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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (March 2, 1948)
- Visitor to Give Added Courses Spring Quarter Two courses in the department - of religion for spring term will be .taught by Dr. Henry N. Wieman. professor of the philosophy of rel igion .University of Chicago, who -will be visiting professor of reli gion for the term. Dr. Paul B. Means, head of the department of 'religion, yesterday explained the . courses. One course, “Philosophy of Rel igion,” numbered R-323, will be • scheduled at 11 a. m. Monday, ^Wednesday and Friday. The other, 1 “Contemporary Crisis in Our Civ ilization,” R 464, is scheduled for -3 p. m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and is expected to prove a popular course, both for audit and ‘credit, Dr. Means said. Doctor Wieman, who recently finished a book on the subject, has outlined the latter course as fol - lows: [ - 1. Can our civilization survive: the cycle of civilization. 2. Can our civilization survive: ' the maturity of a civilization. 3. Can our civilization survive: | the problem of survival. The course will be open to up per division students, graduate * students, and townspeople- wjio , may care to register for audit. It will deal with the various theories of the nature of the development - and decline of civilization as set forth in Oswald Spengler, Brooks Adams, Gordon Childe and Arnold Toynbee. "* Conditions under which devel - opment and decline occur will be dealt with in the course. Atempt will be made to apply the above principles to the problem of con temporary civilization. Residents and visitors of Keno sha, Wis., contribute between eight and nine tons of pennies and nick „ els each year to parking meters. The Ohio State museum and his toric sites in the state attracted 1,349,802 visitors during 1947. NOW THRU WED. Cartoon — News 7_nave_7 . Starts Thurs., Mar. 4 I | Insurance Movie | Slated for Students A motion picture showing the operation of an insurance company will be shown at 11 p. m., March 11 in the Commerce building Karl W. Onthank. dean of personnel admin istration, has announced. It will be open to members of insurance classes and all others interested. The movie will be shown in con junction with the interviewing of applicants for insurance jobs by Wayne W. Thompson of the North American companies. Thompson, assistant director of training school in Philadelphia, will be looking for men interested in the property and casualty insurance fields, Onthank said. Those qualifying will be given six months training in the school at Philadelphia, with transporation paid, accomodations found by the back, if the applicant should be un successful. WORLD HEADLINES HELSINKI, Finland, March 1— The conservative party announced its opposition to negotiations of a Russo-Finnish military alliance to day a few hours after President Juho K. Paasikivi discussed the proposed pact in a secret session with Finland’s top political and military leaders. ATLANTA, Ga., March 1— Democratic leaders Of South Car olina and Tennessee today turned thumbs down on President Tru man as the party’s 1948 candi date for the White House. At the same time, the Missis sippi Democratic committee voted to withdraw from the party’s nominating convention in June unless it pledged itself to fight MEALS CAFETERIA STYLE — We serve breakfast, | lunch and dinner Open 7 a. m. to 7 p. m. Buy a meal ticket and save — $5.50 for $5.00 KAMPDS KAFETERIA 1249 Alder “anti-southern” laws — that is President Truman’s civil rights program. The Criunp forces, headed by| Sen. Kenneth D. McKclIar, led the fight against Mr. Truman at the Chicago convention in 1944 when the late President Roose velt wanted him for vice-presi dent. Mr. Truman was nominated but the Tennessee delegation held but until the bitter end. NEW YORK, March 1—Thir ty-year-old seaman Filipe Torres couldn’t take the juke box tune that goes “bongo, bongo bbngo” another time. To prove he wasn’t fooling, Torres early today shot a young girl fancier of the stong, a i^—— bartender who tried to intervene and finally—after a running gun battle with police—was shot him self. PITTSBURGH. March 1—A “stu dents for Wallace" rally at Carne gie lecture hall was nearly broken up today by the boos, catcalls, and heckling of Pitt and Duqucsnc uni versity students. Police stemmed off what may have turned into a riot, which threatened when pro Wallace speakers invited Wallace opponents to take the stand. Scores of students hurtled over chairs in a race to the platform, but the police, armed with riot clubs, staved them off and made them mount one by qne. Just Arrived "KED" GYM SHOES All sizes 8-12 $4.85 Our quota for spring term was 60 pairs, so hurry and buy your pair, TODAY. Uof O “Co-op” Chapman Uall Be with the MOW YOU CAN BECOME A MEMBER OF THE CITIZEN MARINES ' . ' Yes, now the Citizen Marine Corps (Re serve) is opening its membership to young men between the age of 17 and 32, both veterans and non-veterans. This organization is the civilian branch of the famous U. S. Marines whose accomplishments and proud traditions are written in history. If you wish, you may receive the well known Marine training under competent in structors; obtain high school and college credits, or training in a trade. You are invited to engage in sports, recreation, parties and dances. You may even be paid to visit Virginia, Southern California or North Carolina with other young men from your .community during the summer. It is possible to earn from $157 to $350 per year in your spare time, depending on your rank (reservists receive promotions!). All this, and you're still a civilian! So, if you want to share the prestige and tradition of the finest, phone or visit your local Marine Reserve Headquarters. There is a spot for you. 41 W. dth Ave., hugene Or See Lt. TACK L. BILLINGS, Rm, 3, Journalism