University Daily Kansan Monday, May 11, 1953
MISS HELEN LADD
Librarian, Turtle Touring by Air
Prof. Edward H. Taylor of the KU zoology faculty captured "Myrtle the turtle" last fall before turtles were scheduled to go into hibernation. However, it seems nobody got around to arranging air express for Myrtle, so the turtle is making the trip accompanied by Miss Ladd.
All this turtle flying started when Gunther Poschinger, the son of Baron Poschinger, a senator in the Bavarian parliament and acquaintance of Miss Ladd, asked for a land turtle. It seems young Poschinger is something of a fan of natural science.
A Kansas land turtle is accompanying Miss Helen Ladd, reference librarian at the University, on a flying trip to Europe and the Near East.
Business will be combined with pleasure by Miss Ladd who plans to attend the 500th anniversary celebration of the fall of Constantinople. She is a student of Islamic culture, and is looking for additions to the oriental collections of the KU library.
Miss Ladd hopes to be back at her post in Watson library in six weeks, but the turtle will remain at Schloss Frauenau in Bavaria, Germany.
"I hope to leave the turtle with a friend in Rome because" I can't visit Bavaria until the homeward leg of the trip," Miss Ladd said.
Ireland Talks at Kansas State
**Urand Talks at Kansas State**
Dr. H. A. Ireland of the geology department was the guest speaker last week at a meeting of geology students and faculty of Kansas State college. His talk, entitled "Timeless Mexico," was on the geology and some of the agricultural and cultural elements of Mexico.
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AIRCRAFT OBSERVER
The Brains of the Team
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