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Show Life's Been Good To Him OSLO Refutes Charge Of Stanford NORWAY Otto the O.-l-o lie Pres. Wilkinson OO, S( n: run-- - cal shop him. ii . i.i :: j, predd.'I.t Of f'.i.'i.ch. i! 'Ui i cl- - h'o clock and optibeen good to !,a- - Pie1- - fielih.-rd- ' ,n"t his present wife have been rn.uucd ii,ce 19 and they have an 18 mooiii-olson. He has a see by his first marriage. He also has a daughter. 33. He also has and another d mgiter. 23. He also has five grande hihhen Dr. Ernest I.. Wilkinson, piesnleiit of Iliigham Young University, while spe iking to the student body at the Nov. 25 devotional refuted recent charges of racial d i in, m men which have lieen nude about BYU -- Here is a poitioii of that speech: "On Nov. 12, Pies Kenneth Iiter of S'.n-forUniversity, on recommendation of a faculty-studec .mmittee, and without the knowledge of the hoatd of trusty's puhlie.dly announced to the nation that Stanford would no longer schedule competition with UYU. am very 'pp .nvv. My present uife is a in n!V! u' the Church and I eati work m and to church to my hearts eonent Neitlier of my two other wives were n.om ,ers and none of my children aie. but I hope someday they will be," he added. I He was baptized on April 30, 1915 after attending Church services with his sister who has been a member since 1912. She lives in Santa Ana, Calif., and got him interested in the Church. I went v it !i my sister to meetings for a year or two before I joined. They had a choir of GO voices in that branch and this interested me veiy much. I was president of the choii before and after I joined the Church," Pres. Gebhardt said. He and his present wife met at the branch he heads in Oslo. She had been working in New York and had joined the Church there in 1962 after being traeted out by the missionaries. After the two were married, Pres. Gebhardts children decided not "to have anything to do with me because of my mg.:iage," said 1 res. Gebhardt. He said this situation existed for two years when Mrs. Gebhardt decided d nt "It should lie noted that Pros. Piter never once spoke to me about this subject, neither were we given any hearing as to our athletic Kiliey; further, in his public statement. Pres. Pitzer admitted he did not know of any racial discrimination by BYU. He based his action on tin fact that Negro members of the Chinch do not hold the priesthood. "You will he intei (steel to note that we have received scores of letters from Stanford Alumni, must of them are not members of our Church, apologizing for the action of Pres. Pitzer and opposing his stand which itself in their judg- Otto Gebhardt, 72, proudly holds his son, Otto Jr., Mrs. Gebhardt is at left. to intervene and told hei husband to send letters to all of his children and invite them home to dinner. come to your home for dinner and to renew our family love,' Pies. Gebhardt said. "What a glorious clay that was when I got a letter saying, "Dear, dear Dad: Ai! of us would be mo t happy to He added that now everything is fine in mv family and my hca- -t is full 495th Stake In Church Created In Australia; Uintah Stake In Eastern Utah Reorganized PARRAMATTA STAKE The new Parramatta Stake, 495th in the Church. wa erected Nov. 2 at the quarterly coifcr rce of the Sydney Stake (Aust'.-hi, with Elder LeGrand Richards of the C until of the Twelve, presiding. The new Church unit was formed by wards and branches taken from both the Sydney ard Sydney South stakes, and has a membership of 1876. Wards and branches in the new stake are Blacktown, Cabramatta, Emu Plains, Fairfield. Parammatta, Auburn and Lalor Park. Sydney now has a membership of 3,170 and Sydney South a Church population of 2,967. Stanley O. Gray, formerly first counselor in the Sydney Stake presidency, was installed as president of the new stake with Ken G. Hale and Donald A. Newton, first counselor in the Sydney South Stake presidency, as counselors. W. L. Arthur Smith, Bishop Newcastle Ward, succeeded Pres. Gray and Clifford Broome and Bishop Charles Pardons of the Hurstville Ward, were sustained a counselors in the Sydney South Stake presidency. N UINTAH STAKE The Uintah Stake presidency was reorganized Sunday, Nov. 23 at its regular quarterly conference in Vernal, Utah. Glade Miinii Sewards, counselor in the Uintah Basin Indian Mission presidency, was sustained as president with Philip (Hade Watkins and Arlo T ment constitutes religious discrimination. One alumnus, not a member of our Church, was so vigorous in his denunciation of what had been done he sent us a substantial monetary contribution. Others informed us they were discontinuing any contributions to Stanford. I have been urged froi many quarters to make a statement denouncing the action of President Pitzer. This I have refused to do on the ground that Stanford University has the right to determine the policy of the Stanford University, just the same as we believe that Brigham Young University has the right to determine the policies of Brigham Young University. We shall not attempt to dictate to other universities any more than we think they have a right to dictate to us. What the policies of Stanford University will be eventually will, of course, be determined by its president and board of trustees. That is an inlet nai problem of Stariford and we do not intend to meddle in it. . . . BYU has no policy which discriminates in any way whatsoever against any race, and those who state otherwise are either uninformed or unfair. Let me further outline this position. Glade M. Sowards Stanley O. Gray Goodrich as counselors. The new piesidency succeeds Pros. Franklin R Walker and his counselors. C. Brian O'Neil and J. Ross Morrell, wtio weie released. Taft Benson of the CounEider cil of ti.e Twelve officiated at the con Era ference. Pres. Sow aids was horn Sept 9. 1929 in Venial a son of Hannon S Sow ai ds and Ida Rebecca Jensen. He nuiried Elizabeth Ea'ley of Washington D.C. He has seived as YMMIA stake superintendent. branch president and as a high e ouih dor. He is a member of the H. S Sowards & Sons, Inc , agents for Continental Oil Co. Watkins was born Sept. 21, Vernal, a son of Philip Watkins and Merle Pope. He married Donna Ixu Gaddis, of Salinas Calif. He has as a missionary in Tonga, Sunday School superintendent, president of a seventies quorum and president of the Uintah Stake Mission, lie is a pharmacist in Vernal. Pres. Goodrich was born Aug. 15, 1918 in Venial, a son of Byron Goodrich and Violet Mary Staikie. He married Mabel Gardiner of Vernal. He has served as assistant MIA superintendent, high councilor and bishop. He is spjf employed in Venial as a bookkeeper. Pres. 1934 in WEEK fm i First, we have never refused to play ;iy team regardless of the race, religion or color of opposing team members, and have never attempted to dictate the racial composition of opposing teams Also the official admissions policy of BYU is set forh in the university catalog as follows: Students of any race, creed, color, or national origin are accepted for admission to Brigham Young University provided they maintain ideals and standards in harmony with those of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints and meet the Universitys academic requirements. . . . Our policy is that black students are entitled to athletic grants-in-aijust the same as players of any other race who excel. As in the s case of white athletes, we welcome black at BYU provided they satisfy our entrance i equipments and are willing to abide by our standards. y d ath-'He- We shall continue to try to bring Ihom to BYU, and I emphasize, not just to exploit th m as athletes as unfoi tunvely his ixen done at some universities, but to give them all the ad- vantages of an outstanding education along with the privilege of uiten d gi.ite competitim ENDING NOVEMBER 29, 1969 CHURCH- -7 mmmrnrn |