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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1958)
The Oregon Dotty Vol. I.I\ UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 11)58 No. 132 M.I’IIA Till OMF.ti \ MKMBEKS Francis Fujioka and Jim Micks work digging holes In bedrock on Skinner’s Itufte that now holds the j»lors for the new Oregon "O"—see photo story page H. (Photo by Uouie Parkeri Hatch to discuss Burmese people ••Burma Her Aria and Peo ple" will he the subject of the Browsing Boom lecture to be giv en by David P. Hatch, assistant professor of art, tonight at 7:30 pm. Hatch will show movies and sl;do:i taken during a visit to B irina, made in 1950 on a Kul bright fellowship. After Kis work on the fellowship was completed, the University gave Hatch a grant for graduate research, which enabled him to remain there for another three months. Tribes of Burma Hatch's lecture will primarily concern the tribal peoples of Bur ma, "considered as foreigners by most Bormans," he said. His uni versity giant, enabled him to spend three months in the hills and jungles with several tribes. Mainly interested in the arts and crafts of the Burmaiis, Hatch also will diacuss political and economic aspects of that country. Discussion leader for Hatch’s speech will be Theodore Stern, associate professor of anthropolo gy Hatch, who came to the Uni versity in 1952, received his batchelor of arts degree from the. University of California at Berkeley, in 1951. In 1955, he received his master's degree from UCLA. Folklore President During 1954-55, he was presi dent of the Oregon Chapter of the American Folklore Society. He is a member of the American Ceramic Society, the Pacific Arts • 4 In Today’s EMERALD Intra-mural results. page 4 Oregon wins. page 5 Dead Sea Scrolls.page 6 •Sage of the ‘O’ .page 8 Assn.. find or the American F.th ical Union. Hatch has exhibited his ceram j if and jewelry work in Washing ton, Oregon, and California, and in several major cities in other states. His work has been in i eluded in the Smithsonian Insti tution traveling exhibition. Banquet to feature radiation scientist A special consultant to the U.S. government on atomic ra diation will be tonight's guest speaker at the joint initiation banquet for Phi Beta Kappa and .Sigma Xi. Lauren R. Donaldson, professor of fisheries and director of the laboratory of radiation biology at the University of Washington, will speak to the academic hono raries on "The Atomic Energy Program — Biological Implica tions." The banquet is scheduled at 6:30 p.m. in the Student Union Ballroom. Heads ‘Primary’ Laboratory The laboratory which Donald son heads has been, since about 1943, the primary contracting agency for studies of the effects of radioactivity on aquatic life. Donaldson and his staff are conducting field studies of the amount, location, and distribution of radioactivity at Bikini, Eni wetok, and Rongelap Atolls and on the long-range effects of this radioactivity on aquatic and land plants and animals of the Mar shall Islands. Was at Bikini Donaldson was present at the "Operations Crossroads" experi ment at Bikinian the summer of 1946 as chief of the division of radiobiology. The Washington professor was sent to Japan in the spring of 1954 as a special consultant to the US. Department of State during the crisis which resulted from the contamination of the Japanese fishing vessel Fukuryu Maru from atomic tests in the Pacific. Many students in cast for 'Mirror' production A crowd of University students and townspeople have been gath ering at McArthur Court every evening this week. However, the attraction isn't a sports event, but the final rehearsals for this weekend's opening of "Mirror for the Sky." Participating in the musical are a combined chorus of some 250 students, staff and personnel of the University Theatre, the Uni versity-Eugene symphony orches tra, and a large number of stu dents and townspeople in musical and acting roles. Tickets Still Available Tickets for the Friday and Sat in day night performances, which will begin at 8 p.m., may be re served at the University Theatre box office, ext. 401. The author of “Mirror" is Jes samvn West, who also wrote the best-seller, "Friendly Persuasion." The musical score is by Gail Kubik, who has received a Pulit zer prize for other works. Both will be on campus for the world premiere, and will be fea tured in various campus pro grams this week. History Started in ’48 The history of “Mirror for the Sky,” a musical biography of John Audubon, famous naturalist and artist, goes back to 1948, when Miss West and Kubik were commissioned to write the play. Apparently the large scope of the production prevented Broad way presentation of the musical. It was later considered for a Hollywood production, but was dropped after the studio had in vested $100,000 in the film. Robinson Was Interested Horace Robinson, director of the UT, became interested in the work while directing an Oregon pageant which included some of Kubic's numbers. Later, when the University formulated plans for this year's "Art and Progress” theme of the annual Festival of Arts, the work was selected for its world pre miere production. 'Mirror's' author lectures Thursday Miss Jessamyn West, author of the forthcoming musical "Mirror for the Sky” and the best-seller, “Friendly Persuasion," will lec ture Thursday at 8 p.m. in tile Dad’s Lounge of the Student Union. Her topic will be “To See the Dream." Miss West is also author of "Cress Delaney," a Book-of-thc Month Club selection, and a num ber of short stories, some of which have appeared in the New Yorker. She will be introduced by Rob ert Horn, professor of English. GOAL AT $6,000 Greater Oregon to solicit fees A Greater Oregon fund raising drive will be held next Tuesday, Jim Larpenteur, Greater Oregon chairman, an nounced today. A tentative goal has been set at $6,000. The method for raising the funds money will be students signing over the remainder of their breakage fees, as was done last year when over $7,000 was pledged to Millrace restoration. The money will be used in four areas, Larpenteur said: 1) preparing a colored brochure on the University to be Group to study window' policy Windows in Walton Hall dor mitory will remain open, H. P. Barnhart, director of dormitories, said Tuesday, unless the work of a special "investigation" commit tee proves otherwise. The “open window" contra versy was begun when dorm residents complained of room temperatures near 85 degrees. On May 9, Walter Freauff, as sistant dorm director, gave tem porary permission for opening of the windows. The windows were bolted shut, and it was necessary for physi cal plant workers to open them. Barnhart said that the windows were designed to be opened only with a special tool. He comment ed that when the dormitory was built, officials believed that the ventilation system would be ade quate without opening windows. The current investigation will check into all the possibilities. Barnhart said, and future plans will depend on the findings. Coffee hour to host visiting newsman William Worthy, one of three American newsmen who entered Communist China against the wishes of -the U.S. State Depart ment, will speak at a coffee hour this Thursday at 4 p.m. in the SU. Worthy, correspondent for the Baltimore Afro-American and special correspondent in Russia, Africa, and China, for CBS News, is currently plaintiff in a suit against Secretary of State Dulles for renewal of his passport. During three round-the-world tours of duty. Worthy has cov (Continued on page 3) Music school sets Thursday concert A wind instrument chambeF music, program will be presented by the school of music Thursday at 1 p.m. in the school's auditor ium. The program, under the direc tion of Robert Vagner, will con sist of seven selections. Students featured in the pro gram include Edward LaFranchi, Larry Towns, Scott Phillips. Per ry Morgan, Larry Schmele, Dwight Vance, Dean Madsen, Paul Pearson, Patricia Miles, Kay Gibs<in, Roderick Wright. Robert Culver, and Audrey Bugher. 'Organization Oregana to be distributed Organization copies of the 1958 Oregana will he distribut- j ed in room 101 of the Student Union Thursday from 2 to 5 p.m. Oreganas are still on sale in room 307 Of the SU for $6.75 apiece. sent to students interested in enrollment. 2> producing a movie on the University, to be sent around the state. 2) preparing pamphlets on the professional schools and depart ments within the College of Lib eral Arts. 4) financing "summer rush” for promising high school seniors contacting alumni and prospec tive students. Larpenteur estimated that these four phases of the Greater The Greater Oregon com mittee has called for petitions for ail positions exclusive of general chairman. 1’etitions must be filed by 5 p.m. Friday. Petitioners will meet next Tuesday at 4 p.m. in the Stu dent Union. Positions include work on student contact, visitation, publicity, Finance, correspon dence, special events and bro chure committees. Oregon program would cost ap proximately $6,000. Students to Publicize Sixty-seven students will be sent to campus living organiza tions next Tuesday either at dormitory meeting times or at dinnertime. They will have cards with which students can sign over to Greater Oregon the remainder of their breakage fees. Cards will be available also at the Student Union and the Co op Tuesday. Oregon 'Not Ahead’ Larpenteur emphasized that the initiation of the four phases of the program would not neces sarily put Oregon ahead of other colleges in high school rushing. Oregon State College puts out a brochure and movie, Larpenteur said, as do many other colleges and universities. General chairman of the fund drive is Roger Diddock, senior in education. World News IN BRIEF Inquiry ordered WASHINGTON Lfl — The Sen ate Foreign Relations Committee ordered a full Hedged inquiry in to U.S.-Latin American relations Tuesday in the wake of attacks on Vice President Nixon. The study was assigned to a subcommittee headed by Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore). The action was taken shortly after Morse told reporters the State Department’s own testi mony shows that Nixon’s mob molested South American tour was a '’trouble causing trip” which Morse said the Vice Presi dent should not have undertaken. Pflimlin gets power PARIS UP) — The National As sembly voted Premier Pierre Pflimlin emergency powers Tues day to deal with the Moslem re (Continued on Page 7)
