VOLUME XUX v, -. - -., • -. --- UNIVERSITY OE OREGON, EUGENE SATURDAY. JANUARY 81. 1948 I % Striking Union Rejects Proposal to Continue Amazon Construction By JIM WALLACE A proposal by the University, acting under advise of the Public Housing authority, for the contin uation of work on the Amazon v housing units pending setlement of a city-wide carpenters’ strike has ' been turned down by the carpen ters local 1273, announced J. O. , Lindstrom, University business manager. Lindstrom's announce ment came in response to a request from the Emerald for information on the status of this project. Lindstrom emphasized that the proposal was in no way an attempt * uy the University to bring the strike to an end or to take sides in the dispute. The University, , Leads Old Band u . :,, M;.:L, . 'is< - _ J TEX BENEKE Beneke's Band Carries Spirit Of First Leader The band which Tex Beneke will ’ bring to the armory at Eugene, Oregon for one night only, Wednes day, February 4. is the 36-piece or chestra which Glenn Miller had planned to bring back to his fans • after the war. The band carries on as Tex Beneke and Glenn Miller or chestra, with Mrs. Miller sharing in the profits. An unusual aspect of the band is ) that in two years of existence since its discharge from the army, Glenn Miller's trombone has never been ' absent from the bandstand or back stage. , The instrument, which Glenn loaned to trombonist Jimmy Prid t dy overseas, was given to Priddy by Mrs. Miller when he expressed a wish for the horn in memory of the man he admired so much. Although the horn is seldom played and never displayed on the ^ bandstand, it is always somewhere backstage, oiled and shined by Jimmy Priddy. The 36-piece Glenn Miller or chestra will make its first North west appearance at the Eugene armory, Wednesday from 7:30 p.m. to midnight. Dancers will also see a stage show put on by the outfit. Late permission has been grant ed to women’s houses for the oc casion by a subcommittee of the student affairs committee. Girls who have grade points of 2.00 or over and who definitely plan to at tend the dance may stay out until midnight, Mrs. Golda P. Wickham, dean of women, said. Tickets are on sale for $2.00 per person at the Appliance Center, v-70 W. 10th street. said Lindstrom, is interested solely | in providing housing for some of j the 450 veteran couples on the j list. The proposal, as presented to the union earlier in the week, con ained three provisions: 1. Carpenters were to return to work as soon as possible. 2. The University would pay t them $1.75 an hour and would | place in escrow in a local bank | 25 cents per hour for each hour j worked since January 19. 3. When prevailing wage rate | is determined the difference be | tween the $1.75 and the new ; rate would be paid out of the j amount held in escrow. ine University has contracted with the Public Housing authority to complete the apartments by1 January 31, 1948 and it was feared that the funds appropriated for the project would be endangered by the delay. Futher complications of the strike were seen by University of ficials in the matter of the new women’s dormitory. It had been planned to lease Amazon apart ments to students and faculty in dwellings that wil 1 be torn down to make room for the new dormitory. It was feared that a de lay in finishing the housing units might delay construction of the dormitory. Although other trades are still ■working at the Amazon the units cannot be completed until the car penters return to work, said I. I. Wright, superintendent of the physical plant. At least 24 of the: 72 unfinished units could have been completed, declared Wright, if the strike had been delayed for one I week. Some veterans have expressed a^ desire to finish their own units but the University is delaying any action in hopes that the-building can be done under the contract Also Wright said, student labor would not be able to do some of the specialized jobs required to finish the units. Campus Phones Listed Anew Campus extension phones will have different numbers beginning February 2. Most of the changes will be listed in another article ap pearing in today’s Emerald. A new switch board for the Uni versity has been installed to give phone users better service. The new board necessitates the change of campus extension numbers. Numbers not included on the Em erald phone list may be obtained by dialing O for the University oper ator who will give out the informa , tion. I-'-^ Fall Grades Released Gandhi's Death Said World Loss Indian Leader Typified World's Search for Peace By ANITA HOLMES Mohandas K. Gandhi represented the good of the world. There’s no man living today whose death would be felt with such sincere grief. These were the opinions of P. S. Dull, assistant professor of political science and history, after he learned of the assassination of the Indian Mahatma Friday. Dr. Dull, authority on the East, BULLETIN LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y„ Jail. 30—(UP)—The United Nations paid unprecedented tribute today to Mohandas Gandhi, a man of peace, but frankly feared that his murder would plunge the peo ple Of India and Pakistan into fresh bloodshed. The UN security council, struggling to mediate Indian Pakistan disputes, postponed fur ther debate until Tuesday to al low the situation to crystallize. was shocked with the magnitude of the loss. He said people all over the world, not only the Indians, would be hurt with Gandhi’s death. To Dull he represented a great spiritual leader of Christianity, Hinduism, and Mohammedanism with the Sermon on the Mount as his guide. The professor said he had often disagreed with Gandhi’s policy of non-violence but was forced to ad mit that the plan had been repeat edly successful. Especially tragic to Dr. Dull was the manner in which the world leader met his death. He thought the assassination represented the one time when the “spell of non violence was broken.” Now, he fears, young nationalistic “hot bloods” will try to gain control. Gandhi was the check-rein of these radical Hindus, according to the professor, and his death may mean tragedy to the world. Students in Dr. Dull’s Friday classes were shocked with th( (Please turn to pane three) Luncheon Speaker GOV. JOHN HALL, Dads to Hear Governor Hall Governor John H. Hall will give the main address at the tradition al student-father luncheon Febru ary 14 during Dads’ weekend, co chairmen Bev Pitman and Art Johnson announced yesterday. Tickets will go on sale Tuesday in Dean Karl Onthank's office, room 6 Friendly hall, Joan O’Neil, ticket chairman, said. They will sell for $1.25 each. Colonel Thomas F. Gunn, presi dent of the Oregon dads, will pre side at the luncheon to take place in John Straub dinning room at noon. With only a limited number of tickets available, students are urg ed to buy their tickets early, Miss O’Neil said. Orville Wright Dies DAYTON, O., Orville Wright, 76-year-old co-inventor of the air plane, died at 10:40 p.m. tonight at Miami Valley hospital. Wright was taken to the hospi tal Tuesday after he collapsed at his office here. He had been suf fering from a lung congestion and coronary arteriosclerosis, harden ing of the arteries. Mahatma Aimed at Peoole's Unitv J It was the sincerity of Mohandas K. Gandhi that impressed W. R. Cuthbert when he met the great leader on a train going from Bom bay to Delhi in 1924. Cuthbert, who is associated with the Oriental art museum, met and visited with the leader several times during the 26 i years he spent in India. “Gentle in his own way, but, oh so powerful!” was the description given yesterday by Cuthbert when he spoke of the Gandhi he remem bered. The first time they met “dis cussed things out of the train win dow” and talked about America. The political matters that were to cause Gandhi’s assassination were not mentioned. He looked nearly emaciated and always wore the familiar, sheet like dhoti when the University em ploye saw him in India. People came to the railroad stations to see him and thousands followed their non-violence leader through streets of the cities. Cuthbert said Gandhi was a saint to his people—a real Mahatma. “Oh, he had a great sense of hu mor’’ and “he was clever— awfully nice to meet” were typical com ments Cuthbert made about the ■ a Mahatma. Similar comments were probably made by hundreds of American tourists who visited Gandhi every day. He. always had time to talk to visitors. According to Cuthbert, he was "just as ordin ary as could be but still a colossal man." As an employee of the Standard Oil company, Cuthbert spent 26 years in India, where he was im pressed with the love both the Mo hammedans and Hindus showed for their non-violence leader. “Never once that I've known did he take the side of either faction,” said Cuthbert Friday. DG's Lead All-campus Scholastics Tau Kappa Epsilon Hits 2.65 High For Men's Groups See T.ist Page 8 Fall term house grades, released yesterday by Clifford L. Con stance, associate registrar, show the Delta Gammas leading the scholastic parade with a house av erage of 2.78. Ranked closely be hind were the Pi Beta Phis with a 2.75 average. Tau Kappa Epsilon led the men's grade list with 2.65 followed by Omega hall, 2.63, and Minturn hall, 2.46. University house ranked third in women's grades with a 2.61 aver age. All campus average was 2.353, .043 lower than fall term 1946. All-women average was 2.443; all men, 2.307. All sorority average was 2.448 edging out women's dormitories with a 2.273 average. Non-organ ization women tallied a 2.513 av erage and women's clubs 2.506. Men's dormitories averaged 3.315 and fraternities maintained a 2.2669. Non-organization men had a 2.331 and men’s clubs a 2.227 average. Copies of the fall term grades may be obtained from the office;! of the dean of men and the dean of women Wednesday and Thurs day, Constance announced. Record Concert Slated Sunday Works by two well-known Russian composers will be featured at the browsing room concert Sun day, February 1, at 4 p.m. Spon sored by the Mu Phi Epsilon ae I tives. This is the third in the series of Sunday record concerts. The program will consist of: Stravinsky’s "Fire Bird Suite," played by the NBC symphony un der the direction of Leopold Sto kowski. The "Fire Bird Suite” is in Six parts: 1. Introduction; 2. The Fire Bird and her Dance; 3. Dance of the Princesses; 4. Infernal Dance of King Kastcha; 5. Berceuse; and 6. Finale. Tschaikowsky’s Nut Cracker Suite, played by the Philadelphia Symphony also directed by Sto kowski. The Nut Cracker suite in in eight parts. They are: 1. Over ture Miniature; 2. Marche; 3. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy; 4. Russian Dance; 5. Arab Dance; 6. ; Chinese Dance; 7. Dance of the. Reed Flutes; and 8. Waltz of the Flowers. Luncheon Scheduled Students planning to attend the Westminister luncheon Tuesday at noon are asked to sign up Monday at Westminster house.