THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1959
Howler Monkeys Have
Good International Plan
By KATIE DAVIS
“Howler monkeys have better international relations than humans,” Alan Elms, senior
in psychology from LaCenter, Ky., said.
“They never have wars. Disputes over territorial rights are settled by howling contests.
Two groups of monkeys will sit opposite each other in trees and roar. Eventually one group
decides to leave,” he continued.
Elms and Dan Peterman, sen
ior in psychology from Harris
burg, were the two undergrad
uates who last summer accom
panied Dr. Clarence Carpenter,
dierctor of the division of aca
demic research and services, on
a 6-week trip to Barro Colo
rado Island in the Panama Can
al Zone.
The purpose of the trip
study howler monkeys i
natural habitat.
Other members of the party
were a graduate student from
the University of California, Dr.
Carpenter’s son, Lane, and Dr.
William Mason and Dr. Charles
Southwick, both of the University
of Wisconsin.
The project was sponsored
.by the National Science] Foun
dation in cooperation with the
Smithsonian Institute's Biolog
ical Area in the Canal Zone.
The first four weeks Elms and
Peterman helped Carpenter taki
a census of the monkey popula
tion on the island. The last two
weeks Elms observed aggressive
and cooperative behavior in the
monkeys and Peterman observed
their maternal behavior. Both stu
dents will be able to use data they
collected for the senior theses
which are required in their ma
jor.
“As fascinating as our adven
tures might sound,” Peterman
said, “an expedition such as this
is not too exciting. Monkeys are
very interesting when they are
active, but most of the time they
do nothin" at all.”
An average day, he said, con
sisted of spending about an
hour trying to find a group of
monkeys, and then observing
them while recording in a very
routine way all of the behavior
exhibited.
In taking a census of the mon
keys, the students found that their
data confirmed Carpenter’s hy
pothesis about the family organ
ization of howler monkeys.
Carpenter had suggested that
each species of primates has a
unique group makeup, and that
in howler monkeys the organiza
tion would consist of 3 males,
7 females, 4 juveniles and 3 in
fants. The data the present group
collected showed that the group
is made up of 3 males, 9 females,
3.5 juveniles and 3.6 infants.
During the trip, the group
shot one mile of movie film
and obtained excellent motion
picture records. The films will
make it possible to verify the
visual census iaken. .
Both of the undergraduates
who went thought that the ex
perience was invaluable for train
ing in field study techniques, but
pointed out that the monotony of
many daily activities wasj a dis
illusionment after the glamorous
ideas they had about such a trip
before they went.
“If it weren’t for the stimulat
ing companionship of the profes
sors, we would have acquired
simian characteristics, top,” Pe
terman said.
New Ying Yang Band
To Play at Army Game
A Ying Yang Band has been or
ganized and will play at the
Army game Saturday.
Anyone interested in joining
should contact Joe DeVivo, sen
ior in journalism from New Cas
tle, at AD 8-1215. He is leader of
the band.
1 Delivery on £
m Hoagies Hamburgers B
Mr Steaks Cheeseburgers 9
■ Pizza Sausage £
m and Soft Drinks 9
V 9 P.M. fill 12 P.M.
1 MORRELL'S 1
was to
x their
"EASY, NOW EASY BOY,
Don’t get scared,” Dan Peter
man says to a skittish howler
monkey. Right after the pic
ture was taken the monkey got
away from him.
Senator Forms Due
All applications for Women’s
Student Government Association
Freshman Senator are due at 5
tonight.
They can be turned in to either
the dean of women’s office or 101
McElwain.
UNIVERSITY PARTY
OPEN MEETING
Sunday -- 7 p.m. - 121 Sparki
Forms available at HUB desk for candidates and
those interested in parly committees
BRING COMPLETED fORMS TO MEETING
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Hicks Will
Head Ad
Curriculum
Dr. Roland L. Hicks, associ
ate professor of journalism,
has been appointed to head
the major of advex sing in the
reorganized School of Jour
nalism.
Under the new system, which
has been approved by the Univer
sity’s Board of Trustees, the De
partments of Advertising and of
News and Editorial Journalism
have been discontinued. The work
of the School of Journalism will,
instead, be conducted with each
of the majors supervised by a
chairman who will be appointed
to a two-year term.
The majors are advertising and
news and editing. A third major,
broadcasting, is now under con
sideration.
Hicks, a native of Lebanon,
Ind., held positions on the adver
tising staffs *of the Indianapolis
Star and the Indianapolis Times.
He received his bachelor of sci
ence degrees at the Indiana Uni
versity, and his master of arts
and doctor of education degrees
were conferred by the University.
During World War 11, he| was a
lieutenant in the U.S. Navy, serv
ing in amphibious forces that in
vaded France in 1944.
The program in advertising had
been direpted by Donald W. Da
vis, who was head of the Depart
ment of Advertising until his
death on June 29.
BEAT ARMY
BusAd Will Study
Pre-Registration
A two-member student com
mittee was appointed last night
to work with Dr. Williams M.
Hench who is in charge of the
College of Business Administra
tion pre-registration program for
seniors and graduate students.
Walter Lloyd, president of the
Business Administration Student
Council, appointed Lawrence
Abrams,, junior from Chester, and
George Hulse, senior from Mech
anicsburg, to the committee. .
The appointments were made
following a discussion among
council members on illegal prac
tices which arose during pre-reg
istration this fall in Boucke Build
ing.
Student violations which coun
cil members pointed out were:
Allowing friends to get in line
ahead of others, and signing
friends' names on the pre-regis
tration cards.
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