VOLUME XLVIII Number 140
UNIVERSITY OE OREGON. EUGENE. WEDNESDAY, MAY 28. 1947
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Williamson Wins Presidency
STAN WILLIAMSON |
HOWARD LEMONS
BOBBE FULLMER
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JEANNE SIMMONDS
Acute Air Problem
** Decried by Director
By MARGUERITE WRIGHT
To gain control of its own policies with regard to radio
broadcasting, the University of Oregon must buy, maintain,
and operate its own radio equipment, a statement to the Em
erald from Marvin A. Krenk, production director of the Uni
versity radio studios, said.
Krenk’s statement was released as a direct result of the
Emerald's stories on a technician’s unauthorized refusal to channel a
University radio show.
“The problem of what to do with radio now squarely faces the
administration,” Krenk said. “It is plain to see it cannot be longer
ignored without much public controversy.”
No Control
“Our present difficulties in radio broadcasting and in instruction
in radio broadcasting derive from two unhappy causes: 1. The Uni
versity does not control its radio policy, and 2. The University does not
own and operate its instructional and broadcasting equipment.’’
According to the production director, present policy requires all
major decisions concerning radio to be channelled to Corvallis to Radio
Station KOAC, an agency “created for the purpose of broadcasting,
not for the purpose of instruction in broadcasting.'*
“The university may not he heard at an on any radio station
without permission from KOAC in Corvallis. All radio programs
are released over KOAC, the state-owned station, and when
greater release over commercial stations occurs, permission to
^ carry the broadcasts must be secured from KOAC,” Krenk re
vealed.
One-example of this policy was the “Emerald of the Air” campus
news program which KUGN aired last fall term. The Emerald had
failed to obtain permission from KOAC to sponsor this program, car
ried on "Suds” Chaney’s “After Hours” program, and subsequent
objections forced the discontinuation of the “Emerald of the Air.”
The net effect of this policy is to allow Corvallis to dictate all
broadcasting activities at the University, Krenk believes, although
he says the technical staff of KOAC admittedly takes no interest in
the instructional program on this campus. Any special events broad
cast, if policy is to be followed, must be channelled via KOAC. Tech
nical equipment is brought to this campus from Corvallis, and operated
by “unimaginative and unrehearsed” technicians.
“This causes each University special event broadcast to sound like
a Major Bowes Amateur Night in rehearsal,” Krenk pointed out.
The University program director feels that his instructional ac
tivities have been restricted by the fact that the KOAC broadcast
ing equipment is locked up after each regular program, and un
available for use except upon a rigid schedule. It cannot be used
for instructional purposes. Krenk does not have a key to the
equipment room, and must ask permission from the KOAC tech
nician to enter the room.
“The technician did not formulate this policy: the University did
not formulate it. The engineering staff of KOAC formulated that
policy," Krenk said. He added that the equipment is maintained and
^ operated by the Oregon State College of Engineering in Corvallis, with
no direct control by the University.
KOAC Equipment
“It is axiomatic in broadcasting that whoever controls the equip
ment shall control the policy," Krenk stated. “The University, by re
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Numbers 1 and 2
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Speak to the Press
^ Stan Williamson said last night
after being informed of his vic
tory in yesterday’s election that
he will "strive with every effort
to live up to the high standards
this office has set in the past.”
He requested the cooperation
of all students and faculty "so
that we may all w*>rk as a unit to
achieve the best that is worthy of
our school.”
Howard Lemons, Williamson's
opponent, said that he was very
well satisfied with the campaign.
"If Stan shows the same sports
manship he has just demonstrat
ed we will be able to accomplish a
great deal next year.”
Williamson's platform included
millrace restoration, student union
backing, one fund drive a term, and
the promotion of Oregon athletics
within the state.
ASA Backed
Anyface Boost
Handbills nominating Anyface
for a write-in ASUO position were
not distributed by Sigma Delta Chi,,
professional men’s journalism fra
ternity. In their Tuesday edition of
the Emerald, SDX ran Darkhorse
and Anyface for student union po
sitions.
Peter Hill, ASA publicity mana
ger, Dick Savinar, ASA platform
chief, and B. G. Cox, ASA head, de
nied any knowledge of the origin of
the Anyface handbills. They told
the Emerald they first knew about
Anyface Tuesday morning.
But the printer at the Valley
Printing company told the Emerald
(before he was warned not to re
lease any information) that Peter
Hill had ordered the Anyface, hand
bills for the ASA Friday, May 23.
Peter Hill told the ASA at a
meeting Monday night that he "had
some trick up his sleeve,” but did
not want to reveal it until after the
Emerald went to press in order to
avoid any adverse comment in the
newspaper.
Stan Williamson and Howard
Lemons both disapproved of the
Anyface farce because students who
might vote for the mythical candi
date would be wasting their legiti
mate votes.
Tau Kappa Epsilon Pledge Pins
Precede Scheduled Installation
The cherry and grey pledge pins of Tau Kappa Epsilon
appeared on the campus for the first time Monday worn by
members of the Oregon Teke club. The Tekes are to be in
stalled as Beta Iota chapter of the fraternity June 13 and 14
according to word received from national offices by Edward J.
Georgeff, president.
Presentation of the charter will take place Tune 14 at the
Grad-dayDope
At Alum Office
All graduating seniors and can
didates for advanced degrees may
obtain material and instructions
for commencement weekend in the
alumni office in room 8, Friendly,
according to Les Anderson, alumni
secretary.
Anderson said that aH persons
attending either the oaccalaureate
or commencement exercises will be
required to have special tickets.
Each graduating senior has been
limited to four tickets because of
this year’s large class.
Each senior will be required to
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Eugene Methodist church, 1185
Willamette street. Kenneth M. Zell,
grand chaplain of TKE, will offi
ciate.
Men to be installed as charter
members of the Oregon chapter
are:
Robert W. Bunnage, Jack M.
Burke, John J. Ellis, Jack L. Es
tepp, Eldon S. Foster, Raymond W.
Frank, Walter F. Freauff, Edward
J. Georgeff, Robert F. Gierau,
Charles W. Hanson, William J.
Howlett, Richard S. Humphrey,
John J. Koler, Robert M. Larson.
Jack A. Merritt, Robert W. Nel
son, Harold J. Ostergren, Stanley
A. Pierson, Vinton E. Pope, LeBron
C. Preston, Harry T. Ranlett, Billy
J. Ryan, Harry R. Sorensen, James
H. Stevens, Donald L. Sweeney,
Harvey A. Weiprecht, and George
E. Wright.
Greeks Gain
Wide Margin
In Top Spots
By BILL YATES
Stan Williamson, ASA can
didate, defeated ISA's Howard
Lemons for the 1947-48 ASUO
presidency in yesterday’s elec
tions. In the largest student
aallot recorded in University
history, Williamson polled 177
more votes than his rival.
Williamson received 1665 of
the 3153 valid votes cast for
the No. 1 ASUO position.
Lemons received 1488 votes.
Of the 66 votes thrown out be
cause of improper marking,
only three or four had write-in
votes for Anyface.
The No. 2 ASUO post was
won by Bobbe Fullmer, ASA,
who defeated Jeanne Sim
monds, ISA, by a margin of
211 votes.
Under the preferential sys
tem, Williamson becomes pres
ident, Lemons and Miss Full
mer, vice-presidents, and TTTTSs
Simmonds, secretary-treasurer.
Baclilund Wins
In the yell king competition,
John Backlund, ISA, defeated
ASA’s Don Lindstedt, and Steve
Gann, non-party candidate. Back
lund polled 1310 votes, Lindstedt,
1056 votes, and-Gann, 776 votes.
Don Dole, Ann Woodworth, and
Wes Nicholson, all supported by
the ASA, defeated Jordis Benke,
Marguerite Johns, and Joan Wil
liams in the Co-op board election.
ASA’s Bob Wallace out-polled
Si Ellingson, ISA, 153 to 99 in the
race for senior class president. The
No. 2 senior class position was
won by Kay Schneider, ASA, who
defeated ISA's Joyce Neidcrmeier.
Juniors Follow
In the junior class election, Hank
Kinsell, ASA, won over ISA’s Joe
Conroy 569 to 370. Beth Basler,
ASA, defeater Trudi Chernis. ISA,
in the second-position race.
Independent-backed Mike Mitch
ell scored a close 11 point victory
over Jim Wallace, ASA candidate,
in the sophomore presidential race.
ASA’s Joanne Frydenlund defeated
Virginia Thompson, ISA, in the con
test for the No. 2 spot.
Since each class is allotted two
representatives to the ASUO exec
utive council, all candidates for that
position were automatically elect
ed. They are: senior class—Ralph
Himmelsbach, ISA, and Marty
Pond, ASA; junior class- Dean
Bond, ASA, and Andy Iskra, ISA;
and sophomore class -Norman
Bishop, ASA, and Art Johnson, ISA.
All ASUO officers will be in
stalled at a special banquet next
Monday night.
Air Research
Contract OK'd
A $00,000 upper air research con
tract announced Monday by Presi -
dent Harry K. Newburn, is the first
to be accepted for the department
of physics from the federal govern
ment.
Director of the two-year project
will be A. E. Caswell, physics head,
who spent three war years in radar
work at Massachusetts Institute of
Technology. Two new physics pro
fessors and a research assistant are
expected to be working on the pro
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