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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 8, 1949)
Fiftieth Year of Publication and Sendee to the Univeisity UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. EUGENE, TlESI) \\\ FEBKl \1{\ 8. 194!) VOLUME L VI’MRVR US Policy On Russia Cools Off Acheson Appointment Signals New Attitude Of State Department By Jess Brame ‘‘I feel that Dean Acheson was brought in (to the State Depart ment) because it was felt that the time was ripe for re-opening of dis cussions between the U. S. and Rus sia, and a major change in U. S. foreign policy,” Dr. C. P. Schleicher, professor in the political science de partment, told his audience at Friendly House, Friday evening. Under the general topic of recent trends in U. S. foreign policy, Dr. Schleicher discussed the recent Russian proposals that the U. S. and the Soviet Union hold a bilater al conference, and the general trend of U. S. foreign policy since 1945. “The main point of interest in the vecent Stalin proposals,” Dr. Sch lecher said, "is interesting but means little except in terms of the larger picture of U. S. and Soviet foreign policy since 1945. “Although I feel that Dean Ache son presaged a general change in U. S. foreign policy, the State Depart ment’s reply to the recent Russian proposal was because the proposal had come too soon and that not enough time had gone by after Ach eson’s appointment. “I do not feel that the Russians at the present time or in the for seeable future can see the time when it would be advantageous to them to start an aggressive war. If there is to be any war between the U. S. and Russia, it wall be one that the U. S. has started,” Dr. Schleich er said. Dr. Schleicher outlined the main trends of U. S. foreign policy since the end of 1945. Sometime in 1946, he said, U. S. foreign policy chang ed. The idea became general that we could get along best with the Rus sians if we treated them with firm ness, Dr. Schleicher said. So the as sumption was made that U. S. pol icy must be changed and that the U. S. must rearm, which was indi cated by the Truman doctrine in Greece and Turkey. “I am very much in favor of ERP because while I realize that it is in some sense negative, it is also ac complishing some positive good. To compete w'ith Communism you must compete in a positive way in the long run,” Dr. Schleicher said. In 1944 and 1945, Dr. Schleicher said, it was generally felt by high U. S. officials that we would be able to get along with Russia, not with out difficulty but certainly without danger of armed conflict. Registrar Lists Drop Procedure In order to drop courses during the remainder of the term students must furnish the registrar’s office with the following: 1— A petition stating reasons for dropping, in addition to the advis or’s authorization and stamped drop cards. 2— Definite statement of passing or failing status, certified by each instructor on the proper drop card. 3— Information from each in Strucor on date of last attendance in class. Co-eds Comb Campus for Heart Hop Dates-No Stones Unturned Girls! Have you a'date to the Heart Hop? Ann Gil lenwaters, publicity chairman, advises you to hurry and get one because tickets go on sale today in the Co-op for the Friday night girl-date-boy round-robin dance. Ticket chairman Nancy Kunhausen and Jackie Bar bee have announced that there-will be only a limited number of the 50 cent ducats available. Purchase of one of the dance tickets will entitle the holder to vote for King of Hearts. The winner will be crowned at the progressive dance Friday night. Candidates for King of Hearts are Jerry Smith, Ken Seeborg, Charlie Rufner, Russ Haehl, Bill Gorham, Don Farnum and Bob Chambers. NewCommittee Heeds Chosen For USA Staff Mapping out internal changes, the USA steering committee last weekend tentatively appointed four new members and shifted two com mittee heads. Named to the committee were Joe Conroy, Glenn Allen, Sue Michel and Olga Yevtich. The ap pointments are subject to the ap proval of the party membership. The new officers will fill vacan cies left by the resignations of Mike Mitchell, co-publicity chair man; Bill Tassock, vice-president; Gerry Hettinger, membership co chairman- and Betty Lagomarsino, publicity co-chairman. Helen Sherman, secretary, and Bob Miller, platform co-chairman, were shifted to the publicity com mittee. Conroy, senior in business ad ministration was named vice-pres ident. A former president of the ISA, he resigned from the Inde pendent party last spring to join the USA. Allen, junior in history, will be co-chairman of the platform com mittee. Sue Michel, junior in busi ness administration and junior class treasurer, will be the new secretary. Olga Yevtich, senior in psychol ogy, a senior representative and business manager of Old Oregon, chairman. The resigning members of the steering committee explained that school work and other activities would not permit them to devote the time required to their positions in the USA. Slowboat Theme For Carnival In addition to the fun booths, sponsored by men's and women’s living organizations, other colorful decorations will carry out the ship theme of “Slowboat to Slobbovia" at the coming WAA Carnival, Feb ruary 18. “A gangplank arrangement will bedeck the entrance hall into the gym, where the walls will be deco rated with two-dimensional signs and murals displaying catchy nau tical phrases,” Betty Wright, deco rations chairman, stated yester day. Libe Schedules Faulkner Talk “William Faulkner and his Nov els” will be the topic of this after noon’s lecture in the library brows ing room from 4 to 5. Dr. John Mc Closkey, associate professor of English, will be the speaker, said Miss Bernice Rise, head of circula tion and readers’ consultant. Two of Faulkner’s early novels, “As I Lay Dying" and “Sanctuary,” shocked the public into buying his books, and started the author on a career of naturalistic writing. His ! books are similar to those of Theo dore Dreiser and Erskine Caldwell. “Intruder in the Dusk," his latest book, is on the seven-day shelf in the library. The talk on William Faulkner will be the fourth Ethel R. Sawyer Browsing Room Hour this term. The series is given primarily for students, said Miss Rise, and the majority of the series is devoted to contemporary literature. Sophs Selected by Executive Council j Sophomore class offices of Y'ice | president and secretary were filled last night by the executive council. Ed Peterson, USA, was chosen to fill the position vacated by Don Cairns, USA; and Eleanor Johns, AGS, was appointed secretary, re placing Joanne Fitzmaurice, AGS. The two were selected from four petitions submitted by class of ’51 president Herb Kill and treasurer Don Smith. 441 Dads Here; Tri-Delts Take First Place Cup Four hundred and forty-one Ore gon dads registered for the 1949 Dads' Day, according to Vergil S. Fogdall. adviser to the registration committee. Delta Delta Delta, with 28 dads or 54 percent, won the cup for the lar gest total number of dads for the fourth consecutive time. The Tri j Delts also walked away with the freshman dads’ cup, registering S3 percent. Delta Gamma came in second in the total competition with 45 per cent, and Sigma Phi Epsilon was runner-up for the frosh cup with 66 percent. High-ranking men's organiza tions in the contest were, in order: Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Delta Tan Delta, Phi Delta Theta, Phi Kappa Sigma, and Sigma Chi. In the fresh man contest, Phi Kappa Sigma, Sig ma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Chi, Al pha Tau Omega, Theta Chi, and Delta Tau Delta ranked high. Delta Gamma, with a sign depict ing an old English inn, won the an nual sign contest. Halftime entertainment at Sat urday night’s game with the Uni versity of Washington was present ed with an eye to entertaining Dad. Pat Metcalf Chase, Dads' Day host ess, was presented. Ernie Haycox, author and president of the Oregon Alumni association, presented the cups and awards. Thirty-six men were on the floor at the close of the struggle between the Cotton Bowl backfield and line, trying their hands at the hoop game during halftime. Today's Chuckle . . . “Do you drink?’’ “No.” "Then hold this while I tic my shoe.” Water Is Best Suited For Bathing By Bill Clothier Some people think water is best suited for bathing purposes. A less er number regard it as that wet stuff ships sail over. The aristo crats put it in their car radiators. Some of the proletariat even drink it. But Tom Hughes, the U. of O. athletic trainer, has harnessed wa ter power to serve his own unique needs. He massages people with it. When an athlete develops a sore muscle or a stiff joint, he reports to Tom for treatment. Thereupon, he is placed in a physical therapy ‘whirlpool tub,” the mechanism is adjusted, a timing device is set, and the ailing member is massaged by the steaming fingers of hot wa ter. This is considered much supe rior to an electric massage, or one given by hand. Hughes has quite an assortment of equipment for his use. Besides the training tables, he has several batteries of infra-red and utra-vi olet heat lamps, plus a short wave diathermy machine, which gives that deepest penetration of heat to an injured joint or muscle. Not having a sweat-box at first, he built one out of marine plyboard. According to Tom, a metal box costs from $600 to $3000. The box that Tom built cost $56. The walls of his office in the var sity training room are covered with photographs and clippings which pertain to Oregon athletes and ath letic contests. A prominent feature in the design of this wall paper is the 1948 U. of O. football team, of which Hughes is very proud. He recalled that during the first game of the season with Santa Barbara, Woodley Lewis, star half back, suffered a dislocated elbow, Often such an injury requires over a month to heal. In this instance, the elbow was braced, packed in ice, and Lewis never missed a game. Hughes is looking forward to the advent of spring. In addition to track, there will be spring football practice, baseball, golf, and tennis, and all those muscles in action at once will require a great deal of attention. But from the looks of things, he and his assistant student trainers will be able to keep the situation well in hand. Weekend Chairman Announced Malcolm MacGregor Will Direct Junior Weekend Festivities Junior Weekend appoint ments were announced yester day by Malcolm MacGregor, class president. Chairmanships were selected from petitions submitted to the class officers. MacGregor, a member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, wJl be general chairman of the Week end events and will be assisted by Bob Weber, vice president of the junior class. Other chairmen are Sally Waller, class secretary, and Lou Weston, all-campus sing; Marge Peterson and Larry Davidson, all-campus luncheon; Phil Patterson, float pa rade; Bill Lance, promotion; Mary Stadelman, sunlight serenade; Su sie Michel, class treasurer, ami Dorothy Orr, queen selection and coronation; Bob Sanders, tracli-# tions; Paul Johnston, Junior prom; Helen Sherman and Don Fair, pub licity. MacGregor said that a theme selection contest would be an nounced soon in the Emerald, and advised that houses begin practic ing for the All-Campus Sing. Variety Review Gets Approval McArthur court will be trans formed into a vaudeville theater of the gay nineties period to re place the defunk Frosh glee. The ASUO executive council re cently found the freshman dance to be a financial failure and decided to stage a local talent show, which it hopes will appear on the credit side of the books. Art Johnson wag named general chairman. The council has tentatively booked the review' for April 15, and participants will compete as in dividuals or representative of liv ing organizations. Prizes, which have not yet been selected, will be offered for the best acts. Hoping that the show will be a financial success, the council voted to give the proceeds to the World Student Service Fund, which is the only benefit drive sponsored by the student governing group. The council voted unanimously to award varsity football letters to Bud Boqua, Les Hagen, and Lou Robinson. The move is in line with a policy adopted earlier, which provides that any football player who failed to earn a varsity letter during the regular season will be eligible for an award if he compet ed in the Cotton Bowl game against Southern Methodist in Dallas. Play Tryout Slated Tryouts will be held Wednesday at 4 in Friendly house for a one-act play. The play will be directed by Lou ise Clouston and will have parts for two women and three men.