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The Oregon daily EMERALD Vol. IJCI IMVKKSITV OF OREGON, EUGENIC, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1. 1050 No. 46 World Nows IN BRIEF Venus may have life WASHINGTON (UPI) Evi dence that indicates the possi bility of life on the planet Venus has been discovered on a balloon flight that took two men 15 miles into space. The balloon carried instruments which recorded evidence that there Is water vapor in the at mosphere of Venue, which could make life possible. Previously it was believed no life existed on the planet. Senate's payroll out WASHINGTON (UPIi — The first publication of the Senate's payroll in II years has revealed that at least 18 senators had rela tives in congressional Jobs last summer. The list includes 13 Democratic senators and live Republicans. The Senate published its payroll for July 1 to September 30 fol lowing a row over Congressional nepotism. Club continues ban INDIANAPOLIS ( UPI i — The American Legion's fun - loving affiliate, the 40 and 8, has re fused to drop its ban against Negroes. The national commander of the Legion, Martin McKneally, has ordered the dispute taken to court. McKneally plans to test the le gality of the 40 and eight's "white only" clause. Bomber claims record WASHINGTON (UPI) — An Air Force B-47 bomber is claim ing an endurance record for jet (Continued on page 3) IFC president back from N.Y. meet IFC president A1 Winters and vice-president Tom Creamer re turned yesterday with fraternity advisor Bud Mangels and Dean of Administration Donald DuShane from the national Inter-fraternity conference in New York Nov. 26-28. American fraternities celebrat ed their golden anniversary at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel. At the same time the national presidents met with undergraduate repre sentatives for discussion of prob lems confronting fraternities and specific topics of interest to fra ternities. The national conference passed a resolution opposing hazing. The resolution said undergraduate leaders “believe hasing is detri mental to the best interests of the pledges and inconsistent with the unselfish ideals of fraterni ties." Other matters considered by the conference were rushing, scholarship, and pledging. "It was one of the most won derful experiences IVe ever had," said Winters. “I learned a lot of things back there,” he continued. "I also met some fine people. "It was inspiring to hear men 55 and 60 years old who were so dedicated to fraternities for what the frats had done for them.”. Piggers Guide out Thursday at SU The PlKRfiit Guide, campus 'student directory, will go on null* Thursday morning, accord inic to Kl Klllngson, Student t'nton director. Klllngson’s of fice edited the publication. A n o t h i* r publication, the Northwest Review, will In* on side start'ng Friday, accord ing to editor Tom Gaddis. The prl/e-wlnn'ng literary quarterly Is ccmposed of fiction, poet ry and art. The Plggor* Guide Is the offi cial Mtudi-.it directory of the University. it lists the names, heme addresses, year and ma jor of all University students as well as campus addresses and telephone numbers. Summer session in Europe slated A summer session in Europe for graduate or undergraduate credit has been organized by New York University with the help of the Netherlands Universities Foundation for International Co operation. American and European pro fessors will teach eight courses from July 11 through August 19. at the University of Leiden. Stu dents are expected to make their own arrangements for transpor tation and living accommodations. Courses listed Course subjects are: “The Theory of Comparative Litera ture,” "The Modern European Drama,” “Trends of European Thought since 1918," “Seven-, teenth-Century European Art," "The European Common Market, Its Politics and Economics," “In (Continutd on f>at)c 8) Marshall to review writer Andre Gide By HUE HUNTER Emerald Staff Writer The French novelist and critic Andre Gide will be discussed by Dr. T. E. Marshall, assistant pro fessor of romance languages, at the Browsing Room lecture Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Gide. kno.vn for his satire, attacks on Puritanism, and apolo gies for homosexuality, wrote largely serri-autobigi aphical fic tion based on the conflicts be tween man’s desire for self ful fillment and the barriers of con vention. His works include “The Im m.oralist,” “The Vatican Swindle," "The Counterfeiters," and "If I Die,” as well as his journals. He also was associated with the lit erary periodical "Nouvelle Revue Francaise.” Gide, who died in 1951, was tContinued nil pane 7) Advisor meetings tonight for frosh Freshmen advisors will hold meetings with their advisees at 7 p.m. tonight. .Meeting places are listed In winter U rm time schedule* which may be picked up at the registrar’s office. These meetings will kirk off the winter term advising pro gram which lasts until Dee. 12. Sophomores, juniors and senior* must make their appointments to see their advisors before that time. Upper division student* should pick up their time schedules and have a trial schedule made up before meeting with their advisors. GG: Have canoe, need paddlers! By LARRY KURTZ Emerald New* Editor Stroke, scrub, and sing. (Per haps swim, too.) That's Wednesday's agenda for ASUO student body President Gary Gregory, who will canoe his way up the Willamette River to Corvallis to pay off the bet rthat he lost to Oregon Aggie Pre sident Will Post concerning the outcome of the OSC-Wcbfoot game November 24. Canoes available Gregory, who told the Emerald in an exclusive telephone report that several prospective compan ions for the trip had "chickened out” as of Monday evening, is extending an invitation to any (or all) members of the student body who would like to help him make the journey. 'Anger' continues in Arena Theatre John Osborne's "Look Back in Anger” goes into its third per formance tonight, and will con tinue through Dec. 10 in Arena Theatre. Tickets for the Dec. 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 performances may be reserved by calling the University Theatre box office, ex tension 441, between 1 and 5 p.m. daily. Tickets for the Friday and Saturday night shows have been sold out. All performances start at 8 p.m. The drama concerning Eng land's post-war generation was stager! last Friday and Saturday nights. Playwright Osborne is considered the dramatic spokes man for the cult of "angry young men,’’ a group comparable to the United States' "beat generation.” Directed by Preston Tuttle, the cast of five includes Howard Hessman as Jimmy Porter, Cyn thia Stillman as his wife Alison, Camilla K 1 e e b as "the other woman,” Don Lev as Col. Red fern and Wade Bantson as Cliff Lewis. The University's 12 canoes will he available, Gregory said, and anyone interested in making the trip should contact him at his office (ext. 654> or leave a mes sage there before 5 p.rn. this eve ning. The President plans to leave about 4 :30 a.m. tomorrow morn ing, however, so that he (and his party, if anyone else dares to go) might arrive in Corvallis be fore noon. A welcoming party will greet the Webfoot representative! s) and escort him (them > to the Aggie Memorial Union, where a free lunch will be served, and a ■‘serious" Beaver Senate meeting will be held for the purpose of encouraging "friendly relations.” Travelers welcome Gregory said that all who make the trip (and they should know how to swim) will probably be welcome to the Senate meeting and be extended other courtesies, but won’t have to aid him in scrubbing the OSC seal or sing ing the Orange fight song. Two years ago. University stu dents ChiTck Mitchelmore and Jim Perry paddled all the way to Fortland in an effort to gain publicity for the Millrace Re storation project, and had little difficulty in accomplishing the feat. Gregory isn’t taking any chances on unforeseen incidents, however. He plans to “survey the river" this afternoon, and obtain a map of the route he will take. “Fun” hoped for Gregory said that the trip should be "a lot of fun," and add ed that it was "a good thing my proposal that the loser walk from Eugene to Corvallis was turned down.” Rumor has it that Emerald im presario Don Jepsen has volun teered to join Gregory on the ex cursion (if he can get up in time i and. as the exuberant Duck pre sident said: “The more the merrier” (Quite trite, but accurate, he main tains ). ASUO PRESIDENT Gary Gregory and fellow travelers (if any) who will make the trip to Aggleville Wednesday morning before the dawn breaks probably won’t find the Willamette River as lethargic as the University Mill race (n,or \\ iil co-eds be joining them in two-man canoes). Gregory is eagerly awaiting the rush of phone calls at his office. In any event this picture shows what the trip WON’T entail. «*«*■»