Vol. IJV UNIVERSITY OF
b'ijty-jourth year oj Publication
OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18,
1952
NUMBER 56
Defeat, Departure
Discussed in Talks
^ American People
Proved by Votes
GOP's 'Real Loss'
■ Although Dwight Eisenhower
.won a monumental victory in the
election, the Republican party suf
fered a decisive defeat Roscoe
♦ Drummond, manager of the Chris
. t.an Scientist Monitor's Washing
ton bureau, said in a speech at the
Student Union Monday night.
In giving an "Evaluation of the
.Mew Administration,” he continued
to say that never before have the
American people expressed such a
„ .trust in a candidate and not in the
party. In spite of the high number
of popular votes, the voters denied
*ihc party a landslide victory in
- Congress.
. Drummond said that this "de
_ feat" should serve as a warning
.and a challenge to the Republican
pai ly in the next four years. They
must also win party support if
•they aie to gain any power in the
. off-year election campaigns
in which the majority often moves
'to the minority party.
Three Conclusions
- He stated that three conclusions
/Worse's Stand Is
Not Political End
Says Drummond
"I don’t think that Wayne
Morse’s departure from the Repub
lican party means his end in poli
tics," stated Roscoe Drummond,
Washington correspondent of the
Christ.an Science Monitor, at a
press conference Monday.
Drummond, who was here under
the auspices of the University as
sembly committee, added that he
knows Morse and considers the
former University of Oregon fac
ulty member a man who is "above
all else sincere.”
When cjuestioned during the cof
fee hour forum that followed the
press conference about Morse’s
present position of power in the
Senate, Drummond said that the
R< publicans had a large enough
majority to organize the Senate,
but that "Morse will become a key
figure in crucial issues from then
on."
I'ress Foil Disservice
Drummond felt that the polling
of the press representatives on
whom they wanted to see win the
. may be drawn
“from the recent
* election. One, the
•Eisenhower vic
- tory, was a per
sonal one and he
, owes very few
..political obliga
. lions; two, the
■victory was pos
sible because of
the votes from
.people. who do
■ not normally
.vote Republican;
three, Eisenhow
er is not a captive
'of the party or of
the electorate.
. The command
' ing nation - wide
•showing for Eis
KOSCOE DRUMMOND
“We’re influential.’’
election was a
great disservice
to the profession.
"It is almost
impossible for the
public to see how
we can express
opinions on these
issues and still
write unbiased
and honest dis
patches f rom
the campaign
trains." he said.
"This greatly im
pairs the credi
bility of our dis
patches".
According t o
Drummond, who
served on both
campaign trains
ensower, said Drummond, was not
a vote against Stevenson, but
against "Trumanism" and the “low
level of morals in the administra
tion during the past years.” Drum
mond stated that he felt that the
careless record of the administra
tion in “rooting out subversives"
and the general despair about Ko
- l ea made people feel that the “war
danger would be less under Ike”
_ and that “he could do better what
ever had to be done.”
Definite Steps
The Washington expert said he
frit that a functioning government
, is being readied to take office as
soon as the present term expires.
Definite steps have been taken in
- the appointment of such able men
as Sen. Henry C. Lodge and Joseph
Dodge, Detroit banker, as his liai
• son officers and in the conference
today between Truman and Eisen
hower. Drummond said that this
testifies to Eisenhower’s instinct
for a sound administration and is
a unified approach to foreign re
lations.
election, Eisenhower was elected
on the strength of his record and
personality rather than on the
strength of the Republican party.
"The public seemed to fear the
Republican party because of its
former stands on such things as
farm subsidies, but were so eager
to have Ike that they were willing
to take a chance on his party. The
slim Senate and House majorities
show this,” he added.
Harry-Negative Effect
Drummond opinioned that the
personal campaigning of President
Truman had a serious negative ef
fect on Adlai Stevenson's cam
paign, but did not believe that the
“unfair personal attacks” made on
Stevenson by Senator Joseph Mc
Carthy (R. Wis.) made any differ
ence in the final outcome.
"There is not enough objective
evidence available to definitely an
swer whether or not the nation's
newspapers influenced the final
outcome of the election,” Drum
mond stated.
Too many papers were not im
partial in their news columns ac
j cording to Drummond. "It is true
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End of Big Ten
In Rose Bowls
Seen Possible
'.Pi The President of Michigan
.State college, John Hannah, has
predicted that the Big Ten will
not renew its Rose Bowl contract
after the present one expires in
1904.
The Big Ten and Pacific Coast
conference are committed to a
three-year pact beginning with the
January 1, 1952, game. It expires
after the 1954 game. Hannah's
views were contained in a copy
righted interview with the United
States News and World Report.
Hannah said the presidents of
the Pacific Coast Conference think
as he does about eliminating post
season bowl games. Hannah is a
gainst it. He is chairman of a spe
cial committee of the American
Council on Education which recent
ly concluded a nation-wide investi
gation into evils of college sports,
with emphasis on football.
r-nd Post Season Games
Among other things, the com
mittee has recommended an end to
all bowl games and post season
; tournaments in other sports. Oddly
| enough, Michigan State with its
all conquering football team, is eli
gible for Big Ten play next year
for the first time.
With Hannah on record as op
posing post-season games, Michi
gan State s vote next year might
be decisive in Big Ten balloting
on the question of further bowl
competition. Past conference votes
on the issue were reportedly ex- i
tremely close.
Big Ten teams from the Mid
West have been matched against
the Pacific Coast champions in the
Rose Bowl since 1917 and the Con- '
ference is looking for its first vie- ;
tory.
Hannah also said he also "has!
an idea" that college football
games will be televised regionally
rather than nationally.
The president of the University
of Oiegon, Harry K. Newburn,
said Monday he is ready to go a- j
long with Hannah's proposal. But
the president of Oregon State col- j
lege, A. L. Strand, said he doesn't
believe the Coast conference is go
ing to give up the Rose Bowl.
Newburn said he could not speak
for presidents of other coast
schools, but that he made up his
mind some time ago that post sea
son bowl games should be abol
ished.
Married to the Bowl
But Strand said, "The California
schools are irrevocably married to
the Rose Bowl.”
And he declared that the north
ern schools in the conference will
go along- with the California mem
bers.
The Oregon State college presi
dent made this foment to the As
sociated Press, “What difference
does it make what Oregon State
or any other northern division
school thinks? The Rose bowl does
n't take too much of our time. It's
mostly theoretical to us. Why, Ore
gon State hasn't won a conference
game this year."
Then Strand went on to say, "Of
course we do profit from the Rose
Bowl income, and we run on a
tight athletic budget, so the nor
thern schools are not going to vote
against the Rose Bowl.
'Cas'Fears OSC;
Students Confident
♦ ♦ ♦ ^
Fans Anticipate
Duck Loss; Some
Still Remain Loyal
Oregon's 21-20 victory over
Stanford's Indians last Saturday
brought unanimous favorable com
ment from fifteen Oregon students
interviewed on campus Monday.
Only two had unfavorable com
ments about the game, and these
said that the victory was to be
credited purely to “luck."
Although the Ducks were picked
by now red-faced experts to lose
by as much as .20 points, many
who were not lucky enough to at
tend the game, but listened to their
radio sets, said that they were con
fident prior to game time that
Oregon would finish victorious.
Others said that it was evident
Oregon would win but that the
victory should have been by a larg
er margin. Many held to the idea
that “the team has finally come
into its own,” while others said the
Stanford game was not an upset,
since "we had the spirit and drive
and were bound to win. just as
that same spirit and drive will
make us victorious over the Beav
ers next Saturday.”
Theme Given
For Whiskerino
“Whisker Whing-Ding” will be
the theme of the annual Sopho
more Whiskerino to be held in the
Student Union ballroom Dec. 6, ac
cording to Bob Summers and Milan
Foster, general co-chairmen of the
dance committee.
The theme was submitted by Bob
Glass, sophomore in pre-law, at a
meeting of the Whiskerino com
mittee Monday. At the meeting it
was also decided that attire for the
dance should be lumberjack shirts
and levis for men and skirts and
blouses for women.
The traditional beard growth
contest will start next Monday,
said Ron Ricketts and Don Gart
rell. co-chairmen of the eontest.
At that time all sophomore men
will be checked for beard growth.
Violators wil be punished.
All campus living organizations
should submit their candidates for
the Joe College-Betty Coed contest
to either Dorothy Kopp at Kappa
Alpha Theta or Bob Pollack at
Sigma Chi before Wednesday noon.
Freshman men's dormitories are
asked to submit the name of a
sophomore woman, and freshman
women’s dormitories are urged to
nominate a sophomore man.
Ducks Will Need
Maximum Effort
To Beat Beavers
Saturday’s astounding 21-20 win
over Stanford has not left the Uni
versity of Oregon football staff in
an over-confident mood. If any
thing. the Duck coaches are fear
ful of the Oregon Staters, whom
they face Saturday in Portland.
“We're scared of them,” Coach
Len Casanova admitted. "They
haven t put a good game together
since the Michigan State game.”
Scouting reports on the Beavera
praise defensive tackles John Witte
and Doug Hogland and ends Bill
Storey and Jim Cordial. But the
threat of Sam Baker, the 210
pound senior fullback from Corval
lis, is the big scare.
Baker, who single-handedly de
feated the Webfoots last year,
one of the best running backs in.
the coast conference. Not only can
LEX CASANOVA
. "We’re seared."
he run hut. as Cas puts it, "his *
kicking- could put us in one fcoJa
after another.”
In retrospect to the Stanford
game Casanova said, "We played
one of our better games."
Will the Ducks be "up” for the
Beavers ? Line Coach Vern Ster
ling thinks so. "They were thinking*
about the Oregon State game at
soon as the Stanford game was
over. They'll be higher for OS*J
than they were for Stanford." He
cautioned, however, that the Ore
gon State line "can be tough if
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Skunks Clean Cemetery
A start was made Saturday to
wards cleaning up the old Odd Fel
lows cemetery next to the campus.
The cleanup campaign, sponsor
ed by the Deodorized Order of the
Skunk, is part of a city-wide proj
ect to “Cleanup Eugene—and keep
it clean."
The Deodorized Order of the
Skunk is an international serv
ice honorary foi' boys between the
ages of 14 and 21, Mrs. Callie Ed
wards, recreation supervisor for
the city of Eugene and the organi
zation's advisor, said. The local
chapter has been organized for one
year and this has been their big
gest project to date, Mrs. Edwards
stated.
Saturday, about S7 “Stinkers,"
20 Road Kings, and a few members
of the Eugene Lion's Club worked
from 1 to 4 p.m, cleaning in the
cemetery. The boys cut gra- ■,
cleaned out brush along the Uni
versity street side of the area
used a bulldozer to clean out the
areas between the cemetery plots.
Also helping the “Stinkers” were a
few members of the University ad
ministration. The trash was hauled
away in a dump truck donated fee
the day.
Mrs. Edwards said that the
group plans to work on the ceme
tery all day Saturday. Their plans
include spraying the area witJv
weed killer, more brush clearing
and general clearup, she said.
The “Stinkers” have invited Uni
versity students to help in the
cemetery cleanup and any help
Saturday would be appreciated by
the group, Mrs. Edwards pointed
out.