EMERALD
Pifty jfturth year of Pubtiiatw
VOL *'V UNI. <>I ORE., EUGENE, WED., APRIL 7, 1954 NO.
109
Singers Present
Concert T onight
A varied program ranging from
Negro spirituals to selections from
Verdi's Illgoletto” will be present
'd tonight at 8 In McArthur court
by two noted Negro singers, Adelc
Addison, soprano, and Lawrence
Winters, baritone.
A special feature of the concert
will be a group of selections from
Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess.”
Winters has become familiar to
muny as Porgy through his sing
ing of that role on Columbia's re
cent recording of the complete ori
ginal version of the folk opera.
Additional numbers on the pro
gram will Include a duet from Mo
zart's “Marriage of Figaro” and
groups of solos by the two artists
from works by Chausson, Richard
Strauss, Ravel and Btefano Don
audy.
Miss Addison, now on h< r fourth
nationwide tour, made her recital
debut In Boston in 1949 and her
first appearance in Town Hall In
1052. She has been guest soloist
with the Boston Symphony orches
tra seven times and a leading so
prano in the New Kngland Opera
SU Petitions
Due Today
Today at 5 p. m. is the dead
line for petitions for positions on
the Student l.'nion board, accord
ing to Virginia Dailey, vice-chair
man of the board.
Two-year positions are open
from the college of liberal arts and
schools of Journalism, business ad
ministration and education. One
year terms are open from the law
school and the graduate school.
In addition to the vacancies to
be filled by petition, there are a
maximum of three member-at
largc positions to be filled from
the program personnel.
Joint ASt'Q and SU committee
interview of petitioners will be
held Monday and Tuesday.
Lecture Slated
For Thursday
This week’s browsing r«>om lec
ture. the first of spring term, will
be held on Thursday rather than
the usual Wednesday, so as not to
conflict with tonight's Civic Mu
sic concert.
The lecture, slated for 7:30 p.m.J
will be given by F. A. Cuthbert.
professor of landscape architec
ture at the University. Cuthbert's |
topic will be "Australia and New i
Zealand: Lands of Beauty and!
Compelling Interest." The talk will
be illustrated with colored slides. |
A discussion period will follow |
the lecture. led by K. G. Moll, pro-1
fessor of English.
company for two seasons.
Admission to the concert is free
for all University students on pre
sentation of student body cards.
The concert will be presented un
der the auspices of the Eugene
Unlvcrsity Civic Music associa
tion.
Light, Ransom
3 Seek ASUO
Enter Race;
Presidency
The political arena la just a lit
tle more crowded today following
the Tuesday announcements to the
Emerald by Jim Light, junior class
president, and Hollis Ransom, AK
UO senator-at-large, that they
would both seek the ASUO presi
12 UO Students Called
As Witnesses in Trial
Twelve University of Oregon
students have been subpoenaed to
appear as witnesses today in the
trial of John David Daily, senior
m mathematics, Eugene District
Attorney Eugene Venn told the
Emerald Tuesday evening.
Venn listed the twelve students
as Kenneth Sweltzer, Lloyd Ham
ilton, Kenneth Reiser, Leo Naapi,
James T. Mahoney, Ted Anderson,
Rtehard A. Carlson. John Greulich,
Robert Hawes, Robert Wheeless,
Bruce Koppe and Thomas C.
Pa ulus.
Member* of Class
The district attorney would not
“ay why the students were being
celled, but did say that “about
eight" of the men were members
of Daily's ROTC class. Shortly
after the arrest of Daily on a
charge of attempted extortion late
in January, the ROTC department
here was asked to verify that
Daily had been in his 2 p. m. RO
TC class on January 4, 8 and 11,
the days when some of the actions
in the ca.se were supposed to have
taken place,
Naapi, a fraternity brother of
Daily's, figured in the trial Mon
day when Defense Attorney Ed
win Allen asked that a mistrial be
declared because, he charged,
Venn had “tampered with and in
timidated" Naapi. The defense had
also intended to call Naapi as a
witness.
No Intimidation
Judge William G. East, after
talking to Naapi, ruled that the
witness had not been intimidated
Venn also said Tuesday night
that a number of additional sub
poenas would be issued in the case,
probably sometime today. The
trial re-convened at 10 this morn
ing.
Daily, 23, is charged with at
tempting to extort money or fa
vors from a Eugene housewife by
telling her he had indecent pic
tures of her. He was arrested Jan
uary 28, 10 days after police chas
ed a man answering his descrip
tion around Skinner's Butte in a
“manhunt' that brought 26 police
men into the butte area.
2 More Submit
Resignations
Two more members of the Stu
dent Union staff have submitted
their resignations to SU Director
Ft. C. Williams.
Beverly Masson, Williams' sec
retary, has submitted her resign
ation effective August 13. Miss
Masson, who will have completed
three years on the SU staff in
June, has announced that she will
go to San Jose, Cal., to do secre
tarial work there.
Mrs. Jean Bailey, who has been
at the University for the last 12
years, has also submitted her res
ignation, effective August 17. Mrs.
Bailey, who held the position of of
fice manager, first went to work
here in 1942. She has stated no
definite plans for the future.
The resignations of the two wo
men follows by four days the an
nouncement by SU Program Di
rector Donna Buse that she had
submitted her resignation to Wil
liams. Williams himself tendered
his resignation February 1.
WRITER OR FRIEND?
Pleasures and Pains' Discussed
by Dorothy Her
Em«r*ld Attittant Newt Editor
Everyone either wants to be a
writer himself or has a friend
who does, and therefore should
know something of "The Pleasures
and Pains of a Writer,” Theodore
Morrison, professor of English at
Harvard university told a Univer
sity assembly audience Tuesday.
Encouragement, an inalienable
right of every individual, is a dan
gerous commodity, the professor
and author said, since it frequent
ly involves the assumption that a
career in writing exists for the
aspiring writer. *
"Encouragement is offered hon
estly but should be taken at the
writer's own risk, Morrison advis
ed.
Only a few writers can earn a
decent family wage by their writ
ing alone, he continued. These few
are the authors of biographical or
historical material or writers on
current topics.
Choice Limited
However, in these types of writ
ing, Morrison explained, there can
bo no spontaneous interest for the
writer and no free choice of sub
jects.
"In all writing there must be a
genuine relation between the audi
ence and what the writer pro
duces,” the speaker told his lis
teners.
“A writer also suffers pains
which spring from his necessary
temperament. Since his own self is
his oniy stock from which he
draws material for his writing,
the writer must be an egocentric.
That Is why praise and encourage
ment are so necessary to him.”
Writers Are Lonely
Morrison explained that egoists
are lonely people and writing a
lonely occupation. From their
loneliness and feeling that they
are different from the rest of the
world comes their possessive de
pendence on other people.
"The writer needs to nourish the
human side of himself for his writ
ing sustance,” the Harvard pro
fessor said. "He must work as
the rest of the world works, at
bread getting and family raising.”
Three sources of satisfaction do
j exist for the writer, according to
Morrison. The writer receives plea
j sure from praise and recognition
! and he derives happiness from the
j act of writing itself.
Satisfaction Gained
However, the lecturer conclud
ed, the highest satisfaction for the
writer is that “out of self the wri
ter transcends and loses himself."
Morrison, an author himself, is
director of the Bread Loaf Wri
ters' conference at Middlebury, Vt.
The conference "tries to do for
adults what a college writing
course does for students,” Mor
rison explained to reporters. It
conisists of both lectures and clin
ic sessions for amateur writers.
A member of the editorial board
of the Atlantic Monthly, Morrison
has written a novel, “Stones of
the House,” a best-seller, and
“Serpent in the Cloud,” “Notes of
Death and Life,” “The Devious
Way” and "The Portable Chau
cer.”
His dramatic poem, “The Dream
of Alcestis,” is currently being
presented in Eugene by the Very
Little Theatre.
doncy in the all-campus primary
next week.
Light, who filer! his petition in
the ASUO office Tuesday after
noon will seek the Associated
Greek Students nomination for the
presidency. Ransom, who inform
'd the Emerald that he would file
before the 6 p. m. deadline today,
will seek the United Independent
Students nomination for the same
position.
The Tuesday announcements
placed three men in the running
for the presidency. Bob Summers’
ASUO senator-at-large, announc
'd to the Emerald Monday that
he wodld be a candidate for the
AGS presidential nomination.
Office Considered
Light told the Emerald that he
had been considering running for
the office for some time, but made
up his min& definitely after Sum
mers committed himself.
Light also said "Bob and I have
Rivalry Theme
Set for Preview
"Competition with Oregon State
in number of students will be one
of the keynotes of this year s Duck
Preview," according to Don Bon
ime. general co-chairman of the
weekend.
“They have formerly had ap
proximately twice as many high
school seniors as Oregon," he con
tinued, stating that the principal
factor accounting for the differ
ence was the number of individual,
personal letters written well in ad
vance of the weekend.
In keeping with this idea the
promotion committee, under the
co-chairmanship of Kay Partch
and Joyce Comer, is using as their
•slogan’ the phrase "Have you
written a friend yet?" „
This year, for the first time,
there has been a slight revision in
the housing policy. The high school
students will be kept in mind, Bon
ime emphasized, and their housing
preferences will be followed by the
committee as much as possible,
until the houses are filled to ca
pacity or to their quota limits.
Seniors will not sign preference
cards indicating where they want
to stay as in former years, ac-1
cording to Norm Webb, housing!
chairman. However, the houses,
will compile lists of their prefer- j
ences, "and this goes for all living
organizations,” Webb said. The two
will then be matched as nearly as
possible at the time of registra
tion, he added.
At the present time Heads of
Houses and Inter-dorm council are
being contacted, and the housing
committee heads will meet in the
Student Union Thursday at 5 p.m.
Morrison Counsels
Competitive Writing
“A writer should not be subsi
dized or have a patron but should
work for himself,” Theodore Mor
rison, Harvard university English
professor, said at the question
and-answer coffee hour in the Stu
dent Union Tuesday.
The young writers who get "fel
lowship after fellowship” are
harming themselves, he said. En
dowments shouldn't be substituted
for the competition of the open
market, which, he stressed, was
thfe "real test” of the writer.
Morrison answered general ques
tions on writing, devoting a great
deal of the period to explaining
the Bread Loaf Writers' confer
ence of which he is director.
He stated that a number of
writers were likely to be made
“too much in the image of their
instructors” and were injured by
dogmatic, inflexible teachers.
He also said that the young wri
ter should try to get the training
and experience to operate across
"a broad as band as possible” and
cited Aldous Huxley as one who
could express himself in the novel,
essay, or in poetry.
been good friends and associate*
>n campus work during these past
fhree years and this will be the
fust, opportunity we've had to oc
h°m °thCr °n the PoBtlcal
battlefield since we were both
seeking a freshman class office."
•Seeking the presidency thus be
comes more than just a desire to
hold an honored position and being
of service to one’s University. &
becomes a real challenge which I
am willing and anxious tp accept,
the campaign therefaw should
prove to be quite interesting,"
Light concluded.
°rad Study Planned
Ransom, president of UIS, has a.
cumulative grade point average of
•>.40; he made a 3.64 GPA winter
term. A senior in political science,
Ransom plans to do graduate work
ft Oregon next year He is a mem
£?,r °f J Sigma Alpha> Political
science honorary.
th^a ^ year he was chairman rf
the Oregon delegation to tha
moc ei United Nations session held
m California. He has served
5 hiaPSde"t and Vice-Presider.t
bell Sub °rganiZatl0ri' CamP
tion idditioD to bis senate posi
of the h0S ***” chairman
«ASiL° °’ committee. Ho
• served on three other ASUO
insurance, «o22
cards and constitutional revision.
Activities Listed
Light, a junior in pre-law, ha*
a cumulative GPa of 2 91 an*
made a 2.75 GPA winter term
the^A^ivv 3 tW° year ve‘eran of
nn® ASL° senate, having held the
positions of freshman class repre
sentative two years ago and junior
cIass President this year. He *
general chairman of this year *
Junior Weekend.
Business manager of the 195 4
icgana, Light Is an ex-offico
member of the student publica
tions board. He was sales manager
of the book last yean. He is a
member of Druids, junior men *
honorary, and last year was treas
urer of Skull and Dagger, sopho
more men s service honorary.
More Candidates
File For Office
A total of ten candidates had
filed their intentions to run in the
all-campus primary as of 5 p. m.
Tuesday. Deadline for petitions 19
6 P- m. today in the ASUO presi
dent's office.
Jim Light, junior in pre-law,
will be an AGS candidate for AS
LO President. His cumulative
grade-point average is 2.S with a
2.7 for winter term.
An AGS candidate for senior
class president is Don Rotenberg
junior in chemistry. Rotenberg'*
GPA is 3.7, with a 3.7 winter term.
Running for junior class presi
dent ip Gordon Rice, UIS, who >3
a sophomore in journalism. His G
PA is a 3.6, with a 3.5 for winter
term. AGS candidate for junior
class president is Don Bonime,
sophomore in liberal arts. Bonime
has a 3.1, with a 3.0 winter term.
Another LRS candidate, Mat
Scott, filed his intention to rua
for sophomore class president. H»
is a freshman in liberal arts, with *
a 3.0 GPA and a 2.9 for winter
term.
Two more UIS candidates, bolt*
freshmen in liberal arts, are Lee
Ramsey and Marna Gehrman, both
running for sophomore representa
tives. Ramsey’s GPA is a 3.4 and
Miss Gehrman has a 2.S, with a 3,0
winter term.
Jeanne Scales filed her intention
to run for sophomore representa
tive in the AGS primary. She is 3
freshman in liberal arts, and has a
2.7 GPA and a 2.5 winter term.
Mary Alice Allen, sophomore ia
journalism, will run for senator
at-large in the UIS primary. Her
GPA is 2.7, and she has a 3.1 fojp
winter term. Another UIS candi
date for senator-at-large is Carojo
Beech, freshman in liberal aits.
Her GPA is 3.2, with a 3.6 winter
term.