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r ' •WhoWill Be... ... “King of Heartn?" Rend the flrnt of the Interview* with the inndldnte* contenting for the honor on page nix. t - Volume Mil UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 6, 1952 Italians Are Keeping... ... the. Rrlttnh from mining coat. For the explanation, nee Phil John non'n column on the editorial page. NUMBER 74 Western Europe And Communism Lecture Tonight Communism, in western Europe Is the topic of tonight's browsing room lecture at 7:30 p.m. In the Student Union. The lecturer is Gordon Wright, acting head of the history depart ment, who spent nine months last year studying in western Europe. He toured England, Italy, Ger many, Austria, and did special re search work in France where he observed the political and social life of the French peasant. "Communism in western Europe is concentrated in France and Italy and the moss movement there is stronger than in any other region outside of the Communist dominated world," Wright said. From his observations last year, Wright will indicate what he be lieves are the main sources of Communist strength in France and Italy, what prospects the Commu nists have In gainiing more power and how Communist strength may be reduced in the countries of Western Europe. Wright has been on the Univer sity faculty since 1939. He holds n Ph D. from Stanford university. Charles Schleicher, professor of political science, will lead the dis cussion following the lecture. • I It* lounui isiscusse* Constitution, Cords Points to be included into pro posed class constitutions and class cards — similar to student body cards were discussed at ASUO class council meeting Tuesday night. Dick Williams, Student Union director, told council members that the only reason for class cards ^uld be to raise money. He did not think that would be necessary, he explained, as classes had enough money now. Previously members had considered a pos sible basis on which a student could be considered members of one class or another. The four points suggested for constitutions included: 1. Succession of officers 2. Main class functions - 3. Duties of class officers and 4. Freshman representation (freshman constitution only). It was decided that class repre sentatives would move up in the event that the presidency or vice presidency of a class was vacated. Then petitions would be called for to replace the representative. Main function of each class was decided to be, for the sophomores, the Sophomore Whiskerino, the juniors, the Junior Prom, and the seniors, the Senior Ball. The president of each class, whose duties are to be defined, will delegate the duties of secretary and treasurer to the two represen tatives. And concerning freshman repre sentation before winter term elec tions, it was decided that the presi dents of the freshman dormitories would elect two representatives, one man and one woman, to sit on the council. The ASUO constitu tion stipulates freshman elections ■'intist be held after the first and before the fifth week of winter term. 33 Cents Lost By Government In Returning 1 DALLAS, Tex.—(U.P)—It cost 1 the xo'rrnmrnt S3 cent*, not in cluding the paper work, to send former marine S Hgt. Robert H. Adams a penny he left in Tokyo In September, 1950. Adams said he left his sea bag In Tokyo when he left for the In vasion at Inchon, Korea. Ills sea bag was returned here yester day. He also received, by registered mall, an envelope containing a check for one cent. Adams had left a penny In the seabag. It cost the government 30 i cents to mall the check, 11 car bon copies of a letter of explana tion, and the envelope contained a self-addressed envelope with a three-cent stamp on it for him to return a receipt. Sunshine Tuesday, Clouds Today The spring-like sunshine which sent students off on picnics Tues day will disappear today, the U S. weather station at Mahlon-Sweet airport reported. The bureau predicted increasing cloudiness and rain tonight. Temperatures rose to shirt sleeve levels Tuesday with a re corded high of 61 degree?!. The good weather prevailed throughout the Willamette valley and north ern sections of the coast. Temp eratures on the coast were about 50 degrees. *■ The high pressure area which gave Eugene clear skies for the first time in a number of days, is fated to depart today, the weath erman said. A storm, now 200 miles off the coast, is expected to arrive over Eugene within the next two days. Sweefland Talk On Truman Set For Coffee Hour Monroe .Swectland, Oregon Democratic national committee man who recently returned from a political trip to Washington, D.C., will be guest of honor at a "talk about Truman" coffee hour at 7 p.m. today in the Student Union, Students and faculty will have an opportunity to quiz Swectland on the present political situation. In the past few weeks Swectland MONROE S\VEKTI.A\D To talk about Harry has conferred with such Demo crats at Truman, Gov. Adlai Stev enson of Illinois and Estes Ke fauver, senator from Tennessee. The coffee hour is being spon sored by the Young Democrats group on campus. Preceding the coffee hour the Young Democrats will hold a short business meeting with students and faculty invited to attend. Theater Then, Now Drama Topic For Conference Opening Thursday "The Theater, Then and Now" will be the topic of the annual Northwest Drama conference when it convenes Thursday. Sawyer Falk, head of the drama department at Syracuse univer sity, Syracuse, N.Y., will be the main speaker at the conference. Falk has been president of the Na tional theater conference for eight years and was temporary chair man of the first National theater assembly, assisting in the reorga nization of that group. He recently returned from a trip to Europe, where he studied and lectured at several English universities. Thursday registration will be open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The first general session will last from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Thursday. Friday morning the session chairmen and secretaries will meet for a breakfast session. Sectional Meetings From 9:30 to 12 a.m. Friday, sectional meetings wil lbe held. Alanson B. Davies, University of Washington, will be chairman of the technical section. Business and promotion will be directed by J. Fenton McKenna, San Francisco State college. A. C. Hingston, Pacific univer sity, will handle the section on di recting and acting. The playwrit ing and dramatic criitcism section will be under the direction of S. N. Karchmer, University of Oregon. Falk will give his principal ad dress at 2 p.m. Friday, followed by a business meeting. The conference banquet will be held from 6 to 8:15 p.m. Friday night. R. C. McCall, head of the speech department, will be toast master for the banquet. Division Meetings Division meetings for the high school faculty are scheduled for 9:30 a.m. to 12 Saturday. The high school student section will be un der the direction of Morris Sum mers, Lincoln high school, Tacoma. LeRoy Hinze of Montana State university at Missoula will be in charge of the college and univer sity section. The civic and commu nity theater group will be headed by Marvin Krenk of the Eugene Very Little theater. Edith Or mandy of the Portland Civic thea ter will direct the Children's thea ter section. Sectional meetings will continue Saturday afternoon from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Any student interested in at tending the conference can do so by registering at the theater box office and paying a $1.00 registra tion fee. This entitles him to see the four plays to be presented and to attend all of the meetings. The banquet is the only item of the conference not included in regis tration. Registration fee for adults is $2.00. The foiu- plays to be shown dur ing the conference are “Petticoat Fever,’’ and "All the King’s Men," presented by the University thea ter; and "Snow Queen" and, "Cotne Back Little Sheba," produced by the Portland Civic theatyi;. Arena to Present Mills Brothers ThP Rrrith<>r<n o?1i, famous Nrgro quartet, will present two one hour show’s at the Arena ballroom Saturday night. Recently returned from a tour in Europe, the quartet will come to Eugene directly from Los Angeles. Following Saturday's performance the singing group will appear in Vancouver. British Columbia. Tickets for Saturday night are $1.70 per person for general admis sion; $2.25 for reserved seats. Between shows Bill Riley's or chestra will provide music for dancing from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Race Information Given Eugene Maintenance Dept. Eugene City Manager Oren L. King said Tuesday he had passed on information given him in ASUO senate Thursday concerning the Millrace to the city maintenance department. He said work on the race had probably already begun and he re peated his statement that more water probably could be made to flow in it. He told senators the city would have to experiment with the water for about 30 days. He- thought the 30 inch outfall pipe at the tail end of the race might have become clogged up. admitting however, that "we will never be able to make the Millrace flow like it once did." Construction along the water way during the past two years was perhaps one reason for its bad behavior, he explained. With the last building completed now. he thought the situation might im prove. Senators questioned him about the $20,000 bond issue passed by Eugene voters. He told them it had first been thought it would take $40,000 to repair the Millrace. damaged by floods shortlv after the war. But the funds donated by stu dents alumni and townspeople, which totaled about $24,000 had done the job, he explained. The bond issue was not sold. King described plans for the pro posed Millrace park as "beautiful" and said that they fitted into ideas other organizations in the city had i r lease turn to page seven) JirC Lacks Quorum, Buisness Items Talked Several items of business were discussed by the Junior Inter-fra temity council Tuesday night, al though not enough members were present to constitute a quorum. Tete Williams, secretary, told the group that Dave Rodwav had asked JIFC's act as clean-up com mittee for the Senior ball. The matter was discussed and Bill Schuppcl, president, appointed W illiams to look into the matter further and report next meeting. It was brought out that the JIFC's present constitution is in adequate for present needs and it should be revised. Schuppe! ap pointed Bob Bosworth, vice presi dent, to assist him in drawing up a new constitution. Schuppe! asked for two ushers for each night to handle the Knot hole club at the Idaho games. A pledge from Alpha Tan Omega and Sigma Thi Epsilon will usher Fri day night and a pledge fiom Sig ma Chi and Phi Kappa Psi Sat urday night. The next meeting of JIFC will be held at the Beta Theta Pi house on Feb. 19, Schuppel said Illinois Proposal WillGotoPT&T In a'Few Days' A proposal asking’ the Pacific Telephone and Telegiaph to adopt the Illinois plan should be in the hands of the company "within a few days," Dick Kading, Oregotv phone committee chairman has stated. Oregon, Oregon State college and perhaps Willamette University will make the request. Kading “aid. The plan, in effect at the University of Illinois, provides for regular flat-rate business phones* in officially-recognized living orga nizations. These include fraterni ties. sororities and co-ops. Dick Kading explained that a lawyer retained hy OSC is draft ing the proposal to be presented to the company. Plan Before Pretest A formal protest will not tie lodged with the Public Utilities commission until thi9 alternate plan has been presented to the phone company. If the company turns dov.n the plan, then the schools will make a joint protest, which will entait a formal hearing before the PUC he said. The commisston would de cide what course should be follow ed by the telephone company*. The Illinois proposal would re ■ quest business phones or.ly for fra ternities, sororities, and co-ops, Kading pointed out. If this plan ig~ put into effect, the administra tions of both UO and OSC have in dicated that they would ask for similar service in dormitories cp crated by the schools. Chance* Good University of Oregon . officials have said that they feel private organizations have o "goodPfc* chance" to get rid of pay phones. They told the ASUO senate recent ly that they did not request that 1 pay phones be installed in Univer sity dormitories, as was the case at OSC. The telephone company has*" ; made no further proposals since . the now-rejected intra-campus cx I change was offered as a compro mise. The PT&T put the intra campus exchange plan forth as the only alternative it saw to pay tele phones, Kading said. KWAX, Theater Robbed Monday Radio station KWAX is keeping? time by a single clock on the waDk> and actors at the University thea ter have been going without th© after-performance snacks as a re sult to petty burglaries Monday night. Three juveniles, police said, wer© known to have tken small change front the dressing room of the Uni versity theater during a perform ance of "All the Kings Men." One bov was feund that light by a dective. Taken from the radio station were two stopwatches a stapler. Missing money after the shot* were Joanne Forbes, LaFaie Darnel, Betsy Thayer, Robert Baker ani*. Martha Stapleton. The Police department said the boy who was apprehended ha*®*: agreed to pay back his share of the money. The youthful trio appar ently split up their findings. The boys were seen and recog nized in the vicinity a: the time vt the burglaries, the department said, and a detective was able to find one of them the same night. The two others, it said, had not yet been found. All three youngsters* 1 have previous records, police said.