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The Oregon Dotty EMERALD --——___ \ol. I-XIII IMVhKSlTY OFOKEtiON. KI’<iKNE,TI ESDAY, NOVKMBKRZ1, l»6l No. 14 SMIIJNO PRISONER of vigilant sophomore Homecoming “tradition" enforcement crews is secon dary education mn lor (iull Guthrie, (tail Is occupying the lock-up which traditions police keep handy to the court. Violations of Homecoming traditions include walking on the grass, not saving hello on the Hello Walk, not wearing a 50-cent Homecoming button, and believing that all this is nonsense. (Photo by Dave Sandsi Study sees success in Friendship Union An evaluation of the American Foreign Student Friendship t'nion disclosed some degree of * success in contact between the foreign students and their Amer ican "buddies." According to the evaluation, released by the Student Union Board, it is reasonably certain that 38 of the 54 students as signed as "buddies" made con tacts, THE PROGRAM, started this year, was headed by Kip Lom bard. and operated through Ken neth Ghent in the foreign stu dents office. Several of those assigned as "buddies" did not return to school, and several of the for eign students did not conn: to the University. A TOTAL of 174 American students signed up as possible "buddies." Out of more than 300 foreign students entering this year, about 150 were here last year, 35 or more are Canadians, and over 00 are transfers from other American institutions. Only the 54 new students wer*- paired Kar! to deliver campus lectures H. L. A. Hart, professor of Jurisprudence at Oxford Univer sity. England, will deliver two lectures to University students this week. Hart, a lawyer and philosopher, will sf>euk on "Punishment and the Elimination of Responsibility" at 4 p.m. today in Room 3 of Fenton Hall. On Wednesday at the same time, his subject will be "Acts of Will,” in Room 202 of Chapman Hall. Considered to be a leading philosopher in England today, Hart graduated from Oxford in 1929. He studied for the bar and practiced .'aw for the next ten years and then returned to Ox ford to teach philosophy. In 1932, he was appointed Professor of Jurisprudence. who definitely had indicated they would be attending the Univer sity. In an attempt to evaluate the program, the Student Union Board sent questionnaires to 51 of the "buddies." Kight of these students did not return to school, and six of the foreign students did not show up. OF THK OTliKK 40 "buddies." eight met their assignee! foreign student on arrival, 15 felt they had been notified of their par ticipation in plenty of time, and seven were able to help during registration. Included in the recommenda tions for next year’s program are: 1 i solicitation of "buddies" | should start in April; 2i specific (Continued on I'oi/e o) Freshmen plan to paint 'O' today Members of the freshman elass will paint the "O" on Skinner's llutte at 4 p.m. to day. The “O’* which Is now or ange, Mill be painted yellow in the traditional manner, appar ently by freshmen sitting in some jellow paint, then sitting on the “O,” and then sliding down it. Willing freshmen Mere told to wear their oldest elothes. Men wishing to drive fresh men to the ‘O” are asked to wait in front of the women's dorms. Directions for getting to the site will lie posted in men's dorms. It was not reported if ears will he used to carry the paint soaked people home again. Berlin march stopped BERLIN (UPI) West Berlin police exchanged tear-gas gren ades with Communist police while breaking up a march on the wall dividing the city. The Communists started throw-1 ing the grenades when 1500 West. Berliner youths moved toward crossing point intent on tearing down the newly-strengthened wall. JFK, Adenauer meet WASHINGTON (UPI) Presi dent Kennedy and German Chan cellor Adenauer met for two hours Monday in the first of four cold war strategy sessions. Spokesmen said they reviewed the situation in Berlin and Ger many as they sought to devise wavs to counter Moscow's threats to both. Perjury charqes asked WASHINGTON (UPI) House investigators have asked the Jus tice department to bring perjury charges against former National Security agency Personnel Direc or Maurice Klein, who quit un der fire ten days ago. Probers say Klein testified falsely con cerning his personal history lec ord. Investigation delayed WASHINGTON (UPIl A sen ate subcommittee has postponed until January its hearing into charges that military officers have been "muzzled” in public statements. Chairman John Stennis of Mis sissippi said it will be better to take more time and make full preparation for the hearings. House struggle starts CAPITOL HTLL (UPIl The first struggle in 21 years for the Democratic leadership of the house has begun. Representative Richard Rolling of Missouri is out to beat Carl Abeit of Oklahoma for majority leader, and Albert Rains of Ala bama says he may challenge John McCormack for the speaker’s post. for Homecoming Dorms open during holiday Room will bo made for those students who plan to stay in Uni vorsity dormitories during the Thanksgiving holiday. The men's dormitories will he open throughout the vacation in cluding Thanksgiving day, ac cording to Walter Freauff, as sistant dean of students. WOMEN’S I»ORMS will be open all of Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Some but not all of the women’s dorms will be closed Thursday, according to Helen Rierman. assistant director of dormitories. Williams sends OAC challenge on game result ASt’O President Dan Wil liams. joining in the spirit of Homecoming and the University's rivalry with Oregon State, has sent the following letter to George Abed. OAC student presi dent: i-'i-rii ueoi Cow (sicI are you? I are fine! Succumbing to the nonsensical burden of tradition, I shall com mence to offer a challenge and a wager on the Civil War re-enact ment of Nov. 25th, at Oregon’s Great University. Needless to say. there are many channels by which we can release the compe titive animosities between our schools. May I suggest: • hand-hat stealing. • turf-throwing, • name-calling (with appropri ate sneers and dirty looksi. • tractor races (with or with out cultivator t, • tree-recognition. But our athletic departments rid us of this responsibility by providing a yearly gridiron con test. Perhaps it is only fair to warn you and your students that we arc anticipating an easy, lop sided victory for the "Mighty Webfoots.” It is for this reason that T confidently offer this wager. It would seem only reasonable that the Student Body of the losing school should appear at a Friday nt-4, garbed in the colors of the winning schools (undoubtedly green and yellow in this casei to lead the assembled jeering mass es in a rousing chorus of the vic torious school's fight song. Do you agree ? I invite you and your student body to enter into our Homecom ing festivities by attending the Tcarl Bailey concert and dance following. T will be a sad day in Bcaverdale please brace your self for this traumatic experience. Facetiously yours, Dan Williams. Dean's private life noon forum topic Mrs. Golda P. Wickham, Dean of Women, will speak on "The Private Life of a Dean of Wom en." at the fourth meeting of Frosh Forum today. The event will be held in the small dining room of Straub Hall starting at noon. Frosh Forum is jointly spon sored by the Office of Student Affairs. Department of Dormitor ies and the University YMCA. Those Freshmen wishing to at tend may reserve places by call ing Ext. 65S. Names of the women'-- dormi jtories which will be open all day Thursday unit be announced. MEALS WILE be served .1 the dormitories Saturday and S day but not on Thursday or Ft 'day. Brunch arid dinner win he vert Saturday and bre ikfast a d din ner Sunday. Dormitory counselors n rt housemothers will be refjiiiert to ' stay over the hoi iday. l'LOSI.\<» HOI RS for the 'our day vacation are 12 p.m. Wednea | day; 1 a.m. Thursday and Fri day? ^nd 2 a.m. Saturday. Those who stay in Eugene over the holidays may be entert? inert by the Oregon-Oregon State football clash Saturday efter ■ noon and by Pec rl Bailey y. t a concert in MaeCourt at 7:30 Sat : urdav. Tne Homecoming weekend will begin Friday night with a music parade through the campus to the site of the Homecoming bon fire. At the bonfire the 961 .Homecoming Queen will be crowned. QVEEX candidates are Ros alie Brandon, Jean Ham, K, ren Aim, Sharon Douglas, and Linda Wilder. After the bonfire, the Strag glers, a sing-alcng group cur rently appearing at the Red Gar ter, will entertain at a rock and roll dance. They will alto; ate .with The Vibrator.es, a rock and roll band. The Pearl Ba ’ey concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday precedes the Homecoming d&rce at 9 30 p.m. A sixteen piece band, the Star iighters, will play for the d.-nce. University honoraries w.il tap during inteimisison. THE HOMECOMING 'vnce and concert are open to the pub lic. The combination Lcket for the concert-dance is $6. Cor. -ert tickets separately are $1 30 for student general admission, $2 for adult general admission and $2.50 for reserved seats. Spouse tickets are $5. Tickets are on sale at the Stu dent Union main desk. Heads of living organizations were reminded by Honieccniing officers that all signs must bt up by 10 a.m. Friday. Hearn compares school systems Arthur Hearn, of the Univer sity School of Education, will be fhe featured speaker at a Profes sional School assembly to be ;ield at 1 p.nU-j today in Room 127 of the Education Building. Hearn will compare the Eng lish and American syster ; of public education at the a.-sem 1 bly. Those aspects of e-du ,.*Jon that he will pay particular at tention to include athletics, dis cipline and examinations. Hearn studied the English sys tem of public education hile on leave from the University last y'ear. The Professional School- as sembly is jointly sponsored by the School of Education, Phi Lambda Theta and P h i Telta Kappa. The assembly is open to the public. Staff must report Tho regular Tuesday staff of tho Emerald is asked to report for duty today as usual. Emeralds will not be issued the rest of the week. The staff will work on the Homecoming issue to be distributed Satur day.
