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Expedition to Mexico Brings Back Animals
Specimens of three types of small animals never studied by science were brought back to the Museum of Natural History last week by a four-party KU expedition which spent about two weeks in the desert regions of Mexico.
A tiny mountain chipmunk, a rare type of rabbit, and a small type of rat from isolated mountain forests in the Mexican state of Caahuila were brought back for placement in the School's museum.
Rollin H. Baker, assistant professor of zoology, and assistant curator at the museum, led the expedition into three states in search of the tiny cheek-striped chipmunk.
J. Sheldon Carey, professor of design, went with the group to study Mexican village pottery craft.
Tuesday, April 20, 1954
Spencer Wolfe of Wichita went with the party. The three were joined in Mexico by Robert Dickerman who is working full-time for KU studying mammal life of Mexico.
Two previous KU expeditions had made trips across the desert country in attempts to find the rare chipmunk, but this last expedition was the first to catch the well-camouflaged animal.
Dr. Eaker said the chipmunk lived in the oak forests which grow on isolated mountain ranges within the desert. "The desert puts these forests in isolation allowing the wild life of the regions to develop along individualistic lines," he said.
The expedition camped out during their stay in the mountains and desert. "An extreme drouth in the region made it necessary to keep our camp close to the car so we could drive back for water," Dr. Baker said. "The drouth also made the wild-life of the region extremely scarce."
The expedition collected almost 200 specimens ranging from the smallest, a big-eared bat, to a bob cat.
Anti-Pollution Seen Water Problem Aid
Anti-pollution measures have multiplied the scarce municipal water supplies of many Kansas communities, according to Prof. Dwight F. Metzler, chief engineer for the State Board of Health at the University.
In this period of below normal rainfall, conditions would be much more critical if 115 Kansas cities and numerous private businesses had not built sewage treatment and industrial waste disposal facilities in recent years, Prof. Metzler said in a recent address before the Lions club of Arkansas City. He described a joint local-state program for abating pollution of the Walnut and Arkansas rivers.
In its first year, 1,383 contributions totaling $41,188.50 were made to the Greater University fund of the University, Ray Evans of Kansas City, chairman of the advisory board, said today.
University Fund Given $41,188
Evans described both the total and number of givers "most heartening. Approximately four per cent of KU's living alumni and former students contributed. The amount does not include gifts to any of the University's previously established funds, contributions made in the campaign for the continuation study center and student union at the Medical Center or anything for athletic grants in aid."
Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy said the development of the Greater University fund was one of the most satisfying things that has happened since he came to KU.
He mentioned support for library acquisitions and pure research as two areas in which private gifts are needed. Predicting a student body of 12,000 by 1970, the chancellor described support for student housing as an essential.
The fund was set up last spring by the KU Endowment and Alumni associations as a vehicle by which many gifts, large and small, could be pooled for purposes beyond the power of single gifts.
The highest average gift came from the class of 1910. The class of 1904 led in percentage of class participating, 7.6 per cent. The class of 1928, which included its silver anniversary reunion fund, gave the most and had the most donors.
Talk Set on Scotch Geology
Dr. O. C. Fraquhar of the department of geology will give an illustrated talk on Scotland and its geology at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in 426 Lindley. Dr. Fraquhar was a member of the staff at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, before coming to KU. He is a working geologist, and has visited several continents.
The Army Signal Corps saved approximately $1,700,000 in fiscal 1953 by adopting a new method of doubling the circuit capacity of long-range radio equipment without using additional frequencies.
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Kennedy Praises Transcript Plank
He emphasizes the idea of getting good men on the ASC who will do a good job. "I believe that no matter how the elections come out, I would like very much to see the ASC run efficiently with a minimum of waste time," he said.
"I hope to see the ASC carry out its functions efficiently and in the best interests of the students and thereby prove that it is capable of assuming more responsibility." Robert Kennedy, engineering junior and AGI candidate for president of the All Student Council, says.
He believes that the split in the political parties will not hurt the Greek system. "It is very good to see the change which has occurred in the past month," he said.
Putting a student's activities on his or her transcript, Kennedy believes, is a very good practice. He thinks that to get the true, overall picture of a student's college life, activities should be placed where they may be seen, for they might be an explanation of poor grades.
It was difficult for Kennedy to decide which plank of the ACI platform he considered the most important. "All of them are important—that is the reason they are there." he said, mentioning minimum wages, housing, and activities placed on a student's transcript.
Kennedy is president of Sigma Nu fraternity, was chairman of the Engineering Exposition, is vice president of the Forensic League, has a 3.00 average, and many more extra-curricular activities including debate, Tau Beta Pi and Sigma Tau, engineering fraternities. Owl society, and Sachem. He is from North Kansas City, Mo., and has attended the University for three years.
Here Are Your Candidates
"If we do get a strong two-party system, the students as a whole will gain for it," he said.
"Trends of Social Security" will be a speech given by Dr. Dominico Gagliardo, professor of economics, at the annual dinner of the social work department May 3 in the ballroom of the Student Union.
Trends in Security Set for Discussion
Students, graduates, and members of the staff of the Social Work agency of Kansas and the greater Kansas City area will attend the dinner.
The length of the cotton fiber may be from 1,000 to 3,000 times its diam eter.
Married Students Demand Housing
"We feel that instead of just dormitories, the University could build efficiency apartments for married students which would be paid for by the renters." This is the main plank in the platform of the Married Students party, which is running candidates in the All Student Council election today.
The party has nominated Cliff Holland, graduate in law, and Bob Kay, engineering junior, for president and vice president, respectively, of the ASC.
Holland has attended KU since 1947 except for two years in the Navy. He is a member of Lambda Chi Alpha social fraternity, Pi Alpha Theta, honorary history fraternity, is treasurer of Phi Alpha legal fraternity, and is a member of the KU Law Review. In 1951 he went into the Navy and later was released a lieutenant junior grade. In 1953 he was married and returned to KU.
Kay, who is probably best known on the campus as the student representative for Chesterfield cigarettes, is a member of Lambda Chi Alpha and is past pledge trainer of the organization. He has also been a member of ASTE and ASME engineering clubs.
AUFS Head Confers Here
Phillips Talbot, director of the American Universities Field staff, will watch his program in action at the University today when Edward A. Bayne, fourth AUFS speaker to visit the University this semester, lectures on Iran, the area in which he has become a specialist.
Mr. Talbot will attend the lectures and will consult with University members in charge of the program on the campus. The schedule for Mr. Bayne today and tomorrow will be as follows:
Today; 8 a.m., Marriage and Family Relationships, 110 Fraser, "The Middle Class in Iran"; 10 a.m. Marriage and Family Relationships, 110 Fraser, "The Middle Class in Iran"; noon, luncheon with the political science faculty; 4 p.m., graduate seminar, School of Business and department of economics.
Tomorrow: 10:40, American Economic Development, 206 Strong; "Point Four in Iran"; noon, lunchroom with the economics faculty; 3-5 p.m., graduate seminar, Problems of World Order, 202 Strong; 6:15-7:30 p.m., Radio Round Table.
Rice Tells Need Of Point System
Fred Rice, POGO (party of Greek organizations) candidate for president of the All Student Council, was campaigning hard yesterday in support of the point system, which, by allotting a specific number of points to all organized houses, would enable a distribution of student government offices held by Greeks and Independents.
Rice is a business junior, a member of Sigma Chi, and comes from the politician-breeding town of Abilene. The point system, Rice said, is the thing that started him off on his political career on the hill. He headed the old United Hawaiian school he is the direct relative of POGO, because it had the point system, which Rice feels is the only way to get a good representation of houses into governmental activities.
The United Hawks flirted with the idea of joining up with Allied Greek Independent party, but since the AGI didn't adopt the point system, POGO was born last month. Rice estimated the party strength to be around 1,200 votes.
The party platform, which Rice said is "pretty strong," advocates the listing of activities on transcripts, pre-enrollment for upper classmen, and a liaison group between the ASC and Watkins hospital. It opposes the $5 parking fee on Rice, the opposition platforms AGI, and the Married Students party have much the same platform, with the exception that POGO alone advocates the point system.
Rice has held many offices, and has been a member of ASC for two years.
Wichita Alumni To Hear Helen Hoopes
Helen Rhoda Hoopes, retired professor of English, will address an alumni meeting at 6:30 p.m. today at the Plymouth Congregational church in Wichita.
Frank Burge, director of the Student Union, and Richard Wintermute, field secretary of the alumni association, will also attend. Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy discussed "The First Annual Report on the University" at a meeting of the Shawnee county alumni Thursday in the Kansas hotel in Toneka.
An alumni dinner for Buffalo county, New York, was held in Buffalo last week.
The planet Jupiter has 11 known moons, more than any other planet.
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