VOLUME XLVIII
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE,
Number 88
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 21, 1947
Northwestern Red Cross Delegates
To Discuss Coordination Problems
By HANS WOLD
Staff Writer, Tlie Emerald
I robleir^ of local, national and international coordination
in the activities of college Red Cross units will be tackled today
by delegates representing campus Red Cross organizations in
15 Northern Pacific colleges and universities in the initial
session of a three day "workshop conference.”
hollowing the conference theme “The World, Our Com
munity, a series of speakers will discuss the part played bv
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effective function of the Red
Cross on a national and inter
See Schedule Page 3
national basis. All conference
sessions are open to the public, ac
cording to Geneva Davis, student
chairman of the conference.
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BULLETIN
A report from Bill Warren,
night manager of the United
Press bureau in Portland, that
Randolph Churchill was arriving
in Eugene late last night was
confirmed last night by Mai
Donnelley, UP business manag
er, who is in town to attend the
ONPA conference today.
Donnelley said Churchill would
probably confer with Hugh Bail
lie, UP president, since his col
umn is syndicated by the United
^Features press service.
There was no confirmation of
the rumor that Churchill would
attend the press conference.
Pants-Keeper-U ppers,
Shirt-Keeper-Downers
The campus is back to normal
now.
University males should be
glad to hear that the Co-op now
has a supply of pre-war stan
dard rubber bands. Yes, those
little items that are so impor
tant to the well-dressed man for
keeping his shirt front down (or
is it—his pants up) can now
be purchased in neat little ten
cent bundles.
Since returning from the war,
campus sports have been forced
to use a cheap, black imitation
rubber band which always left
a black smudge on the shirt
front.
For Future Reference
The embryonic journalists
^Sharpen up their dress
And add their best behavior
To meet the masters of the press.
—T.G.W.
Churchill Asks
Emerald Boss
For Fair Report
By MARGUERITE WRIGHT
Simmering with indignation,
Randolph Churchill, in a 35-min
ute telephone call from Portland,
Thursday, attempted to extract
from the Emerald editor an apolo
gy for and retraction of the opin
ions expressed in an editorial in
Thursday’s Emerald.
Churchill, who had first phoned
President Harry Newburn to pro
test the Emerald’s standpoint,
emphasized that “nothing like
this has ever happened to me be
fore.” He insisted that the Emer
ald had made no attempt to ascer
tain the facts of the case from
his viewpoint, expiaining later
that he had not been paying much
attention when Dr. Newburn intro
duced the editor to him (Chur
chill) after his lecture. He inti
mated that his attitude would
have been otherwise, had he
known he was speaking to a mem
ber of the press.
The lecturing son of Britain’s
former prime minister asserted
that ‘‘absolutely nothing was done
to inform me” about the sched
uled reception which he refused
to attend. He said that when
Dick Williams, manager of edu
cational activities, told him in
Corvallis at 2:15 p. m. Wednesday
about the reception “I was rather
offended” that anyone should feel
they “ccfritrolled me body and
soul.” He said he explained that ;
he had to write his column and
apologized later for arriving in
Eugene an hour after his sched
uled appearance. The delay was
caused by a phone call from a
Seattle newspaper, he said.
He said he had not been “rude”
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RANDOLPH CHURCHILL
British lecturer and former com
mando captain who has asked that
apologies be made for opinions ex
pressed in Thursday’s Emerald. He
spoke here Wednesday night.
Sophomore T reasurer
Petitions Now Available
Petitions for the position of
sophomore class treasurer, which
is now vacant, may be turned in any
time between now and 11 p.m. Feb
ruary 27 to either Bob Miller at the
Theta Chi house, or Marge Weeks
at the Delta, Zeta house.
Spring Registering
Starts February 24
Registration material will he distributed in Johnson hall
commencing at / :M a. m.. hcbruary 24. according to C. 1\»
Avery, University registrar. Distribution is to lie made al
phabetically as shown below. Students whose last name be
gins with the letters falling within indicated groups can obtain
material at the specified time, ('.roupings are inclusive:.
A—C 7:30 a. m. February 24
D—G 12:30 p. m. February 24
H—K 7:30 a. m. February 25
L—O 12:30 p. m. February 25
P- S 7:30 a. m. February 26
T—Z 12:30 p. m. February 26
Material will include a time schedule, study program, and class
cards, enclosed in an envelope prepared for each student. List of in
structions and a trial study program are printed on the outside of
the envelope.
Steps Listed
Dexigraphs will be issued only by special request of the student.
The registrar indicated, however, that they would not be of too much
value because fall term grades have not yet been posted.
Under the new registration plan, students are to confer with their
advisers about study programs as soon after the material has been
issued as possible. From there the steps lead to the office of the
dean of men or the dean of women, veteran’s office for the valida
tion of cards and study programs, acshier’s office for payment of
fees, and registrar’s office for final check.
Departments Kegister
Clerks in the registrar’s office, checking the program cards and
registration data, will stamp the class cards and return them to the
student, who will hold them until called for by the department con
cerned. If the class cards have not been called in before March 31,
the student is to go to the departmental office and complete his regis
tration.
“To keep the departments from being rushed at inconvenient times,
students should not, under any circumstances, go to departments to
register for particular courses until dates and times to do so have
been announced,” Avery warned.
Arrangements Made
Realizing that advance registration may have caught some of
the students financially unprepared, Avery said that arrangements
could be made to tide the student over through the facilities of the
student loan.
“Anybody to whom payment of fees offers a barrier at this time
should see the dean of men, the dean of women, or me, to make
satisfactory arrangements for settlement of fees,” said Avery.
Students in the school of music should contact Dean Kratt’s of
fice before Saturday for information pertinent to that department.
Oregon Journalists Convene Today;
P.L. Jackson Conference Chairman
HUGH BAILLIE
UP President to speak at confer
ence.
By VIRGINIA FLETCHER
Staff Writer, The Emerald
Editors and publishers of prominent Oregon newspapers
will gather on the campus today for the 28th annual Oregon
press conference. Sponsored by the school of journalism, the
conference will offer an opportunity for the journalists to
meet and discuss common problems and interests.
P. L. Jackson, conference chairman, will officially open
the conference at 9:45 a. m. this
morning in room 105, journalism
building. The conference program
will get under way with a talk
on local news and its importance
See Schedule Page 6
to the small town paper given by
Thomas W. Gerber, associate edi
tor and publisher, Oregon City
Enterprise. Gerber recently re- ^
turned to Oregon from New York |
City where he was connected with
Townsend ^Clarifies Scholarship Committee’s Action;
Which Instigated Vets’ Plea For Legislative Hearing
The action of the scholarship committee which Wednesday instigated
two veteran students to telegraph a member of the state legislature to
request a hearing was clarified by a statement issued yesterday by Dr.
H. G. Townsend, chairman of the committee.
The explanation states:
“A great deal of excitement and some alarm seems to have been
caused by the action of the scholarship committee in notifying certain
students that their work is unsatisfactory and that they may not register
for spring term unless their grades during the present term are such
as to make it reasonably probable that they will be able to meet the
minimum standards set by the University for graduation.
“The scholarship committee has carefully examined the records of
^Tbout 1000 students who were in danger of failure to meet the minimum
requirements. The committee cleared for spring registration about 600
of them, either because they were so near the minimum or to justify
further trial or because of extenuatirig circumstances it appeared that a
student had been under some handicap such illness or other misfortunes.
“In the case of the remaining 400 we provided a clearance for regis
tration if and only if the present term’s record brings them up to the
required standard.
“Now it is said that in some cases injustice has been done and there
is no reason to suppose that the statement is false. Any student who
thinks that an injustice has been done in his case should apply for a
reconsideration. The committee does not intend that any injustice should
go without rectification. Any student who can bring to the committee
evidence that he has been unjustly treated should do so without delay
by presenting the evidence to the dean of men or the dean of women.
It will be brought before the committee and acted upon as promptly
as possible.
This announcement is made so that no one may say that he was not
given his day in court. But it does not promise any student that the
decision in his case will be reversed. If there are no new relevant con
siderations bearing on a case the action of the committee will stand."
the United Press and Time maga
zine.
School tor Club Reporters
Mrs. Freda G. Mowrey, club
editor, The Oregonian, will tell
about the annual school for club
reporters which she has been
conducting for several years, and
Les Ordeman, staff photographer,
the Oregon Journal, will discuss
recent developments in equipment
and problems facing the graphic
journalist, to complete the Friday
morning agenda.
The story of FM radio will be
given by H. Quentin Cox, general
manager of KGW at the Friday
afternoon session which convenes
at 2 p. m. in room 105, journal
ism building. Other Friday after
noon talks are: “The Outlook for
More Newsprint,” G. E. Young,
vice president, Crown Zellerba.ch
corporation; “Cover the Farm
Front,” J. S. Russell, farm editor,
Des Moines Register and Tribune';
and “Current, Views op .the, Libel
Problem,”" Warren C. Price; as
sociate professor, school of jour
nalism, University of Oregon.
Banquet Speakers
Banquet meetings of the confer
ence will be held Friday and Sat
urday noons and Friday night at
the Eugene hotel. Friday noon
Dr. Paul C. Packer, chancellor of
the Oregon state system of higher
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