Fifty-third year of publication
VOLUME LIV
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 0,
NUMBER 69
Adler to Speak
About Aesthetics
Tuesday at SU
Coffee Forum Slated
For 3 in Dad's Lounge
Mortimer J. Adler, professor of
- the philosophy of lav/ at the Uni
versity of Chicago, will speak
Tuesday at 1 p.m. in the Student
Union ballroom on “Art and
Aesthetics.”
Adler’s talk is part of the Uni
versity's Festival of Contemporary
Arts program. He will also par
- tlcipate at a coffee hour forum at
3 p.m. Tuesday in the Dads'
Lounge of the SU.
Adler has been called one of the
most important '‘young" men in
the education field and has long
' been Identified with the Great
. Books, a 54-volume set of 443
books. The project was jointly
conceived by him and Chicago uni
■ versity president Robert Hutchins.
• The Syntoplcon
. Since 1943, Adler has made it his
special project to compile an index
’ of the ideas found in the Great
Books. Called a "Syntopicon," Ad
, let has compared his work to the
dictionary by saying, “The dic
tionary iksfines words for man. The
| -encyclopedia gives him facts. Now
. v-’c have a reference book for
ideas."
In his project, Adler was helped
by a staff of 2f> men and women
I .whom he called the “first intellec
tual assembly line in history.” The
I “Syntopicon” contains 102 Great
j "Ideas with 3000 sub-ideas.
’ At Chicago university, he
.teaches with Hutchins, the “hon
ors course” in which there are no
lectures, no routine use of texts,
but discussions between Hutchins
end Adler in which members of
the class are asked to join.
Important Friendship
Before becoming a teacher, Ad
s’ ler was a member of the editorial
staff of the New York Sun. Pre
vious to his work at Chicago,
Adler was an instructor in psy
< hology at Columbia university and
. assistant director of the People's
I Institute of New York.
He joined the faculty at Chi
cago soon after Hutchins became
.president. Their friendship and
work together has resulted in what
I'o: me magazine called “a highly
Important intellectual cross fer
L \i'. /. ‘.ion.”
700 Attend Dad's Luncheon
Hear President, Governor
Nearly 700 people attended the 20th annual Dads’ Day luncheon
Saturday in the Student Union ballroom. Guest speakers were UO
President Harry K. Newburn and the Honorable Paul Patterson gov
ernor of Oregon. °
Opening the after-luncheon speeches, Newburn told his audience
of Oregon students and dads that, under the set-up of the state board
of higher education in 1929, the primary aim for state colleges and
universities was specialized assignment of academic fields.
Newburn added that the trend now was to specialize in all fie’d'
which results in duplication. The function now, he continued, is to
bring more education to more people. “But while this iy a good idea
the public should be aware of the limitation of such a program.”
In presenting the state university’s position on educational expan
sion for schools of high education, Newburn remarked, "We recog
nize that we ought to provide as much education to the students in the
state as is possible. But we believe that there are two limiting quali
fications: ° n
1. “Out ability and willingness to pay.
2. “The necessity of maintaining a high qualitive program.”
Newburn closed his comments with the statement that, “We must
balance the desire to expand with the willingness to pay for expan
sion and keep up the quality.”
T laking the second half of the program, Governor Patterson, a '23
UO grad, opened his speech with a commendation for the state’s
efficient budgeting of services to its citizens. He compared the $75
spent annually per capita in Oregon with about $90 spent for similar
services for Washington and California residents.
"Only through public education can we hope to maintain the kind of
government we have today,” Patterson said.
About $29 million is appropriated biennially for higher education in
>iegon, according to Patterson. The state pays about $600 to $1200
for each college student, over what he pays as tuition fees.
In the educational system, you must remember that education and
training the citizen to serve in his community is the important thing ”
Patterson continued.
The governor, in concluding, said, “If we want the privilege to live
as we’want to live, work at what we want to work as free men and
women, then we’ve got to have the courage to serve in the communi
ties, states, nations, schools and all institutions that go to make up
this world we live in.”
Professor Discusses Possibility
Of Life, Travel in Outer Space
That life on other planets is pos
sible, but not in any form now
known was the conclusion drawn
by E. G. Ebbighausen, associate
professor of physics speaking on
"Life on Other Worlds" Sunday
night in the Student Union Dad's
lounge.
In connection with life on other
worlds, Ebbighausen brought out
H. PHILLIP BARNHART
[- Who Runs the I/O?
H. Philip Barnhart, director of dormitories, was appointed to his
present position in September, 1951, upon the retirement of Mrs.
• Genevieve Turnipseed. He had been University foods director since
July 1949. t
Barnhart graduated from Penn
sylvania State college, which is lo
cated in State College, Pennsyl
vania, with a bachelor of science
degree.
Before coming to the UO, Barn
hart was director of dormitories
at Alfred University, in Alfred,
New York.
As director of dormitories, he is
responsible for all dormitory func
tions, Such as housekeeping, main
tenance- and food service. He re
ceives counselor system reports
and works with the office of stu
dent affairs in regard to counsel
ing. His office will be responsible
for the Student Union food service
after April. ‘
The dormitory office has a staff
of 50 permanent employees and an
average of 100 student employees.
the fact that all technical prob
lems in constructing a usable
rocket had been overcome, and the
only thing that prevented the
building of one was the absence of
knowledge about the way a hu
man being would react to atmos
pheric conditions.
Discussion of the moon, Venus.
Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and Sat
urn revealed the many changing
atmospheric conditions which
made life in any form possible only
on Mars. The controversial Mars
canals, as explained by Ebbighau
sen, were supposedly built by a
civilization which has long since
vanished from the planet. The rea
son these canals still exist is the
absence of wind and rain erosion.
Mars is also believed to have once
had an atmosphere similar to our
own which vanished at the time of
the civilization.
A speculation as to the appear
ance of people on various planets,
if any would ever exist, showed
that Mars inhabitants would have
enormous lung capacity to com
pensate for the extremely thin at
mosphere and the moon inhabi
tants would grow taller than we
because of the less powerful force
of gravity on the moon.
17ie theory that there is vegeta
tion of some sort on Mars is borne
out by the fact that patches of
changing color are seen on the sur
face, which are thought to change
somewhat as do our seasons.
The existence of any other solar
systems beside the one in which
we live was said to be impossible.
In a question period following the
lecture, Ebbinghausen stated that
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UO Dads Elect
Committeemen
Arthur Priaulx, Portland, presid
ed over the Dad’s luncheon and
business meeting Saturday in his
post as president of the Oregon
Dads. Priaulx was elected in 1952
for a two-year term.
At the afternoon business meet
ing, 20 dads were elected to terms
on the exceutive committee.
Elected to one-year terms were
Ward V. Cook, Dr. Guy Boyden,
Richard Jones and Jack Robertson,
all of Portland; Lester Hanson,
Baker; Horace T. Byler, Coos Bay;
Lester King, Helix; George McIn
tyre, Klamath Falls; Justine
Smith, Medford, and Vern Miller,
Salem.
Elected to two-year terms were
Stanley Goodell, Robert Ormond
Case, William Haseltine, Jalmar
Johnson and Paul Sayre, all of
Portland; Charles Teague, Eugene;
Frank Shaw, Coos Bay; Dr. T. M.
Birkbeck, Milton; Carl Branden
fels, St. Helens, and Keith Brown,
Salem.
Dad's Day Trophies
Awarded at Game
Awards for the Dads’ day sign
contest and dads attendance were
presented at the Oregon-Idaho
basketball game Saturday night
at Mac court.
Winner of the sign contest tro
phy was the Sigma Phi Epsilon.
Alpha Tau Omega was awarded
the silver tea service for the men’s
house with the largest percentage
of dads registered. Pi Beta Phi
won the women’s house trophy for
the largest percentage of dads.
The cup to the freshman dorm
i with the largest percentage of
i dads went to Sherry Ross hall.
—
Luncheon Today
For Heart Finalists
King of Hearts finalists will be
luncheon guests today at the Y
sophomore cabinet meeting. The
candidates should be at Gerlinger
hall at noon, according to Norma
Hamilton, cabinet chairman.
The six candidates are A1 Babb,
Jim Owens, Jim Miller, Ed Kenny,
Ron Lyman and Jim Livesay.
Voting for King of Hearts will
begin on campus next week with
the opening of Heart Hop ticket
sales. Students may vote in the
SU or Co-op at the time tickets
are purchased.
The King" of Hearts will be
crowned at the Heart Hop, Friday,
Feb. 20.
Dance Expert
Visits Campus,
To Speak Today
Lecture Will Include
Movement Discussion
"Movement and Dance in the
Arts,” will be the topic of Betty
Meredith-Jones, expert in body
movement and currently visiting
dance instructor in dance at the
University of California, when she
speaks at 4 p.m. today in the ball
room of the Student Union.
Miss Meredith-Jones, here as a
guest of the school of health and
physical education, will present her
combined lecture and demonstra
tion as part of the University’s
Festival of Contemporary Arts.
She has been on campus for a week
teaching dance classes, observing
teaching methods and giving dem
onstrations. Her lecture will in
clude a discussion of movement as
it relates to all areas of life, not
just to dance alone.
A graduate of Chelsea college of
education in England, Miss Mere
dith-Jones has been awarded the
Laban diploma of education dance.
She has done free-lance and exper-.
imerrtal work at Newcastle, Exe
ter, London and Cambridge univer
sities and has also worked with
the Welch ministry of education
and acted as choreographer at the
Salisbury Art theater.
Art Festival
Second Week
Events Listed
Lectures and -Motion pictures
willlfcighlight the second week of
the" T933 Festival of Contemporary
Arts currently being held on the
campus. The festival will run
through March 13.
- Betty Meredith-Jones, visiting
physical education instructor, will
lecture in the Student Union ball
room today at 4 p.m. “Art and
Aesthetics" will be the topic of the
talk to be given by Mortimer Ad
ler, professor of the philosophy of
law at the University of Chicago,
Tuesday at 1 p.m.
Third lecturer of the week will
be Marion Ross, associate profes
sor of architecture. Ross will speak
on the subject “Contemporary
American Architecture” at 7:30
p.m. Wednesday in the browsing
room.
Movies demonstrating the use of
music in documentary films are to
be shown in Chapman 207 at 7 and
9 p.m. Wednesday. “The City,”
“White Flood” and “The Plow
that Broke the Plain” will be used
in the demonstration.
Senior Ball Ticket
Sale Set This Week
Tickets for the senior ball,
“Heart Attack,” will be on sal©
Tuesday through Friday in the
Co-op and Student Union at $2.5Q
a couple.
The tickets may also be bought
during the flying speeches in the
living organizations, according to,
Joan Marie Miller and Carolyn
Silva, ticket co-chairman.
Johnny Reitz and his band will
play for the semi-formal dance.
What Do You Think...
... of Student Government?
.Pete Van Dijk, graduate in art, said “Student government is a
little game which hoys and girls play in college. During the cam
paign one gets the impression that it is a serious thing. Later yon
realize that the hot campaign was just to get the pictures of a few
people in the yearbook so the fraternities can point with pride and
say lie’s in our house.’ I’m not impressed . . . are you?”