Tuesday, Jan. 8, 1963 University Daily Kansan
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Speaker Calls Evolution A Controversial Science
The ape—a direct ancestor of man?
Prof. Sherwood L. Washburn, chairman of the department of anthropology at the University of California, showing slit of apes and ape-like primates, said:
"These skulls show the amount of evolution in the last million years, and that the ape was a direct ancestor to man."
Prof. Washburn, whose research on primates includes a study of the behavior of baboons in Africa, spoke yesterday afternoon in the Kansas Union.
Smiling, Prof. Washburn told of one woman scientist, who, borrified to hear she might be a direct descendant of an ape, declared, "Even if it is true, let's not let it be known"
LACK OF PUBLIC acceptance has been a hindrance for evolutionists for years, he said.
He labeled human evolution a controversial science." filled with more emotion, tradition and doubt than any other science."
The oldest skull, Prof. Washburn said, was that of an African ape, "the nearest non-human ancestor to man."
NEXT ON THE evolution list is the Australopithecus skull. He noted the latter has a number of resemblances to human skulls such as smaller canine teeth that are not present in earlier skulls of chimpanzees and gorillas.
Prof. Wasburn related the use of tools to the change in the size and structure of the evolving human skull. Slides showed heavy neck muscles support the skull of gorillas.
"A gorilla fights with his teeth so his neck muscles must be large for use in violent action," he said.
"NECK MUSCLES supporting Australopithecaen skulls, are not heavy enough for that action," he continued.
Remnants of pebble tools found in fossils in strata below the skulls indicate, he said, that after the advent of tools and weapons, teeth, neck muscles and facial features became smaller.
Manuscripts Read During Quill Meeting
Last night an informal group of about 12 students sat around a table and drank coffee as they listened intently to original creative manuscripts presented by various members of the group.
They were members of the student creative writing organization, Quill Club, which met at 8 p.m. yesterday in the Pan American Room of the Student Union.
CHARLES NICOL, Lawrence, graduate student and editor of the club's magazine, presented a short story and Kent DeVore, El Dorado graduate student read a humorous poem.
Other poems were read by Nicol,
Timothy M金iny, St. Louis, Mo,
sophomore; Leslie Mehan, Junction
City, sophomore; Jon LaFrance,
Overland Park, freshman, and Arnold Hoffman, Lawrence senior and Quill Club president.
THE ORGANIZATION, which is supported by the ASC, presents student work in its official publication Quill Magazine. The current issue of the magazine is now on sale at the Information Booth.
The meeting was concluded with an informal discussion of the matter and form of poetry.
Hoffman said all three issues of the magazine (50 cents each) could be purchased by a $1.25 subscription.
Those students who wish to submit original manuscripts for the second issue of the magazine should take them to the English Department office before Jan. 30, Hoffman said.
Quill Club encourages all interested students to bring and present manuscripts of their work to the organization's meetings.
The next meeting will be Feb. 4.
Floyd Horowitz, English instructor,
is the faculty adviser.
A former St. Louis, Mo., lawyer said yesterday parents have a "natural" and constitutional right to send their children to any accredited school — public or independent without suffering the loss of tax-provided educational benefits.
David LaDriere spoke at the fourth SUA Minority Opinions Forum in the Kansas Union. LaDriere is national executive director of Citizens for Educational Freedom.
"Today's American educational system forces a man to pay extra if he wants his children enrolled in a parochial school," LaDriere said.
"However, the basic principle in education established by the Supreme Court is that the primary rights reside not in the school, church or state, but in parents."
“Parents,” he said, “may send children to schools that the state provides, if they desire, or to private institutions, if the parents desire.”
"Why should parents who send their children to private schools pay more for education than parents who enroll their children in the public schools?" LaDriere asked.
"The end result does not warrant this differentiation. Both accredited independent schools and state schools serve to develop citizens to live together and serve in a democracy."
LaDriere advocated a certificate plan. The plan would allow parents to leave certificates or scholarships from the government at the school or schools they want their children to attend.
"The amount of the certificate would be the average cost per pupil of education in state - operated schools." LaDriere said.
Speaker Upholds Parents' Rights In Education
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This man lives in a Co-Op Color him a happy individual
This man lives in a dorm Color him lost in the crowd
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KU Professor To Complete Study on Italian Anatomy
Levi R. Lind's work will be financed by the third part of a $26,558 U.S. Public Health Service grant amounting to $6,000. He has been working since 1960 to discover and publish manuscripts and documents concerning various 16th century Italian anatomists.
A KU professor of Latin and Greek will spend the spring and summer semesters completing a medical study on 16th century Italian anatomy.
He spent six months in libraries in Washington, D.C., and six months in
Bologna in 1961-62 and discovered 25 unpublished manuscripts written in Latin. He will spend the spring and summer semesters in Bethesda, Md., and in England. He will write a book on his findings.
A faculty member at KU since 1940, Prof. Lind has been widely known for his translations from Latin of medical writings as well as for the editions of several Medieval Latin texts and his anthologies of Greek plays, Latin poetry and Renaissance Italian verse.
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