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
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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
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.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."
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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.