MAY 14, 1946
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
PAGE SEVEN
Quiet Beauty, Sanctity of Danforth Chapel Inspire Student Weddings, Special Services
"It's like a new baby in a family."
Sam Elliott, custodian, says of Danforth memorial chapel. "Everybody wants to do something for it."
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In addition to weddings, several organizations have used the chapel for special services. The Y.W.C.A. conducted an Easter service there on April 16, and the Music Appreciation club held a Lenten service in the chapel.
Mr. Elliott, or "Sam" as he is known to his friends on the campus, visits the chapel three or four times a day, running the vacuum over the carpets, dusting the pews, and "cleaning up."
Mrs. Donald Brodie, wife of the pharmacy professor, plays the organ for an hour daily from 4:15 to 5:15 p.m., and on Thursday nights the Christian Science student group meets for devotionals in the chapel. University High school will have a baccalaureate service there June 2.
Several couples have said "I do" before the altar in the chapel. The first service there was a wedding March 20, just after the carpets had been put down and two weeks before the chapel's dedication. More ceremonies are planned, two of them on Commencement day and two on June 18.
"I like to sweep the sidewalk or pick up a cigaret butt or do anything to keep it as lovely as it was intended to be," Sam remarked. "The chapel is open day and night, but most of the time I stay away and leave people alone. That's the way they want to be—to meditate or pray."
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At 7 p.m. Sunday the Newman club, an organization of University Catholic students, will present a living rosary and candle-light coronation of the Virgin Mary in the quiet beauty and sanctity of the chapel.
"Many more are using the chapel than we ever dreamed would—the chancellor, the men who built the chapel, and myself," Sam beams proudly and happily.
'No Need to Worry,' Gandhi Tells Indians
London. (UP) — Mohandas K.
Gandhi was quoted by the New
Delhi radio today as saying there
was "no need to worry" about the
new breakdown in negotiations for
India's independence.
Washington, (UP)—The joint Canadian-American Muskox 81-day expedition to the Arctic proved that military forces can operate above the Arctic circle, American military observers said today.
The broadcast said Gandhi warned a town meeting against believing the British mission had done nothing to help the situation.
The health of the 50 men who made the trip was "slightly improved" at the end of the trip over what it was at the start, an army medical observer said.
The tractor-propelled snowmobiles used in the expedition carried the party over the Arctic wastes without serious breakdown. The snowmobiles received gasoline dropped from American army planes guided to the party by radar and loran systems of navigation.
Troops Can Operate Above Arctic Circle Expedition Finds
Look, Men, There's Only One "Fitting" Remark for This Picture!
A couple of misfits, if ever we saw them! And you may be sure we never did see them, because they couldn't get out of our store looking like that! We'd sooner see them in their birthday suits! We're hypocritical about the good fit of the clothing we sell—whether you pay our lowest or top quality price. And whether you're short and lean or short and squat: tall and thin or tall and fat our fitting will improve on nature!
Kansas To Spend A Million For Roads
Topeka. (UP)—Awards of contracts involving 210 miles of road at a cost of more than $1,900,000 were announced by the Kansas State Highway commission Friday.
They covered lettings of May 3 at Abilene and April 26 at Newton and involved work in the second and fifth districts.
Harvey, Salina, Cloud, Dickenson and Reno counties were included in the primary program for bridges, grading or paving. Also covered was work on one secondary highway in Clay county.
White Resigns CBS Duties To Write Autobiography
Paul W. White, former University student, has resigned his position as director of news broadcasts for the Columbia broadcasting system, according to the current issue of Editor and Publisher.
Mr. White, who attended the University from 1919 to 1921 and began his newspaper career with the Salina Sun, is planning to write a book based on his 25 years of newsgathering experience.
Fossil camels found in North America show that some were 15 feet in height, while others were the size of jackrabbits.
Public School Vespers End Music Week
The Lawrence Public schools held their annual musical vespers in Hoch auditorium Sunday afternoon under the direction of Oliver P. Hobbs, director of public school music. This informal program is held every year during Music week.
Participants were Blanch Pierson, the Liberty Memorial High school band, the high school chorus, the junior high school orchestra, directed by J. J. Weigand; and the elementary grade school chorus, accompanied by Annabel Keeler, Fine Arts senior, and directed by Mable Barnhart.
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