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TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1931
SUMMER SESSION KANSAN
Ancient Dice Is Unearthed
Marking on Cube Different from That on Modern Variety
Philadelphia — One of the oldest dice in the world, whose discovery by an archaeological expedition in Mesopotamia indicates that games of chance were not unknown to the ancient inhabitants of that country, has been acquired by the University of Pennsylvania museum.
The dice, which dates from about 2750 B.C., was found at Tepe Gawra by Dr. E. A. Speiser, who recently returned to this country after carrying on archaeological excavations in Mesopotamia. It is cubical in shape and is made of baked clay.
In only one respect does the Tepe Gawra die differ greatly in appearance from the modern variety. Whereas the modern die is so marked that the sum of the dots on any two opposite sides totals seven, the numbers on the ancient cube are arranged so that five opposes four and two opposes three.
Farthest down the Hill on the University grounds near the power plant is a brick building with its high windows heavily barred. It is known as the "animal house."
The University museum has among its collections a backgammon board, dating from about 3000 B.C. which was found at Ur of the Chaldees. It is not improbable that the die found at Tepe Gawra was one of a pair used in playing that game, says Horace H. F. Jayne, director of the museum.
Well Known Hill Figure Is Van, the Animal Man
At the front you will probably meet the caretaker, who to every student for the last 18 years is just "Van, the animal man." And as you meet this well-known University figure with his basket of food, his old straw hat, and his traditional cane, he will greet you with a joke. From inside the animal house comes the mixture of barks and me-ows and squeals from all its inmates.
"These animals must be hungry."
"No! No, rolling fat!" answers Van quickly. Then going by the pens he points to a contented looking dog that had been used as an experiment for six years. In another pen are rabbits that will not eat carrots. "You see I have to keep the carrots by them to show they will not eat them," he explains, while a restless cat interrupted with a me-ow.
For the past 18 years the animal house has increased its inhabitants to meet the greater needs from the department of the University using experimental animals under the careful watch of "Van the animal man."
"We have white and spotted rats to show that black eyes see better than pink ones. The psychology department has a bunch of pheasant chicks which will be used in tests of habit formation," rapidly continues the keeper pointing his cane.
As the door closes behind us a man in a car interrupts to sell Van a dog. Most of the dogs are bought from the pound in Kansas City.
London—Heat alone is the cause of heat stroke, and ultra-violet rays have no part in its production, it appears from experiments reported to the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine here by Dr. Frank Marsh, pathologist to the Anglo-Persian Oil company.
EXPERIMENTS SHOW HEAT IS ONLY CAUSE OF SUN STROKE
Dr. Marsh said his experiments indicated that the many different diseases with varying symptoms which are ascribed to the effect of the sun are really one disease. He suggested the name "hyperpyrexia due to heat" for this disease. "Hyperpyrexia" means a high degree of fever.
Virginia Cheatham, a former student at the University, spent the week-end in Lawrence as a guest of Clara Rosvald. Miss Cheatham is employed by the Commerce Trust company of Kansas City, Mo.
Cheatham Visits In Lawrence
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Amy Hopkins Larremore, fa'25, anc Thomas A. Larremore, former faculty member, have as their summer address Pakatakan Colony, Inc., Arkville, Delaware county, New York, where they have recently bought into a lodge and cottage camp. It is located in the Catskills near the early home of John Burroughs.
A. K. Loomis, a graduate student of '19, has resigned his position as director of curriculum for the Denver, Colo., public schools to take a place as principal of the University of Chicago high school with the rank of associate professor in the department of education. He has been at Denver since 1925 where he went after finishing requirements for his Ph.D. degree at Columbia University.
Henry Walter Thompson, professor of political science at Stanford University and a graduate student here in 1913, has been making a study of Swedish liquor control in the country. During the autumn and early winter he will lecture at the Universities of Sweden and Norway as Carnegie American visiting professor. Mr. Thompson's nephew, Hilden Gibson, is one of the Summerfield scholars at Kansas.
Mark Jewett, who did graduate work here in 1930, has received an appointment as assistant to Dr. Ver Wiebe as instructor in geology at the University of Wichita. Since graduation in 1921 Mr. Jewett has taught in high schools and has continued his graduate work and taught at the University and during recent summers, including the present one, he has been on the state geological survey. Last winter he was on the staff of the University of Cincinnati. He has specialized in paleontology and microscopic mineralogy, which he will teach at Wichita.
Faye R. Gosper, 'c25, assistant secretary of the Alumni Association sailed July 3 from New York aboard the S. Brittanic for a tour of England, Holland, Belgium, and France. She will return the middle of August by way of Montreal, Canada. Nora Baird, '27, will be a member of the same party.
Commander Alva D. Bernhard, a former student, was one of the first persons from the outside world to arrive at the scene of destruction when the city of Managua, Nicaragua, was laid desolate by an earthquake this spring. He and one of his officers flew immediately from the naval air station which he commands at Coco Solo, Canal Zone, with medical supplies for the people.
Postlethwaite Visit at Elliott C. A. Postlethwaite of Mankato is spending several days in Lawrence. He is staying at the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Elliott. Mr. Elliot is employed at the University post office.
Earl E. Strimple, e28, publicity director at Hays State College, was elected to Pi Gamma Mu, honorary social science fraternity May 28, and elected president of the sixth district in Kansas Authors club at a meeting in Wichita May 22. Mr. Strimple is a graduate of the journalism department, and plans to take work in the Graduate school for the August term this summer.
Postlethwaite Visit at Elliott
Meta Murphy Clarkson, a student in the School of Fine Arts, was recently elected sub-dean of the Oklahoma City chapter of the American Guild of Organists. Her husband, Maurice W. Clarkson, student in the School of Business, is an auditor in the general offices of the State Service Corp.
Corlett Cotton, B.S.'20, has been made district manager of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance company, with headquarters in Lawrence. His offices will be in the Bowersock theater building.
Chaffee Visits Lawrence
Chance Visits Lawrence Dean Chaffee, b32,' who is working for a brokerage firm in Kansas City, Mo., during the summer, spent the fourth visiting friends in Lawrence.
Negro Ball Game Ends When Leading Side Quits
Negro boys came into their own Friday evening when they took possession of the ball diamond in South Park and played a regular game.
What they lacked in organization and scientific skill they more than compensated for by the enthusiasm displayed. The score at the end was a matter of speculation.
Free hitting, ragged fielding and spicy comment by both players and spectators served to animate the session.
The number of innings to be played was indefinite, but finally after one side had been retired a dusky sponsor made
his way across the field shouting, "Bo, if we're ahead, we quit now."
Thus ended the classic of the season by the young Negro population of Lawrence.
NEW METHOD ELIMINATES USE OF USUAL X-RAY TUBE
Paris—X-rays have been produced by a new method which does not require the use of the usual X-ray tube, by M. G. Reboul of the Physics Laboratory, Montpellier. The X-rays are produced when electric currents are driven through solids of high electrical resistance with the help of high electrical pressure.
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