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ALL-AMERICAN Oregon If Emerald vou XLIX NO. 58 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, OREGON, JANUARY 7, 1948 NEW ADMINISTRATIVE POST IS CREATED AT UO Senator Wayne Morse To Speak Here Tonight m Controversial Politician Revisits Former School Wayne L. Morse, Republican senator from Oregon, who served for 12 years as dean of the University law school and head of the state system of higher education law studies. By JIM WALLACE " Wayne L. Morse, Republican senator from Oregon and former dean of Oregon law school, will speak on “Political Issues as I See a Them’’ tonight at 7:30 p.m. in Mc Arthur court. The talk, which will be free to the public, is sponsored by the assembly committee. Morse, one of the most contro versial figures on the American po litical scene today, has been de scribed as a prodigy among educa tors and labor mediators. When he became dean of the Oregon law school in 1932 he was the young est dean of a major law school in the country. Morse held this posi tion until he retired to run for the United States senate in 1914. Active in State Although Morse had never run for public office before he had been active in both state and national >' public affairs. He served on sev eral Oregon crime and penal in stitution committees and in 1938 was appointed Pacific coast arbi trator for the United States de partment of labor. Although a Re publican he was appointed to this post by a Democratic administra tion following requests of both la bor and management. In 1942 he was appointed by President Roosevelt as a public member of the War Labor Rela tions board for which he prepared many opinions including the" fam ous Montgomery Ward case. Described as a “secret New Dealer,” “a labor stooge,” and “the best Republican in the Democratic party,” Morse has never been ac cused of grinding the ax of par tisanship. Throughout his political career, which at times seemed to shift from one camp to another, he has characteristically tried to de cide every issue on the basis of the issue itself rather than taking an “over-all” or long-term policy view. Morse has also strongly attacked Senator Taft of Ohio for leading the group that destroyed liberal ism in the Republican party. He voted for the UN charter and thinks that the United States, along with other member nations, must yield a degree of sovereignty if the organization is to be suc cessful. Other Morse acts that at times (Please turn to page three) Rain: University Students Battle Near-Record Flood By STAN TURNBULL Flood waters were threatening western Oregon with one of its worst inundations in recent years Tuesday night, while basements and many streets in Eugene were also flooding. Families, including those of University students, were evac uating the low area between Eugene and Springfield, as a crest of 15 feet, three feet over flood stage, was predicted for the Willamette river between lO.p.m. and midnight. Forty families living in trailers near the railroad bridge at Springfield, including 12 University families, were moved with their trailers to Unversity street near McArthur court. Other trailers in this area were being towed to trailer parks in Eu gene and Spingfield and to the Lane county fairgrounds. Per manent residents were evacuating to the homes of friends, (Please turn to page three) DuShane’Helps Better Greeks At Lawrence Donald M. DuShane of Lawrence college, who has been appointed director of student personnel, has shown himself outstanding in the field of college-fraternity rela tions. Through his work Lawrence col lege has become known for its out standing fraternity program and the contribution of this program to high educational standards. The Lawrence program for fraternities has been discussed at length in the national publication, “Banta’s Greek Ex change,” and also in an article, “The Where and Why of High Fraternity Achievement” by Clyde S. Johnson, assistant dean of un dergraduates at UCLA. The former publication stated in the April 1941 issue: “The spirit of college and fraternity cooperation may languish in some quarters, but at Lawrence college it flourishes in full bloom. “The latest evidence of the fun damental compatibility of college and fraternity interests is given on the campus of that institution in the form of five beautiful new fra ternity houses, conceived, financed, and built on a partnership basis and made possible only by a crys tallized and highly laudable mu tual-assistance policy.” Wisconsin Man Gets New Office A new position at the Uni versity of Oregon, director of student personnel services, was filled this week by the appoint ment of Donald M. DuShane of Lawrence college, Appleton, Wisconsin. The appointment, announced by President H. K. Newburn, is subject to approval by the state board of higher edu cation. As director of student per sonnel service, DuShane wil Italic over administrative charge of the offices of the dean of men and the dean of women and will have full responsibiliey for the coordination of all other student personnel ser vices and agencies. The new director, who will ba responsible directly to the presi dent's office is expected to be on the campus for a short visit some time in January or February. His appointment is effective on May 1, 1948. Major Field History An educator, whose major fields of study have been in history, po litical science, public law and jur isprudence, DuShane entered per sonnel work at Lawrence college in 1939 as dean of men. He is the son of Donald DuShane, nationally known Indian educator. Following his graduation from Wabash col lege, Crawfordsville .Indianna, he worked as a reporter and desk editor on the Columbus Evening (Please turn to page eight) DONALD M. DU SHANE