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University Daily Kansan Monday. May 18. 1953
Service Organization
Alpha Phi Omega Built on Friendship
Helping people and developing friendships are the purposes of Alpha Phi Omega, national service fraternity.
Lambda, the University chapter, was formally instituted Dec. 12, 1933, and since that time has conducted polio drives and a lost and found service, has sold Christmas seals and defense stamps, and has helped needy families. Officers this year are Lawrence Klempnauer, college sophomore, president, and Thurston Smith, engineering senior, secretary.
Composed of college and university men who are or have been previously affiliated with the Boy Scouts of America, the fraternity incorporates Boy Scout principles with those of university life and
renders service to the student body, faculty, community, and nation. The first chapter was established at Lafayette college, Easton, Pa., on Dec. 16, 1925, and has grown steadily throughout its 28 year history.
At the present time there are 258 chartered chapters of Alpha Phi Omega and many preparatory chapbers. More than 37,000 men have been affiliated with Alpha Phi Omega since the founding of the first chapter.
Each Alpha Phi Omega pledge must carry out at least one service to the campus or community, as prescribed by the chapter, either alone or with a group of pledges or members, before being eligible
for active initiation. The pledge system is to develop conscientious, enthusiastic members who will carry on the traditions through the years of their active membership.
The collegiate chapters and the national executive board constitute the supreme authority of the fraternity. The chapters register their views on fraternity questions by vote of their official delegates at national conventions, and by referendum vote between conventions.
The governing body between conventions is the national executive board, of which Dr. H. Roe Bartle, Kansas City, Mo., is the member from this area. The national president is Prof. Daniel Den Uyl of Purdue university.
Editor Assails McCarthy on TV
Washington—(U.P.)-James Wechsler, editor of the New York Post, said last night that Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R.-Wis.) "takes the view that he can cut down the amount of press criticism if he threatens editors."
Mr. Wechsler's statement was made on the "Meet the Press" television program. He was questioned about his recent appearances before Sen. McCarthy's Senate permanent investigating subcommittee.
Mr. Wechsler said Sen. McCarthy called him to Washington ostensibly to question him about a book he had once written and then devoted most of his time to a personal attack on him as an editor.
"I give him 'A' for effort." Mr. Wechsler said. "... I think in the long run the evidence will be that Sen. McCarthy picked the wrong fight at the wrong time."
Rep. Hull, 82, Dies As Oldest Member
LaCrosse, Wis. — (U.P)—Rep. Merl-
hull Linn, the oldest member of the U.S.
House of Representatives, died
yesterday at the age of 82.
Mr. Hull, a Republican, had represented Wisconsin's ninth congressional district since 1928. He was one of the last champions of the policies of the late Sen. Robert M. LaFollette and of the defunct Progressive party Sen. LaFollette founded.
Funeral services for Mr. Hull will be held Wednesday at the Methodist church in Black River Falls, Wis., where the veteran congressman made his home.
After the ceremony his body will be taken to the Oak Grove cemetery mausoleum here. It will be kept there until burial in Black River Falls at a date as yet undetermined
Dr. Alf Gunderson said Mr. Hull died of bronchial pneumonia, complicated by advanced age. Mr. Hull died in Lutheran hospital in La-Crosse, where he had undergone an operation last April 15.
Actress to Marry Tom Neal
Hollywood, Calif.—(U.P.)—Barbara Payton said today she will marry Tom Neal in Paris late this summer after receiving her final divorce decree from actor Franchot Tone because Mr. Neal "is the right one for me." Actors Neal and Tone staged a pre-dawn fight fight over Miss Payton's affections on the actress' lawn Sept. 14.
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Third Siege of Spring Storms Forecast for Louisiana Area
New Orleans—(U.P.)—A third siege of storms was forecast today for the Louisiana area in which wind, flooding rain, and five tornadoes left 12 persons badly hurt and one-half to one million dollars
300 Western Civ Students Take Test
A long grind of studying came to an end Saturday for students enrolled in Western Civilization when the final examination was given.
Approximately 300 students took the exam which was scheduled to last about three and one-half hours.
Before the exam a review course was conducted by Western Civilization proctors. Sessions were held Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday evenings last week.
"As far as we know, there was only one other 'cram' course in existence this year," Palmer Patterson, proctor-said Friday. He said these courses are frowned upon by the department
Established in 1946, the Western Civilization course is designed to acquaint the University student with the heritage of American civilization and the pattern of the growth of thought in the western world.
Maintained as a department of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Western Civilization has offices in Strong Annex C. J. Eldon Fields, associate professor of political science, directs the course.
Tidelands Oil Gets More Senate Talk
Washington—(U.P.)The Senate Interior committee begins hearings today on a second tidelands oil measure.
A controversy broke out around the continental shelf bill even before the Interior committee called its first witness.
The first bill gives the coastal states title to submerged lands out to their historic seaward boundaries.
Former Sen. James P. Kem (R.-Mo.) said the Senate bill deals entirely with oil and gas leasing machinery and makes no provision for
A second installment, passed by the House, would give the federal government jurisdiction over the remainder of the continental shelf.
The violent storms yesterday were punctured by the crash of a Delta-Chicago and Southern airliner which killed 19 persons and the derailment of a speeding Missouri Pacific streamliner at a washout.
While no new tornado alert had been issued as yet the weather bureau predicted locally high winds and scattered thunder storms in some of the areas which had been lashed by destructive weather since Saturday.
The fifth tornado in two days roared through Sicily island and Ferriday in the east central part of Louisiana while more rain storms engulfed northern Louisiana and nearby areas in Texas and Mississippi.
Twisters and cyclonic winds had destroyed some 60 to 75 homes in various parts of the state and rising waters forced more than 50 families from their homes along the Little river Jena, La.
The two-engined DC-3 airliner crashed and exploded near Marshall, Texas, after striking a pine tree in a storm while making a landing approach to the airport at Shreveport La.
Several persons were slightly hurt when the Southerner, bound from New Orleans to Little Rock, Ark., hit a displaced rail at a high speed during a severe storm near Simms, La.
Missouri Pacific railway officials said it was a "miracle" that no one was more seriously injured as the locomotive and baggage car overturned and four other cars left the rails.
Immediately after the wreck 100 feet of track was swept away at the spot by one of the torrential rains which flooded croplands in parts of the state.
Sen. Guy Cordon (R.-Ore.) said he favors a provision in the Senate bill limiting oil and gas leases to those minerals only and leaving the way clear for separate leases for other minerals.
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New York—(U.P.)—William Oatis came home today to the arms of a wife whose personal appeal to the President of Czechoslovakia was credited with winning his release from prison.
American Newsman Arrives After Czech Prison Release
The American newsman who spent 22 months in a Czech prison on "trumped up" espionage charges arrived at New York's international airport late this morning for his first reunion with his wife in nearly three years.
Mr. Oatis, released from Pankrek prison in Prague last Saturday after his official pardon, brought with him the yet-undisclosed details of his arrest and "preparation" for the trial at which he recited a confession to charges of spying against the Czech government.
The dark-haired Mrs. Oatis arrived here by plane yesterday from St. Paul, Minn., to spend the last long hours of patient waiting for his return.
The 39-year-old Associated Press correspondent from Marion, Ind., spoke guardedly of the trial in brief interviews before leaving Europe yesterday for the United States. But he hinted that his appearance in court at the espionage trial in 1951 was preceded by elaborate "psychological" preparation.
Mr. Oatis spent yesterday in rest and relaxation at Frankfurt before beginning his flying trip home. His efforts to talk to his wife by telephone were thwarted by atmospheric conditions and he sent her a cable instead.
The tall, lean correspondent said he was not subjected to any "political or ideological pressure" during his confinement, but he lived on a rigid prison routine.
During a brief stopever at London today, Mr. Oatis said he would decide after he got to the United States whether he would make a formal retraction of his Prague confession.
TODAY
Official Bulletin
KC. commuters: for easier organization of car pool next semester leave your name and address in Engineering library, 1st floor, Marvin.
Episcopal communion 7 a.m. Danforth
Math club picnic: 5:30 p.m. Potter
School gymnasium: 7:45 p.m.
Scabbard and Blade: pledge quiz, 7
n. m. m.lounge, no uniforms.
American Chemical Society: 7:30 p.m.
2024 October Mechanisms of Corrosion Inhibition
WEDNESDAY
FACTS meeting: 7:30 p.m. 306 Union
& officers of officers of revised
constitution.
Logan Student Fund Established
The establishment of the Dane G. Hansen scholarships for one or more graduating seniors of Logan High school to attend The University was announced today.
Dane G. Hansen, prominent Logan contractor and businessman, is setting up the awards with an annual gift to the Endowment association.
Appointment of the first Hansen scholars also was announced. They are Miss Jonita Forssberg, who will enter the University next fall; Billy Bob Crow, engineering freshman, and Franklin W. McCollum, business junior.
Administration of the scholarships will be patterned after the statewide Summerfield scholarships. The superintendent of schools in Logan will nominate not more than four students who will be tested and interviewed by a University committee.
The Hansen scholarships are awarded on merit and promise of future success. The amount will be fitted to each student's need, ranging from $50 upward.
Can't Take It, a medium-sized underslung California bullfrog, coped $250 prize money for his winning jump.
Angels Camp, Calif. —(U.P.)- A home-grown leaper named "Can't Take It" captured the jumping frog championship of Calavera county with a 15-foot, $6_{2}$-inch hop in the 100th running of a contest made famous by Mark Twain.
Lightweight Fight Toss Up
New York — (U.P.) — Featherweight Percy Bassett of Philadelphia and lightweight Arthur Persley of Red Cross, La., were "even money" today for their 10-round television fight tonight at Brooklyn's Eastern Parkway arena.
'Can't Take It' Is Jumping Frog Champ
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