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Halloween Based on Pagan Cult Tradition
By Lynn Cheatum
A University of Connecticut professor of sociology has said that early Christians failed to rub out a pagan cult tradition—the festival of the dead.
This festival, which became Halloween, was an outgrowth of the suppression of the pagan religions by the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches. Though the Christians destroyed the temples and many other outward signs of this worship of Apollo, et al, they could not erase the beliefs of the priests and worshippers.
The first was a celebration of All Saints Day on Nov. 1. It was a feast to honor all the saints in the churches. In Latin countries the feast is observed only as a religious occasion, but in the United States and the British Isles the religious observances co-exist with the folk customs.
THE RESULT was the witchcraft of the Middle Ages, devoted to the worship of Satan. One of the witches' Sabbaths was Halloween. Witches were believed to fly to these unholy meetings on broomsticks, accompanied always by their black feline companions.
The Christian attempt came in two installments:
As early as 1908, however, authorities began to provide Halloween parties to divert the energies of the town's youngsters.
THE SECOND attempt came in 1988 A.D., when the church again tried to Christianize the occasion by establishing All Souls Day on Nov. 2. It was a day to commemorate and pray for all the souls in Purgatory. This holiday had only limited success in stifling the pagan practices.
The mischievous and harmful tricks traditionally played on this night were attributed to witches and goblins.
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Nowadays a valiant attempt is made to saturate city streets with policemen as an additional deterrent to "tricks" that range from window-soaping to full-fledged vandalism.
Cause Not Known for Crash Of California Football Team
TOLEDO, Ohio — (UPI) Stunned relatives were arriving today to visit—or claim the bodies of
—the California Polytechnic College football players injured or killed in the crash of a chartered airliner bringing them home from Saturday's game.
TWENTY-TWO PERSONS,
including 17 players, were killed when
Don O'Meara, a 25-year-old Madeira, Calif., football player, was a victim of the crash. His wife, Karen, is the first cousin of Larry Pippin, instructor of political science.
their twin-engined C46 crashed, broke apart and burst into flames moments after taking off in a thick fog Saturday night. Twenty-six persons survived, but all had injuries ranging from minor to critical.
A civil aeronautics board investigator indicated it would be at least several days before a report on the crash was issued.
chartered airliner was the first in history involving a major American sports team. Flames from the front section of the plane shot 300 feet high. Survivors from the tail section heroically did their best to rescue their teammates but they never had a chance. Some of the survivors were found wandering 300 feet away, stunned.
The crash of the Arctic Pacific
JAMES FAHEY, 24, Gilroy, Calif. one of the survivors, said he heard the left engine give out.
"I ducked my head and saw flames shoot out," he said. "Then the bottom went over the top. The front hit and then the back seemed to snap off. With all the flames it seemed just like a paper kite on fire."
Fahey said he unfastened his safety belt, jumped out and with Don Adams, a guard on the team, started dragging out all the people they could.
In their game with Bowling Green that afternoon, they had lost. 50-6
A major state Democratic Party rally will be held at 8 p.m. tomorrow in the Community Building at 11th and Vermont Streets. Frank Theis, Rep. Newell George and Mrs. Virginia Docking will speak at the rally.
Democrats to Hold Big Rally Tomorrow
TONIGHT Is the Night
Men's Halls Elect Officers
TEMPLIN HALL officers are John Turner, Topeka sophomore, president; William E. Neeley, Galena sophomore, vice president; Michael Jackson, Kansas City, Mo., junior; secretary; Bill Martin, Kansas City, Mo., senior, treasurer; and Gary Anderson, Overland Park senior, social chairman.
GRACE PEARSON Hall officers are Richard Epps, Topeka freshman, president; Wayne Thompson, Medicine Lodge freshman, vice president; John Florin, Kansas City, Kan., freshman, secretary; Stewart Wilson, Rogers, Ark., freshman, treasurer; and Richard Brauer, Bonner Springs freshman, social chairman.
Stables Halloween Party
New officers have been elected by the men's residence halls at KU.
CARRUTH-O'LEARY officers are Monte Seewald, Brooklyn, N.Y., senior, president; John Porter, Kansas City, Mo., senior, vice president; James Jackson, Kansas City, Kan., junior, secretary; Alan Teragawachi, Honolulu, Hawaii, freshman, treasurer; and Ronald Sutton, Elkhart freshman, social chairman.
JOSEPH R. PEARSON officers are Walter B. Barnes, Kansas City, Mo., junior, president; Brent K. Mandry, Ferguson, Mo., junior, vice president; Robert L. Mitchell, Lake City freshman, secretary; Charles Steve Patterson, Kansas City, Kan., sophomore, treasurer; and Keith Darlington, El Dorado senior, social chairman.
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OREAD HALL officers are George Meyers, Oak Park, Ill., sophomore, president; Samuel Morford, Chanute senior, vice president; Dave Brown, Provo, Utah, freshman, secretary; Gary Zarynbicky, Oketo senior, treasurer; and Raymond Burris, Garden City freshman, social chairman.
KANU Broadcast to Resume
R. Edwin Browne, assistant professor of journalism and station manager of KANU, said last night the on campus FM radio station should resume operation by Jan. 1.
Mr. Browne made the statement while speaking at the Faculty Club.
"The new antenna will increase our range of reception a great deal
"The tower which blew down should be repaired and the new antenna built so that regular programming can continue by the first of next year," he said.
and will include a much greater listening audience."
The tower to which Mr. Browne referred was a 500 foot radio antenna which stood west of the campus until last summer. During a freakish wind storm the tower was blown down.
"The weather bureau won't call it a tornado." he said.
"The whole storm activity seemed to be directed at KANU and the destruction of the tower was the only real damage which it caused."
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