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Grad School Co-op Planned SALEM <.P> The joint legis I .tive ways and means committee Thursday gave the green light to a plan whereby the It Western states would cooperate in provid ing education in specialized gradu a schools. Under this plan, a state having a x outstanding graduate school would accept students from others states, with the home state pay ji g part of the tuition. This would n ake it possible to build up the s hools, and make it unnecessary f r tne stat-s to start more gradu ate schools of their own. For instance, students from other s' ites would come the Univer sity of Oregon Medical School. Oregon students would go to Washington State College veterin ary school. Oregon would be the fifth state to ratify the agreement if the plan is approved by the Legislature, and it takes only five states to put it into operation. More than SO per cent of all acci dents last year on U. S. streets and highways involved vehicles going st raight. 'Finian' Predicted To Set Record ] Attendance records will bo top-, ped by “Kinian's Rainbow. ' after the Tuesday evening hold-over per formance, Virginia Hall theater j business manager, predicted. A record of 3186 customers saw "Warrior's Husband” last season; but "Finian's," if it plays to a full house Tuesday (and there is every indication of that* will lop that record by nearly 200. If the attend ance at the formal dress rehearsal is included, the musical will be oOO ahead of last year's comedy. Tickets are still available for the Tuesday performance, and re servations may be made in person or by phone at the theater box office. The cash leceipt record will be topped .also, because "Finian's" price is $2, double that.of a non musical theater production. Several weeks ago. coming home from work on a crowded bus, I stood next to a woman and her small son. I asked if she wasn't afraid the little boy would be crush ed. "Not at all," she answered. "He bites." Tickets Less For Educators Employees of the University and members of the State Board of Higher Education residing in Eugene V'ill be allowed a maxi mum of two tickets at t>0 cents each for the Hazel Scott concert here Saturday night. These tickets will permit the attendance of hus band and wife at the lower rate. University employees will be asked to show some form of identi fication when purchasing the low er priced tickets. The tickets will be good for seats in the bleachers and others in McArthur Court not in the reserved section on the main floor. Price of tickets is $1.40 for re served seats in sections X, on the main floor; $1 for general admission seats in the balcony; and 60 cents for University stu dents, high school students, and faculty as explained above. They may be purchased at the Appli ance Center, 70 VV. 10th. or til the Student Union main desk. Tell a girl she is pretty and she will like it, but will not be sure you are in earnest; tell her she is pret tier than some girl she knows is pretty and you have got her. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? ^ This is the critical moment when range fires are started or prevented l CRUSH YOUR CIGARETTE! Bf sure it's completely out! By that simple act you may save thousands of tons of hay and grain, perhaps homes and lives! BREAK YOUR match! Care less flipping of a match or cigarette into dry grass, leaves or brush causes more range fires than any other single tning. DROWN TOUR MRE! Last year in the U. S. more than 30 million acres of forest and grazing land were turned to black desolation! BURK BRUSH CAREFULLY! Get a permit from your local ranger, fire or forest warden before burning trash, grass or brush. Every year, dozens of range country homes are burned by fires that "got away" from someone who took a chance... just once. YOU can HILP STOP this WASTE! This is Amer ica's most shameful waste! Year after year we go on burning up our natural resources... essential to our security and economy. Don t have such a tragic waste on your conscience! - Only you con Like other American business firms, we believe that business has a responsibility to contribute to the public welfare. This advertisement is therefore sponsored in cooperation with The Advertising Council and U. S. and State Forest Services by. Omm Daily EMERALD Chinese Soldiers Tough, Army Colonel Explains • By (Sretchen (Jrondufyl . i The toughness of the Chinese soldier is n constant source of' amazement to Americans, a ?".»• i tmd United States Army colonel told members of the Far Kast In j modern times class. Speaking of the Chinese army and the Chinese soldier, Col. Lawrence B. Bixby, who, during j 1945, served in China as chief of* staff of the reserve command, j Chinese , Combat Command, told j of traveling well - bundled up I thii igh the Chinese countryside and being amazed at the sight of Chinese working barelegged, knee deep In rice paddies. In spite of this toughness ac quired through a life of hardship, us many as 50 per cent of the rookie soldiers would die on the way to their first station, the speaker asserted. Kecruits were really captives, often being dragged to the army j at the end of a rope, Bixby explain- ! ed. Each area was assigned n quota { of men for the army, and officials arranged matters so that “the wealthy were seldom taken and those who did enter the army were i poor, undernourished, and diseas ed.” "It takes two to throe times as long to train Chinese troops as to train American troops, largely be cause of interruptions during training,” the colonel said. "Large numbers of men had to spend much of their time search ing for food and firewood, which was almost non-existeDt, and pre paring for frequent holidays and inspections.” Individual soldiers could be well trained, but it was difficult to train troops on a larger scale be cause the Chinese, unlike Atneri- ! cans are not used to coordination, teamwork, and timing, he said. “We have a concept of coordin ated actum throughout our entire forces: a basic set of terms, com-; •mauds, and tactical procedures throughout the army. Thus a sold ier could be sent from the Univer sity's KOTC program to an army “The Chinese did rot have this concept. In China, each command er wuh a law unto himself; there will no Htundanli/.uUon of routines or training procedure*!.’' As for the officers, tncy wore "rather Incompetent the higher one went," Blxby said, "They had spent years In poli tical battles, in which loyalty is station anywhere In the world and be familiar with what Is going on," the speaker stated, rated higher than orncieiiey. Many of the military leaders were loyal to Chiang K ai-shek, but not good generals. They were accustomed to loyulty to a political clique, not a national Ideology.” "But,” Blxby emphasized, "the average Chinese gradually be comes a very fine soldier rough and tough. Discipline is superb, and troops are attentive." "And," the speaker concluded, "there is some evidence that the Communists have given tin ir sold iers something more: a feeling of belonging, which may’ have given them an edge over the Nulionulisl t roops.”_ CAMPUS CALENDAR 10:00 a.in. — tar Lust lecture, Ballroom St' Noon — Luncheon Decoration (onuu.. (Jr. Weekend), 110 SC 4 :00p.m. — Phi Theta Sales ( uinim., 110 St Coffee Hour (Van Mook Tousler), Dads' Kooih SC 5:00 p.m. — Vronien Mothers, (irr. Sun I’ori h 7:30 p.m.— AS CO Kvec Coun cil, 337 SI 3:00 p.m. — l*hl Mu Alpha. 331 sf Towster Lecture, Ballroom SC Twenty-four per cent of all driv ers Involved in fatal automobile accidents In the United Stales In 19f*U were between the ages of IS and 21. Deren Explains Film as 'Art Form At Lecture Demonstration ‘‘Poetry in film” is the way that Maya Deren described her work during the lecture-demonstration! Thursday night in the Student Un ion ballroom. Because people do not generally consider film as an art category in itself, an analogy with another art form must be made so that people can understand it, Miss j Deren stated. Another factor to be considered, said Miss Deren, is the way people feel about the pursuit of such in tangible things, as art and poetry. For the artist there is the "satis faction of creative vanity," when he makes something that is in some way distinct from that which has already been made, she con tinued. As an example of her work,, Miss Deren showed twto of her! films. “At Land,” she said is an in- j version of the expression “at sea" but retains all the connotations of the more common expression. Tn this film it is not the world, but the "protagonist” who remains i stable. “A .Study in Choreography for the Camera” is an extremely short film featuring only one dancer. But actually, says Miss Deren, it is a duet between the camera and the dancer. "Art is concerned not with inci dents, but with principles,” said the Russian born artist in explain ing the reasons behind her work. Xt is only by lifting the principle away from the immediate sur rounding that the film can be ap plied to a larger audience, she con tinued. This in a sense is an ideal form of art, said Miss Deren. It is "a life in itself.” Before presenting her films, Miss Diene tried to explain them in such a way that the audience would not be shocked with their novelty, for she believes that it is in the H.cond shewing that their true value .can bo appteclated. Habit of vision is an anticipa tion. sai<I Miss Deren. It renders one temporarily blind to anythin*; that is not in line with that antici pation. She went on to explain that art is an effort to create matter which is a manifestation of ideas and emotions. Art is not a natural, phenomena. Miss Deren declared, but a carefully composed work. "Tne meaning of a work of art is not in what it usea, but in how it relates them," she said in de scribing the function of objects in her films. The purpose of the ob ject is determined by its function in the film. “These films have no story,” said Miss Deren, but they do con tain a non-verbal, non-narrative continuity. After presenting her films, Miss Deren talked about specific film forms. Finally she said that one does not necessarily have to be able to explain her films in order to under stand them. "If I can’t say rny films," said Miss Deren, "I certain ly wouldn’t expect others to ex plain them." YMCA Elects Hobbs President University YMCA members elected their new officers for the coming year Wednesday night. New officers are Dave Hobbs, president; Toby MeCarroll, vice president; Dick Hampton, secre tary; and Bob Briggs, treasurer. Both new and old officers and members of the cabinet will attend an all-day planning conference May 5.