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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 22, 1949)
Add to U.S. Population, Dicken Proposes By Barbara Jeremiah A theoretical redistribution of world population in which the United States would absorb 100 million immigrants was proposed by Samuel N. Dicken, head of the geography and geoloogy depart ment, in a University lecture se ries talk last night in Chapman hall. “Tomorrow evening at this time there will be 50,000 more people in the world,” Dicken stated. “In one month the increase will equal the present population of Oregon. There is a new note of urgency and desperation in the population prob lem. There is the growing realiza tion that drastic changes must be made.” In his hypothetical plan, based on natural resources, Prof. Dicken estimated that the population of North America could be increased from 200 to 350 millions, with the U. S. bearing the lion’s share of the increase. “However,” Dicken warned, “this plan is more reasonable than it is possible. We couldn’t make the redistribution in many years if everyone agreed. “It is expensive to foster migra tory schemes, and it’s not likely people will move unless there is an incentive given,” Dicken de clared. “Europe is our baby now,” he said, “and we must face the prob lem by recognizing that western Europe will never be the same as before World War II. “As an aid, migration ought to be encouraged and subsidized,” he stated. “The economic help of the Marshall plan could be used to get overcrowded countries to develop Music School Plans Operas Instrumental music for the mu sic school’s three opera productions on May 3, 4, and 5, 8:15 p. m., in the music School auditorium, will be played by members of the Uni versity orchestra. Each of the three operas will be accompanied by a different group of musicians selected from the or chestra. Music for “The Maid as Mistress” by Pergolesi will be played almost entirely upon string instruments, while a brass group will render the fast, wild music in “There and Back” by Hindemith. All orchestral instruments will be utilized in the third opera, “The Telephone” by Menotti. Two members of the music school faculty will direct the musical groups. E. A. Cykler, associate pro fessor of voice, conducting the other two. Tickets, priced at $1.20, includ ing tax, are now on sale in the Co op from 9 a. m. to 1 p. m., and in Miller’s department store from 11 a. m. to 2 p. m. Ticket exchanges for Chamber Concert Series ticket holders must be made by April 23 in either the Co-op or Miller's. China 'Incidents' (Continued from page six) interests that the United States and Great Britain have in China. Additional cause will be given to the hostility existing between the west and Chinese Commun ists. But that hostility can only be analyzed within the context of the larger struggle between the western democracies and Russia. Only if it is felt by the West that a casus belli exists in the world situation should the opening act of a hot war take place in China. ~ their underpopulated colonies. “This is a drastic plan,” Dicken agreed, “but the problem is ur gent and grows more urgent every day.” Among other plans he forwarded to help the countries of western Europe improve their own condi tions are lower tariffs and more free trade agreements, and a plan of large-scale tours through Eur ope of U.S. citizens to cause a flow of tourist money into the Conti nent. He also saw birth control as a long-range aid to the reduction of world population. Rosen to Discuss Individual, Society “Individual in Society” will be the topic of discussion by Profes sor E. Rosen, when he leads the Friday evening discussion tonight at 8 in Friendly house. Dr. Roy Andrews will supply records of Beethoven for the con cert at 7. The cosmopolitan party will start at 9. Mexican Movie Promises Thrills An “action-filled story of pas sion and witchcraft” is coming tc town. It's the Mexican movie with English sub-titles, “Dona Bar bara,” to be shown at 3:15 and 7 p.m. next Tuesday in room 207, Chapman hall. Here’s what you will get for your 25 cents; sorcery, barbarity, and the Hedy Lamarr of Mexico, with a stabbing thrown in for the kid dies. The movie, adapted from the novel by Romulo Gallegos, for mer Venezuelan president, was se lected as the best Mexican produc tion of 1943. “Dona Barbara” tells of the struggle between the desire for re form and the anarchy ruling the plains of Venezuela. The charac ters are symbols of Gallegos’ own struggle with totalitarian govern ment forces; Dona Barbara, a man-hating Amazon, typifies the lawless land-grabbing element which owes its success to ruthless methods and superstitutions of the uneducated plainsmen. The story is set on the Venezue lan plains in the 1920’s. Discussion Heads Newman Meeting Newman Club will have a group- J discussion program at its seven o'clock meeting at the YWCA Sun-! day night. “Father jbinenan will be present to summarize the discussion,” re-1 ported Bill Thompson, club presi- ■ dent. “He will also be available to answer questions on matters not satisfactorily covered during the hour.” Joe Conroy and Tom Mitchell are organizing this week's pro gram. The group discussions have been popular in the past, said Thompson, but have been rather one-sided. We would like to talk about more controversial matters in the future. Vodvil Nets WSSF $500 Last Friday's All-Campus Vod vil netted about $500 for the World Student Service Fund according to Chairman Art Johnson announced. "I want to thank especially tho members of the pit orchestra many of them band leaders in their own right—for volunteering their services," Johnson added. Pit orchestra members were Bob Hayes, who made the arrange ments Jim McMullen, vocalist; Ar nold Martin, Bill Fletcher, Hal Har din. Gene Zarones; John Roark, Marty Wright, Duke Warner, Curt Finch, Bob Lennevillc, Joe Ingram, and Jim Arment. HAVING A HOUSE DANCE? ENJOY A PRE-DANCE DINNER OF STEAK, CHICKEN OR SEAFOOD Reasonable Prices TWO BANQUET ROOMS GEORGE'S GROTTO 764 Willamette Phone 4527 TOWN OR COUNTRY WORK OR PLAY, CHOOSE COTTON CORDS Cotton Cord i Skirts 3.98 Cotton Cord Pedal Pushers 3.98 * rinds for your Spring-into-Summer wardrobe . . . those ^crush-resisting nylon-and-rayon blend “Slick cords” ... crisp rayon and cotton cords. 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