North Atlantic Pact
Illegal, Kelsen Believes
By W ALT GRAYDON
The North Atlantic Pact is either
illegal or worthless, according to
contradictory interpretations of the
Charter of the United Nations.
This legalistic view was advan
ced by Dr. Hans Kelsen, professor
of political science at the Univer
sity of California, in a lecture Fri
day in Fenton Hall. Dr. Kelsen has
held important posts with the Aus
trian government and was the first
professor to be fired by Adolph
Hitler.
Dr. Kelsen explained that if the
Atlantic Pact is considered to be a
“regional arrangement” for “col
lective self-defense” as sanctioned
by the U.N. charter, then the pact
members must also report their
activities for defense to the Secur
ity Council of the U.N.
Against USSR
“We know that the pact was pri
marily drafted as protection
against Soviet Russia,” he said.
“Soviet Russia is one of the mem
bers of the Security Council. Thus
you make defenses against your
enemy and then go and tell him
exactly what you have done.”
The California professor said
that if the pact is not covered by
the foregoing provision, then the
U.N. members that have signed
the treaty have violated the U.N.
charter.
“Another paradox arises by
other conflicting intei’pretations
of the U.N. charter,” he said.
‘‘Members cannot give armed as
sistance to non-members, and this
virtually outlaws former enemy
states by denying them member
ship. Portugal and Italy are not
U.N. members, but they are signa
tors of the Atlantic Pact which
pledges mutual defense.”
Confusion Noted
‘‘However,” he continued, ‘‘the
pact says that members must re
spect all of their obligations. The
result would be, if Italy or Portu
gal were attacked, that the pact
members who also belonged to the
U.N. could not help her because
they are pledged to respect their
obligations, one being the provis
ion of the U.N. charter that says
members cannot help non-mem
bers.”
Dr. Kelsen said that this was the
interpretation taken from the lit
eral aspect of the two documents.
Pursuing this line of reasoning
one step further, he said that if
the Atlantic Pact is considered le
gal by the U.N., then the pact
members would have to abide by
the other rules of the U.N.
“Thus some countries would have
to follow all of the rules, but they
couldn’t join the U.N.,” he reas
oned. “Or maybe they would be
considered U.N. members because
they are members of a member
organization.”
IFC Rushing Policy Bans
Social Contact of Frosh
Fraternities will adhere to a “no social contact" system of
dealing with freshmen—with penalty for violation—during fall
term 1950, according to a statement of rushing policy released
Monday by the Interfraternity Council.
The police was passed by the council last Thursday.
The fraternity rushing policy is in accordance with an agree
ment reached in January by the fraternity group and the Inter
dormitory Council to hold
frcslnnan rushing the iirst part
i f winter term.
'1'he rushing policy is under
the l niversity living-in policy,
under which freslunen entering
the l niversity must live in
dormitories during their first year
of school.
Penalties Listed
A fraternity which is found to
have rushed any freshman under
t tie meaning of the agreement is
subject to a fine of $50 and will
lose the right to pledge the person
iii question. A freshman who is
found to have rushed fall term may
lose the right to pledge any frater
nity for a period not exceeding one
3 ear.
No member of a fraternity may
live in University dormitories dur
ing fall term except as official
•ounselors or sponsors, under pen
alty of $30 for infraction of this
rule.
Hushing in January
Fieshman rush week will be held
the first week of winter term with
Mio rushees signing up at the IFC
•ft'ice Jan. 2, 1951. Hushing will
continue through Friday.
Non-freshmen may rush at any
time.
Under the policy, a freshman is
. defined as “any person having less
tnan 30 hours of credit and three
terms or two semesters of attend
ance at a college or university.
. “Fall term shall include the per
iod between the first day of regis
tration and the last day of final
week.
Definition (liven
“Rushing shall be defined as so
cial contact of any kind at any
place, and as an attempt to influ
ence any freshman in his choice of
fraternity. This position shall not be
construed to prevent an individual
fraternity member from contacting
an individual freshman for pur
poses other than influencing his
choice of fraternity.”
Hushing activities will close after
the end of rush week and remain
closed' until the fifth week of win
ter term.
Panhellenic, the sorority group,
is Working on regulations for fresh
man women’s rushing, according to
Joan White, president.
Panhellenic has not yet released
a statement of rushing policy. The
sorority group has reached an
agreement with the Interdormitory
Council to hold freshman women’s
rushing fall term.
Newburn to Speak
At Commencements
President Harry K. Newburn will
deliver two commencement addres
ses this year, at Pacific Lutheran
College, Parkland, Wash, and the
University of Montana in Missoula.
His topic will be “The Uncom
mon Man." The Washington ad- J
dress is scheduled for May 28. He
will speak in Montana June 5.
CAMPUS CALENDAR
6:15 p.m. Kvvama. Kappa Alpha
Theta.
7 p.m. Christian Science Organ
ization, 1251 Cmerald
Asklepiads, 107 Friendly. Elec
tion of officers.
7 p.m.- Inter-Varsity Christian
Fellowship, John Straub cafeteria.
Warren Webster, student at the
Fuller Theological Seminary, will
speak.
SU Committee
Interviews Set
For Wednesday
Interviews of 44 students who
petitioned for chairmanships of six
Student Union standing commit
tees are being scheduled for Wed
nesday and Thursday afternoons,
according to Les Jones, Student
Union Board chairman.
Of the 44 candidates seeking
committee chairmanships, 11 peti
tioned for publicity, six for inter
view and referral, six for recrea
tion area, three for house area,
nine for ballroom area, and nine
for cultural area.
The six committee heads, selec
ted for one-year terms, will assume
their positions fall term. They will
make up a body to be officially
known as Directorate of the Stu
dent Union.
Members of each of the commit
tees will be chosen from among
other petitioners by the Director
ate.
The Student Union Board will
meet this afternoon at 4:30 to de
cide on times for the interviews.
Selections will be made Thursday
afternoon.
I
Radio Banquet
To Honor Five
For Service
Five outstanding' students in
University radio work will be
awarded achievement trophies
Wednesday, at the radio awards
presentation banquet.
Only a limited number of tick
ets remain for the banquet, sched
uled at 5:45 p.m. Wednesday at the
Anchorage. Tickets, at $1.50, are
available at the speech department
office, the Anchorage, and at Fen
nell’s, according to Chairman Alan
Hicks.
Twenty-three students were
nominated for the awards, winners
will be chosen and awards presen
ted by Eugene radio stations and
the Richfield Reporter, sponsors
of the contest. The five trophies
are now on display at the Co-op.
Luke Roberts, education director
for station KOIN in Portland, will
be guest speaker at the banquet.
Jim Morris, KOAC program direc
tor, will act as master of ceremon
ies.
The award for the outstanding
female performer of the year will
be made by KORE. KERG will
honor the outstanding male per
former. The leading writer will be
honored by KASH, and KUC.N will
make the award to the outstanding
student in raido production. The
Richfield Reporter is sponsoring
the outstanding achievement
award.
Student Directory
Interviews Set
The Student Publication Boar?
will meet Wednesday at 7:30 in
103 Journalism to interview candi-j
dates for editor and business man- j
ager of next year’s Student Direc
tory.
Four students petitioned for the
two positions. Richard A. Davis
and Bruce Wallace will be inter
viewed in that older for business
manager.
Petitions for editor of the Direc
tory, otherwise known as Piggers’
Guide, were accepted from Jean
Gould and Virginia Wright. They
will be interviewed in that order
following Davis and Wallace.
The song of the careless motor
ist is full of sharp turns and flats.
Holmes, Thompson Named
To Head Emerald in '50-'5J
By BILL FKYE
Oregon Daily Emerald leader
ship will be vested next year in the
hands of Anita Holmes and Don
Thompson.
They were selected editor and
business manager respectively in
a repent meeting of the University
Publications Board.
Miss Holmes, who will be a sec
ond-term junior next year, was
chosen for the position from a
group of seven candidates. Thomp
son, now finishing his junior year,
was the only student to petition
Cor business manager.
The pair will step into the offi
ces vacated by this year’s top bos
W'Mm mr # / w**
ANITA HOLMES
ses, Editor Don Smith and Business
Manager Joan Mimnaugh.
Now in Washington
When Anita Holmes won the rec
ognition of the Publications Board
she was more than 3,000 miles away
in Washington, D. C. Her petition,
in letter form, was submitted by
mail to the Board.
Miss Holmes left the University
at the end of fall term to accept
a job as secretary for Idaho’s Sena
tor Dwor&hak. While in the nation’s
capitol she was also appointed pub
licity director for the Idaho State
Society.
A journalism major, Miss Holmes
has compiled an impressive record
in the field of publicity and news
paper work. Her other activities
have been numerous too since she
came to the University from her
homo in Cour d’Alene, Ida.
Outstanding in Journalism
Her freshman year she was class
president of Hendricks Hall and
was awarded the Mortar Board
plaque. Journalism achievements
included work for the Emerald,
Oregana, and Old Oregon. She was
also reporter for the University
news bureau and was selected the
outstanding freshman w o m a n in
journalism.
During her sophomore year, Miss
Holmes was associate editor of Old
Oregon, worked on the Oregana
editorial staff, and was again se
lected the outstanding woman in
her class in journalism.
In the brief time she was here
during her junior year, Miss
Holmes was a member of the
ASUO Executive Council, the Pub
DON THOMPSON
lications Board, and Phi Theta
Upsilon, junior women’s honorary.
She held the position of managing
editor of Old Oregon and was
campus correspondent fbr The
Oregonian.
Advertising Manager
Don Thompson, a 21-year-old
advertising major, began his car
eer as advertising manager of his
high school paper in Kansas City,
Mo.
During his freshman year at the
University, Thompson worked on
the Old Oregon layout staff. The
following year he turned to the
Emerald where he worked on the
layout staff and handled adver
tising sales.
This year, Thompson was moved
from the layout staff to the posi
tion of advertising manager.
Spring term he'Hvas appointed as
sistant business manager.
A resident of Stan Ray Hall, he
is a member of Alpha Delta Sig
ma, national men’s advertising*
fraternity.
Placement Office Gives Information
On Job Openings for Seniors
New job listings for June gradu
ates have been released by the
Graduate Placement Office as fol
lows:
Morris and Knudsen, Contract
ors, are seeking a man for steno
graphical and secretarial work on
the Lowell dam site. The position
involves understudying the office
manager and may lead to promo
tion.
A women stenographer - secre
tary is wanted by a Poitland firm.
One accountant is needed fbr
next year’s income tax season by
Stark Accounting Service, The
Dalles. Interviews will be held
after the end of the current school
year.
A local retail concern wants a
man for stenographical-secretarial
work combined with a part-time
sales job.
Openings for buyers and sales
men are available with an inter
national grain concern in the Pa
cific Northwest.
Several firms are seeking secur••
ities salesmen. Some knowledge of
securities and sales aptitude is re
quired.
Further information on all jobs
listed may be obtained by contact
ing the Placement Office, 216 Em
erald Hall.
Election of Officers
Slated by Seniors
A meeting of the senior class
will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday
in 3 Fenton to elect a permanent
president end secretary-treasurer,
president Bob Weber announced
Tuesday.
Weber also reminded seniors
that petitions for chairman of the
food and transportation commit
tees for the senior picnic are due
in Art Johnson’s office by noon
Friday.
The class picnic and dance will
be held at Swimmer’s Delight on
June 2.