fly at Clinton, where the hills are."
Busy professor likes decision-making role
Correlus said that more control was needed when lying in low hills because the pilot had to gain more visibility and feel more secure.
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By TONI WOOD
Staff Reporter
Don't let Gerhard Zuther fool you.
He has probably made you think you're an important part of his day—that is a talent of his. But he still has two meetings, an appointment for dinner and a party to go to.
Already today, he has taught some classes, been to a board meeting and swum a mile at Robinson natatorium. He looks complex relaxed for someone whose day is filled with running.
His schedule promises to become more basic, because Zubier will become chairman of the executive committee on May 22 and chairman of the English department on July 15.
Involvement is unavoidable for Zuther.
"I am in conference with my
colleague. I will present
about participating," he said. "I'm noticeable,
I am interested."
Zuther can calmly reel off a series of councils and boards that he belongs to. Besides being an English professor, he is a former president of the Athletic Corporation board, the Kansas Memorial Union Board of Directors, the Graduate Council, the College Committee on Educational Policy and Goals, SenEx, on Education, of which he is the presiding officer.
The SenEx chairmanship is not foreign to Zuther. He was chairman in 1875 and currently is a member of the committee, which is headed by Evelyn Swartz.
He and Swartz soon will exchange titles; he will head SenEx and he will head the LE.
MAKING SURE they understand what the faculty and students want will be a top priority.
In the English department, Zuther, who has been associate chairman of the department for 16 years, wants to develop the best possible process for educating
Zuther said he was concerned with Zutter's relationship with the adapter.
"The best promise lies in a constant and open exchange of ideas with the ad-
*complex* *evolving* *universal* *business* *structure*.
He said that when students graduated with an English degree, they could find jobs.
Gerhard Zuther
"What we try to develop are broadly educated, alert and articulate human beings who can pick up specific training in a variety of jobs." he said.
"Good groundwork" for working with the administration has been laid, he said. "SenEx has come quite a long way," he said. "but the situation is not ideal."
"I trust that the administration will take the same attitude toward us," he said.
STUDENTS AT KU are "quite eager to learn," Zuther said. "It's easy to teach."
He said writing skills among students had declined, which he attributed to a "lack of practice, rather than a lack of systematic instruction." Today's society is less oriented toward writing than in years before television, he said.
Students are less involved in controversy
than they were a few years ago, he said,
which he rerets.
I wear a fight," he said, grinning. "I don't look for it-above me, I'm never offended by it."
Perhaps it is this attitude that generates Zuther's involvement in decision-making on campus. But after so many years of being in college, he has learned that he is ready to go back to full-time teaching.
"I have my best time in the classroom," he said. "I will I spend more time with you."
The professor has no particular secret for organizing his time.
Zuster is from Germany and came to the United States in 1951 when he was a junior in college. Besides German and English, he speaks French, Latin and Greek.
His drama interest, which is reflected by the shelves and shelves of drama books in his office, extends to his personal life. He and his wife, Susan, often so to the theater.
He said he would write stories, rather than plays, which he has taught in his 21 years at KU. His teaching has included German and English dramas.
His noon hours are spent swimming, running or playing handball. His lunch of 'diet pop and maybe a salad or a couple of desserts' is on his desk while he looks through his mail.
ZUTHER SAID he also regrets not having time to write anything but memos.
"In some way, that's my greatest agreement," he said. "I like to try my hand at courtship."
"You have to or you die," he said. "And I'm not ready to die."
If he had a chance, he said, he would try out his acting abilities. "Maybe I start off with a type-cast role—a middle-aged fool," he said.
BUT HAMLET would be the best character to play, he said. Shakespeare is Zuther's favorite author and he has seen many of Shakespeare's plays several times.
*After sitting in board meetings for four,
four or six hours, I feel a need to do
much more.*
Theatre is a source of entertainment for Zuther. But during the day, he takes to a theater.
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
Vol.89, No.142
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
KANSAN
Tuesday, May 1, 1979
Women's activity urged, honored
Staff Renorter
By ELLEN IWAMOTO
Women should become involved in politics or at least have a good understanding of political, social and economic systems because they are the arenas in which lifestylees are molded, according to Joanne Barris, member of the Kamas City, Mo., city council.
Collin's spoke to more than 120 people last night at the Women's Recognition Program in the Big Eight Room of the Union. Five women, including KU Women KU Women Hall of Fame at the program.
Politics are everywhere, Collins said. Women should be ready to apply their knowledge to America's political system, she said.
"Accept sexism as a given fact in
your country, but don't let it thwart your
principles and your values."
"In whatever community you're in, try to alter past trends, make the people more accountable and responsible to women," she said.
*INDIVIDUALS WITHOUT vision almost perish*. The perfect vision is to insure survival of yourself and of those around you."
Those who were admitted into the KU Women's Hall of Fame, which was started in 1970 to honor outstanding KU graduates, staff and faculty members, were:
Leona Baumgartner: She received degrees in biology and immunology at the University of Kansas. She received her Ph.D. in immunology at Yale University. Baumgartner has held positions as director of Public Health Training in New York; acting assistant surgeon in the U.S. Public Health Association; and positions in the World Health Organization. She also was president of the American Public Health Association.
Craig was named an one of the Outstanding Educators in 1974, and from 1974 to 1983 he taught at
BUAMGARTNER IS THE recipient of many awards and honorary degrees, including the Albert Einstein Award for Science, the Percy C. Warner Award and the Seward Award in Public Health.
B Barbara Craig: a Professor of French and Italian and has been with the University for 30 years.
French and Italian. Craig also has done extensive research in Medieval French literature.
ELIZABETH SHERBON: She is a 1932 KU graduate who has brought prominent dancers to KU for workshops and was responsible for developing a dance major at KU. She also directed under Martha Graham and was a member of the Martha Graham Dance Company for five years, was responsible for the American Dance Symposium in Wichita for three years. She has done choreography for the Dance company, opera, television and theater.
M. Evelyn Swartz: A professor of education who has been a faculty member since 1983. She serves as a consultant on early childhood education and social studies to a number of school districts across the west.
SWARTZ HAS BEEN recognized in Who's of American Women, Who's in Child Development, and Who's of Women International. She was named president of the National Board in 1975. Swartz has served as president of the Kansas Memorial Union
Marian Washington: The director of the Women's Intercollegiate Athletics at KU and head women's basketball coach. Washington holds degrees from West Chester State College of Pennsylvania and from KU in health and physical education, biodymics and administration. In 1972 she became the standing woman in sports by Ebery magazine.
Adrian Mitchell, athletic; Mary Shaw, women's rights and women's awareness; Sue Rieger and Barb Brussell, student services; Sharon Budd, community services; Vallapa Cunningham, international teacher; Patricia Croce, nontraditional student.
ALSO RECEIVING awards as outstanding students in their areas were:
Also honored were Nancy Hiebert and Mary Gersh as outstanding women staff members and Rita Napier, professor of history, as outstanding woman teacher.
New members of Mortar Board, a senior honor society, Lambda Sigma, a sophomore honor society and Watkins-Berger scholars were announced at the meeting.
Corporation Board and is currently president of the University Senate executive committee.
Dieting disorder distorts attitudes
Staff Renorter
Joy was 5' 2" and weighed 127 pounds when she started dating in February 1978
"I definitely felt fat at 100. I felt good at 90 or 95," she said.
Distortion of the body image is a characteristic of anorexia nervosa, according to Emme丽娜 Quisson, assistant director at the University of Kansas Medical Center.
Joy, 16, said she kept dieting because she bought she looked fat when she looked at them.
Anorexia nervosa is a psychophysiological disorder that involves peculiar attitudes toward eating and weight. This behavior leads to obsessive weight loss and amenorrhea in girls, she said. Area is the cessation of menstruation.
JOY, WHO was diagnosed as having anorexia nervosa, said she would not admit herself.
"I knew that I had it, but I wouldn't take my acceptance it. It's not really easy to
admit that there is something wrong with your mind, but I know now that I did have
Quisano said that the disorder, which usually afflicts adolescents, is 15 times more common in females than in males. She said that from 4 percent to 15 percent of the population are the disease.
Reports since the 1960s indicate that the disease is increasing in the United States, she said, although statistics are not available.
Quasion said the patients brought to the hospital for treatment were emaciated and refused to吃. They also often had low blood pressure, a slow heart rate and respiration rate and hypothermia. Hypothermia is subnormal body temperature.
Quiaison said patients' skin sometimes became dry, rough and scaly.
"The patient will be involved in all kinds
JOY SAID her hair got thinner and she was always cold when she had anorexia nervosa. She said that her skin was pale but that she did not notice a texture difference.
Most patients are extremely energetic, she said.
Joy said she walked for exercise.
"My mom went to summer school in Columbia, Me., last summer and I used to go with her and walk all around the campus and downtown," she said.
"AT NIGHT I used to go for five-mile walks. I never felt tired, that was the funny
of activities in school. They are very athletic. When they go home they have a strict requirement of exercise such as running or jumping; they need exercise to lose more weight." Quillon said.
Quilason said patients often fixed
"I told my boyfriend that if I weighed 100 pounds by the prom, which was April 22, we'd go out and have hamburgers and we'd she said. Then, I could still eat normally."
"But when I got really low, I felt like I couldn't let myself gain weight back. I didn't realize a normal diet would maintain my weight."
Joy said she started dieting to impress her boyfriend. At first she went on a 1,000 calorie a day diet, but soon switched to eating a salad a day.
elaborate meals for their families but did not eat themselves.
SODA POP, fruit pies and carrots were favorites of the patients, she said.
"Some patients have yellow palms from eating so many carrots," she said.
Anorexia patients constantly battled with their parents, she said, because the parents tried to force them to eat. Patients would tell their families that they had eaten or else would go on a food binge and make themselves vomit, she said.
Joy said she was constantly probed by her parents and her grandparents to eat.
"My dad moved out of the house the first of July and my mom went to summer school all summer, so we never really sat down to a dinner," she said. If I had eaten, I always said yes," she said.
JOY SAID she never went on binges or made saire in her up. She blocked food out and kept the room clean.
Patients often were not concerned about the care of the patients and resisted going to a hospital for treatment.
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