VOLUME L
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1949
NUMBER 120
Jimmy Zito Will Play Prom
ED ANDERSON
JOAN FRYDENLUND
LOU WESTON
ART JOHNSON
Students to Pick New Officers;
Political Battle Draws to Close
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Oregon’s perennial spring term political battle draws to a
close today as candidates and platforms come up for the final
test . . . the student’s votes.
Three polling places will be open from 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. As
usual, booths will be located at the YMCA. Other polling places
will be at McArthur court and the library.
Serving at the polls will be members of the service honor
aries, Phi Theta Upsilon, Druids, Kwama, and Skull and Dagger.
“Watchers” from both political parties will be in attendance.
ASUO officers and representatives, class officers, and co-op
board members will be on sep
arate ballots, ASUO Vice-Pres
ident Sheldon Jones, in charge
of elections explained.
All University students—reg
ular, graduate, and special—are
eligible to vote for ASUO offi
cers, class representatives, and
yell king. Only members of the
co-op will be given ballots for
co-op board.
In class elections, students will
be given ballots only for the class
they will be in next year. All eligi
ble voters are listed in the poll
books, with their classes as check
ed with the Registrar’s records.
When he enters the polls, the vot
er’s student body card will be stamp
ed, checked with the poll book, and
he will be given the appropriate
ballots. If no class is shown in the
poll book, he will receive only the
ASUO ballot.
In explaining the preferential
ballot, used in all ASUO elections,
Sheldon Jones stressed that incor
rectly marked sections of ballots
will be thrown out.
Four candidates are listed under
“ASUO President,” he explained,
and the voter must mark the fig
ure “1” by his choice for president,
“2” by his choice for second position,
Third and fourth choices may or
may not be marked, as the voter
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Candidates Cite
Political Ideals
“When things come up that are
«'ur business, you are going to be
lcf about them—and all about
them,” said Ed Anderson, AGS
candidate for ASUO position num
ber one at a nominating rally in
Mac court yesterday at 4. Attack
ing the closed sessions of the exec
utive council, Anderson went on,
“The student body can be the voice
of the students if it publicizes its
meetings. The policy of the pres
ent administration seems to be
“what you don’t know won’t hurt
you’.”
“Our aim is to wipe out social
lines in campus politics,” Art John
son, who is running on the USA
ticket for ASUO number one, stat
ed. “We have a habit of voting a
straight ticket, not only in cam
pus politics, but in our national
elections. It is a bad habit; student
government suffers because of it.
Integrity, ability, and experience
of candidates should be the basis
for casting a ballot.”
Lou Weston, USA candidate for
ASUO number two position, stated
her belief that the responsibility
of officers is to let students know
what opportunities exist for them
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Here's Scoop on Student
Nominee Qualifications
USA Candidates
Active on Campus
Eelow are listed brief outlines
of the campus activities of the
USA candidates for ASUO top of
fices.
ART JOHNSON — Among the
campus offices held by Johnson,
candidate for ASUO president, are:
freshman, sophomore and junior
representative, WSSF chairman,
1948 Dads’ day co-chairman, vice
president of OFCL for '49 and '50;
and Frosh Glee chairman. Other
activities include: Druids, Skull
and Dagger, religious council, edu
cational activities board, Scabbard
and Blade, Jerry Huestis cup for
outstanding freshman indepen
dent, and Scabbard and Blade
award for the outstanding sopho
more in military science, delegate
to the student body president’s as
sociation convention last year.
LOU WESTON — Candidate for
ASUO second position, Miss Wes
ton is president of Delta Zeta. Her
offices include: co-chairman of the
all-campus sing, co-finance chair
man of USA, OFCL corresponding
secretary, sophomore representa
tive. Her other activities include
YWCA cabinet, Phi Theta Upsilon,
Red Cross, chairmanship for “Mes
siah,” WSSF, and Homecoming
promotion.
The Weather
Mostly cloudy today with little
change in temperature. Expected
high, 70 degrees; low tonight, 39
degrees.
Vote Today
Activities Aplenty
For AGS Crew
Thumbnail sketches of the cam
pus activities of the candidates
heading the AGS slate are listed
below:
ED ANDERSON — Anderson,
candidate for ASUO president, is
a junior representative. Among
his other campus offices are: pres
ident of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, past
president of Skull and Dagger,
chairman of the Sophomore Wbis
kerino tradition committee in 1947,
chairman of the noise parade for
1 9 4 7 Homecoming, Dads’ day
awards chairman in 1948, general
chairman for 1948 Dads’ Weekend.
Anderson is a member of Druids
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Nightln Bagdad
Theme of Years
Biggest Dance
Jimmy Zito and his orchestra
will play for the annual Junior
prom Saturday, May 7, it was an
nounced yesterday by Dance Chair
man Paul Johnston. This is the
second time Zito will have ap
peared on the campus this year,
playing last fall for the Sopho
more Whiskerino.
Tickets will sell for $2, a lower
price than for Junior Weekend
dances in recent years. Tickets will
go on sale in the Co-op and in the
Educational activities office in Mc
Arthur court next Tuesday.
Dancers will spend "A Night in
Bagdad” after entering Mac court
for the 9 to 12 formal affair.
The dance is the biggest of the
schopl year, and highlight of the
junior class activities. Intermission
activities will include awarding of
the Koyle and Gerlinger cups to
the outstanding junior man and
outstanding junior woman, re
spectively. Float parade awards
will be given the houses with the
floats judged best in the afternoon
parade.
The Burt Brown Barker scholar
ship cups awarded to the men’s
and women's living organizations
which maintained the highest
grade point average during the
year, will also be awarded at in
termission.
Tapping for Druids, junior men’s
honorary, will complete intermis
sion activities.
The queen’s processional and re
cessional will precede and follow
the intermission.
Jimmy Zito was a child prodigy,
being featured trumpet artist with
the Chicago Symphony orchestra
when he was 13 years old.
Before forming his own band he
was featured trumpet soloist and
vocalist with the orchestra of Ted
Fio Rito, Tommy Dorsey, Les
Brown, and Benny Goodman.
Oregon Caves Jobs
The campus employment office
reports that an Oregon Caves rep
resentative will be in its office to
keep previous appointments with
summer job applicants today.
In addition the office has an
opening in Eugene this summer for
a qualified medical X-ray techni
cian. Service training will be ac
ceptable for this position, and
summer school students would be
preferred.
Graduate Student in Journalism
Wins National ANPA Award
CLIFF JOHNSON
A University graduate student
in journalism has won second place
in a national essay.writing contest.
He is Clifford F. Johnson, of
Centralia, HI.
Johnson competed with 106 en
trants from colleges throughout
the nation in the contest sponsored
by the American Newspaper Pub
lishers association. Assigned topic
for this year’s contest was “How
Readership Surveys Affect New3,
Features and Advertisements.”
Johnson enrolled at the Univer
sity in 1945 as a major in journal
ism and because one of the few
Oregon graduates to earn a degree
in three years instead of the usual
four. He belongs to Sigma Delta
Chi, professional journalistic fra
ternity and Sigma Delta Pi, na
tional Spanish honorary.