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VOL. LV UNIVERSITY OK OREGON, EUGENE, MONDAyTMARCH I, 1954 NO. 07 President - Elect Wilson Arrives Here Thursday ' K Meredith \\ iIson, j>rc*>i <lfiit - elect of the University of Oregon, will arrive in Eugene this week. I he ex-l ord houndation ex ecutive, appointed to the Uni versity presidency Oct. 27 by the State Hoard of Higher ICd ucation, will arrive at the Eu gene airport at 10:25 a. in. Thursday on a United Airlines flight from Portland, according to Lch Anderaon, administrative as sistant No official welcome for Wilson had been planned as of Sunday af ternoon, although a group from the University administration and the local press will be at the air port for Wilson h arrival, Ander sen said. Student Welcome Planned A student welcome for the new president was still in the planning stage Sunday, according to Rally Board Chairman Sally Stadelman. A request to have classes called off between 10:30 and 11:00 a. m. Thursday had not been granted. Practice Grenade Causes Explosion The explosion which awakened many persons in the campus area Friday morning at 4:35 was caused by a "practice grenade" ex ploded on the Sigma Phi Epsilon front porch, according to Alan Oppliger, Sig Ep house president. Eugene police, who are investi gating the explosion, have not yet determined by whom or for what reason the gronnde was exploded. Police ure continuing their investi gating. The grenade casing was identi fied by ROTC personnel as being that of a Navy M-115 practice grenade, Oppliger stated Sunday evening. "Slight damage to the house’s porch brickwork and a broken porch light fixture" were the only damage reported by Oppliger to police. Ray Hawk, associate director of student affairs, stated Friday af ternoon that he had no evidence of any connection between the ex plosion and Friday night’s game with Oregon State college. O. MKKKIHTH WILSON Arrlvw thin wfck but Anderson expected Acting President Victor P. Morris to take action on the proposal Monday. According to Miss Stadelman, the proposed rally would be held Thursday morning in the Student Union if classes were called off, or Thursday noon, if classes were not Panel to Tell How 'World Views US' “How the Rest of the World Sees the United States" will be discussed by the University of Oregon radio forum over KOAC at 8:30 this evening. Moderator for the discussion will be Charles P. Schleicher, professor of politi cal science. Participating on the panel will be Linden A. Mander of the de partment of political science at the University of Washington, and Robert Blum, president of the committee for free Asia. Faculty Member Named Chairman of Committee Jennelle Moorhead, associate [ professor of health education, was recently appointed national chair man of the mental health com mittee of the American School Health association by H. F. Kil ander, New York University, pres ident of the association. UQ Red Cross Drive Gets Started Today The annual Red Cross fund drive I begins on campus today, with $750 | as the all-campus goal and 25 cents as the minimum goal for in dividual donations. Collections in each living organi zation are being handled by spe cial representatives, who met last week with Robert F. Jackson, manager of the Lane County Red Cross chapter, to receive their in structions. The drive will end Friday eve ning with a fishbowl mixer in the SU sponsored by the Red Cross board It will be a no-date affair, according to Carol Huggins, vice president of the board and chair man of the drive. The mixer will be free, she said, but a collection for the fund will be taken. Recognition for out standing living organizations’ do nations will also be made at that time. Certificates will be given to the house with the largest donation based on the number of members | living in, and to all houses having 100 per cent donations. All money collected by house representatives may be turned in to Cynthia Long at Alpha Chi Omega each day between 3 and 5 p. m. All money must be turned in by 5 p. m. Friday, Miss Hug gins said. District representatives, who are in charge of several houses each, are to contact Sally Calkins each day between 5 and 7 p. m. to re port collections in their districts. Other chairmen for the drive are Betty Anderson, entertain ment for the mixer; Nan Hage dorn, flying speeches; Cynthia Long, finance; Stewart Johnson, promotion for the band; June Browning, promotion, and Anne Ritchey, publicity. tailed off. The rally board is plan ning no welcome at the airport, al though individual students may want to drive out there to greet Wilson, she said. Entertained at Luncheon Arriving with Wilson will be his wife and their six children. The Wilson family will move into the official president's residence at 2315 McMorran st. Wilson will be entertained at a faculty luncheon in the SU March 13, Anderson said. His first official address to the student body will be given at an assembly March 30 in the SU ballroom. Wilson will also speak to the Portland Alumni Institute at the Multnomah hotel in Portland April 3. The new University president will take over his official duties March 15. Registration Starts Todav j he registration plan institui be repeated this week for spri: registrar, has announced. Adv step in the new procedure, will I Spring term class schedules registrar s office in Ktnerald ha form for the student’s spring t( advisers will meet their adviset This form is to he signed by visce until the first day of regis V,’J1I fhen be checked against th< study programs are identical, it Sophomore Women Invited To YW Skip All sophomore women are in vited to take part in the YW Sophomore Skip, March 5 and 6, at Kit.son Springs, according to Jan ice Fortner, publicity chairman. A fee of $1 will be charged for the weekend jaunt. Transporta tion will be by private car leaving Gerlinger hall at 4 p. m. Friday and returning Saturday afternoon. Girls should take their own bedding. Food will be furnished. Speakers for the affair have not been announced. Culture of Mayas Is Tuesday Topic The sacred city of the Mayas, where sculpture reached its peak of development, will be the sub ject of Tuesday's 1 p.m. lecture assembly in the Student Union ballroom. Alberto Ruz, a member of the staff of the National Institute of Anthropology and History, of the National Museum of Mexico City, will illustrate his lecture on "Pal eque and Its Royal Tomb" with colored slides The royal tomb, the first dis covered under a pyramid in the new world, was unearthed by Ruz two years ago. Articles on the tomb have since been featured in Life magazine and several British publications. Is Noted Mayan K\pert Ruz, who is sponsored by the Law Professor E. Morton Dies Edward Morton, associate pro fessor of law, died suddenly of a heart attack at his residence in the Eugene Manor early Saturday evening less than ten hours after teaching a morning class to Uni versity law students. Mr. Morton was 59. There had been no indication that he had been ill prior to his death, ac cording to Orlando J. Hollis, dean of the law school. Coming to the University in the fall of 1948 from the Uni versity of Wyoming law school, Mr. Morton was teaching classes in torts, first year law, and ad ministrative law, third year law, this term. Mr. Morton served as a colonel in the U. S. Army during World War II and had been active in the reserve officers’ organiza tion since the war. No arrangements had been made for funeral services as of Sunday afternoon, pending notification of relatives. Mr. Morton was single and apparently had no close rela tives in Eugene, according to Hol lis. The body was taken to the Poole-Larsen funeral home, 1100 Charnelton St. Mr. Morton was a member of the Unitarian church. Mr. Morton’s classes will be taught by other members of the law school faculty for the re mainder of the term, Hollis said Sunday. assembly and lectures committee and by the Failing Distinguished Lecture fund, is an authority on Mayan civilization. Tuesday's lec ture will be his first in the Pacific Northwest. A second lecture, on "The History, Culture and Art of the Maya ’ will be presented by Ruz at 8 p. m. Thursday. A noted archaeologist, Ruz is in charge of national monuments of \ ucatan. He is a member of the Mexican society of anthropolo gists. Ruz has a background with an international flavor, a Cuban by birth, he was born in France and has since become a naturalized citizen of Mexico. With Greek Consultate Ruz was with the consulate of Greece in Havana from 1929 to 1932. He was head of the depart ment of municipal affairs, minis try of intciior, in Havana durine 1933. L. S. Crcssman, head of the de partment of anthropology, will in troduce Ruz. Honor Students Invited To SU Coffee Hour A coffee hour for all Univer sity Sophomore Honors students will be held at 4 p.m. today in the Dads lounge of the Student Union under the sponsorship of the Soph omore Honors society classes. J. V. Berreman, professor of so ciology, and R. A. Littman, as sociate professor of psychology, will address the group. Ten cents will be charged for coffee. Cfl last fall for winter term wiff if* term, Clifford Constance, iscr-advisee meetings, the fir-ft >e held at 8 tonight, may be picked up today at th« 1. The schedules include a blank rm program. Rooms where the s this evening are also listed, the adviser and kept by the ad • ration, March 20. 'j he program official registration card. If the will not be necessary to obtain I the adviser s signature on tho I cards. Scttion changes will be al-« ; lowed. $1 Per Day Late Fee Under the new registration prc*» . gram, a late fee of $1 per day i«s j assessed if the first three steps | of registration are not complete'* on the first day of registration | The remaining three steps may bo : completed through April 3 without payment of a late fee, if the firrt three steps have been complete*! on time. Steps in the registration proce dure include: A. Obtain class schedule book In Emerald hall. Build study program at adviser-advisee meeting this evening. If there is not enough time this evening, individual ap i pointments with advisers may b* j scheduled during the next two i weeks. The signature of the advis | er must appear on the tentative ! program. 1. Obtain registration material in the Dad’s lounge of the Stu dent Union March 29. The ma ! terial will be in the registrabi i office after that date. 2. Copy study program onto the proper cards. Obtain advisei s signature if a change is made i from the tentative program. 3. Enroll in courses with the de partment and school offices. 4. Check with the office of ! student affairs clerk in the SU ballroom March 29 or at the stu j fient affairs office in Emerald hr a after March 29. 5. Check study program and cb I tain fee assessment from the* j clerks in the registrar’s office ,n the SU March 29 or at Emerald hall after that date. 6. Pay fees at the cashier’s cf ; fice in Emerald hall. This step ! must be completed by noon, Ap; il 3 to avoid assessment of a late ■ payment fee. Vdts Must Clear Veterans on P. L. 16 or 346 ran t * ; clear with the registrar’s office i oetween steps three and five in I order to charge any costs again :t, jthe Veteran s administration. All ’ l other veterans are to complete le | gistratkm the same' as non-veter 1 ans and check with the office at a i later date. Only step A is to be completed I this term, Constance emphasized. ’ i The other six steps may be eorn ; pleted during the first week of" ! spring term. The change, which had been de | sired for several years, was madn I possible last term by the decreased ' i enrollment. A desire to facilitate the advising program and to in ; crease attendance during the fii it week of the term have been list ed as the reasons for the change. Stravinsky to Conduct Concert of Own Works Igor Stravinsky, appearing as guest conductor with the Portland | Symphony orchestra in McArthur court Tuesday, made his first US 1 appearances in 1925. Traveling to this country from France, he made a concert tour, conducting his own works and performing as soloist in his "Piano Concerto" with the New York Philharmonic Symphony and other major orchestras. Returning to France, he con tinued composing, producing such works as the opera-oratorio "Oedi pus Rex"; “Symphony cf Psalms,” written for the fiftieth anniver sary of the Boston Symphony o-r chestra; "Persephone,” a melo drama on Andre Gide’s text, pro* miered at Paris in 1932, and se*„ era! piano concertos and ballet* In 1937 Stravinsky again toure«l in this country, featuring his com position "Card Party,” a ballet m three parts, produced at the Met ropolitan opera house. Tuesday’s Civic Music-sponsor ed appearance will consist of aa entire program of the conductor':! own works. The concert is open to all University students free of charge on presentation of student body cards.