Eric Allen Hall ...
. . . I* to he the name of the new
Journalism building when It Is
built. Reed about the life of Al
len, who wa* the first dean und
moving force behind the present
day school of journalism until his
death on page 8.
Volume LIV.
Fifty-fourth year of Publication
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1953
Fair and Warmer . . .
. . . is forecast for today by the
United State«j weather bureau.
Temperature is expected to reach
GO degrees, with a low of 37 pre
dicted. Wednesday the temper-dr
ture reached a high of 53 and a
low of 31 degrees.
NO. 89
SHAKESPEARE TO 'IRMA'
'logo' in Movies
The man who played "Iago" in
the University theater’s produc
tion of "Othello" in 1950 is now
busy making movies in Hollywood.
Haul V\ exler, 1951 Oregon grad
uate, has appeared in eight Hol
lywood productions within the past
year with such stars as Dan
Dailey, Marie Wilson and Robert
Cummings.
While attending the University,
Wexler was active in University
theater work. He appeared in sev
eral plays, among them "Winter
set," "The Adding Machine,"
"Marco's Millions," and "Mid
Summer Night's Dream.”
In addition to making regular
.^rnovie films, Wexler has also ap
pealed in several films made for
release on television. Some of the
movies he has appeared in are
"My Friend Irma," "Bloodhounds
of Broadway,” "My Hero," "The
Kid From Left Wing,” and "My
Little Margie."
Married in 1952, Wexler and his
wife are both active in little the
ater circles in the Hollywood area.
He i:, also heading a Shakespeare
group in the area.
Wexler also appeared in several
leading roles at the Ashland
ShakeSpear an Festival while at
tending the University.
Junior Weekend
Needs Workers
Workers are still needed on a
number of the Junior Weekend
committees, chairmen reported
Wednesday night during a regu
lar chairmen’s meeting held to re
port on the plans for the major
campus event.
Deadline for all-campus sing
committee petitions is today at 5 1
p.m., chairmen Jean Mauio and |
Sally Palmer announced. Peti
tions are to be turned in to Miss
Mauro at Alpha Chi Omega or
Miss Palmer at Kappa Kappa
Gamma.
Sub-committee chairmen for
promotion are being sought by
promotion head Carol Lee Tate.
Positions open include promotion
for the all-campus sing, queen’s
contest and sunlight serenade, ter
race dance and traditions, radio,
luncheon, clean-up and float pa
rade and distribution.
The queen’s contest committee
needs two sub-chairmen, flowers
and sponsors-dress selection, and
a number of people to serve on
the committees, Joyce Jones an
nounced.
Brigadoon Tryouts
To be Held Tonight
Tryouts for non-singing roles in
"Brigadoon” will be held tonight at
7:30 p.m. in the Laboratory theat
er, Villard 102. Any University stu
dent may try out for the produc
tion.
The musical, last University the
ater production of the current sea
son, will be presented May 22 to
27, June 3 and 4, under the di
rection of Horace W. Robinson, as
sociate professor of speech.
HbALKit
WSSF Drive
The first meeting of World Stu
dent Service F'und committee
charimen was held Tuesday to
mi'.ke plans for the forthcoming
fund drive. The WSSF drive i.-;
scheduled for the week of April
20-24 and will tie' in with Duck
Preview weekend.
Chairmen for the drive include
M; ry Wil on and Nan Mimnaugh,
general co-chairmen; Nikki Trump,
treasurer; Lois Powell, secretary;..
Bob Glass and Ed Kenney, promo
tion; Ann Hopkins, special events;
Barbara Swanson, education; Mol
ly Moats, speakers; Jane Slocum,
faculty solicitations; Ancy Vincent,
house solicitations; Gloria Jame
son, off-campus solicitations; Dor
othy Carlson, church solicitations;
Sally Thurston, publicity; Don
AAU Poficy Report
Blasts Communists
CP>—Communists, by the nature
of their belief, are disqualified for
university positions, the Associa
tion of American Universities has
declared.
In a ten-page policy statement
drafted by five college presidents,
the association asserted that un
less a faculty member violates a
law, his “discipline or discharge is
a university responsibility and
should not be assumed by political
authority.”
The statement went into great
detail about what a university's
position should be when a faculty
member invokes the fifth amend
ment of the Constitution, against
self-incrimination, when called be
fore an investigative body.
“It is his duty as a citizen and
a professor to speak out if he is
called' upon to answer for his con
victions,” the statement points out.
“Refusal to do so cannot fail
to reflect upon a profession that
claims for itself the fullest free
dom to speak, and the maximum
protection of that freedom avail
able in our society.’’
More Dates Slated
For Hendricks;
Second Phone In
Men, have you been beating
your head against the wall be
eau»c the phone at Hendricks
hall was always busy? Been
having trouble datlhg a Ken
dricks co-rd because she could
ne\or be reached on the phone?
'Veil, take heart.’ Hendricks
finally has another phone!
Apparently, the women didn’t
like the situation either, for re
cently they took up a collection
to pay for the new phone. It
was installed early this week.
The new number at Hendricks
hall is 3-1813.
Mr;. .Mildred McMahan, Hen
dricks house mother, said
Wednesday that this puts the
hall on an equal basis with {'ar
son hall so far as the number of
telephones is concerned. There
are now two phones to serve ICO
women.
Plans Made
Gartrell, auction. Alpha Phi Ome
ga, men's service honorary, will be
in charge of the Ugly Man Con
test.
The advisory committee includes
Donald DuShane, director of stu
dent affairs; E. R. Bingham, as
sistant professor of history: W. A.
Dahlberg. associate professor of
speech; W. D. Richins, assistant
professor of business administ"a
tion; M. E. McDowell, executive
secretary of the YWCA; JoAnn
Sloan, general chairman of the
I9f>2 WSSF drive; John Taibot and
Jackie Wilson.
Committee chairmen will meet
again today at 1 p.m. in the Stu
dent Union.
A nyone interested in working on
the various committees is asked to
turn in petitions to the committee
heads before 5 p.m. Friday. Miss
Mimnaugh said.
'Gef Tough' Policy
Promised for Cons
SALEM i/P)— Oregon's new pris
on warden, Clarence T. Gladden,
says the state penitentiary will
get a sound rehabilitation program
based on strict diseiline. Gladden
went to work today to see what's
going on at the prison.
He was hired last night when
the board of control ousted Ward
en Virgil O’Malley on charges that
he failed to maintain discipline
among the convicts.
O'Malley's firing stemmed from
an investigation of prison condi
tions by a committee of three out
of-state wardens, Joseph Ragen of
Illinois, G. Norton Jameson of
South Dakota and L. E. Clapp of
Idaho. 1 he report of the survey,
made two weeks ago at the
board's request, was highly critical
of O Malley.
Confusion Unparalleled
The investigating wardens said: I
“We cio not hesitate to state that
the degradation, lack of control
and general confusion in the Ore- j
gon state penitentiary is without
parallel in our experience."
They said that control of the
prison "has almost completely left
tiie hands of authorities and
passed to those of the initiates."
Gladden, who retired from the
Deadline Apr, 1
Deadline for petitions for 1951 •
Oregana editor and business man
ager is Monday, April 20, at 5 p.m. [
according to R. C. Williams, secre
tary of the Student Publications
Board.
All applications for these posi- |
tions are to be handed in at the i
Student Union administration of
fice. Selection of students to fill j
the positions will be made by the
board at a meeting April 22.
federal prison system last Decem
ber after 23 years service, says he
is determined to maintain strict
discipline. He says the prison
should have a good training pro
gram with education and super
vised recreation . . . but, as he put
it, “any rehabilitative program
must be tied up with constructive
discipline to make it successful.”
Program Continues
The board of control, made up
of Gov. Patterson, State Treasurer
Sig Ur.ander and Secretary of
State Earl T. New’ory, said that
despite O'Malley’s dismissal, the
prison's new rehabilitation pro
gram will continue.
The program was launched in
1051 when O'Malley came here
from Soledad, Calif., where he was
an assistant state prison warden,
to succeed George Alexander.
Deterioration
Since that time, the board said,
“the incidence of escape, the con
ditions at the penitentiary, preva
lence cf homosexuality, use of in
toxicating lijjuor and genera] con
ditions of discipline at the peni
tentiary havc^ steadily deterio
rated.''
KWAX Slates
Tryouts Friday
All students interested in an
nouncing or other aspects of ra
dio operation have been asked to
attend auditions at KWAX today
from 4 to 5 p.m. or Friday from
3 to 5 p.m. by Ken Whittle, chief
announcer.
Announcers who have previous
ly worked at KWAX and wish to
continue should contact Whittle
as soon as possible. New KWAX
staff members will meet tonight
at S p.m., Whittle announced.
Spring term operation of KWAX
will start Monday.
MEET THE DEANS
Leighton Plans Retirement
• m
At the end of the present aca
demic year Ralph Waldo Leigh
ton. dean of the school of health
and physical education, will retire
to private life after a career of
nearly forty years in the* field of
education.
Graduating from the Gollege of
Idaho in 1925, Leighton joined the
j faculty of that school as professor
land athletic coach, a position
j which he held for the next two
| years. Previously he had taught
in Idaho schools in the years 191-1
to 1924.
Leighton received his Ph.D.
from the University of Oregon in
1931 and was the executive secre
tary of research li$re from 1931
to 1938. He has been a professor
of education since 1934 and dean
since 1937.
From 1937 to 1946, Leighton
was dean and director of physical
education of the Oregon State
System of Higher Education. Dur
ing the war he was active in the
i field of civilian defense and physi
| cal training for the army. He holds
an honorary degree of D Sc be
stowed upon him by the College of
Idaho in 1941.
In conjunction with his work,
Leighton has visited almost every
school of physical education in the
DEAN LEKJHTON
| country. In 1945 he made a trip
across the nation that took him
as far as Maine and Florida. In
addition to this, he has written
several books on education.
During the 1930's, Leighton was
a member of the advisory board of
the educational problem of parks
i studying the appreciation of na
ture and parks. He was also di
rector of the Crater Lake school
of appreciation of nature in 1947.
Leighton is not the only mem
ber of his family in the field of
physical education. His son, Jack
Richard Leighton, is an associate
professor of physical education at
Pennsylvania State college.
Two hobbies, dogs and shooting,
occupy much of the dean's leisure
time. He is the owner of four Lle
welyns. a female and three pup
pies, which come from a line of
champions. As for the shooting,
Leighton is a member of the Na-,
tional Rifle association, although
he admits his busy schedule
doesn't give too much time for
this hobby.