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Show riil DESERET NEWS, April 9, 1969 Wednesday, A9 New Twist in Student Activism OWENSBORO, KY. (AP)-Stu- dent activism at Kentucky Wesley an College has a differ-Itwist a commitment to nt raised of one-thir- d the $1 mil-- 1 lion the college needs to build a library. The college president, Dr. Harold P. Hamilton, says it stared when the president of the student body came into my office one day last November and said he was seeking a project for the student government. TOOK OVER Hamilton said the student pointed to the drawings of the library and said, How about that? Burleigh James Matthew of Indianapolis, Ind., an premed major, took It from there. About 75 students are committed to the active effort, organized under student cap. tains assigned to lead 12 teams on the "church-dinne- r trail around the state and, finally, to conduct a campaign. GRANTS, GIFT For the rest of the money, the college Is counting on a $300,000 grant from the fedep. ' al government next July and a campaign to raise $340,000 from alumni and trustee contributions and special advance r gifts. Hamilton says plans for a to serve the colleges 1,185 students had been tabled until Matthews organized the door-to-do- or student project. Until then, he says, . the trustees had considered raising $1 million Impossible because the United Methodist Church, with which the col-leis affiliated, has more urgent charitable responsible ties and the college could not reasonably appeal solely to Owensboros 52,000 residents. a HOUSED LIBRARY A large room at one end of administration-classroocombined building has housed ' T ' a 2 , :l i m i the colleges library materials since it moved from Winchester, Ky., in 1951. ? Hamilton says the students 'attitude''' has1 'trade a new man out of me it really reju- -' venated me. Ther T is a genius about these kids. He has promised to have the name of every student involved engraved on a plaque to be placed on die wall of the library. Matthews calls the project the Wesleyan Idea that if you offer college students programs as meaningful in a constructive area as are being offered in a destructive one, the students will accept the constructive ' i i '.I 'I . challenge. Pumper On Street NORWOOD, OHIO (UPI) Building Commissioner Henry Burwinkle explained to dty commissioners Tuesday night he had ordered the fire department to park its pumper on the street because the stations flooring was unsafe. mmwmmm GIANT SIZE . WITH THIS COUPON 1 83 COUPON WORTH .if 15 TillS OFFER GOOD APRIL 10, 11, 12. LIMIT COUPON PER PKO, PURCHASED, ONE GOOD ONLY AT FOOD KING Ml CAN YOU STEER A STOP SAFELY?.. . TT IT Every vehicle it road-teste- d by management. I. SAFE HOMS . SAVE me .4 . S 40 v m THEM il onmmu STAMP V "if ft -- I 4 i J.JA vs tf WB I ifinm '? PLACE TOUR 4 4-- 4 TO START MOW 521-35- 35 ADS nA ft |