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Volume MV UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY; JANUARY 18. 1858 NUMBER 50
ANIMALS, OLD AND NEW
Condon Lectures Begin Tonight;
Evolution Topics to be Discussed
The '53 Condon lectures at Ore
gon open tonight in the Student
Union ballroom at 8 p.m. with a
discussion of the relationship of
animals and land masses . Guest
speaker George Gaylord Simpson
will present a second lecture in the
SU at 8 p.m. Thursday.
Simpson, a popular lecturer, is
known for his books on evolution
and the interpretation of science.
He has done much research on
mesozoic mammals and is chair
man of the department of geology
and paleontology of ttie American
Museum of Natural History in
New York.
General topic of this year's lec
- turcs will be evolution and geog
raphy. The topic will be divided
into “The History of Regional
Kaunas" and “Faunal Relation
ships Between the Old World and
_ the New."
Talk Illustrated
Simpson, a professor of verte
brate paleontology at Columbia,
will illustrate his talks dealing
„ with the development of zoo
geographic regions, the evolution
and movements of regional faunas
and the relationships between an
GEOROE GAYEOKD SIMPSON
Opening Condon Lecturer
imals of different land masses.
Born in Chicago in 1902, Simp
son has distinguished himself as
a vertebrate paleontologist. He
took his PhD at Yale in '26 and
is a member of Sigma Xi, nation
al science honorary, and Phi Beta
Kappa.
Worked With Fossils
The paleontologist has done
work on early fossil mammals,
chiefly in the British Museum,
London, as well as other institu
tions in England, France and Ger
many. He led the Scarritt expedi
tions to collect fossil animals in
Texas, Montana, New Mexico,
Florida, Argentina and Venezuela.
Simpson was awarded the Lewis
prize from the American Philos
ophy society in 1942. He was also
the recipient of the Thompson
medal in ’43 and the Elliot medal
in '44.
The Condon lectures, the sixth
annual series sponsored by the
State Board of Higher Education,
will appear here this week and
at OSC Jan. 20 and 22. They will
be heard at Portland Jan. 27 and
28.
Cathy Tribe Announces Chairmen
For Religious Evaluation Week
Committee chairmen for Relig
ious Evaluation week, Jan. 25 to
29, have been announced by Gen
eral Chairman Cathy Tribe.
Kay Moore, junior in business,
will serve as general treasurer for
the week and Pat Ruan, junior in
Petitions Needed
For Chairmanships
An urgent appeal for petition
ers for Dad’s Day and Duck Pre
view general chairmen has been
made by ASUO President Pat
Dignan. Petitions are due Wed
nesday at 5 p.m. in the ASUO of
fice In the Student Union.
Interviews of prospective
chairmen will he held before the
ASUO senate Thursday evening.
Students interested in chairman
ships of the various committees
for those events may also submit
petitions for the committee they
wish to work on. Both men and
women are eligible for any of the
positions.
Only one petition had been re
ceived for Dad’s Day chairman
, by Monday, that of Joanne Ger
ber, first year architecture stu
dent. Two petitions for Duck
Preview committee chairmen
had also been submitted, those of
June Browning, freshman in pre
journalism, for housing chair
man and Joanne Zehnder, fresh
man in liberal arts, for enter
tainment chairman.
Dignan was last year’s Dad’s
Day chairman. Jackie Wilkes,
senior in sociology and now
YWCA president, was Duck Pre
view general chairman.
Dad’s Day, the weekend when
fathers of students are on cam
pus to take part in special fes
tivities, will be held Feb. 7 and 8.
Duck Preview weekend, when
high school seniors are enter
tained on campus, is planned for
April 24 and 25.
English, as general secretary. Fac
ulty luncheons will be handled by
the Rev. Thom Hunter, Westmin
ster Foundation adviser.
Shirley Wendt, sophomore in lib
eral arts, is in charge of the ar
rangements for visiting speakers
to talk to classes. Gale Broyles,
first year architect student, will
handle the speakers for the fire
sides to be held during the week
and arrangements for the firesides
are being made by the YWCA re
ligious and worship commission
under Hannah Sue Hansen, fresh
man in liberal arts, vice chairman.
Hospitality will be under the di
rection of Alexa Forney, junior in
English, with the help of Kwama,
sophomore women's honorary.
Luncheons will be handled by Mar
tha Walter, senior in sociology.
Publicity is being done by Mary
Wilson, sophomore in liberal arts,
and Joanne Forbes, senior in
speech, the program is under the
direction of Loie Mead, sophomore
in sociology, promotion by Sally
Hayden, junior in business.
General arrangements are being
handled by A1 Staehli, fifth year
architect student. Laura Lee New
ton, senior in sociology is in charge
of the Sunday evening program
and morning worship by Bill
Walker, graduate in general sci
ence, and Mary Elizabeth McDow
ell, YWCA executive secretary.
Book displays and sales will be
under Bob Randall, junior in lib
eral arts.
The week is an annual campus
event during which outstanding
religious speakers visit the campus
and help in a series of discussions
on the general field of religion.
Sponsoring the event are the
faculty committee on religious and
spiritual activities, the University
Religious council, the Religious Di
rectors association and the various
denominational groups on campus.
Conant Chosen
For High Post
In IV. Germany
UP)—The principle speaker at
last year’s 75th U of O anniversary
celebration, James B. Conant, has
been appointed United States high'
commissioner for Germany by
President-Elect Eisenhower.
Conant, president of Harvard
university, appeared at Oregon
Nov. 2, 1951 wnen he spoke on
“University Education and Nation- 1
al Security” in conjunction with :
the anniversary program.
He will become the United
States’ first ambassador to the
West German Republic when Al
lied peace arrangements are com- ;
pleted.
Chairman of the National De- |
fense Research Commission from
1941 to 1946, Conant was active
in the development of atomic en
ergy during World War H. He has 1
been president of Harvard since
1933.
Amphibian Show
To Open Thursday
“M atches” and “Bubbling
Champagne” will open the Am
phibian water show at the men’s
pool Thursday and Friday nights
at 8, according to general chair
man Mary Bennette.
Based on a night club theme,
“Blue Dolphin,” the annual show
features 13 numbers performed
by 34 members of Amphibians,
women’s swimming honorary.
Admission is 60 cents and tick
ets may be obtained at the Stu
dent Union, Co-op or at the -doob.
Committee chairmen for the
pageant are Charlotte Heup, pro
grams; Ann McLoughlin, public
ity ; Marilyn Perkins, music; Betty
Fackler and Marielsa MacPherson,
decorations; Mary Jordan, cos
tumes, and Ann Yeager, tickets.
170 Sign for Rushing;
Dates Start This Noon
Men s winter term formal rushing starts today with approximately
170 men keeping their first dates of the week.
The first date will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. with the second date
from 5 to 7 p.m. and the last date from 7:30 to 10:00 p.m. Dress for
the dates is campus clothes for lunch and slacks and sweaters or sport
shirts for the evening dates. On Tuesday and Thursday the rushees
may wear their ROTC uniforms to their lunch dates.
Men who did not register Monday or completely fill their date cards
may do so this morning from 9 to 11:30 a.m. in Student Union 214.
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change their dates may do so to
night at 10 p.m. in the office of
student affairs, according to Dick
Morse, Inter-Fraternity council
president. The fraternities will
turn in their drop lists by midnight
to that office, Morse said.
The drop list from each frater
nity will be posted in SU 214 at 10
a.m. Rushees will then sign up for
new dates from 10 to 11:30 a.m.
in that room.
Ray Hawk, director of men’s af
fairs, said that so far rush week
has been "much more successful
than last year," and added that the
fraternities have been “very co
operative in living up to the rules
laid down by IFC concerning rush
ing.”
Rush week will continue through
Saturday with three dates each
day Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day. Friday night both rushees
and fraternities will turn in their !
preferences and Saturday morning j
rushees will pick up their bids.
AGS Hears Plea
For Reinstatement
An almost complete silence Mon
day greeted the reading of a peti- j
tion asking for reinstatement in
the Associated Greek Students po
litical party from four Greek
houses currently in the United Stu
dents association.
The petition, which was read by
Jack Faust, AGS president, was
received from Alpha Xi Delta,
Delta Upsilon, Lambda Chi Alpha
and Sigma Alpha Mu. In the peti
tion three of the houses, Alpha Xi,
Delta, Delta Upsilon and SAM,
asked to be reinstated in the Greek
party. Lambda Chi has never been
a member of AGS, but signed the
petition.
According to Bob Metz, presi
dent of Delta Upsilon and acting
spokesman for the four houses, the
four consider themselves still
members of USA until they are ac
cepted by AGS. "No word on our
position in USA has been received
from the party leaders,” Metz
stated.
When questioned about the
silence which greeted the reading
of the petition, Metz said that he
felt that as a result of discussion
held the past few weeks, "it was i
expected by AGS that we would
come back.”
Sorority Thefts
Short on Clues,
Police Report
No further developments in the
investigation of the weekend burg
laries at Kappa Kappa Gamma,
and Chi Omega and breaking and
entering at Alpha Chi Omega
were reported by Eugene police
Monday.
There was little evidence to go
on, the police said. They were
working to get a lead on who
might have taken the $70 which
was missing from the Kappa house
and $35 from Chi Omega. Alpha
Chi suffered no loss although the
house was entered.
The Chi O loss, not originally
reported to police, was entered on
the record Monday.
Police suggested that to avoid
losses, students should avoid leav
ing money in their rooms.
Police also said there was a sus
pect in connection with the Delta
Delta Delta burglary early in No
vember. but he had not been lo
cated for questioning.
Petitions Available
For Emerald Post
The Student Publications Board
will select a new editor for the
Oregon Daily Emerald Jan. 21.
Petitions are now being accepted
for the position.
Under a board policy adopted
last spring, two editors head the
Emerald during the year. Purpose
of the mid-year change is to pro
vide more training and incentive
for students interested in execu
tive positions on the paper. The
change-over date has be^i set for
Feb. ,,5.
Petitions may be obtained from
the office of student affairs or the
ASUO office. They should be
turned in to Dick Williams, SU
director and secretary of the pub
lications board. Deadline is 5 p.m.
Jan. 19.
Williams has requested that all
petitioners present their applica
tions to him personally.
Hunter to Direct 'Salesman';
Blue, Gottfredson Cast in Leads
Arthur Miller’s “Death of a
Salesman," the third production
for the University Theatre’s 1952
53 season will open Friday, Feb.
6, under the direction of Freder
ick J. Hunter, instructor of
speech.
The lead role of Willy Loman,
the salesman, will be played by
Jim Blue, senior in liberal arts.
Willy’s two sons, Biff and Happy,
are played by Clarence Suitor and
Phil Sanders, both juniors in
speech. Willy’s wife, Linda, will
be acted by Jeanne Gottfredson,
graduate in speech.
Other members of the cast are:
Miss Forsythe, Diane David,
sophomore in liberal arts; Letta,
Carol David, freshman in liberal
arts; Francis, Pat May, fresh
man in liberal arts; Stanley, Bill
DeLand, senior in speech; Ber
nard, George Johnson, first year
law student; Charley, Jim Weaver,
senior in political science; Jenny,
Sally Mollner, sophomore in lib
eral arts; Uncle Ben, John Bree,
senior in speech; and Sam, David
Sherman, freshman in journalism.
The setting will be designed by
Larry Bissett, junior in art. The
show runs Feb. 6, 7, 11, 12, 13
and 14.
Young Democrats
To Hold Election
New officers will be elected by
the Young Democrats at their
6:30 p.m. meeting Wednesday in
the Student Union.
Nominated are Charles Grover,
president; Noreen Kelly, vice pres
ident; Ken Heed and Ralph An
tiquo, second vice president; Lor
na Davis and Helen Jackson Frye,
secretary; Lyn Hartley and Har
vey Orner, treasurer.
Further nominations may be
made from the floor at the meet
ing, Pres. Arlo Giles announced.