UO Debaters Go
To Tournament
Ten members of the University
debate team left Wednesday to
participate in a three day tour
nament at the college of Puget
Sound. Tacoma. Topic of the
tournament is the national de
bate question, “Should the United
States Recognize Red China?"
Entered in the tournament in
the senior men’s division are
Donald Mickelwait and -Leland j
Nee^Javid Cass and Erik Han
sen, will compete in the junior
men’s division.
Competing in the junior worn- j
on's division will be the teams
of Betty Herrman and Pat Pet-;
ersen. and Donna DeVries and
Shirley McLean. Loretta Mason
and Marsha Meyers are entered
in the women's senior division.
Accompanying the team to Ta
coma are Herman Cohen, direc
tor of forensics and James Wood,
graduate assistant in speech. The j
debaters will return Sunday.
Capacity Crowd
For Goodali Talk
Reality as a concept changes
in relation to our changing ex
periences, said Professor Donald -
Goodali in his browsing room
lecture Wednesday night.
In his lecture for which there
was standing room only. Goodali,
head of the department of fine
arts at the University of South
ern California, said that “paint-;
ing is an act of visual participa-;
tion. The painter brings into vis- ■
ual terms his own comprehended ;
experiences. An exhibition of1
skill alone is an exhibition of
sterility.'’
Colored slides were shown with j
the lecture which was entitled
“The Painter Peers More Deep
ly Into American Life.’’
Goodali said that American art!
has diversity as one of its char- j
acteristics. By the 20th century1
we have altered our perceptive
environment so that the viewers
of art today are required in- j
creased breath and humility.
Discussion leader for the lec-{
ture was Wallace S. Baldinger, i
associate professor of art and I
curator of the Museum of Art
on the campus.
The next lecture, held in con- j
junction with the second Festi-'
val or Art which is built around
the theme “The American Herit- i
age,” will be given zy Dr. Ernest;
Scheyer, professor of art history
at Wayne university. The topic
for the lecture will be “The Am
erican Tradition in Sculpture. !
7955 Legislature Contrasted
With That of 50 Years Ago
Editors note: The Associated
Press asked C. C. Chapman,
editor of the OreKon Voter,
who has covered the Oregon
Legislature for 54) years, to
reminisce u bit mid tell about
the changes he lias seen.
“Chappie,” who was 79 Wed
nesday, is taking over the Sa
lem column for this week.
By C. C. Chapman
Written for
The Associated Press
SALEM AP—There is quite a
contrast between the 1955 Leg
islature and sessions of 50 years
ago.
Before the 1905 session, which
was the first one I covered in
Oregon, and for a few years af
terward, supporters and oppon
ents of legislation passed out
money to legislators rather open
ly. Some of these so-called fees
were small; in other cases, larger
sums changed hands.
In my first Oregon session,
some Portland business men
raised some money in behalf of
an entirely proper measure. I
was present when one of the
businessmen's committee was
given S100 to influence a sena
tor. He brought back S95 change.
Another senator usually sold
out both ways. When those for
and against finally caught on,
they paid him by check. After
the senator voted, the losing
side would step to the telephone
and cancel payment on the check
they had given.
Both of these senators served
several terms. They later became
prominent in affairs of state. j
A. L. Mills was speaker in
1905. He won the Republican!
nomination because the gas j
company franchise was about to!
expire, and its renewal was op
posed by a Portland editor who i
had been getting free gas.
After the bitter battle, the
bankers won in their fight for
the franchise, and the editor had i
to pay his gas bills after that.'
With the coming of the direct j
primary, nominations by political 1
machines became discredited'
and usually were beaten. These j
popular victories deprived the |
Legislature of many of its lead- 1
ing members.
The newer members knew less
about how to carry on, and the
bribery practice largely disap
peared.
In the years from 1910 to 1920
bribery was almost wiped out.
Movie magnates came to the
1925 Legislature with money to
buy votes against a bill intro
duced by a preacher who wanted
to curb movies.
The big movie men displayed
their currency. The preacher's
bill was beaten on its merits, but
a few thousand dollars changed
hands in the process and helped
grease the way.
In recent sessions there have
been two or three legislators
who were suspected of being
open to bribery. One forme*
member was suspected, with
some success, but without the
slightest outcome on legislation.
Recent sessions have had mem
bership of very high quulity on
the whole, especially from many i
districts outside of Multnomah
county. Occasionally a few good
men have been elected from
Multnomah.
The present session includes'
many who are highly competent,
being men of substance and es
tablished reputation.
There is a higher percentage 1
of inexperienced legislators. But
on the whole, all are well-dis
posed. Legislation is being con-1
sidered on its merits.
Perhaps the competent mem-'
ber of any session was a Mult
nomah member, He had been a
candidate for a federal job. but
the government told him he had '
to file an application.
The old chap thought this
meant he had to file for an of- ;
fice, so he turned up on the last
filing day and ran for the Legis
lature.
But his party committee could
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assessment. I finally identified
him as a swamper in the Fourth
St. resort in Portland.
But he was nominated and
elected.
He came to Salem and took a
room at a hotel, having been giv
en a new suit of clothes by party
politicians in Portland. I was
staying at the same hotel.
My hotel bill was rendered
every two weeks. When the first
bill came, I was astonished at
its size, and usked to see the
charge slips. I found that many
of them had been signed with
a big round hand with my name.
I recognized the handwriting
as that of the new member, so
I suggested that he sign another
name.
The old chap meant well, but
he just got confused as to vCho
had paid him a small fee, and
often voted the wrong way.
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