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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 5, 1954)
MAMMALS RELATIONS—P Research Team Finds Fossils L by Gordon Rice Emerald Attia«*n« Newt Editor Fossils confirming the relation ship between mammals of north China and other areas of Asia and those of North America have been unearthed by the Museum of Na tural History here. The excavation site, located in the McKay Reservoir area south of Pendleton, has yielded more than 3000 specimens, many of which are similar or related to mamals of the Pliocene epoch found in North China. The University teams have found fossils of a beaver, not re lated to the present-day animal, and an early horse and wolverine, both of which have been found in excavations of the same period in North China. The teams also un earthed a sabre-tooth cat, older than the Rancho La Brea cats found in California. The team also_ discovered the earliest known evidence of the existence of Pikas in North Amer ica. These rabbit-like rodents are common in high altitude areas' of North America today, but their ’ immediate ancestors have been found in excavations in China. The immediate ancestors of the beav ers. which have been found both in North America and China, have been found only in North America, indicating that the life of this peri od migrated both ways between the two continents. The McKay excavations are not Dad's Day Events Begin January 22 Students are urged by Co-chair men Mary Wilson and Phil Lewis to invite their dads to Dad’s Day, now less than three weeks away. The weekend's events begin Jan. 22 with a sign contest, the barber shop quartet contest and a basket ball game with the University of Washington. The schedule for Jan. 23 in cludes a luncheon, Student Union tours and the second game with Washington. Living organizations with the most dads registered and the sign contest winners will be presented awards at the game. Nominations for the Dad’s Day hostess will be called for soon by Kay Partch, chairman of the hos tess selection committee. Other sub chairman include Bar bara Wilcox, luncheon; Sally Sta dleman, hospitality and reception; Pat McCann, publicity and promo tion; Phil Lynch, sign contest, and Martin Brandenfels, special events. Young Republicans Elect New Officers Gerald Jones, sophomore in anthropology, has been elected chairtnan of the Young Republi can club. Other officers elected recently include Richard Lyons, sophomore in pre-medics, College League Ex ecutive Board representative; Wil liam Irvfng, junior in history, vice chairman; Clare Thompson, fresh man in liberal arts, secretary, and Jej-ald Maxwell, junior in history, treasurer. Classifieds Rooms for men, near campus. 1263 Patterson street. Phone 5-5893. 1-6. Room and board or board only. Call 4-0422 at 874 E. 13th. 1-8 Room for rent — prefer men. 5-6222. 1879 Moss St. tf Three room spacious apartment, close to campus and town. Double decker for 3 boys at $75. 2 boys for $65. 727 E. Broadway. Ph. 4-8586. 1-7 IT PAYS TO PATRONIZE EMERALD ADVERTISERS the first indications that such a tie-up between the life of the two continents did eklst. Excavations in southeastern Oregon, Texas and the Great Plains states had al ready shown that such a condition did exist, but the McKay excava tion is the most northerly site of this age known to exist. Because of this, the animals taken from this site show a closer resemblance to the animals found in China than do those taken from other North American sites. Kay Spangle, an amatuer Pen dleton geologist, first discovered the site in 1949. Since that time most of the work in the area has been done by Dr. J. A. Shotwell, curator of the Museum of Natural History, and his wife. The two have been assisted from time to time by students from the Univer sity who have visited the site on field trips. Dr. Shotwell, who received his doctor's degree in paleontology from the University of California last year, is using the site in an attempt to develop the ecology of mammals, in addition to collect ing specimens for the museum. He will spend an additional four weeks in the area next summer. American Housing Exhibit on Display “Houses USA,” an exhibit trac ing the history of American ar chitecture as illustrated by single dwellings, is now on display in the Student Union art gallery, accord ing to Barbara Johnson, SU art gallery chairman. The theme of the exhibit is de-: veloped and expanded in seven general divisions, each of which is introduced by a short explanatory paragraph. These introductory statements form a brief history of American architecture of the last 300 years. "Houses USA" is one of the "Life Exhibitions” prepared by the editors of Life magazine and offered for circulation by the American Federation of Arts. The exhibit was originally prepared*at the request of the State Depart ment for circulation in Latin America. It was assembled under the direction of Janet Henrich O’ Connell, former Acting Curator of Architecture at the Museum of Modem Art, New York. Campus Calendar Noon Deseret Cl 111 SU RE Wk Clsrm 319 SU 7:00 Christian Sci Ger 1st fl 7:30 APO 111 SU wadi Students Coffee Hour Set A graduate student coffee hour, sponsored toy the YMCA and YWCA, will toe held Thursday at 4 p.m. in the Student Union, ac cording to Russell Walker, execu tive YM secretary. At the coffee hour, which is open to all graduate students, plans for future graduate student social event* wilt be discussed. .Graduate students who haver worked on the program so far, In* elude, among others, Virginia ify* graduate student in English', Louise Smith, graduate in biology, and Catherine Black, graduate in foreign languages. . HAPPY NEW YEAR And Welcome Back to Oregon Fcr ?he finest r> feed, ceme see os. 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