UDK-VOICE OF STUDENT ACTIVITY
He's for the birds
Is Audubon authentic?
KU faculty member has challenged the accuracy of the famous Audubon bird prints and the popularity of their creator, John James Audubon.
In the May issue of Scientific American magazine Robert M. Mengel, lecturer in zoology and research associate in the KU Museum of Natural History, reviewed the publication by American Heritage Publishing Co. of reproductions of the original Audubon drawings. The drawings are for a book, "The Birds of America."
MENGEL GREW UP in Kentucky, where Audubon lived and drew more than 400 birds native to that state. Mengel called the pictures incorrect and once said to his mother, "The feet are
wrong. The birds can't fly in that position."
Both Audubon and Mengel are considered highly competent ornithologists.
Of Audubon's portrayal of the birds Mengel also said, "The inaccuracies in question are easily explained by limitations in Audubon's experience and equipment, such as binoculars and cameras, and the fact he had no predecessors nearly as gifted as himself."
IN HIS STUDY of Audubon, Mengel concluded that Audubon's birds are enduringly popular because in cases where Audubon lacked experience or knowledge of correct facial expressions or bodily attitudes he invariably substituted human facial expressions and attitudes. For example, the falcon painted by Audubon resembles the expression and attitude one might find in a Roman sluddiator, he said.
"In so doing," Mengel said, "he was telling the story of the bird in dramatic terms immediately perceptible to humans who need scarcely have seen a bird to get the message."
Mengel is one of 50 fellows in the American Ornithologists Union and is editor of its principal publication, The Auk. He is a contributor to the "Birds of Colorado," and painted the flight of geese on the KU Natural History Museum diorama dome. He also has published a book and illustrated volume one of "Handbook of North American Birds" in 1933.
R. J. SMITH LIVES!!
You are cordially invited to attend the FIRST ANNUAL
R. J. SMITH MEMORIAL FESTIVAL,
which will be held at
The Fiery Furnace
this Sunday evening,
SUA selects 'Roman Orgies'
14 Daily Kansan Friday, May 19, 1967
May 21, 1967 between the hours of six and nine o'clock. Mr. Smith has kindly consented to be present this year.
"Roman Jellies and Their Dolls" or "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Union" will be the theme of the 1967 Student Union Activities (SUA) Carnival, which will be held October 14.
The theme was decided at last night's carnival committee meeting headed by Rick Lucas, Lakin sophomore and carnival chairman.
GENERAL IDEAS ARE now being worked on. Specific changes and arrangements are to be made in the fall.
The chairmen suggested that more emphasis about the carnival be given at the Nebraska game that afternoon and that theme music and girl jesters advertise the carnival on campus.
The meeting, Lucas said, was held to decide the theme of the carnival and to get a basic idea on what the 19 SUA committee chairmen are planning and suggesting for next fall.
Another busy committee is the homecoming concert committee which has begun to negotiate on an artist for the November 4 concert.
"THE FALL CONCERT committee is now getting replies from the different artist agencies," say Cheryl Kloesel, SUA adviser, "but the committee has not begun to make any preliminary decisions."
The committee has a list of artist agencies that handle the available talent which will be on tour.
When the committee finally makes a list of possible artists, they must figure out how many seats have to be sold at what price to cover the cost of the concert.
THE LARGEST SOPHOMORE award, the $75 Luella Stewart award, went to Sharyn Young. Other recipients: Mary Jane Eckhoff, Leawood; Linda Haney, Sterling; Karen Keisker, Warensburg, Mo.; Michael Wilson, Glenellen, Ill.; Barbara Manos, Independence, Miss.; John Tibbetts, Lansing; Jill Wright, Breentwood, Mo.; and Paul Davies, Des Moines, Iowa.
JUNIOR RECIPIENTS: Ponchita Miller, Shawnee Mission; Michael Meister, Independence; Margaret High, Topeka; Dennis Lvall, Des Moines, Iowa; and Joanne Heimovies, Lawrence.
OUTSTANDING SENIORS: industrial design-William Reavis, Mission; occupational therapy—Janet Lohoefener, Liberty, Mo.;
More than $1,000 in awards went to outsanding art students in the School of Fine Arts Tuesday at the annual awards meeting.
Kloesel says that artists who are on college tours frequently lower their performance rates, especially if the artist is giving a concert in the neighboring area.
Beverly Snedecor received the largest freshman award of $40 in Kansas Union Bookstore merchandise. Other freshmen recipients; Sharon Kirk, Mission; Annette Adams, Creve Couer, Mo.; Kim Kern, Topeca; Laurie Davies, Peak Ridge, Ill.; and Mollie Glover, Overland Park.
Art students receive over $1000 in awards
sculpture—John Whitney, Bartlesville, Okla.
Design—Jo Karen Lee, Kansas City; interior design—Linda Dreher; Winfield; commercial art—David Graves, Media, Penn.; and fashion—Ardis Moore, Independence, Miss.
Name heads for M-UN
New steering committee members have been selected for the 1968 KU-Y Model United Nations to be held March 21-23.
Members selected include secretary-general Nancy Thompson, Burlingame junior; president of the General Assembly Bob Ward, Wichita junior; publicity chairman on the campus will be Bill Ward, Wichita junior; and off campus will be Bob Crum, El Dorado junior; accommodations chairman Fred Hack, Lawrence junior; delegate liaison chairman Mary Fat McQueeney, Paola junior; secretary Carol Gurley, Kirkwood, Mo., junior, and public relations chairmer Barry Wood, Wichita sophomore and Elaine Moore, Hays junior.