r=77 LID Y EJQEAE, rD)N With more than 73 per cent of its stock owned by Oregonians, U . S. Nationa l is very much "Oregon Bank"-a bank where your savings are put to work i n support of Oregon agriculture, industry, business and the personal needs o f Oregonians. And U . S. National serves Oregon well, with 73 modern bankin g offices strategically located throughout the state . SERVING THE EUGENE ARE A EUGENE BRANCH RIVER ROAD BRANCH SPRINGFIELD BRANC H 8th and Charnelton 1000 River Road 5th and Mai n THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK OF PORTLAN D Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Published by th e UNIVERSITY OF OREGON ALUMNI ASSOCIATIO N Member American Alumni Council June-July 1960 Vol . 39, No . 6 COVER "Campus Politics are getting warmer," somebod y said, and though this spring's campaign didn' t quite burst into flames as we have suggested o n the cover, it did have its interesting and hecti c moments . Ron Abell gives you a complete repor t on page 8 . CONTENTS Profile : Everybody's Kid Brother 2 The Half Educated Man 5 Campus Politics : Getting Warmer 8 Editorializing in Pen and Ink 9 New Briefs 11 Old Oregon Roundup 12 Alumni in the Spotlight 16 The Alumnus/a (Special national report) 19 News of the Classes 3 7 Friendly but Persuasive 4 2 Letters to the Editor 44 Through Green and Yellow Glasses 46 From Out of the Glory of the Past 4 7 A Lesson in Art 5 1 The Final Word 5 2 Editorial Staff KEN METZLER 1 JAMES W . FROST 7 Editor Business Manage r PAT TREECE. BOB RICHARDSON 0 Assistant Editor Advertising Manage r JEANIE COMPAGNON 3 Editorial A .ssislan t Executive Committee Oregon Alumni Associatio n MILTON W . RICE . '27 JOE McKEOWN 9 President Vice-Presiden t JAMES W . FROST '47 WILLIS C . WARREN 0 Director Treasure r C. R . "Skeet " MANERUD 2 Past Presiden t WILLIAM DICK, 8 KENNETH POTTS, 2 GREER F. DREW, 6 CARVEL NELSON 0 JUDGE A . T . GOODWIN, 7 RICHARD E . WATSON, 9 DEAN CHARLES T . DUNCA N Facvlty Representativ e Published bi-monthly (February, April, June, August, October, December) by the University o f Oregon Alumni Association, Editorial Offices- 130-M Erb Memorial Union, University of Oregon ,Eugene. Printed at the University of Oregon Press . Subscription price 54 .00 per year . Old Orego n welcomes contributions, but assumes ea responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts unless ac- companied by return postage . Signed articles do nct necessarily reflect the opinions of th e University of Ore gon or the U, of O . Alumni Association . Entered as second-class matter at th e post office at Eugene, Oregon, under act of March 3, 1879 . National advertising representatives : American Alumni Magazines, 100 Washington Square N ., New York, N .Y. (GRamacy 5-2039); West Coast (Alumni Magazine) Group-Robert K . Rupert, Alumni House, University of California , Berkeley 4, California (ASHbury 3-6163). Editorial Board : Malcolm Bauer 5, Portland ; Rober t B. Frazier '48, Eugene ; William L Mainwaring '57, Salem ; Arthur W . Priaulx 8, Portland ; Marguerite Wrttwer Wright 7, Salem. Advertising Advisory Board : William D. MacGibbo n 2, Richard G . Montgomery Jr . 2, J . Carve) Nelson 0, Richard J . Turner 2 and Willard E .Wilson ' 46, all of Portland, from 110-M Er b IT BEGINNING to look as if 1960 i sgoing to be a great year of chang e for Oregon . Nearly $4 million worth o f new construction is under way, a splen- did Class of 1960 is graduating-som e 1,100 strong, Oregon 's ninth president , 0 . Meredith Wilson, and his family de - part for new duties at the University o f Minnesota, and anticipated enrollmen t next fall is pegged at 7,450 . The new construction on the campu s involves three projects : two additions t o the Science Building of slightly mor e than $2 million, a new dormitory t o house 440 students to be constructed o n the southeast corner of 13th and Agat e priced at $1? million, and the first 4 8 units of the big Westmoreland Villag e which will eventually have up to 40 0 units (apartments for married students ) costing about $350,000 . Of the two additions to the Scienc e Building, the east addition, four storie s in height, will extend from the northeast - ern part of the present Science Building , across the science annex and natural his- tory museum to the middle of Emeral d parking lot . This addition will bridg e Onyx street, and will house laboratorie s including the Institute of Molecular Bi- ology . A South addition using the foun- dations of the former men 's pool, wil l contain the largest lecture room en cam - pus, and will be the new location of th e geology department present housed i n Condon Hall . Within the next few weeks contract s will he let on the new dormitory at 13t h and Agate streets, which will provid e housing for approximately 440 student s in five separate units . Jerry Halverson '60, president of th e Class of 1960, will lead the 1,100 or s o members of his class through Commence- ment Weekend, June 10-12 . From thi s vantage point the Class of 1960 look s bright, promising and mindful of it s heritage at Oregon! In a matter of a few short weeks many of its member s will be scattering to the four winds - military service, more schooling, trave l abroad, and marriage, not to mentio n the beginning of countless careers . With this issue of OLD OREGON, read- ers are enjoying one of the great years o f this widely respected alumni magazine . Page count for the June-July issue, larg- est ever, totals 56 . Prominent is th e special 16-page insert, "Alumnus USA, " prepared especially for OLD OREGON an d hundreds of other alumni magazines . June-July 1960 1 PROFILE : Everybodys Kid Brother Dyrol Burleson seemingly effortless stride has alreadymade track history-and he just getting starte d By Kris Stoke s Opposite : Seemingly without exerting h , self a bit, Dyrol Burleson pa s Stanford's Ernie Cunli ff n American record for the mile run . Bu ran it on this occasion in 3 :51 A FEw MINUTES before 1 :30 p .m. o nApril 23, Dyrol Burleson pulled on a pair of Bill Bowerman Special track shoe s and stepped onto a beautifully manicure d track with Stanford 's Ernie Cunliffe fo r a race that had been billed as one of th e outstanding mile events of the '60 season . One-point-four seconds less than fou r minutes after the starting gun, Burle y puffed out his cheeks like Peter Rabbi t on his way home from Mr . McGregor' s garden and barreled into the tape for a new American record . Five thousand deliriously happy fan s greeted him with the greatest ovatio n ever to startle the resident hats of Hay - ward Field's aged rafters, but no on e was willing to admit to any great sur- prise . Burleson's followers had been pre- dicting a sub-four-minute mile "arty tim e he's ready ." A tall, skinny kid with a runnin g weight of 155 pounds, Burly stands 6 ' 112" on legs of woven leather straps , looks like everybody's kid brother, an d speaks with the quiet assurance of a to p brain surgeon, whose years of study an d practice enable him to confess with can - did modesty that he is the best man i n his specialty . Burly exhibits an amazing confidenc e in his ability and his potential, yet h e can discuss himself without the slightes t trace of arrogance or conceit . "This boy is really dedicated to hi s objectives," Coach Bowerman says of him. Dyrol discovered his objectives i n his freshman year in high school, whe n he won a cross country event in physica l education class competition . He turne d out for track the following spring . an d has made it his home ever since . "Burly would run, run- run, as h e was told to run, " a former teacher says . "1k could run from sun-up to sun-down ." In high school, following team work - outs. Burleson would go home and wor k out with his mother, whenever she ha d time to pace him in her car . One year, i n the Hayward Relays, he competed in th e quarter, the half, and the mile, then hur- ried back to Cottage Grove to get i n another work-out before dark . A week-end diversion was the "cla n track meet" in which cousins and friend s gathered at the Burlesons' on Saturday s and Sundays, and ran through all th e events of a regulation track meet . "It's a tremendous responsibility t o have a boy like that," one of his hig h school coaches remarked . "It makes a coach really dig . I 'd like to have a coupl e more workers like him . I don 't care wha t the event even if it's tic-tac-toe . He wa s a beaut ." T REMENDOUS IS THE WORD most ofte napplied to Burleson : he has tremen- dous power ; he has tremendous physica l reserves ; he has a tremendous stride ; he has a tremendous kick ; he has a tremen- dous desire to succeed ; he is a tremen- dons worker . Local fans have had their stop watche s on Burleson since his junior year in hig h school, and the really smart money wa s on him even before that . In high school , Burly could simply turn on the powe r and run away from anyone who steppe d on a track with him . Under Oregon 's Bill Bowerman, he has acquired the nicetie s of pace judgment and a knowledge o f body mechanics, and he developed a dis- like of the front running his high schoo l competition had accustomed him to . The stage was set for Burleson 's en - trance onto the national mile scene at a dual meet in Corvallis in May of 1958 . The track was carefully prepared an d there were plenty of judges on hand, i n anticipation of a national high schoo l record . Burly did not disappoint, tour- ing the four laps in 4 :13. A week or s o after his high school graduation, in hi s first meeting with Herb Elliott, Dyro l finished fifth in 4 :11. Last year he estab- lished a national collegiate freshma n record of 4 :06.7. But he was such an unknown outsid e of Oregon that at one of his early race s off the coast, the radio sportscaster coul d only announce that "someone is comin g up on the outside, and he 's at the tape ." Burly soon taught every one his name , and by mid-July they were calling hi m America 's best hope in the Olympic 150 0 meters . Burleson is still a home-town boy ; one June-July 1960 3 of the reasons for choosing Oregon fo r his collegiate career (other than the ob- vious advantage of training under th e best coach in the United States) was it s nearness to home . "Some of those othe r schools, like Southern Cal," he says wit h a shrug, "have nothing to offer bu t money " BURLY WEARS a Cottage Grove beanie ,likes to go home on weekends, an d still regards his high school companion s as his closest friends . He remains as un- impressed by the cities he has visited o n tours as he is by his own rise to fame . "Of course, Burly wants to go to Rom e for the Olympics" Dick Miller says, "but he'd be just as happy if they were held i n Cottage Grove ." No one doubts that Burly will repre- sent the United States at the Olympics ; the only question is what sort of time h e will turn in . "Burly has never bee n pushed, " was the word on Burleson las t fall after he had defeated all corners wit h the exception of team mate Jim Grelle . Now they are simply saying, " Burly ca n heat anyone if he runs right ." Burly knows a great deal more abou t running right than most collegians . H e has had an exceptional amount of ex- perience for his age . His knowledge, abil- ity, and impressive confidence in himsel f all contribute to his victories . Of his con- fidence, George Larson says ; "It's a goo d thing to have . It's good to think that way , that he's unbeatable . You can beat your - self if you doubt your ability ." Burly admits that the proximity of hi s 20th birthday, four days after his meet- ing with Ernie Cunliffe, was a big facto r in his breaking four minutes . Milers ar e not expected to reach full potential unti l their late 20s : Burly and Elliott are th e only two who have reached the mar k while still 19 . Burleson is anxious to again mee t Elliott, the Australian mile machine tha t moves like a man . "I have nothing to los e against him . He 's in a bad position . He's a target for everyone ." What will happen if the two encounte r each other prior to the Olympics is th e subject for lively discussion . "That Elliot t is a smart runner ; he 's cagy, " a trac k coach remarked . "When these two ge t together, they could psyche each othe r into an eight-minute mile ." BURLY IS RARELY psyched, but readil yadmits that the "big ones " are a strain . "You're always nervous and ex - cited before big ones, but that 's good fo r you. All that adrenalin gets pumped int o tour system and you're ready to run . In a big one, you 're always looking for a way - out ." The first person singular is a minuscul e part of Burleson 's vocabulary . "1 neve r run for time . A fellow could run fou r minutes every week if he ran for time ." Burly runs to win, and lets the record s fall where they may, but winning is ob- viously a great deal of fun . Last July i n the Russo-Oregon 1500-meter run, a fea- ture of the Russian-American tneet, h e defeated Russia 's and the Oregon var - Heading for showers, Burleson an d Cunliffe relive eventful mile run . sity's best, wearing the delighted grin o f a small boy getting into the Christma s packages on December 23 . A few week s ago in a dual meet with Oregon State , he made the establishment of a new mee t record look merely incidental, as he al l but backed into the tape while joyfull y exhorting team mate George Larson to a second-place finish over Stater Nor m Hoffman . Off the track, however, Burly is ex- tremely quiet and reserved . He is no t absorbed by people . and refuses to b e pressured by their demands on him . I t is difficult to know him intimately . "Burly is a crawfish looking for a roc k to get under, " a friend has said . In contrast to the celebration tha t greeted Jim Bailey on his triumphant re - turn from Los Angeles in 1956, the after - math of the Burleson victory was moder- ate. Burly spent the day following hi s big mile fishing with a friend, returnin g home in time to take a light workout . The day after he set the National Hig h School record in 1958, Burly was en - countered off in the hills by himself , sitting by a pool with a fishing pole unde r his arm and a textbook open in his lap . Burleson has as yet no objectives i n life. other than continuing track competi- tion . He is taking a liberal arts course , and hopes to remain at Oregon for thre e more years . picking up his master 's de- gree. A diligent student, Burly concen- trates on his studies as earnestly as h e does his track workouts . He would like t o postpone his service obligation as long a s possible . "although if I 'm still runnin g well, the service is the best place to train . No outside problems ." Burly is expected to be "still runnin g well" for many years to come . He is a beautiful and effortless runner, who look s as if he could carry a bucket of wate r on his head around the course withou t spilling a drop . He possesses a sensationa l stride and a magic finish which gives th e spectator the impression he is watchin g an optical illusion . His big stride stretche s even bigger in his kick, he shows no sig n of effort or exertion, but in an instan t has ghosted past his opponent and is go- ing away . o ONE, including Burleson himself , who will only say "I can run faster, " is willing to make a statement as to wha t his limitations are . No one seems to be- lieve he has any limitations . Burleson . who was an eighth-grade r when Roger Bannister made the phanto m four minutes a reality, says there ha s never been a time in his running caree r when he did not believe the four minute s were attainable . "If you do anything, yo u should do the best you can . You should n't attempt anything unless you feel you ca n do it . You can he best . It is somethin g anyone can do, if you 're willing to giv e it the effort ." Burleson 's cool appraisal of his abili- ties, the intensity of his desire, his su- preme confidence in himself, are sufficien t to make a believer of the most skeptica l observer . "There 's no limit to what I ca n do," he told me . "I can improve until I' m 30." The 13 year old kid, winning his firs t race in a physical education class, wh o believed he could be best, has devoted si x years to making himself best in the Unit- ed States . He is at present 4 .2 long seconds awa y from a world's record . If Burly no w wants a new world record, if he believe s he can get it, and there is no reason t o doubt that he does, then he will get it . Burly is an irresistible force, and th e mile standard is at best a movable object . Burly can move it . 4 Old Oregon By Sam Vahey 7 The Half-Educated Man . It s not a very com- plimentary term to describe today typical alum - nus, but it is, I think, uncomfortably accurate . More and more, as our economy looks fo r specialists to fill the vacancies of industry ; an d as our students, looking for direction, are moti- vated by the materialism and pragmatism of ou r society, they choose that instruction which mos t easily and most effectively secures financia l standing and social recognition . They look upo n their degree in terms of its salary potential . rathe r than in terms of the understanding and knowledg e they should have acquired in earning it . As a result . we are graduating a generation o f specialists, a generation of men whose insigh t and understanding have been narrowed, rathe r than broadened . by their educational experience . I am speaking of the business administratio n graduate who has not had a course in philosoph or ethics to temper his profit incentive ; the physic s graduate whose investigation of the atom left hi m no time to learn to enjoy Shakespeare or Bee- thoven ; and the student preparing for seminar y who has turned his mind from the biologica l truths of evolution . These are the half educate d men ; and hi a world where we must constantl y keep our minds open to new social . scientific . and philo .arphical developments . the irtadequae N of these nien is apparent . For a moment . I would pause to reflect on th e years spent in the protective shelter of Academia . As 1 entered, after having been reared in th e usual Republican and Protestant tradition, I wa s confident, like Candide, that this was, withou t doubt, the "Best of all Possible Worlds ." Th e world was a plum to be picked ; and I had n o other thought than to propagate the prevailin g moral, economic and social system . My room - mate the first year was a Mohammedan . His re- ligion seemed almost ridiculous ; but I could no t discount it, because he was more honest, more humble and more sensitive than mos t of my Christian friends . In time I trade d views with an agnostic, who suggeste d merely that I read a book by Herber t Muller . Uses o1 the Past . The views ex - pressed by Mr . Muller seemed extremel y distressing in light of my Protestan t heritage ; and in time I looked to th e library . Indeed, most of the world isn 't Christian . And what 's snore, some of th e Oriental cults were well established cen- turies before Christ . The curiosity which replaced what ha d once been blind faith eventually led m e from Plato to Nietzsche and Canrus ; from Machiavelli to Jefferson and Marx ; fro m Baron to Darwin and Oppenheimer . And as the social contradictions presente d themselves on a world plain, so did the y appear on the campus in the ROTC bar - racks, Greek Row, Athletic Department , and School of Business Administration . Of all the courses at the University , those in Military Science and Tactic s were most absurd, and most damagin g to the academic tone . Whereas the aca- demic sought inquiry and open thought ; the military was dictatorial and absolute . Whereas the one was setting forth th e prospects of human enlightenment, th e other was teaching the methods of huma n destruction . Whereas the one was fur- nished with thousands of dollars wort h of uniforms and weapons ; the othe r went begging for contributions to in - crease its scientific research facilities . For the first time in mankind 's 250 .000 year history, he now holds the weapon s for his complete annihilation . He mus t now look to rational thought and interna- tional cooperation, to solve problem s once resolved by war . To maintain an ele- ment of militarism on the campus is no t only a waste of money and mental effort ; but also a dangerously deterring facto r from the University philosophy of hu- manism and free inquiry . As ROTC was a contradiction of th e educational purpose, so the fraternitie s and sororities seemed a misdirection . Here the incentive and motivation seeme d social rather than intellectual . It wa s more important to pledge the footbal l captain or Homecoming Queen than a Phi Beta Kappa or Fulbright scholar ; more important to wash the sports ca r than attend a University assembly ; mor e important for freshmen to leave the book s unopened during the first two weeks o f class, than to miss the mock flattery o f rush week . From most people, the brun t of fraternity criticism falls upon th e racial exclusion practiced by most of th e Greeks. The emphasis on the social whirl is less apparent, but probably more seri- ous. Another portion of the Universit y scene which conflicted with its basic phil- osophy- was the disproportionate magni- tude of the Athletic Department . Granted , physical development is as important a s mental for healthy life . But when thi s function assumes a spectator, rather tha n participator character ; when the foot - ball team receives more recognition tha n the University orchestra ; when ther e are 120 "full-ride" athletic scholarships , and only a handful of other students i n the University receive comparable aid ; when the Athletic Department announce s plans for a new stadium at the same tim e the director of dormitories announce s that housing accommodations will b e limited ; when such facts are considered , it becomes difficult, indeed, to defend th e huge scale of such an operation at an in- stitution of higher learning . The list should get longer in order t o point out the significance of non-intel- lectual attitude in the motivations of col- lege students . Here, especially, we mus t also include the School of Business Ad - ministration ; for, more than any othe r department or school, it seems to typif y the case where the practical has replace d the theoretical ; the mechanical has sup - planted the mental ; and the materialisti c has shut out the aesthetic . I remembe r vividly two of the required, or "highl y recommended " courses on the busines s school curriculum . One, "Office Organi- zation and Management, " was concerne d with the arrangement of office furnitur e and preparation of office manuals i n order to get peak efficiency from the offic e staff. Another, "Business English, " set forth a proper series of credit letters t o collect on delinquent accounts . These ar e fine courses, perhaps, for a trade schoo l or business college ; but hardly qualif y for a place in an institution dedicate d to the search for knowledge and develop- ment of understanding among men . F OLLOWING up this materialistic ap -proach to education, it is easy to sho w its effect on the lives of the graduates . Most of them feel that when they get tha t degree . they know all they need to know ; and they stop learning . The days of edu- cation are over, and they quit the ques t of knowledge in the pursuit of profit an d pleasure . Except for new trends or dis- coveries in their specific vocation, the y fail to keep abreast of new development s in the fields of science, art and philoso- phy . And generally they show little aware - ness or concern with the social injustice and conflict in the world about them, ex- cept as they note it in the headlines of th e newspaper, or capsule commentaries o f Time and Life. Few take time to investi- gate the background of the social con- flict before them . They fail to seek th e relative ; and instead, accept the absolute . They tend to accept the generalizations o f TV and Time magazine which divide th e world (like a cowboy movie) into th e good guys and the bad guys ; those o n white horses and those on black . Few take the opportunity of corre- spondence or night courses . And of thos e that do, most are concerned mainly wit h learning new techniques or methods t o advance their vocational abilities ; or t o satisfy requirements to keep teaching cer- tificates up to date . As in undergraduat e days, their desire to increase knowledg e and broaden understanding is secondar y to their desire for financial gain and so- cial acceptance . To an extent, the genera- tion has fallen victim to its own mechan- ization ; for the television set has re - placed the home library, as surely as i t has replaced the creative hobbies an d crafts which once occupied leisure time . Here . again, I will pause to recoun t personal experience in order to illustrat e another typical graduate misconception . Instead of going directly into the offic e of a construction firm or architect afte r graduation from the University, I hav e been working as a carpenter in order t o gain first hand familiarity with the ma- terials, methods and craftsmen of th e building industry . School friends who m I meet are surprised, and wonder why a University graduate is doing manua l work . To them, physical labor is degrad- ing. and is done only by those who "don' t have enough brains to get an easier job ." Most college graduates don 't even kno w a plumber or mason personally ; nor ar e they familiar with the skills and menta l abilities required by the trades . Yet the y are free in their criticism of them ; as they are also lacking in knowledge and free i n their criticism of the unions in which th e workmen are organized . It is easy t o speak out the virtues of economic indi- vidualism when one is backed by a uni- versity degree and a prosperous famil y background ; but for those not so for- tunate in background and educational op- portunity, there must be a collective se- curity, or their labors would be exploite d for a subsistence wage as surely as Negr o and Mexican labor is exploited in th e southern states even today . o HELP REDUCE the extent of un- awareness, to help alter the student' s 6 Old Oregon motivation from one of materialism t o one of humanism ; in effect, to help .trans - form the half-educated man into the ful l man ; I would propose a much broade r requirement in the liberal arts, the hu- manities and the sciences ; and perhap s a limit in the amount of time spent i n specific study on the undergraduate level . By thus seasoning education with gener- ous helpings of philosophy, the arts an d the humanities, instead of a strict an d narrowing diet of vocational technology , our graduates will not only be better pre - pared to understand and contribute to so- ciety, but they will also enrich their ow n lives with an appreciation of the musical . visual, and literary arts now available i n an abundance and at a price never know n before . The scope of instruction should he wit h a world perspective . The Universit y should make the student aware that tech- nology has rendered divided world theor y obsolete . World union is more than de- sirable-it is necessary for survival, th e same as planned organization of the indi- vidual states was necessary for the sur- vival and development of this nation . The student should understand an d appreciate the literature, the history an d the cultural heritage of Asia and Afric a as well as his own western civilization . He should read the Upanishad with th e same diligence that he studies Plato ; an d explore the University's Museum of Ori- ental Art with the same curiosity that h e contemplates a touring Van Gogh ex- hibit . We must seek to understand th e rest of the world before we can hope t o share our own scientific and educationa l experience with it . Logically, competenc e in at least one foreign language shoul d be a requirement for every degree . Prevailing world economies should b e subject matter for another curriculum re- quirement, with the emphasis on the the- ory, rather than the mechanics of each . Although he is somewhat curious, th e typical student today has a very poor con - ception of communism, ideal or practical . The American press as well as the Stat e Department would have us to believe tha t communism is a system of treachery an d boogy-men, all evil . A reliable source i s not available to the American student , though it should be, if we are to comba t its apparent brutalities realistically an d intellectually . There must certainly b e some "good" coming from the system , however ; because of Russia 's effective- ness in building a huge industrial com- plex, and because of her superiority i n certain scientific fields . When consid- ered with an open mind, the efficiency of planned economy has certain compara- tive merit over the wasteful over-produc - tion and crippling labor disputes whic h inherently accompany free enterprise . The student should be encouraged t o weigh these facts impartially, if he is t o prepare a better society for his genera- tion . Next, the scientific requirement shoul d include at least one year of biology o r anthropology . Here, the student woul d get a realistic view of his own origin an d existence. As Julian Huxley states ."With - out some knowledge of evolution, on e cannot hope to arrive at a true picture o f human destiny ." I am continually amuse d and at the same time angered by the hy- pocrisy of those in the pulpit who ridicul e and lambaste the principles of evolution ; yet run to the doctor for penicillin an d other life-saving drugs and vaccine s which have been developed through th e same biological research that has pre- sented the facts of evolution . Professor s must be outspoken and direct in thei r presentation of these scientific truths . They must not compromise the realitie s of anthropology and biology in favor o f the comforting dogma of traditiona l Christianity . In summing up the dar k and deadly pages of Christian history , the Indian philosopher Radhakrishna n states, "If we believe absurdities, we shal l commit atrocities ." Finally, the University should attemp t to stimulate in the mind of the studen t an appreciation of the real wealth of ou r culture ; the thrill of a symphony b y Beethoven, the enlightenment of an essa y by Huxley, the complexity of a structur e by Wright, and the vast realm of mirth . contemplation and tragedy of Shake- speare. A T VARIOUS POINTS of this article, Ihave mentioned such terms as th e "academic tone " and the "educationa l purpose " of the University . Before clos- ing, I would briefly spell out my thoughts . The University must be dedicated t o the search for truth, the acquisition o f knowledge, and the development of un- derstanding among men . It must improv e and stimulate the collective society by ex - panding the wisdom of the individual . I t must produce the well-rounded graduate , who is sensitive to the problems of th e world about him, and whose livelihood i s dedicated to their solution . As the head - stream of new thought, it must be directe d away from the practical, toward the the- oretical . It must broaden, not contai n the curiosity ; it must seek to improve , rather than maintain ; it must provoke, rather than soothe ; it must excite, rathe r than pacify : it must question, rathe r than accept ; it must criticize, as well a s commend . The University must accept and prac- tice its role of Ivory Towerism in a worl d that is groping for a social code to kee p pace with its technological progress . T o look to militarism for leadership woul d be disastrous ; to accept the metaphysic s and contradictory dogma of the Churc h would result in confusion and ignorance ; and to turn to the harsh brutalities of a n impersonal economic system would soo n bring mankind to decay and slavery a t the hands of his own automation and ma- chinery . Only by looking to educatio n and the University can society continu e its material progress and at the same tim e retain and expand its humanistic an d aesthetic heritage . George Bernard Shaw portrays it ver y nicely in the "Don Juan in Hell " sequence from Man and Superman . In reply to th e Devil's assertion that mankind has n o purpose or goal in a brutal and imper - sonal universe, Don Juan answers : DON JUAN : . . . Were! not possessed wit h a purpose beyond my own, I had bette r be a ploughman than a philosopher , for a ploughman lives as long as th e philosopher, eats more, sleeps better , and rejoices in the wife of his bosu m with less misgiving . This is because th e philosopher is in the grip of the Lif e Force. This Life Force says to him " I have done a thousand wonderful thing s unconsciously, by merely willing to liv e and following the line of least resist- ance: now I want to know myself an d my destination . and choose my path ; so I have made a special brain-- a philosopher 's brain-to grasp thi s knowledge for me . . . And this, " says the Life Force to the philosopher , "must thou strive to do for me unti l thou diest, when I will make anothe r brain and another philosopher to car- ry on the work ." THE DEVIL : What is the use of knowing . DON JUAN : Why, to he able to choose th e line of greatest advantage, instead o f yielding in the direction of the leas t resistance . Does a ship sail to its des- tination no better than a log drifts no - wither? The philosopher is Nature 's pilot . And there is our difference : to be in hell is to drift ; to be in heaven is t o steer. THE DEVIL : On the rocks, most likely. DoN JUAN : Pooh! Which ship goes often- est on the rocks, or to the bottom-th e drifting ship, or the ship with a pilot o n hoard ? June-July 1960 7 Can a poor boy from the West find hi s way in the hard world of politic s with neither money nor organization ? Campus Politics : Getting Warme r By Ron Abell THE SCENE : Campus plastered wit h thousands of posters . O N THE NIGHT of the ASUO primar yelections last month a tall blon d student with a boyish grin slumpe d tiredly into a chair in the SU Fishbowl . He was Torn Easton, a dark-horse candi- date for junior class president . Glancing at a portable blackboard o n which the election returns were bein g posted, Easton said, "Boy, if I win it 'll just go to show that you don 't nee d money and organization to get electe d anymore! " Easton . deciding at the last minute t o enter the race, had quickly spent all hi s available funds ($21) on campaign pos- ters and then found out that because h e was so late he was unable to get appoint- ments to make speeches at all the livin g organizations . Nonetheless when the votes were i n they showed that he had squeake d through the primary with a six-vot e plurality, thus gaining one of the tw o places on the final election ballot . "Now if the Emerald will only bac k me," he said, crossing his fingers, "I've still got a chance ." Easton, as an independent, 24 year s old and a veteran, was hardly a typica l student nominee . But if he was an un- usual candidate, the same must be sai d for the elections themselves this year . They were free-wheeling and wild enoug h to leave even the most cynical campu s politico gasping for breath . "This is the most intense campaignin g I've seen since I've been here," was th e statement that seemed to be on every - one's lips . All the usual campaign techniques an d paraphernalia were used but they wer e much more obviously in evidence . O n May 2, for example, a mimeographe d flyleaf protesting the execution of Cary l Chessman was posted at strategic spot s on campus and was all but overlooked amid the thousands of campaign posters . Some of the signs and posters wer e destroyed almost as soon as they wer e put up, and the Emerald found it neces- sary to run an editorial admonishin g vandalism : "One of the candidates put up a larg e signboard last Friday . That night it wa s partially destroyed by individuals wh o burned and kicked holes in it . The sig n was repaired Saturday morning, an d again that night it was slashed an d broken down . Other candidates hav e complained that their publicity poster s lasted less than twenty-four hours be - fore being ripped up and strewn all ove r the campus ." The candidates . sending out letters an d making the inevitable flying speeches , had their campaigns bolstered with bill - boards and posters and broadsides i n what must have been the most lavis h consumption of paper since the V-J ticke r tape parades . And this isn't to mentio n full-page ads in the Emerald and the dis- tribution of such things as ashtrays an d placemats (with advertising) to livin g organizations . The campaign for one candidate to a high-ranking position cost a rumore d $700 (he lost in the primary) and goin g virtually unnoticed in the election hub- bub was a phone call to President Eisen- hower and a protest that came close t o invalidating the entire primary election . The protest came from five Universit y law students who charged that the Emer- ald had violated the ASUO constitutio n by failing to print a sample ballot o n the two successive days prior to the elec- tion . The protest came on the afternoo n of the primary and although it was with - drawn that same evening, it caused a number of hectic and precarious hour s for those who knew about it . Continued an page 41 Old Orego n CAMPAIGNER BROWN : A mys terious telephone call . Editorializin In Pen and In Cartoonist Roy Pau l Nelson walked int o journalism via th e back doo r Birth throes of a cartoon . Nelson produces a car - toon under the watchfu l and hypercritical eye s of his three daughters , Tracy, Chris and "Boo - tie," who obviousl y approve of the final product though there wa s some doubt at first . IT ALL STARTED back in high school whe nthe young artist didn 't like the way th e editor was using his cartoons in the schoo l paper . For it was then that Roy Pau l Nelson decided that the only way to ge t proper play for his cartoons was to be - come editor of the paper himself . So h e did . "I took some journalism courses, " re- lates Nelson, "and eventually became edi- tor and had my way ." This backdoo r approach launched Nelson 's career i n journalism which has included stints i n newspaper work, magazine layout . fre e lance writing and cartooning, and publi c relations . Now an assistant professor of jour- nalism at the University, Nelson is als o known to some as "Roy Paul, " the nam e he signs under his editorial cartoons tha t appear regularly in the Eugene Register - Guard . Last year his work appeared in newspapers throughout Oregon in th e "Centennial Album " series which con- sisted of 52 feature cartoons on earl y Oregon pioneers . Nelson . like most of us, learned t o draw before he could write, and he ha s been making a success of it ever since . By the time he finished high school h e was selling cartoons to trade magazines , humor magazines and comics . His affin- ity for art continued through college an d Oregon graduates of the Class of '47 wil l remember him as Oregano editor tha t year. The crew-cut . affable Nelson is a fa r cry from the stereotyped concept of th e cartoonist whom many of us think of as Samples of the Nelson editorial cartooning technique . long-haired, temperamental and slightl y eccentric. Nelson dresses in conservative , Ivy-League fashion, is somewhat reticen t on occasion, and confesses that his onl y eccentricity is a consuming passion fo r hillbilly and country-style music . In the School of Journalism he teache s beginning journalism, magazine editin g and writing and public relations, but hi s forte is cartooning . Besides conducting a seminar in editorial cartooning, Nelso n handles a correspondence course in car- tooning which he recently innovated un- der the auspices of the General Extensio n Division . The latter course includes cor- respondents in such diverse locations a s California, Mississippi and Costa Rica . Editorial cartooning, which dates bac k to Ben Franklin in this country, is fas t declining in use, according to Nelson . He attributes this to syndicated cartoonists , stricter libel laws and the more moderat e tone of today 's press . "Cartoons are a t their best when they attack something o r somebody," says Nelson, "they wer e never meant to defend . You just don 't go around attacking people these day s and consequently the editorial cartoon i s not as exciting as it was in the days o f Thomas Nast and Homer Davenport ." Another reason cited by Nelson for th e decline of the cartoon is the increasin g use of photography in newspapers an d magazines . Nelson also sees one of th e tricks of the cartoonist's trade as anothe r reason for this decline . "Cartoonists ar e forced to use trite symbols (e .g., Uncl e Sam) that the public can comprehen d quickly so that they can get the poin t across as fast as possible . The result i s that people and editors have grown tired of looking at the same old symbols ove r and over again ." As for comic strips and their creators , Nelson has his own favorites, amon g them Roy Crane ( "Buz Sawyer "), Mor t Walker who does "Beetle Bailey," an d of course Charles Schulz of "Peanuts " fame. Two years ago Nelson was instru- mental in getting Schulz to appear on th e Oregon campus in conjunction with a high school press conference . Like Roy Crane and some of the others , Nelson uses the "caricature style" of car- tooning rather than the true-to-life, de - tailed drawing method of artists lik e Milton Caniff ( "Steve Canyon " ). Nel- son's technique is to take the features most obvious and exaggerate them . Th e eyebrows of Wayne Morse and O . Mere- dith Wilson are favorite Nelson target s in this regard . In order to know how t o draw what, Nelson keeps a voluminou s file to which he is constantly adding clip - pings of various pictorial subjects . Thu s if for some reason he has to include a "kangaroo" in a drawing, he simpl y looks in his file under "K" for a phot o or drawing of a kangaroo . Nelson lists Thomas Nast, Homer Dav . enport, Bill Mauldin and Herb Bloc k ("Herblock") as among the "all tim e American greats " in editorial cartoon- ing. He is somewhat of an expert himsel f on Homer Davenport, the Silverton, Ore- gon, boy who went on to national fam e with the Hearst newspapers . "l didn' t think Davenport had been that good unti l I started to do some research on him fo r a Browsing Room lecture last year," re- lates Nelson, "but now I think he mus t be considered as one of this country 's great cartoonists ." As a result of his in- vestigation Nelson hopes to eventuall y write and publish a book about Home r Davenport . In the meantime Nelson is busily en - gaged in churning out free lance car- toons, judging campus cartoon contests , and most important of all, teaching . He is always at home to students in his offic e in Allen Hall . Many of these students ar e not aware that "Roy Paul," the artist, an d Paul Nelson, the professor, are the same . "This just goes to prove that peopl e aren't interested in cartoonists anymore, " says Nelson . But Paul Nelson is an activ e contradiction to that statement . INTERESTED SPECTATO R OEEOON CONICAL ALDUM PAU 3 THE OREGON LAW-$WER ~IB1~-IBB3 ~ PRESIDENT OF ONSTInI110NAL CON -VENTION 1657 ...JUSTCE OF OREGO N SUPREME COURT (1658 .59} . .. u .S . DISTRICT .A1N RPILER OF FIRST OREGON CODES GRADUATED FROM WE5f POIN T(I$74) .,..9TATIONED AT R z YANCOUYER, HE SERVED WIT H DISTINCTION IN NEO PERC E AND BANNOCK WAR S FRIEND AND ADMIRER OF CHIE F JOSEPH, HE FOUGHT STEADFASTL Y TO IMPROVE INDIANSLOT 'POET IN TH E DESERT(1945 ) ESTABLISHED HIMAs A POST .. .. Nh9 BEST SELLING 'HEAVENLY DISCOURSES 09Z7 ) SLIMMED UP NIS INDIVID- UALISTIC PHILOSOPH Y During Oregon 's 1959 Centennial celebration, Nelson made 52 drawings, de - parting historical figures . The drawings ran in papers throughout Oregon . OREINI CEME =AL ALE1 + I LAWYER, POET, NUMANITARLAN CHARLESERSK/NE' SCOTT; PAGE 14 YOU THINK YOU 'VE GOT TROUBLES . . . 10 Old Oregon News Brief s A lightning-quick rundown on what new and important on the campu s A mother touch . In a move that left fraternity me n amused or aghast, depending upon how seriously the y took it as a portent of things to come, Sigma Nu an- nounced in April that it was taking applications for a housemother . Their choice was Mrs . Sara Henderson , "mother" to the freshman girls of Susan Campbell Hal l for the past six years . Mrs . Henderson said she was de - lighted at the prospect of remaining at Oregon (under a provision against state employment of those over 65 sh would have had to retire from "Suzie " this summer) . Sh e remained undismayed at the prospect of "shaping up " the Sigma Nus, currently on probation both by the Uni- versity and their national as a result of a couple of rowd y social events . Campus males nodded approvingly at th e selection . Housemothers for males might be a goofy idea , but Mrs . Henderson was known as "a good head ." Th e nods turned to shakes of dismay shortly thereafter, how - ever, with the revelation that Sigma Chi would also see k maternal guidance next fall ." Uyly is as ugly does . With an especially vigorou s Ugly man contest, this year 's solicitations drive for WU S (World University Service, an international organizatio n of students which aids their counterparts in undeveloped , war-torn or ravaged countries) collected $2,200, an in - crease of $400 over last year . Examples of the vigorou s competition for Herman the Moose, the moth-eaten troph y awarded annually to "the ugliest man on the campus " : the Fijis kidnapped 12 sorority presidents, ransoming the m back at an estimated $10 per head to add to their candi- date 's pile (the man in whose name the most money i s contributed is named Ugly Man) . The Delis had originall y conceived the idea and even gone so far as to have i t cleared through Student Affairs before the Fijis beat the m to the punch . All to no avail, however : Grant Todd, a Si g Ep took the prize . Vive la difference . The young and very seriou s fencing instructor was explaining basic techniques of he r art to a University women's assembly . Demonstrating th e cat-like motion necessary in execution of a thrust she com- mented that her efforts to teach this to football players ha d been most difficult . "Somehow men just aren 't as cat-lik e as women, " she explained gravely . Science and the press : another skirmish.A University professor achieved nationwide notice thi s Spring when he was quoted in papers all over the countr y as saying that the Salk polio vaccine was dangerous t o humanity . Quoted out of context from a 15-minute tal k made at the University of Colorado world affairs confer- ence, Dr. Aaron Novick, head of the University Institute o f Molecular Biology, was snorting mad . Speaking extem- poraneously to a small student group, he had used the Sal k vaccine as one of a number of illustrations to make a poin t that whenever a whole population is exposed to some treat - "Since this was written, Sigma Chi has announced that Mrs . Edwar d Mullin, now a dormitory housemother at Oregon State College, woul d come to work for them next fall . ment a risk is incurred which is not found when only a fraction is treated ( that is if something were wrong with a vaccine the consequences would be far more disastrous i f the whole population had been treated than if only a fe w individuals were affected) . Misreported as a statement tha t the Salk vaccine was dangerous to humanity by a Rock y Mountain News reporter, the statement was carried acros s the country before Novick, Jonas Salk, and Universit y President Wilson could issue t''nials, and true explanation s of what the biologist had been trying to say . Some week s later Novick was still receiving letters "from crackpots, " still explaining exasperatedly "the risk of the Salk vaccin e is completely academic . . , the advantages of preventin g polio worth many times this remote risk ." I1ademoiselle o n campus . A team fro m Mademoiselle magazine de- scended on the Universit y during the last two days o f April, photographed five co - eds, and several male stu- dents against the lush gree n of the Spring campus . Th e women models had bee n chosen from a horde of ap- plicants by University coe d members of the magazine 's College Board . This will b e the first time Oregon ha s been depicted in Mademoi- selle's August "hack-to - school" issue, although Joa n Alforno, a UO coed, wa s chosen one of the 10 bes t Mademoiselle photographs dressed American colleg e Ann Severson, Paul Rouge girls by the publication i n on the University campus . 1958. Optional ROTC? Climaxing one and a half years o f student endeavor to do away with compulsory ROTC , the faculty senate voted this spring to change the two yea r basic ROTC courses to "optional ." However, the recom- mendation must still be approved by the State Board o f Higher Education, then a new contract negotiated with th e Army and the Air Force before the ruling goes into effect . Both student and faculty senates were careful to emphasiz e that this was not a move to rid the campus of ROTC alto- gether. A provision for review of the program in thre e years was included in the action to safeguard against suc h an occurrence-compulsory lower-division courses migh t be reinstituted then if investigation showed the over-al l program in danger of disintegration . Commented To m Easton, jubilant chairman of the student inquiry (and a veteran) "This should serve as an effective rebuttal to thos e who feel that student government lacks the leaders or th e power to find a place for itself in some of the major polic y decisions of the University! " June-July 1960 11 The King and Queen step onto a red car - pet flanked by an . ROTC color an d honor guard as they arrive at airport . The royal visitor s T wo PAIRS OF royal ears were cocke dattentively (as shown in the phot o directly above), and University Presi- dent O . Meredith Wilson seemed ever y hit the salesman with a hard-sell sale s pitch . He pointed out an electric charcoa l broiler and explained how it was used ; the dark heads nodded, but their face s remained slightly puzzled, as he went o n to the next item in an attempt to hel p them build a picture of the America n Way of Life . The Safeway store tour was an un- scheduled sidelight of the five-hour visi t of the King and Queen of Nepal to th e University in May . The Queen had lon g wanted to visit an American super - market , A 21-gun salute heralded their en - trance to the campus, after being greete d at the airport by official dignitaries, Ne- palese students with flower leis, an ROT C cadet band and honor guard, and a re d carpet for Eugene 's first royal visitors . Hundreds of University students an d townspeople surrounded the pair as the y alighted at the Museum of Art for a reception and display of Nepalese art . After coffee, small cakes and nuts in th e museum foyer, King Mahendra an d Queen Ratna were hurried off to Mc - Arthur Court for a convocation in thei r honor . President Wilson introduced the Kin g as "the symbol of unity and integrity o f his country" and Orlando J . Hollis, dea n of the University Law School, presente d the King with a citation . Queen Ratn a accepted a large myrtlewood platter, in - set with silver, on which details of thei r visit were inscribed . The King, speaking through an inter- preter, mentioned in his speech that "the Nepalese students, curious onlookers , and photographers surrounded the roya l couple after official greetings at airport . University of Oregon played an impor- tant role in training teachers for Nepa l making democracy more meaningful ." A luncheon in the Erb Memoria l Union ballroom followed ; the menu in- cluded Oregon roast turkey and loca l cheeses and fruits , The royal pair and their entourag e pulled out of the University gates a t 2 :30 with Nepalese and American flag s fluttering on the front of their blac k Cadillac . They had evidently enjoyed their stop ; Eugene had given them-through a look The Convocation over, President Wilso n escorts Their Majesties to the luncheo n served in the Student Union ballroom . at its University, a taste of our food, an d a glimpse of the housewife 's routine o f shopping at Safeway---a clearer overal l picture of the America they had travelle d to see. Something of value G REEN STAMPS and similar trading doc -uments are becoming legal tende r among some of the late-night poker an d gin rummy players around the campus . Obviously this beats playing for mone y or matches . Old Oregon Roundu p The Iatest word from Oregon ; a glimps e of the royal visit of the King and Queen of Nepal, and a commentary on payol a 12 Old Oregon . Contemporary art s A Set-toot, WITHIN a school is the wa yits brochure describes the 196 0 Summer Academy of Contemporar y Arts, a series of two-week courses o n vital and significant contemporary de- velopments in both the high and th e popular arts to he held through the eigh t weeks of Summer Session . Dealing with literature, music, archi- tecture, cartoons, dance, films, painting , and drama the focus of each session wil l be on main trends and works since Worl d War II . These will be interpreted by a group of visiting artists and commenta- tors, each nationally recognized withi n their field . The artists and their fields are : Literature : Contemporary America n and British prose, primarily the novel , will be treated under Andrew Lytle , novelist, short story writer, historian , critic, and former editor of the Sewa.nee Review, currently lecturer in writing an d a Guggenheim fellow at the University o f Florida . Music : Insight and understanding o f contemporary music will be the objec- tive under Lukas Foss, composer, teach- er, conductor, and pianist . Among nu- merous grants Foss has held have bee n a Guggenheim, Fulbright, and a Pulitze r scholarship . His latest work is Symphon y of Chorales premiered in 1958 . Architecture : A consideration of con - temporary trends in architecture an d discussions of the creative process o f design will be handled by Bruce Gof f who lives and works in Frank Lloy d Wright 's Price Tower in Oklahoma, an d who first gained recognition for his fa- mous Boston Avenue M .E. Church i n Tulsa . Cartoon art : A survey of cartoonin g and comic art will be handled by Virgi l "Vip " Partch, former Disney cartoonist , and free lancer for The New Yorker , Punch and other magazines . I-lis featur e "Big George " is nationally syndicate d and he is the author of nine books . Dance : Gertrude Lippincott will trea t American contemporary dance, its heri- tage and development and some predic- tions for its future . She has performe d concerts all over the U .S., and is edito r or contributing editor of several danc e publications . Films : Robert Kostka, art director o f an educational TV station in Chicago , will lecture on films, both American an d foreign . He has produced a number o f pictures, among them one on the wor k of Frank Lloyd Wright and one on Japa- nese prints . Painting : Portland artist and mura l painter Louis Bunce will lead a sessio n aimed at providing insight into the crea- tive process in painting . Mr . Bunce 's mural for the Portland International Air - port created a controversy which rever- berated nationally in 1958 . Drama : The 20th century phenom- enon of the director and his contribu- tions to the theater will be explored b y an artist in this field as yet unannounced . Discrimination (Act III ) SPRING BROUGHT two new development sin the racial discrimination issu e which has stirred the campus for th e past several months . In the first, Presi- dent O . Meredith Wilson reported to th e State Board of Higher Education on th e extent of discriminatory practices a s found in charter provisions of campu s fraternities . His report was optimistic , stressing the growing trend for remova l of the discriminatory clauses . The presi- dent noted that only four of the Univer- sity's 21 fraternities (Sigma Nu, Sigm a Chi, Alpha Tau Omega, and Pi Kapp a Alpha) have "charter provisions con- trary to good policy ." He found no of- fensive clauses among the 16 sororities . Noting that 11 fraternities of the 2 1 formerly had such clauses, Wilso n What the four fraternities are doing about th e discrimination question : Alpha Tau Omega is polling members for ac- tion to change the clause . Pi Kappa Alpha has the matter on agenda fo r its 1960 convention, but has had it there withou t favorable results for the last eight to ten years . Sigma Chi has appointed a committee to stud y the problem . Sigma Nu reports that the clause will be a majo r issue at its 1960 convention . praised the "substantial and relativel y rapid progress " in their removal . And back home after "prolonged an d heated discussion " the ASUO Senat e voted to set June, 1965 as the deadlin e for removal of the discriminatory clause s (the racial ones anyway) from the con- stitutions of campus living organizations . The legislation also included a recom- mendation for further investigation o f the discrimination issue and a rule tha t organizations with such clauses mus t make these known to prospective mem- bers. The legislation also included a state- ment that "no action herein recom- mended in any way abridges the chap- ter's freedom to select individual mem- hers on their merits, " and specificall y exempted religious clauses ( found pri- marily in the charters of cooperative s and sororities) from their hill . A practical ma n? ?I 'm ONE of the last breed of cats tha t l/ could become a University profes- sor without either a degree or solicitin g for the job ." Alfred Lomax was remin- iscing about his entrance into the fiel d of University teaching 41 years ago . Re- cruited in 1919 from a Portland foreig n trade house to teach at the Universit y ("They wanted a practical man ; I re - member their using those words") h e did not even have a BA degree at th e time. He picked it up by "various devi- ous ways " - primarily correspondenc e and summer school courses-as he wen t along. Receiving this first degree in 1923 . by 1927 he also had garnered an M A degree (from the University of Pennsyl- vania) . Scheduled to retire officially this sum- mer his plans indicate a future situatio n which will be retirement in name only . BOILERFITTINGS a taco Giving a practical lesson in ocean ship- ping is Professor Lomax, retiring afte r 41 years of teaching at the University . The sprightly professor will still teach a course on ocean shipping at the Univer- sity, a business sequence in Portland, an d is also undertaking a career as a free - lance writer for business and economi c journals . In this latter endeavor, he should no t want for material for he is a man o f broad interests-foreign trade, shipping , economic geography (his business stu- dents often exclaim at the large amoun t of geography he manages to work into a business lecture), and the economic his- tory of the Northwest, to mention only a few. June-July 1960 13 This is Charles Politz's photographic exhibition, shown first at the Centennial , which the University Art and Architecture School plans to display here J all term . Among writing he has previously don e is his Pioneer Woolen Mills in Oregon ; History of Wool and the Woolen Textil e Industry in Oregon, 1811-1875, and a recent Historical Quarterly article, "Th e History of Brother Johnathon, " a tale o f the old sidewheelcr which ferried freigh t and passengers up and down the Orego n coast. His enthusiasm for the field he ha s taught is apparent when one brings u p the old saw about the place of a busines s school in a university . No longer are university busines s schools merely "glorified business col- leges." He points to the first two years o f liberal arts that is required of busines s majors ( "And we advocate upper divi- sion courses in sociology, economics, an d history, too") and to the fact that where - as a business college stresses techniques , the University School of Busines s stresses the "intellectual ideas behin d these techniques ." "Management, after all, is simply a n intellectual operation, " he insisted--"no t that I let my students get the idea tha t when they leave they 're finished busi- nessmen. I knock that out of their head s fast." That he has enjoyed teaching is obvi- ous from such conversation as this . And he concedes that although he neve r dreamed or planned he would end up a university professor he has had no re- grets . "It 's been," he said, "a wonderfu l life." Portrayal of Orego n T ENTATIVELY set to appear at the Uni-versity Art and Architecture Schoo l ("If we can pry it away from the Orego n Historical Society " ) next fall is a photo - graphic exhibition which was put to- gether originally for last year 's Orego n Centennial by Portland graphic designe r Charles S . Politz '45. Dean Walter Gordon of the AA Schoo l called the exhibition "one of the finest I have ever seen," has been trying to ge t parts of it for the school ever since it s appearance. For the largest segment of the show , ei titled "This Land-This Oregon" Po - Litz looked at 5850 prints from 34 sources , chose 850 of these, and from the smalle r group made his final choice of 140 fo r the exhibit . Politz is a graduate of the Journalis m School with an art minor . He was a Fria r and a Phi Beta Kappa Senior Six a t Oregon, and has had his own graphi c design and advertising consultants fir m in Portland since 1947 . Show bi z" I WOULDN 'T CALL it a scandal . 'Situa - tion' is a better word, " said Don Beld- ing '19, the recently retired chairman o f the board of Foote, Cone and Beldin g (the world 's fifth largest advertisin g agency) . He was speaking about the re - cent quiz show "payola" episodes . "The quiz shows followed an almos t necessary pattern, " he said . "When the y got a contestant the people liked, it wa s to their advantage to keep him on . It 's the same as a movie ; truth isn't a neces- sary factor . It 's better theatre, a bette r show. "Their mistake came in not explainin g the situation earlier . I don 't condone dis- honesty, but I certainly blame the lead- ers of the industry for not explainin g what they were doing . "Yes, I would say advertising has been hurt by the quiz show situation, " Belding said . "Complaints against all advertis- ing have increased since then ." Belding said that the payola situatio n got so had that it reached the point wher e some shows were giving credit for ever y product they mentioned . "There was a western show on TV down in I s .." h e said, "where a singer with a striking fig- ure appeared . When she finished her act , the announcer said, `I must tell you tha t her bosom was augmented with a rathe r elaborate brassiere .' " Belding, a stocky, affable man, wa s a campus visitor in April (with his wife ) and hosted in a flurry of speeches, lunch - eons and informal chats . He was one o f the six honor graduates in the Class o f '19, and as a miler he won a letter in trac k while at the University . "I wasn 't as fast as the milers today, " he said . "I think my best time was abou t 4 :30." Belding himself does n't smoke or drin k but he feels that cigarettes and whiskey , as legitimate products, have a right to b e advertised . "Remember that there ar e governmental restrictions on liquor ad- vertising," he said . "In an ad, you can't tell someone to g o pour himself a good stiff drink . You have to use association techniques to sell th e product . I would say that the restriction s under which liquor and cigarette adver- tising operates are sufficient ." He admitted ruefully, though, that ad- vertising might work to create a desir e for a product that might not exist other - wise. "The annual consumption of liquo r in this country is about $15 million, " he said . "But the annual contributions to al l charities is only about $9 million ." Though he is retired, Belding none - On Campus & Quotabl e W . J . Harvey, Oxford University professor of English, addressing U . O . assembly on the differences between U . S . "beatniks" and England 's "angr y young men ": "If you had a beatnik and an angry young man in the same room, 1 don 't think they would have anything to say to each other at all, and the y would both leave wholly disgusted ." ]4 Old Oregon, theless keeps busy . "I think that before a man dies . if he's able he should devote hi s time for the benefit of his city, his stat e and his country," he said . Belding retired at the age of 60 and i s active in a number of public capacities : He is president of the Los Angeles Boar d of Airport Commissioners (building a $100 million airport terminal) ; a mern- her of the Metropolitan Transit Authorit y of Los Angeles I getting ready to build a $200 million transit system for Los An- geles and environs) : vice-president of th e National Monument Commission ; chair - man of the Freedoms Foundation at Val - ley Forge ; and a trustee of the Counci l for Advancement of Secondary Educa- tion . He lives in Los Angeles . "Advertising, because of its import- ances" he said, "can withstand tremen- dous shocks . Nevertheless, I think tha t leadership in the advertising industr y now is at its lowest ebb in history . Th e heads of networks, newspapers, medi a and trade associations are fat and happy . It's a situation I deplore ." ;Nail mho came to lunc h A T FIRST GLANCE he seemed a charm-ing sprite, small, rounded by heav y swaddling against the Oregon winter . On his head he wore a fur hat that migh t have been a leftover from the Dav y Crockett craze . Several photographers were taking hi s picture, closing in to emphasize the head - gear . Someone explained that he had pur- chased it in India ; he was 81 they sai d and had just finished traveling around th e world, primarily by jet . The photographers left and, while ev- eryone buzzed around him setting up a luncheon in his honor, their subject look- ed out the windows of the Faculty Clu b at the University campus . "Looks better all the time, " he com- mented happily . The visitor was Allen Eaton '02, an in- ternational authority in American fol k art. He was on his way home to Ne w York on the final leg of the trip which h e started when the government commis- sioned him to set up the U . S . exhibitio n of handicrafts at the First Internationa l Trade Fair in India . After the fair h e "just decided to keep going and see th e rest of the world ." At the luncheon, where a coterie of ol d friends gathered to welcome him back t o Eugene, the puckish authority on Amer- ican handicrafts was asked by a reporte r who had slipped in and wedged a chair i n by his side : "Which of the arts is you r media?" "My most aesthetic experience, " he smiled, "is chopping my wood for win - ter." A friend interposed : "Tell about you r books, Allen ." "Oh. yes. Being under the necessity t o produce something occasionally, I d o write a book now and then-you can fin d them in the library if you 're interested ." He bent his head confidentially . "How - ever. I don't recommend you read them -the pictures though, that's a differen t matter . My hooks are always good pic- ture books ." I-fe mentioned the title of one . Beauty Behind Barbed Wire : The Arts of th e Japanese in Our War Relocation Camps , and in spite of his light banter the en- thusiasm and feeling which he has fo r the subjects on which he has written i s very much apparent . When he went to India he took with him 42 such hooks on handicrafts (be - sides a collection of American folk ar t objects t to show the Indians "that people over here are doing enough handicraft s that publishers find it profitable to prin t books on the subject ." This was necessary, he remarked, be - cause Indians believe that everything i n America is made by machine . To the m "we're only a machine producing, ma - chine tending nation ." He was seriou s over the importance of people-to-peopl e contacts to supplement diplomatic ones , and told of mingling with the crowd a t the American handicrafts exhibit an d hearing again and again : "It's machin e made, of course ; that's the only way the y make anything in America ." "Then I had a chance to talk to the m and see if I couldn't change those ideas, " he grinned . Eaton also expressed concern to awak- en in Americans a recognition and appre- ciation of their folk arts . Enthusiasticall y he insisted that the vitality of America n folk arts is real and growing . "We are learning more and more ho w handiwork enriches people," he said . Fo r some, he explained, the aggrandizemen t is monetary, for others it is the sheer jo y of creating . for a number the satisfactio n from making something that will pleas e their family or a friend . The folk art s movement is also tied in with the do-it - yourself craze and the learn-by-doin g concept in educational theory . From such remarks as these over a luncheon table a reporter cannot help bu t surmise that this man is much broade r than the . "ordinary artist ." His back - ground confirms this impression . Befor e teaching art at the University (after help- ing secure the Art School for his Alma Allen Eaton '02, was on campus recentl y discussing his field, American folk arts , with University professors and friends . Mater in the first place) he was a Eugen e businessman and a one-time member o f the Oregon Legislature . Eaton left Eugene during the hysteri a of World War I when he was accused b y townspeople of being pro-German . H e worked first for the government, the n joined the Russell Sage Foundation i n New York (its purpose : "to improve so- cial and living conditions " ). There h e initiated and headed for many years a Department of Arts and Social Work . His lack of rancor in connection wit h the German episode has been exemplifie d over the years by consistent work for th e University . He has written a number of book s (Handicrafts of the Southern Highland s and Handicrafts of New England amon g them) . An individual who looks for an d finds beauty in unexpected places, he has , besides his book on the arts of the Jap- anese in American intern camps, recentl y finished a volume on Beauty for th e Sighted and the Blind . The preface t o this book is written by Helen Keller . Eaton is retired from the Sage Foun- dation . His silver hair, the heavy lidde d eyes reminiscent of some granite buddha , and his slightly drooping mouth show hi s age. But when he speaks, warmth an d wry humor belie it . He is a remarkable man, and the Uni- versity hopes he 'll come to lunch again . June-July 1960 15 Antoinette Kuzmanich Hatfield 0 : First lady and supporting actres s Governor and first lady, before the wedding (inset) and after . "I'm like a supporting actress and m y husband is the leading man "-Toni Hat- field was trying to put into words her lif e as the wife of Oregon's governor . A 1950 graduate of the University, An- tionette, or Toni as she is called, is a fre- quent visitor to Emerald Hall on trips t o Eugene, especially to the office of an ol d friend, Dean of Women Golda Wickham . On a recent trip to the campus, she wa s being interviewed in the dean's office wit h a smiling Mrs . Wickham listening in "t o make sure you tell the truth ." Married for two years and in the lime - light all of that time ( "We came bac k from the honeymoon and started cam- paigning"), Toni finds the job of Ore- gon's First Lady "challenging and excit- ing." Several recent illnesses attest that i t is also exhausting when official chores ar e coupled with caring for year-old Eliza- beth and another Hatfield baby is ex- pected at any time . As a former high school and colleg e counselor and ex-dean of women at Port - land State College (Mark is ex-professo r of political science at Willamette Univer- sity ), Toni brings a great deal of trainin g to a job requiring tact, poise and the abil- ity to deal with all kinds of people in al l kinds of situations . Married at 29 i "All good comes to sh e who waits," she chuckles I after a six year on-again off-again courtship Toni feel s that for her later marriage was "marvel- lous." "1 was able to achieve what I had al - ways wanted to do-be dean of women - and so I didn't have to feel inferior to a husband who is outstanding . And be - cause of my work, travel and other ex- periences, I feel I am a better helpmat e to him in the work he does . I'm bette r able to adjust to different situations" - she broke off and turned to Mrs . Wick - ham her large brown eyes widening a s they do when she is thinking hard o r questioning . "Does that sound boastful? " she asked . "Certainly not," Mrs . Wickham sho t back. Asked to characterize the job of Firs t Lady, Toni had trouble : "It 's about what - ever you make it actually," she finally ex- plained . Thinking, she added : "Well, you're a hostess or must always be pre - pared to he one . . . "And," Mrs. Wickham broke in . "you must be much less demanding than mos t wives because he has so many other de- mands on him ." "That's true ." Toni nodded, her fac e serious . "I try to give him lots of car e because he has constantly to give so muc h of himself to others ." During an earlie r interview, Toni had insisted that in spite of her title of First Lady she manages t o keep her life from turning into an endles s round of teas, meetings and coffee hours . "Mark is the most important thing i n my life," she said . "I can do more to hel p him by having a well-kept home than b y a lot of social activities . He'll be a bette r governor if he has a happy home so that's my job ." Toni says her past experience in schoo l administrative work makes her tend t o ask. "Now, what's on today's schedule? " But the governor's job simply is not al - ways predictable . She does put this sam e background to good use, however, by ta k. ing care of a tremendous amount of de - tail work in order that the governor ma y be released of as many petty concerns a s possible. She also does her own cooking al - though she has someone to help with th e housework and with daughter Elizabeth . The governor's taste in cooking is n o problem : "Mark isn't wild about food ." He does enjoy beans with a ham hock , however, favors generally plain food tha t isn't banquet fare . And dinnertime i s whenever the man of the house arrives . The couple says "Grace " for meals . Th e governor does not help with the dishe s afterward . The Hatfields live in a remodeled hous e which was built in the 1870s in the squar e style known at the time as Italian Villa . The decor inside is primarily Victorian , as both Toni and Mark are interested i n antiques "and," Toni said, "we both hav e relatives with attics full of old furniture ." Her wedding present to him, an orienta l rug, is in the entrance hall . The First Lady's originality comes ou t in the red powder room on the first floo r ("Everyone thought it was too small a room for the color, but they like it now, " she beamed) and the same artistic sens e appears in her clothes . A close friend of the Hatfields, Gerr y Frank of Meier and Frank of Portland , has commented on Toni's "unusually fin e sense of fashion" and another acquaint ance terms her a "fashion plate," addin g the opinion that she is much prettier tha n her pictures indicate . "Pretty is as pretty does" goes the ol d refrain--as First Lady and homemake r Antoinette Kuzmanich Hatfield certainl y does well. -PAT TREEC E 16 Old Oregon AWN! fN Tl4E 5 FOTI IST Wanda Beal 0 : Bus y world in Limon, Colorad o A RT-MINDED CHILDREN in the little plain stown of Limon, Colorado, are formin g an early acquaintanceship with art pads an d easels under the critical eye of a bus y woman who has earned herself the title , "Artist of the Colorado Plains Country ." One of the community's most energeti c and versatile workers, Wanda Rand Bea l still finds time, aside from teaching, to wor k on her own landscapes and seascapes . Many of them are well-known in juried galler y shows throughout the Southwest, and he r paintings, including those of her nativ e Oregon coast, hang in homes and offices al l over the region . Although she married an d left the University after her freshman year , she has since continued the interrupted ar t studies . Writing is another of her main interest s (besides her "greatest joy "-the family) . Wanda regularly contributes warm, infor- mative articles on farm and small-town lif e to regional and national publications . Sh e is additionally a stringer for the Denver Wanda Rand Beal i s never far from he r brushes and paints . The easel above shows one o f her favorite seascapes of the Oregon coast . Post and the Colorado Springs Free Press and works on the Limon. Leader "when needed ." Wanda works with the youth of Limon i n Sunday School and vacation Bible school , serves as lifeguard and instructor at th e swimming pool, and conducts sewing classe s for her neighbors . She is president of th e Parent-Teachers Association, a leader i n Red Cross activities, and vice-president o f the Limon branch of the Colorado Federa- tion of Women's Clubs . In her "spare " time, Wanda lectures to women 's clubs, re - makes old furniture, demonstrates manufac - turers products in local stores, and raise s enough garden stuff and poultry to fill "an enormous freezer ." However, she modestly shrugs off he r load of activities with the declaration tha t they are merely the outgrowth of "being a plain housewife in a small town-just obli- gations which go along with being a goo d citizen and part of a healthy community ." -JEANIE COMPAGNON the nation to bring yo u the special report, "Th e Alumnus/a" portrayin g the role of the alumnus o r alumna in the broad gen- eral picture of higher edu- cation today . While th e portrayal is a general one, chances are, with a touc h of imagination, you ca n find yourself there, too . The total national circula- tion of the supplement , produced through th e American Alumni Council, is about 3 million. .tune-July 1960 OREGON is a wa y of living ...let First Nationa lhelp you enjoy it ! Driving from the tee of one of the world s greenest golf courses . . .or out drivin g amidst spectacular scenery, youe takin g part in the Oregon way of life . Over 300,000 Oregon people insure their enjoyment o f this life by saving regularly at Firs t National Bank of Oregon . Watch your money grow in a Firs t National savings account . Maintain a reg - ular savings habit at your nearby Firs t National office . Relax with the knowledg e your money is secure . . . and earning bi g interest . You also receive the highest per- sonal interest from your neighbors at Firs t National Bank of Oregon . "MV BANK" FOR OVER 600,000 OREGON PEOPLE ! Nti r7a1 Bara k PORTLAN D MEMeee ,e Deeal DEPOSIT !NSUIIRNC! COSIOIaflQ N THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF OREGON, PORTLAN D Get acquainted wit h "Personal interest" banking ! Getting acquainted at Firs t Notional is easy. Just drop in and . say" Hello." If you need informo- tion about banking, or just som e change for parking, its all th e same here. "Personal Interest" i s the rule at First National, as you l soon see for yourself, TH E ALUMNUS/ A As student, as alumna or alumnus: at both stages, one of the most important persons in higher education. a special report a and a declaration o f dependence T 1-115 IS A SALUTE, an acknowledgment of a partner -ship,and a declaration of dependence . It is directe dto you as an alumnus or alumna . As such, you ar e one of the most important persons in American educatio n today . You are important to American education, and to you r alma mater, for a variety of reasons, not all of which ma y be instantly apparent to you . You are important, first, because you are the principa l product of your alma mater-the principal claim she ca n make to fame . To a degree that few suspect, it is by it s alumni that an educational institution is judged . And fe w yardsticks could more accurately measure an institution' s true worth . You are important to American education, further , because of the support you give to it . Financial suppor t comes immediately to mind : the money that alumni ar e giving to the schools, colleges, and universities they once attended has reached an impressive sum, larger than that received from any other source of gifts . It is indispensable. But the support you give in other forms is impressiv e and indispensable, also . Alumni push and guide the legis- lative programs that strengthen the nation y supported educational institutions . They frequently ac t as academic talent scouts for their alma maters, meetin g and talking with the college-bound high school student s in their communities . They are among the staunchest de - fenders of high principles in education-e .g., academi c freedom-even when such defense may not be the "popu- lar" posture . The list is long ; yet every year alumni ar e finding ways to extend it . T O THE HUNDREDS of colleges and universities an dsecondary schools from which they came, alumn iare important in another way-one that has nothin g to do with what alumni can do for the institutions them - selves. Unlike most other forms of human enterprise , educational institutions are not in business for what the y themselves can get out of it. They exist so that free people, through education, can keep civilization on the forwar d move . Those who ultimately do this are their alumni . Thus only through its alumni can a school or a colleg e or a university truly fulfill itself . Chancellor Samuel B. Gould, of the University of Cali- fornia, put it this way : "The serious truth of the matter is that you are th e distilled essence of the university, for you are its produc t and the basis for its reputation . if anything lasting is t o be achieved by us as a community of scholars, it must i n most instances be reflected inyou. If we are to win intellec - tual victories or make cultural advances, it must b e through your good offices and your belief in our mission ." The italics are ours . The mission is yours and our s together . Alma Mater . . . At an alumni-alumnae meeting in Washington members song The purpose of this meeting was to introduc the institution to high schoo boys and girls who, with their parents were present as the club's . LUMN "S Alumnus + alumnus - Many people cling to the odd notion that in this ca s T HE POPULAR . VIEW of you, an alumnus or alumna ,is a puzzling thing . That the view is highly illogica lseems only to add to its popularity . That its ele- ments are highly contradictory seems to bother no one . Here is the paradox : Individually you, being an alumnus or alumna, ar e among the most respected and sought-after of beings . People expect of you (and usually get) leadership or in- telligent followership . They appoint you to positions o f trust in business and government and stake the nation' s very survival on your school- and college-develope d abilities . If you enter politics, your educational pedigree is freel y discussed and frequently boasted about, even in precinct s where candidates once took pains to conceal any educa- tion beyond the sixth grade . In clubs, parent-teache r associations, churches, labor unions, you are considere d to be the brains, the backbone, the eyes, the ears, and th e neckbone-the latter to be stuck out, for alumni are ex- pected to be intellectually adventurous as well as to ex- ercise other attributes . But put you in an alumni club, or back on campus for a reunion or homecoming, and the popular respect-yea , awe-turns to chuckles and ho-ho-ho . The esteemed in- dividual, when bunched with other esteemed individuals , becomes in the popular image the subject of quips, a can - didate for the funny papers . He is now imagined to be a person whose interests stray no farther than the degree o f baldness achieved by his classmates, or the success i n marriage and child-bearing achieved by her classmates, o r the record run up last season by the alma mater's footbal l or field-hockey team . He is addicted to funny hats deco - rated with his class numerals, she to daisy chainmakin g and to recapturing the elusive delights of the junior-clas s hoop-roll . If he should encounter his old professor of physics, he i s supposedly careful to confine the conversation to remi- niscences about the time Joe or Jane Wilkins, with spec- tacular results, tried to disprove the validity of Newton' s third law . To ask the old gentleman about the implica- tions of the latest research concerning anti-matter woul d be, it is supposed, a most serious breach of the Alumn i Reunion Code . Such a view of organized alumni activity might be dis - missed as unworthy of note, but for one disturbing fact : among its most earnest adherents are a surprising numbe r of alumni and alumnae themselves . Permit us to lay the distorted image to rest, with the ai d of the rites conducted by cartoonist Mark Kelley on th e following pages . To do so will not necessitate burying th e class banner or interring the reunion hat, nor is there a need to disband the homecoming day parade . The simple truth is that the serious activities of organ - ized alumni far outweigh the frivolities-in about th e same proportion as the average citizen's, or unorganize d alumnus's, party-going activities are outweighed by hi s less festive pursuits . Look, for example, at the activities of the organize d alumni of a large and famous state university in the Mid - west . The former students of this university are ofte n pictured as football-mad . And there is no denying that, t o many of them, there is no more pleasant way of spendin g an autumn Saturday than witnessing a victory by th e home team . But by far the great bulk of alumni energy on behalf o f the old school is invested elsewhere : Every year the alumni association sponsors a recog- nition dinner to honor outstanding students-those wit h a scholastic average of 3 .5 (B+) or better . This has prove d to be a most effective way of showing students that aca- demic prowess is valued above all else by the institutio n and its alumni . Every year the alumni give five "distinguished teach- ing awards"-grants of $1,000 each to professors selecte d by their peers for outstanding performance in the class - room . An advisory board of alumni prominent in variou s fields meets regularly to consider the problems of th e university : the quality of the course offerings, the calibe r of the students, and a variety of other matters . They re - port directly to the university president, in confidence . Their work has been salutary . When the university' s school of architecture lost its accreditation, for example , the efforts of the alumni advisers were invaluable in get - ting to the root of the trouble and recommending meas- ures by which accreditation could be regained . The efforts of alumni have resulted in the passage o f urgently needed, but politically endangered, appropria- tions by the state legislature . Some 3,000 of the university's alumni act each year a s volunteer alumni-fund solicitors, making contacts wit h 30,000 of the university's former students . Nor is this a particularly unusual list of alumni accom - plishments . The work and thought expended by the alum- Liumni-or does it ? e group somehow differs from the sum of its part s Behind the fun of organized alumni activity-in clubs, at reunions-lies new seriousnes s nowadays, and a substantial record of service to American education . ni of hundreds of schools, colleges, and universities i n behalf of their alma maters would make a glowing record , if ever it could be compiled . The alumni of one institutio n took it upon themselves to survey the federal income-ta x laws, as they affected parents' ability to finance thei r children's education, and then, in a nationwide campaign , pressed for needed reforms . In a score of cities, th e alumnae of a women's college annually sell tens of thou - sands of tulip bulbs for their alma mater's benefit ; i n eight years they have raised $80,000, not to mentio n hundreds of thousands of tulips . Other institutions' alum - nae stage house and garden tours, organize used-boo k sales, sell flocked Christmas trees, sponsor theatrica l benefits . Name a worthwhile activity and someone i s probably doing it, for faculty salaries or building funds o r student scholarships . Drop in on a reunion or a local alumni-club meeting , and you may well find that the superficial programs of yore have been replaced by seminars, lectures, laborator y demonstrations, and even week-long short-courses . Visi t the local high school during the season when the senio r students are applying for admission to college-and try- ing to find their way through dozens of college catalogues , each describing a campus paradise-and you will fin d alumni on hand to help the student counselors . Nor ar e they high-pressure salesmen for their own alma mater an d disparagers of everybody else's . Often they can, and do , perform their highest service to prospective students b y advising them to apply somewhere else . E ACHIEVEMENTS, in short, belie the popular image .A nd if no one else realizes this, or cares, one grou p should : the alumni and alumnae themselves . To o many of them may be shying away from a good thing be - cause they think that being an "active" alumnus mean s wearing a funny bat . NAN / DE4N WiwvrERi4AVEN ! Why they comp back: The popular view a//Lk-4 dear)40 /OEM NALL / ea' ? G1v- s 4/d Chan e qe/ TO FIND MEM HAL L /Qfvaa eS mvr .lA1"dice 7%a cc4 eris6w a6 eeygv deanal :A ft #cal / 8i- TO IMPRESS THE OLD PRO F TO CONTRIBUTE TO BE A "POOR LITTLE SHEEP" AGAI N MATERIALLY Monvt Last year, educational institution from any other source of gifts . Alumni support i W ITHOUT THE DOLLARS that their alumni contrib -ute each year, America's privately supporte deducational institutions would be in seriou s difficulty today . And the same would be true of the na- tion 's publicly supported institutions, without the sup - port of alumni in legislatures and elections at whic h appropriations or bond issues are at stake . For the private institutions, the financial support re- ceived from individual alumni often means the differenc e between an adequate or superior faculty and one that i s underpaid and understaffed ; between a thriving scholar - ship program and virtually none at all ; between well - equipped laboratories and obsolete, crowded ones . Fo r tax-supported institutions, which in growing numbers ar e turning to their alumni for direct financial support, suc h aid makes it possible to give scholarships, grant loans t o needy students, build such buildings as student unions , and carry on research for which legislative appropriation s do not provide . To gain an idea of the scope of the support whic h alumni give-and of how much that is worthwhile i n American education depends upon it-consider this sta- tistic, unearthed in a current survey of 1,144 schools , junior colleges, colleges, and universities in the Unite d States and Canada : in just twelve months, alumni gav e their alma maters more than $199 million . They were th e largest single source of gifts . Nor was this the kind of support that is given once, per - haps as the result of a high-pressure fund drive, and neve r heard of again . Alumni tend to give funds regularly . In the past year, they contributed $45 .5 million, on an annua l gift basis, to the 1,144 institutions surveyed . To realiz e that much annual income from investments in blue-chi p stocks, the institutions would have needed over 1 .2 billion more dollars in endowment funds than they actuall y possessed . NUAL ALUMNI GIVING Is not a new phenomenon o nAN the American educational scene (Yale alumn i founded the first annual college fund in 1890, an d Mount Hermon was the first independent secondar y school to do so, in 1903) . But not until fairly recently di d annual giving become the main element in education' s financial survival kit . The development was logical . Big endowments had been affected by inflation . Big privat e philanthropy, affected by the graduated income and in - heritance taxes, was no longer able to do the job alone . Yet, with the growth of science and technology an d democratic concepts of education, educational budget s had to be increased to keep pace . Twenty years before Yale 's first alumni drive, a pro- fessor in New Haven foresaw the possibilities and looke d into the minds of alumni everywhere : "No graduate of the college, " he said, "has ever pai d in full what it cost the college to educate him . A part of th e expense was borne by the funds given by former bene- factors of the institution . "A great many can never pay the debt . A very few can , in their turn, become munificent benefactors . There is a very large number, however, between these two, who can , and would cheerfully, give according to their ability i n order that the college might hold the same relative posi- tion to future generations which it held to their own ." The first Yale alumni drive, seventy years ago, brough t in $11,015 . In 1959 alone, Yale's alumni gave more tha n $2 million . Not only at Yale, but at the hundreds of othe r institutions which have established annual alumni fund s in the intervening years, the feeling of indebtedness an d the concern for future generations which the Yale pro- fessor foresaw have spurred alumni to greater and greate r efforts in this enterprise . MONEY FROM ALUMNI iS a powerful magnet : i tAN I) draws more . Not only have more than eighty busi - ness corporations, led in 1954 by General Electric , established the happy custom of matching, dollar for dol - lar, the gifts that their employees (and sometimes thei r employees' wives) give to their alma maters ; alumn i giving is also a measure applied by many business me n and by philanthropic foundations in determining ho w productive their organizations' gifts to an educational in - stitution are likely to be . Thus alumni giving, as Gordo n K . Chalmers, the late president of Kenyon College, de - scribed it, is "the very rock on which all other giving mus t rest . Gifts from outside the family depend largely-some- times wholly-on the degree of alumni support ." The "degree of alumni support" is gauged not by dol- lars alone . The percentage of alumni who are regula r givers is also a key . And here the record is not as dazzlin g as the dollar figures imply . Nationwide, only one in five alumni of colleges, uni- versities, and prep schools gives to his annual alumni received more of it from their alumni tha n now education 's strongest financial rampar t fund . The actual figure last year was 20 .9 per cent . Allow- ing for the inevitable few who are disenchanted with thei r alma maters' cause,* and for those who spurn all fun d solicitations, sometimes with heavy scorn,t and for thos e whom legitimate reasons prevent from giving financial memo: from aid,? the participation figure is still low . xY? Perhaps because the non-participants imag - ine their institutions to be adequately financed . (Virtually without exception, in both private an d tax-supported institutions, this is-sadly-not so.) Per- haps because they believe their small gift-a dollar, o r five, or ten-will be insignificant . (Again, most emphati- cally, not so, Multiply the 5,223,240 alumni who gav e nothing to their alma maters last year by as little as on e dollar each, and the figure still comes to thousands o f additional scholarships for deserving students or sub- stantial pay increases for thousands of teachers who may , at this moment, be debating whether they can afford t o continue teaching next year .) By raising the percentage of participation in alumn i fund drives, alumni can materially improve their alm a maters' standing . That dramatic increases in participatio n can be brought about, and quickly, is demonstrated b y the case of Wofford College, a small institution in Sout h Carolina . Until several years ago, Wofford receive d annual gifts from only 12 per cent of its 5,750 alumni . Then Roger Milliken, a textile manufacturer and a Wof- ford trustee, issued a challenge : for every percentage - point increase over 12 per cent, he'd give $1,000 . After th e alumni were finished, Mr . Milliken cheerfully turned ove r a check for $62,000 . Wofford's alumni had raised thei r participation in the annual fund to 74 .4 per cent-a new national record . "It was a remarkable performance," observed th e American Alumni Council . "Its impact on Wofford wil l be felt for many years to come ." And what Wofford's alumni could do, your institution' s alumni could probably do, too . Wrote one alumnus : "I see that Stanford is making great prog- ress. However, I am opposed to progress in any form . Therefore I am not sending you any money ." t A man in Memphis, Tennessee, regularly sent Baylor Universit a check signed "U . R . Stuck." hi her fund reply envelope, a Kansas alumna once sent, withou comment, her household bills for the month Husband s Women colleges, as a group, have had a unique problem in fund-raising-and they wish they knew ho w to solve it . The loyalty of their alumnae in contributing mone y each year-an average of 41 .2 per cent took part in 195 9 -is nearly double the national average for all universi- ties, colleges, junior colleges, and privately supporte d secondary schools . But the size of the typical gift is ofte n smaller than one might expect . Why? The alumnae say that while husbands obviousl y place a high value on the products of the women's col- leges, many underestimate the importance of giving wom - en's colleges the same degree of support they accord thei r own alma maters . This, some guess, is a holdover fro m the days when higher education for women was regarde d as a luxury, while higher education for men was consid- ered a sine qua non for business and professional careers . As a result, again considering the average, women' s colleges must continue to cover much of their operatin g expense from tuition fees . Such fees are generally highe r than those charged by men's or coeducational institutions , and the women's colleges are worried about the social an d intellectual implications of this fact . They have no desir e to be the province solely of children of the well-to-do ; higher education for women is no longer a luxury to b e reserved to those who can pay heavy fees . Since contributions to education appear to be one are a of family budgets still controlled largely by men, th e alumnae hope that husbands will take serious note of th e women's colleges' claim to a larger share of it . They ma y be starting to do so : from 1958 to 1959, the average gif t to women's colleges rose 22 .4 per cent . But it still trail s the average gift to men's colleges, private universities, an d professional schools . to for the Public educational institutions , a special kind of servic e PUBLICLY SUPPORTED educational institutions owe aspecial kind of debt to their alumni . Many peopl eimagine that the public institutions have no finan- cial worries, thanks to a steady flow of tax dollars . Ye t they actually lead a perilous fiscal existence, dependen t upon annual or biennial appropriations by legislatures . More than once, state and municipally supported institu- tions would have found themselves in serious straits i f their alumni had not assumed a role of leadership . A state university in New England recently was put i n academic jeopardy because the legislature defeated a bil l to provide increased salaries for faculty members . Then the university's "Associate Alumni" took matters int o their hands . They brought the facts of political and aca- demic life to the attention of alumni throughout the state , prompting them to write to their representatives in sup - port of higher faculty pay . A compromise bill was passed , and salary increases were granted . Alumni action thu s helped ease a crisis which threatened to do serious, per- haps irreparable, damage to the university . In a neighboring state, the public university receive s only 38 .3 per cent of its operating budget from state an d federal appropriations . Ninety-one per cent of the uni- versity's $17 million physical plant was provided by pri- The Beneficiaries Students on a state-university campus . Alumni support is provin ginvaluable in maintaining high-quality education at such institutions . vate funds . Two years ago, graduates of its college o f medicine gave $226,752 for a new medical center-th e largest amount given by the alumni of any America n medical school that year . Several years ago the alumni of six state-supporte d institutions in a midwestern state rallied support for a $150 million bond issue for higher education, menta l health, and welfare-an issue that required an amend- ment to the state constitution . Of four amendments o n the ballot, it was the only one to pass . In another midwestern state, action by an "Alumn i Council for Higher Education," representing eightee n publicly supported institutions, has helped produce a $1 3 million increase in operating funds for 1959-61-the mos t significant increase ever voted for the state's system o f higher education . SOME ALUMNI ORGANIZATIONSare forbidden to engag ein political activity of any kind . The intent is a goo done : to keep the organizations out of party politics and lobbying . But the effect is often to prohibit the alumn i from conducting any organized legislative activity in be - half of publicly supported education in their states . "This is unfair," said a state-university alumni spokes - man recently, "because this kind of activity is neithe r shady nor unnecessary . "But the restrictions most of which 1 happen to thin k are nonsense-exist, nevertheless . Even so, individua l alumni can make personal contacts with legislators i n their home towns, if not at the State Capitol . Above all , in their contacts with fellow citizens-with people wh o influence public opinion-the alumni of state institution s must support their alma maters to an intense degree . The y must make it their business to get straight informatio n and spread it through their circles of influence . "Since the law forbids us to organize such support , every alumnus has to start this work, and continue it, o n his own . This isn't something that most people do natu- rally-but the education of their own sons and daughter s rests on their becoming aroused and doing it ." a matter of principle WORTHWHILE INSTITUTION of higher education ,ANY one college president has said, lives "in chroni c tension with the society that supports it ." Says The Campus and the State, a 1959survey of academic free- dom in which that president's words appear : "New ideas always run the risk of offending entrenched interest s within the community. If higher education is to be suc- cessful in its creative role it must be guaranteed some pro tection against reprisal. . ." The peril most frequently is budgetary : the threat o f appropriations cuts, if the unpopular ideas are not aban- doned; the real or imagined threat of a loss of public - even alumni-sympathy . Probably the best protection against the danger o f reprisals against free institutions of learning is thei r alumni: alumni who understand the meaning of freedom and give their strong and informed support to matters of educational principle. Sometimes such support is avail - able in abundance and offered with intelligence . Some- times-almost always because of misconception or failure to be vigilant-it is not . For example: An alumnus of one private college was a regular and heavy donor to the annual alumni fund. He was known to have provided handsomely for his alma mater in his will. But when he questioned his grandson, a student at th e old school, he learned that an economics professor no t only did not condemn, but actually discussed the necessit for, the national debt w all support unless the professor ceased uttering suc h heresy or was fired . The college is not yet certain where it stands in the gentleman' will.) When no students from a certain county managed to meet the requirements for admission to a southwester n university's medical school, the county's angry delegate to the state legislature announced he was "out to get thi s guy"-the vice president in charge of the university' s medical affairs, who had staunchly backed the medica l school's admissions committee. The board of trustees o f the university, virtually all of whom were alumni, joined other alumni and the local chapter of the American Association of University Professors to rally successfull to the v.p.'s support . When the president of a publicly supported institu- tion recently said he would have to limit the number o f students admitted to next fall's freshman class if hig h academic standards were not to be compromised, som e constituent-fearing legislators were wrathful. When th e issue was explained to them, alumni backed the presi- dent's position-decisively . When a number of institutions (joined in Decembe r by President Eisenhower) opposed the" disclaimer affida- vit" required of students seeking loans under the Nationa Defense Education Act, many citizens-including som e alumni-assailed them for their stand against "swearin g allegiance to the United States ." The fact is, the dis- claimer affidavit is an oath of allegiance to the United States (which the Education Act also requires, but which the colleges havenot opposed). Fortunately, alumni who took the trouble to find out what the affidavit really wa s apparently outnumbered, by asubstantial majority, those who leaped before they looked . Coincidentally or not , most of the institutions opposing the disclaimer affidavit received more money from their alumni during the con- troversy than ever before in their history. N THE FUTURE, as in the past, educational institution sI worth their salt will be in the midst of controversy . Such is the nature of higher education : ideas are its merchandise, and ideas new and old are frequently con- troversial. An educational institution, indeed, may b e doing its job badly if it is not involved in controversy, at times. If an alumnus never finds himself in disagreement with his alma mater, he has a right to question whethe r his alma mater is intellectually awake or dozing. To understand this is to understand the meaning o f academic freedom and vitality. And, with such an under- standing, an alumnus is equipped to give his highest serv- ice to higher education; to give his support to the princi- ples which make-higher education free and effectual. If higher education is to prosper, it will need this kind of support from its alumni-tomorrow even more than i n its gloriously stormy past. are the merchandise of education, and every worthwhile educational institution must provide andIdeas guard the conditions for breeding them. To do so, they need the help and vigilance of their alumni. Ahead : The Art of keeping intellectually alive for a lifetime will be fostered more than ever by a growing alumni-alma mater relationship . W ifin-IER THE COURSE of the relationship betwee nalumni and alma mater? At the turn into th eSixties, it is evident that a new and challengin g relationship-of unprecedented value to both the institu- tion and its alumni-is developing . lot If alumni wish, their intellectual voyage can b e continued for a lifetime . There was a time when graduation was the end . Yo u got your diploma, along with the right to place certai n initials after your name ; your hand was clasped for a n instant by the president ; and the institution's busines s was done . If you were to keep yourself intellectually awake, th e No-Doz would have to be self-administered . If you wer e to renew your acquaintance with literature or science, th e introductions would have to be self-performed . Automotion is still the principal driving force . Th e years in school and college are designed to provide th e push and then the momentum to keep you going wit h your mind . "Madam, we guarantee results," wrote a col- lege president to an inquiring mother, "-or we retur n the boy ." After graduation, the guarantee is yours t o maintain, alone . Alone, but not quite . It makes little sense, many edu- cators say, for schools and colleges not to do whateve r they can to protect their investment in their students - which is considerable, in terms of time, talents, an d money-and not to try to make the relationship betwee n alumni and their alma maters a two-way flow . As a consequence of such thinking, and of demand s issuing from the former students themselves, alumn i meetings of all types-local clubs, campus reunions-ar e taking on a new character . "There has to be a reason an d a purpose for a meeting, " notes an alumna . "Groups tha t meet for purely social reasons don't last tong . Just be - cause Mary went to my college doesn't mean I enjo y being with her socially-but I might well enjoy workin g with her in a serious intellectual project ." Male alumn i agree ; there is a limit to the congeniality that can be main - tained solely by the thin thread of reminiscences or small - talk . But there is no limit, among people with whom their a new Challenge , a new relationship education " stuck, " to the revitalizing effects of learning . The chemistry professor who is in town for a chemists ' conference and is invited to address the local chapter o f the alumni association no longer feels he must talk abou t nothing more weighty than the beauty of the campu s elms ; his audience wants him to talk chemistry, and he i s delighted to oblige . The engineers who return to schoo l for their annual homecoming welcome the opportunity t o bring themselves up to date on developments in and ou t of their specialty . Housewives back on the campus fo r reunions demand-and get-seminars and short-courses . But the wave of interest in enriching the intellectua l content of alumni meetings may be only a beginning . With more leisure at their command, alumni will hav e the time (as they already have the inclination) to under - take more intensive, regular educational programs . If alumni demand them, new concepts in adult educa- tion may emerge . Urban colleges and universities ma y step up their offerings of programs designed especially fo r the alumni in their communities-not only their ow n alumni, but those of distant institutions . Unions an d government and industry, already experimenting wit h graduate-education programs for their leaders, may fin d ways of giving sabbatical leaves on a widespread basis - and they may profit, in hard dollars-and-cents terms, fro m the results of such intellectual re-charging . Colleges and universities, already overburdened wit h teaching as well as other duties, will need help if suc h dreams are to come true . But help will be found if th e demand is insistent enough . 110 . Alumni partnerships with their alma mater, i n meeting ever-suer educational challenges, will gro w even closer than they have been . Boards of overseers, visiting committees, and othe r partnerships between alumni and their institutions ar e proving, at many schools, colleges, and universities, to b e channels through which the educators can keep in touc h with the community at large and vice versa . Alumni trus- tees, elected by their fellow alumni, are found on the gov - erning boards of more and more institutions . Alumn i " without portfolio " are seeking ways to join with thei r alma makers in advancing the cause of education . The representative of a West Coast university has noted th e trend : "In selling memberships in our alumni associa- tion, we have learned that, while it's wise to list the bene- fits of membership, what interests them most is how the y can be of service to the university .- 111 Alumni can have a decisive role in maintainin g high standards of education, even as enrollment s increase at most schools and colleges . There is a real crisis in American education : the crisi s of quality . For a variety of reasons, many institutions fin d themselves unable to keep their faculties staffed with high - caliber men and women . Many lack the equipmen t needed for study and research . Many, even in this age o f high student population, are unable to attract the qualit y of student they desire . Many have been forced to dissipat e their teaching and research energies, in deference to pub- lic demand for more and more extracurricular "services ." Many, besieged by applicants for admission, have had t o yield to pressure and enroll students who are unqualified . Each of these problems has a direct bearing upon th e quality of education in America . Each is a problem t o which alumni can constructively address themselves, indi - vidually and in organized groups . Some can best be handled through community leader - ship : helping present the institutions' case to the public . Some can be handled by direct participation in such ac- tivities as academic talent-scouting, in which many insti- tutions, both public and private, enlist the aid of thei r alumni in meeting with college-bound high school stu- dents in their cities and towns . Some can be handled b y making more money available to the institutions-fo r faculty salaries, for scholarships, for buildings and equip- ment . Some can be handled through political action . The needs vary widely from institution to institution - and what may help one may actually set back another . Because of this, it is important to maintain a close liaiso n with the campus when undertaking such work . (Alumn i offices everywhere will welcome inquiries .) When the opportunity for aid does come-as it has i n the past, and as it inevitably will in the years ahead - alumni response will be the key to America's educationa l future, and to all that depends upon it . THE ALUMN ' / The material on this and the preceding 1 pages was prepared in behalf of more than 35 schools, colleges, and universities in the Unite States, Canada, and Mexico by the staff liste below, who haveformed EDITORIAL PROJECT S FOR EDUCATION, INC ., through which to per- form this function .P.E., INC ., is a non-profi organization associated with the America n Alumni Council ment is 2,900,000 DAVID A. BURR The University of Oklahom a GEORGE J . COOK E Princeton University DAN ENDSLE YStanford Universit y DAN H . FENN, JR . Harvard Business Schoo l RANDOLPH L . FOR T Emory University I . ALFRED GUES TAmherst Colleg e L. FRANKLIN HEAL D The University of New Hampshir e CHARLES M . HELMKE N Saint John's Universit y JEAN D . LINEHA N American Alumni Counci l MARALYN ORBISO N Swarthmore Colleg e ROBERT L . PAYTO N Washington Universit y FRANCES PROVENC E Baylor Universit y ROBERT M . RHODE SLehigh Universit y WILLIAM SCHRAMM, YR . The University of Pennsylvani a VERNE A . STADTMA NThe University of Californi a FREDERIC A . STOTT Phillips Academy (Andover ) FRANK J . TAT EThe Ohio State Universit y ERIK WENSBER GColumbia Universit y CHARLES E . WIDMAYE RDartmouth Colleg e REBA WILCOXO NThe University of Arkansa s CHESLEY WORTHINGTO N Brown Universit y * CORBIN GWALTNE Y Executive Edito r HAROLD R . HARDIN GAssistant Secretary-Treasure r * All rights reserved; no part of this supplement may be reproduced without the express per mission of the editors 1 1960 by Editorial Projects for Education, Inc m 411, 1785 Massachusetts Ave.W., Washing- ton 6, D.C.EDITORIAL ADDRESS : P.O. Box5653, Baltimore10,Md. Printed in U.S.A. alumni - of universities. "They give to the young in their impres- sionable years the bond of a lofty purpose shared," h e said; "of a great corporate life whose links will not b e loosed until they die ." The links that unite alumni with each other and wit h their alma mater are difficult to define . But every alum- nus and alumna knows they exist, as surely as do th e campus's lofty spires and the ageless dedication of edu- cated men and women to the process of keeping them - selves and their children intellectually alive . Once one has caught the spirit of learning, of truth, of probing into the undiscovered and unknown-the spiri t of his alma mater-one does not really lose it, for a s long as one lives . As life proceeds, the daily mechanic s of living-of job-holding, of family-rearing, of mortgage- paying, of lawn-cutting, of meal-cooking-sometime s are tedious . But for them who have known the spirit o f intellectual adventure and conquest, there is the bond o f the lofty purpose shared, of the great corporate lif e whose links will not be loosed until they die . This would be the true meaning of alumni-ship, wer e there such a word . It is the reasoning behind the grea t service that alumni give to education . It is the reaso n alma maters can call upon their alumni for responsibl e support of all kinds, with confidence that the responsi- bility will be well met . snip JOHN MASEFIELD was addressing himself to the subject which is dedicated to promoting the idea o f world peace through international law . Halder- man was previously on the legal staff of the U . S. State Department . Secretary . Mrs . Jessie Steele Robertson . 3520 S.E. llntold Ct- . Portland . Edward I . Pitkin, past president of th eNorthwest Canners and Freezers Associatio n of Portland, has been appointed to the associa- tion executive committee . Pitkin is manage r of the Eugene Fruit Growers Association . 3 4 Allen Eaton Latest book, Beauty for th e Sighted and the Blind, published by St . Mar - tin Press, came out in December while th eauthor was in New Delhi installing the Handi- craft Exhibition for the United State Depart- ment of Commerce at the first World Agricul- tural Fair sponsored by India . in the Forewor d of the book, Helen Keller writes, "This is one of the most constructive and far-reaching devel- opments in the relations of people in the dar k and those with sight ." She adds, "I warml y support his (the author) assertion that th e appreciation of beauty is as vital to the blin d as to those who see, and that every person . . . with the insight has within his reach . . . a king- dom of beauty that is inexhaustible in any life - time . (Another story on Mr . Eaton appear s on page 15 .) 4 Louretta M . Archambeau, librarian a t Burns Union High School since 1956, is retirin g from school work this year . Secretary : Mrs . Dorothy Duniway Ryan , 20 Overlook Rd ., Hastings-On-Hudson, N Y Raymond O . Williams has retired as cler k of La Grande Oregon School District . William H . Gerretsen has just complete d a year as president of the Western Retail Lum- bermen Association covering Oregon, Wash- ington, Idaho and Alaska . Mr . Gerretsen pre - sided over meetings held in all the states durin g the year . Being congratulated by the compan y president on his promotion from secon d to full vice president of The Equitabl e Life Assurance Society is Ogden Johnso n '2,3 (left) . He 's located in, Manhattan . supervisor and military press chief at Fort Car - son, Colorado, has been promoted to a "Genera l of the Noncommissioned Officers Corps ." '31 To take over superintendent duties at Crow n Zellcrbach Tillamook division is Glen F. Hawkins . A licensed logging engineer, he i s presently superintendent of the corporation s Columbia County logging division . John Halderman has joined the staff of th e World Rule of Law Center at the law school o f Duke University, Durham, North Carolina . H e is a senior research associated with the agency Sectetary : Mrs- Fraores P . Johnston nick , 150? E. 18th St., The Danes, Ore . Paul Phelps has been appointed regiona l sales manager in the Bag Department for Ame s Harris Neville Company Portland office . Teaching typing and dancing at Milwaukie , Oregon, Clackamas High School is Mrs . Ida Mae Nickels Lillie . Secretary : Ann Reed Burns Boles , 2610 S.14. Vista Ave ., Portland . Portland urologist, Dr . Arthur W . Sullivan , is the new president of the University Medica l School Alumni Association . Solveig P . Russell s story "The Super - market Elf" appeared in the May issue of Jac k and Jill magazine . Mrs . Russel, who lives a t 1635 State Street, Salem, Oregon, has written a number of stories and verses for juvenile peri- odicals . The "Inside Portland " column of Prevue, a Portland publication, saluted Tom Lawso n McCall "the reporter, the commentator . . .th e person . . ." during April . On the KGW staff , McCall was called "one of the finest people i n Portland radio and television ." Secretary : David B . Lowry , Colver Road, Box 321 . Talent . Ore, Wayne Foster, superintendent of Hood Riv- er School District, has announced he will leav e his past at the end of the school year and ma y possibly go into further graduate study or ac- cept a position as an education adviser overseas . Dorothy Dill Mason has had another ar- ticle published in The Instructor . Her story , "School Yearbook," appeared in the Marc h issue. 2 0 6 7 Secretary . Mrs . Aulis Anderson Callaway , 55 Barnard Road, New Rochelle, N.Y . Lawrence (Larry) Hull has been ap- pointed to head the recently-formed Lincol n County Colleges for Oregon Future 1960 - 1970 Committee at Newport, Oregon . John H. Sass has been appointed actin g postmaster of the Richland, Washington pos t office. He was formerly clerk of Eagle Valle y School district . Secretary : Georgia Benson Patterson , 326 E. Jackson St .. Hillsboro . Dr. Warren C . Hunter, a faculty membe r of the University Medical School for 36 years , has retired as professor and chairman of the de- partment of pathology . 125 Secretary :Mrs . Marie Myers Bosworth , 2425 E. Alain St ., Medford . Rachel Chezen Anderson is head teache r in the Child Care program, S .F. Unified Schoo l District, in San Francisco . Mrs . Anderson an d her husband live at 90 Lynvale Court, Daly City , California . 120 Secretary : Mrs . Lou Ann Chase Tuft ,J 1938Edgewood Rd ., S.W., Portland . M/Sgt . Clarence F.( Craw, Information Pictured at a dinner which honored retiring Lewis and Clark President Morgan Odel l are (from left) Roy Vernstrom '40, Portland Mayor Terry Schrunk '42, Odell, Presi- dent O . Meredith Wilson who spoke in tribute to Odell, and Robert S . Miller '35 . 3 4 June-July 1960 35 Comet Gibson has retired from the U .S. Army after 20 years of military service . He wa s former Chief of Plans and Training, Quarter - master Section, Fourth Army . Gail K . Pinkstaff has been appointed execu- tive vice president of the National Applianc e and Radio-TV Dealers Association with head - quarters in the Merchandise Mart, Chicago . Secretary : Mrs. Harriet Saraairi Peterson ,slog S.W- Srl, .Ave.. Portland . C. R . Anet, formerly of Alpine Lumber Com - pany, has joined the Vollstedt Kerr Lumbe r Company in Portland . Harold A . York is principal of Roosevel t High School in Portland . The Portland Daily Journal of Commerce recently featured him i n an article telling of his activities during 2 0 years as coach and principal . Secretary : Roy N . Vernstrom , 7 1 NJ : . Alameda Drive, Pnrrland 13 . Subject of an article in the Beaverton Valley News during March was Robert A . Herzog . It pointed out his civic activities since befor e World War II . He is now manager of Herzo g Motors in Beaverto n Lt . Col . Edwin C . Larson recently assume d command of the 2605th Air Reserve Center a t the Wilkes Barre Wyoming Valley Airport i nPennsylvania . His immediate prior post wa s dean Air Base, Korea, as commander of th e 6314th Supply Squadron . Al Secretary : Mrs . Majeane G . Werschkul ,737 S.W. Westwood Dr ., Portlan d Howard C . Hall has been promoted fro m assistant resident manager to resident manage r for Crown Zellerbach pulp and paper mill a tSt . Helen, Oregon, He has been with the fir msince 1947 . Eugene attorney Roland K . Rodman i s Lane County new circuit judge . He was ap- pointed by Gov . Mark Hatfield to replace A . T . Goodwin 47. Robert U . Sklibin- ski has been name d general traffic man- ager for Pacific Tele- phone Souther n Counties Area . Hi s headquarters are Sa n Diego, Calif . The Seattle Ballar d Tribune feature d Robert L . Folge- dalen in their Person- ality of the Week col- umn recently . He i s manager of Majo r Brands Paint Stores and vice-president of Ma- jor Brands Incorporated in Ballard . Dick Williams of Eugene has been name d chairman of the Lane County "Colleges for Ore - gon Future 1960-1970" committee . The corn - Sure, count me i n Your letter received . I in total accor d With the projects and plans of your governin g board ; Since I was on campus, a whole lot of wate r Has run down the Millrace . The old Alma Mate r Is bigger and better than ever before , And I strongly in favor of doing still more ; But before I committed to anything rash , I should tell you . . . Just now, Im a bit short o f cash. PAUL ARMSTRONG mittee was formed to "help create better under - standing among the public of the problem s facing Oregon s public colleges ." Serrc1am:: Robert S . Lovell . 532 Jerome Ave., Astoria, Ore . Robert H . Han - cock of Portland, re- gional public rela- tions manager for Reynolds Metals Com - pany, is being trans- ferred to the com- pany s headquarter s in Richmond, Virgini a and promoted to di - rector of communit y relations and field op- erations . Warren McKay i s the new manager o f the Springfield, Oregon Medical Building . He was formerly a partner in the firm of Callaha n and McKay, accountants in Eugene , Secretary : Mrs. Nancy Lewis Mailer , Rt. 3, Boa 739, Hood River, Ore . Promoted to executive supervisor of the Pa- cific Coast Department of Underwriters Sal- vage Company of New York is Warren W . Finke . He has been with the company 10 years . Fred O . May is now lamp sales representa- tive in San Francisco for Westinghouse Electri c Corporation . He has been with the compan y since 1952 . Lester Anderson , former Universit y alumni secretary an d now vice president o f the Lumberman Buy - ing Service of Eugene , was in charge of th e 1960 state campaig n for the Mental Healt h Association of Oregon . Charles, H . Jones , superintendent of Northern State Hos - pital at Sedro-Wool- L. Anderso nley, Washington, ha s accepted an appointment as superintendent o f Butler Health Center of Providence, Rhod e Island, a private psychiatric hospital . Secretary : Barbara J . Lamb , 252 E. 71111 ., New York 21, N.Y. Selected as Father of the Year by the Bake r Oregon County Cow Belles was Dr . John R . Higgins, He has eight children and practice s medicine in Baker . He recently completed a five - year term as a director of the Oregon Physi- cians Service and is presently serving on th e board of trustees . Secretary: Lois McConkey . Genrgsnn 2100 V :a Sonoma- Palos Verdes, Calif . John T . McMahon has resigned as execu- tive vice-president of the Yakima, Washington , Visitors and Convention Bureau to become co - manager of the Wenatchee, Washington, Cham - ber of Commerce . Secretary Jams B . Thal cr . 13955 S.W. Butner, Beaverton, Ore . Aaron U . Jones of Eugene was reelecte d president of Western Forest Industries Associ- ation at their recent annual meeting in Sa n Francisco . Georgia Adams of Eugene will be teachin g girlsphysical education next year at Burns, Oregon. Union High School . Bert G . Cox ha s b e e n promoted t o vice-president of sale s in the "nlidwestern re - gion" for Joseph Feiss Company, cloth - iers, at Chicago . Marguerite Witt- wer Wright, a for- mer Salem newspaper - woman, has resigne d as press secretary t o Attorney General Ro- bert Y, Thornton i n the Oregon Depart - ment of Justice, and has started a Public Rela- tions Consultant practice in Salem . Former Circuit Judge Alfred . Goodwi n was appointed associate justice of the Orego n Supreme Court during March by Gov . Mark O . Hatfield . Prior to his appointment to Circui t Court, he had practiced law in Eugene . Secretary : Clnrla Crenlell Mathews . 033 S .W. illlnnis, Portland . Now a special education teacher at Lon g Beach, California Junior High is Ruth Elea - nor Harrison . She plans to retire in June afte r teaching school for over 23 years . Secretary : Mrs . t Yevtich Peterso n 1072 Tulane Dr ., Mountain View, Calif . Harry Wahlstrom, currently a teacher o f the Central School at Seaside, Oregon, has bee n appointed principal of the Broadway Schoo l there . He and his wife live at 960 12th Avenue , Seaside . Clay Myers is the new manager of the Port - land agency of Connecticut General Life . H e has been with the company since 1953 . Don Martin, member of the junior hig h school education and coaching staff in Pendle- ton for the past nine years, has been appointe d head basketball coach and physical educatio n director at The Dalles, Oregon, High School . Marshall C . Glos has been named zon e manager for Investors Diversified Services, Inc . in Eugene . His zone covers all of Lane County . Ralph C . Neill, former informational rep- resentative for Oregon State Industrial Acci- dent Commission in Salem, Oregon, is to be - 9 0 R. Skibinski 2 R. Hancoc k 3 4 6 7 Bert Co x 8 9 36 Old Oregon come director of public relations for l-lirm a College in Salem . James G . Welch has been appointed man - aging editor of The (Salem) Capital Journal . Welch has been editor of the editorial page fo r three years and has also been associated wit h the Albany Democrat-Herald and the Eugene Register.Guard. Secretary ; Mrs . Dorothy E. Orr Cole , 7 Bcllewnod Circle . N. Syracuse ]2, N .Y . Captain Mary Ann Delsman is now in Eng- land taking a two-year tour of duty with th e Royal Air Force . She will serve as a personne l staff officer with the technical training comman d of the RAF north of London . The promotion of Kenneth G . Seeborg t o serve as the company eastern sales representa- tive has been announced by Columbia Rive r Packers Association . His headquarters will h e in Philadelphia . John E . Holmen was sworn in as junio r deputy city attorney in Portland during March . He and his wife live at 4316 S .E. Bybee St . Portland . Secretary : Mrs . Florence H . Higgins , 441 Merritt Ave., Oakland 16, Calif . Byron B . Brenden is the co-author of a technical paper appearing in the March issu e of The Journal of The American Ceramic So- ciety. Mr. Brenden is an optical engineer i n the Instrument Research and Development Op- eration at the Hanford Laboratories, Richland , Washington . Leed Carmean has received the Seattle Times-A,I,A. home of the month award . He i s an architect at Kirkland, Washington, and on e of nine architectural firms who contributed t o an architecture show there recently . Ramsey Fendell has joined Georgia-Pa- cific Company export department . For thre e years Fendell had been sales manager fo r Moore-Oregon Lumber Company in Coos Bay , Oregon. The appointment of Wellington E . Smit h as development psychologist in display was an- nounced recently by IBM Federal System s Division laboratory in Kingston, New York . Secretary: Ann Darby Nicholson, 1930 S. Hertlnrd St .. Kennewick . Wash. Mr. and Mrs . Frank N . Preston (Julie Ful- ler 55) recently moved to 7801 Noll Ave ., Prairie Village, Kansas . Frank is now associ- ated with Macy Department Store in Kansa s City, Missouri, as a buyer . The couple ha s three children . Jean Burgess Durkee reports she and he r husband are the parents of their second child , a girl, Susan Jean Durkee, born February 5 . Secretary : Jean Simpson Oonnell , 3287 Walnut Lane, Lafayette, Calif . Daniel J . Hendrickson, formerly on th e sales staff of Pacific Fruit and Produce, ha s been appointed technical service representa- tive in Portland by Oakite Products, Inc . H e recently completed an intensive eight-wee k training program at the company New Yor k laboratories and in the field . Robert W . Maffin, supervisor of Springfield , Oregon urban renewal program, has resigne d to accept a position as urban renewal co-ordi- nator for the city of Tacoma, Washington . Captain Joan Marie Ulrich is command- ing officer of the WAC Detachment assigned t o Headquarters, U .S. Army at Heidelberg, Ger- many. The tour is for three years . Richard E . Firth has joined the Prudentia l Life Insurance Company as a special agent i n the Willamette Valley area . Se, reery Mrs . lean Mauro Karr, 2446 Ewald Circle, Apt . 216, Detroit, Mic h Klaras M . Dietrneier has completed he r field work assignment as administrative assist - ant at Bureau of Standards as part of the on-the -job training arranged by the Harvard-Radcliff e Program in Business Administration . It is a one-year graduate course for women . Promoted to the rank of technical specialis t at the Sohio Research Center, Cleveland, i s Dr. James W . Sprague . He will be workin g on petrochemical process advancement . Karl F . Harshbarger has been appointe d instructor in English and co-ordinator of dram a at Gettysburg College, Pennsylvania . He pre- viously taught at the University of Nebraska . Now employed with Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance as a representative in its Hono- lulu agency is jack E. Young . Secretary : Mary Wilson Class , 2211 Olive St., Eugene, Orego n New superintendent of schools at Klamat h Falls is Dr . Cliff Robinson . Robinson is cur- rently director of student teaching at the Uni- versity and director of secondary education fo r Eugene public schools . George H . Shaw is at Fort Lewis, Wash- ington for the second consecutive year, trainin g with the Eighth Infantry . He is a New Yor k Giant pro football quarterback during the gri d season. After his training period, he will retur n to his off-season position as public relation s man with a Portland bank . Mr. and Mrs . James G . Pengra are th e parents of a baby boy born March 28 . Th e couple lives at 165 8 t/--. Columbia St ., Eugene. Gordon William Ware was graduated fro m 0 2 3 4 5 Marriage s 3-Joan Darling to Gary C . Groves i nFirst Christian Church, Eugene, March 22 . They are at home in Eugene at 536 E . 16t h Avenue. 2-Judith Bolles to jack D. Kings - bury March 20 in Roselight Wedding Chap - el, Eugene, They will continue their studie s at the University . 1--Patricia A. Gibbons 9 to Duan e N. Hatcher November 7 at Moreland Pres- byterian Church, in Portland . The coupl e is at home in Portland at 2105 N .E. Everett , Apt. 1, until next fall when Mr . Hatcher wil l complete his studies at the University . 0-Dianne McKrola to David Ran - kin, March 19 in Grants Pass, Oregon, th e home of the bride . They are living . in Eu- gene and will continue their studies at th e University . 0-Rhea Mae Henault to George Win- gard, March 19 in St . Mary Episcopa l Church, Gardiner, Oregon . The couple i s living at 650 E . 12th Avenue, Eugene . 0--Elaine Roush 9 to Keith Gub- rud September 5 in Eugene ., Both are pres- ently studying at the University . 9--Diana Marie Buchanan to Rober t Kenneth Gerding at Forest Grove Firs t Congregational Church March 19 . The cou- ple is at home in Eugene . 9-Marjorie Jean Anderson to Jame s Glen Hudec December 27 at Westminste r United Presbyterian Church, Salem . Th e couple is now at Monterey, California wher e the bridegroom is attending the U .S. Arm y foreign language school . 9-Nancy Frye to Richard B .. Spitz- nass during March in Trinity Episcopa l Church in Seattle . The bridegroom is wit h an actuary firm . 8--Ann Marie Kitchen to Dr . Willia m Paul Haney during January in El Paso , Texas . The couple is living in Ann Arbor , Mich., where Dr . Haney is in residence a t the University of Michigan hospital . 8-Roberta Marie Foley to Robert J . Guske, April 20 in Spokane, Washington . 8-Joyce Louise Brock to John Chil- ders Sherman, February 7 at First Orthodo x Presbyterian Church, Portland . The couple is at home at 528 S .E. 27th Ave ., Portland . The bridegroom is a student at the Univer- sity Dental School . 6-Rhoda Dee Young to Burton A . Benson April 16 at Hood Rover, Oregon , the home of the bride . The couple will liv e at The Dalles where Mr . Benson is classi- fied ad manager for The Dalles Chronicle . 6-Marilyn Jean Schmidt to Wesle y Baird Nash, March 13, in Central Luthera n Church, Eugene . They will live in St . Helens , Oregon. 6-Ellen Joan Klahre to Robert D . McCracken, March 12 in St . Mark Epis- copal Church, Hood River, Oregon . Th e couple will live in Portland where the bride - groom is employed as a buyer and seller fo r Patrick Lumber Company . 5-Dianne Gail Arnason to John R . McIntyre January 9 at Peace Luthera n Church, Portland . The couple is living a t Long Beach, California . 5--Mrs . Patricia Ryals to Robert W . Crites March 5 in the Little Church of th e West in Las Vegas, Nevada . The couple i s living in Yuma, Arizona where Mr . Crite s manages his own radio station, KBLU . 4--Eda Marie Millsap to Donald W . Monte March 19 in the First Methodis t Church at Myrtle Creek, Oregon . The cou- ple is living in Eugene while the bridegroo m attends the University Law School . 3-Loretta Ann Meyer 7 to Wil- liam Walter Hoey during April at Carmel , California . The couple is at home in Sa n Francisco . 8-Jacqueline Ann Gage to Louis M . Duncan at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral i n Sacramento, California where the couple i s now residing . 7-Joyce Louise Brock to John C . Sherman February 7 at the First Orthodo x Presbyterian Church, Portland . The coupl e is now at home at 528 S .E. 27th Avenue , Portland 14 . The bridegroom is a studen t at the University Dental School . 0--V . Virginia Kempston to Arthu r D. Stump at St . Thomas Episcopal Churc h in Dallas, March 19 . Mrs . Stump will con , tinue her work at Oregon College of Educa- tion as dean of women while Mr . Stum p completes work on his master degree a t Oregon State . June-Judy 1960 37 NOW YOU TAKE 7 . . . THAT WAS A REAL WINTER ! . . . But never so dark, Old Timer , as was the winter of kerosen e lamps, scrub boards and han d pumps that was rural Americ a before rural electrification . Peopl e in the country were widely scat- tered, supposedly too costly t o reach with electricity . "Spring " came just 25 years ag o with the creation of the Rura l Electrification Administration . Rural people organized int o groups, borrowed money from th e REA and built their own lines - the only way they could get elec- tricity . Today nearly 1,000 o f these locally-owned electric sys- tems serve 16 million peopl e throughout America . Yes, Old Timer, that was a rea l winter before rural electrification . But do go on about '97 . . . did i t really snow 70 days and 7 0 nights? Lane County Electri Cooperative Eugene, Oregon The American Institute for Foreign Trade i n January and has started working with the KeI - logs Sales Company . Secretary? Jill Hutching s 2190 .2 PattersonDrive, Eugene . Orego n John Ross Manning has been licensed a s a registered representative of the Pacific Coas t Stock Exchange through the member firm whic h employs him-May and Company of Portland . Teaching in Orleans, France for the U .S. Army is Jean Louise Merker . Jean report s she talked with Sylvia Hill several months ag o in Berlin . Back front a three-year tour of duty with th e Department of State in Athens, Greece is Jo e Dysart of Bend, Oregon . He has been reas- signed to Washington, D .C. where he expect s to be stationed for a number of years . Parents of a baby boy March 28 were Mr . and Mrs . Martin C . Brandenfels, (Jill An n Hutchings), 2207 Harris St ., Eugene . Keith A . Robertson, a senior at the Uni- versity Medical School, has been elected t o membership in Alpha Omega Alpha, nationa l medical college honor society . Born March 18 to Peggy Jo Gathercoa l Poling and her husband, Dan, their first son , Greg Steven, He joins sister Dana Pauline . Ray J . Weatherspoon, chorus teacher a t Burns Union High School, Burns, Oregon, ha s resigned to take a position at the Crane, Ore- gon, High School . '57 Ted F . Van Buren, teacher of history an d government at Beaverton, Oregon, High Schoo l is one of the 83 public school teachers awarde d a John Hay Fellowship for one year of stud y in the humanities . For the past several year s Mr. Van Buren has been curriculum and re - search director and coordinator for both Bea- verton and Sunset High Schools . Richard Grant has been named varsity base - ball coach and physical education teacher fo r the Centennial High School in Gresham, Ore- gon. Willard D . Dryden has established denta l offices in the newly remodeled First Federa l Bank Building in Klamath Falls, Oregon . Richard F . Borgen of Baker, Oregon, ha s joined the college sales staff of Prentice-Hall ,Inc ., book publishers as a field representative . He will be assigned to the northern Californi a area after a training program . James C. Nistler is a partner in the Ameri- can Home and Land Company which has opene d an office in the Medford hotel building in Med- ford. He will be sales manager of the firm . J . Wendell Brown has been promoted to captain in the U .S. Air Force . He is in charg e of training aids at the Weapons Controlle r School at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida . Wendell and his wife, Ann Theg live wit h their daughter, Larri Sue at 1007 Second Plaza , Panama City, Florida . Dr. Russel Radke has opened dental office s at 1245 Highland Ave . in Lewiston, Idaho . For- merly he was practicing in Portland . His wif e is assisting him . Mr. and Mrs . L. Danny Spencer are in Bel- gium, preparing to leave during the summer fo r the Belgian Congo as missionaries . Their ad - dress is 50 Rue Jean dArdenne, Brussels 5 , Belgium . Secretary : Mrs . Sue Walcott Kjome , 1440 S. E . I43rd, Portland . Lt . Donald R . Tot-tole has been awarded PFC Jack Crabtree '59 (center), is shown discussing college life with two othe r members of the Fort Carson Informatio n section in Colorado . Crabtree was sta r quarterback in the 1958 Rose Bowl game . Air Force navigator wings at James Connall y Air Force Base, Texas after completing trainin g there . Kenneth Emerson is working toward a master degree in chemistry at the Universit y of Minnesota . He and his wife, Margaret, an d their two children arc all living in Minneapolis . Martin T . Hase- gawa, regularly as - signed as a financ e specialist with the U . S. Army, recently par- ticipated in the larges t peacetime airlift eve r attempted . Strategi c Army Corps were ai r transported from thei r home station s throughout the U . S . to a staging area i n Puerto Rico and the n returned . Hasegaw a An interpreter with the Army Security Agen- cy in Korea is Henry C . Martin . Appointed promotion manager at KPOJ ra- dio, Portland, is Gary Lee Capps. For the pas t two years he has been on the sales staff o f KUGN, Eugene . Charles D . Austin and his wife Bea Bowe n 9, announce the birth of a daughter March 9 . The couple is living at 3909 Swiss Ave ., Dalla s 4, Texas . 159 Secretary : Pepper Alle n PO Box 5135, Eugene, Ore . Brooks Crosier has completed tFlc eight - week finance procedure course at the Financ e school at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana . He is now attending an advanced finance course a t Fort Harrison . Ronald E . Bailey has completed the 10 - week military police officer basic course at th e Provost Marshal General School, Fort Gor- don, Georgia . Margaret Cass Holland, head of the for- eign languages department at Benson Poly - technic in Portland, has been awarded a Full - bright Grant to the Federal Republic of West - ern Germany for nine weeks of study and travel . Recent winner of a Rockefeller Theologica l Fellowship is Raymond V . Utterback . He will study at the Yale University Divinit y School. Dorothy M. McBroom has been attendin g the Bordeaux University in France on a Full- bright Scholarship . She plans to travel through - '56 '58 38 Old Oregon e OREGON GRADS . . . When You Recall Those Ivied Hall s Meet at the Congres s The Congress Hotel, after all, specializes in Ivied-Hall - Recalling-even retains a staff of experts headed u p by Manager Ralph Holsapple- When you have to ar- range a luncheon or dinner, don't duck your responsi- bility-simply turn it over to Ralph . He's ready t o accommodate groups of most any size in the Pompeiia n Room, Regatta Room or Propeller Room . (And whe n meeting friends, don't overlook the intimate hospi- tality of the River Room and The Sand Bar .) For your next meeting or your next trip to Portland , make reservations a t THE CONGRES S Portland Personal Hote l S. W . 6th and Main CApitol 8-018 1 b W t VulGl!AD!ItLIJ. [L-De-Ai Jl LLAMI !t411!lJl @1 4~!A7!il!AIW. t 1 out Europe sightseeing before returning hom e in July . Now travelling in Europe is Judith A . An- derson . Her U .S. address is 617 Columbi a Drive, San Mateo, California . Naval Aviation Ca- det Gary T . Hub - bard has complete d his first helicopter solo flight at the Ellyso n Naval Auxiliary Land - ing Field in Pensa- cola, Florida . Upo n corn plot ion of his training he will b e designated a nava l aviator and commis- sioned an Ensign i n the U . S . Naval Re - serve. Robert Archibald has been awarded a $2,500 year scholarship at Princeton Universit y to work for his doctorate in languages . He i s presently working for his master's degree i n foreign languages at the University . Mr . and Mrs.James Leslie Arnold announc e the birth of a baby girl, Deena Marie, bor n April 6 . Mr . Arnold is a Navy Ensign aboar d the USS Dixie . Their address is USS Dixie {AD - 14), c/o Fleet Post Office, San Francisco . Kenneth B . Crosier recently completed th e six-week disbursing specialist course at Th e Finance School, Fort Benjamin Harrison, In- diana . He entered the Army last October . James A . Haynie has completed the office r basic course at The Infantry School, Fort Ben- ning. Georgia. Before entering the Army he wa s employed by the Hines Lumber Company, West - fir, Orego n H . Allan Winter has become associate d with his father in the H . J. Winter Real Estat e in Roseburg . 0 William D . Knill has been appointed as- sistant professor in the College of Educatio n at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon , Canada. Deaths Try the RUSH IN N For Coffee and Relaxation Quick, Courteous Service 854 E. 13th on the Campus L. Roscoe Hurd '16, a cement finisher i n Seattle, died March 18 of pulmonary edema . He was 66 . Born in Florence, Oregon, he ha d lived in Seattle 30 years . Survivor is a sister , Mrs. Hester II . Thompson, Salem, Oregon . Joseph A . Denn '18, 64, president and gen- eral manager of the Pacific Powder Company , died in Bremerton, Washington, March 22 . Denn was born in Roseburg, Oregon and wen t to Tacoma in 1933 . He served as a captain i n Army ordnance in World War I . Dr . Dean B. Seabrook ' 23, died in hi s sleep March 5 . He had been suffering from a heart ailment . Born in Portland, the Universit y Medical School clinical professor of surgery in - terned at St . Vincent where he later becam e president of the medical staff . Active in medical societies, he was a former president of th e North Pacific Surgical Society . Mary Gill Lantz '23 died in March a t Springfield, Massachusetts . She was 59 . A na- tive of Portland, she taught school at Gran t High School before moving to Massachusetts 2 5 years ago. Survivors are her husband, a son an d one brother . Send Flowers-- - As a part of her Graduatio n A must for the Senior Bal l As Much .4 Tradition As "OLD OREGON " to serve yo u Pat & Bob Brooks, Class of ('50 ) 598 East 13th Dl 3-8817 Write ALUMNI OFFICE, University o f Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, to day for de - tails how you, too, can become a LIF E MEMBERI CITY CENTER LODG E In the heart of Eugene Heated swimming pool--7.V. 476 E Ph. DI 4-5233 Ruben T r June-July 1960 39 Coming Events' on the Campu s June 4 PE Swimming Conferenc e 6-10 Final Examination s 11 Alumni Da y 12 Graduatio n 13-18 American Association for Advancement of Scienc e 21 Summer Session Begin s 24 Music Teachers Conferenc e 27 University Tri o July 5 University Trio (also July 12, 19, and 25 ) 15 Juvenile Judges Conferenc e 21 Exine Bailey Music Recita l 21-22 Oregon Association of School Administrator s 24 Music Teachers Conferenc e Aug . 8-12 and 15-19 Oregon Student Counci l 11 Summer Session Exam s Marguerite L . Nelson 8, 53, died Marc h 18 in Portland . She was born Dec . 1, 1906 i n Rufus and had lived in Portland for 30 years . She had participated in Portland with th e American Legion Auxiliary glee club and wa s a secretary with Hills Brothers Coffee Compan y for over 20 years . Mrs. George T . (Irene) Gerlinger 1 , who served as the only woman on the Univer- sity Board of Regents for 15 years, died Apri l 5 in San Francisco . She was 84, She was instru- mental in obtaining Gerlinger Hall (which i s named for her), Prince Campbell Memoria l Art Museum and several women 's dormitorie s on campus . Active in Oregon politics, she wa s founder of the Council of Oregon Republica n Women. Mrs . Gerlinger was horn at Newburgh- on-Hudson, N .T. ; she lived in Arizona and Sa n Diego before coming to Oregon in I903 . Uni- versity President O . Meredith Wilson said , "Mrs. Gerlinger has been a devoted servant o f education and a close friend of the Universit y for two generations . . . she has made a tre- mendous contribution to the University growt h and prestige in the years of its greatest need ." Funeral services for C. Daniel Phillips, Jr .' 35, were held March 22 in Milwaukie, Oregon . Born at Bellevue, Ohio, October 16, 1911, he ha d lived in Milwaukie since the age of 8 . Fro m 1935 to 1957 he was an auditor for the Spokane , Portland Seattle Railway and had since bee n safety and service agent for the Interstate Com- merce Commission . Dr. Orval Williams 7 died April 17 at th e State Tuberculosis Hospital in Salem . The 49 - year-old dentist had been practicing in Mt . Angel, Oregon, since 1943 . He was born in Lo s Angeles February 20, 1911 . After graduating from the University Dental School he prac- ticed for five years in Alhambra before goin g to Mt. Angel .Marjorie LaVaune Samples 2 died at he r home in Chiloquin, Oregon April 4 . She was a teacher in the Klamath County school syste m and had been a semi-invalid for several years . A native of Big Timber, Montana, she was a member of the Lutheran Church . Richard W . Kesson 5 was killed April 1 3 when his F100 jet fighter plane crashed on a training flight near Dahnally, Argyllshire, Scot - land . He was born March 25, 1929 in Los An- geles and was stationed at Wethersfield AFB , Essex, England as a pilot and supply officer . Among the survivors are his widow, Dian a Starr 6 and their two children, Kathy an d Jimmy . From New York Life yearbook of successful insurance career men ! SIDNEY M. MILLER- music lover makes good t the tune of a million in sales When Sidney Miller became a New York Life repre- sentative, he gave up his first love, music-to concen- trate on two goals : selling a million dollars of insurance protection, and earning his Chartered Life Underwrite r degree, a designation given for successfully completin g advanced study courses that help him give even bette r service to his clients. He has accomplished both of thes e objectives. Sidney Miller, like many other college alumni, is wel l established in a career as a New York Life representa- tive. In business for himself, his own talents and ambi- tions are the only limitations on his potential income . Additionally, he has the deep satisfaction of helpin g others . If you or someone you know would like mor e information on such a career with one of the world' s leading life insurance companies, write : NewYork Lif e Insurance N is Compan y College Relations, Dept. Y 19 51 Madison Avenue, New York 10, . 40 Old Oregon . Campus Politics : Getting Warme r Continued from page 8 The phone call to Eisenhower (it neve r reached him) was made by a sophomor e coed, Shan Brown, who was acting a s the " sort of " campaign manager fo r Easton s opponent, Tom Herman . It orig- inated from-of all things-a 25-foot war surplus balloon . The balloon (cost : $3 .50) was in- flated with almost $20 worth of heliu m and was to be used as a publicity gim- mick for Herman . The trouble was tha t it had a leak . After discovering the leak, the coe d took it back to the surplus dealer expect- ing another balloon in exchange . Sh e became upset when it was refused he r and " the whole thing got hysterical afte r that," she said . She put in a person-to-person call t o Eisenhower ( " The operator went out o f her mind") but was unable to ge t through . She reached three secretaries i n Washington and a major in the Pentago n before she decided that no one woul d talk to her ("Everyone was out havin g cocktails with DeGaulle " ) and inciden- tally, while she watched an amaze d crowd gathered around her phone boot h at the Student Union main desk . She then called Governor Mark Hat - field in Salem and got through to him fo r a pleasant half-hour chat (toll charge : $7) but her problem was no closer t o being solved . She finally went to th e Eugene Chamber of Commerce, throug h whose auspices she got another balloon . Result : The second balloon also had a leak and she gave up the whole projec t as a lost cause . When the final election rolled aroun d on May 4, queues of students lined u p outside the polling places all day an d into the evening and the amazed quer y of a graduate student who strayed briefl y from his ivory tower ("Who are the can- didates? What are the issues? " ) seeme d like a lost cry from a different world . By midnight, when the last vote wa s counted and all but the late-workin g news staff of the Emerald were able t o relax, the tally showed that tall, dar k and personable Steve Schell had bee n elected ASUO president . In the race for junior class presiden t there was another narrow margin ( 7 votes) determining the victor . It was a balloonless Tom Herman winning, 266 - 259, over an Emerald-supported To m Easton . Easton, however, had been aging fas t June-July 1960 and after celebrating a birthday in th e short time between the primary and th e final election, accepted his defeat wit h the mature grace of a 25-year-old . The work was over for all but th e campus clean-up crew and though th e campaign had been hectic it only wen t to prove that old political axiom : I t never hurts a student candidate to have money and organization-maybe . Nominees for Alumn i Association Officer A. T . Goodwin 7 Nominee for vice-president of th e University of Oregon Alumni Asso- ciation is Oregon Supreme Court Jus- tice A. T. Goodwin '47 . During under - graduate days he was a member o f Sigma Delta Chi, Phi Delta Phi, th e staff of the Emerald and Alpha Ta u Omega. After graduation from th e University School of Journalism h e gained first a liberal arts, then a lega l degree ( 49 and 51), working night s during this period as a reporter an d city editor for the Eugene Register - Guard . He was with the legal firm o f Darling, Vonderheit & Goodwin fro m 1951 until his 1955 appointment as a Lane County circuit judge . He wa s elected to the same post in 1956, wa s appointed this year to the State Su- preme Court . He has been marrie d since 1949 to the former Mary Han- delin '49 and has five children . Joseph A . McKeown 9 Nominee for president of the Uni- versity of Oregon Alumni Associatio n is lawyer Joseph (Joe) A . McKeow n '29 of Coos Bay, Oregon . Mr . Mc - Keown has been a member of th e executive committee of the alumn i association since July 1957 . He is als o a former (1928-9) Oregon studen t body president, a member of Phi Delt a Phi international legal fraternity, Sig - ma Chi and Friars . He received hi s legal degree from the University i n 1932 and, currently, in addition to hi s private practice in Coos Bay, is on e of a three-man commission workin g to bring Orego ns state laws more int o line with the legal codes of othe r states. He has been married since No- vember 26, 1938 to the former Bar- bara Bradford, a graduate of Vassar . They have two sons . of EUGENE, OREGO N HEADQUARTERS FOR : -Suits for graduation -Summer sport coats andslacks -Latest styles in sport shirt 979 Willamette St. DI 4-9011 41 u.s. 99 no. and so. 44 unit s Alumn Memories Are pleasantly recalled whe n you visit Seymour s Cafe, whil e in Eugene . Alumni before 1930 knew i t as the "Peter Pan" and since 1930 , it has been Seymour Cafe . Dale Seymour, Class of 2 an d partner Glenn Fackrell, welcom e all alumni to visit Seymour Caf e and re-live college memories . Seiimoui) AN a] JJ~#-i ;X v,1111M .1 rwR . Your KODAK Stor e DI 4 2201 Eugene H. T. WILTSHIRE 76 W . Broadwa y 1015 High Street Who want s your Portrait ? Everybody Wants A Portrait of Someon e Dad, for instance, wants a portrait o fhis family for his desk. Mom wants a picture of Dad, of thefamily, of the children as they grow . And of course jack wants a picture ofJill, and Jill wants a picture of Jack . stop in for you r Portrait . . . SOO N MEMBER WYATT S U. S. Royal Tire Distributer s locally owned and operated 7 used Tires Recappin g Gee. K . Lawe 11) G . Dave Lowe fool 390 W, I Irk Eagan, on . . . Koke-Chapman Compan y Nish (1) Phil Tom (i) Dick (2 ) Stationery Supplie s Office Furnitur e Printers-Lithographer s Wedding Announcements and Invitation s 73 E. Broadway Phone DI 5-0103 Eugene Oregon alumni get support for developmen t fund in 4-day Portland telephone campaig n 4kB E FRIENDLY BUT persuasive, " ad - vised the mimeographed instruc- tion sheet . The friendly hut persuasiv e touch is nowhere better exemplified tha n by Attorney Bill Moshofsky '48 (above ) as he tries the recommended approac h on a potential contributor to the Univer- sity of Oregon development fund . Mo- shofsky scored on this attempt as he di d on several others, thanks, perhaps . t o years of practice in persuading judge s and juries . The occasion was a telephone solicita- tion campaign in Portland during fou r evenings in mid-May . A total of 10 3 alumni workers telephoned Orego n alumni throughout the Portland area and collected a total of 616 firm pledges fo r contributions, plus another 137 "may- be's." Jim Shea, assistant to the directo r of public services, was obviously please d -especially when he found that thi s single campaign had netted almost a s many contributions as the entire year - long alumni giving program last yea r (939 contributions last year) . The total amount collected in fir m pledges was about $6,500 . Not all alumn i made contributions ( "Why don't yo u guys quit bothering me-I'm in tractio n and miserable enough! ") but many ex - pressed an interest in the program, and a promise to give it careful consideratio n in the future . George Shaw (left) '55 , who works at U .S. National bank betwee n pro football seasons , chats with Bud Roussea u '41 and Stan Boquist '46 . EUGENE INSURANCE AGENC Y Insurance for Every Nee d Sam Bronaugh Wm . TWheeler ('39 ) Wm . W . Berg ('36) Bob M . Hodgins ('47 ) 163 E. 12th Ph. DI 4-6221 Eugene, Orego n Motel Flagstone "The West's Outstanding Motel " 1601 Franklin Blvd . Ph . DI 4-3324 Eugene 42 Old Oregon James Shea, who organized the Portlan d telephone campaign, relaxes afte r hectic four-day program. As persuasive a group of alumni as you'll find anywhere are on the job i n telephone campaign at U .S. National Rank building in Portland . From front to back : George Rreustad '50, Hal Endicott '42 . Hal Breeig '45 , Stan Boquist '46 anal Don .Shand '52 . Did you know there is a place befit- ting your taste, called the HUNTER ROO M at 959 Pearl St . in Eugene? (of cours e you need not be a millionaire to enjoy th e exciting decor and delicious food ) Enjoy the excitement of the"HUNT " and Oregon magestic beauty, captured i n "living color photographs", while enjoyin g a delicious NEW YORK CUT (moose size ) STEAK, or mouthwatering PRIME RIBS . All food prepared at the HUNTER i s the finest ; cooked to perfection over a n open flame . . . and by perfection, we mea n just the way YOU like it . Remember the HUNTER, the nex t time you are in Eugene, won t you? Letters to the Editor . . . 3 Convenient Location s 1950 Frankli n 8th Willamette - 150 Coburg Roa d We give 5 H Green Stamp s DEL REY 845 Willamette The Family Restaurant o Eugene Parkside Loung e For Your Favorite Cocktail THE PANCAKE RESTAURAN T 652 E. Broadway featuring STEAK S CHICKE N PANCAKES Error of Our Way s To THE EDITOR: A copy of your December-January 1959-60 is -sue of OLD OREGON is a credit to the Universit y except for two errors : - la) The article entitled "Manners Mor- als" on page 14 seems to indicate a desire t o "pick" at your neighboring college, in a ver ypetty matter ; and to seek support for a feelin g of superiority, based on things not worthy o f mention ; (b) On page 25 your Football Recap omitte d your last game with your rival institution i n Corvallis . Why ? Generally speaking, l consider your alumn i magazine to be superior in content to that o f Oregon State College ; and it is disappointin g to find evidence of some lack of confidence i n your superiority over that institution . Nex t time print all the losses as well asthe wins, an d try to find some merit in your neighboring col- lege which has a very fine national reputatio n in the fields of knowledge in which it specializes . Robert L . Faro-ea (Oregon State 3 ) Attorney at La w 8530 S . Vermont, Los Angeles 4 4 0- (a) The article in questio n quotes the Emerald tongue-in - cheek comparison of smokin g habits of U .O. and OSC coeds : "A t Oregon women tilt their head s hack, narrow their eyes . . . purs e their lips . . . and blow [smoke] jus t above you so it will settle softly . Very sophisticated . But at OSC i t is much more direct-either righ t in your face or just upwind ." (b ) The Oregon-OSC game was playe d too late for inclusion in the De- cember-January issue and the out - come (OSC 15, Oregon 7) was to o painful to recall in subsequent edi- tions .-EDITO R Just an Old Softi To THE EDITOR : . . .We have had a lot of fun laughing abou t the "tough" judge ["Portrait of a Toug h Judge," April-May] . Virgil Langtry, 34 Circuit Judg e Portlan d No Landslide To THE EDITOR : The lovely face of Betsy Lee on the curren t issue of OLD OREGON caught my eye and in- duced me to buy a copy . I read the explanatio n of the cover on page one, and was sure there ha d been a Linotype error in the statement reading : "Betsy election as Homecoming Queen las t fall was something of a landslide, for amon g five candidates Betsy alone collected more tha n half the votes ." I then turned to page six t o find this statement affirmed . This statement is completely false and bor - ders on slander . Miss Lee was less than 5 0 votes ahead of the second place girl and les s than 250 votes ahead of the candidate tallyin g the least amount of votes . This definitely coul d not he considered a "landslide, " and throug h no maneuvering of figures does it add up t o "more than half the votes . . ." Coyle Osborn, Secretary Homecoming Queen Committe e -We confes s ess having been misled b an apparently erroneous newspape r clipping . EDITO R Naming of Fenton Hall Tn THE EDITOR : I have just finished reading " . . . but don t stand in their way " by Dr. Robert D . Horn, i n the April issue of "Old Oregon," and found i t quite interesting . However, it contains an erro r in referring to "Fenton Hall, converted fro m the old Library to a nursery for legal minds , and named for President Two (nine years) ." The fact is that Fenton Hall received its nam e from Kenneth Lucas Fenton, son of W . D. Fen - ton, a prominent Portland lawyer early in thi s century . When his son died during World Wa r I. Judge Fenton gave his valuable law librar y to the University of Oregon Law School, in hi s memory . For this reason, in the course of time , the law school building (the old library) be - came known as Fenton Hall . Certainly neithe r Judge Fenton nor his son, Kenneth, was th e second president of the University--who hap - pens to have been Dr . Charles Hiram Chapman . William C . Ralston 1 Attorney at La w Public Service Bldg ., Portlan d r . Horn cheerfully stands cor- rected. EDITOR Favorite Professor To THE EDITOR : My favorite Oregon professor is still Dea n "Jimmie" Gilbert and for various reasons . Most young college students enjoy a sense o f the dramatic . It is therefore natural to appreci- ate anyone within the tight little circle of th e lecture room who pays homage to this delight- ful characteristic which so lends color and ac - cent to a `requiredsubject . It goes without saying that Dean Gilbert s due sense of theatre was not wasted on th e desert air, most certainly not in Taussig! I m sure I am not alone in admitting his class i n political science was an adventure not to b e missed. He was a master . A talented performe r whose original methods of taking the roll , pounding knowledge into our dull skulls b y his bombastic lectures pointed up by the point- ing finger straight at you, and followed by a 10-minute quiz for which he was justly famous . Actually, he literally scared the living Hell ou t of us. Did we love it ! I afraid, too, that I stood out in Taussi g class for a much different reason than one o f high scholarship . I was in Jimmie celebrate d 8 oclock session . It was easy to tell who was i n it. They were the students to be seen racin g down the streets and across the campus at a dead run-without breakfast . We could neve r take a chance at grabbing breakfast--even o n Provides Lane County s largest dairy payroll . . . lo- cally processed dairy prod- ucts for Emerald Empir e Residents. "LANE COUNTY' S LEADING CREAMERY " for the past 30 years. 44 Old Oregon the fly. We might he lucked out! Of course we always had company outside that bolted doo r hut we werent happy about itmerely sharin g our misery at hearing our names being called , as the 8 olock gong enunded with a death-lik knell-from the wrong side of the door . With hair upstanding, we would pound on the doo r as we heard our names called and yell " here!" It did no good whatever. You could easily lose the hem of your skirt or slacks and the heels of your shoes justtrying to get through that door as the gong sounded! And Jimmie s fiendish grin on the other side could be felt right throug the wood, believe inc. My reputation grew in Taussig, but as a provider of breakfast, scant as it sometimes was For my clients T had to mend my ways by get- ting to class ten minutes earlier. It took som e fast dressing and nimble sprinting to make it . I had to . T was depended upon for hot cinna- mon buns, cloverleaf rolls and sugared dough- rut= . I stored them in the voluminous pockets of my corduroy Norfoik iarket. This gave me an up- holstered look which no one criticized wh o knew the reason Well do I remember the unfortunate mornin I slipped and found myself on the wrong sid e of the door with a bloody knee and skinned eye brow but with the hot bread unharmed y name was called for the roll and I yelled"here! " as did the others, Dr . Gilbert added wryly , "What a pity those of you who were promp t must miss breakfast this morning gard who wins the prize today-outside th e classroom." Until then I hadn known h e knew! T wonder, also, if he knew that we Gam- ma Phis happened to have the finest cook o n the campus! Florence Hartman Hollister 4 Box 287, USAF APO 283 New Yor k Bargain Rate s GFNTLEME N Thank you for the recent information yo u sent us concerning membership in your organ- ization. After a careful search of your literature , however, we could find no mention of a husband wife membership and were wondering if ther e is such a thing . Of the four things you say a life membership gives you, the alumni maga- zine was the only one we thought would cause added expense, hut we would only want t o receive one, even though we were both members We would like to continue our membershi p in the Association but can hardly see paying out $132 for it. assuming, of course, that ther is no husband-wife membership arrangement Mrs, Darlyne laeobson 59 P.O. Box 53 Creswell, Oregon. The University of Oregon Alum- ni Association offers " family pla n rates" for life memberships, two for the price of one. Husband and wif e can both join for the price of on e membership-a bargain if we eve r saw one.-EDITO R Please send letters to The Editor , Old Oregon Magazine, 11QM Er b Union, Eugene, Oregon . "A Mighty Good Plac e To Trade For Al l Your Building Needs " Another "Man From Equitable " Again Reflects the PORTRAIT of a REWARDING CAREE R Above-average income . . .worthwhile service, grow- ing in importance to satisfied clientele - - - substan- tial retirement and group insurance benefits . . . liberal commissions, on a lifetime basis in man y cases - . . independence of operation . . . continuin g training along proven routes to success-For quali- fied men, a career of Professional Life Underwritin g with The Equitable offers all these . If you haven yet "found yourself" . . . if you are no t now in a field that challenges your true potentialit y and enables you to "write your own ticket" . . . we suggest you get in touch with one of the seven district managers listed below or with the agency office o f Oregon leading life insurance agency . HAROLD P . DRAKE, C .LU ., Agency Manager Walter Kelly, S . David Rodway, Burton C. Selbetg, C.L.U. Assistant Manager 700 Public Service Building, Portland 4, Oregon-CA 2-947 1 Neil M . Arent, Dist . Mgr ., Pendleton Lee M. Johnson, Dist. Mgr., Salem Jerry M. Gastineau, Dist. Mgr., Medfor d JosephA. ?routs, Dist. Mgr., Eugene THE EQUITABLE Life Assurance Society of the United State s Home Office: 393 Seventh Avenue, New York 1, New Yor SCHARPE TWIN OAK S PPLY C O ELI C . MORGAN Class of 195 Portland, Cheri e Other U of O Men : NEIL Al, ARANT Sfl JEROME Bonne 5 1 ROBERT DECKER 58 ANGELO GIOVANNINI 53 JOHN H. Hone-roe 1 THOMAS JOHNSON, Is, 32 ROBERT J. 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PHONE DI 4-427 1 EUGENE, OREGON Through Green and Yellow Glasse Studentcolumnist viewpoint on an Old Tradition, the job application, as the Clas s By Ron Abell of 0 faces lif e Ron Abel l T HESE ARE THE TIMES when all goo dseniors are filling out job applica- tion forms and when the University place- ment service has the Standing Room Onl y sign hung up . It's time, in other words, fo r the Class of '60 to face Life . Have yo u given a thought to what they 'll find ? Last month a national magazine ran a story by a major league baseball scout i n which he told how he judged youn g players : "The old-timer wantedto know if a boycould throw, hit or run . Period . H e couldn't have cared less about the boy'personality, We couldn't care more. . . We've let many a kid wisecrack his waout of signing withus. And I won't sign a boy who will not grab me by the han and look me squarely in the eye. We 're getting to the point that we can just kat a hoy-his eyes and face, how h e handles himself-and tell whether or not we want him." Baseball being our" national pastime , I can't help but wonder if this scout 's frame of reference might not truly reflec t a national attitude . This is coming to be the age of th e corporate mind and the committee body . Teamwork is the means and togethernes s is the end . Never mind how an outfielde r throws the ball : will he shake your hand , and how does he look in a button-dow n collar? One of the changing artifacts of mid - twentieth century life is the job applica- tion form . Gone, sadly, are the days whe n an employer would size you up in an inter - view and then have you scratch you r name and social security number on a piece of paper before he put you to work . These days it 's unusual to even see an employer, much less speak to him face t o face. You talk to a "personnel recruiter " instead . This is a man who as often as no t doesn 't know any more about the wor k than you do . What he does know about is psychol- ogy ; he's the man who wants to answe r that impertinent question : "Are you lik e the rest of us? " How will the Class of '60 answer? O r let me put it another way : How would yo u Yours maybe, not mine. answer? Do you even want to he lik e everyone else? I must admit that today 's job applica- tion forms, being "things" ,unto them - selves, have an aesthetic beauty . An artis t might appreciate one, though he probabl y wouldn't land a job if he filled one out . They not only want to know all you r previous jobs ("What aspects of the wor k did you like best? Least? " ) but they als o attempt the type of analysis that is bes t left to the couch . I filled one out recently that asked fo r everything but my collar size . I wa s asked whether I had Energy (Boundless ) Optimism? (Golly, yes!) Self-confi- dence? (I'm insufferable) -and a host of other Jack Armstrong traits . I haven 't received an answer yet but I'm not hold- ing my breath . I worked for a firm once that gave m e a lie detector test before they would as - sign me to a permanent position . ( I should explain that a job is just a job bu t a position is a way of life .) I was plugge d into the polygraph and asked whether I was a Communist (No), whether I dran k {Yes), and whether I ever stole anythin g (Once, under some mistletoe) . Surprisingly, I passed with flyin g colors . The only thing was that I quit a month later because they'd forgotten t o ask me if I liked the work . That questio n just never came up . I figure if an outfielder can hit, run an d throw, he's good enough to play ball eve n if he won't shake your hand . 46 Old Oregon Glory of the past continue d ABOVE: Alum 's lack Patera '54 pounces on fum- ble, beating Varsity 's Ben Brown to the punch . TOP RIGHT : Former Webfoot coach Jim Aike n relives the past. With hirn are Barney Holland '53 (left) and Chester Daniels '49. RIGHT : Bob Koch '47 and Dan Garza '4 8 watch from the bench during a tense moment at the game . And what of the future? Inexperienced but goo dis coach evaluatio n LEN CASANOVA began his 10th year a tOregon this spring with 13 empt y places on his bench . Eight of that grad- uating group are starters, all of the m lettermen . Included in their ranks : two time all-coast center Bob Peterson an d halfback Willie West, ends Alden Kim- brough and Greg Altenhofen, tackle s John Wilcox and Tom Keele, guard Joh n Willener and fullback Dave Powell . Th e three returning regulars are Dave Gray - son, halfback ; Dave Urell, right guard ; and Dave Grosz, quarterback . There are a number of returnees fro m a strong end corps of a year ago an d from their ranks juniors Paul Bauge an d Kent Peterson were selected durin g spring practice to start, senior Len Bur - nett and sophomore Greg Willener t o alternate . Riley Mattson and Ron Anderson ar e the returning lettermen tackles, Mik e Rose, Al Weigel and George Luna ar e back at guard, and Joe Clesceri the lon e returning letterman at center . In the backfield Cleveland Jones and quarter - backs Dick Arbuckle and Sandy Frase r (57-8 letterman who did not play las t fall) join Grosz and Grayson . With the dearth of upperclass letter - men the "young bulls, " sophomores fro m last year 's good freshman team, playe d an important role in spring practice . This group includes Steve Barnett (who ha d earned promotion to the first unit by th e end of the third week), Ron Snido w (moved from end) and Dennis Prozin- ski (moved from guard) at tackle . Com- bined with Mattson, Anderson and non - letterman Gary Stensland, they will giv e Casanova a promising, but inexperience d group of tackles . At guard, Mickey Outing, a promis- ing rookie joins Urell, Rose and Weigel . Also in this position will be Bill De l Biaggio, a Southern California transfe r and Ed Thomas who did not play las t year. Both are sophomores . At center Clesceri will have stiff com- petition from North Bend's Bill Swain, another of the "young bulls " and Luna , moved from guard early in the spring . Grosz, Fraser and Arbuckle shoul d give the Ducks a quarterback threesom e equal to any in the West . Grayson will move to left half thi s year. he hacked by Ben Brown (a trans- fer) and non-letterman Sam Spooner . At right half, Cleveland Jones (wh o missed spring practice) will be teame d with Mickey Bruce, a non-letterman ; an d two junior college transfers Pete Hol t and Chris Machado . Another transfer Bruce Snyder ha s a slight edge in the four-way fullbac k scramble . His competition : non-letter- man Sam Owen, sophomore Duane Car - gill and sophomore transfer Jim Joseph - son. Realistic in his expectations, Casanov a summed up after the drills were over : "We'll be inexperienced, but by the tim e mid-season comes along we should be a pretty good football team ." -ART LITCHMA N 48 Old Oregon George Bell '49 with ball, on a haiufoff from Norm Van Brock/in `48 with Ernrnett Williams '.53 and Joe Schaffelrl '58 blocking . From out of the glory of the past . SOMETIMES THE JERSEYS fit a bit tight ,but there was no denying that th e University of Oregon football alumn i were a bunch of pros . In the first footbal l game between the alumni and the varsit y squad, the alumni played it partly for laughs . but mostly for keeps . and par- layed the varsity's mistakes into a 13-1 2 victory . Jack Morris '58 kicked the con - version that turned out to he the margi n of victory . "Our inexperience showed," declared Coach Casanova, speaking for his varsit y squad in the locker room afterward . "We made mistakes . When we made mistake s they took advantage of them . There's n o denying that they 're a bunch of ol d pros . More - Bench warmers (1 . to r .) Fred Siler '59, Charlie Tourville '58 Jack Morris '58, Jack Patera '55, Bob Heard '59 , Torn Keele '59, Earle Ste/le '49 and Hal Reeve '55 . June-July 1960 47 MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL S 100 LEADING SALESME N AVERAGED THAT AMOUNT LAST YEA R Further, the 1959 average income of the 548 men with our company five years or longer was $14,236 , with one in six earning over $20,000 . These 54 8 represent 29% of the total number of our full-tim e salesmen. How does your income measure up? And doe s your present situation offer comparable opportunity for personal growth and income? It could be that a complete change in the course of your career woul d open the way to full development of your abilitie s and earning potential. This is what Massachusetts Mutual offers th e man who chooses a career with us: A future that i s interesting, challenging and profitable . If you ar e that man, we will train you for success through out- standing field-tested courses and individual instruc- tion . . . and pay you while you learn . Isn this an opportunity you should investigate? Take the first step toward unlimited success . Write today for a free copy of "A SELLIN G CAREER," or call our General Agent liste d under Massachusetts Mutual in your phon e book. MASSACHUSETTS MUTUA L Life Insurance Company 5PRINGFIELD . MASSACHUSETTS s ORGANIZED 185 1 Some of the W rest Coast Group alumni in Massachusetts Mutual service : Wha t ar e you r chance s of earnin g $30,530 a year ? U . OF CAL. John F. Curtis, 8, Los Angele s HarryE. Schultze, 9, San Francisco David E. Smith, 6, Los Angele s Julius S. Hauso, San Francisco U. C. L. A. Robert L . Woods, 33, Los Angele s Burton R . Poore, 2, Bridgepor t Lloyd G . Hild, 7, Los Angele s Donald M . Tippets, 7, Los Angele s Donald A . Stephens, 1, Albuquerqu e Robert H . Meyer, 53, Santa Monica Norman Berg, 54, Los Angeles James D. Hughes, 4, Los Angele s Patrick J. Dunne, 5, Los Angele s William H . Satinet, Napa SOUTHERN CAL . James H. Smith, Jr s Harry R . Van Cleve, 1, Los Angele s Jerome S. Goldberg, 2, Los Angele s Barry B. Stephens, 2, Los Angele s Edward S. Robinson, 7, Syracus e Richard B. Davis, 8, New Orlean s Fred C. Andretta, 9, Seattl e William H . Gould, 1, Los Angele s Robert A . Riehle, 6, Cincinnat i Richard L. Van Cleve, 6, Los Angele s H. William Freeman, 8, Los Angele s Stanley W. Bowen, 9, Los Angele s Bruce M. Bender, 9, Los Angele s John E. Armer, 1, Los Angele s John H . Dobbin, 52, Los Angele s Allan Barry, 4, Los Angele s Patrick J. Dunne, Los Angeles STANFOR D Edward Neisser, 6, Los Angele s Lucia C. Mitchell, 8, Syracus e Thomas W . Cordry,Jr o Fred R. Miner, 0, Stockto n Jacob E. Way, 4, Waukega n William W . Davies, 8, Los Angele s Joseph F. Monasta, 8, San Jose Robert H . Woodward, Jr., 9 , Palo Also David C . Englehart, 53, Portland, Ore. U . OF OREGO N Carlo A . Apo, 2, Portlan d Philip C . Jonsrud, 2, Portland Hjalmer J. Erickson, Jr., San Dieg o OREGON STAT E ClarkeW . Cubbage, 7, Portland, Ore. .a hand in things to com e Creating a strange world of col d The coldest natural temperature ever recorded-100 degree s below zero occurred in the Antarctic . But the people of Union Carbide ar e producing temperatures all the way down to minus 450 degrees. . , approach- ing absolute zero! Startling things are being done at this unearthly cold tempera- ture. Many types of living tissue are being preserved, and research is now well under way in freezing whole blood. Certain metals become perfect conductors of electricitya rare quality which may bring greater efficiency to electroni c equipment. And, for over fifty years, Union Carbide has used these ultra-lo w temperatures to turn air into liquid . . . then extract oxygen, argon, nitrogen and other atmospheric gases in their pure form . They are produced on a mammoth scale to meet the great demand from industry . Working with such extreme cold is still a young science know n as cryogenics. It is only one of many areas in which the people of Unio n Carbide are striving to make tomorrow a better world . Learn about theexciting workgoin g on now in gases, carbons,chemicals, metals, plastics, andnuclear energy. Write for "Products and Processes" Booklet K, Union Carbide Corpo- ration, 30 East 42nd St., New York I7,N .Y.InCanada, Union Carbide CanadaLimited, Toronto . . . .a han d in things to come A lesso n in art vers e short fictio n article s book review NORTHWEST .. REVIE W By Bayard H . McConnaughe y Assistant Professor of Biolog Y OU MAY THINK you are no artist .Probably you are right, but don't le t that prevent you from sharing in the joy s of creative drawing . It is surprising how meaningful eve n the simplest of pictures may be . Take fo r example the dot OP). What an amazin g variety of things even so simple a draw- ing represents ! Put a small worm on th e paper near it and it will immediately tr y to crawl down it--a perfect representa- tion of his burrow in the ground . On th e other hand a sparrow will try to pick i t up, thinking it is an appetizing small see d or pill bug . An astronomer will regard i t as a star on a negative and immediatel y start calculating its distance in light - years. A bacteriologist will take it to b e a gram positive coccus and instinctivel y reach for an antibiotic . Many other pos- sibilities will doubtless occur to you . This brings us to the most importan t rule for success in art---- "don 't try t o draw anything in particular ." Make you r drawing first, then look it over to se e what it best represents . In this way yo u will avoid the frustrations of those thou - sands of young artists who go at it back - wards, trying to compete with the camer a in making their pictures look like a par- ticular person or tree . No matter ho w hard one tries, no drawing will ever loo k exactly like the object being drawn - hence the artist will always feel frus- trated . A second rule- "if you want your pic- ture to be appreciated by the greates t number of people, don't give it too defi- nite a title ." Allow their imagination s June-July 1960 free play so each may interpret it accord- ing to his own interests . No one but a botanist would be interested in a pictur e entitled Green Elderberry Leaf in May , but many will admire the same pictur e called Abstraction in Green, especially if it isn't green. The one exception to this rule abou t definite titles concerns nudes . Almos t everyone is interested in nudes . It does n't much matter whether there really is on e in the picture . It is sufficient to allude t o one in the caption in order for the wor k to command widespread attention . Any- one who has observed the crowds stand- ing in wrapped awe before Marcel Du - Champ 's Nude Descending a Staircase in the museum of art will understand this . That picture doesn 't even have a stair - case, much less a nude . The Oswego Museum of Art until quit e recently displayed a fine large paintin g of a big crate, entitled Nude in a Box , which drew large crowds of admirer s daily. Unfortunately one of the more en- thusiastic patrons of art came in on e evening after everyone had left an d drilled several holes through it with a brace and bit in an unsuccessful effor t to achieve a better view of the contents . No discussion of art would be com- plete without mention of its spiritua l benefits. Let us return for a moment t o our simplest case, the dot, for an ex - ample. From it one can learn a lesson i n true humility . There is a large population map on m y office wall, thickly peppered with dots , each representing 100 persons . How re- freshing it is to reflect upon the fact tha t you can be quite adequately represente d by one per cent of a dot . SUMMER ISSUE 1960 : Shelley Berman:an intervie w with a humoris t "Secret Knowledge" : an Orego n coast story by Lucile Du fly More and more Oregon graduate s are discovering that the NORTH - WEST REVIEW is a provocativ e magazine. It serves the thoughtful graduat e who has a continuing interest in th e ideas, literature and art of the North- we st Your personal library should have a Copy. $1.50 per year(3 issues SUBSCRIB E NO W CLIP SEN Northwest Review, Student UnioUniversity of Oregon Eugene, Orego j Please send me the Northwest Reviet beginning with the Summer 1%0 issue tor 1 yr. at $1.50 a75 2 yrs. at $2 .25 Noma Address a75 Payment enclosed a75 Bill me -------------------------------- - 51 The final word SOME OBSERVERSclose to the Universit ythink that at 27 years of age, Ro n Abell has changed-become more con- servative-since his selection in April a s editor of the campus literary magazine , Northwest Review . The day after his ap- pointment he was walking the chill, rain - swept byways of the campus carrying a big umbrella, and was also considerin g the purchase of an overcoat . In earlier, less settled times this coul d never have happened . Abell normally de- fies the heartless Oregon rainy season lik e he defies most everything else, riskin g pneumonia rather than adding anythin g to the short-sleeved shirts he wears sum- mer and winter alike . But now, as an ed- itor, he has responsibilities, and an ob- ligation to be discreet . Perhaps Ron Abel l has mellowed-a little . Perhaps he wil l no longer stand like a jagged boulder i n midstream, forever resisting, often fight- ing the currents of the times . Just about every local institution , every tradition, every endeavor has com e under the brash, satirical Abell attac k since he matriculated at the Universit y two years ago . He enrolled as a graduat e student in journalism and started writin g humorous columns for the Oregon Dail y Emerald . In more than 50 such columns , he established a reputation for a hell-for- leather brand of wit that delights as man y people as it angers . Consider a recen t testimonial among the deluge of Abel l fan mail : "The latest effort of the infamous Em- erald columnist, Ron Abell, was the poor- est excuse for humor (assuming that tha t was what he intended) that he has com e up with yet . Is the Emerald so hard up fo r copy that they have to tolerate the tras h he writes? Or does the Emerald sanctio n it? ". . . May I remind you that there ar e many students who send this publicatio n to their parents and who, on numerou s occasions this year, have expressed em - harassment that their parents are read- ing the kind of things Ron Abell contrib- utes. Not only does he presume to criti- cize everything that goes on on the cam - pus, now he can get his dig in at the par- ents, too . (Signed : Connie McGonigle) " The offending item was titled "Daddy 's Day in Duckville ." a take-off on Tenny- son's Charge of the Light Brigade, and timed to coincide with Dads Day on cam - pus . Excerpt : Dads to the right of them , Dads to the left of them, Dads all in front of them , Thirsty and hungered . Simian look-alikes , Dads and their drooling tyke s Charged at the fishbowl line , Sating their appetites . Greedy six hundred . O BVIOUSLY ABELI . DELIGHTS in slog-ging forward with caulked boot s where angels fear to tread . When h e learned that OLD OREGON planned to fea- ture him in a story, he offered to writ e it himself . We said go ahead . Abell sa t before a typewriter, staring at blank pa - per for nearly half an hour . Finally h e wrote a few words, then gave up in dis- gust . When he had left, we managed t o retrieve from the waste basket what h e had written : "I'm sort of like the little old lady wh o walks down the street with an umbrell a and always manages to jab you in the ey e with it, " he wrote . "She dosn 't mean t o do it ; it's just in the nature of little ol d ladies. It 's in my nature to poke needle s into other people 's balloons . There 's n o malice in my heart ; if anything, there 's just a great amount of amazement . I ma y seem to have a chip on my shoulder bu t actually the reverse is true. I feel as if I should have one, that perhaps it's bee n knocked off, and as I walk around ben t over looking for it, I keep bumping int o people . ." Actually Abell is an excellent write r who needs merely to be aimed in the righ t direction . His first "serious " piece wa s the OLD OREGON article on Judge Virgi l Langtry ( "Portrait of a Tough Judge, " April-May) . After Judge Langtry ha d read the article about himself, he penne d the following note about Abell : "This bo y is a real reporter . He came into strang e proceedings, quickly grasped their mean- ing, and wrote a comprehensive report . I don't often see reporters of such eviden t capabilities ." The contrast between this letter and th e McGonigle letter previously cited indicat e that behind the funny man facade lie s a powerful cross current of talent . Th e facade is difficult to penetrate, however . When the Emerald 's Mary Jo Stewart in- terviewed him for a "Student Spotlight " article, Abell quickly ran away with th e interview . Sample commentary : Q. Why are you in journalism ? A. Well, as long as I have to work, I might as well work sitting down . Q. What do you think about quee n contests ? A. I think queen contests are good fo r girls . Q. Why? A. Because not many boys are goo d looking . Actually, [ like girls . Espe- cially girls who wear boys ' Levi's. They look better in them than girls ' Levi's. I guess it 's because of th e way they're cut . Q. Do you mean the girls or th e Levi's? A. Both . Abell expects to receive his master 's in journalism this month and plans t o continue work for a master of fine art s degree. During the next year he will serv e as editor of the campus literary magazine , succeeding Tom Gaddis . Turning to another outspoken individ- ual, let 's put the magnifying glass o n Alumnus Sam Vahey '57, whose work is on P . 5 . The photo shows Sam in fron t of the house he is building in his spar e time, his spare time in this case bein g occupied in a sort of postman's holiday . Sam Vahe y Comments Sam : "Residential architec- ture, like so many other facets of ou r society, needs a shot in the arm (or kic k in the pants) and I have done this `A ' frame house as sort of an experimen t into the simplicity of construction an d suitability of space of this type of build- ing for residential occupancy . . .I thin k it is an exciting space in which to liv e and work, and it offers a substantial sav- ings in material and labor . The stigma s of conservatism and the reluctance o f real estate and loan agencies to invest i n or experiment with new design imped e and stifle any progress along this line , however, so it 'll probably he a few year s before you see any more of these 'tri- angles ' rising up ." It seems anti-climactic to add to Sam 's words with a host of details . Suffice t o say he has a BA degree in business an d construction, was active (and outs- poken) on campus, and now he 's in hi s last year of carpentry apprenticeship . 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