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Bill Remmers, who worked with Shelly and Moos in Micronesia, said Shelly was a creative man who contemplated the future.
"About 30 years ago, he had a course on what the world might be like in the year 2000." Remmers said. "His purpose in doing this was trying to make the future better. He was interested in people being happier and more successful."
Beverly Smith, a former student, said Shelly greatly impacted her life.
"He was interested in people being happier and more successful."
Bill Remmers
Former colleague
"I thought the world of him," she said. "He was extraordinarily bright, and it was always fascinating being around him and to listen to him."
Smith studied in Micronesia with Shelly. She said she became acquainted with his gentleness, sense of humor and desire to educate students.
"I think he wanted us all to succeed in our academic work, and he often prodded us to achieve more," Smith said. "He was one of a kind."
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Contact Keeset at rkeeset@kansan.com. This story was edited by Anne Mergenmeier.
The identities of the members were so secret that in the 1960 edition of the jayhawker yearbook the members of the organization were pictured wearing black and white hoods that concealed their faces.
Legends continue to circulate about locked rooms in the depths of Dyche Hall, used for storage and rituals. Ambler said the group could have had such rooms when it was a legitimate organization, but that anything related to the group's underground years would have been kept off-campus.
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"I first heard about the group from Dean Alderson," Ambler said. "He, as dean of men, had been trying to get rid of the organization. There is no way he would have allowed the group space on campus."
The group threatened Dean Donald K. Alderson, dean of men at the University in the 1960s and 1970s, when he tried to disband the group. Dean Alderson received a
"Because it was secret, what happened was conjured up in their minds. Who knows what really happened?"
David Ambler Dean of students
letter in 1974 that said, "Lay off us Alderson or you'll be sorry." The letter was signed "Pach."
While speculation about the group remains, Ambler said there was no proof that any such organization still existed.
"I don't have any reason to believe it is around," he said. "There were several times in the first several years after it broke up where this or that IFC person was reviving Pachacamac. When I talked to them about it, they went out of their way to prove that they were not."
Ambler cautions people to not
believe the rumors of the organization still causing trouble.
However, Ambler said the secret nature of the society caused many to believe the society was far more influential than it may have been.
"It may be that Pachacamac had a lot of influence in IFC, but it would be hard to verify," he said. "Because it was secret, what happened was conjured up in their minds. Who knows what really happened?"
Contact Hill at shill@kansan.com. This story was edited by Kyle Ramsey.
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