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
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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
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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
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