"VOLUME L
Fiftieth Year of Publication and Service to the University
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. EUGENE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1!)4!)
NUMBER VS
Fuel Lack
Hits UO
This Week
Heat to Be Shut Off
‘ In Campus Buildings
Due to the critical fuel shortage,
the Physical plant department has
- announced that it will be necessary
to shut off heat in all University
buildings except the dormitories,
' the library, and the law library ov
er the week-end (from Saturday
__ noon until Monday morning) until
the shortage is alleviated.
To conserve fuel during the school
- week, faculty members aae urgent
i ly requested to turn off radiators in
I classrooms when not in use and,
** v/hen possible, to keep windows
..closed.
The supply of hogged fuel for the
University heating plant has been
"exhausted, and it has become neces
. sary to convert oil, at triple the
cost. Since storage facilities for oil
are limited, the heating plant will be
- dependent on day-to-day shipments
.by truck from Portland; delays due
to the bad state of the highways
may require emergency curtailment
of the heat output of the plant at
any time.
(Please turn to page eight)
.Candidates Asked
For Miss Vogue
Names of Miss Vogue candidates
- must be submitted by their houses
to Helen Sherman, Hendricks hall
by 5 p. m. Friday, June Goetze,
•• president of Theta Sigma Phi, jour
nalism honorary sponsoring the
contest has announced.
The 1949 fashion girl to preside
_ 'at the Theta Sigma Phi annual sil
ver tea in February will be chosen
'at a closed judging February 3.
Judges will be Norm Van Brock
Jin, Larry Lau, Larry Davidson,
Kirk Braun, Miss Rosamond Went
worth, Mrs. Grace Gordon, and June
■Goetze.
Miss Vogue will be chosen on
■poise, personality and appearance.
- The selection will not be disclosed
'until the tea and fashion show Feb
ruary 10, but all candidates, outfit
ted for the event by Russell’s de
partment store, will attend the win
ner.
Forecast Predicts
Improved Weather
Adverse weather conditions have
made highway travel difficult, but
no accidents have occurred in the
vicinity of Eugene during the past
24 hours, according to state po
lice.
Highways, which iced last night
at sub-freezing temperatures, are
expected to partially clear today as
the weather turns slightly warmer.
A release by the weather bureau
indicated that today’s weather
would be cloudy with a resulting
rise in temperature.
Meanwhile, the highway depart
ment cautioned drivers to have
chains available, particularly those
traveling north on the Portland
highway.
ISADanceOpen
To All Campus;
Greeks Invited
ISA will hold a post-game mixer
dance tonight in Gerlinger annex
from 9:30 to 12, according to an an
nouncement by president Bob Da
vis.
The dance, which will be open to
all campus students, will initiate a
new ISA policy. Party cards will be
sold at the door, not only to inde
pendents, but also to members of
Greek houses. Cards purchased by
Greeks will be marked “honorary,”
and will entitle the bearer to attend
ISA functions free of charge.
Campus clothes will be in order,
since many students will come di
rectly from the game. Committee
heads for the evening include Ray
Crumme, finance; Ray Rasmussen,
music; and Bill and Francis Link
letter, publicity.
Condensed Version
Of Play Offered
A condensed version of the Uni
versity Theater production “School
for Scandal” will be presented at
Junction City this afternoon. On
Monday, February 7 the play will
be produced for a Lebanon audience.
The only change in the original cast
ing is Pat Laxton, who will replace
Nina Sue Fernimen in the role of
Lady Teazle.
The play, praised for its simplic
ity and sincerity, will open here
February 14.
Invite Dads to Campus
IF YOU MISSED OUT on the latter-mailing contest yesterday, imi
tate Jeanne Hoffman and get your invitation to dad in the mail.
That’s the advice of Marie Lombard and Ed Anderson, Dads day
co-chairmen. The Dads’ day planners also stressed tire fact that last
minute housing for dad may be hard to find, and urged early placing
of reservations.
Zarones Combo, Gala
Show at Free Dance
E. Z. Zarones and his “men of
rhythm” will take the downbeat at
a free March of^Dimes all-campus
dance this afternoon from 3 to 5 at
Uni High School.
Also on the program are several
entertainment acts, topped with a
faculty trio consisting of Coach Jim
Aiken, Trainer Tom Hughes, and
Backfield Coach Frank Zazula. Stu
j dent entertainers will include Bar
; bara Cohn, who will sing popular
! songs accompanied by Barbara
Brockman; Russ Hale with an A1
Jolson take-off; and a skit by The
tas Donna Brennan, Leslie Tooze,
Kloh-Ann Mayer, Carolyn Parker,
and Nan 'Gaveney.
Master of ceremonies for the
event will be Yell Duke George Wat
kins, with Dime Drive Stunt Chair
man Bill Moore standing by. The
dance is to be “stag or drag.”
The dance is part of the drive
campaign, and has been planned by
Bill Plummer and Cork Mobley.
Students will be given an opportu
nity to contribute to the March of
Dimes drive, which is now nearing
its final stages.
Committees Set
For Heart Hop
The Heart Hop, sponsored annu
ally by the YWCA is scheduled for
Friday, February 11th. This dance
is a gill-ask-boy affair, and pro
gresses to five women’s living orga
nizations.
General chairmen Leslie Tooze
and Ellie Johns have released names
j of committee chairmen. They in
! elude Nancy Kuhnhausen and Jack
| ie Barbee, tickets; Donna Mary
j Brennen, promotion; Donna Fields,
decorations; Jean Armstrong, re
freshments; Anne Case and Mar
garet Edwards, King of Hearts se
lection; Bev Buckley, coronation;
Ruth Landry, posters; Ann Gillen
waters, publicity.
Each men’s living organization is
asked to choose a King of Hearts
candidate and turn in his name to
Margaret Edwards at Kappa Kap
pa Gamma or Anne Case at Pi Beta
Phi. The deadline for candidates’
names is Monday evening at 9:30.
Dismissals
Bring UW .
Criticism
f
Statement Charges
Reputation Damaged
SEATTLE, Jan. 27— (AP) Eight
University of Washington profes
sors of physics today issue*! a
signed statement protesting tho
dismissal of three of their associ
ates and the "significance” which
the action expressed.
Meanwhile, student plans for a
mass meeting in protest over the
firing by the university’s board of
regents, were laid for tomorrow af
ternoon, according to Bob Craig,
senior philosophy student.
Earlier, the resignation of Prof.
Thomas Cook of Political science
was revealed in Chicago, where he
is a visiting teacher. He was on
leave from the university here. He
said he quit because of the action,
but campus officials said he had
planned not to return, and had sold
his home and furniture here.
The eight physics professors
stated:
“That the reputation of this uni
versity has been damaged will be
recognized not only by the teach
ing profession but also by a pub
i lie that looks to its universities for
leadership against repressive forc
es that demand political orthodoxy.
“We believe the people of Wash
ington, the students and the facul
ty can, by their protests, bring
about a repudiation of this policy.”
Houseboats Not
For Icy Climate
PORTLAND, Jan. 27— (AP)—
I Ever yearn to live on a. houseboat
in a frozen river? It’s a bum idea.
Pipes that carry water to Colum
bia river houseboats' plumbing are
frozen up; holes have to be chopped
in the ice daily to handle the gar
bage disposal problem; ice has to
be chopped away from the boats
to have them from being crushed.
There are some other disadvan
tages, too, say residents along t ie
river, but Donald Frank sees the
bright side:
“Boiled snow makes the best
dishwater . . . real sudsy.”
Young Publisher Finds Bible Tale Has Meanina
By Hal Boyle
BAY, MINETTE, Ala.,—(AP)
Wayfaring preachers have savec
many souls. But only one I evei
-heard of saved a weekly newspa
per.
* He saved it for a friend of mine
.Timmv Faulkner
Hal Boyle
| publisher of th<
i Baldwin Times
And today wher
Jimmy talk;
about the Gooc
Samaritan to hi:
Sunday s c h o o
class, the old Bi
| ble tale has a spe
6 cial meaning t'
** him.
It’s quite i
story. And Jim
my is quite a story, too. At 20 hi
‘ was one of the youngest weekl;
- publishers in the country. He wa;
also at 23, as head of the Alabama
Press association, probably the
youngest ever to head a state press
group. At 24 he was reported the
youngest mayor in America.
When the war came along Jimmy
was in a position to grab for some
thing easy. But he volunteered as
a private in the air corps and be
came a B-25 bomber pilot instruc
tor.
Now at 32 he is a member of the
state Democratic executive com
1 mittee, and a rising figure in Ala
bama politics.
Jimmy is a symbol of the new
tumult in the South. He thinks the
> excitement over the race issue is
less important to the future wel
i fare of the section than the per
- manent educational and economic
; improvement of its people—blacl
’ as well as white. And he thinks
s conditions are improving rapidly
| When I first knew Jimmy we
were roommates together back at
the boarding house of Mrs. E. E.
Tydings in Columbia, Mo. Jimmy
had come to the University of Mis
souri because it had the oldest and
one of the best journalism schools
in the land, and his own state at
that time had none. Now it does
have.
He earned his way by hopping
tables and wiping dishes at the
boarding house and working in the
school library. But when Jimmy
had his education he didn’t stay
away from home—as so many
Southern boys did. He came back
home to the state of his heart.
He was 20 years old. He owed
$500 to the University of Missouri
and he couldn't find a job. Then he
heard the Weekly Baldwin County
Times was for sale here. His wid
owed mother volunteered to mort
gage her home to raise the down
payment. He bought the paper. But
it was run down. To improve it
more money had to be borrowed.
“I owed more than $12,000 be
fore I was 21,” Jimmy recalled.
‘‘The mortgages were falling due,
and I had no money to tide me
over.”
It was about this time a travel
ing preacher drove into town in a
battered old car to hold a revival.
He came into Jimmy’s office to
ask for a small news story about
the revival. He was tired and his
suit had wrinkles. He even looked
hungry, and Jimmy invited him
over to his house for breakfast.
That was the only time he saw
the preacher. But some weeks later
he received a letter from him say
ing:
"I am impressed with what you
are trying to do in your town, and
it occurred to me you might need,
some money.”
Recalling the meager appearance
of the minister, Jimmy didn’t thi ck
the man was in a position to help.
But when he answered and said ke
was in a tight spot, back canu a
check for $1,000. Later he sent an
other check for $1,000.
“Without his help I would have
lost my newspaper,” said Jimmy.
“Yet I met this man only once, and
he didn’t ask for security of any
kind. He was the angel in any life.”
Those lean years are past now.
Jimmy repaid the stranger w '.h
interest. But it taught him this
lifelong lesson:
“Kindness begets kindness. There
is no excuse for being on this earth
unless we help our fellow man. And
there is no excuse for a newspaper
unless it helps to make its com
munity better.”