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[VOLUME XLV11 UNIVERSITY . Number 140 OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY. MAY 22. 1946 Tom Kay Wins ASUO Election Greeks Sweep Balloting For 1947 Student Offices Gil Roberts Elected for Number Two Spot; Ted Hallock Places In Number Four Post Students Approve Academic Standards Campus Poll Reflects College Study; 50 Percent Comment 'Very Satisfactory' By HERB PENNY Is college study unsatisfactory to Oregon students? This question has previously been problematical but now, as the result of another campus poll taken by the class in public opinion it has been shown that only to a small minority of Webfoots is their study unsatisfactory. To the question of “What are your feelings toward your Assembly Topic: Spanish Set-Up Foreign Correspondent To Speak Thursday Jay Allen, distinguished foreign correspondent and graduate of the University school of journalism, will speak on the situation in Spain jnfthe regular ASUO assembly in McArthur court Thursday at 11. His speech will follow the instal lation of ASUO officers for 1946 47. Allen arrived in Eugene last night and' is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. George Turnbull. The journalist has conducted ex tensive historical research in Spain while serving as a war correspon dent there for the Chicago Daily News and the London News Chron icle. He had formerly worked for the Chicago Tribune and the North American Newspaper Alliance. He has also co-authored the book, "All the Brave.’’ Allen began his newspaper ca reer on the Eugene Morning Regis ter under City Editor Horace Bur nett. , The correspondent graduated from Oregon in the class of ’23. He initiated into the Oregon chap ter of Sigma Delta Chi, profession al journalism fraternity, with his classmates Palmer Hoyt, now edi tor of the Denver Post, and Phil Brogan, present city editor of the Bend Bulletin. Allen spoke on the campus pre viously in 1941, soon after his re lease from a German prison camp. The topic of his speech was “My Quarrel With Hitler,” and his ap pearance in Gerlinger hall drew one of the largest assembly audi ences in University history. SDX TO ISSUE FRIDAY EMERALD Sigma Delta Chi, men’s pro fessional' journalistic frater nity, will take over the Emer ald May 24. Members of the fraternity have indicated that the issue will be devoted to constructive criticism. The last regular edition of the Emerald will be published May 25, and the special gradu ation issue will come out Fri day, May 31. academic work at the University? only 1.6 per cent of the 256 stu dents polled answered “Unsatis factory.” In contrast to this 50 per cent answered “Very satisfactory” and 48.4 per cent answered “Par tially satisfactory.” The male population has a wider range of feelings toward the ques tion than the female for while more men answered “Unsatisfac tory” more men1 also answered “Very satisfactory.” In the “Very satisfactory” bracket there were 59.2 per cent of the men and 41.2 per cent of the women. Under the “Unsatis j factory” heading were 2.2 per cent I of the men and .8 per cent of the women. The difference was made up in the “Partially satisfactory’’ an swers. Only 38.6 per cent of the men answered the question in this way compared to 58 per cent of the women. Interesting fact of the survey was in the break-down of the classes. Freshmen men were the largest class which believed that their studies were unsatisfactory. There 7.2 per cent of this class which answered the question in that way. ! The only other group which be I lieved that their studies were un I satisfactory was sophomore women [ with 2.2 per cent answering. Other totals were: Very satisfactory— freshmen men 44.4 per cent, fresh men women 40 per cent; sopho more men 69.8 per cent, sophomore women 34 per cent; junior men 33.3 per cent, junior women 63.6 per cent; senior men 75 per cent, senior women 47.3 per cent; gradu ate men 66.6 per cent, graduate women 50 per cent. (Please Turn to Page Eight) Phi Theta To Give Three Scholarships Two three-term tuition scholar ships and one $75 scholarship will be awarded to junior women by Phi Theta Upsilon, junior women's honorary, at the regular ASUO assembly Thursday. The names of the winners will remain secret un til the assembly, Marge Skordahl, Phi Theta president, announced Tuesday. The women chosen to receive the scholarships were interviewed by members of Phi Theta, and judged on a basis of scholarship, need, and' ambition. The money for scholarships was earned by the navy-blue-uniformed Phi Thetas by ushering at football and basketball games, concerts, and other all-campus events. NEW ASUO OFFICERS TOM KAY, president, top left. GIL ROBERTS, first vice-president, top right. MARGE COWLIN, ^econd vice-president, bottom left. TED HALLOCK, secretary-treasurer, bottom right. Operatic Concert Tonight Stars Vocalists, UO Chorus Vocalists under the direction of Sigurd Nilssen, professor of voice, will be presented in a program of operatic music tonight at 8 p.m. in the music school auditorium. Performances will also be given Thursday and Friday nights, and all three of the programs will be free to the public. Arias from ten operas will be sung in the concert, which will also feature the University chorus un der the direction of Donald Allton, assistant professor of music. Soloists Named Albert Dunn, oariione and fresh man in music, will sing the pro logue from “Pagliacci” by Leon cavello. He will be accompanied by Patricia Metcalf, junior in music. “Ave Maria” from “Othello” by Verdi will be sung by Patricia Brown, dramatic soprano. Irene Bryan will accompany Miss Brown. “Vove di donna” (Angelic voic es) from Ponchielli’s “La Giocon da” will be given by Lucile Olson, . contralto and freshman in music, I accompanied on the piano by Em i ily Rhodes Parker. Operas Listed Other selections on the program will be taken from such famous operas as “Aida,” “II Trovatore,” “Tannhauser,” “Samson et Dalila,” “Faust,” “LaBoheme,” and “Ma dame Butterfly.” Students besides those already named who will appear on the pro gram are Bose Zena Latta, lyric soprano and sophomore in music; June Johnson, lyric soprano and senior in sociology; Patricia Jor dan, lyric soprano and sophomore in music; Claire Lewis, dramatic soprano and freshman in music; Iris Duva, dramatic soprano and senior in business; Sue Welch Carl ton, contralto and sophomore in music; Lowell Chase, tenor and sophomore in liberal arts; and James McMullen, baritone and sophomore in music. Among those who will accompa ny the vocalists are Mary Mar garet Dundore, Sylvia Killman, Betty Bennett Cramer, and Virgene Lindley. Tom Kay, junior in business ad ministration and Greek candidate for ASUO Number 1 position, won the 1916 student election Tuesday when he polled 1153 votes, ns against the 918 for Gil Roberts, Independent candidate. Roberts will hold the Number 2 position during the 1946-47 school year. Marge Cowlin, junior in liberal arts and Greek nominee for the Number 2 position, was voted to the Number 3 post with 688 votes, and Ted Hallock, Independent can didate and junior in journalism, polled 466 votes and will occupy the Number 4 post. Out of 3802 students enrolled in the University, 2145 voted, and in addition to this figure, 22 ballots were improperly marked. Fancher Prexy Sweeping the ticket with further Greek elections, 82 juniors named Jada Fancher president of the senior class, with Bill Setser, In dependent, in the Number 2, posi tion with 43 votes. Charlotte Wiclce, Greek nominee, won the Number 3 spot with 66 votes, while Jerry Mosby will serve in the Number 4 capacity with 17 votes. One hundred forty-one ballots were cast in this election, with 4 im properly marked. Bob Daggett, Greek candidate for Number 1 junior class position, won with 523 votes, while Cliff Brooks will fill the Number 2 post with 303 votes. Bobbie Fullmer is Number 3 class officer with 288 votes, and Joyce Neidermeyer Number 4 office-holder with 118. Nine hundred ten ballots were sub mitted, with seven improperly marked. Independent Victory Independent candidate Clifton James won the Number 1 spot of the sophomore class with 388 vote s, and Reed Grasle the NuVnber 2 (Please turn to page eight) Winners Named In Story Contest Marshall-Case-Haycox Prize Awarded Killebrew Eugene Killebrew, sophomore in. journalism, won the Marshall-Case Haycox short story contest, W. E. G. Thacher, professor of English and advertising, announced Tues day afternoon. Killibrew’s entry was “Exodus at Dawn” and he will receive $50 as first prize. Valerie Overland and Rex Gunn won second and third places, re spectively. Miss Overland, sopho more in liberal arts, will receive ! $30, and Gunn, freshman in jour nalism, will get $20. “The Darkling Winds” was the title of Miss Overland’s entry, and Gunn's short story was titled, “A Drink On the House.” Thirteen students participated in the short story contest, which is sponsored annually by three Ore gon alumni: Edison T. Marshall, Robert O. Case, and Ernest Hay cox. Judges were Ed Turnbull, Mrs. Lillian Stelle, and Hoyt Franchere. Mr. Thacher requests that the three winners come to his office this morning and receive then awards. All manuscripts will be returned to owners who call i or them.