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University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, Jan. 14, 1964
KU Student Discovers Rabbit Tick's Tock
By Robert Monk
Rabbit ticks possess an internal clock. Research on this new concept has recently been done by John E. George, Lawrence graduate student in the field of acarology.
George has found that the timing system of the ticks has a definite connection with the insects' relation
with the rabbits.
Research such as that by George may lead to a better understanding of the tick and thus aid man's fight against such diseases as Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularenia.
GEORGE SAID there is a clock-like mechanism in the tick, stimulated by light, that regulates the time the tick should drop off its host and rest until it is time for it to feed again.
"The purpose of the clock is to regulate the activity pattern of the tick with those of its host, the rabbit." George said. "During the time of day the rabbit is in a semi-dormant condition the ticks drop off. When they are again ready to feed, the former host or a new host near by are easily accessible."
Dramatic Production Scheduled
The first major drama production to be presented in the spring semester will be Emlyn Williams' "The Corn is Green" which will run Feb. 5-8.
The play is a type of autobiography of the author and his early days as a schoolboy in the small Welsh town where he lived.
The play is based on the British school teacher who comes to the town and her attempts to get the gifted boy into Oxford University.
JACK BROOKING, associate professor of speech and drama and director of the play, said:
"It is a very warm and human play.
"It is funny at times, and farcical at times, but it treats an important theme. It is a theme of people trying to fight their way through to a richer life."
The play was first produced in London in 1938. In the New York premiere, Ethyl Barrymore had the leading role of Miss Ronberry. In
George has found that the internal time regulator begins after the tick is on its host. Observation and research have shown that the numerous amounts of ticks on one host synchronize their clocks.
the late 1940's, Bette Davis played the same role in the movie version. THE CAST FOR the KU production includes:
Patrick M. Prosser, Lawrence graduate student, John Goronwy Jones; Sylvia Groth, Mayville, N.D.; graduate student, Miss Ronberry; William Gillespie, Prairie Village fifth year pharmacy student, Idwal Morris; JoAnne Smith, Wellington junior, Sarah Pugh; Tom Behm, Wheeling, Ill., junior, The Squire; Becky Davis, Prairie Village sophomore, Mrs. Watty; Diane Gray, Kansas City, Mo.; senior, Bessie Watty.
"This means they can gorge and be ready to drop off the host at the same time," George said.
Evans; Stan Morris, Yates Center freshman, Glyn Thomas; Larry Siefkes, Great Bend senior, John Owen; Richard Laber, Shawnee Mission freshman, Bill Hughes; Dave Jewell, Bird City senior, Old Tom.
RABBITS BEGIN TO feed at dusk and continue until dawn. From dawn until dusk of the next evening they rest concealed in foliage or in other protected places.
George said that if the ticks were to gorge and drop off during the dark hours of feeding, they would become isolated and their chances of obtaining another host would be small.
"Light, representing the semidormant period of the rabbit, is undoubtedly the stimulus causing the tick to drop." George said. "There seems to be a significance in the length of light exposure. The peak drop-off period usually occurs between noon and 6 p.m."
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