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University Daily Kansan
Friday, Sept. 27, 1963
Frog Hunter Finds 8 Types
A KU professor's collecting and classifying of Central American tree frogs has resulted in his discovery of eight new species.
William E. Duellman, associate professor of zoology, discovered three of the new species in one night in the same stream. In the past eight years he has collected data on all but 15 of the approximately 125 known species.
Due to the nocturnal habits of tree frogs, Prof. Duellman uses a flash camera for photographs and a battery-powered, high fidelity tape recorder, with a uni-directional microphone for recording their calls.
HIS RESEARCH on tree frogs grew out of a study of the geographical distribution of animals in Central America.
"This region contains a mixture of North and South American animals and contains some of the largest and most diverse groups known," he said.
Prof. Duellman added, "The Panama Canal Zone, which is roughly 20 by 50 miles contains more than three times the number of reptiles and amphibians to be found in the state of Kansas."
PROF. DUELLMAN recently received a $36,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to finance research for three more years.
He plans to continue his work this winter in Panama, and next summer in Central America and southern Mexico. In the near future he hopes to travel to Europe and collect existing data on rare animals of the Central American region.
Linda Klaas, Prairie Village graduate student, is assisting Prof. Duellman.
Thirty KU women are being selected this week to compete for SUA Carnival Queen.
The Carnival, an annual SUA project, will be held Oct. 12 in the Kansas Union. Various living groups will compete for the prizes of best skit presentation and best booth.
WOMEN'S HOUSES are now nominating their queen candidates, which will be released early next week. Corbin, Gertrude Sellars Pearson, Lewis, and Hashinger Halls will each have three candidates; other houses will each nominate one.
Susan Nash, Grange, Ill., junior and member of the SUA Carnival steering committee, said that a coffee will be held for the candidates at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the English room of the Kansas Union.
The queen candidates will participate in a parade in downtown Lawrence the morning of Oct. 12. They will also be presented to the crowd during the half of the KU-Iowa State game.
THE QUEEN will be selected by balloting at the Carnival. Everyone who attends the Carnival will be entitled to one vote.
Jim Johnston, Independence, Mo. junior, is chairman of the Carnival steering committee.
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WILLIAM E. DUELLMAN, associate professor of zoology, examines one of about 110 frogs he has collected in his research in Central America. The specimen above is one of those with whom Prof. Duellman has worked for the last eight years.
Group to Name Pledges
New pledges of the KU Angel Flight will be announced late Sunday. Judith Hill, commander, said today.
Selection of the women will follow an informal coffee at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Kansas Union. Angel Flight expects to pledge about 20 women, Miss Hall said.
Most of the applications have been turned in, but they will be available at the coffee. Prospective
pledges must be sophomores, juniors, or seniors with at least a 1.5 GPA.
Angel Flight is the Air Force honorary organization for women. The group acts as hostess for Air Force and military affairs and tries to be of service to the campus, Miss Hill said.
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About 70 KU alumni will meet here this Saturday.
Eugene W. Morgan of Kansas City, Mo., national alumni president, will preside at the fall meeting of the Alumni Association.
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Approximately 50 alumni of the KU School of Medicine, serving as committeemen for the Distinguished Medical Teaching Fund. will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Kansas Union.
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Speakers will be Stanley Learned, Bartlesville, Okla., president of Phillips Petroleum Co.; Dr. Raymond Pruitt, Houston, Tex., chairman of the Baylor University School of Medicine; and C. Arden Miller, dean of the KU School of Medicine.
HANK STRAM, HEAD COACH of the Kansas City Chiefs in the American Football League, won the 1943 Big Ten medal awarded annually to the student best combining athletic and scholarship. Stram was a football and baseball player at Purdue.
Theatre Seating For ID's Better
KU students who use their KU identification cards to get seats at University Theater productions, will find themselves in different seats this year.
In the past, students who were admitted on their ID cards sat on the back two rows on the main floor and in the balcony.
This year, in addition to last year's seats, students will be allotted one-third of the seats in the mezzanine on the main floor, and 133 more seats in better sections of the theater.
The first University Theater production is, "The Emperor Jones", which will open on Oct. 9. Tickets will be available Oct. 2.
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