Fair today ...
. . . and Saturday with slowly
rising; temperatures. The high to
i» day Is (15, low tonight 35 and the
high Saturday 70.
Truman asks ...
. . . Philip Murray to end tho
steel strike. See the wire column
on page three.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1952
Volume LIII
NUMBER 115
Toynbee Leads
Audience rTourr
Through History
One of the greatest living his
torians took an audience of 1300 in
the SU ballroom Thursday night on
a tour through recorded history a
verbal tour in which he covered
► everything from ancient Greece to
the wheat fields of Eastern Oregon.
And Arnold Toynbee, an English
^ ijpan with an excellent sense of hu
mor, commented on contemporary
and ancient history with equal
* aplomb.
.Quoting with assui-edness from
the Bible, English poets, American
„ authors—including Mark Twain—
he spoke with authority about Ro
man history, the U. S. civil war,
„ the Crusaders and Egypt, to men
tion only a few.
, Topic Changed
He changed his topic from “The
Lessons of History” to “Why are
We Interested in History”—-and
at the outset told the audience
„ that “history, like mathematics,
has no obvious, immediate utility."
' “History won’t tell you, the peo
ple of Oregon, the correct time to
- harvest the wheat, as weather fore
casting rnay,” he explained.
Man is more curious than other
k creatures on earth, Toynbee said.
All creatures use history to main
tain their existence, but man is
peculiar among creatures in that
w he is curious about history for
more than the necessity of main
_ taining life.
v Draws Laughter
He draw a round of laughter
‘ from his audience—and chortled a
bit himself—several times during
* his speech. For example:
Toynbee on books: “Since the
- invention of writing, people have
been acquiring—I won’t say read
* ing but acquiring books.”
On the historian Edward Gibbon,
* author of “Decline and Fall of the
Roman Empire”: “As a youth, he
^wanted to be a historian- but un
fortunately couldn’t think of a
subject. It bothered him, too (be
. cause it was taking so long to find
a topic). He was almost 20.”
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GOV. VAL, PETERSON of Nebraska will be the keynote speaker at
Oregon’s Republiean convention, “Operation Politics,” which gets
under way at 4:30 p.m. today with a special parade. The nomination
procedure will start at 6:30 p.m. in McArthur court. More than 1000
Oregon students are expected to participate.
Oleary to Present Voice Concert
Sunday in Music School Auditorium
William O’Leary, graduate stu
dent in music, is scheduled to pre
sent a voice concert at 4 p.m. Sun
day in the music school auditorium.
Accompanist for the baritone
will be William Woods, graduate
student in piano.
O’Leary’s program will include
numbers by Bach, Handel, Caldara,
Rosa, Puccini, Massenet, Wolf,
Strauss, Read, Dougherty and Dia
mond.
* Brawny Queen Tawny
I Wins Weekend Crown
Fenton Hall, State of Hollis—
May 1 Queen Tawny Sabin I will
reign over the annual law school
weekend, it was announced Thurs
day following counting of votes
cast in a week-long election.
According to statistics released
by the election committee, 52 per
cent of the student body voted in
the election, 1 per cent more than
in Wednesday’s ASUO elections.
However, Queen Tawny announc
ed that since the balloting was con
ducted on the honor system, with
a dime being required before the
casting of any ballot, and only 2
and seven-eighths per cent of the
voters voted honorably, the week
end court has abdicated.
“Dishonorable”
- In a statement made Thursday
i ‘■afternoon, Queen Tawny said, “I
, kjjpw why this dishonorable show
ing came about. It was because
all the dorm students have to use
their dimes for pay phones. The
University administration is delib
erately driving the student body to
dishonor by such means and my
court and I will not lower ourselves
by holding positions of honor in
such a disreputable school.
"All I can say is that this is sure
ly a terrible situation and it's lucky
that the vote on the honor code
didn’t result in its adoption. If it
had, I would hate to see the re
sults!'1
Despondent Characters
The entire law school student
body was reported to be despondent
after Tawny’s announcement, pro
claiming the dishonor of their fel
low students in the general student
body.
Ed O’Reilly, president of the law
school student body, said,, "The
honor system is a great idea, but
like the Philippines, there can be
no independence until people are
ready for it.”
The first part of the program
will include a selection from “The
Christmas Oratorio" by Bach.
“Mighty Lord and King All Glori
ous;” “Hear Me, Ye Winds and
Waves” by Handel; “Come raggio
di sol" by Caldara and “Star Vic
ino” by Rosa.
Operatic selections will make up
the second group. Puccini's “No!
Possibil non e" from “Le Villi” and
Massenet’s “Salome! Salome!” will
be sung.
The remaining two groups will
consist of German numbers. Four
songs by Wolk -“Der Gaertner,”
“Cesang Weyla's,” “Anakreon's
Crab” and “Tretet ein, hoher
Krieger” and four by Strauss— i
“Breit uber mein Haupt,” “Lob des
iLcidens,” “Ach weh! Mir ungluck
haften Mann” and “Wie sollten wir
gekeim sie hallten.”
I
‘Nocturne’
Modern selections will compose
the last group. Read's “Nocturne"
and “The Unknown God,” Dough
erty’s “Tapestry” and Diamond’s
"Somewhere” will close the pro
gram.
O’Leary, who taught voice in the
music school last year, has been a
member of the University Sing
ers and Choral Union.
Next Emerald Planned
For Tuesday Morning
There will be no Emerald pub
lished Monday. A special Junior
Weekend edition will appear May
10.
Regular publication will be re
sumed Tuesday.
Mock Convention
To Begin Today;
Peterson to Speak
Oregon s mock convention will begin tonight in McArthur
court at 6:30.
Campus activities in connection with the convention will
begin at 4:30 p.m. today with a parade in honor of Gov. Yal
1 eterson of Nebraska, keynote speaker for the convention.
A sound truck will tour the campus and citv to announce the
parade which will form at the
Southern Pacific depot and end at
Mac court.
Appearing in the parade will be
the University ROTC drill team
and air force drill team; Gov. Pet
erson’s official party; a motorcycle
police escort; the Eugene Junior
Chamber of Commerce float; the
Junior Young Republicans float;
Elmira high school's 60-piece band
and the Eugene shcx-iff's posse.
University students and Eugene
high students will also take part
with demonstrations in support of
their candidates.
State Delegates
Students from almost every liv
ing organization on campus will
act as state delegates in the con
vention in Mac court. Seating
charts instructing the delegates
where to sit have been circulated
to all houses. Delegates are to as
semble in their assigned places
when they arrive. Signs with the
names of the various states groups
represented will be placed on the
floor.
The schedule for tonight is as
follows:
Francis Gilimore, temporary
chairman, will open the convention,
to be followed by the playing of
the "Star Spangled Banner” by
the Elmira high school band.
Father Evan Williams, Univer
sity of Oregon Episcopal chaplain,
will give the invocation.
The roll call of assembled dele
gates will be read by Tom Barry,
convention clerk.
V. E. Johnson, mayor of Eugene,
will welcome the delegates from
the various states. Keynote speak
er Gov. Peterson will be introduced
by Orlando J. Hollis, dean of the
law school.
After Peterson’s address the fol
lowing committee reports will take
place: Bob Ridderbusch, creden
tials committee; George O. ’Dea,
platform; and Ray Morgan, rules.
Haggard Candidate
The permanent chairman com
mittee expects that the permanent
chairman to be elected by the dele
gates will be Marko Haggard, po
litical science instructor.
A declaration of principles,
drawn up by the platform commit
tee, will be read by committee
tions to be read by O'Dea will per
tain to continuous support of the
United Nations: enactment of leg
islation and appropriation of funds
for the rebuilding of economically
underdeveloped countries; interna
tional control of weapons of mass
destruction, including atomic weap
ons now at our disposal; statehood
for Hawaii and Alaska; and fed
eral aid to education.
The resolutions will be incorpo
rated into the party platform if
passed upon by the delegates.
Certain individuals have been
assigned to nominate the presiden
tial candidates. The nomination of
several “favorite sons" is antici
pated by the committee in charge
of nominations.
Nominating speeches are limited
to five minutes, followed by one
minute secondary speeches. Shoit
demonstrations by delegates ami
oigar.ized pep bands will follow
each nomination speech.
Actual balloting will take place
immediately after the nominations
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'Niccobarbus'
Begins Today
“Niccobarbus,” a children’s thea
ter production, will be given in four
showings at the University theater
today and Saturday.
The showings are scheduled for
4 p.m. today and 10:30 a.m., 2 p.m.
and 4 p.m. Saturday in the main
theater. Admission is 60 cents with
all proceeds going to the “Y” build
ing fund.
Written by Robert Pierik, senior
in speech, the story is a version of
“Snow White and Rose Red” from
Grimm’s Fairy Tales but with
enough of a change to necessitate
the new title, according to the
author.
Bob Chambers will play the prin
ciple role, Niccobarbus. Other Uni
versity students appearing in the
play are Jim Blue, Phil Sanders,
Harold Long and Janet Stone. The
parts of Rdse Red and Snow White
will be played by two Eugene grade
schoolers. Nancy Whalley and Pa
tricia Mertz.
Seller's Institute
egins Sunday
The Oregon Retail Distributors’
institute, scheduled to take ptaco
on the campus Sunday and Mon
day, will present speakers from
throughout the state who will dis
cuss all phases of retail merchan
dising in Oregon.
The institute will open Sunday at
7 p.m, with a banquet at which Vic
tor P. Morris, dean of business ad
ministration, 'will preside. E. M.
Christenson of the J. C. Penney
company' personnel department will
address the retailers upon "Build
ing' a Retail Team.” Keys will to
presented to new members of Eta.
Mu Phi, national business honor
ary.
On Monday at S a.m. an informal
breakfast will be held at the Os
burn hotel. Presiding will be Peter
G. Cosovich of Astoria, past presi
dent of the institute.
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