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University Daily Kansan
Thursday, Oct. 9, 1958
Spiders, Rattlesnakes
They're All Part Of a Summer Job
Sleeping on a hammock in the middle of the desert with spiders, ants and rattlesnakes crawling underneath doesn't sound like too much fun, huh? But, Bruce Jackson, a geological engineering senior from Garnett, has had such an experience.
Jackson was one of three who surveyed the arid wastelands on the western slope of the Steens Mountains in the southeastern corner of Oregon this summer. He was working for the United States Geological Survey making maps of a branch of the Owyhee River which may be used by the government for a hydroelectric dam.
The surveying party camped 40 miles out from the small town of Frenchglen located on the edge of the desert slope. The terrain characterized by steep, vertical slopes offered dangerous working conditions. Jackson can remember only one rain-all summer.
"The area has only an 11-inch average rainfall," he said.
"The location was reached by jeep," Jackson explained. "The land is very abundant in deer, wild horses, and antelope who eat the desert shrub. This is the area formerly occupied by the Pete French ranch, which was second in size only to the famous King ranch in Texas."
Jackson killed more rattlesnakes than any member of the group during the summer. Out of 31 killed, he personally killed 10; the biggest one 38 inches in length. He also went cougar hunting and on a cattle roundup which has a herd numbering in the thousands.
Of all the experiences encountered by the group, Jackson remembered one the most. He had cashed a four hundred dollar salary check and put the money in his knapsack. While returning from town in the jeep his knapsack bounced out of the rear end. When he went to look for the knapsack later that night, he was confronted by a tribe of Spanish sheep herders who didn't speak English. After finally establishing his identity through belongings in the knapsack, the sheep herders (Basque they were called) gladly handed over his sack—every dollar in its exact position.
The only injury or sickness suffered by the group was dust pneumonia. But in case of a more serious
GRANADA
accident an airplane could be made available within a reasonably short period. Jackson said,
The most unfortunate incident of the 11-week job occurred when the
surveying boss fell into the cold river with an arm full of maps, washing the lines off the maps which had taken two weeks to make.
BRUCE JACKSON
But with the busy summer and all the excitement, Jackson did have one week vacation. What did he do? He climbed Mt. Hood.
World-Wide Travel- Rapid Advancement-
These are two of the things GSI has to offer men with degrees in geophysics, physics, math, geology or electrical engineering.
Eighty-eight percent of our executives are science or engineering graduates, and to all of them the world has become as familiar as Main Street.
If a challenging position in worldwide petroleum exploration is a subject you would like to discuss, Mr. Jack Brown will be on campus Friday, Oct. 10.
Six companies have scheduled interviews with KU seniors and graduate students in the School of Business. Business interviews scheduled are:
Oct. 13, Penn Mutual Life Insurance—Management training, sales law.
Business School Interviews Listed
Dr. Smith, president of the National Science Teachers Assn., flies to as many as four cities a month to meet with authorities on science education problems.
Oct. 14, I.B.M.—technical sales,
*Oct. 15, Commerce Acceptance—
sales; Midland Empire Life Ins.—
sales.
Oct. 16, U. S. Gypsum—production,
quality control, engineering,
accounting, sales engineering, dealer
sales, and purchasing.
If Dr. Herbert A. Smith continues to pile up air hours, he may compete with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles for the "most-flow man" in the United States title.
KU's Smith Competes With Dulles for Most 'Air Hours'
Oct. 17. Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp.-sales, general office, plant engineering, personnel administration, research, and development.
Reynolds Named to Board
Dr. Charles A. Reynolds, associate professor of chemistry, has been named by the University Senate to serve on the University Athletic Board during the coming year. He replaces Dr. Albert Kitzhaber, who is on leave.
"The volume of mail is tremendous," he said. "I have no idea how many letters I write each month but they must number in the hundreds."
"I enjoy the work," he said, "but it is involved. At times there seems to be more work than one man can do.
This month he will fly to Washington, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Minneapolis to work with committees for the advancement of science.
In addition to his work with the NSTA, Dr. Smith is a professor in the KU school of education. As president of the science association, Dr. Smith does not have much time for teaching. Correspondence, meetings and directing operations of the NSTA make every day a full one.
This month Dr. Smith is working with a committee which is formulating recommendations for the distribution of money appropriated through Public Law 85-864 by the 85th Congress.
Directing the 25 committees of the association also takes time, he said. He channels members to the various committees and is a member of several of the groups.
The law will provide money for expansion and improvement of education programs with emphasis on providing better facilities for teaching science and mathematics.
Dr. Smith will meet this month with another committee which is working on the problem of coordinating the teaching of science between elementary and secondary schools.
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