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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 12, 1951)
Dewey Night Ahead Partly cloudy Friday with rain by evening. Mostly cloudy with occasional showers Saturday. Lit tle temperature change. High both days, 45; low Friday night, 38. daily EMERALD VOLUME LII UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1951 NUMBER 56 IFC Tables Senior Ride Discussion The Inter-Fraternity Council in actio* Thursday evening tabled discussion of senior rides until Jan. 18 following a presentation of the problem of senior hazing by mem bers of the University administra tion. General agreement, was reached by the council that the practice of senior rides should be moderated. A policy of individual house re sponsibility was suggested by the group and house representatives were urged to present to their liv organization the dangers re sisting from hazing extremes. Dr. F. N. Miller, director of the •Student Health Service, acquaint ed the council with several in stances in which seniors taken on senior rides came perilously close to death due to poor judgement upon the part of underclassmen. Dr. Miller expressed the opinion that without the availability of modern drugs such a tragedy might have takdi place. Cautions Against Alcohol The use of alcohol was caution ed against by Miller. Alcohol in itself is unlikely to cause death, he explained, but the combination of alcohol and exposure can be ex tremely dangerous to the body. Dr. Miller pressed upon the group the necessity of outlawing or in some manner controling the senior ride tradition. Ray Hawk, director of men’s affairs, called upon the IFC for tempering action concerning sen ior rides. Hawk suggested that the harassing of senior by underclass men might take the form of con structive work. common sense .Needed “There is a need for the exercise of common sense,” Hawk declared. He emphasized that internal regu lation would be required for the successful solving of the problem, not restriction by the administra tion. Injurious publicity resulting from isolated cases of excess was listed by Dr. Donald DuShane, Director of Student Affairs, as a major reason for control of senior rides. The Inter-Fraternity Council will renew discussion of the sen ior ride problem at its next meet ing Jan. 18, at Pi Kappa Alpha. Jr. GOP, Solons Will Study UO Salem Caravan Don Collin, president of the campus Young Republicans, will ask representatives of the state Young GOP organization and state legislators Sunday what they think of the proposed campus trip to Salem. Collin is going to Salem Sun day to attend a meeting of the Young Republicans’ state execu tive board. He will be accompan ied by Ed Peterson, senior in music and regional representative of the executive board in the Third Congressional District. The campus group discussed the plan for a student trip to the state legislature, proposed in an Eme rald editorial Monday, at its meet ing Thursday night. Members are enthusiastic about the plan, Collin reported. However, no definite arrangements can be made until several problems are investigated and the reaction of officials in Salem is learned, he ex plained. (please turn to page eight) Board Opens SU Facilities To Campus House Dances Student Union dancing facilities have been thrown open to house dances under a new policy approved Wednesday night at the regular meeting of the Student Union hoard. Several stipulations went into the policy, which was drawn up after a fall term request by Pi Kappa Alpha that thev be allowed ballroom facilities for their annual Dream Girl dance. At that time there was no established poliev concerning use of Nevada Gets A-Bomb Test WASHINGTON — UP) — The Atomic Energy Commission an nounced plans Thursday to test atomic weapons on a closely guard ed bombing range in Nevada. The experiments will mark the first nuclear explosions in the Unit ed States since the first A-Bomb was tested in New Mexico in 1945. The commission’s- announcement said President Truman has author ized it to use part of the 5,000 square mile bombing and gunnery range reservation of the Air Force near Las Vegas, Nev. Accessible Site Chosen It. added: “The use of the Las Vegas bomb ing and gunnery range will make available to the Los Alamos (N. M.) scientific laboratory a readily accessible site for periodic test work with a resultant speed up in the weapons development program. Test activities at the new site will include experimental nuc lear detonation for the develop ment of atomic bombs—so-called A-Bombs—carried out under con trolled conditions. “Full security restrictions of the Atomic Energy Act will apply to the work at the new site and dur ing test periods the AEC section of the reservation will be closed to all persons except those directly connected with the experimental programs.” Precautions Taken Close attention has been given the problems of radiological safety and security, the AEC said, and "all necessary precaution, includ ing radiation surveys and patroll ing of the surrounding territory will be undertaken.” The commission added that it will continue to use the Eniwetok proving grounds in the Marshall Islands of the Pacific Ocean. There was no explanation offer ed on what the AEC meant by “experimental nuclear detonation.” Discussions of the proposed hydro gen bomb have brought out that these vastly more powerful ex plosives might be set off by a “conventional” A-Bomb. Group Secures Cheating Data Questionnaires have been sent out to teachers and women’s liv ing organizations by the Student Disciplinary . Committee to get “specific information’’ about cheat ing at the University of Oregon. The questionnaires are also to go to men’s organizations today. “The Student Diciplinary Com mittee wants to revise its policy and practice in handling cheating cases,” said J. M. Foskett, profes sor of sociology and chairman of the committee. “We decided to get specific in formation and data to use as a guide,” he said. Questionnaires from the wom en’s living organizations are. be ing returned now and those from the teachers are already in the hands of the committee. the ballroom by campus liv ing organizations. Permission was granted, however, for the fraternity to hold its dance in McArthur Court, and the SU board voted to investigate the possibility of allowing future house dances in the new build ing. Okay If No Conflict According to provisions of the policy living organizations may use facilities of the SU ballroom providing there is no confliction with any program sponsored by the SU board, the SU administra tion, or the University administra tion. Approval of requests for use of the ballroom will not be confirm ed by the SU administration until three weeks prior to the date de sired for reservation. Director Dick Williams told board members that every effort would be made to assure availabil ity of the ballroom on nights that house dances were scheduled, even going to the extent of checking the possibility of moving a con flicting activity to another area in the building. Board to Decide Conflictions arising from two or more organizations applying for use of the ballroom on the same night would be settled by the SU board. First consideration would be given the organization having the most limited facilites. The board wll also consider joint use of the ballroom. If the needs of the organizations are considered to be equal, the policy will work on a first come, first served basis. House dances must be approved by the Office of Student Affairs before any requests to hold them in the ballroom will be accepted. Dull Says China Reflects Soviet Chinese Communism reflects completely Soviet Communism, Dr. Paul S. Dull, associate professor of political science and history, asserted Thursday night in a speech before the institute on "Crisis In Asia,’’ held at Heed College, Portland. Joining Dull in the discussion on Asia was Anna Louise Strong, author, lecturer, ex-Seattle newspaperwoman, and well-known American communist sympathizer. Dr. Strong told Portland newspap ermen in an interview Wednesday that Russia never has had ambi tions or interests outside the So viet’s boundaries. Dull elaborated on his remarks by saying that he doubted if Mao Tse-Tung, Red China’s leader, is a puppet of Moscow. But Mao, Dull continued, is an avowed Marxist and has consistently followed the Stalinist line in foreign policy. Dull summed up the question by saying that Mao’s goals, as he has stated them, are the goals of the Soviet Union, and when both have adopted the same international interpretation of the same book, it will be necessary for Stalin to di rect. Living Hall Problems Considered A nine-man committee has been appointed to study the problem of men's living organizations, which has arisen from the national emer gency, University president H. K. Newburn announced. Faculty, stu dents and alumni will make up the committee. Dr. Paul Kleinsorge, professor of economics, will head the group, which is composed of Carlisle Moore, professor of liberal arts; Paul Dull, professor of political science; William Harber, senior in liberal arts; A. T. Goodwin, junior in law; Howard Lemons, athletic business manager; Donald Du Shane, director of student affairs; and Edward F. Bailey and Stan ley R. Darling, alumni. The committee will study the problems which the men’s houses, particularly fraternities, will have, as more and more men are called into the armed forces. Dr. Klein sorge said that the committee will try to find some way to help out the groups and that they will “keep the fraternities going if at all pos sible.” President Newburn said, in an nouncing the committee’s appoint ment, “It is apparent that during this period of emergency involv ing heavy mobilization of our young men, fraternities in particu lar will face serious problems. It is our thought that we should do everything possible to assist them by providing whatever advice and assistance we can.” Work on the problem will be gin next week with the commit tee’s first meeting on Jan. 18. Com pletion of the study, with recom mendations, is expected before the end of the school year. WAA Chooses Carnival Heads Joan Skordahl and Breda Lynch were selected Wednesday by the WAA executive board to co-chair man the WAA carnival for Feb. 16, according to President Bonnie Gienger. Miss Skordahl, a junior in hist ory, and Miss Lynch, second year business administration major, will choose committee heads next week. The carnival, sponsored annual ly by the WAA, gives all campus living organizations and clubs a chance to sponsor booths and con cessions, and permits each group to keep 90 per cent of the profits. The rest goes to the WAA. Mountain, 16 Others Enlist in U.S. Air Force Barry Mountain, ASUO presi dent, and 16 other students en listed in the Air Force Cadet pro gram when a temporary recruit ing service was set up Tuesday through Thursday in the Student Union. Mountain, who will take pilot training, and 10 others obtained four-month determents, which will enable them to complete the school year, according to the Air Force recruiting team. Other students getting defer ments are Howard Hull, Jr., David Hall, Lester Cutting, William [ Shumway, Max Ingerson, Don Na lion, Robert Manning, John Mar tel, Robert Jones, and Garland Treynka. Those going into training im mediately are Robert Nelson, Al bert Corneliusen, and Dale Amer man. Three students, John Bartholo ma, Raymond Jungers, and Nor man Fugitt, will receive second lieutenant commissions through the University ROTC. All applicants were required to take qualifying aptitude and phy sical tests. The latter were admin istered by Drs. Marian H. Miller and Squire Bozorth of the Univer sity faculty. U.S. OK's War Half Proposal LAKE SUCCESS—(AP)— The United States Thursday accepted a U.N. committee plan for an immediate cease fire in Korea to be followed by im mediate negotiations on all Far East problems by the U.S., Brit ain. Russia, and Red China. Warren R. Austin, chief Ameri can delegate, told the political com mittee of the U. N. General As sembly that he would vote in favor of a set of principles laid down by a three-man cease fire committee. He said the principles provide a restatement of the general policies which the U. N. has followed and of the requirements that there must be a cessation of hostilities before any negotiations can be un dertaken. He pointed out that the state ment said there must be a formal cease fire or a lull in hostilities. Three Give Support Austin spoke after Britain, France, and Norway had support ed the statement of principles laid down by Lester B. Pearson, Cana dian foreign minister. Austin said there must be a time limit for the Chinese communists to give their answer but he did not set a deadline. If the last effort fails, he said, he feels the U.N. will be firmly unit ed in further steps to resist aggres sion. It was understood here that the proposals laid down by Pearson had the backing of the British Commonwealth conference in Lon don. Ben C. Limb, South Korean foreign minister, also accepted the principles. The cease-fire committee pro posed : Safeguard Against Offensive 1. An immediate cease fire with safeguards againSt being used by either side for a new offensive. 2. If and when a cease fire is obtained, further steps to restore peace will be considered. 3. All non-Korean armed forces will be withdrawn by appropriate stages from Korea and arrange ments will be made for the Korean people to express their own free will in respect of their future gov ernment. 4. Temporary arrangements shall be made in accordance with U. N. principles for the administration of Korea and the maintenance of peace and security. b. As soon as agreement has been reached on a cease-fire, the Gene ral Assembly shall set up an ap propriate body which shall include representatives of the government;* of the United Kingdom, the Unit ed States of America, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, amlj the People’s Republic of China with a view of the achievement ol' a settlement, in conformity with existing international obligations and the provisions of the United Nations charter, of Far Eastern problems, including among others, those of Formosa (Taiwan) and of representation of China in the United Nations.”