Monday, Sept. 17, 1956 University Daily Kansan
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Terra cotta figurines found in graves in Tanagra, Greece, which date back to 4 B. C., are now on display at Wilcox Museum in Fraser Hall.
Miss Mary Grant, curator of the museum, said three of the seven figurines on display are originals made by Greek potters in 4 B.C. and the others are casts. The originals are all gifts to the museum.
(Photo by Estes Studio)
These figurines were made of thin pieces of soft terra cotta clay pressed into a two-piece mould. The mould was used to make only the bodies. The head and arms were added later by the potter.
IT'S WORTH $400—That's about the value placed on this ancient Grecian vase, according to Miss Mary Grant. The vase is black and orange with figures of Grecian warriors in the natural color of the pottery.
Grecian Figurines Made In 4B.C. Displayed in Fraser
While the figurines now appear in the drab tera cotta surface, originally they were colorful and gay. Miss Grant said. Bright shades of blue, red, pink, yellow, brown, violet, and green were used to paint them.
Although many models were made
from the same molds, few were duplicates because the expresions and poses were changed by the potter.
Nearly all of the figurines that have been found are of scenes of the life of women with a few of some small boys.
Some of the figurines on display at the museum are of gods, women of Tanagra, and Greek dancers.
Students To Sing Pep Songs At Home Football Games
For a long time there have been songs at the University which extol KU solit and fighting ability and describe the Jayhawk. However, the only group which used them was the University band.
Now things will be different. Russell Wiley, Professor of band and orchestra, and cheerleaders have compiled a list of songs to be sung by all students at home games. It includes seven songs and the time they will be sung during the game
A four-page booklet containing the words has been printed and will be distributed by pep clubs. A song practice in the stadium has been tentatively arranged for Friday.
may be several games before the schedule can be put into effect, cheerleader Jim Bickley, Kansas City. Mo., senior said.
Friday. If the practice is held the songs may be used for the first home game the following day. If not, it
Included in the program will be the "Star Spangled Banner," to be sung ten minutes before game time; "Song of the Jayhawker," sung to the tune of "Sunflower Song," as the band marches off the field before kickoff; "Stand Up and Cheer," as the team makes its appearance on the field before the kickoff of both halves; "The Crimson and the Blue," the Alma Mater, which will be sung either between quarters or at the half; "The Kansas Song," as the second half begins; "Onward Kansas," as the teams change goals between quarters, and "Jayhawker Song," to be played at the discretion of the band director.
A cricket chirps faster in hot's weather, slower in cool weather.
Slow Down, It's Cold Out
Scientists may prove this by controlled experiments or by correlating statistical factors gained by watching the cricket in his natural habitat. Dr. Robert R. Sokal, assistant professor of entomology, believes science will use the latter method more in the future, although it will not replace the experimental method.
Dr. Sokal teaches a graduate course, "Biometry Workshop" which deals with the application of statistics to biology.
U. S. auto manufacturers sold 759,422 station wagons in 1955, more than double the sales of such models in 1954.
Besides the social scientists, who long have been associated with statistics, the weathermen make extensive use of the method, Dr. Sokal explained, "You can't make experiments with the weather," he said, "You make observation after observation, study the records and try to figure the causes from them." "In experiments, we let only one factor at a time be variable, for example, the temperature in the case of the cricket. The humidity, the noise, the light are constant. But in the method I studied, we let the factors vary and study the phenomena as we see it, arriving at the conclusion by statistical means."
The landscaping project, started late last spring to beautify the yards, roads, and sidewalks around Gertrude Sellars Pearson. North College Hall, and Corbin Hall, is nearly completed.
Black dirt has been put in around the dorms and the sodding and seeding was started last Friday. Construction of concrete sidewalks, asphalt driveways, and the surfacing of the GSP parking lot is now completed.
Landscape Project Nears Completion
SALINA—(UP)—Police here said today that one of their prisoners was probably a record-breaker at smashing into parked automobiles. Police said 45-year-old Ralph Nelson had a tough time yesterday steering his car down a residential street. He crashed into 17 parked cars in several blocks.
He May Hold The Record
Babe's Condition Unchanged
GALVESTON, Tex. - (UP) - Mrs.
Babe Didrikson Zaharias rested
comfortably in John Sealy Hospital
today, but her condition remained
"grave" and she no longer was taking
food by mouth.
State, National, International News
CLAY, Ky.—(UP)—Efforts of Negro students to enter the Clay elementary school here today collapsed in the face of a Webster County Board of Education order barring them from the all-white school.
Negroes Barred From White School
Four Negro children, accompanied by their mothers, were turned back at the school door this morning by the principal, who read them a resolution passed by the board Friday.
The United States uses 20 times as much oil per capita as the people of the rest of the world.
Mrs. James Gordon, mother of James Henry Gordon, 10, and Theresa Gordon, 8, shook hands with the principal and said, "I'm taking them to Rosewald (a Negro school at Providence, Ky.) today."
The crowd of 50 or 60 persons standing behind a line of Kentucky National Guardsmen cheered and applauded.
White children who have been boycoting the school since the Negroes entered under the guns of the Guardsmen last Wednesday immediately began filing back into the school building.
Drought-Hit Cities Invited To Meeting
TOPEKA —(UP)— Drought-hit Kansas cities were invited to an Oct. 1 meeting in Topeka by U.S.'Sen Frank Carlson to discuss a new federal act which controls runoff water and reservoir expansions.
The public meeting, open to all mayors and city officials who are faced with water supply problems, will be held in the House of Representatives chamber in the State House.
'Hot' Rain Falls On Japan
TOKYO —(UP)—Radioactive rain, probably from the latest Soviet nuclear tests in Siberia, fell in two places in Japan over the weekend, scientists reported today. The radioactivity count was described as not dangerous.
The purchase price of a new Diesel-powered bus is less than two-thirds of the cost of a modern street car.
New Party Names Its Candidates
MEMPHIS, Tenn.—(UP) — The National States' Rights conference nominated an independent candidate for president and adopted a "declaration of principles" Saturday but declared it has not formed a "third party."
The group nominated T. Coleman Andrews, former Internal Revenue collector, as its standard bearer and former Rep. Thomas H. Werdel, California Republican, as his running mate.
The declaration called for sharp curtailment of the federal government's power, including repeal of its constitutional right to levy and collect taxes.
The movement combines Southerners who dissent from the civil right platforms of both the Democratic and Republican parties and others who oppose the "big government" commitments of both parties for various other reasons.
Egypt Reports Clash With Israeli Patrol
CAIRO-(UP)—An Egyptian military spokesman said today an "armed clash" took place between Egyptian and Israeli forces Sunday at Sabha, an Egyptian outpost in the Sinai desert.
The military spokesman did not report casualties in the clash.
Felltale Tattoos Taboo
Sabha was the scene of a large scale assault by Israeli forces against Egyptian troops in the autumn of 1955. Some 40 Egyptians were killed.
SINGAPORE —(UP)—Singapore's tattooed men were rushing to tattoo parlors today to get themselves unmarked. A police clampdown on Chinese secret societies was the reason for the rush—the distinctive tattoo mark of each society is an easy giveaway to police.
Tapoka Athlete Dies
TOPEKA-(UP)-An 18-year-old high school football player at Hayden High School collapsed during a scrimmage and died later at a hospital Saturday night. The victim was Henry John Etzel, a senior end.