Swift Sermon Boosts LHS Graduates With Honest Warning
Reverend Robert C. Swift of Trinity Episcopal Church addressed 210 Lawrence High School seniors at a baccalaureate, urging realism over rosy futures and stressing that personal virtue drives social progress. The ceremony featured LHS orchestra and Madrigal Singers, with commencement to be held Friday at Hoch Auditorium on the University campus.
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Lawrence High School
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Neal M. Wherry
Allen Robb
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Janet Jackson
Dittersdorf
Madrigal Singers
R. Wayne Nelson
Gillette
F. K. Stumbo
Church of Christ
E. Russell Carter
National Council of Churches
Red Cross Seeks Young Men for Post Field Directors
ST. LOUIS Mo Young men ages 25 to 40 are invited to apply as assistant field directors at military installations. The role links servicemen and families, offering counseling and emergency help. Degrees in social work or related fields preferred. assignments may be worldwide. Overseas tours two years. maintenance and travel at Red Cross expense. Write or contact nearest Red Cross chapter for details.
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Beth Bruce
Red Cross
Midwest
Bruce
Midwest Area
American National Red Cross
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St. Louis 8
Kansas University Writes Prizes Awarded to Five Students
Five students at Kansas University including one from Lawrence won cash awards in three writing contests. Bernice Schear of 124 Mich. St. earned 90 dollars for the Whitcomb scholarship, 50 for a poem, and 40 for second in a short story, with honorable mention in Carruth poetry. Richard Speer of LaGrange Indiana received 100 dollars for the best essay in the Hattie Elizabeth Lewis competition. runner up Roger Youmans of Kansas City earned 50 dollars. Mary Parsons of Kansas City won 35 dollars for a short story in the same Whitcomb contest. The awards support women English or language majors. George M. Herman won 50 dollars first prize in Carruth. Edward B. Stoff of Philadelphia won 25 and Mordecai Marcus of Brooklyn won 15.
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Mich. St
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William Herbert Carruth
Richard Speer
LaGrange
Hattie Elizabeth Lewis
Roger Youmans
Kansas City
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Whitcomb
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Philadelphia
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Brooklyn
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Marines Move to Tokyo Area From Japan to Okinawa
United States Army forces announced that the 9th Marine Regiment will be moved from Japan toward Okinawa. The operation aims to reposition Marine units in the Pacific theater, with dates and exact routes not disclosed. The development reflects broader postwar redeployments and strategic readjustments in the region.
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Okinawa
Indian Women Arrive For U S Farm Study Tour
NEW YORK P Nine young Indian women social workers and teachers arrived for a six month study tour of farm home making in the United States. They will live with private farm families in seven states including Kansas. Sponsored by the National Four H Club Foundation and the Ford Foundation, the visit is the first Indian distaff inquiry into U S farm life by those groups. They will also visit Ohio Arkansas Minnesota Missouri Illinois and Kentucky.
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Lawrence High Girls Win Hallmark Art Scholarships
Three Lawrence High School senior girls Nancy Pine Dolores Ritchie and Sue Crumet Foust have received working scholarships from Hallmark Cards Kansas City. They will begin work this summer with training, attend Kansas City Art Institute classes, and may pursue a commercial art course at Hallmark's expense.
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Lawrence High
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White Rural School
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Radio Art School of the Air
K.U
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McCloskey
Faculty Fellowship To Ketzel At Iowa University
Dr. Clifford Ketzel of Kansas University has earned a Ford Foundation fellowship for an eight week summer seminar at Iowa University on international relations. The program carries a $1000 value.
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Kansas University
Ford Foundation
Iowa University
Newsman Ruark Reflects on Grads Salaries Then and Now
In a nostalgic voice, Ensign Ruark recalls starting pay in 1935 ranging from 10 to 15 dollars weekly for copy boys and reporters, later cracking 60 to 70 dollars during wartime, and notes how 20 years later fresh grads face monthly salaries of 250 to 360 dollars with varied opportunities in journalism and defense service.
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One Killed 14 Injured In Three Day Accident
A Blythe California crash left one dead and 14 injured, including a critically hurt Blythe woman Lucy Lewis and the car’s driver Robert Green. The Greyhound bus, carrying 11 passengers, sustained injuries while the truck driver Garnett Hinton, 45, had minor injuries. Investigators cite a failure to stop at a stop sign as the car entered the highway and was struck by the truck, sending the car into the bus. The bus, en route from Los Angeles to Phoenix, left the highway after the impact and burned. The accident is under CHP investigation.
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Phoenix
Ariz
K U Yearbook Officials Named for 1955-56
Henry Wittenberg of Kansas City Missouri and William Martin of Eskidee were chosen as editor and business manager respectively for the 1953 56 Jayhawker yearbook at Kansas University. They were selected by the Jayhawker Advisory Board from 16 applicants. Wittenberg, a junior in the School of Pharmacy and former editorial staff member, will be business manager next summer and is regent of the Kappa Psi professional pharmacy fraternity. Martin, a junior in the School of Business, has held a University residence hall scholarship.
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Kansas City
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Klooz
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Regular Navy ROTC Award Presented
A ceremonial presentation recognized an individual for excellence in naval studies and leadership, marking the recipient as a holder of the regular Navy ROTC award. The event highlighted academic achievement and military potential within the program.
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Navy
Arkansas City Fatal Car Crash Near East Road
Frank Emicy aged 40 of Arkansas City died when a car left the county road three miles east of town, skidded about 400 feet and overturned in a ditch. Three other occupants suffered only minor injuries.
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