V. 9, 19
EDNESDAY, NOV. 9, 1949
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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Dates Continue To Puzzle as Calendar Search Goes On
when it's Sept. 24 by the Western world's Gregorian calendar, date is it in Tel Aviv, Addis Ababa, and Peiping?
Ancient Egypt provided the foremer of the Western World's caldar, Julius Caesar, used its system, the basis for his Julian calendar, first to establish a $365\frac{1}{4}$ day, dividing the period into 12 months, and providing a leap-year to take care of accumulated actions.
Gregory directed that Oct. 15, be followed by Oct. 15, and at leap-year days be omitted in the 31st year of each century except ars divisible by 400 (as 1600), reciting the annual error to 26 secds.
In it's Sept. 24 by the Wet date is it in Tel Aviv, Addis recent official adoption of the Hezron calendar by the new state of tel surprised no one. To all in international trade and diplomacy, never, it points up an old problem.
in 1582. Pope Gregory XIII ordain a simple reform. Astronomers owed him that the sun-year is 11 nutes less than $365\frac{1}{4}$ days, so that 12 Julian centuries 10 days had lost.
The search for a system transable into others has gone on for century, says the National Geographic society. The League of Names considered 500 calendar prosals and the United Nations now vies on the quest for simplification. On India and Pakistan, 14 calendar items are found, besides the widely ed Gregorian, Mohammedan, and bree.
Japan adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1873; China and Turkey y20 years ago. The Soviet Union, opting it in 1918, found the anniversary of the October Revolution moved into November by the change. When its Sept. 24, 1949 in New York get date is it in Tel Aviv? Israel's coming new city on Sept. 24 celebrates New Year, 5710. In Mecca, city of the Mohammedans, the first month of the year 1368 begins. In Addis Ababa, it is the 14th day of the year 1942.
Museum Enlarges Bird Collection
Dr. Leona Baumgartner, 23, will be the principal speaker at the annual meeting of the Kansas Coun for Children Friday and Saturday in Topeka.
A complete mounted collection Kansas birds is the goal of the diversity taxidermist working in the Museum of Natural History in the hall. The first case of the collection is partly completed for of 17 bird families found in Kansas. A new case has recently beenurted that will include the five bird milies not in the first case, said George P. Young, University taxidermist.
Her speech topic for Friday will: "The Education's Children and the identity White House Conference." She will also be one of the leaders of a discussion, "The White House Conference—The Role of anasas," during the Saturday morning session.
g session.
Dr. Baumgartner is associate chief
the United States Children's bur-
u, Washington, D.C. She received
master's degree from the University
in 1925 and a doctor of medicine
and a doctor of philosophy
degree from Yale university.
mist.
In completing a collection of Kana
Butterfowl on the western wall
the Museum's bird floor, several
ople have agreed to help by com-
ting the existing collection said
E. R. Hall, director of the
museum.
uiseum.
Frank Hodges, of Olathe, was the first person this autumn to provide needed specimen. It was a male now goose in fully adult plumage, commenting on this specimen, R. W. drickson, assistant curator of nithology, said that several Snow ose killed this autumn by hunters and been inspected, but Mr. Hodges' dd was the first one found in the direct plumage.
IumnaToAddress children's Council
String Quartet Starts Chamber Series
The University Chamber Music series will start at 8 p.m., Monday, Nov. 14, with a concert by the Hungarian String quartet in Strong auditorium.
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Sale of season tickets to the concerts is approaching the 400 limit, said D.M. Swarthout, dean of the School of Fine Arts.
The program by the Hungarian String quartet will include compositions by de Arriga, Beethoven, and Franck.
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