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University Daily Kansan
Thursday, May 20, 1965
Anthropology Class Invests In Dating Ancient Skeleton
Rv Larry Ketchum
By Larry Reckman A class of anthropology students have put their money where their interests are.
Four hundred and eighty-two students in the introductory anthropology class, donated more than $120 to William M. Bass, associate professor of anthropology, to get a Carbon-14 dating test made on a skeleton belonging to the anthropology department.
DURING A class period this week Bass was presented with a package from his students. He took the wrapping from the package and
Skateboarders Get Warning from Police
Skateboard operators—beware of operating your vehicle negligently or you could wind up in trouble with the law, as well as spending a few days under medical surveillance.
Ian Davis, of traffic and security said that campus police are requesting skateboard operators to use caution because of the danger factor involved.
Davis quoted a city traffic ordinance, which prohibits coasting devices.
"We are not trying to prohibit the use of skateboards," said Davis, "but we are requesting that anyone operating them use caution and stay out of busy streets and intersections."
found a sign that read, "HISS," and has an arrow pointing downward. Bass turned the sign over and found another arrow pointing to a small folded piece of paper. The paper read, "Advance to Row 1, Seat 1."
The anthropology professor followed the directions and found a small KU Jayhawk plastic bag. Inside was $120.20 in small change and bills.
The students collected the money last Friday while Bass was out of the lecture room.
Bass said the students took an interest in the Carbon-14 method after a lecture he gave.
"I was going through the various cultures of the New World and the fossil men in the cultures. Kansas' only claim to fame in this area is a fossil found near Lansing, Kansas," Bass said.
IN 1902 Lansing Man was discovered by a farm family while they were digging an apple cellar. The skeleton has never been dated by the latest scientific methods.
"The earliest other material in Kansas is something like 2450 B.C." Bass said.
The students got the idea of financing the dating project when Bass said he would like to write a report and have the skeleton dated by the Carbon-14 dating process. Bass said KU couldn't afford to give him the necessary funds to date Lansing Man.
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