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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 25, 1950)
Seeks Renomination SEN. WAYNE MORSE spent parts of Monday and Tuesday on the University of Oregon Cam pus where he spoke to journal ism and political science stu dents, and the campus Young Republicans. The junior senator conducted a two-day campaign in lane County before filing as a candidate for Republican re nomination to the U.S. upper house in Salem, today. Morse Foresees New Party; Hits Regularity Unless the Republican party car start winning by 1952, a new partj will spring up which will be basec on class lines, Senator Wayne Morse told campus Republicans Tuesday in Fenton Hall. “But to put the Republican par ty back in power he said, “mem bers of Congress must forget par ty lines and consider an issue or its merits alone. The big dangei now is the growing idea to elect men who will vote regulaf. The Republican party was not made strong by regularity.” Oregon’s junior senator spoke before a joint meeting of Young Republicans and “Webfoots foi Wayne,” a campus group working for Morse’s re-election. He was in troduced by Beldon Owens, presi dent of the Young Republicans The subject of his talk was, “Poli tics and Their Effect on College Students.” Students Needed Morse emphasized the need foi students of government in Con gress, not politicians. He said that it is not important what happens to the individual interests of the politician, but it is important whal happens to the interests of govern ment. "Make up the program you thin! the Republican party should have,’ he said, “and vote for candidates along those lines. Candidates should follow the official state ment of Republican policy as de termined by the 1948 nominating convention, although they shoulc not be bound to every plank oi that platform.” In discussing taxation, the sen ator felt that taxes should be basec on one’s ability to pay and thai they should be free from economic vulnerability. But he is opposed tc “soaking the rich.” “There’s no hope of getting oui of our fiscal mess except by ar expanding economy,” he stated “We must have new wealth anc •hew jobs so we can get new taxes.’ Morse thought it “outrageous” that the budget drawn up by the administration has a deficit of more than $5 billion. He claimed that $3 billion could be sliced off the military budget and we would still have security. “The Republican party cannot win the labor vote,” he pointed out, “until the Taft-Hartley Act is re vised. The Wagner Act puts the government on labor’s side of the table, and Taft-Hartley puts gov ernment on the employer’s side. I shall fight for legislation which will put government at the head of the table.” Get Athletic Cards! Students who have not yet picked up their athletic activity cards, may do so Jan. 25-26. These cards will be issued at the ticket office in McArthur Court. Nine Nominees Backed by USA Nine freshmen were recom mended by the United Students’ Association steering committee last night as possible USA con tenders in the forthcoming fresh man elections, set for Feb. 6. The nine will stand for nomina tion at an open meeting of the party Thursday evening at 6:30 in room 3, Fenton Hall. Other nominations will be accepted from the floor. Recommended were Marilyn Hol comb, Helen Jackson, Betty Mosh ofsky, Margaret Powne, and Ern estine Schulenberg for the num ber two nomination: and Herb Cook, Jerry Kelly, Richard Mc Daniel, and Don Paillette for the number one nomination. Freshman women have the per mission of Mrs. Golda Wickham, director of women’s affairs, to at tend the 6:30 meeting Thursday, according to USA President John Day. The women are to return to their living organizations after the meeting is finished. OralArguments Workers Picked The Oral Arguments Committee jf the Law School turned their positions over to a new committee mmposed of second year students it a meeting held Tuesday. Oral Arguments are an annual iffair in the Law School and the committee is to consist of second year students. The Oral Argu ments are divided into three ser ies with the first being the pre liminary, then the semi-finals, and the finals which are usually held the following school year. - The new committee, consisting of Chairman Bob Hollis, Don Dale, and Jim Harrang, discussed plans for Oral Arguments of new fresh men. The old committee consisted of Chairman Jack O’Kiet Carl Grif fith, and Logan Nininger. Civic Theater Sets Eugene Appearance The Portland Civic Theater will make its first University appear ance when it presents “Yes, My Darling Daughter’’ during the Northwest Drama Conference, Feb. 9 and 10. The production will be the first to be held in the University's Thea ter’s new arena quarters in 104 Villard. Tickets for the play will be pre sented upon registration for the Drama Conference. The same reg istration will also insure tickets for the University Theater’s pro ductions of “Thunder Rock,” and “Winterset.” Amazon Jurisdiction Goes to Court; Yellow Line Observance Weak Jurisdiction over traffic viola tions in the Amazon district will soon be assumed by the student court, chairman Dick Neely an nounced Tuesday night. Further details on the plan are forthcoming, Neely explained. “Yellow lines mean no parking whether there is a sign put up or not,” was the gist of a warning issued by the court after its week ly meeting Tuesday. Much difficulty has been caused : by students parking in driveways ! between Deady and Villard Halls 1 j and by the library. These areas are | marked by yellow lines and may ! be used for delivery purposes only, on account of fire hazard. From now on, Neely stated, all . students who park in the Deady Villard or library areas will be fined or their cars will be towed away. No further warnings will be issued on this subject. Three cases were turned over to the Office of Student Affairs after violators had failed to answer two warnings from the student court. Appropriate action will be taken by student affah-s officials. Five students appeared before the court; three were found guilty but sentence was suspended, and two were fined 51 each. Five offenders will receive their second notice this week, and 11 will get first warning cards. New sophomore member Bill Kirkpatrick sat in as a nonvoting member Tuesday. He will assume full duties at the court's next ses sion, 7 p.m. next Tuesday in 6 Friendly. Progressive Steps Build Marriage, Lecturer Says BY KAREN TERRY Marriage results from a series of progressive, not chronological, steps, said Lester A. Kirkendall last night in the second of his Marriage and Family lectures, ‘•Making Courtship and Engage ment Count.” \ Dating is the first period, he said. Chiefly “recreational,” it is the time to build social experience and understanding. "Exploration of personality to determine whether the couple is genuinely interested in considering marriage marks the next stage, courtship,” he said. Kirkendall summarized court ship by calling- it “the time during which the couple tries to decide whether they can do any better.” Engagement Tests Issues, not personalities, should mark the engagement, he pointed out, adding that it was a “final testing place for the marriage de cision in which the couple comes to understand each other’s point of view on crucial issues.” Certain principles must be ob served to benefit from each stage, Kirkendall believes. During court ship, the pair should see each other in home setting and varied situa tions. They should associate with others and make frequent com parisons. i-ourting ’Oon’ts’ To be avoided in courting arc over-possessiveness, unrealistic ro manticism, or too-carly “exclusive ness. New problems must be faced bj an engaged couple. New relation ships must be formed with friends and relatives, and the sexual stan dards problem must be faced anew Some of the differences tha' have to be met by a beti-othec couple, Kirkendall listed, include differences in age, height, educa tion. intelligence, culture, and reli gion any of which can cause com plications. Planning for the marriage is a major job of the engagement, he said, from the length of engage ment and the wedding details tc management of future finances and marital counseling. Long Engagements Bad Long engagements are bad foi mature individuals, Kirkendall said. If the pair is ready for mar riage, prolonged delay sets up a.r unnatural block and results ir frustration. Kirkendall does not believe that college courtships and engage ments fulfill their necessary func tions. The atmosphere is constant not varied, he pointed out. “In a convertible parked in tht moonlight a peach and a lemor look pretty much the same,” li« said. The Marriage and Family lec ture series are sponsored by the campus YMCA and YWCA. Hele every Tuesday night, they are open only to ticket holders. Next Tuesday night's topic wil be “Premarital Sex Standards.’ Kirkendall is assistant professoi of family life at Oregon State College. YMCA Mixer Set For Annex Today An informal dance, sponsorec by the YMCA will be held in Ger linger annex this afternoon fron 4 to 5:30 p.m. The affair is open to all students with an admission charge of 1( cents. If sufficient interest is shown the YMCA plans to make the dances a regular Wednesday af ternoon event. If there were no second guessin{ there would be a lot less criticism Aloof Continent Aids Scientists In Animal Study A 70-million-year experiment by nature on an island continent has given the world’s scientists oppor tunity to study the evolution of animals. That’s what Dr. George Gaylord Simpson told an audience Tues day night in room 207 Chapman Hall. The lecture, sponsored by science honorary Sigma Xi and the University Lecture Series, was on “The History of the Latin Ameri ca Fauna.” “Insight into the complex devel opment of animals in other parts of the world cap be gained,” the naturalist explained, “by a study of the comparitively simple evolu tion of mammals in South Ameri ca, which was an isolated conti nent for millions of years.” South America Explorer Several expeditions into South America, in addition to field ex plorations in North America, have given Dr. Simpson first hand dis coveries on which to base his dis cussion, which wras supplemented with slides. "Some animals in South Ameri ca are quite similar to those in North America,” he remarked, "but many are quite dissimilar.” Two reasons wrere given for sim ilarity—descent from the same an cestry, and adoption of like hab its. "The. most remarkable example of this latter type, convergence,” the Columbia University professor believes, “is the North American Saber-toothed tiger, and a South American marsupial.” Similarities Developed There is no family relation be t w' e e n the two, he explained, though they do look alike since they developed the same habits for survival. But a marsupial, which carries its new born offspring in a natural pouch, is distinct from the cat-family, to which the tiger belonged. There are three distinct stages in the Latin America animal life. The fauna is divided by Dr. Simp son into the ancient immigrants, the island-hoppers, and the late migrants. Nation's Basketball f Continued from page Jour) 17. Illinois (10-4) 18. Cincinnati (9-2) 19. CSC (10-3) 20. C'anisius (11-3) 21. Bowling Green (12-0) 22. Cornell (11-3) 23. Missouri (10-4) 24. Minnesota (10-3) 25. Tuiane (11-3) \ , 26. Toledo (14-3) 27. Wyoming (17-4) 28. Washington (15-2) 29. VilianOva (11-2) 30. Niagara (12-3) . 31. St. Louis (9-4) 32. Oklahoma A&M (10-4) 33. Colorado (10-3) 34. Arizona (13-1) 35. Iowa (10-3) 36. Oklahoma City (13-3) 37. Northwestern (8-5) 38. Dayton (15-1) 39. Syracuse (8-4) 40. Hamline (17-1) 41. Michigan (8-6) i 42. San Francisco (9-4) 43. Washington State (12-8) 44. Nebraska (10-5) 45. Khode Island State (10-4) 46. Columbia (12-5) 47. Kastern Kentucky (9-5) 48. Oklahoma (6-6) 49. Georgia (8-4) . | 50. Brigham Young )10-7)