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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 25, 1946)
Legion Hears Doris Speak The bi-monthly meeting of the University Fost 155 of the Ameri can Legion held in 207 Chapman hall last night was addressed by Ben Doris, of Springfield, purple heart winner and national figure in the American Legion who gave a brief history of the activities on the behalf of the veteran that the Amer ican Legion has carried on since its organization in 1919. Mr. Doris em phasized the important work in the improvement of facilities for the dis abled veteran and explained how the Legion was successful in the in stigation and sponsoring the orig inal and amended bills creating the GI bill of rights. Doris emphasized the importance of veterans being organized to counteract the forces already try ing to cut the benefits now enjoyed by the veterans of World War II. Mr. Doris quoted General Omar N. Bradley and Senator Claude Pep pers addresses to the National Con vention of the DAV that movements were already afoot to cut the bene fits provided by the GI Bill of In his address to the University Post, Mr. Doris brought out the fact that every effort is being made to turn the active control of the Amer ican Legion over to veterans of World War II. He pointed out that the present national commander and three of the five national vice commanders were Veterans of World War I and membership in the state of Oregon was on a ratio of 60-40 at present. Short talks were made by Major Huntley of Springfield, District Commander Jack Larson and Com mander Phil Garnett of the 40 and 8. The following committee appoint ments were made: publicity, Phil George, chairman, Richard Sawyer, and Ray Sturrell. Distribution com mittee Oren Hammond chairman, Walter Miller, and Eldon Doughty. Religious Week Opens Sunday Religious Emphasis Week, Octo ber 27 to November 1, sponsored by an all-student committee, will be gin its week's activities with a Un ion Service at McArthur court Sun day evening at 7:30 o’clock. The program for the evening will be as follows: Hymn, “God Our Strength in Ages Past,’’ sung by the congregation: invocation by Bishop Karl Morgan Block, bishop of the Protestant Episcol Church in San Francisco, Calif. Offertory, "Lord Have Mercy Upon Us,” by University Choral Union, under the direction of Professor Donald W. Allton, with Patricia Metcalf Chase as accompanist; introduction of team members by Dr. Newburn; Choral Union sings “God Is a Spirit” —Scholin, and "Now Thank We All Our God”—Bach; address by Dr. Buel Gallagher; hymn, “Faith of Our Fathers," congregation, and benediction by Rabbi Wolf. This service will be broadcast over KUGN and a number of Eu gene churches are cooperating by discontinuing their evening services so their congregations may join with the University for this meet ing. \YK WANT YOU to attend our new University Age Bible Study Group at NAZARENE Church Annex 8th and Monroe 9:45 a. m. Sundays DR. VERE LOPER Berkeley pastor who will speak on “Marriage, a Challenge’’ at the YWCA forum Tuesday, October 29, in connection with Religious Em phasis week. NIGHT STAFF Felix Rosch Annette Miller Donna Ward Barbara Schmid Margie Harrison Joanne Frydenlund Jerry Fraser Jean Merrifield Phyllis Kohemeier Dotty June Sorg Barbara Heywood Pat Thompson Majority of Students (Continued from page one) complicated. The first step is to es tablish the quota, the least number of votes through which a candidate 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 1900 votes cast (as there were in the sample), the quota would be 381. Ballots Sorted Next, the counters sort the bal lots in piles, according to the first choices marked. If a candidate reaches or exceeds the quota, he is declared elected. The successful can didate 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. In the Y, with A ahead. Y, therefore, got sample the only persons who re ceived any first choices were A and the second position. Should a candidate receive more than the quota, a number of bal lots equal to the surplus will be drawn from his pile. The second choices indicated on these ballots will be added to the second candi date’s pile (usually the candidates nominated for No. 2 position receive some first choices). If the addition of these second choices to a candi date’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 number 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 he elected to the next position open. When four candidates have reached the quota or when all bt*<\ four have been defeated, the elec tion is ended. "EVERYTHING for those who enjoy or create music and art" GRAVES MUSIC & ART 1198 Willamette. 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