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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 21, 1956)
Schweitzer Remarkable/ Says Deneke in SU Talk "Dr. Albert Schweitzer 1h, I think, the most remarkable of the remarkable men of our time," Margaret Denekc, honorable fel low and chairmaster of Lady Margaret Hall In Oxford Kng lanrl, and a close frlenii of Sch weitzer told a Tuesday afternoon assembly In the Student Union ballroom. "1 have never Been the power and purpose In him equalled," Hhe continued, "and I have never «een such modeHty of aoul.” Met by Accident MIbh Deneke firat met Schweit zer by accident In 1922 when he wan conducting a lecture tour at Oxford. fn an attempt to escape an af ternoon cloudbruat, she went in to the Church of St. Philip and St. J::mcs where ahc heard a man whom she recognized as Dr. Schweitzer, playing the mu sic of Bach. She then attended the last lec tur> in the series he wan deliver ing. and made hm acquaintance by offering him a ticket to a Schubert concert which we wax unable to attend. Two yearn taler nhe again met Kchw-uzer, who Invited her to visit hut mission hospital in Dm boreni- Africa. At that time Nhe had a United Staten lecture lour planned arid could not accept the First Thanksgiving < ( nnlinufd from page two) to the great Lord and Knler of Nation* and beseech Him to pardon our national and othei ti ansgresslona, to enable us all, whet tier in public or private stations, to perform our Several and relative duties properly and punctually, to render our na tional government a blessing to all the People, by constantly being a government of wise, just ami constitutional laws, dis cretely and faithfully executed and obeyed, to protect and guide all Sovereigns and Nations (es pecially such as have show-n kindness unto us) and to bless them with good government pr ice, and concord. To promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and the increase of science among them and Us, and generally to grant unto all Mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as He alone knows to be best. I -- 1 OPEN THANKSGIVING GET GASSED for the trip home Remember the name DSC CHEVRON KINGS RD. & MONROE We're staying open all day _to serve you while you’re here "OSC CHEVRON SERVICE KINGS RD. & MONROE invitation; however, after the tour she visited his station. Assists Schweitzer In Lamborene, Mism Dcneke nerved a* a nurse and laboratory assistant to Schweitzer for about a year. She also helped him com Dads Day Petitions Due Monday in SU Petitions for Dad's Day chair men will be due Monday at 5 p.m. I in the Student Union. If more than five petitiona are received the petitioners will be screened by the ASUO screening commit tee on Nov. 27 or 28. Final interviews for petitioners will be held at the ASUO senate meeting Nov. 29. 'Major Barbara' Showing Slated "Major Barbara," the last Wednesday evening educational movie of the term, will be shown Nov 28 in 138 Commonwealth hall. A George Bernard Shaw play, the movie will begin at 7 pm. and 9 p.m. It stars Rex Harri son. A new series of educational movies, sponsored by the Stu dent Union movie committee, will begin winter term. plete the third hospital which he had been forced to build in Lam borene. The first one was liter ally eaten by ants and the second had to be destroyed because the surgical wards had become in fected. Upon the completion of the hospital, Schweitzer presented her, together with his other nurs es, with a bracelet made of gold thread and elephant hair. Miss Deneke told the group that she had learned two basic philosophies from Schweitzer who is 82 and still carrying on his medical and missionary work. "First, don't take the good things in live for-granted,” and second, "have two points of view, never concentrating on your own.” Physical Therapy Speech Subject Inviting the members of Orides to view a film and to visit the winter open house at Sacred Heart hospital physical therapy was Mrs. Walter Huffacker. She spoke to members on “Physical Therapy as a Career” at their Monday evening meet ing. l’« Emerald Classified Ads Phone DI 5-1511 Schedules Ready Monday, Adviser Meetings Billed Winter term adviser confer | ences will be held Monday even ing to have winter term pro grams approved and signed. Win ter term time schedules will be available in the registrar’s office , Monday. Lower division conferences will be held at the places indicated in the time schedule, and upper di ' vision conferences will be held in j the office of each adviser. Before the conference, students .should prepare programs on the special form in the time schedule. If the winter term schedule is approximately the same as the fall schedule, it may be approved and signed at once. The student may keep the schedule until registration Jan. 2, without re • turning it to his adviser. If any I changes need to be made later, : students may make appointments with their advisers. READ EMERALD WANT ADS Faculty Men Visit Arizona Conclave Three members of the Univer sity faculty will attend the an nual meeting of the Philological Association of the Pacific Coast. The meeting is Friday and Satur day at the University of Arizona ; in Tucson. Those attending are F.G. Black, professor of English; D. M. Dougherty, head of the foreign language department; and C. L. Johnson, associate professor of romance language. Black is vice president of the association. Dougherty will sum up results of his recent research of "La Geste de Monglane." 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