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Gordon Rice Is New Emerald Editor
Segregation Problem
Discussed by Marshall
By Nauthaba Husain
Emerald Reporter
There In no moral, scientific
or leKal basis for the aggregation
of Negroes, ami the only reason
it continues to exist is because
it has been going on for so long
that people do not want to
change it, waul Thurgood Mar*
shall, chief legal counsel for the
NAACP, at a University assem
bly Tuesday.
In the Mouth there are legal
statutes requiring segregation
but even in the rest of the U.8.,
including the North and the
West, Negroes are differentiated
against, said Marshall who ad
dressed an audience of about 300
without a microphone.
Speaking of the civil rights of
Negroes Marshall said, "a child
born to the blackest, most il
literate, poorest sharecropper in
Mississippi, by breathing Its
first breath in a democratic gov
ernment, by being born in a dem
ocratic government, is entitled
to the same rights as the John
V. Rockefellers."
No Full Rights
Yet nowhere in the US. are
the Negroes given their full
rights, rights granted to them
by the constitution. Marshal] as
serted.
To show the lengths to which
segregation can go Marshall
gave the example of a Negro
boy's dog which was refused
burial in an animal cemetery be
cause its owner was colored. In
some states books belonging to
Negro school children are stored
separately from those of the
white children, Marshall said.
Segregation laws In the South
are so disgraceful that they
should not even be repeated,
Marshall claimed. As long as
these laws exist the Negro prob
lem can never be solved, he said.
Approximately feg percent of
the Negroes and 75 percent of
the whites rejected for mental
deficiency in World War II came
from the South, said Marshall.
"The only way to keep Negroes
in the gutter is to get down there
with them," he said.
To the contention that white
and Negro integration can never
prove successful Marshall re
plied by giving the example of
the armed forces. During both
the world wars there was strict
segregation in the services, he
said.
Service Integration
The Navy was the first to
abolish it under Secretary James
Forrestal. During the Korean
war there was complete integra
tion in the Navy and the Air
Force, and later in the Army.
This resulted in increased battle
efficiency.
Cases of violence between
whites and Negroes decreased,
and it proved more economical to
run the forces without duplica
tion of facilities, Marshall ex
plained.
The Supreme Court decision
that segregation was unconsti
tutional has been called the most
important event in this direction
(Continued on page three)
ASUO Committee To
Investigate Millrace
The ASUO millrace committee
made plana Tuesday night for an
extenaive engineering study of
the Millrace from the intake to
the outlet pipe. This study wiir be
undertaken this summer.
The committee called for spe
cial attention to be directed by
the engineers to the intake dam,
situated near Judkins Point. The
Willamette river has washed
around the north dam of this
diversion structure, and drillings
must be made in order to find
the depth to which a dam must
be sunk in order to rest on bed
rock.
Canal Problem
Another problem which must
be overcome involves the diked
canal from the dam to the rail
road underpass. Late in the
1940’s high water caused the col
lapse of part of the retaining
wall; and instead of repairing the
break officials put in a pipe
which carries the water.
Engineers will investigate this
and make estimations and rec
ommendations of either repair
ing the damaged section or re
placing the entire canal with
pipe.
Other Considerations /
Among other major considera
tions are determining the mini
mum flow for sanitary conditions
on the race, raising the water
level, and studying methods of
getting the water out of the race
faster.
The other major item of busi
ness concerned discussion and ac
tion in order to secure canoes
and “Temporary Anchorage." I.
11. Wright, head of the physical!
plant, stated that students could !
probably use University land
near the physical plant for the
“Anchorage," and Si Ellingson,
said that the operations of this
"Anchorage" would fall underI
the direction of the Student Un- i
ion program.
“Anchorage" Investigation
Jerry Maxwell was appointed
chairman of the “Anchorage”
committee, to work with Mr.
Wright in the construction of
this~Tacility.
Chairman of the millrace com
mittee is Sam Vahey, and faculty
members working with him are
Ellingson, SU director; Wright,
superintendent* of the physical
plant; Fred Cuthbert, professor
of architecture, and J. Orville
Lindstrom, University business
manager.
Student members include Sally
Jo Greig, Maxwell, Kip Whar ton,
Darrel Brittsan and Bob School
ing, co-chairman of this year’s
Canoe Fete.
The Student L'nion Hoard
present* the jazz group of Karl
Bostic tonight at 8 p.m. in the
Student l'nion ballroom.
Bostic, who has enjoyed na
tionwide popularity among jazz
enthusiasts and is currently on
a tour of the Pacific North
west, will have with him in
concert his recording group of
■even musicians and a vocal
ist.
The Bostic concert is pre
sented as a special attraction
for Oregon students hy the SI’
Board.
Rally Board Calls
For Duke Petitions
The rally board is now calling .
for „ petitions for yell dukes.
ASUO forms may be used and
the petitions will be due Tues
day. May 31, at 5 p.m. in the
Student Union. Applicants will
be interviewed and will try out
before the board Tuesday at 7:30
in Gerlinger annex.
SPECIAL MEETING
There will be a meeting June
2 at noon in the Student Un
ion of all members of the rally
board and new fally squad to
decide on definite plans for
the program for next year.
It has been decided by the
board to have organized white
shirt and white-blouse sections
next year. Also pom-pons will be
sold to the women's section, and
pom-pon stunts will be featured.
Lesch Will Give
Shakespeare Talk
The last browsing room lecture
of the current academic year will
be given tonight by Dr. E. C. A.
Lesch, professor of English and
one of the leading experts on
Shakespeare, in the browsing
room of the Student Union.
"Anthony and Cleopatra” will
be the play discussed by Dr.
Lesch in the 7:30 lecture. Dr. P.
W. Souers, head of the English
department, will act as discus
sion leader.
Only Three Mere
Emeralds for '55
Regular publication of the
Emerald will end Friday. Copy
deadline for the paper will be
Thursday afternoon at 3
o’clock.
One additional Emerald will
be published on June 2. The
final edition of the term will
be a special Commencement
edition.
Donna Runberg to Be
Manager Second Time
Gordon Rice will be next edi
tor of the Oregon Daily Emerald
and Donna Runbcrg will again
serve as business manager. Both
are juniors in journalism, and
were chosen by the Student Pub
lications Board Tuesday.
Rice is now news editor of the
campus daily, and has been a
reporter, night editor, sports
writer and assistant news editor,
as well as serving as sports edi
tor the first half of this year.
Major Campus Posts
Other major campus positions
he has held include being soph
omore class representative, jun
ior class vice-president and vice- !
president of Campbell club. He j
Music School
Concert Tonight
Three student soloists will be
featured in tonight’s school of
music-sponsored concert with
the University orchestra.
Audrey Mistretta. contralto,
Donna Peterson, pianist and Nel
son Tandoc, conductor, are the
three students who will berform.
First on the program, which
begins at 8:15 p.m. in the music
school auditorium, is Symphony i
No. 8, Opus 93, by Beethoven.
Tandoc will conduct this num
ber, which will be played by the
orchestra.
Miss Mistretta will next sing
"My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice,”
from ‘Samson and Delilah” by
Saint-Saens.
A trumpet quartet composed of
James Albert, Vondis Miller,
Glenn Benner and Gary Donnell
will play "Quartet for Brass and
Tympani,” by Tice. Donna Mc
Queen will be featured on the
tympani for this number, which
Ira Lee will direct.
Donna Peterson's piano solo
will be featured in a Schumann
composition, “Concerto for Piano j
and Orchestra in A Minor,” opus i
54. *
won the Maurice Harold Hunter
scholarship award for outstand
ing junior man during Junior
Weekend.
Miss Runberg, who is currently
business manager, was formerly
advertising manager and nation
al advertising manager of the
Emerald.
She is president of Gamma
Alpha Chi, women’s advertising
honorary, and is a member of
Theta Sigma Phi, women’s jour
nalism honorary.
Groth Is Consultant
Carl Groth, superintendent of
the University Press, was named
business consultant for campus
publications for next year. He
succeeds Jack Weber, who held
the post this year.
An important decision con
cerning personnel was made fol
lowing a recommendation and
repoijt from a special committee
investigating the plausibility of
having only one editor and busi
ness manager per year for the
Emerald.
The committee, composed of
chaii-man Jim Light, Jerry Har
rell, current Emerald editor, and
Gordon A. Sabine, dean of the
journalism school, favored hav
ing only one editor a year but
recommended leaving the organ
ization as it is, with re-selection
twice annualy.
Urged to Re-Petition
A corollary of this, which was
adopted in entirety by the board,
was that they strongly urge all
editors and business managers
to repetition for their posts in
mid-year.
Concerning this year's selec
tion, Rice was the only petition
er for editor and Gordon Ross
the only other petitioner for busi
ness manager.
Birger Brandt and John Ra
dich had formerly submitted pe
titions for business manager,
but Brandt withdrew his com
pletely and Radich withdrew his
conditiqnally in favor of the se
lection of Miss Run berg. He will
serve as advertising manager
for next year.
Legislature Approves New
Building for Art School
The state legislature has ap
proved an appropriation of $550.
000 for the building of a new
unit and the remodeling of the
Architecture and Allied Arts
building, J. O. Lindstrom, Ur.i
Mortar Board
Officers Told
_i___,_
Barbara Bailey was elected
president of Mortar Board, na
tional honorary for senior wom
en, for the coming year at the
recent initiation of new mem
bers.
Other officers are Janet Gus
tafson. vice-president: Inga Ship
stead. secretary; Ann Erickson,
treasurer: Patty Fagan, histor
ian. and Anne Hill, editor.
Miss Bailey, as president, will
attend a tri-annual national con
vention this summer in Ehst
Lansing, Mich.
The initiation was held last
Wednesday night at the home of
University President O. Mere
dith Wilson.
versity business manager, has
announced.
One fifth of the appropriations
will be invested in a wing to be
connected to the architecture
building and annex. The remain
der of the funds will finance the
rehabilitation of the old build
ing.
Among the features that will
be added to the building are new
libraries, sculpture studies,
painting areas, laboratories and
a new auditorium seating 225.
Work on the new wing will com
mence August 3, with construc
tion lasting approximately 18
months. It is being built on a
contract basis so it will be fin
ished ahead of the remodeling of
the old building.
S. W. Little, dean of the school
of architecture and allied arts,
announced that because of the
difficulty of connecting the two
buildings, architecture and art
students will be encouraged to
submit ideas and designs for con
struction of the unit.
Erwin Wright, physical plant
superintendent, will supervise
the remodeling of the old build
ing.