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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 12, 1946)
Students Promote Faculty Welfare; OFCL Probes Housing, Activities uroups Deplore Veterans’ Rent, Coeds’ Culture By BEVERLY JAMES AND BETH BASLER Kent for veterans, married and single, was the problem of most concern at a meeting of the Oregon Federation of Collegiate Leaders in Gferlinger hall Friday. President Bob Stevens, Ore gon State, brought up the point that rent is exceedingly high, and that veterans found it difficult to live pleasantly and go to school when half of their allotment was taken up in rent. As a solution to this problem, it was suggested that editorials on the problem of rent be pub lished as an appeal through the newspapers to the public. Vets Carry Load . Another reason for veterans not being able to get along on their allotments with rent as high as it is, which was brought up in the meeting, was the fact that most of these men are not working, but carrying a load of 18 or 19 hours so that they may get through school as quickly as possible. As a conclusion to the meeting, Stevens appointed four men to draw up the conclusion of the agreement. Those chosen were: .George LeTourneux, Oregon State; Ed Allen, Oregon; Trevor Hausshe, Pacific university; ..and Jack Goetze, Portland university. Coeds Look Ahead Women delegates meeting in the YWCA discussed the outlook for women in college activities. Chairman Lois Calderwood, stu dent body president of St. Helens Hall Junior College, opened the discussion with the question, “Will men take over the political posi tions which they held before the war?’’ Ruth Faubian, Oregon State College, stated that men have al ready taken over the’ student offices which they traditionally held before the war and that most of the girls are willing to relin quish their power. “Heads of publi cations are jobs for men not af fected by closing hours and off campus rules,” she stated. Women to Stay A representative of ' Willamette University commented that all high offices in the student body there are open to both men and (Please turn to page'six) Petition Deadline Fixed by Council Petitions for the position of sophomore representative on the ASUO executive council must be turned in to Janet Douglas at Hendricks hall before 4 p.m., Thursday, January 17. The executive council will appoint a sophomore to take the place of Sue Schoenfeldt, who has been declared ineligible. This is the second replacement made by the council since the school year started, Phil Dana was named fall term to fill the position of sophomore representative, left vacant by the ineligibility of Dick Wilkins. Petitioners must obtain eligibil ity slips and application forms from the dean’s office. All sopho mores having a 2.00 GPA or above are eligible for the office. VOLUME XLVJI UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. EUUEXE. SATURDAY, JANUARY 5? Houses Name Dream Girl1 Aspirants; Skunk-Collector, Rose-Princess Included I : Colorful Cardigans Cop Casaba Cup Calling all green sweaters! Calling all yellow sweaters! All Oregon women are requested to wear either green or yellow to the Oregon-Oregon State basket ball game in McArthur court tonight. This suggestion, forwarded by Kwama, sophomore women’s honorary, is an attempt to make indoor hoop tilts as colorful and expressive of school spirit as fall term’s football battles were. “I can’t think of a better way to show our loyalty to the team,” Ann Burgess, Kwama president said Friday, “It ought to be breathtaking to see all the differ ent shades of yellow and green together.” All members of Kwama will appear at the game in their tradi tional white uniforms, and mem bers of Phi Theta Upsilon, junior women’s honorary, will usher in their navy sweaters and skirts. Vets Remember ’Hurry Up’ an’ Wait.. Students Find Registration Consists of Too Many Lines Confusion and uncertainty dogged the steps of the winter term registrant when he appeared at McAr+hur court January 2, or so the answers to the Emerald query, “What did you think of registration?” indicated. Several veterans voiced the opinion that the long lines showed lack of management and presented a bewildering aspect of college life to the incoming students. The registration poll, which was taken among students found in or around the journalism building, brought the following answers. Vet Confused Bernie Engel, senior in Jour-! nalism and veteran, returning to the campus for the first time since the war: I thought the veteran’s end of registration was all fouled up. We bounced around McArthur court like marbles in a pin-ball machine. I don’t know yet if I registered correctly. And at John son, there should have been some (Please turn lu page six) Last Times Today: ID Photos Taken Today is the last time identi fication photographs will be taken of all new students enter ing the University. Any student whose picture is not on file must report to the infirmary today for the necessary short session before the lens. No student is officially regis tered unless his photograph is on file for identification pur poses and Dean of Personnel Karl \V. Onthank urges all stu dents to comply immediately with this regulation. Dot Habel Elected Dads’ Day Head Dorothy Habel, sophomore in liberal arts, was appointed Dads’ Day chairman yesterday by the ASUO executive council after it was learned that the original appointee, Bob Matheson, could not accept the position because of illness. Miss Habel is a member of Kwama and has worked on the staffs of the Emerald, the Ore gana, the Ore-enter, and Old Oregon. She also has served on various dance and service commit tees and recently was chosen to help direct the publication of a supplementary list to the Piggers’ Guide. Two other applicants, Bob Mer rifield and Geneva Davis, were considered by the executive coun cil before the appointment was made. Because of the small number of petitions submitted, the council suggested that time should be given to allow more students to apply. However, the plan was dis carded because only three weeks (Please turn to pa<jc si.v) SWEATER BOOSTER . . . Ann Burgess, president of Kvvama, believes in yellow-and green. By CHRISTINE CHRISTIAN Annua! choosing of Oregon’s Dream Girl is here again, with a Dream Girl candidate ch«sen from each woman’s living or ganization on the campus to vie for the sought-after title. The coed who passes the final decree of the judges will be presented at Coed Capers, Febru ary 8. Contestants for the title are all freshmen, and the women are judged on appearance, poise and personality. Finalists will be chosen by a group of faculty judges, yet to be named. Blue eyed, blonde, Martha Cleveland, was chosen by her Gamma Phi Bela sisters as their dream girl. Martha is a liberal arts major from Beverly Hills and is an alternate on the rally squad. Highland house choice was Bobbie Traxler, a blue eyed blonde from Creswell. Bobbie is majoring in physical education. Fran Haffner, Alpha Chi Omega, is a skiing and swim ming enthusiast and was a rose festival princess. Fran is an art major from Portland and is re ported to have blonde liair and brown eyes. Alpha Delta Pi, Betty Swan, is (Please turn to paue three ) Higher Salaries, Complete Freedom Urged for Profs By MARGUERITE WITTWER In the smoke-hazed con ference room at the YWCA, delegates from institutions cf higher education throughout the state yesterday proved thc't students are as concerned about the quality of instruction and caliber of instructors as are the gray-haired boards which select the Acuities. Discussing, in conjunction with the current conference on prob lems of mutual interest to all state colleges and universities, the procurement and retention of adequate faculties, these represen tatives to the annual meeting of the Oregon Federation of Colle giate Leaders stressed the import ance of adequate salaries for pro fessors, fair pensions, and freedom of action and expression for educators. Ed Allen, ASUO president, pre sided at the meeting. Other repre sentatives from the University in cluded Warren Michael, OFCL, president; Jack Craig, ASUO vice president, and Joe Grimm, mem ber of the ASUO executive council. Committee Named Bob Stevens, student body presi dent of Oregon State College, Grimm, and Bill Dittrich, student body president of the Eastern Ore gon College of Education, were named as a special committee to draw up the ideas presented at the conference and introduce them to th other delegates at the final session this afternoon. The delegates held that without higher salaries to meet increased costs of living, it would be impos sible for Oregon institutions Vo (Please turn to payc si.v) Smith Says Flood Danger Ever-Present Along River Valley Faces Choice: Control or Devastation; Willamette Needs at Least Five More Dams Dr. Warren D. Smith, head of the geology and geography de partment, attended a survey of damage done by the recent flood and measures to prevent a similar disaster at a flood control meeting in Salem Wednesday. Methods of showing the people what can be accomplished through an adequate flood control program were discussed. Dr. Smith com mented that some people, shying away from the cost, "either don’t know or don’t want to know, so they have to be told.” Floods Annual Menace In the past 55 years there have been 53 floods in this valley, he said, resulting in millions of dol lars of damage, but still much remains to be done in the way cf control. “We can have worse floods in the future,” Dr. Smith asserts. "Old Man River just keeps rolling along, and no one can stop him, but we may be able to control him.” Approve Survey In 1934, Dr. Smith wrote the first chapter of a memorial to Congress proposing that some thing be done to control these floods. Since then Congress has made appropriations for the U.S. Army Engineers to make a survey of what would be necessary. Two dams, one at Fern Ridge and one at Cottage Grove, have been constructed, and neither area was materially damaged by the recent flood. According to Dr. Smith, some of the worst damage was on the McKenzie, where oppo sition to control measures has been strongest. Dams Proposed It is proposed that five more dams, all larger than the Fern Ridge and Cottage Grove dams, be constructed. Other Lane county representa tives at the meeting were Elmo B. Chase, vice-chairman of the com mission, Fred Knox, Frank Kin-s ney, Truman Chase, Allen Wheeler, county commissioner, Don Lane, secretary of the Springfield cham ber of commerce, and Fred M. Brenne, manager of the Eugene chamber of commerce. A forum with the representa tives of the nine valley counties will be held January 21 at the Eugene hotel, with Ivan E. Oalo as chairman.