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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 22, 1947)
.1 Some Students Refused Data i ■■ ■■■■■■— immmiwmi — ! For Registering Students who were given “spe cified grades” to be earned in this fall term will not be able to pick up advance registration ma terials next week, according to information from the University scholarship committee. A state ment from Curtis E. Avery, Uni versity registrar, on this subject states in full: , “According to the instructions given by the scholarship com mittee to the registrar, advance ■i&gistration materials for winter term will be withheld from all students who at the close of the spring term last year were given a specified or pegged grade to be earned in the fall term of 1947. “Such students will be permit ted to register for the winter term only after they have been cleared by the scolarship commit tee following the receipt and tab ulation of fall term grades. “Students who. received notice of ‘pegged’ grades required in the fall term should refrain from call ing for their registration mate rial until they have received spe cific notice that they are cleared for registration. This wil not be prior to January 5, 1948.” Alumnus Plugs Union Building “The University won't be com plete until we have the Student Union building,” was the main theme of remarks given by noted alum John MacGrego*, '23, in an interview Friday. Home for Home coming, he showed keen interest in Oregon affairs, and particularly in the Student Union drive. While at Oregon, MacGregor was president of the Alpha Tau Omega chapter and president of the stu dent body. He is now national pres ident of ATO and before entering the army in the last war was chair man of the national interfraternity conference. He teaches law at New York university and practices law in New York City. During the war he served as chief of the legal de partment of the chemical warfare service. MacGregor said that the New i York alumni group, of which he j was “bell-ringer” until recently, ] has been very successful in its campaign for the Student Union fund. He believes that no matter how able the faculty and adminis tration, there is no university with out a great student body, and hopes that the Student Union building will help to make the student body a better group. Colonies in Arctic Said Possible, Practical as Developing Oregon Arctic explorer Vilhialmur Stefansson tells Jim Wallace, Emerald reporter, of the wonders of the far North. Stefansson spoke at Mc Arthur court Thursday evening. By JIM WALLACE Vilhjalmur Stefansson, one of the world’s leading authorities on the polar regions, holds the opinion that it is just possible and just as practicable to colonize and develop Alaska and other Arctic lands as it was to settle and develop the state of Oregon. This viewpoint was expressed by Stefansson in an interview yester day before his speech at McArthur court on “New Frontiers for Peace.” When asked about poten tial resources available for develop ment in the as-yet-unknown area# of the world he said that these rel atively unknown regions have an area equal to continental North America and by the law of aver ages would have resources similar in type and quantity to North America. Resources Richer Speaking further on the subject of resources Stefansson said that as you went northward from the equator ocean and river resources become richer. He added that as man moves into a new region he has invariably found new resources and developed new methods to use them. Stefansson declined to say def initely whether there was a possi bility that there were large depos its of radio-active minerals, such rs could be employed in the manu facture of atom bombs, in the Arc tic His only comment was that in si-eh a large area there was bound1 tr ’'e “an appreciable amount” of any type mineral. Soviets Busy The,atom bomb comment led into the i,opic of Soviet colonization of Arctic regions. On this subject Stefan.'son said that the Soviets — -I I HOMECOMING V DINNERS IN OUR % HOMELIKE ' ATMOSPHERE Open Daily from 5 to 9 p.m. Sundays and Holidays - 2 to 8 p.m. Closed Wednesdays DINE AT i Smorgasbord are extremely active in northern colonization and have been for many years. He added that polar activity is one of the proudest bragging points of the Soviet gov ernment. Throughout the interview Stef ansson was careful to use the term "Soviet Union” when referring to the USSR. He stressed that refer ring to the entire people as “Rus sians” was confusing to the think ing when only three of the 180 tribes living in the Soviet Union are actually Russian. Establishing Cities Returning to the question of So viet colonization, Stefansson ex plained their method of establish ing planned cities north of the Arctic circle. Although these cit ies are pre-planned and established to develop a specific resource, they are not mere exporting centers but are expected to become self-sup porting cities, he said. Pioneers Absent Stefansson continued on the sub ject of Alaska saying that our slowness in settling this area was due partly to a lack of pioneer spirit on the part of the American people and partly to the fact that the most powerful people in Alas ka do not want extreme develop ment. Although the Alaskan leaders give lip service to such ideas as statehood for Alaska and the Al can highway, they are working against them, said Stefansson. The most powerful men in Alaska are also large property holders and are against statehood because that would increase taxation rates, he continued. Would Suffer These same people are also against further development of overland transportation routes be cause they represent the water and air transportation interests that would stand to suffer if the truck highway were built, Stefansson said. He pointed out that the Pacific Northwest was also averse to the building of a truck highway to Alaska for similar reasons, he add ed. The highway as it now is and in its present location is exactly what the Northwest wants, be cause it will attract tourists but no truck traffic, said Stefansson. Highway Felt Threat The Northwest actually consid ers further building of the high way a threat, he said, because they feel that eventually an overland route would be developed from the central states to Alaska that would completely cut the Northwest off from the Alaska trade. The people of Alaska are politi cal conservatives and want no rad icals of any kind, said Stefansson. He offered this feeling as the rea Alum to Speak At Demo Rally Richard L. Neuuerger, noted Oregon writer and lecturer, will speak at the Democratic rally at 8 p.m. Monday at the W.O.W. hall in Eugene. Neuberger will talk on “What the Democratic Party Can Do to Save Oregon.’’ Neuberger, Oregon alumnus and former editor of the Emerald, is au thor of “Our Promised Land” and numerous articles for the Saturday Evening Post and the Readers Di gest. At one time a member of the Oregon legislature, Neuberger was mentioned as a candidate for gov ernor last year. He is also an ac tive figure in the co-op movement in Portland. During the war he served as an army captain in the Alaskan thea tre. In the spring of 1945, Neuberg er served as a special adviser on Alaska to the secretary of state during the United Nations’ confer ence in San Francisco. son that former Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes’ attempt to send European refugees to Alas ka was so strongly opposed in that country. They are even more afraid of “red” activities than are the peo ple of the United States. Alaskans Fear War Stefansson did not present his opinion on the possibility or proba bility of war with the Soviets but he said that Alaskans think such a war is inevitable. He contended that some of them are even hoping for a war with the Soviet because they are sure it is coming and feel that our chances are much better now than at a future date. In the event of an Arctic war Stefansson thought our army would be fighting at a tremendous disadvantage due to the great amount of experience the Soviets have acquired in the polar regions. He said that our army had no suit able Arctic clothing and had not developed workable polar fighting techniques. iT^. ■ .. L-J CAMPUS CALENDAR 12 noon: Phi Theta and Kwamas at Hayward field. 4 p.m.: Open house at West minster house. 4 p.m.: Open house at Wesley house. 5:30 p.m.: Lutheran student association at YWCA, Sunday. Buffet supper and discussion. 6:30 p.m.: Westminster forum, Sunday. Dr. Charles Howard to speak on “Liquor, a Social Prob lem." Refreshments at 6 p.m. Civil War (Continued from page six) deck of the Alpha Phi house. Friday, about noon again, the Oregon campus was bombed with leaflets—same type, same legend. Later in the afternoon it was an nounced officially from Webfoot headquarters at Max's that the OSC campus had been showered with 60,000 pieces of “very thin” paper bearing the inscription, “Wipe the Beavers.” Whether the two rival planes met in air isn’t known. Neither plane was armed. It’s late Friday afternoon now. The various men’s living organiza tions still have huge collections of baseball bats, paddles, clubs, and iron pipe laying about . . . just in case. The co-eds are prepared to cheer again. Wc cannot predict what will hop pen during and after the game. Of ficials for Saturday’s grudge match have declined an offer to referee a post-game fist-fight. We suppose a temporary armistice will neces sarily have to be signed . . . and it was such fun, too! AWS Group to Meet Sally Waller, president of the AWS congress, announced that the congress meeting scheduled for Thursday will be held at 4 p.m. Monday at the Theta house. Emerald Classifieds All classified is payable in advance at the rate of four cents a word the first insertion, | two cents a word thereafter at the Emerald Business Office. Classified deadline is 4:0CT p.m. the day >rior to publication. LOST man’s 21 jewel Bulova wrist watch, leather strap some where on campus. Call Gene Hamblen, Phone Marcolla 132. (53) LOST: Pair shell rimmed glasses in blue leather case on campus. Call 947, Virginia Nash. Reward. (51) WANTED: Ride to Seattle for Thanksgiving. Share expenses. Call Wallace Berning, Ext. 378 (47) (48) (49) (50) WANTED: Ride for 2 to Boise for Thanksgiving. Share expenses. Call Dale Lint, Ext. 378. (47) (48) (49) (50) FOUND: Camera on the campus. 1128 Alder, Phone 1349W. Why Not Study in Mexico Instruction in English Emphasis on Spanish language and literature Latin American studies: Art Anthropology Commerce History International Relations Winter Quarter, January 6 Spring Quarter, March 13 Housing and food available at reasonable prices Mexico City College San Luis Potosi isy Mexico D.F. Mexico