DG is Miss Lawrence-KU
-UDK Photo by Mike Okun
KAREN SCHLAPPER, 1967 Miss Lawrence-KU.
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY kansan Serving KU For 77 of its 101 Years
By CHARLA JENKINS
Karen Schlapper, Prairie Village freshman, was crowned 1967 Miss Lawrence-KU Friday night in Murphy Hall.
DELTA GAMMA won the $30 award for the best house participation. The DG's sold the most tickets, besides having four contestants in the pageant. Linda Putnam, Emporia sophomore, and Sharon Watson, Emporia sophomore, accepted the award on behalf.
Semi-finalists, selected from the original 31 contestants, were Jenifer Nilson. Chicago Heights, Ill., junior; Karen Dunaway, Topeka junior; Donna Mitchell, Lawrence junior; and Candy Walters, Lawrence junior.
Entertainment for the pageant was provided by the Windsome Side, a folk-rock quartet. Members of the group are Gary Burge, Lawrence freshman; Chad Lawton, Lawrence sophomore; Claude Boyd, Lawrence freshman; and Mary Lou Boyd, Lawrence freshman.
IN THE PERSONAL INTERVIEW portion of the judging, she was asked what she would do if two boys showed up for a date at the same time. Miss Schlapper replied, "I'd grab the one closer to the front door and run."
Miss Schlapper will now represent Lawrence and KU in the Miss Kansas Pageant in Pratt, July 6-8.
Debbie Bryant, 1966 Miss America, Overland Park junior and Mistress of Ceremonies, announced the winner. Finalists in the pageant besides Miss Schlapper and the runners-up were Leslie McEilfresh, Osage City freshman, and Jane Fager, Topeka sophomore.
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Miss Schlapper's talent entry was the presentation of three outfits she had made. She explained each and modeled one formal.
Besides the scholarship, Miss Lawrence-KU will receive a complete wardrobe and set of luggage.
A capacity crowd watched as Jan Monsees, 1966 Miss Lawrence-KU, crowned Miss Schlapper and Dale Stevenson, a pageant sponsor, presented her with a bouquet of roses and a $200 scholarship.
MISS SCHLAPPER is a member of Delta Gamma sorority. She is also in Frosh Hawks and was a Military Ball and Law Queen candidate.
Liz Harris, Lawrence sophmore, was selected first runner-up, while Anne Futnam, Salina freshman, was named second runner-up. Jackie Settles, Garden City junior, was voted Miss Congeniality by contestants.
77th Year, No.140
Monday, May 22, 1967
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Fire chief wants more KU, city protection
By RUE CHAGOLL
Lawrence Fire Department needs more men and equipment in order to protect the city and university sufficiently, said Fire Chief F. C. Sanders yesterday.
At least three new pumpers and a "snorkel,"a truck similar to ones used by the power companies for servicing streetlamps, and 20 additional men are needed, Sanders said.
"At present, we have only three
Scientist defends new time theory
Student gets Bronze Star
By RICHARD LUNDQUIST
Attacked by archaeological and historical skepticism, Immanuel Velikovsky defended his theory of revised chronology in a panel discussion at the Kansas Union Friday.
Other members of the Minority Opinion Forum panel were James Seaver, professor of history, and Diantha Haviland, assistant professor of classics.
His search for evidence led him to a document that described the collapse of the state and social order during what seemed to be a calamity of natural forces. This period appeared to correspond with Exodus.
THE DOCUMENT mentioned Asiatic invaders (Hyksos), making it appear that the author had witnessed the downfall of the Middle Kingdom (Middle Bronze Age) in Egypt.
Velikovsky said, "The accepted chronology does not know when the exodus took place."
VELIKOVSKY BASES his theory of revised chronology on speculation that a natural catastrophe occurred at the time of the Israelites" "Exodus" from Egypt.
Such events as the plagues of Egypt, the hurricane, the parting of the water and the smoke, fire and rumblings of Mt. Sinai are considered by Velikovsky as possible sequential aspects of a single titanic cataclysm of natural forces.
A Bronze Star was awarded to John Buford, Kansas City, Mo., freshman, at the Chancellor's Review Friday for meritorious service against a hostile force in Vietnam from August, 1965 to August, 1966.
The end of the Middle Kingdom, which is conventionally assigned to the eighteenth century B.C. had never been considered by scholars as a proper place for the Exodus.
He returned to KU last fall to continue his major in physical education.
Other awards presented at the review included:
In his review at Memorial Stadium the Chancellor also made presentations to students in the Army, Navy and Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps who had distinguished themselves through military and scholastic achievement.
BUFORD, WHO LEFT KU in the spring semester of 1963, was cited for his work with Vietnamese mountain tribes as a medic and tactical advisor.
Kansas Society of the Sons of the American
Revolution gold medals for outstanding military appearance and bearing to: Army Cadet David Sindelar, Howells, Neb., sophomore; Navy Midshipman Robert Petering, St. Louis, Mo., junior; and Air Force Cadet Joseph Doyle, Bartlesville, Okla., freshman.
RESERVE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION medals to juniors for outstanding overall aptitude in military and academic achievement to: Army Cadet Jeffrey Boyer, Leavenworth junior; Navy Midshipman Waldo Potter, Salina junior; and Air Force Cadet Daniel Harrington, Penfield, N.Y. junior.
The Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States for excellence in the study of military naval and air sciences to: Army Cadet Thomas Hewitt, Topeka senior; Navy Midshipman David Kikel, Bedford, Ohio, junior; and Air Force Cadet James VanKirk, Louisburg senior.
"I have the complete support of carbon-14 dating," Velikovsky said.
FURTHER RESEARCH substantiated his findings that great natural catastrophies had occurred on a global scale.
This research led to face a historical dilemma. 1) Either Hebrew history is too short by five centuries or 2) Egyptian chronology, archaeologists, and astronomers, is too long by five hundred centuries.
Choosing the latter alternative, Velikovsky revised ancient chronology to account for the discrepancy.
MISS HAVILAND, attacking Velkovsky as an archaeologist, stated her objections by defining "time" in two ways.
The first is "absolute," referring to "literate interpretation." Egypt was literate, she said, but pointed out that "discrepancies can occur in documents."
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pumpers in good condition, and two others not worth mentioning."
Station #2, located near 19th and Massachussetts, may also be abandoned, and two new stations constructed.
"IF AN UPCOMING bond issue is approved by residents, we'll be getting a new station to be located on highway 40 in West Lawrence," Sanders said, "but then we'll need more men to man the station."
But Sanders stressed such changes are only in the planning stages, and funds would be needed before improvements could be realized.
Also, there is a problem of staffing the new stations.
"For adequate operation, we'll need at least ten men assigned to each building," he said. "About 50 men would be adequate."
PRESENTLY, the Lawrence Fire Department employs only 33 men.
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Classes end Thursday!
The last day of classes this semester will be Thursday, May 25, and NOT Wednesday as rumors had it.
The News Bureau has issued the following correction:
"This Week at KU for the week May 21-27, incorrectly reports the last day of classes in the Spring semester as Wednesday. The final day of class meetings is Thursday, May 25."
—UDK photo by Rich Lovett
VIRTUE TRIUMPHS
Handcuffs are the only thing that could keep Frank Kirk from attending class . . . and those don't always work.
Kirk, Kansas City, Mo., law student, is in his third and final year of law school. He has never missed a class of law school.
Kirk's last class was at 9:30 last Friday, a course called "Trusts," taught by James K. Logan, dean of the law school.
His classmates, well aware of Kirk's perfect attendance, hand-cuffed him just before class to "Jimmy" Green's statue in front of Green Hall.
His instructor, well aware of Kirk's perfect attendance, held class outside by lecturing from the base of the statue in front of Green Hall.