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Index Kemeir.ber when column IBM breaks down? Young Demos . Oregon w Emerald Weather Occasional rain today. High temperature 42, low 34. Vol. LX I LXIVKKMITY OF OBKOON. EUGEWE. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, MWiO No. 57 World Nows IN BRIEF Nevil Shute dies M K LBOURNE, Australia i UPI i Author Nevil Shute, who wrote the best-selling' novel and movie story "On the Beach," has died of a stroke in Melbourne, Australia. The 60-year-old Brit ish- born author wrote a score of novels, most of them highly suc cessful. Shuts moved with his wife and two daughters to Aus tralia in 19M, raising cattle, writ ing, and avoiding publicity. Reds to test-fire MOSCOW (CPI) A Soviet scientist says a giant rmw Rus sian rocket will hasten the possi bility of direct exploration of Mara and Venus. The scientist proposed in Moscow the estab lishing of a special institute to study possible life on other plan ets, and problems involving send ing humans and animals into space. The Red rocket is sched uled to be test fired soon into the Pacific ocean. Rates to rise WASHINGTON <Jfl President Eisenhower plans to call again for an increase in postal rates. Representative Charles A Hal leck iR-Ind.j said Tuesday. Market recovering NEW YORK — A strong re covery drive cut the stock mar ket’s losses In the final half hour Tuesday but the market took its fifth straight daJly setback. Later dealings were heavy and the ticker tape ran late as prices met support. Bid rejected CAPITOL HILL ( UPI i — Sen ate Democrats have voted down a bid by Liberals to cut the po licy-making powers of Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson. In a 51-to-12 vote the Democratic senators rejected a motion by Senator Albert Gore of Tennes see. The motion would have ex panded the senate Democratic policy committee and provided for filling the committee by a party caucus rather than appoint ment by Johnson. The senators also approved a motion continu ing Johnson’s current policy pow ers. Rayburn: 'No' W ASHINGTON ijpl — House Speaker Sam Rayburn of Texas said today he does "not choose” to be chairman of the Democratic National Convention and would not accepte the post. ODE opens house in news, business The Oregon Daily Emerald news and business staff will hold an Open House, Sunday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. In 301 Allen Hall. All freshmen and upperclass men who are interested in joining any departments of the pa|»er are invited to attend. A special plea is being made for students interested in pho tography work. Newspaper ex perience is not required. Refreshments will be served. UNIVERSITY ASSEMBLY SPEAKER Paul S. Dull explained his views on the “Problem of Our China Policy” Tuesday afternoon In the SI Ballroom. Dull, a CO professor of history, is currently on sabbatical leave, and will return to teaching next fall. Debate continued Dull pessimistic of China policy By DAN PFAFF Emerald Stuff Writer Paul S. Dull, professor of his tory at the University, counseled a course that will be long, and not guaranteed to be successful in answer to the “Problem of Our China Policy,” at Tuesday’s Uni versity assembly. Speaking before a near ca pacity crowd in the StudfUt Union ballroom. Dull said, “I ad mit that I differed with the Con gressman from the Fourth Dis trict in order to influence public thinking on the issues.” He added that since that time he has received publicity in state news papers. and thereby raised some differences among his colleagues, who thought the two men should reconcile their differences. “As long as the debate was on issues, what was there to recon cile?” Dull questioned. “I AM TIItED of being a eunuch in the harem of learning,” he said, explaining his reason for taking a year of sabbatical leave to Senate to discuss dilemma ny itf.it> k. ii it> r.K Emerald Newt Editor An ASUO Senate meeting’ will be held Thursday night with a main purpose of deciding a line of succession to the presidency, according to Peter VVengert, ASUO vice-president, who is cur rently acting president in Gary Gregory's absence. VVENGERT, who recently re turned from an International Re lations League meeting in New York, said that he will preside at the meeting, and give the Sen ate a chance to clear up the con fusion surrounding the current ineligibility status of Gregory. The school constitution makes no provision for such a situation, but does state that the vice-presi dent is to move into the position of president in case the latter’s “absence" occurs. Gregory has not as yet regis tered for Winter term, although he plans to do so by January 18, Policies offered on fire program By JIM BOYD Assistant News Editor Approximately 145 of the 700 to 750 men estimated by A1 Win ter to be living in fraternities at tended the IFC fire prevention program Tuesday night in the SU Ballroom. The purpose of the program, as explained by L. A. (Bud) Man gels, is to provide proof to par ents that the fraternities are tak ing an interest in fire prevention, to make the fraternity alumni realize that the house must be kept in repair, and to give fra ternity members practical in formation about fire prevention. IN AN INTERVIEW Tuesday afternoon, Mangels explained that each house will conduct three fire drills under the super vision of the fire department. (Continued on page 6) the deadline for winter class sign up. Gregory is currently seeking grades in four class hours in an effort to boost his GPA to a 2.0. WENGERT INDICATED that he personally did not want the presidency. He said that last term, after taking over the duties of vice-president, he made various committments, apparently under the assumption that he would not run into the possibility of suc ceeding to the presidency. Wengert listed among his rea sons for not wanting the presi dent's position the fact that he is national vice-president of the International Relations League and is carrying a heavy stu<Jy. load. Sounding board Faculty looks at cheating; proposes attitude change By LIZ RINGROSE Emerald Feature Writer Ed. note: This is the first in a series on cheating and the Uni versity. The first article concerns the faculty’s attitudes on the problem. The next two, which will appear shortly, will cover the stu dent and administrative point of view. A RECENT ARTICLE in the Sautrday Evening Post dealt with what it called "American Dis grace: College Cheating." This article implies that cheating is more or less out of control in large U.S. state universities and private institutions. Whether the facts the article propounds are glaring and true, much discussion has been caused at the University. Many faculty members feel that while cheating is not a serious problem on this campus, there is enough of it to warrant a change in attitude on the part ol the average student and extra precautions on the part of some of the professors. CARLISLE MOORE, associate professor of English, who agrees that there is a cheating problem at the University, says, however, that the cheating is less cut-: throat and vicious than at a larger, urban university. He cited an example of a law school in a New York city uni versity where students actually had to guard their own note books — not because' anyone wanted to copy them, but because other students would like to see them receive low grades. It appears that the cheating differs with the course and the type of test given. The most eom lron method of cheating is plagiarism or outright copying. MOORE COMMENTED that those who cheat on essay tests can often be discovered through questioning a dishonest student about a specific question in his paper. He may find he cannot answer it and thereby gives him self away. There are. however, many more devious methods being practiced of which many more honest stu dents may not be aware. K. W. Porter, professor of history, com mented that some serious trouble concerning cheating in his V.Z. history class has recently oc- \ curred. Porter received an anonymous note shortly before his fall term final exam. This note alleged that some of his students had ob tained copies of both his ri*?d terms before the final test. Porter made an announcement prior to the final, saying that extra pre cautions would be taken with the final examination. On the morn ing of the final, the history de partment received an anonymous telephone call stating that copies (Continued on page o) travel, work on a book and fulfill speaking engagements. He ex plained that peopie often think of professors as persons who talk about things which they cannot really do. He said he thought Congress man Porter's statement that Chiang Kai Chek should be re tired to an old soldier's home, preferably with barbed wire around it, was wrong, and was in terested to note that Porter later called the statement “unfor tunate.” The professor made- references to four surveys of the China prob lem. naming some of the pro visions in the Conlon Associates Report as those which he most nearly agrees with in relation to the two Chinas, although he is pessimistic about any immediate) implementation of any provisions libted in the report. AMONG OTHER THINGS, the report advocates exchanges of scholars between the United States and China and free ad mittance of journalists to Red China. “We can try again, more vig orously than in the past, to reach recognition and eventual admis sion of Red China to the United Nations in accordance with the steps in the Conlon Report. TJTe way to negotiate is now in the hands of the Chinese leaders,” lie said. DI LI. EXPLAINED his rea sons for seeing the problem as he does by giving a definition of liberalism as "as reason expressed through law.” He added that fte did not say states other than hTS own should hold to this law, or that the United States holds to it all the time. Secondly, he said countries may at times come under the influence of outlaw leaders, as was Hitler in Germany, and as the leader ship of Red China is today. "In attaining our goals we should be idealistic and realistic. The end never justifies the means," he explained, adding that analysts often think in terms of what should be, not what is or what can be. QUOTING MAO TSE TUNG, "The Chinese revolution cannot be completely effective, complete ly successful, until the United States is destroyed,” the profes (Continued on page 3) Scholarship cups given fraternities Three scholarship trophies were presented by Ai Winter and Don ald DuShane at the fire preven tion assembly Tuesday night. The National Sigma Chi Foun dation cup for the fraternity which improved its grades the most over the previous year was presented to Fi Kappa Alpha. No member was present to re ceive it. Phi Sigma Kappa received the McGregor cup for the highest 195S-59 average. Phi Kappa Psi also received the Onthank cup for the out standing pledge class. Each of these cups was deter mined on the basis of grades for the school year 1958-59.
