UO Library Receives
Henry Stanley Letters
Over fifty letters from the per
sonal correspondence of Henry AT.
Stanley, the famed nineteenth cen
tury African explorer, were receiv
ed by the library of the University
of Oregon in a collection of over
400 documents dealing with his op
erations on the Congo River from
3881 to 1883.
The letters and documents were
gathered by Li even Van de Velde,
a Belgian army officer, who was
commander of Vlvi station on the
Lower Congo, a former supply de
pot for Stanley’s exploring parties.
Van de Velde was a member of
the "International Association of
the Congo", financed and encour
aged largely by Leopold II, king of
the Belgians. The association
established a series of stations on
the river, designed to control na
tive trade and allegiance and act
as a barrier against other Euro
pean nations interested in West
African territory.
The letters indicate that while
Stanley was interested in explora
tion for its own sake, other mem
bers of the association were oper
ating under political orders from
Belgium. The association opposed
Capacity Crowd
Hears Mendelsohn
Erich Mendelsohn, noted archi
tect and pioneer in contemporary
architecture, spoke before a capa
city crowd in the Science auditor
ium Thursday night.
Mendelsohn’s lecture on “My
Contribution to Contemporary Ar
chitecture" was accompanied by
Elides depicting sketches and pho
tos of his work.
Describing himself as “living for
xny work", Mende’sohn stated,
“History is the final record of any
thing man does, and the architect
writes history of our land.”
The lecture was a preliminary
feature of the Festival of Contem
porary arts.
. the efforts of the French and Por
tugese, particularly, to control the
j Con&o basin, and in 1885 the asso
ciation was recognized as the sov
j ereign Congo Free Stale.
Aside from its usefulness as
| source material for the political
j history of African colonies, the col
lection is important as an account
; of Eupropean methods of dealing
with natives and of the principles
j of government.
The collection also contains a
I group of water colors of scenes at
Vivi station, executed by Lieven
1 Van de Velde. The entire collection
supplements the importance of the
great collection of African objects
presented to the University some
j years ago by Paul Van de Velde,
1 of Salem.
Positions Open
On Rally Board
Three vacant positions on the
ASUO rally board have been an
nounced by A] Goldenberg, rally
board chairman. Petitions are due
Wednesday, and interviews will be
held in SU 309 Thursday.
The main functions of the rally
board are the selection of a yell
king spring term and a rally squad
fall term and the organization of
campus rallies throughout the year.
Working in conjunction with
ASUO senate, the rally board con
sists of fourteen members with the
yell king acting as ex-offici» mem
ber. Membership on the board ter
minates at the end of spring term,
but past members may re-petition.
Present members of the execu
tive council include A1 Goldenberg,
president; Sunny Allen, secretary
treasurer; Art Greisser, rally
chairman; Stan Savage, publicity
chairman, and Joe Anstett, special
events chairman.
CAMPUS CALENDAR
4 pm. Red Cross Bd 112 SU
Research Comm 1IISU
l*hi Bela Gcrl 2nd fl
7:00 Co-ed Co-op Coun 113 SC
7:30 Athletic Dept. Movie
Ballrm SU
Local GOP Group
Censures Morse
A letter criticizing the recent ac
tions of Wayne L. Morse, junior
United States senator from Ore
gon, has been sent to the senator's
Washington office by a group of
local Young Republicans.
Those signing the letter were
Thomas N. Barry, graduate in ec
onomics, Richard B. Lyons, fresh
man in liberal arts, Bruce Holt,
freshman in liberal arts, and Sally
Calkins, Eugene hign senool stu
dent. All hoid offices with the Lane
County Young Republicans, the
University of Oregon Young Re
publicans or the Eugene Junior
Young Republicans.
The gioup stated in the letter
that it felt Morse had not conduct
ed himself on a plane “which would
bring honor and credit to the state
of Oregon." They also stated the
belief that he had not carried on
his duties in such a way as to bene
fit the people of the state. Final
criticism leveled against the sen
ator by the group was his failure
to support the newly elected presi
dent.
Drawing on these reasons, the
letter concluded: "Therefore, we
wish to state that our support
which was most ardent, must now
be officially terminated. We have
tried to understand you, but your
refusal to confirm the President's
cabinet, your opposition to Charles
E. Wilson and to Harold Stassen,
and your criticism of the Republi
can party can not be condoned.
Pettiness and rancor can never be
the accepted attributes of a United
States Senator from Oregon . . . .
We leave you with your thoughts."
Saturday Evening Post
Takes Pictures at UO
The University's Mac court
made the big- time this week when
pictures of the court appeared in
the Jan. 31 issue of the Saturday
Evening Post illustrating a story
on the Shrine circus and its own
er, Louis Stern.
A two page color picture dis
play portrays the audience watch
ing a performance of the circus
in McArthur court, the circus
stars donning costumes in the
dressing rooms, and the troup un- I
loading from vans ar.d trailers i
behind Hayward field. The caption I
of the lead half-page picture '
reads “The Great Wallendas, stars i
of the Polaek brothers troi;pe. ;
which puts on the Shrine circuses.
1
<Jo their act in the gym of the
University of Oregon/'
Trie five pictures f 1; e 'I when
the circus made its first appcar
ance on the Oregon faro/.us last1
September, accompany ar> article
in the national magazine by Kart
zeil Spence entitled ' Vet Moefcefc*
Circus.” The pictures -were tab»r».
by Post photographers .mpe/rtcd*
from Los Angeles to rt:cre> t.ho
performance.
Arrangements for the appear
ance of Stern's c:r: „•« wtoieu- an
nually raises $1,000 00© ft/ the
Shrine program 1c aid crippled*
children, was made by Leo Harris/
athletic director for the Univcr- •
sity.
I S ll Currents
Twenty-four New Members Picked
For Student Union Committees
Twenty-four students have been chosen to serve on Student Union
standing committeees by the SU personnel committee. The personnel
committee consists of Andy Berwick, Jack Nichols, Merle r&ris and
Joan Maxfield.
These are the last scheduled interviews for winter term. Ke/jiMi'
selected are Donr.a Anderson, art
gallery: Sally Scott, Jean Single
ton, Nancy Mackle, Carol Oakley.
Jim Dielschneider, Gerry Trask.
Martha Van Camp, Don Bonirr.e
and Robin Rumery, dance.
Beverly Braden, LaVille Greer
and Sue Smith, publicity: Dick P.q
maine and Lois Reynolds, recorded
music; Nancy Randolph, music;
Carol David, coffee hour forum;
Sally Hougham, browsing room:
Mary Moran. Carol DeVUbiss. Lyn
Perkins, Marilyn Parrish, Jill Hut
j things and Walt Meihoff. house.
Our dads pay all the bills
That ring up profits
In SU tills.
Dad's Day Feb. 6, 7, 8.
'Listening Room'
Volunteers Wonted
A few more volunteers aie ne»*i*
ed to complete the exttndeej 3< l(N(*
nle of hours for the Feter Benson
Howard Music listening room ja
the Student Union.
Supervision during the fdlcwM|
hours :s particularly needed. 'mfk-1
day 2 p.m., Wednesday 2 p,u»,,
Thursday 1 p.m., Monday through
Thursday 7 p.m., Saturday 1 tokj||
p m. Some morning hours, are at®
open.
Anyone who is interested -<hQMMh
contact Donna Buse, SU SOT, e®p
235. V
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