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Selective Arachnids
Ticks Prefer Cottontails Over White Rabbits
Ticks are particular when it comes to eating.
Takeshi Miura, graduate student from Japan, who has for the first time colonized ticks in the laboratory discovered this when he began his research project on the bacterial disease tularemia.
Miura found that trapping ordinary cottontail rabbits and bringing them to the laboratory for the ticks to lay their eggs and grow up on was the answer to the problem.
Previous attempts have been made at KU and other universities and laboratories to raise ticks under laboratory conditions so they could be carefully studied. Domestic or white rabbits had been used and the results had been unfavorable.
TAKESHI MIURA
10.000 Ticks
"The only problem with cotton-tail rabbits is they do not breed in the laboratory so when you need more, you have to go out and trap them." Miura said.
Miura started his present tick population with only 300 ticks, but now has somewhere around 10,000.
The problem under study at the laboratory is to determine whether ticks transmit tularenem and, if so, how between different animals.
Ticks are not insects but arachnids of the order Acarina. They therefore have no larva or pupa stage. The young have only six legs while the adults have eight and they grow by a process of shedding one skin after another.
Miura, now that he has his tick colonies fairly well established, is spending much time learning how to grow bacteria with which he will contaminate his ticks.
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There are many different types of ticks some of which are attracted to certain kinds of animals, Miura said. He has a majority of rabbit ticks, but he has also some colonies of ticks he raises on rats and chickens.
They live off the blood of the animal they are born on and if allowed to drink as much as they can, become many times over their original size. The larger they become however, the clumsier they become.
Work on the $20,000 State Geological Survey building to be built at 15th and Iowa Streets will begin March 15, according to R. Keith Lawton, University, administrative assistant for operations.
The world's first artificial diamonds were produced in Kansas by a Dr. Hershey of McPherson College.
The foundation will be laid by Hahn and Smith Construction Co. of Topeka. The Armco Co. will do the building construction work.
The building will be of metal, with straight sides and sloping roof in contrast to the quonset hut storage barns already in the area.
The building will be used for storage by the survey and will be constructed on a University storage area.
Work To Start On Building
Four KU professors and three graduate students will attend the twelfth annual meeting of the north central branch of the Entomological Society of American in Des Moines, Iowa, March 27-29.
KU Entomologists ToAttend Meeting
Those attending are Charles Michener, professor of entomology; Allan R. Barr, assistent professor of entomology; G. W. Byers, assistant professor of entomology; Ryuichi Matsuda, research associate; Earle A. Cross, Jr., assistant instructor of entomology; Paul R. Ehrlich and Shankar Narayan, Lawrence graduate students.
Three of the group will present papers. Prof. Barr's paper will be on evolution in a group of mosquitoes, Prof. Byers' on variation in crane flies, and Ehrlich's on the anatomy of butterflies.
The nature and aims of KU's Society for Advancement in Management will be discussed at 8 p. m. Wednesday in 110 Snow.
Panel To Discuss Management Aims
Howard E. Miller, of Butler Construction Co., Kansas City, Mo. will head a delegation of three speakers who are members of the Kansas City SAM.
Leonard H. - Axe, Dean of the School of Business, returned Saturday from Chicago where he attended the two-day annual meeting of the advisory council to the American College of Life Underwriters and American Institute.
Axe Returns From Chicago
The Society is composed of business, engineering and economic majors, and all students interested in production work.
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Engineers and Physicists:
A gift of microfilm recording a half century of work by one of the nation's leading architectural firms has been made to the department of architecture and architectural engineering by Mrs. Edgar Martin of Chicago.
The film illustrates architecture delineated and contract drawing executed by the Chicago firm of the late Edgar Martin, who died in 1951. Some of the work illustrated goes back to 1903.
George M. Beal, professor of architecture, said the gift starts a microfilm library of professional work. Microfilm records of professional work of other leading firms will be sought for the permanent file.
Mr. Martin's firm, designed the original Student Union. This structure, since doubled in size, was erected in 1927.
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More than a few persons have been startled lately when calling Grace Pearson Hall. Instead of the usual identification of the name of the hall, the caller was greeted by "Grace's Place."
Mathematics Club To Hear Dean
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Donald Dean, associate professor of engineering and assistant to the dean of the School of Engineering and Architecture, will talk on "Mathematics in Architecture," to members of the Mathematics Club at 7:30 p. m. Thursday in 305 Student Union.
Prof. Dean will explain the features and building of the hyperbolic paraboloid between Marvin and Lindley Halls. He was the designer of the structure.
Pledge Smoker Wednesday
"Why Alpha Chi Sigma Is Important" will be discussed by Ernest Griswold, professor of chemistry, at the Alpha Chi Sigma, chemistry fraternity, pledge smoker at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Eldridge Hotel's Big Seven Room. A film short on Roger Bannister will be shown.
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The Coffee Comes To You
You can get another cup of coffee in the Student Union cafeteria without putting your book down, thanks to the roving coffee bar.
Choir Presents Oratorio 'Elijah'
Under the direction of Miss Elin K. Jorgensen, professor of music education, a 26-voice choir presented the oratorio "Elijah" Sunday at the Trinity Episcopal Church.
The soloists were Bruce Voran, Kinsley sophomore; Peggy Wilson, Lawrence special student; Theodora Ericsson, Lawrence, and Bruce Loganbill, Newton, both graduate students, and Mrs. Clayton Krehbiel of Lawrence. The organist was G. Criss Simpson, associate professor of organ and theory.
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The coffee bar was started two years ago from suggestions by students. It serves students at their tables so that studies need not be interrupted by going through the cafeteria line, and it relieves congestion in the line.
The coffee bar sells from 48 to 72 cups of coffee a meal.
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Dwayne Hall, manager of food production at the Student Union, said that the coffee bar seems to be very popular. He said that in the summer lemonade and orange juice replaces coffee on the bar.
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