STOLEN COFFEE POT—This coffee pot was reported stolen from the KU Museum of Art from the Folger Silver collection.
Dorm Leaders Talk About Hall Overhaul
Approximately. 100 residence hall executives, floor presidents, and representatives of AURH. MRA, MSHC, and IFC will attend KU's first residence hall leadership conference Saturday and Sunday.
The conference, to be held at Rock Springs Ranch near Junction City, will open at 1:30 p.m. Saturday with a convocation. A general discussion
New J-School Dean Takes Post Monday
Warren K. Agee, new dean of the William Allen White School of Journalism, arrived today in Lawrence. He will assume his duties in the school Monday.
The Dean and Mrs. Agee will be honored at a reception hosted by the professional organizations of the journalism school at 4:30 p.m. Monday in the Watkins Room of the Kansas Union.
on improving hall organization and inter-hall communications will follow at 2:15 p.m. Officers holding like positions will confer at 4 p.m., and a panel discussion on the potential of the residence hall system will take place at 7:30 p.m. A bootenanny and dance will climax the day.
On Sunday Prof. Howard Baumgartel will present his views of the theoretical problems of leadership as applies to residence halls at a luncheon meeting.
"The design of the conference is to improve leadership through discussion and serious thinking about problems that confront the halls," said Larry Seibel, AURH public relations chairman. "We also hope to improve lines of communication between the halls." he added.
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Dick Darville, AURH representative, said the conference will be to "teach students certain techniques of residence hall leadership and help them get acquainted."
Twelve halls will be represented at the conference.
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Coffee Pot Thief Steals 'On Impulse', Expert Says
The display has been called the world's most complete collection of English silver coffee pots and accessory pieces.
The museum director described the tiny pot as "unique and irreplaceable, and for those same reasons easily identified."
The director of the KU Museum of Art suggested that the thief who stole the valuable silver coffee pot from the Folger collection had acted on impulse, not reason.
In describing the theft, Mrs. Marilyn Stokstad, the museum director, said the thief obviously was "not a professional and not very knowledgeable" since more valuable pieces were accessible.
"It seems like a spur of the moment act. I think someone just wanted it, and succumbed to temptation," the director said.
In Jimmying the exhibit case, the thief worked so carefully that the damage escaped detection.
Weather
Fair weather with a slow warming trend through Saturday is predicted by the United States weather bureau. The low tonight will be in the mid to low 40's. The high Saturday will be in the 60's.
The piece of art was part of the Folger Silver Collection which had been on loan to the art museum for August and September.
Mrs. Stokstad said it apparently had been stolen in the last two weeks. It was discovered missing Monday after a final inventory of the entire collection. The collection was intact in several previous inventories.
The ivory-handled art piece, three and a half inches high, was made in London in 1719 by Josiah Daniel.
The FBI and various other law enforcement agencies are now working on the case.
A spokesman at the museum said it has a dome shaped lid, curved spout and flat bottom. He added that there have been other attempted thefts from the museum and that in all but one case the objects have been recovered.
"Sometimes," he said, "they have returned the objects voluntarily and anonymously through the mail or by other means. On other occasions law enforcement agencies have recovered the stolen objects."
He said that in this case, it is even more important that the object be recovered as it is part of such an important collection. The KU museum was the only university museum to have the privilege of exhibiting the silver.
This morning Miss Stokstad reported that there was no news on the stolen piece. She added that Ted Poulsen, director of public relations for the Folger Company, had been in contact with FBI agents Thursday.
Kansas Coffee Pot Culprit Continues to Elude the Law
The FBI and other law enforcement agencies are investigating the theft of a silver coffee pot from the Folger collection at the KU Museum of Art.
The coffee pot is part of a traveling exhibit loaned to KU by the Folger Coffee Co.
State law prescribes a maximum of five years penalty for the culprit who stole the coffee pot from the museum. Probably the thief, if caught, will not be so lucky, however, as the FBI has been called in to investigate the case.
THE THIEF could be tried for having in his possession stolen goods. This is a federal crime and can be punished by a maximum of ten years in jail and a $10,000 fine, or both.
While items have been stolen from the museum before, they have always been recovered with the exception of one case.
Presently a Santa Monica, Calif., man, William R. Basham, is serving ten years in a federal prison for stealing a valuable painting in August of 1962. He was captured soon thereafter.
MARILYN STOKSTAD, museum director, described the tiny pot as "unique and irreplaceable, and for those same reasons easily identified."
She reported that the FBI and some other local law agencies are "doing their best in finding the piece."
Coed Takes Off on Avocation of Aviation
By Nancy Painter
Some girls dream of possessing a fabulous wardrobe, but Pat Royse, Kansas City, Mo., junior, anticipates owning her own plane. "I thought I'd never get that pilot's license." Pat remarked.
Just 20 years old today, she acquired her private pilot's license on Sept.10. This license allows her to pilot any single-engine land plane.
PAT'S BEEN FLYING as a passenger since she was seven years old. She became acquainted with flying through her father, who also has a pilot's license.
"Actual flight lessons started when I was 15 years old," she explained. "However, various summer activities interfered and I didn't really get underway until this past summer."
Piloting a plane involves more than just guiding the craft. Pat enrolled in ground school to study such matters as navigation, meteorology and mathematics. She took her flight instructions in Kansas City, Mo.
PAT DID HER FIRST SOLO flight in an Aeronca Champ. "It's really quite a different feeling than from driving a car or even riding in a plane." Pat said. "You can't express it in words, but one's thoughts sure tumble when you think about guiding a plane soaring through the sky alone."
A minimum of 40 flight hours had to be accumulated by Pat in order to qualify for a license. Twenty hours had to be solo, including 10 hours of cross-country flights.
"THE CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHTS are nothing more than just traveling from one city to the next. Uniquely enough, my last qualifying solo flight was made from Kansas City to Lawrence," Pat said.
Pat, a speech and drama major, lives in Ellsworth Hall. On-the-spot trips to her home in Kansas City are not a problem. Planes are available in Lawrence for rental and with her own pilot's license she can fly home to visit her parents. This proves convenient for her parents who would have to drive to Lawrence to get her when she wants to go home and bring her back for classes.
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KU AVIATRIX—Pat Royse, Kansas City, Mo., junior, sits at the controls of a plane similar to
Photo by Bill Stephens
the one she someday plans to own