Tuesday, March 1, 1955 University Daily Kansan
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Winter Maroons Skiers; Twister Kills One in Ohio
By UNITED PRESS
The fading winter kept 200 skiers marooned in snowbound Utah mountains today and sent death-dealing weather into the East.
The skiers, trapped high in the Wasatch range by the Far West's worst blizzard of the year, faced no immediate danger. Forest rangers fired howitzers at towering drifts in an attempt to rescue them.
In the California High Sierra however, a rescue team fought through "avalanche country" trying to reach a young man and woman who were spotted chest deep in snow
Lethal fog, a tornado and flood waters plauged the East.
At Youngstown, Ohio, a baby twister killed one person and injured nine others, while flood waters in southern West Virginia forced at least 100 families from their homes.
A crippled B-47, groping its way through thick fog crashed into a large trailer homes at Lake Charles. At least five persons were killed.
A new threat was posed in the West as a fresh storm rolled out of the north Pacific towards central California. Wind - whipped snow lashed Idaho and there was up to 10 inches of new snow today in the Colorado mountains.
Utah's 200 marooned skiers found comfortable refuge in four lodges in the Alta Area, but the road to the lodge was blocked and rotary plows could chew their way through only four or five miles of drifts yesterday.
Forest rangers meanwhile fired 72-mm howitzers at the mountain drifts to force them to unleash avalanches which could be death-dealing if they thundered down the slopes without warning.
The sugar regarded today as a necessity in every household was so rare before the 16th century that only the extremely wealthy could afford it.
Seven petitions have been issued for vice president of the Engineering council, in order to fill a vacancy left by George Holfydd, former vice president, who was graduated last semester.
The letters, explaining the proposed system and the forming of a University Honor committee, asked for endorsement of all campus organizations, and called for a meeting of representatives for discussion and questions on March 10.
The establishment of an honor system at KU was proposed yesterday in letters sent to the presidents of all organized houses and groups by the University Veterans organization.
The petitions are to be turned in to the 16 members of the Engineering council, who will make the selection. In order to be considered, a petition must be signed by 35 persons who are full-time students in the School of Engineering and Architecture.
The UVO maintains that allegations of dishonesty, unfairness, and adverse publicity have resulted in detriment to the reputation of the University, and offers the honor system as a method to avoid such occurrences in the future.
The action is a by-product of a resolution sent to the Chancellor last spring by the UVO protesting the methods with which the last All Student council elections were conducted.
The position will be a temporary one, as elections for the Engineering council will be held soon after the Engineering Exposition.
David Bartlett, president of the council, has not set a deadline by which the petitions must be turned in.
The honor system and the University honor committee would not affect the functions and powers of
One tiny leak in your home can waste precious water at the rate of 200 gallons a day—more than 72,000 gallons a year.
Council Gives 7 Petitions
UVO Proposes Honor System for KU
the ASC or any other organization, but it would be paramount to the ASC, all student organizations, and all students regularly enrolled at the University.
The system would require students to act honorably in all phases of campus life. Lying, cheating, stealing, or breaking one's word of honor would be considered infractions of the system.
The system has 11 procedural features calling for the students, themselves, to provide a check on each other. Anyone suspected of
having committed a breach of honor shall undergo investigation by fellow students. If those investigating believe that the student is guilty they shall charge the student to his face and then inform the Honor committee of the charge.
The student has the choice of leaving the University or appealing to the Honor committee.
accused belongs, would try the accused. Counsel can be taken from the student body to represent either side.
The Honor committee, composed of the presidents of the 10 schools of the University with the 11th member represented by the vice president of the school to which the
If the accused is found guilty the committee can impose a penalty up to and including dismissal from the University. If the accused is found innocent the matter will be dropped and the minutes of the proceeding destroyed.
The UVO honor system committee says that the decision for such a system will have to come from the students.
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