Formality Traditional
At Old' Senior Balls
by Anne Ritchey
Emerald Feature Editor
This year, for the first time
since 1950, the Senior ball is a
formal dance. Before that, the
formal tradition was so firmly es
tablished that the terms had be
come synonymous.
Then, in 1351, came the big
break with that tradition. The
committee working on the dance
obtained the band of King Perry.
Badeau Explains
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relations is one of getting togeth-!
,er, of living together in the world j
''as neighbors. Badeau said.
During the 19th century, the re-!
lationship was one of “dominator'
and dominated,' Badeau said. The j
West exploited the area as colon- j
ial possessions, using the Suez
Canal and the oil of Iran and Ara
bia to serve its dwn purposes.
Mandate Worked
Folowing World War I. a new |
type of relationship sprung up.
.This was the mandate, ’'the half
way house betwen colonialism ar.d
independence." This form of East- j
West relationship was working
quite satisfactorily, Badeau sta
ted, until World War II brought
back Western domination.
“If we use airfields, secure oil
.and build up armies in the Near
’East," Badeau declared, "we feel.
that we must have governments
that favor our cause.” This would!
jnean a return attempt at control
in the Near East, he added.
State Forms Described
j The second phrase Badeau used
to describe the problems of the
Near East. "The P.ule of Things,”
'involves the form of state, that
which gives a society its sub
stance.
• Following World War II. the
rwestern form of government was;
introduced in the Near East. Yet i
jWithin the last two years, the par- ’
bamentary forms have been over-1
jthrown in Egypt, Iran and Leban
on. The people are now searching
jfor a new "rule of things," Badeau
jcaid. .
1 The overthrown governments
jfcad expected to set forward na-!
tional aspirations, provide stabil- j
jfty and bring social reform. They
jhad failed in all three, according
to the speaker. j
lt Stability Sought
t' “The governments were thrown
put not because they were demo
cratic but because they were not
democratic enough,” Badeau de
ilared. This is a symbol of rising
nolitical consciousness in the Near
Bast and represents the pressure
yf the people to find inner sta
bility in a modern world, said |
iadeau.
“Food, tiurd of Badeau’s phras-1
; to describe the problems of the j
irea, is the basic need in the Near;!
last. The countries of the Near I
last are poor in the natural re-1
pources that produce food, he said.
People Becoming Beasts
: “We live with our beasts, we live
ike our beasts and we are becom
ng beasts,” an Arab once tol 11
Badeau, The speaker said he!
round it almost impossible to de-;
jcribe th? living standards of the!
people to an American audience.
' He listed three reasons for peas
ant discontt nt and unrest in the
STear East. Inflation has hit hard
;h the area, the people are becom
: ng aware of their political
, sirength and they realize that a
jietter way of life is possible.
“Russia speaks to the common
man through Communism, while
he V. S. speaks to kings,” Ba
. leau said. If we are to accept our
jitake in the Near East, the speak
er concluded, we must speak to
1 he common man, too, .and make
; *ossible social development in the
j irea.
an all-Negro band who had just
finished playing at the New
Orleans Mardi Gras.
Jeans and Cottons Worn
So. in keping with the general
spirit of the band, they named the
dance thb “Cotton Ball,” and
everyone wore jeans and cotton
dresses.
Students didn't like this idea,
and didn't turn out well for the
dance. The band was a top one,
considering that it was not a big
name group. Perry and bis group
did top arrangements of many
songs popular at the time, includ
ing “The Thing,” and “Twelfth
Steret Rag.”
Informal Theme Disliked
But people protested because
of the informal theme. Actually,
the year before that it had been
semi-formal, because of so much
snow and the danger of ruining
formals, according to an Emerald
issue of that year.
Dick Jurgens Hired
And then, in an attempt to find
out how “name" bands go over
for such a dance as the Senior
ball, the band of Dick Jurgens
was hired.
Jurgens was, as he still is, one I
of the best-known bands in the
country. He had brodacast coast
to-coast, and had played such
places as the Paloma. the Ara
gon and the Trianon in Chicago.
He had also played at the Hotel
Claremont in Berkeley, and the
Statler hotel and the Astoria
Roof in New York City. This
dance was. again, semi-formal,
and still people didn’t go. This
dance lost approximately $450.
Since that dance had been used
as a sort of test case, and it lost
money to the tune of $450, such
an expensive experiment has not
been tried since.
Campus
yttenny-tfo- ^aouut
by Mary Egan
Em«rald Living Orgtnixatiom Editor
At Delta Zeta •
In the limelight at the DZ house this week were elections.
The new president is Tina Fisk, while holding the office of first
vice-president is Charlotte Martin; second vice-president, Sue
Starlund; recording secretary, Phyllis Mullin; corresponding
secretary, Lois Reid; and treasurer, Pat Collins.
At Pi Beta Phi
Wearing a Sig Ep pin at the Pi Phi house is Marian Carsten
sen, who was recently pinned to Jerry Bowden. Other pinnings
include Marlis Claussen to Sid Woodhury, ATO; Levers How
man to Dick Reneberg, Phi l)elt; Doreen C.ienger to Doug
McCool, Sigma Chi at OSC; Nancy Leavcrton to Don Krieger,
Theta Chi; and Ilene Randolph to Jim Ilershner, SAL.
In addition to the pinnings at the Pi Phi house are the an
nouncements of the engagements of Teddy Croley to Sam Skil
lern, Fiji; and Pat McColm to Milan Thompson, Lambda Chi at
OSC.
At Tau Kappa Epsilon
Recent Teke marriages have been Tint James and Jean Evans,
Carlyle Darby and Adriana Jaunlins, and Boh Lacy and Barbara
Snyder, Sigma Kappa. Lee Tucker is now pinned to Judy John
son. Delta Zeta.
At Delta Gamma
The DG's announce the pinning cf Shirley Johnson to Bob
Glasson. ATO; Bev Braken to Jack Lally, Fiji; and Lois Powell
to Wes Ball, Phi Psi.
Engagements include that of Anne Steiner to Bob Maus.-hardt,
Phi Delt; Ditsy Fields to Roger Zener, Fiji; and Jean Fay to
Ward Cook, Sigma Xu.
Sports Staff
Sports Editor: Bob Robinson.
Staff: Mort Harkins and Doug
May.
Near East Neutrality
Discussed by Badeau
“Egypt is an example of an
“Afrasian” bloc threatening to go
neutral in the present world con
troversy between East and West,”
John Badeau, president of the
Near East foundation, told repor
ters at a press conference Thurs
day morning.
“Psychologically, the Arab na
tions feel the Israeli dispute is a
greater threat than Russia." he ex
plained. “Fundamentally, the Arab
world is pro-communist.”
Egypt's attempt to remain neu
tral may break the back of the
United States present policy to
form a pro-Western alliance of
Turkey, Pakistan and Iraq in the
Near East, he said. Thi3 policy
has been a recent shift from the
Middle East Defense organization
America had emphasized.
“It may be the East-West tens
ion is too great to allow neutral
ity in that important area,” he
added.
He explained U. S. support of
the present British policy regard
ing Egypt as a desire on the part
of America to retain the Church
ill government in England. The
extreme right wing of the British
Conservative party represents
remnants of imperilism which may
jump to support the Labor party
if Churchill agrees to get out of
Egypt on Egyptian terms, Badeau
said.
“The Near East is anxious to
clear itself of backwardness and
has rushed into secondary and
higher education before develop
ing the lower schools,” Badeau
said in discussing current trends
of education in the area.
Education in terms of rural en
vironment is a world problem that
no country, even America, has suc
cessfully met, he said.
“Egypt has made the greatest
advances in education but even
they have done little to train the
peasant and develop the general
rural school,” he continued.
American - educated students
have not yet achieved a domin
ating place in Near East educa
tion but that area is striving to
develope popular education and
eventually make education avail
able to the people at no cost, Ba
dean reported.
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