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VOL. I.V i nivi'.usri y OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, APRIL «, 1961 •NO. 108 Author to Give Assembly Talk Theodore Morrison, professor of. English iit Harvard University and author of "The Dream of Aicestis," a poem currently being presented in dramatic form by the Eugene Very Little Theater, will apeak in a Univeraity aaaembly in the Stu dent Union ballroom at 1 p. m. to day. He will be featured at a cof fee hour at 4 p. m. in the Dad's lounge. hor many years Morrison haa been a member of the editorial board of Atlantic Monthly maga zine and director of the famoua Hr<-ad Loaf Writers' conference at I Mlddlebury, Vermont. Robert Frazier, reporter for the Kugene Iteglster-Guard and former Nieman fellow, ban described Mor rison an "a delightful personality, u man whoa* modesty can deceive ' you until you encounter his wis dom and humor.” Works by Morrison include a novel, "Stones of the House,” a best-seller, ‘ Serpent in the Cloud,” "Notes of Death and Life," "The Devious Way” and "The Portable Chaucer.” He assisted in the publication of "Five Kinds of Writing," a text for literary aspirants. Morrison served in the airforce during the second world war. Joint Concert Slated By Baritone, Soprano Baritone Lawrence Winters, np • pcanng Wednesday night at Mr . Arthur court m a combined concert with Soprano Adele Addison, is . currently making his sixth Ameri <an concert tour under the man agement of Impresario S. Hurok. Creative Workshop Petitions Called In Petitions are due Friday at 5 p. • m. for chairmanships and staffing - of the Student Union creative arts workshop program committees, ac . cording to Valeria Cowls, general . chairman. Groups will be organized to run . a series of talent searches in all • _ fields of original creative work on ' campus, Including music, dance, . ‘ literature and drama, and for work on general continuity in the pre sentation of the SU-sponsored pro* - gram. The program will be held • Friday, May 21. Petitions may be picked up on • the thiifl floor of the SU and turn • ed in there or to Miss Cowles at Kappa Kappa Gamma. •. Library Displays . French Drawings Original French drawings of the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eight \ eenth centuries are now on display , In the circulation lobby of the 11 • brary, according to John Lauber, administrative assistant. ^ The exhibit contains 21 drawings by Watteau, Fragonard, Greuze, - Claude Lorrain and others. It is sponsored by the Franco-American '• Foundation of New York, and will '• remain at the library until Friday. \ Youfh Apprehended Afifteen-year-old youth was • taken into custody by Eugene po - lice late Monday evening upon a complaint by members of Sigma . Phi Epsilon, according to Bob .* Gray, president of the fraternity. .* The youth was apprehended by y members of Sig Ep when the L~ home mascot alerted members of ',* the fraternity that someone was prowling around the house. Two other youths were with the i/ one apprehended but they escaped, ‘ • Gray stated. Police reported Tues • ' day morning that the names of •_ the other two were known. One of the boys admitted to Sig \ Eps that he had taken a canoe - belonging to one of the members • of the house during spring vaca • tion. The canoe was recovered last '• week, Gray said. . No charges had been preferred against the youths by members of ‘ the house at Press time. ft Tho concert, a Ctvlc Music pre-! Mentation, in net for 8 p.rn. and is | free to all students on presentation of student body cards. A graduate of Howard univer sity. where he earned his tuition singing with the Kva Jessye choir, Winters was “discovered” by Hu rok in 1946 while singing in the OI musical. “Call Me Mister.” Pre viously he had also appeared as soloist with Stokowsky and the NBC Symphony for Beethoven’s Ninth symphony. Making his debut in 1947 at I own Hall, the baritone has since completed two European tours, four seasons with the New York City Opera and tours in Mexico and the West Indies in addition to his five American concert tours. Winters’ operatic performances' include roles in such favorites as “Hagliacci," “Aida," "Carmen" and "The Love for Three Oranges." Last year he won the praise of New York critics for his assumption of the title role in "Rigoletto," a part which he had never sung be fore, on just a few hours’ notice. YW Training Sessions Starl A three-day leadership training program, sponsored by the YWCA, will be held in Gerlinger hall be ginning today and lasting through Thursday. Sessions will be held from 3:30 to 5 p. m. Nan Mininaugh, junior in Eng lish, is co-ordinator of the sessions, which are open to anyone inter ested in any phase of Y work. To day's session will be on group dy namics and how to use the techni- j ques of group leadership. Speaker for today's session is Herbert Bisno, assistant professor of sociology. A discussion will fol low the speech, and will be moder ated by Sylvia Wingard, junior in business. YW, YM Sponsor Faculty-at-Home A jointly - sponsored YWCA YMCA faculty-at-home will be held tonight at the home of Mr. and Mrs. David Hatch, at 1744 E. 23rd street. Hatch is an instructor in art. Hatch’s private collection of folk songs on tape recordings will be used and the evening’s discussion will center on folk lore. Cars will leave Gerlinger hall at 7:15 p. m., for anyone wishing transportation. Anyone else who could furnish another car is also asked to stop at Gerlinger hall then, according to Donna Lory and Ken Bond, co-chairmen. Engineer to Give Millrace Report William C. Clubb, Eugene city' engineer. will report on his study, of the millrace at a meeting tonight in the Student Union, according to i ASUO President Tom Wrightson. Eugene City Manager Robert A. Einlayson will also attend the meeting, Wrightson said. Clubb has been studying the I millrace situation and the possi- j bill ties of restoring the flow of wa ter. Wrightson expressed the opin ion that, "There is not much chance of any major improve ment,” but added that it may be possible to raise the water level. J. O. Lindstrom, University busi ness manager; I. I. Wright, super intendent of the physical plant: and Sidney W. Little, dean of the school of architecture and allied arts are expected to attend the j meeting. Several members of the ASUO senate will also attend, Wrightson said. Cuthbert to Talk On Down-under F. A. Cuthbert, professor of landscape architecture at the Uni versity, will speak on •‘Australia and New Zealand: Lands of Beau ty and Compelling Interest,'' at the Student Union browsing room Thursday. Scheduled to speak at 7:30 p. m. Cuthbert opens this term's lecture forum series sponsored by the Uni-: versity library and the Association of Patrons and Friends of the Uni- ' versity of Oregon library. He will show colored slides on both coun tries to illustrate the lecture. A graduate of the University of Michigan where he also received his M.LD., Cuthbert taught at Ore gon State college before coming to the University. While at OSC he published a book entitled "The Farm Home.” Until January of this year, Cuth bert was on a year's leave of ab sence in New Zealand under a Ful bright fellowship. There he did re search on town planning and land scape architecture, visiting many of the major architectural schools in that country and also in Aus tralia where he later studied. Cuth bert is a member of several arch itectural organizations and has been on several planning and hous- j ing commissions both state and lo-! cal. At present he is a member of the housing committee of the American Society of Landscape Architects. A discussion period will follow I Cuthbert's talk, led by E. G. Moll, professor of English. Miss Paugh > Wins Award <Jwen Paugh, graduate assistant in Spanish, has been awarded a Fulbright scholarship for study in France next year. Miss Paugh will spend the year! at the University of Toulouse studying language and literature. She will begin her academic work after a month's orientation pro gram in Paris. A 1953 graduate of the Univer sity, Miss Paugh was a member of Phi Beta Kappa’s “Senior Six." She will leave for France next fall.1 This is the second Fulbright to be awarded a University student this year. William Johnston, fifth year student in architecture, re cently received a scholarship for study in Finland next year. Summers to Seek AGS Nomination ~ rhe secrecy and silence which I ha.<! shrouded most, of Campus poli tics to date was shattered Monday ! when Bob Summers, ASUO sena tor-at-Jarge, announced to the Em- ■ erald that he would actively seek j the ASUO presidency in the all '■ampns primary elections next week. Summers told the Emerald that! he would file for the office by the 6 P- m- Wednesday deadline. He will run on the Associated Greek Students ballot in the primary elec- ’ tions. In a prepared statement, Sum- j mers said: “Several friends have* asked recently if I planned to run for office this spring term, while I others have gone farther in urging me to become a candidate for AS UO president. To these people, il would like to say that I feel very honored and very appreciative of their consideration. “In deciding to run for ASUO president, I feel that under favor able circumstances anyone would probably run for the office. Secrecy Disavowed “At this stage, there doesn't seem to be any necessity for sec recy. Elections are only a week away and by this time in past I years everyone knew who was run-1 ning for office," the statement con cluded. Summers is a two-year veteran i of the ASUO senate, having held the position of sophomore class president last year and ASUO sen- I a tor-at-large this year. Summers has also served a one year term as president of his fraternity Theta Chi. The presidential hopeful is pres ident of Phi Eta Sigma, freshman men s scholastic honorary. His cumulative grade point average is 3.60; he made a 4.00 GPA winter term. •Summers is a member of Drufd'? junior men's honorary, and is hold *Lr’ h'H c,a**' rtf ‘he Standard on Co. scholarship. Last year, ho was general co-chairman of Duck Preview. Two years ago, he won he Alpha Phi Omega trophy fee the outstanding underclassman on campus. In addition to his campus posi tions, Summers is vice-president of the Oregon Federation of Collegi ate Leaders. OFCL is a group com posed of representatives from all Oregon colleges and universities. Four File Petitions For Primary Ballot hour candidates filed petitions to run in the ASUO primary elec tions Monday. Deadline for the pe titions is Wednesday at 6 p. m. in the ASUO president's office, Stu dent Union 304. Running in the UIS primary for senator-at-large is Sam Vahey, sophomore in business, whose cum ulative grade point average is 3.3, with a 3.4 for winter term. DoyJe Higdon, sophomore in liberal arts, AGS, will run for the office of jun ior class president. His GPA is 3 7, with 3.9 winter term. John Vazbys, junior in business, will run for senior class president in the UTS primary, and his GP.* is 2.7. His winter term GPA wa* 2.2. Janet Ferris, freshman in liber al arts, will run for sophomore class representative in the AGJ primary. Her GPA is 2.8. and she has a 3.1 for winter term. The primary elections, whit h will be an all-campus primary jr* which students may vote for either slate, will be held April 14. The general elections are set for May j. Blood Drive to Feature Men Versus Women A men-versus- women competi- [ tion is the newest addition to the | plans for the. Red Cross board sponsored blood drive to be held at j McArthur court from 11 a. m. to 1 ; p. m. Friday, according to Mary Wilson, board chairman. The men will be competing, on a percentage basis, for a group of Kwamas who will serve them din ner. A group of Scabbard and Blade members and two members of the newly-organized Command Squadron will go to the women’s living organization which has the largest percentage of donors. To the top donor will go the Red Cross placque, which was won fall term by Gamma Phi Beta. A goal of 300 pints has been set for the drive, the second held on campus this year. The ROTC de partment is encouraging the drive this term, and the department’s honoraries, together with the pledge glass of Gamma Phi Beta, are handling registration for the Names Released In Coast Arrest Names of seven University of Oregon students arrested near Flo rence Saturday and charged with illegal possession of alcoholic bev erages were released to the Emer ald Monday afternoon by Florence Justice of the Peace C. S. Carlson, before whom the students appear ed. Charged with illegal possession were: Robert Baker, junior in his tory: Les Bergeron, sophomore in pre-med; Vivienne Brown, sopho more in English; Dale Carroll, freshman in liberal arts; Patrick Kittredge, freshman in liberal arts; and Margaret Wilson, sophomore in journalism. They were all fined $15 and $4.50 costs each, except Kittredge who was fined $25. A seventh student, James Pin gree, freshman in liberal arts, was fined $50 on a charge of petty lar ceny. He was charged with des troying state property by tearing down road signs. An eighth party, identified on the officer’s citation as Johnnie Hopp, was also arrested with the Oregon students. Hopp is not en rolled at the University. drive. Appointment cards have been de livered to all campus living organ izations by members of the two military honoraries and Kwarm. They are also available at the ROTC department and from Mr*. Elvina Stedman, housemother at Carson hall. The appointment cards may be turned into living organization rep resentatives. to the ROTC depart ment, or to the special box pro vided in the Co-op. Parental per mission slips, necessary only fcr donors under 21, are to be taken with the donor at the time he give? blood. The Red Cross board has re quested that all appointment slips be turned in before Thursday aft ernoon so that they will know ho v many donors to expect. Slips will be on file for students who have previously donated blood here. Cur rent plans are for SO donors to bo. handled per hour. Donor qualifications listed by the Lane County Red Cross include: 1. A normal, healthy person weighing at least 110 po'unds, be tween the ages of 21 and 59, in clusive. Students under 21 may donate if they present a parental permission slip. 2. A person who has had tuber culosis, undulant fever, jaundice, or a major surgery within the past year, may not donate. 3. Pregnant women or mot help of babies under one year of ago cannot donate. The Red Cross suggests that fat ty or fried foods, butter and crearn be avoided for a period of four hours prior to donation. Uni House Tops GPA List University house topped the campus in house grades for winter term, according to a list release.! by, the Office of Student Affair * Monday, with a GPA of 2.97. Last term Orides ranked first with an average of 2.90. The all University average rose from 2. 5173 to 2.605 this term. For the complete listing, see page two.