UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Friday, September 22,1967
Zoologists' research nets 5,000 animals in Ecuador
By Mike Jones Kansan Staff Reporter
The biological classification of over five thousand dead animals is a problem being faced by a group of KU zoologists since their return from two extensive research trips to South America.
William Duellman, associate professor of zoology and curator of Dyche Museum, led the group. He was assisted by Gerald R. Smith, assistant curator of the museum.
The animals were captured in Ecuador and are now preserved and stored in the basement of Dyche. There are 2,200 reptiles and amphibians and over 3,300 fish.
Put on pro for 'bigotry'
SAN JOSE, Calif. - (UPI) -All 27 fraternities and sororites at San Jose State College were placed on probation indefinitely Thursday for breeding "discrimination and prejudice and sometimes bigotry."
Dr. Robert D. Clark, the college president who earlier had canceled the school's home football opener because of threatened racial trouble, told a meeting of 1,000 students the organizations will remain on probation until they have proven they are free of discrimination.
Clark said he will request the chancellor and trustees of the state college system to see what can be done to implement a policy of nondiscrimination in fraternal groups.
When the group finishes its research, the researchers hope to learn why 150 different types of animal life can survive in a square mile of South American rain forest compared to only 25 species in an area like Douglas County.
The South American base for the project was the small village of Santa Cecilia, located in the Amazon River basin of northeastern Ecuador.
"The village provides a perfect base," Duellman said. "The surrounding countryside is undisturbed, but an oil company provides an airstrip for easy access."
Duellman first heard of Santa Cecilia and its abundant wildlife from a former KU student, Charles Fugler, who had done linguistic research in the area. Duellman briefly visited the region last November and agreed that it would be ideal for the type of research he wanted to do.
He returned to Ecuador in March with his wife and two
zoology graduate students. They spent six weeks in Santa Cecilia locating, catching and preserving specimens. This trip proved so successful that Smith and the two graduate students returned in June, Duellman said.
A normal day would find the group up at sunrise searching for animals. The humid tropical afternoons were spent preserving and classifying animals. The zoologists soon discovered that the warm nights also were excellent for finding animals.
Before the animals could be shipped to Lawrence they had to be placed in trays of formaldehyde until they hardened. Then each animal had to be separately wrapped in cheesecloth to keep it fresh during the flight.
Eventually, Duellman and Smith hope to establish a research center in Santa Cecilia. "However, the cost of such a project is more than the present budget can afford," Duellman said.
Local tavern keepers don't fret campus beer
The topic of selling beer in the Kansas Union has brought varied responses from local tavern owners and managers.
"If they're going to have beer in the Union, why not have it in fraternities and sororities, too?" said Jay Breidenthal, manager of the Jayhawk Cafe. "The sale of beer on campus wouldn't hurt our business any but it would ruin the image of the University."
Don Ebeling, manager of the Gaslight Tavern, commented: "If the University won't allow the sale of cigarettes, I doubt if it will allow the sale of beer on campus. With over 15,000 kids in school, beer in the Union wouldn't hurt any local establishment's business."
Referring to the looser beer policy at the University of Wisconsin, Ebeling said, "The main factor is that Wisconsin is known for its beer drinking whereas Kansas isn't."
Although the state of Kansas prohibits liquor on state property, 3.2 per cent beer is not legally considered intoxicating. The University itself, however, does prohibit beer on campus.
Apparently favoring beer on campus was Larry McIntyre, owner of the Bierstube. "With the large number of students in the University, beer in the Kansas Union wouldn't take that much business away from any of us. I'm sure, he said. I feel that selling beer in the Union would help considerably in paying the Union's expenses.
"Wisconsin sells beer on campus and has found it creates a better atmosphere throughout the student body, as well as making their student union a bigger focal point of student activities."
Virgil Cooper, manager of the Rock Chalk Cafe, had no comment.
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