Oregon
VOLUME XLV11
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE. THURSDAY. MAY 16 1946
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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.
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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.
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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.”