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The Oregon Dotty EMERALD Vol. LX Unlvemlty of Oregon, Kugene, Thun*., F«-h. 5, 19.V) No. 74 World Nows In Brio! U.S., Britain agree LONDON IVPI) — Diplomat ic sources said Wednesday Ameri ca and Britain have reached an agreement in principle on a four power meeting of foreign minis ter* this spring. The London sources said Sec retary of State Dulles and Brit ish Foreign Minister Lloyd En visage talk on the Berlin crisis, the overall German issue and European security. The sources said thfc U.S. and Britain agreed to resist any Rus s.an attempt to limit the talks to Berlin. Sources said Secretary Dulles — who arrived In London Wed nesday also gave Prime Minis ter MacMillan this country's blessing to make a solo trip to Moscow. Ike asks higher taxes WASHINGTON eft — Presi dent Eisenhower .Wednesday call ed on Congress to provide for higher taxes In every spending bill which would unbalance his $77 billion-budget. Eisenhower told a news con ference he is sure the public does rot want tax increases, deficit spending and cheapened dollars— and would stand against exces sive spending if the cost thus was made clear in spending bills. CAB mulls cause NEW YORK (UPIi — The Civil Aeronautics Board said Wednesday a lack of automatic guidance may have been partly responsible for the crash of an Final tryouts at 4 for 'Seven Year Itch' Final tryouts for ‘The Seven Year Itch" are at 4 p.m. today. The University Theatre produc tion will be directed by Horace Robinson, professor of speech. The tryouts are in the lab theatre, and there are parts for three men and six women. American Airlines prop-jet Tues day night here. Sixty-five persons died when the airliner plunged into the East River short of the runway. The chief regional investigator foi the CAB said the runway had equipment to guide the pilot on his direction, but not on whether he was too high or too low. A CAB spokesman says this mechanical lack of guidance plus possible human failure are pos sible explanations for the crash. McElroy warns Chinese | WASHINGTON >m — A plain warning to the Chinese Commu nists that the United States would use atomic weapons in any future Korea-style war was ! rounded Wednesday by Secretary ■of Defense Neil H. McElroy. McElroy said it would be “against our national interest if 1 any inference were given the Chinese Communists that we would fight the Chinese Commu nists without general war weap ; ona.” Integration ordered ALEXANDRIA, Va. OB— U.S. District Judge Albert V. Bryan Wednesday ordered nine Negroes admitted to white Alexandria | schools next Tuesday. Housing bill okayed WASHINGTON i UP11 — The ‘predominantly Democratic House Wednesday passed ar $300 million housing bill. The 310-to-S9 vote came as Republicans charged the meas ure would throw the President’s budget off balance. The bill would boost interest rates on GI home loans and pro vide for direct federal loans to veterans in rural areas. A second setback to the Presi dent's economy campaign came in the Senate. It refused to trim more than $l-billion from a more sweeping catch-all housing bill i it is considering. We knew fit was there all tlie time THE SUN. Y«, we've <tM>n It three days this week. Unfounded rumors that there was no such thing are hereby spiked. These delirious frosh men, tears of Joy streaming down their tan-leas cheeks, rushed—as native Oregonians often do—to convertibles, shirtsleeves and six-packs. Yes, Virginia, there is a sun. And spring term is only seven weeks away. (Photo by Steve Beardsieej. SAE's draw stiff penalty from tribunal; ATO's cited By PHIL HAGER Emerald Managing Editor The Inter-Fraternity Council Wednesday handed out stiff puni tive action including social and University probations and restric jtlons on pledging, initiation and ! rushing—to Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. At the same time the IFC an nounced that Alpha Tau Omega I.. . ... ... ,„... . . . . . had drawn a lighter penalty, in- { eluding social probation until the end of the term. Both actions were approved by the Office of Student Affairs, ac cording to IFC president Jim Brooks. The action aga:r.si SAE re sulted from "an unchaperoned drinking party at a local motel'' j held by fraternity underclassmen. • Keller's work featured tonight The second concert of the 1958 59 season by the University-Eu j gene Symphony Orchestra will be presented at 8 p.m. in the School ; of Music auditorium. i "Symphony No. 3”, written by Homer Keller, associate profes j sor of theory and composition in i the School of Music, will be fea tured on the nights program. The orchestra will be eonduct I ed by George Boughton. | The concert will open with George Frederick Handel’s Con certo Grosso, Op. 6. No. 5 in D major. Lawrence Maves, the or chestra's concertmaster. and | Varde Van Voris. graduate stu ! dent in music, will play the vio lins in the solo group. Harpsi chordist will be John Hamilton.j newly-appointed assistant profes- | sor of organ at the School of Music. "Symphonic Dances, Op. 64" by Edward Grieg will complete the program. According to Bough ton, this selection, containing Norwegian folk songs and danc es. is being repeated due to popu lar demand. A reception honoring members of the orchestra will be given by the Eugene Welfare League af ter the concert in the hand room. All those attending the concert are invited to attend. Niven says math no longer absolute I III—'1'11II III1 IVAN M. NIVEN dv «i/\n i in Emerald Staff Writer Wednesday evening Ivan Niven, | professor of mathematics, ad-j dressed a sizable Ballroom au-1 dience. His talk, "Mathematics: A House Built or Sand?’’ was the | first of a series of three special lectures being presented by the: University to celebrate the Ore gon Centennial and to exemplify ; the intellectual atmosphere of the i University. In introducing his topic. Niven said that the fundamental ideas of higher mathematics are hard to grasp by those not familiar with the details and symbolism com monly used. Yet without these de tails there can be no comprehen sion of the subject without the risk of ambiguity. "The Elements’’ by Euclid in 300 B.C. has been the most widely studied book outside the Bible, Niven said. By using propositions based on axioms and postulates, Euclid and his followers made basic assumptions and formulated the first system of geometry. i nese assumptions went uncnai lenged for 22 centuries. Undefined words Niven pointed out that many of the words Eyelid used, and that all mathematicians have used, are undefined. An example Niven fised is the famous .axiom, “the shortest distance between two two points is a straight line.” "What is a 'straight line ?” he asked. Since the definition must use the word “distance,” the two terms have definitions which de pend on each other. Niven assert ed. Thus, one of the two is un definable. "Undefinable words are a clear indication that axioms and postu lates are not self-evident truths,” Niven said. Unquestioned The assumptions of Euclid went unquestioned until about 100 years ago when mathematicians became skeptical and begin to work on non-Euclidian geometry. This work was done by three men: (Continued on page 8) with 19 members and pledges with dates in attendance, accord ing to an IFC statement. SAE penalized The Tribunal handed out the fol lowing punishment against SAE: 1> Action must be taken by the fraternity to penalize any man drinking in the house or on the grounds; specifically, a $10 fine for such a violation, to be paid within one week. If this is not done, the man involved is to be expelled from the chapter. Any further violations by the same man would be justification for expulsion. The penalty would be the "be ginning of a long range plan of improvement for the future,” ac cording to the IFC. 2) The fraternity is placed on complete social probation for the remainder of winter term. There is to be no pledging, initiation or rushing (including high school visitations*, and "no desserts, etc.” The fraternity will be allowed to participate in intramural ath letics. The house will be placed on "indefinite University proba tion’’ at the start of spring term, and during this period "there will be no pledging or initiation — all other social privileges may be resumed except the house dance and the rushing fincluding high school visitations!,” unless ap proved by the Tribunal. The Tri bunal must judj^e that significant improvement has been made within the fraternity and "this case will be reviewed the second week of spring term.” ^ Further penalties noted 3) The national fraternity is to be notified of the Tribunal de cision and why the action was necessary. A national officer must visit the chapter and confer "both with the chapter and the Univer sity administration .. . and inform all parties involved of the na tional policy on this matter ... and what action will be taken if the case should ever be repeated.” (Cotitimted on page 3) In Today's , EMERALD Lengel’s column . 2 AWS elections . 7 Koffee Klatch . 8