• GPA Listings ...
. . . according to living organiza
ticma were released by the regis
• tVar's office Monday and showed
that off-campus independents top
ped the list. See page 2 for the
complete compilation.
The Honor Code...
. . . at Oregon is a dying issue, ac
cording to the editorial on page 2.
The new Honor Code committee Ti
beginning task of reviving interest
in the issue.
VOL. LV
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON,
KUfiKNK, TUESDAY, JANUARY 12,1954
NO. 62
TOKYO VISIT DFCremcn
Perry Relative
Supplies Data
by Anne Ritchey
Emtnld Feature Editor
JiiHt what did Commodore Perry
do? This week the campus, as well
as the rest of the country, is com
memorating the centennial of his
activities in Japan in which he
represented the United States gov
ernment, but few people really
know what he did.
Actually, his visit to the island
country was little more than a
police action on the part of this
country in behalf of the world, but
the Commodore's diplomacy is the
thing for which he is remembered.
Prior to Perry s visit, Japan had
| b^*n completely isolated from the
rest of the world from the stand
point of commerce and political
relations.
Under the direction of Presi
dent Franklin Pierce, Perry sailed
in 1853 for Tokyo on this first
visit he took a letter to the em
peror from the president.
A group of Perry s descendants,
notably Mrs. David Auld, now liv
ing in Eugene, whose great-grand
mother was Perry's sister, were
very helpful and co-operative in
furnishing data on the Commo
dore. She provided an old news
paper article giving some inter
esting touches concerning Perry’s
entrance to Tokyo.
Upon land, the Americans
marched in a procession for two
miles, with Perry being carried
aloft on a sedan chair, to the ac
companiment of a 30-piece band.
His presentation to the emperor
was a theatrical triumph, done
with Perry attired in a full-dress
uniform flanked by two negroes,
fully armed. This presentation, ac
cording to the article furnished
by Mrs. Auld, was done so that
the Japanese "would immediately
know who was 'head man.’ ”
President Pierce’s letter was
written on "vellum, bound in blue
velvet and milk, its seal encased
in a gold box. Both the letter and
the seal were in turn in along rose
wood box with solid gold mount
ings.”
In order to show the Japanese
that this country meant business,
incidentally, the American dele
gation was outfitted with a squad
ron of four warships for this first
visit, and had seven warships at
>(Jtheir return the next year.
Jn February, 1854, Commodore
Mathew Perry and his men return
ed for Japan's answer to the Presi
dent's letter, and on March 31 of
the same year a treaty was nego
tiated. 6
Not only did Perry succeed in
getting Japan to agree to trade
negotiations, but he also gained
other points the United States had
wanted.
These included arrangements
for the protection of American
seamen and property wrecked in
and near Japan, and permission
for American ships to get food
and other supplies there.
That Perry was tremendously
popular with the Japanese people
is shown by the fact that there is
a momument to him in Kurihama,
Japan, which was dedicated in
1901.
At the dedication, it was said of
Perry that "for the first time (he)
awoke the country from three cen
turies of slumberous seclusion, and
there first gleamed the rays of
her new era of progress.”
Perry, who first ^entered the
navy as a mid-shipman at the age
of 15, also has a descendant who
is now on campus. She is Eliza
beth Stelle, a first-year law stu
dent. Miss Stelle is the grand
daughter of Mrs. Auld, who fur
nished material for this article.
Students Urged
to Write Fathers
Students are being urged by
Phil Lewis and Mary Wilson, co
chairmen of Dads Day, to write
to fathers immediately inviting
them to the event.
The co-chairmen stressed the
fact that the only way to get Dads
on campus for their day is for
each student to write a special
invitation to his Dad.
Tickets for the Dads Day
luncheon will go on sale at the |
SU main desk Wednesday for |
$1.25. The number of tickets is
limited, so students should get
them as soon as possible, stated
Barbara Wilcox, chairman of the
luncheon.
Nominations for Dads Day host
ess are due at the Alpha Phi
house by 5 p.m. today, according
to Kay Partch, hostes,. selection
chairman.
Ticket Sales Start
On 1Moon Is Blue
Tickets for the University
theater’s third production, “The
Moon is Blue,” will go on sale to
the general public Monday, Jan.
25, at 1 p. m., according to Mrs.
Gene Wiley, theater business man
ager.
Under the direction of Horace
W. Robinson, associate professor
of speech, the production, sched
uled to open Jan. 29, features a
the leading woman, Patty O'Neil,
in F. Hugh Herbert’s adult com
edy, are Gloria Lee, junior in
speech, and Helene Robertson,
freshman in liberal arts. Don
Gresham, the young architect, will
be played by Donald McDonald,
| sophomore in speech, and Harry
Smith, senior in speech. David
Slater, the roue, will be played by
Clarence Suiter, senior in speech.
Season ticket orders were sent
out Monday and ticket holders
have until Jan. 20 to turn in their
orders before they loose their
priority. Any seats available after
season ticket orders have been fill
ed will go on sale to the public Jan.
25.
The production will be given in
the arena theater, but seating will
be re-arranged to give a "three
quarter arena” effect, thus enabl
ing the use of more scenic ele
ments, Robinson said.
Satirist Armour to Talk
Ifl Ballroom Today
RICHARD ARMOUR
“More Light Than Heat’’
More Light Than Heat,” a lee.
Lure by Richard Armour, humorist
and writer of light verse, will be
presented before a University as
sembly today at 1 p. m. in the Stu
dent Union ballroom.
An informal coffee hour discus
sion with the speaker has also
been scheduled for 4 p. m. in the
3U Dad’s lounge by the SU cof
fee hour forum committee.
Armour, a professor of English
at Scripps college, Claremont,
”alif., has contributed more than
1000 humorous and satirical poems
and articles to the leading mag
azines of this country and Eng
and.
His works have been published
n The New Yorker, The Saturday
Evening Post, Collier s, Liberty,
Fudge, Country Gentleman, Ladies
ilome Journal, The Saturday Re
dew of Literature, The Nation
and others.
Armour, holder of a Ph.D degree
from Harvard, has written 12
aooks of biography, literary crit
Baldinger to Speak
s
On Japanese Art
‘‘Art of the Common Han in
Japan” will be the subject of the
first in the winter term lecture
forum series in the Student Union
browsing room at 7:30 p. m. Wed
nesday.
Wallace S. Baldinger, associate
professor of art, will give the lec
ture, which will be illustrated by
colored slides, taken during his
recent Japan visit..
Paul S. Dull, associate professor
of history and political science,
will be the discussion leader for
the evening.
Both Baldinger and Dull have
spent some time in Japan recently.
Baldinger was in that country
from August, 1952, to August,
1953, while Dull spent last year
there.
In Japan, Baldinger and his
wife, taught classes in the history
of Western Art at Kyoto. He also
studied the history 0f Japanese
art while he was there.
The slides illustrating his lec
ture will show Japanese architec
ture, pottery painting and garden
design.
The browsing room lecture is
being presented in conjunction
with the University’s commemor
ation of the centennial of Commo
dore Matthew Perry’s voyage to
Japan in 1853.
Robinson Named
AETA President
HORACE XV. ROBINSON
New AETA Head
Horace W. Robinson, director of
the University theater, was named
president of the American Educa
tional Theater association at their
annual meet in New Yprk City last
month. As president, Robinson will
be in charge of the general admin
istrative policy of AETA.
Some* 2000 members, including
college, university, high school,
children's and community theaters,
make up AETA. Robinson’s duties
will include chairmanship of the
Executive Board and Advisory
Council and the general adminis
trative head of a number of pro
jects in educational theater. He
will also appoint all committee
chairmen for the work of the as
sociation.
In general, Robinson will serve
as a contact for AETA with re
lated interests, such as radio, tele
vision and legitimate theater. AE
TA is, Robinson stated, the “ma
jor parent organization for all
organizations dealing with educa
tional theater.”
icism and verse. Two of his latent
books are “For Partly Prud Par
ents,” half-loving, half-satirical
view of children, and “It All Start
ed with Columbus,” a satirical his
tory of the United States, from
Columbus to Truman.
He is a member of the editorial
board of The Writer, a member e*
the advisory board of The Pacific.
Spectator and a regular book re
viewer for the Los Angeles Daily
News. ''
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MoonlightGirl
Finalists Told
The five finalists for the Moon
Iight Girl of Phi Sigma Kappa
were announced Wednesday at th#
girls’ living organizations. The fol
lowing were selected:
Sally Phillips, Delta Gamma;
Barbara Beaver, Hendricks annex;
Marilyn Berry, Carson hall; Molly
Moore, Tri Delt, and Joyce Bear
don, Alpha Phi.
The qualities desired in their*
Moonlight girl were given by John
Waugamen, social chairman: "The
Moonlight girl of Phi Sigma Kap-;
pa is Phi Sig’s own fraternity
sweetheart. For a girl to meet
these goals she must be all that
a sweetheart and a sister are_>
combined into one.”
Final selection will be announc
ed Saturday evening at a fireside.
Concert Ticket
Deadline Jan. 17 :
Student tickets for the Budapest
String Quartet conceit to be held
in the Student Union ballroora
Thursday, Jan. 21, must be picket!
up before Sunday, Jan. 17.
Admission is free but tickets re
maining after Sunday will be mad©
available to Eugene townspeople.
These tickets are available at the
SU main desk.
The concert will feature Joseph
Roisman, first violin; Jac Goro
destzky, second violin; Boris
Kroyt, viola; and Mischa Schneid
er, violincello.
Don Collin Unsure
Of Return to School
ASUO Vice president Don Co ilia
indicated Sunday that he probably
will not return to school for the
remainder of this year.
Collin, who was called to Port
land last week by the serious ill
ness of his father, told Si Elling
son, counsel for men, in a tele
phone conversation Sunday even
ing that he probably would not re
turn. He told Ellingson that he
hoped to be able to return to the
campus this weekend, and that he
would know definitely at that
time.
If he does remain in Portland,
he will take over the management,
of a roofing concern which wa*
run by his father.
ASUO Pres. Tom Wrightsorv
told reporters Monday that if Col
lin does not return, the office ct
vice president would be filled by
petition.