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VOLUME XLIX UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. EUGENE. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 2. 1947 Nb.uunK ll
WORLD HEADLINES
By United Press
hub AiNijii.wii.B, ucr. i —wearing inm notaDies Eddie Cantor
and Vivian Blaine, as well as a full cargo of letters, a trim Sikorsky
51 today completed the World’s first regularly scheduled, helicopter
air mail flight in Los Angeles. Also on the flight was John J. Gillen,
acting second assistant postmaster general, who predicted that the
service will eliminate the most serious bottleneck in mail distribution
in the metropolitan area.
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif., Oct. 1 (UP)—As the price
of coffee dropped to 4 cents a cup in some California cities, an exec
utive of the Pan American Coffee Bureau warned the National Cof
fee association today that the industry faces the most intensified
competition in history from other beverages. But, said J. Rosen
thal, executive director of the bureaus’ coffee advertising council,
coffe producers need not be concerned with price in considering that
competition.
UNITED NATIONS HALL, FLUSHING, N.Y., Oct. 1 (UP)—Russia j
tossed two more vetoes into the boiling east-west fight of the United i
Nations tonight after accusing the western powers of a deliberate j
campaign to undermine “international cooperation in the UN.” The ’
vetoes blocked Italy and Finland from United Nations membership
this year.
TEHRAN, Iran, Oct. 1, (UP)—Reports reaching Tehran today
said the earthquake which rocked Iran four days ago killed hundreds
and reduced villages in the northeastern province of Khurasan to
rubble. Bodies littered streets in many northeastern and eastern
Iranian villages, the reports said. The entire area was left without
water. Officials here said disease threatened thousands of homeless.
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 1 (UP)—The 1947 runs o fchinook and blue
back salmon broke all previous known records according to the fish
count at Bonneville dam. Figures released by the Portland district,
corps of engineers today revealed that 475,869 Chinook passed the fish
ladders as of September 30, topping the previous record of 453,260 in
1941. The spring run was largely responsible for the record.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 1 (UP):—Sandy, a canine war hero who
saw action in both the European and Pacific theaters, arrived from
Shanghai to^ay enroute to Washington to be decorated for killing
three Japanese in the Aleutian fighting. The five-year-old eskimo
dog, a retired member of the army’s k-9 corps, was shipped to
Europe after the Aleutian campaign and parachuted into France on
D-day.
UQ Journalists
Slate Speeches
In observance of National News
paper week, October 1-8, Professor
Laurence R. Campbell and Assist
ant Professor Carl C. Webb, both
of the journalism school, will speak
to several clubs on press topics
this week.
Webb, who is president of the
Newspaper Association Managers,
Inc., which has sponsored National
Newspaper week since 1940, will
speak today to the Kiwanis club of
Albany on “A Free and Responsi
ble Press,” The Portland Kiwanis
club will hear him Tuesday on the
same topic.
Campbell is addressing the Ore
gon Advertising club today at the
Multnomah hotel in Portland, and
will speak to the Eugene Rotary
club Tuesday.
The slogan for this year’s Na
tional Newspaper week is ‘‘Your
Newspaper Serving Freedom by
Serving You,” and the theme - to
run through the entire program is
“The Newspaper as a Public Ser- '
vant.”
Sally Mueller Fills
Kwama Vacancy
Kwama, sophomore women’s
honorary, tapped Sally Mueller for
membership Tuesday night, during
dinner at the Pi Beta Phi house.
Sally is filling a vacancy left in
■ the organization since Anne Whit
aker did not return to school this
year.
Campus Cal,
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Rides to Concerts
Offered Students
Students wishing rides to the
Portland symphony orchestra con
certs are asked to sign up at
Graves music, and art store on
Willamette street. Students and
townspeople who will have avail
able space in their cars are also
asked to turn in their names.
The Portland symphony society
board of directors has reserved a
bloc of seats so that University
students may have the opportun
ity to attend the nine Sunday twi
light concerts given by the orches
tra. Students will be admitted for
half price.
Petitions Due Saturday
Petitions for Homecoming posi
tions must be handed in to Bobbe
Fullmer at the Alpha Omicron Pi
house not later than October 4.
Crash Hurts
U O Dean
In Roseburg
Hospital Attendants
Report Leighton's
Condition Fair
Dean Ralph W. Leighton of the
Oregon school of physical educa
tion was reported in fair condition
at Sacred Heart hospital yesterday
following an automobile accident
five miles north of Roseburg Tues
day evening.
State police reported that the
dean's car was traveling south on
highway 99 when it struck the rail
ing of the Winchester bridge.
Leighton suffered a fractured hip,
facial lacerations, and bruises.
Janet Woodruff, University phy
sical education instructor, who was
riding with Leighton suffered cuts
and rib injuries, said police offi
cers.
Dean Leighton and Miss Wood
ruff were en route to Roseburg to
take part in an extension workshop
in physical education when the ac
cident occurred.
Leighton was taken to Roseburg
by ambulance and later brought to
Sacred Heart hospital in Eugene.
Church Night
Set For Friday
On Friday evening the annual
University church night will again
be held. A canvass of pastors and
youth leaders indicates that almost
every organized religious group on
the campus plans to participate in
the affair.
The purpose of this special
church night is to give every stu
dent on the campus, whether he
has a specific denominational pref
erence or not, a chance to visit his
own group, or several different
groups, and meet the regular mem
bers. These members, or their ad
visers,- will explain the purposes of
the group and tell prospective
members about their activities.
Most groups will conduct their
programs on an open-house basis
so that students may go from place
to place during the evening.
The Friday Emerald will list the
programs and meeting places of
the different organizations. All
groups that have not been contact
ed by 2 p.m. Thursday, are asked to
phone the Emerald office.
Only Friday Bunions
Receive Approval
Oregon students are willing to
get bunions, but only on Friday
night, the Emerald learned last
Aight in a telephone survey con- •
ducted to learn the mind of the
campus on the Bunion Derby, a
tradition being revived this Sat
urday night.
Most houses agreed that it is
an inexpehsive way to get ac
quainted and "get a little exer
cise, too," but the consensus was
that it should be held on Friday
instead of Saturday night. "It
kills the whole evening,” one man
said.
Other typical comments were,
“This iS'carrying regimentation
too far. Lines for everything,"
or “I think it's fine. Just swell
for bunions."
Co-op Receives
New Text Books
New textbooks are ariving daily
in the University co-op to fill spe
cial orders of those students who
were too late to purchase books
during registration week, manager
E. C. McClain said yesterday.
Copies of Economics: Principles
and Problems by Gemmill & Blod
gett, TVA by Lilienthal, Region
al Geography of Anglo-America
by White and Foscue, and Cost
Accounting by Dohr arc among
the orders received from publish
ers.
Other shipments of texts have
been delayed, according to Miss
Ada Zinser, head of the textbook
department, because of labor
trouble, paper shortages and late
orders being placed by the faculty.
In an effort to rush orders to
the campus the Co-op has sent
218 telegrams to publishing houses
since the first of September.
AWS Schedules
Women's Program
The first observation of an or
ganized Women’s Week on the
campus will be seen next week
j from October 6 to 11, Barbara
i Johns, AWS president, announced.
The all-campus event is spon
sored by the Associated Women
Students and will include in its
program the campus YWCA and
WAA, exchange lunches, an auc
tion sale, an assembly, and the an
nual Nickel Hop on Saturday. A
complete schedule for the week
will be in Friday’s Emerald.
Eager Cadets Reveal'Why' in Poll
By HENRY KAMIN
Desire better to serve their coun
try if recalled to active Service in
the event of war, gain a regular
army or reserve commission, and
to supplement their educational al
lowances are the main reasons giv
en by veterans polled by the Emer
ald on why they are taking the ad
vanced infantry and air corps re
serve officers training course.
Commission Sought
Cadet Colonel and Regimental
Commander William T. Green, jun
ior in business administration,
seeks a reserve commission. He is
a former member of the 20th arm
ored division in Germany. Cadet
Lieutenant Colonel Dunber S. Nor
ten plans to return to active ser
vile to obtain a regular army com
mission.
James S. Snyder, law junior and
14th armored division veteran, will
also work for a regular army com
mission and attempt to be as
signed to the military government
branch.
Better Service
Cadet First Lieut. Bob Stephen
sen, sophomore in journalism, and
Cadet Second ^Lieutenant Darwin
M. Hamilton, sophomore in archi
tecture, both said they believe they
may better serve their country as
commissioned officers in the event
of war.
Stevensen won two battle stars
while serving in the 788th field ar
tillery in Germany. Hamilton was
in the engineers on Attu.
Harry D. Sturges, senior in law,
stated that he does not want to be
an enlisted man again if recalled
to active service. He is also con
sidering returning to the army of"
his own accord. Sturges holds the
combat infantry badge and two
battle stars won while with OSS
detachment 101 behind the enemy
lines in Burma.
Head for Air
“I hope to prove to my satisfac
tion that I can become a better of
ficer than some officers I served
under during the war,” said Carl
J. Smith, sophomore in business
administration. He is a former
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Literature
Division
To Expand
American Literature
Authority Appointed
To University Staff
First step in the scheduled ex
pansion of the American literature
division has been made with the
appointment of Hubert H. Hoeltje
as senior professor of American
literature, the English department
announced yesterday.
By next year the completed pro
gram will make possible both ma
jor and graduate work in that field.
The list of additional American
literature courses to be added next
term is not complete, the depart
ment claimed, and will not be re
leased for publication for some
time.
Literature Authority
An authority on American lit
erature, Hoeltje will be listed in
the next issue of Who’s Who. He is
teaching Survey of American Lit
erature, American prose and
Shakespeare courses here this
term.
Hoeltje is the author of “Shel
tering Tree,” a study in the influ
ence of Amos Bronson Alcott and
Ralph Waldo Emerson on one-an
other. In the book, he said, he at
tempts to “get the reader inter
ested and sneak up and hit him
ov.ar the head with a few facts.”
Associated Ideas
He believes that the average stu
dent will learn little from analyti
cal essays and abstract theses. “In
stead,” he pointed out, "ideas
should be associated with person
alities for reader interest.” - At
prfesent he is writing a book on
Hawthorne, to be titled “Inward
Sky.”
This is the first time that Hoelt
je has been west of the Rockies,
he said. He was professor of Amer
ican literature at the University of
Iowa, where he took his B.A., M.A.,
and Ph.D. degrees.
ISA To Hear
Dick Williams
Dick Williams, educational ac
tivities manager, will explain the
proposed $5 raise in tuition de
signed to supplement the Student
Union funds at the ISA senate
meeting in room 105 Commerce
building, at 7 p.m. tonight.
Off-campus students are urged
to attend this meeting since it will
be their only opportunity to ex
press their views on the tuition in
crease question, Don McNeil, ISA
president, said.
Senators will return to their liv
ing organizations with mimeo
graphed sheets explaining the
question and will take back to the
ISA the opinions of the individual
students, McNeil said.
All senators are asked to attend
the meeting, which is open to all
students interested in an impar
tial discussion of the tuition raise,
the president said.
ASA Sets House Meet
House representatives of the Af
filiated Students association will
meet at 4 p.m. today at the Gamma
Phi Beta house, Joan Preble has
announced. She requested that each
house send a representative.