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Notes to the Editor
(Ed. note: When this letter
was first submitted, its writer
requested that his name be
withheld because, he told us,
he considers himself a friend
of both coach Bill Bowerman
and members of the track
team. The name appears, be
cause he agreed with us that
uo one needs to be ashamed
about making responsible,
well-intended criticism.
This is the kind, of attitude
we like to see. If a student has
what he believes to be a justi
fied gripe or bouquet, he
shouldn’t hesitate to speak up
. . . and openly. That’s what
these “notes to the editor” are
for.)
I witnessed an incident last
Saturday which I believe was
bad for the publicity of the Uni
versity of Oregon. About two
thirds of the. way through the
mile run of the Oregon-Idaho
track meet, two Oregon runners
formed a partial box around an
-Idaho runner and kept that for
mation up to the last fifty yards.
Many high school students who
had been there for the Hayward
relays saw this race. I can't see
how they could have thought
that the Oregon runners’ actions
were anything but intentional. In
fact, it seems only reasonable to
assume that many of them might
even believe that the two Oregon
runners had received instructions
to do as they did from their
coach.
It is not an uncommon fact to
high school distance runners, that
some milers can sprint quite well,
even at the end of the race. Some
of them in the stands must surely
have deduced that Oregon believ
ed they had a better end-of-the
race sprinter who could edge out
the Idaho runner in the home
stretch drive if the Idaho runner
was prevented from getting
ahead in the race.
I am not saying that this was
the case. But it must have looked
that way to a lot of people. The
partial box is probably quite le
gal, with one runner in front, one
on the side, and none in back. But
it requires a considerable amount
of wasted energy on the part of
the runner who attempts to get
out of it and then past it.
It also seems strange that the
Oregon runner who ran at the
side of the Idaho runner would
choose to run in the second lane
all the time, even around the
curves. This is poor individual
strategy, since he must run a
number of yards farther than the
runners in the first lane.
The thing which was especially
bad for Oregon, however, was
that the Idaho runner won the
race anyway with a beautiful
stretch drive despite Oregon’s ac
cidental or intentional efforts.
John S. Irvin.
Spring Ball—The Optimist
“Hey, coach!”
YW National Week Observed
Special speakers, meditations
And a YWCA “neighborhood meet
g" in Portland are special events
scheduled by the campus YW in
'Jkeeping with the current “National
YWCA week."
For the sixth annual observance,
this year’s slogan is “For good
times—for good health—for good
.—join the YWCA." The campus
organization opened the week with
a talk by Laura Olson, counselor
for women, at the junior-senior
• breakfast on the topic “Why
.YWCA Week.”
Other events scheduled include
a talk by Mrs. E. E. DeCou, pres
ident of the advisory board of the
fiity YW, on “The Significance of
the YWCA After College.” She will
speak at noon, today at the YW
cabinet meeting.
Thursday and Friday represen
tatives from the Eugene YW’s will
be in Portland for a “neighbor
hood meeting.” Those attending
will discuss what the next 100
years of the YW should be, Mary
Elizabeth McDowell, director of
the YW, has announced.
Miss McDowell stressed the fact
that during this week, the organ
ization’s meditations will be cen
tered on the theme of the week,
trying to understand and help the
programs and problems facing the
YW throughout the world.
5 UO Delegates
Attend Mock UN
“Czechoslovakia plays a minor
and subservient role In the United
Nations.” That was the comment
of five delegates from the Univer
sity of Oregon who attended the
Model United Nations convention
in Berkeley last week.
Upon arriving at the University
of California last Wednesday, the
Oregon men stepped into the Sov
iet bloc and followed the party
line until the convention ended
Saturday night. The delegates
said they received much advice
from E. B. Hass, instructor in po
litical science at California, who
was also the adviser of the USSR,
and the Ukraine delegations.
Those Attending
Those who attended were Man
ohar N. Pandharpurkar, graduate
in economics; Vishnu Wassiamal,
freshman id economics; Hollis
Ransom, junior in pre-law; Wil
mer Boesel, freshman in pre-law;
and Dick Carter, junior in jour
nalism. Pandharpurkar was chair
man of the delegation.
Fifty-four colleges sent delega
tions to the convention with each
college representing a different
U.N. nation. Conditions in the ac
tual U.N. were then simulated with
the delegates holding as accurately
as possible to the policies of the
country they were representing.
The Oregon delegation was active
in the trusteeship committee, the
political and security committee,
and the general assembly.
L7SC Wins Award
The award for the most ably rep
resented nation of the five larger !
nations in the U.N. was given to
the University of Southern Cali
fornia for playing the role of the
United States. First prize for the
smaller nations went to the UCLA
delegation who represented India;
second prize went to Southern Ore
gon College of Education who rep
resented the Union of South Afri
ca, and third prize was given to
San Francisco State college rep
resenting Pakistan.
The mock surprise issue brought
up at the conference wa3 the in
vasion of the Sudan and the be
seiging of British troops along
the Suez canal by Egyptian forces.
The security council held a late
session that evening and issued a
cease-fire ultimatum to the Egyp
tian forces. They then appointed
a committee to investigate the set
tlement of the pretended strife.
David W. Wainhouse, senior ad
visor to the U. S. delegation to
the general assembly, was elected
president of the mock U.N. general
assembly. He gave a speech on his
impressions of the conference at
the banquet held Saturday night
and said the conference was
“amazingly similar’ ’to the actual
U.N. Indian Ambassador to Ar
gentina Nawab Ali Yawar Jung,
who gave the major address at
the banquet expressed the U.N.’s
need for more authority and re
sponsibility.
Tickets Still Available
For 'Even the Gods'
Tickets for the four remaining
performances of “Even the Gods’’
are still available at the Univer
sity theater box office, according
to Mrs. Gene Wiley, theater busi
ness manager. The play will run
Wednesday through Saturday of
this week.
The presentation of the modern
version of an old Greek legend,
directed by F. J. Hunter, instruc
tor in speech, marks the second
time the play has been produced.
Its initial performance was given
by the University of California at
Los Angeles in November, 1952.
• Students interested in exchanging cor
respondence with students of other nations
should write to Letters Abroad, 695 Park
Ave., New York, 21, New York, enclosing
their ages, interests, educational background
and knowledge, if any, of a foreign language,
according to the office of student affairs. No
charge is made for the service.
• Campus Briefs
• Junior Weekend general committee
chairmen will hold their regular weekly meet
ing at 6:30 tonight in the Student Union,
co-chairmen Tom Shepherd and Joan Marie
Miller have announced.
• Petitions are due Friday Cor the pro
gram and ticket committees of the Mortar
Hoard ball, according to Lloydene Hurt and
(Jail West, chairmen. Petitions for the pro
gram committee may be turned in to Miss
West, ticket committee petitions to Miss
Hurt, both at Carson hall.
• Any students, particularly men, inter
ested in working on decorations for the Mor
tar Hoard Hall, May 23, should contact
June Browning, decorations chairman, at
Hendricks hall.
• Members of Alpha Lambda Delta are !
to turn the names of the three junior or senior
women they obtained for interviews Friday
to Mrs. Golda Wickham's office in Kinerald
hall as soon as possible, urges Sylvia Win*
gard, president of the organization.
• A very important special meeting of the
Inter-Fraternity council will be held tonight
at 6:30 in the Student Union, according to
II‘C president Coti Shcffcr. Room number
will be posted on the SU bulletin board.
• Walter Van Tilburg Clark, author of
“•TEe. Ox-Bow Incident,” will be presented
in a coffee hour forum Thursday at 4 p.m.
m the Dad's Lounge of the Student Union
An American writer, he has often been rep*
tesbntEtf In “The O. Henry Prize Short
Stories" ...
• The A8UO Senate student activities
Evaluation committee will meet at 4 p.m.
today in the Junior Weekend office on the
third floor of the Student Union, Tom
Shepherd, chairman, has announced.
• Petitions are still being called for to fill
nine vacant positions on the Red Cross
Board. Petitions must be turned in before
April 30 to Joan Walker, Kappa Alpha
Theta; Janet Bell, Delta Delta Delta, or
Valera Vicrra, Carson hall.
• An important meeting of Skull and
Dagger, sophomore men's honorary, will be
held today at 4 p.m. in the Student Union,
according to Pres. Alex Byler. He stressed
the necessity of a full membership turnout
for the meeting.
Classifieds
’49 Plymouth Deluxe Convert. New
W.W. tires, seat covers. Rea
sonable for quick sale. Phone
3-2741. 4-22
FOR SALE: 1939 Plymouth Se
dan. Radio, heater, new seat cov
ers. Pete Plumridge, Stitzer hall.
5-9512. 4-24
Comfortable 3-room furnished apt.
near U of O. $50. Ph. 5-3406.
FOR SALE: 1949 Mercury. New
paint and tires. Ph. 5-2449 4-24
SU Delegations
Attend Meeting
A delegation of Oregon students
and faculty members returned
Saturday from a conference of the
National Association of College •
Unions held April 15 to 17 in Ber
keley, California.
Members of the Oregon delega
tion were: R. C. Williams, director
of the Student Union; H. P. Barn
hart, director of dormitories; Don
na Buse, SU program director;
Clyde Fahlman, SU board chair- *
man; Andy Berwick, chairman of
the SU personnel committee, and
Virginia Dailey, SU Board mem
ber.
Conference meetings were held
in the Durrant and Claremont
hotels and on the campus of the
University of California. Fahlman
lead two discussions in the stu- -
dent sessions. Miss Dailey and Bet
wick were both discussion sum
marizers. There were 12 discus
sions at the conference.
• A call for additional workers for the
Mothers day committe* has been i-sued b>
Harbara Wilcox, general chairman. Peti
tions may be turned in to Miss Wilcox at
Hendrix hall.
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