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Theft Suspect Escapes

A suspect accused of breaking and
entering the Theta Chi fraternity house at
600 Preston Place escaped from sheriffs
last Sunday afternoon after feigning what
was thought to be an epileptic fit.

James Arthur Clark, age 19, was
arrested last Saturday night in the
fraternity house at 3:45 a.m. after police
received a phone call from a suspicious
neighbor.

Mr. Clark was rushed to the University
Hospital emergency room Sunday
morning by the rescue squad after having a
spell while being processed at the police
department. After being treated by
doctors and psychiatrists at the hospital,
Mr. Clark escaped the custody of a single
officer from the sheriff's department.

A general warrant has been issued for
his arrest.

In other related incidents, $405 worth
of clothing and other miscellaneous
articles were stolen from the Pi Kappa
Alpha fraternity house last Tuesday.
Police have no information on suspects
yet.

LIFE Photographer

Tonight, at 8 p.m., Alfred Eisenstaedt
will speak and present some of his
photographs in 153 Campbell Hall. Mr.
Eisenstaedt has been a staff photographer
for Life magazine since 1936 and has
covered many important world wide
events. He is one of the originators of the
use of the candid camera technique in
news reporting and is also the author of
two books, "Witness to our Time," and
"The Eye of Eisenstaedt."

Legal Discussion

"Law Enforcement and Civil Liberties.
Need They Conflict?" will be the subject
of a panel discussion tonight in the South
Meeting Room of Newcomb Hall at 8
p.m.

The discussion, presented by the
Central Virginia Chapter of the American
Civil Liberties Union, will feature John
DeK. Bowen III, Charlottesville Chief of
Police, Charles R. Haugh, Albemarle
County Commonwealth Attorney, and F.
Guthrie Gordon, ACLU cooperating
attorney.

Brock D. Hornby, assistant professor
of law, will moderate the program.
Refreshments will be served at 7:30 p.m.

Brown Honored

Frederick L. Brown, Professor
Emeritus of Physics, was honored at the
1971 annual meeting of the Southeastern
Section of the American Physical Society
for outstanding achievement in teaching
at the University.

Professor Brown taught at the
University from 1922 till his retirement
in 1961. His principal duties included
teaching general physics to engineering
undergraduates, supervising the
laboratory instruction for all
undergraduates, and editing the
laboratory manual used in these courses.

Scandinavian Literature

Among the new courses that will
appear during pre-registration for the
Spring Semester will be SCAN 138,
modern Scandinavian literature in
translation. Taught by Mrs. Margaret
Mattsson, it will cover such Scandinavian
authors as Hamsun, Undset, Lagerloef,
Soderborg, Lagerkvist, Moderg, and
Bergman.

During the Fall semester SCAN 137
covered the works of Ibsen and
Strindberg in detail.