Veterans Tell
. Korean Essay
- Contest Plans
An essay contest on the subject
• ‘‘What the United States Should
Now About the Korean Con
. ilict," is currently being sponsored
by the American Veterans Com
mittee, Inc.
Any US. Citizen currently on ac
tive duly in or near Korea, or who
lias been on such duty later than
June 27, 1950,. is eligible to com
pete. Deadline for the essays is
- midnight, April 7, 1953. They
should be sent to the American
Veteians Committee, 1751 New
• Hampshire ave., N.W., Washing
ton 9, D.C.
Maximum number of words for
the essay is 2500. National prizes
are $250, first; $100, second, and
$.»0 third place. Additional local
prizes may be awarded. All essays
become the property of the spon
soring firm and will not be re
turned. Each entry must be ac
_ companied by a signed statement
by the contributor stating that "1
certify that this essay was pre
- pared by me for this contest and
has not been published hereto
fore."
Identifying information about
enlra.its that should be included
is full name, branch of service, se
>'inl number, dates of duty in the
Korean area, permanent home ad
dress and complete present ad
dress.
Symposium Group
Touring Oregon
•• Members of the University sym
posium squad left Monday morning
on a tour of several Southern Ore
gon < ities, Herman Cohen, direc
• tor of forensics, announced. The
, group will present discussions on
the question "How we can best
nieet the Communist menace in
- the United States today."
Klizabeth Collins, sophomore in
liberal arts, and William Kuiter,
seniors in liberal arts, made the
1 trip. Robert Kully, assistant for
- ensics adviser, accompanied the
group.
The speakers will address au
diences at Eagle Point, Ashland,
Medford and Klamath Falls and
_ l et urn to the campus Thursday
morning.
The scheduled tour is part of
the annual symposium program
sponsored by the University
_ speech department to give stu
dents an opportunity to speak be
fore live audiences. University
speakers will travel the entire
state during the next two months,
Cohen said.
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Sixty persons, one from each liv
ing organization, began collections
Monday in the annual Red Cross
drive for funds, according to Tat
Ruan, general chairman.
House representative will make
collections each day during the
four-day drive, issuing membership
cards and pins to everyone con
tributing $1 or more, Miss Ruan
said.
All representatives are requested
by Miss Ruan to phone in a daily
money report to Mary Wilson at
Delta Gamma by 7:30 p.m. Prog
ress reports for the Emerald
■' hould also be given daily, before
■ :30 p.m., to Karen Dahlberg, ext.
479, men’s house collections; and
Janet Gustafson, phone 3-2631,
women's collections.
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Springfield Wins
Jackson Trophy
The C. S. Jack.oon award for
oustanding improvement in high
school newspapers has been pre
sented to Springfield high school
for the second consecutive year.
Last fall the Oregon Journal
sponsored award was won by both
Cleveland high school of Portland
and by Springfield high. This is
the fust time in Oregon scholastic
press history that such a tie has
occurred.
Charles Duncan, associate pro
fessor of journalism, presented the
trophy.
$1800 Offered
In 4 Scholarships
Scholarships totaling $1800 will
be offered to students in advertis
ing and community newspaper
fields and working newspapermen
thin spring by the school of jour
nalism.
The Kugene Register Guard is
offering a $1,000 fellowship to a
working newspaperman who plans
to return to his paper. Advertising
specialists may apply for the Eric
V.'. Allen memorial fund scholar
ship of $500.
Loth the Hillsboro Argus and
Myrtle Creek Mail offer a $150
scholarship for students planning
to enter the community newspaper
field
GHOSTS OR FACULTY?
Whispering Wall Explained
ao ghosts, no spooks, no
old faculty members coming
back to haunt us,” confessed
Art Dean Sidney W. Little in
explaining the "whispering wall"
in the anteroom to the Little Art
Gallery.
"It’s just a peculiarity of the
dome ceiling construction," he con
tinued. This dome construction
has a highly reflective quality for
sound waves.
A person standing in one corner
of the small foyer can be distinct
ly heard in the opposite corner,
even though he is only speaking
in a whisper.
This phenomena can have a very
eerie effect on anyone not familiar
with the peculiarity of the room.
One reason for this "w'hispcring
wall" effect becoming more no
ticeable in the last few years,
Dean Little added, is that the
dome was painted, thus giving it
a more reflective quality, and thus
making the "whispers" reflected
more distinctly.
This effect is quite all right in
an anteroom, he pointed out, but
it would be an impossible situation
for a classroom*. (Imagine such a
room picking up the muffled
snores of an inattentive student
and transmitting them quite audi
bly to the professor!)
Many other rooms or buildings
with a dome construction have
this same quality. A banquet room
in the Ilugene hotel, which has
a bathtub-shaped ceiling, makes
it possible for persons carrying on
a personal conversation in one cor
ner to be “overheard ' quite easily
by someone clear .across the room.
(It could be embarrassing!)
The great Mormon tabernacle in
Salt Lake City is another striking
example of this phenomena. A pin
dropped on the stage of the im
mense temple room can be heard
distinctly in the very back of the
auditorium due simply to the
domed ceiling.
If you want to see just how this
works and perhaps explore the
possibilities of conjecturing up
some "spooks" for a friend here’s
the way!
You stand in one corner of the
anteroom to the Little Art Gallery
(it works better if you face the
corner) and station a friend in the
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few words - low enough so they
seem audible only to yourself.
j You'll find that your friend heard
every word, probably more clearly
i than you heard them yourself
Sumnwi in diawaii in 1953 !
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