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University Daily Kansan Wednesday, Feb. 10, 1965
Around the Campus
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Professor Revises Books
Invertebrate paleontology — big words to most KU students, prove nothing fearful to Professor Curt Teichert, Kansas Board of Regents' first distinguished professor.
Prof. Teichert, who does much of his research work at KU in a spacious office in Marvin Annex, is currently involved in revising a series of paleontology books. The 24 volume series, entitled Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, is edited by R. C. Moore, a retired Summerfield distinguished professor. The series contains articles by over 200 paleontologists throughout the world.
Prof. Teichert was on a U.S. aid mission to Pakistan when he received word last April that he had been chosen by the Kansas Board of Regents as the first distinguished professor. He continued his research in Pakistan and other countries, returning to the U.S. and KU in July.
Since coming to KU, Prof. Teichert has continued some of the work which he began in Pakistan, although hampered by the slow arrival of some necessary research equipment. His work on the paleontology books, however, is more than enough to keep him busy.
Prof. Teichert was a research associate at KU in the early 1950's.
Educational TV Now At KU
Kansas City's educational television station, KCSD-TV, began operating four years ago but its programs have not been available to most students until today.
Derwood McCabe, Kansas Union building engineer, said a new television antenna placed on top of the Union enables the channel 19 station to be received on the TV set in the Trophy Room. He said the set there is also equipped with an ultra high frequency tuner which is necessary to receive UHF channels 14 to 83.
Most area sets are capable of receiving very high frequency channels 2 to 13 only, but Clyde Howe, KCSD-TV chief engineer, said all sets now made for sale in this country must be able to receive all channels.
Howe said the station's power was increased in September so that the station would reach a wider area. He said channel 19 had been received as far away as Topeka. Several reports have been received from the Lawrence area that some faculty members and students have been viewing since the station first went on the air.
KCSD-TV is a member station of the National Educational Television Network (NET) and broadcasts the network's programs from 6:30 until 9:30 each weekday evening.
Zoel Parenteau, KCSD-TV station manager, said that most NET programs were aimed at the adult audience and covered a wide range of subjects. Included in the schedule are such titles as "General Science," "The Community," and "New Orleans Jazz."
The daytime schedule is designed to be used in elementary and high schools. Programs during this time are used for classroom instruction and are produced by the School District of Kansas City, Mo.. owners of KCSD-TV.
Parenteau said the "telelessons" were not designed to replace classroom teachers, but to provide instruction that would otherwise be unavailable. He cited the Spanish series designed for the primary grades as an example of this type of programming and said the series had been quite successful.
A former Spanish instructor on the station, Mrs. Lauri Crocker, is now a resident director at Templin Hall.
Dr. Robert W. Ridgway, assistant dean of the School of Education, said that no definite plans had been made to use the programs, but that this possibility would probably be considered.
The television classes are not being used at any Lawrence schools at present, but sets will soon be installed in St. John's Catholic School.
Students Face Metropolitan Tryouts
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to sing for the Metropolitan Opera Company in New York City?
Four KU students, winners of the district Metropolitan Opera competition in Kansas City, are trying to find out by auditioning in St. Louis, Feb. 26 in the regional trials for John Gutman of the New York opera company.
Linda Phillips, Red Cloud, Neb., senior; Norma Sharp, Arkansas City senior; David Holloway, Gas City graduate student, and Tom Winston, Dallas, Tex., senior, will be among those competing for the $300 prize and a trip to New York City to audition in the finals of the opera selection trials. The finalists selected in New York will be offered a contract with the Metropolitan.
Miss Phillips, a coloratura soprano, is coached by Joseph Wilkins, professor of voice; Miss Sharp, a soprano, is coached by Norman Abelson, associate professor of voice; David Holloway, a baritone, is coached by Miss Irene Peabody, associate professor of voice, and Tom Winston, a tenor, is coached by Reinhold Schmidt, professor of voice.
Commission Opens Civil Rights Hearing
By Dallas Boothe
United Press International JACKSON, Miss.-The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights today opened a hearing on voting and law enforcement problems growing out of racial violence in Mississippi.
The chairman, Dr. John A. Han-
and other whites invited because they might be "defamed" by later testimony.
nah, president of Michigan University, said a "broad range of witnesses" had been called in order to obtain "a balanced picture of the status of civil rights in Mississippi."
The commission was to open public hearings starting Feb. 16.
After the opening remarks, the commission went behind closed doors to hear from city and county officials
Hannah noted the commission had received complaints of voter discrimination against Negroes.
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