Oregon daily emerald., January 21, 1959, Page Eight, Image 8

Spirit of men answer,
Magnin says in talk
By KAREN MAUNEY
Assistant News Editor
“To catch something of the
spirit of the great men" of the
ages was the answer Rabbi Ed
gar F. Magnin made to his own
question "How can we make re
ligion a transforming, transmit
ing force in our lives?"
The statement was made dur
ing Tuesday evening’s RE Week
addresses.
Magnin said that “the great
things come from the outside”
and that organizations, including
the church and synogogue. are
able only to attempt to “catch
this spint.'
Besides the prophets of Israel,
he included among the world’s
revolutionists three contempor
ary personalities: Einstein,
Schweitzer and Ghandi.
Einstein he called “the closest
to a saint as anyone I have ever
known.”
The revolutionary spirit of the
prophets was based on the divine
concept of right and wrong that
stressed that the word of God
was absolute. From this point
Magnin claimed as “utter non
sense” the “alibis” which psy
chology and sociology present to
those who do wrong. Responsibil
ity must lie more directly with
those who have committed
wrongs.
Only when we recognize that
there is something beyond our
selves, that “if we were what we
are, we would be something,” can
we come to understand what “we
are one world, one cosmos.”
Professor John Magee in the
second address of the evening
emphasized how easy it was in
this age of revolution to “look
like a person, yet be a thing.”
Magee described the revolution
as resulting in three obstacles in
our struggle to be a person: an
immense expansion in awareness
of the world's size, the ambig
uity of the contact of cultures,
and the increase of tempo which
is moving “faster than biological
time."
The revolution tests the revolu
tionary power of religion to give
meaning to human existence.
Faith gives man a point of ref
erence outside his social self,
“breaking through the enclosure
Newspaper man
to lecture Friday
J. Wesley Sullivan, news editor
of the Oregon Statesman in
Salem, will speak to two jour
nalism classes Friday.
Sullivan, a Nieman Fellow at
Harvard last year, will lecture at
10 a.m. in Allen 215 and at 1 p.m.
in Allen 214. His subject will be
the Nieman program, a plan
which brings a small number of ;
highly-selected young newspaper- i
men to Harvard for a year of ad- j
vanced study.
Sullivan is a 1943 graduate of
the University's School of Jour
nalism. Visitors are welcome to
attend the lectures.
Campus Calendar
Wednesday
8:30 Real Estate 101 SU
11:45 Real Estate TV Rm SU
Hillel 113 SU
Noon Phi Chi Theta 110 SU
Fr Tbl 111 SU
Deseret Clb 112 SU
Psy Staff 114 SU
RE Wk Wives Lnch 214 SU
Rifle Clb .304 Gerl
12:15 Dads Day Poster Com Cof Shop
SU Cof Hr Com 313 SU
12:30 BSU 334 SU
3:00 Dads Day Ch 313 SU
4:00 Magnin & Magee Cof Hr
Dadsrm SU
AWS Cab 110 SU
SU Record Cl 202 SU
SU Movie Com 302 SU
Sr Cab YW Gerl
4:15 Yng Repubs-Unander Lect.
112 SU
6:30 ADS 307 Allen
7:00 YM Cab YM SU
Educ Movie 138 CVV
7:30 Frosh Adv 110 SU
Lane Fed Cr Union 101 SU
8:00 PAD Wives 113 SU
Dames Brdg Cof Shp
RE Wk Lect. Pauling
Ballrm SU
of society... so that outside of
myself I am able to be myself."
The magnitude of the revolu
tion finds man limited in spirit
and mind to be overcome only by
a life of vocation which is
“stamped with the life of the
eternal."
This inward life is a “key to a
life of relatedness. Without
faith.” Magee concluded, "I don't
believe it's possible to be a per
son.”
Dean Gordon
returns from test
Walter Gordon, Derm of the
School of Architecture and Allied
Arts, returned to the campus
from Berkeley, Calif. He was one
of ten architects in the country
to be invited to Berkeley by the
Institute for Personality Assess
ment and Research.
Architects, scientists, writers,
poets and mathematicians were
assembled for a three day testing
program. Each was assigned to
a group and given tests designed
to help determine the nature of
artistic and scientific creativity.
The Carnegie Corporation spon
sored the testing.
ACTRESS Joy Harmon, 18,
gives photographer an idea of
why she wants to change her
name in pose at New York's
Manhattan Supreme Court. She
petitioned the court to change
her name to Joy “Forty-Two.”
She said in court petition “my
proportions have become my
hallmark.” Her proportions, she
said, are 42-22-85. She is ap
pearing in Broadway play,
“Make a Million."
COMEDIAN JKKltY I.EWIN, left. I'm Into his iu-I iih ho ua« in
troduced to KiinnIu'h Deputy Premier Anastas I. Mlkoyan, asking
“Is tbls the guy?” Mlkoyan, who doesn't speak English, main
tained his eom|K)Hure for a moment, then hurst Into laughter. They
met at Paramount Studio, Hollywood, where Dewis is plftylng the
role of Navy officer.
FI K CAPVED MUSCOVITES, all smile* at the new*, discuss tho
new Soviet ronmir rocket on a street In the llusslan capital.
WILLIAM F. BLOOMFIELD, B.S.I.E., LEHIGH, '53, SAYS:
"Join me for a day at work?
Dill is Plant Service Supervisor for New Jersey Bell Telephone Com
pany at Dover. He joined the telephone company after graduation,
has held many jobs to gain valuable experience. Now he has three
foremen and 32 craft people working for him. “It’s a challenging
job and keeps me hopping," says Dill. “See for yourself.”
ff
"8:30 a.m. With my test bureau fore
man, I plan work schedules for the com
ing week. Maintaining equitable sched
ules and being ready for emergencies is
imperative for good morale and service.”
"9:10 a.m. The State Police at Andover
have reported trouble with a mobile
radio telephone. I discuss it with the
test deskman. Naturally, we send a re
pairman out pronto to take care of it.”
"11:00 a.m. As soon as things are lined
up at the office, 1 drive out to check on
the mobile radio repair job. The repair*
man has found the trouble —and to
gether we run a test on the equipment.”
“1:30 p.m. After lunch, I look in on a
PBX and room-phone installation at an
out-of-town motel. The installation super
visor, foreman and I discuss plans for
running cable in from the highway.”
"2:45 p.m. Next, I drive over to the
central office at Denville, which is cut
ting over 7000 local telephones to
dial service tomorrow night. 1 go over
final arrangements with the supervisor.”
"4:00 p.m. When I get hack to my office,
I find there are several phone messages
to answer. As soon as I get them out
of the way. f II check over tomorrow’s
work schedule — then call it a day."
“Well, that’s my job. You can see there’s nothing monotonous about it.
I’m responsible for keeping 50,000 subscriber lines over a 260-square-mile
area in A-l operating order. It’s a big responsibility—but I love it.”
Bill Bloomfield is moving* ahead, like many young engineers in super
visory positions in the Bell Telephone Companies. There may be oppor
tunities for you, too. Talk with the Bell interviewer when he visits your
campus and get the whole story.
BELL
TELEPHONE
COMPANIES