VOLUME L
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1049
NUMBER 77
Truman No's
Russian Trip
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2—(AP) —
The United States today rejected
Premier Stalin’s bid for a “peace”
talk with President Truman behind
the iron curtain.
The new secretary of state, Dean
Acheson, stated the U. S. position
emphatically at a news conference,
in which he indirectly accused the
Soviet leader of playing politics
with peace hopes of hundreds of
millions of people.
Acheson blasted the Russian
leadership on the ground that it
had consistently blocked all efforts
in the United Nations looking to
ward disarmament, control of the
atom bomb, and creation of a U. N.
police force.
The White House stood by its
stand that President Truman would
be willing to see Stalin—in Wash
ington. But Acheson emphasized
that, even in Washington, there
would be no discussions which left
other interested nations out in the
cold.
Stalin claimed that his health
would not permit him to travel
abroad, so the matter apparently
had reached a dead end.
Acheson came to his news con
ference primed to reply, in detail,
to Stalin’s latest moves—moves
which many Washington officials
regard as jockeying for advantag
ous propaganda position in the cold
war.
Referring to voluminous notes,
Acheson replied point by point to
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Prof Selected
As Arbitrator
Dr. P. L. Kleinsorge, associate
professor of economics, announced
today that he has been selected as
arbitrator of a labor dispute be
tween Libby, McNeil and Libby Co.
and the Portland local of the Food
processors and Cannery Workers
Union, which is part of the Inter
national Woodworkers of America,
a CIO affiliate.
“In an affair of this kind,” Dr.
Kleinsorge explained, “if a dispute
cannot be resolved, the parties in
volved apply to the federal media
tion and counseling service, which
gives them a list of five people in
this area who might act as media
tors. In this case, my name was
chosen, which was something of a
compliment.”
This dispute, Kleinsorge said, is
about seniority, covered under Sec
tion 5 of the labor-management
contract. The contract itself, still
in effect, is now about a year old,
he added.
Deadline Nears for
Dad's Day Signs
Only one more day to get those
Dads’ Day welcoming signs tack
ed up in front of all the living
organizations! The signs should
be two dimensional, simple, col
orful, and cost no more than
$6.00, says Mo Turner, chairman
of the committee.
Judging will begin at 4 p.m.
Friday afternoon and the cup will
be awarded at the Washington
Oregon basketball game that
night.
Fogdall Says
Frat Grades
Going Up
More fraternities were above the
all mens scholastic average last
term than any term since the war,
Vergil S. Fogdall, director of men’s
affairs, revealed yesterday.
Ten houses were above the men's
GPA, as opposed to seven, five, and
five in fall, winter, and spring
terms 1946-47; nine, eight, and six
in 1947-48.
Fogdall commended one house in
particular, which has gone from a
1.81 GPA in fall term, 1947, up each
term to a 2.33 last term.
“Any house which is providing
satisfactory living conditions for its
men, which is encouraging the
scholastic success of its members in
the University, and which is living
in such a way as to merit commen
dation ’for good citizenship is a fra
ternity which will rate the highest
respect on the part of any college
administrator,” Fogdall said in a
congratulatory letter to the frater
nities.
The ten houses were, in order:
Kappa Epsilon; Theta Chi; Phi Del
Delta Upsilon, Phi Kappa Psi; Tau
ta Theta; Sigma Phi Epsilon; Sig
ma Chi; Pi Kappa Alpha; Sigma
Alpha Mu, and Lambda Chi Alpha.
Marriage Lectures
End Tonight at Y
Discussing the subject “Life
With Children,” Mrs. Jack Staf
ford of Eugene will present the
final lecture in the series entitled
“Majoring in Marrriage” tonight
at 7 in the YMCA.
Well known for her work in
child studies, Mrs. Stafford re
ceived her master’s degree from
Vassar, and studied under Mary
Shattock Fisher, nationally recog
nized author in the field.
Mrs. Stafford’s talk which will
be followed by an open discussion
period, will conclude the series
being sponsored by the YMCA
and the sophomore commission of
the YWCA.
State Education Board
Makes Several Changes
Judges to Pick
Miss Vogue
Winner Today
Twenty-six “Miss Vogue of 1949“
candidates will pass before judges
today at 4 p.m. in Alumni hall.
The winner will be presented
Thursday, February 10 at the an
nual silver' tea sponsored by the
campus chapter of Theta Sigma
Phi, women's professsional jour
nalism fraternity. Her name will
not be disclosed until that date.
Judges at the elimination this af
ternoon are Barbara Davis, grad
uate student in physical education;
June Goetze, president of the Theta
Sigma Phi chapter; Mrs. Gordon,
Russell's department store; Larry
Lau; Larry Davidson; Kirk Braun;
and Norm Van Brocklin.
Candidates for the title are:
Nancy Chase, Alpha Chi Omega;
Frances Baldwin, Alpha Delta PI;
Nadine Hall, Alpha Gamma Delta;
Beverly Hein, Alpha hall; Elaine
Nemerovsky, Alpha Omicron Pi;
Carol Udy, Alpha Phi; Dolores
Thomt«i»—Alpha Xi ri,l1t'f •waani1
Shirley Anderson, Ann Judson
house.
Paula Castle, Chi Omega; Dale
Smith, Delta Delta Delta; Janice
Reid, Delta Gamma; Diane Barn
hart, Delta Zeta; Ellen Wheeler,
Gamma hall; Elaine Sherwood,
Gamma Phi Beta; Rilda Steigleder,
Hendricks hall; Amelia Diamant,
Highland house; and Joan LaRue,
Kappa Alpha Theta.
Leslie Palfrey, Kappa Kappa
Gamma; Joan Carr, Pi Beta Phi;
Roberta Ward, Orides; Jackie Bri
ley, Rebec house; Jean Dayl, Sigma
Kappa; Esther Abraham, Univer
sity house, LaVelle Powers, Zeta
hall; and Ruth Wilson, Zeta Tau
Alpha.
UO Hospital Gifts
Acknowledged
With Kappa Alpha Theta soror
ity as the largest contributor, Ore
gon living groups donated over 350
Christmas gifts for veterans’ hos
pitals last December.
A letter acknowledging this gen
erosity was recently received by
Helen McKetridge, campus Red
Cross chairman, from the Roseburg
hospital where the gifts were dis
tributed.
Reception for Little Colonels Tonight
Women’s living organization can
didates for Military Ball Little Col
onel were announced yesterday by
Gordon Allbright, Little Colonel se
lection chairman for the ball.
Girls named for the competition
were Marilyn McFarlane, Alpha
Chi Omega; Lois Heagle, Alpha
Delta Pi; Jo Ann Jarvis, Alpha
Gamma Delta; Nancy Bastwick,
Alpha Hall; Mary Lou Sexton, Al
pha Omicron Pi; Beverly Zamsky,
Alpha Phi; Ann Kostol, Alpha Xi
Delta.
Other candidates included Joan
Newman, Chi Omega; Jo Bjelland,
Delta Delta Delta; Gay Williams,
Delta Gamma; Pat Husband, Delta
Zeta; Rae Nassholm, Gamma Hall;
Gen Thompson, Gamma Phi Beta;
Betty Harand, Hendricks hall;
Adelle Buchanan, Highland House;
Patti Campbell, Kappa Alpha The
I ta.
Georgianne Balaam was named
■ by Kappa Kappa Gamma; Ella Mae
Kelly, Orides; Roberta Tussing, Pi
Beta Phi; Jackie Briley, Rebec
House; Linda Pedron, Sigma Kap
pa; Betty Ruth Hunter, Universi
ty House; Betty Green, Zeta Hall;
and Delores Freidrick, Zeta Tau
Alpha.
A formal reception will be held
tonight at 6:30 in Gerlinger hall by
Scabbard and Blade for all Little
Colonel candidates. Eight captains
will be chosen from among the can
didates, and the Little Colonel will
be named at the Military Ball, Feb
ruary 26.
Decide Against JC,
Tuition Fees Fixed
Last weeks Portland meeting of the state board of higher
education brought about several changes in the Oregon educa
tional system.
Hoard members advised against establishment of a junior
college at Portland at present, citing the need for emergency
construction on other campuses. Although there are funds in ex
cess of $24 million designated for construction, at least half of
this is emergency, and the
hoard felt that present needs
should be met before any new
projects are undertaken.
It was pointed out that edu
cational needs in Portland are
being partially met bv Yanport,
which will be in operation for at
least another year. Night classes
and extension courses are also of
fered in the Portland area.
In addition to its recommenda
tion on the junior college, the board
moved to fix fees at $55 for full
time students, thus eliminating all
incidental laboratory and course
fees. The change is to go into effect
at a designated future date.
Dormitory rates will remain vir
tually unchanged, according to a
board decision. An exception to this
decision is the summer session,
which is being changed to an eight
week calendar.
Gifts of $78,486.50 to the state
system were accepted at the meet
ing. Largest gift was $25,000 from
the U. S. public health service for
cancer research at the medical
school in Portland. Scholarships
were established for students in
tending to become elementary
school teachers.
A number of UO faculty changes
were made, including the appoint
ment of Dr. Ewart M. Baldwin, as
sistant professor of geology, as cur
ator of the Condon museum; Curtis
E. Avery as director of the E. C.
Brown trust and professor of edu
cation; Dr. Henry N. Wieman as
visiting professor of philosophy;
Mark R. Grieve to the position of
professor of business administra
tion and Dr. Lowell Jones as assist
ant professor of biology.
Aardvarks See
Snow Flurries,
Early Spring ?
Another bout of cold was fore
cast by the weather bureau today,
and not even the groundhog coaid
dispute it.
The animal would have emerged
from his lair yesterday to see noth
ing but clouds and snowflakes: a
j traditional portent of spring.
| “But there isn’t any groundhog,”
lamented Portland zoo director
Jack Marks. “They don't live in
Oregon. So the fact that he would
n't have seen his shadow doesn’t
help a bit.”
Groundhog day, when legend
says cloudy weather means spring
is coming soon, arrived simultan
eously with another snowfall. An
inch and a half fell in Portland
during the morning, but thawed
quickly during the afternoon.
Snow flurries were forecast for
most of the state. Clouds hung so
thickly over eastern Oregon that
“Operation Haylift” was grounded.
A national guard plane was unable
to leave La Grande to drop baled
hay to snowbound deer and elk.
Along Mill Creek road, near La
grande, hungry deer were develop
ing dangerously expensive tastes.
Orchardists said the animals were
devouring whole trees in cherry
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Oregon Alumni Write Opera,
Jan Peerce Sings it in Portland
Alex Tamkin, an Oregon gradu
ate of 1930, and his brother, Dave,
have written an opera, “The Dyb
buk,” which will be performed for
the first time anywhere by the
Portland Symphony orchestra and
the Metropolitan tenor, Jan Peeree,
in the Portland civic auditorium on
Monday, February 7.
The idea of writing an opera
first came upon the brothers while
they were attending Lincoln high
school in Portland, where Alex was
studying writing and Dave, com
position and the violin.
In the early 190’s, after Alex re
ceived his degree from the Univer
sity, he joined Dave, who was scor
ing music for a San Francisco ra
dio station, in Menlo Park, Cali
f-ornia. Here the two began work
on their opera, taken from S. Hu
sky’s play, “The Dybbuk."
After spending a year on the
first draft and another polishing
up tlie score and libretto, the bro
thers finished their opera in 1932.
Progress in the second year was
hampered by an argument between
the two. Alex wanted to stress dra
matic quality and Dave wished to
emphasize musical content and
timing.
Now, partially through the in
terest of Jan Peetce, the Portland
Symphony and its conductor, Wer
ner Janssen, the opera written by
this Oregon graduate and his bro
ther will be heard for the first
time.