VOL. I.V
I XIVKK.SITV OF OREGON, EUGENE, HKONKSDA YrFKgl^.To^l
NO. 84
Business Sizes
Should Vary,
Petersen Says
Moss Production
Termed Economical
by Kitty Fraser
Emerald Managing Editor
The United Staten needs all
sizes of businesses, declared T. 8.
Petersen, president of Standard
Oil of California, in a University
assembly address Tuesday in the
Student Union ballroom.
He emphasized the interdepen
dence of the economic life of the
U. S. and that all kinds of busi
nesses contributed to the life
Americans enjoy today.
Petersen discussed the meaning
of "big business," drawing on ex
amples from his own company.
Toduy, An Kmpty Phrase
"Ownership by a few" is an
empty phrase today, he said, as
he pointed out that shareholders
in Standard Oil are made up of
many individuals and groups. The
ownership base of "big business"
is being broadened year by year,
he said.
In dome fields, however, large
wale mass production in the most
economical. He drew on the oil
industry as an example, pointing
out the great cost in equipment
and research it took In this field.
"A company should be big
enough to deliver the goods in its
particular line.” he said, "and at
a price you can afford.”
Competition Stronger
Petersen stated that "competi
tion is stronger today than ever
before." He declared that Ameri
cans have shown that they will
demand better products and "woe
to the manufacturer who lets his
product get old-fashioned or in
ferior no matter how low a price
he sells it for."
He declared that a "short sight
ed view of modern trends in com
petition” had led the government
to take unjustified expeditions
against big business. He cited the
suit against the du Pont company.
Only competition between big
firms can bring low costs and bet
ter quality, he said.
Develops Checks, Balances
Business has developed its own
system of checks and balances, he
pointed out. Within the Industry
itself there are diverse opinions.
Social responsibility of big busi
ness also is a factor, he said.
He said the large amount of
taxes paid by the oil industry re
flected an idea that “we possess
disproportionate political power.”
Outside government, labor and
public opinion also influence big
business, he pointed out.
Discussing the changes of the
last half century and the evolu
tion of big business, Petersen felt
that the “larger outlines" of the
changes had been constructive.
Any inequities will be corrected by
"time and the native good sense
of the Americans."
Petersen Sees
Good Economy
Optimism towards the present
outlook of America's economy was
expressed by T. S. Petersen at a
press conference Tuesday morning.
‘‘Business is not quite as active
as it was a year ago but I see no
indication of a recession,” he said.
Trade policies should not be al
lowed to imperil national secur
ity, Petersen told the conference.
"We should not let trade barriers
down completely,” he added, ‘‘but
our economy should have as broad
a basis as it 'can stand.”
He also indicated that the Uni
ted States could not maintain a
favorable balance of trade unless
the nation imported manufactured
goods in addition to necessary raw
materials.
UO Speech Squad Takes
First, Third in Contest
a
Oregon's speech squad took
first and a third in the peace
oratory contest sponsored by the
Intercollegiate Forensic Associa
tion of Oregon at Northwest
Christian college Feb. 8.
Karl Harshbarger, senior in
speech, placed first in the experi
mental division. This style of
speaking consists of giving a rhe
torical criticism on the previous
orations. Willamette university
placed second in this division and
Portland university was third.
In the peace oration, Donna De
Vries, freshman in liberal arts,
speaking on "The Silent Genera
tion ’ was third, Oregon State
college and Willamette placed first
and second respectively.
In five state-wide contests en
tered this year, the Oregon for
ensic squad has earned one first,
one second and three third places!
Today the squad leaves for the
three-day College of Puget Sound
speech tournament in Tacoma,
Wash. Two senior and three junior
division teams will debate for
Oregon. The squad members will
also compete In impromptu speak
Avai table Phi Delts
Advertised on Sign
"We are Hot For the Hop,"
advertise the men of Phi Delta
Theta Tuesday in a last-ditch
attempt to spur on irashful fe
males who have yet to get a
date for the coming Heart Hop.
Hoisting a 15-foot sign in
front of their house, the Phi
Delta announced to the world
in red letters those who have
dates, those who don’t have
dates and those who arc pinned.
All Phi Delt names were listed
with stars designating members
who an* pinned.
ing, interpretive reading, discus
sion and extemporaneous speak
ing. Most of the schools in the
Northwest will compete at this
tournament.
The two senior division debate
teams consist of Karl Harshbar
ger and Bill Cheek, and Don Mic
kelwait and Leland Nee. Junior
team members are Bruce Holt,
Donna De Vries, Loretta Mason,
JoAnn Hutchinson, Pat Peterson
and Sue Shreeve.
Oregon speakers will also at- j
tend the Portland Town Meeting
contest Feb. 11 and 12. Pat Peter
son, Bill Cheek and Bruce Holt
will participate in forum discus
sions before live audiences of high
school and college students and
civic groups.
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Lecturer Tells
Story of Sea
j
“Man's first contact with the
sea was for food," stated Ralphj
Buchsbaum in the first of two!
Condon lectures about “The Sea
and the Life Within It.”
Fear of the sea retarded its ex
ploration for many centuries, ex
plained Buchsbaum, professor of ;
zoology at the University of Pitts- j
burgh, in his non-technical illus
trated lecture Tuesday on “Man
Fears and Explores the Sea.”
First people to overcome this
fear were the early Phoenicians.
Later the ancient Greeks and Cre
tans studied living sea animals
and left records of their findings.
"During the Middle Ages,”
Buchsbaum told his audience,
j “people reverted to fear of the I
sea. Geography was made to con-1
form to theological ideas, and !
legends about sea monsters sprang
Free Speech
Price s Topic
A desire to find out just how bad
the country was before the ad
vent of McCarthy prompted War
ren C. Price, associate professor of
journalism, to make the study of
irce speech which he will discuss
at 7:30 p. m. today in the Student
Union browsing room.
“An American Crisis in Free
dom of Speech: The South, 1830
1S70,'’ is the topic of Price's
speech. Discussion leader following
the lecture will be W. H. Stephen
son, professor of history.
Price was motivated in his study
of the topic by a desire to see if
the suppressions of the press of
today are as bad as the ones in
past American history. He doesn't
think so.
Price, a one-time history pro
fessor who still teaches a course
in the history of journalism said,
"If we think the world is in a bad
state today, we just have to take
a look back in past history to see
how bad off it used to be and
how relatively well off it is today.’’
SU Board Agenda
Covers Six Topics
The Student Union board will
meet at \ p. m. today in the SU
board room, according to Andy
Berwick, board chairman. Busi
ness on the agenda includes:
0 Red Cross donation mixer.
0 Review of coffee hours forum
program.
0 Review of music committee
program.
0 Discussion of Union Crier
0 Discussion of joint SU board
—SU directorate meeting for Feb.
16.
0 Special attractions report.
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Shearing Be bop
Featured at 7:30,
Tickets on Sale
Billboard Confirms j
Quintet's Popularity [
George Shearing and his ja
quintet will appear tonight i«
McArthur court. Ticketa for tho
7:30 to 10 p. m. concert are on
sale at the main desk of the Stu-i
dent Union for 85 cents.
Appearing with Shearing wif»:
be Zoot Sims, formerly witl»»
Woody Herman and Stan Kenton;.
and Warded Gray who has beer**
featured with the Benny GooV
man and Count Basie bands. St?i-r\ '
Getz will not appear tonight aap
announced earlier, according t«>- ’
the Student Union board.
Superb and Cool
^ The phenomenal success of th»
George Shearing Quintet, winner
of 40 national popularity poll?, •
was officially confirmed by jt»>
Billboard magazine rating tbi*c*
year. Shearing won the instrumen
tal division hands down. Billboa/***
labled his work — "Superb cool*1
jazz.’’
Shearings interpretation of thiae*
controversial “Be-bop’’ has wear
much acclaim. He set an all tiro*
record for Broadway nightclub at
tendance while playing at Bo^
city in New York. He drew 4G;O€0P
in three weeks.
Wins Jazz Poll
Born totally blind in London,
Shearing grew up with the inte-v*
; tion of devoting himself to clan
i sical music. In his early teens hr*
! became interested in American*
I jazz and turned to the music witHA
. enthusiasm. He was such a sue-*
[cess in his new field of music that
' he won England's top annual jaz*-‘
.poll and was the nation's fir^t
I ranking jazz artist.
Coming to the United States «*
j 1947, Shearing started out in cor >-•
parative obscurity as an inter-*
j mission pianist on 52nd St. in Ne vr
j York at $80 a week. Today he is*
! a top MGM recording artist ai*l*
| has a fan club claimed to numb* *•-'
260.000.
Closing hours will be extended *
j tonight so that freshman women
I may attend the concert, Mi s.f
, Golda P. Wickham, director c#
I student affairs has announced.
FINAUSTS SKETCHED
Heart of My Heart' Tickets on Sale
Tickets for the Heart Hop, an->
nual girl-ask-boy dance sponsored !
by the YWCA sophomore cabinet
go on sale today at the Student
Union and the Co-op at 60 cents
per couple.
"Heart of My Heart," is the
theme of the dance which will be
held at Pi Beta Phi, Zeta Tau Al
pha, Kappa Alpha Theta and Chi
Omega. Crowning cf the “King
of Hearts" will be held at Chi
Omega.
The dance is to be held Feb. 13,
and will begin at 9 p. m. Campus
clothes are in order, according to
general {^-chairmen Sharon Isa
minger and Anne Hill.
Finalists for the title of King of
Hearts are as follows:
Bob Berry
Bob Berry, candidate of Carson
4, is a member of Delta Tau Del
ta and is a senior in speech. He is
chairman of radio publicity for
the Student Union.
Currently Berry is serving as
co-chairnmn of tickets for the
Senior ball. He was radio publi
city chairman for last year's Jun
ior weekend and was on the trans
portation committee for Duck Pre
view.
Diek Bruce
French hall’s candidate for
“King” is Dick Bruce, who is a
counselor for French hall in ad
dition to his other activities. He
is the graduate representative now
serving on the ASUO senate and
is a member of the University
theater executive board.
PICTURED ABOVE arc the six finalists for the title of “King
of Hearts.’’ Front row; Bob Berry, Bruce Purvine and Dick Bruce.
Back row; Milan Foster, Ron Griffiths and Wes Ball.
He is chairman of the senate’s
committee on housing'. Bruce also
belongs to Psi Chi, the psycholo
gy honorary.
Wes Ball
A transfer from Eastern Oregon
College of Education, Wes Ball, is
a member of Phi Kappa Psi, and
is also being sponsored by Gamma
Phi Beta in the "King” race.
Ball serves as a senator-at-large
for the senior class and is presi
dent of hii fraternity. He was
house vice-president last year and
is in Friars. A member of Inter
fraternity council, he is on the
house’s intramural b a s k c tb a 11
team.
Bruce Purvine
Bruce Purvine is a member of
Beta Theta Pi and is the Beta
candidate for "King of Hearts.”
Purvine is a senior in business
and served as pledge trainer fer
tile house.
A skier of some renown, he plac
ed third in the Condar race at Alt.
Hood last December. He is activw
in intramural sports having play
ed on Beta basketball, football,
handball, baseball, track
bowling teams.
Milan Foster
Delta Upsilon's candidate is Mi
lan Foster, who served as vice
president of last year's sophomoio
class. He was in Skull and Dag
ger as a sophomore. He was al o
traditions chairman of Horuecor.t
ing and was master of ceremome#
for the Junior prom.
This year, Foster has served as
house manager and social chair
man and was the finance chair
man for Homecoming weekend.
He is also a member of the ASUO
constitutional committee.
Kon Griffiths
Chi Omega and Sigma Chi a
sponsoring Ron Griffiths who
transferred from Willamette last»
winter term. He was national ad
vertising manager for the campus
paper, the Collegian there, an.l
held several class offices in ad
dition to being on WHlamette’d*
football team.
Griffiths served as circulation
manager of the Emerald during;
fall term and has played on tber
intramural football and softfc. U
teams for his house. He is a jun
ior, majoring in business.