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,
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