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THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1053
NUMBER 53
Legion Won't Ask for Teacher Oaths
k 'Blue Dolphin' Mermaids
ThoseAmphibian mermaids,from
lower left, Kathy Reilly, Shirley
Nichols. Joanne Zehmler, Mary
Wilson, Joanne Wilcox and Ashle
Dixon, are to be a part of "Blue
Dolphin," this year’s annual water
pageant, beginning tonight at 8
o’clock in the men’s pool.
Tickets to the two shows, slated
at 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday,
are now on sale at the Co-op, and
the Student Union fur 00 cents.
They may also be purchased at the
door.
Featuring complicated swim
ming routines with from two to
the entire cast of thirty-four per
forming, the thirteen acts will
mark the first appearance of this
type for many of the honorary's
members, according to Mary Ben
netto. general chairman.
Committee chairmen with Miss
Bennette are Charlotte Heap, pro
grams; Ann McLoughlin, publi
city; Marilyn Perkins, music; Bet
ty Fackler and Marielsa MacPher
sen, decoration; Mary Jordan, cos
tumes and Ann Yeager, tickets.
'Festival of Contemporary Arts'
Planned for February, March
!
By Richard Koe
Emerald Reporter
A basic concentration in all!
areas of art will keynote Oregon's
initial presentation of the "Festi
val of Contemporary Arts" for a
six week period from Feb. 1
through March 14.
Demonstrations, lectures, exhi
bitions, recitals, plays, movies and
radio productions prepared by the
departments and schools on cam
pus will be in keeping with the
modern arts theme of the Festival.
Under the general chairmanship
of Glenn Starlin, assistant profes
sor of speech, the festival will pre
sent showings of representative
contemporary works in dance, mu
sic, architecture and allied arts
and literature in conjunction with
the Student Union and Chapman
hall movies, browsing room lec
tures and radio station KWAX.
Many of the leading authorities
in the fields of contemporary arts
will make appearances during the
Festival. There will also be exhi
bitions of modern paintings and
drama.
A brief outline of highlights of
the festival is presented as fol
lows:
Dance: Demonstrations of the
various forms of dance and body
movements by Jose Linon, dance
instructor, and his team.
IVIusie: Lectures by Wallingford
Riegger, modern composer; re
citals by the University faculty,
band, orchestra and individual stu
dents and concerts by a chamber
music quartet from Portland.
Radio and Drama: Presentation
of ‘‘Death of a Salesman,” recent
Broadway success, by the Univer
sity Theater; lecture on modern
drama and radio program directed
toward contemporary art on
KWAX. In the area on movies
films pertaining to art, drama and
music will be shown at both the
Sunday afternoon movies in the
SU and the Wednesday night films
in Chapman hall.
Architecture and Allied Arts:
Exhibitions of sculpture, ceramics,
jewelry and weaving by leading
contemporary artists and students;
representative collections of con
temporary paintings and lectures
on modern architecture and art.
According to Starlin, similar art
festivals have been presented by
other leading American universi
ties including the University of
Illinois and the University of Iowa.
| Starlin added that "We believe
that our offerings are comparable,
if not better, than any festival of
contemporary arts that has been
sponsored by any other American
schools."
The Festival has been in the
planning stage for almost ten
months. During this time, commit
tees and representatives from the
various schools and departments
in the University have discussed
the project.
Starlin recently replaced Horace
Robinson, assistant professor of
speech, who is now on leave from
the University for winter term, as
general chairman of the Festival.
"Nearly all the offerings of the
Festival will be free of admission,"
Starlin stated. "It is hoped that
this year's Festival will be a tre
mendous success so as to warrant
the project to be an annual Univer
sity affair," he concluded.
Simpson to Give Second Lecture
The second and final lecture in
i the series on evolution and geogra
phy being presented by George
Gaylord Simpson is scheduled for
tonight at 8 p.m. in the SU ball
room. Simpson will discuss “Faun
al Relationships Between the Old
World and the New’’ as a follow
up on his Tuesday night lecture on
the historical geography of the dis
tribution of land animals.
I The noted author and lecturer is
| the guest speaker for the sixth
I series of the Condon lectures which
are presented annually each year.
The lectures, named in honor of
the University's first geology in
structor, were established by the
Oregon state board of higher edu
cation in 1944. Their purpose is to
interpret scientific study and prog
ress in the language of the layman.
Wagner Says Statutes
Sufficient if Enforced
The American Legion will not as.k the state legislature for
additional teacher's loyalty oaths or an investigation of Ore
gon schools, Karl L. Wagner, state commander, announced
Wednesday.
“It appears that the existing affirmative loyalty oaths now
NCAA Quits
Free Subs;
Era Ended
ST. PETERSBURG. Fla. (.Pi —
Tlie Football Rules committee of
the National Collegiate Athletic
association has put the college
game back in the hands of the 60
minute player.
In a surprise action completing
the three-day meeting, the com
mittee announced tonight that it
had done away with the two-pla
toon or free substitution rule.
It ended an era of specialized
football that began 12 years ago
with the advent of the platoons,
the extra point specialist, and
other one-way players. In making
it-s decision, the committee reject
ed the appeal of the nation's col
lege coaches. They had favored
free substitution by a four to one
: ratio in a recent poll.
Ccis Surprised
University of Oregon Coach
Lon Casanova, upon hearing the
news of the abolishment of the
two-platoon sj ste m by the
XCAA rules committee, expres
sed his surprise to the Emerald
Wednesday night.
“I am surprised, very much
surprised. I just arrived in Eu
i gene and hadn't heard the news.
I’ll have more to say after I’ve
analyzed the situation.”
(asanova had just returned
from the XCAA coaches con
vention in Washington D. C.
Assistant Coach Jack Koehe
expressed the belief that the
new rules tightening substitu
tion will make things a little
easier for the smaller schools.
The new rule provides that a
player withdrawn from a game
during the first or third periods
may not return until the fal
lowing period. flayers with
drawn from the game before
the final four minutes of the
second or fourth periods may re
turn during those final four
minutes. Those withdrawn dur
ing the final four minutes of
cither the second or fourth per
iods, may not return during that
four-minute period.
Committee Chairman Fritz Cris
ler of the University of Michigan
summed up the change in two
sentences: "This prohibits a
change of full teams when the
ball changes hands. Obviously, the
boys now will have to play both
offense and defense.”
Crisler said the vote was unan
imous but it followed the most
thorough discussion he has ever
known.
ouaiuic wjKb <11 e sum
| cient, if enforced by school au
thorities,” Wagner said in a pre
pared statement released Wed
nesday afternoon.
i . school officials and the
Board of Education should be ful
! ly qualified and should have the
opportunity, if it is necessary to
clean their own house without be
ing harassed by outside organi
zations,” Wagner declared.
Wagner stated that the Amer
ican Legion was concurring with
the stand previously taken by the
Oregon Veterans Legislative com
! mittee.
“The committee takes the posi
tion that sincere educators anti
public officials are best qualified
to enforce loyalty laws.” Wagner
said. ' The committee realizes ths,t
an educator must, to be effective
be allowed academic freedom, but
emphasizes that such freedom
does not extend to th privilege of
teaching precepts that are inim
ical to our system of government.
| Wagner cited sections of Oregon,
law which would give the educa
tors support to “clean their own.
house."
in a staLenient Wednesday eve
nir.g University President H. 5-T.
j Newburn said:
“This is an action of far-reach
ing significance for education j i
this country. I am confident that
my colleagues in higher education
will agree that it is an expression
of confidence and support which
should win the wholehearted
thanks and commendation of ait
thinking citizens.
“We here at the University of
Oregon agree that it is our con
tinuing responsibility to keep our'
house in order. We also renew our
allegiance to those concepts which
are the foundation for education;
in a democratic society."
Rushing Schedule
Unaltered, Rushees
Rated High Caliber
j Today’s schedule for formal
men's rushing remains the same a*
that followed by the rushees Wed
nesday.
| The men will keep three dates
today and will be able to break
dates after 10 a.m. tonight in the
; office of student affairs. Men will
1 sign up for new dates from 10 to
11:30 a.m. Friday in Student Un co
214.
1 Ray Hawk, director of men’s af
fairs, told the Emerald Wednesday
that he was “disappointed" in the
number of men going through rush
week, but that he was encouraged
by the fact that many of the fra
ternity men seemed to fee] that,
the men rushing were of a “ve:< y
! high caliber."