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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 8, 1952)
IMVKKSITV OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY. JANUARY 8. 11152 NUMBER 53 Volume I.Ill Eisenhower Gives Green Light for Campaign 'Parliament' on World Religions Begins Jan. 20 A miniature United Nations of the World religious group will meet on the Oregon campus during the "Parliament of World Relig ious," which will be held Jan. 20 through Jan. 24. Representatives of Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Judism, JMohammedi-nism and Christianity will outline the bases of their re ligion in a series of discussions, luncheons, forums, lectures and banquets that will take the place of the annual Religious Evaluation week. Sponsored by the Spiritual and Religious Activities committee, the Far Eastern Studies committee, the Religious Directors association and the University Religious Coun cil, the "Parliament" is a January presentation of the University's 75th Anniversary program, Begins Jan. 20 The "Parliament" will begin Sunday, Jun. 20 with an introduc tory dinner meeting in the Stu dent Union led by Rev. Paul Wright, pastor of the First Pres byterian church of Portland. Buddhistic and Hinduistic theo logies will highlight Monday's agenda with addresses by Profes sor Henry S. 'lutsunii, associate professor of the University of Washington, and Swami Devat munanua, director of the Portland Vedanta center. Hound table, a luncheon, discus sions. a conducted gallery tour of the Oriental Art museum and fire side dinners and discussions in the campus living organizations will round out the Parliament's first day. The two major Chinese religions. Taoism and C'onfusianism, will be discussed Tuesday. A University assembly address by Swarni Dev atniananda, entitled "Fate and Wisdom" will be the main feature of the day. '» In the Limelight Judiasm and Mohammedanism will be the two religions in the limelight on Wednesday, the third day ot the Parliament. Kabbi Jul ius Josef Nodel, Portland’s Temple Beth Israel leader, and Mr. Bashir Ahmad Minto, president of the United States Moslem society, will be the major speakers at the series of addresses, round tables, lunch eon and lectures that will complete the day. The final day of the Parliament will be devoted to a study of Chris tianity and its three forms: Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Protestant. Major speakers at the planned activities include Reverend Martin Thielen, superintendent of Catholic schools for western Oregon, Very Reverend Doctor Georges Florov sky, official representative of the Eastern Orthodox church in Con stantinople and Dr. Gerald Ken nedy, Bishop of the Methodist church in the Portland area. General chairmun for the five day Parliament is Jane Simpson. Petitions Deadline Petitions for "Parliament of World Religions” general banquet, ticket, decorations, general lunch eon and general firesides chair manships are due by 4 p.m. Friday, according to Miss Simpson. Forms may be turned into the YWCA office in Gerlinger hall or given to Miss Simpson at Delta Delta Delta. ASUO Petitions Due for Senator, Freshman Offices There were no filled-out peti tions In the hands of ASUO Presi dent Bill Carey aionday after noon but, he said, quite a few peti tion blanks were missing from the ASUO petition box on the third floor of the Student Union. He took this to mean the peti tions. for two freshman class offi cers and tv/o representatives, and (or the vacant senator-at-large po sition, were in the process of being filled out. Deadline for senator-at-large pe titions is 4 p.m. Wednesday. All petitioners will be interviewed at the first senate meeting of wintei lerin, 0:30 p.m. Thursday. Freshman class election peti tions will be accepted until mid night of Jan. 10. one week before the election. On Jan. 23 the fresh man (lass will choose a president, vice president and two class repre sentatives. All four will serve on the ASUO senate. According to Merv Hampton. ASL'O vice president, any member of the : SUO may petition for the ser.ator-r.t-large position. There are no qualifications regarding the student’s year in school, he said. Dull to Discuss China's Type Of Communism Paul S. Dull, associate professor of political science anci history, will discuss "Chinese Communism: Or thodoxy or Heterodoxy" at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday evening in the first of a series of winter-term lecture-forums held in the Student Union Browsing room. The lecture series will feature subjects of current world interest as related to great books, in the field of literature, history, religion, international relations and art. Dull first journeyed to the Orient in 1938 at which time he visited Korea, Manchuria, and Japan. He was recently granted a leave of absence from the University for a year’s research in Japan, He will study the political behavior of the Japanese through translations of the biographies of Japanese politi cians as well as through field inter views. Dull came to the University in 1946. Last year he was named the outstanding professor at the Uni versity of Oregon by Friars, senior men’s honorary. The discussion leader for the lecture will be J. M. Foskett, asso ciate professor of sociology. Dad's Day Petitions Due at 5 p.m. Today Petitions for committe chair manships for Dad's Day, Feb. 1 and 2, are due at 5 p.m, in the ASUO office in the Student Union or to Pat Dignan, general chair man at Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Committee chairmanships open include publicity, promotion, radio promotion, awards, luncheon, reg istration, special events (selection of a Dad's Day hostess, hospitality, decoration and basketball. Petitions may be obtained at the ASUO office. Illegal Rushing Charged Sig Eps; 131 Sign for Rush Sigma Phi Epsilon was charg- j ed Monday with illegal rushing of freshmen on the basis of a letter > 'ditch the fraternity sent to 250 freshman men. Inter-fraternity Council Presi dent Dick McLaughlin said that the fraternity will be tried by the I EC tribunal at 4 p.m. today. The letter, which urged fresh men to participate in rush week, was headed by the name of the fraternity and signed by the house president. Dick Kading. The Sig Eps issued a similar let ter during freshman rush week last year without incident. Mc Laughlin said that rushing rules have changed since that time. The current letter was received by freshman Monday, the date de clared by the I EC as a "hands off" day, he said. (Please turn to t'ac/e three) General to Hold Present Job Until Popular Draft Denotes Ample Support u 1 YrIS ~~ ^ ~ r,cu' I)w’S,u n- Kiscnhowcr rave his 'P'1 L f" MI1.Pp0r,t,rS.,thc "r<<n i;Sht Monday logo ahead with the Ike for I resident campaign, but -aid he would become ,i candidate only if he got "a dear cut call to political duty ” In a statement read to reporters Kiscnhower -aid Sen. Henry Cahot Lodge, Jr., (R.—Mass.) gave ‘an accurate account’ Sunday of his political feelings but added: Registration Totals 4111 UO Students An estimated 4 111 students had : registered in the office of student i affairs late Monday afternoon. Today a $f> fine is being charged ; for late registration and $J per; day will he charged until registra- j tion is completed. Jan. 16 is the last day to register 1 or change courses. Students wishing to add or drop courses must obtain a course change caid from the office of stu uent affairs, have signed by ad visers, secure the endorsement of each department concerned, and leave the drop or change card with the department. Changes of programs should be completed by Monday of the third week of the term. Any changes or dropping of classes after this date will involve penalties or petitions. I SwiH-flowing Millrace 1s Possibility with New Plan l'iclurp on Pag*' S (Erf. nM«-t The following is the Mfond In a series presenting the history, the situation, and the prospective future for the campus Hillrare, with the chances for re claiming the Mlllraco now being examined.) By Bob Southwell There's a possibility the Mill race might at last be restored to i its original prominence in Univer i sity life as a fast moving stream ! attractive for human use. Roger Nudd. appointed by ASUO l President Bill Carey to examine the Millrace issue, announced Mon [ day that City Manager Oren King has a new suggestion on how to speed its flow: The over-flow gate just above the culverts which channel the Millrace into a tunnel under Franklin Blvd. might be lowered, if possible, according to Nudd. This would permit the small overflow channel at that point of the stream to handle the additional water of a faster flowing Millrace. King's idea is no assurance such action will be feasible, or at tempted. It is merely an addition to the wealth of suggestions (on how to speed the Millrace) that have been appearing since the stream made its post-war appearance in its present and sluggish state. WUI Present Idea to Senate Nudd will present the idea at Thursday’s Senate meeting. He said that any pressure to attempt speeding the Millrace would prob ably appear as a recommendation of the University planning com mission, a faculty board, to Presi dent Newburn. Newburn might then, in turn, recommend lowering the Millraee's overflow gates to the Eugene city council. Carey said Monday, ‘T appointed Nudd to look into the Millrace question because I was interested in returning it to former campus prominence. Nudd made a lengthy report to the Senate as the prelim inary step in getting something done on it. "If the Senate approves of Nudd's proposal at the meeting this Thursday, our first step in j Stlmrlatirg action will probably he I ed to the Millrace. Oner started, it collected so [ making a poll of the fraternity and \ sorority houses to gauge student , interest in the Millrace. We have n't done more until this time be | cause we haven't known enough ! about it.” Carey added. Initial Report Nov. 8 Nudd's initial report was made to the Senate Nov. 8. The success i of Thursday s report will no doubt depend upon the students' interest in the Millrace, interest which has been taxed frequently. When most students contributed to a "restore I the millrace” fund in 3949. they ! expected the millrace to return with the same rapid flow it had al ways possessed. But those students hadn't bar gained for the disappointing per formance of the two 30-inch cul verts installed in 1948 when Frank lin blvd. was built to tunnel the Millrace under the new highway. When water finally returned to the Millrace under the new highway Millrace in September of 1949, it was discovered that the culverts were too small to admit a fast flowing stream into th« tunnel. Bonds Not Sold Students, alumni and Millrace residents raised $2449.76 in 1949 with the understanding that the city of Eugene would match their contributions to repair the Mill race's headgates. Eugene neglected to sell the bonds and didn't invest the originally planned $40,000 in restoring the stream. These two disappointments—a sluggish millrace and a smaller fund for its improvement- left many University students with the attitude of disinterest. The trouble started in 1943 when the headgates of the Millrace were destroyed by a flood. Until that time it had been an integral part of Eugene life and an essential tra dition of the University. But with out any dam to force the Willam ette river into is channel the Mill race turned into a dry rut which winded through Eugene. Res to rat ion Commenced After the war, millrace restora tion movement commenced, but, because of the new highway com (I'Icasc turn to page three) J would not seek nomina tion for political office.” Apparently the general plain to continue InV activities as head of the western h.uropean armies until he is convinced >' a strong movement in the* l nited States to draft him. "Under no circumstances will I ask for relief from this assignment ‘his supreme Allied command) in order to seek nomination for politi cal office and I shall not partici pate in the pre-convention activi ties of others who may have such an intention with respect to me,” Eisenhower said. No Question "Of eourse there is no question of the right of American citizens to organize in pursuit of their common convictions. "I realize Sen. Lodge and hi;r associates are exercising this right in an attempt to place before me next July a duty that would trans cend my present responsibilities. "In the absence, however, of a clear-cut cal! to political duty, X shall continue to devote my full intention to the performance of the vital tasks to which I am as signed.” Eisenhower made his statement, which was read for him by Brig.‘ Gen. Charles T. Lanhani, his chief, in response & V>ie anneunoe mer.t ty Bgh. Lodge at a Washing ton press conference Sunday that he was going to enter the supreme commander in the New Hampshire primaries in March as Republican candidate. Gave Some Views In an anniversary statement Sunday, which reflected some ox h:s views, Eisenhower said: 1. "Many advances have been made during the past year” in building up the force to stop any Russian aggression. 2. The Korean and Indo-Chinese wars against the Communists in the Far East have had an "adverse effect" on western European re armament. 3. "National economies have been seriously stretched" by the defense effort of the last year. Eisenhower's public acceptance of the Republican party label re lieved his presidential boosters of tneir greatest political burden and" put Ike in the pre-convention cam paign to stay. Not Much Help The pro-Eisenhower boosters still were faced with the task of win ning him the nomination without much direct help from the general in pre-convention activities. Backers of Sen. Robert A. Taft (R.—Ohio), who is openly seeking' the nomination -and seems to hold the lead now conceded that the word from Paris gives a lift to the Eisenhower boom. The Taft people expressed skep ticism, however, that a "draft” movement for the general can be successful.. They took the position that delegates to the Republican nominating convention in Chicago next July will want something more tangible than Eisenhower'?* willingness to be "drafted" as the party standard-bearer. In Chicago, the national chair man of the Taft clubs- John Col mar—said Eisenhower has again confused his duties with his re sponsibilities. Colmar said, "It is incumbent upon a citizen who is available an a candidate for the highest office in the.land to present himself to the examining light of public in quiry.”
