56th Year of Publication
I MVKRSITV OF OKKOON, KI (JKN’K, .MONDAY’. APRIL
VOL.
I.VI
, 1955
NO. 100
’Crisis Subject
Of Oxnam Talk
I lif* Nature of the Contemporary Crisis" will Ik* the snl>- ;
j< ct of a l Diversity assembly lecture liy Methodist Hishop I
* i. Rromley < ivnam, ’I ttesday in the SI ballroom.
\uthor of the book "I Protest," Oxnam was a central figure
in the 1953 controversy over Communists in the American
der£y. California Representative Donald L. Jack on charged
(ixnam of “serving < .od oti Sunday and the Conimuni-t front
the rest of the week.”
lie was cleared by the House I n American activities corn
mittee after he testified at hi own re<|iic-t. asking that "in-i
accuracies and mi--rcpre -nutations about him be wthdrawn." i
I’rc odent of the World Council of Churches from 1948 to
195*4 and a former president of DePauw university, Oxnani is
pre blent of tin* board of governors of \\ extmin-ter Theologi
cal Seminary and chairman of the Methodist Commission on
( liaplains.
1 luring World War II he served on the National War Labor
Hoard as a -penial mediator in labor disputes, and was a mem
ber of the I'ri blent x Committee on Higher Kducation.
< )xnam. who holds eight college degrees, was awarded the
Cros ,,f the Royal Order of Phoenix bv the Creek govern
ment, and a citation for meritorious personal service from
the VS Navy in 1947.
Famous Author HereWednesday
William Faulkner, author and
Nobel prize winner, will apeak
Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the ball
room of the Student Union on
"The American Dream What
Happened to It?”
"For his forceful and inde
pendently artistic contribution to
modern American fiction,"
Faulkner, who will fly here from
Oxford, Miss., was awarded the
1949 Nobel prize. Visiting; here
under the Failing Distinguished
Lectures fund, he will also visit
some creative writing classes be
fore lecturing on Wednesday
night.
His works deal mostly with the
inhabitants of a mythical town
ceded Jefferson in Mississippi.
He not only attacks racial. dis
crimination but also lays bare
the emotional tensions and frus
trations of the Southern aristo
cracy, emphasizing the abnormal
and subnormal behavior.
Faulkner haa also been the
recipient of the National Book
prize, the National Book Gold
award, the Howells medal of the
American Academy of Arts and
Letters, first prize in the O.
Henry memorial short story'
award contest in both 1930 and
1940, and was one of 12 Amer
icans admitted to the Legion of
Honor of France.
VA Office Clerk Defends
Campus Veterans' Affairs
By Don Osborne
Emerald Reporter
The clerk of the campus Vet
cram;’ Affairs office told the Em
erald this weekend that her of
fice cannot be entirely at fault
for any mishandling 6f a vet
eran's rights.
Mrs. James Pinniger said "We
try our best; everything we
handle goes straight to the Port
land office, which in turn sends
back to us the rules that me must
follow."
She said any individual has the
right to inquire to the Portland
office if he is dissatisfied, but
“it is doubtful that he will re
ceive any more information than
we do.
"It must be remembered that
Preview Housing
Lists Due Today
Today at 2 p.m. is the dead
line for men's Duck Preview
housing preference lists to be
turned In to the student affairs
office of Brad Blaine, men's
counselor.
IJon Peek, men’s housing
chairman, has announced that
these lists must be submitted
in triplicate and in alphabeti
cal order or they will not be
accepted. The home town must
follow the name of each guest.
ORGANIZED MADNESS
1800 Children Participate
In 'Operation Easter Egg'
By Anne Hill
Emortld Auiiltnl News Editor
Three hours of organized mad
ness Uml's what hit the Ore
gon campus Saturday afternoon.
Eighteen hundred children,
ages six to nine years, converged
on campus living organizations
for the first Operation Easter
Kgg, sponsored jointly by the
I junior class and Eugene Active
I club.
The program started with kid
, dies arriving at 1 p.m. when they
weren't supposed to be here un
i til 1:30. So house members ral
I lied and entertained the children
until they had all arrived.
Several dixie cups and cookies
I later, the houses organized their
A PK1ZE is collected by this Eugene youngster, the holder of
one of many prize eggs at Operation Easter Egg in McArthur
court Saturday afternoon. Active club member bands out the
prizes. (Photo by Kitty Fraser.)
charges into columns and march
! ed them over to Mac court
! through the rain.
Since it rained, the hunt could
! n’t be held outside as previously
I planned. So the kids each picked
up an egg as they filed by the
! egg nest right inside Mac court.
Finally they were all seated
j inside in groups of some sort
and the.program began. By this
time, though, the kiddies had
been sitting for some time and
they were ready to leave. So they
started playing games in their
own little groups, throwing eggs
and exhibiting general restless
ness.
Finally the thing was over and
all the children filed outside
where their parents eventually
found them.
All kinds of children from Eu
gene elementary schools came
to watch and take part in the
proceedings. Some of them were
skeptical.
Some Skeptical
‘‘Fine thing!” one said. ‘‘Here
they invite us to an egg hunt,
then they pass the eggs out to
us. What do they think we are?
Weaklings ?”
Another child said, ‘‘What's the
Easter Bunny doing over here?
I thought he was in Springfield.”
But not all were critical. The
children who won prizes were
very thrilled and some were even
willing to share their fortunes.
And the students enjoyed them
selves too, although some of them
probably wouldn’t admit it.
those handling the records both
here and in Portland are human
beings and a certain percentage
of error can't he avoided. Our
job is only to send the monthly
reports on to Portland, and we
are only trying to do what we
think best,” she said.
Mrs. Pinniger’s statement came
in reply to charges made last
week by the Veteran's Commit
tee, a group of ten ex-servicemen,
who called both the campus and
the Eugene offices of the Vet
erans Administration "incompet
ent.”
Two members of the committee
said they had been "legally de- i
prived" of some time in school
because of foul-ups in the local
offices.
Vets Defend Office
Meanwhile, however, other vet
erans came to the defense of the
VA offices. Two members of the
so-called “Veteran's Committee '
of More Than Ten,” formed with
16 members two days after the
formation of the Veterans Com
mittee. expressed satisfaction)
"Reporter' Editor
To Lecture at UO
Max Axcoli, editor and pub
lisher of Reporter magazine, will
speak at the University April 26.
Axcoli is presented by the Don
Mellett Memorial Lecture fund,
an award given each year to
different institutions to enable
them to bring an outstanding
speaker to the school.
This is the second time that
the fund has gone to the Univer
sity school of journalism.
Mellett was an Ohio newspa
perman who was killed when his
paper began a campaign against
a local crime syndicate.
with the way problems were be
ing handled.
Orlo Wipf, who holds the rank
of sergeant-major in the group,
said he and many other veterans
he knows "have had little dif
ficulty with the way things are
handled.”
Both Wipf and Bob Schooling,
veterans commander of the
group, did say, however, that an
organization could be formed to
instruct vets on their rights un
der the GI bill.
R. Lawrence Whitson, direc
tor of Eugene VA affice, was out
of town over the weekend and
could not be reached for com
ment.
Opera Star
Sings Friday
Claramae Turner, Metropolitan
Opera contralto, will appear at
a Eugene Civic Music associa
tion concert Friday at 8 p.m. at
McArthur court.
A native of Eureka, Calif., Miss
Turner began her singing career
in American folk music.
She joined the San Francisco
Opera company as a member of
the chorus, but soon made her
debut as a soloist. Besides doing
leading contralto roles with the
San Fiancisco Opera, she ap
peared as guest soloist with the
San Fi ancisco symphony.
Later. Miss Turner joined the
Metropolitan, singing the con
tralto leads in such operas as
"Carmen,” "Samson and Delilah,”
“Salome,” and "Die Fledermaus.”
She is most famous for her
portrayal of the title role in the
contemporary opera “The Me
dium.”
Carl Groth, Jerry Pool
Announce Candidacies
Two more political aspirants,
1 one from each campus political
party, Sunday announced their
intentions to run in the ASUO
primaries April 20.
Jerry Pool, sophomore in busi-'
ness, revealed that he will run
for senator-at-large in the Asso
! ciated Greek Students’ primary.
Pool, who is currently vice-presi
dent of Skull and Dagger, said
that he will announce some of
his campaign plans later in the
week.
Pool has been active in many
| University activities in his two
! years at Oregon. He was a mem
ber of the Frosh basketball team
| last year and also worked on
the Emerald and for the Uni
versity News Bureau.
Student Union activities dom
inted much of Pool's time during
his freshman year and he was a
member of two SU committees,
homecoming and personnel.
Groth to Run
The other candidate, who is
expected to hand in his petition
today is Carl Groth, sophomore
in liberal arts. Groth will run
for junior class president in the
United Independent Students’
primary.
Currently Groth is serving on
the Student Union movie com
mittee and is a member of the
ROTC rifle team.
During his freshman year
Groth was also active in the SU
program' and served on both the
movie and skeleton committees.
In addition he spent some time
working on the Emerald copy
desk.
Groth said that he was “in
favor of having more publicity
for ASUO Senate activities in
order to bring student govern
ment as close to the student body
as possible.”
Five Candidates
As to specific plans, Groth
said that he would not announce
any of them until the UIS plat
form committee has had a chance
to formulate its campaign plat
form.
The announcements by Pool
and Groth increased to five the
number of students who have
publicly revealed their plans to
run for office. UIS members Sam
Vahey, Bob Biggs and Kip Whar
ton all announced their candidacy
last week.
Vahel will run for ASUO presi
dent, Biggs for senator-at-large
and Wharton for senior class
president.