VOLUME LI UNIV EKSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, W EDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1040 NUMBER4fi Peace by Power Illusion, Warns News Analyst Peace by power has become an illusion, Raymond Swing, news an alyst and former radio commen tator, declared before a capacity audience at Eugene High School auditorium Tuesday night. Speaking on the topic “History on the March,” he continued that “War won by brutality cannot bring endurable peace.” Swing, who is vice president of the World Federalist movement believes that the danger of future ' wars will have diminished when we have accepted world govern ment. His lecture was based on his recent tour of Europe. MUST CONVINCE SELVES “We must first convince our selves that we want world govern ment, and secondly must convince the world that it needs it,” he said. “If we believe in peace and work for it, then surely our children will live to enjoy it.” Swing noted four alarming changes which have occured in the last year: 1. Russia has the A bomb; 2. The collapse of national ist China; 3. We have learned that the Marshall plan is going to fail; 4. The rebirth of nationalist Ger many. All these points have catastro phic possibilities, the speaker stated. However, he listed some more hopeful points: HOPEFUL POINTS SEEN First is the meeting of the Coun cil of Europe, which might be a start of world federation. Second ly, Swing called the Atlantic Pact the worst set back to Soviet pow er since the end of the war. Other promising aspects of world con ditions are the birth of Israel and of independent Indonesia. Under the Atlantic Pact, Swing said, the West must keep Russia from overrunning Europe. Al though the Pact calls for only 40 divisions to safeguard peace, Rus -^rsia now has 175 in Europe, with prospects of 400 in a few months. “We cannot place any reliance on the French,’’ he pointed out, “because too many French are pro-Communist. We must back up the French with armored divisions of our own.” A note cf encouragement is (Please turn to pave eight) Pair Apprehended, Jim Stilt Out Car Two men have been arrested in Seattle for the theft of Coach Jim Aiken’s automobile in Eu gene, Nov. 2, according to infor mation received from the Eu gene city police. The pair took tl»e car to Reno, Nev., where they traded it for another auto and then made their way to Seattle. Aiken is still minus his car. ID Meet to Air Vet's Commons Food Complaint The meeting of the Interdorm Council with University officials on the dormitory food problem has been set for 7 p.m. tonight in the dining room of John Straub Hall. Glenn Winklebleck, author of the letter criticizing the food served in Veterans Commons, will probably be at the meeting. He is president of Nestor Hall and hence is a member of both the Inter dorm Council and the Council of Men’s Dorms. University officials who will at tend the meeting are Mrs. Gene vieve Turnipseed, director of dor mitories; H. P. Barnhart, dormi tory foods director; J. Orville Lindstrom, University business manager; and Vergil S. Fogdall, director of men’s affairs. Mrs. Dora Churchman, super visor of the Veterans’ cafeteria, said that the dormitory has good cooks. “They eat the food themselves,” she said, “so they should know if it is edible or not.” 'Senior Six' Initiation Flanned for Friday The 1949 “Senior Six” will be initiated into Phi Beta Kappa Fri day at 4 p.m. in Gerlinger Hall. All Phi Beta Kappa members have been urged to attend. Students who will be initiated are Jack Lawson, English major; Eugene Maier, mathematics; Joan Mimnaugh, English; Stanley Pier son, history; Eleanor Ribbans, so ciology; James A. Sanders, his tory. Grant Johannesen Appears At McArthur Court Tonight --:-, * * * ^ Sigma Chi to Tell New Sweetheart This year's "Sweetheart of Sig ma Chi" will be announced over radio station KORE Friday at 9:30 p.m. Prior to the announcement the five finalists will be inter viewed over the air by Virg Par ker. Vieing for the title, won last year by Joan Nelson, are Jo Mar tin, Carson Hall; Rosemary Vaught, Alpha Chi Omega; Bar bara Calvert, Chi Omega; Pat Laney, Kappa Alpha Theta; and Joyce Rathbun, Delta Gamma. The candidates will be guests at the Sigma Chi house for dinner tonight. Announcement of the new Sweet heart Friday will climax the con test which began Nov. 1. Pianist GRANT JOHANNESEN Rehearsal Pace Quickens As 'Winterset' Date Nears Noted Reporter To Talk at U.O. The “Richfield Reporter,” John Wald, Thursday will give three talks at the University concern ing radio newswriting. The nationally known newscas ter will speak at 3 p.m. in 105 McClure and at 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. in 104 Villard. Ward, who arrived last night from Los Angeles, is visiting the city in observance of “Richfield Week.” He will go on the air tonight at 8 over KUGN and Thursday night at 10 from the Eugene Hotel. Raymond Johnson, instructor in journalism, made the arrange ments for Wald's appearances. The program is sponsored by the school of journalism and Sigma Delta Chi, men's journalism fraternity. Women Hold Purse Strings in City Say J. C. Penney Student Managers It’s a woman’s world, 15 student managers decided Tuesday when they assumed the managerial po sitions of J. C. Penney’s Eugene store for a day. Even in men's clothing the ma jority of customers are women, said Kenneth Hansen, acting sec tion manager, who was one of the 15 retail merchandising students participating in the project. Most feminine trade was in accessories, especially neckties, he explained. The excursion, arranged by Prof. N. H. Cornish, professor of busi ness administration, and Calvin Smith, manager of J. C. Penney’s, was designed to provide actual ex perience to supplement studies in retail merchandising. ♦ “The project was an excellent opportunity for the students to practice the principles and pro cedures which they learn in class,” Frank Hale, student general man ager, commented. “It shows the practical attitude of Prof. Cornish in preparing stu dents for the field of business.” Most of the students spent part of the day meeting customers in sales transactions. Most active manager was Donald Van Zyle, manager of the downstairs store, who supervised the sale of over I 1,000 yards of plastic goods. Other major sales included a man’s suit and lady’s coat. Students were acquainted with their positions before 9:30 a.m. when the store opened. Each guest manager was sponsored by the permanent manager of that de partment, who explained the func tions and practices of the position. At an afternoon session, the stu dents surveyed the store's system of merchandise buying. “The whole system is geared to the wants of the customer,” Hale explained. “Every type of merchandise is purchased to meet the present taste of the public.” Regarding public relations of the company, Hale commented on the friendly atmosphere of the store, emphasizing the personal interest .which the permanent staff members showed in the students and the project. With the formal opening of “Winterset” approaching Friday, the cast and crew of the .Univer sity Theater’s first production this year are quickening their sched ule of activities and rehearsals. One side of the stage in the new theater building has been turned into a tenement house, while fac ing it is the base of a large metro politan bridge. Alternating with this sotting is the basement ap partment of old Rabbi Esdras and his family. With a large crew of stage hands to make the changes, tech nical director William E. Schlos ser is able to transform the scene from the riverbank to the Esdras apartment in record time. To speed the changes, the interior set is mounted on a moving base, which can be quickly pushed into position. Using; those two sots, Director Horace W. Robinson and his cast are able to produce Maxwell An derson s play with a minimum of technical limitations. The scenes in the poetic tragedy vary from a tender love scene and a spontan eous street dance to murder by the banks of the river. Featured in the large cast are Gordon Ericksen and Barbara Pas quan as the lovers, Mio and Miri amne; Terrance Roseon as Trock, the gangster; Paul Wexler as Rab bi Esdras, with Richard Walker as his son Garth. Cliff James plays Judge Gaunt and Richard Bentz plays Carr. Fred Schneiter is Shadow. Also in the cast are Ace Shirley, Priscilla Cuthbert, Harold Long, Doiothy J. Chase, Ruth Kilbourn, George Dorris, Rex Bnllentine, David R. Ward, Martin Weitzner, Robert Chapman. Jack Evans, Eai le 1 aylor, Bonnie Birkmcicr, Donna Clough, June B. James] Martha Walter, Betty Barsness, and LeJuene W. Griffith. Grace Hoffman is assistant director. Young Musician Wins Acclaim As Piano Artist Last Eugene and University Civic Music Association concert of this term, featuring Grant Johan nesen at the piano, will be held tonight at 8 in McArthur Court. Johannesen, who has been pex‘ forming as a concert artist for only five years, is a protege of French Pianist Robert Casadesus^ Since his New York debut in 1944, the young pianist has made suc cessful tours of North America and Europe. ‘DON’T SHOOT’ He iS the first pianist to have toured in Northern Alaska, where he shared the stage with a sign, admonishing, ‘'Don't shoot the pianist—he’s doing the best ho can.” More recently, Johannesen was awarded first prize at the Inter national Piano Festival held at Ostende, Belgium. Johannesen is the first American pianist to re ceive this prize, sponsored by the Belgian government. FIRST STOP HERE Eugene is the first stop „of the young pianist’s 1 9 4 9 American tour, which will carry him to New York, Boston, San Francisco, Chi cago, and Philadelphia. Later he will tour France, Italy, Belgium and Holland. Johannesen's appearances in this country have drawn widespread acclaim from the press. “Poetic” was the New York Post’s evalua tion of his performance; the New York Herald Tribune called him "Among the foremost pianists of his generation.” APPEARS ABROAD Prior to his arrival in the Unit ed States earlier this month, the pianist appeared in a series of re citals in Lyon, Marseille, Brussels, Florence, Milan, and Venice. He was soloist at the Beethoven Fes tival in Paris, playing with the Lamoureaux Orchestra. The program is on page 8. Deferred Living Study to Begin The nine-student committee ap pointed to study the deferred liv ing plan will meet for the first time Thursday at 7 in the ASUO office, Emerald Hall. Members of the committee ap pointed Monday by ASUO Presi dent Art Johnson include Dorothy Orr, president of Heads of Houses; Frances Robson, Panhellenic presi dent; Fred Van Horn, president of the Interfraternity Council; Clar ence Naapi, president of the Coun cil of Men's Dormitories; Anita Holmes, Executive Council junior representative; Emerald Editor Don Smith; Eilly Kearney, presi dent of Highland House, women’s cooperative; Victor Fryer, presi dent of Interdorm Council, and Johnson.