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VOLUME ALIX UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, Tl ESDAY, NOxIquTkR 11. 1947 ' X I'M HER 11
Oregana Rates All-American
Stefansson To Speak
On Western Defense
By JIM WALLACE
Iceland and Greenland will have to be included in plans for
defense of the Western hemisphere, insists Dr. Vilhjalmur
Stefansson, veteran Arctic explorer who will speak here Thurs
day, November 20 on “New Frontiers of Peace.”
i Stefansson, considered America’s greatest living Arctic ex
plorer and international authority on the Arctic, has received
, gold medals from seven geographical organizations in the
United States and Europe. He holds doctorates from seven
I
Theta Sigmas
t
Will Announce
'Miss Vogue'
Finalists in the “Miss Vogue”
> contest were chosen last night, but
no names will be revealed until the
. Theta Sigma Phi silver tea in al
umni hall of Gerlinge? Thursday
afternoon, Maryann Thielen, presi
* dent of the University chapter of
the women’s national professional
journalism fraternity has an
nounced.
Contestants" from all women’s
> living organizations will model
campus fashions at the tea from 4
to 5:15^>.m., and the name of “Miss
Vogue of 1948” will be announced
at the end of the fashion show.
* Contest Judges
Judges for the contest are W. A.
* Dahlberg, director of speech and
drama: Bert Moore, editor of Old
Oregon; Ross Yates, editor of the
' Oregana; and Jack L. Billings,
graduate assistant in journalism.
* All contestants should submit a
< description of their personal ap
pearance and the clothes which
they will model to Nancy Peterson
g- at the Alpha Phi house or to Trudi
Chernis at Hendricks hall by noon
> today.
* Portrait Awarded
The Nolph photographic salon
* will present the winner with an in
vitation for a free portrait, and
H Ross Yates, Oregana editor, ha's
promised “Miss Vogue” a full-page
: picture in the 1948 yearbook.
*" The silver tea will be open to
University women, faculty wives,
and high school seniors. Mrs.
George S, Turnbull, faculty adviser
4 for the group, and Mrs. Josephine
S. Mopre, acting director of the
University news bureau, will pour ,
4 _
universities and has twice been
elected president of the Explorers
club.
Born in Canada
He was born in Manitoba, Cana
da, of Icelandic parentage. With
his parents he moved to the Ter
ritory of Dakota in 1881 and was
raised on a farm. Stefansson was
educated at the state universities
of North Dakota and Iowa and did
three years of postgraduate work
at Harvard.
His first trip to Iceland was in
1904 and his sceond the following
summer. In 1906-07 Stefansson
traveled to the Canadian Arctic
where he tried his now-famous
practice of “living off the country”
and proved that white' men Could
thrive on the Eskimo diet and en
joy their way of life.
Missed World War I
Stefansson missed the first
World War because he was in the
Arctic without radio communica
tion and was unaware of the
struggle until 1915. However, in
World War II he did yeoman work
for both the Navy and Army.
His major work during the re
cent war consisted of compiling in
formation in preparation for pos
sible military operations.
ROTC Prexy
To Attend Meet
Joe Conroy, junior in business
administration, will fly to Cincin
nati, Ohio, Tuesday night to rep
resent the University chapter of
Scabbard and Blade at 'the 26th na
tional convention of the military
service honorary.
Conroy, president of the Univer
sity chapter of Scabbard and Blade
will report the status of the local
chapter and help formulate new
policies at the first postwar con
vention of the growing society.
Campus to Observe
Armistice Signing
The University will observe
the signing of the armistice with
two minutes of silence at 11 a.m.
today. The physical plant whistle
will give the signal at 11 a.m.
and mark the end of the period
at 11:02 a.m.
No assembly has been plan
ned for the student body to ob
serve the end of World War I
because of lack of facilities for
the large enrollment, Educa
tional Activities Manager Dick
Williams said.
Student Cards
Void For Game
Student body cards will not be
honored at the Stanford game this
weekend, Anse B. Cornell, athletic
business manager, announced >Ion
day. Oregon students attending
the contest in Palo Alto will be
able to purchase general admission
tickets at the gate and will be al
lowed to sit in a special Oregon
rooting section, Cornell said.
In case of a special student rate,
it would be advisable foi' rooters to
take their student body cards with
them, Johnny Backlund, yell king,
advised.
Rally Planned
Backlund announced the Oregon
rally to be held Friday at 9 p.m. in
front of the Hotel Whitcomb at 8th
and Market streets. The 60-piece
traveling band will play for both
the Friday rally and the Saturday
game. The Oregon band will pro
vide six minutes of half-time enter
tainment Saturday and will make
several concert Stops en route to
Palo Alto.
Besides the band, the rally squad
and Puddles will be present on the
“Farm” for the Indian-Webfoot
clash November 15.
Registrars”Attend
Coast Conference
C. E. Avery, University registrar,
C. L. Constance, associate regis
trar, and J. D. Cline, assistant reg
istrar, in charge of veterans af
fairs, attending the Pacific coast
association of college registrars
conference in Seattle this week.
They plan to return to the campus
Thursday.
Nelson Leads Yearbook
To 11th Straight Award
Judged either superior or excellent in 87 percent of its cata
gories, the 1947 Oregana copped All-American honors from
the National Scholastic Press Association, Ross Yates, editor
of the 1948 yearbook, announced yesterday.
The Oregana is one of six yearbooks published by schools
with an enrollment of 2500 or more that has received the All
American rating so far, Yates said. Judging has not been en
tirely completed and it is not
known what other schools have
received this honor aleng with the
University of Oregon, he reported.
Expert Planning
Evidently, no Pacemaker rating
will be given this year, Yates spec
ulated. There was nothing men
tioned about the award either in
the score book or the accompan
ing letter, he said.
To receive the All-American
award, the year book must score
a total 1600 or more points in the
judging. The 1947 Oregana tallied
1980 points, the editor revealed.
Commenting on the book, the
judges stated "The Oregana is an
excellent example o f effective
yearbook lithography. The editors
have exploited offset to the fullest
advantage. Expert planning, im
aginative layout, and reporting
are all combined to give the Uni
versity of Oregon’s students a full
record of the year’s activities.”
Since 1936
The Oregana received' superior
ratings on the introduction plan
ning and views,treatment of school
life coverage, activities section
layout, and athletic action shots,
Yates said.
The Associated Collegiate Press
critical service has recognized the
Oregana with All-American rat
ings since 1936 except for one year
in the late 1930s when the book
received a first class award. The
Oregana was given the Pacemaker
rating in 1936.
Nelson Edits
Editor Roy Paul Nelson, a 1947
graduate of the school of journal
ism, is responsible for most of the
planning on the 1947 yearbook,
Yates declared.
Nelson was assisted by Ross
Yates, managing editor; Warren
Miller, associate editor in charge
of houses; Trudl Chernis, associate
editor in charge of schools; John
Benneth, associate editor in charge
of activities. Bob Chapman and
Howard Applegate were eo-sports
editors..
Special Rally,
Students Urged
To Participate
Special permission for a rally
assembly in McArthur court at
11 a.m'. Thursday was granted yes
terday by the student affairs com
mittee, according to Howard Lem
ons, first vice-president of the
ASUO.
Lemons emphasized that all stu
dents with 11 o'clock classea
should attend them as usual and
the remainder of the students
should attend the assembly. M
special rule against daytime as
semblies was made in this instance
so that as many students as pos
sible can give a send-off to the
Oregon football team when they
leave for Stanford.
Regular Thursday assemblies
were held until two years ago when
high enrollment made it impos
sible for all students to be free
from classes at 11 a.m. Lemons
said that this may be a test in
dicating whether or not these as
semblies can be reactivated with
the proviso that students attend
their regularly scheduled classea.
The student affairs committee,
also passed a resolution allowing
the Independent Students associa
tion to sponsor a Nickel Hop
among independent living organi
zations on January 30.
Club to View Papacy
Facts on and questions about tho
Papacy will be aired in an open
discussion by Newman club mem
bers and guests tonight at 6:45 in
the YMCA. Refreshments will fol
low the meeting.
Webfooter Pictures Set
Webfooters and rally squad pic
tures for the Oregana will be taken
this afternoon at 12:30 p.m. in
front of the library, Yell King
Johnny Backlund has announced.
Honor System Proves Successful in University School of Law
' By JEANNE SIMMONDS
An effective, efficient and
a trusted honor system is already
in operation in one of the Uni
versity’s soundest schools, and
has been the basis of examina
tions since the origin of that
school on this campus. Thus re
ported Orland J. Hollis, dean of
. the school of law, which has been
functioning under the honor sys
tem so long that most of the stu
* dents don’t realize that there are
other methods of law examina
, tions.
“In all the time I’ve been here,
there has been only one infrac
• tion of the rules, and that was a
minor one, and the offender was
dealt with justly and efficiently,”
Dean Hollis recalled in a recent
interview.
Students Pledge Themselves
The system as it operates in
the law school is on a two-point
basis, as are most accepted hon
or systems. The first, dealing
with personal integrity, puts the
student on his honor not to give
or to receive aid in any way dur
ing an examination; the second
pledges him to be morally obli
grated to report any violations of
which he may be aware.
‘‘Of course,” Dean Hollis con
tinued, “we have some natural
advantages in the law school
which the rest of the University,
in its contemplation of installa
tion of the system, can not count
on.” The first, according to Hol
lis, is that the students are old
er, and usually more mature than
the average student. They have
had at least two years of college
work, and are starting from a
more advanced point.
No Cheating in Law Exams
The second factor is that the
law school student body is a
closely knit group, equalled by
few other schools or departments
in its coherence, and its students
spend most of their time in the
same building. “The concentrat
ed hard work, developed under
one roof, stimulates group con
sciousness and group responsibil
ity,” he said. The four-hour ex
aminations given by the law
school are not conducive to cheat
ing, the dean pointed out, be
cause of their individuality and
discussion-answer requirements.
As a final point, the penalty
for cheating in the school of law,
Dean Hollis observed, is so great
that few students would risk
their schooling on it, even if they
were so inclined. Expulsion from
the law school would be only one
of the punishments, for,( as Hoi
lis stated, the student’s chances
to practice law in Oregon would
be very slight after such an in
fringement
System Investigated
The student popularity of the
system, whereby students may
leave the building for a smoke
during examinations, was ex
pressed by James Nelson, third
year law student and president of
the law school student body. Ac
cording to him, the opportunity
to express oneself in an examin
ation is much greater under the
honor system than under the
proctor set-up. The student bene
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