Open Letter Presents f('nnti*uf<1 from Pape one) in early spring term. And all women students will then be given another chance to vote, this time on the particular method to be used. (Possible alternative plans will be presented by the speakers at the vafious houses!. A definitely negative vote, on the other hand, will probably be cause for dropping the idea. A close vote would not be considered conclusive, but would probably re sult in further discussion and a subsequent vote on the principle.1 We feel that a word is in order in regard to some of the adverse publicity given the suggested plan. In particular, the reported Kwama “letter" disapproving the plan act ually represented only excerpts from the minutes of a meeting at which the plan was discussed. They were compiled by several J members at the request of ASUO President Barry Mountain, with out the knowledge of all the mem bers, since the “letter" was never meant to be an official document. The AWS was presenting the posi tive side of the question to the Executive Council and the student body president wished views on the other side. The opinions in the “letter” did not represent the en tire group. Idea Approved A further bit of background on why the plan was not first sub mitted to all the women students: A fall term vote by members of the AWS council, made up of the presidents of Heads of Houses, Kwama. Phi Theta Upsilon, Mortar Board. Orides, WAA, YWCA, the campus social chairman and AWS cabinet members, approved the plan. This was at that time felt to be a representative vote. The plan was also approved by the AWS activities board, made up of activities chairmen from all wom en’s living organizations. On the strength of this, work was begun. Since it has now be-; come apparent that there is some. negative opinion, the whole mat-1 ter will be put to a vote of all the women students, who will first be j fully informed on the matter and who will have a chance to ask questions. The vote, as indicated, j will be in two parts—the principle i alone will be voted on first, then later the actual plan to be used. Respectfully, AWS Cabinet Stitzen Beats fContinued from fna* four) and Rose each scored five points to lead DU. Gamma mer. seemed unable to miss during a good share of their skirmish with Pi Kappa Phi as they won 32-9 in the day’s one-siaed con test. Pi Kappa Phi failed to score in the first period and they trailed 8-0. Gamma led 18-2 at the half as Ted Thoreson and Ron Lowell blaz ed the trail. Scoring was evenly di vided for the winners. Lowell took high point honors, followed by Thoreson with six. Eaton paced the losers with five points. In intramural handball, Campbell Club won over Theta Chi 3-0. Row Your Boat Down Street TWO MEN ROW A BOAT in one of the streets at Sultan, Wash., as they survey the damage done toy flood waters from the Sultan and SUykom.sh rivers which left their banks. The flood resulted from heavy rainfall and a log jam at the confluence of the two streams. The backwaters flooded the city's streets and made a dozen families homeless. Schools were dismissed. <AF WIREPHOTO) Fire Sweeps Michigan Capitol FROM MICHIGAN’S STATE CAPITOL offices smoke billows out in a fire that ragged through the Lan sing building for over 24 hours doing an estimated damage of $4,000,000. Below zero weather hampered efforts by five fire departments to fight the blaze which destroyed countless Irreplacable records. <A»> WIREPHOTO) BE MY VALENTINE ? Win her heart with flowers! • By Air—by Wire—by Sedan Delivery . . . special for you for her in Eugene! IMPORTED HIGH-FIRED # CHINA DOLL filled with Violets and Roses $2.50 Flowers Unlimited Flowers Eugene Hotel Flowers Sacred Heart 193 E. Broadway Hotel Lobby 12 & Alder 4-6244 4-3110 4-8831 Call and say “charge it/’ for Corsages, Bouquets, Orchids ... $1 up. CAMPUS CALENDAR 11:45 jt.in.—Chemliitry Dept., 110 HU YMCA International Lunch con, 111 HU 12 noon—Itally llounl, 112 HU I p.m.—Betu Alpha Pal, 388 HU 1:30 p.m.—I'hI llettt Patrone** CH, 112 HU ■I p.m.—UoHiuopolltun Club, 110 HU SU Mimic Comm., 202 HU Student Affulrn Comm., 387 HU « p.m.—1VCF, Men’* Lounge (icrlhiKcr 0:30 p.m.—Neuman .Study Club, 110 HU Phi Beta, Alumni I-oiin|{e, (icrllnjter 7 p.m.—Skull and UukK'T, 112 HU Chrlatian Kelnce, 115)2 Kmcrald Ht. AH’S Scrapbook Com in., 115 HU 7:30 p.m.—Symposium, 384 HU K p.m.—lb-cord Concert, 202 HU Dr. Cressman Explains Theory "The Carbon 14 dating theory is a new god in the field of dating archaeological discoveries contain ing radioactive carbon," L. S. Cressman, head of the department of anthopology said Monday, speaking at an open meeting of •Sigma Xi, national science honor ary. Discussing "Western Pre-history in the Light of Carbon 14 Dating," Cressman sighted this dating method in relation to materials in Nevada, Oregon, Arizona, and Cali fornia. The carbon 14 theory, which came in with the discovery of atomic energy, is not entirely in fallible, however, Cressman con tinued. The greatest problem of the carbon 14 theory is thqt wet and dry materials do not respond in the same manner to the method, the speaker pointed out. W'et ma terials have a tendency to register a shorter age. In approaching this problem, Cressman believes that by obtain ing a horizontal series of peat moss and Mt. Mazama pumas, the problem of wet and dry materials could be verified by testing the materials in accordance with the theory. Other method.*) of dating have been used in reconstructing past history in an attempt to define life of previous ages. One such method is the theory of relative time, which reasons that some materials pre ceded others. Other ways of deter mining dates are from exact dates left on structures and tree-ring re cords. The neo-thermal temperature process is used in the carbon 14 theory, whereby materials can placed in certain spans of years in relation to the three tempera ture divisions. The ana-thermal division was the rainy season be tween 9000 and 8000 B.C. The alti thermal period encompassed the years of the drought between 7000 and 5000 B.C. The medi-thcrinal division is the intermedicate span whic hrefers to the period of time from 4000 B.C. to the present. The Lower Klamath Lake and the Paisley Caves are two of the areas in Oregon where extensive research has been carried on in using the carbon 14 theory. Remember Her TOMORROW with Whitman Candy bought TODAY