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MUSEUM'MAN LEAVES,
Dr. C. L. Hubbs, Fishes Curator,
Will Represent University
At Pacific Co'gres
Leaving this morning on an
early train for- Vancouver, British
Columbia, Dr. Carl L. Hubbs, cura-
tor of fishes in the' Museum of
Zoology, has started the first lap.
of his trip to Java as the delegate
of the" University of Michigan to
the fourth Pacific Science congress.
Dr. Hubbs will attend the con-
gress proper for one week, and will
remain, with other delegates, as
guest of the congress to make ex-
cursions to points of interest on
the Pacific island for the following
weeks.
From Java, the fishes authority
will leave for Northern Japan.
where he will spend several months
collecting specimens of marine
and fresh water fishes from that
region.
Congress Convenes Seldom
The Pacific Science congress con-
venes every two or three years in
some country, bordering on thel
Pacific ocean to discuss scientific

Freak Fossils Found
In Museum Group
By Research Worker
What is believed to be the only
authentic fossil joke ever discov-
ered, at least at the University of
Michigan, was found the other day
in the shape of a clay duck head,
and question mark of the same
material, in a group of fish fossils
brought back by last summers'
University Greenland expedition
The freaks were discovered by,
Dr. Carl L. Hubbs ,curator of fishes
in the University Museums, who is
doing research work on the group
of fossils. The duck head and
question mark, although perfect in
shape, are believel to be natural
freaks; it has never been ascer-
tained that the pre-historic man,
who may have existed during the
formation of the other fossils in
the group, ever had a sense of
humor.
Museum authorities, when inter-
viewed concerning the matter,
were of the opinion that the freaks
are of organic origin, although
what kind of fish or reptile forms
the basis for the clay of which the
duck and question mark are com-
posed, is not known and probably
1 never will be discovered because
the two joke fossils are being
mounted and will be put on dis-
play in the main exhibition room
of the University Museums.
Unfortunately, whatever other
natural miracles are to be found
in the group of Greenland fossils
will remain a mystery for the time
being, for Dr. Hubbs has left for
Java to attend a science conven-
tion.
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MAGAZINE PUBLISHES RESEARCHES
IN RHETORIC BY TWO GRADUATES
Experiments conducted last year Through several complicated
by H. E. Atherton, '28, and Darrell mathematical processes the films
L. Gregg, 28, in the rhetoric labora- made in this manner were then
tory of the University furnished studied to the end of finding the
material for an article which ap- differences of pitch, time, and
peared in a recent number of stress in the sound or "accent" of
American Speech, a technical mag- the two subjects.
azine published at Jonns Hopkins In the Englishman's speech there
University. "A Study of Dialect was found little evidence of slur-
Differences" was the title of the ring due to an extremely high
article and in it the peculiarities degree of voice vibration that
of speech of a native of South tends toward greater. clarity in
England and of a girl from South speaking. On the other hand
Carolina as recorded on phono- the speech of the Southern girl was
graph records produced especially much more flexible and the words
for this purpose were analysed and of her sentences were found to
discussed' at length. blend together in shorter phrasing
In conducting these experiments that was often more expressive
Gregg and Darrell used the regular than the English type.
apparatus of the rhetoric labora- Not only was the character of
tory, that is, the phonelescope by the sound investigated, but through
which photographs of speech sound the phonelescope interesting facts
are made, on a moving film, to re- concerning the comparative timing
duce the speeches to some work- of the two speakers were dis-
able form. covered.

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In addition to the large cata-
logue which supersedes all former
bulletins and catalogues which
have been given out, small bulletins
describing individual departmentt
offerings have been printed for
dstribution. Among these are
bulletins on work in the Law
school, in Library science, at the
Biological station at Douglas Lake
in Michigan, and in the School of
Education.
Perhaps the most interesting of
the innovations will be the special,
Burses on simportant phases of
Thropean psychology. Six of Eu-
rope's leading psychologists will
dive a week's course here apiece.
This will be a part of a similar{
program at five other United States
universities. The six will come to
this cointry at the same time and
will give the courses in the six
schools iri round-robin style, each
staying a week at a school and
then moving on to another.
The courses have been planned
for all students wishing a view of
contemporary psychology more ad-
vanced than the elementary course
in the department, it was said. The
guest lecturers will each deliver a
series of daily lectures for a week,
and will hold a discussion every
afternoon.
Six Men Secured
The men secured are Prof. W.
Kohler of the University of Berlin,
who is a leader of the Gestalt
school and who is probably best

George Haldeman, famous air-
plane pilot, shown upon his arrival
at Camp Columbia, after the su :-
cessful completion of the first non
stop fight from Canada to Cuba,
which he made in companv with,

his* mechanic, James Hayden, in 12 problems of peculiar interest to
hoursmand 55 minutes, that part of the world. While in
attendance at the meetings, the
Michigan man will give two papers,
Famous Dutch Tourist one on. "The Need for Race Inves-
Inspects Library Here tigations in the Study of Pacific
Fisheries," and another of a scien-
.aking one of the planned visits tific nature: He hopes to be able
on his tour of the libraries of the to obtain specimens of Java fishes
United States Wouter Nijhoff, while on' the island.
jUniordpate i tewHis main search for fish speci-
jufir of artneain hwl-ote mens, however, will be done in
'fi--of ---tnusNiho o te Japan.

r Hge ±laninspectd btre u111 I
versity library recently.
The firm of Martinus Nijhoff has
supplied the library with many'
thousands of volumes in the last
few years, the local library being
one of the regular patrons of thel
=firm. Several sets of books were
purchased from the firm on this
visit.
known for his work on Mentality
of Apes; Prof. J. Drever of Edin-
burgh, who is well-known for his
work on Instinct; Prof. L. Wynn-
Jones of Leeds university, who
works both in general psychology
and in psychology of education;
Prof. J. Aveling of the University
of London; Prof. R. H. Thonless of
the University of Glasgow; and
Prof. F. Roels of the University of
Utrecht, who has done much spe-
cial work in perception, along the
lines of the Gestalt school.

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