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Hardly a man is now on the Oregon cam
pus who remembers exactly how preferential
yoting works.
The voting itself is simple. The voter indi
cates the order of his preference by rating the
names of the candidates in 1-2-3 order. Al
though he may mark as many choices as he
wishes, the student voter usually is advised to
vote for only two since each party has
nominated two candidates.
When tabulation of the ballots begins,
complications set in.
The first step is to establish the quota, the
least number of votes through which a candi
date can be elected. This is arrived at by
dividing the total number of votes cast by a
number one greater than the offices to be filled
and adding one to the resulting quotient. With
four offices to fill, if there were 1500 votes
cast, the quota would be 301.
Next, the counters sort the ballots in piles,
according to the first choices marked. If a
candidate reaches or exceeds the quota, he is
declared elected. The successful candidate with
the greatest number of first choices will be
pronounced president; the one with the second
highest number of first choices will be first
vice-president, etc.
Should a candidate receive more than the
quota, a number of ballots equal to the surplus
will be drawn from his pile. The second
choices indicated on these ballots will be
added to the second candidate’s pile (usually
the candidates nominated for No. 2 position
receive some first choices). If the addition of
these second choices to a candidate’s pile raises
his total to the quota, he will be declared
elected to the next position open.
After all the first-choice ballots have been
distributed, the candidate with the least num
ber of votes will be declared defeated. Each
vote cast for him will be transferred to the
candidate marked as second choice on each of
his ballots. This transfer of votes may raise
one of the second choices indicated to the
quota, and he will be elected to the next posi
tion open.
When four candidates have reached the
quota or when all but four have been defeated,
the election is ended.
The preferential system of voting, or pro
portional representation, was set up in 1937
by the ASUO executive council. At that time,
the Emerald editor commented, “Proportional
representation . . . means the end of machine
politics on this campus, just as it has in city
government. No longer will any party machine
through controlling a bare majority of the
votes be able to grab all student offices for its
party.”
In subsequent years, his comment has
proved partially true. No party has been able
to “grab all student offices for its party.” But
machine politics continue, with the parties
using the old and often questionable practices
to land the ASUO presidency and the top posi
tions in the classes.
However, the weaknesses in student politics
cannot be blamed on the voting system or cor
rected by a change in that system. Preferential
voting cannot prevent students from printing
libelous pamphlets (as they did in 1944). Nor
can it stop students from printing and dis
tributing handbills not authorized by the or
ganization whose name appears on them (as
they have done in 1946).
LOUISE MONTAG
Editor
ANNAMAE WINSHIP
Business Manager
MARGUERITE WITTWER
Managing Editor
GEORGE PEGG
Advertising Manager
JEANNE SIMMONDS
News Editor
MARILYN SAGE. WINIFRED ROMTVEDT
Associate Editors
Art Litchman, Tommy Wright
Co-Sports Editors
BYRON MAYO
Assistant Managing Editor
MARYANN THIELEN
Assistant News Editor
BERNARD ENGEL
Chief Copy Editor
ANITA YOUNG
Women’s Page Editor
GLENN SNYDER
World News Editor
BETTY BENNETT CRAMER
Music Editor
Editorial Board
Mary Margaret EUlsworth, Jack Craig, Ed Allen, Beverly Ayer
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By Ted Hallock
The Oregonian’s Grondahl got a
charge out of Spike Jones last
Wednesday. Seemed to prefer his
antics to Hubenstein. Pop McElroy
liked him too. Made money in the
auditorium. Dropped 1600 round
ones the next night, trying to dance
people to the wash-board-revolver
shot artist.
Portland's Hudepohl stays on a
St. Francis kick. Henry King and
his Nob Hill Snobs open J.B. to
night. Next week Emil Coleman,
most likely. Earl Horn’s 18-piece
symphony has been heard by cam
pusites. The band is set for first
post-war Miami Triad (Phi Delt
Beta Sigma affair) May 31, at the
park Using a book almost com
pletely by Bill Hood, ork features
Hood's lead alto, Russ Hackett
horn, Harry Johnson piano, among
others. And still rehearses four
hours a day.
Very good possibility that Tom
my Todd Trio will follow King
Cole into the Troc’s K.C. room
soon. If so, 10:30-11 p.m. air time
will give N.W. listeners first
chance to hear pianist we’ve been
calking about so long.
Trombones Wild
Kenton, and Capitol, somehow
get more and more echo into their
recording acoustics. Evidence: lat
est release, “Painted Rhythm.”
Also interesting how Stan copies
Woody with wild trombone, so wild
in fact that it seems quite out of
tune.
Following our predictions, and
those of other columnists who had
heard and remembered, Charles
Trenet, the rich man’s Jean Sablon
Chevalier, is smashing records like
crazy at NY’s La Martinique. Find,
if you can, any of his early blue
label Columbias, made in Paris
during 1937 - 38; especially
"Boomps.”
Friend Milt Raskin, who had
seemingly dropped out of the lime
light, and T. Dorsey’s band, three
years ago, is now a very busy guy.
He is back in L.A. on call at ma
jor studios (cinema and wireless),
making trancs, and playing odd
jobs. Good, because he’s a wonder
ful 88er. He plays on “Not So
Quiet Please,” the otherwise stink
ing Rich drum affair.
Toddler’s Job
The wee fem chirp on P. Harris’
ARA “Onezey-Two” is his daugh
ter. Few know it. All you have to
do is listen. Guess Harris will do
anything for money now. ’'Poor
kid . . . wonder if she gets a chance
to go to school between recording
dates.
Good angle for any enterprising
disc collector; call the War Assets
Corporation (it may have changed
its name again by press time) and
ask about V-discs. If you get any
fairly concrete answer, you might
stumble on a lode of solid gold.
Many the exclusive govt, date did
the larger bands cut during the
war. Sample: Goodman’s full band
with “Body and Soul.” There should
be roughly two billion for sale
somewhere.
Oddities: Peggy Lee’s real moni
ker, Norma Eggstrom. . . A band
leader named “Bus” Widmer plays
drums and trumpet in Iowa. . .
Ray McKinley’s new band uses
only five brass; an experiment, no
doubt.
Leonard Returns
Jack Leonard is returning to mu
sic. Now with NY studios in some
capacity. Jess Stacy’s plans for
another newie still jelling. Harry
James offered $75,000 a week for
Latin America trip. Ex-Herman,
now Bobby Sherwood, side-man
seems to have stolen some “Cale
donia” riffs from former employer.
Which accounts for plagiaristic
note in Bobby’s Capitol “Cotton
Tail.” Ex-Duke horn and violinjtay
Nance now has own string quartet
on swing lane. Lunceford may
start record company of own.
Condiment manufacturers bid
ding for King Cole’s “Frim, Fram
Sauce.” Would make a less nau
seating commercial than most.
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Telling the Editor
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About Handbills . ..
To the Editor:
I wish to announce publicly that
I have had no affiliation with fac
tions which published the recently
posted handbill advertising myself
and Tom Kay (as veterans) for the
position of student body president.
I was nominated by the Inde
pendent students on this campus
for second position, and consider
myself as candidate for that posi
tion and no other.
I criticize any method which at
tempts, by purely unethical means,
to misrepresent the attitudes of a
sincere candidate for public office.
—Ted Hallock.
About Food . . .
Dear Editor:
We often make the mistake of
discounting the value of individual
effort. That is, we lack faith in
our own efforts. Calmly we digest
the news (I hope we all get a good
look at the newspaper occasional
ly) along with our breakfast of a
morning. And then we accept a
crippling, helpless attitude of
“what good can I do in all this
mess?” Of course we can’t change
the world overnight! But for heav
en’s sake when we have a chance
to do something constructive, let’s
do it.
To get down to cases, I think
we should all support the Drive for
Food and Clothing sponsored by
the French Club, YWCA, and the
One World Club. If it was for your
mother, or sister, or brother, you
wrould send them whatever they
needed, now wouldn’t you? If it
was your father who wrote from
Hungary, “the real problem is
what to eat for supper ... of many
of us you cannot say that we are
alive or dead”—if it was your
father, you would do whatever you
could.
Well, I believe in the brotherhood
of man. Don’t you?
—Alice English.
Stan Kenton writing a “Concerto
to End All Concertos.” Lasts 45
minutes. Will use it on coming na
tion-wide concert tour. Cozy Cole
now tubbing with BG. Cole, Ken
ton, and Peggy Lee will all help
Eddie Duchin and his swell band
—his real swell band, make a deal
out of the Kraft summer show.
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About Trailer Camp . . .
Dear Editor: ^
The University trailer camp has
two garbage collection locations,
one on the Fifteenth street side and
the other on the Agate street side.
These two spots accumulate all the
garbage for the residents of the
trailer camp.
The University did build sheds
to house the garbage cans, and
subsequently started to screen
them. However, the screening was
never finished and the observer
will now note that two sides are
open to all the various brands and
breeds of flies which delight in
rummaging through the garbage.
Efforts by the manager to have
this^work completed have met with
evasive answers. The flies are bad
enough now, but what will they be
like in the height of the summer?
This situation is a definite hazard
to the health of the adults and to
the large numbers of small chil
dren in the camp. It should ^
remedied immediately!
Can your publication arouse the
necessary action by the University
physical plant ?
—Arthur McArthur.
HITS and
MISSES
In Current Movies
By Mimi Moores
Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dor
othy Lamour have done it again.
Every time these three wonderful
people make another “road” movie,
I hope that it will be their last,
because I am always afraid that
each sequel will flop and break5 a
great tradition. So far, I am very
glad to be wrong. “The Road to
Utopia” produces that words-fail
me feeling; it’s just as crazy, cor
ny, and generally amazing as it
should be.
I wish I could figure out why
“The Road to Utopia” is one of
the year’s funniest comedies. Ev
erything about it is wrong: the
smattering of plot is so screwy
that it makes no difference when
you happen to come in; the actors
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