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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1949)
Dr. Wengert To Preside At Conference Dr. E. S. Wengert, head of the po litical science department, has been invited to preside as chairman of a series of round table discussions to be held by the Northwest Political Science association at its annual conference at Whitman College in Walla Walla, April 23 and 24. “The Report of the Hoover Com mission” will be the subject of the round table group which Dr. Wen gert will head. It is expected that the meetings will be informal, wi th out the reading of set speeches, with the emphasis on discussion. The Whitman college conference will attract instructors from Ore gon, Washington, British Colum bia, and Idaho. One of several reg ional meetings of the American Po litical Science association, the Whitman conference will create an opportunity to get together for members who would not be able to attend a national conference, Dr. Wengert said. Truman Speech Hit by Wallace NEW YORK, Jan. 20—(AP)— Henry Wallace said tonight Presi dent Truman’s inaugural address asked the nation to prepare for "a war against almost half of the peo ple of the globe.” The former progressive party presidential candidate said in a statement that the president’s ad dress “comes closer to a declara tion of war than the inaugural ad dress of any peacetime president in our history.” UO Speakers Win First, Second in Forensic Meet Kelly Farris, sophomore in pre law, won first place in the men’s division of the state after-dinner speaking contest of the Intercolle giate Forensic association of Ore gon held in Portland Wednesday. Second place in the women’s divi sion was captured by Dorothy Orr, junior in business administrattion, another Oregon student. “How to Think Like an Ameri can Big Shot” was the title of Far ris’ winning speech. Miss Orr chose “There’s No Parting There” as her subject. General topics for the ten-minute speeches were, for the men, “American Big and Little Shots” and “American Complexes” for the women. During his freshman year Kelly took second place in the same For ensic association contest. He was state high school after-dinner champion before entering the Uni versity. Holding the title of women’s state high school oratory champion during her senior year in high school, Miss Orr has since won first places in the women’s after-dinner speech contest of the Western Speech association at Whitman col lege and in the junior women's ora tory tournament at Linfield col lege. Second place in the women’s di vision was taken by Priscilla Do ble, Pacific college, and third by Barbara Lement, Linfield college. Kenneth Bates, Linfield college, took second and Hu Ellingsworth, Pacific university, third place in the men’s division. Accompanying the University speakers was E. R. Nichols, assist ant professor of speech, who is in charge of training speakers par ticipating in the eight yearly For ensic association contests. Forensic association members, other than Oregon, represented in the contest were: Lewis and Clark college, Willamette university, Pa cific university, University of Port land, Pacific college, Linfield col lege and Oregon State college. The Portland Rose Toastmistress club and the Gavel club of the Portland Junior Chamber of Com merce served as co-sponsors of the contest. Judging the contests were one speech coach from each of the at tending schools and panels from both the Toastmistress and Gavel clubs. First prize was $15. Second prize was $7.50. GOP Selects , Wahlers Prexy The Young Republicans elected Art Wahlers, senior in business ad ministration, president of the cam pus organization Wednesday. Beldon Owens was elected vice president, and Betty Lagomarsino. Three new directors elected are Rod Dickenson, Bill Hempy, and Leslie Tooze. Only one of the five standing committee chairmen was named at Wednesday's meeting, with Betty Lagomarsino appointed to head the publicity committee. Other chairmanships will be announced at the next meeting. Variety Offered On Radio Hour Music, commentary and drama will be presented today at 4 p. m. on the University hour. “Something For You,” produced by Jesse Litten, will have Oregon student Stan Smith, a Burl Ives type ballad singer, for fifteen min utes of entertainment. Smith has a varied repertoire, and accompanies himself on the guitar. In a 15-minute interview follow ing "Something For You,” Keith Harry will interview Dr. L. F. Beck, associate professor of psychology. A drama in the vein of light com edy, produced and written by Helen Sigismund will be broadcast at 4:30 p. m. “I Only Follow” stars Anne McGeorge as Mary, and Marv Hor enstein takes the male lead as John Peters. Norman Lamb, Jane Clark, Marjorie Truchon, and Tom Pan ages are also cast. Assistant pro ducer in charge of sound and music is Jack Vaughn. The plot involves the trials of two — Radio Honorary Holds Meeting The new campus radio honorary discussed future plans at its first business meeting in the Radio Ex tension building, January 19. An official membership card was made out, and it was decided that all students who entered the hon orary winter term would be con sidered charter members. Requirements for membership is a 2.5 grade point accumulative in courses allied with radio, and it was voted that all speech courses, radio advertising, radio newswrit ing, and radio news programming courses would be considered as “allied” with radio. The group has not yet decided on an official name, and members have decided to wait until a larger group is assembled to vote. young working girls, Peggy and Mary apartment-hunting in San Francisco and the added complicaT tions of a young nephew and boy friends, GOING TO A DANCE? 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