The Oregon Dotty
EMERALD
Vol. LX
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1959
No. 112
Humphrey called
likely candidate
By LINDA WILLIAMS
Kmc raid Stall Writer
Who will be the Democrat's
presidential candidate next year?
One very likely prospect is the
lively and talkative Senator Hu
bert Humphrey who will be
speaking ut (i University Assem
bly Wednesday morning at 10
In M< Arthur Court.
Senator Humphrey hailH from
Minnesota, a comparatively small
state, and this fact is a definite
disadvantage to him in his race
for the presidential nomination.
Nevertheless, he has( been listed
as one of the four top contenders
along with Stuart Symington,
Jack Kennedy and Adlai Steven
son. .
Organizes political machine
Some people think that he owes
this enviable position to his S1*
hour that with Nikita Khrushchev
during his visit to Russia. It is
true that the Khrushchev inter
view was a help, but there is also
Faculty 'athletes'
decline challenge
The Willamette University
( ollcge of Law issued a chal
lenge to ‘two or more” of the
I nHcrsity’% law sellout faculty
for an inter - school tennis
mutch, according to a tetter
welled by Dean Orlando Hollis.
Hollis gracefully declined the
offer—in the best legal lan
guage.
In a return letter to Dean
Seward Keene of Willamette,
Hollis stated that Kcese’s letter
•nut not "elleted any favorable
response from my eolleague«.
In the first place, they report
that they are not talented in
that particular sport, and ...
they are uppareotly in posnen
sion of information indicating
that at least one of your fac
ulty members has acquired no
small amount of expertnes* in
tennis.”
Hollis said that he had been
authorized by two of his col
leagues to engage instead in
either a skiing competition or
in a mountain climbing trip.
Willamette is reportedly mul
ling the offer.
h Jong line of achievement back
ing him.
Ten yeur« ago last January
Humphrey took his place in the
Senate and at the time was con
sidered nothing but a young pip
squeak by most of the older sen
ators. But Humphrey has proved
this Judgment false time and
again. In Minnesota, he con
structed one of the most efficient
political machines in the nation
under the label ‘Democrat-Farm
Labor Party." The all-inclusive
title suggests the scope of Hum
phrey’s causes ranging from
civil rights to immigration poli
cies.
Sees plight of farmers
The 47-year-old senator was
ixjrn in South Dakota in 1911. His
j father, a life-long Republican,
turned Democrat after hearing
; William Jennings Bryan speak in
South Dakota. After two years of
college at the Universty of Min
nesota. Humphrey was forced to
quit school and work in his
father's drug store. The memories
of seeing the South Dakota farm
ers lose everything in dust storms
during those yeai-s still infuriates
him and this perhaps accounts for
his interest in the farm problem
today.
Humphrey finished his remain
ing two years at the University
of Minnesota and then did gradu
ate work in political science at
Louisiana State University. After
holding several regional and city
offices in Minnesota, Humphrey
| was elected to the United States
i Senate in 1948.
Probation lifted
by IFC Tribunal
The Inter-Fraternity Council
! Tribunal Sunday evening lifted
| the "official University proba
j tion" from Sigma Phi Epsilon.
The Sig Eps were placed on
' probation during winter term for
1 violation of the University rule
i prohibiting alcoholic beverages in
I living organizations.
The Tribunal found that the
j fraternity had taken definite
■ measures to control their social
functions. In addition. Bill Ruth
■ erford, Sig Ep president, pre
sen ted a list of winter term house
i functions which "demonstrated to
: the Tribunal a positive attitude
! towards a good social program.”
Steve Nosier, Phi Delta Theta,
! presided at the meeting with Jud
Taylor, Sigma Alpha Epsilon and
new IFC vice-president assisting
him.
Members of the Tribunal in
clude John Peterson, Alpha Tau
Omega, A1 Winter, Delta Tau
Delta and new IFC president, Jim
Roas, Delta Upsilon, Bart An
drew's, Phi Gamma Delta and Les
Roberts, Lambda Chi Alpha.
Co-op considers possibility
of self-service equipment
To better serve the members. ;
I the Co-op Board reported its
: investigating tlie possibility of in- j
! stalling self-service equipment in
I the store. The plan, still very1
! tentative, would involve the pur-!
chase of movable units that would
allow greater display space.
Membership in the Co-op
store should hit an all-time high j
of 3,800 this spring, according to 1
information released recently by
Co-op Board members.
At the annual meeting of mem
bers of the Co-op, Boaid vice
president Frank Weigel said that
donations and scholarships given
by the store in tljg past year in
cluded five $60 grants to foreign
students. $50 in book prizes for
the annual library contest, $250
to the United Appeal Fund,’and
$225 to the Oregon Federation.
This latter donation is over a
three-year period.
Elections for the Co-op Board
will be held April 29. at the time
of the general ASUO elections.
Developments in the modern arts
theme of initial summer academy
By FEGGY DOEKKIJOK
Emerald Staff Writer
The summer Academy of Con
temporary Ails, a new feature of
the regular UO summer session
will consist of four sections, each
devoted to a contemporary art.
The program focuses on major
developments in drama, music,
painting, and literature since
World War II. Four practicing
artists will conduct two-week
sessions, beginning June 22 and
ending August 14. Bach sessrior
concludes with a public perform
ance of the artist’s work; thr
drama and music performances
will be comissioned works, never
performed previously.
“To meet demand”
James B. Hall, associate pro
feasor of English and directo
of the Academy, said that the
Academy was formed in respons
to "a growing demand for cur
rent knowledge about actlvitier
and accomplishments in contemp
orary art.”
Each two-week course, open tc
regular students, teachers, and
others will carry one or two col
lege credits at regular summer
tuition rates. The second credit
may be obtained by submitting
written wo.-k. Students may take
one or all courses in the sequence,
on a credit or non-credit basis.
A limited number of course visit
ation tickets will be available on
a reservation basis.
Seven contemporary interna
tional art films will be shown in
conjunction with the Academy.
J. B. HAUL
Arts Institute director
The films, brought from Japan.
Brazil, France, India, England,
Italy, and Sweden, will have their
premiere performance in the
United States at that time.
Short course included
They will constitute an in
formal short course, lasting from
June 22 to June 28. Preston
Tuttle, instructor in speech, will
preface the showing of each film
with a lecture.
Paul Engle, poet, critic, novel
ist, will conduct the first of four
two-week sessions in the Acad
emy of Contemporary Arts, to be
held in conjunction with regular
summer school.
Engle, professor of English at
the State University of Iowa, has
been poet-in-residence at imivers
ities both in America and abroad.
His lectures will focus on the
work of Wallace Stevens.
Poetry listed
Engle's poetry includes "Amer
ican Song," "West of Midnight,"
“The Word of Love,” and "Amer
ican Child,” a sequence of 100
sonnets about his daughters. He
has written for American Herit
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ALTHOUGH MARCH officially signals the start of spring, Uni
versity students recognize the opening of the Student Union ter
race as a more reliable sign. As a charm to ward off rain gods, the
umbrellas have not been too effective, however.
(Photo by Dan Hill)
Prints missing
from SU gallery
r>i£iu iiiLdigu prims oy ummy
Pierce have been stolen from the
art gallery of the Student Union,
according to program director
Adele McMillan. The works were
valued at $365.
Miss McMillan said that seven
World News
IN BRIEF
Lettef to Khruschev
WASHINGTON (UPI)— Presi
dent Eisenhower has taken the
wraps off his private nuclear pro
posals to Soviet Premier Khru
shchev.
The President’s detailed plans
for gradual approach to control
of nuclear weapons were made
public by the chief executive at
Augusta. Georgia. The proposals
to the Soviet chief of state in
clude the banning of atmospheric
tests up to an altitude of about
30 miles.
Observers say the President
had wanted to wait on publication
of his personal note to Khru
shchev until the Kremlin leader
had a chance to reply.
The burden of Eisenhower’s
note to the Soviet Leader is pri
marily an effort to get negotia
tions to move forward. The Presi
dent says the nuclear talks should
head toward an agreement ac
ceptable to East and West.
Polaris fired
CAPE CANAVERAL (UPI) —
A forerunner of the Navy’s Po
laris missile fired from Cape Ca
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oi we prims were sioien some
time over the weekend, probably
on Saturday.” One of them had
been stolen several weeks earlier.
The program director said that
she first discovered the prints
missing when she came to work
Monday morning. One of the
building custodians had reported
that he thought some of them
were missing, and when Miss Mc
Millan checked she discovered the
loss.
The prints were part of a trav
eling exhibit by Danny Pierce, a
prominent artist in the graphic
arts. Miss McMillan said that the
Eugene police had been notified
and ate currently investigating
the theft. The prints are insured,
Miss McMillan said.
This is the second time a major
theft has been reported in the
art gallery. Earlier a number of
world travel folders were stolen,
according to Miss McMillan.
Class to meet Wed.
Roland Bartel’s television
class in Appreciation of Lit
erature will meet as usual Wed
nesday at 10 during Senator
Humphrey’s lecture. This is
because of the class’s inter
institutional nature.
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