[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.
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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
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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.