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Index IFC editorial 2 MP«rt* 4,5 Foreign feature ^ Weather RAIN Vol. 1^X1 Wickham to leave on tour of world University Dean of Women, Mrs. Golda Wickham, and her husband will be on a year’s tour of the world when school starts next fall. Mrs. R. E. Walker will be the acting dean in Mrs. Wick-! ham’s absence. Mrs. Walker, the former Eileen Larimer, was Mrs. Wickham’s assistant in 1958-59 here on campus. Mr. and Mrs. Wickham will board the SS Oregon the Panhell retreat set for Saturday The Timber Topper restaurant in Springfield is the "rendezvous” this Saturday for the Panhellenic all-day retreat. Those attending will be the Panhellenic Council and officers, delegates from each house, the Dean of Women, the Executive Secretary of Panhelle nlc. and the president of City Panhellenlc. The discussion topics and the discussion leaders are as fol lows: "L'pperclass Housing Dur ing Fall Kush," Bunny Brissen den; “Problems of Open Rush," Kae Hinchey; "The One and One Rule,” Judy Hendershot; "Clari fication of Formal Rush Rules," Hetty Lush; and "Penalties for Rushing Infractions,” Mary Leon ard. All girls attending the retreat will meet at the Gerlinger turn around at 6:30 am Saturday. There will be a 7 o'clock break fast at the Timber Topper fol lowed by the group discussions at 8. General discussions will begin at JO and continue until 4 with a break for lunch at noon. If any information is wanted or if anyone can bring a car, they are to call Judy Baxter at 773. first of August and sail to Yoka hama. Japan, for the first leg of their Journey. They plan to return to Eugene August 1. 1961. At that time Mrs. Wickham will resume her duties as Dean of Women. Mr. Wickham will return to South Eugene high school, where he is a social studies teacher. CONCERNING her years leave of ubsen~e from the Univer sity, Mrs. Wickham said, "My husband and I just decided to take a year off and vacation. This seemed to be the right time | to do it." She has served as Dean of Women at Oregon for 16 years. Dean Wickham received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University in 1931 and grad uated as a Phi Beta Kappa and a member of the Senior Six. Al though she worked her way through school, the Dean was also active in campus activities. After teaching in rural schools and in Portland high schools, she returned to Oregon to fill the post of Dean of Women. THE WICKHAMS will spend a month in Japan. There Dr. Vic tor P. Morris, former Dean of the School of Business here at the University, and his wife will Join them. Dr. Morris left Eugene (Continued on page 8) A1HS. GOLDA WICKHAM Dean to tour worid Warns of Vaccine use Novick lists danqers BOULDER, Colo. (AP) Uni versity Professor Aaron Novick said Wednesday "It is not incon ceivable that we will lose an en tire generation, perhaps even humanity,” because of the wide spread use of Halk vaccine. NOVICK said the program which saw mass inoculations with the anti-polio vaccine "is frankly a mess." Novick told the University of Colorado's World Affairs Confer ence that the virus used in the vaccine is grown in monkey kid ney tissues which bears marked physical resemblance to that of human kidneys. The system of a person inocu lated with the va> . ..o therefore, develops antibodies agmnst the virus This is »r*. puruose of the vaccine, Novick t.a 1. »U1 HE CLAI MED tn:,t the human system aTo makes anti bodies against r'n> monkey kid ney. Because human and monkey kidneys are so sinvlar, Novick said, "it ia possible that we will Hairston to lead high school voices A Negro Spiritual Festival will be conducted at McArthur Court Friday night at 8 by Jester Hair ston, a Los Angeles composer, arranger and director. HAIRSTON MILL direct the voices of nearly 1,000 Oregon high school and junior high school voices, according to Byron Miller of the Eugene public schools. The concert is open to Uni versity students on their student body cards. High school choirs from North Bend, Douglas in Winston, Cor vallis, North Salem and Willam ette will take part in the pro gram, as well as all Eugene public secondary school choirs (junior high and high school choruses). THE FIRST HALF of the fes tival will be devoted to the sing ing of Negro spirituals by indi vidual choirs represented. THE SECOND half of the pro gram will be singing by a 1,000 voice choir formed by consoli dating the singing gToups pres ent. Hairston is scheduled to sing Negro spiritual solos with the background voices of the giant chorus. (Continued on l>age 6) AWS Agenda The AWS legislature will meet today at 4 in the Student Union for the first meeting of the term, aceording to Bette Lush, AWS president. Invocation Roll call Minutes Treasurer’s report Committee reports Scholarships Old business Amendment Scholarship New business Appointive offices Suggestions for coming year Announcements Honors assembly April 22—Junior Prom AW’S Convention •'« provoked Into making anti- , bodies against our own kidneys. | "The Salk vaccine was so widely given that such a reac tion would affect virtualy every one. "It is not inconceivable that we will lose an entire generation, perhaps even humanity. "WE RUSHED into the pro gram without any real reason to believe it was effective, and without taking precautions. Any- 1 one who suggested delay was considered a monster." Ugly man contest petitions due soon The annual Ugly Man contest sponsored by the YWCA is now under way. Petitions for the can didates from the organizations are due April 5 in the YWCA j office in the SU. Voting will begin April 11 and , continue until April 16. Voting bottles will be placed in the SU. ‘ the Co-op, and the Side. Elimina tions will be made daily on the i basis of total amount collected in the bottle of each contestant. ! The Ugly Man will be intro duced at the Ugly Man dance, i Saturday night, April 16. He will be presented with the traditional "Herman the Moose" prize which is now in the possession of the Eijis. Contributions will go to the World University Service fund to be used for univeristy aid throughout the world. Every living organization is urged to submit a name of one of their ugly members or an ugly ; acquaintance. In Denver, the Rocky Mountain News said it contacted Dr. Jonas Salk, developer of the vaccine, by telephone in Pittsburgh. The News quoted Salk as say ing "It's not of any moment. This theory came up again and again many years ago. It has since been forgotten because it was thoroughly investigated, and there was no evidence that such a phenomenon was operative.” SALK WAS QUOTED as say ing he knows and admires No vick. "He is too sensible a fellow and too fine a scientist for this,” the News quoted the research search scientist. "It must be that he exaggerated for the sake of emphasis. "W’hy, I'm sure that he’s had his own children vaccinated.” Novick said that this is true. Novick is director of the In stitute of Molecular Biology at the University of Oregon. He also serves on the editorial board of the Bulletin of The Atomic Scientists. Emerald meeting set for Saturday Coffee and donuts will be served at an Emerald promo tional meeting in room 301 of the Journalism building on Sat urday at 9:30 a.m. AH present, past and poten tial Emerald “staffers” are in vited to attend the informal meeting. Anyone interested in working towards a better Em erald is urged to come. World News In Brief Leukemia cause found LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (UPI1 Scientist Ste\’en Schwartz says he has proof that Lukemia, a uni formly fatal disease sometimes called blood cancer, is caused by a virus. Schwartz’s work is said to hold out possibilities for an anti-se rum to help those who have the disease and a vaccine which would protect against the dis ease. Danger continues CHICAGO (UPD—Flood waters have driven an estimated 4000 persons from homes in Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas. South Dakota, Missouri and Illinois. Helicopters are being used in Nebraska—the hardest hit state —to drop food and medicine to isolated villages and for rescue work. Flood waters—the worst in 40 years—also hit Milwaukee. Negroes hosed MARSHALL. Texas (UPI) — Several hundred Negroes crowd ed a courtroom in Marshall, Texas, Wednesday, as 50 to 60 Negro lunch counted demonstra tors were being charged with un lawful assembly. The Negroes shouted down a district attorney who pleaded with them not to cause trouble. Fire hoses were turned on about 150 Negroes outside the courtroom. Chessman loses again SAN RAFAEL, Calif. (UPI) — Convict-author Caryl Chessman has lost another bid to stave off his execution. A court at San Rafael, Cali fornia, rejected petitions for a stay of execution and a writ of habeas corpus. Chessman is scheduled to die ; on the second of May. Emergency declared CAPETOWN, South Africa l UPI) — Government officials have clamped a state of emer (Continucd on page 7) Junior Week queen nominations due Nominations for Junior Week queen must be made by Sun day. These nominations must be turned in to Linda YV'or mald, Pi Beta Phi; Chuck Cam eron, Sigma Chi; or Mcrv Thompson, Beta Theta Pi. The nominees must be junior girls, selected on the basis of poise, personality, appearance, grades, and activities. All living organizations are requested to make a selection. I