Fort Hays State University - Reveille Yearbook (Hays, KS)

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Centennial Attracts Many to FHS Museum Fascinating exhibits In three museum areas of history, natural history and geology are lo- cated in the Fort Hays State Museum, housed In the Forsyth Library. The first major accession to the museum was a collection of mounted birds and animals presented 35 years ago by a local enthusiastic amateur taxidermist. Since then, several fac- ulty members made sizable contributions and local citizens began to contribute to the grow- ing museum. George Sternberg, an independent field vertebrate paleontologist, was appointed cu- rator of the museum. He now works with M, V. Walker, professor of geology and director of museums. The museum, which is now one of the finest in the country, houses over 12,000 types of specimens. Exhibits in the local museum attract students and faculty members os well os thousands of visitors from all over the United States. One of the real pioneers of Kansas has a permanent home at Fort Hays Kansas State. This Indian originally lived in Ness County; near Pawnee Creek about 1000 or 1200 A.D. M. V, Walker examines fossil structure while discussing the importance of the museum ' s exhibit with George Sternberg. George Sternberg, nationally known paleontologist, prepares most of the fossils in the laboratory-workshop.

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Salome ' s interest in Fort Hays State is purely non-academic, ac- cording to her Sig Tau friends. t 8ig Creek provides a skating area for students during bleak winter days. Ona Ona, destined to be served at the luou, was spared a long life because of her likable personality. — And ims LittLepKfly is qoiNq to Thi i««o pou corn too— 25

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Radio programs which are written and pro- duced by the radio classes are taped for use on radio stations in west- ern Kansas. Radio Students at Fort Hays State write and pro- duce their own radio programs which are used on stations around the state. In addition to ra- dio programs f students receive training In radio news announcing and writing, ’ Folic Tales of the Prairie, was the fifth se- ries produced by the radio department and was carried for 20 weeks over KAYS radio In Hays. Department Also, a 15-minute program entitled Coaches Corner, is heard each week over KAYS and KKAN in Philllpsburg. Students of the advanced radio announcing class do Interviews with coaches of high schools and colleges in this area. Jack R. Heather, head of the radio and tele- vision department, supervises all class produc- tions. As in all reporting dosses, students in the radio news writing class must use a typewriter and quick thinking in writing news stories. Jock Heather supervises as Mary Lynn Scott learns to operate the controls for a radio program