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University Daily Kansan
Wednesday, Feb. 5, 1964
Two Zoology Professors Receive Grants
Two KU professors of zoology have received grants totaling $36,000 to study rodents of northern Colorado and the role of the thyroid gland in cold-blooded vertebrates.
Kenneth B. Armitage, associate professor of zoology, received a grant of $30,000 from the National Science Foundation to study rodents and Michael Maher, assistant professor of zoology, received renewal funds of $6,000 for this year and a similar amount for year from the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases.
Prof. Armitage's grant is to cover 31 months, starting June 1, and is for study concerned with the social behavior among the marmot rodent of northern Colorado. To facilitate his work, Prof. Armitage has adopted a technique of telemetry for keeping track of the four marmot colonies he is studying. Telemetry in
this case means following the marmots and checking their position with a receiver which picks up different signals from the crystal-controlled transmitters attached to animals.
Prof. Armitage hopes to formulate definite proof that conflict behavior plays an important part in the population fluctuations of marmots.
HIS EXPERIMENTS on rodents take place at the Rocky Mountain Laboratory in the ghost town of Gothic, Colo., which is about 20 miles from Aspen, Colo.
Prof. Armitage will spend his three summers in Colorado and the next two academic years here.
He has been involved in this study since 1955 on his own initiative. In 1961 he went to the Antarctic for the National Science Foundation in a study on physiology
of aquatic animals. Later in 1961 the National Science Foundation awarded him a grant for work on his marmot study.
Prof. Armitage said if his study on marmot conflict behavior is as important in population control as it now appears to be, it will contribute to the development of a general pattern of animal behavior in the control of population. This observation in many animals may adapt to understanding human behavioral conflicts.
PROF. ARMITAGE CHOSE the marmot as his "guinea pig" because of convenience rather than any odd characteristics the animal may have.
Prof. Maher's investigation of the role of the thyroid gland in the cold-blooded vertebrates has led to the discovery of an interplay between the action of the thyroid
hormones on the metabolic rate and environment in reptiles and amphibians.
His grant provides for a parttime graduate research assistant. His assistant this year is Gary Packard, Shawnee Mission graduate student.
In the past, scientists have disagreed on the relationship of metabolic rate and environment in reptiles and amphibians. Maher suspects a reason for conflicting research results is a failure by scientists to consider adequately the role of environmental temperatures.
Prof. Maher is the author of a paper describing part of his research, to be published this spring in the monthly professional journal, "Endocrinolgy." Its title is "Metabolic Response of Isolated Lizard Tissue to Thyroxine Administered in Vivo."
New Semester Takes On Different Meanings to All
By Russ Corbitt (Assistant Managing Editor)
Another semester has come to its forceful end, the hectic process of enrollment is over, and the new semester is now three days old.
the bowing out of the old semester and the ringing in of the new has many meanings to those concerned.
THE CAMPUS POLICE, for example, found a policeman's paradise during the registration and enrollment process. Hardly a parked car near the campus could be found that did not have at least one little blue ticket and a parking regulations pamphlet stuck politely under the windshield wiper.
Students who ignored or were unaware of the parking regulations in the zoned lots and loading zones quickly found themselves in debt before the semester even began.
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The police especially found a goldmine along Campanile Drive, where parked cars were almost constantly forming a solid line along the side of the road.
Official Bulletin
TEACHING INTERVIEWS 6. Feb. 6, Louis, Mo. Feb. 7, St. Louis, Mo.; Glendora, Calif. Feb. 10, Lancaster, Calif.; Flint, Mich. Feb. 14, Lancaster, Calif.; Make, appearinate in, 17, Falls
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FORIGN STUDENTS: Sign up to tour in People-to-People office Kansas Union basement for Fri. tour to Topeka and the State Legislature.
**CATHOLIC MASS**, 5 p.m., St. Law
ûuccirc;r International FESTIVAL MEET-
**INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL**
TIMELY TOPICS, 7 p.m., St. Lawrence
Center, 1915 Stratford Rd. "Let Your
Conscience be Your Guide"—R e v.
Brendan Downey
NEWMAN EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, 8-30
ppe. Lawrence Center. All interested
people.
EPISCOPAL LVENING PRAYER, 9:30 p.m., Danforth.
TOMORROW
LAFTER-DAY SAINTS INSTITUTE
Pasadena, Pan American Room, Kansas
Union.
St. Lawrence Chapel, 1910m Stratford Rd.
DER DEUTSCHE STAMTISCH trifft
die These. Semester am
Donnerstag, den 6. Deu-
nder Student-Union (Cafeteria). Wir
hoffen, dass viele Studenten kommen
un der Gemütlichkeit zu genießen
und die Gemütlichkeit zu genießen.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ORGANIZA-
TION p.m. Danfort Chapel. Every-
9:00, Welton
EPISCOPAL EVENING PRAYER, 9:30 p.m. Danforth.
The hub of campus activity following enrollment was undoubtedly the Kansas Union Book Store.
Buying back used books and selling new books, notebooks and other supplies kept the store's regular and special employees busy. But they also had to be on the lookout for bad checks and shoplifting during this, one of their busiest seasons.
TEACHERS LOOK FORWARD to the first day of the new semester when they can look up to a roomful of new faces, and either growl about how hard their course is or tell the same old first day jokes they have been telling for 12 semesters.
Students once again have the opportunity to make new friends, sit by them, and perhaps form an acquaintancehip with members of the opposite sex that may later lead to bigger and better things.
Graduating seniors realize that this semester represents either a last fling or a last drudgery, and prepare for it accordingly.
Freshmen have the satisfaction that they have survived one semester, and are now "old-timers" that have been through the grind before.
But sooner or later, perhaps after the first quiz or hour exam, everyone will realize that the novelty of the new semester has worn off and he is back in the old familiar rut.
Philosophy Lectures Resume Tomorrow
"Peace When There Is No Peace" will be the topic of the first lecture in a second series on the philosophy of war and peace by Errol E. Harris, professor of philosophy, at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in Dyche Auditorium.
Power Politics in Disguise; The Myth of Self-Determination; Principles of World Order, Philosophical and Legal; Conditions of International Community; Obstacles to World Order, Cultural, Political and Ideological; Communism and World Order; Democracy and World Order; Reconciliation of Differences; World Government and International Problems; and Forms of International Organization.
Europe For Less All Student Trips
Lectures are open to the public without charge.
The series on the conditions of peace will cover the following topics during the semester:
EUROPE — **Rambler**, 10 countries, 37 days, from $1027 — Ha'p'ny,
15 countries, 49 days, from $1215 — Vagabond to Eastern Europe,
17 countries, including Russia, 56 days, from $1498. ROUND THE
WORLD — 8th annual World tour, 54 days, 16 countries, from $2595.
Enjoy all-expense-paid travel with others your own age who share your interests. Special student sailings. Escorted. 15 years experience. Get full details from your local travel agent or write American Youth Abroad, 70 University Sta., Minneapolis, Minn.
1. I've been giving a lot of thought to the future -career-wise and goal-wise.
I've been pretty busy working on my hook shot.
3. Material reward is important, too so long as the job is one of profound significance.
I'm a terror off the boards.
2. As recipients of a college education, I feel it is incumbent upon us to work in areas which allow us to make a contribution to society.
Watch me dribble right around you.
4. What's more, the company I work for must be forward-looking and encourage initiative.
Notice the feather touch on the ball.
5. How about you? What are your goals?
I'd like to score 30 against Tech.
6. I mean after graduation.
Oh, I've got a swell job with Equitable. They've got everything you're looking for. And they're a good team to work with.
See your Placement Officer for the date Equitable's employment representative will be on campus. Or write to William E. Blevins, Employment Manager.
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