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.