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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 26, 1951)
Newburn: Steady Year (Continued from page one) Added to this is the possibility of veterans’ benefits for military per sonnel now fighting in Korea, as well as for the 18-year-olds who may be drafted under the military defense bill. The new draftees would com plete military service in 27 months and many would be expected to enter college if a benefit program is enacted, Dr. Newburn declared. Newburn warned that the analysis was very tentative. A concrete picture of next year’s enrollment prospects cannot be given until there is something more definite to base it on, he said. When asked his personal stand on the drafting of 18-year-olds, the president said “from a humanitarian viewpoint, I hate to see it, but looking at the entire picture I would have to say I’d go along with the department of defense.’’ He added, “I think it’s bad whether the boy is 18 or 19 to send him into combat without adequate training. Wants Flexible Program “I’d like to see a program with flexibility as opposed to the Conant plan, and as I JLnalyze it, the defense department bill will leave this flexibility.” He predicted that there is "not much likelihood” of programs like the ASTP of the last war coming in. Concerning other programs for next year, President Newburn said acceleration or lengthening of the academic year is favored over enrollment of selected high school students. The University had a program permitting selected men not through high school to enroll during the last war. However, not more than 25 students applied, and “no such program is contemplated now,” Presi dent Newburn said. Enrollment of women is expected to remain fairly constant as it did during World War II. Defense Plan Set (Continued from page one) Jobs delegated in civilian defense will be as similar as possible to the person’s present work. “For instance, I. I. Wright, head of the physical plant, will probably be assigned to buildings and utilities,” Little explained. The entire program is according to the state plan issued to the press by Gov. Douglas McKay. It is being enacted in cooperation with the city of EugAie and Keith Kennell, defense director. In many oases, Eugene will supply facilities, such as hospitalization. Student workers will be at a minimum, due to the draft situa tion. However, nurses’ aides will be trained by the Red Cross at Sacred Heart Hospital, Little pointed out. Students in Setup So far the students working on defense are Don Paillette and Eve Overback, ASUO Executive Coun cil members, who will conduct housing surveys in fraternities and sororities as their first task. “I would like to stress that any action at all bearing on civilian defense, such as these surveys, should be cleared through me,” Little added. Phil Johnson, sophomore in Liberal Arts, has been appointed the University representative to the disaster committee of the Eu gene Red Cross. Bees Do It Also, Group Asks How? Sex life of bees will be the topic ®f discussion nt the weekly biology seminar, 4 p.m. today in 103 Deady. B. H. McConnaughey, assistant professor of biology, will lecture on "The Instincts and Behavior of Arthropods” or sex among bees. Assisting McConnaughey will be Frank Wolfe and John Shaw, sen iors in biology, and William Bishop, graduate student in biology. Biology seminars are open not only to biology or science majors, but to all who are interested in the topics to be discussed. A Connecticut man was arrest ed for punching his wife during a bridge game Contract bridge. Pacific Quakes Byerly's Topic Pacific Coast earthquakes will be the subject of two lectures by Perry Byerly, professor of seism ology at the University of Califor nia. The talks are scheduled for 8 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday in the Student Union. Byerly is a 1951 Condon lecturer, sponsored by the State Board of Higher Education. His purpose is to make scientific research more understandable to laymen. While on the campus, Byerly will conduct three interdepart mental science seminars on “Theo ry and Methods of Seismic Pros pecting.” These seminars, which are open to the public, will be held Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 4 p.m. in 103 Deady. Help Requested for Dads' Day Petitions ai-e being called for workers on promotions, decora tions, awards, basketball games, and special events committees, Dad’s Day committee chairmen announced Thursday. Petitions may be turned in by 5 p.m. Monday to Dave Rodway, Phi Delta Theta, or the ASUO office in the Student Union. All petitions will be used, arid particular emphasis is being plac ed on freshmen and sophomores to petition for the events, Rodway stated Thursday. Digging Completed For SU Flagpole The excavation has been com pleted for the proposed Student Union flagpole, which will be erect ed in approximately three weeks, to Harry Jacoby, assistant mana ger of the physical plant, reported Thursday. The flagpole will be located on the north side of the front entrance walk, facing toward 13th St. It is part of the landscape project for the Student Union grounds. Look for the Sign of "The Duck" it means Good Food DUCK INN On 11 th near the Mayflower Pound Speech (Continued from page one) by checks and balances cannot ob tain these solutions of problems. A service state, said Pound, undertakes to perform all kinds of services for mankind, except per haps the welfare of souls in the hereafter. Pound went on to list some of the ways in which the law has re cently changed. Speaking with a wonderful sense of humor, he often had his audience chuckling out loud. He spoke of the distilled mean ing of words, or the change in the meaning of words from the original situation to which they applied. Telling of the Italian wait er who insisted that a certain cut of meat was beef steak, mutton beef steak, Pound illustrated how the whole precept of a norm or decision can be distorted. Tracing the evolution of the fix ing of liabilities for injuries from the time when it consisted merely in the idea of vengeance to now when people believe that someone must pay for it, Pound talked of the “doctrine of the involuntary good Samaritan.’’ This is the man, he said, who is made liable for an injury simply because he is the person who can afford to pay for it, whether or not the guilt is actually his. “The insurance doctrine” means simply that if an accident happens to any of us all should chip in to pay for iVsaid Pound. He also told of the changes in the meaning of a contract. Ori ginally, said Pound* a contract was law; now some have gone so far as to say that a “promise is but a prediction.” “The function of a service state,” continued Pound, “is to relieve people of the burden of their pro mises.” And we are fast moving in that general direction, he con cluded. Legislature Passes Alcohol Study Bill A bill to compel state colleges of education to teach students about the effects of alcohol on the human body was passed by the house of the state legislature Wed nesday and was sent to the senate. Representative John Hounsell, Hood River, facetiously attempted to have the bill amended so that colleges would have to teach read ing, writing and arithmetic. The Emerald was unable to learn Wednesday evening whether the proposed law would apply to the University of Oregon. Red Cross Drive Needs Petitioners Five committee chairmanships are open for the forthcoming cam pus Red Cross drive, according to General Chairman Kay Kucken berg who called for petitions Tues day. Chairmen of the following com mittees will be named Friday: Pro motion, collection, flying speeches, posters ,and speakers. Miss Kuckenberg said the peti tions are due at Delta Gamma by 5 p.m. Friday. Trustees Elected By Alumni Group A board of trustees of the Uni versity Alumni Development Fund was elected this week at a meet ing held in the Student Union. The group is a corporation aimed at promoting the general welfare of the University. Trustees elected were Lester E. Anderson, Stanley R. Darling. J. O. Lindstrom, Lynn S. McCready, 1 President H. K. Newburn, and Wil ' liam N. Russell, all of Eugene: L. ' S. Anderson. Robert H. Atkinson, Herbert J. Darby, William A. Has eltine, and Dr. Mark S. Skiff Jr., all of Portland; Ralph R. Cronise, Albany; and Mrs. Marjorie Kay Huntington, Salem. House Okays Alcohol Education A biU compelling state colleges to teach prospective educators the effect of alcohol on the human body was passed by the State House of Representatives Wednesday and sent to the Senate. The proposed bill, however, does not specify whether the instruction of alcohol will be taught in the physical education or the education departments of the respective universities, P. B. Jacobson, dean of the School of Education, stated Thursday. The bill has been introduced and promoted by the Oregon Fellowship, which is composed of members of Alcoholics Anonymous, the Oregon Liquor Control Commission, and the Women’s Christian Temperance Union. Similar bills have been passed by the legislature as early as 1901, but they have never been applied effectively to the education system, largely due to misunderstanding of the bill, Jacobson explained. Students to Pay For OSC Game University of Oregon students will need general admission tickets, at $1.50 each, for admittance to the UO-OSC basketball game at Gill Coliseum in Corvallis Satur day night. One-hundred tickets were still available at the athletic ticket of fice in McArthur Court Wednes day afternoon. The office will be open' from 8-1 Friday and Satur day; and 1-5 Friday. University rooters will sit under the east basket on the lower floor in a reserved section. The section will be saved for University stu dents until 7:30 p.m. Game time is 8 p.m. Deadline Changed For AWS Positions Petition deadline for AWS of fices has been changed from Feb. 14 to Feb- 1. so the elections will not interfere with house elections, according to president Barbara Stevenson. Positions open for freshmen women are sergeant-at-arms and reporter. Sophomore women should petition for secretary and treasur er, and junior women for pru dent. Miss Stevenson at the Kappa Alpha Theta house and Eve Over back at Hendricks Hall will accept the petitions until 5 p.m. Feb. 1. ‘SOME OF THE WORLD’S LOVELIEST LIGHT MUSIC! -N. Y. SUN 'Charming highlights of Vleneo's golden musical days!" -WORi-D-TEL. "Goyefy has the major share of this sweetly sad love story!" —HERALD-TRIB. tNGUSH TITLH — ALSO — RUBEN'S ART PRODUCTION THE WORKS OF PETER-PAUL RUBEN’S BROUGHT TO THE SCREEN • MONDAY AND TUESDAY HEAR DR. J. EDWIN ORR, World Traveller,-Author, Lecturer (Graduate of Oxford) 11 a.m.—“WHAT REVIVAL CAN DO” (Broadcast over KASH) 7:30 p.m.—“BACKSLIDING” Bible study 9:45 a.m.—Fellowship Hour 6:30 p.m. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Bdwy at High Dr. Vance H. Webster, Pastor INSTANT PRESSING WHILE YOU WAIT INSTANT PRESSING-/