The Oregon Daffy
EMERALD
Vol. LX
UNIVERSITY OK OKKOON, ELGKNK, THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1959
No. 134
BITCH AIJ-'OKD, KK-KLEtTED Board chairman of the Student
Inion, 1h shown with his staff for the 19.59-60 school year. From
left to rljjht are Karen Mauney, Directorate chairman. Patty
Special Attraction* chairman, Alford, Yynn Yamell,
Assistant Board director and Bette Lush, Treasurer.
(Photo by Jeff Williamsi
SU Board officers
elected for Fall term
The Student Union Board
elected new officers for the
1959-60 term at a formal meet
ing of old and new members held
Wednesday.
Butch Alford, chairman of the
Board spring term was re-elected
to the same ofice. Lynn Yameil
was re-elected as assistant chair
man. the same office she held
spring term.
Other new officers elected Wed
nesday were Karen Mauney, who
will replace Sharon Rafferty as
Directorate chairman; Bette Lush
to replace Edith Church as Treas
urer and Patti Clagget was elect
ed special attractions chairman,
replacing Dwane McHollick.
A proposal to disband the Pub
lic Relations Committee was in
troduced by George Brittingham
and passed by Board members as
it was decided its functions right
fully belong to o'ther committees.
Further directing of these func
tions will be discussed by the new
executive committee next meet
ing.
The Board also announced the
ASUO-SU annual picnic will be
held definitely May 28 at Perkins
World Mows
IN BRIEF
Khrushchev:'no war'
MOSCOW (UPI) — Soviet
Premier Khrushchev says Russia
will not start any war.
Khrushchev also told some
American visitors that the pres
ent state of the world is deplor
able. The Red leader described
the Western package plan of
fered at the Geneva Foreign Min
isters’ meeting as a Noah’s ark,
having both clean and unclean
animals in it.
Gromyko to yield
GENEVA (UPI) — Words of
possible compromise have come
from the Soviets at the Geneva
Foreign Ministers’ meeting.
Russian Foreign Minister An
drei Gromyko says he is ready
to yield a little in order to settle
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Point, starting at 3 p.m. All part
and present members of the
Board and Senate are invited to
attend.
"The Bottom of the Bowl” will
not be open the rest of this term,
but the Board expressed hope that
it can function again at the be
ginning of next fall term.
Wenger! chosen
as fop senator
Peter Wengert, a junior in po
litical science anrl new ASUO
vice-president, was named "out
standing senator" for the 1858-59
school year.
Wengert is the first junior to
receive the award.
The announcement and presen
tation of the award was made by
Bud Titus, retiring ASUO prexy.
at the ASUO banquet held in the
Student Union Wednesday night.
Titus m.c.'d the program which
included a short talk by Presi
dent O. Meredith Wilson and a
speech on “Academic Excellence”
by R. D. Clark, dean of the Col
lege of Liberal Arts.
Gary Gregory, incoming ASUO
President, his officers, and new
Senate members, were issued the
charge and oath of office for the
next academic year by Senate ad
visor Donald DuShane.
Titus told his audience, ‘T think
there have been some diligent and
thoughtful things from this year’s
Senate. It was the most exciting
one I have seen, but we could
never be completely satisfied with
the job we have done.”
Titus complimented Duncan
Ferguson, .retiring ASUO vice
president and Carol Wolleson,
Senate secretary. Connie Ayott
was announced as the new sec
retary.
Novel 'incomplete'
says Hintz in review
By MARTY WILLIAMS
Emerald Staff Writer
"We must realize and believe
the central problem in Southeast
Asia is to help the Asian people
develop their own solutions to
their problems," said Carl W.
Hintz, head librarian of the U of
O library in a review of "The
Ugly American" in a Browsing
Room lecture Wednesday night.
Hintz found that the title "The
Ugly American” had a double
meaning. One of the characters in
the story was physically ugly,
and tt seemed that this was the
cause for the title. But Hintz
also found proof in the author’s
epilogue to the book that the title
“described the genius American
abroad who is ugly in his rela
tionships with the native peoples
he encounters."
Characters tie story
"The novel has no plot or love
story,” Hintz said. “It is tied
together by its thesis and by the
reappearing characters in the
story.” He pointed out that the
setting is a mythical country in
Asia called Sartan.
In the course of his talk, Hintz
told about several of the book’s
leading characters and how the
authors used them to criticize the
policies and practices of the
United States Foreign Service.
Some characters are examples of
misfits. Others point out the
authors’ concept of the way the
ideal foreign service officials and
American visitors abroad should
conduct themselves, Hintz said.
The ugly American in the story
is Homer Atkins. He travels with
his wife Emma (who is also
ugly) to Sartan to “get the feel
of the life there.” During a visit
to the interior of the country,
Homer establishes a friendship
with a village headman and
founds a factory which builds
water pumps from bamboo rods
and parts from abandoned mili
tary vehicles.
Characters explained
Another key figure in the novel
is Gilbert McWhite, an ambassa
dor to Sartan who is reprimended
and eventually replaced because
of his letters to the State Depart
ment recommending policy
changes.
ments for all foreign service em
ployees, more discipline wittiin
the service, abandoning luxury
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Up in arms
Walton protests
dorm assignment
Members of the Inter-hall
Council will meet with dormi
tory housing’ members Tuesday
in an attempt to settle the con
troversy over upper-class men's
housing next year. The furor
arose after a memorandum issued
to Walton Hall residents last
Tuesday contained a "tentative”
dorm assignment for upper-class
men to John Straub Hall next
year.
Walton Hall members are pro
testing the move through the
Inter-hall Council.
Dean- of Men Bill Denman said
that the faculty dorm committee
was surprised at the reaction re
ceived over the assignment. If
we had thought there had been
Final concert
set tonight
At the final concert of the
Ufiiversity-Eugene Symphony Or
crestra's 1958-59 season tonight
at 8, the orchestra will feature
"Proclamation” by the interna
tionally famous Ernest Bloch. The
concert will be in the Music
School auditorium.
Bloch is regarded with particu
lar affection by University stu
dents and residents of this area
because he has often come to Eu
gene from his home at Agate
Beach to hear performances of
his various works. Since he is
not well, he will not be here to
night.
American works
Each of the orchestra's pro
grams this season has featured
one work by an American com
poser. In recognition of this pro
gramming feature, and with spe
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Fiji house robbed
early in morning
While members of the Phi
Delta Gamma fraternity were
sleeping early Tuesday morning
burglars entered the house and
made off with $180.
According to the Eugene po
lice, burglars entered through
unlocked doors and gathered 16
wallets from various rooms, strip
ped them of the money and then
dumped the wallets on the lawn
in front of the house. Identifica
tion and other papers in the bill
folds were left undisturbed.
The theft occurred between
2:15 and 6:45 a.m. at the Fiji
house. The largest single amount
lost was $38.
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SLIGHT SPRITE SLIDES through the air with the greatest of
ease. Ken Hastings as Ariel awaits the bidding of his master
Prospero, played by Harry Smith. These two are characters in
Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” which opens at the University
Theatre Friday. The curtain goes up at 8 pan. for those who
have paid their dollar for admission.
such feeling, he said then the com
j mitte probably would have con
j suited the students first.
Officials to attend
Administration officials who
will probably attend an open
meeting in Douglass Hall are J.
I O. Lindstrom, University business
. manager, H. P. Barnhart, direc
; tor of dormitories, and either
Dean of Students Donald Du
! shane or Denman.
Gary Gregory, ASUO Presi
dent, told The Emerald that either
he or a representative of the
ASUO would be at the meting.
"The matter will probably be
brought up for discussion in Sen
ate tonight,” Gregory indicated.
“Unfair”
_ Waltonites protested the move,
| calling it "unfair” to upperclass
men. "They always shove the
upper classmen around and give>,
i the freshmen the best quarters,”
i one disgruntled dorm resident
said. The memorandum calls for
freshmen to live in Walton next
j year. Upper-class women will re
! main in Walton units.
A letter circulated by mem
bers of the dorm had “virtually
a 100 per cent” of the dorm resi
i dent’s signatures.
One of the chief reasons for
moving the men out, said Den
man, was because there was a
large drop-out of students, either
j to fraternities or apartments. He
; said that Oregon’s dormitory
situation was such that the units
could not operate profitably with
too many rooms empty.
Hew Senate has
loaded schedule
The first meeting of the 1959
60 ASUO Senate will be held to
night at 6:30, aeesrding to stu
dent body President Gary Greg
ory.
Gregorv announced a full sched
ule of business, including the
awarding of letters for the bowl
ing team, seating at football
games, a report from the Traffic
Court, a World Affairs Week re
port and a discussion on orienta
tion.
The new president said that if
time allowed, there would prob
ably be some discussion on the
proposed Honors College at the
University, a discussion of Sen
ate plans over the summer and
recommendations from the old
Senate.
Gregory issued a special invi
tation for students to attend the
Senate meeting tonight. He also
asked all ASUO Cabinet mem
bers to be on hand.
“We want to get Cabinet mem
bers to participate in tonight’s
meeting,” he stated.
The Senate will meet once more
this year before the end of school.
UT production slated
to open this Friday
Tickets are available now for
; SI.00 at the University Theatre
box office for Preston Tuttle’s
unusual and acrobatic version
of “T h e Tempest,” Shake
speare’s last comedy.
The UT production is utiliz
ing a constructivist set, cos
tumes, and masks created by
Jan Zacli, and original music
and choreography is being pro
vided.
“The Tempest” opens Friday
night to run May 22, 23, 28, 29,
and 30, with curtain time at
8 p.m.