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I N1VKHMITV OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, MAY «, 1955
NO. 125
Spring Fever Hits Class
HEKE’S EVIDENCE at lust that a ( Ians ran be conducted under thr trees on the campus. Maybe
M*mc °*her priitmtin Mill follow the lead of Herbert Goewey, graduate assistant in English.
Goewey Is plrtured here conducting an English romp class at 2:S0 on Wednesday afternoon.
Kappa Sig Fraternity
Placed on Social Pro
Kappa Sigma fraternity has
• been placed on indefinite wx-lal
probation by the office of student
affair* for "an Improperly con
, ducted house dance which vio
lated campus liquor regult-Moms.”
• Ray Hawk, associate director
of student affairs, stated Thurs
• day evening the fraternity would
remain on probation until the
• members demonstrated an ability
to conduct a social function in a
- manner which complies with
campus regulations.
Since pairings, planning and
expenditures for Junior Week
end had been made by the house,
they will be allowed to partici
pate in the event. However, the
, probation will apply to all other
social functions.
, Another fraternity, Alpha Tau
Omega, has been on social proba
WRA to Sponsor
Women's Outings
The Women's Recreational As
sociation will sponsor a women's
outing club, with Marian Perry,
instructor in physical education,
ai adviser.
The club was formerly organ
ized under the WRA, but was
disbanded last year, according
to Nancy Marsten, who is help
• ing organize the new one.
In order to be officially recog
nized the club needs to hold one
initial outing, and ten women
must attend, Miss Marsten said.
Outings can be in any form the
participants want — either hik
. ing, bicycling, overnight camp
ing trips or automobile trips.
Women interested in attend
, ing should call either Miss Perry,
at extension 226, or Miss Mar
. sten, at Hendricks hall, as soon
as possible.
tlon this term. According to
Hawk, the ATO national re
quested that the University place
the local chapter on probation for
scholastic reasons.
The only other fraternity on
probation this year was Delta
Upsilon. It was placed on social
probation by the office of stu
dent affairs near the end of last
spring term but was taken off
shortly before Homecoming.
Scott Page Wins
$1000 Scholarship
Scott Page, junior In physics,
has been awarded the Kenneth
A. J. Mackenzie scholarship for
the study of medicine aa the out
standing premedical student in
the junior class at Oregon.
The scholarship is for $1000,
to be awarded in sums of $200
during each year in medical
school and his last year here.
The award is a memorial to the
late Dr. Mackenzie, who was a
former dean of the medical
school.
Philharmonic
Here Tonight
jut: jti w iorn r-nnnarmonic '
orchestra, brought to Eugene by
the Civic Music association will
play in McArthur court tonight
at 8 p.m.
Dimitri Mitropoulos and Guido
Cantelli will be conductors for
the evening’s performance.
Tonight's concert, for which
student body cards and Civic
Music association memberships
are admission, will be the last
in the local association's season.
The New York Philharmonic
is currently in a five-week tour
of the United States. The orches
tra, which was organized in 1M2,
has not conducted such a tour
for 34 years.
Mendelssohn's "Overture to
Ducats for Prom
On Sale Monday
Ticket sales for the Junior
Prom, May 13, will begin Mon
day in all living organizations
and at the Student Union main
desk, according to Patty Fagan,
general co-chairman.
Tickets will be $2 per couple, i
and the band will be that of Bill !
Becker, the same group that
played for last year's Senior
Ball.
"Stream of Dreams'’ will be
the Prom's theme, and "spectac
ular" decorations will be carried
out in accordance with the
theme.
An aluminum stream will en-!
circle McArthur court, where !
the dance is to be held, and four
, seasons of the year will be de
picted. The queen's, throne and
bandstand will be decorated like
floats in the canoe fete.
The color scheme is shocking
pink and mint green, and will be
accented with silver and black.
Adding to the effect will be spe
cial lighting.
Traditional event of the eve
ning will be the announcement
of the Junior Weekend queen.
She will be crowned at intermis
sion by University President O.
Meredith Wilson.
Colonial Power, America Attitude
Criticized at NAACP Africa Forum
By Naushaba Husain
Emerald Reoortar
The big colonial powers, and
America's attitude towards co
lonialism, were severely criti
cized at a joint forum of Afri
can colonialism at the St.udent |
Union Wednesday night.
Two foreign students and an
American discussed "Colonial
ism: Does the United States
Have a State in Africa?" The
forum, sponsored by NAACP, the
Anthropology club and the Cos- j
mopolitan club was moderated j
by Mervin Cadwallader, a recent
University graduate in sociology, 1
"The rich will do anything for j
the poor except get off their
backs,” said Bert Collins, grad
uate in political science from
British Guiana, referring to the
colonial powers. The British, Col
lins explained, have three argil-j
ments to justify their coloniza
tion.
They claim that all the talk
about freedom for the colonies is
merely the "vaporing" of book
ish, frustrated native intellec
tuals . “Just down from the
trees," is another favorite Brit
ish argument, Collins said. The
natives are too backward to be
taken seriously, the British in
sist, he said.
Another British justification is
that ancient native cultures must
not be disturbed by Western po
litical and economic ideas. Col
lins stated that the British prom
ise reform and prog! ess, then
adopt delaying tactics.
America Blamed
Collins blamed the Americans
for supporting “colonialism made
pleasant.’’ The State department
played down the anti-colonial
resolutions passed by the- re
cent Bandung conference, he
said.
Steve Talbot, graduate stu
dent in anthropology, told the
audience that 75 per cent of the
Africans have the right to live
on only 12 per cent of the
land. To move freely in Africa, a
native needs as many as 20
passes.
Talbot explained that Africa's
vast natural resources attract
colonialism. The U.S. has an
economic stake in Africa, he said.
Talbot accused the United States
of adopting "cultural imperial
ism” in Puerto Rico and other
such American colonies. The
United States supports the co
lonial powers because they are I
her allies; and to allow them to
lose their colonies is to weaken
them, Talbot said.
Africans Suspicious
Vishnu Wassiamal, junior in
economics from Africa’s Gold
Coast, explained that Africa is a
land of diverse cultures and lan
guages and religions. The Af
ricans, he said, are suspicious
of the West but look to the U.S.,
which once was itself a colony.
They want to know if the U.S.
is sincerely interested in their
problems or is merely concerned
about Africa’s vast natural re
sources, which include uranium,
gold and diamonds.
"No country in the world has
faced so much humiliation . . .
violence and exploitation," said
Wassiamal. Feelings built up
slowly will take a long time to
die down, he said. The Mau llau
are not going to stop, he said,
unless the Britsh change their
ways. Africa is for the "blacks,"
Wassiamal stated.
An active discussion of colon
ialism followed the speeches. The
audience questioned the speak
ers, and in the end all appeared
to agree that colonialism should
be wiped out.
the Wedding of Comacho.”
Brahm's "Symphony No. 2 in D
Major” and Prokofieff’a "Sym
phony No. 5 in E flat” will be
featured on the program.
Conductor Since 1950
Mitropoulos, who is musical
director of the orchestra, was
appointed conductor in 1950. He
had been with the Minneapolis
Symphony from 1937 to 1949.
Cortelli, who will also conduct
tonight, has appeared as a guest
conductor for the past three sea
sons.
The New York Philharmonic
is one of the most famous in the
world. It is composed of 104
members, and is familiar to mu
sic audiences through its Sunday
broadcasts on the CBS network.
The Philharmonic’s record of
113 years of appearances in
cludes nearly all the great con
ductors and several musical
stars who performed during that
time.
Carnegie Hall Is Home
Carnegie Hall has been the
Philharmonic’s concert home
since 1892. In 1928 it merged
with the New York Symphony,
soon after Arturo Toscanini’s
first appearances with the or
chestra^
Mitropoulos, tonight's conduc
tor, is known as both an inter
preter of the classics and a cham
pion of modern compositions.
Many important modem works
have received their premieres un
der his direction.
He fills a limited number of
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Eight Houses
Make Finals
Eight finalists in the men’s
division of the All Campus Sing
were chosen Wednesday night in
McArthur court.
Finalists, songs and song lead
ers are: Beta Theta Pi, “Aura
Lee,” Ray Hill; Campbell club,
"Were You There,” Richard Bar
bour; Delta Tau Delta, “Riff
Song,” Darwyn Lukens; Phi Del
ta. Theta, “Gaudeamus Igitur,”
Spencer Snow.
Others include Philadelphia
house, "Look Away,” Cal Hoo
ver; Sigma Chi, “Brothers Sing
On,” Rich Butler; Sigma Phi Ep
silon, “Gentle Lena Clare,” Roger
Middleton, and Theta Chi,
“March of the Musketeers,” Bob
Prall. •
These eight finalists will com
pete in the Sing May 15.
Judges were Dr. Les White,
Jerry Gaylord and Mrs. Pat
Chase, all of Eugene.
Council Discusses
Drinking, Trophies
After discussing the fraternity
drinking problem, 1FC, Thurs
day night, voiced unanimous ap
proval of the group’s no drink
ing policy.
Discussion of the stolen tro
phy problem led to a suggestion
that perhaps the physical plant
could build house trophy cases at
cost. A committee will look into
this possibility.
The $5 fee levied on each man
going through rush came up for
review during the meeting That
was held ?t the home of Ray
Hawk, associate director of stu
dent affairs. The point of con
tention centered on the fact that
1FC receives only $1 out of the
$5. A committee was appointed
to approach the administration
with this problem.