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Radio Executives
Meet in Eugene
The first annual Oregon Broad
casting conference, co-«ponaore<l
by the Oregon Stale Broadcast -
cra association and the Univer
alty School of Journalinrn, will
be held in Eugene Friday and
Saturday.
Friday Megatons of the eon
f* rence will be on campus, with
Saturday events scheduled for
the Eugene Hotel,
Four Friday Events
Four major program events
Friday will begin at 10 a m., with
a panel and discussion of Free
dom of Information,
Panel members Include Tom
Lawson McCall, Salem, a grad
uate of the school of journalism
who is now the state's only po
litical commentator; Judge Wil
liam East, Eugene, of the sec
ond district court; Ralph Hardy.
Washington, DC., vice-president
of the National Association of
Radio and Television Broadcast
ers. and Calvin Crumbaker, Eu
gene, former University econom
ics professor and former chair
man of Eugene's city council.
Wilson to Speak
Lee Bishop, manager of Sta
tion KORHL and visiting lecturer
on the journalism school faculty,
will preside at the luncheon Fri
day, in the Student Union. Uni
versity President O. Meredith
Wilson will speak.
Afternoon sessions will begin
at 2 p.m., with William A. Wil
liams, assistant professor of his
tory, speaking on "The Back
ground of Yale."
Impromptu Panel
At 3 p.m. a panel of unre
hearsed members of the broad
casting audience wiil discuss how
Oregon broadcasting seems to
them. Willard Thompson, assist
ant professor of journalism and
business, and a former profes
sional broadcaster, will ask ques
tions.
The morning session, which
will be held in the 8U Dad's
room, is open to students. The
afternoon sessions will be held
In Allen 221.
The conference speeches are a
part of the year long dedication
series for Allen hall, the new
journalism building completed
last fall, according to Dean Gor
don A. Sabine.
Accounting Book
Published by Pyle
The publishing of "Funda
mental Accounting Principles" on
March 1 terminated four years’
work by William W. Pyle, chair
man for Lower Division Account
ing and author of this new ele
mentary accounting text.
Richard D. Irwin, Inc., of
Homewood, III., la publisher of
the book, which was used last
year in mimeograph form by
1 many of the University's ac
' counting students.
Reviewers of the manuscript
have commended it as a very
simple and clear elementary ac
counting text. Pyle has given the
"how" and “why” of accounting,
and has included many practice
sets in the text.
Movie "Because of You"
To Be Shown Sunday
The movie "Because of You”
will be shown Sunday in the Stu
dent Union ballroom.
The movie will be shown twice
beginning at 2:30 and 5 p.m.
Admission is 30 cents.
Scientist Dispute
At UW Flares Up
. SEATTLE (API- The J. Robert
Oppenheimer controversy flared
anew on the University of Wash
ington campus Tuesday with the
issuance of a statement of protest
by several faculty members.
In the public release, the faculty
group took exception to remarks
made Saturday by Alfred A.
Schweppe, former dean of the Uni
versity Law School, declaring:
/‘Not ... All the Facts”
"We can only infer from the pub
liahed portions of the statement
that Mr. Schweppe is not in pos
session of all the facts.”
Schweppe Saturday approved
the action of Dr. Henry Schmitz,
in rejecting a physics department
nomination of atomic scientist Op
penheimer as a Walker-Ames lec
turer and rebuked critics of the
university president.
In Tuesday’s rebuttal the faculty
group, led by Joseph Kraut, an in
structor in the biochemistry de
partment of the school of medi
cine, said the nomination of Op
penheimer was unanimously ap
proved by the Walker-Ames Com
mittee of the university.
Vigorous Protest
"President Schmitz nevertheless
vetoed the nomination and main
tained his position in spite of vig
: orous Btudent and faculty protest;
; thus it was not the U. of VV. which
i refused to have Dr. Oppenheimer,
it was President Schmitz alone,”
the statement said.
Kraut said members of the com
mittee include R. B. Van Horn,
head of the civil engineering de
partment; Harold SSoke, dean of
the graduate school; Allen Eld
wards, professor of psychology;
Leo Hitchcock, head of the botany
department, and Franz Michael,
professor in the Far Eastern de
partment.
“Conniving—Nonsense”
“Mr. Schweppe's contention that
conniving scientists are trying to
force Oppenheimer on an unwil
j ling university is obvious non
I sense,” Kraut said.
The statement continued: “Op
position to this action by the
president has by no means come
exclusively from ‘persons trained
primarily in the technical sciences’
and therefore presumably incap
able of exercising moral judgment.
“It would appear, then, that it
is not only scientists who ‘object
childishly’ to infringement of in
tellectual freedoms.”
Kraut said signatures on the
statement were obtained mainly
from full professors on the cam
pus.
Tate Speaks
To Full House
Poetry is a perpetual state of
revolution, said Allen Tate Tues
day night th a capacity audience
in the Student Union ballroom.
Tate spoke in conjunction with
this year’s Series of Failing Dis
tinguished Lectures.
Limiting his subject to Amer
ican and British poetry produced
"between 1900-1950, Tate dis
cussed the distinctive features of
modern poetry and criticism. The
most striking feature of mod
em poetry was the paring-down
of post-Victorian rhetoric, he
said. By the beginning of the
century, poetry had developed
into something that was often
sound without sense. The newer
poets needed a stronger form of
expression.
Poetry and Criticism Close
Never before have poetry and
criticism been so close together,
Tate said. This is because the two
often appear in the same person.
Commentators often appear to
know more about the work than
the author himself, Tate added.
In writing criticism, they often
forget that they, as well as the
general readers, are trapped
spectators. If what the author
knows about his characters is
limited to what they do, think,
and say, then the critic must be
bound by the same limitations.
Tate said. An anthologist will
often apply bad standards, be
lieving himself invulnerable to
history.
The best of American poets
have used a certain perception,
Tate continued. They are both of
and above their age. They have
been aware of their position in
an island of time. This perception
is the Aesthetic-Historical mode.
Both Poet and Critic
Tate has won wide recognition
as both a poet and critic. He has
published many books of critic
ism as well as volumes of his own
poetiy. His lecture tours have
included most of the large Amer
ican universities and such for
eign universities as Oxford. Rome
and the Sorbonne. Since 1952, he
has been senior fellow in the
school of letters at Indiana uni
versity.
Tate to Discuss
His Poetry Today
Allen Tate, American critic and
poet, who spoke Monday night in
the Student Union ballroom, will
give a public reading and discus
sion of his poetry at 4 p.m. today
in the Dad’s Lounge.
An error resulted in the Tues
day announcement that Tate
would speak Tuesday.
SU Board Agenda
Listed for Meeting
The Student Union board will
meet today at 4 p.m. in the board
room. Included on the agenda are:
• Election of vice-chairman
• Review of selection process
• Discussion of proposed office
arrangement
• Directorate reports
• Board policy on publicity and
solicitation
• Special events report—John
Shaffer
• Special attractions report—
Jack Socolofsky
• Spring term appointments
GM to Give
Scholarship
A .scholarship ranging from j
$200 to $2000 will be offered to
an incoming freshman next fall, :
by the University of Oregon in j
conjunction with the new General J
Motors College Scholarship pro
gram.
The new scholarship program I
of General Motors includes
awards being offered by 107 pri
vate and 3ft public institutions
in 38 states. The University is the '
only Oregon college participating
in the program. The first award
by the University is expected to!
be made to a student entering
the college fall term of 1955.
University-Administered
Under the system set up by
General Motors, the University;
will have full responsibility for
judging the applications and will
also be responsible for renewal
of the scholarship for the stu- j
dent's four years of undergradu
ate study. Academic require
ments and personality standards
will be established by the college.
The new program is designed
to meet two paramount needs of
institutions of higher learning
that would seem to lie properly
within the area of General Mo
tors’ concern.
One is the need for unrestrict
Chariots to Race
In Greek Contest
All fraternities are urged to
start work on their chariots for:
the annual chariot race to be held
as the feature event of the Greek
Week alhletic contests.
The chariots are to be two
wheeled, not less than two feet
wide and not more than three
feet long and are to be propelled
by not more than eight pledges.
Only one rider will be allowed,
and he may be either an upper
classman or freshman.
The men's houses will also par
ticipate in a bicycle marathon'
race. Only one man is allowed to
a bicycle and no English bikes
are permitted.
Sororities will participate in
a 15-minute touch football game
coached by two varsity football
players. An all-star team will be
named by varsity judges and will
be announced at the Greek Week
barn dance. The women will also
join in a sack race.
The fraternities and sororities
will pair individually by drawing
for a three-legged race. All win
ners will receive prizes or tro
phies at the dance.
The afternoon events will end
with softball games. Jim Light
and Jim Jones will act as mas
ter of ceremonies. The events
will begin at 1:30 p.m. and will
be held on the intramural field.
Vacation Intruders
Break Into Houses
Three living organizations were
broken into while students were
gone during spring vacation.
Intruders broke into the Pi
Beta Phi house and apparently
stayed overnight. Several beds
had been disturbed and sorority
members said they found a note
saying “Thanks for the scak.”
Nothing was missing.
A key ring and a stapling ma
chine were taken from the kitch
en of the Veterans dorms. The
Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority
was entered the first Sunday of
vacation, but nothing was re
ported stolen.
ed funds to bo used in maintain
ing and improving the quality of
education. This need is particu
larly acute among private, non
tax supported schools. The other
need is for financial aid to young
people of outstanding talents but
limited resources.
Selection of the student to re
ceive the award will be based on
high school scholastic standing,
personality traits, and need for
financial aid.
fan Be 3200-S2000
Established on a flexible
basis, the scholarship will range
from an honorary award of $200
up to an award of $2000 per year,
depending upon the demonstrated
need of the individual.
Students will be asked by the
University to submit a statement
of personal and family resources
through the Sponsored Scholar
ship Service of Educational Test
ing Service of Princeton, New
Jersey.
Prisoners' Revolt
Ends in Nebraska
Bulletin
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP)—A 65
hour prisoner revolt at Nebras
ka’s state penitentiary ended
early Wednesday when eight reb
el convicts released three un
harmed hostages and then sur
rendered themselves.
Since Sunday forenoon, the
convicts and hostages, including
two captured guards, had been
barricaded inside the square,
three story maximum security
building or prison "jail” on the
penitentiary grounds.
Surrender on terms laid down
by Gov Victor E. Anderson came
after personal interviews during
the night with four of the rebels.
At 3:15 a.m. the two guards
and an inmate who had been a
prisoner of the prisoners walked
out of the building’s lone exit
into the glare of floodlights that
have bathed it for three nights.
Thirteen minutes later the sub
dued convicts began trooping out,
one at a time.
All got hot meals—their first
since Sunday breakfast.
The guards, Eugene Swanson,
34, and Warren B. Miller, 43, told
newsmen they were well treated
by the insurgents, who were
armed with knives and pipes.
'BloodWedding
To Open April 7
"Blood Wedding,” a poetic
drama by Frederico Garcia Lorca
will be the first thesis production
given at the University. Helen
Christianne Watson Adams,
graduate in speech, is directing
the play.
The play will have two per
formances, on April 7 and 8.
Tickets will be available to non
season ticket holders Monday at
the UT box office. Tickets are
available for both nights and are
priced at $1 each.
Leading roles in Blood Wed
ding will be played by Joan De
Lap Pearce as the Bride; Tom
Gaines, junior in speech, as Leon
ardo; Tru Vosburg as the Moth
er; Ron Morgan, senior in speech,
as the Bridegroom.
The Moon will be played by
Gerald Pearce, the neighbor by
Marjory Ramey, the beggar
woman by Marilyn Stratford, the
servant by Ottilie Seyboldt, the
woodsmen by Scott Lehner, Jack
Dugan and Darrell Keeney, the
mother-in-law by Donna Barriek
and the wife by Mary Ellen
Moore.