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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (March 31, 1948)
4. X Eugene and vicinity: Partly cloudy B W~~jTA Honor Roll this morning with increasing cloud- LA I I I A complete list of students who iness and rain tonight. Slightly ■ I ▼ I I ■ I I I V I _ I I made last term’s honor roll ap» - warmer. ™ AmU A W.1 A^LJIJLA pears on page three. ‘ Z°LUME XLIX_ UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31. 194S ^FviWR.ml Socialist To Speak Here Soon A Norman Thomas To Address UO On 'Lasting Peace' Norman Thomas, the leader of the socialist party, who will speak ‘ on the campus next Tuesday in McArthur court, has been nomin ated by his party for the presiden cy five times—1928, 1932, 1938, 1940, and 1944. Thomas, who was called “more insidious than Debs" by Postmast er General Burleson in 1918, will speak to University students and townspeople on “The Price of Lasting Peace.” The lecture is sponsored by the assembly committee of the Uni versity. He will be introduced at 7:30 p. m. by Roy C. McCall, head of the department of speech and drama. During the 1944 presidential campaign this ardent pacifist was instrumental in having a plank concerning peace placed in the soc ialist platform. The plank asked for no ven geance against any people of the world, abandonment of imperial ism as the principle of world or ganization, dnd economic and pol itical cooperation through regional federations and an over-all world federation as opposed to a highly centralized world state. This often-defeated candidate was especially active in New York , (Please turn to page three) Work Begins On Dormitory Clearing of ground for the wom en’s dormitory to be built on Thir teenth has begun. Lyle Nelson, Uni versity director of information, said yesterday to construction is expected to begin within a month. Contract for the building was awarded March 15 to W. C. Smith, Inc., who submitted a low bid of $1,049,442. Three other firms also turned in bids for the job. The building, which is designed to house 333 girls, is expected to take a year to build. Although bids last July were re jected because they were too high, the one turned in by W. C. Smith, Inc., was below the board’s esti mate of $1,500,000. Plans and speci fications were altered since rejec tion of the July bids. A. G. Rushlight & Co. was the lowest of four on mechanical work with a bid of $188,270. W. R. Grasle was low among nine on electrical work with $55,820. All low bidders were Portland firms. AT. tne same lime as uie uunumg committee’s action, the finance committee accepted a bid by the state bond commission on $1,800, 000 of bonds to finance the struc ture. The interest rate on the issue will be 2% per cent on bonds ma turing during the first 16 years and 3 per cent on bonds maturing after May 1, 1967. At the same meeting, the state ■ board of higher education approved final plans and specifications for the addition to the music school. * -r Bids will be opened April 23. At Long Last . . . Erh Memorial Originators To Break Ground This Spring Members of the class of '23, orig inators of the drive for a student union building, will break the ground for the Erb Memorial Union building June 11 when they will hold a reunion on the twenty-fifth Glee Chairmen Announced by Steve Button Committee chairmanships for the Frosh Glee were announced re cently by Steve Button, freshman in liberal arts, general chairman. The freshman dance is scheduled1 for April 10. Assisting Button will be Wes Robinson, freshman in ar chitecture arid allied arts; Barbara Stevenson, freshman in liberal arts; and Barbara Richter, fresh man in architecture and allied arts. Heading the decoration commit tee is Carol Fallin, freshman in liberal arts. Connie Jackson, fres man in journalism, and Jo Raw iins, freshman in journalism, are co-chairmen of the publicity com ■ mittee. Ed Peterson, freshman in liberal arts, and Ann Gillenwaters, freshman in liberal arts, are co chairmen of promotion. In charge of ticket sales is Eve Overback, freshman in liberal arts. Sally Terril, freshman in music, heads the program committee. Maryen Roberts, freshman in music, is chairman of the clean-up committee; Barbara Richter is in charge of the finances; and. Kelly Farris, freshman in ■ liberal arts, heads the entertainment commit tee. The orchestra has not yet been revealed by Button and’ his assis tants. Information on ticket sales will be announced in tomorrow’s Emerald. Freshman class officers are Steve Button, president; Wes Rob inson, vice president; Barbara Stevenson, secretary; and Barbara Richter, treasurer. Positions Open Until Thursday Petitions for general chairman and committee chairmen o f Mother’s Weekend will be accepted until Thursday at 5 p. m., Bobbie Fullmer, second, vice president of the ASUO, announced yesterday. These should be turned in to Miss Fullmer at the Alpha Omicron Pi house. At the same time Miss Fullmer will accept petitions for first vice president of the ASUO. A student to qualify for this position must have 129 hours of University credit, have a 2.00 grade point av erage for the preceeding term, a 2.00 cumulative GPA, and have at tended the University for three terms, Miss Fullmer said. No Tickets This Term Athletic ticket books will not be issued this term, the athletic de partment announced yesterday. Students will be admitted to ath letic events on their spring term registration card. I anniversary of their graduation. The reunion will last through June 13. Paul Patterson, a Hillsboro at torney, who was president of his class, is in charge of arrangements for the event. Other members of the committee are Ernest Hayeox, attendance; Leith Abbott, pro gram; and Aulis Anderson Calla way, class secretary. Members of the ^attendance committee have been appointed on a geographical basis. They are headed by John MacGregor, New York City; Palmer Hoyt, Denver; J. C. Allen, Jr., Seattle; Mrs. Charles Huggens, Salem; Stanley Goddell, Portland; and Walter Memphy, San Francisco. Plans last fall had called for the ground to be broken for the build ing at Homecoming, but members of the class requested that the event be held up until their reunion. Final plans and specifications on the $400,000 building are now be ing made. According to present es timates, the call for bids will be issued by late spring or early sum mer. Construction is expected to begin in late summer or fall. The Erb Memorial Union building will be constructed on University street .between Thirteen th and Fif teenth. Several buildings including University house will have to be torn down before construction can begin. Ernest Hayeox, president of the Oregon alumni association, was na tional chairman of the recent fund drive. Chandler Beall Heads Journal Comparative literature, a new quarterly scholarly journal, will be published at the University of Oregon under the editorship of Chandler B. Beall, professor of Romance languages. The journal will be published with the cooperation of the com parative literature section of the Modern Language Association of America. Emphasizing the international aspects of literary history, the pub lication will try to show the re lationsship between the various national literatures, Dr. Beall said. Articles by American and Eur opean scholars will be published in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. The Modern Langu age Association of America be lieves that the journal will "fulfill a widely-felt need in modern scholarship.” Early this month Comparative Literature, under consideration for several years, became official with the approval of the University graduate school and publications committee. Dr. Beall first present ed the plan to President Newburn last summer. werner r. rriearicn, university of North Carolina is associate ed itor. The editorial board includes Helmut Hatzfeld, Catholic univer sity; Victor Lange, Cornell univer sity; Harry Levin, Harvard uni versity; Austin Warren, University of Iowa; and Rene’Wellek, Yale university. Cornell Successor HOWARD LEMONS Lemons Resigns ASUO Position; Takes New Job Howard Lemons, senior in econ omics, has resigned his position as ASUO vice-president to assume new duties as athletic business manager. He replaces Anson B. Cornell who resigned the job March 1 to enter private business after serving the University since 1936. The appointment will become ef fective July 1, it was announced by Leo Harris, athletic director. Lemons has been working at his new job on a part time basis and will continue to do so during spring term. , “It was with regret that I found it necessary to resign my position as vice-president,” Lem ons stated, “but I feel that it is better to give my full attention to my new job rather than divide my time and effort between the two.” Council to Act Action on the vacated position of vice-president will be taken at the next executive council meeting, ac cording to Barbara Fullmer, sec ond vice-president. Petitions will probably be called for and the sel ection made from those filed. Lemons, who lives at Campbell Club, has been active in student affairs on the campus, having ser ved as ISA president, and on the educational activities board. He was a member of Druids, junior men’s honorary, and now belongs to Friars, senior men's honorary. “We feel that we have made a » valuable addition to our athletic staff,” Harris commented. “Lem ons is capable and we are glad that he has accepted the position.” Music Honomries Plan Program « A program of contemporary American music, to bo presented April 11 at 4 pan. in the auditor ium of the University school of music, is being planne by Phi Beta, women's national music and drama organization, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, men’s national music fra ternity, it was announced yester day. Featured on the program will be solo and ensemble music, both vo cla and instrumental which will be performed by members of the two local chapters. Members of the student body and townspeople are invited to attend. 700 Cadets To Parade Saturday Freedom Train Arrival Climaxes Rededication Week Over 700 University ROTC ca dets will parade down Willamette street Saturday morning to cele brate the arrival of the Freedom Train in Eugene, Colonel Frank R. Maerdian, head of the military sci ence department, said yesterday. The train is sponsored by the American Heritage Foundation, a group of prominent American citi zens, with the purpose of reminding the public that “freedom is a con tinuing struggle.” Documents Numerous The 121 historical documents on display within the train include im portant original documents from World War II and the American Revolution, documents which re cord the landmarks in the gaining of civil rights, such as freedom of the press and religion, freedom from servitude, the right of habeas corpus and jury trial, the right to vote without regard to race or col or, and one document which treats of international organization. Money for the nationwide train trip is provided by private sources. Each city which the Freedom Train visits is supposed to contribute two cents for each resident. Contribu tions may also be given, and a spe cial bowl stands near the train, which usually collects from $200 to $500 a day. Assembly Time Listed The corps will join civic and vet erans’ organizations at 9:15 a.m. at Willamette and Thirteenth, streets. The parade will end at Wil lamette and Fifth street and the corps will return in formation to ROTC headquarters for dismissal. Cadets having Saturday classes between eight and eleven a.m. will be excused from them by direction of the president’s office. The corps will fall in under arms at 8:45 a.m. Saturday in front of ROTC headquarters. Cadet officers’ call will be at 8:30 a.m.' The last drill period of the term will be eliminated as the parade will count as a regular drill period. Avery Announces Enrollment Drop Registration for spring term to taled 4,745 students yesterday, aS ter 867 completed enrollment Mon day and 394 registered yesterday, Registrar Curtis E. Avery report ed. Students registering during the three-week advance registration period totaled 3.484. This year's total to date com pared with 5,055 enrollees at the end of the second day of school last spring term. Present enrollment is still 904 below that of winter term, when 5,649 students registered, and 541 less than the total for spring term, 1947, Avery reported. The registrar said he could see no reason for a smaller enrollment this term than that of last year, indicating that less than 500 stu dents have yet to I’egister.