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VOLUME XLIX Eugene, Oregon — Tuesday, September 23, 1947 . No*’
Increase In Tuition Proposed
All-In-One
Campaign
To Begin
United Fund Drive
Opens September 29;
Success Expected
The Campus United Fund drive,
campaign promise of ASUO Presi
dent Stan Williamson, will begin
September 29 and run through Oc
tober 4. A relatively new idea on
university campuses, the drive
will consolidate the Red Cross,
Community Chest, March of Dimes,
and World Student Service Fund
into one, so that students will not
be hounded for contributions to in
dividual drives throughout the
year.
Using totals from previous year’s
drives, students will be asked for
$4 each. The money will be appor
tioned to the four organizations,
leaving a small amount for an
emergency fund. Students giving
$1 or more will receive a small tag
with a yellow “O” on a green back
ground showing that they have
contributed.
To Award Cup
A permanent silver cup will be
awarded to the living organiza
tion contributing the highest per
capita amount by drive co-chair
men John Gilbertson, interfratern
ity council president, and Nancy
Bedingfield, heads of houses presi
dent. House vice-presidents will be
in charge of collecting from their
house members, and will get their
information at a meeting at 12:30
today in the Susan Campbell hall
recreation room.
To insure the success of this
unique drive, off-campus students
will be contacted by members of
the men’s and women’s service
honoraries. Arrangements are also
being made to collect between
class hours from students not
wearing the “O” tag. Faculty
members are not to be approached
for fundj.
Percentage Thermometer
Enthusiasm and competition will
be aroused through a large per
centage thermometer in the Co-op
and posters on the campus.
The drive must be a success, ac
cording to co-chairmen or the coun
cil will have to allow separate or
ganizations on the campus to make
up their quotas. “A successful
drive will mean that students can
forget about contributin to nation
al drives for the rest of the year,”
Williamson said.
To Be Annual
The campus United Fund drive,
whrfch has been used successfully
at the University of Washington,
will become an annual part of the
University campus with rotating
chairmen.
Council members this year be
sides Williamson, Gilbertson and
Miss Bedingfield are Bob Frazier,
Emerald editor; Barbara Johns,
AWS president; Barbara Williams,
Panhellcnic president; Howard
Lemons, inter-coop president; Ray
Johnson, Co-op board president,
and Maryann Thielen, president of
interdorm council.
Arnall, Georgia Political Figure,
Tops List of Assembly Speakers
Leading off the University of Oregon's 1947-48 general as
sembly will be Ellis Arnall, one of the most controversial
Southern political figures in years and former governer of
Georgia. He will speak at McArthur court September 29, at
7:30 p.m.
Arnall was in the middle of a bitter political controversy in
Georgia last winter when Herman Talmadge tried to take
Newburn Ok's
Student Posts
Names of students approved by
Dr. Harry K. Newburn, University
president for faculty committees,
were announced yesterday by
ASUO Student Body president,
Stan Williamson.
Heading the list of faculty com
mittees on which students serve
was the student affairs committee.
This committee sets up rules, reg
ulations and procedures for the so
cial functions of the school. It sets
the rules but rejects all disciplin
ary action.
Controls Social Life
Under its control comes hours,
social calendar, social life in liv
ing organizations, all campus danc
es, rallies, parades and other extra
curricular activities of the Univer
sity.
Stan Williamson, Barbara Johns,
and Nancy Bedingfield are the stu
dents serving on this committee
which is headed by Earl Pallett,
assistant to the president of the
University. —
The student body president rec
ommends to the president of the
University, the president of AWS,
the president of Heads of Houses
and himself as members of the
student affairs committee.
Dr. Newburn Approved
Stan Williamson, Barbara Johns,
Howard Lemons, Bob Frazier, and
Ross Yates were approved by Dr.
Newburn as members of the edu
cational activities board. The board
is headed by Dr. Pallett and ad
ministers most of the functions at
the University.
Recommendation is by custom of
office. Bob Frazier and Ross Yates
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State Board Okeys
U O Building Fund
Additions to the University li
brary and music school were pro
vided for last week when the state
emergency board approved the ex
penditure of $100,000 for prelimin
ary costs of construction of five
college buildings for the state board
of higher education.
A total of $750,000 will eventual
ly be expended on the library and
$195,000 on the music school. Uni
versity officials said last week that
the funds just allotted will pay fees
to architects and engineers who
have been employed for some time.
Other projects include two build
ings at Oregon State college and
an administration building at the
University of Oregon medical
school in Portland.
The funds will come from the
$4,000,000 state board of higher ed
ucation building fund.
away the governorship to which his
father, Eugene, had been elected
in November 1946. Talmadge died
a few days before he was to take
office.
Talmadge Elected
Arnall wanted to turn his office
over to M. E. Thompson, lieutenant
governor of the state, but the leg
islature elected young Talmadge,
who led an armed group to give his
forces control of the state capitol.
Later Thompson was ruled legal
governor by the Georgia suprAne
court.
The great improvement made in
Georgia’s political system during
the four years he was in office is
credited to former Governor Arnall.
He did not, however, succeed in
ending the system of tabulating
votes by county units. This was
partly the cause for Gene Tal
madge’s re-election.
Adamic Slated
Another speaker in the series
will be Louis Adamic, distinguished
Yugoslav author of “My America”
and “My Native Land.” His speech
November 4 will be on the subject
“Tolerance Is Not Enough.”
Arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stef
ansson will talk about “New Fron
tiers of Science” on November 20.
Perennial candidate for president
on the Socialist ticket, Norman
Thomas will speak April 6 on an
unannounced subject. He said ear
lier this year that he would not run
again for president.
Dan E. Clark, head of the history
department, is chairman of the
University assembly committee.
He has announced that all four of
the speeches will begin at 7:30 p.m.
Warren Smith
Asked to Speak
Dr. Warren D. Smith, former
head of the geology and geography
department, has been asked to be
principal speaker at the annual
convention of the Oregon Coast
Highway association at Gearhart
Ostober 6 and 7. He will speak on
‘‘The Oregon Coast from Geologi
cal and Historical Episodes.”
Dr. Smith has just returned after
spending a month on the Oregon
coast doing work on the Indian land
•cases for the government. He has
prepared a manuscript on a book
covering all phases of the Oregon
coast.
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ADS to Meet
AWS cabinet and council will
meet this afternoon at 4 p.m. at
the dean of women’s office to se
lect a campus social chairman.
Barbara Johns, AWS president
urges that all cabinet and council
members be. present at the meeting.
Registration To Date
Reaches 5401 Total
At the end of the regular reg
istration period unofficial totals
showed 5401 students had com
pleted the process.
This unofficial number does
not include some students who
took out registration materials
late Friday afternoon or Satur
day morning. More registrants
are also expected throughout
this week.
Daily Aspirants
Meet Tonight
The first Emerald organizational
meeting of the year, open to all
students wishing to work on the
student daily, will be held in the
news room of the Emerald quonset
hut tonight at 7:30. The “shack”
is situated just south of the jour
nalism building.
At the same time students in
terested in working on the business
staff may meet in room 105, jour
nalism building.
Editor Bob Frazier, Managing
Editor Bill Yates, and News Edi
tors June Goetze and Bobolee Bro
phy will explain the jobs open on
the news side of the Emerald. A
few reporting jobs are open to
freshmen, according to the news
editors. Most new Emerald workers
will be placed on the Copy desk and
night staff.
Positions Open
On the business side positions
are open for layout managers, of
fice and circulation assistants, and
contact executives to work with
merchants downtown in prepara
tion and placing of advertising, ac
cording to Bob Chapman, business
manager.
Staff appointments will be com
pleted by Chapman and Barbara
Twiford, advertising manager, be
fore October 1.
Experience in publication work
is not necessary and hours can be
arranged to fit the students’ sched
ules. During the year the staff will
work with members of the retail
advertising classes which are en
gaged with a project basis with
downtown merchants.
Appointments Made
Business staff appointments al
ready announced by Chapman are
Marilyn Turner, national advertis
ing manager; Billijean Riethmiller,
circulation manager; Bob Chaney,
Virg Tucker, Sally Waller, Winnie
Carl, and A1 Ruedy, day managers;
Marge Huston Foster and Bob
Beclitle, promotion managers.
At the meeting the operation of
the office will be explained and stu
dents may sign up for the phase of
work which interests them.
Phi Thetas Name
Three for Group
Betty Jean McCurry, Pat King,
and Marcia Summers were tapped
for membership in Phi Theta Upsi
lon, junior women’s service honor
ary, during the dinner hour last
night. They will take the places of
three members who did not return
to the University this fall. The girls
will be initiated into the organiza
tion next week.
Raise of $5
Given Nod
By Council
Student Union
Need Felt
By ASUO Body
As a last resort to assure a stu
dent union building “in our time”
the executive council of the ASUO
last night went on record as favor
ing a $5 increase in university tui
tion for 10 terms only.
The plan, which would go into
effect winter term, came after an
executive council investigation into
“the state of the union.”
The council's expression of sen
timent is without legal force, and
is merely an expression of the opin
ions of the student leaders. Other
student bodies will be contacted
for opinion soon.
Such a tuition increase could be
made only by the state board of
higher education upon the recom
mendation of the chancellor and
the president of the University,
neither of whom will recommend
the increase without a “substantial
demonstration” by the students
that the increase meets their ap
proval.
Must Know Sentiment
The. president and the chancellor
must know student sentiment by
late October if the plan is to go into
effect winter term.
The council estimated this move
would provide the $300,000 neces
sary to make up the deficit between
the $1,200,000 now in sight and
the $1,500,000 needed to construct
a student union building contain
ing 93,000 square feet of floor
space.
The $300,000 will be needed for
furnishihg and equipping the new
building the new building. The
council’s investigation showed that
if the money were not raised it
would be impossible to go into the
"working drawing” stage.
The council’s investigation indi
cated that if the $300,000 were not
raised the whole student idea might
have to be pigeon-holed. As a result
of this, they feared, many of the
pledges secured during the sum
mer’s campaign, might not be ful
filled.
Expressed Regret
The council expressed regret at
having to ask the students to make
up the deficit in this manner, but
expressed the view that there was
no other feasible means of raising
the funds.
The Oregon "dream building”
which was to have 150,000 square
feet of floor space according to or
iginal plans, was scaled down to ■
93,000 as building costs went up
and last summer’s drive failed to
produce the hoped-for revenues.
The 93,000 figure is as far as the
building can be cut and still retain
the essential features of a student
union building.
(An investigative article on stu
dent union funds will appear in
Wednesday’s Emerald.)