TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1942
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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Paleontologist at Home With Fossils in Dyche
A graduate of the University in 1896, a member of the staff in Field museum in Chicago, and an organizer of two expeditions to South America, is now back on the Hill, working on his hobby and making himself at home in Dyche museum.
Dr. Elmer S. Riggs should have no difficulty in recognizing the fossil exhibits in the basement of Dyche, since he helped in collecting part of the present collection.
In 1894, while studying under Professor S. W. Williston, professor of paleontology and anatomy, Dr. Riggs, in a party of six, accompanied Prof. Williston to the Bad Lands of South Dakota. The party camped beside a muddy pool of water, and then started out to collect fossils. Suddenly a violent hail storm swept across the country, blowing down the tent, upsetting the cooking utensils, and scattering the equipment over the Bad Lands. In order to have drinking water, the party had to dig holes in the sand.
The expedition ended successfully, however, and a number of valuable fossils were found. Dyche museum now has a skull of a giant pig, a great horned Titanothere, an animal related to the Rhinoceros, and a large sabre-toothed tiger as a result of this trip.
Former Students on Trip
Two former students on the trip were: Prof. E. C. Case, now director of the Museum of Paleontology in Michigan, and Dr. Barnum Brown, who is curator of fossils of reptiles in the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
In 1895, Dr. Riggs again went West in search of fossils, and found the first of a certain type of cat's skull. He classified the skull and described the anatomical structure in an article published in the University Quarterly. During the same trip, the skull of a horned-dinosaur was unearthed. This skull is the only one in the museum.
Worked in Old Snow Hall
After graduating from the University in 1896, Dr. Riggs worked in old Snow hall, and then received a fellowship from Princeton. From there, he went to the Field museum in Chicago where he remained as a staff member for 44 years.
"The biggest piece of work I ever did," Dr. Riggs said, "was to conduct two expeditions to South America." In 1922 and 1927, the expedition searched for fossils in Argentina and Bolivia. Now one of the finest collections from Argentina is at the Field museum.
"During the winter months we planned our work so we could be conveniently located close to a resort," he gave as a last remark.
DRUMMER PHIL----
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he would join the band again if he could.
When the orchestra heard this, they quickly made the necessary financial arrangements so that Phil would stay. Therefore, Phil Cato remains well established in the band.
Phil is a quiet, personable fellow, who plays the drums in a way that inspires the uninspired. He doesn't resort to facial contortions, head waving, and wild mannersis to get his drumming across, it isn't necessary. Featured in the piece, "A Man and His Drums," Phil says he "does get wild every now and then."
Kuersteiner Leaves For Mother's Rites
Karl O. Kuersteiner was called Sunday to Louisville, by the death of his mother, Mrs. Harriett Kuersteiner. In his absence the following changes will be made.
A guest conductor will meet with the symphony orchestra, the conducting class will be dismissed, and private lessons will not be resumed until Thursday, when the instructor expects to return.
The faculty recital scheduled for Oct. 19 in which Mr. Kuersteiner was to have appeared with Miss Irene Peabody will be postponed until later this fall. As yet no program has been substituted.
The studio recital of Mr. Kuersteiner's pupils of string instruments was given as scheduled Monday in room 125, Frank Strong hall. Miss Ruth Orcutt substituted for Mr. Kuersteiner and introduced the numbers.
The University medical alumni met at the Hotel President in Kansas City Saturday night and elected the following officers:
K. U. Medical Alumni Elect New Officers
Dr. Carl Ferris, president; Dr. Rial Oglevie, vice-president; and Dr. Galen Tice, secretary-treasurer. The retiring president is Dr. J. W. Grauerholz, of Kansas City, Mo.
Dr. H. R. Wahl, dean of the University Medical School in Kansas City, Kansas, urged members of the association to encourage more women in their home towns to enter training as nurses. Business and war industry have attracted many young women, he said, and the enrollments of nursing schools have suffered at a time when new nurses are unprecedented.
He noted that the University nursing school enrolled only 24 girls of a quota of 30 for its entering class this year, and said many other institutions over the country had encountered even greater disinterest.
E. W. Miller, editor of the Olathe Mirror, also spoke at the meeting. Fifty persons attended.
Ordnance Plant Runs Special Chem Course
Eighteen women attended the first class last night of a new chemistry course intended to fit them for work in the Sunflower Ordnance plant when it is completed. Prerequisite for the course is five hours of college chemistry.
School of Religion Sponsors Series of Relaxation Programs
Starting tomorrow and continuing every Wednesday, the School of Religion will sponsor a 20-minute program designed to provide students with the opportunity to relax and re-orient themselves from outside activities. The program, from 1 to 1:20 p.m., will be held in the Fine room of the Memorial Union building.
The program is called "The Noontide Re-creation for the Living of This Day." In order to keep the meetings informal and flexible no definite program has been planned, but the meetings will consist mainly of music and short talks.
John C. Horvath, chief chemist for Hercules Powder Company is instructor of the course. Ultimate enrollment is expected to reach 25. Classes will be held evenings on Monday through Friday, and will run for eight weeks.
NOTICE
Dr. J. Allen Reese, dean of the School of Pharmacy, has been reappointed as a member of the Committee on Educational and Membership Standards of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, for the year 1942-43.
Jeece Remains on Committee
Jay Janes will hold their regular meeting at 4:30 tomorrow afternoon in the Pine room. Mary Kay Brown, president.
NOTICE
Christian Fellowship group which previously met in Watson library will meet in the Pine room of the Memorial Union building, Thursday noon from 1:00 to 1:20 p.m. throughout the coming semester.
If you are a Christian, you will want to be present. Everyone welcome! David Boylan, chairman.
Pattern Will Display Paintings
A showing of about 20 watercolors, oils, and lithographs done in New York by Karl Matterm, professor of drawing and painting, will be on exhibit in Spooner-Thayer museum, beginning Thursday.
Professor Mattern painted two Kansas scenes from memory. One called "Underpass" is the scene of a railroad track and bridge near a rock wall in Lawrence. "Memories of Kansas" shows a group of horses stand in a Kansas pasture. Three water colors, "Times Square, Night Up Town", and "Display Signs," show life of New York before the blackouts.
Mr. Mattern has included in his showing, a picture of Greenwich Village, where he stayed during his leave of absence, and a scene taken from Ringling Brother circus. The rest of the display will include such paintings as "Portrait of Myra", "Arlington Square, Winter", Arlington Square, Spring," and "Overlooking the Bay," which will explain New York to the untraveled person. The subjects of the pictures are not limited to New York scenes, but include two country scenes of Connecticut, as well as several figure drawings.
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