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VOLUME LI UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4,1950 NUMBER SB
PE School Majors
Say They're Satisfied
The lid was apparently back on Tuesday in the case of the
five coeds who last term were asked not to register in the School
of Health and Physical Education, then later were told they
would, after all, be allowed to register in the school.
Rifle Bullet Ends
Student's Life;
Called Suicide
A 26-year-old University student
scrawled a suicide note, then ended
his own life with a rifle bullet
during the early morning hours
last Thursday, police believed.
Police found the message left by
Lyle D. Snider when they entered
his room at 1658 E. 13th Avenue.
It stated he killed himself because
“I just couldn’t take it any long
er.”
Authorities were notified about
8:30 a.m. by the manager of the
rooming house where Snider lived.
He said he saw blood dripping
from the ceiling beneath Snider’s
room and found his door locked
from the inside:
Removing the pins from the
hinges, he found Snider’s body
face down on the floor. Police said
he had shot himself in the head
with his own rifle, a German 8.57
MM Mauser.
Snider’s note indicated suicide
as "the only way out” and ended
with “May God have mercy on my
soul.”
According to University records,
Snider was an English major with
better -than- average grades.
Friends divulged he had been de
spondent since receiving word last
month of the death of his five
year-old daughter in a London
hospital.
He is survived by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Snider of
Myrtle Creek.
Co-op Robber
Gets 5 Years
James W. Cameron, 21 ,who
pleaded guilty to the $700 Co-op
robbery, was sentenced to a maxi
mum of five years in the state pen
itentiary by Circuit Judge G. F.
Skipworth Tuesday.
Cameron was committed to the
State Mental hospital in Salem
after being judged temporarily in
sane. He later escaped with four
other inmates but was apprehended
the same day.
Cameron was sent back to Cir
cuit Court on Dec. 16 with a letter
saying he was capable of under
standing court proceedings.
Guides Still Available
A number of Pigger’s Guides
still remain uncalled for at the
Student Union Office in Mc
Arthur Court and students were
advised Tuesday by the office
to claim directories by Saturday
noon.
Weather . . .
Mostly cloudy today with show
ers of rain or snowr; clearing to
night. Warmer today with maxi
mum temperature 35; Tuesday’s;
high, 33. i
the hve, most of whom ex
pressed satisfaction with the
arrangement, three will remain
in the PE school, and two have
changed their majors. Cause of
the original incident was the
desire of several of the coeds
not to take all the required
courses, and a criticism of their
“attitude.”
Following conferences with Pres
ident Newburn and R. W. Leigh
ton, dean of the PE school, the
girls’ attitudes were termed “very
proper,” and the promise was
made that more notification would
be given in the future if students
were felt not to have qualifications
that could be recommended for
teaching positions.
Qualified approval of the setup
was expressed by one of the three
remaining in the department. “We
are doing this on trial,” she said.
“We are glad they have tried to
straighten it out, and will wait and
see how things finally work out.”
Others of the group seemed less
critical, including the two who are
changing' majors. Dean Leighton
made no formal statement, but
commented that he felt the situ
ation was straightened out satis
factorily.
Fall Grades Ready
Thursday Morning
Fall term grade reports will be
available to students Thursday in
the Registrar’s Office in Emerald
Hall, Clifford L. Constance, regis
trar, reported Tuesday.
Grades may be obtained start
ing at the following times:
A-D from 8:30 a.m.; E-J from
9:30; K-N from 10:30; O-S from
'1:30 p.m.; T-Z from 2:30.
“Most students have already
seen their grades on reports
mailed to parents at home,” Con
stance stated.
Residence Change
Must Be Reported
Students who have changed
their residence since fall term
must report this change immedi
ately to the Office of Student
Affairs, the Registrar, and the
Business Office, Vergil S. Fog
dall, director of men’s affairs,
stated Tuesday.
Fire Protection
To Be Studied
ByU.O.Officials
University officials will meet to
day with Eugene city and fire of
ficials to formulate a recommenda
tion to the state board of regents
concerning fire protection needs on
the University campus.
Supplying sufficient water to the
campus to meet fire needs will be
one of the main topics of discussion
at the meeting in the committee
room in Johnson Hall, Ray Boats,
superintendent of the Eugene
Water and Electric Board, said yes
terday.
It may be necessary, he said, for
the city to lay new 8-inch mains on
University and 15th streets near
McArthur Court and on Kincaid
Street the length of the campus in
order to serve campus areas not
crossed by public streets.
Meeting today will be Boals, J.
O. Lindstrom, University business
manager; Joe W. Gault, deputy
state fire marshall; I. I. Wright,
University physical plant superin
tendent; Oren L. King, Eugene city
manager; and Ed Surfus and Lester
Barker, fire chief and fire marshal,
respectively, of Eugene.
Gault will make specific recom
mendations to the representatives
and they will decide the responsi
bilities of the University and the
city in carrying out his recommen
dations.
Thursday, the representatives
will meet with University President
Harry K. Newburn to present the
findings. Later this month, Presi
dent Newburn will present the re
port to the state board of regents
for action.
Registration Changes Confusing
But 3,547 Complete All Steps
’Lines and confusion marked the
first day of regular winter term
registration, as approximately
2,320 students completed the pro
cess Tuesday, bringing the total
to 3,547.
Most of the confusion was due
to recent changes in the process
which were not stated in the time
schedule published during fall
term. Principal among the changes
is that students may complete
registration anytime until Satur
day noon without paying the $5
late fee. This applies to both vet
eran and non-veteran students who
completed steps 1 through 4 dur
ing advance registration.
Students who failed to finish
step 4 during advance registration
have been assessed a late fee of
$5 and those failing to complete
registration by Saturday noon
must also pay a $5 late fee on and
after Monday.
The maximum charge made,
however, for late registration is
$5. If a student failed to complete
step 4 in advance registration and
also fails to register by Saturday
noon he will still be charged only
$5.
Veterans hurried to complete
registration Tuesday believing
their eligibility time would expire
on that day, as stated in the time
University students must have
their new activity books if they
wish to attend Friday and Sat
urday basketball games, How
ard K. Lemons, athletic business
manager, reported Tuesday.
schedule. Actually, this was
changed by direction of the Veter
ans Administration, so that eligi
bility will expire on the day of
veterans validation.
If veterans appear for validation
later on and submit a signed state
(Plcase turn to page three)
Upper Division Status
In Architecture School ,
To Begin Next Fall
h pper division status for the School of Architecture and
Allied Arts, effective next fall term, was announced by Dean
Sidney \Y. Little Dec. 29.
hollowing' the pattern set by the schools of Kducation, Jour
nalism, and Law, the School of Architecture and Allied Arts will
become the fourth University professional school to shift toi
upper division standing.
unty tnc schools ot Kusmess
Administration, Music, and
Physical Education retain four
year professional school status.
Students currently registered in
the school will not be affected by
the shift, Dean Little stated. Cur
riculum changes will be minor,
except in freshman and sophomore
courses.
DUAL ADVISERS
Art and architecture preference
students will be assigned faculty
advisers in both the College of
Liberal Arts and the School of
Architecture and Allied Arts, and
will follow lower division pro
grams fashioned by the school,
Little explained.
By consolidating courses for
merly offered to freshmen and
sophomores, the teaching staff will
be able to concentrate attention
upon major work in the school, he
said.
It will also allow lower division
students to acquire a background
in both liberal arts and architec
ture, making transfers to other
schools less complicated.
“Because of the shift, we hope
that more art and architecture
courses will be available to gen
eral non-major students in the
future,” Little said. Comparatively
few non-majors are now enrolled
in these courses.
REQUIREMENTS SAME
The change does not alter the
basic requirements for graduation
in any of the school’s seven fields,
he emphasized, and under the new
status, all qualified juniors will be
admitted to the school.
“We hope that very soon the
College of Liberal Arts will rec
ognize the validity of creative
work as a part of general educa
tion,” Dean Little pointed out, con
cerning the effects of the change.
Re-organization of the College
of Liberal Arts is now being stud
ied by a University committee.
Council to Fill
Two Vacancies
Two vacancies on the ASUO
Executive Council will be filled by
the Council at its next meeting,
Monday, Jan. 9, President Art
Johnson announced Tuesday.
Petitions for the positions of
junior and senior representative
are du^ this Friday by 5 p.m. in
the ASUO office, Emerald Hall.
Vacancies were created by the
resignations of Phil Patterson,
AGS, senior representative, and
Anita Holmes, USA, junior repre
sentative. Patterson was gradu
ated last term and Miss Holmes
has left the University to accept
a one-year secretarial position
with U.S. Senator Henry Dwor
shak in Washington, D.C.
This will be the second replace
ment in the junior spot; Miss
Holmes was selected by the Coun
cil to replace Don Smith, who re
signed the position since he was
already seated on the Council as
Emerald editor.
Council members will read over
the petitions in the ASUO office
preparatory to interviewing the i
candidates Monday night.
Johnson has just returned from
a trip to New York as the guest of
the National Association of Manu-I
facturers.
Dining Room,
Kitchen Altered
In Vets' Dorm
Work has been completed on the
Veterans' dorm kitchen and din
ing room in preparation for winter
term, according to H. P. Barnhart,
dormitory foods director.
The improvements, completed
during Christmas vacation, in
cluded installation of acoustical
tile on the dining room and dish
room ceilings for soundproofing.
Asphalt tile has been laid in part
of the dining room and dish room
and some painting and varnishing
has been done, Barnett said.
Eating conditions in the Veter
ans’ Commons were sharply criti
cized a few weeks ago and given
considerable attention by state
newspapers when some 300 resi
dents of the Veterans' dormitories
signed a petition objecting to what
they termed “sometimes inedible
food.’’
Barnhart stated at that time
that the situation was apparently
a result of dining room conditions,
and promised building improve
ments as a solution to the prob
lem.
8 WOC Holmes
Goes to Capital
Anita Holmes, managing editor
of Old Oregon and junior repre
sentative on the executive council,
left Eugene Monday to accept a
one-year position in Washington
D.C. as a secretary for Idaho Sen
ator Henry Dworshak.
She plans to return to the Uni
versity winter term, 1951.
An honor roll student majoring
in journalism, Miss Holmes was
on the publications board, the
Civic Music Association board, and
was Oregonian correspondent for
the University News Bureau.
She was secretary of Phi Theta
Upsilon, junior women's honorary,
and is a pledge of Theta Sigma
Phi, women’s professional journal
ism fraternity.
Theta Sigma Phi chose Miss
Holmes outstanding freshman and
sophomore woman in journalism.
Her name was also placed on the
Mortar Board plaque for outstand
ing freshmen women.
UO Will Add
To BA Building
The University’s School of Busi
ness Administration will benefit
this year by an addition to the
school’s building, Commerce Hall.
The State Board of Higher Edu
cation applied last week for feder
al funds for use in planning the
addition.
The Commerce addition will cost
an estimated $750,000. No fund3
are available now for the project.
Application was authorized for
$56,000 to plan the Commerce ad
dition and another for the Home
Economics Building at Oregon
State College. Both additions will
cost $750,000.