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VOL. LIV IMV. OF ORE., EUGENE, FRI., MAY 15, 1953 NO. 121
BLAST HITS SKINNER'S 'O'
Milan
Butte
TO THINK ’TW.VS ALL IN VAIN!
Foster, Bob Metz, Jack Bawls and Lyn Jensen—shown hard at work last week on the Skinner’s
“O” that was blown to smithereens at about 3 a.m. today.
European Union Essential
To Peace, Richter Declares
By Elsie Schiller
Emerald Reporter
"A United States of Europe must
come into existence if we are to
avoid a third world war," Werner
Richter, rector of the University of
Bonn, told an audience of some 400
in the Student Union ballroom
Thursday afternoon.
Richter pointed out seven major
difficulties standing in the way of
such a unification.
"But," he said, "time, patience
and superhuman effort and under
standng of all European statesman
must be there to effect such an al
liance. Political strength should be
combined with Christianity, love
of humanity, and the final dignity
of man to accomplish these ends.”
Richter outlined these major
hinderances to a United States
of Europe:
1. Insufficient consolidation of
European nations including the
external and internal difficulties
th' se countries face.
i 2. The exhausted state of Middle
j European nations resulting from a
"whole generation. of lost man
power,” and the utilization of
economic resources for unproduc
tive purposes.
3. Nationalism is not dying out
in Europe but growing stronger.
4. England’s disinterest in con
tinental unification due to pre-oc
cupation with her Commonwealth
of Nations.
5. The variance in European poli
tical systems which makes mutual
understanding difficult.
6. The extraordinary interest ev
idenced in Germany to unify the
Eastern and Western parts of the
Nation.
7. The impossibility of recon
ciling such peaceful proposals to
present defense armament evidenc
ed by bewilderment in meeting
military demands.
“Germany has no more vices and
no less virtues than any other
people,” Richter maintained.
“Twelve years of fear have made
these people passive with the im
pulse to follow the strongest pos
sible leader."
The important question, as Rich
ter presented it, is: What should
come first, the reunification of
Germany or a United States of
Europe. Recovery will be difficult,
he said, but it is possible. “Even
today great beginnings are to be
seen in the fields of intellect and
art."
Germany’s position in World
War II was that of a wedge driven
between the democracies and com
munism which succeeded in uniting
the two opposite idealogies in a
common negative aim—the defeat
of a common enemy.
“But today the demoniac forces
unleashed by Hitler are weaken
ing," Richter concluded in an op
timistic vein. “There is hope for
democracy in modern Germany.”
Hayward Seating
Switch Favored
At its final meeting of the pres
ent year, the ASUO senate went
on record as favoring the use for
one year of a portion of student
seating at Hayward field by the
athletic department for its ath
letic scholarship program.
Operating under a quorum of
nineteen members, the legislative
body approved the selection of sen
ate members Sue Shreeve and E.
G. Ebbighausen as members of the
Honor Code committee headed by
Bob McCracken, freshman class
president. Plans of the committee
to put a test file in the library
are near completion, reported Mc
Cracken.
A report of the leadership con
ference held two weeks ago at
Marylhurst college under the spon
sorship of National Students As
soeiation was heard by the senate.
Senate members who attended the
conference were Pat Dignan,
ASUO president, Tom Wrightson,
Paul Lasker and Bob Summers.
The senate approved the send
ing of Summers as a delegate to a
conference of Washington colleges
to be held in Tacoma this week
end. There he will discuss plans
for a proposed Northwest Federa
tion of Collegiate Leaders.
Joanne Forbes Wins Richfield
Trophy for Radio Achievement
The Richfield Reporter trophy
for outstanding achievement in
radio for the current year was
awarded to Joanne Forbes, junior
in speech, at the annual Kappa
Rho Omicron radio awards ban
quet Thursday night.
Miss Forbes, who has held sev
eral positions on KWAX this year,
was one of eight students who were
honored at thfe event. Five gold
microphone awards were presented
in the names of Eugene’s four ra
dio stations and the city’s pro
posed television station, KTVF.
The KTVF award went to A1
Barzman. Ken Whittle received the
KASH award, Ed Meyers was
awarded the KUGN trophy, Gor
don Rennie won the KERG prize
and the KORE award went to John
Bree.
The Oregon State Broadcasters
awards for outstanding perform
ances of the year went to Jim
Blue and Sandra Price. Miss Price
received her award for her per
formance in “Waterfront Noc
turne” and Blue received his for
his work in “Solitary Singer.”
Receiving recognition medals for
their work in radio this year were
Don Parr, Ann Moyes, Jerry Shaw,
Hugji Gsrrrabrant, Ed Raggizino,
Jerry Pearce, Gordon Burtner and
Loanne Morgan. The medals were
presented by Glenn Starlin, as
sistant professor of speech.
,(/A dynamite exPlosion destroyed the bottom half of Oregon’s
O just after 3 a.m. this morning.
The blast, atop Skinner’s Butte, was heard throughout Eugene.
Police report on the explosion was not in by Emerald press time
today, but the police said the blast was set off by dynamite, ap
parently with a long fuse to enable the setters-off to get away
before patrol cars got to the top of the butte.
Report of the blast came in at 3:12 a.m.
The new “O”, repaired by members of Delta Upsilon last
Thursday, lasted only a week. It was previously a “C”, being
blasted last spring. Now it is an upside down “U”.
Persons setting off last spring’s explosion were never caught.
This year it is likely that students from Oregon State college
were responsible, with the title-deciding four-game Oregon-O SC
baseball series starting Saturday.
Police found some dynamite which failed to go off this morn
ing, establishing the means used in the explosion. The blast de
stroyed part of the old “O” and part of the work done last week.
Creative Arts Program
Slated Tonight in SU
Selected student artists from all
fields will have an opportunity to
present their works for the enjoy
ment of the campus tonight at 8.
The third annual Creative Arts
Workshop will be presented in the
Student Union ballroom, with side
displays in the browsing room and
the SU art gallery, according to
Workshop Chairman Valerie
Cowls. —
No admission will be charged,
Miss Cowls said. Coffee will be
served after the program.
Highlights of the evening will be
the production of an original one
act Irish play, “The Fruit and the
Timothy” by Frances Logan. Un
der the direction of Joella Wood,
the cast includes Joice Balfch.
Carolyn Moore, Clarence Suitor,
Jack Boone and John Jensen.
The comedy centers around Sara
Tancrede (Miss Balch) who
mourns for her lost husband and
reverses her attitude when he re
turns, as bad as ever.
The program will also feature
two original musical compositions;
one instrumental, “The Bagatelles”
by John Hendrickson, “Music I
Heard” by Richard Ramsdell.
On the literary side two readers,
Jackie Densmore and Norma Rags
dale, will interpret four poems—
written by Rita Kenyon, Alta Cor
bett, Valerie Cowls and Gloria
Jameson.
A humorous short play, “Colonel
Bopley Backs a Favorite,” will be
read by Bob Ruan.
Two modern dances are slated,.
“The Mourners’’ and “Cow
Punchers.”
As part of the Workshop, the SU
art gallery will exhibit selected
student painting, sculpture, weav
ing and ceramics, and the brows
ing room will display student
literature.
Prof Describes
Sfar Formation
“The formation of stars is like
Creation taking place before our
eyes,” said Otto Struve, chairman
of the department of astronomy of
the University of California in a
lecture on “The Origin and Evolu
tion of the Stars,” Thursday night
in the SU ballroom.
Stars are still being formed in
several galaxies as cosmic dust and.
gases condense into stars, accord
ing to Struve. The illumination of
the stars is the result of the kine
tic energy from the motion of the
dust and gas molecules being
transformed into heat.
“The astronomer’s problem is the
interpretation of the data on the
formation of the stars,” Struve
said. The new technique of radio
telescopy has aided greatly in ob
serving the clouds of cosmic dust
in which new stars are formed.
Four of Five Amendments Passed;
Class Officer Separation Defeated
Four of the five amendments to
the ASUO constitution passed in
Wednesday’s election, but the one
which caused the senate the most
concern did not go through.
That was the amendment which
would separate presidential and
representative candidates on bal
lots for class offices. The vote was
Yes—1052, No—608, but the pro
posal failed to get the two-thirds
majority necessary to pass a con
stitutional amendment.
The other four amendments, and
the public opinion survey on the
blanket insurance plan, passed with
the following votes:
1. ASUO president should submit
the proposed annual budget for
senate approval—Yes, 1537; No,
157.
3. Election of freshman class of
ficers fall term (instead of win
ter term)—Yes, 1358; No, 430.
4. All-campus open primary—
Yes, 1199; No, 411.
5. One graduate student on the
senate to represent graduate stu
dents—Yes, 1352; No, 455.
Insurance plan—Yes, 1443; No,
196; no opinion, 203.
In the University Co-op board
race, Paula Curry was elected to
the one-year sophomore position,
with 115 votes. Jane Bergstrom
had 94, Jean Owens 93, and Beverly
Braden. 74. George Marshall, with
235, and Ann Bankhead, with 230,
were elected to the two-year jun
ior positions. Jean Elickson re
ceived 164 votes.
The class ballot amendment
which failed was put on the ballot
after a long senate battle over the
issue—dating back to spring term
last year. The senate desired to
split the ballots so that, in the
freshman elections especially, a
woman candidate running for rep
resentative would not lose out to
a man defeated for president but
receiving enough number “one”
votes for a representative spot.
Changing the class preferential
ballot so that the presidential and
representative races are separate
(now they are lumped together)
would have accomplished the sen
ate’s aim. The senate did vote to
make the change this year, but the
Constitutional committee declared
it unconstitutional, so the senate
put it on the ballot as a proposed
amendment.
The fall term freshman elections
amendment was passed last year,
but the vote was declared uncon
stitutional because of insufficient
compliance with the constitution,