VOLUME XLVIII
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY.
Number 87
FEBRUARY 20. 1947
^Randy Airs Views
On British Policy
By JUNE GOETZE
1 lie British side of the India and Palestine controversies
ivas explained by Randolph Churchill, son of the wartime
premier of England, in McArthur court last night.
W e are willing to give up our sovereign rights in India,
but which Indians should we give them to?” he' asked, ex
plaining that many people do not realize the difference be
tween the Hindu and Moslem populations.
Student Models
Seek Position
Of 'Miss Vogue’
Vying for the title of Oregon’s
“Hiss Vogue,” fifteen coeds yester
day modeled their favorite outfits
before a judging committee of four
faculty members at the Chi Omega
house. From this group, which was
chosen from 55 girls representing
campus women’s organizations, the
winner was chosen, and will be an
nounced February 27 at the Theta
Sigma Phi Fashion Show and Silver
Tea.
Finalists yesterday included:
Harriet Vanatta, freshman in liber
al arts; Tiny Queen, freshman in
liberal arts; Bernice Lind, junior in
sociology; Wanda Shaw, senior in
sociology; Virginia Dryden, sopho
more in art; Mary Hoch, sopho
more in music; Phyllis Field, sopho
more in liberal arts.
June Johnson, senior in sociol
ogy; Anita Fernandez, senior in
art; Sallie Timmens, junior in
journalism; Veda Nicholes, senior
fin business; Carolyn Wright,
sophomore in liberal arts; Betty
Jo Hansen, freshman in liberal
arts; Phyllis Hoffman, sophomore
in art, and Coral Alford, fresh
man in art.
All student models chosen to rep
resent their living organizations
are reminded that they are to ap
pear in the show. Barbara Johns,
program head, said Wednesday.
The show, which is being presented
and sponsored by Theta of Theta
Sigma Phi, women's national jour
nalism fraternity, will be held from
4 to 5:45 in alumni hall, Gerlinger
hall, February 27. All college stu
dents, students’ wives, high school
seniors, and faculty wives are invit
ed to attend the show.
The Fashion Show and tea being
presented by the group to further
the promotion of closer relation
ships of Oregon women m journal
ism with the professional journal
ism field throughout the country.
Portland SU
—c
Office Planned
A spokesman for Ernest Hay
cox, President of the Oregon
Alumni Association, announced
Wednesday that the drive for over
half a million dollars will be di
rected from a branch office work
ing directly under President Har
ry K. Newburn, soon to be opened
in Portland. The president’s of
fice on the campus is the local
headquarters for the program
which will swing into action dur
ing March.
The program for soliciation of
subscriptions to the student union
calls for simultaneous appeals on
the campus and in Lane county,
and drives at various times cen
tered in Portland and other Ore
gon cities.
Wally Johnson, chairman of the
campus student union committee,
mill work in conjunction with the
Portland office and it is expected
the campus appeal will come
under his direction.
we deplored the attitude that
freedom is like something that can
be bought in a drugstore, wrapped
up, and given away.
Churchill cited as examples of
what might befall India some
governments in South America in
which the people, when given the
opportunity for freedom, had
turned their nation over to dic
tators to relieve themselves of the
responsibility.
Innately Good?
One of the great delusions, he
declared, is the belief that hu
man beings are innately good and
that if they were given liberty
there would be freedom and jus
tice.
Misrepresentation of the Pales
tine situation and the flooding of
the United States with anti-Brit
ish and pro-Zionistic propaganda
by ill-informed people has led to
much of the criticism of the Brit
ish policies in the Holy Land,
Churchill asserted.
"Nothing could be farther from
the truth” than the idea that
England is anti-Semitic, he said,
quoting Disraeeli, that “Every na
tion gets the Jews its deserves
and God deals with nations as the
nations deal with the Jews.”
(Please turn to patjc six)
UO Sets Low
In Northwest
Housing Rates
The University of Oregon has the
lowest room and board rates of four
northwest colleges, a Washington
state department of veterans’ af
fairs investigation revealed, accord
ing to an Associated Press release
yesterday.
The survey was taken at the re
quest of a group of Washington
State college students who consid
ered the room and board at that
school excessively high.
WSC Board High
Francis O’Leary, assistant man
ager of the Spokane office of the
state veterans’ department, said
board and room at WSC totals $54 a
month for single or double rooms,
which is only slightly higher than
at other similar institutions in the
Pacific Northwest.
He gave these figures for other
schools:
University of Washington—$51
$56 a month, depending on whether
rooms are single or double.
University of Oregon — $51 gen
erally; $50 in a group of veterans’
quarters.
Oregon State College—$54, in
cluding bedding and laundering of
towels and sheets.
Students Protest Rulings
By Scholarship Committee
A committee of veteran students, headed by Bernie Mc
Cuddon and Gil Pease, last night sent a telegram to Marshall
Cornett of Jhe Oregon state legislature, protesting the scholas
tic policies of the University. The wire requested an audi
ence with the senator to urge clarification of the University’s
oolicies.
This action was spurred by notices sent to approximately
Campus 'Sparks' Gets
UBC Radio Contacts
Contact with the University of
British Columbia was recently es
tablished by a campus amateur
radio operator who maintains his
set in room D-22 in Vets Dorm
No. 1.
Jack Paisley, freshman in po
litical science, operates Station
W7RNT, and from it has con
tacted several student senders in
Vancouver, at Station VE7ACS.
Paisley has promised to convey
any messages from Oregon stu
dents to the British Columbia
campus, and declared that he
should have an answer the fol
lowing day.
Jack, who has operated “ham”
sets since he was 14, expects to
be able to contact most of the col
lege and University campuses in
the United States, and when such
plans are completed, will send
messages for students all over the
country, he asserted.
He is planning a chess tourna
' ment with UBC in the near fu
ture.
Hymn Sing Next Sunday
An all campus hymn sing is bein
.sponsored by the YMCA from 4 to
every Sunday evening in the men's
lounge.
According to Jim Soden, direc
tor, students are welcome to request
their favorite hymns.
to lO
400 students specifying the re
quired grades point that was nec
essary for their graduation. Of
the 400 a small number of stu
dents not now in school were noti
fied that they were disqualified.
C. L. Constance, associate reg
istrar, whose name appeared on
the notices, explained last night
that the scholarship committee
had spent months carefully check
ing the records of about 1000 stu
dents. Deans’ recommendations,
scholastic records (including pre
war grades) employment, veter
ans’ rehabilitation, and other fac
tors were considered.
ConsLanee said that all students
who received the notices are urged
to confer with the deans of women
and men for advice. He empha
sized that no one now registered
and attending school is refused
permission to register next term.
** However, the notices state that
privilege of registration has been
denied to the students, but that the
privilege will be reinstated if the
student earns the required GPA dur
ing this term.
The students who protested this
action of the committee said they
objected to the sudden issuance of
the slips. They feel that the com
mittee’s investigation should have
been made known to the students
involved in order to give the stu
dents an opportunity to work
toward the required GPA’s from
the beginning of this term. The
men stated that it was almost im
possible to make the required
grades after midterm.
Scabbard and Blade
Reactivation OKed
Scabbard and Blade, national military honorary, suspended on the
campus during the war, has just received authority to reactivate from
national headquarters, Col. John E. McCammon, ROTC head announced
yesterday. A joint reactivation and initiation ceremony will be held
March 5, McCammon said.
Ten men, all advanced students in ROTC, have been accepted by
the national organization as pledges to the reactivating chapter and
will be initiated at the March ceremony. They re Melvin R. Bandle, An
thony J. Conroy, William T. Green, Robert M. Lenneville, Francis L.
Mahula, Stanley P. Marshall, Fergus F. Peters, Richard L. Rinde, James
A. Snell, and Dunbar S. Norton.
Hall Instrumental
Men instrumental in bringing about the reactivation of the local chap
ter are Lt. Col. Henry W. Hall, assistant professor of military science,
and three pre-war Scabbard and Blade members, Gene Brown, second
year law student, and Henry and Joseph Howard Steers, both seniors in
physical education.
Active operation of the chapter will begin upon the initiation of the
10 men in March. The adviser for Oregon's new Scabbard and Blade
chapter is Colonel Hall.
Churchill Welcome Mat
Gets Brisk Brush-Off
The Sigma Phi Epsilon fraterni
ty house was filled Wednesday af
ternoon with students attending a
reception in honor of Randolph
Churchill. There was only one thing
missing—Mr. Churchill was not
there.
The lecturer’s agents had given
their approval of the reception and
had indicated that they were sure
Churchill would enjoy a social func
tion of this kind. However, after his
lecture at Oregon State college yes
Soloists to Top
Band Concert
Slated Tonight
The University of Oregon band
concert, tonight at 8 o’clock in the
music auditorium, will feature a
varied program and two guest so*
loists. June Johnson, soprano, and
Johnette King, pianist, will each
present a solo number with band
accompaniment. The band will be
conducted by John F. Stehn, asso
ciate professor of music.
Program
“The Florentiner March.Fucik
“In Springtime," overture.
. Goldmark
First movement, piano concerto....
. Ravel
Miss King, soloist
Little Organ Fugue in G-Minor ...
.Bach
“General Lavine" .Debussy
Waltz Song (from La Boheme ....
Miss Johnson, soloist
Strauss waltzes from Der Rosenr
Kavalier
Ballet of the Unhatched Chicken..
. Moussorgsky
Glinka . Komarinskaja
Suzy Officers Named
New house officers for Susan
Campbell hall were elected Tuesday
evening. They are: president, Mary
ann Thielen; vice-president, Bobo
lee Biophy; secretary, Marjorie Pe
tersen; treasurer, June Goetze;
sergeant-at-arms, Dalphne Para
dise; and interdorm council repre
sentative, Margaret Cook.
The new officers will be installed
at a banquet in John Straub hall
Sunday.
tei'day afternoon the visiting son of
England's wartime prime minister
abruptly refused to have anything
to do with the University students.
In Eugene, after the reception
fiasco, a delegation of students, in
cluding an Emerald photographer
and the editor, awaited a previous
ly arranged meeting with Churchill
scheduled for 5 p.m. at his hotel1.
After an hour wait by the stu
dent delegation Churchill appeared
—but too late to meet with the
group due to a dinner engagement,
for which he was also late. Attend
ing the dinner given in honor of
Churchill at the hotel were Presi
dent and Mrs. Harry K. Newburn,
Dr. and Mrs. Dan Clark, and Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Williams.
Observers found Churchill a
charming guest at dinner, but he
growled when a news photographer
flashed a bulb near the table.
Bob Knoll, editor of the OSC Ba
rometeer, reported to the Emerald
in a telephone conversation yester
day afternoon that the gymnasium
at that school had been well filled
for the Churchill lecture there, and
that he had received a great ova
tion. After his OSC address Church
ill granted an interview to the Ba
rometer managing editor.
Ball to Feature
Birthday Awards
An added headlight of the Birib
day Ball to be presented Saturday,
February 22 at Gerlinger will be
the presentation of birthday prms
ents during intermission to those in
attendance who have birthdays
during the week of February 16 to
22—if they have necessary prooi in
the form of birth certificates, etc.
The dance, a short silk affair, fma
turing Herb Widmer and his orches
tra is being presented by the inte r
dorm council. Tickets are being sold
by social chairmen of resident halls
at $1.00 a couple. Those persons
who are not contacted may secure
tickets at the door Saturday eve
ning.
'Y' Membership Closed
Membership in the YWCA will
be closed from February 22 until
after elections, Marge Skordahl,
president, has announced.