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La Crosse Tr.Cwne, Wyiia January 24, 19767 Pupils Taking Measure Ot The Metric System mat: ADCUTFIOPll, tv So. when the English fixed the yard at 36 inches they set the foot as one-third of a yard The length of an inch, by the way. was determined by law during the reign of Edward II. In metnc terms an inch is 2 54 centimeters. In metnc measurements it is easier to work with the units because everything is a multiple of 10.

The basic unit of length and volume are meter and liter, respectively, and, with the Centigrade (commonly called Celsius! thermometer. water freezes at zero degrees; and the basic unit of weight is the gram. Meters, liters and grams, like other metnc units, are multiplied and divided by 10s, similar to our montetary system. For example, 1,000 meters is a kilometer (used like the mile in measuring longer distances), 1,000 grams is a kilogram; (the unit of weight for most large objects, representing about 2 2 pounds). Hintgen School has nine learning centers set up to help the student master the metric system.

They measure in metric standards such things as desk tops, the distance around the room, their own height, assorted weights, volume of liquids, time and temperature. It something new. It is something they know and their parents don't know, but will have to learn, said Kinstler. Steve Berg, an 11-year-old student, said of the metric system: Its easy. It has a basic unit, and it's easier than inches.

He, like several other students, felt that one of the intriguing aspects of the metric system was that they were taking home what they learned and, in effect, giving mom and dad a lesson. Of metric time (the 24-hour clock, commonly referred to as military time), student Larry Ser-vais said: It easier once you get used to it." In the metric time system there is no designation between a.m. and p.m. The day starts at one second after midnight and continues through 2400 hours (midnight). The designation 0200 hours means 2 am.

while 1400 hours refers to 2 p.m. In other words, 12 hours, plus two. The basic unit of time, 60 seconds to a minute and 60 minutes to an hour, remains unchanged. Kinstler said by 1980 this country should be 80 per cent metrics. That's not far away.

When studying the metric system some little known facts emerge: For example, Kareem Ab-dul-Jabbar is about 220 centimeters tall; President Ford is about 183 centimeters tall; if your temperature is 39 degrees Celsius you are running a bad fever, and if it gets much more than 40 degrees you are probably going to die; 40 cents a liter is a fair price for homogenized milk, and it is about 208 kilometers from La Crosse to Madison. By TERRY BURT Tribune Staff Writer The hangup with adults is that they are try ing to convert. That's Paul Kmstler's feeling about the system of metric. He continued. If they would use the new system they would learn it is easier.

Kinstler. Mrs. Kris Troyanek and Jerry Schubert are teaching fifth graders at Hintgen School the use of the measurement system. Metric measurement is nothing new to most parts of the world, but the United States is just making an effort to put this decimal-based measuring system into operation. The metric system was developed in France during the last part of the 18th Century and most nations adopted it for commerical use during the middle and last half of the 19th Century.

In less than 200 years the system has been adopted by 93 per cent of the world population. Of the remaining 7 per cent. 6 per cent of people not using metrics are in the United States. Aside from this country, the nations of Barbados. Burma, Gambia, Ghana, Jamaica, Liberia, Sierra Leona, Southern Yemen, Tonga, Tnnidad, Muscat and Oman are the last holdouts against the metric system.

But these are not major trading partners of the U.S. Advocates of the metric system stress that it is an advantage in commerce tor the buyer and seller to be able to speak the same language of measurement. If there is resistance to the metric systems use in this country it will probably come from adults who spent years learning such facts as: A mile is 5,280 feet; there are four quarts to a gallon, two pints to a quart and 16 ounces to a pint; water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit. At first glance it may mt sound easier but, metrically speaking, a mile is 1.609 kilometers; a gallon is 3.785 liters; and, believe it or not, water freezes at zero degrees and boils at 100 degrees on the Centigrade scale. An example of the confusion of the haphazard U.S.

measuring system becomes apparent when you discover that zero on the Fahrenheit thermometer approximates the temperature produced by mixing equal quanitities by weight of snow and common salt; our word mile comes from the Latin words mille passuum, which means a thousand paces (as marched by Roman soldiers); the measurement foot was originally based on the length of the human foot. That, however, was before it was discovered that the human foot varied in size too much to be used in measuring. Looking For Miss Hope Miss Hope 1975 is looking for the 1976 Miss Hope. Kathlen Ann Glover, a senior nursing student at Viterbo College, has just finished her year as an American Cancer Society volunteer and is ready to turn over the job to another man or woman nurse or student nurse. Miss Hopes job is to give information to the public about cancer.

Miss Hope sets his or her own schedule and makes appearances in uniform. Applicants must present a two-to five-minute speech on cancer and are judged on intelligence, poise, appearance and personality during personal interviews. Further information is available from Miss Glover at Viterbo or 120 Grace Sparta. Application forms are available from Jean Boullion, Lutheran Hospital; Sister Willa Kyle, St. Francis Hospital; or La Verne Ness, Western Wisconsin Technical Institute.

Applications are due by Feb. 1. Miss Hope will be named by Feb. 28. Directing Children It's their theater and their show, says former Et-trick resident Millard Mack, who is now directing a childrens theater in Sarasota, Fla.

Mack, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Mack, Ettrick, keeps rehearsals short so that too much pressure is not put on children who have spent a day in school. With all we hear about young people today, it's important to note that there are situations where children respond and take directions and responsibility and know how to put it all together when given the opportunity to do so, he says. Mack is a graduate of St.

Marys College, Wrinona, and has a masters degree from Chicago Art Institutes Goodman Theatre. He has taught at the institute and at Northwestern University. Initiated In Fraternity Martha F. Stephens, a University of Wisconsin-La Crosse physical education instructor, has been initiated as an associate member of the Phi Chapter of Delta Phi Kappa, the honorary fraternity for health, recreation and physical education members. Given Scholarship Brian Larson, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Arvid Larson, 1817 Loomis has been granted a four- p- year, fully funded Reserve Officers I -Training Corps scholarship at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. Larson is a freshman studying criminal justice. Dennis Foss, Ettrick, has been awarded a preveterinary scholarship at the University of Wisconsin-River as- Brian Larson Chief Photographer Ken Wvwly Measuring Up To 129 Cm. (4 Feet, 4 Inches) Is Craig Jacobson His Parents Are Mr.

And Mrs. Leslie Jacobson, 2720 E. Burr Oak UW-Ex Will Offer Metric Course La Crosse County residents may learn the elements of the metric system beginning Tuesday in the Courthouse. Metric System is a program offered through the University of Wisconsin-Extension and carried by the Statewide Extension Education Network (SEEN) on Tuesdays from to 6 to 7:50 p.m. starting this week.

Sponsored by the UW-Exten-sion Department of Mathematics, the instructor is Carl J. Van-derlin. Persons wishing to regist er may contact local SEEN administrator, Richard K. Williams, County Exension Office. Ca Crosse Cribune State Growth Could Add District if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if if )f if if if if if if if Specific Answers Citizen Lobby's Aim a shade less than the national av- indicates several of those states," erage of 4 8 per cent and consi- including Michigan and Illinois, derably more than the 1 9 per could lose House seats to faster-cent average of 12 north central growing states in the South and Rep.

David Obey, says a University of Wisconsin population analyst doubts it. Wisconsin's estimated population between 1970 and July 1, 1975, increased 4.3 per cent, just WASHINGTON (AP) The chances of Wisconsin gaining a congressional seat in the 1980 census seem promising, but only if the state maintains its current population growth. states. A recently published analysis West. Wisconsin's House representation was trimmed from 10 to nine seats by the 1970 census.

It might be restored to 10 if the state's population growth continues in the last half of the decade as it has since 1970, the Udall Runs Against Ford energy-related fields. What is Gerald Ford's ener- Bomb Wing To Gather According to a notice from John Kavulich, 143 N. 5th Indiana, World War II veterans who served with the 58th Bomb Wing (40th, 444th, 462nd and 468th Bomb Groups) in India, China and Tinian are planning a reunion in Denver, for July 21-25. Area vets wishing more information may contact Kavulich, reunion chairman. New Officers Elected New officers were elected at the recent annual meeting of the Mobile Meals of La Crosse board.

They are: T.W. Rozelle, president; Mrs. Mary Kisken, vice president, and Mrs. Helen Coleman, secretary. Mrs.

Lori Beckstrom is coordinator. Committee chairmen are Mrs. Charlene Gundersen and Mrs. Mary Kisken, transportation, delivery and volunteers; Mrs. Esther Harmon, financial support; Mrs.

Marie Vinje, recipient referral; Donald Bronson, public relations; Mrs. Gloria Patterson, food preparation, diet and packaging; and Mrs. Nelda Wickersheim, gy policy? Higher consumption analysis said, at higher prices to produce high- obey said the UW expert er profit, he said. with whom he conferred ques- Udall called for dispersing oil (lons whether the rate of growth corporations, achieving a nation- fan be can leaders told us we couldnt afford to do what we needed to do at home because we had to fight a war in Vietnam, he said. Now they say we cant afford it because we don't have to fight that war.

I've had enough of that tired rhetoric," he said. Udall accused the Ford administration of allowing corporate profits to increase twice as fast as in the past, of allowing prices to rise, and of failing to deal with national health insurance, tax reform and mass transit. Udall said he would eliminate some government regulation of small business and allow a free market to work, but added he would take a strong hand with big business, especially those in MADISON, Wis. (AP) Rep. Morris K.

Udall says his presidential campaign is aimed at the Nixon-Ford administration's sympathy for corporate profits. For the eighth year in a row, I hear an American president say that's too bad but, because times are bad, we are going to have to sacrifice people to profits, he said. Rather than steer his campaign at other Democrats seeking their party's presidential nomination, the Arizona congressman said he is concentrating his efforts on the policies of President Ford. I am here to run against Gerald Ford, he told supporters in Madison Saturday. Four years ago, the Republi al commitment to energy conservation, and developing alternative energy sources.

"Our lives are going to change," Udall said Our success won't be measured by the size of our military arsenal, or by our technology, or even by our gross national product. It will be measured by whether we you and I summon the strength and the courage to make the hard choices that these hard times demand, he said The 435 House seats are apportioned among the states in accord with their percentages of the over-all S. population Wisconsin, with about 4 5 million residents, fell short of retaining all its 10 House seats by only about 31,200 residents while Oklahoma gained a seat by only 250 The 1970 census credited the Badger State with 4,417,731 inhabitants. The estimate for July 1 was 4,607,000. Service News group wants all candidates for president to submit proposed national budgets.

The concept is a simple one, he said. We believe every presidential candidate should set forth in the context of the national budget what his spending priorities are and what his tax priorities are instead of relying on simple promises. We should be working to change political campaigning in this country. Wertheimer said that 11 of 13 announced candidates for president have agreed to follow the organization's proposed standards of conduct for the 1976 campaign. These include having a candidate take full responsibility for his campaign, making financial disclosures, holding monthly news conferences, being available for in-depth interviews focusing on the issues and engaging in unrehearsed public forums with voters.

Ronald Reagan has not responded, and Eugene McCarthy has refused to abide by the standards, Wertheimer said. Our next goal is going to be to monitor the candidates, Wertheimer said. The candidate will have a natural reluctance to do some of the things they have said they are going to do and our job is to make that happen. The results of monitoring will be sent to the Common Cause headquarters in Washington, where reports on all candidates will be compiled. Wertheimer told the group that Common Cause, which up to now has concentrated primarily on congressional and legislative lobbying, must start zeroing in on the executive branch.

We must insist that the candidates be specific when talking about government and say it is not responsible to say government is too big, that there is too much waste in government," he said. "That's not sufficient." Wertheimer said Common Cause members urge newspapers to carry longer candidate profiles and devote a page a day to the presidential campaign. Television networks should add a half hour more daily to their campaign coverage, he said. By LISA C. BERMAN MADISON, Wis.

(AP) A plan for forcing presidential candidates to face up to campaign issues was outlined for Wisconsin members of Common Cause Saturday by the lobby group's national vice president. Saying he did not think that President Ford should be the only one to run on budget figures, Fred Wertheimer said Common Cause members should work to get the candidates to be specific when they say they plan to initiate or shut down governmental programs. We have said to the candidate that when you say you want to do something, tell us how much it will cost, Wertheimer said at the group's first state convention. If you want to eliminate programs, tell us which ones." He said the citizen lobby Oktoberfest Float Wins At Winter Carnival The La Crosse Oktoberfest float won the Presidents Award in the St. Paul Winter Carnival Grande Day Parade Saturday in 'St.

Paul, Minn. Debra Nerby, Miss La Crosse-Oktoberfest, Festmaster Sam Hagerman and Mrs. Oktoberfest, Leone Amunson, were aboard the float sponsored by the La Crosse Festival Inc. Citys No. 1 Ranking To Be Carried Afar La Crosse's designation as the nation's No.

1 small city will be spread far and wide during the Bicentennial year, thanks to the Trane Co. The La Crosse-based firm said it will place the No. 1 emblem on the condenser coil shipping projection plates on each Trane Air Cooled CenTraVac shiped from its Plant 4 manufacturing facility. The units travel on open flatbed trailers, allowing the No. 1 designation to be publicized wherever a unit is on the road, a Trane release says, adding that can be from coast to coast." David Boardman, 17, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Delvin Boardman, 2311 Loomis has enlisted in the Air Force and will report to Lackland Air Base, after graduation from Logan High School. After basic training, Board-man will train as an aircraft specialist. Pvt. Vicki R.

Loken, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oran Loken, Houston, is a military policeman serving with the 793rd Military Police Battalion at Furth, Germany. A sister, Pvt. Becky L.

Loken, is a finance specialist stationed at Ft. Ord, Calif. Airman l.C. Thomas J. Gunning, son of Mrs.

William T. Holstein, 133 S. 17th Place, has received a $30 award for a military improvement suggestion. Gunning is an information specialist with the 2750th Air Base Wing of the Air Force Logistics Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Air Force Sgt.

Steven J. Wolf, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nor-bert F. Wolf, 1445 Redfield is an aircraft repairman with a unit of the Strategic Air Command at Minot Air Force Base, N.D.

He previously served in Thailand. Patrick J. Smart, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Smart, MaustOn, has been promoted to airman first class.

Smart is a medical administration specialist at the Air Force hospital at Francis E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo. Jon S. Turner, son of Mr. and Mrs.

David Turner, Westby, has graduated from the Air Force security policeman course at Lackland Air Base, Tex. Turner is now assigned to Duluth International Airport, for duty with a unit of the Aerospace Defense Command. Pvt. David L. Berg, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Donald E. Berg, Wilton, has completed a course in armor advanced individual training at Ft. Knox, Ky. Berg is assigned to the 77th Armor Division at Ft.

Lewis, Wash. Readers desiring to submit items for possible publication in Tbe Column may send suggestions to the Tribune's metro editor. AP WtrepftQto Fire Leaves Squatters Homeless thousand temporary dwellings of tarpaper and cardboard. Three children died in the blaze and at least 5,000 are homeless. A small child sits in the ashes of his home Sunday morning in Mexico City after a pre-dawn fire swept through the squatter community of Iztacalco and destroyed over a.