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Post-Herald and Register, Beckley, Sun day WVU Biology Chairman 'Squeezes' Time To Gain Productive Minutes tin 10M hfl has been a Dr. a mnmher nf While an he Dr. has By PETER B. DAKAN MORGANTOWN In the busy, ever changing world of higher education at West Virgin, ia University, one of the busiest men around is Dr. Earl Lcm- ley Core.

Teacher, administrator, author, public servant Dr. Core, chairman of the department of biology at West, Virginia University, makes use of every minute. His varied and far- reaching accomplishments are evidence that there have been very few spare moments. Dr. Core was born at Core, W.

on Jan. 20, 1902, the son of Harry Michael and Clara Edna (Lemley) Core. The commu- ity Core bears the name of his ancestors who were among the first settlers of Monongalia County. In fact, Dr. Core reports that the fanily's history tells of one of his early ancestors being scalped by Indians when the area was still a wilderness.

After receiving and high school education in the public schools of Mqnongalia County, he taught in rural schools from 1920 to 1923. Dr. Core received a bachelor of arts degree in 1926 and a master of arts in 1928 both from West Virginia University. In 1936 he received the doctor, of philosophy at Columbia University. From 1943-45 during World War II, Dr.

Core went -with the Bureau of Economic Welfare, serving as botanist with the Colombian Cinchona Mission in Bogota, Colombia. Dr. Core's mission in South America was to discover quinine for the United States, for use in the malaria-infested zones during the war. The Japanese had occupied what is now Indonesia and controlled the only quinine supplies. During this period, Dr.

Core found time to collect plants of interest to him and the other members of the expedition. Many of these plants now bear his name. Much of Dr. Core's work in the development of botany in West Virginia has been closely associatiated with that of the late Dr. Perry Daniel Strausbaugh, who retired as chairman of the University department of biology in 1948.

As a member of the First Botanical Expedition and afterwards, Dr. Core assisted Dr DR. EARL L. CORE Strausbaugh, and the two botanists assembled a mass of data later published as an extensive illustrated "Flora of West Virginia." The 1,075 page volume, with a 31-page introductory section, was completed in 1964 after almost 40 years of research. It consists of four separate volumes, published together in one work.

Volume one begins with the most primitive plants of the state and the other volumes follow a progressive order. Volume 1, pages 1-274, was published in 1952; volume 2, pages 175-570, 1953; volume 3, 571-860, 1958; volume 4, 1964. The entire work contains descriptions of more than species of native and introduced plants in West Virginia, including all plants known to be growing in a natural state. Dr. Core now has another book in press, "The Vegetation oi West Virginia," which groups plants in West Virginia by communities.

from South America and told him that he had seen copies of the book in a store in Lima, Peru. Four of the rnosl significant and far-reaching contributions Dr. Core has made to botany in the state have to do with his work on the University Herbarium, the formation of the Southern Appalachian Botanical Club, the part he played in the organization of the University Arboretum, and establishment of the Terra Alta Biological Station. Originally established in 1890 by Charles F. Millspaugh, the herbarium collection was misplaced and temporarily "lost," so that no additions, were made for many years.

A separate beginning for the University Herbarium came in 1923 when Dr. Strausbaugh, Robert C. Spangler and Nelle P. Ammons began to assemble specimens. Dr.

Core has contributed to the Herbarium since his arrival at the University and fee has served as its curator since 1936. "Dr. Earl L. Core, present chairman of the biology depart ment of West Virginia Univer sity, has done more collecting in the state, by far, than any oth er individual," according to Roy B. Clarkson in "The Vas cular Flora of the Monongahela National Forest." The Southern Appalachian Botanical Club was founded Dr.

Core in 1936, dedicated tc the purpose of "a careful and systematic investigation of th ored more than 200 books anc articles which he "squeezes in whenever I can." He is the co-author of the fourth edition of "General Bio logy" used in more than fifty colleges as a textbook and the author of "Plant Taxonomy' which is now on sale around the world. The widespread distribu tion of the latter is exempli fied by the incident Dr. Core bore turn. President Jrvin Stewart ap- ointed Dr. Core chairman of dminifitrative committee for Arboretum.

Most of the Arboretum was Iready there," Dr. Core said, it couldn't have been a better ocation." On May 4, 1954, the Arbore- um was formally opened and dedicated in public ceremonies, is designed not only as a jotanical laboratory for educa- ional purposes but also for aesthetic and cultural oppor- It is an out-of-doors museum for plant life with several hundred native plants, as well as hundreds that have been ian mountains in an attempt to reveal numerous additional nev species and significant exten sion of ranges, while shedding light on the many intricate prob lems of pHiyto-geography ari plant migrations hidden amonj the tangled ranges of th Southern Appalachians." HJ has edited the club jprunal sine the club was organized. Acquisition of an arboretum for the University was one of th long awaited dreams of Dr Core. "When I first becam head of the department," he re lates, "one of the first things thought of was an outside loca tion to take students for in struction." The opportunity for just sue a location came when the 26( acre Krepps-Dille Farm alon the Monongahela River was a 4, 1948. The purpose of the ampus, About 100 acres of the Since 1026 member of ttoe staff of West Virginia University, as instructor in 1928-34, professor in 1934-41, associate professor in 1941-42, professor since 1942, and diaiwnan of the department of biology since 1948.

He was married to Miss Freda Bess Garrison, June 8, 1925, and they are the parents ol four children. Tr, Core was a member of the Ohio State University summer staff in 1939-41 and the summer staff of Concord College in 1961. He is a member of the WiJklflower Preservation Society and was editor of its publication "Wild Flower" from 1946 until the Society was taken over by the New York Botanical Gardens and the publication discontinued. hi Beta Kappa, national cholarship honorary. Among is cither memberships are Sigma Xi, national honorary re- earch society; the Association or the Advancement of Science; Botanical Society of About 3 1-2 miles of nature trails lead through the area.

They are so arranged that one take a short walk or long Hollywood steps. Such arrangements also wroyide a variety of natural labitats. The Terra Alta Biological Station also 'ore's belief portrays Dr. in the outdoor classroom. It was established in the early part of 1962 through the efforts of Dr.

Core and Dr. Herald D. Bennett, with the assistance of other memibers of the staff. The property already belonged to the University, and had previously keen used the College of Engineering as a surveying camp. Dr.

Core describes the station as "virtually ideally located with respect to ttoe diversified plant and animial halbitats of the mid-Appalachian region. Natural features of biological as well as general interest lie within relatively short distances." The station's facilities include water, sanitation, electricity, gas, and telephone service and excellent transportation access. The station is used throughout the year for instruction as well as for summer educational camps. Still, Dr. Core has time for Ms classroom instruction and membership in numerous societies, clubs and other organizations.

By VEKNON SCOTT UPi Hollywood Correspondent HOLLYWOOD (UPI) -Telcvi sion's summer replacement shows, like the June bug, are doomed to a brief, flickering life. Sixteen weeks and it's all over. Beginning now, these hot month flowers will bloom on all three networks only to be plowed under in the fall. But the stars and producers can take heart from one replacement show that caught fire and has remained a strong entry on the tube all year round. This one in a thousand is 'The Hollywood Palace," a musical variety show that replaced the Jerry Lewis fiasco back on Jan.

4, 1964. Actually a winter replacement, "The Palace" was a stop-gap move taken by ABC- TV and pencilled in for 13 weeks with plans to replace the replacement. But the network failed to take into account a jouple of hustling producers, Nick Vanoff and Bill Harbach. Vanoff is slight of build, dark and a magician at finding and putting it together for the hour-long Saturday night show. Harbach is tall, athletic and a dynamo a1 directing the show, coordinating the music and dance acts.

Instead of 13 weeks, "The Palace" ran 24 shows in its first season, 33 the second year and another 33 segments this year. "The Palace" has been a success despite the toughest competition on the air, the Saturday night movies on NBC Ratings vary depending on the popularity of the movie. Guest stars have includec Maurice Chevalier, Judy Gar land, Jimmy Durante, Loui Armstrong, Frank Sinatra Dean Martin, Joan Crawford Arthur Godfrey, Sid Caeser Victor Borge and Fred MacMur ray. Even Rudolf Nureyev an Margot Fonteyn danced America; Academy the of West Virginia Science; and Chairman (1966) of tihe West Virginia Chapter of the Nature lonservancy. Dr.

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