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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 24, 1950)
Expose TNE Members? Reporter Finds Various Student, Faculty Opinions By MARJORY BUSH From definitely yes to absolute ly not, students and faculty mem bers vary in their opinions about publishing names of the 25 admit ted members of Theta Nu Epsilon, secret illegal society. These 25 men have been placed or. probation by the administration •for the rest of their University ca reers. They will not be allowed to hold elective or appointive student offices. The majority of those expressing their opinions about publishing the names were undecided and pre sented points both for and against [naming the members. Charles P. Schleicher, pro fessor of political science, pointed out Tuesday that punishment for the sake of punishment alone is wrong. “In considering this problem the needless hurting of these 25 men is •involved, but also the harm caused to innocent students by suspicion cast on them.” Wally Martin, third-year Law School student, sees nothing inher ently wrong with a group to plan policy. J. V. Berreman, professor of sociology, expressed this same opinion. “As far as leaders planning cam paigns, this follows the practice of pH political parties,” Berreman stated. “The question of right or wrong lies in methods used. “For the immediate situation TNE has been abloshed,” he said, “anything more would sound like vengeance." Martin pointed out that the pro bation put on these TNE members shows that there is no great policy 'against the organization. He be lieves that if such a secret political group is wrong, the names should Oregon TNE _ (Continued from baae one) members went to their individual houses to attempt to persuade the house to go along with the plans Of TNE. The organization had “contacts with some of the sororities—usu dly women who are able to per suade their houses to “go along with tire boys." Often the women were com pletely innocent but just good friends of TNE members. If persuasion wouldn't work, then there may have been threats ,f reprisals “your house won’t get another political office for a long time," or “the girls in your house may find themselves wanting dates . . ‘Improper Actions’ “Sometimes the organization did things which were on the edge of violence and which were improper in terms of political standards," the official declared. in the exposure of TNE, the Uni versity spokesman said that some if the members were glad to be out of the organization. Others wore ‘ indignant. •■Mv belief is that some of them i were relieved to have it off their ‘consciences,” he said. "In genet al there was an indication of a willing ness to help the University to pre- j 'vent the reorganization of TNE," No National Affiliation Contrary to a general belief, the, organization on the University I campus was not affiliated with a r ational Theta Nu Epsilon, he com mented. Another similar, secret orgnnia-j tion supposedly exists nationally Kappa Beta Phi primarily a j drinking fraternity. be printed, thus bringing the situ ation into the opeh. Leo Osborn, sophomore in Lib eral Arts, maintained that the names should be published and the students expelled. “The school has said it will ex pell TNE members, therefore, it should carry out its promises or such policy will become completely ineffective,” Osborn asserted. “I believe some students got into TNE without realizing what it was like, and shouldn’t be publicly smeared,” Gordon Wright, profes sor of history, stated in defense against printing the names. “The point is to break up the or ganization and not punish the in dividuals,” he added. He believes the organization would start up again in spite of any means taken against it, even to expulsion of the students. “It is an allusion to suppose that in any society some peo}?le will not try to organize and run the show, often with an air of mystery,” Wright concluded. A number of student and faculty members stressed the danger of suspicion placed on a large number of innocent individuals and believe publishing of the names would be justified in this one aspect. Some simply asked "What good would it do to print the names?” As Waldo Schumacher, profes sor of political science said, “It de pends on the amount of pressure students put on suspected mem bers.” “The students are more angry about TNE than the administra tion,” Carlisle Moore, professor of English, stated when asked his opinion. “It would serve the purpose bet ter if the student body were told by the administration the objectives of TNE, the harm it has done, and present it in its true light so in the future students will be more in clined to avoid it,” World Peace Non-Political Pauling Says “The peace movement should not be considered the left-wing move ment, for if war comes, left and right-wingers will die together in the same atomic blast,” Dr. Linus Pauling told a student and faculty audience Monday in the YMCA. Dr. Pauling, head of the depart ment of chemistry at California In stitute of Technology and recipient of the Medal of Merit, highest ci vilian award, for work including medical research during the war, discussed the problems of atomic energy and world peace. The meet ing was sponsored by the campus YM. “World peace is non-political,” the speaker asserted, urging that some method other than force be found for preserving peace. In this he disagreed with Dr. Harold Urey who feels that we must build the H bomb to control the world by force, he said. Criticizing what he called the policy of anti-Russian propaganda in the United States, Dr. Pauling said that we must find a peaceful solution to the world problem through trade and cooperation with Russia and all other nations. He urged increase in the effec tiveness of the United Nations to ward a world government with “powers limited to preservation of peace, the international control of atomic energy, disarmament agree ments, and a world-wide program of human betterment designed to remove the causes of war.” Almost all scientists in the field believe that the hydrogen bomb, now in construction, can be made to work! the scientist said, com menting that “even aside from moral considerations, there is con siderable doubt as to whether it is sensible to build the bomb, since we are far more vulnerable than Russia,'which has only one or two cities large enough to justify the use of such a weapon.” Being locked out at night is a minor misfortune compared to the piano player who forgets his keys. PUT YOUR BEST FOOT FORWARD ENCLOSE A PRINT OF YOUR OREGANA PHOTOGRAPH IN YOUR APPLICATION LETTER Dr. Chas. Malik Named as Speaker For Commencement Exercises Dr. Charles Malik, Lebanon en voy to the United States and head of the Lebanon delegation to the United Nations, will be principal speaker for combined Baccalaure ate-Commencement services June 11. For the first time, these two services will be held together at 2 p.m. Sunday. This was done to en courage a greater attendance at Baccalaureate and to permit stu dents, parents, and alumni to re turn home the same day as the service. Dr. Malik, who is generally re garded as one of the most able men in the diplomatic corps in Wash ington, D.C., is an excellent speak er with a well-grounded education, University Director of Information Lyle M. Nelson, reported Tuesday. Working in the U.N. since its or ganization, Dr. Malik was presi dent of the Economic and Social Council in 1948, and has been ac tive in UNESCO and in the Human Rights Commission. Since 1945 he has been minister to the United States. Before this he was an instructor at the Ameri can University of Beirut, Lebanon. He was associate professor of phil osophy and head of the department from 1943 to 1945. Dr. Malik received his Ph.D. in philosophy from Harvard Univer sity in 1937. In 1934 he was grant ed his masters from Harvard after being graduated from the Univer sity of Beirut in 1927. President Harry K. Newburn will confer over 1800 degrees at the joint commencement services. Deans of the respective schools will present candidates for degrees. A. S. Grant of Baker will repre sent the State Board of Higher Education at Commencement. The Rev. Wesley G. Nicholson of the Congregational Church in Eugene will give the invocation. Dr. Ross Griffeth, president of Northwest Christian College will close the services with a benedic tion. KOAC to Air Winning Poems Winning poems in the annual Burgess competition will be read over the air from 4 to 4:30 p.m. Thursday on KOAC. The broadcast is sponsored by the Department of Speech and Drama. Janet Harnren, junior in antnroM pology, will read two of her three first prize-winning poems. Nancy Ann Yates, freshman in liberal arts will read Don Hensley’s second prize poem, “Thirty-Seven Lines.” Hensley is a senior in English. Arthur Baker, senior in philoso phy, will read his poem “The Ty rant’s Demise,” which won third place in the contest. » # REED & BARTON STERLING • & tytit/iin fo vei tf fyfrcnianb 0teac/i Georgian Rose Prices per 6-pc. place setting, in cluding Federal tax: luncheon knife, fork, teaspoon, salad fork, cream soup spoon, butter spreader. Burgundy $28.75 Georgian Rose 25.50; Yorktown 25.75; Francis First 31.00; Marlborough 25.50 Yes, the modern way to buy sterling is to set aside so much per month, building your solid silver service gradually without strain on your budget. And when you choose, be sure it’s a superbly crafted, luxurious sterling pattern by famed Reed & Barton. CONVENIENT TERMS
