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The Oregon daily EMERALD Vol. LX UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1958 No. 128 Cells and virus described in talk By MARTIN WILLI A MS Emerald Staff Writer Speaking before u Browsing Room audience Wednewlay eve ning, Aaron Novlk, professor of biology, said, "the discovery and understanding of the parts of a tell which carry out the various cell functions, is one of man's great Intellectual triumphs." In hla talk Novlk described virus and Its connection with the SU Board votes policy change The Student Union Board In a special meeting Wednesday, May 13, voted a major change In policy which will defer freshmen pe titioning for SU committees to Oct. 26-30 and interviews to Nov. 2-5. According to Butch Alford, chairman of the Board, “this will be very beneficial to the cultural perspective of the Student Union, as It will give freshmen an op-1 porlumty to appreciate the aca demic side of the University dur ing orientation week." A skeleton commute* of seven to ten members will be picked Spring term of each year to func tion tor the first five weeks of the following fall before fresh men are selected. This skeleton committee will thereby have a better idea about the number of freshmen needed to operate the committee throughout the year, and also promote better quality in the student* selected for commit tees. The SU Board also completed the election of standing commit tee- chairmanships for 1958-59 Wednesday, by electing freshman Fritz Holtz to chairman of the talent committee, and Janice Phillips, sophomore, to chairman of the coffee hour committee. On the lighter side the annual ASt'O and Student Union picnic will be sponsored this year by the SU Board with all present and i pa."t members of the Senate. SU Board, and Directorate invited to attend. The picnic is scheduled for Perkins Point on a tentative date of Thursday, either May 21 or May 28, starting at 3 p.m. It will be arranged for those who need transportation. World News IN BRIEF Thunderstorm blamed WASHINGTON (UPI) — The mid-air disintegration of a Cap ital Airlines Viscount plane has been blamed as the cause of death of 31 persons Tuesday. Federal investigators, scanning the crash scene near Baltimore, say there is mounting evidence the big plane fell apart during a violent thunderstorm. They say one wing was found quite a distance from the main body of debris, which was scat tered over a two-mile area. Herter hits Soviets GENEVA (UPI) — Secretary of State Christain Herter broke up a/two-day Russian procedural log-jam Wednesday at the Big Four Foreign Ministers Confer ence in Geneva. Herter challenged the Russians to join in frank talks over the big issues that face the diplo (Continued on page 8) Important principles of biology. "Until the last few years there was no real knowledge of virus; It was merely a term used to de scribe an unknown malady,” he said. “Now that usage has been , replaced by the term "psyco genic." fell responses Novik said that a virus some-: how lacks the apparatus that a living cell uses to replace itself. ; The virus must grow in a living cell and Use that cell to repro duce itself The living cell can re spond in one of two ways: (1) It may die arid have its own matter replaced by virus matter, or (2) it can allow the virus to affix itself to a chromosorie. In the matter of the latter, the cell Is modified and becomes immune to further infection by the virus. Structure described The vims itself is very minute, according to Novik. An indication of its bize is indicated by com parison to a bacterium: the bac terium cannot be seen without the aid of cn electron-microscope the vims is one-tenth of its size. Novik described the structure of a virus as follows: it has a wall, similar to the cell wall, which is made up of protein. In side the wall is a mysterious sub stance as DNA. "DNA is one of the gTcat and exciting concepts of our time," Novik said. In outlining the process the virus uses in infecting a living cell, Novik described the shape of the virus. It has a protrusion (Continued cm Page 3) .SUW.'VZZ “(?H SHK FLOATS THROUGH the air with the greatest of eaxe ..Scenes like this were common Wednesday afternoon as hapless UO co-eds hit the waters of the Millrace in a pre-tug-of-war “cele hration.” Once again the frosh won sophomore stan Jing as they easily out-lasted the second year men. (Photo by George Mosher) Burmese monk speaks on Buddhism tonight By MIKE HERO Emerald Ktaff Writer One of the foremost interpreters of Buddhism to the West will speak tonight in the SU at 8 p.m. on the topic "Buddhism in Burma Today.” The Venerable U Thittila has been giving a series of talks in University classes this week. Sponsored by the Association for Asian Studies he is touring various parts of the world as a U Nu lecturer. U Thittila explains that he is not a missionary looking for converts but is only interested in sharing his knowledge of Buddhism with others "free of charge.” Buddhism does not have a ruler comparable to the Pope of the Catholic Church, U Thittila said. Each individual country has a separate head. Ih not a ‘Religion’ Actually Buddhism is not a re ligion as defined by Christian standards, but is a “way of life.” In a Wednesday interview, he said that man is a combination of good and evil but if he tries to do good deeds he will suc ceed. An important concept in Buddhism is "love thy neighbor as a mother loves her child.” Buddhism is concerned with in dividual peace and happiness. U Thittila stressed the fact that human problems must be solved by human beings. Elaborating on the concept of "a way of life,” the lecturer said that daily duties should be done with kindness. Ceremonies and rituals are not as important in Buddhism as they are in Chris tianity. One difference between Catholicism and Buddhism is the fact that anyone can leave the order anytime he wishes. Buddhism does have precepts similar to the Ten Command merits. Tj Thittila said that there is the problem of believing and following those beliefs in both Christianity and Buddhism. There is no praying in the Christian sense of the word. Living and being just constitutes the Bud dhist way of life. Bojn in Burma in 1886. he be came a Buddhist novice at 15 and was ordained a monk at 20. At ! 25 he passed the highest Buddhist doctrinal examination, and be came a fully-qualified teacher of Dhamma, Buddhist law. He taught and lectured for 12 years at a monastery in Rangoon, Burma, and then went to England in 1938 to take up studies in edu cation and remained there for 14 years. During his stay he com piled a Burmese-English dic tionary. and wrote the book, "Buddhism and the Personal Life." (Continued on f<a<]C 3) Breakfast ticket sale closes at 5 p.m. today Deadline for the Mother’s \Vfvnend breakfast ticket sale . is Thursday at 5 p.m. No tick ets will be sold after that time. j Tickets will not be for sale at the door of the breakfast. The breakfast will be on Sat urday at 8:30 a.m. Tickets not needed for Fete workers It was announced today by Stan Scrivner. chairman of the Canoe I Fete that no Fete tickets are re- ! quired for those working on the; floats, or for those riding on the ! : floats. Nor are tickets required | 1 for those that will be towing the floats. All those in the float area are required to have passes to the area. Tonight the full 20 workers will be allowed until closing hours. After 11 only five girls from each house will be allowed t(? stay out until 12. Final Senate tonight will discuss reports Investigation committee reports will highlight the last meeting of this year's ASUO Senate to night at 6:30 in the Student Union. Committee that are investigat ing the ROTC departmental pro gram, the curriculum of the School of Education, the advisor advisee program, the philosophy of student salaries, and the execu tive committee on rules and regu lations (dormitory and women’s) will report to the Senate. The rules and regulations com mittee report will include pro posals sent to President Wilson in j a recent letter. The letter, accord ing to Bud Titus, chairman of the committee pointed out some problems that the group found during the investigation. The Senate will also hear rec ommendations from, the ASUO Cabinet, including a report on the 1961 Model United Nations, which will be held on campus. Proposed structure for the MUN will be discussed, and pos sible Senate backing will be con sidered. The Cabinet also will present a report on the radioactive effects of x-rays, given entering stu dents. Senate meetings are open to the public. Frosh win again in fug-of-war The freshmen won the annual tug-of-war Wednesday under a leaden sky but the pre-game fes tivities stole the show from the main event. Eager freshmen pounced on the feminine spectators awaiting the featured event and for a few minutes the air was literally filled with women flailing through the air before hitting the gray waters of the 'Race. Canoes were scarce in the area but one boatload of young ladies, after some valiant maneouvering from one bank to the other, was finally dumped before continuing on their way. The tug-of-\.ar itself was short. The greatly outnumbered sopho mores either let go of the rope at the last minute or were drug through the water by the vic torious frosh within seconds after the contest started. Next event slated for the Mill race's murky waters is the Minia ture Millrace Olympics that will begin at 7:30 Friday night. This event will be just prior to the Canoe Fete. * The 'Race Olympics will feature war canoe racing and jousting among the four areas on campus, Swamp, Hill, Valley, and Dorms. Those interested in competing in the Miniature Olympics should contact Bud Pernoll at the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. Weather Mostly cloudy, with showers or thundershowers during the afternoon. High 64, low 46. Five day forecast — cooling trend, Thursday and Friday. A shower period extends through the 18th.