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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.