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University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, Jan. 8, 1957
—(Daily Kansan photo)
IT ISN'T SHRUNKEN, EITHER—Dr. Rupert Murrill, left, assistant professor of sociology, examines a skull in a craniostat. Skulls are examined in many positions in the apparatus. Behind Dr. Carlyle L. Smith (right), associate professor of anthropology, are other skulls in the anthropology laboratory, Strong Annex E. The cabinet drawers also contain skulls.
New Lab Aids Skeleton Analysis
Skeletons brought back from Easter Island in the South Pacific by Carlyle S. Smith, associate professor of anthropology, are being studied in a new laboratory by Rupert Murrill, assistant professor of sociology.
Using a recent research grant, Dr. Murrill set up a physical anthropology and archaeology laboratory in Dyche Museum.
Included in the laboratory are various machines for measuring and interpreting skeletal material.
The craniostat was built especially for the University and is one of only three in the country. Using the machine, Dr. Murrill can obtain tracings of skulls which
can be used for making accurate comparisons.
Analyze For Author
To Analyze For Author Dr. Murrill will analyze the Easter Island skeletons for Thor Heyerdahl, leader of the expedition of which Dr. Smith was a member.
Dr. Murrill said the results may or may not support Mr. Heyerdahl's theory that Polynesian people originally came from Central and South America rather than Asia.
The task of finding the approximate stature of the early Polynesian peoples, and of determining the changes they went through is complicated by the fact that they buried
their dead in common graves, so that the skeletal parts are now disarranged.
Material Damaged
Much of the material was badly crushed, and Dr. Murrill must glue it back together in hope of obtaining some measurements from it.
With the help of special recording cards—which he designed himself—and IBM machines, Dr. Murriil hopes to have his conclusions ready for publication by the end of the spring semester.
This material, along with many casts of bones of fossil men which Dr. Smith has, will make valuable teaching aids, Dr. Murrill said.
New York subways have nothing on KU, which has a tunnel system under Mount Oread. KU's tunnels carry steam, however. There are four tunnels branching out from the power plant to all parts of the campus.
Steam for heatnig is carried in pipes 12 inches in diameter for all parts of the campus except the southwestern buildings, which have an 18 inch one.
KU Has Tunnels Too, But Carrying Steam, Not Subways
V. L. Wolfe, steam turbine operator, said that the pressure in these lines varies from 10 to 18 pounds, depending on the weather.
The tunnels are six and one half feet high and five and one half feet wide, and carry telephone and high pressure steam lines. The high pressure lines carry 70 pounds of steam to laboratories, Watkins Hospital, and the Student Union.
The tunnel serving the northern part of the campus was recently renewed with corrugated galvanized iron tubing with concrete pumped around it. It is 25 feet underground and passes through solid rock.
English Exam Changes Told
Beginning next semester the following persons will be exempt from the English Proficiency Examination starting with the present freshman class:
1. Those who pass English 2 Honors with a grade of A or B.
2. Those who pass English 1 and
2 with grades of A.
3. Those who pass English 1 Honors with a grade of A or B and English 2 with a grade of A.
Another change will be the dropping of the English 5 requirement for students who have failed the examination twice. Those students are advised to get help they need in the Writing Clinic.
About 44 per cent of Rhode Island's labor force is employed in manufacturing as compared with 24 per cent for the United States as a whole.
North College, Corbin, and Gertrude Sellards Pearson Halls, are the only University buildings not served by the tunnels, which eliminate unsightly overhead telephone wires and provide much cheaper heating than would be afforded by individual heating units.
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Negotiations Opened On Loan To Poland
WASHINGTON — (UP) — The United States has agreed to open negotiations on a loan for Communist Poland, informed sources said today.
The United States took the first step in that direction last Saturday by authorizing food sales to Poland in recognition of its partial break with the Kremlin.
The sources also said U. S. officials have indicated to Poland they would be willing to discuss some other points which might lead to closer ties between the two countries.
BRIGHOUSE, England —(UP) — Elvis (the Pelvis) won in a walkover last night when the town council voted to name a twisting new street "Presley Drive."
China, Russia Open Talks On Discontent
The strategy being mapped behind the Kremlin walls by leaders of the world's two largest Communist parties may determine the path of world Communism, observers said in London.
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LONDON—(UP)—Chinese Communist Premier Chou En-Lai met Soviet leaders today in Moscow for talks believed aimed at halting the discontent sweeping the Communist empire.
Museum Acquires $2,000 Rug
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A large Persian rug, evaluated at $2,000, has been received by the Museum of Art.
The rug, a gift of a KU alumnus,
Dr. Darrel T. Shaw of Cleveland,
Ohio, is of the Sarouk type and will be added to the museum's collection of Oriental rugs.
New Hampshire's Winnipesaukee Ski Club, at Gilford, will sponsor the 1957 North American championship tests in jumping, cross-country and combined on March 9-10.
Because of its size, 14 by 25 feet, the rug cannot be exhibited properly now, but will be incorporated in the museum's permanent exhibition of rugs soon, Edward A. Maser, museum director, said. The rug's value was estimated by A. A. Nigosian of Cleveland, an expert on Oriental rugs.
The paintings are from the collection of the International Business Machines Corp.'s fine arts department. Two Kansan artists, John Noble of Wichita and Henry Varnum Poor of Chapman, also have paintings on display.
Moses, Homer Paintings Displayed
Grandma Moses and Winslow Homer are two of the 31 American painters whose original paintings are on exhibit until Jan. 16 in the south lounge of the Student Union.
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