CRSITY OF OREGON. EUGENE SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21. 1948 NUMBER 91
Oregon Raps OSC for Second'Civil War' Victory
The Weather
Eugene and vicinity: Partly
cloudy this afternoon with light
Showers possibly tonight.
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Contralto
To Arrive
Tomorrow
Heidt Concert
Monday Night
At Mac Court
Winifred Heidt, contralto, who
will sing Monday night in McAr
thur court, is scheduled to arrive in
Eugene tomorrow. The contralto’s
concert, sponsored by the Eugene
civic music association, will begin
at 8:15 p.m. Her accompanist is
Leo Taubman.
For the past few years, Cana
dian, Mexican and American audi
ences have heard Miss Heidt sing
the operatic roles for which she is
famous. She has been featured so
loist with the NBC, New York
Philharmonic, Detroit, and Toronto
symphony orchestras.
“Pin-up Girl”
The first volunteer concert art
ist to go overseas for the USO dur
ing the war, -the contralto has been
called “pin-up girl of thousands of
ex-GI’s who thrilled to the fine mu
sic she brought them.” On her
overseas tours, Miss Heidt gave
six and seven shows a day, total
ing more than 100 concerts for
members of the armed forces.
Discovered by Wilfred Pelletier
of the Metropolitan Opera com
pany, Miss Heidt has sung with
most of the leading opera compan
ies in the United States.
Carmen Greatest Role
Her greatest role, Carmen, pro
voked 12 curtain calls when she
sang it before audiences of Mexico
City last summer.
Miss Heid't’s program for Mon
day night includes an aria from
“The Barber of Seville” by Rossini,
“Hopak” by Moussorgsky, and sev
eral selections by Jean Sibelius.
UO Speakers
Place in Contest
Glen Holman, senior in sociology,
won first place in the pulpit speak
ing contest of the Intercollegiate
Forensic association of Oregon held
at Pacific university, Forest Grove
Thursday.
The annual IFAO peace oratori
cal and experimental contest was
divided into two sections with War
ren Miller, senior in political sci
ence, taking third place talking on
the subject, “Peace Through World
Government.’’
The UO students were coached
by K. E. Montgomery, assistant
professor of speech and drama. The
next IFAO contest is planned for
next month with both men and wo
men competing on old line oratory.
Second place in the pulpit speak
ing part of the meet was awarded
to Louis Gearhardt, Pacific univer
sity, and third place to Elliot Mot
schenbacher, Willamette university.
Paul Winterstein of Linfield and
George Frank of Oregon State col
lege, took first and second places,
respectively, in the peace oratorical
section. The contest was under the
direction of A. C. Kingston, speech
r director of Pacific university.
Harold E. Stassen, Presidential Aspirant, Calls
For Decisive Policy in Present 'Hour of Destiny'
By HERB LAZENBY
“This is an historic moment. The
way we measure up now will de
termine the freedom of man here
and everywhere. We must have a
firm and consistent policy.”
So said Harold E, Stassen, for
mer Minnesota governor and can
didate for the Republican presiden
tial nomination at the Oregon press
conference banquet last night at
the Eugene hotel, in his speech on
“Struggle for Freedom.”
Stassen stated that the United
States needs to change its policy
toward Russia until Russia stops
its policy of obstruction, delay and
veto.
During 1947 the United States
shipped to Russia more industrial
machinery and electrical goods
than were sent to either England
or France. All this was done while
the Kremlin was waiting till the
United States reached an economic
crisis and burst, till the freedom
of the individual man made the
United States wide open for com
munists' infiltration, and finally till
the United States stripped itself
and became weak in military
forces, Stassen said.
Governor Stassen called upon the
press to be firm and decisive in its
attitude with renewed vigor pro
tecting and defending the individ
ual’s freedom. Stassen stated that
he was wholly in agreement with
ISA Senate Elects
Four to Fill J bs
Herb Spady, freshman in liberal
arts; Jo Rawlins, freshman in jour
nalism; and Don Davis, freshman
in business administration, were
elected freshman representatives
to the organizational committee of
the Independent Students’ associa
tion last night.
Wallace Berning was appointed
senior representative on the or
ganizational committee by Presi
dent Joe Conroy. Berning filled the
position vacated by the resignation
of Bob Merrifield.
the Taft-Hartley labor law except
with the clause stating that there
should be no direct or individual
contributions to political parties.
Stassen called upon the newsmen
gathered at the conference to as
sure the labor papers the right to
print what they wanted. “The la
bor paper should be subject only to
libel laws. Any other restriction is
a violation of the freedom of the
press.”
“I am in favor of the Marshall
plan, which would give 2,000,000
people in 16 countries a chance to
rebuild,” said S'tassen. The former
Minnesota governor spoke in be
half of a tight administration of
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Conference Sidelights
Charles Gratke, Christian Science Monitor foreign editor, featured
speaker of the Press conference, returned to the campus after 27
years in time to meet here three of his old teachers who are or soon
will be on the retired list—Professor Goodwin Thaehcr, of advertising
and short story, who retired last year, and Professor Robert C. Hall,
superintendent of the University Press, and George Turnbull, dean of
the journalism school.
Merlin Blais, Oregon ’32, in charge of public relations for the Vet
erans Administration in Portland, was among the interested listeners
in at the Press conference.
* * *
An Oregon Dad noticed among the conference visitors was M. J.
Frey, general manager of the Oregonian. His son Richard is on the
campus for his second year.
Robert Chessman, publisher of the Astorian-Budget, is on the cam
pus for the first time since leaving here as a student eight years ago.
In the meantime he did a stretch of army service in the Pacific theater.
He is the son cf the late Merle R. Chessman, former publisher, who
was graduated from the University of Oregon 39 years ago.
* * *
Another Oregon Dad on the campus is Earle Richardson, 1920 grad
uate, who is now publishing the Dallas Itemjzer-Observcr. His daugh
ter, Vivian, was a journalism student last year.
J. Wesley Sullivan, Oregon '43, who edited one of the long row of
all-American Oreganas in his senior year, is on the campus for the
conference. Now news editor of the Salem Statesman, he came down
from Salem with his managing editor, Wendell Webb.
Robert Kimball (Bob) Allen and his wife, Velma Farnham (Dusty)
Allen, who never miss a conference, are here from Seattle, where Bob
is one of the proprietors of the Penman-Neil Advertising Agency. He
is a son of Dean Eric W. Allen, founder of the school of journalism.
* * *
C. M. Brinton of the Baker Record-Courier, is combining the confer
ence with a visit to his daughter, Elizabeth Brinton, senior in biology.
His sons, Byron and James, are journalism alumni. Byron has been as
sociated with his father at Baker, and James is on the news staff of
the Bend Bulletin.
Eric W. Allen Jr., secretary to Governor Hall, was mingling with
the conference crowds. Eric is an old United Press staffer.
* * *
Roger Johnson and William Tyree of the United Press Portland
bureau, were looking around for young talent while attending confer
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Charles E. Gratke of the Christian Science Monitor; Harold Stassen, and Dean George S. Turnbull
pause for a chat before the press conference banquet. (Photo by Kirk Braun.)
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Stassen
To Speak
At Igloo
Republican Leader
To Tell Oregonians
Of American Policies
Harold E. Stassen, former gov
ernor of Minnesota and aspirant
for the Republican presidential
nomination in June, will speak to
University of Oregon students and
townspeople in McArthur court to
night at 7:30 p.m. Stassen's topic
will be “American Policies in 1948.”
A Reception at the faculty club
will follow the McArthur court
address.
Students and townspeople will
have an opportunity to meet Stau
sen at a reception from 5 p.m. to
6 p.m. this afternoon in the as
sembly room of the Eugene hotel.
This public reception is being ar
ranged by Mrs. Charles Hunting
ton, of the Lane county Republi
can women.
Receiving with Governor Stau
sen will be Ralph Cake, Republi
can national committeeman;
James Rodman, chairman of the
state central committe; Ed Banke,
chairman of the Lane county cent
ral committee and Mrs. Hunting
ton.
Assisting will be University stu
dents, Amy Lou Ware, Marguerite
John s, Sallie Timmens, Mary
Stadelman, Annie Bennett, ami
Mrs. Margaret Winslow.
Governor Stassen, who was the
first man to declare his candidacy
for the GOP nomination was born
in St. Paul, Minn, in 1907.
When Stassen was only 31 he
was elected governor of Minne
sota and obtained the adoption of
a legislative program that rep
resented improvements in state!
administration.
Stassen served as flag secretary
and aide and assistant chief of
staff under Admiral William F.
Halsey. It was during his period of
service in the navy that Franklin
D. Roosevelt selected Stassen as
one of the American delegates to
the United Nations conference at
San Francisco.
Pacific Studies
To Expand Soon
An extended study area in the
Pacific Basin studies curriculum
will go into effect next fall under
the new title, “Far Eastern studies
curriculum,” Paul S. Dull, assistant
professor of political science and
history, announced yesterday.
“Emphasis will be concentrated
on the Chinese cultural sphere,” he
explained. New inter-departmental
courses listed include two years of
Chinese languages and an anthro
pology course on the ethnography
of southern and eastern Asia.
The Far Eastern studies curricu
lum is the only interdepartmental
major offered at the University.
Under the liberal arts college, the
course offers BA and BS degrees -
in place of a degree within a spe
cific department.
Dull, who heads the Far Eastern
division, explained that the course
emphasizes a complete study area
in place of the “disciplines” offered
by regular departments.
“All of the classes contributing
to the required Far Eastern cirr
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