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_____5a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1953 No. 91 Vol. LV. T. Z. Koo Gives Assembly Talk ‘ “The War of Ideaa in the Ori . ent” will be dlscuimed by T. Z. Koo, former official in the Chin T. Z. KOO “War of Idrait” cso Nationalist government, at a University assembly today at 1 p. m. in the Student Union ball room. A coffee hour forum at 4 p. m., sponsored by the Student Union coffee hour committee, has also been scheduled for Koo, who is stopping here en route to the Ori ent. Koo, now a resident of the Uni ted States, is professor of Ori ental studies at the University of Iowa, Iowa City. He has made many trips to China and has cur rent contacts with the situation (Please turn to page two) Religious Council Sponsors Services A Thanksgiving service sponsor ed by the University Religious council wil be held in Gerlinger hall from 7 to 8 p. m. this evening. T. Z. Koo, professor of Oriental studies at the University of Iowa, will be the speaker. A refreshment hour will be held following his speech. All Univer sity students are invited to the service, Tom Wamock, publicity representative, has announced. 'BABY, IT’S WET OUTSIDE' Many Roads Closed As Rivers Overflow Heavy rains in Eugene and vi cinity have caused many Oregon students to alter plans about leav ing Eugene for the Thanksgiving holiday. b .Many roads leading from Eu gene wore under water or closed by slides caused by the heavy rains during the weekend. However, the immediate flood danger in the Eugene area passed Monday, ac cording to the local weather bu reau, since only intermittent light rains are expected here today and tomorow. 99E Closed Highway 99E, north to Portland, was closed Monday night between Junction City and Harrisburg be cause of high water. However, highway 99W, north, was still open to traffic Monday night, ac cording to the state police. The Willamette river in this area was expected to crest at 10 a. m. to day. Travelers were reported able to reach Grants Pass on highway 99 south although parts of the road were under water. However, the highway from Grants Pass to Medford and from there to Kla math Falls was closed to passen ger cars. Only emergency traffic was be ing allowed on highway 58, east of Eugene, because of a washout at McCredie Springs, three miles east of Oakridge. Travelers to California were ad vised by the state police depart ment to take either highway 126 or the South Santiam to Bend and then highway 97 south. Highways 101, along the coast, was closed by high water from Coos Bay to Coquille and at Port Orford and Gold Beach. Coast Isolated Highways 42, between Roseburg and Coquille, 38, from Eugene to Reedsport, and 36, to Florence from Eugene, were also reported closed by the state police. Although many of the routes out of Eugene were threatened by high water, slides or washouts, no major means of transportation from the city had been curtailed as of Monday night. Buses were stil running as near to schedule as possible, although many of them were being re-rout ed in order to avoid high water when possible. One local bus sta tion reported that no regularly scheduled bus had been cancelled yet by Monday and officials ex pected to continue regular service. Trains Delayed Local railroad stations said that no trains from Eugene had been cancelled, but several were being delayed by slides. Airplanes were leaving on schedule Monday and no cancellations were expected today because of weather. In Eugene itself, residents wera aware of the results of the heavy weekend rains. City maintenance men were plagued by plugged, storm sewers causing water to back up in gutters and intersec tions. ’Race Gates nosed Gates to the Millrace were clos ed Sunday to keep water from backing up and flooding lawns along the stream. The McKenzie river at Coburg was reported to have crested at 15.3 feet and was falling Monday night. At 8 p. m. Monday, it hftd reached 14.4 feet. The Willamette crested at 10.1, two feet below flood stage, and had fallen to 8.8 by Monday night, rt was also expected to continue to fall today. Dual Title Roles j Set for Richard II Don Van Boskirk and Karl Harshbarger, seniors in speech, have been double cast in the title., role of "Richard II,” announced Ottilie T. Seybolt, who will direct the Shakespearean history; The play, the fourth in the University theater’s current season, is sched uled to open in March. Readings for the other roles in. the play are still being conducted and all candidates are urged to watch for calls on the speech de partment bulletin board, said Mrs. Seybolt. UO Campus Radio Dates Back to '22 By JOANNE JOHNSTON Emerald Reporter Radio on the Oregon campus, • now extending to the introduction ’ of television facilities for instruc , <ion, dates back to 1922 when the • Emerald Shack's Radio club set • up a wireless telegraph plant and ‘ exchanged messages with Oregon . State college. The first University of Oregon ' broadcast over an established ' station was a rally for Homecom , ing by the Glee club and alumni • given over KGG (now KPOJ) in 1 Portland. Lectures Broadcast • KGW was the first station to inaugurate a series of programs '• featuring University talent by in i' troducing lectures by professors f — Research Team 'Observes Kids 2 1A research team under the di rection of Richard A. Liftman, as sociate professor of psychology, will observe nursery groups and play groups of Portland children under two years of age. The ob servations will be the first step in a research project on learning and development in children from birth to two years of age. Money for the research was ob tained from the University re search fund. Two phases of study are planned for this year, the first of a five-year program. Members of the research team include John Pierce-Jones, assis tant professor of psychology; Theodore Stern, assistant profes sor of anthropology and Mary Cal * lentine, Virginia Mathews, Jacque line Mehta, Thomas Nugent and Miriam Rappaport, advanced stu ' dents in psychology. I in connection with the extension division. The first broadcast from the campus was also over KGW when the inauguration address of Pres. Arnold Bennett Hall in 1926 was sent by remote control from the football field. Portland continued to be the center of radio activity, even after the advent of Eugene’s KGEH (KORE) in 1926, until 1929 when the Eugene station introduced a program called the “Emerald Hour,” which featured student tal ent three times a week. KOAC Used The first move toward a cam pus station was taken in 1934, when plans for the installation of studios were submitted to the state board of higher education. No further action was taken for several years, but KOAC in Cor vallis began using University tal ent. In 1939 radio facilities from that station were installed at the music school. In 1940 permanent studios were set up in the general extension building across from the journalism school. Included were two studios, a control room, an office and a teletype. Operation through the KOAC facilities was not considered fully satisfactory because it limited stu dent participation, especially in the engineering side. In 1946 the state board of higher education appropriated funds for studios in Villard hall. KWAX Piped In 1950 Kappa Rho Omicron, campus radio honorary, launched a drive to secure money for broad casting over a carrier current sys tem, collecting pledges from stu dents for the returns from break age fees. It was found, however, that tne carrier current would be unsatisfactory, so the money was used to purchase an FM transmit (Please turn to page three) Heads Chosen For AWS Tea Committee chairmen for the As sociated Women Student’s annual Christmas tea have been selected, according to Janet Wick, AWS secretary. Sally Ryan, sophomore in jour nalism, will be general chairman of the tea scheduled for Dec. 5 from 2 to 4 p. m. Laura Sturges, junior in journ alism, will handle publicity for the event. Decorations will be planned by Betty An Dobler, freshman in liberal arts. Janet Ferris, fresh man in liberal arts, will be in charge of food. June Browning, sophomore in English, will be chairman of the invitations com mittee. Collections will be handled by Donna Hill, sophomore in political science. Patty Fagan, sophomore in education, will be in charge of distribution. Entertainment will be planned by Judy Burdett, fresh man in liberal arts. Alma Owen, junior in speech, will be chairman of the promotion committee. Boxes contributed by women’s living organizations for needy Eu gene families will be assembled at the tea. Wright Attends Meet Recently in Colorado Attending the semi-a n n u a 1 meeting of the board of trustees of the Denver Social Science Foun dation in Denver Nov. 19-22, was Gordon Wright, head of the his tory department. No Emerald Wednesday Today’s issue of the Emerald is the last publication before Thanks giving vacation. There will be no paper Wednesday. Remaining Emerald publication schedule for fall term is Dec. 1 through 4 (Tuesday through Fri day following Thanksgiving vaca tion) and Dec. 10 (Thursday be fore final week.) Theta Chi, SAE Report Weekend Burglaries Robberies during the Homecom ing weekend have been reported by two more living organizations, Theta Chi and Sigma Alpha Ep silon, and police report no further information concerning robberies reported earlier by Delta Upsilon and Delta Tau Delta. Theta Chi reported to the Eu gene police department that nu merous articules of clothing, in cluding seven sweaters and a top coat were taken from the second floor of the house during the Ore gon -Oregon State college game Saturday. No money was listed as missing. Sigma Alpha Epsilon was rob bed of $350 and several sweaters, overcoats and shirts sometime Saturday evening, Pres. Bob Brit tain reported to tile Emerald Mon day. Both the Delts and the DU’S re ported Sunday of robberies over J-School Dinner Set for Tonight The annual “civil war” battle between the University of Oregon and Oregon State college is a thing of the past for this year. But a minor civil war will occur tonight at 6 p. m. when journal ism students and faculty meet on equal terms at the annual j-school family dinner in Student Union 215. The evening will feature (sic cording to what is listed on the ticket) "entertainment not worth the name, food that won’t be cooked and service that is prof awful.” Those attending are warn ed to wear old clothes and to “come and defend yourself—no one else will.” Gordon A. Sabine, dean of the school of journalism, will give an illustrated lecture on the new jour nalism building. Skits by faculty members and students will also be given. the weekend. The Delts were mis sing five topcoats and a small sum of money. Several hundred dollars worth of clothing was reported missing from the DU house, but no monev was taken. The robbery occure«4> late Friday or early Saturday^ morning. Button Sales Big Success The financial success of Home-, coming was assured Monday by returns on the button sales, Milan Foster, finance chairman, has an—^ nounced. With the report fronv. service clubs still not in, the tctafc was 313 under last year’s sale*. Approximately 200 to 300 buttons are expected to have been sold to-, the service organizations. A total of 1772 buttons was sold,, in the campus sales. Other t©tat»r were. 424, public schools; 187*. alumni registration; 847, down-. town, and 141, Springfield. One of the largest crowds in; :the history of the Student Union; ballroom attended the Homecom ing dance Saturday evening. Ovei—• 1100 paid couples and 50 to guests danced to the music of Dieter jSchwary and his band. Chairman Petitions Due for Dads' Day Petitions for Dad’s Day general chairman have been called for tjy ASUO Pres. Tom Wrightsen.’ Deadline for submitting petitions, is 5 p. m. Dec. 3, he said. Petition blanks may be picked up on the third floor of the Stu dent Union and are to be handed in at the ASUO office, SU 304. The ASUO senate will select a general chairman for the weekend following interviews of candidates at its next meeting Dec. 3. Dads’ Day is scheduled for Jan. 23.
