FRIDAY, .MARCH 1. 1946
Number 90
Snell Admits Project
At K. Falls Indefinite
Situation Explained to Veteran Delegation;
State Has No Official Government Offer
By BYRON MAYO
Plans for a junior college at Klamath Falls, if adopted, will
use no funds that could possibly be used for expansion at exist
ing institutions, and will draw no underclassmen from colleges
■where they are already enrolled, Governor Earl Snell promised
Thursday at an afternoon conference in Salem with six veterans
from the University and Oregon State college.
Yeomen Throw
'Spring Fling’
Saturday at 9
-—Skip Youman's Music
To Sound in McArthur
“Spring Fling,” all-campus dance
sponsored by the Yeomen, will roll
in Gerlinger gym Saturday night
between 9 and 12 p.m., to the music
of Skip Youman and his orchestra.
Russell Sabin’s cartoons, illus
trating the lyrics to the song “It
Might As Well Ee Spring” from the
motion picture, “State Fair,” will
decorate the gym and bring forth
the theme of “Spring Fever.” Sur
prise entertainment will be furnish
ed during intermission.
Tickets will be on sale at the Co
op and the Side Friday and Satur
day at SI.20 per couple.
Cliff Brooks, sophomore in lib
eral arts and secretary of the Yeo
men, is general chairman for the
—aftair. Other committee heads are:
publicity, Don Taylor and Bud
Clarke; posters, Art McNamara;
band and public addresses system,
Bud Clarke; decorations, Don Der
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Date for Final Edition
Released By Emerald
, Approaching closed week
ends and impending finals will
shut down Emerald publica
tion next week, with the final
issue, a 32-page paper, sched
uled for distribution on March
8.
Tommorrow’s paper will be
the last 8-page issue of winter
term. All news for the winter
edition, which will traditional
ly carry a front page picture
of the Emerald’s Cover Girl,
must be in to the Emerald
news office by Monday at 5
■_’clock. If students’ news will
not be prepared at that time,
see Marguerite Wittwer, man
aging editor, or Jeanne Sim
monds, news editor, before
the Monday deadline.
“I have one interest, and it is
the welfare of the veterans, and
that alone,” the governor declared
in answer to petitions signed by
375 Oregon veterans opposing the
plan.
No Official Offer
He further emphasized that the
whole plan is still in the formulative
stages; that as yet, the federal gov
ernment has not definitely offered
the Klamath Falls plant to the
state of Oregon; and admitted that
questionable phases of the project
still'must be worked out.
When questioned about his
reaction to opposition from
Oregon veterans, Governor
Snel! declared, “When the doors
are closed at other institutions,
I think they will welcome tile
chance to attend Klamath
Falls for two years and then
transfer to one of the other
state institutions.”
He then pointed out that by next
fall, there will be 13,700 veterans
seeking a higher education. Of that
number, over 5000 “will be walking
the streets, unable to enter any of
the existing schools.” The Klamath
Falls project will take approxi
mately 1500 men who wish to at
tend. The governor emphasized that
there will be “nothing mandatory
or compulsory about the proposi
tion.”
Concerning the finanical backing
of the junior college plan, Governor
Snell said that the 3200,000 neces,
sary to convert the base will prob
ably come from a $500,000 state
emergency fund. He explained that
this fund is not available for ad
ditional facilities at the state
schools now operating.
Answering proponents of an ex
pansion plan for t.^e University
and the state college, Snell assert
ed, “The present institutions are
going to be expanded as soon as
possible. We have five million dol
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Supplements Available
Approximately 300 supple
ments to the Figger’s Guide
are still available at the edu
cational activities office, Hor
ace Robinson, acting education
al activities manager, announc
ed yesterday. Those who have
not yet received their copy may
get it there.
Stress of Soldier’s 'Role’
Cause of War, Says Guthrie
By Bill Yates .
Disclaiming the popular theory
that wars are begun by hungry na
tions, Dr. Edwin R. Guthrie, noted
psychologist, declared last night
in Friendly hall that violent behav
ior demands that a man be well fed.
Dr. Guthrie was the final speaker
in the winter lecture series.
“A nation, he* said, “must have
a well-fed population with a young
er generation coming on in num
bers before it can wage a success
ful war. A large, healthy genera
tion with no place to go is the un
derbrush in which belligerence ex
ists.”
The underlying cause of war, he
summed up in one word, “role.” By
this he pointed out that he meant
the description which a man holds
of himself. When a man is convinc
ed that his role in life is that of a
soldier, he is then ready to be
thrown into war.
“By confronting their people with
new roles, Hitler and Mussolini
were able to build their nations into
powerful military machines,''’ he
said. Uniforms and military songs
were used to convince the popula
tion of their new position.
Citing a personal experience of
this type of psychology, he des
cribed an incident that happened
to him during World War I. Sent
into a logging camp to find out why
the loggers were not cutting more
wood, he found that the IWW had
convinced the men that their role
were those of working-stiffs and
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Constitution Election
Scheduled March 6
I _ l
muepenuenr rarry
Issues Statement
Opposing Congress
The stand which the Inde
pendent students will assume
as a party in regard to the new
ASUO constitution, was for
mulated Wednesday night at
an ISA senate meeting.
Members of the group, on
the whole opposing the document
under consideration, offered the
following objections to the pro
posed constitution:
1. Under the suggested plan,
there could be little, if any,
method of definitely placing
responsibility. The congress
would make each member re
sponsible only to his living or
ganization, while under the
present system, the relatively
few members of the executive
council technically represent
and consequently come under
the jurisdiction of their own
special classes.
If these people cannot always
be held for a particular issue, it
would stand to reason that the
probable 50 or more congress
members could not be.
2. Representation in the congress
would merely be on a Greek-Inde
pendent basis, with the various
classes, social groups, and service
organiaztions left out.
3. Too much power would
he vested in the only two popu
lar elected ASUO student body
officers.
4. Ambiguous phrasing of
the proposed constitution does
not clearly specify the rights
and powers which this con
gress would have.
The entire group’s feeling was
summed up by one statement by
a member: “We do not feel that
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Junior, Senior
Scholarships
Set by Council
Spring Term Elections
Scheduled for May 16
Expecting a $100 surplus of
funds at the end of the year, the
ASUO executive council decided
yesterday to give two $50 scholar
ships in addition to the two award
ed annually by the Associated
Students.
The council stipulated that the
scholarships should go to juniors
or seniors and that the awards
should be based on need. A com
mittee composed of Anita Young,
Gil Roberts, and Louise Montag
will meet with Karl W. Onthank,
dean of personnel administration,
to settle details about the scholar
ships.
Constitution Voting
Ed Allen, ASUO president, an
nounced at the meeting that the
proposed new constitution will be
voted on March 6, at the Co-op
and the YMCA. The polls will be
open from 0 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the
Co-op and from 8 a.m. to G p.m.
at the YMCA, he explained, and
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Petitions Due March 7
For Mom's Day Head
Petitions for Mother’s day
chairman, annual' event to be
held Junior Weekend, May 3,
4, and 5, have been opened and
will be due to Janet Douglas,
Hendricks hall, March 7. Both
men and women may petition
for the position.
Petitions Ask Changes;
New Government
Up to Student Vote
Petitions signed by 138 In
dependent and "Greek students
iequesting amendments to the
present ASUO constitution,
chiefly the organization of a
University Congress, were sub
mitted to Ed Allen, ASUO
president, at a meeting- of the
University Congress committee
Thursday.
The desired amendments are
those incorporated in the proposed
new ASUO constitution drafted by
the congress committee and pub
lished in the Emeralds for Tues
day and Wednesday of this week.
The entire student body will
vote on the proposed new stu
dent government set-up, in
cluding the congress and the
new constitution, Wednesday,
March 6. This action is in ac
cordance with the present con
stitution which rules in Sec
tion III, Article VII, that a
two-thirds majority of the i
ballots cast shall be necessary
tor the adoption of any amend
ments provided that one half
of the members of the ASUO
cast ballots.
This means that at least 1700
of the 3422 undergraduate students
on the campus must vote, and it
will require an affirmative vote
ol at least 5GG students to pass.
Voting will take place in the
7 MCA and the Co-op between i)
a.m. and 5 p.m. The results will
be reported in the March issue
of the Emerald.
The amendments proposed in
clude the organization of a Uni
versity Congress composed of
representatives from ail living o,
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UO Alumnae Drama 'Out Flew the Web’
To be Premiered by Theater Guild March 8
Veteran Bob Weston
To Hold Lead Role
By Shirley Anderson
“The field of entertainment . . .
that’s the life for me!” Expressing
a sincere desire to enter the pro
fession of amusement-activity, Bob
Weston took time out from lehear
sal Wednesday evening to shed a
bit more light on his current dra
matic interests.
Holding down one of the leads in
the forthcoming Theater Guild at
traction “Out Flew the Web,” Bob
finds his whole-hearted interest in
the theater undiminished by four
years’ absence from college stage
training. The 25-year-old air corps
veteran was majoring in drama at
the University before he entered
the service in 1941. During his one
term here he played in several cam
i pus productions.
CaliforrJUn
Bob graduated from high school
in El Monte, California, and attend
ed the UCLA and the University
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BOB WESTON
California veteran who is play
ing' one of the leading parts in
the new Theater Guild production.
Star EsteSle Shimshak
Approves Production
Preparing for her third appear
ance this year on the University
stage, Estelle Shimshak readily ad
mits her enthusiasm over the Thea
ter Guild’s latest undertaking.
"Working with a small cast adds
to the pleasure of taking part in
the initial production of a play,”
says the pert-and-pretty drama
major. The campus dramatic group
are preparing for the world pre
miere of “Out' Flew the Web,” a
full-length drama written by Elc
nore Gullion, a 1935 graduate of the
University. The play will be given *
in Johnson hall Friday, March 8,
with afternoon and evening per
formances the following day.
One-time Witch
With a crowded schedule of play
participation behind her, both be
fore and after her college entrance
in the fall of ’44, Estelle confess* s
an ever-burning love of the stage.
This fondness for drama saw its
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