FAGE EIGHT
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE. KANSAS
FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1948
Teaching May Be Dull After Life With The Head Hunters
"I'm afraid I'll be a school teacher," E. H. Taylor, professor of zoology, chuckled when asked what his plans were for the summer. Dr. Taylor usually spends his summers collecting reptiles and amphibians in many parts of the world.
He started collecting for Dyche museum while a student at the Uni- 40 years he has added*
versity. In 40 years he has added about 30,000 specimens to his collection end has given between 8,000 and 9,000 to the museum. He has spent 15 years obtaining specimens from the Pacific, Australia, Indonesia, and Mexico. He has also bought collections from other parts of the world.
The reptiles and amphibians in his collection, preserved in alcohol ard.1 in skeleton preparation, are kept in total darkness in a Snow hall storeroom to prevent loss of their natural coloring.
Names New Species
Dr. Taylor has described and named over 250 new species of reptiles and amphibians. Art students make scientific drawings for his publications. He has published approximately 120 works.
After graduation from the University in 1912, Dr. Taylor went to the province of Agusan on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines as an assistant to the governor. He spent two years living there with the Manobo head hunters, building villages, and establishing schools. While in Agusan he translated an elementary reader into their language.
This was a political job, Dr. Taylor explained, and when the administration changed, he was " fired for inefficiency." Then he was hired as chief of the fisheries at Manila with a noticeable increase in salary. After four years in Manila he resigned and explored the entire Philippine group for four years.
When the depression came, Dr Taylor began teaching and collecting during the summer.
During World War II Dr. Taylor spent three years with the army in Asia. Part of this time he loaned to the British army. While in Asia he said he saw many specimens he would have liked to have brought out. He was able to collect one a few while he was fighting. Finds War in Czech Russia.
In the summer of 1947 he and his son flew to Costa Rica for his first journey under the auspices of the University.
"We ran into a pocket-sized edition of a revolution in Costa Rica," he said. The revolution did not hinder them in obtaining 4,000 specimens for the museum.
Dr. Taylor also takes the 12 members of his class studying lower vertebrates on half-day and week-ends; nature, fresh fishes, amphibians, and reptiles.
At present, Dr. Taylor is describing and naming new species which he found in Mexico, and finishing his part of the book on which he and Dr. Hobar M. Smith, '36, are collaborating.
Among the prize possessions in his office in Dyche museum are a hand-carved laughing Buddha, given him as a favor at a dinner in China; a god from Mexico, and pictures of his son and daughter.
He says he is happy in his penthouse, "complete with etchings provided by Prof. Allen Crafton."
If You're A Licensed Ham Operator Lines Of Communication Are Cheap
Would you like to call someone half-way round the world by radio? If you're a licensed "ham" you can do it yourself. If not, a member of the Radio club will do it for you. And all for free.
Club members have contacted operators in Hawaii, Guam, the Philippine Islands, Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, France, England, Cuba, Mexico, and nearly $ ^{*} $ every state in the nation.
Membership Open To All
The 25 members of the club own two transmitters which are kept in club headquarters, room 205 in the electrical engineering laboratory. Either set can contact any point on the globe if weather conditions are favorable. The radios were obtained from army surplus in the spring of 1947.
Jerry Kuehne, activity manager of the club, said that membership is open to any person interested in radio. About half the present members are licensed operators and the others are studying for the Federal Communications Commission test, he added.
Passing the FCC test qualifies a member for a "ham" license. To pass the test, a person must have a thorough knowledge of radio code and equipment, and FCC laws.
Melvin Cottom, instructor in electrical engineering, is faculty adviser for the organization. He too is a licensed ham. Other club officers are Paul Gratny, president, and Robert Kurtz, secretary-treasurer.
The main activity of the club is using the radios, which leads to many interesting experiences, Kuehle said.
Have Friendly Chat
"One of our members contacted another operator in Van Nuys, Calif. recently, and by -coincidence, this operator's next-door neighbor had an aunt in Lawrence. So we got
National Magazines Print Two Poems by KU Professor
Two poems by Prof. L. R. Lind, chairman of the department of Latin and Greek, have been published recently.
The poems appear in current issues of the Saturday Evening Post for May 1 and in the May issue of the Ladies Home Journal. A third poem appeared in the Saturday Evening Post on Dec. 13, 1947.
these relatives together and they had a 30 minute chat," Kuehnle said.
During the Kansas Relays, the club communicated with England, Denmark, and the Philippine Islands.
Three of the members have carried their radio interest outside the regular activities of the club. Kurtz, Gratny, and Donald Oppenheimer have installed two-way radio sets in their automobiles.
Four speakers have been scheduled for the summer session lecture series, George B. Smith, director of the summer session, said today.
Four Men To Speak At Summer Lectures
Frank Rising, general manager of automotive and aviation parts manufacturing association of Detroit will sneak on "Labor Economics," June 17.
Erskine Caldwell will speak on "The Writer in the Soviet Union," July 1.
Dr. Kurt von Schuschnigg, ex-cancellor of Germany, will speak on "Problems of Central Europe," July 22.
Engineers Set Up New Petition Rule
Josh Lee, ex-senator from Oklahoma, will lecture on July 7.
Members of the engineering council amended their constitution Thursday to require fewer signatures on petitions for nominations to council offices. The new regulation will go into effect today's election, John L. Margrave, president, said.
Watson Library Gets More Books
Under the new ruling 40 engineering students can petition for nominations to president, vice-president, or secretary-treasurer. Formerly 10 per cent of the engineering school had to sign petitions.
Among the new books received by the Watson library are "The Purple Plain," by Herbert Ernest Bates (fiction); "Lucinda Brayford," by Martin Boyd (fiction): "Lawyers, Law Schools and the Public Service," by Esther Luile Brown; "American Foreign Policy," by Lawrence Henry Chamberlain; "Miracles from Microbes," by Samuel Epstein; "Religion in the Twentieth Century," by Vergilius Ture Anselm Ferm.
"The Foreign Affairs Reader": "Curriculum Implications of Armed Services Educational Programs" by Samuel Myron Goodman; "The Place of Psychology in an Ideal University," Harvard university: "Theories of Learning"; by Ernest Ropiequep Hilgard; "Thomas Paine", by Joseph Lewis; "Eagle in the Sky", by Van Wek Mason (fiction).
"American Potters and Pottery," by John Ramsay; "Value of Commodity Output Since 1869," by William Howard Shaw; "Your Newpaper: Blueprint for a Better Press," by Leon Svirsky; "The Psychology of Human Differences," by Leona Elizabeth Tyer; and "American Military Government in Germany," by Harold Zink.
University Plans Fall Orientation
Tentative plans for the orientation of new students next fall were made at a meeting of representatives from 10 University organizations recently.
These plans include tours of the museums and campus, sponsored by Alpha Phi Omega; student receptions at Lawrence churches, sponsored by the Student Religious council; new student induction; and "meet your faculty" forums.
Representatives were present from Y.M.C.A., Y.W.C.A.; Union Activities, A.W.S., registrar's office, I.S.A., Boys' State alumni, A.S.C., Inter-Fraternity council, and the Dean of Women's office.
Routzahn To Teach Public Relations
Mrs. Mary Swain Routzahn will conduct the summer public relations course for social workers at the University from July 12 to 22.
Mrs. Routzahn has been with the Russell Sage foundation, New York, for 35 years. In 1944 she received the first national award in health education. Since 1936 she has been director of the Russell Sage foundation's department of social interpretation.
The University is offering four separate courses. Each enrollee will be able to choose a combination of two of the four said Prof. Esther Twente, chairman of the graduate department of social work.
County Memorial Drive Has Reached $10.990
The Douglas county memorial drive sponsored by Junior Chamber of Commerce has reached $10,-990 in its campaign to raise $17,000.
John Chaney, president and chairman of the drive, said they expect to close the drive today.
New "bellringers" are Cottage cafe and Zim's snack shop.
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