---
Friday, May 16, 1952 University Danv Kansas
Page 3
Topeka, Ks.
49th Year, No. 148 LAWRENCE, KANSAS Wednesday, May 14, 1957
StudentsFoundDead; No Inquiry Is Planned
By DON NIELSEN
No action is planned to investigate the circumstances of the deaths of the two KU students whose car left the road near Lone Star lake and plunged into 10 feet of water.
car left the road near Lone Star lake and pringer into the university would take any Dean of Men L. C. Woodruff said that he "rather doubted" that the University would take any and picnics at the lake, but added that the matter has not been fully discussed.
SALVAGE OPERATIONS AT THE LAKE-Hundreds of spectators crowded the iron bridge at the south end of Lone Star lake yesterday as the missing students' car was removed from the water. The students, James E. Delphia, 19, and Bernard E. Rickers, 20, were found dead in the auto. They disappeared shortly after an all-University fraternity pledge party Wednesday night.
KU Negro Students Still Refused Admittance to Campus Restaurants
Bv BOB STEWART
Action on the campus restaurant discrimination controversy was still stalled today after restaurant owners refused yesterday to admit Negro students.
Meanwhile, the fellowship group of the Wesley foundation, which is spearheading the action, was considering possible followup action to its recent petitions. Members of the group said that they were not certain what the action would be.
The situation became more intense when it was announced that the cafeteria of the Student Union building would not be open for business this summer, and only the Hawk's Nest would be available for meals.
"Where are our Negro students going to eat their meals this summer if there is no room in the Hawk's Nest?" Don Hull, member
of the group, asked today.
A letter received by the Kansan today from Ronald Sammons and Carolyn McClain, members of the fellowship group, clarified many of the counter-charges made against the group by restaurant owners in their refusals, which were printed in yesterday's Kansan. The letter states:
"We, as members of the fellowship group working for anti-discrimination on the campus, would like to clarify some misconceptions concerning the petitions which were circulated by our group. Contrary to the opinion expressed by one of
Harvey, Rea Have Leading Roles in 'Twelfth Night'
"Herk" Harvey and Tom Rea, instructors in speech, have the leading comedy roles in "Twelfth Night," the Shakespearean play to be presented at 8 p.m. Thursday in Fraser theater and at 2 and 8 p.m. there Saturday.
the restaurant owners, the petitions which he and the other owners received were all originals. Each student signed five copies, each of which was sent to a different cafe. There were 1269 DIFFERENT signatures.
"As was stated in yesterday's Kansan, we plan to contact various campus organizations which might be interested in supporting the movement.
The two play the drinking partners Sir Toby Belch and Sir Andrew Augecheek, respectively.
One of the most difficult roles in the play is the dual part of the twin brother and sister, Sebastian and Viola. Mary Beth Moore, college junior, plays these parts. Only in the final act when Sebastian and Viola are on the stage together, is she unable to be both persons.
she unhulled to cry.
Shirley Strain, college junior,
kisses the part of Viola in this act.
According to reviews, they kept the audience in a frenzy in each town they played during the two weeks the play was taken on the road and between them, succeeded in stealing the show.
"In answer to the evident belief that we are trying to 'stir up trouble, we would like to state that we, as University students, do not consider the discrimination against fellow students as being consistent with the principles set forth by the Christian faith. We cannot possibly conceive how the action taken by our group could be construed as troublemaking."
Author
A comical character that reviewers spotlighted was Malvoïlo played by Wilson O'Connell, graduate student.
Others in the play are Jo Anna March, college sophomore, as Lady Olivia; Barbara Donovan, college senior, as Maria; Mark Gilman, college sophomore, as Fabian, a servant; Patrick Sullivan, college senior, as Feste, a clown.
Miss Strain also has the role of a page to the Duke Orsino, played by Bruce Bailey, college sophomore.
Robert Lorderhom, college junior, as Antonio; James Wattie, fine arts freshman, as the sea captain and the priest; Robert Howery fine arts freshman, as an officer, and Dorothy O'Connell, college sophomore, as a page to the Duke Orsino.
Allen Crafton, professor of speech, designed the set and Mr. Harvey constructed it. Gilman is in charge of the lighting and Miss March is doing the props.
Ronald Sammons Carolyn McClaim.
The students killed in the accident are James A. Delphia, 19, and Bernard E. Rickers, 20, college juniors.
Bernard E. Ricker, b. Jersey, NJ. The men were killed when their car left the road just before it got to a bridge and plunged into the lake. Ricker's body was found hunched over the wheel, and Delphia's was found in the back seat. A watch on Delphia's wrist had stopped at 12:05 a.m.
The car containing the men was found yesterday by five students in about 10 feet of water at the extreme south end of the lake. The men who discovered the bodies are Jim Carson, Don Mosher, and Steve Milne, college junior and Homer Foutz and Bob Brown, college sophomores.
Rickers and Delphia left the picnic at about midnight Wednesday. Rickers' car was last seen as it left the picnic at high speed. Delphia had climbed into the back seat as it left.
The car was hauled closer to the shore, and the bodies were removed. H.P. Jones, Douglas county coroner, said that neither body was marked or cut. Rickers had apparently drowned, and Delphia had died of a broken neck. No autopsy or inquest was planned.
The Navy divers entered the water and fastened a line to the rear axle of the car, which was resting on its top about 20 feet from short. The car had flipped over as it plunged into the lake.
The point where the car was found is only about three quarters of a mile from the spot where the picnic was held. It is, however, nearly three miles from where dragging operations had been centered.
The bodies of the men were brought into Lawrence and from here were sent to their respective home towns for funeral services. No date for the services has been announced.
The students who discovered the car—fraternity brothers of Rickers—were driving around the lake when one of them spotted something under the water near the bridge. Upon looking closer the men saw the left rear tire of the auto about a foot below the surface of the water.
The men then drove to the point on the shore where the Navy divers were preparing to search the bottom and told sheriff's officers there what they had seen.
A Requeim high mass was sung for Delphia this morning at St. John's church. Members of the Newman club and of Delphia's fraternity, Phi Kappa, attended in a group. Phi Kappa fraternity is an all-Catholic social fraternity. Members of Rickers' fraternity, Phi Kappa Sigma, said that they are planning to attend his funeral.
Rickers is survived by his father, John F. Rickers, Plains, and his mother, Mrs. Charlotte Ricard, of Rogers, Ark. He would have been 21 next Sunday.
Delphia is survived by his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Emery J. Delpima, Norton, and four brothers, Richard, an Air Force cadet stationed on Hondo, Tex.; Donald, Kansas City, Mo.; Robert, Kansas City, Kan.; and John, Fairmount, N. D.
THE MISSING CAR—The above photograph was taken yesterday shortly after the car carrying two missing KU students was found in 10 feet of water near the south end of Lone Star lake.
BERNARD E. RICKERS
JAMES A. DELPHIA
Some Progress Made in Strike
"Some progress has been made in the strike called by Local 1290 against Lawrence construction companies," George C. Shrewsbury, representative from the union's home office in Kansas City, said this morning.
"Fluor Construction company workers have gone back to their jobs at the Kansas Power and Light project west of Lawrence," Mr. Shrewbsbury said.
Representatives of the four companies working on campus construction projects however, had no comment to make on strike negotiation progress at 11 a.m. today.
WEATHER
Fair west and partly cloudy west
THUNDERSTORMS
partly cloudy west tonight with a few scattered thunder showers southeast and extreme east th i s evening. M o s t l y fair Thursday. N o t quite so warm in east p ort i on Thursday. L ow tonight 45 north-west to 55 south-east. High Thursday 70's east to near 80 west.