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'We Wanf Free Phones'
STUDENTS MAK(TIICI) through the rumpus Monday night demonstrating against' pay telephones.
Keating drums and pans, blowing horns and chantIng “We want free phones,” they passed through
('arson hall, the library and built a bonfire at the intersection of )3th avenue and Hilyard street. Eugene
policeman (extreme right) was one of two detailed to direct traffic around the student-locked comer.
(Emerald I’hoto by Jim Harris)
Freshman Class Votes Today;
Campaigning Under Investigation
Midst reports that one or more candidates have employed
"unfair practices" in making campaign literature, freshmen
go to thy polls today to elect their class officers—a president,
a \ ice president and two representatives.
The charges, presently being investigated by Mere Hampton.
ASI’O vice-president and chairman of the election committee,
involve the use by freshmen candidates of Student Union and
ASUO material for posters and letters.
Hampton stated that, as all offi
cials connected with the election
must maintain strict neutrality,
help by an ASUO official or use
of ASUO material would consti
tute "unfairness to the other can
didates."
"All freshmen should take time
to cast their ballot Wednesday,"
'Hampton added. In past years, he
said, the turnout for this election
had never been "exceptional.”
Twenty five freshmen are on the
ballot. 11 running for president or
vice president and 14 for represen
tative. All four officers will sit on
the ASUO senate.
Candidates are, for president or
vice president, Bob Bosworth.
Sharon Brown, Donald Gartrell,
Bob Glass, Dorothy Kopp, Jim
-Light, Neil Muller, Kay Partch,
Emsley Rogers, Bob Summers and
John Tonack, and for representa
tive, Ann Bankhead, Sally Birk
beck, Marcia Dutcher, Margaret
Ednie, Tom Harrison, Bunny Ivory,
Loie Mead, Karl Petermann, My
ron Smith, Hal Swarthout, Betsy
Thayer, Donna Trebbe, Janet Wick
and Sylvia Wingard.
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Honor Committee
To Decide Question
Of Open Meetings
The ASUO senate honor code
committee met at 4 p.m. Tuesday
in the Student Union.
The members discussed the ques
tion of permitting an Emerald re
porter to attend and report the
meetings. A decision will be reach
ed by their Saturday meeting, said
. E. G. Ebbighausen, associate pro
fessor of physics and chairman of
the committee.
SU Floor Plan
Provides Trap
For Elderly Man
The layout of the Student
Union niay he familiar to most
student*, hut one man found
himself embarrassed recently be
cause of his lark of knowledge
of the building.
Persons viewing pictures in
the SU art gallery suddenly saw
several startled coeds race out
the door of the women's powder
room.
The women were followed out
of the powder room by an elder
ly gentleman who was heard to
mutter, "How do you get out of
this place?”
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Religious Leaders
Speak Tonight
In SU Ballroom
The browsing room lecture this
Wednesday evening has been in
cluded in the Parliament of World
Religions program and will feature
as guest speakers Bashir Minto
and Rabbi Julius Nodel, noted re
ligious leaders.
Bashir Minto, president of the
Moslem society of the U.S.A. Inc.,
will speak on "Islam in the World
of the Mid.Twentieth Century.
Rabbi Nodel, Jewish leader, will
speak on "Judaism in the World of
the Mid-Twentieth Century."
A discussion period will be held
after the two addresses.
Lecture time is 8 p.m. in the
Student Union ballroom.
Oregon Officials
To Discuss Siam!
On Pay Phones
Top University administrative
officials will probably meet today
to discuss the official stand which
the University should take on the
pay phone problem. Dean of Ad
ministration William Jones, who is
acting president in Dr. H. K. New
Burn's absence, returned from
Portland Tuesday night.
Another obstacle—legal advice
—w'as removed Tuesday, when
phone committee chairman Dick
Kading said a conference between
committee members and a local
attorney had been arranged for
Thursday.
The entire committee will meet
again at 4 p.m. Thursday in the
Student Union.
Today's Schedule
The program for today's ses
sion of the Parliament of World
Religion.
9 a.m. — "Father Abraham",
Rabbi Julius Node],
9:80 a.m.—“The Prophet Mo
hammed”, Bashir Ahmed Minto
10 a.m.—“The Ethical Teach
ings of Judiasm and Islam,"
Rabbi Nodel and Minto.
12 noon—Luncheon in honor
of Rabbi Nodel and Minto
1 to 3 p.m.—“O, How Lose I
Thy Law” (The Theology of Ju
diasm), Rabbi Nodel, and “A
Sovereign God and a Universal
Brotherhood (The Theology of
Islam), Minto. The addresses
will be followed by a joint com
mentary and discussion.
4 p.m. — Illustrated lecture:
"The Church and the Mosque,”
Marion I). Ross, associate pro
fessor of architecture.
6 p.m.—Firesides
8 p.m.—“Judaism in the World
of the Mid-Twentieth Century,”
Rabbi Nodel, and “Islam in the
World of the Mid-Twentieth
Century,” Minto. Addresses will
be followed by joint commentary
and discussion.
(Alt meetings will be held in
the Student Union, ballroom
area.)
Parliament Talks
On Eastern Faiths
Continue Progran*
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Sworn/ Asserts
Proper Concern
Of Man Is Future
People are too much concerned
with the present, Swami Devat
rnananda, head of Portland's Ved
anta center, told a large university
assembly audience Tuesday. What
man should concern himself with
is his eventual fate, or Karma, he
said.
Dressed in long orange garb, the !
Swami has been a colorful figure I
among the speakers participating <
in the University’s five-day Parlia
ment of World Religions. The as
sembly was offered in conjunction
with the Parliament which began
Sunday.
The Hindu looks past his present
life toward hope or ultimate Nir
vana. The term Nirvana is gener
ally referred to as final emanci
pation from life. The Swami con
trasted this conception with the
conventional western desire to
maintain the spark of existence
till the last moment.
Individual Sets Fate
After death man s accumulation
of thought, word ai.d deed goes
with him to rebirth, the religious
leader emphasized. He explained
that through the process of rein
carnation the individual is permit
ted to create his own fate accord
ing to the actions of a previous
life.
He stressed the transitory qual
ity of life. "Nothing is permanent;
everything is changing,’’ he said.
Nevtreheless, human attention,
particularly in the West, is focused
on what the Swami termed a false
impression on the present.
"Since the birth of consciousness
we have struggled to understand
ourselves, to intensify our individ
uality. But we are trying to inten
sify the false man. We are trying
to stop the change of life. This is
ignorance," the speaker declared.
Part Knowledge Ignorance
"Part knowledge is ignorance.
Whole knowledge is wisdom. And
all knowledge that leads to truth
is wisdom," he said, stressing that
the power to discriminate consti
tutes the fine dividing line between
man and beasts.
He described what he considered
an "inner urge in man to live
through eternity, to W'ork on after
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Tatsumi Talks
On Founders
Of 3 Religions
The religions founded by La<>
Tze, Kung Fu-tzu <Confucius arwifc
Bodhidharma and the men them
selves were discussed briefly in the
Student Union ballroom Tuesday
morning by Henry Tatsumi, pro
fessor at the University of Wash
ington.
Talism, Confucianism and Zen
Buddhism, respectively, were tbo
faiths touched upon.
The essence of Taoism. Tattfiuni
explained, is its emphasis on tho
all-pervading Tao (way) to hap
piness- passive acceptar, :e and be
lief that man is good.
"Taoism places a stress* cn ethi
cal content." the short personable
teacher said. ' Lao's ■ Lea Tze)
remedy for the troubled times was
a return to simplicity."
Meets Confucius
Tatsumi told of Lao's meeting
with Confucius, who was then a
young scholar. Confucius said aft
er the meeting that although he
knew how many animals perform
their own activities, he didn't know
how the dragon flew—and Lao
was like a dragon.
“Lao rejected ambition, pride,
apathy and agreed," said Tatsimi.
"He preached that when the great
Tao is forgotten, learnedr ess
comes in, bringing destruction."
Lao preached the doctrine of be
' ing good to the good and good to
the not good, thus making all
good, according to Tatsumi. "The
weak overcome the stipng. and the
soft overcome the hard,” he said.
Bene\ olence a Virtue
Confucius was the founder cf an
ethical system, said Tatsumi, but
it was made into a religion later.
The one chief virtue of Confu
cius' ethics was ber.evoience, : ai<i
the professor, but later scholars
added four more—rectitude, pro
priety, knowledge, and faith.
Five relationships are stresseO*
under Confucianism, Tatsumi ex
plained. These aie:
1. Recitude between lord aedfc
subject.
2. Companionship between fath
er and son.
3. Separate distinction, between
husband and wife.
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India Through Hinduism Lives
Tof ve Present World - Swami
India, through Hinduism, lives
to serve the present world.
That's what Swami Devatman
anda said while discussing "Hin
duism in the World of the Mid
20th Century."
"The regeneration of the Hindu
race has begun," he said. "India
will not die. India lives for the
world at large. That is our service
for humanity."
He explained that India has
■changed and the people are a liv
ing example of brotherhood. The
Englishman and Indian are now
living together in amity.
"India is the deathless nation,"
he said. "For 200 years the In
dians suffered oppression from the
British, but thev were not crush
ed."
Brings I'prise
He feels that Hinduism brought
an uprise to India. Through this
religion a new interest in serving
the world developed among the
followers.
"The vitality of the Hindu race
is spirituality,” Swami Devatman
anda said. "Those who live by the
soul, grow by the soul."
He told of the Hindu philosophy.
Hindus, through the ages, livet>-'
the kind of life where they thought
of God first and not self. < iotk
keeps the starving, illiterate mil
lions of India going on in life.
Feel Infinity
“God is more real than anything
else,'' he said. “The Hindus fee*
a part of the infinity which i»
God."
“The Hindu goal is to compre
hend the infinite universe.’’ the
Swarai said. “Anything which in
born in time must end in time with
death."
In Hinduism there are at ’cast
64 different phases for man to
practice. It is a science ar.d phil
osophy.
Do Not Know Philosophy
“The masses do net know the
philosophy thoroughly, but they
try to live it." he said. “Hindi*
history is the history of a spirit
ual revival. The civilization of 3oO>
million Hindus moves in ups anti
downs.’’
Swami Devatmananda told of
the incapability of the Westerner
to understand the way of the Hin
du worships. He urged that more
people go and see India for .a bet
ter understanding.