Dr. Henry Leach
'Compares Nations
A comparison of American and
Scandinavian democracy was the
topic of the lecture by Dr. Henry
Goddard Leach, president of the
American - Scandinavian founda
tion, Thursday night in Chapman
hall.
Dr. Leach's disoussion analyzed
the qualities made famous by the
French revolution: liberty, equali
ty, and fraternity. America and
Scandinavia practice fraternity to
such a great extent, that it is al
most a subconscious practice, said
Dr. Leach. Russia uses equality
in leveling to the lowest common
denominator, he said, while the
Scandinavian concept is to work
up to the highest, drawing the
«r lowest to the highest. America
uses it as a medium of exalting
the rank and file, he added.
Russia’s liberty is done away
with, as Russia believes there
can’t be both liberty and equality,
and chooses equality, asserted Dr.
Leach.
“America is not a geographic
entity, but an idea,” he stated,
adding that it was an idea of po
litical economics and social free
dom.
American theories of democracy
came from classics and British
theories, but Scandinavian ideas
of democracy are original, he said,
and as a result, they are much
more advanced as far as social
security, labor problems, economic
cooperation is concerned, and they
have a deep-rooted philosophy.
Dr. Leach’s speech was spon
sored by the University lecture
series. He was introduced by Dr.
R. H. Ernst.
Yale university has a private
Jfi-ant of rare books dating back to
1538.
French Honor Group
Initiates New Members
June graduates with academic
backgrounds in commerce or busi
ness administration may apply now
for interviews February 28 with E.
A. Seeley, director of sales train
ing for the B. F. Goodrich company,
for placement in the distribution
department of the firm, Dean Karl
W. Onthank, University student
placement bureau head, announced.
Selected applicants will spend a
six-month training period at the
home office and branch sales offices
before receiving initial assign
ments for sales, sales accounting,
credit, advertising, sales promo
tion, and allied work in the com
panies distributing departments.
Interested students should ar
range early for interview appoint
ments and filing of credentials with
the placement service in room 6
Friendly hall.
Missionary to Speak
Rev. Alexander Meersdorf, re
cently returned missionary to Hai
ti, will be the featured speaker at
the UO fellowship meeting Monday
from 7 to 8 p.m. at the YMCA. His
subject will be “Christians' Respon
sibilities and Relationships.”
Christopher Columbus, in 1498,
was the first navigator to discover
Venezuela. In 1499 it was more
carefully examined by Vespucius
who gave it its name.
YMCA Sponsors
Table Tennis Meet
Time for registration in the
YMCA ping pong has been moved
up from February 15 to 18, it was
announced yesterday.
Professor R. D. Clark
Attends Speech Meet
R. D. Clark, associate professor
of speech and drama, left this week
to attend the sixteenth annual
Rocky Mountain speech conference
to be held at the University of Den
ver at Denver, Colorado.
Clark, who is also president of
the Western Speech association
was a member of the Friday lec
ture-panel concerned with “A Re
evaluation of Forensics in the Light
of Conditions in 1947. What Chang
es Should be made?” Six others
were on the panel with Professor
Clark.
He will speak today as one of
three speakers on ‘‘Speech and
Communications in the Re-evalua
tion of the American Heritage.”
WSSF Funds Due
All representatives of the
WSSF drive are asked to turn
their funds in to Dick Savinar,
at the Sigma Alpha Mu house,
or to the Y. W. C. A. immedi
ately.
DO YOUR OWN!
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French Honorary Gets
Fifteen Initiates
Seventeen new members were
initiated into the University chap
ter of Phi Delta Phi, national
French honorary society, Thursday
evening.
They are: Paul Nott, Nina Pian
kovn, Robert Payne, Elizabeth de
Cou, Eldene Balcom, Betty Brown,
Jean Alexander, Phyllis Williams,
Rosa Colom, Hazel Tuleke, Maizie
Giustina, William Cramer, Bernard
Carr, Ninon King, Edward Galla
gher, Charlotte Hughes, and Aty
Mohsin.
Thomas Jefferson was the first
president of the United States to
advocate federal aid for education.
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