JULY, 16, 1959
SUMMER NEBRASKAN
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Your University What la lias To Offer
Schultz Says Museum
Important To School
The University of Nebras
ka Museum, since its begin
ning in 1871, has been one of
the most tangible and im
portant parts . of the institu
tion, according to Dr. C. B.
Schultz, museum director.
"The museum has between
150,000 and 200,000 visitors
each year," he said, "and
the number has been grow
ing steadily for the last few
years."
It's the only contact many
people have with the Univer
sity", 'he noted.
Dr. Schultz pointed out that
the number of exhibits have
grown from 1,500 when the
museum was started, to some
two and a half million to
day. ;
"Our work involves- more
than the exhibits we have on
display, "he said, "less than
one per cent of our speci
ments are ever on exhibit at
any given time."
Reaction to the Ralph Muel-
ler planetarium, which is the
newest addition to Morrill
Hall has been "pretty good,"
Schultz said, "But, he added,
not as good as we'd hoped it
would be."
"Several new additions are
planned for the near future,"
Schultz noted. One of these
will be an electronic guiding
device, which he explained,
would be a series of "canned
lectures" on some of the ex
hibits. "We hope by new methods
of , presentation along with
other additions, such as the
electr6nic guide, to raise the
education level of our dis
plays," he added.
A camel without a hump,
called a llama in South Ame
rica, joined its fossil ances
tors this week at the Muse
um. , -
A gift of Mr. and Mrs. Dale
Adcock of Superior, who
raise llamas as pets, on their
farm, the llama brings the
story of camels in the Ne
braska museum up to dale.
Dr. Schultz, said the ances
tors of the camel lived and
developed in Nebraska for 35
million years, leaving the
state only seven or eight
thousand years ago.
The earliest evidence of
camels in the state is found
in the Chadron formation in
the "badlands" region of
northwestern Nebraska. Fos
sil camel bones are more
abundant in western Nebras
ka than in any place on earth
and much of the evidence of
the geologic history, of the
camel is to be found in Ne
braska, Dr. Schultz said. "
For this reason, he said, a
modern-day camel was
sought for years to complete
the extensive camel story in
the Museum considered one
of the most complete collec
tions in the world. -
But the South American
llamas were too costly for the
Museum. Then, the unpredict
ed happened, Dr. Schultz- said
In a period of three weeks,
two llamas were obtained in
Nebraska. The first one came
from Pioneers Park in Lin
coin, after a herd of bison,
apparently frightened by a
lightning bolt, charged the
llamas, and "Rosie," a fe
male llama, was killed. The
animal; was donated, to the
Museum by the Lincoln Park
Department. . '.-..-.
. Then three weeks later, an
other female llama, namedj
"Liz," apparently died of a
heart attack on the Adcock
farm.
The llama from the Adcock
farm was recently mounted
and put on display this past
week. The mounting was fi
nanced by the Bertha H. Agee
Memorial Fund, deposited in
the University of Nebreska
Foundation. The skeleton of
the Pioneers Park animal will
be mounted later to show the
comparison between the mod
ern and fossil llamas.
Building
May Begin
The University of Nebraska
Board of Regents took steps
last week to permit
the immediate start of con
struction on the $2.9 million
Nebraska Center for Contin
uing Education.
Upon the recommendation
of Chancellor Clifford M.
Hardin, the Board authorized
the use of $350,000 in reven
ue bonds and accepted low
bids of $2,594,268 for mechan
ical, general and electrical
work.
Summer Nebraskan
publication of th University of Nebrafr
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A visitor to the campus this past week was Joy E. Mor
gan, (left) president of Senior Citizens of America and for
mer editor the National Education Association Journal who
visited with Dr. K. O. Broady, director of University Exten
sion Division. Mr. Morgan is visitu.g various anfversities
in the nation to seek new programs to aid persons in pre
paring for retirement years. Mr. Morgan, a graduate of the
University, is also founder of Future Teachers of America.
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