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Dorms Listed
As Fire Hazard
The Vets’ dorms, according to Kugenc Fire Chief Ed Sur
ftis, are the most dangerous group of buildings in the city, from
tile point of view of fire.
I he statement was made as a result of an investigation of the
brances Willard school fire, which occurred last Friday. In the
opinion of Surfus, there are at least five buildings in Eugene
that are potentially greater hazards than Willard school was.
Dorms Biggest Hazard
Fisted in the order of their danger, the Vets’ dorms were
in hi, louowea ny the main bulld
ing of the Eugene Vocational
School, the Eugene City Hall, the
old Kugone high school and the
old Wilson school.
One of the most dangerous
things about these old buildings,
the fire chief said, is the fact
that th* y have sustained so much
remodeling of heating, plumbing,
and ventilating systems.
The Vets' dorms are now twelve
years old, and have been termed
"temporary” the whole time. Their
chief menace lies in the fact that
they ure made of plywood. Ac- i
cording to Surfus "they would
burn down In about two minutes.”
Moved From Portland
Originally used in the Portland
area during World War II, .the
dorms were dismantled and moved
here immediately after the war to
temporarily ca*«- housing problems
here.
A meeting last week of the
•State Board of Higher Education
considered bids for a new, per- j
manent dormitory, but all those
presented were rejected at that
time as too high.
Weekly Lecture
On Egyptian Art
"Architectural Sculpture of the!
10th Egyptian Dynasty" will be
the topic of this week's browsing
toom lecture Wednesday night.
Mark Sponenburgh, assistant
professor of art, will deliver the;
lecture. He returned to the Uni
versity this year after studying art
and architecture in Egypt from
1950 to 1903.
Discussion leader for the 7:3oi
lecture will be S. W. Little, dean
of the school of architecture and I
allied arts.
While in Egypt, Sponenburgh
was affiliated with the American i
Research Center and the Royal
Egyptian Service of Antiquities.
The lecture will be illustrated |
by colored slides, most of which
were taken by Sponenburgh in i
Egypt.
Landau Discusses
Need of Morocco
Unless the Western worhl
can offer Morocco a “ray of
Ik.pc” in its struggle for free
dom, the Communists may
take over the country, Rom
Landau, internationally recog
nized authority on Morocco
>aid here Friday.
1 he situation has been re
lieved by a Spanish promise of
autonomy for Morocco, Landau
said, adding that this may give
the people the feeling of aid from
the west and turn them from Rus
sia. t
Conditions are tieing created in
Morocco for a possible second In
do-Chipa, he continued. Pivot of
the.,present state of anarchy and
terrorism currently reigning in
Morocco is the French arrest and
< xpulsion of Sultan Mohammed V
from the throne.
Mob Takes Over
Since the overthrow of the Sul
tan, regarded by the Moors as
both secular and spiritual head,
the movement for Moroccan inde
pendence has been "taken over by
the mob," Landau said.
The United States is blamed by
the Moors for the French action.
They believe the action would not
have happened without U. S. ap
proval.
Landau also told the audience
that the people in the African
Asian block are making Morocco
a "test case" in relations with the
Western world. "Morocco is the
focus of rflations between this
block and the West,” Landau said.
When the U. S. voted against
Morocco's cause in the U. N. last
year, these nations sounded a note
of warning that it may cost their
support in the U. N. in the future.
Special Interest* to Blame
The French government, he said,
is not really responsible for the
trouble in Morocco. Landau
blamed it on a "small body with j
vested economic interests so pow
erful in North Africa that no gov
ernment can oppose them."
It is this group which is chiefly
responsible for the expulsion of
Mohammed V and the setting-up
of a puppet Sultan, he charged.
Since the Mohammed V over
throw, the Moors line the streets
on nights with a full moon. Landau
explained they watch for his image
in the moon. Because he spoke for
the nationalist feeling of the peo
ple, they now regard him as al
most a saint, he said.
WRA Carnival
To Follow Game
All spectators at the Oregon
State basketball game Friday will
be welcome at the Women’s Rec
reation association carnival after
the game, according to Kay Partch
and Sylvia Wingard, co-chairmen
for the event. .
The carnival is scheduled from
9 to 12 p. m. in the men's unfin
ished gymnasium in the physical
education building. Tickets which
cost 25 cents, will be sold at the
door.
“Carrousel,” themeAf the event,
will have nil the atmosphere of a
real carnival, according to Miss
Wingard. Campus living organiza
tions have been paired for the oc
casion. Concession and game
booths set up and operated by liv
ing organizations will be the main
features of the affair.
Tuesday Assembly
Features Historian
A professor at the Institute for
Advanced Study at Princeton, N.
J., and noted historian, Sir Ern
est Llewellyn Woodward, will ad
dress a University assembly Tues
day at 1 p. m. in the Student Union
ballroom.
Sir Llewellyn, an honorary fel
low of Worcester college, Oxford,
is co-editing an official collection
of documents from the British
foreign office archives on British
Foreign Policy, 1919-1939. s
fie has served as professor of
modern history at Oxford, as a
Rhodes traveling fellow, and as a
professor of international rela
tions also at Oxford.
A member of the American Phil
osophical society. Sir Llewellyn is
the author of many books includ
ing “War and Peace in Europe,"
"History of England,' “T h e
Twelve-Winded Sky" and "French
Revolutions."
Group to Plan
Jr. Weekend
All freshman living organiza
tions are urged to send represen
tatives to the first planned meet
ing of 1954 Junior Weekend to
day at 4 p. m. in the Student Un
ion, according to Jim Light, gen
eral chairman of the event.
Light has requested that all oth
er living organizations have a rep
resentative present, preferably
juniors when possible. The repre
sentatives will act as liasion be
tween the Junior Weekend com
mittee and their organizations.
Other officers for the weekend
include Bob Kanada. junior class
representative, assistant chair
man; Ann Blackwell, class repre
sentative, secretary, and Len Cal
vert, class vice-president, treasur
er.
IRL Conference
Begins Thursday
The International Relations
league will hold its seventh an
nual conference on campus, be
ginning Thursday with registra
tion in the Student Union at 4 :30
p. m.
Sponsored by the International
Relations committee of the Ore
gon Education Association in con
junction with the University, the
conference will present Robert
Blum, president of the Commit
tee for Free Asia, and Linden
Mander, from the political science
department of the University of
Washington, as featured speakers.
The first session will be held
Thursday night in the auditorium
of the school of music. Mander
will speak at the first mectir^',
and round-table discussions, busi
ness meetings and a luncheon will
be on the agenda for Friday.
The main address of the con
ference, slated for Friday morning
at a general session, will be given
by Blum. He was director of the
staff of the President's Commis
sion on International Information
Activities prior to his present po
sition.
Two general sessions and a
luncheon Saturday will close the
conference. The luncheon will be
attended by the IRL officers and
the International Relations com
mittee.
Fijis Lose $96
Over Weekend
Jack Lally a member, expressed the opinion that the burglary
took place between 4 and 6 a. m , h y'
At the time of the burglary all the members of the house weret
leap on the sleep,„g porch, which is on the third floor of the
use. All the money taken disappeared from the wallets in
tin- mens rooms, which arc all on the second floor.
JI he front door of the house was not locked, according to
Lilly. Another house member, Roy Carr, said that the door i,
never locked.
Approximately 28 men lost money, Lally said, while th*
about' $^0*°U111 takCn fr°m any °nc of them estimated a*
J he money was not missed until late in the morning, wheif
hugcnc police were called. Lally expressed the opinion that?
none of their neighboring houses had been burglarized.
Campus Discrimination
Topic of NAACP Panel
“Discrimination Practices in
Living Organizations on Oar
Campus,” will be discussed by a
six-member panel in the Student
j Union at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. The
| discussion is sponsored by the
j college chapter of the National
‘Association for the Advancement
‘ of Colored People.
Topics such as the problem of
racial and religious discrimination
on campus will be discussed by
representatives from six organi
zations. Moderator for the panel
.discussion will be Robert Clark,
assistant dean of the college of
liberal arts.
! Appearing on the panel will be
\ Robin Lansom, vice-president of
INAACP; Jerry Malone, Westmin
ster Foundation; Bob Pollock,
! president of Sigma Chi; Elsi»
Schiller, president of the Co-D4
Co-op council; Bob Summers, pres
ident of Theta Chi, and Wilma
VVittenfield, vice-president of
! Panhellcnic.
National Music Sorority
Pledges Nine Women
Nine women have been pledged
this term by Mu Phi Epsilon, pro
fessional music sorority.
They are Jackie Densmore, Julia
Detrick, Mrs. Eileen Edblom, Rhea
| Hansen, Shirley Hargreaves, Pa
tricia Peterson, Patricia Riehl, Jo
1 Anne Rogers and Marjie Travillion.
Integrity Essential'
Says W. Johnston
Democracy must live or die
"down at the grass roots where
the people are, on Main St..”
\\ illiam ]•'. Johnston told the
Oregon Press conference Fri
day.
Johnston, managing editor
and editor of the editorial page
of the Lewiston, Jdaho, Morn
ing Tribune, was the eighth
| annual Allen Memorial lecturer.
Sig Eps, DZ's Win
Bridge Tournament
Sigma Phi Epsilon and Delta
Zeta won the official campus
bridge championship in the all
campus bridge tournament held in
the Student Union Wednesday.
Trophies will be awarded these
groups by the SU board, which
sponsored the tournament.
The officially recognized cam
pus bridge sharks are Burr Bout
well and Maurice Bell, for Sig Kp,
and Nancy Gale and Marie Fletch
er, for DZ.
Second place winners were Yeo
men and Kappa Alpha Theta,
while third place went to Camp
bell club and Carson five. Separ
ate contests were held for both
men and women’s groups.
More than 30 students played in
run-off competition for the Na
tional Intercollegiate Bridge Tour
nament Thursday evening. Scor
ing in this tournament will be
done on a national level, and the
winners announced in the middle
of March.
He told the conference that
newspapers today owe a debt to
tlie founding fathers of America.
Great issues, he said, will be de
cided down at the glass roots. Pa
pers there must provide the peo
ple with "an incorruptible sym
bol of integrity.’’
Speaking on "The Ingredient ct
Integrity,’’ the Idaho man said »
newspaper must attempt "to main
tain independence from its friends
and the respect of its enemies.’
It is more difficult for a paper
to do the former, he said, adding
thffrt the only way he knew’ wai
"to follow the course of issueW
and principles and avoid the en
tanglements of personalities amt
parties.1’
He explained that the ingredient
of integrity is really "the most,
practical and essential ingredient
we can put into the kind of news
paper we want to live with.’’
Johnston asked the newspaper
publishers to look under "tho
crusts of routine in ourselves” l..r
the most help in finding the in
gredient of integrity—visdon and
courage and tolerance.”
“Our own ignorance, our owrv
apathy, our own timidity ami
tear,” are the gravest threats to
freedom of the press or any free
dom, he declared.
Scholarship Applicants
Must File By March 1
Scholarship applications for tho
1954-55 academic year are due
March 1, Karl Onthank, chairman
of the scholarship and financial
aid committee, has announced.
More scholarships are available
this year than ever before, both'
for students already enrolled and
entering freshmen, Onthank em
phasized.