56th )'car of I’ublication VOL. LVI IiMVKIlHITY OF OKKOON) EIJOKNK, TI KHIHV, MAIK H I, l»55 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«'