Festival Draws
USIS Interest
I’res Lyndon B. Johnson has
requested that the U.S. Informa
tion Service make material on the
l niversity’s first International
Festival available for distribution
overseas, according to Anant Cha
ven, chairman of the event
Every foreign country repre
sented on the campus will be rep
resented in tlte two-day festival
today and Saturday. Exhibits will
open at 3 p in. today on the sec
ond floor of the Student Union
and run until the 7:30 show to
night in tlie SU Ballroom. Gov.
.Mark Hatfield will be the honored
Noted Publisher
Major Speaker
At Conference
The 4.'ith annual Oregon Press
Conference will feature two dis
tinguished speakers today and
Saturday Barry Bingham will he
the guest speaker in the Eric
Allen Memorial lecture at 2:30
p in today in the Student Union
He will discuss "The One-Owner
ship Newspaper Town."
Bingham is a Kentucky-born
Harvard graduate and has worked
as police reporter for the Louis
ville Times, a Washington cor
respondent, editorial writer, as
sistant to the editor, assistant to
the publisher and as a publisher.
Since 1937 he has been president
of the Courier-Journal and Louis
ville Times Company
KcceBed Bronze Stars
During World War II. Bingham
received two bronze stars for
covering US Navy operations next
to Normandy and in the Pacific
During the surrender of Japan,
Bingham was one of 9fi corres
pondents in Tokyo Bay. After the
war. Bingham served as chief of
mission for the Economic Coop
oration Administration to France,
and received the French Govern
ment’s Legion of Honor.
At present he is a director of
the American Press Institute anil
a member of the advisory board
for Pulitzer Prizes He has spent
three months touring Asia and
after returning to the states was
co-chairman for Stevenson's bid
for the Presidency.
Banquet Speaker Featured
Speaking earlier in the day will
be Dr. Sioma Kagan, a professor
of international business in the
University School of Business Ad
ministration Dr. Kagan will
speak at the noon luncheon on
"Oregon Newspapers' Stake in
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guest at the opening performance.
Saturday exhibits will open at
11 a m The show will be at 3
pm. University President Arthur
S Flemming will be the honored
guest.
Highlights of the free program
will be the crowning of an Af
rican chief, a Chinese traditional
wedding, a Swedish skit, a Japa
nesi judo exhibition, and a fash
ion show representing 30 conn
tries.
Sponsored by the YMCA, the
purpose of the festival is for for
eign students to express their ap
preciation for their acceptance in
to the community. Donations tak
en at the show will go to the For
eign Student Loan Fund. The
festival is financed entirely by
donations from town business
men Twenty-five hundred dollars
worth of sendees and $500 cash
have been contributed to date.
A half hour taped preview of
the festival will tie televised on
KVALTV channel 13, at 3:30
p m. Saturday
Plans for the festival started
last September and were insti
gated by YMCA President Kuri
en Chacko.
Civil Rights Week
Goldschmidt, Sherburne
Defend Drive for Funds
By DAVE JORDAN
Assistant News Editor
A pair of ASUO presidents, one
of present vintage and one of
past, explained the upcoming
Civil Rights Week and the Mis
sissippi voter registration drive
it is to help finance Thursday
afternoon.
Phil Sherburne, present ASUO
President, and Neil Goldschmidt,
former president and now an
NAACP field worker in the .South,
spoke to a meeting of living or
ganization delegates to answer
various questions which have
been presented to challenge the
project.
Sherburne’s comments were
concerned with justifying the
move of student government from
the traditional field of eampus
afTairs to problems of national
and somewhat distant origin.
Answers Questions
Goldschmidt attempted to ans
wer the questions, What good
will it do? and. What is it?”
Sherburne opened his defense
of the project by saying, “It
seems to me that you naturally
resolve back to the question of
what does student government
exist for?’
“It exists to fill a vacuum—
handling things which perhaps
the administration should do but
which it doesn’t have the man
power to handle, and bringing
concern to this campus to make
students aware of being citizens
in a national as well as a campus
community.
"I don't think there is neces
Washburn Relates Primate
Behavior to Prehistorics
By STEVE GREEN
Associate News Editor
"Primate Behavior" was dis
cussed by Sherwood Washburn
in the final Condon lecture be
fore a capacity crowd in the Stu
dent Union ballroom Thursday.
Washington is currently work
mg with a primate colony at the
University of California and is
a member of the national scien
tific advisory council to the Ore
gon Regional Primate Research
! Center near Portland.
lie has made several field trips
including primate expeditions to
Ceylon. Siam, Burma and Africa.
In his Thursday lecture. Wash
burn showed .. series of slides
taken during his African expedi
tion in which he was primarily in
terested in the structure and so
cial organization of baboon troops.
Make Generalities
The reason, according to W'ash
burn, that present day studies of
apes and monkeys are undertaken
is that generalities made from
observing them today can prob
ably be applied to their actions
during prehistoric times.
“Our camp, commented Wash
burn, "was located right at the
foot of Kilimanjaro. It consisted
of seven tents which were own
ed and operated by professional
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BKUCE BABBITT, ASUO Senator-at-I.arge, presented a motion
to send a letter to the American Legion affirming University’s
support oi NS A during Thursday’s Senate meeting. ASUO Presi
dent Phil Sherburne looks on. (Story page 8)
hunters. I might point out that
one day's room and board there
was considerably less than one
day in the Eugene hotel.”
He said that the baboon troops
live in relatively small areas usu
ally from two to 15 square miles
in size. They have never been
seen to venture out of this area.
There is no fixed home with
in this area and the baboons
range freely over it Attempts to
coax them out by means of food
or by scaring them have failed
Relations Neutral
"Relations between most ani
mals in the game preserve where
we studied seemed to be neutral,”
Washburn stated, "even if they
are eating the same kind of
food.”
He said that as long as the ani
mals were not being hunted they
seemed to have no fear of each
other or human beings. “Quite
often the main problem was keep
ing them off your car.”
"Unlike man,” Washburn point
ed out, “many of the animals can
go for days and even weeks with
out water. This suggests that man
is not adapted to life on the sav
anas. but is more adapted to life
in the forested areas more like
the gorilla."
Washburn exhibited several
diagrams of the structure of the
baboon troops as they traveled
and rested and noted that they
were practically similar.
Troop Led by Males
The troop would be led by
several of the subordinate adult
males accompanied by a few fe
males. The same situation exists
at the rear of the troop In the
center are the largest and most
dominant males, the females with
the youngest babies and one or
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NCAA Swim Mark |
Falls to UO’s Boyd 1
By MASON SMITH
Emerald Sports Writer
Oregon’s Dick Boyd broke the
NCAA championship record in
the 400-yard individual medley at
the Far West Swimming Champ
ionships Thursday, clocking
4:22.1.
Boyd placed fourth in the
NCAA Championships as a sopho
more last year in the same event
to earn his All-American rating.
“It was so easy. I didn’t feel
the race until the end.’’ he said.
His time set new pool, confer
ence, and varsity records as well.
After the first three events,
Oregon is leading the 3-day meet
with 33 points, followed by Wash
ington with 25. Washington State
with 14. and Oregon State with
10.
The Oregon medley relay team
also set a new varsity record
with a time of 3:51.0. This time
was only good for second, though,
as a very fast Washington State
team set a new conference record
with a time of 3:49.2 The record
setting Duck team consisted of
Steve Kohl, Mack Hirayama, Lar
ry Oshiro, and John Tompkins.
Impressive Performances
Other impressive performances
were turned in by Kohl, Dale
Wood, and Arthur Thompson.
Kohl pulled the surprise upset
of the evening by finishing ahead
of Washington’s Ron Bohlman
in that same medley race. Kohl’s
time of 4:39.5 was only 0.9 sec
onds off the NCAA qualifying
time.
In the same event Jack Carter
came through to take a fifth
place. Dale Wood and Arthur
Thompson placed second and
third in the 500 freestyle Wood
led the race for the first 300
yards but with a fast finish Wash
ington’s Ed Cazalet was able to
win the race by twro seconds.
The Oregon medley relay rec
ord was made possible by trem
endous individual efforts by the
team members. The lead man,
Steve Kohl, did his best time of
59.8 to give the team a narrow
lead over the field. Mack Hira
yama turned in a 1:05 8 for the
breaststroke leg to better his
standing varsity record.
The effort was not enough to
retain the lead from a fast hund
red breaststroke by Bob Brown
ing of Washington State. Brown
ing's time of 1:018 would have
placed at last year's NCAA Cham
pionships. The deciding man in
Oregon record was Larry Oshiro
who turned in a 54.8 in the but
terfly.
Oshiro Bests Mark
Oshiro’s time was better than
the existing conference record
for the individual event. The
anchor man, John Tompkins, bet
tered the varsity record in the
100-yard freestyle with his time
of 50.4. It was fortunate for Ore
gon that Tompkins came through
because the pressing Washington
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warily any difference in these
f'>vo tasks. It is not an 'either or’
situation We can do both,” he
said.
Most Important Crisis
He continued, ‘'Civil Rights is
probably the most important
crisis facing our nation today
I'm sure that in the next 15 to
20 years this problem will be
come much more critical. And I
believe that it is our duty to edu
cate the student e\cn as far away
from the actual source of this
problem as the West Coast. Peo
ple on the West Coast don't think
it is relevant, but it is/’
In response to a fjuostion on
why the ASl’O doesn't concern
itself with local racial problems
before it ventures into the na
tional field, Sherburne said, "I
don t see w hy we can t dig at
both ends of the ditch.
' We can hold this drive to aid
‘he project in Mississippi and at
the same time become involved
in civ il rights problems in the
Eugene area/’
It was then pointed out that
C i\il Rights Week will serve an
educational function for the local*
area by casting light on several
aspects of the civil rights prob
lem.
•Fascist State’
Goldschmidt said of the situa
tion in Mississippi: "It’s almost
a fascist state. I don t like to use
that word, since it carries various
connotations, but that’s the clo^
est thing to it.”
W hat we need to do.” he con
tinued. is get so manv students
down there that it is a national
story' We need an umbrella of
national press attention under
which vve can operate.
There is safety in numbers.
This is why vve are asking for
2.000 volunteers to go to Missis
sippi. They can't take 2.000 whites
out in the bushes and beat them
like a Xegro—if they do thev will
have the national press down on
them/’
Manpower Needed
"Students are available in the
summer. There is no other way
to get enough manpower: there
is no other way to tell the Ne
groes in Mississippi we are with
them and the whites in Missis
sippi that we are against them/’
"I think it is important to let
these people know that all whites
don t operate like Mississippi
whites.-’ w
He stated. "I d like to see the
l ni\ ersity of Oregon do the same
thing it did with free speech. We
made a national reputation for
doing something that we just
should have done.-’
In reference to the makeup of
the voter registration drive. Gold
schmidt said. "All of these people
participating won't be students—
there will be journalists, law' stu
dents from Yale University, fac
ulty members, and nurses.-’
Press Coverage Needed
Goldschmidt indicated that
there is a real need for press
coverage of the Mississippi situa
tion to be stepped up. and that
a good way to do it is throueh
this project He said. "It is very
difficult to find out what’s hap
pening down there."
Emerald Staff
To Hold Meet
AH members of The Emer
ald staff will meet at 4 p.m.
today in 301 Allen Hall.
The mandatory meeting in
cludes upper staff, sports staff,
freshman reporters, proofread
ers, and members of the adver
tising staff.
All those unable to be pres
ent must call Janet Goetze at
345 1375 or ext. 1817 bv 4p.m.