Melville sees Latin American Vietnam
The Reverend Art Melville told some 30 students at yesterday's Civil Disobedience seminar that while we are working to oppose the war in Vietnam, it is imperative that we also concentrate our efforts on
preventing another Vietnam in Latin America.
"At this time we are supporting the same military advisers, the same American troops, the same flow of arms and the same military
governments in Latin America as we have in Vietnam since 1954," Father Melville said.
change in the structure in a short period of time had to be revolution," Father Melville said.
Father Melville who spent seven years in Guatemala is in exile in the United States due to his active involvement in the nine year guerilla "revolution" in Guatemala.
Land reform was essential for a change in the structure to be feasible, Father Melville said.
Jolliffe remains undefeated in College Bowl competition
Jolliffe remained yesterday's elimination coordinator Farley. Mo.
Melville said, the U.S. got the Organization of American States (OAS) to convene and "bulldozed" a declaration censuring the Arbenz government. The United States then "methodically" tried to oust Arbenz.
Scholarship Hall
undefeated after
College Bowl
matches, said
Cathy Wiehe,
    *Wiehe,*
Captain Jim Reaves, Prairie Village junior and political science major attributes their success to the diversity of interests his team members possess.
Father Melville said that his work was involved at the social level-fighting misery, violence and poverty through collaboration of the masses in credit union, agriculture and educational cooperatives, medical plans and labor unions.
Other team members are Don Sloan, Topeka junior and political science and English major; Jim True, Americus junior and zoology major; and Dan Dana, Prairie Village sophomore and geography major.
Only four living groups remained of the original 16 representatives to battle against each other again next Sunday and determine the 1969 College Bowl winner.
He cited a 1952 example of land reform. He told the group that the elected Guatemalan President, Jacobo Arbenz Guzman, proclaimed an expropriation and redistribution of land. The Guatemalan government offered compensation for the U.S. United Fruit Company's uncultivated land and resettled 120,000 landless peasants on it
"We realized this was no solution within the still strong political, social and economic structure. The answer to a
Because Sellards Scholarship Hall disputed the judge's decision on their answer of the "Seven Wonders of the Ancient World," the competition will start at 1 p.m. Sunday with a play off between Sellards and Jolliffe Halls. The winner will then compete with Phi Kappa Psi and Pearson Scholarship Hall for the title.
These four teams will all
receive plaques for being finalists and the winning team will receive a travelling trophy, Miss Wiehe said.
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The tradition has been that after three straight years of winning the trophy, the living group gets to keep it. Templin Hall has won it for the last two years, she said, but the trophy has been saved since they are already out of the race for this year.
The EMPIRE BUILDERS
are not exactly what we need. City builders are all we're looking for right at the moment. City builders, in our language, are engineers. And a growing city like Milwaukee needs plenty of those. If you are one, we need you to design streets, sewers and structures, to supervise construction, to try your hand in one (or maybe all—if you stay around a while) of the many departments of local government concerned with building a great city.
A Guatemalan colonel, Carlos Castillo Armas, a graduate of the U.S. command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth was given money, arms and U.S. F-47's to lead the overthrow of Arbenz.
Our interviewer will be on campus soon. Your placement office can tell you when.
The U.S. condemned Guatemala for this action and severed trade. In 1954, Father
Father Melville said Armas then became a "ruthless dictator," closed down opposition newspapers, smashed student rallies, tortured and murdered his critics.
SUA Culture Forum
presents
Student Studies and Revolts in Spain
by Juan Manuel Vernandez
Feb. 26, 7:30 p.m.
Pearson College Conference Room
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Pom Pon Squad First Meeting for Girls: Tuesday, March 4
The KU Pom Pon girls and Yell Leaders proudly direct the Jayhawk delegation thru Miami in the nationally televised Orange Bowl Parade, December 31, 1968. The next night over 45 million TV viewers watched them perform with brilliance and poise during the 35th Annual Orange Bowl Football Classic.
Yell Leader Squad First Meeting for Men Tuesday, March 25
Then look no further as tryouts are soon beginning for the 1970 Pom Pon & Yell Leader squads. The only prizesquites are large amounts of tireless energy, enthusiasm and compassion for old KU and its outstanding athletic teams. If you possess these qualities then you're eligible to possibly become a very important representative of the entire University and student body. By growing as a Pom Pon Girl or Yell Leader you're faced with big challenges, while performing an important service which is very self satisfying. It also offers unlimited opportunities, travel and plenty of excitement and thrills. What on earth could possibly be a better extra curricular activity?
Allen Field House-7 p.m. For Additional Information Call Vince Bilotta Alumni Association UN 4-3821