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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1949)
Columnist Tells State j - (Continued from page si.r) galleries this is what usually hap pens : ■ * At 10 o'clock the meeting is 1 convened, roll is called and some , one asks for announcements— this is the fatal mistake. Every one seems to have an announce - ment about some social affair « that afternoon, night or week. This vital business over . . . the meeting is adjourned until two - o’clock that afternoon. Such “go . ings on” leave many a visitor in a state of confusion when he "* tries to figure out how anything * is ever accomplished by the legis _ lature. Of course, the answer is simple. | * Most of it is done in committee * meetings, in hotel rooms and of . course at the inevitable dinners, receptions, and cocktail parties "* to which the public is, of course, *■ not invited. Blood Condition j Lecture Given A large number of persons j ;urned out Tuesday night to hear j Dr. K. D. McMilan, local patholo gist, speak on “The Rh Factor in Blood.” Dr. McMilan described the find ings of a recent conference at Stanford university, as well as not ing the general medical signifi cance of the Rh factor. According to Dr. McMilan, Rh factor, which was discovered in 1940, is of use in obstetrics and transfusions. It is a frequent cause of still birth, and can prove fatal if a person with Rh negative blood is given transfusions of Fdi positive blood more than once. A corrected fault is a profitable gain. Vocalist to Give Recital Tonight Claire Lewis, senior in music, will present a recital this evening, at 8 o'clock in the music school auditorium. Accompanied by Margaret Ad kins, Miss Lewis will be heard in a four group program including numbers by Massenet, Rossini, Strauss, and Ravel. Miss Lewis is well known on the Oregon campus, having appeared as soloist with the University con cert band and on many radio oroad casts. She was heard in the music school's production of "The Beg gar’s Opera" last year and is at present preparing for the lead ir "The Telephone,” a contemporarj one-act opera to be given this j spring. Today’s Staff DAY MANAGER: Joan Wagenblast SOLICITORS: Pat Finnegan Shirley Dalton Kathy Newman Shirley Hilliard LAYOUT STAFF: Barbara Williams CAMPUS CALENDAR Newman club council will nice | upstairs at the Side at 4 p.m. Phi Beta will meet at 6:30 p.m ! at the Alpha Delta Pi house. Plymouth club regular Thursda; ■ noon luncheon at the Congrega ! tional church. All University stu i dents are welcome. Petitions Due For YW Offices v-i • ... » __: 4 ,, .1 Ki y. v Electoral positions and cabinet positions are open for petition the YWCA and all interested raib.t obtain a petition at the Y and sign up for a personal interview as soo \ as possible, according to Laura G1 son, president. The electoral positions will close at noon January 22. They include president, vice president, secretary,, treasurer, and sophomore and up perclass commission heads. Cabinet. I positions include membership, in - ternational affairs, public affairs, worship, social, junior advisors, sc - [ vice, publicity, posters, flying speech, public relations, house anti conference. IN THE STILL OE THE NICHT A MAM DIED - He had worked late—he was tired—thoughtlessly he walked to the right along the darkened highway. Beyond the turn of the road were the lights of home. Speeding through the early darkness, a driver urged his car along, hugging the edge of the road. A dim shape, a sudden sicken ing jolt — and the terrorized driver, his car careening, sped .on — around the curve, past the lighted cottage beside.the road. And in the still of the night, a man died. These are the ingredients of accidents and death at night. Often the victim contributes to his own death by not walking to the left, facing traffic. But far too many pay with their lives for. the reckless driving of the hit-and-run car coward. To him self-preservation is more urgent than the saving of a life. To his kind let this be a warning. Of all highway and traffic vio lators, the hit-and-run driver fares worst. Sooner or later, his crime leads to prison and disgrace. The highways shall be cleared of these auto highwaymen.