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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (March 28, 1951)
Orman daily "EMERALD VOLI'MELU UNIVERSITY OK OREGON. EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, MAIM’D 2H, 1051 NU.MHEK 94 German Rearming Talk Slated Thursday in SU H. Frederick Peters, current di rector of the American Institute at the University of Munich, Ger many, wil speak on "What Do the Germans Think About Rearma ment?" at 11 a.m. Thursday in the Student Union ballroom. Morning classes will each be shortened 15 minutes, with the schedule as follows: First period: 8-8:35 Second period: 8:45-9:20 Third period: 9:30-10:05 Fourth period: 10:15-10:50 Peters, formerly of Reed College, is no# on his second lecture tour of the United States discussing the critical situation in Central Europe. His campus appearance is sponsor ed by the University Assembly Committee. For the past two years he has been director of the American In stitute in Munich, the first institu tion of higher learning specializing ' in American studies under Ameri can professors on the continent of 1 Europe. Peters will appear nt an informal coffee hour at 1 p m. Thursday. I sponsored by Mortar Board and the ' Student Union Board. All interest ed students mid faculty members may attend. II. FKKDKKK k PKTEUS At 8 p.m. he will speak on "Can Western Europe Be Defended?" at the Veterans’ Memoiial Building. Students, Faculty Give $2,300 In UO Red Cross Donation Drive ' A total of $2,296.27 was donated during the 1951 campus Red Cross hive, according to figures received from Virginia Kellogg, collections .hairman. Of that amount, students gave $828.27 and faculty members $1,168. Eight living organizations reported 100 per cent contribution. Women's Souses were topped by Kappa Alpha Theta which turned in $81. F‘i Beta Phi, Kappa Kappa Gamma, and Chi Omega were the others in the 100 per cent class. Beta Theta Pi led men’s living organizations with a donation of $56. Sederstrom, Sigma Phi Elpsilon, and Sigma Alpha Mu also reported un inimous contributions. Women’s houses outdid the men’s living organizations, $-100.41 to 5286.73. Campus Vodvil Show Act, Representative NamesDue5p.m.Today Names of the acts for the All-; Campus Vodvil Show to be held atj McArthur Court Apr. 14, should; bo turned in to Joan Dysart at the Delta Delta Delta house by 5 p.m. today. The name of the Vodvil re presentative for each house should also be turned in. First eliminations for the show, I lnhich is being held in connection with Duck Preview Weekend artd the World Student Service Fund ilrive, will be Apr. 10 and 11. Repre sentatives will be notified by post card of the date and hour of the eliminations. Rules with which the acts must comply are as follows: Acts must be limited to five minutes. There will be an expenditure limit of $10. All acts must be in good taste. The maximum number of actors Will be 20; the minimum will be 5. No Previous Entertainment No act is eligible that has pre viously entertained on campus as such* but members may partici pate in other acts. All acts must go through elimin ations; eight men’s and eight wom en’s groups will be selected for final eliminations. Freshmen will participate as part of their present living or ganizations; dorms cannot com bine to present an act. Costumes and simple props may he used; lighting and public ad dress system will tie furnished. Failure to comply with certain of these rules will either disqual ify the act or influence the judges unfavorably. Tickets, which are (SO cents, will be sold to all who wish to attend. Participants will also be required to purchase tickets, as the. pro ceeds will go to VVSSF. High school guests, however, will be admitted free. Judging Basis Judging will be based on the following classifications: Staging (props; sound; cos tumes; smoothness of beginning and end). Script (continuity; cleverness; suitability). Performers (stage presence; actual performance). There will be a total of 50 pos sible points for each act. Petitions for judging and awards for the Vodvil Show should be turned in to Anne Graham at Al pha Delta Pi^y 4 p.m. Friday. ROTC Head Leaves UO Col. Frank It. Maerdlan, profes sor of military science and tactics I and head of the Untvcralty mili tary department for the past four years, left Thursday for Camp Folk, La., for troop duty with the 15th Infantry Division. Replacing Col. Maerdtan as pro fesaor and military department head is Lt. Col. J. H. Cunningham, formerly an assistant professor of military science and head of the Reserve Officer Trninlng Corps transportation department. Col.i Cunningham will serve in hoth | capacities until a replacement is appointed by Sixth Army head-, quarters. Col. Cunningham has been a member of the University ROTC staffr since the fall term of UMH He is a graduate of Ohio State Uni- j versity, a transportation corps ol-j ficer of the regular army, and was connected with the Chief of Trans-! portation s office in the Pentagon j at Washington. D. C., before Join ing the University instruction staff.1 During the war Col. Cunning ham served 2f) months Jn the Per sian Gulf Command as a battalion commander at an army ordnance depot. i The 15th Division. Col. Macr dinn's new assignment, was one of the first National Guard units to be called into active service during the present crisis. Cot Mnerdisn's wife and two children will remain in Rugene. Dorms to Remain On Same Level University dormitories will oper- 1 ate on nearly the same level this term, Mrs. Genevieve Turnipseed, 1 director of dormitories, reported! Tuesday. The chief exception is' Susan Campbell Hall, which will be closed for the quarter. Hendricks and Carson will be filled to near-capacitv to accom modate Susan Campbell residents. All units in John Straub will re main open and no changes will be made in the Vets Dorms, she said. All units will be open except j French Hall, which will continue I to be used as a study hall. "The administration decided j more would be gained by leaving i all units open," she explained. Dur ing winter term, plans were made to close one section of the Vets Dorms. Hawk Delegate To Conference Hay Hawk, director of rnon'.s | affairs, is among the more than 250 delegates to the thirty-third j annual conference of the National Association of Deans and Advisers j of Men being held Mar. 28 through 31 in St. Louis, Mo. Hawk will be interrogator for the Mar. 29 group meeting on ad ministration of student personnel programs. Winter Grades Ready Grades will be given to stu dents at the registrar's office to- j day for those who did not pick them up at the Student Union Tuesday afternoon the regist rar's office announced. They also reported that since advisers were not given a copy of the grade report, those stu dents who wish to change their registration are to take their copy of the grade report to their advisers. KWAX Schedules First Broadcast Next Wed. Evening High Schoolers Set SU High Attendance at tho Student Un ion (luring the Mate high school basketball tournament wan at an all time high, according to Dick William.", director of the SU. The food Haled averaged over 3.000 per day In the SU, and daneea held in the ballroom Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday were at tended by many students. The SU building and Its facilities were generally treated with much respect by the students attending the tournament, Williams conclud ed. Petitions Called For Publications Petition* for editor and business manager of student public-niton* have been called for by the Student Publications Board. All petitions are to bo turned in at. the office of Larry Davidson) night manager of the Student L'n-! ion, at 102 St'. Kxainples of poti- j tions may be seen at his office any 1 day aft< r 2 p m. Candidates must have aeadcmie clearance through j the- Office of Student Affairs. All appointments will be made by the Student Publications Board the night of the interview. Petition* for editor and business manager of the Orcganu and edi tor of the Ore-nter me due by 5 p.nt. Apr. 6. with Interviews sche duled Apr. 12. Emerald editor and business manager petitions arc due Apr. 20. with interviews Apr. 26. Deadline for applications for editor and business manager of the triggers' Guide is May 11. Inter views will be held May 17. Air Force Selection Team Cancels Visit The scheduled visit of the End ed States Air Force Aviation Cadet Selection Team to the campus Apr. 3 and 4 has been cancelled, accord ing to a letter received from the Fourth Air Force at Hamilton Field, Calif. The selection team system has been completely abandoned by the Air Force, which now provides other programs for the recruiting of cadet aviators and navigators. I Iip first hrnadcast over KW.W, new University radio station, will be at 7 :M) put. nest Wednesday, fuck Vaughn, station manager, lias announced._ K\\,\\ will he on the air eight hours daily except Sunday when it will broadcast from 3 to 7 p.m. The show will climax a long pro cess of steps State legislature ap proval of the budget, obtaining a license front the Federal Communi cations Commission, getting nearly $1,500 worth of equipment from a concern in Illinois, not to mention numerous small complications. Tape recordings of successful broadcasts over KOAC, from which the di versity operated previous to their acquisition of KVVAX, anil congratulatory message*- from Or- - gon stations and University of ficials will be featured on the first show. Staff Members Under Vaughn, station manager, are staff members Dave Strauss, business: Janet Harris, musii : Oorge Drougas. continuity; Jim Blue, announcing; Lionel Mathews, traffic; and Dick Hardie, program director. Anyone interested .n work; g at I hi station may contact one < f the staff members at the Villa!d Studios, as more student* will ho needed, according to Vaughn. Talent Contest Feature of Mixer Friday NightinSU The first mixer of the term Ft - day night will feature a talent con test sponsored by the Student l' - ion dance committee. Purpose of this and ensuing con tests is to bring out hidden talent otherwise unknown on campus. Judges will be Robert Montgom ery. instructor in speech, and Mi". John H. Parsons of Frager's Ladies Apparel. The physics department in donating an "applause meter.” Entry blanks must be picked up in the program office, room 301 SU. Deadline for entries ;s 12 no> i Thursday. Contests will also be h> Id at the following mixers: Apr. 6, 14, 20, 27. and May 4. Awards will be pre sented during the annual Junior Weekend presentation of awards. Board Acknowledges Several Gifts, Grants Gifts and grants totaling $125, 775.74 were acknowledged by the State Board of Higher Education in its regular session March 13. A $4,000 contribution from the Oregon State Elks Association in support of tlie program for visually handicapped children at the Uni versity of Oregon Medical School ophthalmology department headed the list. A total of $3,345.74 from various donors was accepted for the University of Oregon Foreign Students Service Fund. Scholarship gifts to the Univer sity included $200 from the Moth ers Club and $300 from the Oregon Golf Association. Portland. A $100 gift for dental research was given to the Dental School from the Rose City Study Club. Dental School Grant A grant of $1,410 for the Dental School was accepted from the Ore gon State Board of Health. The Oregon Division of the American Cancer Society granted $2,490 to the Dental School as a partial pay ment on a grant for the further development and maintenance of a cancer registry in the school. T h e Rockefeller Foundation awarded a $100,000 grant to the University of Oregon Medical School for a research project in constitutional medicine, to be con ducted under the direction of Dr. Howard P. Lewis and Or. Joseph Griggs, to extend over a five year period. A number of other gifts were received by the Medical School. Sabine Appointed Under personnel changes, rv. George H. Sabine was appoint'd visiting professor of political sci ence. Military leave of absence with active duty in the United States Air Force was granted to Alfred C. Shepard, assistant pio fessor and assistant director of the Portland branch, Bureau of Municipal Research and Service. Elon H. Moore, head of the de partment of sociology, was given sabbatical leave, with designation of Joel V. Berreman, associate pro fessor of sociology, as acting head of the department.