v VOLUME L
Fiftieth Year of Publication and Service to the University
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1949
NUMBER 86
Obstacles
Aired ta
Race Meet
ft
Finances Not Barrier
To Millrace Finish
Last night's meeting of the Mill
race association brought out the
major obstacles to final restoration
of the historic race.
Meeting at the Chi Psi lodge, as
* soeiation members, as well as oth
er interested Eugene residents and
University students, heard speak
‘ ers from various local factions
point out loopholes in present res
( toration plans.
At present, the financial outlook
is optimistic. Approximately $17,
* 000 will be needed to restore the
millrace; however, the city council
has set $45,000 as the amount
needed to go ahead with the pro
ject. The council, which will supply
* $20,000 in *bonds voted by Eugene
citizens, feels that the excess
money is desirable to assure future
maintenance. The money in excess
of restoration costs will pay upkeep
costs for ten years.
Nearly $12,000 has already been
pledged toward the fund to match
,*r the bond money, which leaves an
other $8,000 to be obtained before
work can begin. A sum of $5,000 is
left over from a fund previously
raised by the association.
v Chief obstacle seems to be the
granting of easements along the
race. Property owners on the sec
tion of the race near the Univer
sity have already complied; how
* ever, easements along the portion
of the race to the west north of
Franklin boulevard have been slow
in coming.
A spokesman for the Franklin
boulevard group explained the ret
icence of his neighbors in making
» their sections of the millrace avail
able. The group feels that “certain
factions’’ in Eugene are attempt
ing to close the western area to
further development, and that the
city park department, which might
possibly come into control of the
race, would condemn adjacent land
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Lecturer
EARL McCLOUD, lecturer on
Christian Science, who will speak
Friday at "8 p. m. in the YWCA
bungalow.
IRL Conference
Adds Speaker
Dr. Gordon Wright, associate
professor of history, and Kline
Swygard, associate professor of
political science at Oregon State
college, have been added to the list
of speakers for the Oregon High
School International Relations
league conference to be held Feb
ruary 25-26 on the University of
Oregon campus, Dr. Charles P.
Schleicher, professor of political
science, announced Tuesday.
Dr. Wright will address a ban
quet meeting of approximately 1Y5
high school delegates and their ad
visers, at the Osburn hotel, on the
evening of February 25. His topic
for discussion will be some aspect
of contemporary Europe.
Kline Swygard, from Oregon
State College, will open the two
day conference with a speech en
titled “What Everyone Should
Know about the United Nations.”
Today's Chuckle . . .
University of Utah students
have chosen a queen for their
Campus Chest charity drive. An
invitation has been sent to Film
Actress Jane Russell to be pres
ent at the benefit dance to accept
the title of “Miss Campus Chest.”
Dismissed OSC Professors
To Appeal to Committee
Lundberg, UW Sociology Head
Latest Lecture Series Speaker
Speaking on the question of whether or not sociology can be con
sidered a science, George A. Lundberg, head of the sociology depart
ment, University of Washington, will appear Thursday night in 207
Chapman. The time for the lecture will be 8:15 due to the late arrival
of Lundberg's train.
“The application of the Scientific Method to Sociological Phenome
na” is the title of his talk.
Lundberg is one of the leading sociologists in the country, according
to J. V. Berreman, associate professor of sociology. “He has stressed
that sociology be scientific,” Berreman stated yesterday. “He believes
not only that sociology can be a science, but that such a science is
needed to approach social problems effectively,” Berreman continued.
One of Lundberg s latest books “Gan Science Save Us” deals with this
problem.
Thursday’s address is a part of the current University Lecture Se
ries, to which faculty members and students are invited. Alpha Kappa
Delta, national sociology honorary, is acting as co-sponsor of this week’s
lecture. Following the lecture, there will be an informal reception at
the Faculty club for members of Alpha Kappa Delta and their guests.
Baibara Jiiak, Ruth Carson, and Beverly Decota arc in charge of ar
rangements.
Round Two, Oral Arguments,
Begin Tonight in Mock Court
Oregon Hucksters
To Hear ADS Talks
Alpha Delta Sigma, National Ad
vertising fraternity will give a pro
gram in Portland at the Multno
mah hotel tomorrow at the weekly
meeting of the Oregon Advertising
club.
This program will feature
speeches given by members of the
fraternity. Tom McLaughlin and
Mel Van Lorn will speak on econom
ics of advertising, Mike Mitchell on
radio, Corland Mobley on newspa
pers and Jim McClintock on dis
play advertising.
Earl Walter, chairman of the
^program, has also arranged for a
showing of the “Shangri-la” rescue
film, which will complete the day’s
entertainment.
Hays Named Principal Speaker at Press Meet
State Association Expects Over 200 to Attend
Loren Hays, manager of Home
town Daily Newspapers, will speak
at the Oth annual press conference
convening on this campus Friday
and Saturday, February 18 and 19.
The conference, sponsored jointly
by the journalism school and the
Oregon Newspaper Publishers as
sociation will hold its opening ses
sion Friday morning at the Guild
theater in Johnson hall. It will con
tinue Saturday morning, starting
with breakfast at the Eugene hotel.
It is estimated that over 200 edi
tors and publishers will be present
in addition to many interested non
professionals. Speakers will be
representative of various sections
including San Francisco, Los An
geles and Colorado.
Mr. Hays has held several im
portant positions during his career,
being national advertising director
of Copley newspapers in Illinois for
four years until he heeded the ad
vice of “go west young man” and
became advertising director of the
Lewiston (Idaho) Morning Trib
une. After an interlude in the ser
vice he returned to his newspaper
post as general manager of the On
tario-Upland (Calif.) Daily Report.
His present position is general
: manager of an organization of
non-metropolitan newspapers of
eleven western states. His speech
will be on “Value and Use of Read
ership Studying.”
The University String quartet of
the music school faculty will pre
sent a concert Thursday evening
for the delegates.
Other conference speakers in
clude Charles V. Stanton, Worth
Hale, Hous'toun Waring, Adam
Ooms, Robert R. Gros and C. Sam
mons from out of town.
Speakers from the University
will include President Harry K.
Newburn, and Dean Clifford F.
Weigle and Gordon A. Sabine of
the school of journalism, and Ken
neth J. O’Connell of the law school.
a second session of the third an
nual oral arguments for the Univer
sity of Oregon law school will be
heard in Fenton hall tonight at 7:30
P.M. This series of arguments is
designed to give the freshmen law
students more understanding of the
cases they study in classes besides
experience in appellate work.
The Oral arguments will be given
in three sessions: preliminary, win
ter term; semi-finals, spring term;
and finals next fall term. The win
ning team will be awarded a set of
"Oregon Compiled Laws Annotat
ed,” donated by Koerner, Young,
Swett and McCulloch, law firm of
Portland.
The justice writing the best opin
ion on the cases will be presented
with a gavel at the law school sen
ior banquet during spring term.
Russel v. Swanson’s Seed Co.
Chief Justice, Jack Hill; Associate
Justices Robert McKechnie and
Wally Martin. Attorneys for the
appellant, LaVerne Johnson and
Lynne McNutt; for the respondent,
Alfred Goodwin and Herbert Baker.
State ,v. LeFevere. Chief Justice,
Avery Combs; Associate Justices,
John Caldwell and Thomas Walker.
Attorneys for the appellant, George
Titus and Maurice Engclgau; for
the respondent, James Harrang and
William Byrd. In room 307, Fenton.
State v. Poland. Chief Justice,
Fred Starkweather; Associate Jus
tices, Earl McFarland and Thomas
Brownhill. Attorneys for the appel
lant, William Tassock and Davis
Young; for the respondent, David
Harper and James Hafey. In room
3, Fenton.
Bulletin
A smoldering fire brought
negligible damage and the Eu
gene fire department to Phi Kap
pa Psi last night.
The fire was believed to have
started in the wiring above a sec
ond-floor shower room and smol
dered for an hour and a half be
fore it was discovered by Vern
Stolen at about 9:30 p.m.
Party Activity
Claimed Cause
For Discharge
By Vinita Howard
Two Oregon State college
junior faculty members who
were notified earlier this week
that their contracts would not
be renewed for next year said
Tuesday that they plan to ap
peal the dismissals to the facul
ty committee and to the American
Association of University Profes
sors.
Both men, L. R. La Vallee and Dr.
Ralph W. Spitzer. claim they were
dismissed by OSC president A. L.
Strand because of their Progressive
party activity.
Meanwhile, Strand issued a state
ment Tuesday saying that “the two
men, who are yearly tenure, have
been notified that they will not be
rehired at the end of the year since
the college does not desire to place
them on permanent tenure.”
“It. is a recognized procedure
throughout the, academic world,”
he added, “to have men on yearly
tenure until it is determined wheth
er the institution desires to give
them indefinite tenure on the per
manent staff.”
La Vallee and Spitzer stated ear
lier that Strand had told them they
were not being discharged because
of unsatisfactory academic owrk.
After the two dismissed men
stated their intention to carry the
case to the faculty committee on
appeals and the AAUP, the OSC
chapter of the association issued a
300 word, four-point statement con
cerning the dismissal of faculty
members.
AAVP Statement
In essence the statement said:
1. The local chapters of the A A.
UP have ho power over individual
appointments, dismissals and pro
motions.
2. The AAUP code of academic
freedom and tenure is generally ae
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PRESIDENT STRAND