'I Walk Until Given Shelter'

'Peace Pilgrim9 Pauses At UK

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"I walk until given shelter and fast until asked to
The reason she came to Lexington, she said, is
cat," she says. "But I never ask."
she was asked to come by a University student
Her clothes are all blue (the color, she says, of who has since dropped out of school. She was invited
peace). She wears denim pants, a denim shirt covered to Dillard House Thursday night for dinner and said
with a tunic and canvas shoes. On the front of the she will stay in Lexington
through Friday.
tunic in white letters is "Peace Pilgrim," and on the
Why docs Peace Pilgrim walk?
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The Peace Pilgrim is a living anachronism. She lives
like a 19th century Thorcau misplaced into a world of
metropolises, complex schedules and harried living,
but she preaches a futuristic message of world peace.
If any conflict arises from her situation, it docs not
show. She wears an almost perpetual smile.
She is an old woman, yes. But when she talks, she
does so exuberantly and with a sparkle in her eyes.
The Peace Pilgrim set a goal 15 years ago of walking
25,000 miles for peace. She walked them and many
more and she is still walking. And with a spring to her
step.
All her possessions she carries with her a comb, a
folding toothbrush, a ballpoint pen, some papers of
identification and her unanswered mail.

back is "25,000 Miles on Foot for World Peace."
"My tunic is a selective garment," Peace Pilgrim said
Thursday afternoon. "It filters out the superficial people
and selects the very special people who will want to talk
with me."
She uses no name other than Peace Pilgrim: "I want
to direct people toward peace and not toward my
name."
She began walking in 1953 from Los Angeles and
has been walking ever since. She said she has walked
in the 48 continental states, in Mexico and in 10 Canadian provinces.

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She says it is because she wants to reach people and

teach them three things:

To recognize the necessity for a law and order
situation ( nonviolence ) .
To find inner peace so they will learn to live to-

gether.

To better conditions for those still governed by
their "egos" so they do not resort to killing.
T pray for peace in the world with a special
prayer
for situations as they arise, and now I pray that the
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The South's Outstanding College Daily

Friday, March

15, 1968

University of Kentucky, Lexington

Vol.

LIX, No. 120

SG Threatens Lawsuit

On 'Forced Honsin
By JO WARREN
provision struck from the bill
Student Government Thurs- was defeated.
Wally Bryan said "right here
day night took a strong stand
opposing any compulsory hous- is a good time for us to do
ing rule beyond the freshman something. I don't care what
anybody says, the administrayear.
tion is trying to mess over us."
SG went on record to:
SG will circulate petitions to
forced
Strongly oppose any
after the freshman obtain signatures of freshmen
housing
year.
supporting the assembly's acRecommend to all students tions and opposing a compulthat they not apply for dormi- sory housing ruling.
Some members tried again to
tory housing until the
divert a bill calling for a refhousing rule has been
erendum to abolish Student
necessary funds Government. The bill was ruled
Appropriate
to carry to court, if necessary, out of order last week. Attempts
the question of the University's to have it deleted from the
right to force students to live agenda, thus thwarting its in- in dormitories.
traduction, failed. The bill was
Demand an immediate de- referred to the Rules Commitcision on the issue from Pres- tee. Attempts failed to have it
ident John W. Oswald.
Though it appears no official
policy has been stated, or will
be, until early May, Merrily
Orsini said it was announced in
By ELAINE STUART
dormitory meetings that soph"We are the Citizens for Mcomores must live in dormitories
Carthy and we will remain so."
next year.
There was considerable dis- So said Phillip Patton, senior
cussion about the provision to political science major and chairtwo-ye-

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from committee
and
acted on.
In other action, defeated a
bill asking for a referendum on
use of "C" parking lots.
The assembly also heard bills
for allocating of $250 to the
tutorial project to pay for a bus
purchased by the program, an
allocation of $200 to the Foreign Student Emergency Loan
Fund, and a bill to include a
cloture and censure rule in SG
called

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Kernel Photo by Dick Ware

A resolution recommending
that SG adopt an AAUP statement concerning standards of
academic freedom for students
was referred to committee for
study. These measures should
come before the assembly for
action after spring break.

'Wars Are Wrong9

"To me all wars are wrong." And so she has walked 15 years
for peace. Her name? "Peace Pilgrim." That's all the name she
has now, and she has walked through Canada and Mexico and
the 48 continental states for the sake of world peace. Her travels
took her to the Kernel office Thursday afternoon, where she talked
for an hour and a half.

UK McCarthyites Will

of UK Citizens for Mcgo to court. Joe Maguire said man
it "put bite into the bill." An- Carthy, on learning that Sen.
other representative said SG has Robert Kennedy may announce
no money for a legal battle. his own candidacy for the DemAn attempt to have the court ocratic presidential nomination.

His loyalty to Sen. McCarthy
was echoed by four other members of the group w1k were asked
for comment Thursday.
Faith in Sen. McCarthy's ability to win the presidency and a
fear that Sen. Kennedy's decision
would hurt the chances of nominating a peace candidate dominated each of the telephone con- -

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'Stand Fast9

versations with McCarthy group
members.
The failure of Sen. Kennedy
to risk the race in the New
Hampshire primary caused some
resentment
among McCarthy
supporters.
Such sentiment was expressed in a telegram which Joseph
Cardner, English instructor and
treasurer for the group, sent to
Sen. Kennedy while the senator
debated his entrance into the
campaign.
It read, "You weren't there
when we needed you. We might

w hen you're there."
Thomas Van, assistant Eng-

not need you

lish professor, fears Sen. Kennedy
will cause a party "split because
of the personal animosity between Kennedy and Johnson."
Mr. Van said he backed Mr.
McCarthy because of his stand
on the war, and although Sen.
Kennedy would probably appeal
to more people, a lot of "the
ideals that McCarthy stood for
would have to be sacrificed" in
the process.
Political ideals already have
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Two UK Women Assaulted

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To the sun! To the Sun! A sliort respite, at least, from books and tenn papers
and pop quizzes. Preparing for take-of- f
are Rosemary Robertson, Susan Searcy and
Carline Kipping.

Two UK coeds were assaulted in the Botanical C aniens area
Wednesday night by a man described us "about 20 years old."
Campus police records inch- A second incident occurred
cate there were two incidents,
the first occurring at 8 p.m. in about 9 p.m. when another coed
the parking lot north of the Stuwas walking through t lie gardens
dent Center.
to Blazer Hall. A man passed
The coed apparently was her, then slowed down. As she
was passing him, he clutched
walking to the Student Center
when she heard u sound from her around the wuist. She
A man then grabbed
screamed and he fled.
her dress and she turned and
The second victim described
ran. She later described the asthe man as white, about 5 feet
sailant us slender, white and 8 inches tall, and "about 20 years
between 5 feet 4 inches and 5 old." Both women said the man
feet 9 inches tall.
wore a hooded coat.