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University of Oregon, Eugene Sterling Green, Editor Grant Thuemmel, Manager Joseph Saslavsky, Managing Editor EDITORIAL BOARD Doug Polivka and Don Caswell, Associate Editors.; Merits Blais, Guy Shadduck, Parks Hitchcock, Stanley Robe UPPER NEWS STAFF jviaicojm uauer, incws r.d. Estill Phipps, Sports Ed. A1 Newton, Dramatics Ed. Abe Merritt, Chief Night Ed. Peggy Chessman, Literary Ed. uarnev Otaris, namor Cynthia Liljc^vist- Women’s Ed. Mary Lotnee Edt&ger, Society Ed. George Callas, Radio Ed. DAY EDITORS: A1 Newton, Mary Jane Jenkktt, Ralph Mason, John Patric, Newton Stearns. EXECUTIVE REPORTERS: Ann-Reed Burns, Howard Kess ler. FEATURE WRITER: Henriette Horak. REPORTERS:Miriam Eichner, Virginia Scot tile. Marian John son, Reinhart Knudsen, Velma McIntyre. Ruth Weber, Rose Himelstein, Margaret Brown. Eleanor Aldrich, Leslie Stanley,, Newton Stearns. Fred Colvin, Guy Shellenbarger. SPORTS STAFF: Bill Eberhart, Asst. Sport* Ed.; Clair John-I son, George Jones, Dan Clark, Don Olds, Betty Shoemaker, Bill Aetzel, Charles Paddock. COPYREADERS: Elaine Cornish, Dorothy Dill, Marie Pell, Phyllis Adams, Margery Kissliog, Maluta Read, George Bikman, Virginia Endicott, Corinne LaBarrc, Mildred Black - WOMEN’S PAGE ASSISTANTS: Mary Graham, Bette Church, Ruth Heiberg, Pauline George. NIGHT EDITORS: Bob Parker, George Bikman, Tom Bin ford, Ralph Mason, A1 Newton. ASSISTANT NIGHT EDITORS: Henxyetta Mtunmey, Vir ginia Catherwood, Margilee Monte, lane Bishop, Doris Bailey, Alice Tillman, Eleanor Aldricn. Margaret Rollins, Marvel Read, Edith Clark, Mary Ellen Ebnrhart. RADIO STAFF: Barney Clark, Howard Kessler, Eleanor Aid rich, Rose Himelstein. SECRETARY: Mary Graham. UPPER BUSINESS STAFF Hon Rew, Asst. Adv. Mgr. William Temple, Asst. Adv. Mgr. Tom Holman, Asst. Adv. Mgr. Eldon. Haberman, National Adv. Mgr. iw VU/>| no.Hi J.1 «* wuuui Adr. Mgr. Labbr, Circulation Mar. Ed . __ Fred Fifihcr, Promotional Mgr. liuth Kippey, Checking Mgr. VViila BitK, Chocking MgT. Sez Sue, Jaais Worley Alene Walker, Office Mgr. ADVERTISING SALESMEN: Bob Helliwell, Tack Lew, Bob C resaw ell. Hajrue CaHister, Jerry Thomaa, Phil Gil strap, Jack McGirr, Gertrude Boyle, Blaine Ballah, Mary anne Skirving. OFFICE ASSISTANTS: Gretchen Gregg, Junet Hall, Dolores Belloni, Doris Osland, Mary Jane Moore, Cynthia Cornell, Mae Schellbacher, Pat Nelson, Thelma Cook, Betty Gallaher, Vivian Wherrie, Jean Pinney. BUSINESS OFFICE, McArthur Court. Phone 3300— Local 214. EDITORIAL OFFICES, Journalism Bldg. Phone 3300—News Room, Local 355; Editor arid Managing Editor, Local 354. A member of the Major College Publications, represented by A. J. Norris Hill Co., 155 E. 43nd St., New York City; 123 W. MadisonvSt., Chicago; 1004 End Ave., Seattle; 1206 Maple Ave., Los Angeles; Call Building, San Francisco. The Oregon Daily Emerald, official student publication of the University of Oregon, Eugene, published daily during the college year, except Sundays, Mondays, holidays, examination periods, all of December and all of March except the first three days. Entered in the postoffice at Eugene, Oregon, as second-class matter. Subscription rates, $2.50 a year. PHOOEY lHE spectacle presented at yesterday’s student ■*- body assembly fills us with just one sensation: that of profound disgust. Student officials came prepared to subdue any uprising on the floor. That they had reason for doing so was demonstrated when a flood of amend ments was presented to the chairman a few min utes before the meeting started. Some were good, some were bad, some were apparently poor at tempts at humor that could only have been intended to obstruct the orderly progress of the meeting. Only four of the independently sponsored amend ments were read in meeting, although the spirit of the constitution obviously intends that all must be read. A graduate student was prevented from speaking, although precedent has been fairly well established that graduate students be extended the courtesy of the floor. The restless crowd was dis missed at 11:50, without adjourning to a later hour, giving the very definite impression that it was hoped that this would prevent the independent amendments from being voted upon at the special election next Wednesday. The general unpopularity of the independent amendments was demonstrated by the fact that their sponsors were booed from the floor, but although two special sergeants-at arms had been appointed, no effort was made to halt the booing. That the student body officers acted in good faith is not to be doubted. Nor is it to be ques tioned that popular opinion condemned the spon sors of the new amendments. The latter had not accepted frequent general invitations to di3cus3 their proposals with the regu larly appointed revision committee. Instead they chose to dump about 30 assorted and conflicting amendments in the chairman's hands at the last minute. They violated a long-standing precedent which rules every person submitting an amendment shall read it from the floor. The result is that students will vote on about 40 miscellaneous amendments at the election next Wednesday. If the president of the A. S. U. O. acted wrongly in allowing the meeting to be closed with many amendments unread, no one can deny he had provocation. Both factions are content to abide by the judiciary committee’s opinion to morrow. The hard work of the constitutional revision committee may be completely nullified. The good suggestions in some of the independent proposals may be lost. If the student body picks out a reason able plan of government from the more than three dozen amendments to b: voted upon, it will be a miracle. Whatever the ruling of the judiciary com mittee upon the legality of yesterday’s proceedings, a sincere attempt to reform the A. S. U. O. con stitution has proved abortive. If this is an example of democratic student self government, we’re about ready for some other kind. LIGHT AT GENEVA Tlyl’EMBERSHIP in the League of Nations has been one of those classic American bugaboos during the past 15 years. Always vague in their reasons for not sitting in at the Geneva round table of nations, three successive administrations have been not the less determined to remain aloof. President Roosevelt, however, has voiced a more sympathetic point of view toward international agencies for establishing amicable relations among nations. “We are giving cooperation to the League in every matter which is not primarily political and every matter which obviously represents the views and the good of the peoples of the world, as dis tinguished from the views and the good of political leaders, of privileged classes, or of imperialistic aims.” Finding hope in this utterance of the presi dent in his Woodrow Wilson anniversary dinner ad dress, the Internationa] Relations club has joined many national peaoe-a.dvoc.a.ting organizations in directing a nation-wide petition requesting recon sideration of the League issue. A cursory study of the League’s accomplish ments to date is indeed disappointing. The prob lems of Japanese aggression in Manchuria and of German inequality of armaments have apparently disrupted the Geneva conference. In spite of its efforts, the world has been darkened with the cloud of extreme nationalism. Increasing armaments has become avowed national policy, and the infernal machine of war ticks more and more ominously. The League, closer study reveals, has accom plished much. For the first time such a factor as world opinion has taken form. The Lytton report on Manchuria, for example, brought forth no action on the part of the League, but it became a basis for opinion on the part of the world’s peoples con demning Japan. The League's value as an agency of investigation, and as a world headquarters for information cannot be estimated. Its work in such fields as dope smuggling, white slave traffic, labor conditions, and public health has been of perma nent benefit. Its field is limited only by the na tionalist fears of its members. The modern experience of nations indicates that their problems must be solved around the confer ence table. It is a tongue-worn but time-proved plnase that war cannot be won, that it means loss to all participants. The country that prefers con flict to talking things over must feel it has a weak case; in that respect nations are like persons. Every step toward improved international rela tions means one step away from the traditional methods of attacking differences, threats and war fare. These days are not happy ones for those who abhor warlike trends. Students are as much con cerned over the fate of any world force for peace as are their business-owning elders, perhaps more so for they must keep eyes forward. Much must indeed be 3aid for the slogan adopted by those working on'behalf of the League; "In a world as dark as this, why blow out the only light there is?” Articles of Amendment Note: The following- articles of amendment to the A. S. U. O. constitution and by-laws were submitted for reading yesterday at a student body assembly. The first eight were presented by the chairman of the student committee on con stitutional revision; the next four were presented to the president of the A. S. VI. O. shortly before the assembly, by other students, and were read at the assembly. A mo tion to adjourn prevented the reading of the remaining amendments, but the judiciary committee lias ruled that they must be published in the Em erald. Amendment Article 1 Nominations and Elections Section I. There shall be two regular meet ings of the Associated Students each year. The first meeting shall be held the third Thursday in April, at which nominations shall be made as herein provided. The second meeting shall be held on the call of the executive council on or before the fifteenth of May. At this meeting the newly elected student body officers shall assume their respective offices after ap propriate "installation. Section 2. Elections shall be held on the Seventh day following nominations. Section 3. Nominating conventions shall be held by the outgoing freshman, sophomore, and junior classes on the third Thursday in April. Section 4. Class elections shall be held on the same date and ’ in the same I manner jus elections of the Asso 1 ciated Students. Section 5. Such elections shall be conduct ed jointly by the vice-president of the Associated Students, president of the junior class, president of the sophomore class, and president of the freshman class. Amendment Article 11 ('lass Identity for Voting Purposes Section I. The class identity of members of the Associated Students for the purpose of voting in class elections shall be determined on the basis of the rules of classification of the University. Class voting lists com piled according to this classifica tion shall be posted in a public place or published in the Daily Em erald at least fifteen days prior to the regular or special class elec tion. Section 2. Any student wishing to change his class identity for the purpose of voting in class elections may submit his request by petition to the Student Relations committee, provided, however, that such pe tition be submitted at least 72 hours prior to the general or spe cial class election. Section 3, Su<h petitions shah be granted or rejected by the Student Rela tions committee on the basis of regulations set down by resolution j of the executive council. Amendment Article 111 Judiciary Committee Section 1. The judiciary, to which any j member or administrative body ol the Associated Students may refer | any question on which it desires an opinion as to the correct judi cial construction or interpretation of any part of this constitution and by-laws, shall consist of five members: dean of the law school as permanent chairman: and four members appointed by Lhe retiring president and president-elect of the Associated Students andi the pres ident of the University, not later than May fifteenth of each year. Two of these shall be members of the faculty or administrative staff of the University, and two shall be upperclassmen or graduate stu dents. Section 2. The appointive members of this committee shall serve for a term of one year and shall be appointed on or before May fifteenth of each year. Vacancies shall be filled on appointment by the president of the Associated Students and {(res ident of the University. Section 3. The judiciary shall have su preme and final authority on all questions of interpretation of this constitution, by-laws, and student legislation, and on all disputes arising from student body or class elections. Amendment Article IV Quorum Fifteen percent of the members of the Associated Students shall constitute a quorum at any regu lar or special meeting of the As sociated Students. Amendment Article \ K\ecutive Man Section I. Candidates for the office of ex ecutive man must have completed at least four terms at the Uuiver- ! sity of Oregon Ctction Prophetic Words - By STANLEY ROBE i Avarice sheds a blasting INFLUENCE OVER THE FAIREST AND SWEETEST OF MANKIND* - WASHINGTON — i The executive man shall hold of i fice for one year, or until such time as his successor is elected and qualified. Section 3. If a sophomore at the time of his election, he shall be eligible for election to offices of the Associat ed Students the succeeding year unless otherwise stipulated in this constitution. Amendment Article VI Amendments to Constitution and By-Laws Amendments to this constitution and by-laws may be proposed at any regular or special meeting of the Associated Students provided said amendment is submitted on petition signed by at least 100 members. Amendment to By-Laws i Article III, Section 7, Clause 1 j Student Relations Committee Membership. This committee j shall consist of seven members; ! The president of the Associated | Students, who shall act as chair ! man, two student members of the i executive council, two members of i the faculty or administrative staff j of the University, and the grad ! uate manager, who shall be a non voting member and shall act as secretary. This committee shall be appointed by the president and president-elect of the Associated Students not later than May 15th of each year. ARTICLE III, SECTION 3, CLAUSE I Athletic Committee Membership: This committee shall consist of eight, members; I four of whom shall be students, two of whom shall be members of the faculty, and one of whom shall be a representative of the alumni. At least three of these shall also be members of the Executive I Council. In addition the Graduate ! Manager shall be a non-voting j member and shall act as secre tary. This committee shall be ap pointed by the President and Pres | ident-elect of the Associated Stu dents not later than May 15th of each year. NON-COMMITTEE Amendments Submitted By Stephen B. Kuhn (Head in Assembly) Section 1 Article III of the A. S. U. O. constitution shall be amend ed to include the following clause, which shall be known as clause -1: CLAUSE t. The presidency of the Associated Students shall al ternate yearly between men and women. In even years, commenc ing 1931. only women students shall be eligible for that office. In odd years, commencing 1935, only men shall be eligible. In order that every student shall have an opportunity to be a candi date for the presidency while in school, Clause t, Section 2, Arti cle 3 shall be changed as follows: Clause 1. Candidates for the of fice of president must be students who at the beginning of the fol lowing fall term shall have the university rank of junior or senior, their scholastic record and pro gram being such as to automatic ally given them junior or senior status on the completion of their spring term courses. Candidates for the offices of vice-president, secretary, executive man and executive woman must have completed at least seven terms, and must be of junior standing at the time of the nomin ation. Amend Article 1\ of tire of A. S. U. O. constitution by in cluding Clause 9 to Section 2, viz: Article XV, Section 2, Clause S: No employee of the Associated Students, except the head football coach, shall receive fr*jm the Asso ciated Students an annual com pensation of more than $3,500. It is hereby proposed to amend the A.S.TJ.O. constitution and by laws as follows: Article II, Section 3, shall read: Section 3. QUORUM. Four hun dred members shall constitute a quorum. The recall section, which is sec tion 7 of Article III .shall be changed to read as follows: Sec tion 7, RECALL. A special stu dent body election for the recall of any officer of the association sljall be called by the president of the student body at the petition of ten, (10) per cent of the members of the associated students. At this election it will require a majority of the votes case to recall from office the officer in question. AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED By Stephen B. Kahn (Not Read) To change ARTICLE III, Sec tion 2, Clause 1, to the following: Article III Section 2. NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS Clause 1. Nominations shall be from the floor at a general A. S. U. O. meeting the third Thursday in April. Elections shall be held on the seventh day following nom inations. A suggested change in the As sociated Students Constitution as shown below: To change ARTICLE VII, Sec tion 3, Clause 1, to the following: Article VII. Class constitution. Section 3. ' Nominations. Clause 1. A nominating con vention shall be held, by the out going freshman, sophomore and junior classes, on the fourth Thursday after Associated Stu dents elections have been held, at which time a President, a Vice president, a vice-president, a sec retary, and a treasurer shall be nominated. Article V of the Associated Stu dents Constitution shall be al tered, and shall now be: ARTICLE V The Judiciary Section 1. The dean of the law school, one member of the faculty teaching staff appointed by the president of the University, and one upperclass student selected by the two foregoing members of the committee, shall constitute a judi ciary, to which any member or administrative body of the Asso ciated Students may refer any question on which it desires an opinion as to the correct judicial construction or interpretation of any part of this Constitution and By-Laws. Section 2. The decision of the I Judiciary committee shall be madeI a matter of public record; con-! elusive on the particular point in-: volved: binding upon the officers.: classes, organization: committees,! and members of the Associated! Students; enforceable by appro-' priate administration. To alter Article IV of the A. S. I O. Constitution so as-to appear! as shown below: Add the following clause to Article IV of the constitution: Section 1. MEETINGS. Clause I. ' All rt0ului and cial meetings of the Executive Council shall be open meetings, and any member of the Associated Students shall be permitted to at tend the same. To alter Article IV of the A. S. U. O. Constitution by changing Clause 11 so that it will appear as follows: Clause 11. The Executive Coun cil shall have control of all funds of the association, with power to pledge and/or hypothecate the same and the fees herein desig nated to create said funds as se curity for any advances or loans made to the Associated Students and use said funds and/or said fees in payment thereof, but all loans so secured and all fees so hypothecated must be approved at a general or special election of the members of the association, by a majority vote, before such loan is made or fees hypothecated. AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED By Richard Neuberger (Not Read) It is hereby proposed to add Section 8 to Article IV as follows: Section 8. INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM. Clause 1. The general proced ure of the referendum shall be similar to that specified in the state constitution of Oregon. Ref erendum petitions on all actions of the executive council may be filed within three weeks by ten (10) per cent of the students voting at the last general election. An elec tion must be held within one week after the petition has been filed with the secretary of the associ ated students. A majority of the ballots cast at the special election will decide the issue. During the time that the referendum is in process, the actions of the execu tive council in question must be held in abeyance. A referendum shall be considered started when seventy-five (75) students file for mal notice with the secretary of the associated students that they intend to invoke it against an! enactment of the executive coun cil. Clause 2. The initiative general procedure shall also be similar to that specified in the state consti tution of Oregon. Ten (10) per cent of the students voting at the lasc general election may propose I by petition any measure that is I within the power of the executive I council. Within two (2) weeks! after such a petition has been i filed with the secretary of the as sociated students, the measures shall be voted upon. A majority of the ballots cast shall be neces sary to pass the measure. It is hereby proposed to amend Article VI, Section 2. Clause 1, to read: Clause 1. Associated student membership dues shall be reduced from five dollars ($5) per term to three dollars ($3) per term. This money shall be paid into the general fund. Accordingly, this I shall change associated student I dues from $15 per year to $9 per | year, payable in three install ments, one at the start of each term. If any sum in excess of three dollars per student is col-1 lected by the University adminis- ( nation for associated student j membership each term, such ex-! cess shall be returned to the indi-1 vicinal students through the office of the graduate manager. It is hereby proposed to amend i Article VI. Section 3. Clause 3, to read: Clause o. Students, may loan i their associated student member-, ship cards to whomever they wish I for use at events and contests,' for which the admission price is i forty (40) cents or under. It is hereby proposed to amend j Article I, Section 2, to read: Section 2. MEMBERSHIP. A1 committee shall be appointed to exempt from payment of associ ated student dues all students who can show financial need or an in ability to avail themselves of the privileges of the organization. This committee also shall exempt students who are blind, crippled or otherwise unable to participate in the functions of the organiza tion. This committee shall con sist of three professors, appointed by the president of the University, and two upperclass students, one to be appointed by the president of the University, the other by the president of the Associated Students. All undergraduate stu dents not exempt by this commit tee shall be members and pay the membership dues. It is hereby proposed to add Section 6 to Article VI, to read: Section 6. AUDIT. The books of the associated students shall be audited annually by a regular auditor of the state of Oregon. Copies of this audit shall be pub lished in two (2) issues of the Oregon Daily Emerald. It is hereby proposed to add Article VIII to the By-Laws, as follows: Article VIII. (Director of Intercollegiate Athletics) Section 1. SELECTION. The director of intercollegiate athletics shall be selected by the faculty of the University, with the rati fication of the chancellor of edu cation, the president of the Uni versity and the state board of higher education. Section 2. POWERS AND DUTIES. Clause 1. The director of ath letics, with the graduate manager, shall schedule all contests and supervise all athletic expenditures, subject to approval of the execu tive council. Clause 2. He shall be permitted to attend all meetings of the ath letic committee and the executive council. Clause 3. The director of ath letics shall cooperate with the department of physical education in coordinating the intercollegiate and intramural athletic programs. Clause 4. The director of ath letics shall report four times a (Continued on Page Three) Emerald of the Air SOCIETY news is the order of ^ today’s broadcast. Mary Lou iee Edinger, society editor of the Emerald, brings you another of her thrilling episodes in the life of the local swank. News of parties, dinners, dances, et al., is at your command during this fifteen minutes over KORE at 4:30. (Signed) ‘Five Girls in the Same Boat’ ” Line forms on the right! * * * An official proclamation reaches us from four of the five judges of the Gamma Al pha Chi Model Contest. These worthy gentlemen, viz; “Gen tleman Jim” Emmett, “Smil ing Ed” Schweiker, Dick “Rubber Lips” Near, and Neal “Politest Man” Bush, declare that they are open to bribery and “undue influence” from any prospective candidates. CASH ONLY will be accepted, however. Tom Clapp, the only judge not concurring, declares that he can not be approached. Whispered rumors indicate, though, that he is already in the power of the controlling forces in Gamma Alpha Chi. Gals, it looks like a raw deal all the way around. Dick Neuberger, the Grand Old Man of the student body, has for mulated the only amendment to the constitution that we consider really worth while. In Amend ment No. 317X No, Neuberger de clares that: “Inasmuch as Oregbn State College has an institutional animal, viz, the Beaver, and the University of Oregon has none; and “Whereas, this fact tends to deteriorate the morale of the student body of the Univer sity of Oregon, I hereby move that we adopt as our Institu tional animal the brave and fearless OVIS POLI! Gentle men, I thank you!” Second the motion! OGDEN GNASHES Virgins take up useless space They do not propagate the race!” * * * “Motion out of order!’ Innocent Bystander By BARNEY CLARK TJP7E have just received a frantic W S.O.S. from the INFIRMARY. Here’s the note they shipped over: “Barney: We have just learned that girls can see us now here in the infirm ary. Dr. Miller has just passed the rule. Give us a break and tip off all our friends of the other gen der. Yours ’til we can officially declare a Roman holiday here in the Pest House, SCHQMP B. KNAPP B, PALMER G. CONWAY R. MASON P. S. 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