Prof to search for rat opossum
Kirsch to South America
On the wall of a small, cluttered office in Snow Hall, two posters overlook crates of test tubes, wire cages, dufflebags, portable objects and John Kirsch, modern-day Daniel Boone.
The wall posters illustrate two rare animals, the Australian eastern native cat, and the yellow-footed rock wallaby.
The posters, published by the Fauna Protection Panel of Sydney, Australia, call the animals "Our endangered wildlife" and explain that the animals are approaching extinction.
The connection between the posters and Kirsch is simple. He recently returned from Australia where he had been studying marsupials (pouched mammals) since 1963.
Kirsch and an associate, Peter Waller of the University of Western Australia, are leaving New Orleans April 25 for South America.
Their mission is to find and capture a number of specimens of the rat opossum, a small, shrew-like animal found in Colombia and Venezuela.
"We plan to capture a number of these animals to study blood protein and chromosomes for classification," Kirsch explained. "The rat opossum has never been studied alive."
Kirsch said there would be
five operations performed on the animals when captured:
$\bullet$ Kirsch will take blood samples to study blood protein while Waller will study the chromosomes of the bone marrow, spleen and other body organs. For these operations, the animals will be "sacrificed."
- Kirsch and Waller will collect and store other body parts for shipment to Australia for study of the various functions.
- They will collect and ship the brains of the animals to a scientist in Michigan who is doing brain research.
The skins and skulls will be processed for mounting at the KU museum of natural history.
- Kirsch and Waller will take motion pictures of the animals, since it is not known whether they hop or run.
'Though it seems insignificant, one of the most important things we plan to find out is the animal's means of
propulsion," he said, "It has legs unlike the small hopping mouse found around Kansas, but we think it probably runs."
Preparations for the trip include a vehicle which has been specially built from a Toyota Land Cruiser to cope with terrain of the Andes Mountains and to carry nine months of supplies.
Photo by Rich Pendergrass
Rolling Blood Bank
John Kirsch inspects the truck, equipped with refrigerator for blood samples, through the wilds of South America, Kirsch will be in South America for seven months to study the rat opossum.
Prayer predicted to unite all races
The Rev. David L. Gray, founder of the United Prayer Movement, gave two solutions for our racial problems in a speech last night in the Kansas
Union Forum Room: That the only way men of all races can live together is through the spiritual direction of Jesus Christ and through anything else he truly believes in. Gray cited George Wallace, former Governor of Alabama, as an admirable person in that he lives as he believes.
Mr. Gray said that through continuous prayer man cannot help but have sympathy for his fellow man. He added that through prayer man will come to have wisdom outside himself and find friendship and compassion for others.
The power of Jesus Christ is greater than the power of sin, said Mr. Gray. "We have saving power. We must get people to see and believe this," he said.
Mr. Gray then cited George Wallace, as a man to be admired because he lives what he believes. In contrast he asked where were the people who
Mr. Gray then explained that people are getting further and further away from God and depending more on material things. "You can't continue to show indifference to the blessings God has given you," he said.
student may enter more than four objects. The entry deadline is April 23. Lithograph and design work must be matted or mounted, and paintings, drawings, and lithographs and design work must be not larger than four feet by five feet.
"Upon entry students must submit base prices that they will accept for their work," Miss Long explained. "Bids will be displayed May 1 and 2. Entries will be sold to the highest bidder. There is a $50 maximum base price."
Rev. David L. Gray
stand up for Jesus Christ. He said people should go back to God and humble themselves. He said that only in this way will blacks and whites work together.
Art sale April 27-May 4; entry deadline April 23
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Faculty members representing each area will oversee the selection of the entries.
God is not a secondary figure he said, and he shouldn't be seen as a partner of man. Instead, he said, man is a servant of God and the way to serve Him is to be a living example of what Jesus taught.
He added that man should let God use him rather than man use God.
The SUA student art sale will be held April 27 to May 4 in the South Lunge Kansas Union. The announcement was made today by Susan Long, Leawood junior and SUA board member for arts and exhibits.
Art objects may be entered in any of seven areas: painting and drawing, design lithographs, jewelry, ceramics, sculpture or weaving, Miss Long explained.
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An entry fee of $1 per student is required to cover costs of insurance and publicity and no