VOLUME XLVII
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. EUGENE.
Emerald
Number 69
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY .10. 1946
Independents Win Freshmen Election
DAD’S DAY COMMITTEE
Back mw, left to right—Helen Hicks, Bill Knapp, Boh Miller, George Alexander, Tom Kay,
and Barbara Johns; front row—Ann Burgess, Trudi Chernis, Dorothy Habe.', chairman, Barbara Borre
vick, and Dedo Misely.
Students to Give Views
On Constitution Changes
Assembly Meets Thursday in McArthur Court;
Discussion Due On ASUO Reform Proposals
University students and facility members will be given an
opportunity to openly discuss the proposed new ASUO consti
tution and the reform of student government as presented in
Tuesday’s Emerald at an all-campus ASUO assembly in Mc
Arthur court Thursday at 11 a. m.
Ed Allen, ASUO president and member of the committee
which revised the nresent constitution, will act as chain-nan
Yell Ideas Urged
As Contest Closes
At the end of the second day of
tft^-aally squad yell contest, nine
new yells were submitted; but since
theiT only a few have been sub
mitted each day. The rally squad,
as well as the students on the
campus, agree that Oregon’s root
ing section is in need of new yells.
The contest is the means by which
this -much-needed' change can take
place.
Today is the last day that yells
may be submitted. The following
suggestions for contestants were
given by the squad;
(1) The words Oregon, Ducks,
Webfoots, Team, etc., may be
worked individually or collectively
to make up a yell.
(2) The yells may be of the
chanting variety or to the tune of
a well known song (preferably
short).
(3) ~The yell may be of the echo
type which can be used in the
seating arrangement such as is
used at the basketball games.
“Today is the last day to submit
your ideas and win one of the three
prtees,” Mickey Davies, yell king,
said. The prize winning yells will
be introduced at the half time of
Friday night’s game. The prizes
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introducing the speakers and lead
ing the discussion in which the
audience is invited to participate.
All members of the Con
gress committee must attend
an important meeting at noon
at the Side today.
Jack Craig, ASUO vice-president
and chairman of the University
Congress committee, will explain
the sj'stem of representation pro
posed in the new plan of a Uni
versity Congress as compared to
the present system of class repre
sentation on the executive council.
The organization of the Con
gress will be outlined by Mar
guerite Wittwer, Emerald manag
ing editor and committee member.
Miss Young Talks
Anita Young, senior representa
tive on the executive council, will
discuss the duties of the officers
of the ASUO, and Robert Camp
bell, committee member, will ex
plain the duties of the Congress
as prescribed in the by-laws of
the proposed constitution.
Following the explanatory
speeches, all phases of the consti
tution discussed will be open for
discussion.
The student body will accept or
reject the new government at
special elections to be announced
later.
Dinner Speeches
Members of the University Con
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Dads’ Tour Set
For Saturday
Kwamas Slated to Show
; UO Points of Interest
Oregon Dads visiting the Uni
versity next weekend will become
acquainted with familiar campus
landmarks and buildings by taking
I a campus tour under the leader
j ship of Kwama members Satur
; day afternoon.
Beginning in front of Johnson
hall at 4 o’clock, students and their
fathers will cover all the points
of interest in a 45 minute trip
covering old and new campus.
From Johnson hall, the group
will go to Gerlinger where they will
visit the lounge. From Gerlinger
the tour will go to the library
| where dads will see the browsing
room and the various exhibits. The
art museum will be next on the
list, from where the group will go
to Condon hall to the museum of
natural history. On the old campus,
the tour will pass the Pioneer
father and visit the art school.
They will also see the Oregon seal
and Dads’ gates.
“The tour will give fathers an
opportunity to see some of the Uni
versity’s interesting spots which
I they would not be apt to visit on
a quick trip to the campus,” said
Helen Hicks, co-chairman of the
tour.
Students in need of housing for
their fathers have been asked to
contact Edith Goldstein, emergency
housing chairman.
Spanish Picture Slated
In Chapman Tonight
“The Wave’’ (Redes), a pic
ture of particular interest to
students of Spanish, will be
shown tonight in 207 Chapman
hail from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.
This is a Mexican filmed and
produced picture with Spanish
dialogue and English titles.
Goodspeed, President;
McClintock, Vice-Prexy
Coleen^ Mariott Elected Freshman Secretary;
Greeks' Joan Williams Is Treasurer
The Independents emerged triumphant in yesterday’s
election of freshman class officers with Fred Goodspeed tooping
the total with 336 votes and Jim McClintock, Greek candidate,
coming in second with 269 votes. Next in order were Colleen
Mariott with 173 votes and Joan Williams with 119.
Under the preferential voting system employed the four
are elected to the offices of president, vice president, secretarv.
ana treasurer, respectively. The
two taking the most votes moving
into the top positions and the
others filling the secondary offices.
In the way of election figures
a total of approximately 1295
freshmen men and women, only
627 cast ballots. Roughly 347 of
those who voted were Greeks and
the remainder of 280 students were
Independents.
The election procedures were
directed by Waldo Schumacher,
professor of political science, and
faculty representative of the elec
tion, Janet Douglas, president of
Mortar Board, senior women’s
honorary, Martha Tborsland, treas
urer of Phi Theta, junior women’s
honorary, Ann Burgess, president
of the sophomore women’s honor
ary, Kwama, and Bill Craig,
brother of Jack Craig.
GENE EDWARDS
Organizations
Report Gains
In Dimes Drive
Women Vie With Men
In Campaign For Funds
With the March of Dimes cam
paign ending Thursday, Eileen Rie
nier, head of the University drive,
announces that reports are just be
ginning to come in from houses
and groups on the campus as well
as business organizations which
are cooperating in the drive.
New means of collecting the
money are new being put into
use, such as the fine for a. tardy
appearance at mealtime enforced
at the Alpha Delta Pi house.
Contest Set
Each women’s living organiza
tion was officially notified of the
contest with the men by a mock
telegram written by D a g m a t
Shanks. Ann Budiselick and Vivian
Gauld arranged the window din
play at the Co-op advertising the
campus campaign. Five girls from
Highland house, headed by Lee
Lauderdale, have volunteered j.o
l contact members of the faculty.
To reach the campus goal of
$1800, Eileen Riemer urges, “Re
member, a dime a day, every day.”
Give Receipts
The March of Dimes representa
tives in each of the campus organ
izations arc asked by Miss Riemer
to bring tile ’ contributions to the
cabinet room of the YMCA on Fri
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Veteran to Take Dancing Role
In Current Guild Production
By SHIRLEY ANDERSON
From the famous bloodless battle of Kiska to a musical
review in Norway went the army way of Gene Edwards, a
former student at the University who recently returned tp
civilian life.
nai warns is Taking part in
the current University Theater
Guild production “School for
Husbands,” in which he will
portray Harlequin, a nimble
footed comic. He will he
featured in two dances, one
solo and the other with Fat
Kins, freshman member of the
Theater Guild. The play is
scheduled for February 14, 15
and 16.
The ex-technical sergeant left
the campus in 1941 to enter the"
army as a paratrooper with the
1st Special Service force. This
small “dash-and-run” outfit hit
Kiska as their first assignment
land were the first troops to enter
Rome, after participating in the
Anzio beachhead landing. Spear
heading the invasion into southern
France was their next undertak
ing, succeeded by guard duty over
the channels and following the 3rd
army into Germany.
“Ours was the job of moving
ine Hidden goJd lrom the salt
mines,” said Edwards, “and never
have I seen a more concentrated
mass of artillery!” The removal
of gold plus the rounding up of
several Nazi big-wigs were some
of the duties assigned to the com
bat unit after it ceased its air
borne infantry workings.
Edwards’ prize piece of army
experience came after VE day,
when he began the organiza
tion and direction of a 16
piece orchestra. This regi- •
mental band accompanied the
unit from France to Norway,
where the group handled the -
evacuation of Germans. At
first his personal interest and
a side issue, the orchestra soon,
developed into a full-time, oc
cupation for the musician. The '
band played for all the regi
mental dances, including the 4
annual hall for the ambassa
dor and commanding general.
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