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SSIVES
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NOMINATED FOR
BIG SISTER HEAD
Arlene Bors, Breta Peterson
placed on Slate by
Executive Body.
ELECTION DATE APRIL 12
Junior Girl With Highest
Number of Votes Is
Vice-President.
Villi Arlene Bors, AVilber,
aml Brcta Peterson, Lincoln,
hcadiiifr the slate as candidates
for president of Biff Sister
hoard, members of that organi
zation today announce a complete
list of candidates for posts on next
years board. Election date has
been set for April 12. This execu
tive body is made up of an equal
number of unaffiliated and sorority
women. The junior woman receiv
ing the highest number of votes
will automatically become vice
president of Big Sister Board and
the sophomore claiming the most
votes will act as secretary-treasurer.
Senior Sorority women.
Violet Cross, Fremont, and Max
ine Packwood, Riverton, are candi
date? for senior sorority woman.
Senior unaffiliated nominess, three
of whom will be elected, are Mar
Jorie Filley. Lincoln; Marjorie
Smith. Omaha: Florence Buxman,
Lincoln; Helen Lutz, Papillion;
Christobel Weaver, Falls City, and
Mildred Walker, Lincoln.
Lorraine Hitchcock, Lincoln;
Ruth Matschullat, Omaha; Anne
Pickett, Sterling, and Lois Rath
bur. Lincoln, are candidates for
junior sorority women. Two of
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SIGMA T W SELECTS
EIGHT XEW MEMBERS
Engineer Honorary I lead
Announces Election
Tuesday.
Eight new members of Sigma
Tau, honorary engineering scho
lastic fraternity, were announced
by Hugh Gray, president of the
organization Tuesday afternoon.
Thee new members were elected
at the meeting of the club Thurs
day evening. March 29.
The new pledges are Durwood
Hedgecork, Howard Simonson,
George Hossack, James Carrigan,
Gregg LcMaster, Milo Smith,
Wesley Koch, and Duane Tread
way. Initiation of these eight new
members will be held late in April
according to Gray.
Following an order by General
Hugh S. Johnson, of the NRA mt
miner's hours be cut to ueven a
day coal miners over the coal pro
ducing area were rioting, picketing
od causing trouble for authori
ties. Shutdowns thruout the coun
try also resulted. Miners gave
trouble because mine operators had
not complied with the new NRA
age and time agreement, and op
erators declared they could not op
fate under increased wages and
'ewer hours.
Representative Wood, demo
crat from Georgia, hat prepared
or congress new air mail bill
Providing for a non partisan
federal aviation commission. The
bH will be introduced into the
ho"se at once and it is thought
that legislation will be passed
before much more time Is passed
Samuel Insull appealed to a
Turkish court yesterday in a final
effort to save himself from extra
ction to the United States. Au
thorities expressed the belief that
"" plight is hopeless, that his last
right would fail. If they are right
re will shortly be returned to the
United states to answer charges
for fraud in the management of
n's utilities company. The final
chapter of his freedom, it is said,
"as been written.
Since last July almost 2 mil
lion dollars has been expended
irorn federal funds for various
relief activities thruout the state
"cording to a report received by
state Relief Chairman Smith,
nis amount was aside from the
arge amount spent in the civil
"rk program during the win
ter months.
tiivIeSal,e bwp dealers t the
tndi?H"VLU t0 the Jraw wh they
indicted the potent beer alleged to
prTSeHCa,Un,lmcn were rather sur
Kri,r the m0Ve taken- ePt
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TODAY'S NEWS
Briefly Reviewed
UESLEY PLAYERS IX
IX IT I AT I OX FOR XIXE
Xebraska Chapter Inducts
Xeic Members Monday
Evening.
Formal initiation ceremonies for
nine new members were held at a
dinner meeting of the Nebraska
chapter of Wesley Players Monday
night in the Wesley Foundation.
Miss Alicebeth Chase, secretary,
and vice-president of the National
Council of Wesley Players, gave
a report on the recent national
convention of this council In Ames,
Iowa.
The new members initiated are:
Alice May Anderson, Hardy;
Esther L. Compton, S wanton; A.
C. Wischmeier, Union City, Ind.;
Carol E. Thompson, Papillion;
Helene C. Byers, Hastings; Irene
E. Geist, Kearney; Mary C. Dean,
Broken Bow; Yetiva J. Barnes,
Lincoln, and Herbert Martin.
It was announced that the "Ter
rible Meek," a religious play, will
be presented Sunday night at the
Beatrice M. E. church. Clare
Wolfe, Herbert Martin, and Esther
Compton comprise the cast.
AT 3 DAY CONFERENCE
Nine Nebraska Students Plan
To Attend Sessions at
Grinnell, la.
Many noted speakers have been
secured to conduct the fourth an
nual Mississippi Valley Conference
of International Relations clubs,
which is scheduled to meet at
Grinnell. Iowa, April 6, 7 and S.
Alden G. Alley, Raymond Leslie
Buell, Sherwood Eddy, Clark M.
Eichelberger, Dr. Otto Nathan and
Edward A. Stcincr will be heard
during the three day meeting.
Nine Nebraska students have
definitely decided to attend. They
are; James Marvin, Gertrude Hill,
Dan Williams, Joe Nuquist, Elaine
Fontein, Mrs. Daisy Kilgore, Irwin
"Ryan, Vincent Broady and Selma
Goldstein.
Alley has spokn before the Ne
braska chapter of International
Relations club before. He has visit
ed Europe twelve different times,
and has been a visitor in Germany
for seven consecutive years. His
career as a teacher and student of
international affairs has given him
a close knowledge of many of the
important problems affec ting
Eurone and America today.
Raymond Buell, president of the
Foreign Policy association, has de
voted many years to the study and
teaching of world problems. He
has lectured to many of the im
Dortant universities in the east,
and his book "International Rela
tions" is a standard text book in
almost a hundred colleges.
Eddy is an author, lecturer and
world traveler of international
reputation. He has spent fifteen
years in Asia, and has met many
prominent men active in European
politics
Mr. Eichelberger, national direc
tor of the League of Nations As
sociations has had years of expe
rience in lerturine on international
questions. Long the editor of the
League of Nations Chronicle,
Eichelberger has kept in touch
with International developments.
Dr. Nathan, formerly an eco
nomic advisei to the German
Reich, voluntarily left the German
government service on March 6,
mil 1m unonniipnrfl nf nnlltical
developments in that country. Hav-
ing been director of the division i
fni raooarh rn i n tnrnfl t inrlfl I ei'O- '
nomic problems and also a mem
ber of the official institute for in
vestigation of uresent economic
conditions. Natnan has an exceo
tional knowledge of world trade
and commercial policy.
Professor Steiner, professor of
Applied Christianity at Grinnell
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JUN!
E
Instruction Classes
At Rifle Range
Andrews Hall.
Meet
in
.Laying down their rifles the
Junior Division of the R. O. T. C.
officers, composed largely of mem
bers of the university Rifle club,
began their study of the Brown
ing machine guns at the Andrews'
Hall range, Monday, April 2, un
der the auspices of the Military
Science department and the super
vision of Maj. C. E. Speer and
Sergt. C. F. McGimsey.
Using the range for dummy
practice with the machine guns,
much time will be devoted by
Major Speer in explaining the
mechanism of the guns to enable
the officers to repair them at short
notice under adverse conditions.
Practice is conducted from 9 to
11 a. m. on Mondays, 9 to 11 a. m.
and 2 to 4 p. m. on Tuesdays, and
the same instruction periods on
Thursdays as on Tuesdays. All
visitors may witness the maneu
vers at their available opportunity.
s
is
Presented in Blue and White
Print Dress as Climax
To Coed Follies.
TWENTY GIRLS MODEL
Group of Skits Offered
By Sororities Before
Fashion Parade.
Elizabeth Whitney. Lincoln,
Mas revealed as Nebraska's
best dressed girl in n novel
presentation at the annual
Coed follies Tuesday night jn
the Temple theatre.
Miss Whitney was chosen by the
A. W. S. board March 28 from a
list of thirteen candidates. She
va3 presented in a crisp dark blue
and white print as a climax to a
parade of fashions style review in
which about twenty models took
part.
"As Husbands Go," a short one
act play concerning the faults of
model husbands presented by
Kappa Alpha Thcta, proved to be
one of the most amusing acts of
the show. Carrie Belle Raymond
Hall's Musical Powder Box" pre
sented a zylophone and trio num
bers while Phi Mus, in "Oh, For
the Good Old Days," offered a his
tory of dancing, from minuets
through the charlestown. "Indian
Dawn" was picturesquely sung and
danced by Sigma Alpha Iota, and
the Alph Phi trio gave several
musical numbers.
"Tea for Two," a dancing and
singing act, was presented by Del
ta Gamma and Alpha Omicron Pi
gave the "What Not Shop" fea
turing a Mickey and Minnie Mouse
dance, a trio, and a dancer. "Musi
cal Pipes," a novel act of the Kap
pa Deltas, featured an organ with
each girl performing as a pipe.
Delta Zeta gave "Impersonations"
of a bowery dance, and Living
stone and Stanley in darkest
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Dr. Foerster to
Speak at Honors
Assembly Apr. 18
Dr. Norman Foerster, director of
the school of letters at the Univer
sity of Iowa, will speak at the an
nual university honors convocation
at 10:15 Wednesday morning, April
13. Well known in the field of
English, author and editor of many
books, Dr. Foerster will use "The
Humanitarian Illusion" as the title
of his address for the occasion.
Receiving his bachelor's degree
from Harvard in 1910, Dr. Foerster
took his master's degree from Wis
consin university, and later his
Litt. D. from the University of the
South. He was instructor of Eng
lish at Wisconsin, professor of
English at the University of North
Carolina, and since 1930 has been
director of the school of letters and
professor of English at the Univer
sity of Iowa. Probably the first
of its kind, this school of letters
comprises the departments of
classical languages, romance
languages, German and English.
Dr. Foerster's latest book is
"Toward Standards" which he
wrote and published in 1931. He
has contributed to many journals,
and is the editor of several im
portant works. Latest among these
Is "American Critical Essays" pub
lished in 1930. Tho his accom
plishments since are numerous, Dr.
Foerster is proud of the fact that
he was once a pupil of Willa Cather
in a Pittsburgh high school.
The honors convocation on
April 18 will be the sixth of such
annual recognitions of students
for high scholarship on this cam
pus. The high 10 percent from
each college on the campus are
given public recognition each year.
Students receiving special prizes
and awards are also named in
recognition convocation.
LIBRARIAX SAYS JOBS
OPEX TO APPLICAXTS
Candidates for Positions
Must Take Placement
Examination.
There will be two or three va-.
cancies among the positions held
by students in the Library next
year. Gilbert Doane, Head Li
brarian, and his staff have decided
to hold a competitive placement
examination and select incumbents j
from those who are successful in
the examination.
Any student who wishes to com
pete should make application to
take the examination at the Li
brarian's Office Library Hall,
Room 301, not later than Friday,
April 13. Those who have already
applied for work in the Library
must renew their applications and
signify their desire to take the ex
amination. The examination itself
will be held at the Library on Sat
urday, April 28th at 9 a. m.
m
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HONORED A BEST
DRESSED WOMAN
Williams Warns
Against Greed
For Armaments
The dangers of an unrestricted
armament industry as outlined a
few weeks ago by Professor Nor
man L. Hill of the political science
department were reiterated recent
ly by D. Walter Williams, presi
dent of the University of Missouri
following a six months tour nf
twenty-eight foreign countries.
"Unless nations are able to muf
fle munitions makers and to com
promise their own differences,"
stated Professor Hill, "the present
armaments race will continue con
suming millions of dollars and
menacing the peace of the world."
According to Dr. Williams the
greed of the munitions makers,
coupled with the widespread press
censorship is threatening world
peace. However, he observed there
is stronger international amtiy be
tween the nations than a genera
tion ago.
The armament manufacturers of
Great Britain and America, in the
opinion of Dr. Williams, are plant
ing war scares often In high diplo
matic circles. This sentiment is
echoed by Professor Hill saying,
"Nations instinctively rise to the
defense of cherished ideas but even
when hesitant., manufacturers of
munitions with powerful lobbies
prod them along."
Prof. Hill declared that if the
present plan is carried out during
the next five years the United
States will have the largest peace
time navy in history. Doctor Wil
liams found all over Europe the
foreign leaders from Berlin to the
Vatican were asking, "what is the
United States going to do." Ac
cording to the Missouri educator
the United Statop has become an
integral part in the calculations of
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ELECTION RESULTS
STUDENT COUNCIL
SENIORS AT LARGE.
Margaret Medlar 397
Adel-a Tombrink 801
Frank Crabill 429
Jack Fischer 389
Henry Kosman . : 325
Charles Flansburg 298
Medlar, Tombrink, Crabill and
Fischer elected.
JUNIOR WOMEN AT LAFGE.
Virginia Selleck 886
Elizabeth Bushee 772
Scattered 51
Selleck and Bushee elected.
ARTS AND SCIENCES.
Evelyn Diamond 242
Irving Hil. 238
Robert Bulger 217
Elizabeth Shearer 217
Jacqueline James 212
Corinne Claflin 212
James Heldt 207
Gene Pester 199
Ruth Matschullat 174
Josephine Fergeson 137
Diamond, Hill, Bulger and
Shearer elected. Tie between
James and Claflin for remaining
position will be decided later.
AGRICULTURE COLLEGE.
Burr Ross and Janice Camp
bell elected. Official count un
available. TEACHERS COLLEGE.
Dick Fischer 117
Phyllis Jean Humphrey 98
Elizabeth Moomaw 69
Doris Riisness 64
Beth Taylor 61
Dorothy DeKay 61
Betty Beck 51
Fischer, Humphrey, Moomaw
and Riisness elected.
BUS. ADMINISTRATION.
Lorraine Hitchcock 89
Henry Whitaker 84
Jerry LaNoue 77
Eleanor Neale 53
Hitchcock and Whitaker
elected.
PHARMACY COLLEGE.
Roller Tooley 13
Scattered 5
Tooley elected.
ENGINEERING COLLEGE.
Alvin Kleeb 47
Irwin Shutt 43
George Hossack 30
Don Loos 25
Kleeb and Shutt elected.
DENTAL COLLEGE.
Jack Cassidy 22
Cassidy elected.
LAW COLLEGE.
Lee Young 32
David Warner 30
Young elected.
GRADUATE COLLEGE.
Harold Dahms 9
Vernon Filley 6
Dahms elected.
PUBLICATIONS BOARD.
Senior Member.
Jack Epstein 174
Charles Galloway 149
Epstein elected.
Junior Member.
James Peery 133
Wm. Garlow 97
Peery elected.
Sophomore Member.
Wm. Newcomer 121
John Howell ...121
Sarah Louise Meyer 52
Tie between Newcomer and
Howell to be decided later.
IVY DAY ORATOR.
Wm. Eddy 525
John Keriakades 504
Eddy elected.
Amendment increasing stu
dent council holdover repre
sentation to four men and two
women.
For 824
Against 192
Amendment earried.
YENNE REVEALS 4
I E PIC PALS
THE CAMPUS COP
Spring Show Has Masterson,
McFarland, Sowles and
Steadman in Roles.
SAUER, BAILEY TOP CAST
Director Says Progress of
Production Is Good As
Rehearsals Go On.
Kimr more of the principals
in "The (Jampus Cop,-' Kosmet
Klub's .spring show scheduled
for production from .April 23
to 28. were aniiouneed yester
day afternoon by Herb Yenne, au
thor and casting director of the
show. Three have had parts in
previous Kosmet spring shows.
Beinie Masterson, of Lincoln,
Ilusker football star, will take a
similar part in the show. He will
play the role of Carl Kent, star
football player on the Ak-Sar-Ben
team and rival of another player
for the affections of the female
lead.
A comedy team composed of two
stars of last year's success "The
Bar-Nothing Ranch" is made up
of Neil McFarland, from Norfolk,
and Duncan Sowles, from Kearney.
Sowles played thp male lead and
MacFarland the female comedy
lead last year.
Vivacious Coed.
In "The Campus Cop." MacFar
land impersonates vivacious coed in
love with Sowles, who takes the
part of Billy, a rather shy student.
She continuously seeks caveman
instincts in Billy and finally finds
them at the end of the show.
The part of Duff Duffy, a typi
cal Joe college, will be played by
Charles Steadman. Alpha Sigma
Phi from Lincoln. Steadman played
one of the male comedy leads in
last year's shew as well as taking
parts in several productions of the
University Players.
The leads of the show, as an
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Ag Students Are
Handed Jobs by
Fair Committee
Farmers' Fair board's rally
dance at the activities building
Tuesday night sent Ag college stu
dents home for spring vacation
with two jobs:
1. To distribute Farmer's Fair
posters in conspicuous places in
the home town post office, bar
ber shop, high school, etc.:
I 2. To get out their cameras and
j start taking pictures for the Farm
ers' Fair snap shot contest.
Arthur Peterson, Farmers' Fail
manager, was voted most typical
jfarmer bi- the overalled and ging
jham aproned students at the rally.
He was presented by Florence
Buxman, member of the board,
and awarded a second hand straw
hat, a led handkerchief, and a set
of miniature garden tools.
Rules for the 1934 photographic
contest were distributed by Lor
raine Brake, Farmers' Fair board
member in charge of exhibits. The
contest, one of the features of the
fair, is open to any resident of
Nebraska. It is divided into two
divisions, one for beginners and
one for advanced photographers.
Snapshots entered on the begin
ners contest must be at least
2'4x3'i and must be mounted on
light colored cards 8x10 inches.
The pictures, the announcement
stated, must be taken by the en
trant but may be finished by a
professional photographer.
Students going home for spring
vacation will have a fine chance to
get some snap shots for the con
test, Miss Brake said. She said
the pictures must represent Ne
braska subjects, and suggest as
snap shot snhjects the following;
campus pictures, outdoor pictures,
figure studies, groups or portraits,
animals, curiosities. ,
Pictures entered by the ad
vanced photographers are to cover
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i7.-i.VD MEX MAY PLACE
Jennings Asks Members to
See llim at Xebraskan
Office Today.
According to announcement
made by Bernard Jennings Tues
day evening band members may
place orders for sweaters at the
Daily Nebraskan office between 8
and 10 o'clock Wednesday. The
sweaters will be white with red
emblems.
The emblems for the sweaters
are made up of circular designs
with "Nebraska" at the top and
"Band" at the bottom. In the
center is a lyre on top of which is
an "N."
Tuesday evening Gamma
Lambda, "honorary for band mem
bers, sponsored a smoker at the
Pelts Tau Delta house. Hill Ham- .
mond had charge of arrangements
for the affair. i
CANDIDATES TAKE
ALL BUT 4 POSTS
Green Toga Men Successful Only for Offices of Iv
Day Orator, Council Bcprcscntalivcs From
Bizad and Graduate Colleges.
TIE IN 11 ACE I OK PUBLICATIONS BOA Id) OFFICK
Change in Governing Body's Constitution Providing
For Four Additional Holdover Members Is
Parsed hy Large Majority.
By SOLON.
Sweeping their candidates into hut four offices ;uid
holding a tie for one of those, the Progressive party Tuesday
scored one of the most decisive political victories in campus his
tory as they defeated the Green Togas by a clear cut majority.
Green Toga candidates were successful only fur the offices
of Ivy Day orator and student council representatives from
Business Administration and Graduate eolleu-cs. A tie resulted
between .lohiiuy Howell. Green Toga candidate, ami Wm. New
comber. Progressive, for the office of sophomore member on
publications board. Kaeh candidate polled 121 voles.
O a second tie was recorded
II ixm i it in 1 I llllirtrtn among the women candidates
N KAMUKAL AWAKU o S'a"sd on'cimn
II i iiiimuiuiL. miiuiuv hpd poll(d icienticnl voteg t0 th0
FRATERNITY BANQUET
Committee Seeks Prominent
Speaker; No Advance
Ticket Sale.
Award of intramural sports
placques to champions in all inter
fraternity athletic events complet
ed at that time will be a new fea
ture of the annual Interfraternity
banquet to be held Tuesday, April
17, according to Neil McFarland,
chairman of the banquet commit
tee. All events except track, base
ball, and golf will be completed at
that time, it is thought.
Program arrangements are pro
gressing rapidly, committee mem
bers stated Tuesday, and will in
clude speaking and music. An at
tempt to secure a prominent cut
side speaker to deliver the main
address of the evening is also be
ing made, it was announced. Eddie
Jungbluth and his band will fur
nish the music for the event.
Reveal Scholastic Ranking.
Announcement of fraternity
scholarship rankings and presenta
tion of the scholarship cup to the
ranking highest fraternity in
grades will be made. The fourteen
next ranking houses will receive
scholarship placques. Farm House
has won first place and the cup
for the past three years.
Unlike former years, there will
be no extensive advance ticket sale
for this year's banquet, due to
numerous difficulties encountered
in former years when council rep
resentatives had charge of the
sale. Ticket sale at the door will
be submitted according to the
committee.
Neil McFarland is the chairman
of the bsnquet committee appoint
ed by the council. The other mem
bers are Leslie Rood, publicity,
Herman Rosenblatt, scholarship
awards. George Shadbolt. dinner
arrangements and Lee Young in
charge of speakers.
VIOLETlROSSlEADS
Installation of New Theta
Sigma Phi Officers to
Be May 1.
Violet Cross was elected presi-
dent of Theta Gig ma Phi, national
honorary and professional journal
ism sorority, at their meeting in
Ellen Smith hall Tuesday at 5
o'clock.
Other officers chosen were,
Jeanctte Lowcry, vice president;
Margaret Easterday, secretary;
Ruth McNally, treasurer; Betty
Segal, archivist; Harnette Rosen
feld. publicity chairman, and Helen
Kropf. social chairman.
The new officers will be installed
May 1. Outgoing officers are,
Carolyn Van Anda, president;
Margaret Thiele, vice president;
Lucille Lindgren, secretary; iran
ces Morgan, treasurer; Rosalie
Lam me, social chairman; Kutn
McNally. publicity chairman, and
Jeanette Lowery, acnivist.
Candidates Tie for Tuo
Positions at Polls Tuesday
Strange things can happen in an
election, and yesterday's balloting
has proven no exception. Candi
dates for two offices tied for vic
tory. But the iie for sophomore
publications board member is a co
incidence. Last year two candi
dates for junior members of pub
lications board came out nrk and
neck. Decision was reached when
one of the two failed to call the
toss of a coin. '
number of 212. Both ties were
checked three times.
No provision is made in the
student council constitution for
the disposition of tie votes, and
council members indicated that
action will be taken on the tics
following vacation.
Progressives Gain Control.
The final count showed Progres
sive candidates in possession of 13
of the 16 offices exclusive of the
post tied lor. Lineup for the next
student council, including hold-
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JOURXALISTS DISCUSS
PLAXS FOR ARBOR DAY
Members Sigma Delta Chi
Meet Today for
Luncheon.
Bringing the significance of Ar
bor Day and its founder to campus
attention will be the aim of Sig
ma Delta Chi when its members
meet Wednesday noon to discuss
tree-planting plans. The men's
professional journalism fraternity
will meet for lunch at 12 at the
Lincoln hotel.
Reports of committees cooperat
ing with Awgwan executives will
be heard, according to President
Dick Moran, and the program of
spring activities will be dicussed.
The chapter is planning a joint
Founder's Day celebration and an
initiation to celebrate the silver
anniversary of the fraternity s
founding on April 17.
Many Animal Types
Are Seen by Manter
On Southern Trip
Many types of animals, ranging
from one extreme to another, i"
size, shape, and colors, were wit
nessed first hand by Dr. H. W.
Manter, university zoology profes
sor, dunng his recent visit to the
Galapagos islands. On these is
lands, from which Darwin first de
rived his ideas on the theory ol
evolution, life is so unique and tre
mendously interesting that zoolo
gists from all parts of the earth
go there to study and observe.
These sixteen large, and num
erous small islands are very moun
tainous, are formed almost whulcly
of lava, and ciaters by the thou
sands cover the surface. Very littK
rainfall is received on the lowet
desert like plains but in the higher
altitudes more moisture and vege
tation is found.
Worthy of Attention.
Among many of the animals
found here which are not found
any place else in the world, altho
they show relationship to some on
the mainland, the reptiles most
worthy of attention. "Several spe
cies of gigantic land turtles, found
in this group, become tremendous
ly large, weighing as much as 450
pounds in many instances," Dr.
Manter stated. "These animals, ex
tinct in all other part of the
world, were deemed by us to be of
such interest that we brought back
about 30 of them and placed them
in the Santiago, Calif., zoo," Prof.
Manter added.
Just before setting sail for home
the Hancock expedition secured
one of these turtles just hatched
which measured only 2 1-2 inches
at the time. Now, after three
months of a diet solely on lettuce
the turtle has reached a size of
about five inches in length. Strict
ly vegetarians these animals thrive
well in captivity and grow with
great rapidity. Natives uses them
for food and consider them some
what of a delicacy.
Two Kinds of Lizards.
Two kinds of Ignanas or large
lizards with long tails and posseas-
insr scales also inhabit the place.
The Marine Ignana occurs on most
of the islands and lives on the
rocks near the shore using as food
the seaweed" which is there in
abundance.
The land Ignana is another ol
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