SU Building
Progresses
Rapidly
Construction on the new student
union building is divided into the
areas—A and B. Work on the B
area, which includes mainly the li
brary, leather lounge, and table
tennis facilities, is progressing
ahead of that on the A section since
it was possible to excavate there
earlier.
Concrete has been poured for the
first floor and for the second floor
where the library will be located.
Forms for the library roof are in
plcae for the concrete, but pouring
has been held up by the cold wea
ther and is expected to be done by
the middle of February.
In section A, which includes the
largest part of the building, the
footings are just being poured and
the structural steel which will ex
tend to the fourth floor, is in place
up to the second floor. Concrete will
be poured in the building proper as
soon as the weather breaks.
It is hoped that brick work, which
will constitute the whole exterior
of B, may be started by March.
The work schedule calls for com
pletion of all the concrete pouring,
by June, according to Ralph J.
Gibbs, superintendent of the build
ing. The same schedule calla for
completion of the student union by
spring, 1950, since 18 months were
allowed for the project and work
was begun in October, 1948.
Eliot Discussed
ByMoore In
Lecture Forum
The poetry of T. S. Eliot, Nobel
prize winner of 1948, will be dis
cussed at tonight’s Lecture-Forum
by Dr. Carlisle Moore, associate
professor of English. The lecture,
followed by a question period, will
be in the library browsing room at
7:30 p. m. The discussion leader
is Mrs. Chandler Beall.
“It is impossible to name the best
contemporary poet,” said Dr.
Moore, “but Mr. Eliot is probably as
well-thought of as most poets be
cause of his work as poet, critic,
and dramatist. He could certainly
qualify for being one of the most
controversial.”
Eliot was born in the United
States, and later moved to England,
where he settled near the home of
some of his English ancestors. His
fondness of tradition probably had
much to do with his choice of Eng
land for a home, said Dr. Moore.
Tonight’s Lecture-Forum, spon
sored by the Friends of the Univer
sity of Oregon Library, will be the
fourth lecture on noted authors.
Members of the association and
university students are admitted
free of charge, said Miss Bernice
Rise, head of circulation and read
ers' consultant.
Physics Seminar Today
Craig Hudson will speak on “A
New Multi-Element Amplifier
Tube ' at the physics seminar today
at 4 p. m. in room 105, Deady hall
Co-educational
Fencing Class
Makes Points
By Ken Metzler
Rumor has it that if you want to
make points with the gals or guys,
if you happen to be a girl, you sign
up for the fencing class—it’s co-ed
ucational.
Due apparently to the fact that
not enough interest existed to form
two classes, the men’s and women’s
fencing classes were combined into
one. Thus the school of physical ed
ucation has provided a seemingly
excellent social opportunity for all
concerned.
At 1 p. m., three days weekly,
some 15 co-eds file into class from
the south end of the west activity
court in the physical education
Dressed in gym clothes, they be
come the general center of attrac
tion in the traditionally masculine
court.
It seems likely that any group of
girls in gym clothes would attract
attention, but doubly so when all of
the wield a long, slim, deadly-look
ing weapon known as a foil. It is
questionable wether the girls or th£
foils attract more attention, but
when the two are combined the re
sult is terrific.
There are also a number of men
in the class.
Besides the foil, everyone is
equipped with a chest protector and
a mask. When the coeds put these
on, attention naturally shifts to. the
art of fencing itself. Unfortunately,
this equipment modifies feminine
charm a great deal.
The first activity at the begin
ning of the class hour is a series of
warm-up exercises. These are evi
dently designed to twist all muscles
into knots and are guaranteed to
take at least ten pounds off the
right places.
The exercises consist mainly of
reaching. First everyone stands on
his toes and extends his arms as
high as he can. Then everyone bends
down and reaches for the floor.
From a sitting position everybody
stretches as far forward as pos
sible. Evidently the best reachers
make the best fencers.
Eventually the art of fencing it
self is taken up. “Choose a partner,”
says Instructor J. W. Borchardt,
(In this case, of course, choosing a
partner gives each man a choice be
tween the handsome fellow on his
left or the personable guy on his
right, feach co-ed can choose be
tween the cute little blonde on her
right or the petite brunette on her
left.)
Grasping the foil between the
thumb and forefinder, you assume
the starting position. At the call
“salute your opponent,” everyone
lifts his foil and swings it down
whip fashion. You must be sure only
to salute your opponent, not slap
him across the noggin.
Then the position “on guard” is
taken. The object now is to hit the
other fellow without getting hit.
Best way to get hit is to keep your
eye on the blonde on the other side
of the court.
First you advance in one of four
positions, disengage, and retreat in
another position. Finally you see an
opening in your opponent’s defense
and lunge at him. Unfortunately he
has expecting this and he gets you
instead. You are foiled again.
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ROTC Riflemen
Axe Springfield
Oregon’s ROTC rifle team de
feated the Springfield rifle club ,by
a score of 920 to 873, in a match
held at the ROTC rifle range last
week.
Charles E. Hallin, Eugene, was
higfh point man for the winners
with a score of 188, closely fol
lowed by his teammate Dean W.
Forbes with 186. Other scorers for
the victors were John C. Barnett,
184, Gordon P. Swan, 182, and Rob
ert L. Thomas and Irvin B. Holz
man, 180.
Other University riflemen who
competed but whose scores were
not included in the winning total
were Arthur Bayly, William Hall,
Richard Jacobson, Stanley Krikak,
and Don Jacobsen.
Clouston Takes
Road Play Lead
Louise Clouston, junior in speech,
stepped in with three hours notice
to play the young female lead in
“School for Scandal’’ when the play
was presented last week in Junc
tion City. The part of Maria was
originally played by Pat Boyle, who
was unable to make the Junction
City trip.
“School for Scandal” will resume
its road tour with a February 7 en
gagement in Lebanon and with per
formances scheduled in Alsea on
February 9, Lakeview on Febru
ary 17, and Burns on February 19.
Members of the cast making the
trips will include Cliff James, Pat
Laxton, Diane Barnhart, Sally Nic
ol, Allan West, Bob Cockburn, Bob
Hinz, Don Smith, Dick Rayburn,
and Earl Taylor.
The play is under the direction
of Mrs. Ottilie T. Seybolt, and will
be repeated on the campus during
the Northwest Drama conference,
on February 10, 11, and 12.
Dinner Tonight
Westminster will have the regu
lar Thursday potluck dinner to
night at 6 p. m. Beginning tonight
Westminster will donate the pro
ceeds of the first pot luck of each
month to the World Students Ser
vice Fund. Admission is either forty
cents or food. Additional offerings
for the WSSF will be accepted.
Free Game Slots
Taken at Molalla
OREGON CITY, Feb. 2—(AP) —
Sheriff Fred Reaksecker carried
his war on slot machines Into Mo
lalla today and raided an establish
ment which was using free-play
machines.
Reaksecker said the machines
had been ruled illegal by the state
attorney general, even if they pay
off with free games rather than
with cash.
J. C. Brucker, manager at the
Molalla bus depot, was arrested.
Lonnie Logsdon, owner of the ma
chine, said he would fight the case.
Logsdon declared that he pays
city, state, and federal taxes on the
machines, and that the state has
no right to forbid use of a device
which it licenses.
Building Goes
On Full Scale
Construction of the new girls’
dorm went into full scale opera
tions yesterday after a month of
frequent delays.
Mr. I. I. Wright, head of the
University physical plant, attribut
ed the delay to the recent cold
snap. Full time work is dependent
upon a continuing break in the
weather. Renovation of Villard
hall, chiefly an interior job, has
gone on continuously despite wea
ther changes. Interior painting
has been finished, and floors for
the studios are now being tiled.
Broadcasters
Will Confer
The Oregon State Broadcasters
association will hold a one-day
conference at Corvallis, February
14. Glenn Starlin, associate profes
sor of speech will represent Ore
gon. The association composed of
representatives from 35" Oregon
member stations, will discuss mu
tual problems in their various ra
dio activities.
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Stable Majority
Is French Hope
Hope for French democracy lies
in the “Third Force” and its fu
ture ability to “muddle through
the middle,” Gordon Wright, pro
fessor of history, told the Inter
national Relations club Tuesday.
Wright termed the Third Force
a “diverse hodgepodge"—made up
of all those factions between the
extremes of DeGaulle’s RPF and
the French Communists. They
agree on western democracy but
split on economics and other ques
tions, he said.
France’s problem is to find in
this middle a coherent and stable
majority, he continued, pointing
out that a moral reform of the
people’s attitude is needed more
than institutional changes in the
government.
Government in France, he said,
has been a procession of limping
coalitions. Although there are only
one million Communists and two
million RPF supporters, Wright es
timated, any middle move must
win the aid of one of the extreme
minorities ... at a sacrifice.
DeGaulle’s movement Wright
termed “Almost certainly a trend
toward authoritative regime and
monolethic government.” Many of
the general’s ideas, he said, could
only be effected by undemocratic
methods.
Much of the RPF support hs
called “lukewarm.” “The party’
strength grows out of the weak
ness of the Third Force,” he said.
“Recognition of DeGaulle as the
“saviour” of France would be dis
astrous,” he said.
By replacing extreme French in
dividualism with "civic spirit” and.
“compromise for the good of the
whole,” Wright believes that a tem
perate "middle” majority could
arise.
The ultimate "swing” of French
politics, he concluded, depends
largely upon the outcome of in
ternational relations.
Wright was third secretary to
the United States embassy in Par
is during 1944. He is the author o£
“Reshaping French Democracy.’'
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THE SAXON CHARMER
Thurs-Sat., Feb. 3-5
Rob’t Montgomery, Susan
Hayward
plus:
CARSON CITY RAIDERS
Sun-Tues., Feb. 6-8
KISS THE BLOOD
OFF MY HANDS
Joan Fontaine, Burt Lancaster
Wed-Sat., Feb. 9-12
SAN FRANCISCO
Clark Gable, J. McDonald
Mayflower Theatre
Through Sat-Thurs.
MAN FROM COLORADO
Glenn Ford, Wm. Holden
Ellen Drew
Sun-Wed., Feb. 6-9
SLIGHTLY FRENCH
Don Ameche, Dorothy Lamour
Lane Theatre
Thurs-Sat., Feb. 3-5
PUDDIN’ HEAD
Judy Canova
plus:
VILLAGE BARN DANCE
Sun-Mon'., Feb. 6-7
VALLEY
OF THE GIANTS
plus: FIGHTING 69th
James Cagney
Tues-W'ed., Feb. 8-9
NIGHT AND DAY
Cary Grant, Alexis Smith
Thurs-Sat., Feb. 10-12
DUEL IN THE SUN
J. Jones, J. Cotton, G. Peck