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57th year of Publication VOL. I.Ml. I X1YKKMITY OK OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, I9.V. NO. H6 Miss Johnson Elected President of AWS Miss Passmore YW President Helen Ruth Johnson, Joan Pass more, and Margaret Holman were named president* of Aaaociated Women Students, VWCA, and Women’! Recreation Association respectively In Tuesday's women’s selections. Over three hundred women voted in the AWH elections. The voting was held at Gerllngei hall during the afternoon, Rejmlts were announced at the conclusion of the women's week assembly held Tuesday night in the Stu dent t’mon. Installation of the new officers in all three organizations will be held Thursday at 7 p.m. In the Student Union, according to Sally Ryan, AWS vice-president In (haige of the elections. Margaret Tyler, who opposed Helen Ruth Johnson, became vice pt esldent of the AWS. Other HELEN KUTH JOHNSON To W omen officei* in that organization v'hich were elected by women students were secretary, Arlene JOAN PASSMOKE New YWCA President ('lark; treasurer. Evelyn Nelson: editor, Nancy Castle; and his torian. Judy Milne. MAfUiARKT HOI.MAN Named WRA Head YWCA and WRA officers were also annonnrrd a* -the women's week assembly, which saw Ruth Rose Richardson, prominent at torney and pnbltc accountant from Portland, speak on the sub ject of the "Woman’s Place." Joan Passmore was named president of the YWCA organiza tion. Her opponent in the elec tions, Phyllis Stalsberg. was named first vice-president. Other officers in the organization which were elected at that time were Jean Fay, second vice-president; Nan Borrjuist, secretary; Karen Kruse, treasurer; Kay Beatty, chairman of the sophomore cabi net: Sandra Vonderheit, vice chairman of the sophomore cabi net; Larnlyn Can, secretary of the sophomore cabinet. WRA members Plected the fol lowing women to lead them dur ing the next yea: : president, Margaret Holman; vice-presi dent, Eleanor Whitsett; secre tary, Clare Thompson: treasurer, Nancy Marston; custodian. Sue Vaughn; 'and sergeant-at-arms, Pat Dcency. IFC to Vote Thursday On 'Hell Week' By-Law Inter-fraternity council will vote Thursday upon a proposed by-law which would "oppose'’ hazing and "Hell Week” and call for punishment in case of prop erty destruction or "actions ad versely affecting the fraternity system.” The by-law was proposed two weeks ago by Bob McCracken, apparently as a compromise be tween various elements of IFC. Some house presidents said they felt IFC had no right to take any action unless property was.de stroyed. Others favored outlaw ing of "Hell Week.” The proposed by-law ready as follows: “IFC as a gioup opposes all forma of hazing and pre-initia tion activities. The IFC tribunal will lake action upon any forms of hazing or pre-initiation activi ties brought to its attention in volving the destruction of prop erty or any actions adverself af fecting the fraternity system as a whole.” All proposed IFO by-laws arc Introduced, and then voted upon at the following meeting. Several of the presidents who spoke about the proposed re vision at the last meeting are no longer members of IFC be cause of recent fraternity erec tions. Thursday Emerald Not Published There will be no Oregon Daily Emerald Thursday due to legal holiday Wednesday, George Washington's birthday. The Emerald will appear Friday as usual. Campus to Host High School World Relations Meet The University campus will in crease by nearly 450 students Thursday evening as the 1956 high school International Rela tions League conference gets un der way. The topic under discus sion wjll be "African in the Mod ern World," lead by Professor James S. Coleman, a leading • authority on Africa. Registration will begin Thurs day evening from 6:30 to 10:30 with the first roundtable sessions at 8:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 24. The students will be housed by cam pus living organizations .Bud Uinkson, ASUO president, will welcome delegates at 10:30 a.m. Friday, followed by an address "The African Awakening,” by Coleman. Profeasor Mabel A. Wood, Head of the Home Economics Depart ment, will show a film taken on her trip last summer from Cairo to Cape Town. This film will fol low the banquet in the SU ball room from 9:00 to 10:00 p.m. University President O. Mere dilh Wilson will deliver a wel come address at the Friday eve ning banquet and foreign stu dents will provide entertainment. Saturday morning a panel con sisting of James S. Coleman, assistant ptofessor in political science at the University of Cali fornia at Los Angeles; Homer G. Barnett, professor of anttioro pology; Charles P. Schleicher, proferjltr of political science; Marshall D. Wattles, professor of international economics; Alton F. Baker, Jr,, editor of the Eugene Register-Guard, will be quizzed on the African situation. Professor Schleicher served as Executive secretary of IRL since its formation until 1954 when he was awarded the Fulbright grant to teach and study in India. Schleicher organized the IRL for Oregon high schools to stimulate interest in world citizenship and responsibility. This is the only such confederation of its type in the country with the exception of a Colorado group. Wilson to Speak On Berlin Topic In SU Tonight ' O. MProditb Wilson. University 1 of Oregon president, will speak on the subject "Berlin and Biog raphy" at the browsing room lec ture tonight at 7:30 in the Stu dent Union. Wilson's talk is prompted by an examination of two works of Isaiah Berlin, distinguished Brit I*RES. O. MEREDITH WILSON Browsing Room Speaker i.sh scholar. Berlin wrote the Hedgehog ar.d the Fox: an essay on Tolstoy's view of history" and "Historical Inevitability.” Wilson will present the concept of free will, as it conflicts with concepts of historical inevita bility. With the idea that there is no point in individual biography, if the individual is only a tool of a system, Wilson will examine the implications of the two concepts, particularly in the lives of the American statesmen, Washington and Lincoln. E. S. Tomeroy, professor of history, will lead the discussion after the lecture. Brown to Speak Thursday at 7 p.m. John Mason Brown, specialist n literature and the theatre, will , lecture in the Student Union ball room Thursday at 1 p.m. A for mer drama critic for the Evening Post and the World-Telegram in New York, Brown is at present a contributing editor of "The Sat urday Review," for which he writes a weekly column of criti icism called "Seeing Things.” This will also be the subject of his ' lecture. Became “Stage Struck” Brown was born in Louisville, | Kentucky in 1900. At nine, he i saw his first play. “King Lear" with Robert Mantel], and he be | came permanently stage-struck. As an eighth-grader, he wrote his first play, which was a somber historical drama dealing with , Benedict Arnold. After his second year of high school Brown entered a prepara i tory school in Morristown, New General Dean to Be Banquet Speaker Major General William F. Dean, j one of the nation's most honored 1 military leaders and deputy com mander of the Sixth Army, will ! be the featured speaker at the j 1956 Eagle Scout Recognition ; Day banquet, at 6:30 tonight in the Student Union. The banquet follows „ a full liay of %’ocational and career ac tivities for more than 50 Eagle Scouts of the Oregon Trail Coun cil. Over 300 civic and Scout leaders from all parts of south western Oregon are expected for the activities. The Eagle Scouts who arc se lected to participate will spend the day visiting and observing various business, industrial and professional operations in the 1 Eugene area. Duncan to Attend UW Press Clinic Charles T. Duncan, acting dean of the Oregon school of jour nalism. will attend the All-Coast Press clinic at the University of Washington Feb. 24 and 25. Duncan will speak to the gath ering of high school journalists | on the topic of “All-American | Ratings.’* I The student delegates will at tend the clinic as representatives of all the western states and Alaska. Jersey, to which a number of Louisville families sent their sons. Brown spent two years there, graduating in 1919. Harvard, “47 Workshop'’ "Everyone who was interested in making the theatre his career JOHN MASON BROWN Literature, Theatre Expert in those days headed for Harvard and Professor Baker’s 47 Work shop," he has said of his bolt from the blue. Brown became a member of the "47 Workshop” in his senior year. In September. 1924. he became drama critic of "Theatre Arts Monthly.” Brown is the author of such works as “Daniel Boone — The Opening of the Wilderness,” "Still Seeing Things.” "Morning Faces.” "Seeing More Things,” "Many a Watchful Night.” "The Art of Playgoing.” and “Broad way in Review.” Schick Tests Given To Five Hundred Schick tests given to detect susceptibility to diphtheria have been given to about 500 students since Friday, according to Uni versity Health service. About 90 per cent of those taking the test have had negative results. Those students with positive results will Fake a series of shots, infirmary officials said. More than 200 tests were given Tuesday, and some students were turned away when the infirmary ran out of materials. About 150 were given tests Monday and an other 136 last Friday and Satur day. Additional materials were ex pected this morning, which offi cials said would allow more stu dents to take the test.