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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 3, 1945)
VOLUME XLVI NUMBER 115 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1945 Assembly to Welcome Dr. Koo Dr. Koo Suggests ’Moderate’ Terms By MARGUERITE WITTWER and JACK CRAIG “When I escaped from Hong Kong after the Japanese took the city, I looked a lo|t like those pictures you see in your daily papers of starved prison ers of war in Germany; I had lost 32 pounds,” Dr. T. Z. Koo told interviewers Wednesday. Dr. Koo, short, slim, bright-eyed in his long grey Chinese dress and Vfrack soft leather slippers, ar rived in Eugene Wednesday night from San Francisco where he has been attending the peace confer ence. The Chinese delegate ex plained that he had been able to make his getaway from the Jap anese by destroying all his pass ports and identification papers and by traveling under what he termed his “school name,” Tien Chai. Chi nese children are named by their parents and renamed by their teachers in school. ‘Inferior’ Japanese 4 “No peace can be possible except on terms of unconditional surren der,” Dr. Koo emphasized, accentu ating his words with descriptive gestures. However, the Chinese educator continued, “hard peace terms” would embitter the proud and sensitive Japanese people who for many years have lived under a national feeling of inferiority. “You cannot keep 70 million people dis satisfied and unhappy and expect to live in a peaceful world,” he said. Exploitation of a conquered nation inevitably leads to war after a period of years, Dr. Koo pointed TfUt, citing Germany and Austria as examples. He explained “hard peace terms” as the kind of treaty which would allow perhaps a 30-year period of U. S.-Chinese occupation of Japan, the complete reorganization of the educational system, and other rad ical measures. A “moderate peace” imposed on (Please turn to page four) MOVIE SCHEDULE Movies to be shown tonight at 7:30 and 9 in 207 Chapman hall are: “Iceland on the Prairies,” “Heroes of the Atlantic,” “Hot Ice,” and the March of Time spe cial film', “Canada.” All of these films feature Canada. Movie ^ night this Week was changed from Wednesday to Thursday be cause of the concert originally scheduled for Wednesday. Law Lads, BA Boys Will Climax Feud The school of law student body, headed by President Harry A. Skerry, today voted to consider the business administration school’s reply to the law school’s previously issued softball game challenge as intended to be an acceptance. Due to the ambiguity of the alleged re ply and the loquacious indulgence in typical business administration falsehoods, and in light of a prece dent of reluctance on the part of business administration student body, it was difficult to ascertain whether the propaganda was in tended as acceptance or refusal. The law school students were swayed to request the business ad ministration students to accept their challenge when Donald E. Turner, commissioner of athletics, reported the campus was looking forward to the annual defeat of the BjM student softball players. The feud is a traditional Junior Week end event. ONE MARDI GRAS, COMING UP! . . . Junior Weekend Cp-chairmen Jean Kirkwood and Ed Allen look over pictures of last year’s weekend events to check last-minute details for this year’s Mardi Gras celebration. Committee Reveals Junior Prom Plans Final plans for the biggest dance of the year, the Junior Prom, were announced today by Signe Eklund, chairman of the dance. The Klamath Falls marine band which was well received at the Butler’s Ball has consented to play for this highlight of Junior Weekend. The dance will start at 9 p.m. and will last until midnight Spring Clean-Up Begins Today Armed with brooms and rakes, Oregon men and women will start at 1 p.m. today to slick up the campus for Junior Weekend. The cleaning spree will last from 1 to 5 p.m. During this time, Mary Corrigan, chairman of the clean up, will conduct a committee of judges on a tour around the cam pus to determine which organiza tion is entitled to first prize for doing the neatest job. The dean of women has approved the wearing of jeans or slacks for womeh. The campus ' j.s been di vided into sections and assigned to various living organizations, ac cording to the list which appeared in Wednesday’s Emerald. The prizes last year were award ed to Delta Delta Delta, Hillcrest lodge, and Casablanca lodge. THEMES PLANNED All women’s living organiza tions have turned in their float themes, Lois Evans, chairman of the parade, announced today. Gamma hall will present “Can dy,” Alpha Phi, “Dreams,” and Chi Omega, “Rhapsody in Blue.” It was incorrectly reported that Gamma hall had not turned in their theme by the deadline set. They submitted ‘Candy” on time, but through a duplication with another house, it was overlooked. samraay. nonets are per couple. It will be a formal affair, and flowers may be worn. The decorations have been kept secret by the prom committee, but they have revealed that it will be a masked ball, and couples will re ceive masks at the door that even ing. Immediately following the grand march at 10 p.m., Queen Joann and her court will be presented to the audience. Gene Conklin will serve as prime minister. After the pre sentation of the court, the Ger linger and Koyl cups will be award ed to the junior man and the junior woman judged outstanding of the year. During intermission the two win ners of the All-Campus Sing Fri day evening will repeat their win ning performances. Following the entertainment, a special dance will be played for the court and their escorts. Working with Miss Eklund on the dance arrangements are: Anna mae Winship, tickets; Bernice Granquist, patrons and patroness es; Louise Goodwin, programs; Bobbie Bealer, decorations; Betty Lu Siegman, publicity; and Mari ly Rakow, entertainment. Do You Dunk Well? Sad is the fate, (the pond's wet they say), For many an Oregon lass, And shortly our coed shall rue the day She walked on the green cam pus grass. -—D.F.S. Football Poll Continues Thirteen men notified the Em erald Wednesday of their inten tion to turn out for football fall term, if football is to be included in the University athletic pro gram next year. Returns on the Emerald survey of available foot ball manpower, in conjunction with the current campaign to in terest potential players to par ticipate, were not complete Wed nesday and the survey will con tinue until Saturday. All questionnaires turned in to the Emerald or dropped in the box in the Co-op will be given t# Cornell, University athletic man ager. Chinese Delegate Will Discuss Peace Dr. T. Z. Koo, Chinese gov ernment delegation adviser at the San Francisco conference, will speak at an all-Universitjr assembly today at 11 a.m. in McArthur court. He will also speak at a YMCA - YWCA' sponsored forum in the Alumni; hall of Gerlinger at 4 p.m. Dr. Koo arrived by plane last night at 7:15 p.m. and will be on the campus all day Thursday be fore returning to San Francisco. He is appearing in Eugene under the auspices of the YMCA and the YWCA with the cooperation of the University and the chamber of commerce. Dr. Koo has lived, until recently, in Japanese-occupied territory since 1941, and the bombing of Honk Kong'. Later he went to Shanghai and finally to Chung king. Early this year the Chinese government appointed him as an adviser to the Chinese delegation at San Francisco. After graduating from St. John’s university in Shanghai Dr. Koo (Please turn to patjc three) EMERALD’S 1945-46 FOOTBALL MANPOWER SURVEY All men returning to the University fall term, 1945, and who are willing to turn out for football, are requested to fill in the following blank and turn it in to the Emerald managing editor’s office or the box in the Co-op. Name. Age. Weight. Height. Class. Experience . “FOOTBALL DEPENDS ON YOU” University Is Heaven After I wo, Says Major Smith By JEANNE SIMMONDS A new and shiny gold oak leaf sparkles on each shoulder' as Major Warren E. Smith, USMC, home from 27 months in the Pacific, walks across the campus of his alma mater, the University of Oregon. For the major, a 1941 graduate, received his promotion March 31, and month-old oak leaves still retain . . their shine. Today's World ALL GERMAN LAND, SEA, and air forces in Italy and sou thern and western Austria—esti mated at nearly 1,000,000 troops —were surrendered uncondition ally to the allies by tlieir com mander, * * * MARSHAL STALIN an nounced the capture of Berlin, the Red army’s greatest victory of the war, in a triumphant or der of the day broadcast from Moscow. * w * PRESIDENT TRUMAN said that he had it on the best author ity that Adolph Hitler is dead. * * * GENERAL SIR MILES C. DEMPSEY’S British 2nd army plunged a spearhead to the Bal tic cutting off all of Denmark and the northerly corner of Ger many adjoining Hamburg, Kiel and Wilhelmshaven. NOTICE There will be an official prac tice of the law school softball team at Howe field, 4:30 this af ternoon. There will be a spec tator charge of fifty cents per person, according to the law school commissioner of athlet ics, Donald E. Turner. Home on a leave from the south and central Pacific, Major Smith wears a ribbon with three stars— one each for the campaigns of Bou gainville, Guam, and Iwo Jima, Outstanding bravery on Guam merited him a citation and a let ter of commendation from Admiral Chester Nimitz. But Major Smith Is very modest about the letter, and claims that it is for a little skirm ish with some Jap snipers. The fact that five Nips were killed by the small ambush party he led seems an unimportant detail to him. Back on Oregon's green campus after the dust and volcanic ash of Iwo, Major Smith claims "the Uni versity looks like heaven, com pared to Iwo Jima.” He added en thusiastically, "The change from sand and rock to flowers and trees is certainly a relief.” Known as ‘Teenie’ "Teenie,” as he was known to his Sigma Alpha Epsilon fratern ity brothers, was the number one man in his class in the school of physical education. Graduated in June, 1941, after a successful col lege career of freshman and var sity basketball and baseball, Major Smith entered officers’ candidate school at Quantico, Virginia, in the same month. Commissioned in No vember, 1941, he received more training in reserve officers’ class, and was transferred to San Diego in February, 1942. After almost a year’s duty in California, he left (Please turn to page jour)
