EUGENE, THURSDAY, FEB. 4, 1954
NO. 80
Assembly Slates
Standard Oil Man
■•Big Business Meets the Chal
lenge of Change" will be the topic
of T. S. Petersen’s address to a
J p. m. assembly Tuesday in the
Student Union ballroom. Petersen
is the president of the Standard
Oil Company of California.
Petersen will also be presented
at an informal coffee hour at 4
p. m. the same afternoon in the
SU Dad’s lounge. A former resi
dent of Portland. Petusen grad
uated from Washington high
Sr. Ball Ducats
On Sale Friday
Tickets for the Senior ball,
"Winter Wonderland," will go on
sale Friday morning, at both the
Student Union main desk and
through representatives in men's
houses.
Tickets are €2 per couple, and
the dance is formal. Formals for
women and dark suits for men are
in order. The dance is open to
all classes, emphasized Paul Las
ker, senior class president.
Official chaperones for the
dance will be Mr. and Mrs. How
ard L. Barney, according-to Nan
cy Brine, chairman of chaperones
and programs.
The band'of Bill Becker will
play for the Senior ball, which
will be held from 9 to 12:30 p. m.
keb. 20 in the SU ballroom. Beck
er has been featured at Jantzen
Beach ballroom.
school In 1916.
I he president of the company
.‘•ince 1948, he was elected to the
.Standard board of directors in
1942. He also served as vice-presi
dent of the board.
The assembly speaker started
his climb through the ranks of the
[company in 1922 when he joined
Standard as a service station at
tendant in Portland, where he had
| ,5«‘’n engaged in the real estate
I business.
Petersen held a variety of po
sitions throughout the seven wes
I tern states and became a division
manager in Sacramento during
1931. By 1938 he had risen to the
position of general manager.
He later became assistant to
the president and manager of the
employee relations and personnel
department. Before he was named
to the board of directors, Peter
sen was general manager of sales
in the marketing department.
Born in Logan, Utah, Petersen
attended the Field Artillery Of
ficer’s Training school at Camp
Zachary Taylor, Ky„ during World
War I. He is now married and lives
'in Hillsborough on the San Fran
cisco peninsula.
Petersen is a trustee of the
California Academy of Sciences
and consulting professor of mar
keting for the Stanford university
j graduate school of business. He
is also a director for the Pacific
Mutual Life Insurance company,
the American Petroleum Institute
and the Western Oil and Gas as
sociation and a member of the
San Francisco Eay area council.
Shearing Tickets
Now Selling at SU
George Shearing, who for sev
en years was Great Britain's
most popular jazz instrumen
talist, will appear in McArthur
court, Wednesday from 7:30 to
10 p. in.
Shearing is totally blind. Af
ter hearing some of America’s
jazz artists, he became inter
ested in jazz himself.
A popular recording and con
cert star, he plays in theaters
and nightclubs for nine months
out of the year.
Tickets arc now on sale at
the Main desk of the Student
I'nion for 85 cents. The Shear
ing concert is sponsored by the
Student I'nion hoard.
Senate Interviews
Petitioners Tonight
Final petition deadline for the
Vacant senator-at-large position
on the ASUO senate is 5 p. m.
today. Petitions must be turned
in at the ASUO office. Student
Union 304, by the deadline.
Candidates for the vacancy will
be interviewed at the regular sen
ate meeting to be held at 6:30
tonight in the SU.
Items on tl\e agenda for the
meeting are as follows:
0 Housing committee report,
• Dad s Day report — Mary
Wilson and Phil Lewis,
0 Screening committee report
— Bob Summers,
0 Hally board committee report
• World University Service.
Moll to Discuss Own Works
In Browsing Room Lecture Toniaht
Tonight's browsing room lecture
by E. G. Moll, professor of Eng
lish, will consist of a reading of
one of his poems, "Joseph of
Nineveh," and *a discussion after
the lecture led by Hoyt Trow
bridge, professor of English.
The lecture, to be held in the
Student Union browsing room
from 7:30 to 9:30 p. m., is being
held on Thursday this week in
stead of Wednesday because of the
conflicting schedule of the basket
ball game.
Moll will discuss the poem in
its Biblical setting and show its
relationship to contemporary pro
blems. The poem is a selection
from Moll's book, "The Lifted
Spear,” which was published by
Angus and Robertson in Austra
lia in 1953. The book deals with
the problem of religious intoler
ance.
Jonah in the poem represents
a bigot who thinks God solely on
his side and is unsympathetic with
those of other faiths. Based on
the book of Jonah in the Bible,
the poem has as its theme no jus
tice without love and tolerance.
Moll is currently working on an
other poem on the same order as
"Jonah at Nineveh." The new
poem is based on the book of
Ruth in the Bible, and has as its
core a protest against racial pre
judice.
Tonight’s lecture is the fourth
in this term’s series of eight.
These lectures are open to all
faculty members and students.
E. G. MOLL
Relaxing between poems
Chimes Ordered
For Student Unio
t
grumes tor the Student Union
are now on order.
The 25-bell set of electronic
chimes, which will'be placed in
the tower of the SU building, has
been ordered and is expected to
arrive on campus for installation
before the end of winter term.
The University planning com
mission expressed hopes Wednes
day that the chimes will be in
stalled before the arrival in March
of O. Meredith Wilson, president
i elect of the University.
| The chimes will broadcast over
four amplifiers and will be used
| oetween classes and for special
events on campus. They will def
, 'tely be in playing order for the.
Daily Case to Be
Heard by Jury
John Daily, University student
charged with attempted extortion
by the Eugene police department,
w'ill appear before the next regu
lar session of the grand jury in
about two weeks, the district at
torney's office said Wednesday.
A spokesman for that office told
the Emerald they had no affida
vit on file from Daily's employer.
It had been rumored that an af
fidavit stating Daily was working
at the time of some of the alleged
activities in the extortion case
had been filed with either the dis
trict attorney or the police de
partment.
Police Chief Ted Brown said
Friday that the case was no long
er in his hands, and therefore he
could make no comment regard
ing it.
Daily, who was arrested last
week by Eugene detectives, de
clined to comment. He and Rich
ard A. Bray, graduate student in
geography and geology, are sched
uled to appear before Municipal
Judge John Barber Friday for the
dynamiting of the “O" on Skin
ner's Butte in June, 1953. The
men have pleaded guilty to the
disorderly conduct charge.
A spokesman for the University
indicated no action was being tak
en on either case at this time.
Col. E. B. Daily, military sci
ence department head, has veri
fied the fact that John Daily was
in his 2 p. m. ROTC class on Jan.
4. 8 and 11 when some of the ac
tions in the case were said to have
occurred.
Colonel Daily is not related to
John Daily.
SU Perpetuation
Plan Tabled Until
Wilson Arrives
The Student Union Board Wed
nesday tabled its proposed change
in the perpetuation plan until the
arrival of O. Meredith Wilson,
president of the University. The
perpetuation plan presented by
the board earlier would have the
entire board membership inter
view and recommend prospective
members of the board.
Under the present system, a
joint ASUO-SU board committee
screens the applicants and makes
recommendations to the Univer
sity president for his approval.
The board amended article nine
of the proposed plan to read:
“Amendments shall become effec
tive upon the approval of the
president of the University.”
In outlining the background of
the report, Andy Berwick, chair
man of the board, reported that
both Tom Wrightson, ASUO pres
ident, and Don Collin, former AS
UO vice-president, had discussed
the plan and found no objections
in the proposed change.
Berwick also said that Donald
M. DuShane, director of student
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graduation processional in Jung.
t.^.SPeC'al device wHI allow -a
‘ „. ^ Peal of the chimes for
era >mtionPr0CCSSi0n3 SUCh as «>«
5 used ? STICe- They aIs° WiJl
he used to close the school da v
and after basketball games. Jj
thJ sTTrn?."Cy for the Purchase of
the SU chimes was raised from
three sources, each donating an
Prmiimately the same amount
These include: Donations by tho
class of 1943, which remained J
ter the purchase of the memorial
plaque in the SU; donation e.f
class funds from the class of
and donations from alumni
leaders.
Cost of the chimes was estirna^
ted at $3o00 when Dick Williams
director, discussed their jj£,
stallation with the ASUO senate
last October, The senate unanim
ously woted approval of install*,
tion of the chimes.
The alumni and faculty of the
University have expressed almost
unanimous approval of the chimes,
project.
Although some students have
expressed doubt about the value
of the chimes, the faculty indica
ted that this changed reaction wa*
largely because Oregon student^
are not acquainted with campus
chimes. The immediate replace
ment of chimes on the University
of Washington campus after they
were destroyed in fire was cited a»
an example of the value other col-,
leges familiar with chimes pla^e
on the bells.
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Six Heart Men
To Be Selected
Today at noon the twelve serrf
finalists for the title of “King of
Hearts ’ will be narrowed to = x
according to Sharon Isamingc^
and Ann Hill, general co-cha r
men.
Interviewing the twelve will bo
members of the YWCA sophomce
cabinet, and the interviews will bo
held at the YW office in Gerlin-'
er hall. 3
The candidates and their spon
soring organizations are: Chuck
Wilhoit, Sigma Kappa; Milan Fcd
ter. Delta Upsilon; Wes Ball
Gamma Phi Beta and Phi Kappa
Psi.
Carl Von Cleff, Sigma Alpha
Epsilon; Dave Todd, Sigma Phi
Epsilon; Dick Bruce, French ha3I>
Farrel Albright, Carson five; Teel
Anderson. Kappa Kappa Gamma.
Ron Griffiths, Chi Omega; Boh
Berry, Carson four; Bruce Pur
vine, Beta Theta Pi and Harry
Donkers, Hendricks hall and Theta!
Chi.
Candidates will be selected ct\
the basis of campus interest, per
sonality, appearance and speaking
ability. Voting will begin next
Wednesday, when tickets for the
dance will go on sale at the Co-op
and the Student Union main desk.
“Heart of My Heart” is the
theme of the dance, which will bo
held at Chi Omega, Pi Beta PM,
Zeta Tau Alpha and Kappa Alpha
Theta. Crowning of the “King”
will be held at Chi Omega.
Sea and Life Topit
Ralph Buehsbaum, professor of
zoology at the University of Pitti
buigh, will present the opening
lectures in the 1954 Condon series
in the Student Union ballroc'a.
next Tuesday and Thursday.
Sponsored by the State Board of
Higher Education, the topic for
the lectures will be “The Sea anti
the Life Within It.” In Tuesdays
lecture Buehsbaum will dealwrtl*
the early ideas and misconceptions
about the sea in an address en
titled “Man Fears and Explores
the Sea.”
“Man Studies and Understands
the Sea,” will be the topic for tbo
second lecture, which will deal
with the newer techniques of
oceanography, the modern study
of marine life and the relation
of the land to the sea.