Friday, May 16, 1952 University Daily Kansan Page 3
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—Kansan photo by Richard Settle.
Daily Kansan
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
49th Year, No.147
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.
"If I allow them admittance, may I in 100 customers, but would lose a.000," Gleason Gregory, proprietor of the Rock Chalk cafe, said. "They have a place to eat—the Student Union," he added.
Gil Clifton, owner of the Jayhawk 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."
against Negroes.
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
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.
Shirt-sleeve weather came back to Kansas today and the weather-man said the warm-up will continue, especially in the west.
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. O., old commander of the 9th Naval district at Great Lakes, Ill.
Shirt-Sleeve Weather Expected to Continue
She has been active in the musical and social life of the campus She has been a member of the A Cappella choir for four years and last semester was soloist for the choir's Christmas vespers.
The temperature is expected to be at least 10 degrees warm on tonight than last night in the 50-55 range over most of the state.
WARMER
its membership to include representatives from leading campus organizations, including Inter-fraternity council, Independent Student association, Inter-dorm council, and others.
Highs tomorrow generally will be in the 80s, maximum since rain and hail last a st. Thursday sent the
WARMER mercury plunging. The slow recovery from the cold snap is nearly complete.
Several proprietors, when questioned, alluded that they didn't have too much faith in the petition presented them bearing names of 1,269 students.
Miss McFarland is a student of Reinhold Schmidt, professor of voice. She will be accompanied by Delores Wunsch, fine arts senior.
In her sophomore year she was soprano soloist when the KU chorale performed the Bach "Magnificat". She was featured as soloist on the choral's concert tours.
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 die!'"
Awards were presented to 13 Air Force cadets, 12 midshipmen, and 12 Army cadets at the ceremony. The AFROTC rifle team was presented the Hearest national second place trophy for its performance in the Hearest national rifle match held earlier this semester.
Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy Mayor Chris Kraft of Lawrence, and visiting mayors of several nearby communities also were present to review the troops.
She is president of Sigma Alpha Iota, professional music fraternity, and is a charter member of Alpha Phi. She is from Osborne.
earlier
Armed Forces week, in force under the 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.
Phyllis McFarland, soprano, will be presented in a senior recital at 8 p.m. Tuesday in Strong auditorium.
One owner said he was planning to call some of the students who signed the petition to "see if they knew what they were really signing. Some people will sign anything," he said.
displayed.
Battalion commanders were Army, John Van Keppel, business senior; Navy, Wayne Luallin, engineering junior; Air Force, Hugh Heidrick, college junior; Leon W. Turner, engineering sophomore, and Charles Bether, business senior. William F. McChelland, education junior, led the Air Force ROTC band.
Navy Diving Team To Aid in Search
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.
The recital is open to the public without admission charge.
McFarland to Give Senior Recital
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.
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.
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.
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 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 Odem, both graduates in geology.
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 officials at the scene was that the missing students were not on a "dark." Both of the men were above-average students and not given to cutting classes. The fact that they missed special social events at their fraternities was said to indicate that something "unusual" had happened to them.
The car in which the two are supposed to have disappeared is a twotone gray, Chevrolet coule couple with Kansas license number ME-390.
The sheriff requested that all spectators say away from the scene today in order to facilitate the recovery operations.
German Club Plans Picnic
A surprise program will be held at the German club picnic at 1224 Louisiana at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.
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