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Sunday, March 9, 1919 THE DAILY IOWAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA PAGE FIVE [advertisement]THE JUNIOR PROM The Armory Friday, March 28 12 Piece Orchestra Egyptian Party with a feature Egyptian Dance NO FLOWERS Seats on Sale Now at Whetstones' Price $3.50 Including War Tax GALLERY SEATS 25c CAMOUFLAGE EXPOSED IN COMMERCIAL MUSEUM Do you know that much of the so-called absorbent cotton used during the war was in reality a material made from wood? War-time demands and high prices called for a subsitute, and it was furnished by the forests of the country. The material looks and feels like cotton, but is not cotton at all. This is the only one of the interesting bits of fact that may be gleamed from a visit to the commercial museum, on the third floor of liberal arts hall. If the visitor is fortunate enough to view the specimens under the guidance of Dr. C.W. Wassam, who has charge of the museum, he my even handle some of them. Carborundum, a material used in place of emery for making grindstones, is made out of sawdust, sand, sake and salt, heated to 7000 degrees Fahrenheit in an electric furnace. It is made at only one place, Niagara Falls, and the exact process is secret. Silkworm and various stages of the silk industry are represented with an artificial silk made from wood pulp. Ramie fibre, a weed, also furnishes a very fine grade of cloth resembling silk. Other interesting exhibits are: stages in manufacture of grape-nuts and a stump of a pine tree from which turpentine has been secured. For the most part, these speciments have been collected by Dr. Wassam, and they are used in connection with his lectures on commercial geography. MRS. WM. LEARY DIES AT SALT LAKE CITY Mrs. William Leary, L.A. '04, known to faculty members and former students as Marie Lynch of Sioux City, died at her home in Salt Lake City, Utah, Friday, after a short illness. She completed a course at the University in three years and was active in school affairs. She was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Kappa Kappa Gamma. After graduation she taught in the Sioux City high school until her marriage to William Leary, attorney of Salt Lake City, where they made their home. Besides her husband and five children, she leaves her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Lynch of Sioux City, a brother, John Lynch, former student and member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and a sister, Mrs. Wm. J. Hotz, of Omaha, Neb. TO HOLD MEMORIAL SERVICE Special service in memory and honor of the soldiers who enlisted from the Prebyterian church and congregation will be held at the church on Sunday evening, March 9, at 7:30. Seventy-one enlisted in the various forms of service during the recent war. Three of these won gold stars: George A. Luckey, Homer Roland, and Fred Schnare. There will be special music appropiate to the occasion and short addresses as follows: The Community and the Solider, Elmer E. Johnston: The Y.P.S.C.E. of the Army, Helen MacInstosh; The Citizen-soldier, Colonel Morton C. Mumma; The Univeristy and the War, President Walter A. Jessup. Two years of physical training will be required hereafter of all women who register as freshmen at the University of Illinois, according to a recent ruling of the University Sentate. [advertisement] What Is the Greatest Thing In Life? Send your answer to the Contest Editor, Iowa City, Daily Press [advertisement] People's Steam Laundry 225 IOWA AVE WHEN IN NEED OF LAUNDRY WORK Telephone 58 C.J Toms [advertisement] UNIVERSITY BOOK STORE ON THE CORNER Text Books and Supplies WATERMAN, CONKLIN AND SCHAEFFER FOUNTAIN PENS UNIVERSITY BOOK STORES [advertisement] BOOK and CRAFT SHOP TEXT BOOKS for the THIRD QUARTER Fountain Pens, Note Book Paper and other supplies 124 E. WASHINGTON STREET
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Sunday, March 9, 1919 THE DAILY IOWAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA PAGE FIVE [advertisement]THE JUNIOR PROM The Armory Friday, March 28 12 Piece Orchestra Egyptian Party with a feature Egyptian Dance NO FLOWERS Seats on Sale Now at Whetstones' Price $3.50 Including War Tax GALLERY SEATS 25c CAMOUFLAGE EXPOSED IN COMMERCIAL MUSEUM Do you know that much of the so-called absorbent cotton used during the war was in reality a material made from wood? War-time demands and high prices called for a subsitute, and it was furnished by the forests of the country. The material looks and feels like cotton, but is not cotton at all. This is the only one of the interesting bits of fact that may be gleamed from a visit to the commercial museum, on the third floor of liberal arts hall. If the visitor is fortunate enough to view the specimens under the guidance of Dr. C.W. Wassam, who has charge of the museum, he my even handle some of them. Carborundum, a material used in place of emery for making grindstones, is made out of sawdust, sand, sake and salt, heated to 7000 degrees Fahrenheit in an electric furnace. It is made at only one place, Niagara Falls, and the exact process is secret. Silkworm and various stages of the silk industry are represented with an artificial silk made from wood pulp. Ramie fibre, a weed, also furnishes a very fine grade of cloth resembling silk. Other interesting exhibits are: stages in manufacture of grape-nuts and a stump of a pine tree from which turpentine has been secured. For the most part, these speciments have been collected by Dr. Wassam, and they are used in connection with his lectures on commercial geography. MRS. WM. LEARY DIES AT SALT LAKE CITY Mrs. William Leary, L.A. '04, known to faculty members and former students as Marie Lynch of Sioux City, died at her home in Salt Lake City, Utah, Friday, after a short illness. She completed a course at the University in three years and was active in school affairs. She was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Kappa Kappa Gamma. After graduation she taught in the Sioux City high school until her marriage to William Leary, attorney of Salt Lake City, where they made their home. Besides her husband and five children, she leaves her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Lynch of Sioux City, a brother, John Lynch, former student and member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and a sister, Mrs. Wm. J. Hotz, of Omaha, Neb. TO HOLD MEMORIAL SERVICE Special service in memory and honor of the soldiers who enlisted from the Prebyterian church and congregation will be held at the church on Sunday evening, March 9, at 7:30. Seventy-one enlisted in the various forms of service during the recent war. Three of these won gold stars: George A. Luckey, Homer Roland, and Fred Schnare. There will be special music appropiate to the occasion and short addresses as follows: The Community and the Solider, Elmer E. Johnston: The Y.P.S.C.E. of the Army, Helen MacInstosh; The Citizen-soldier, Colonel Morton C. Mumma; The Univeristy and the War, President Walter A. Jessup. Two years of physical training will be required hereafter of all women who register as freshmen at the University of Illinois, according to a recent ruling of the University Sentate. [advertisement] What Is the Greatest Thing In Life? Send your answer to the Contest Editor, Iowa City, Daily Press [advertisement] People's Steam Laundry 225 IOWA AVE WHEN IN NEED OF LAUNDRY WORK Telephone 58 C.J Toms [advertisement] UNIVERSITY BOOK STORE ON THE CORNER Text Books and Supplies WATERMAN, CONKLIN AND SCHAEFFER FOUNTAIN PENS UNIVERSITY BOOK STORES [advertisement] BOOK and CRAFT SHOP TEXT BOOKS for the THIRD QUARTER Fountain Pens, Note Book Paper and other supplies 124 E. WASHINGTON STREET
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