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University Daily Kansan Monday, March 14, 1955
The Kansan Feature Page
Fun Reigns Now On St. Pat's Day
By JOYCE NEALE
Although the fame of St. Patrick, Ireland's patron saint, has never died, there is little in modern celebrations of his anniversary to convey an air of piety. Rather, March 17 has become another day for parades and pageantry, with "the goblins will get you if you don't wear green" idea.
The legend of St. Patrick driving the snakes out of Ireland has been well preserved. How he did it is less well known. The story is that the feat was accomplished by beating on a drum. The success of the miracle was endangered when St. Patrick struck the drum too hard and knocked a hole in it. But an angel appeared and patched the drum in the nick of time.
Other legends concern the miracles performed by St. Patrick in healing the sick, lame and blind. At one time, he and his followers had camped on a mountain. The followers collected ice and snow in a pile, union which St. Patrick
breathed and had a delightful fire for warmth and cooking. None of these legends mention him with a shillelagh, which is today associated with St. Patrick's Day as much as a shamrock.
St. Patrick was born in Scotland, captured in a pirate raid when a boy and sold as a slave in Ireland. He later escaped, but returned to preach to the heathen in Ireland. England. Scotland and Ireland all tried to claim him by virtue of the places he lived, preached and established churches—many of these places being named after him.
High School Education Good, Graduates Say
By MARION McCOY
What happens to Kansas high school graduates? A recent study of this question was made by the department of education. An eight-page questionnaire was printed and distributed to high schools for a follow-up study of 2,500 graduates.
The study determined how high school graduates felt about their high school education and its relation to their post high school activities. The results found that almost a fourth of the graduates were married. About 94 per cent of the graduates appraised their education as very valuable and useful.
About 81 per cent of the graduates appraised their participation in extracurricular activities. More of the high-ranking graduates participated in the activities than the low-ranking graduates, and the percentage increased in the larger schools.
The courses picked as most valuable in later training were business-commercial, English, mathematics science, and vocational training.
The department concluded that the graduates were generally satisfied with the education they received in high school. The questionnaire also indicated that improvement was needed where there was significant differences in response between the sexes and between the high and low groups. The study
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Noise, Activity And Solitude Found on Hill
By HELEN SCOTT and LEE RENYER
Campanile hill on a spring afternoon is an ideal place to find peace through activity. The bells of the campanile boom, children shout, cars zoom by noisily, but still there is solitude.
Walking around the hill you see athletic squads practicing. The tennis team displays a flash of tanned legs as they sharpen their back-hand. The baseball team opposes each other in a pre-season game. The track team circles the hill at a steady pace.
Fathers fight patiently with the breeze, trying to get kites into the air, as their children watch expectantly. A torn blue kite hangs in a tree, making them try harder to make their kite fly.
Carefree children fish from the banks of Potter lake with sticks, bamboo poles, and rods and reels. One little girl shouts happily as she pulls out her first fish; a barefoot boy dangles his feet in the water. A happy trio—a woman, a boy, and a dog—leaves the lake.
Couples lounge on blankets, a girl is busily painting and sightseers are taking pictures.
Several men are teaching a bird dog to retrieve a stick, small boys bicycle up the hill, and large ones cut across the grass on motorcycles.
People are busy doing whatever they enjoy most, but through all this activity there is a feeling of peace and quiet. People are everywhere but there is room in which to feel alone.
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KU Has a Reservation For Wild Life Research
By JOHN McMILLION
Would you like to go on a wilde mouse hunt? Or perhaps you would rather trail a turtle through the grass. Incidents such as these are not uncommon at the University of Kansas Natural History Reservation northeast of Lawrence on the old Robinson farm.
Under the direction of Dr. Henry S. Fitch, associate professor of zoology, research projects on voles, rabbits, squirrels, birds, reptiles, raccoons, and many other species are carried out.
Files are kept on these experiments and they are complete back to 1948 when the project was started.
Dr. Fitch estimates there are thousands of different species of wild life on the reservation. There are about 25 different species of reptiles alone. Included in these are a few Timber rattlers, which used to be fairly common in this area but are now becoming scarce. In addition to the research program carried on at the reservation it provides a field of instruction for University students in the zoology, botany and entomology departments. An average of at least one class a week makes a field trip to the reservation and many graduate students do research work for their theses there.
No animals or insects have been imported to the area. Only those species which normally live in the region are studied. This includes a wide variety ranging from coyotes, raccoons and an occasional deer down to the smallest insect.
The research work has its definite problems, especially when Dr. Fitch or one of his assistants finds a skunk in one of their traps.
However, 'surprisingly enough the skunk at times can prove to be quite an amiable fellow and causes no trouble.
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