THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1942
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
PAGE SEVEN
"Slithery" Specimens Bottled in Snow Hall
A fact known to most all campus-goers, unless they are Fine Arts students, is the existence of a very slithery collection of amphibians and reptiles found in the lower premises of Snow hall. The bulk of this collection, 30,000 specimens in all, has been gathered in Mexico by Dr. E. H. Taylor, professor of zoology. Since 1932 Dr. Taylor has spent his summers exploring and in so doing has visited some 23 states of Mexico. The greatest rarities have been obtained from the higher mountains, especially in the region of the timber line. Many of the large mountains have a fauna which
mountains have a laura when is peculiar to the many specimens found on adjacent or near-by mountains.
Bed Toad Replaces Dorothy Dix Occasionally, Indians help Dr. Taylor in his search for some hidden reptile, but for the most part they are afraid of these animals. The natives think that a collector of these weird monstrosities is totally insane. The natives' fears are waylayed if they are told that the material being gathered is to be used for medicine. This is something that they understand because their First Aid handbook reports that a sure cure for kidney trouble is turtle liver and the best cupid remedy for the maiden with a broken heart is a horned toad tucked beneath the arm or thereabouts.
This bottled collection is rich in "type" specimens. The "type" specimen being the one which served as the original description from which the animal was named. Upon visiting this zoology museum, the inquiring enlooker will find more than 100 of these "types" in this collection.
The most recent addition to this exhibit was purchased in New York a few days ago by Dr. Taylor. This latest bit of equipment came from the Isthmus of Tehuantepe and contains a great number of fine rarities and a few species new to science; along with this new addition comes the customary aroma and dissecting.
Our collector says that the danger of such shopping lies in one's mind and he sees nothing terrifying in tramping into some portion of brush to bring forth a new find. Dr. Taylor professes no particular liking for his reptile collection and maintains it purely for scientific purposes. He claims to be no snake charmer but with this evident collection at his disposal it is plain to see that he possesses a great knack for bringing reptiles back—dead or alive—cured or curled.
Pharmacy Seniors Write to Graduates Now In the Army
Under the supervision of Dr. Lloyd Boughton, members of the senior class of the School of Pharmacy takes a few minutes of their class period to write to former pharmacists of the University who are now in the service. "The boys in the army miss the old gang," reports Dr. Boughton, "and this helps them to keep in touch with things at K.U." The 18 students in the school write to each person on Dr. Boughton's list, and so far they have received several answers.
The students write all the happenings of importance from the Hill, and ask questions of the boys in the army camps. All the boys to whom they write were seniors last year.
Anwers have been received from: Lieut. Clyde K. Kost, coast artillery school, Ft. Monroe, Va.; Gurney Norris, pharmacists mate, second class, Philadelphia, Pa.; R. W. Klayder, ski troop at Ft. Lewis, Wash.; Lei J. Wiley, U.S.N. hospital corps school, Great Lakes, Ill.
FEOH!! ★★★
Quill Presents Magazine
BY WALLACE KUNKEL
For the reader's information, Feoh is a magazine, formerly the Oread Magazine, and a publication of the Quill Club.
The annual edition of the magazine is being presented to students at the present time under a new name, with new ideas, and is a pleasing proof of the creative ability of Hill students who are more than capable of simply passing the proficiency exam in English. It presents, upon reading, an atmosphere of quiet and pleasantness—a quality to be desired in leisure reading.
The lover of poetry will find varied types submitted by Bill Stafford, L. R. Lind, John Waggoner, and others who represent the poetic faction on the campus and might be termed "slickly neat." A poem written by Professor J. E. Hankins deserved the appreciation of each student reader and is the thought of man upon considering his supreme. The style of Bill Stafford is ably presented in "Home Town" and "Women of Kansas."
Well-known Hill scribes tore their hair through a variation of prose writings and the results are judged to extend from beautiful to clever. "Cathedral Window" by Addie Egbert is nicely done and was well chosen to head the Table of Contents. Bill Feeney, Lucille Kadel, Elizabeth Phillips, Ise Nesbitt, Ken Jackson, Harold Budke, and several others equally as talented present their individual styles and thoughts in a way which makes the new publication a credit to the Quill Club. Proof is shown herein that our campus sidewalks are not over-run with
The fourth annual reading institute will be held June 8 to 13, it was announced today by Dr. Bert A. Nash, professor in the School of Education. A new program this year provides for an additional week to the Institute which will be called "Workshop." It will be held from June 15 to June 20.
Reading Institute Schedules Workshop
The program is sponsored by the School of Education and the extension division of the University. It is expected that 200 to 250 teachers will attend the Institute.
Programs announcing the institute have been sent to 14,000 teachers in Kansas and Missouri.
The Workshop, which is new this year, has been added for those who care to secure two hours' graduate or undergraduate credit.
More time this year is being devoted to roundtable discussions of problems than ever before. Those attending the institute may attend every session as there are no double schedules.
An examination will be given over the first week of institute for those enrolled for credit, and will be followed by the second week of discussions and library reading.
The institute staff will consist of Dr. Albert J. Harris, College of the City of New York; Miss Helen Huus, University of Chicago laboratory; and the following from the University of Kansas: Miss Beulah Morrison, department of psychology; Dr. A. H. Turney, School of Education; Dean George Baxter Smith, School of Education; and Dr. Nash.
automatons but are traipsed upon by creators and thinkers who write for the love of writing.
Despite the emphasis on student works in this issue the new Feoh would not be complete without the mature touch of Professor Hankins in "The Pioneer Cemetery." It is written to honor Miss Hannah Oliver, the oldest living graduate of the University of Kansas, and will no doubt be read and re-read many times both as a tribute and as a memoriam.
To criticize the magazine from any personal standpoint would be purposeless because of the variation of writings that should please any person reading the contents of the publication. Well planned, well written, and humbly presented, Feoh deserves the support of the student body.
ROCK CHALK TALK--ing, Bernard Hall, president of the Newman club, announced today.
K. W. Davidson, "minister of propaganda" of the department, presented college senior Milo Farneti with a length of lead pipe to aid him in black-jacking government officials into writing press releases sent to the Kansan office in a style to his liking.
Between the covers of the book was the men's section of the student directory.
(Milo dislikes the manner in which the U.S. government writes its official communiques—he rewrites them to his own personal liking.)
Charles Pearson, college senior and campus editor of the Kansan, supposedly did an excellent imitation of Prof. L. N. Flint, retired chairman of the department of journalism. At the close of the play on eccentricities and odd mannersisms, Pearson took his seat amid the applause of the banquet mists
Instructor Davidson likewise presented College junior John Conard with a long telescope—to aid him in choosing pictures of those persons whose faces are run in the Kansas. Davidson also commented, as he handed Conard the gift, that the need for such an instrument arose when Conard printed the picture of the "Sistine Madonna" with the label of "Joe Stalin" in a recent issue of the newspaper.
Professor Flint raised his hand and requested attention. "Pearson, what I want to know is—how in the hell did you get that way?" he asked loudly.
Ruth Litchen Heads Social Studies Group
Miss Ruth E. Litchen, instructor of education, was elected president of the Kansas Council of Social Studies at its annual meeting, held in Topeka Saturday. Miss Litchen has been treasurer of the council for the past year.
Attending the meeting of the council and a meeting of the Kansas history teachers association held in conjunction, were Miss Litchen; H. F. Summers, graduate student; J. C. Malin, professor of history; W. E. Sandelius, professor of political science; Theodore Paullin, instructor of history; C. T. Hutcheson, graduate student; and Mrs. Nina B. Cole, Betty Allen, Virginia Laughlin, Eleanor Schooling, and Lois Lee Allen, all seniors majoring in education.
Bishop Schulte to Address Catholic Students Sunday
His Excellency, Paul C. Schulte, bishop of the Leavenworth diocese, will address Catholic students in the basement of St. John's church following 9:30 Mass Sunday morning, Bernard Hall, president of the Newman club, announced today.
Hall said that it has been the policy during the year for the Catholic students to go to corporate communion once each month and at that time have a guest speaker address the group following the 9:30 Mass.
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"In view of the fact," Hall stated, "that the Bishop has done much work with students all over the state, I hope that all Catholic students in the University will avail themselves of this opportunity."
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