The Real Challenge
I Russian expert Louis Fisclr
er will probably be remem
bered as one of this year’s
-best visiting lecturers. From
all reports we’ve heard so far,
lie was well received.
Rolled into one, comments
on Fischer would probably
util as follows: “I heard the
man, and, what’s more, 1 un
derstood him. And, what's
more, he was well worth lis
. 'tening- to."
Fischer had much to say
about Russia and the world
in general. For our money,
however, one of his observa
tions overshadowed all oth
ers. It was what he had to
say about the United States.
And it’s worth thinking
{►bout.
He said that freedom is lost
by fractions, a little at a time.
That’s how it happened in
Germany— Hitler gained a
little more power each day
until there w as no pow er left
io stop him. It happened, to
some extent, in Russia. But
v. hat remnants of democracy
'•-remained in Russia after 1917,
these, too, were slow ly wiped
out until communism itself
v. as dead . . . and only Stalin
ish remains.
In the United States todav,
die warned, the same deadly
--parallel exists. What we call
McCarthyism is only Stalin*
im by another name. It’s not
an ideology, only a process of
rule by fear, character assas
sination intimidation, suspi
cion, use of informers and so
on.
It’s now to the point, he
said, where government offi
cial.', educators, intellectuals
and writers hesitate to speak
out defense of their own prin
ciples. And. by refusing to de
fend what they believe, they
are losing the right to believe
it openly.
Fischer thinks that we may
win the contest with those be
hind the iron curtain without
pitch battles, llut it will take
a strong America, strong eco
nomically. militarily and mor
ally. And we can't achieve
that strength with the shad
ow of MeCarthyism hovering
over us.
The solution, lie says, is for
each of us to stand up for our
principles. Speak out. They're
worth fighting for. Don’t let
yourself be shunted into the
nearest side pocket by the
first loudmouth who comes
around looking for publicity
or votes.
The time may come in your
life when you could feel you
stood to lose something by
saying what you think. It
might seem far the easiest
thing to keep your mouth
shut. Apparently lots of peo
pie feel that way today.
But if we lose something
by speaking up. by defending
our principles, what do we
lose by letting others trample
them uncontested, unchal
lenged? Look what’s happen
ing today, right now.
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Undercover Report: Speech Department
J'£fo-,v do you expect me to see any improvement if you keep
saying ‘No’?”
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0 Georgene Porter, junior in
architecture and allied arts, was
pledged this week by Gamma Phi
Beta, according to an announce
ment released by the office of stu
dent affairs.
• Ken Whittle, KWAX eliief
announcer, will hold auditions for
the announcing staff today from
4 to 5 pin. and tomorrow from
3 to 5 p.m.
0 Junior Weekend committee
chairmen will meet at 6:30 p.m.
today in the Student Union.
0 Newman club will hold Lent
en devotions at the Sacred Heart
hospital chapel at 7 p.m. today.
Communion will be at 7 a.m.
Thursday and Rosary at 6:30 p.m.
the same day.
f Victor P. Morris, dean of
the school of business administra
tion, and Mrs. Mori is will be spe
cial guests of honor at a potluck
dinner celebrating the fourth birth
day of Christian house tonight at
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man of the dinner featuring past
presidents* of the organization.
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have above a 3,5 accumulative
grade point average and who are
already members of Alpha Lambda
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Caste!! Inaugurates
Iowa TV Program
Alburey Castell, head of the phil
osophy department, will inaugu
rate an experiment in educatiotxrl
television ovgr station WOI, Ames,
Iowa, next week. He will give a
series of lectures which will be
subsidized by the Ford Founda
tion through Iowa State college.
Castell, currently giving a series
for the National Association of Ed
ucational Broadcasters and the
state-owned station KOAC, will
use as part of the lectures his ser
ies “The Window in the Ivory Tow
er.” The remaining lectures will
consist of the four Mioles lectures
recently given at the College of
the Pacific in Stcfckton, Calif.
Petitions For 'Sing'
Due At 5 p.m. Today
All-campus Sing petitions are
being called for by co-chairmen
Sally Palmer and Jean Mauro.
Members arc needed for the fol
lowing committees: judges, set-up,
decorations, contact, programs,
and tickets.
Petitions may be turned in at
Kappa Kappa Gamma and Alpha
Chi Omega until Wednesday, April
1, at 5 p.m. Members of any
class are eligible to petition.
Petitions are also needed for the
queen contest and coronation, Jun
ior Prom and luncheon commit
tees.
TRACK MANAGER
Any freshman interested in help
ing to manage track this spring is
asked to see Track Coach Bill
Bowerman in his office.
Exhibit Features
Modern Textiles
Thirty-two examples of modern
textiles are being exhibited in the
architecture and allieiLarts school
today through April 10.
The show has been compiled by
the Scalamundry Museum of Tex
tiles in New York City and fea
tures all modern textiles. Both
woven and printed material will be
shown. The prints were done by the
silk screen method, according to
S. W. Little, dean of the school.
The exhibit is open to the public
at no charge.
Law School Names
Nine to Honor Roll
Nine men ate on the law school
honor roll for winter term. The roll
includes those students having a
cumulative grade point average of
3 point or higher and who carry a
full study program in the law
school.
Third year students are William
E. Duhaime and Steve Tyler; sec
ond year students. James Hershner,
Malcolm Marsh and Malcolm Mon
tague; first year students, John
Gill, William Linklater, William
Norval and James Moore.
Volunteers Needed
For Music Room
Volunteers are needed to help
staff the Peter Benson Howard
music listening l oom during spring '
term. Staff members have free
access to the room at any time.
Students who are interested in
music and have one or more free
hours a week are eligible.
'Brigadoon' Tryouts Set
For Thursday Evening
Tryouts for the non-singing roles
of “Brigadoon” will be held Thurs- |
day at 7:30 p.m. in Villard 102. !
Any University student is eligible
to read for any of the available !
parts.
“Brigadoon,” this season's Uni- ■
versity theater musical production,
will be piesented May 22 to 27
and June 3 and 4, under the di- j
rection of Horace W. Robinson, as
sociate professor of speech.
Sports Staff
Desk Editor, John Whitty. Staff,
Sam Vahey, Jim White.
Oregon Instructor
Wins Speech Post
Herman Cohen, Instructor In
speech and director of forensics,
was elected vice president of the
Pacific Forensic league at the
39th annual conference held at the
University of Southern California
during spring vacation.
The league is an affiliation of
speech departments of Pacific
coast schools participating in com
petitive speaking tournments.
Members include Oregon, Univer
sity of Idaho, University of Wash
ington, Oregon State, Stanford,
Southern California, University of
Nevada, University of California
and University of Arizona.
Cohen returned to the University
faculty this fall after a leave
of absence during which he taught
and studied at the University of
Iowa for one year. He formerly
headed the University forensic de
partment.
Earl Wr. Wells, professor of
speech at Oregon State, was
elected president of the or
ganization.
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