Friday, May 16, 1952 University Dany Kansan
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Men Found in Lake
SEARCHING THE LAKE BOTTOM—The geology department's magnetometer was pressed into service yesterday as the search continued for two missing University students. Bert Odem and Samuel Bishop graduate students in geology, and W. W. Hambleton, assistant professor of geology, are shown using the instrument on a raft at Lone Star lake. The magnetometer is a device which measures variations in the earth's magnetic field, and is sensitive enough to locate a granite formation 20,000 feet below the earth's surface—Kansan photo by Richard Settle.
FATHERS WATCH DREDGING OPERATIONS—Among those who watched the dredging operations at Lone Star lake were the fathers of the two missing students. The fathers, E. J. Delphia of Norton and John Rickers of Plains (left to right) are shown as they watched county and state police drag the lake, about 15 miles south of Lawrence. The missing students disappeared early Thursday after an all-University pledge picnic. The boys' parents said they have not heard from the students since their disappearance—Kansas photo by Richard Settle.
Daily Kansan
49th Year, No.147
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Tuesday, May 13, 1952
4 Hill Cafe Owners Ignore Petition, Refuse to Serve KU Negro Students
By BOB STEWART
Proprietors of four privately owned Hill cafes today refused to allow University Negroes admittance to their restaurants.
"I if I allow them admittance, I may gain 100 customers, but would lose 1,000." Gleason Gregory, proprietor of the Rock Chalk cafe, said. "They have a place to eat—the Student Union," he added.
Carl Clifton, owner of the Jaya-
hawk cave, said, "I never have
agreed to serve them. I don't see a
need for mixing them with the
Whites, although I have nothing
against Negroes, myself."
R. B. Gemmell, owner of Gemmell's cafe, said he had heard reports that there were only 65 Negro students on the campus anyway. (The registrar's office reported this morning there were 113 Negro students enrolled.)
"I don't think I can jeopardize my business for 5 per cent of that 65 who would be eating out, possibly
in my cafe," Mr. Gemmell said.
Mrs. Emma Michaelson, proprietor of The Call, said she "didn't have time" to discuss the matter with the Kansan this morning. "We're very busy here," she added.
"There seems to be a certain campus group that tries to stir up trouble of this sort every year," Mr. Gregory said. The current "group" he referred to is one composed of regular members of a fellowship group of Wesley foundation, which is inter-racial in membership.
Latest report from the group is that it decided last night to expand its membership to include representatives from leading campus organizations, including Inter-fraternity council, Independent Student
ROTC Honors Day Parade Opens Armed Forces Week
Five battalions of the Reserve Officer Training corps paraded Monday afternoon in the honors day ceremony that launched Armed Forces week in this area.
About 1,500 cadets in three Air Force, an Army, and a Navy battalion, participated in the colorful parade reviewed by Rear Adm. Francis P. Old, commandant of the 9th Naval district at Great Lakes, Ill.
Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy Mayor Chris Kraft of Lawrence, and visiting mayers of several nearby communities also were present to review the troops.
Several proprietors, when questioned, alluded that they didn't have too much faith in the petition presented them bearing names of 1,269 students.
Awards were presented to 13 Air Force cadets, 12 midshipmen, and 12 Army cadets at the ceremony. The AFROTIC rifle team was presented the Hearst national second place trophy for its performance in the Hearst national rifle match held earlier this semester.
association, Inter-dorm council, and others.
Mr. Gregory said: "We (restaurant owners) were supposed to get the exact copy of the petition. However, it seems everyone on the campus had the same copy. I talked to the other restaurant owners, and we decided it was 'no dice'."
Armed Forces week, in force under a theme of "Unity. Strength, and Freedom," will feature a concert by the U.S. Air Force band Wednesday evening in Hoch auditorium, and an open house from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday morning in the Military Science building. There the latest training equipment for all three services will be displayed.
Battalion commanders were Army, John Van Keppel, business senior; Navy, Wayne Lullain, engineering junior; Air Force, Hugh Heidrick, college junior, Leon W Tarner, engineering sophomore, and Charles Bether, business senior. William F McClelland, education junior, led the Air Force ROTC band.
Navy Diving Team Aided in Search
He reported on "A Punch-Tape Memory System." The other entrant in the contest was from Kansas State college.
BULLETIN
The two missing KU students, Bernard E. Rickers, 20, and James A. Delphia, 19, were found this afternoon in Lone Star lake, Sheriff Travis Glass reported.
Donald M. House, engineering senior, won the $25 first prize in a student paper competition conducted by the Kansas City section of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers.
Engineering Senior Wins $25 for Paper
By DON NIELSEN
A complete diving team and equipment are being flown today from the Great Lakes Naval station to aid in the search for James E. Delphia, 19, and Bernard E. Rickers, 20, both college juniors who disappeared after a pledge party at Lone Star lake Thursday.
ROTC STUDENTS HONORED—Rear Adm. Francis P. Old, commandant of the 9th Naval district, is shown decorating one of the 34 students who were presented awards at the ROTC honors day ceremonies on the drill field yesterday. Kansan photo by Jerry Renner.
The diver is needed to identify some large metal objects detected in deep water during operations at the lake yesterday.
The dragging operations were centered about an area about 30 or 40 feet from the shore near a curve. Some scratches on rocks near the shore at this point give rise to the belief that a car might have rolled or skidded into the lake.
Magnets tied to fishing poles were lowered from rowboats at a point about 30 feet offshore and reportedly clung to some metal object below the surface. A grappling hook was lowered and caught on something about 35 feet down, but when the attempt was made to haul it to the surface the hook broke off.
The Navy diving equipment, which is expected to arrive here today, was arranged for by the University through Rear Adm. Francis P. Old who was at the University yesterday for the annual Honors Day parade.
The device is very sensitive, however, and it is believed that any metal object might cause a large reading. The magnetometer is being operated by W. W. Hambleton, assistant professor of geology, and Samuel Bishop and Wilbert Oden, both graduates in geology.
A magnetometer, a sensitive prospecting device, was brought from the University geology department and mounted on a raft in order to search the bottom. When the device was hauled over the point in question, it registered a fairly large mass of metal below the surface.
The sheriff's office has also received a report from the University that the two missing boys may have been seen in DeSoto since Thursday by several KU students. This lead also is being followed.
The consensus of opinion of the officiates at the scene was that the missing students were not on a "lark."
The car in which the two are supposed to have disappeared is a two-tone gray, Chevrolet club coupe with Kansas license number M-930.