J 7he UN's Birthday . ..
• . . tIlls week Is an appropriate
occasion for Max Lerner’s discus
sion • of “America and un Open
World” In today’s assembly. And
for editorial comment on the eight
year-old organization's future, see
page two.
VOL. LV.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY; OCTOBER 20, 7o53
Fair Weather . . .
• . . Is predicted by the wcaflRie
bureau for tomorrow after being
partly clondy this afternoon and
tonight. The high both days will bo
64 and the Mow tonight 38.
Nun Journalist to Tell
Story Behind Her Book
"The Story Behind 'The Springs
of Silence’ ’’ will be told by Sister
Mary Gilbert, featured speaker at
the Matrix Table banquet tonight
at 7 p.m. in the Student Union
ballroom.
The traditional banquet, spon
sored by Theta Sigma Phi, wom
en's journalism honorary, is held
to honor women in Journalism and
■ letters. This year the honorary
will announce the selection of four
“Women of Achievement."
One University woman has been
chosen for the honor on the basis
of service and activities. A Eu
gene woman and two from Oregon
newspaper work will also be
Press Confab
Begins Friday
The annual Oregon high school
press conference, sponsored by the
Oregon Scholastic Press associa
tion under the direction of the
school of journalism, will convene
on campus Friday. The conference
. is scheduled to last through Sat
. urday.
Victor P. Morris, acting presi
dent of the University, will give
■ the welcoming address at the can
dlelight banquet Friday evening.
The sessions will start at 9 a.m.
Hubert B. Frazier, Eugene Regist
er-Guard reporter and the recip
ient of the Nleman Fellowship for
’ study at Harvard, will deliver
■ the main address.
Other speakers scheduled for the
. meeting include Sister Mary Gil
bert, author of "Springs of Sil
. ence" and a former Oregon stu
dent; Anita Holmes, a former re
, porter for the Washington Post
and an Oregon graduate; Gordon
A. Sabine, dean of the school of
journalism; Milton Bell, of Abbott
Kerns & Bell, printers and Harry
C. McClain, advertising director
for the Oregon Journal.
Theme of this year’s sessions
will be “Our Best and Weakest
Points." Panel discussion on ad
vertising, feature writing, plan
ning, staff organization, writing,
and news coverage are planned.
As sidelights to the conference,
the Oregon Association of Jour
nalism advisers will hold their an
nual conference Saturday morn
ing. There will be an exhibition of
the prize-winning photographs of
the 1953 National High School
Photographic awards at the Stu
dent Union. The exhibition will in
clude outstanding work of high
school students throughout the na
tion.
named. Identities of the four wom
en will be kept secret until an
nouncement of the selections at
the banquet tonight.
Sister Mary Gilbert, journalism
instructor at Holy Names college
in Spokane, Wash., was a graduate
student in journalism at Oregon
in 1949-50, obtaining her master
of arts degree here.
In her recent book, "The Springs
of Silence,” about which she will
speak tonight, she included a chap
ter on her experiences as an Ore
gon student. Reactions of students
and faculty to a nun on campus
are described in the chapter en
titled "The Convent on Campus.”
When publishers read her manu
script, they were able to find only
two misspelled words and one
grammatical error. However, they
! believed she had made mistakes in
; Biblical quotations. Sister Mary
1 Gilbert explained this situation
arose from the use of “Two dif
ferent versions of the Bible, both
approved, but somewhat differ
ent.”
The “Springs of Silence” is her
first book. In regard to future
writing plans, the member of the
Order of the Holy Names of Jesus
and Mary admits that she has a
“manuscript in head” about the
pioneer labors of the order in the
Far West.
Monday, Sister Mary Gilbert
autographed copies of her book in
the Co-op and at Russell’s depart
ment store. She will also auto
graph copies after her talk tonight.
The journalism instructor from
Holy Names college will also speak
to high school journalists Friday
at the annual Oregon Scholastic
Press conference on campus.
Noted Journalist Set
For SU Assembly Talk
by Gordon Rice
Emerald Assistant News Editor
Max Lerner will speak on
"America and the Open World”
at the year’s second University
assembly today at 1 p.m. in the
Student Union ballroom.
Lerner may be remembered by
some of the older students on cam
pus as the author of a series of
articles on college morals and
standards which appeared in the
Emerald from January 4 to Jan
uary 15, 1951.
The articles, eight in number,
originally appeared in the New
McGary Elected
Cosmopolitan Head
Lee McGary, junior in anthro
j pology, was elected president of
I the Cosmopolitan club Friday.
Other officers elected include
; George Lo, freshman in chemistry,
| vice-president; Alice Seabrook,
freshman in foreign languages,
; secretary; and Tena Mallow, fresh
man in foreign languages, treasur
j er.
The new officers will meet to
day at the YMCA office to ap
point the program chairman, so
j cial chairman and faculty advisers.
Tickets Go On Sale
For Whiskerino Dance
Ticket sales for the Sophomore
Whiskerino are now on sale
through living organization repre
sentatives, according to Don Bo
nime, chairman of the sale.
"A record-breaking crowd is ex
pected to attend the dance," Bon
ime said, "because more tickets
than ever before have been issued."
Tickets cost $1.80, and will also
be on sale in the Co-op and the
Student Union, Bonime said.
Salesmen will be working under
the direction of Representative Ir
win Caplan, Bud Hinkson, Dick
Lillebo and Bob Maier.
Beginning today, violators of the
Sophomore Whiskerino beard con
Claremont Librarian to Give
Illustrated Lecture Thursday
Willis Kerr, librarian emeritus
of Claremont college, California,
will present an illustrated public
lecture on “Collecting William Al
len White Books,” Thursday at 4
p.m. in the Student Union Brows
ing room. Kerr is sponsored by
the library and the school of jour
nalism.
A former librarian at Kansas
State Teachers college, Kerr was a
close friend of White and has de
veloped an unusual collection of
William Allen White books.
According to an autobiographi
cal sketch appearing in the March
Kansas Library bulletin, Kerr has
“since 1911 worked on nothing but
books and libraries—and people.”
He has had a large part in de
veloping the college libraries of
Bellevue college (Nebraska),
Westminster college (Missouri),
and Claremont graduate school.
He also started the Scripps college
library in 1927, and hag had ad
visory relation with it for 24 years.
Kerr has written some 48 maga
zine articles on library, education
al, and bibliographical topics. He
also has taken nine trips to Eur
ope.
‘‘Figures do not mean too much,
but I calculate roughly that in my
life with books so far I have se
lected, bought, or brought together
about 460,000 volumes costing
$1,200,000,” says Kerr in his auto
biography. “Far more important,
though,” he continued, “are the
thousands of friends, satisfied us
ers of books.
"I have believed that a library
is not worth its salt unless it is
actively on its job of helping peo
ple know themselves and achieve
the best in themselves—in books
and outside, in books and in life.
It has been lots of fun!” concludes
Kerr in his article.
test rules will be dunked in Fen
ton pool by Skull and Dagger,
sophomore men's honorary.
Freshmen women checked
beards Monday evening at dinner
in the men’s living organizations
and a list of violators was turned
in to Dick Gray and Phyllis Pear
son, co-chairmen of the beard
growing contest. Tubbing of the
sophomore violators will continue
all this week, according to Gray.
Climax of the contest will be
reached at the “Stubble Stomp” in
the Student Union ballroom, Sat
urday, when beards are judged on
the basis of originality, neatness
and length. First and second place
winners of the contest will receive
permanent trophies donated and
engraved by University Jewelry.
Third place will receive a toilet
kit from Claypool’s Drug.
The first place winner will also
receive a free shave by Charlie El
liott of the University Barber Shop
on the ballroom stage during in
termission at the Whiskerino. The
other winners will be entitled to
free shaves at the Campus Bar
ber Shop.
Foreign Students Win
Book Scholarships
Recipients of five book scholar
ships of $60 each, which have been
made available to foreign students
on campus through the board of
directors of the Co-op, have just
been announced by the Univer
sity’s committee on scholarships.
Winners of the awards are Arthur
Kawabota, Japan; Setsuko Ogura,
Japan; Nak Kwan Kim, Korea;
Ingrid Meijling, Sweden and On
meya Souelem, Egypt.
York Post, where Leraer is still a
columnist, and were reprinted in
many college newspapers through
out the country. The series was an
evaluation of the college student
of today—his outlook on life, his
moral code and behavior and his
changing standards.
In the evaluation, Lerner made
such statements as "When par
ents lament over the morals of the
young, it would be a good idea for
them to turn the mirror on their
own generation.” Lerner pictured
this generation of students as “not
a lost generation, but a generation
in search.” "But what they are
looking for is not the old and
shopworn rigid code, but a set of
deeply-rooted principles to live
The speaker, in addition to his
work with the New York Post, is
now professor of American civili
zation at Brandeis university,
Waltham, Mass. J
His best known books are “It
Contest Candidate
To Be Entertained
Sigma Chi will entertain this
year's Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
contestants for the first time to
night at an informal dessert.
Twenty-six girls, chosen by their
respective living organizations,
will attend the function from 6:00
to 8:00 p.m. at the Sigma Chi
house. Campus clothes are in order
and there will be dancing and en
tertainment. Pictures of the group
will be taken.
Thursday evening the 26 can
didates will return to the Sigma
Chi house for another informal
get-together. At the close of this
function the Sigma Chis will meet
to select 12 semi-finalists.
Contest activities will come to a
close on November 5 when the
name of the new Sweetheart will
be announced over a radio show.
Is Later Than You Think” and
“Ideas Are Weapons,” but he has
also published other books dealing
with economics, ethics, interna
tional relations, politics, and oth
er areas of the American scene.
“Actions and Passions,” his mosi
recent book, was published in 194 9
by Simon and Schuster. He spent
three years as editor of "Nation”
and was assistant editor of the En
cyclopedia of Social Sciences.
He is presently working on a
new book, “America as a Civili
zation,” which deals with national
traditions, America as a world
leader and the pattern of Amer
ican life.
Prior to 1951, he declared that.
‘My political convictions are on.
the left, although I belong t© no
party. I feel that my energic*
must lie with the movement to
ward a democratic socialism.”
Lerner is also a world traveler
and has spent several years as a
war correspondent. He has also
served abroad reporting Labor
party conferences from England,
new developments from Yugo
slavia, international conferences
from Paris, and the formation of
a new state and society from Is
rael.
Pix Makeups
End Saturday
Women may have Oregana liv
ing organization makeup pictures
taken all week at Kennell-Ellis,
Janet Bell, living organizations ed
itor, announced.
Pictures may be taken from 9
a.m. to 5:15 p.m. Monday through
Friday, and until noon on Satur
day.
All women must have makeups
and re-sittings taken this week,
because men’s living organization
pictures begin next Monday, Miss
Bell emphasized.
115 MEMBERS
SU Announces Committees
a total of 115 students were se
lected from over 230 petitioners
for membership on the Student
Union standing committees, ac
cording to Andy Berwick, SU
Board chairman. They were chosen
at interviews held last week.
Further assignments may be
made at either the end of this
term or at the beginning of winter
term, John Shaffer, personnel
chairman, reports. He urges that
the newly-appointed committee
members contact their committee
chairman as soon as possible.
The committee appointments in
clude art gallery: Mary De Fulp,
Barbara Proebstel, Janet Hargis,
Warren Ness and Barbara Soren
son; browsing room: Linda Shu
maker; coffee hour forum: Edwin
Balsiger, Carol Wilshire and Sally
Thurston.
Dance: Karen Rice, Judy Rey
nolds, Jack Socolofsky, Don Peck,
George Wingard, Gary Stewart,
Betty Dobler, Sandy Williams,
Marlis Claussen, Helen Doty, Jim
Blue, Shirley Bier and Jane Berg
strom.
Music: Pat Koeppel, Don Smith,
Russell Cowell, Sob Kelly, Denise
Kenyon, Mary Gerlinger, Carol
Aiken, Sally Jo Greig, Mary Ann
Fowler and Bob Porter.
Movie: Janet Fuller, Jeanne
Scales, Shirley Bostad, Dorothy
Barker, Sandra Deck, Lee Ramsey,
Diane Schroeder, Carol Hillis, Kay
Hyatt, Carolyn Gooding-, JoAna
Ruvell, Bill Porter, Carol Grotb,
Patricia Freeburger, Gary Young,
Bill Laing and Joanne Jolley.
Publicity: Liane Edlefesen, La
Wanda Callaway, Jim Murray,
Stewart Johnson, Alice Kihln,
Nancy Hill, Linda Lundy, Janet
Kneeland, Carl Peres, Olivia Thar
aldsen, Bruce Bloomfield, Sharon
Snyder, Patricia McCann, Inga.
Shipstead, Betty Anderson, Jeaa
Fay, Bev Spencer, Cynthia Vin
cent, Juanita Spooner, Pat Foley,
Beverly Lemmon, Betty Wilscn,
Elizabeth Kubin, Norma Jean Nye,
Anna Rome, Jackie Jolley, Mari
lyn Berry, Marian McDowell, Sally,
Allen, Edna Humiston, Jerry Pool,'
Georgia Baker and Joan Witworthc,
Public relations: Joanne Don
nelly, Betty Fackler, Sharon Gien
ger, Gayle Seidel, Susan Nosier,
Shirley Knox, Mary Jo Cornell,
Elizabeth Rinehart, Gwendolyn El
lis, Susan Keathly, Arlene Am
brose, Annie Laurie Quackenbush,
Carol Witt, Eilzabeth Rabe, Wil
bur Leighton, Eunice Peckenpaugh,
Georgia Olsen, Betty Jean Meyer,
Marcia Cook, Carolyn Gekkey,
Myrna Dell Smith, Joyce McKen
zie, Pat Deeney, Audrey Lawsen
and Joanne Edston,
Em Overhulse, Shirley