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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
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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
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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.