Oregon
Emerald
.VOLUME XLV11
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE. FRIDAY, MAY
17. 1946
Number 127
Nominations Open Political Race;
Roberts, Kay to Vie For Presidency
Gil Roberts, Independent,
and Tom Kay, Greek, were
formally nominated by Gene
Conklin and Marilyn Sage, re
spectively, for president of the
Associated Students of the
University of Oregon at yester
day’s assembly in McArthur court.
Marge Cowlin, nominated by
Marge Skordahl, and Ted Hallock,
nominated by Bob Calkins, are the
Greek and Independent candidates
fik the number two position.
Candidates for the offices of
senior representatives on the
executive council are Dave Fort
miller, Greek, nominated by George
Alexander, and Nick Weddle, In
dependent, nominated by John
Grossman.
Dorothy Fowler, Independent,
designated by Dorothy Godnecht,
and Pat Webber, Greek, named by
Barbara Hawley, are candidates for
junior representatives.
Art Fretwell and Trudi Chernis
nominated Don Pinkerton and
Laura Olson, respectively, for
sophomore representatives.
Th name of Tom Hazzard, only
candidate for yell king, was intro
duced by By Mayo.
Marge Skordahl, president of
Phi Theta Upsilon, punior women’s
honorary, announced the names of
the 20 outstanding sophomore
women who have been selected as
next year’s members.
Thy are: Barbara Borrevik, Ann
Burgess, Geneva Davis, Nila Des
inger, Bobbie Fulmer, Gloria Gren
fell, Bjorg Hansen, Mary Ann
Hansen, Barbara Hawley, Helen
Hicks, Beryl Howard.
Barbara Johns, Miki Metcalf,
Dido Misley, Delores Ray, Alice
May Roberts, Jeanne Simmonds,
Robbieburr Warrens, Pat Webber,
and Barbara Wells.
j ine campus millrace, celebrated in generations of Oregon
songs as the scene of canoeing, swimming, picnics, and fetes,
is now a dry rocky gulch. By next September, however, latest
reports indicate, the race will again resume its old status in
extra-curricular activities.
Eugene Highway Project
Will Not Disrupt Mill Race
By Herb Penny
The University section of the
mill race will not be affected by
the junction project to be decided
today at the polls by Eugene vot
ers. The project calls for Eugene
to take over the rights of the race
from the Eugene Woolen Mills to
use as a highway right-of-way.
Reassuring Webfoots who feared
the loss of their “shady place,”
C. H. Koppe, president of the Wool
en Mills, revealed Thursday that
the plan calls for the race to be
covered only from Broadway to the
railway. The rest of the race will
be kept alive, he said.
The proposal calls for a $500,000
Independent Nominees
Give Four Point Platform
By MARYANN THIELEN
—* GIL ROBERTS
Gil Roberts, Independent candi
date for the position of ASOU pres
ident, outlined the four main planks
in his platform Thursday as fol
lows: 1) Construction of a student
union building; 2) comprehensive
building and housing program; 3)
increased salaries for faculty mem
bers; 4) equal faculty-student rep
resentation on all committees and
boards.
He believes that not only inter
est but progressive effort should
be kept alive in the student union
plan so that the long-dreamed of
union building can materialize as
soon as possible.
“I will do everything I can to
call the governor’s attention to our
housing needs,” Roberts said, “and
to make him and other state offi
cials realize that efficient students
must have adequate living quar
ters.”
Referring to his third point of
increased salaries for faculty mem
bers, Roberts feels that more ac
"'■tion would be taken by the gov
ernor and state officials if the stu
dent view were presented to them.
Roberts believes that the fac
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TED HALLOCK
Claiming that the major issue
in the present election campaign
is the friction between the Greeks
and the Independents, Ted Hallock,
Independent candidate for second
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bond issue for the city’s share of
financing the mill race project.
Deane Seeger, Eugene city mana
ger, has outlined the financial pic
ture of the plan to the Eugene city
council.
The break in the revetment
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Vet Questionnaire
Must Be Returned
A vitally important question
naire is now being sent to all
veterans under Public Law 16
or Public Law 346 in attendance
at the University. It should be
completed, signed and returned
to the Veterans’ Administra
tion Guidance Center, Room
114, PE building.
This questionnaire contains
important statements regard
ing changes of course which
must have prior approval of
the veterans’ administration.
Any veteran who does not re
ceive or complete this ques
tionnaire by May 25 is request
ed to report in person to the
Guidance Center, Room 114,
PE building.
ASUO Heads Name
Ore-enter Directors v
Gloria Grenfell, Margaret Metcalf
Named to Head University Guidebook
Gloria Grenfell and Margaret Metcalf, both sophomores in
journalism, were named Thursday by the ASUO executive
council as co-editors of the Ore-nter, University student guide
book.
Both women worked as feature writers on the 1945-46 Ore
nter, both are members of Kwama, sophomore women’s honor
ary, and were tapped Thursday by Phi Theta Unsilon. iunior
wuinens Honorary. Miss Grenfell is
a member of Gamma Alpha Chi,
women's advertising honorary, and
both are members of Kappa Alpha
Theta.
Miss Metcalf is working on an
etiquette booklet to be published
by AWS, and Miss Grenfell has
served as Emerald advertising
manager and now works as adver
tising manager of Old Oregon
magazine.
Other applicants for the Ore
nter position were Beryle Howard,
Roy Williams, Dorothy Habel, and
Laura Olson.
Rules for the ASUO and class
elections Tuesday were adopted by
the council as follows:
1. No unnecessary talking
will be allowed in the polling
area. Violation will cause the
loss of the voting privilege to
the violators.
2. No electioneering will be
allowed within one-half block
of the polls. Extreme penalties
for violation of this rule will
be levied.
3. Reliable identification will
be required from each voter.
Drivers licenses, social security
cards, etc., will be accepted as
identification.
4. Special students may vote.
5. Academic standings from
the registrar’s office will de
termine the voter’s class.
The election board for the ASUO
elections will include: Jack Craig,
Bill Craig, Anita Young, By Mayo,
Phyl Evans, Janet Douglas, and
Dick Williams.
Election boards in the class
elections will be composed of the
present class officers.
The executive council decided to
appropriate $100 for the purchase
of Oreganas to be sent to high
schools in Oregon.
Dr. Secoy to Give
Speech on A-Bomb
Opening a series of talks on
"Man and the Atom," Dr. C. H.
Secoy will speak at the College
Fireside at the First Congrega
tional church at 7 p.m. Sunday.
He will give a basic presentation
of the scientific background of the
atom bomb, to be followed by an
open discussion. All students are
invited to attend.
Dr. Secoy, an assistant profes
sor of chemistry at the University
since 1940, went to Columbia uni
versity in February, 1943, where be
spent 15 months before returning
to the campus in the summer of
1944. He worked on the Manhattan
atomic bomb project in 1943-44,
and within the past month ha»
visited both the Oak Ridge and
Los Alamos projects.
The other talks in the series will
be given by Dr. Eldon L. Johnson,
head of the department of political
science, on May 26, and by the Rev.
Wesley G. Nicholson, pastor of the
first Congregational church cn
June 2.
Greek Bloc Announces
Co-op Board Candidates
Don Mayne announced yes
terday that the Greek bloc is
backing the following candi
dates for positions on the Co
op board. For junior members,
Gloria Grenfell, Kappa Alpha '
Theta, and Don Dole, Pi Kap- /
pa Alpha. Greek support for
the sophomore member of the
board goes to Pat Jordan, Tri- '
Delt.
Greek Party Candidates
Back Representative Rule
By LARRY LAU
MARGE COWLIN
The oft-repeated wish for "a
University for the students” ex
pressed by Marge Cowlin, one of
Oregon’s most outstanding junior
women, is an added reason why she
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U O Vote-at-18 Committee Selected;
Petition For Youth Vote Promoted
Rv OHvap Tiircnn _ui- 1_. , . . .
Campus effort to grant voting
privileges for the- age-group be
tween 18 and 21 was formally or
ganized here yesterday when Mon
roe Sweetland, state organizer for
the “Vote-at-18” committee con
ferred with local students interest
ed in petitioning toward getting
the new age amendment on. the
November election-ballot.
The state committee confronts
the imposing task of securing 23,
103 signatures before July 3.
Sweetland declared that the objec
tive can be achieved if the young
people themselves support the mea
sure with sufficient zeal.
of the Molalla Pioneer. He was one
of a group of younger men recent
ly under consideration as candidate
for governor of Oregon, and has
been active for several years in
state political circles.
“College students are particular
ly interested in this measure,” he
stated, “because its passage will
insure a much wider and more ac
tive interest in current affairs on
the part of those young people
now deprived of voting rights.”
Sweetland pointed out the situa
tion in Portland, where married
couples with children could not
vote in the school board election
mimu aciecis uireciors wun terms
of four years.
The University committee is
headed by Dale Harlan, Gamma
hall president. Harlan announced
that the male members of his
“Vote-at-18” committee are all
veterans over 21, however, he ex
plained that he can use anyone in
terested in doing a little footwork
for the project.
“It is not necessary that the
petition circulators be registered
voters over 21,” explained Harlan.
Assisting Harlan on the local
committee are: June Goetze, Ted
Hallock, Oliver Larson, and Laura
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TOM KAY
Ex-infantryman Tom Kay, twice
decorated for wounds received in
Germany, is calmly awaiting what
promises to be another tough bat
tle, his fight for the ASUO presi-,
dopey. Touted as one of the finest
candidates ever to enter an ASUO
race, Tom Kay was a unanimous
choice.
As a staff sergeant in command
of a machine-gun squad, Kay hit
the Normandy beach with GeneraS
Terry Allen’s famed 104th infantry
division in August, 1944, and par
ticipated in both the northern
France and Ardennes campaigns*
He was first wounded in Inden,
Germany, early in December, 1944,
and received his second major
wound less than a month later dur
ing the battle of the bulge. Kay
was discharged in December, 1945.
In seeking fair representation
for all University students, Torn
Kay is urging continued, strong
support for‘ the proposed student
congress, as well as special con
cessions to married veterans re
garding free admission for their
wives to all student activities, and
pressure for increased housing l'a
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