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VOLUME XLIX UNIVERSITY 01< OREGON, EUGENE T'UESDAY, JANUARY 20. 1948 XUMBER 67
Students' Presidential Choice: Stassen
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Orchestra
Schedules
Premiere
Symphonic Concert
To Feature Haydn,
Beethoven and Bizet
Tomorrow night the first Uni
versity symphony orchestra con
cert of the school year will be pre
sented under the direction of Dr.
Edmund A. Cykler, associate pro
fessor of rrlusicoloy. The concert
will start at 8:15 p.m. in the music
school auditorium.
The violin solo in Mozart’s con
certo in D major will be performed
by Jane Shafer, senior in music,
who recently played in a student
recital. The concerto, which is the
fourth of five violin concertos by
Mozart, is also known as the Stras
bourg concerto because of a folk
like melody in the last movement
common to that area.
Other numbers on the program
include Beethoven’s “Promethus"
overture, Haydn’s London sym
phony in D major, and Bizet’s “L’
Arlesienne Suite.’’
Next concert of the orchestra
is scheduled for May 5, and will
also be under Dr. Cykler's direc
tion. Previous to that, the group
will play the incidental music for
“Midsummer Night’s Dream” with
Dean Theodore Kratt, of the
school of music, conducting.
Although the orchestra contains
many music majors, it is open to
all students and Eugene residents.
March of Dimes
Hits Full Stride
The March of Dimes fund drive
is now in full swing on the campus
as the national campaign entered
its fourth day. Kwama and Skull
and Dagger, sophomore honoraries,
will send speakers to individual liv
ing organizations Wednesday night
and from there the collections will
be turned over to the social chair
jmen of the respective organiza
tions, according to Bob Christ,
chairman of the campus drive.
The first big event on the pro
gram for the drive will be an essay
contest sponsored by the Eugene
junior chamber of commerce and
will offer $500 in prizes for the best
25 word essay on “Why I joined
the March of Dimes.’’ Special
blanks for the contest will be
placed about the campus. Prizes
have been donated by local mer
chants.
The entire proceeds of Wednes
day night’s boxing card will go to
wards the polio benefit. The card
will feature the Eugene boxing
club and the Portland boxing club
in 10 bouts at 8:30 p.m. in the Eu
gene armory. Admission has been
set at $1 for General admission and
$1.25 for ringside seats.
Plans for further campus activi
ties are being laid by Bob Christ
and his committee.
Midnight Deadline
Set for Candidates
Candidates for freshman offices
must submit declaration of inten
tion to run before midnight. Ac
companying the declaration, desig
nating the specific office sought,
must be a certificate of eligibility
signed by the respective deans.
This must be submitted to ASUO
president Stan Williamson at his
McArthur court office or at the
Sigma Nu house.
Carpenters Stage Walkout
On Veterans Housing Project
Front and Center...
Bandle to Receive AFA Medal
At Cadet Corps Formal Review
MELVIN R. HANDLE
ROTC Medal Winner
Selection of Melvin R. Bandle,
senior in business administration,
as the winner of the annual air
force association medal awarded
to the outstanding senior air-ROTC
student has been announced by
Lieut. Col. John W. Watt, profes
sor of air science and tactics at
the University.
The medal will be presented by
Col. Frank R. Maerdian, head of
the military science department,
at. a formal review held on the
ROTC drill field at 1:15 p.m. Thurs
day.
Bandle was with the army air
force for two and a half years in
the southwest Pacific. He is a four
point honor .roll student and a
member of Scabbard and Blade,
the military honorary, chairman of
the military ball committee, and
Company A cadet company com
mander.
The medal is awarded annually
by the air force association in order
to stimulate achievement in air
science and provide recognition of
ability and accomplishment.
General Holdridge Will Deliver
Survey of American Militarism
Brigadier General Herbert C.
Holdridge will deliver a compre
hensive survey of the new Ameri
can militarism from the point of
view of one who has watched the
developments from the inside,
Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in room 3 of
Fenton hall.
Under discussion will be the rise
to power of the United States army
from a Small, scattered, paternal
istic frontier force until the pres
ent time. Today, in General Hol
dridge’s opinion, the army assumes
a dominant role in national and in
Senior Ball Ducats
On Sale; 500 Left
Tickets for the Senior Ball will
be on sale at the Co-op during the
day, Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday, with the exception of
the noon hour. Joyce Neidmeyer,
treasurer in charge of tickets,
urges students to buy tickets as
soon as possible at there are only
500 left.
Petitions Due Thursday
Petitions for the position of co
chairman of the annual Red Cross
drive must be turned in to Geneva
Davis, Red Cross president, by 4
p.m. on Thursday. Candidates for
position must be men of sophomore,
' junior, or senior standings.
r
ternational power politics. Powers
he believes are derived from the as
sumption of monopoly over nation
al security.
Graduated from West Point in
1917 and serving in both World
Wars until his retirement in 1944,
the general speaks from the point
I of view of one who has been on the
inside for 30 years.
Holdridge is an ardent opponent
of compulsory military training,
believing there is not one valid ar
gument in favor of the program.
He is expected to incorporate his
views on this subject in his lecture
Thursday.
The influence of the military on
the social and economical structure
of the United States, totalitarian
techniques of the military, the
caste system as a disruptive na
tional as well as filitary force, and
professional military ineptness are
phases of the new American mili
tarism that Hildridge will discuss.
The general believes in a need
for reorientation of national and
international policies directed to
ward world peace. He is in favor of
outlawing of war and contends a
rew race in armaments is leading
[ to world suicide.
At present Holdridge is co-chair
man of the armed forces commit
tee of the American Veterans com
mittee. The lecture is the first of
the winter term series sponsored
by the Educational activities board.
Amazon Flat Workers
Demand $2 Per Hour
Work on nine two-story housing
units at Amazon Flats housing
projects, which will accommodate
72 families when completed, was
stopped at noon Monday when 50
members of Carpenters’ local 1273,
AFL, left work in conjunction with
a demand by the local for a 25-cent
hourly wage increase. Carpenters
Festival Heads
Ask for Petitions
From Aspirants
Petitions for chairmenships of
the different committees of the
International festival are now be
ing called for by co-chairmen Dedo
Misely and Laura Olson. The Fes
tival will be held February 27 and
28.
The petitions and eligibility slips
may be obtained at the dean of
women's office in Emerald hall.
The deadline is January 22. Peti
tions are to be turned into Lois
Greenwood at the Y bungalow.
Twelve foreign countries were
represented at the Festival last
year. The co-chairmen announced
Monday that lists of students
from Oregon and Washington col
leges and universities indicate an
even wider representation this year
at the two day affair.
All students are eligible to work
on this event. Committee chair
men will be chosen from the soph
omore, junior, and senior classes.
Freshmen are asked to state the
committees on which they would
prefer to work.
Committee heads will be chosen
for invitations, publicity, Gcrlinger
tea, costumes, luncheon, discus
sions, housing, hospitality, decora
tions, promotion and clean-up com
mittees.
Canadian to Speak
At Straub Tonight
Mr. John Smart, member of the
faculty at Emmaus Bible school,
Toronto, Canada, will speak at the
Intervarsity Christian fellowship
meeting in the dining room of John
Straub hall at 7 tonight.
Smart, who has been described
as a “man with a message’’ by
those who have heard him, is visit
ing on the Pacific Coast on leave
of absence.
He is an internationally-known
conference speaker, having spoken
at the World Missionary conference
at the University of Toronto in
December, 1940, and more recently
at a conference-in Portland over
the Christmas holidays.
would receive $2.00 per hour if the
proposed wage hike is granted.
“If work is held up long, the
units will not be ready for spring
term as promised," was the state
ment of I. I. Wright, superintend
ent of the physical plant.
Wright said that the University
is willing to pay whateer is agreed
upon, retroactive to the date of the
demand, but that the University
cannot set the pattern for acceding
to the increase, which is being
fought by the contractors’ associa
tion.
A. R. Major, business represen
tative for some 1000 carpenters a
the Eugene area, would give no
comment Monday in regard to the
walkout. His formal statement con
cerning the wage raise was given
Saturday without further com
ment: “Beginning Monday morn
ing, January 19, 1948, the wage
scale of Carpenters’ Local 1273,
United Brotherhood of Carpenter s
and Joiners of America (AFL) will
increase 25 cents per hour in all
brackets."
E. W. Martin, director of vet
erans’ family housing, said that
between 450 and 500 persons are
on the waiting list for housing, and
that a continued strike would han
dicap the program greatly.
Building Annex
Up for Approval
Plans for building additions to.
the music building will be taken
before the state board of higher •
education when it next meets Jan
uary 27, I. I. Wright, superinten
dent of the physical plant, an
nounced yesterday. Preliminary
plans for the new women's dormi
tory and additions to the library
have been completed also he said.
Included in the building additions
for the music building are studios,
a dean’s office, and class rooms.
Improvements in the library will,
be contained in an addition on the
south end of the building. It will
house more stacks, the audio-vis
ual department, and a study room
consisting of individual cubicles.
The additions to both the music
school and the library will be fi
nanced by funds granted from the
state board.
A less elaborate women's domi
tory than had been previously
planned will be built due to high,
costs, he added. The building will
be minus some of the trimmings
previously planned and will accom
modate 333 girls instead of the
original 234. Working plans will be
drawn up along the lines of the
practical model which was on dis
play in the Mary Spiller living
room last term, Wright said.