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Vol. I .XII UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, .MAY 17, I'Hi I No. 136 UIIXIAM BICKI.KV, editor of the National Review ami gueM lecturer at TlM>Mlty'<i I nlver*-lty asM-irihly, said, “The students wm' what a sr«U-j|iif world liberalism Is.” (Photo by Martha Breed i Theta Goes On Social Probation Kappa Alpha Theta was put on voluntary social probation this week for "general rowdiness and u slip-up In the mechanics of ob taining a required number of chaperones at the May 6 house dance," according to Anne Stra chcn, Theta house president. THE HOUSE is on probation for an undeflnitc period of time, according to Miss Strachen. She felt that although the house made the decision to take a voluntary probation, student affairs would have put the house on such a probation anyway. DURING the dance, the Eugene city police entered the house to ask that the noise be lessened. They had evidently received re ports from nearby residents. In a statement to the Emerald, Miss Strachen said, "The Theta fContinued on pane 3) Buckley: Liberalism Not Suited for Our Time Buckley, Faculty Wrangle During Discussion lime William Buckley, guest lectur er at Tuesday's University as 'embly, got into several wran •les with professors at an infor r-al discussion period following lis speech which examined lib- • u-a) ideology. I’KESTON TI TTLE, speech in structor, said to Buckley: “You have spoken of liberal hysteria. Is it possible to conceive of a onservative hysteria? I suppose lome people have called you a fascist.” Buckley retorted with. "No one has ever called me a fascist.” THEN K. T. Ellickson. head of the physics department, brought up last week's voting on bond measures in Eugene. Ellickson asked Buckley if knowledge of an organization iuch as the United Nations af fects a voters decision on a lo cal issue? “IF THE knowledge is not necessary, then what is the pur pose of education?” Buckley isked. Ellickson said he was asking f Buckley had any evidence that "Yale men vote more intelligent ly than plumbers." "I think there is considerable evidence that plumbers vote more ntelligentlv than college profes sors." Buckley shouted back. ANOTHER question put to Buckley was: “We continue to exist in spite of ourselves. How ate we going to overcome our liberal philosophy?” “Through persuasion—showing the rightness of one position and the wrongness of another,” Bucjj ley said. “THERE is now interest in the conservative renaissance in the college. The students see what a grotesque world liberalism is. We have less freedom than we did (Continued on pane .?> Oregon Union Debate Leaders To Convene to Set Dates for Meet The Oregon Union debate on student foes being used on the building of a new football sta dium is on probably. The leaders of the Oregon Un ion will meet Friday noon to discuss the dates available for two proposed Oregon Union de bates. ONE debate will be on student funds to be used for the building of a new athletic stadium and a second will be on government medical care for the aged. Bill Landers, publicity director of the Oregon Union, said that it would be "presumptuous” to set a definite date for the first debate, but it is likely that it will be Friday, May 18. Landers said that it is "like ly” that the debate on the sta dium will be the first one. ATTENDING the meeting will be Roger Gross, chairman of the Oregon Union; Bob Forsyth, vice chairman of the Union; Steve Hintz, program chairman; and Scott Nobles of the University’s spesch department. The Oregon Union debate prop osition of the stadium reads, “This house resolves that no stu dent fees be used for a new sta dium.” THE stadium debate has en countered a number of obstacles. Originally, University Athletic Director Leo Harris was sched uled to debate a faculty member on the issue but no faculty mem ber was willing to debate. Quentin Breen, a junior in law, volunteered to debate the affirmative, but Harris refused to debate a student. For a time the Union attempted to find opposi-! tion for Breen but was unable to do so. SUNDAY, Paul Bauge, junior 'n law and a member of the var sity football team, agreed to de- i bate the negative. But Bauge had ; problems finding time to debate ! and the Union had trouble find- j ing a time when the SU ballroom ■ would be open. However, some decision is ex pected to come from Friday’s meeting. The Oregon Union is a newly formed debating society pattern ed after the Oxford Union. It was organized last fall by the Stu dent Union forum committee un der the direction of Bob Forsyth as a free debate system on topics ranging from local to national questions. • By YVONNE EGGERS A*st. .Managing Editor LIBEKALLSM is not suited for , our time. William F. Buckley. Jr. said this to a packed audience in the SU Ballroom yesterday and then went on to illustrate his point in terms of national security. ; Buckley, who identifies him self as a conservative, is editor of the National Review. He is also author of the best selling book, “God and Man at Yale.” ; THE PRESENT national se curity policy is "burdened by | liberal notions of the use of power," he said. “They say the use of force is a relapse into primitivism.” “Yet the failure of the United States to take a stand and to back up the stand is the primary reason for the formation of the satellite countries after World War II,” Buckley said. HE PRESENTED a distinction between peace and pacifism. He said that pacifism is a part of our Christian heritage that stems from false notions on peace. “Peace is not a prayer to yield everything to the blunderers. The price of pacifism is to yield. “IT IS GENERALLY conceded that you may yield your life, but you will have peace,” he said. He mentioned a poll taken at Harvard University in which one third of the interviewees said they would yield to communism rather than fight. BUCKLEY attributed a "dilut ed loyalty to the West which lib eralism has engendered” as the reason for the pacifism of youth. “At stake in our war with com munism is civilized society,” he emphasized. "Why not view the atom bomb in terms of what it has done? It kept the Europeans free. “THE ATOM is a part of na ture. It is not to be fought, but to be used as a part of justice,” he said. Buckley said that the belief in national interest can sometimes <Continued on page f>J SU to Sponsor hungry i Concert Folk songs. jarz, comedy and songs performed by a group of night club stars will be presented in the SU Ballroom on Tuesday, May 23 at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. THE HUNGRY I College Con cert, sponsored by the Student Union Board will feature folk balladeer Stan Wilson, the com edy team of Wick and Brand, Ada Moore, singer, and a jazz trio. Stan Wilson was the first en tertainer to be presented at the hungry i. Lenin Castro accom panies him on the guitar. ADA MOORE has played in such night clubs as the Blue An gel, Mr. Kelly's and the Clouds in Honolulu. She sings not only jazz but popular, folk and blues. She was the lead in the Broadway production of ''House of Flow ers.” Bobby Wick and Ray Brand are a new comedy team com bining comedy with jazz. They have appeared in clubs and hotels across the country, and in Hawaii and Jamaica. Student general admission will be SI, reserved seats will be SI.50. adult general admission $1.50. and reserved seats $2.00. Tickets will be on sale at the SU main desk and at the door. Chancellor Post Discussion Set No procedure for filling the post vacated by John R. Rich ards. Chancellor of the State System of Higher Education, has been established yet. according to Mrs. VVickes Shaw Beal, direc tor of information for the State System. RICHARDS marie the official announcement of his resignation Monday through Robert Wert, president of the co-ordinating council and vice provost at Stan ford University. Richards has been appointed the first director of the Co-ordinating Council for California Higher Education. The finance committee of the State Board of Higher Educa tion will meet at 10 a.m. Sat urday at the medical school in Portland, and Mrs. Shaw said that she assumed that other mem bers of the Board would prob ably be present at the meeting and that the matter of select ing a new chancellor would prob ably be discussed informally. At the time that Richards was brought to Oregon, he was giv en the position of vice chancel lor. However, since he has taken over in the top spot, the job has not been filled. Mrs. Beal said that the Board must make a de cision concerning the creation of the position again. DURING the weekend Rich ards notified members of the State Board of Higher Education j of his resignation. He said that he withheld the public announce ment until after the adjournment of the Oregon State Legislature. Richards said he is accepting the new post because of the "op portunity now presented to apply lessons learned by experience in (Continued on page 7) Oreganci Issues Available Today Winter term and housing is sues of the Oregana will be distributed today from 1 to 5 pan. in the basement ping pong room in the SU. Only those who have receipts may pick up their hooks today. Students who have not yet picked up the fall term issue may also do so at this time.