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’eSerald Law School Students Hear Barnett Speech "We can better understand other peoples if we realize that they at e as logical as we are, but use dif ferent propositions,” said H. G. Barnett. He spoke on the subject of legal relativity before a general assembly of law school student body Tuesday afternoon. Professor Barnett was the first speaker of the Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity lecture series for this academic year. "The outstanding difference be tween primitive and modern socie ties is in the degree of public law enforcement,” Mr. Barnett stated. He pointed out in modern society the state enforces most of the laws while in primitive societies punish ment was inflicted by the wronged person and his family. DIFFER IN CONCEPT A second great difference noted by Mr. Barnett is that modern Western man decides cases on hu manitarian considerations derived from the Christian concept of the sanctity of human life. Primitive man, on the other hand, thinks of restitution and liquidation of the source of the disturbance on the principle of an eye for an eye. Laws of domestic relations dif fer from our own, Mr. Barnett in dicated in giving the following ex amples: on the Malabar coast of India a husband leaves his bride after two or three weeks of mar riage. The desserted wife may then have affairs with other men with any children taken care of by the woman’s female relatives. GROUP MARRIAGE EXISTS Another example given was that of the Tibetian custom by which several brothers marry one woman. The co-husband who signifies his assent is considered the father of all the children issuing from the group marriage. It is also common in many socie ties for a husband to return his barren wife to her family and de mand her younger sister to replace the unsatisfactory spouse. A third great difference between primitive and modern concepts of law is that primitive societies rely on constructive evidence. Professor Barnett gave as an example of this principle the fact that a Your ak man is fined for having com mitted adultery if he is merely found alone with a Yourak woman. The Yourak Indians live at the mouth of the Klamath River in California. LAW FOR MEN ONLY Another example of legal rela tivity mentioned by the speaker is that many primitive peoples con sider themselves to be the only true men. Any other men are pre sumed to be from different spe cies to whom the laws of men don’t apply. Hence outsiders such as vis iting white men may be robbed and killed with impunity. These differing legal systems do not live on their own exhaust fumes, Dr. Barnett stated, but are an integral part of their value sys tem which serve their needs about as well as does our system of law. KOAC Features Recorded Music Of String Quartet A portion of last Sunday’s Uni versity String Quartet concert will be broadcast via tape recording at 6:15 today over KOAC. The pro gram will feature three movements of the Quartet in A Major by Mozart. Members of the quartet include George Boughton and Mary Kapp Allton, violinists; Edmund Cykler, viola; and Milton Dietrich, violin cello. All are members of the School of Music faculty. The recording was made during a poncert given last Sunday at 4 :00 p.m. in the browsing room of the library. A second portion of the concert will be broadcast next week. At 6:30 “Friends Around the World” will present an interview with Peggy Lewis, who will de scribe tlie scene at Oregon as seen through Canadian eyes. Professor Alburey Castell will review Bellamy’s “Looking Back ward,” on his 0:45 program, “In vitation to Read.” “Piano Portraits,” formerly sche duled on Wednesday at 0:15, will no longer be heard. It lias been re placed by a series of recordings of School of Music programs. Experienced: “Shall we sit in the parlor?" Coed: “No, I'm too tired, let’s go roller skating." Petition Deadline Set at 5 p.m. Today Petitions must be turned in to Marie Lombard at the Delta Delta Delta house by 5 p.m. today for general chairman and committee heads for the annual Associated Women Students Charity Party. Committee chairmanships open include decorations, program, dis tribution, food, and publicity. Collecting and distributing Christmas gifts and necessities to needy Eugene families is the pur pose of the party to be held Dec. 3. Geology Prof Goes To Texas for Meet Lloyd W. Staples, professor of geology, will attend the joint meet ing of the Geological Society of America and the Mineralogical So ciety of America at El Paso, Tex., Friday and Saturday. Mr. Staples has been elected to fellowship in both organizations. Scientific papers and several im portant organizational will be dis cussed. A four-day field trip will follow the meeting but the time element will prevent Mr. Staples from at tending Spanish Meeting Slated Spanish table will be held at noon today at John Straub dining hall where two or three tables will be reserved. Students wishing to join informal conversation in Span ish are invited. Back-Up Lites ' Chrome ' Flat back to fit late model cars. $2.68. Regular $4. PACIFIC AUTO SUPPLY 1970 Main St. Spring'field Phone 7-7066 Military Heads Announce List Of Cadet Posts A report from Colonel Maerdian, professor of military science and tactics, and Major Edwin L. Hib ner, professor of air science and tactics announced the following cadet commissioned officers. GROUND FORCES Infantry and Transportation the Seniors are: Colonel Donald Malloch; Lt. Col onels, John Carson, Norman Rhod es, Raymond Scofield. Majors, Robert Thomas, Gene Hogan, Charles Anderson, Robert Menson, Daniel French, Carl Bak er. Captains, Alexander Cleary, Ver non Thomson, Gerald Harris, Stan ley Auferoth, Lawrence Neer, John Holt, Preston Holt, Robert Kings bury. Second Lieutenants, William Hall, Oliver Deutschmann, Walter Smith, Alvin Saxton, Dale Demp sey, Charles Strader, Vernon Beh rends, Robert Bitney, Donald Kess ler, Alan Kunz, Norvin Liska, Frank Rayburn, Robert Randle, James Shaw, Gordon Swan, Marvin Clark, Richard Courtwright, Don ald Simon, James White, Thomas Anderson, Robert Bailey, Quintin Martinez, Wah Chun, and William Teufel. AIR FORCE Cadet officers in Air are: Colonel William Van Dyke; Lt. Colonels, John Meyer, Arthur John son, Harold Finch. Majors, John Doyle, James How ard, Milan Bond. Captains, John Gaudion, Gene Rose, Lynn Hamilton, Elwin Pax son, Seymour Gassner, Richard Cramer, Harold Weeks, Robert Lavey. Second Lieutenants, Fred Thompson, Fred Taylor, Robert Kane, Raymond Crumme, Kenneth Hodge, Walter Miller, Hal Cole man, Don Fair, Donovan Kimball, Robert Chaney, Morris Galen, Wil liam Lance, Fred Matthias, Rich ard Unis, Thomas Murphy, Willis Urban, and Richard Kading. Senior Pictures Taken Oregana cap-and-gown pictures are now being taken for seniors living in Susan Campbell Hall, Am azon Flats, or off-campus. Seniors may have their pictures taken at any time at the down town Kennell-Ellis studios; how ever, they are urged to do so on Saturday mornings, when campus living organizations are not sched uled. Wieman fo Talk On Philosophy Dr. Henry N. Wieman, visiting professor of philosophy, will dis cuss his book, “The Directive in History,” tonight from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in the browsing room of the Library. Eldon L. Johnson, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and the Graduate School, will introduce the speaker and lead a discussion per iod following his talk. Some other books which Wieman has written are "The Issue of Life,” “Methods of Private Relig ious Living,” “Now We Must Choose,” “The Wrestle of Religion with Truth,” and “The Source of Human Good.” These and others of his books can be secured from the Library. Phi Chi Thetas Schedule Pledging Phi Chi Theta, business women's honorary, will pledge future mem bers in a formal pledging ceremony Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the Alpha Xi Delta house. The ceremony will conclude the annual inspection of Beta chapter by Miss Lila Gail Campbell, first national vice president of the or ganization. Miss Campbell visits Phi Chi Theta chapters all over the West. The pledge ceremony will follow a dinner at the Del Rey restaurant, honoring Miss Campbell. Today’s Staff Assistant managing editor: Hal Coleman. Desk editor: Marjory Bush. Copy editors: Donna Pastrouich, Bob Paul, Dixie Reynolds. 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