Author Dos Passos
To Speak Next Week
John Dos Passos, noted Amer-1
lean author scheduled to speak
on the University campus next
Monday and Tuesday, is known
aa the founder of a new Hchool
of novel writing.
Don Passos wan born on Jan.
14, 1SM5. He apent moat of his
youth 4n Washington and on a
Virginia farm. He did, however,
travel In Mexico, England, and
Belgium with his parents.
He attended Choate school In
Connecticut and Harvard. After
graduating from Harvard In
19HS, Dos Passos went to Spain
to study architecture.
When World War I broke out,
Dos Passos enlisted in the Har
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JOHN DOS PA8SOH
Jen volunteer ambulance aervlce. ;
He transferred to the Red Gross
and then to the IJ8 army medical
corps.
After the war, Doa Passes be
came a roving journaliat and)
traveled In Mexico and In the
Near Kaat. It was during this
period that Doa Passes began to
receive recognition as a writer, j
Dos Paxsos waa arrested for
participating in a picket line be
fore the Boston State House dur
ing one of the Sacco-Vanzetti
demonstrations during the early
1920's.
Although he is in sympathy
with labor, Dos Passos is uot a
communist. He has said that he
is an "old fashioned believer in
liberty, equality, fraternity.”
He was awarded a John Simon
Guggenheim memorial founda
tion fellowship for the second
time in 1940 to complete a series
of essays on the American con
cept of freedom of thought.
Hia best known works include.
Engineer Exams
Given by Service
The U.S. civil service commis
sion has announced an examina
tion for student trainees in fields
of science and engineering. The
positions pay from $2,750 to
$3,175 a year and arc located
with the Potomac river naval
command in Washington, D.C.,
and the engineer center, U.S,
army, Fort Belvoir, Va.
Applicants must be high
school graduates who have com
pleted courses admitting them to
an engineering school at an ac
credited college, or they must be
college students who are major
ing in a science or engineering.
Those selected will participate
in special training programs re
quiring alternate periods of at
tendance at college and wqrk.
Further information and appli
cation forms may be obtained at
post offices throughout the coun
try or from the U.S. civil service
commission, Washington 25, B.e.
UIS to Sponsor
Political Discussion
An open political discussion
will be held Monday at 4 p.m. at
University house. Sponsored by
Uuited Independent Students,
campus political party, the meet
ing is open to all students.
All officers should attend the
meeting, as UlS finances will be
discussed at a short business
meeting, according to Len Cal
vert, UIS president.
'‘Throe Soldiers," "Manhattan
Transfer," "U.S.A.,” "District of
Columbia," and "Chosen Coun
try.”
"Manhattan Transfer" h a a
been called the beat attempt to
portray life in New York. Sin
clair Lewis called the book "The
panorama, the aenac, the smell,
the aoul of Now York."
Don Passos served as a cor
respondent for Life magazine in
1945. His latest book, “Most
Likely to Succeed," was pub
lished this fall.
Military Honorary
To Initiate Pledges
Scabbard and Blade will ini
tiate six pledge* tonight in a
ceremony at the Student Union
at 7 p.m.
Pledges to be initiated are:
Neil Dwyer, senior in business;
Ceorge CJrosz, senior in physics;
Lowry Hoyer, senior in business;
Uoyd Powell, senior in business;
Stanley Savage, senior in liberal
arts, and Don Simon, senior in
business.
Scabbard and Blade is a na
tional military organization com
posed of upperclass students who
are chosen because of military j
excellence, superior conduct, evi- *
donee of aptitude for service and j
all around scholastic ability.
Sororities Help
Japanese Girl
The cost of a year’s study in
a Japanese university $87.
Threee Oregon sororities have
offered to pay this $87 for a
Japanese girl through six years
of school. Their fund, called the
University of Oregon Japanese
American friendship scholarship,
is being sponsored Jointly by Pi
Beta Phi, Gamma Phi Beta and
Alpha Phi.
The recipient, Junko Akiyama,
is studying at Okayama univer
sity to become a doctor. She was
selected on the basis of outstand
ing qualifications by a member
of the prefectual government,
the president of the University
of Okayama and Paul S. Dull,
associate professor of political
science and history at Oregon.
Junko’s father is a prisoner of
war in Communist China. Her
mother is attempting to support
the family and send four other
children in the family to school.
Dull, in charge of Far Eastern
studies here, lived in Okayama
and studied the Japanese people
during his sabbatical leave in
1952 and 1953. He said, “Junko
has expressed her sincere grati
tude through her correspondence
with the three sororities and my
self.”
Read Emerald Olasslfleds
President Sees
'No Repudiation'
waomunutijn (AP) Presi
dent Eisenhower said Wednesday
he sees no repudiation or disap
proval of his administration’s
policies in the Republican loss
of the house to the Democrats.
The President told a news con
ference he plans to consult with
the Democratic congressional
leaders—as well as Republican
on both domestic and intema
tioal matters during the new
session of Congress convening in
January.
With a trace of a smile, the
chief executive said he sees no
point in butting his head against
a stone wall.
At the time of the conference,
10:30 a.m. E8T, Democrats had
clinched control of the house.
Party control of the senate still
was in doubt.
Eisenhower volunteered at the
outset of his session with news
men, that in a lot of cases he was
absolutely astonished and sur
prised by the election outcome.
The first question put to the
President was whether he saw
any disapproval of administra
tion policies in Republican loss of
the house.
Eisenhower hesitated momen
tarily, then said no, he saw no
disapproval in the outcome. He
added that so far he had not at
tempted to make any analysis of
the results, but will do so when
complete returns are available.
A reporter quoted Leonard W.
Hall, the republican national
chairman, as saying he did not
regard the Democratic victory in
the house and the election out
come generally as any break
away from the Eisenhower ad
ministration policies.
Eisenhower replied that during
the campaign he was in a num
ber of states and that he believes
the great mass of the Amercian
people favor a moderate ap
proach in dealing with the na
tion’s problems.
Eisenhower added that he hesi
tates to interpret the elections
because he has had very little
experience in that field. Tues
day’s elections were only the sec
ond in which he has played an
active role.
At that point ,the same re
porter, Edward T. Folliard of
The Washington Post and Times
Herald, asked the President spe
cifically whether he considered
the results as a repudiation of
the administration.
The President replied “no, not
so far as I can see.’’
Eisenhower appeared a bit
grim when he walked into the
room crowded with newsmen,
but his face broke into a smile
as he took his place behind a
desk.
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Brooklyn College
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Michigan State Normal College
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University of North Carolina
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