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.