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I'illy-third year of Publication I NIVKK8ITY OF OKKGON, Kl'OENE, WEDNESDAY, MAY' 21, 1952 NUMBER 12“ Volume I.1I1 lyons to Speak At Radio Banquet Soviet Rulers Ask Much, Give Little, Inkeles Says ,, .Jimmy i-yons, one of the West Coast'8 top-notch fli.se jockeys, will pass on some of his radio knowl edge to pi tests at the 1952 Radio Awards Presentation banquet Mon day night. Lyons will be I he main speaker at the banquet sponsored each year by Kappa Rho Omicron, radio hon orary. Lyons has his own record show. "Discapades,” over KNBC of San Francisco. Introduced Bruheck The disc jockey is the man who introducer! the Dave Brubeck trio, got the group its first night club job, first radio show and first re cording dale. Lyons has written for "Downbeat,” mufilc magazine, lie worked with the armed forces radio service during the last war. Last summer he appeared on the Robert Q. Lewis show as the out standing disc jockey on the West Coast. Tickets for the banquet may be ^ obtained by calling extension 407. They will be delivered upon request or can be picked up at the door. Tickets are $2.25. The banquet be gins at 6 p.m. in the Student Union. \u arils to He (ilvrn In addition to Lyon's talk, enter tainment will be provided by Bob Chambers and AI Barzman with a tadio comedy routine. Din ins the evening Eugene radio stations will honor Oregon students who have been outstanding in writ ing, producing and acting in the field of radio at the University. Any student who has appeared in radio programs over KWAX or KOAC is eligible to receive an award. The Richfield Reporter will pre sent a special award to the student who has been outstanding in achievement in radio. The awards are now on display in one of the Co-op windows. Tickets to 'The Seagull' On Sale at Box Office Tickets for the University thea tre production of “The Seagull”, to open Friday, will be on sale in the theatre box office this week and next from 1 to 5 p.m. daily. Tick ets aie $1. Good seats are still available for the Friday perform ance, and a limited number for Saturday and next week's stagings. "The Seagull", under the direc tion of Frederick J. Hunter, in structor in speech, will be present ed May 23, 21, 28 and 29 and June 4 and 5. Poll Indicates Few Students Heard All Four Politicians on Campus By Len Calvert Most University of Oregon stu dents didn't hear all four of the po litical speakers who were on cam pus last week, if the 19 students interviewed by the Emerald Tues day are any indication. Of the 19 students asked the question “Which political speaker during the past week—Kefauver, Warren, Hoffman or Stassen im pressed you the most and why?”, five students had not heard any of the men. Of the other students questioned, only a very few said that they had heard all four men when they spoke. Opinions express ed were fairly divided among the four speakers. Four for Stassen Four students thought that Stas sen impressed them most. "I liked Stassen, because he made lots of clear statements," Aloys Brown, freshman in physical education said. A freshman in pie-journal ism said that she liked Stassen be cause "he said something. He had ideas and wasn't afraid to express them." Henry Baich. graduate stu dent in journalism, said that he didn't hear them all, but that he thought that Stassen was the most direct. Ethel Kceves, freshman in pre nursing, thought that Kefauver was the best in actually bringing out what he thought. Winston Co sine, sophomore in pre-medicine, admitted he heard only Warren and Kefauver, but thought that of the two, Kefauver impressed him most because he "said more." *. . . a Little Late . . LoAnne Morgan, freshman in ■peech, said, "I didn't hear Warren, hut I heard the other three. Ke fauver impressed me as being sin cere and earnest in his ideals and Stassen actually came out and pro posed some solutions, but I think that it is a little late for his gold standard idea.” A sophomore in art liked Hoff man because of the way he ap proached the subject and his nat uralness, and a junior in journal ism agreed with her but couldn't say exactly why. Two students liked Warren, Or ville Colver, junior in sociology, said he liked Warren because “he was the only one I heard,” and Hilda Wong, freshman in educa tion, liked Warren because he was "friendly, not stuffy.” Elections Topic Of IRC Meeting "The Elections of '52 and For <”£n Policy ' will be the topic of the International Relations Club's last meeting this term. The meeting will be held on the third floor of Gerlinger Hall at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Each of the major candidates will be evaluated as to his stand on foreign policy and foreign af fairs. including past activities and policy statements. O. S. Pinckney, instructor in history, will present background material for the dis cussion. All interested faculty and students are welcome. IRC Presi dent Toby McCarroIl said. Nominations of next year’s offi cers will bo held at the meeting. Coffee and refreshments will be served. OSC Fails in Midnight Panty Raid As Lingerie Hunting Moves to West Parity raiding hit the northwest Monday night as approximately 250 men at Oregon State college went on a midnight lingerie hunt but with little apparent success, j According to the Associated Press, the men gathered in front of the OSC memorial union building to begin the night's activity. First they stormed Waldo hall, a women's dormitory, but only about 10 managed to force their way in, AP reported, and they retreated quickly in the face of opposition by campus police and coeds. ‘Let’s Retire,’ Says Darling The group was even less suc cessful in its later raids at another women’s dormitory and at three sorority houses, AP said, and the party gradually dwindled in size and determination. At the request of L. F. Darling, assistant dean of men, it said, fraternities ordered all their members to retire from the fray. Bailing didn’t know what - if any—disciplinary measures might f be taken against the raiders, the wire service explained, but said the gang would have to pay for the windows broken during the melee. The OSC debacle followed by about one day a similar occurrence at the University of Tennessee, and others have occurred throughout ♦ ♦ ♦ Raiding Stupid, 's Local View Comments from seven campus personalities — two administrators and five students indicated Tues day that panty raiding on the Ore gon campus would definitely be looked down upon. Four labeled such goings-on as juvenile or stupid; two specifically blamed newspaper publicity for the spread of the “pastime," one of these pointing out that it probably wouldn't have happened at Oregon State had the newspapers not given it so much play. That person was Jean Webb, ; president of Panhellenic, who said she felt that too often it was the out-of-the-ordinary things that got (Please turn to p'tifje ciifht) tlic nation in the last month. Police, Coeds Beat off Raid Monday morning, according to a United Press dispatch from Knox ville, Tenn., police armed with j pistols and tear gas joined forces j with screaming University of Ten nessee coeds and beat off an at-j tempted panty raid by some 500 men. The coeds were armed with butcher knives and brooms, UP said, and were assisted by some | 100 city, county and state police. Officers hauled off about “three paddy wagon loads’’ of raiders; though all but 14 were released, it said. Tennessee's Dean of Students, Ralph E. Dunford said the fate of j the 14 would be left to the univer sity’s administrative council. Coeds Go to Barricades Elsewfiere in the nation the fad has been sending thousands of co eds to the barricades as mobs of men, bent on bringing home “un- i jmentionable” trophies, launched at (Please turn to page eight) Six Selected As Finalists For LtAOC Six of the leastest of the least were chosen Tuesday as finalists for the dubious honor of being Ore gon's own LMOC—Least Man on Campus. The winner will be elected and awarded a prize at the annual Mortar Board Ball Saturday night in the Student Union Ballroom. The formal dance "Fiesta Feliz,” is strictly turn-about girls make the date, pay the expenses and provide the corsage. Finalists for the LMOC title are Ron Abrams, Sigma Alpha Mu; Dick Blenkir.sop, Phi Sigma Kap pa: Bob Cracknel!. Sigma Alpha Epsilon: Mel Erickson, Alpha Tau Omega: Paul Larson. Phi Gamma Delta, and Gus Renwick. Phi Kap pa Psi. Pictures of the finalists and a statement of their qualifications will appear in the Co-op Thursday. The LMOC contest, sponsored by Mortar Board, is an innovation this year to recognize those students who spurn activities and the weightier side of college life for strictly good times. Men wear the corsages at the Mortar Board Ball, with a prize go ing to the one judged most orig inal. Everything from fruit and vegetables to bells, horns or what have you can go into the concoc tions. Dates of Mortar Board mem- ■ bers will be distinguishable by the plaster boards they’ll be wearing. Other special attractions" for“the Ball will be tapping by Kwama, sophomore women's service honor ary. and the awarding of several scholarships. Tickets for the Ball go on sale today in the Co-op, Student Union and women's living organizations. Price is SI.80 per couple. Dick Schwarv and his nine-piece orchestra will provide music for the dancers from 9 p.m, to 12:30 a.m. By Phil Bettens About 350 University students and faculty should have a better understanding of Mr. Average Rus sian after hearing Alex Inkeles at three meetings Tuesday. Inkeles, who delivered a formal address in the SU Dads Lounge at 1, talked to a Russian literature and journalism foreign student group at 3 and answered questions for two hours that evening in 105 Journalism, is a research associate in the Russian Research Center at Harvard University. In his formal address he told how he and members of the Center had interviewed some 2500 Russian displaced persons in order to find out something about conditions and public thought in Russia. Want to be Trusted The attitude of many of these Russians was, he reported: “If only the government'■would trust us, its people, how different it would be.” The government demands much from the individual, he said, and gives little in return. It exacts a “frightful toll’’ from its people on grounds of responsibility — orders them to fulfill quotas and follow regulations. At the 3 p.m. session, he told a small group that the government opposes "art for art's sake” in lit erature and other fields. Art, he said, must contribute to “social progress,” according to the Soviet government. Ike Not Common Topic * Despite what Paul 'G. Hoffman may say, Eisenhower’s name is not a household word in Russia, he told a group of 150 at the question-and answer session Tuesday night. “Few American names are known there.” Inkeies said. ' Henry Ford is perhaps best known; Franklin D. Roosevelt would per haps be next.” He had some comment to make about the Soviet press when asked about Russian communications. No ‘Human Interest’ ‘'There's never a ‘human interest’ story in the Soviet newspapers,” he said, "as there are in American newspapers.” The Russians don’t believe that that kind of "mental relaxation" is good. “Even the parks are not just parks; they're ‘parks of rest and culture,’ ” he added. “The average Russian has no strong hostility towards the U.S.,” Inkeies said. That is one cf the things the government is trying to promote—not with much success. Not Unhappy Enough But the Soviet people-«re not un happy enough with their govern ment to stage a full-size rebellion, he asserted. “Besides, a rebellion of any kind in a country where everything is i Please turn to page eight) Cousins Challenges 'Deadwood Dave' To 10-1 Bet on Communist Front Issue One of the many prominent speakers at Oregon this year has offered to make a ten-to-one bet with a local adversary that this speaker has not been a member of any Communist front organization. The speaker is Norman Cousins, editor of the Saturday Review, who gave several talks last month; and the adversary is Dave Hoover of Deadwood, Oregon, who has report ■ t'dly charged that the American Civil Liberties Union, to which Cousins belongs, is a Red front group. Cousins has offered to bet Hoover $10,000 against $1,000, the sum payable to the winner’s pet charity or organization, that, “Deadwood Dave" cannot prove that the ACLU or any other orga nization with which Cousins has ever been connected is now or ever j has been “a Communist front”. In a letter from Cousins to Hoover, the editor referred to a, newspaper clipping covering a talk by Hoover in which he was said to have made the charge. Hoover said, ‘‘If I had a thous and dollars lying around ... I’d start a ‘Human Point Four’ pro gram for the benefit of my wife”' - (referring to the urging by Cous ins of such a program for back ward countries), “A farmer doesn’t have that kind of money lying around. You gotta be an editor or something to do that.” Hoover denied that he had refer red to Cousins in a Springfield speech, saying He was misquoted. Cousins, when he was on campus, made a trip to Deadvvood to invite Hoover to one of his speeches, but the Hoovers, who said a previous (Please turn to page eight)
