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
<ӣn 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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