THE OLDEST PARLIAMENT
Iceland Editor Tells
History of His Country
A country ler.s than half the
Hizo of Oregon, ami with a popu
lation of lean than half of that of
Portland, not only has the oldest
parliament in I he world, but also
contributed tho disc over era of
America.
The country in Iceland, and the
Hource of these tyis of informa
tion |h Hersteinn Palsson, one of
that country's foremost journal
ist*3. who was on campus this
Wee l<.
Palsson, |n a press conference
Wednesday, lost no time in point
ing out that America was first
seen by Vikings who set out from
ills country about the year 1000.
They came south "probably as far
as Cape Cod,” lie said.
For verification of this state
ment, he pointed to the statue
given to the people of Iceland by
the United States on the 1000th
anniversary of the Icelandic Par
liament In 1030. The Inscription
on the gift mentions the voyage
of Iadf Ericson to the new world
in the year 1000, •
Incidently, "although the Eng
lish Parliament has often been
called the 'Grandfather of Par
liament,' we have the Great
Grandfather," Palsson pointed otn.
Freshmen Revolt,
Switch Traditions
(Continued jrom I'aoe One)
castrated their ability to hold
the upper hand In him-It long
holding traditions as water
* ports, brawls, oral battles, ret.
They completely stymied the
ldctermen and state |K>llco. The
freshmen, seeing their datnxrlf
((arson) In distress and under
scige, moved In on the Order
«>f the “O," overpowered them, I
and even captured and baptised
j< few. In view of such a noble
show, we proclaim this:
A man seen in a lettermnn’s
sweater is In dire danger of
drowning.
No lettcmian shall he allowed
on lath street In front of Sherry
Ross. (we may Is* forced to use
our new, urf tested atomic wa
ter Img.)
Any letterman touching a
freshman girl will lie Immedia
tely deported to 080 (In time
for duck season.)
No suntans shall l*o worn
(they are too eontmon)
No rooter's lids, (they are
troublesome)
No walking on the sidewalks.
(Its hard on the taps of your
shoes)
Too long have we been shackled
by the unjust oppression of the
few. Instead of the guillotine, we
have the water hag! And this
he our motto —
(Cquallty, Fraternity, Virgin
ity or Death.
And after we proceed to drag
the sophomores through the
mlllrare, we shall move on the
Itustillc. (Johnson hall). Arise!!
The Sons of the Revolution
Scribe: Ken Kesey
♦ ♦ ♦
Screams and splashes will be
heard in the vicinity of Fenton pool
beginning at noon today, if Thurs
day's punishment of tradition vio
lators is any indication.
Violators of Junior Weekend
traditions will be dunked in Fen
ton Pool by members of the Order
of the “O” Thursday are Betty
Anderron, Jane Bergstrom, Char
maync Charley, Marlis Claussen,
Marcia Cook, JoAnn Cowart, Polly
Crooker, Betty Dobler,
Mary Jo .Fiterre, Ruth Hoppe,
Jim Laughton, Patricia A. Leon
ard, Coleen Moore, Emiline Over
hulse, Heleife Robertson, Myrna
Smith, Sue Smith, Jean Ann Un
derhill, Frank Werner and Gwen
Zinniger.
The Icelandic Parliament has been
meeting since the year 930.
Iceland has a total population
I of about 150,000 in an area of
! about 10,000 square ml lew, he ex
plained.
Glaclera do not cover the entire
country, he emphasized. They cov
er only about one-tenth of the
total area. However, only another
one-tenth of the land is now till
able. There are about three sheep
for every person, Palsson added,
j. “Every foreat In the country has i
a fence around it," Palmton said.
I There is only one national forest,
In the northern part of the coun
try. and that is also enclosed by
; a fence.
"The tallest trees In the country j
would Just reach the roof on this
building" he said, pointing to the
quonset hut in which the confer
ence took place.
Palsson, who is editor of Vislr,
one of the five dallies in lieykja
vik, -the capital city, also talked
alsmt Icelandic newspapers. Kach
city,, no matter how targe, win
have four papers if It has one, he
explained, because there are four
political parties in the country,
and each will be represented by a
paper.
Nizoiius 'Best Ape/
Historian Asserts
The Italian wr iter, Nizoiius, |
was to Latin what Webster was
to Knglish, Quirinus Breen, pro
fessor of history, told Wednesday's
Student Union browsing room au
dience.
Nizoiius, who Breen called the
best of the “apes" or ICth century
Imitators of the great Roman writ
er Cicero, wrote a Latin diction
ary based entirely on Cicero,
which is still used today.
Although Nizoiius copied Cicero
closely, men of his day protested
that while he was a slave to the
Roman's style his writings had no
substance, Breen said.
The Italian writer would, how
ever, compare well to modern
writers, Breen said, since Nizoiius
demanded clarity "about every- j
thing."
Nizoiius, as a philosopher and
writer, was caught in the Renais
sance conflict of style versus1
thought in writing, which con-1
tinued four centuries. This conflict!
actually developed into a “war"
between Cieeronians and anti-!
Ciceronian*, Breen added.
^ Students and faculty are In
vited to attend a library forum to
night at 7:45 in the staff associa-1
tion room of the library. Library
work as a vocation will be dis
cussed, according to John Lauber,
administrative assistant.
New Route Planned for Float Parade;
Entries to Assemble at McArthur Court
This year's Junior Weekend
float parade will follow a new
route. Instead of starting down
town and then coming to the
campus to be judged, the parade
will assemble at McArthur court,
pass by the Student Union to be
Judged and continue downtown.
Floats are to be at Mac court
not later than 2:30 p.m. Satur
day. Any f!oa?s arriving after that
time will be ineligible for judg
ing and any arriving after 3 p.m.
starting time may not enter the
parade.
The numbers given to the floats
it the time .of pairings must be
displayed on the back of the
floats. Houses not sure of their
lumbers should contact Mary
Campus Calendar
8:00 AFROTC 315 SU
Noon NCP HO SU
Ital Tbl 111 SU
Ore Moms Exec Lunch
112 SU
Phi Eps Kap 114 SU
Asbly Com Com Lnch
2:00 Moms Registration
Lobby 2nd FI
4 :00 Young Demos 334 SU
9:00 Junior Prom Eallrm SU
Wilson or Ann Hopkins, co-cfiair
men of the parade.
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