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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 16, 1946)
Oregon VOLUME XLV11 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE. THURSDAY. MAY 16 1946 \ 11 t 11!1 ASUO Politicos to Get Starting Gun at Meet Today Annual BA Meet To End Today Forums Well Attended Dr. Victor Morris Says The closing sessions of the fifth annual Student-Business conference will be held this afternoon at the business- ad ministration school and YMCA hut. The purpose of the meetings is to bring students into direct per sonal contact with successful businessmen in the hope that an interchange of ideas will be help ful to both. Several of the speakers at the conference have expressed • satis faction with the results. Thomas Winn, Eugene accountant, said that “students should attend every session of the conference that they possibly can. It is contacts like these between students and busi nessmen that enables students to form opinions and get ideas that they would never get out of text books.” Well-Attended Dr. Victor P. Morris, dean of the school of business administration, reported that “the initial sessions efXhe Student-Business conference have been very well attended. Much more interest has been shown than at any previdus conference. Stu dents have been very free with questions and have manifested a wider interest than heretofore.” Program Today The program for today will in clude four general topics. The first of these will be a talk on secre tarial work by Mrs. Margaret M. Sharp at 2 p.m. in Room 106 Com merce. Mrs. Sharp is from the general extension division in Port land. In Room 107 Commerce, at 2 p.m., John Byrne, of the Equitable life insurance company in Eugene, will speak to students on insurance. Phi Chi Theta There will be the usual fifteen minute intermission at 3:15 when Phi Chi Theta, business adminis tration fraternity for women, will serve refreshments in the YMCA Lounge. (Please Turn to Page Eight) Sigma Delta Chi Pledges Four Men Pointing them out as pledges tc Sigma Delta Chi, national men’s professional journalism honorary, traditional white aprons and large placards bearing the name of theii organization were donned by Jack Craig, Homer Rohse, Roy Metzler and Arnold Seeborg Monday. The men were pledged to the fraternity at a meeting of the organization Tuesday. Initiation for the new members Will be held Sunday morning at 1C o’clock in Alumni hall. Winter term pledges also being initiated are Scotty Mindolovich, By Mayo Tommy Wright, and Leonard Turn bull. Wendell Webb, managing editor the Salem Statesman, was elect ed professional member of the or ganization at the Tuesday meeting, Charles Politz, president an nounced. Ted Hallock, left, and Marge Cowlin will be nominated for the Number Two positions on the Independent and Greek tickets, respectively, at the annual ASUO nominating assembly in McArthur court today. Classes to Nominate Officers At Separate Assemblies Today Gil Roberts, on the Independent party ticket, and Tom Kay, repre sentative of the Greeks, will be nominated as candidates for the position of ASUO president in the nominating assembly to be held in McArthur court at 11 this morning. Kay is a junior in economics and a member of Phi Delta Theta. He served as a combat infantryman in Europe during the war and was co-chairman of this year’s Junior Weekend. His selection was by unanimous vote, according to Don Mayne, chairman of the Greek bloc. Candidates Listed Roberts, winner of the Koyle cup for the outstanding junior man, has been active as junior repre sentative on the executive council and a member of the athletic board. He is a member of Druids and Friars, and a junior in physi cal education. Second position on the Inde Eugene Bus Strike Affects UO Campus; 63% of Students Hit, Survey Reveals By Herb Penny Simultaneously with- the an nouncement Wednesday by union and company officials that the Eugene bus strike should be over by Friday the results of a cam pus poll show that 63.4 per cent of the Oregon faculty and students were affected by the strike. The results were announced by Warren C. Price, associate professor of journalism, who is conducting the poll as a part of his class in public opinion. There were 288 people polled on the campus, Mr. Price said, which ^ood Night, Caroline’ Set For Presentations Today “Good Night, Caroline,” a one-act comedy by Conrad Seiler, will be presented this afternoon at 4 and again this evening at 8 in the University theater, Johnson hall. The first play in several years which has been produced solely by University students, the cast includes Estelle Shim shak as Caroline, the pampered wife; Richard Schuchard as uic nuoMemva, uuxui iviav; Donald as the masked third-story man; and Carolyn Jenks as Seims, the maid. Cay Shea, senior in drama, is acting as director of the play. Active in all phases of work in the University theater, Miss Shea has appeared in “Great God Brown,” “Dark Victory,” “Trojan Women,” and portrayed the part of the murderess, Julie, in “Heaven Can Wait.” She has also held the positions of assistant stage mana ger of “Skin of Our Teeth,” stage manager of “Liliom,” and assistant director in "School for Husbands.” Miss Shea is a member of Delta Gamma, and of the Theater Guild Advisory board. After graduation she intends to teach speech and dramatic art to high school classes. “I find it a little different this time to be on the other side of the footlights,” she said, concern ing her position as director of “Good Night, Caroline.” “I may have collected a few gray hairs during the process of being initiat ed into the life of a director, but working with such a splendid cast ESTELLE SHIMSHAK Plays the title role in the all-student production “Good Night Caroline” which opens today. has really been fun and a memor able experience.” The play, which concerns a pam pered wife who receives the loot of a burglar, is free to all Univer sity students. is almost ten per cent of the cam pus population. Sixty-one of those polled, 21.2 per cent, were “con siderably bothered” by the strike, 99 of those polled, or 34.4 per cent, were “occasionally bothered,” and 128, or 44.4 per cent were not bothered at all. Among students polled the sophomores were bothered the least by the strike. There were 55.5 per cent of this class who were not affected. Among other classes the per centage of those not affected were: freshmen, 42.8 per cent; junior, 38.8 per cent; senior 39 per cent; and graduate, 38 per cent . But the campus group which was bothered most by the strike was the administrative help of the Uni versity. Only 26.3 per cent of this hard-working group were not af fected. Among the faculty 55.5 per cent were not affected. On the breakdown between men and women, the men had the edge on not being dependent on the buses. There were 55.5 per cent of the men “not bothered at all by the strike while 45.5 of the women were not bothered. Saturday Deadline Set For Graduation Orders The present deadline for seniors who want to place or ders for caps and gowns and announcements is 12 noon, Saturday, May 18, according to Mrs. (lerda Brown, executive assistant at the University Co-op store. Mrs. Brown urged students not to wait until the last min ute before placing their orders. American Legion Meeting Tonight There will be a meeting of the University of Oregon American Legion Post at 7 p.m. tonight at 207 Chapman hall. pendent Students’ ticket is being filled by Ted Halloek, junior in journalism. He served as an ad ministrative and combat AAF of ficer. His University record in cludes Emerald columnist for three years, program director of KOAC, campus radio station, and local band-leader. Greek candidate for first vice president of the ASUO is Marge Cowlin, president of the junior class. She is a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma and Phi Theta Upsi lon, and worked as business mana ger of the Oregana in 1944-45. Other Greek nominations will bo Dave Fortmiller, Beta Theta Pi, senior representative on the execu tive council; Pat Webber, Alpha Chi Omega, junior representative; and Don Pinkerton, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, sophomore representative. Tom Hazzard, Alpha Tau Omega, will receive the nomination for yell king. Independent nominations for executive council representatives will be Nick Weddle, senior repre sentative; Dorothy Fowler, junior representative; and Laura Olson, sophomore representative. (Please 7urn to Pape Eight) ANN BURGESS Kwama president Four Scholarships Offered by Kwama On the basis of need, scholarship and activities, Kwama, sophomore womens’ honorary, will present four scholarships; two to sopho more women, and two to freshmen women of this year. The scholar ships are to be awarded at the Mortar Board ball, May 25, where Kwamas will also tap their new pledges. Petition blanks for scholarships may be obtained at the dean of women’s office and must be turned in to that office by Tuesday, May 21. Kwama has raised the money for these awards through payment for serv’ice to the school in ushering and catering at campus events throughout the year. "The amount of these scholar ships,” declared Ann Burgess, Kwama president, “will be an nounced at a later date.”
