HOW THE EMERALD
ANSWERS THE QUESTIONS
PRESIDENT.
1. The president presides fit all meetings of tlie associated
Students and performs all duties delegated to him by the con
stitution. lie should represent the student body in all affairs
pertainin'? to students.
2. The student relations committee recommends to execu
tive council a man for yell-king, supervises and promotes worth
while traditions, decides upon class identity of transfer stu
dents, sanctions new campus organizations.
3. It shall require all officers of the associated students to
comply with the provisions of the constitution and by-laws. Tt,
lias full control over all A. S. U. O. activities and funds. It
appoints editors and managers of A. S. U. ‘0. publications and
also the yell-king.
4. The judiciary committee shall hear and decide upon any
questions as to the correct judicial construction and interpre
tation of the constitution and by-laws. Any member or admin
istrative body of the associated students can appear before them
with questions.
5. Student government should he run for the best interests
of the associated student body and appointments made on tin
basis of individual merit and not party affiliation.
6. Since the A. S. TT. 0. has already embarked on an active
program of expansion for athletics, particularly football, the
student body president should do his part in continuing this
program.
7. If the building to be erected bears directly on student
affairs and will be utilized by the student body primarily for
student functions, then the students could be expected to con
tribute their share toward its construction.
8. As a student newspaper, the Emerald acts to direct and
forward all creditable student body policies and affairs. That
it should be expected to support every move, good or bad, pro
posed by a student official or committee is an infringement
on the rights of freedom of speech and the press and would
tend to destroy the reputation and weaken the integrity and
policies adopted by the publication.
VICE-PRESIDENT.
1. lie shall assume the duties of the president in his ab
sence or inability to act. He shall have charge of A. S. U. O.
elections.
2. See president question 3.
3. The graduate manager is in the employ of the student
body and in that capacity oversees and carries out all student
business. He schedules all games, concert, trips, purchases sup
plies, and carries on all other business interests of the associa
tion.
4. Students should be allowed to formulate and carry out
their own activity programs. The faculty should serve in an
advisory capacity in regards to student affairs because of their
longer experience with students and their affairs.
5. He takes charge of all student body elections.
SECRETARY.
1. The secretary shall keep a record ot an proceedings oi
the A. S. U. 0. and other duties set in the constitution.
2. Executive council, finance committee, and a non-voting
member of the student relations committee.
3. See president question 3.
4. The secretary is elected by tfie student body and there
fore should represent the student body as a whole on all com
mittees. However, through her connections, she should be privi
leged to voice the unofficial opinion of women students.
EXECUTIVE MAN AND WOMAN,
JUNIOR FINANCE OFFICER.
1. Executive man and woman serve on the executive coun
cil and may be appointed to subsidiary committees. Junior
finance officer is on this body and also the finance committee.
2. See president question 3.
3. Set' vice-president question 4.
4. (For junior finance officer only.) A. S. IT. O. officials,
such as the editors and managers of publications, have salaries
recommended by tin* finance committee and passed by the exec
utive council.
KNOW YOUR CANDIDATES
Editorial
r I ■'ODA V the Emerald is presenting a new feature in the way
of covering student polities on this campus. Systems of
questioning the r n lidates regarding their knowledge of essen
tial facts and policies have been tried at other universities and
liave met with success in that they serve* to give* student voters
a chance to size* up the persons for whom they are voting.
The Emerald believes that the student body has a right to
know something more about the men and women who will soon
be directing its business than just what they hear in political
meetings and through chance acquaintances.
Questions being asked political aspirants in today’s paper
are based upon knowledge which every one of them should
know. A person who is working for an office, the duties of
which he or she is totally ignorant, will be at a disadvantage
to carry out such duties if elected.
If he expects to look up these duties after lit* is elected,
but has not bothered to yet, he shows a lack of interest in the
position and would better concede the position to some better
informed opponent.
The Emerald does not expect to split parties wide open by
this series of political interviews, but only hopes to call the
attention of the campus to politics and to give them a chance to
size up their candidates. Individual merit rather than party
affiliation should be the guiding principle in any election and
the Emerald is making the plea that the A. S. F. (). go to the
polls on Wednesday with their minds made up to vote for the
best man in the field for the position.
VOTE FOR T11E MEN AND WOMEN WHOM YOU BE
LIEVE FAN BEST CARRY OUT THE AFFAIRS OF THE
STUDENT BODY !
Thinking back over past elections on this and other eampi
of the nation, one recalls scandals of one sort or another, some
exposed, some existent but uncovered. Oregon State college
experienced one of these misdirected elections last spring.
The biggest evil which Oregon is laying itself open to is
the system it employs of casting ballots. Boll clerks have a list
of names and hand out a ballot whenever some student gives a
name. Illegal practices creep in when political parties send
men around to vote for persons they know will not appear later
and ask for their ballots. Under the present Oregon system
this can very easily be employed on this campus (if it has not
already).
Election officials should devise some method of preventing
students from voting twice or three times and protect them
selves from an unfortunate situation such as Oregon State met
last spring.
The Emerald suggests a possible check might be to require
student body tickets before a ballot will be given the voter. It
might be an easy matter to gather up spare tickets, but such
a system would check somewhat any flagrant violations of the
laws governing elections. Checking signatures of voters against
those on the student body cards might be employed.
QUESTIONS THE EMERALD ASKS
Answer These to Ttest Your Knowledge of Campus Current Events.
FKES1DLN 1.
1. What, in vonr estimation, are the most important duties of
Hie A. S. TT. 0. president ?
2. What arc Hip duties of the student relations eommittee?
3. What are the most important duties of the executive coun
cil?
4. What is the function of the judiciary committee? Who is
privileged to appear before it?
5. Do you believe in political parties? Should they rule in
student government?
6. Do you favor an active program of athletics on the Oregon
campus?
7. Do you think the students should be called upon to help
finance the construction of campus buildings?
8. Should the Emerald as a student newspaper support every
move or proposed move made by the student body?
VICE-PRESIDENT.
1. What are the duties of the vice-president?
2. What are the most important duties of the executive coun
cil?
3. What is the function of the graduate manager’s office?
4. What part do von think the faculty should play in student
government ?
5. What part does the vice-president play in student body
elections?
SECRETARY.
1. What are the duties of secretary of the A. S. TT. O. ?
2. Of what bodies and standing committees is the secretary a
member?
3. What are the most important duties of the executive coun
cil ?
4. Do you think the secretary should he an official representa
tive of women students in student government ?
EXECUTIVE MAN AND WOMAN,
JUNIOR FINANCE OFFICER.
1. On what bodies or committees docs the person serve who
holds the office to which you aspire?
2. What is the function of the executive council?
3. Who should determine policies of the A. S. U. 0., students
or faculty?
4. (For finance officer only.) Through what channels do the
salaries of the A. S. U. 0. officials pass?
Cherry Tells Prexy’s Duties
CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT
1. The most important duties of the A. S. U. O.
president are to be the chairman of the executive
council, to be chairman of the publications com
Georee Cherry
committee. He appoints various
important executives such as
chairmen for Homecoming, Dad's
day, Mother's day. His appoint
ments are subject to the approval
of the executive council.
2. The student relations com
mittee recommends a yell-king to
the executive council; determines
the class standing and eligibility
for activities of out-of-state stu
dents ttending the University;
considers problems of student dis
cipline, subject to approval of faculty officials.
8. The executive council is the center of the
student administration; the standing committees
are subject to the executive council; they act upon
the publication committee’s recommendation for
editors of the Emerald anil the Oregana; any extra
curricular activity of the student body must have
the executive council's sanction of the required
budget. The finance committee is directly respon
sible to the executive council in its control of stu
dent body funds.
4. The function of the judiciary committee is
to give decisions on problems in connection with
the interpreting of the constitution. Any student
may appear before the committee.
!i. Under the present system, political parties
are necessary. However, an administration, in
order to give the students its best services, must
go into office unbound by political promises. A
political parly should aim to have the most capable
material available on the ticket, and have as its
object an administration which recognizes the indi
vidual merit of the student.
8. I favor an active program of athletics be
cause it is the University’s strongest advertising
medium at present, but we must bear in mind that
it is not the University's first: function.
7. As long as the state of Oregon is in its pres
ent state of indebtedness, it will hasten the expan
sion of the University.
8. I believe that the Emerald should have the
right to oppose moves of the student administration
which the editor believes wrong, as long as he can
qualify his stand with logical arguments pointing
out fallacies of the moves.
(Ihuek Laird Speaks
CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT
1. If you name five duties, you can still name
five or even ten more that are of equal importance.
However, his most important duties are as head of
Charles I.ainl
tlie executive council ami neau or
the publications committee. The
latter is especially important be
cause his voice in the selection of
aditors and managers of the cam
3iis publications will have a large
influence on people both inside
ind outside the University. Since
he is a member of the finance
committee, he will have a large
voice in the financial affairs of
'.he University.
2. The student relations com
mittee sends recommendations to
ute cxecuuvf t'uuiu.11 ui us cnunc iui _> c11 irnucis.
It also recommends to the executive council the
whole system of student athletic managers. These
are the two most important duties. The student
relations committee is only a minor committee in
comparison with the executive council.
8. The executive council is the governing body
of the associated students. All other committees
or councils are subordinate to the executive coun
cil and all their actions are answerable to it as the
final authority.
4. (a) The judiciary committee is composed of
the dean of men, the dean of the school of law,
and the executive secretary of the University. Its
function is to interpret any phase of the constitu
tion upon which there is discussion, (b) Any stu
dent may appear before it.
8. I do not believe in political parties merely
as organizations to get individuals into office re
gardless of their ability, but I do believe in politi
cal parties as a means of getting into office people
who you believe will be the most able and who will
do the most for the University.
ti. I believe that a satisfactory arrangement can
bo worked out between the administration and the
students so that the result will be to the best inter
ests of the University. However, I do believe that
in matters as important as this, the president of
the associated students should be guided by the ex
pression of campus opinion.
7. I believe that students should work in con
junction with the administration in financing new
buildings, but I do not believe that too heavy a
load should be placed upon them.
8. I believe that the Emerald and the student
body should work in harmony for the best inter
ests of the student body; however, I do not think
that the Emerald should be forced to support every
move or proposed move of the student administra
tion.
Park Makes Bid for Post
CANDIDATE FOR VICE-PRESIDENT
1. To assume the office of president in his ab
sence; to act on committees as provided for in the
constitution, such as finance, publications, student
rnlafinno onH ovftputivp nnnnril •
Ted Park
^and I shall have full control of
Hhe elections.
2. The executive council—First:
It has the final say in such things
as athletic awards, handle the
funds of publications, have the
right of veto over all motions
made by all committees. The ex
ecutive council has the final say
in important student body ap
pointments. It has a final check
on all decisions of student body
officials. It O. K.’s the A. S. U.
O. budget. It O. K.’s all athletic
trips. Tt has charge of all A. S. U. O. funds.
3. The graduate manager’s office handles all
solicitations and collections. It is under the con
trol of the executive council. The graduate man
ager is a member of the executive council. He is
the agent of the executive council and is hired by
the A. S. U. O. The graduate manager submits all
budgets for the approval of the executive council.
The graduate manager’s office has no final say
regarding student expenditures.
4. The students and the faculty should work in
cooperation; they should not be antagonistic. There
should be a committee composed of representative
students and faculty members to cooperate in the
solution of student problems. The consensus of
opinion on the campus is that the faculty should
be advisory.
5. The part the vice-president plays in student
body elections is to have full control of them as
specified in the constitution.
Wliitely Goes on Record
CANDIDATE FOR VICE-PRESIDENT
1. The vice-president takes the place of the
president in his absence; he has charge of elections,
and serves on several committees, such as foren
Bill Whitely
sics, student attairs, finance, and
the executive council.
2. The executive council is the
highest controlling body of the
: student body—all sub-committees
; come under the general jurisdic
tion of the executive council. The
appointment of non-elective stu
dent body officials is in the hands
of the executive council. The
council controls the class budgets
through the graduate manager,
who is employed by the council.
8. The graduate manager’s of
fice supervises class finances, han
dies expenditures and gate receipts for athletic con
tests, the concert series, etc. In short, the gradu
ate manager's office handles the business end of
the finances of the associated students.
4. I personally feel that the faculty should act
in an advisory capacity, and that on various com
mittees where the A. S. U. O. and the University
as a whole are both affected, certain faculty mem
bers should have a vote, but not a majority on the
committee.
5. The vice-president each year takes charge of
elections, appoints the people to take care of the
polls and to check the ballots.
Christensen Speaks Up
CANDIDATE FOR SENIOR MAN
1. He is on the athletic committee and the ex
ecutive council.
‘i. The function of the executive council is to
decide on various activities of the school. It has
a great deal to do with athletics. Most of its busi
ness is arranged through committees. The execu
tive council has the final say. It has charge of
the hiring of coaches. It can veto any move made
by a student body officer.
3. I think that the best way is for the faculty
control to be mainly advisory, but I do think fac
ulty members should be interested. They are bet
ter fitted to give advice on student affairs because
they have been here longer than the student offi
cers.
Kibbee States Platform
CANDIDATE FOB SECRETARY
3. To keep all the records of the student body,
to act as secretary for the executive council, to
act on the finance and the student affairs com
Harriett Kibbee
uumees, auu lu act in any inner
capacity designated to her by the
president.
2. She is a member of the ex
ecutive Council, of the finance
committee, and of the student re
lations committee.
3. The executive council takes
care of all the business of the A.
| S. U. O., such a3 hiring coaches
[ and other employes. The execu
i tive council has the final say over
i all committees. The secretary is
* a non-voting member of the coun
cil. The president of the Univer
sity has the final veto over the
executive council. The executive council may veto
any act of the student body officers.
4. I think that the secretary should be an offi
cial representative of women students in student
government, but I do not think that she should be
the only one. She is a representative of the student
body in general and of the women students in par
ticular.
Van Kimmell States Views
CANDIDATE FOB SECRETARY
1 and 3. The secretary is supposed to attend
the meetings of the various standing committees
and to take the minutes. She is a non-voting mem
I*. Van Kimmell
loer or the executive council, pun
^ lications committee, finance com
mittee, the building committee,
and the athletic scoromittee.
3. The executive council admin
isters the finances of the A. S.
U. O.; they hire all the A. S. U.
O. employes, such as coaches and
trainers and the graduate man
fager; they select the editors of the
? Oregana and the Emerald. The
f council is the highest authority in
i the administration of strictly stu
dent affairs.
4. I think that the secretary should be an offi
cial representative of women in student govern
ment because, together with the senior woman, she
is elected as a woman representative of the stu
dent body.
Wilma Enke Answers Quiz
CANDIDATE FOR SENIOR WOMAN
1. She is on the executive council and a mem
ber of the forensic committee. She is a member
of the student relations committee, and may be
Wilma Knke
a member of the music committee
and the athletic committee, and
the student building committee.
2. The executive council acts
according to the by-laws and the
constitution, and upon the recom
mendations of the various commit
tees it appoints the coaches and
managers of various student ac
tivities. It appoints the editors
of the publications on the advice
of the publications committee. It
has the books audited every year,
and it has complete charge of the
budget of the associated students, it appoints the
yell king. The acts of the executive council are
subject to the president of the University for final
approval.
8. The students should run their own student
government, with careful consideration of the ad
vice of the faculty. Having the approval of the
president of the University on the acts of the exec
utive council is a good move in this direction.
Palmer Expounds Policies
CANDIDATE FOK JUNIOR MAN
1. The junior finance officer is a member of the
executive council as well as the athletic committee.
It is a two-year office, the first being more for ob
servation than anything else.
2. Student government is vested in the execu
tive council. It is supreme in University adminis
tration.
8. The students should determine the policies
of the A. S. U. O. The faculty should act in an
advisory capacity.
4. The salaries of the A. S. U. O. officials origi
nate in the finance committee, and final authority
rests with the senior man.
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Gregg Makes Statement
CANDIDATE FOR JUNIOR MAN
1, The junior finance officer has a seat on the
executive council and on the finance committee, and
is a non-voting member of the athletic committee.
Jack Gregg
nc is a uuu'vuiiug mciuwvi
student affairs committee.
2. The function of the execu
tive council is either to pass or to
veto measures brought up by sub
committees. It hires the gradu
ate manager and trainers. It ad
ministers the funds of the A. S.
U. O., through the senior finance
manager, who is practically the
treasurer of the A. S. U. O.
3. The power of the faculty
should be purely advisory in de- *
termining the administration of
student anairs Decause tne memoers oi uie lacuuy
are not in direct touch with student affairs. Their
advisory power is valuable because they have been
here longer than the students and know what has
gone on in the past.
4. The salaries of A. S. U. O. officials come
from the A. S. U. O. funds. The officials present
claims, which, when signed by the senior finance
officer, are passed upon by the finance committee.
Brogdon Takes Stand
CANDIDATE FOR SENIOR WOMAN
1. The senior woman is a member of the execu
tive council, and is a voting member of the student
relations committee. Other duties come through
Keba Brogdon
appointment or tne president.
2. The executive council passes
or vetoes all questions brought up
by the various standing commit
tees. They appoint the editors of
the Emerald and of the Oregana,
appoint the graduate manager,
and so forth. It controls all of
the budgets of the different com
mittees. There is no higher power
than the executive council in
which matters strictly concern
student activities.
8. The students should deter- ^
mine the policies of the A. S. U. O. I think that
the powers of the faculty should be purely advisory,
because their past experience with situations which
may be entirely new to the students makes their
opinions valuable.
Peterson’s Policies
CANDIDATE FOR SENIOR MAN
1. The executive man, under the new constitu
tion, is eligible to serve on the forensics commit
tee, the music committee, the student relations
Peterson
committee, the finance committee,
the publications committee, and
the executive council, at the dis
cretion of the student body presi
dent.
2. The executive council is the
organization to carry on the oper
ations of the student body. They
choose a graduate manager, have
the final word to say on all ac
tions of the sub-committees, vote
on the finances of the student
body, approve the appointment of
the editors and managers of the
Oregana and the Emerald, and other like powers.
3. I believe that the students should have their
own government; if they have it in name they
should have it in power. The faculty should play
an advisory part; faculty opinion should be weighed
before any definite action is taken.
Cornell psychologists have claimed that, men
tally, men have absolutely nothing over women.
"Given the same oppoitunities and incentives the
intellectual attainments of women need not be in
ferior to those of men,” they say. A look at the
college grade lists would even go these erudite ^
gentlemen one better.