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 (Please turn to page seven) 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 (Please turn to page 2) PRESIDENT STRAND