WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 1950
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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Discouraged Cub Asks Help In Finding Elusive Swander
By RICHARD HUNTER
Where is Orval Swander? Five days ago a Daily Kansas reporter was assigned to get a personality interview with Orval, a College sophomore and one of our best debaters. The reporter looked in the student directory and found that Orval is a member of Sigma Nu fraternity. He telephoned the fraternity house.
A pledge answered the phone, our reporter said. "Is Orval Swander there, please?" (all Kanans reporters being exceedingly polite). The pledge answered, "Yes, I saw him here just a few minutes ago, hold the line."
The last words the Kansan reporter heard were those of the pledge who had answered the phone, yelling strongly, "Orval Swander, Orval Swander," then weakly, "Swander, Swander wanted on phone." Then there was a mechanical click on the other end of the line and all was silent.
Not being the kind to give up easily, even when a telephone is hung up in his ear, the reporter called the house again, partly to give the number to the operator, 3456, which is a number that fascinated him, and mostly to get the interview from Swander, before his city editor wrote something nasty on the reporter's assignment sheet.
Neglecting his own supper, the reporter jumped in his car and drove to the Sigma Nu house at 5:45. He had decided to see Orval Swander in person, having an ear that is sensitive to having telephones hung up in it.
The phone was answered by the pledge in a voice showing calm emotions but much overuse. The reporter queried, "Did you find Swander?" The pledge answered, "No, but he will be here for supper at six." "Thank you very much." Answered the still polite reporter.
Upon reaching the fraternity house he walked to the front door, notebook in hand, pencil behind ear. "How do you do, sir, may I help you?" "Yes, please, is Orval Swander here?" "I am sorry but Orval will not be here for supper this evening"
Using a few strong words, peculiar to journalists, the reporter climbed in his car and drove to the journalism building. He had decided to tell the city editor of his plight, and wouldn't the city editor, sir, please assign this interview to someone who doesn't have to take the Western Civilization final this week?
Then, he struck upon a bold plan. He telephoned the Sigma Nu house and asked the phone boy if he would please ask Orval to phone him at 3255 when he came in. The plan was to sit back and wait for Orval to find him.
One night passed, two nights passed, still no call from Orval. "Why doesnt Orval Swander come home?" The anxious reporter asked himself. "All I want is a personality interview per person, that we have a a personality, but that we heard sociology professor told us everbody has a personality."
Hhaca, N. Y., — (U.R.)—A Cornell University professor found that the "iron curtain" is more than just a phrase on trains traveling between Helsinki, Finland, and Turku, which now belongs to Russia.
"Perhaps, then, Orval is lost." If anyone sees Orval Swander, would they please telephone the Dally Kan
Man Says Curtain Is Really Iron
At the Russian border, Russian personnel go through the train and put up iron curtains at every window, said Prof. Joshua Cope on his return from a six-months' stay in Finland.
Prof. Cope was so indignant about the iron-curtained windows that he took a bus and went around the Parkkala area.
He said passengers neither may look out nor get out while the train passes through a certain area, and the general assumption is that the Soviets are fortifying the section.
"That was an indignity to the human spirit I could not abide," he said.
Prof. Cope was sent to Finland by the American Friends service committee to help with international volunteer work camps organized by the Finnish relief-organization
san as of his whereabouts? The reporter can't concentrate on Western Civilization and the city editor can't figure out how to fill page two.
Less Religious Says Speaker
We live in a nominally Christian world where the "people are becoming less and less religious," said F.L. Thornton, guest speaker at the annual Y.M.C.A. all-nameship banquet held Tuesday.
Mr. Thornton, general secretary of the Y.M.C.A. at the University of Missouri, explained how the Y.M.C.A. is not primarily a religious organization. It has a conservative concern for democratic order as part of the members religious tradition.
There is a radical difference between the Y.M.C.A. and the church, Mr. Thornton pointed out. In the Y.M.C.A., committees provide the only democratic means for getting something accomplished whereas in church groups the main focus is the organizing and makes the decisions.
Prior to Mr. Thornton's talk, M. David Riggs, general secretary of the University Y.M.C.A., gave special recognition to the graduating seniors who have done outstanding work for the organization during the year. Recognition was given to Robert Davis, John Eberhardt, Bill Herwig, Garland Longofe, Harrison Madden, Dwight Oglesbee, Robert Fayne, Elmer Ruscoe, Hardy Scheuerman, Robert Simonton, Loren Simpson, Dale Spiegel, Byron Werges, and Roy Wonder.
Lloyd Houston, chairman of the Y.M.C.A. advisory board, told those attending that the organization should provide opportunities for men to think, learn and straighten out problems of life. Its function is not primarily a religious one, Houston said.
The invocation was given by Donovan Hull, College sophomore, and Heywood Davis, College sophomore, acted as toastmaster. Entertainment following the dinner was provided by four members of the Delta Delta Delta sorority.
Faculty Art Show Includes Seascape
Seascape is one of the pieces of faculty art being displayed during May in the University Museum of Art. It was painted in shades of pink, blue, and light green by Joseph Kellogg, professor of architecture.
Silver pieces being displayed by Carlyle Smith, assistant professor of design, include a bowl and pitcher, a pebble pendant, and an agate pendant. Silver rings with sets, earrings, a pin, and gold rings are also being featured by the jewelry and silversmithing faculty members.
Arvid Jacobson, associate professor of design, is showing a water color of a pond bordered with flowers. A road runs by the pond, and an old house and trees are in the background.
Miami, Fla.—(U.P.)Census takers seemed a little envious as they returned aboard a harbor patrol boat from counting the noses of "squatters" along the spoil banks and undeveloped islands of Biscayne Bay.
Census Takers Envious Of Beachcomber's Life
"A couple work in the city; some just fish, and some don't seem to do anything," Robert L. Bryan, an enumerator, reported. "They spend the life of Rifler."
They found an even dozen of the modern-day beachcombers in this glittering-rich tourist resort:
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