1965_01 The Daily Collegian January 1965

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The Collegian
Friday, January 15, 1965
Friday, January 15, 1965
The Collegia
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Pup Plots, Kitty Caskets
American Way Of Pet
Death Offered Locally
By GARY WASHBURN
i  age of specialization,
I Into U
after Madsen,
sons moved to the Fresno area.
Asked what kind of pets he has
burled,  he  replied, 'everything
The oddest request ho said he
limelight as offering a wide vari¬
ety of services and burial plans
suited to almost everyone's taste.
One   local  cemetery  ground,
however, has gone unnoticed and    bury a pet monkey,
unheralded after some 16 years        "1 got  a strange feeling Just
of service to Fresno. looking at Uie thing," he noted.
That's Uie Fresno Pet Ceme-     *lt was so human.*
tery.  One of five In California,        *The most unusual order I ever
It was founded In 1940 by Lincoln    received,* he said, *was from a
Madsen   of 2105  North  Ferger    man  who asked that his dog be
Restrictions and favortlsm
concerning burial plots are non¬
existent. Only one group of dogs,
canine corps veterans of Uie war,
receive preferential treatment.
Other than that, you'U find the
grandson of Rln Tin Tin m burl¬
ed next to a pair of parakeets
named Pee Tee and Babe (each of
whom were eleven years of age
when Uie fateful day arrived).
Madsen, who runs the pet
cemetery as a hobby, describes
himself as a'freelanceombalm-
er.* He offers his services and
hearses to Fresno area mortu-
aven'tca
in (lit-
wealth Jessica Mittordde:
In her book, The American Way
of Death.
The Idea tor Uie cemetery, ac¬
cording to Madsen, stems mainly
from a love for animals (heowns
a boxer dog and two cats) and
secondarily from the death of a
pet cat when he lived In Modesto.
•We looked for a place to bury
tho cat because It didn't seem ap¬
propriate to Just dig a hole for
her In the back yard,* he said.
•You become attached to a pet
and we, like several others, want-
it of the cemetery.*
something about
being able to whistle to his dog
didn't believe It until he bought
the plot.*
made an annual trek to Uie ceme¬
tery to place flowers at herpct's
grave. If she had any left over,
she visited her husband's grave
Madsen said ho averages
around 12 burials a month. "This
business, however, ls quite un¬
predictable and you never know
when rush seasons will develop,*
One  Modesto doctor, for ex-
fill only a one-half aero area with
an estimated 2,000 burials In 16
years. Ho ls, however, stUl pay¬
ing for Uie property.
A basic burial service ls $15
This Includes picking up the pe
In a hearse, placing it In a plas¬
tic   bag   and   making  a  cemen
Everything but a minister goes
Extras, of course, are avail¬
able. You can, for example, ge
bronze grave markers or pine
coffins (the pine wood absorbs
moisture and seals Itself tight).
The grave markers, however
speak better than anything else o
the purpose the cemetery serves
One of them, with an Inset pic
ture of an English Bulldog, reads
Beauty without vanity,
Strength without Insolence,
Courage without ferocity,
Noted Author
Han Suyin
Will Speak
Han Suyin, noted author and
medical doctor, will discuss The
Many Faces of Asia at the Jan. 27
presentation of the San Joaquin
Valley Town Hall lecture series.
Student body card holders are
being admitted to the lectures
this year for 35 cents and are not
required to purchase a season
ticket. Non-students must buy a
$7 season ticket.
All presentations are at
10:30 AM In the Fox-Wilson The-
Dr. Suyin was born In Peking
and received her education at
Yunchlhg University, Brussels
University, and the University of
London. The author of seven nov¬
els, she ls best known to Ameri¬
cans for «A Many Splendored
Thing,* which Inspired  a suc-
n plcti
a hit
Alaskan Recalls Life
In Eskimo Village
urttd. H
id that It
doc's body from Boise, Idaho.
Madsen's advertising, as such,
is limited to bus benches In the
downtown Fresno area. Other
customers are sent as referrals
from veterinarians or the humane
society.
Any profits from the operation
are diverted Into a "maintenance
and Improvement" fund. When he
Madsen bought an elght-
By JOHN VAN HORN
A rags to riches story can be
told by a Fresno State College
Eskimo student who Is graduat¬
ing this February.
Chris Laurldsen, 26, will re¬
ceive his degree In criminology
at the end of finals. It might not
seem like a big thing to many,
but to this student, the attain¬
ment of a college education may-
It h:
for .
stutli-n
ed In the founding of tho cemetery ;
Prof Will Use Research Grant
Dr. Seymour Mack, associate take a full year's leave at Stan-
professor of geology, has re- ford University where he will
ceived a $4,750 Postdoctoral Scl- study and do research In the
enco Faculty Fellowship from the fields of geochemistry and hy-
Natlonal Science Foundation for drology. Dr. Mack had already
1965-66. been awarded a sabbatical leave
The award will enable him to for one term of Uie 1005-66 school
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He has been working with Bruce
Blackerby, an assistant profes¬
sor of geology, on a study of the
geology of the Sierra  foothills
He participated in a Field Con¬
ference on Structures and Origin
of Volcanic Rocks In the Northern
may bo available
CHARTER
JET FUOHTS
FROM EUROPE
Paris-San Francisct
Rocky Mountain area during
summer of 1963.
Dr. Mack has been on-the FSC
faculty since 1957. He holds a
BS degree from College of the
City of New York, and MA and
PtuD. degrees from Syracuse
University.
Laurldsen w;
In Kwlguk, Alaska, a village of
about 300 Eskimos. Located about
10 mUes from the mouth of the
source of income.
For his first 13 years, Laurld¬
sen, lived In a log cabin near
the village. The main food con¬
sumed by Uie villagers ls fish,
wild game, and seal meat.
•At the age of 13 I was sent by
my father to a boarding school
that was run by the Bureau of
Indian Affairs," he said. «lt took
two years to complete the first
Laurldsen spent six more
years In several boarding schools
before    graduating   from   high
•Teachers at my last school
encouraged me to go to some
college In the U.S., so I managed
to make my way down to Western
Washington College of Education
In Belllngham, Washington,
where I majored in biology and
history," he said. «Then I went to
Santa Rosa Junior College before
transferring to FSC*
In discussing Alaska, Laurld¬
sen noted the great potential Uie
state has In the areas of agricul¬
ture and mining.
•There Is much homesteadlng
going on now,* he said. 'Many
people from other states are
going up, but they don't realize
how rough the extremely cold
climate ls In the winter.
•Our winters run from Sep¬
tember through April and many-
people can't take It."
The main mode of travel In
Alaska ls by air and Lauridsen's
brother Is a bush pilot.
•Living where I did, 1 saw and
rode In airplanes long before I
Laurldsen has come along way
from an Eskimo village to Uie
end of his senior year at FSC. He
hopes to work for Uie U.S. Trea¬
sury' Department and eventually-
become  a  U.S. Secrete Service
Peterson Leeds
Alpha Kappa Psi
Senior accounting major Randy-
Peterson has been elected pres¬
ident of Alpha Kappa Psl, pro¬
fessional business fraternity.
Other officers are Glenn
Yamada, vice-president; NIel
Marks, secretary; William Bo-
gard, treasurer; Robert Jlrsa,
assistant treasurer; Stan Olson,
master of rituals; and August
Lavagnlno, student council rep¬
resentative.
Installation of officers and a
•demit* of graduating members
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song. She has contributed to such
magazines as Holiday, The Re¬
porter, and The New Yorker.
The series will continue
Feb. 17 when Dr. Ralph Robey,
long time chief economist and
advisor to the National Associa¬
tion of Manufacturers, will dis¬
cuss What ls the Future of Pri¬
vate Enterprise?
Other lecturers scheduled for
this season are Joan Comay,
wife of Israel's Ambassador to
the United Nations (Feb. 24);
S.I. Hayakawa, semantaclst
(Mar. 17); and Leon Volkov, Rus¬
sian born Soviet affairs expert
(Apr. 2).
Blue Key Sets
Charity Plans
•A Dollar Per Scholar equals
100 Sense."
This ls the motto for the 19th
annual All-Campus Charity-
Drive, sponsored by Blue Key In
connection with Uie Associated
Student Body, which ls scheduled
for Feb. 4 and 5.
A goal of $1,750 has been set
for '.-.Is year's drive and Individ¬
ual donations will be solicited
:l-.'i-C 'iglstratlon for the spring
semester. More than $1,650 was
collected last year and divided
among  18  charitable  organlza-
Gary lida, charity drive chair¬
man, said the fund raising project
ls Uie only annual one of its kind
on campus and "It represents our
contribution to the welfare of the
community.*
More than $1,000 of last year's
total was collected during the
two-day registration period and
14 campus organizations contrib¬
uted more than $600.
Groups which donated 100 per
cent of their charity pledges last
year were Alpha Gamma Rho,
Theta Chi, sigmaChl, Alpha Kap¬
pa Psl, Lambda Chi Alpha, Delta
Gamma, Kappa Kappa Gamma,
Delta Zeta, Kappa Alpha Theta,
Agricultural Executive CouncU,
Arnold Air Society, Interfrater-
nlty CouncU, Newman Club and
Alpha Xi Delta.
Sixty per cent of last year's
collection was distributed among
United Givers organizations,
such as the Red Cross, Boy and
Girl Scouts ot America, and the
Boys Club, while the' other 40
per cent went to associated char¬
ities, such as the March of Dimes
and theAmoti:anCancerSociety.
Organizations which pledge to
contribute 100 per cent of their
membership -will receive certtfl-
Verdugo Resigns To
Time To Clovis Ranc
t£*
Vice President Dallas A.
Tueller has accepted 'with ro-
gret" the resignation of WUllam
Verdugo as an Intermediate vo¬
cational   Instructor  In  agrlcul-
Dr. Tueller noted that Verdugo,
who had'servod on the agricul¬
ture division faculty since 1951,
wUl resign Feb. 1 In order to
devote more time to his ranching
Interests In the Clovis area and
to his positions In state, regional
and national organizations.
Dean Lloyd Dowler, headofthe
Devote
hing
Kappa Phrateres Hot Dog is 60
Elects Officers
Fresno State College farm
school, said that a man with Ver-
dugo's wide range of abilities In
tries will be very difficult to re-
•He has been responsible tor
the development of Uie college's
program In horse breeding and
cattle breeding, which has gained
for him and the college a national
reputation In both fields,* Dowler
said. "His practical knowledge
gained both on and off Uie campus
during  the past 16 years made
le strongest members
r also said that Verdugo
of the college's livestock Judging
teams in Uie past decade. Verdugo
served as advisor to several of
the      college'
Verdugo was elected president
of the Pacific Coast Quarter
Horse Association In November,
and was re-elected to Uie board
of directors of the California
Hereford Association that same
Judy Gray, a senior sociology
major, has been elected president
of Kappa Phrateres, a women's
service organization.
Elected to serve with Miss
Gray are Catherine Babcock, vice
president; Jan Olsson, secretary;
and Mary Ellen Guerrero, trea-
The new officers will be in¬
stalled during the first meeting
of Uie second semester, Feb. 7,
when Uie group will discuss plans
for spring rush and pledging.
NEW YORK (UPI)--This is Uie
60th anniversary of the hot dog.
It was at Uie St. Louis Louisiana
Exposition in 1904 that a con¬
cessionaire first put a wiener In
ItaUanFcfldServSi&rThe'T,
Tradition of A
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Lit Magazine Will Go
On Sale Monday
+    *
ie campus literary
magazine, will go on sale Monday
In Uie Student Activities Booth
from 9 AM to 2:30 PM and sales
V- wUl continue through Wednesday.
The magazine, which tontalns
40 pages of poetry, short stories
and essays written by faculty and
students, will sell tor 25 cents.
Photographs  and line drawings
High Schools
Will Vie In
Tree Contest
The Sanger High Schools Fu¬
ture Farmers of Amorlcaareex-
pected to defend their title In Uie
seventh annual FFA Fruit Tree
Pruning Contest Saturday on the
Fresno State College campus.
Madera FFA members will be
on hand to defend their 1964 first
place finish In the two-county-
annual vine pruning contest.
O.M. Braun, chairman of the
horticulture department says that
registration for both contests will
start at 8 AM with written ex¬
aminations scheduled to begin at
8:30 AM. The actual *In Uie field*
pruning competition will follow at
9:30 AM.
Vincent Petruccl, chairman of
the viticulture department, notes
that entrants In the vine pruning
contest will be required to prune,
within a time limitation, three
vines each In mature head pruned
Muscats, mature cordon pruned
Grenache and mature cane pruned
Thompson seeless.
FSC students for Uie vine prun¬
ing contest will be Bob Steln-
hauer, Mike Wagenleltner, Rob¬
ert Detjens, Ken Weber, BUI Wil¬
cox,  Aaron   Kenoslan   and Doug
Student chairman for the vine
pruning contest wUl be Marvin
Caprellan, a viticulture major.
In the fruit tree pruning event,
contestants will be Judged on their
ability to prune mature plum and
peach trees, to evaluate the prun¬
ing of a student pruned peach tree
and to Justify orally their plac-
made by students are also In¬
cluded In the pages.
Sales were scheduled to begin
last Monday but wore delayed a
week because of a requirement
Uiat authors' names appear on all
material, according to editor
George Kastner. He pointed out
that some of the works were un¬
signed and he had to contact the
authors and get permission to use
their names. All but one, who de¬
cided to use a pen name, did
give permission.
Ed Piston, director of Infor¬
mation and printing, said Kastnoi
was notified of this requirement
about Dec. 28 or 29.
The requirement that oacl
slgned with either UV
s real n
ldent Frederic V
e requestofPres-
The cattleman Is a graduate of
California State Polytechnic Col¬
lege. He first Joined the FSC staff
as a livestock foreman In 194
and became a full time faculty
member three years later.
Dance Is Set
'After Finals'
Sigma Alpha Epsllon fratern¬
ity will hold an after-finals barn
dance Jan. 27 from 8 PM to mid¬
night In the Fresno Barn on
Shields Avenue west of Highway
•Everybody can either cele¬
brate the successful conclusion
of finals or they can forget their
troubles,* dance chairman Al
Rodda commented.
The Road Runners will pro¬
vide the music and dress will
be Informal,* Rodda said.
Tickets will be available at
the activities booth Jan. 20 and
27 for $1 or may be purchased
at the door for $1.25.
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