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Anthropologist Says Secrets Of Pacific Island Revealed
New techniques have helped to reveal the mysteries surrounding the people who carved the famous stone statues of Easter Island in the South Pacific, a KU professor says.
By Walt Blackledge
Carlyle S. Smith, professor of anthrology and curator of the division of anthropology of the Museum of Natural History, states that a 1955 expedition to the island has opened new fields of Polynesian studies.
AFTER FIVE YEARS of sifting information, writing and editing,the members of the expedition are ready to publish the first volume of their reports.
Prof. Smith was a member of the scientific team led by Thor Heyerdahl, author of "Kon-Tiki" and "Aku-Aku."
The editing problem was complicated, he said, by the fact that the authors are scattered from Norway to Chile.
"This expedition opens up all of Polynesia for archaeology by demonstrating that it's possible to work out a good time perspective...that everything didn't happen in the last hundred years," he said.
The main contribution of the expedition, Prof. Smith says, was the establishment of identifiable periods in the development of Easter Island culture.
Prof. Smith's major article in the first volume of reports is about the stone platforms where the islanders erected their statues.
THE HUGE FIGURES, weighing
as much as 179,000 lb., were carved to represent important ancestors," he said.
It was probably done immediately on the death of an important chief or family head." he said.
Carlyle S. Smith
during the middle period of Easter Island culture, 1100-1680 A.D. At the end of that time rival groups sprang up and the islanders started pushing over the statues belonging to rival factions.
Most of the statues were carved
Cleveland Touring Co. Will Perform Monday
The culture of the island deteriorated after that, Prof. Smith says. When Europeans discovered the island in 1722, about all they found of interest were great stone faces. The faces were the tops of statues left near quarries.
The Playhouse is the second attraction of the KU concert season this year.
The touring company of the Cleveland Playhouse will present "Arms and the Man," by George Bernard Shaw Monday.
Thomas Gorton, dean of the School of Fine Arts, Jack Brooking, associate professor of speech, and Lewin Goff, associate professor of speech and drama, said they have not seen the touring company but anticipate its performance.
Jeanne Howell, Tulsa, Okla., senior and information officer of Angel Flight, said last night rush letters will be sent to all sororities and women's residence and scholarship halls this week.
Angel Flight is a women's honorary organization. Upperclass women who have compiled a 1.5 grade average the semester prior to pledging are eligible, she said.
Angel Flight Rush Plans Underway
THE PURPOSE of Angel Flight is to promote interest in the Air Force. "We are hostesses for all Arnold Air Society events and AFROTC functions." Miss Howell said.
The women will also usher at concerts and act as hostesses for different campus activities, she said. The group is planning a tour of Forbes Air Base in November.
Miss Howell said there are openings for 20 new members. All applicants will be interviewed by officers of Angel Flight and the Arnold Air Society Oct. 29 at the Kansas Union.
MOSCOW, Tex.—(UPI)—Disgruntled by recent world developments, the 200 residents of this Texas town have announced plans to petition the Soviet Union through the United Nations to change the name of Russia's capital City.
ALL WOMEN interested in Angel Flight should fill out an application, she said, and turn it in at the AFROTC office in the military science building as soon as possible.
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"Ive heard they have a fresh, vigorous type of acting style with a lot of enthusiasm," Dean Gorton said.
PROF. BROOKING SAID the resident company in Cleveland was excellent.
The Playhouse, in its 46th season, operates three theaters in Cleveland. The Touring company was established last year. It is in its second season on a Ford Foundation grant. The grant was awarded to the Playhouse in 1957. From it the Playhouse built a touring company with auditions across the country.
"They have a reputation for quality but I don't know about the touring company. I've heard a great deal of comments about them," Prof. Goff said.
"THEY got some of the best talent they could find," he said. "This should be some of the best theater fare you can find any place." he said.
Two hundred dollars in prizes has been awarded to University undergraduates for research projects constructed for the KU Science and Mathematics Day.
The expedition's reports will fill three volumes. The first, to be published before the end of the year, will contain seven articles by Prof. Smith.
Students Win Prizes For Research Work
The selection of "Arms and the Man" by the touring company is representative of its work. It has performed 19 of Shaw's plays, more than any other professional theater. ID cards will admit students.
Second prize of $25 went to Janice Hoke, Salina senior, for her project "Delayed Hypersensitivity of the Contact Type Using p-Aminobenzoic Acid as the Sensitizing Agent."
First prize of $50 was given to Robert K. Remple, Lawrence senior, for a project entitled "Polygons Inscribed in Simple Closed Curves."
PROF. SMITH read reports on the expedition's findings to the 10th Pacific Science Congress in Honolulu last month. He attended the meeting under a grant from the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C.
The $15 third prize was won by John Platt, Topeka sophomore, for his project "Effects on Reinforcement Schedules on Secondary Reinforcement."
In addition to the three top awards, 11 other KU undergraduates won $10 each for their reports.
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All 14 students are doing research supported by the Kansas Heart Association, the National Science Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation.
Prof. Smith said the members of the Heyerdahl expedition have also been consulted by the National Geographic staff. The society's magazine will carry an article about Easter Island in January.
Paintings Displayed In Ford Exhibition
A Ford Times art exhibit of watercolor paintings by 30 artists is on display in the Architecture Library in Marvin Hall, until Oct. 31.
The traveling exhibition called "Variety Show," is one of 29 displayed throughout the country this month. It is from a collection of 6,500 American paintings collected by the editors of Ford Times magazine.
Subjects include landscape, wildlife outdoor sports, regional architecture and regional Americans.
NEW YORK — (UPI)—Are there any more at home like Van Cliburn? Reservations are being accepted now for contestants in the Second International Tschaikowsky Piano Competition in Moscow next April.
Calling All Pianists
Cliburn won the first competition in 1958. The 1962 contest, to run from April 2 to May 7 offers large cash prizes for the top winners as well as concert tours and recording engagements.
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NEW YORK—(UPI)—The United Press International major college football ratings (with first-place votes and won-lost records in parentheses);
Team Points
1. Mississippi (17) (4-0) 308
2. Michigan State (14) (3-0) 303
3. Texas (2) (4-0) 256
4. Alabama (1) (4-0) 225
5. Notre Dame (1) (3-0) 213
6. Iowa (3-0) 183
7. Ohio State (2-0-1) 165
8. Georgia Tech (3-1) 62
9. Colorado (3-0) 48
10. Louisiana State (3-1) 36
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