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n daily EMERALD VOLUME 1*11 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, APR II* 11, 1951 Nl'MBER 104 Truman Fires MacArthur WASHINGTON i/P) Presi dent Truman late Tuesday night <10 p.m. F’HTi forced General Iiouglas MacArthur from all his commands. The President said he had con cluded that MacArthur "is unable to give his wholehearted aupport" to United States and United Na tions policies. Mr. Truman Immediately desig nated Lit. Gen. Matthew B. Kldg way as MacArthur’s successor as Supreme Commander. Allied pow ers, Commander in Chief. United Nations Command; Commander in Chief, Far Fast; and Command ing General, ULMS. Army, Far Kast. In a statement. Mr. Truman as serted that "military commanders must be governed by policies and directives of the government and In time of crisis, this consideration is particularly compelling." The president appointed Lt. Gen. James A. Van Fleet to succeed Kidgway to tatye over active com mand of the Eighth Army. Announcement of the almost un precedented dismissal of the hero general was made at a rare news conference at the White House at 1 am. (K8T). The time was fixed to coincide as nearly as possible with the delivery to MacArthur at Tokyo the order relieving him of his commands, “effective at once." The White House released, with the President's statement, a mem orandum purporting to show dif ferences between MacArthur's statements and action and pre sidential policy. The president's order, telegraph-' ed to MarArthur over the Army network, was brief and pointed: “I deeply regret that it becomes my duty as President and Com mander in Chief of the ITnited States military forces to replace you as Supreme Commander, Allied Powers: Commander in Chief, United Nations Command: Commander in Chief, Far East; Commanding General, U. S. Army Far East. "You will turn over your com mand*. effective at once, to Lt. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway. You are authorized to have issued such orders as are necessary to com plete desired travel to such places as you select. "My reasons for your replace ment will be made public concur rently with the delivery to you of the foregoing order, and arc con tained in the next following mes sage.'' (This referred to the Pre sident's statement.) Hazel Scott To Appear April 28 Hazel Scott, celebrated pianist who u> now on a record-breaking concert tour of the United States, will {five a recital in McArthur Court Apr. 28, under the auspices of the Student Union Board. Miss Scott has made several personal appearances, and is a star of motion pictures and radio. At the present time she has her own weekly television show, "The Hazel Scott Show," which originates in New York . Last autumn Miss Scott returned to her native Trinidad on her first concert tour of the Caribbean. She had left there as a child of four with her mother, who was also a musician. Taught by her mother, she made her first public appear ance at the age of 12 in a girls band. After four years at the Jull liard School of Music she became known on radio programs and later achieved stardom at Cafe Society, a leading New York night club. Following her New York engage ment. Mias Scott went to Holly wood where she made such films as Wui ner Brother's "Rhapsody in j Blue," "The Heat's On,” "Some- j thing to Shout About," "I Dood It.” and “The Broadway Melody.” i Miss Scott, in private life the | wife of Congressman Adam Clay ton Powell, combines the classics: with her owm inventive composi-1 Hpn.s, such as, "A Tale of Four 'Cities" and "Caribbean Fete." New Uglies Head List Six new names headed the list for the Alpha Phi Omega-World Student Service Fund's Ugly Man contest with Wednesday's collec tion tabulations. Now in the lead are Jerry Shaw, Jack Smith, Jack Faust, Jack Byers, Bill Carey and Gordon Howard. Today’s collections end the first phase of the contest. The six finalists will be announced in Thursday’s Emerald. “Today is the last day for con tributors to put their candidate ahead,’’ Jackie Wilkes, WSSF drive chairman, has announced. The finalists will continue the con test with the amount of money al ready collected being added to the funds collected in their names from Thursday until Saturday when the drive terminates with the All-Cam pus Vodvil show. Finalists will be notified tonight S^id will be asked to meet in the WSSF office at 6:30 p.m. to have caricatures done. These caricatures will be displayed in the Co-op along with “The Thing,” the prize to be awarded to winning candidate at the Vodvil show. Heredity Talk By Huestis Set Tonight R. R. Hi lest in, professor of zool ogy, will speak on The New You and Heredity" by Amcmn Schc-m feld at 7:30 tonight in the Library Browsing Room m the Student Un ion. C. W. Clancy, associate profes sor of biology, will lead the dis cussion. Huestis received the M.y. and Ph.L). degrees from the University of California. He has made some Important contributions to the field of genetics through experiments conducted on the University of Ore gon campus. He has received two research grants, and many of his articles have appeared in scholar ly journals. In 1937 Huesdis served as president of the Oregon Acad emy of Sciences. "The New You and Heredity” was published in lOSO. It provides a background for understanding what the human race has been and for imagining what it may be. This is the second in the spring tertn Lecture-Forum series and is open to the public. Thum Releases 'Duck Preview' Exchanges Pairings for the Friday-night open house and the Sunday ek rhange dinners, part of the activi ties planned for Duck Preview Weekend Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, have been released by Denise Thum, who is in charge of the two events. Men’s and women's living organ izations have been paired with each other for the open house, scheduled from S to 9:30 p.m. Re freshments and dancing have been approved at the halls and houses at which the open houses will be held. Social chairmen will be contact ed individually as to which specific living organizations will be open, Miss Thum said. Sunday exchange dinners, at which high school seniors are sent to halls and houses other than those they had been housed in, are scheduled for 1 p.m. and will term inate the weekend program. Pairings are as follow: Friday open house -- Phi Gam ma Delta, Kappa Alpha Theta; Sigma Kappa, Sigma Nu; Kappa Kappa Gamm, Beta Theta Pi; Tau Kappa Epsilon, Pi Kappa Alpha, and Alpha Xi Delta; Phi Kappa Sigma, and Alpha Gamma Delta; Alpha Delta Pi, Lambda Chi Al pha; Phi Sigma Kappa, and Al Kappa, Pi Kappa Alpha, and Al pha Omicron Pi. (Please turn to page seven) Students to Study Stanford Living An 11-member committee appointed hv ASUO President Parry Mountain to study dormitory living will leave Thursday for Stanford l Diversity, where it will investigate a variety of aspects of the deferred living-in program for men in effect on that campus. According to Mountain, the committee will meet with Stan lord school olticials, students, Clreeks. and independents in a comprehensive study of the living plan. The results of the survey will he compiled in a re port which will he submitted to the Inter-Fraternity Council, the Inter-Dormitory Council, Heads of Houses, and other campus organizations next \\ eek. The group will also meet with University President Harry K. Newburn following the preparation of its report. Mountain said. Upon completion of the Stan ford report, the committee intends to look into the food situation in all University of Oregon dormi tories, make a comparison between dormitory grades and those of Greek houses, and review rushing regulations with members of the IFC and the IDC. Specific items outlined by Moun tain to be investigated by the com mittee in its visit to the Stanford campus include: Counseling program incentive, selection, duties, to whom respon sible, success of the program. Sponsors — position, selection, orientation of freshmen. Freshman living conditions —• i rules and regulations, freshmen government, intra-mural program, social life. Pledging and rushing — rushing procedure, mixed loyalties, restric tions of fraternities. (please turn to page eight) Campus Vodvil Act Eliminations Set for Tonight Eliminations for All-Campus | Vodvil acts will be completed to night in Gerlinger Annex. The schedule for tonight will be: 7:10 Campbell Club 7:20 Hendricks Hall 7:30 Beta Theta Pi 7 :40 Gamma Phi Beta 7:60 Delta Zeta 8:00 Delta Gamma 8:10 Chi Omega | 8:20 Alpha Delta Pi S :30 Alpha Chi Omega 8:40 Delta Delta Delta 8:50 Alpha Xi Delta ! 9:00 Alpha Phi 9:10 Alpha Omicron Pi 9:20 Alpha Gamma Delta 9:30 Sigma Nil All acts are requested to be \ ready to go on stage at 7 p.m. by Joan Dysart, programming chair* I man. Blood Drive Scheduled April 24,25 The second Red Cross blood drive collection on the University of Ore gon campus will be held Apr. 24 and 25, Roger Nudd and Gerry Pearson, co-chairmen for the event, announced Tuesday. The first drive was held winter i term and through the co-operation of the students and faculty the goal was reached and surpassed. This time the goal has been set higher and it is hoped that 1.000 pints of blood can be gathered ' from the “university family.” Speakers wiH visit the various living organizations today and throughout the remainder of the week. They will have with them pledge cards which will list dif ferent times for appointments available to students for donating | blood. ' In addition to the pledge cards, 1 release slips will appear in the i Emerald which should be sent by students under twenty-one to their parents to obtain their permission to give blood. —-_____ Alpha Xi Abandons USA Party Alpha Xi Delta sorority voted Monday night to leave the United Students Association because the house members "no longer feel that the party is based on the principles j that existed when they joined the j group." House President Dolores Parrish announced that the vote was “not unanimous," but refused to release the vote count. She also declined to explain the house's reasons for leaving the party, other than the statement she gave the Emerald Monday, maintaining that any statement she could make as an in - dividual would not be representa tive of the variety of members’ opinions. Miss Parrish also denied that anyone outside the house had e> erted any influence on the mem bers to vote to leave the party. “It was a decision made by a majority of the active members, ' she said. “Their alumnae advised them to consider the matter ser iously before making any move, ’ said Mrs. Vivien Harper Pitman, U O graduate and president of th" northwest Alpha Xi Delta Alumni Association. “Personally, as a University of Oregon alumni, I hated to see the unfavorable publicity of political operations at the University and the Greek-vs-Independent feeling. When the house originally moved from AGS to USA they keenly feit. that the whole tenor of polities* should be raised. They didn’t make that move for political expend iency," she added. Alpha Xi Delta has still not of ficially left the USA party. Accord ing to an agreement among the Greek houses in the party, any group wishing to leave USA must vote to give notice to the party and then, two weeks later, take a final vote on the question. Ernie Baldini, USA president, said that the news was a "com plete surprise" to him. | “The president of Alpha Xi Det i ta telephoned me Monday night and simply said that her house had decided by a majority vote to change its political affiliation,” he said Tuesday. "It completely sut prised me: our steering committee has three Alpha Xi’s in its mem bership." Whether the students would follow their house in leaving the party was not known Tuesday. If the group does officially de cide to leave USA — the vote will 4 be taken in two weeks — they pro bably will seek admission to the. Associated Greek Students. Bid Carey, AGS president, said Tues day that AGS would be “very happy to have them." “Now all the sororities will t«* together once again in one party7, ’ Carey said. Small New Actor Stars in Tinian's' By Jim Ilayrox Ken Hathaway stands about 5'! 10” in his stocking feet, making him a slightly largish leprechaun. That, however, doesn't bother Hathaway, who brings the char acter of Og to life in “Finian’s Rainbow,” in the least. Otherwise Ken is the spitting imago of a leprechaun, so say the people who know him. Among the principals of "Fin ian's Rainbow,” Ken is the only one with no previous experience. An art major, he only recently be came interested in stage work perhaps, he thinks, just to get around and see a little more. A Eugene resident from the be ginning, Hathaway has done enter taining for quite a few years, but of a different sort. He's an organ player, from all reports a good ore, too, and he spends quite a bit ox time playing for private parties, dinners, ai d dances. The part of Og calls for no slouch. He must be able to sing somewhat, dance, court fhe makes love to two women i and. incident ally. act. And besides all this, be ing only about half ’mortalish ' through most of the show, he • « obliged to do everything at a hop. All in all, its a big order for a fledgling actor, but one which Kta plans to give everything he's got. And those opening night buttei flies in the stomach, what about them? Well. Ken staunchly main tains that it's all in the mind. "I'm, not worried a bit, not at all... .at least, not yet anyway.”