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NO. 1)2
Work for Russians
Revealed by Scientist
MOSCOW IAP) Bruno Pon
tecorvo, the Italian-born British
atomic scientist, dissolved the
five-year mystery of Ins where
abouta Tuesday. He disclosed that
lie has been working on atomic
projects for the Soviet Union
since 1950.
The 42-year-old scientist, has
been called by official Washing
ton the second most deadly spy
in history.
lie made the revelation in
identical letters to the editors of
l*ravda and Izvestia. the Commu
nist party and Soviet government
newspapers.
Ho said he quit the West lie
cause the preparations there to
use atomic energy for military
purposes made him “ashamed of
my profession.”
Pontecorvo, who checked out
for Moscow in September, 1950,
has been credited with first rate
knowledge of hydrogen bomb se
crets.
In his letter he said he was en
joying “every care and attention”
in the Soviet Union and was be
ing permitted to work with "ex
cellent" technical equipment. He
described Soviet research as be
ing "conducted on the widest
Ticket for Two
Given to Winner
A ticket for two to the Junior
Prom will be awarded to the per
son who Bubmita the winning
theme for Junior Weekend, Ju
nior Class President Bud Hink- j
son has announced.
The theme suggestions are to
be submitted by 5 p.m. today.
They may be turned in at the Ju- !
nior Weekend headquarters, Stu
dent Union 303.
Themes must be usable for all
of the events of Junior Weekend,
including the terrace dance, ju
nior prom, all-campus sing and
all-campus luncheon.
Selection of the weekend theme
will be made by Hinkson and the
junior class officers: Gordon
Rice, vice-president, and Don
Bonime and Mary Sweeney, rep
resentatives.
Winning themes in recent
years include "Faraway Places,"
1051; "Childhood Memories, V
1952; "Holidazc," 1053, and "Col
lege Capers," 1954.
Heal** and on a very high techni
cal level."
The rcmiltH of thia work, he
aaid, were being prepared for
publication.
He acclined a former acientific
associate, Nobel prize winner I.
A Jtabl of Columbia University,
of being a "prisoner of opinion"
and naked if he atill believed that
liuaaia would never tie able to
produce atomic energy.
Prof. Rabi ia the US repre
sentative on a UN advisory board
which ia preparing the world
Senate Passes
New Dorm Bill
The Oregon legislature Mon
day approved legislation to build
dormitories at the state univer
sity and colleges and to remove
resident requirements for mem
bers of the state board of higher
education.
The House sent to the Senate
a bill to raise the $8,000,000 lim
it on higher education bonds to
$13.88< ,000. The bonds are self
liquidating and are paid off by
dormitory fees.
The Senate also sent to the
House a bill that would permit
the nine members of the state
board of higher education to lx*
residents of Eugene, Corvallis,
Monmouth, La Grande, and Ash
land. Under the existing law, resi
dents of those cities where insti
tutions of higher learning are lo
cated cannot serve on the board.
The present law also allows
one alumnus of each school to
serve on the board. The new bill
would raise the number to two.
The Senate education commit
tee also introduced a bill to re
quire that all school boards have
five members.
Petitions Due Friday
For Sunrise Service
Petitions for the Easter Sun
rise service chairmen are due
Friday noon at the YMCA office.
This service is sponsored by the
University Religious Council.
Religious Evaluation Week
chairman petitions are due
March 11 at the YMCA. These
petitions are for tbe chairman
ship next year.
Duck Preview Petitions
Duck Turned In by Friday
Duck Preview positions as co
ordinators, sub-committee chair
men and committee members are
now available through petitions,
according to Bob Porter and
Lucia Knepper, co-chairmen of
the Duck Preview weekend.
The petitions are due Friday
at 4 p.m. ASUO petitions are to
be used and should be turned in
on the third floor of the Student
Union.
Four people are wanted as co
ordinators of hospitality, housing
promotion and program. The po
sition of general secretary for
the entire event is also open.
Under these four areas peti
tions may be submitted for both
sub-committee chairman and
committee memberships.
Hospitality includes the com
mittees of registration, trans
portation and programs.
Committees on promotion will
be invitations, publicity and cam
pus promotion. Housing commit
tees will include men’s and wom
en's housing.
Under program are the com
mittees of vodvil, exhibits, tours,
exchange dinners, dance and pre
vodvil entertainment.
Duck Preview has been sched
uled for April 23 and 24 this
year.
h toms-for-peace conference in
| Geneva this year.
Pontecorvo also appealed to his
former scientific associates in
France, Britain, Italy, Canada
and the United States to protest
against the use of atomic energy
for military purposes.
The US Joint Congressional
Atomic Knergy committee esti
mated in 1951 that Pontecorvo,
along with Klaus Fuchs, German
born British science worker who
was convicted of spying, “ad
vanced the Soviet atomic energy
program" at least 18 months be
yond where it otherwise would
have been.
Fuchs took part in British and
American work on the first atom
ic bomb and the committee said
he "possessed insight" into the
development of the later hydro
gen bomb.
The committee said Pontecor
vo’s tasks, prior to his disap
pearance, "included work upon
tritium, a substance intimately
related to the hydrogen bomb."
Tritium is one of the two forms
of heavy hydrogen which can be
used in a hydrogen bomb.
Before working at Britain's
Harwell laboratories, Pontecorvo
had been engaged in secret work
on Canadian atomic projects and
during World War II visited
American atomic plants.
WUS Projects
Told by West
World University Service proj
ects for the remainder of the
school year have been announced
by Gail West, general chairman.
The house solicitation drive
j began Monday and will continue
through Friday. The men's and
women’s houses which contribute
the most in this drive will be
I annoupced at the vaudeville' show
during Duck Preview weekend.
WUS has planned firesides fea
' turing foreign ^tudents now at
I tending the University as speak
ers. They will be held at various
living organizations early in
April.
An all-campus auction is being
planned for April 22. This will
be held on the Student Union
terrace. Important people on
campus will be auctioned off and
required to serve dinner to the
highest bidding house.
The last event of the year
planned is the vaudeville show
and carnival to be held April 23.
It will be made up of skits en
tered by various campus living
organizations. The carnival will
be held after the vaudeville show.
Booths will be handled by for
eign students who will be selling
articles from their own countries.
Proceeds from all these proj
ects will go to help students in
other countries.
Miss West has also announced
several committee chairmen.
They are: publicity, Donna Run
berg; speakers, Alice Kihn; so
licitations, Jean Sandine and
Kathy Holloway: faculty solici
tations, Glenna Pearl; auction.
Martin Brandenfels; promotion,
Gordon Ross; firesides, Evie Dia
mont and Luella Adams, and car
nival Marlene Grassechi and
Margi Harman.
Women Select
AWS Officers
Women voter* will elect one
of three Junior* president of the
Associated Women Students to
4ANK BKROSTHOM
I'hi Th«-ta Secretary
JANET GUSTAFSON
H«'<I Cross Board Member
SALLY RYAN
Journalism Major
I day. Jane Bergstrom, Janet Gus
tafson and Sally Ryan are com
peting for the top women’s post.
Runner-up will be declared vice
president.
Balloting will be from 1 p.m to
5 p.m. in the Student Union lob
by. The preferential system of
voting will be used to assure one
j of the candidates a mapority of
the votes cast. Each voter must
! present her student body card.
All three candidates are mem
bers of Phi Theta Upsilon, junior
| women’s service honorary.
Miss Bergstrom, junior in art,
is Phi Theta secretary and sec
i etary of the Unive^y Co-op
board. She is also a member of
the Student Union personnel
board. She was recently named
! co-chairman for this year's Jun
ior weekend all-campus sing.
Miss Gustafson, a junior in
I speech correction, is, president
■ of the Red Cross board and a
member of the rally board. She
was hfwama president last year
and her class representative on
the ASUO senate.
Associate editor of the Emer
ald, Miss Ryan is a journalism
major. She served on the AWS
cabinet this past year as inter
j collegiate AWS representative, is
a Carson hall counsellor and
member of the Student Union
board.
University Theater
ComedyOpensRun
"The Contrast,” the first early
American comedy, will begin its
i run at the University theater this
Friday. This play is the Univer
! sity theater’s offering to the Fes
: tival of Arts program whose
theme is “The American Herit
age.”
"The Contrast” is as popular in
1955 as it was in 1785 when Roy
all Tyler wrote it. The appeal of
the play has caused it to be re
peated again and again since its
first production. The 1790 edi
tion was dedicated to George
Washington.
A new stage curtain has been
especially designed far "Con
trast” to give an early Amer
ican atmosphere to the stage.
The construction of the set
tings for “The Contrast” has
amounted to a remodeling job in
the stage area. Most of the play
will take place on a stage built
| out over the orchestra pit and
literally "in the laps of the pa
: trons in the front row.”
i Tickets are on sale at the
I theater box office now.
Canadian Poet to Give
Assembly Talk Today
Earle Birney, well-known Can
adian poet, will deliver today’s
University assembly lecture at 1
p. m. in the Student Union ball
room. He will speak on the topic
"Canadian Poetry Today — Neg
lected Stepchild.”
Birney has had several volumes
of poetry published, of which the
best-known is “Trial of a City.”
| The author has also published a
I novel entitled, “Turvey.” His work
[ is noted for its humorous qualities
; and its description of the North
j west and outdoor life.
At the present time, the poet is
| a professor of English at the Uni
j versity of British Columbia. He
j also writes radio and television
plays and speeches for the Canad
ian Broadcasting corporation.
Birney, now 51, was born in Cal
gary, Alberta. He received his
B.A. from British Columbia. He
' also holds a M.A. and a Ph.D. from
Toronto University. He was at
one time editor of the book,
“Twentieth Century American
Foetry.”
The Canadian has been the re
cipient of several writing awards,
the most recent being the Royal
Society of Canada medal for
poetry. His first honor was the
Stephen Leacock award for humor
in 1953. In both, 1942 and 1945,
he received the Governor Gen
eral’s medal for poetry.
Birney was also awarded first
prize in the International poetry
! awards in 1951 and a Canadian
I government overseas fellowship in
| 1953.
The speaker will be on the cam
j pus through arrangement made
under the Northwest College Lec
tures and Concerts association.
A coffee hour forum will be held
for Birney today at 4 p. m. in the
Dad’s lounge of the SU.