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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1948
Michener Does Research On Chigger Life History
The chigger that bites a person usually dies.
Charles D. Michener, associate professor of entomology, said that we scratch the chigger off and kill it; but while waiting for someone to bite, it can live about a month on the ground.
Dr. Michener is working on a naval research project to discover more about the life history of the chihuahua.
He did research work on chiggers in Panama during the war. Louis J. Lipovsky and Richard B. Loomis, graduate students, are assisting him.
"Chiggers, especially those in the Orient and India, spread scrub typhus, a disease similar to Rocky mountain spotted fever," Dr. Mchener said. "Fatalities for the disease in those areas ran as high as 50 per cent during the war. We are not working with the disease here but are trying to learn more about the life habits of the different species of chiggers.
"The chigger is a parasite," he said. "So to get them, we seal in cellophane bags animals that may have chiggers and keep the bags under refrigeration until we get back to the laboratory. Then the animals are warmed up and washed in a detergent or wetting agent. The live chiggers are washed off the animal and we collect them.
The adult chigger or mite is bright red, velvety, 1/25 inches long, and has eight legs. It lays one egg at a time in the ground and may lay as many as 300 during a summer.
"Each egg hatches into a red larva which has six legs. It crowls around on the ground and in the grass until a mouse, rat, snake, chicken, or some person brushes against it. It then attaches itself to the animal." Dr. Michener said.
The larva doesn't burrow into the skin but injects a digestive enzyme which dissolves a section of the skin. That is what causes the itching. If the chigger isn't scratched off, itucks the fluid out and drops to the ground in three to ten days. When it drops off it develops into a free living mite. From this time on it feeds on insect eggs.
"When a chigger bites a diseased animal, the disease follows through the life history of the female chigger into the egg. The chigger that develops from this egg carries the disease."
The chiggers are kept in little cages with a small insect, the springtail. The chiggers get their food by sucking the eggs laid by the springtail. There are less chiggers at the end of summer because it is dryer. They have to have some moisture to live. The adult may live for eight months.
"Because there are few people trained in medical entomology, the job opportunities are good." Dr. Michener added. "Right now I could place six persons and I only have one."
Discuss Missionary Work
"Aspects of Missionary Work" was the subject of a discussion at the Episcopal College club Sunday night. The discussion followed the regular supper meeting.
Zoologists Check On Mammal Habits
18 Million Sent To China
Washington. Dec. 6—(UP)—American army supplies valued at over 18 million dollars have been delivered to China since July, army spokesmen said today.
四 members of the University zoology department recently took a four-day field trip to southwestern Missouri to determine whether small mammals living in Oklahoma and Arkansas range into Missouri.
The army supplies were shipped to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek's Nationalist government under the 125 million dollar American aid program and did not include that sent by the air force or navy. Nor did the supplies include about 45 million dollars in surplus military supplies left in the Pacific which were turned over to China. The surplus equipment was not included in the 125 million dollar aid program.
Up to 10 days ago, the Nationalist government had spent 113 million dollars of the 125 million dollars military fund for China. How much of this actually has been delivered has not been disclosed.
The spokesman's statement came as congressional leaders indicated coolness toward the new three billion dollar aid-to-China program requested by Chinese officials. Key members of congress said privately there was no present likelihood that congress would undertake any such vast new commitment, even if the administration proposes it.
Those taking the trip were Dr Rollin H. Baker, instructor in zoology, and Robert Hankins, Otis King and Wallace Good, graduate students in zoology.
Three Attend Conventions
Peanut Shellers, Gum Chewers Give Hollywood Its Biggest Headache
The group went to the northwestern edge of the Ozarks in MacDonald county, Mo. They brought back fifty specimens of eight species of mice and rats. These animals will be added to the museum collection.
Fred Ellsworth, alumni secretary,
Tom Yoe, public relations director,
and Miss Mildred Clodfelter of the
alumni office are attending the joint
conference of District 8, American
College Public Relations association,
and District 6, American
Collegeouncil in Kansas City. The
meeting, which started Sunday, will
end Wednesday.
Hollywood—(UP)—The movie-maker's worst enemy is a seven-year-old child.
He's the public enemy eating popcorn and shelling peanuts while you try to concentrate on what Hollywood hoped was an absorbing movie.
d enough for a movie to overcome a person's natural boredom," "It's too $ \textcircled{9} $
Movie attendance in the United States has reached 70,000,000 a week. Of that number approximately 30-000,000 are chewing bubble-gum, eating peanuts or wearing elaborate bats with tall plumes."
"It's hard enough for a movie to ov director Fred Wilcox says. "It's too much to have to overcome all the noise of bubble-gum and peanuts besides.
Most movie directors don't get so bitter. Wilcox says that is because Hollywood sees its movies at studio previews. But Wilcox has been to a public theater.
"One of the reasons people go to the movies is to get away from the awful realities," he said. "You shouldn't have to endure things like popcorn and wiser crackers."
"A movie is a day dream in which the customer identifies himself with the hero. He wants to live in the hero's world. He doesn't want to be reminded that people around him are shooting spitballs."
"One dope making stupid comments can ruin a movie for a whole audience.
The perfect movie theater. Wilcox said, would have a private booth for every customer, including separate booths for married folk.
Outside of movie theaters, Wilcox rather likes children. He currently is directing a couple of dozen of them in Metro-Goldwyn Mayer's "The Secret Garden."
1920 Graduate Dies At Capitol
Capt. Lyle O. Armel, '20, former assistant secretary of the Endowment association, died of a heart attack Sunday in Washington, D.C. He was 53 years old.
Captain Armel was serving as assistant director of the civil relations division of the navy's public relations department.
While assistant secretary of the Endowment association in 1940-41, he was instrumental in obtaining the Jolliffe gift of $50,000 and in getting donations for the $25,000 necessary for the University part of the Military Science building
A veteran of both World Wars, he was called to duty in the summer of 1941. Serving continuously at sea for 54 months, he was commanding officer of the Attack transport "Telfair." He received the bronze star medal and citation for meritorious service during the Okinawa campaign. He took part in the Aleutian island landings at Kiska, Atka, and Attu, and later in the Omaha beach operation of the Normandy invasion.
Born in Holton June 13, 1895,
Captain Armel attended Baker
university from 1914 to 1916. He
was a member of Delta Sigma Rho
and Sigma Phi Epsilon. He received
an A.B. degree from the University
in 1920.
A former commander of Capitol Post No. 1, American Legion, he was aide to Harry Colmery as commander of the American Legion. He was also general secretary of the Y.M.C.A. at Topeka from 1923 to 1933.
Captain Armel was married in 1920 to Miss Geraldine Riley of Holton. They are the parents of three children, Mrs. James D. Waugh of Lawrence, Lyle O. Armel II, and John Riley Armel. Mrs. Waugh graduated from the University in 1945. Her husband is a first year law student and was president of the All Student Council in 1947-48.
Nine Women Join Sorority
Nine women were initiated into Phi Chi Theta, professional business sorority, Dec. 2 in the Union.
Those initiated were Betty Ahnten, Jeanne Atkinson, Dorothea Crawford, Margaret Doll, Marjory Eudaly, Mary Francis Hercules, Betty Schrier, Barbara Schumaker, and Kathryn Smith, all business iuniors.
Plans for a Christmas party for members and alumnae of the sorority were discussed at the meeting. Pictures for the Jayhawker were taken following the ceremony.
Home Economics Club Initiates 25 Women
Twenty-five women have recently been initiated into the Home Economics club.
They are Lou Anne Allen, Mary Ellen Barker, Billie Bowman, Shirley Eakin, Elaine Englund, Marcia Godding, Doris Greenbank, Joan Happy, Betty Lou Hatcher, Charlene Houts, Patricia Jordan, Denny King.
Elaine Laughlin, Anne Long,
Clarice Moorthouse, Mary Pinkney,
Janetle Pollom, Virginia Powell,
Esther Rich, Marianne Rogers, Elinor Scott, Marilyn Swenson, Elizabeth Tice, Barbara Zimmerman, and Darlene Zimmerman.
FIGHT TB Buy Christmas Seals
Little $3\frac{1}{2}$-year-old Emile Jane Schanzer already has accomplished a task that causes most students "to beat their heads against the wall." She speaks both Spanish and English.
Of course, she had the advantage
Speaking Two Languages Is Accomplishment Of A Child
Oil Company Will Interview Engineers
Men interested in working on seismograph crews for the geo-physical department of the Continental oil company, Ponce City, Okla., will be interviewed by L. E. Whitehead Thursday in 111 Marvin hall.
There will be a meeting for electrical engineering, geological engineering, geology, physics, and engineering physics majors at 5 p.m. Wednesday, in 101 Snow hall. Mr. Whitehead asks that February and June graduates attend the meeting
ROTC Picks 11 Candidates
An interviewing schedule for Thursday may be signed after the meeting.
The University R.O.T.C. unit held an hour dance Dec. 2 at the home of Col. and Mrs. John Alfrey, professor of military science and tactics. The cadets met to select a list of 11 women from which the cadet's queen for the R.O.T.C. ball Dec. 10 will be chosen.
The 11 men on the judging committee were appointed on a basis of R.O.T.C. activity, attainment and seniority standing. They are Clem Abercrombie and Kenneth Tyson, business seniors; Hal Nelson and Larry L. Funk, journalism seniors; and Julian Been and Keith Wilson, College seniors.
Ralph Brock, College junior; Grant Vonderschmidt and Jim Steelbinder, business juniors; Rex Lucas, education junior; and Joe Mendenhall, College sophomore.
The 11 finalists for the cadet queenship who will be known as "honorary cadet colonel" are:
Housemothers Dine Today
Nina Ritt, Patsy Landis. College freshmen; Margaret Granger, Roberta Ann Larson, Dorothy M. Baldwin, Sally Stepper, Mary Covey, College sophomores; June Seymour, Corinne Carer, fine arts freshmen; Ethel A. Pearson, business junior; and Gloria Wassen, fine arts junior.
The Housemothers association of the University will have a Christmas luncheon at 12:30 p.m. today in the English room of the Union. The association has contributed 87 children's garments which will be given to the school nurses for the needy children of Lawrence.
of living for nine months in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Montevideo, Uruguay, when she was learning to talk. While she was living there she spoke the language without accent. Since she has been living at Sunnyside and attending the K.U. nursery, she has picked up the accent commonly applied to the language by North Americans.
Jenny is the daughter of Mr. George Shanzer, instructor in Romance languages, and Maria C. Schanzer, special student. Born in Columbia, Mo., she went to South America with her parents when Mr. Schanzer was sent there by the University of Iowa as part of his work
Mr. Schanzer was born in Vienna, Austria, and Mrs. Schanzer was born near Naples, Italy. They met while he was in Europe with the army and she was working with the occupation forces as an interpreter, He speaks Italian, Spanish, English, and Austrian while she speaks Italian, Spanish, and English. Both use English almost exclusively in the home so most of Jenny's knowledge of Spanish has come from association with Spanish-speaking children.
When first learning to talk, Jenny would say the word in one language and immediately follow it with the word in the other language.
Mr. and Mrs. Schanzer fear that Jenny may forget Spanish. She already has taken a dislike to talking in Spanish because she does not hear other children speak it. She has acquired a tendency to think it is wrong.
Though she speaks mostly English, if someone says something or asks her a question in Spanish, she will answer the same way.
Jenny has a South American primer which Mr. Schanzer bought for his Spanish students. It consists mostly of pictures. She occasionally uses this to 'show-off instead of acting as most children do when confronted with strangers. She points to a picture and then tells what it is in Spanish.
Smarter Students Mean Fewer Tutors
Are University of Kansas students getting more intelligent or is there a shortage of tutors?
Perusal of the Daily Kansas classified advertising this year proves that tutors are either not available or else not in demand. After ten weeks of classes only one tutor has advertised his presence.
Tutoring delinquent students has always been a means of financial aid for graduate students and faculty members. With the prices of groceries skyrocketing it would seem that tutors would be anxious for business. Thus the conclusion is reached that the average student finds himself independent of extra-curricular help.
New Method Of Reproducing Flora Now Is Used At Dyche Museum
An exhibit of a new method of making artificial leaves for wildlife groups is on display in the first floor show case of Dyche museum of natural history. The display shows the steps necessary to reproduce a sprig of poison ivy from natural-looking artificial materials.
The process of making artificial leaves, grasses, twigs and flowers was brought to the University in September by George Young, museum taxidermist, from the Colorado museum of natural history.
The new technique is shown in five steps in the display. An impression first is made of the natural leaf in plaster and a metal mold is made from the plaster mold. The third step consists of applying heat and pressure to thin sheets of material similar to celluloid which makes a permanent impression of the leaves. Next, wire is wrapped with cotton and covered with liquid plastic to form the steam. Then the stems and leaves are attached with liquid plastic and the stems are soldered together to make a spray of leaves. The final step is the spraying of the leaves and steams.
Material for the display was prepared by Mr. Young.
first a coat of white paint and then with color. Material for the liner
"The new method of making artificial plants is permanent," Mr. Young said. The leaves look natural since the plastic permits the light to shine through the leaf similar to the way sunlight shines through a real leaf."
Grass and flowers are made exactly like the leaves except for the wiring and painting. All work is done in the museum laboratories. Artificial leaves.
La
Artificial leaves twigs, grasses and flowers will be used as the natural habitat of birds in a new exhibit case of some of the summer birds of Kansas that is being installed. The poison ivy, now being made, will be used in this case.