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CLASSES
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volume XLIV
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1943
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TODAY
NUMBER 63
Execs Hit Class Elections
HUNDREDS OF HANGERS...
■ ^ are what were sought and found by Hanger Drive Chairman Betty
Bovil and War Board head Len Barde in their recent all-campus cam
paign for coat hangers for Camp Adair soldiers.
Press Delegates Arrive
Through Drifting Snow
(SEE PROGRAM ON PAGE EIGHT]
Despite adverse weather conditions, the twenty-fifth annual
Oregon Press conference will open as scheduled today, Dean
Eric W. Allen, dean of the University of Oregon school of
journalism and host to the delegates, announced.
... Many of the delegates have arrived and more are expected
to come. Among those planning to attend the conference are
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novelist and short story writer;
C^ternor Earl Snell; Charles A.
fc^Pag'ue of the Salem Statesman;
Lt. Curtice Clark, United States
army; F. F. Janney, office of
price administration; and Ben Ti
tus, office of war information,
as well as representatives from
most Oregon newspapers.
Fine Cooperation
Mrs. Mary Conn Brown, presi
dent of the conference, has been
detained, but is expected to ar
rive soon. Henry Fowler, asso
ciate editor of the Bend Bulletin,
is expected to arrive in time to
address the group. W. P. Ste
vens, San Francisco representa
tive of the office of censorship,
found it impossible to get to Eu
gene, so he mailed in his speech.
Professor George Turnbull,
secretary of the press conference,
declared, “Most delegates and
■jl^^ticipants are showing' a fine
spirit cf cooperation. In spite of
the storm which broke over the
Northwest Wednesday, all are do
ing their best to get here."
War Topics
Last year's conference, held
January 9, 1942, was on the same
general topic as the 1943 session
(Please turn fo page eight)
PolltzSetsUp
Idea Trust’
Following in the wake of
Ahman elections was the for
lStion last night of the Idea
trust, master-mind hub of this
year’s Dads' day promotion di
rectorship. But while Greek and
Independent politicos pricked up
(Continued on page eight)
Weathermen
Open Ranks
To Math Men
Dr. R. W. Webb, the army’s
air force meteorology represen
tative, will be on the campus to
day to interview all men who
are interested in the meteorology
branch of the air corps.
Dr. Webb, who is a civilian on
leave from his duties as an in
structor in geology at UCLA,
emphasized the fact that the me
teorology branch is open to all
except those who are in the na
val reserves and those in ad
vanced ROTC. Civilians as well
as ERC men are eligible.
Three Groups
The class is divided into three
groups depending upon the train
ing which the man has received
to date.
The first group, basic preme
teorology, requires two' years of
high school ma^h including alge
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No Classes Today
Classes at the University
will not be held today be
cause of the adverse weather
conditions, according to Dr.
Donald M. Erb, University
president.
Unles’s further notice is
served, classes will take up
as usual on Monday.
Snow Blitzes University;
Damage Toll Still Rising
By JUNE TAYLOR
Innumerable broken windows, smashed car radiators, a
shattered street lamp, sprained ankles, washed faces, black, red,
and blue eyes, and a skinned back comprised the snow-blitz
casualty list Thursday night by 11:30 p.m.
Falling ice-weighted limbs caused a greater share of the
damage. The Sig Ep house sustained the most injury, when an
apple tree collapsed on the tront
of the house at approximately 8
p.m. It shattered second and
third. story windows, and at the
last report, was sliding toward
the plate glass window on the first
floor.
Another tree fell at the side of
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Saturday Hop
Set for Frosh
A post-game radio dance has
been scheduled for Saturday
night for all freshmen, according
to Ran Doeneka, president of the
freshman class.
The Frosh Mix will be held di
rectly after the Washington game
and will last until 12 midnight.
The dance is scheduled for Ger
linger hall. An admission charge
of 15 cents per person will be
made.
Committee heads for the
dance are: Buzz Beaudoin, re
freshments; Kurt Olsen, tickets;
Inez Potwin, publicity; Ted Loud,
master cf ceremonies; and Rol
land Gabel, music.
Preferential Ballot Okayed
By Five to FourCouncil Vote
The straight ballot was discarded in favor of preferential
voting for all future class elections at a meeting of the ASUO
executive council in Johnson hall Thursday afternoon.
Council action will not affect freshman elections of January
14, in which the straight ballot was used. Every future election,
Piggin ’Ration
Hits Wolves
Date rationing cany; to the
fraternity men last night when
the Interfraternity council passed
a ruling that all dates would be
rationed according to a plan in
augurated several weeks ago in
the Sig Ep house.
Harry Miller, co-originator of
the plan, was named chairman of
a committee of five, who are to
enforce the regulations which will
be drawn up for campus-wide
use in the near future.
Upperclassmen, Too
Dates will be rationed accord
ing tO' the grades of the student
the previous term and also witli
respect to his class standing.
Upperclassmen, formerly "Un
touchables” of the campus, will
find that they, too, will be regu
lated in much the same manner
as will the freshmen if the plan
is adopted as it is enforced in
the Sig Ep house.
The plan has attracted nation
wide attention to the University
campus, and is being studied for
use on other campuses.
Glaciers and Glaziers
The heaving and dodging of
snow balls
And other such acts in its class
Provide much collegiate enjoy
ment
And helps out the makers of
glass.
- J.W.S.
however, of any class will use
the preferential system.
Vote Listed
Council vote on the measure
was five for, four against. Those
in favor were Hal Brevig, Jack
Robinson, Wes Sullivan, Ray
Schrick, and Steve Worth. Those
opposed were Jim Bennison,
Walt Dickinson, Carol Holmes,
and Nancy Riesch.
The class preferential system
will be the same system which is
now used in ASUO elections.
Minority Represented
Students will vote preference
for class president by one, two,
three, four choice. The candidate
receiving the greatest number of
first preference votes will be
elected president. Those receiv
ing the next greatest of first
place or combined first and sec
ond place choices will be elected
vice-president. Secretary and
treasurer will be chosen in similar
fashion.
The preferential vote will mean
that both majority and minority
parties will have opportunity for
representation among class offi
cers.
Arguments
Members in favor of the prefer
ential system argued that it
gives both majority and minority
parties class representation, that
the same system has worked in
actual practice in ASUO elec
tions, and that it adds dignity to
class offices by adding competi
tion for positions.
Only argument against the
system was that it is complicat
ed tc understand and might not
work in class elections.
- Courtesy Eugene Register-Guard
SOMETHING NEW HAS BEEN ADDED . . .
. . . since this picture was taken yesterday . . . Several more inches of snow have fallen .
like this are typical around Eugene during this, the heaviest snow fall in six years.
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