Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 10, 1941)
Official ASUO Election Decision Revealed Illegality of Thursday Elections rested primarily in the use of ed ucational activities cards, as means of identification, a deci sion of the ASUO judiciary com mittee, released Friday afternoon, declared. Article II, Section 1 of the ASUO constitution provides that “All registered undergraduate students of the University of Oregon shall be members, if they pay such fees as are determined by the by-laws.” Furthermore, the decision de clared, Article II, Section II pro vides that "Regular undergradu ate students registered in the University of Oregon may exer cise the right of franchise in all ASUO elections.” Students who carry less than six hours of college work do not receive educational activities cards. Because of this the judi ciary committee ruled that elec tion officials had "in fact disen franchised every part-time stu dent on the campus of his consti tutional right to cast a ballot in the election.” The decision explained that the registrar’s office had supplied the judiciary committee with "in formation which leads to the con clusion that there are more than one hundred of these students on the campus.” Graduate Students The committee found the elec tion further unconstitutional on that fact that graduate students, who do receive activities cards, are not constitutionally able to vote. Election officials, the decision ruled, "Did in fact enfranchise those graduate students who ap peared at the polls and sought to cast a ballot, using their student activities card as the identifica tion basis for their right to cast a ballot.” "The judiciary committee has ample proof that a large number of graduate students did in fact vote at the elections. They clear ly had no right to vote, and to have such votes cast by them rendered the election illegal.” The conclusion of the decision cautioned, "The members of the I WELCOME MOTHERS with i SELECTED FLOWERS from RAUP’S FLOWER SHOP Public Market Ph. 1331 TheFalcon Welcomes You Mothers! Opposite Men’s Dorm ASUO should take note of the fact that it is not the task of the judiciary committee to work out the mechanics for holding le gal elections under the ASUO constitution. The judicial powers and obligations of the judiciary committee empower it only, and properly so, to pass judgment on the legality of procedures devised by those officers of the ASUO, who under the constitution have placed on their shoulders the re sponsibility for supervising elec tions. “However, it is the opinion of the. judiciary committee that the task of preparing a set of elec tion rules, which would guaran tee legal elections, is not a par ticularly difficult one, although it will doubtless require the ex penditure of some time and per haps some money." "It is the judgment of the ju diciary committee that the blame for the invalid procedure which was adopted for the election of May 8, cannot and should not be placed upon the shoulders of any one man." “For that matter the entire student body is somewhat to blame because of its failure through its amending powers to set up a constitution and by-laws so clear in their instructions to the officers, that such unfortu nate mistakes as prevailed in this election could not be made." Less Damage Less damage was done the University, the decision said, by the committee’s ruling the elec tion invalid when they did, than had “The matter been allowed to drag out into a series of election protests and contests following an official closing of the polls and counting of the ballots." In closing the decision, the committee advised that the prop er steps for officials to take is to “Set a date for a new election, and in the meantime, devise a set of rules which will guarantee proper identification of all those who are entitled to vote, and which will prevent the voting of those not entitled to cast a bal lot under the existing ASUO constitution and by-laws.” for Mother at Home! To tell her how much you miss her not coming for Junior Weekend — and to let her know you’ re thinking of her on Mother’s Day — send her a card or gift from the Co-op! Gift Suggestions at the'CO-QP’ Grease-Smeared Rope Will Supplant Flopping Ducklings ao iuuuvc puvvci iwi tauwu J.CU floats tonight. All floats will glide down san: the swimmers this year, and i won’t be “Arabian Nights” ab: daba either. A greased rope abou a foot under water, anchoret back of the water curtain ant hitched to a windlass on the an chorage, will keep them 01 course en route. The rope wil thread three three-inch rings oi the side of the barge, and thi latter will simply follow the tau rope down . . . we hope. Mastermind — or killjoy — be hind it all is Jim Carney, chair man of this year’s canoe fete. Carney had the idea skirtinf around in his head for quite i while, an idea that was proddet into practicality by the amusing but somewhat distasteful sigh of muddy mermen gleefully slap ping the water and steadying th< barge as the millrace’s curren wafted it down. Came this year, he dragged ou his pencil, paper, triangles, an< T-square and went to work draw ing plans. The preliminary draw ings hatched results!, and las Saturday Carney sneaked off ti try his “invention.” Stop-watch in one hand, he re leased the first barge, and i sailed along the greased rop from the water curtain to th anchorage in exactly 3 minute and 52 seconds. Of course, if i few more clouds rip open and en gulf the Willamette with rain the millrace may get a bit ram bunctious and send the barge plowing down the ways in 2 min utes flat. However, they cai hitch a rope to the back of thi float and have Junior Weeken< Chairman Genii Brown, one foo anchored around a pier post be n—;i" .== hind the curtain, hold the thing t back. This contraption will be used exclusively by the big canoe fete Saturday evening, which wran | gles a pathetic groad from Bob j Whitely, chairman of the mock canoe fete this afternoon. His co i horts will still have to swim their l floats down. According to White ly, the mock canoe group is con , templating bringing charges against Carney and his “boys” for violating and interfering with the progress of interstate com merce ... or something. ; Informality ■ Will Keynote the Sunlight Serenade this aft ! ernoon, Eleanor Sederstrom and t Jack Boone, co-chairmen, re vealed yesterday. “ The program is scheduled for 4 pjn. outside the music audito rium if the weather is nice, and " inside if it rains. Six big events will be featured. > Queen Annabelle Dow and her . Junior Weekend court will be . there to give the Junior Weekend 5 touch to the program. > Music will be featured by cho 3 ruses from Delta Tau Delta and i Gamma Phi Beta, winners of the all-campus sing. Also featured , will be the University band, the a capella choir, and Les Ready 3 baritone. l Joe Gordon, ex-Gregon ball 5 player, continues to hold down his 1 new first base job for the New t York Yankees, a post he filled when Babe Dahlgren was sold. 5-■■■■'■■ -1 fincemrfls' Oregon Mothers! To the campus come hundreds of Mothers for JUNIOR WEEKEND, Oregon’s great est spring term event. To all of you, both now and on Moth er’s Day, the University Co-op extends its greetings! Remember . . . to drop in for a few moments, whether you’re a freshman Mother on your first visit to the campus or returning to again meet old friends. University ^CO^OP9 Chapman Hall, on the Campus This advertisement prepared by Betty Mae Lind tied for first place In a prize contest for members of the Retail Advertising Class. UO Riders Competing in the first annual University of Oregon horse show Saturday af ternoon at the fairgrounds are: Misses Eula Baird, Roberta Buckingham, Eleanor Engdahl, Virgie Powell, Dorothy Havens, Mary-Belle Martin, Dorothy Routt, Charlotte Knox, Ena Liv ingston, Bernice Shafer, Betty Sevier, Kathryn Smith, Nancy Dutton, Julia Gladsby, Barbara Johnson, Jeannine Withers, Shir ley Ralph, Peggy Magill, Shirley Steel, Marilee Fry, Pat Lynch, Artabell Grover, Winifred Brown, Norma Poland, Margot Bullier, Sue Wagner, Betty Kleger, Eliz abeth Huff, Jerrine Cartozian, Jeanne Mills, Joan Hoke. Maxine Miller, Lorabellq Wraith, Ada Renn, Margaret Zimmerman, Mary Lawson, Lor ene Bailey, Louise Bakerf W r e a t h a Johnson, Virginia Durckel, Rebecca Williams, Mar ilee Margason, Virginia Dollar, Avis Klemme, Mary Schlarbaumn, Kathleen Scott, Billie Christen sen, and Laura Jannelle. Bob Rogers, Fred Waller, Shel ton Ingle, Stan Staiger, Norman Mannheimer, Bill Scharpf, Rich ard Thierolf, Chuck Tripp, Lloyd Sullivan, Joe Rieg, Bob Johnson, Ed Burtenshaw, John Skibinski, Marvin Helon, Bill Lord, Oberlin Evenson, Mat Kelley, William Senders, John Matschek, and William Ganong. Two Big Features! ‘Scattergood Baines’ with Guy Kibbee — plus — “Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie” with Johnnie Mack Brown and Fuzzy Knight :vi>onaii> The Great Burlesque! “THE GREAT DICTATOR” with Charlie Chaplin Paulette Goddard and Jack Oakie MOVED OVER! “Penny Serenade” with IRENE DUNNE and CARY GRANT “Second Chorus” with Paulette Goddard and Fred Astaire — plus — “Border Vigilantes” with Bill Boyd