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.
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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
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(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
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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.”