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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 16, 1948)
Friends Committee Secretary Speaks This Noon; Topic: "Are Our Civil Liberties In Danger'" All Invited Speaking on “Are our civil liber ties in danger?”, E. Raymond Wil son will talk to YWCA and YMCA members and other students at the YW bungalow today at noon. Wilson, who has been executive secretary of the Friends committee on national legislation since its or ganization in 1943, has spent his ca reer days as educational secretary of the peace section of the American Friends Service committee and has served as dean of faculties for the educational programs in 11 institut es of international relations in vari ous parts of the United States. His experiences include five years residence in Washington follow ing developments in Congress, a year’s study in Japan, four extend ed trips to Europe including two vis its to Russia, and fourteen years of travelling, speaking, and organizing in the American peace movement. Sent by the American Friends Service committee to England, France, Italy, Switzerland, he and Spotlight on Games (Continued, from page one) their annual Civil War battle with Oregon State, and California enter tains Stanford to compete for the Stanford axe. Both teams must win to maintain undefeated status, and this would end the season with the schools tied for the PCC champion ship. Conference officials are going ahead wih plans for the telegraphic ! poll, scheduled immediately follow ing Saturday’s games. Faculty rep resentatives from each of the ten members schools will vote, the final outcome to be announced Monday morning. Support for the playoff game has come from all quarters, with the press in both the northern and southern sections favoring arange ment of the gam.e. The Northern California Football Writers’ association voted 17-3 for a playoff. The Southern Califor- j nia Football Writers’ association urged that the game be played in the Rose Bowl at Pasadena Novem * ber 27. This group favored Oregon as the Bowl choice in a 21-6 vote. Northwest newspapers have ad vocated the game, and Victor O. Schmidt, Conference Commission er, said there was no conference rule against such a playoff. Jeff Cravath, Coach of the South ern California team which was beat en by both California and Oregon, said he would give Oregon the edge in any playoff because of Oregon’s great passer, Norm Van Brocklin. He added, however, that he did not expect a playoff, and predicted CaS ifornia and Northwestern would wind up in the Rose Bowl. UO Student Wives To Give Potluck Dames, an organization com posed of wives of University stu dents, invites all married students to a potluck supper and social meeting at the Episcopal church annex at 6. "This is a fine opportunity for married couples to get acquainted with one another,” said Mildred Perdue, a member of the group. Dancing another entertainment is planned by Dames. Each couple attending is asked by Mrs. Perdue to bring a dish of food—“anything they like. A portable electric drilling rig, said to be capable of saving $5,000 in the drilling of a single oil well, has been developed to fit a truck and trailer. A stately New England elm at the height of summer has as many as 7,000,000 leaves, says the Bart lett Tree Expert Co. Erroll T. Elliott carried greetings of the Religious Society of Friends in the United States to the peoples of war-torn Europe. He also spent two summers in Europe as a mem E. R. Wilson E RAYMOND WILSON, execu tive secretary of the Friends com mittee on national legislation, will speak on “Are Civil Liberties in Danger.” ber of a seminar which made an in tensive study of political and eco nomic problems in England, France, Germany, Italy, and several others. While taking graduate work at Columbia University, he was award ed the Japanese Brotherhood scholarship by Japanese students in America. This scholarship is de signed as a gesture of goodwill to the people of the United States by giving an American student an op portunity to live in close contact with Japanese thought and life for a year. While there, he visited rural communities, schools, mission sta tions, and historic places, living part of the time with a Japanese family and later at the Imperial University at Tokio. Wilson graduated from Iowa State college at Ames and received his master’s degree in vocational education while serving as assist ant secretary of the YMCA. Later he was granted a Roberts Fellow ship for three years' study at Teach ers college, Columbia University. He has been elected a member of Alpha Zeta, Gamma Sigma Delta, Phi Kappa Phi, and Phi Delta Kap pa, honorary and professional so cieties. Lawther to Speak All YWCA members are urged to attend the open membership nteeting at the Gerlinger alumni room from 6:30 to 7:30 Thursday night, President Laura Olson an» nounced. 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