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VOLUME XLIX UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE. FRIDAY. MAY 14. 1948 XUMBEI* 134
Independents Choose Candidates;
ASUO Council Changes Election Date
Petitioning
Puts Vote
On May 24
ASUO elections will be Monday,
May 24, instead of Tuesday, May 25,
the executive council of the ASUO
decided at a special meeting Thurs
day morning. The change was made
after petitions bearing 500 signa
tures was presented to the council
by Bob Davis, representing the In
dependent Students association.
The petition called for the Mon
day election date, because, it said,
fewer off-campus students are on
the campus on Tuesday than on
Monday.
Vote of the council was S to 1,
with Sophomore Representative
Lou Weston casting the negative
vote. ASUO President Stanley Wil
liamson did not vote. Marvin Ras -
mussen, junior representative, and
Bert Moore, senior representative,
were absent, but Moore was declar
ed opposed to changing the date.
Nominating assembly will be
Wednesday, May 19, in McArthur
court. Petitions for office must be
filed with Williamson by midnight
Monday, May 17, and must bear
the name and scholastic standing
of the candidate, the position he
seeks, and an eligibility slip from
the dean of men or dean of women.
The council would not approve a
Wednesday (May 26) election date,
because that would necessitate
holding the nominating assembly
on Friday, the night of the Mortar
Board ball.
The council also approved a mo
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Job Interviews
Slated Today
Two company representatives
will be on the campus today to in
terview job applicants, according
to Karl W. Onthank, associate di
rector of student affairs. Appoint
ments or additional information
may be obtained from the graduate
placement secretary, room 6,
Friendly.
The following list of coming rep
resentatives has been released
through Onthank’s office:
May 14—Mr. Aeger, Hyster com
pany, Portland. Particularly men
interested in selling, or generally
interested in Hyster equipment.
May 14—Mrs. Marjory Kafer,
Girl Scouts of America, Seattle na
tional branch office. Women inter
ested in professional scout work,
national and local positions.
May 21—Mr. LaBorde, Proctor
and Gamble retail sales. Men as
salesmen, calling on retailers. Def
inite opening for Portland area and
possible other areas.
May 24—John Triplett, Boy
Scouts of America, personnel di
vision of home office. Men inter
ested in professional scout work,
organization, training, public rela
tions.
Committee Maps Final Plans
Kay Schneider, (right), Mortar Board ball chairman, puts down dance
plans for a minute to pose with her committee: seated, left to right,
Sally Mueller, Marge Harrison, Renee Cowell, Joan O’Neil; standing,
left to right, Jeannine Macaulay, Sally Waller, Miss Schneider; top,
Helen Sherman.
- (Photo by Kirk Braun)
Girls Now More Particular,
Likely to Ignore Leap Year
By HELEN SHERMAN
For the Mortar Board ball just
around the corner on May 21 men
may get fewer invitations than ever
before.
At least some important signs
point that way and some people
think they are indicative of a new
slant in relations between men and
women.
The story that the war has left
the United States with a scarcity
of right-age males isn't true. Esti
show about 7,200,000 unmarried
mates of U.S. census bureau in 1946
men between 20 and 44, compared
to 6,400,000 women of the same
age group. The men outnumber the
women about two to one on this
campus so the competition favors
the ladies.
“Ladies Night” is being held in a
leap year which rounds out a cen
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Mortar Board
To Issue Awards
Applicants for Mortar Board
scholarships are requested to
pick up their blanks at Mrs. Gol
da P. Wickham's office, it has
been announced by Helen Hicks,
Mortar Board president. The
scholarships, which are awarded
annually to outstanding' junior
women for the senior year, are to
be filled out and returned by
May 19.
Miss Hicks suggested that any
junior woman who would like to
apply for the scholarships should
fill out the application immedi
ately to insure consideration by
the committee.
Honor Groups
Plan Dinner
For Saturday
Seventeen new members will be
initiated by Sigma Xi, science hon
orary, Saturday night when the
Oregon Chapter of the group cel
ebrates its 25th anniversary on
this campus. Following the initia
tion the society will meet with Phi
Beta Kappa, liberal arts honorary,
at a joint banquet in the Metho
dist church.
Later in the evening the two
groups will hear Dr. Raymond B.
Allen, president of the University
of Washington, speak on "The
Mission of Science and Scholar
ship” in Chapman hall Dr Allen’s
'address will be at 8 p. m.
Samuel N. Dicken, head of the
department of geology and geog
raphy, will be taken into Sigma
Xi as an active member. The fol
lowing graduate students will be
taken in as associate members:
Cecil Keith Claycomb, chemis
try; Harold M. Davidson, chemis
try; Douglas J. Donahue, physics;
Maryann T. Doyle, anthropology;
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Henderson
Named Top
Contender
Bob Henderson, junior in educa
tion, and Helen Nickum, junior in
business administration, were se
lected yesterday to be the Indepen
dent candidates for the top ASUO
offices.
The nominations came out of a
fiery ISA senate meeting punctu
ated by frequent withdrawals of'
petitions.
Joe Conroy, junior in business
administration, was the only other
contestant for the No. 1 post. On
the first roll call vote, he received
26 votes to Henderson’s 27, but the
presiding officer, ISA Vice-Presi
dent LaVerne Gunderson, found
that there was a discrepancy be
tween two tallies that were being
taken.
In the ensuing ballot, one mem
ber of the organizational commit
tee switched his vote, so that Hen
derson was elected by three votes,
A temporary flurry was created
in the first ballot when Joyce Nie
dermeyer, representative from Su
san Campbell hall, attempted to
vote contrary to instructions from
her living organization. According
to a decision by the rules commit
tee, senators were compelled to
vote in accordance with the wishes
of their houses. Miss Niedermeyer
amended her vote to comply.
Diana Dye, junior in journalism
and only applicant for No. 2 posi
tion, withdrew her petition saying
that she did not feel that she could
support the No. 1 candidate or his
platform.
The name of Joe Conroy was
brought up, but he refused the
nomination.
Confusion ensued as the rules
and organizational committees at
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Current Drama Centers on UN Discussion
1 WARREN MILLER
The ‘struggle for the world’
around which discussions of the
little assembly, the United Nations
military forces, or the Marshall
plan now center is the most fas
cinating part of the current drama
surrounding the United Nations.
But it is potentially of a secondary
importance when placed in the
proper perspective with the educa
tional, scientific, and cultural forc
es now controlled by the U.N.”
This statement, made by PNCC
representative Bob Allen, outlined
his evaluation of the four resolu
tions concerning UNESCO and
public information passed by the
Whitman college Pacific North
west College conference.
Resolution number nine states:
That there shall be an equalization
of the scholastic requirements of
the educational systems of the
world to facilitate a free transfer
of students on the international
level.
It is the opinion of both dele
gates that the active promotion of
this resolution would aid the ex
change of students now being pro
moted under the Fullbright act by
groups such as the National Stu
dents association and Carnegie en
dowments. An intensified move
ment of students among nations is
one of the most practical ways of
creating international good will
through personal knowledge and
understanding, they said.
Resolution number 10 provides
that: UNESCO provide a more ac
tive program of publicity directed
at the individual through the me
diums of motion pictures, radio
and press to simulate interest in
UNESCO philosophy, function and
structure.
The United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural organiza
tion is destined to become one of
the most powerful organs for in
ternational peace, Allen stated.
Where increased exchanges of
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ROBERT ALLEN
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