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.