University Dorms Will House Pledges
Beginning Next Fall Quarter 1949-50
Fiftieth Year of Publication and Service to the University
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, ~SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1948
VOLUME L
NUMBER 38
Confab Draws Record Crowd
Records were broken yesterday
when 247 high school editors and
managers completed registration
for the twenty-second annual high
school press conference. This is an
increase of 105 over last year. High
school publication advisers attend
ing the conference totaled 40.
Wendell Webb, managing editor
of the Salem, Oregon, Statesman,
was the main speaker at the open
ing meeting. He spoke on “Mak
ing Good in Journalism.”
Webb stressed the importance
of a “well-rounded education” for
success in journalism. Other at
tributes which he feels a journal
ist should have are resourcefulness,
originality, imagination, and ver
satility.
President’s Greetings
President Harry K. Newburn
greeted delegates on behalf of
the University. Clifford F. Weigle,
dean of the school of journalism,
introduced the speaker.
“Planning School News Beats”
was discussed by Mrs. Josephine
Moore, manager of the University
Two series of round table
meetings will be conducted to
day. Frank Jenkins, publisher,
Klamath Falls Herald and News
and president of the Oregon
Newspaper Publishers associa
tion, will speak to the delegates
at 11 a.m. on “The Future of
Journalism,” bringing the 1948
conference to a close.
news bureau, as part of the first
series of round table discussions.
Reporting Discussed
Lyle M. Nelson, director of in
formation, dealt with reporting and
editing sports news. Effective bus
iness policies were handled by Carl
C. Webb, manager of the Oregon
Newspaper Publishers’ association
and assistant professor of journal
ism.
Luncheon speaker for school pa
per advisers, Paul S. Dull, assistant
professor of political science and
history, talked on "Japan Today.”
Afternoon round table discus
sions featured Dr. R. D. Millican,
assistant professor of advertising;
Gordon A. Sabine, assistant pro
fessor of journalism; Warren C.
Price, associate professor of jour
nalism; Dale Cooley, Cooley Ad
vertising agency, Eugene; Albert
H. Currey, Eugene Register-Guard
reporter; Dr. Laurence R. Camp
bell, professor of journalism.
Dean Weigle explained the plans
for the Oregon school press. Elim
ination of the critical service of
fered to high school publications
by the school of journalism is be
ing considered due to various na
tional services, he said.
Register Next Week for Winter Term
Advance registration will begii
on Saturday, November 13, at Mc
Arthur court, according to J. D.
Kline, assistant registrar. To fa
cilitate registration, students are
urged to obtain their registration
material on this day. McArthur
court will be open from 8 to 5 and
material will be arranged alpha
betically. After Saturday material
can be obtained at the registrar’s
office in Emerald hall. Adviser’s
program certification and depart
iment stamp on class cards should
be obtained from November 15-20
and final registration procedures
will continue until December 4.
Veteran’s winter term books and
supplies will not be available until
on or after December 6, 1948.
Students with pegged grades
■will not receive material for ad
vance registration. Such students
may not register for winter term
until fall term grades are in and
it has been determined that stipu
lated GPA has been made.
Regular registration will be Jan
uary 3-5, 1949.
Orides, Sigma Kap Pics
Kennell-Ellis photographers will
take pictures of Orides and Sigma
Kappa members today for the 1949
Oregana.
i Alpha hall, Delta Zeta, and Re
bec house members open the sched
ule next week.
String Quartet
Concert Monday
The California String Quartet
will present the first concert of
the newly-formed Chamber Con
cert series Monday evening at 8:15
in the music school auditorium,
Composed of first-chair members
of the San Francisco Symphony or
chestra, the ensemble has drawn
high praise from music critics on
the west coast and in the East
rywhere concerts have been given.
The varied program consists of
two works of old masters: Opus 76,
No. 1 in G Major by Haydn and
Opus 51, No. 2 in A Minor by
Brahms, and one of contemporary
origin, the Fifth Quartet by the
late Bela Bartok.
Reception Later
After the concert a reception
will be held for the members of
the group in Gerlinger hall. The
three sponsoring organizations of
the series, Mu Phi Epsilon, Phi
Beta, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia,
extend an open invitation to the
public in order that the artists may
be met on a personal basis.
Season tickets for the three-con
cert series will be available at the
office of the dean of the school of
music until the hour of the first
concert. Tickets for seats not filled
by season ticket holders will be
sold singly at the door, according
to Treva Rice, co-chairman of the
series.
Sigma Chi Choice
SWEETHEART OF SIGMA CHI is Joan Nelson, a Delta Gamma
pledge. She was selected last Wednesday night from among six
finalists. Tonight, she and the members of her court will be honored
at the annual Sweetheart ball at the chapter house.
Greek Living Groups
To Increase Quotas
During Open Rushing
By Gretclien Grondahl
First-year University students will definitely be required
to live in dormitories or town rooms, not in fraternity and
sorority houses, for one year, beginning fall term, 1949.
This policy, unanimously established by officals of the
University, was formally announced at Thursday night’s In
terfraternity Council meeting, and by copies of the statement
sent to presidents of all Greek organizations yesterday.
I rnlcr present plans, freshmen will pledge during the usual"
pre-fall term rush week, but will continue to live in the dorms
for a year.
\\ omen will not live in any part of the John Straub dormi
tory group. I his section will be occupied by men, and women
students will he housed in the new dormitory now under con
struction.
Effects Far Reaching
Among far-reaching effects of this new system will be the
necessity for lraternities and sororities to fill their houses with
students now on campus, since their entire houses next fall will
be occupied by three classes only.
Ibis will be an opportunity for girls interested in sororities
to be pledged this year,” said Margaret Rauch, Panhellenic
president, when contacted yesterday. She urged these girls to
go out for rushing winter and spring terms, when new limits
will be set on house quotas.
Warren Richey, IFC prexy, commented that “it is too
early to form an opinion on this decision one way or another.
So many things have to be considered.”
Donald M. DuShane, director of student affairs, in explain
ing the decision, emphasized that “the University re-affirms
its support of the fraternity-sorority system, and its prior com
mitment to chapters already established at the University of
Oregon.”
No New Nationals
This means, DuShane continued, that until the transition
period caused by these new rulings is over, no new nationals
will lie allowed to establish chapters on the Oregon campus.
I he administration wishes to leave the actual implementa
tion of the new policy, such as establishment of rushing quotas,
rush week procedure, and rules for junior transfers, up to the
Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic, in order to give the
students as much voice in the matter as possible, he said.
“We believe that this policy will be a substantial improve
ment from both University and fraternal standpoints,” Du
Shane declared. He listed among its advantages:
1. A common experience in group living will be provided
for first-year students.
2. University spirit and loyalty and inter-Greek relations
will be improved.
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Public Polls Here to Stay
But Don't Overread Them
Public opinion polls aren’t going out of business, even if they
misecl the boat on this one trip, according to Gordon A. Sabine,
assistant professor of journalism
He championed polls and explained their backward predic
tions on the Truman victor}' in several speeches Friday after
noon.
“Much of the fault was in the people who read too much into
those figures,” the speaker em
phasized to members of the Ore
gon High School Press associa
tion.
Professor Sabine numbered
himself among the “few people
to raise their voices in defense
of the pollsters” after the Dewey
Truman upset.
He predicted that “well conduct
ed polls will produce what they say
they’ll produce in the future—if we
give them the proper attitude, and
don't depend on them for too much.”
Explanations he gave for the No
vember 2 mistake were:
1 Many persons who said they’d
vote for Wallace switched to Tru
man at .the last minute.
2 We read too much into the
figures?
3 There may have been a re
verse bandwagon effect; Republi
can inclined voters didn't go to the
polls because of the pro-Dewey pre
dictions.
4—Undecided vote may have
weighed heavier on the Truman
side at the voting booths.
“Percentages are still in favor of
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