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Wednesday, March 19. 1980
Legends of punctual birds ruffle ornithology curator
By DON MUNDAY Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
If a flight of swallows follows both the calendar and tradition, it will return today to the fabled mission San Juan Capistrano in California.
Lawrence, however, doesn't seem to be the home port of any such punctual birds, and according to a KU ornithologist, Canistrano isn't either.
Unfortunately, this tradition cherished by many has no basis in fact," Robert Mengel, professor of ornithology at the Dyce Museum of Natural History,古地vierday.
The birds might tend to return around that time of year, he said, but pinning down their arrival to a specific date is unrealistic.
The legendary return of the swallows to Utah was on March 15, when turkey buzzards at Hindsley, Ohio, on March 15 are the most celebrated cases of birds supplying migrants in certain areas.
"The birds may in fact be seen in Capistrano on that day, but I wonder if anybody's looked around for them the day before?" It looks like it'll imagine a self-fillable probeble.
DESPITE THE publicity the birds
generate, scientists find such legends hard to swallow.
"You won't find much on this in migratory bird texts," he said. "It rarely gets mentioned in ornithological literature."
Swallows have reportedly returned to the mission on St. Joseph's Day for more than a hundred years, arriving only once, when they were delayed by a fire storm.
BUT SWALLOWS all the once* only birdies are popular among insect lovers legend about for example, considered by many as a harbinger of spring, is actually around during summer.
Last Saturday, right on schedule, the ungainly birds, which actually are vultures, soared over the skies of Hickney in what is probably the most decisive and consecutive appearance of the buzzards.
Still, the thousands of devoted swans fans who probably will crowd into the mission this morning can hope that this spring's Hincock the Hibburtz竞赛 was a favorable omen.
The town's faithfulness toward the birds probably makes Hincock the only place on earth where vultures are met by a welcoming committee.
AURH posts to be filled
The Association of University Residence Hall will hold elections for new officers March 25-26. The filing will be handled by the AURH office in McCollin Hall.
Committee chairmen will be chosen about one week after the officers are seated March 27.
Presidential and vice presidential candidates must run as a team; candidates for treasurer and secretary may run independently.
Job descriptions and applications for committee positions will be available in the AURH office.
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Dykes to fill Shankel's post soon
Names of nominees for the position of Governor of Kansas are expected to be presented to Chancellor Archie R. Dykes by the end of the week, according to Takuhi Gunichiro.
Interviews with candidates have been completed and some of the seven faculty members interviewed will be presented to the conference replacements for Del Shankel, Hugh said.
Shankel is resigning his post as executive vice chancellor. He will return to full-time teaching and research July 1.
"We haven't decided how many we will nominate to the chancellor." Kiichi said. "We don't want to turn a final nominees. The procedure is for us to turn the list into the chancellor and he will make the decision."
Exactly when the new executive vice chancellor will be named will depend upon
Dykes' agenda next week, according to Jim Scaly, administrative assistant to Dykes.
When the decision is made, only the new executive vice chancellor will be announced. The names of the final nominees will remain confidential. Scaly said
Because Shankel's office normally handles search procedures for vice chairmen positions, the process of selecting a position for Shankel has been different than usual.
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