Landlady Threatened For Housing Hawaiians
University of Portland officials
and students found themselves em¬
broiled in an international contro¬
versy this (past week, after an
anonymous telephone caller threat¬
ened Mrs. Carolyn Clure, 5269 N.
Harvard street, who rents a nearby
apartment to a group of Hawaiian
students. Although the threat was
to do her harm unless she "gets rid
of that houseful of Japs,” Mrs.
Clure has chosen to ignore the call
and is permitting the Hawaiians to
remain.
The next development was a pro¬
test by a Honolulu newspaper editor
in a telephone call to the Portland
Oregonian that "people over here
don’t like that sort of thing,” fol¬
lowed by the receipt of word that
the Honolulu board of supervisors is
planning a formal protest to the
city of Portland over the incident.
The Portland city council immed¬
iately cabled an expression of re¬
gret, assuring Hawaiians that the
students are welcome here and that
the city "deplores the bigotry be¬
hind such actions.”
Rev. Michael J. Gavin, C.S.C.,
university president, issued a state¬
ment to the Oregonian expressing
his regrets, commending Mrs. Clure
for “Christian outlook and forti¬
tude” and terming the incident the
actions of a “crank.” Dave Under¬
hill, school publicity director, sent
an official sentiment of regret to
the city of Honolulu and Lee Flegel
and Kev Van Hommissen worded a
letter to the1 Oregonian on behalf
of the associated students.
Students living in the apartment
are Bruce Hashitate, Earl Micbi-
moto and a former Pilot basketball
star who graduated last June, Dam¬
ien Rocha.
Complete texts of the letters by
Father Gavin, Underhill, Flegel and
Van Hoomissen are reprinted on
this page.
• • •
City Editor,
The Oregonian,
Portland, Oregon.
Dear Sir:
We> wish to commend you for the
accurate attention given in your
news column to the recent affair of
“the landlady and the ten Haw¬
aiians,” some of them students at
University of Portland. The unde¬
sirable situation which has resulted
from anonymous threats being made
to the “landlady” has aroused con¬
siderable comment among students
here at the university.
We, the Associated Students of
the University of Portland, would
like to make use of your news¬
paper to express our views on the
matter.
We commend highly the moral
integrity, Christian ethics and dem¬
ocratic ideals exercised by the
“landlady” in allowing — after threats
had anonymously been made on her
life — the students to remain in her
home.
This anonymous caller apparently
deems himself a self-appointed
champion of individual rights. He
fails to recognize, seemingly through
some misguided sense of social
rights, that these students are en¬
titled to full privileges and respon¬
sibilities due all American citizens
in our democracy.
In fact, we are firmly convinced
that these students are much more
American, in the true sense of the
word, than this racially biased
caller, who has chosen to hide be¬
hind the shield of his telephone and
remain unknown. The students,
residents of the territory of Ha¬
waii, which is as fully a part of
the United States as Oregon or the
city of Portland, have committed
no crime against society as has
been portrayed by “Mr. Ignorance.”
The Hawaiian students have made
cultural, academic and athletic con¬
tributions to the university in the
past and are continuing to do so.
We, the ASUP, are pleased to have
them as fellow students, and regret
that a resident of such limited
mental vision as that of the anony¬
mous caller, has made a blot on the
record of our fine city.
LEE M. FLEGEL,
President, ASUP.
• • •
City Editor, the Oregonian,
Portland, Oregon,
Dear Sir:
The university deeply regrets the
recent display of discrimination
against University of Portland stu¬
dents from Hawaii. And we highly
commend Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Clure for their Christian outlook
and fortitude. They have provided
these students with the hospitality
that we like to think is typical of
the friendly people of Portland.
The university has many alumni
from Hawaii of whom we are proud.
These boys are of the same excel¬
lent quality. It is extremely re-
gretable that anyone would be so
narrow-minded as to complain about
their presence in the neighborhood.
We feel sure this is the work of
some crank.
MICHAEL J. GAVIN, C.S.C.,
President.
• • •
The Honorable John H. Wilson,
Mayor, City of Honolulu.
The Board of County Supervisors,
Honolulu, Oahu, T. H.
Gentlemen:
We, here at the University of
Portland, deeply regret the unfort¬
unate incident which has occurred
in our city of Portland and which
has cast a shadow on our reputa¬
tion as a hospitable community.
Believe us when we say it is an
isolated incident and the work of
an individual crank or crackpot.
Portland has been known in the
past as an area tolerant to persons
of all races, colors and creeds. The
University of Portland has been in
the vanguard to create such en
atmosphere of common fellowship.
Students from your community
have been, and will always be, wel¬
comed on our campus, and we can
only hope that they will continue to
enrichen the cultural, spiritual and
academic life of our campus which
attracts students from all corners
of the globe.
I have been asked by the pres¬
ident of the1 University of Portland
and the students to convey our deep
regrets over such an occurence and
hope we can assuage somewhat the
feelings of concern that must have
been yours on learning of such an
incident.
Sincerely ycurs,
DAVID J. UNDERHILL,
Director of Public Relations.
Hungarian Pianist To Open
Cultural Series Nov. 17th
First to be presented in the cur¬
rent University Cultural Series will
be Julian Karolyi, noted Hungarian
pianist, who will appear in concert
at Education hall Tuesday evening,
November 17, at 8:30.
Karolyi appeared recently in Car¬
negie Hall, following a series of
concerts and guest artist appear¬
ances throughout Europe1.
Featured in his concert will be
Chopin’s “Ballad in F Minor, Op.
25”; "Nocturne in C sharp Minor,
Op. 27, No. 1”; “Etude in G sharp
Minor, Op. 25, No. 6,” and “Etude in
C Minor, Op. 10, No. 12.” Rounding
out the program will be Caesar
Franck’s “Prelude, Chorale, and
Fugue," Liszt’s "Sonata in
В
Minor,”
Pianist
Julian Karolyi
Ravel’s “Ondine,” Kodaly’s "Dances
of Marosszek,” and two works by
Debussy, “La Soiree dans Gren-
nade” and “Feux d’ artifice.”
The next event in the series will
bring Andreas Christiansen, Eston¬
ian baritone, to Education hall on
Friday evening, November 27. Prior
to his coming to America, Christian¬
sen sang leading baritone roles with
leading European companies.
C.S.C. Superior General
Completes Campus Visit
Having completed his canonical
visitation to the University of Port¬
land, the Very Reverend Christopher
J. O’Toole., C.S.C., superior general
of the Congregation of Holy Cross,
left on November 2 for California.
During his stay in Portland,
Father O’Toole also made his offic¬
ial visitation to Columbia Prepara¬
tory school, formerly on campus,
but now located on the former Wil¬
cox estate, S. W. Shattuck Road.
Freshman Princess
Farrell Williams
X-Ray Unit Here
November 16, 17
November 16 and 17 have been
selected as the dates upon which
the Multnomah County Christmas
Seal X-ray mobile unit will visit
the campus of the University of
Portland.
The X-ray unit will be parked
near the Pilot House on both days
during, the hours between 8 a. m.
and 2:30 p. m. University author¬
ities urge every, student who has
not had a chest X-ray made dur¬
ing the last 12 months to visit the
unit during its stay here. Fresh¬
men who have not had an X-ray
examination within the last three
or four months will be required
to visit the unit so that an X-ray
of their chests may be made.
Money procured through the sale
of Christmas Seals is used to sup¬
port this travelling unit and no
charge is made for the services
rendered.
University authorities stress the
points that several active cases of
tuberculosis have been discovered
on the University of Portland cam¬
pus in the last few years and that
it is possible to have
ТВ
without
being aware of it. For these rea¬
sons, it is all the more important
that all students report for exam¬
ination, say the officials.
Statistics reveal that free1 chest
X-rays have proven a potent
weapon in the early, diagnosis of
tuberculosis. Early discovery, say
experts, is the major factor in cur¬
ing the disease.
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VOL. LI UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND, PORTLAND, OREGON, NOV. 6, 1953 No. 4
Carnival Princesses Nominated;
Ticket Sale To Determine Queen
Sophomore Princess
Barbara Reilly
UF Drive Extended
By local Chairman
“Our campus United Fund drive
will run longer than the national
effort, if it’s necessary in order to
reach our goal of $1200,” stated Bob
Sinclair, chairman of the campus
United Fund chapter. “We’re late
getting started because of the other
drives going on, but we’re ready to
roll now,” he added.
Sinclair also told of the appoint¬
ment of his co-chairman for each
college, who will select in turn one
student of each ten on campus to
distribute pledge cards individually
to the others. Co-chairmen named
were Sharon Woods, liberal arts;
David Weiland, music; Kay Haug-
dahl, nursing; Ed Hughes, engineer¬
ing, and Dorothy Stevens, science.
Alpha Kappa iPsi, business fratern¬
ity, will be responsible for the school
of business administration.
Sinclair urged ardent student sup¬
port for the drive, which has fallen
far short of its goal in the past,
Rev. Robert H. Sweeney, C.S.C., is
the faculty moderator for the drive.
Selection of four carnival princesses, one representing each class here
on campus, brings to a climax the gigantic plans for the annual ASUP
Carnival to be held in the Pilot House and Education hall, November 13
and 14.
Bob Christensen, ICC president and overall chairman for the fund¬
raising campaign, announced the names of the chosen princesses at the
meeting of the ICC last Tuesday.
Farrell Williams, freshman in liberal arts, will represent the frosh.
Sophomore choice is Barbara Reilly, a science student. Madalyn Turtan
will serve as junior princess. She is in the liberal arts college. Senior
representative to the royal court is Sally Cleary of the college of nursing.
The class selling the largest amount of tickets on the car will auto¬
matically have its princess installed
queen will serve as official hostess
Junior Princess
Madalyn Turtan
Boarders’ Club Stages
Autumn Nocturne Hop
With “Autumn Nocturne” as a
theme and Russ Brahms and his or¬
chestra providing the music, the an¬
nual Boarders’ Club dance will be
held tonight at Education hall from
9 tq 12.
An added attraction of the dance
will be a $10 cash door prize, do¬
nated by Mr. Frank Davis.
General chairman of the event is
Joe McMonigle, assisted 'ey Bob
Fawcett, decorations; Gail Larsen,
advertisement; Harry Bresnahan,
tickets, and Peter Lee, refresh¬
ments.
as queen of the two-day event. The
of the carnival, will draw out the
winning numbers for the prizes and
will reign over the Saturday night
social.
Main prize of the Saturday night
drawing will be a 1953 Pontiac. Sec¬
ond prize will be a new television
set, with other electrical appliances
serving, as the remaining prizes.
At least 20 booths will fill the
Pilot House with fun and frolic for
all the students. Each club on cam¬
pus will sponsor a booth. Tentative
plans call for booths of widely
varied interest as a duck-looping
Senior Princess
Sally Cleary
contest, baseball throw and black¬
jack.
Prizes for the booths will be fur¬
nished by the clubs. Christensen,
in his role of carnival chairman,
will also supervise the manning of
the booths.
