'Religious
Activities
Planned
Initial Dinner Sunday
In John Straub Hall;
Events End Thursday
A full schedule of activities is
planned for Religious Evaluation
Week, beginning Sunday, and end
ing Thursday, Feb. 16.
“First-Hand Religion,” theme
for the week, will be enlarged
upon by Dr. Charles W. Gilkey,
nationwide lecturer and principal
speaker for the week, in a series
of five' addresses.
First event of this year’s ob
servance will be the Fellowship
Dinner, an all-campus affair sche
duled for 5:30 p.m. Sunday at John
Straub Hall. Speakers will include
University President Harry K.
Newburn and ASUO President Art
Johnson. Dr. Gilkey and his wife,
a leader in the national YWCA
movement, will be introduced.
Music Included
Special music and group singing
will be included in the dinner pro
gram.
Students, faculty, and towns
people will join in a union worship
service at 7:30 p.m. Sunday in the
Music Auditorium. Dr. Gilkey will
deliver his first address of the
series, “How Long Will Cut Flow
ers Last?” Local clergymen and
the Eugene High School A Cap
pella Choir will participate in the
service.
Dr. Gilkey’s major lectures will
continue throughout the week at
4 p.m. daily. Monday’s address.
“The Impotence of Second-Hand
Religion,’’ will be given in the new
University Theater.
His lectures Tuesday through
Thursday will be presented in 3
Fenton. Topics will be “Contem
porary Religious Illiteracy,” Tues
day; “New Grain out of Old,”
Wednesday; and “The Roots of
First-Hand Religion,” at the con
cluding meeting Thursday.
Discussions Limited
Discussion periods after the lec
tures will be brief, limited to ap
proximately 10 minutes. Student
questions and problems on religion,
however, will be discussed at an in
formal “bull session” Monday
through Wednesday evening, 7 to
8 p.m. at Westminster House.
Dr. Gilkey will discuss with stu
dents questions which they have
submitted through boxes to be
placed at the lectures and in the
Co-op. Questions may also be
raised at the discussion meetings.
Morning worship services will
be held daily as part of the week
long emphasis on religion. Devo
tions will be held from 7:30 to 7:50
a.m. in Alumni Hall, Gerlinger,
Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday,
and in the men’s lounge downstairs
Wednesday.
Morning Services Set
The morning services will in
clude meditation, hymns, and a
10-minute talk by a local minister.
Pastors participating will be the
Rev. Mr. Berlyn Farris of the Me
thodist Church, Monday; the Rev.
Mr. Charles Epple of the United
Lutheran Church, Tuesday; the
Rev. Mr. Carroll Roberts of the
Christian Church, Wednesday; and
the Rev. E. S. Bartlam of St.
Mary’s Episcopal Church, Thurs
day.
Student committee members will
lead the devotionals each morning.
Chairman Gordon Burtner will
take charge on Monday; Jane
Simpson, Tuesday; Bob Peterson,
Wednesday; and Kenneth Neal,
Thursday.
Interviews Available
Personal interviews with Dr. Gil
key during the weekday mornings
may be arranged by calling Ben
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Perpetuation
Of SU Board
Mulled at Meet
The subject of perpetuation—the
method by which provision is
made for replacing retiring mem
bers on the Student Union Board
—was still under discussion b5' the
SU Board at Wednesday after
noon’s meeting.
Although several suggestions
were made and examined by mem
bers of the board, the question was
referred back to the planning com
mittee headed by Hank Panian.
Ed Peterson, junior in music and
board member, was elected to the
post of assistant chairman of the
group. Peterson will replace Les
Jones, chairman, when necessary.
He will remain at the head of the
orientation committee of the
board.
The National Conference of As
sociation of College Unions which
will meet in April in Swanspscott,
Mass., was discussed.
The Oregon Student Union is a
member of this group. Possible
representation at the meeting was
considered.
There was also a final discussion
regarding the Kenton c o n c e rt
Monday.
Emerald Shift
Promotes Five
Five Emerald staff appoint
ments were recently made by Edi
tor Don Smith.
Lorna Larson was appointed as
assistant news editor replacing
Mary Ann Delsman, who resigned
to work for the University news
bureau.
Mary Hall replaces Miss Larson
as chief night editor.
Gretchen Grondahl has been ap
pointed feature editor, while Jac
kie Pritzen has been named desk
editor replacing Larry Meiscr, who
resigned.
Abbott Paine has been promoted
to night editor.
Weather . . .
Partly cloudy with scattered
showers Thursday.
No Prejudice Here!
But Who's to Judge?
Three Eugene judges encount
ered a real “point of law" last week
when they answered an invitation
of the Law School to preside over
oral arguments.
After the sessions were over the
three lawmen returned to their ear
and found a ticket for parking in a
forbidden area.
Since the student court doesn’t
have jurisdiction over non-students
the big question is who will try the
judges.
Crown Seekers
Battle for Title
ByToONNA PASTBOVICH
and SARAH TURNBULL
It's still a man’s world.
At least it will be when one of
the six King of .Hearts finalists is
chosen to reign over the 14th an
nual Heart Hop tomorrow night.
Competing for the crown will be
Leigh Campbell, Alpha Tau Ome
ga; Dave Palmer, Phi Gamma Del
ta; Bob Wilcox, Phi Delta Theta;
Ron Gillis, Chi Psi; Ray Karnofski,
Sigma Alpha Epsilon; and Ed Eve
land, Sigma Chi.
Leigh Campbell, a sophomore in
liberal arts, came to the University
from Eugene High where he played
basketball and was president of his
senior class. The tall, slender can
didate still plays intramural bas
ketball and like to ski and golf. He
never gets far from the campus,
spending his summers working at
his father’s service station in Eu
gene.
Political Future
Another Eugene man, Bob Wil
cox, was president of the student
body at University High. He turned
out for football, basketball, and
track during high school and played
frosh football for Oregon last year.
Bob is in the school of business and
plans to go into politics after grad
uation. The black-haired sopho
more is social chairman for the Phi
Delts. Summers he works for his
father’s construction company in
Kansas.
Da\te Palmer transferred' to the
University from Oregon State
spring term. After a career of ac
tivities at Grant High in Portland,
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U.O.lo Be Site
For High School
IRL Conference
Two hundred delegates from high
schools throughout the state will
meet on the campus Feb. 23 to 25
for the third' annual conference of
the Oregon High School Interna
tional Relations League.
“Will Present U. S. Foreign Pol
icy Promote Peace and Prosper
ity?" will be the general topic of
the conference. Principle speakers
will be John F. Gange, director of
the Woodrow Wilson School of For
eign Affairs at the University of
Virginia, and Grace Bok Holmes,
liason officer for the United Na
tions International Children's Emer
gency Fund.
Foreign Policy Discussion
Tlie conference will take the
form of the United States Senate,
with committees discussing eight
aspects of U. S. foreign policy.
Topics are: “What are the prob
abilities and conditions for the suc
cess of the Marshall Plan?” "Can
the United States and the New
China Come to Satisfactory
Terms?” "What kind of U. S. tariff
policy is best for peace and pros
perity?” “Can we solve the Ger
man problem?”
“What kind of policy should the
U. S. pursue with respect to Yugo
slavia?” “Will the North Atlantic
Treaty make for peace or war?”
“Is U. S.-Latin American Friend
ship based on opportunism?” “Will
the bold new program of economic
and technical development areas
make for peace and prosperity?”
The conference is under the direc
tion of Dr. Charles P. Schleicher,
professor of political science and
executive secretary of the Interna
tional Relations Committee of the
Oregon Education Association,
which, in conjunction with the Uni
versity, sponsors the . league pro
gram. Dr. Schleicher also edited a
study guide designed to assist the
students in the consideration of the
conference subjects.
Members of the campus Interna
tional Relations Club assisting with
the conference are Nancy O’Con
nor, meals and banquet; Grace Sar
gent, housing; Claire Cordier and
Marilyn Dawley, registration; Sal
ly Waller, program; Antoinette
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'Heart' Hopefuls Await Judging
ONE OF THESE CANDIDATES for “King of Heart i” will reign over hop festivities Friday night. The
“King” will be announced during half-time activities at the Oregon-Oregon State basketball game to
morrow night in the Igloo. From left are Kon Giilis, Bob Wilcox, Bay Karnofski, Leigh Campbell, Dave
Palmer, and Ed Eveland.
Drama
Session
Begins
Broadcasters Meet;
Building Dedication
Set for Weekend
Opening of the Northwest Dra
ma Conference today at 11 a.m. in
Villard Hall begins a series of
three-day activities which will in
clude the Oregon Broadcasters As
sociation convention and the dedi
cation of new University buildings.
The University today becomes
host to prominent theatrical and
educational personalities, repre
sentatives from Oregon radio sta
tions, and prominent civic, educa
tional, and political figures.
Among prominent personalities
attending the three-day series of
events will be Gov. Douglas Mc
Kay, who will speak Saturday in
the lobby of Carson Hall during
dedication ceremonies. The gover
nor will also be a guest of the
Drama Conference and the Broad
casters Association. He will speak
to both groups.
Welcome by Newburn
President Harry K. Newburn
will welcome the delegates to tho
third annual Northwest Drama
Conference this afternoon at its
opening session. Friday and Satur
day the delegates will participate
in a series of meetings and dis
cussions in connection with the
theater. Saturday afternoon the
conference will hear an address by
Barrett H. Clark, executive direc
tor of the Dramatists Play Service
of New York.
The University Theater and the
Portland Civic Theater will cooper
ate in presenting three plays dur
ing the three-day meet. The Uni
versity Theater will show “Thun
der Rock’’ Thursday and Friday,
and “Winterset” Saturday. The
Portland Civic Theater, making its
first appearance at the University
for the Drama Conference, will
present “Yes, My Darling Daugh
ter’’ Thursday and Friday nights
in the Laboratory Theater.
Oregon Originates
The drama conference, origina
ted at Oregon by Horace W„ Ro
binson, professor of speech and di
rector of the University Theater,
has become one of the largest re
gional drama conferences in the
United States. Delegates this year
represent the states of Oregon,
Washington, Idaho, Nevada, and
California. In addition, personali
ties from South Dakota, New York
and Los Angeles will attend.
This year’s discussions will cen
ter around the general topic “Art
and Business of the Theater.” Dis
cussions represented will be high
school, civic, community, college
and university, and children's
drama. Sectional meetings will be
held in technical, business and
promotion, play writing, and direc
tion fields.
Friday evening, the delegates
will gather in the Eugene Hotel for
a buffet dinner.
Delegates to the Oregon Broad
casters convention will participate
j with the Drama Conference in
many of the scheduled activities.
In addition, the broadcasters,
meeting for the first time at the
University, will hold several busi
ness meetings and a drama festi
val.
Saturday Forum Set
A student forum Saturday mor
ning and a radio broadcast of
"Macbeth" Saturday afternoon will
be features of the meeting. Gov.
Douglas McKay will address the
closing session Saturday night.
Both conferences, sponsored by
the Speech Department, headed by
Dr. Roy C. McCall, will end Sa
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