Thursday, September 17, 1953 University Daily Kansan
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—Kansan photo by Ken Coy
APPLE POLISHERS—Jim Baird, journalism senior, standing on wall in upper right, gives new students the "lowdown" on the apple polishing party Tuesday night. The purpose of the party was for new students to meet their instructors and faculty members. An estimated 300 people made the rounds to the various "profs" houses.
Confused City Televiewers Try Channel 9, Get KANU
By STAN HAMILTON
Some persons in the Lawrence area have experienced an odd phenomenon with their television sets recently. It seems some sets, when tuned to channel No. 9, do not get that channel, but pick up broadcasts of KANU, University of Kansas FM radio station.
For the past three years only one television station was in operation in this area, WDAF-TV in Kansas City, and local residents had no trouble of this sort. When the command center of KNKC-VIRGINIA channel began on No 9 five weeks ago, near-by viewers began to be 'treated' to KU's FM programs.
The radio station in question, the university, KMBC, WHB, local repair and servicemen, and the local newspapers received a deluge of phone calls and mail, all expressing much disgust with the whole thing.
Repair agencies were a bit perplexed as to just what course of action to take, and some TV owners even went so far as to threaten to return their newly purchased models if something wasn't done—and in a hurry!
R. Edwin Browne, director of the station, sent a hurried call to the Federal Communications commission, to see if his 35,000-watt station was operating in its assigned 91.5 megacycles. Yes, it was, the FCC reported.
Finally, after a bit of experimentation, Mr. Browne discovered the cause of the trouble—poor tuning of the sets by installers or dealers.
station in the state, and therefore, our signal may be picked up several places on the dial, not only on a regular FM receiver, but on a TV set," Mr. Browne said.
"We have the most powerful radio
"We have found that it is a simple matter for servicemen to adjust these 'FM-TV' sets so that our sound is cut out. In fact, a little later this month or in early October, we plan to invite all local radio and television repairmen out to the station for a demonstration by one of our technicians on how to correct this little difficulty," he said.
Mother Nature Provides Nightlife for Students
No radio, no television, no telephone, not even any nightlife except that provided by Mother Nature was the 8-week summer session for three University students and their instructor.
But on the positive side the zoology field party of Leever Greer, John Esther, William Lynn, and Dr. Rollin H. Baker did get some beards, experiences and nearly 1,100 specimens of vertebrate creatures ranging in size from the finger-like shrew to a bear.
To top it off the four brought back four specimens of the nearest known living thing comparable to the mythical jayhawker, the tropical toucan. The bird has a black body, but a large yellow beak and red tail feathers greatly enhance the resemblance.
The trip included visits to 15 Mexican states and some work in Texas. The group went as far south as the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, but the rainy season prevented them from going on a tiger hunt as had been planned.
"The purpose," Dr. Baker said, "First the students learned how to live and collect specimens in the field. Second they obtained valuable specimens for the museum. And third I was able to get information for a research paper I am writing about vertebrates in the northeast part of Mexico."
The group from the museum ano zoology department makes the trip to Mexico each summer. That country was chosen because within a relatively small area can be found specimens native to desert, mountain, tropical and costal climates. No spot in the United States can offer such a variety.
The party traveled more than 600 miles in one stretch of dirt roads in Chihuahua and Coahuila without passing through a town. Only a few scattered haciendas provided civilization. One came in particularly handy when the group ran out of gas for their two trucks, despite the fact that each truck carried a reserve supply of 15 gallons.
In all, the group traveled nearly 7,000 miles. Dr. Baker recommended, for spectacular high points, the 178-mile trip from Durango across the Sierra Mountains to Mazatlan.
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The road is paved one-third the way, is rough and winding the remainder, passing through pine forests, then tropical forests and finally coastal flats.
The bear skin was obtained in a strange way. A Mexican rancher had been riding on his horse when the bear scooted across the road. The rancher lassoed the bear and gave the skin to the group.
Athletic Meet To Be Here
The annual convention of the Kansas Athletic Federation of College Women will be held here in December for representatives of physical ducation departments from various Kansas colleges.
KU Backs Become Kickers
For the first time since 1947, Kansas punting duty will not fall to a lineman. Guard Dobl Simons and Tackle George Mrkonic have been the Jayhawks chief booters of the past five years to top candidates for the team, are a pair of sophomores, Halfback Ralph Moody, and Full-back George Remsberg. Halfback Don Hess probably will handle extra points. The linemen will retain a grip of sorts on the situation with Tackles Joe Lundy and Gene Vignatelli the probable kickoff men.
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