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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 8, 1941)
Dr. Means Tells Of Jungle Life By ELAINE DAHL From the Malay jungle and its primitive inhabitants to the Ore gon campus and its academic stu dents is a long trek, but to Dr. Paul B. Means, new religion de partment head, it’s an interesting one. Religion students are getting more than a professor. Although Dr. Means does have a B-A. from Yale, a B.Litt. from Oxford, a Ph.D. from Columbia and was previously a Rhodes scholar—he has a background that at times would parallel closely that of a “Frank Buck.’’ Dr. Means, with a hobby that most people dream about — the study of primitive man—has de voted 10 years to this study and he admits it was a thrilling ten years. Living among a people with the civilization of about one thousand years ago, who dress in sarongs from the bark of the trees and grass skirts, and who live in bamboo huts perched high above the ground has been a source of many exciting expe riences. Unlike most travelers and ex plorers, Dr. Means has a wife and family of four, three girls and a boy, born in Sumatra, New York, Singapore, and Tacoma. In spite of al,l his exciting past Dr. Means still,likes practically all sports and recalled swimming in the swimming pool at Singa pore, one of the best pools in the world-i-ai ?Jbnfe jfA? Jiii^ pleasantest memories of the jungle. Although as yet he is not able to make any commitments about the future of the department of religion he expressed pleasure in the number enrolled, as well as in the attitude, of the students, and Oregon promises to have some students well educated in Malay jungle lore as well as re ligion. :} • t/HiKj.S Newman Club to Hold Opening Meeting Catholic students are invited to attend the opening session of the Newman club Sunday, Octo ber 12, in the YMCA hut. Chaplain Soler will tell the history of the organization from the time of its founding by Cardi nal Newman, author of the pam phlet “The Idea of a University,’’ now being distributed to social science students. Executive sessions Monday night set a policy of religious and intellectual discovery with analysis of contemporary prob lems. Charles Murphy will outline the year's program of Sunday dis cussions on current questions raised by students’ daily associa tions. John Flynn is president of the Oregon chapter. ASUO Heads ~ (Continued from page one) the race. At present only Ken Christianson and Harry Prongas have petitioned the committee for the post. The committee ad journed last night without mak ing the appointment, because they felt that the field was too limited to afford a fair choice. Persons still wishing to submit positions for the Homecoming chairmanship must submit them to Lou Torgeson, ASUO presi dent, or to Bette Morfitt, ASUO secretary, before 5 p.m. today. Interviews will be Thursday. The five candidates for the one vacancy on the rally committee, left open when Les Anderson did not return to school, will be in terviewed at 4 p.m. Thursday. Rally candidates are: George Arbuckle, James Durkheimer, Dave Jahn, Pete Lamb, and Gene Speer. 1 '• I A DAY... WITH DR. MEANS Dr. Paul B. Means, today head of the University department of re'igion . . . former Rhodes schol ar .. . author, whom Adolf Hit ler “asked” to leave Germany . . • long a student of the Malay and primitive man. Left: Dr. Means at work at his University desk . . . lower left: In a more relaxed pose in Ger linger hall . . . and lower right: meditating . . . while resting on the senior bench. New Profs Enter Chemistry School Dr. Henry Kunz, acting head of the chemistry department, made known Tuesday the addition to the department of two assistant professors to replace the late Dr. Orin Stafford and Dr. Fred Shinn, who retired last June. The professors are Dr. Dallas Dedrick, who comes from Iowa State college, and Dr. Pierre Rysselberghe, recently from Stanford university. Dr. Dedrick obtained his M.S. and Ph.D. de grees from the State University of Iowa. He has been research associate at the experiment sta tion there since 1938. Dr. Rysselberghe, author of 53 articles and two books during the past 10 years, was an assistant professor of chemistry at Stan ford. From the summer of 1935 to March 1936, he was visiting lecturer to Belgium at the Uni versity of Brussells and other in stitutions. Dr. Rysselberghe re ceived his M.A. and Ph.D. from Stanford university. His graduate work was on mechanical, elec trical, and chemical engineering. Wesley House to Sponsor Conedy A three-act comedy, “Birds of a Feather,” will be presented by Methodist students Saturday eve ning at 8 in the YMCA hut. The play is being sponsored by Wes ley house. The players are members of the Methodist Youth Fellowship. The play which is directed by Adrian Martin of the University drama division is a part of the group’s summer activities. The admission charge will be 15 cents. Noted Author Is Scheduled University students and fam’ty members are awaiting an assem bly Monday, October 13, which will feature Clarence K. Streit, head of the comparatively new movement known as “Union Now.” Assembly will take place at 11 a.m. in Gerlinger. This organization, which claims 12 million followers, maintains headquarters in Washington, D.C. and publishes a monthly bulletin there for national distribution. Mr. Streit, ex-newspaper corre spondent and author of two re cent best sellers, will speak on “The Democracies’ Answer to Hitler.” His idealistic plan for world union of the democracies has created widespread interest and commentary among writers and speakers of the United States. Dr. Victor P. Morris, dean of the school of business admin istration, had this. to.say on. the subject: - “Clarence Streit has an inter esting message. I have read his book and heard him .in.- public discussion. He proposes a closer organized union of all the dem ocracies into a single nation as our forty-eight states are united under a single government. Kis proposal is highly debatable, but it is very interesting and most stimulating to one’s thinking 'about the creation of a better world order.” Lyle Nelson Edits New Alumni Mag Old Oregon, University alumni magazine, “hit the .street” Tues day with a new edition edited by Lyle M. Nelson. The new issue features a cover design by Ted Harmon. i Among the many interesting articles included are a colorful review of the Oregon-Stanford game by Bruce Hamby, and a fol low-up story on the great Oregon 1916 football. . team ^.by Ray Schrick, Emerald rivam-ag i n g editor. Bob Frazier, Emerald news edi tor, has written a summary of the late Dean, Grin F. Stafford’s life and work on the University campus. An informative affcfcle on Oregon’s first fiooUskH team is recalled and submitted by C. E. Wagner, ’01. Departmental features, In the Mail and News of the Classes, complete this month’s Old Ore gon. Lyle Nelson’s assistants on the editorial staff were Miss Roselind Gray, ’35, associate edi tor; Les Thayer, advertising man ager; Ray Schrick and Miss Eu nice Edwards, assistant editors; and Bruce Hamby, sports editor. Indiana university recently opened its $1,000,000 hall of mu sic. THAT ARE ORIS-"1 TAL AND FITTING YOUR SPECIAL MOTIF They cost no more than ordinary stock dance programs yet are new and distinctively smart PHONE 470 VALLEY PRINTING CO. 76 WEST BROADWAY w