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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 18, 1950)
VOLUME U UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1950 NUMBER Gt Dads' Day Workers Get Rolling; Hostess Naming, Letter Contest Set Dads Will Select Hostess For Day Visiting Oregon dads will elect their own Dads’ Day hostess this year, Special Events Chairman Dick Lee announced Tuesday. This is the first time the choice has been left to the Dads. Three finalists will be chosen by a board of students and faculty members. Pictures of the finalists 41 by Kennell-Ellis will be displayed at the three registration points for Dads’ Day, the Eugene and Osburn Hotels, and Johnson Hall. Dads will cast their ballots when they register. Deadline for entries in the host ess contest has been set at 3:30 p.m. Friday. All wives of students are eligible to compete, not merely the wives of student veterans as in former years. Plain black and white pictures of the candidates should be put in the envelope at the Emerald quon set on University street, north of 13th. To be returned, the pictures should have the name, address, and phone number on the back, Lee said. A full-page picture of the host ess will appear in the 1950 Ore gana. The hostess will be introduced during half-time of the Oregon Washington basketball game Sat urday night in McArthur Court. Finalists will meet the morning train Saturday to welcome dads. Committee members working under Lee are Rod Bell, Stan Good ell, Jane Cover, Gerry Pearson, Jeanne Hoffman, Barb Clerin, and Anita Frost. Dance Tickets Now Available; Over 200 Sold More than 200 tickets have been sold for the Senior Ball since sales opened Monday, according to Tick et Chairman Bob Hankins. Twelve hundred tickets are avail able, he said, and his committee expects to sell more than 1000 of them. “There’s going to be a big crowd at the dance,” Hankins believes, “because a good band is playing, and because it’s the first all-cam pus dance of the term.” Tickets are available this week in the Co-op and in men’s living organizations. They will also be on sale at the Ball Saturday night. Cost is $2.40 per couple. “Golden Anniversary Ball” is the theme for the. seniors’ annual formal dance. The “50” theme will be carried out in gilt numerals and “from then to now” panels. Music will be supplied by pianist Skitch Henderson and his orches tra. Frosh To Nominate Officers February J Nominations for freshman class officers were scheduled for Feb. 1 and elections for Feb. 6 by the ASUO Executive Council Monday night. Ed Anderson, student body first vice president, will be in charge of the elections as provided in the ASUO Constitution. Students Prepare For Letter Race “Dad—Oregon’s Man of the Half Century,” will be invited to the campus for Dads’ Day Jan. 28 by a letter to appear in Thursday's Emerald. Living organizations first turn ing in the highest percentage of letters in the annual “Letter to Dad” contest will be awarded rec- I ord albums of “Starlight Sere nade” by Glenn Miller, and “En cores” by Stan Kenton, Herb Nill, awards chairman, announced. The clipped out letters should be turnedin in addressed, stamped en velopes to Roger Nudd's promotion committee at the Emerald shack. No Emeralds will be available be fore 6 a.m. at the Emerald quonset Thursday. Highlights of Dads' Day will in clude the annual luncheon in John Straub, a campus tour, the Wash ington-Oregon basketball game, and the Hostess contest. One thousand seats in Sections AA and BB in McArthur Court have been reserved for visiting fathers Saturday night, Eddie Artzt, basketball game chairman, j said Tuesday. Half of the tickets will go on sale Friday, and the remainder Saturday at registra tion booths. Price will be $1.20 each. Donna Buse, luncheon chairman, has issued a call for workers to decorate for the Saturday noon affair. A work party will be held Jan. 21, to prepare for the lunch eon Miss Buse stated. She may be contacted at Delta Zeta. New Exec Council Members Interviewed, Explanations of Programs, Beliefs Given By Stan Turnbull Alms and beliefs of the four newly-elected representatives to the ASUO executive council were explained to the Emerald Tuesday. New members include Dick Neely, senior representative; Herb Nill and Gordon Howard, junior representatives; and Virginia Wright, sophomore representative. They were selected by the Execu tive Council at a Monday night meeting. "The lack of an effective student government is now the main prob lem on the campus,” said Dick Neely, senior representative and member of Associated Greek Stu dents (AGS). NEW CONCEPT "A solution involves more than getting out the votes and plead ing to students to take an interest in their government,” he contin ued. "It involves a change in the \ conception of the students’ place in college activities—the adoption of a different philosophy of stu dent life. “Student activities and student government are an integral part of the University educational pro- ! ^ gram. Upon this basic premise I believe a sound student govern ment can be built,” Neely stated. Criticizing the “paternal policy” of the University administration toward student government, the new senior representative pointed out that students must, on the other hand, “accept the responsi bilities that go with the privileges they seek.” STUDENT CONTROL Neely advocated effective stu dent control of policy for the new Student Union and pledged him self to working for establishment of a government of which students may be proud, “one which does something besides dispense pat ronage” Better representation and ex pansion of the University’s ath letic program were urged by Herb Nill, AGS member and new junior representative. Nill urged investigation of the possibility of having class meet ings at regular intervals and be fore Executive Council votes on important issues, so that the coun cil might “actually act in a repre sentative capacity,” having to de pend less on opinions of the mem bers. Pointing out that there would be many difficulties to overcome, the new junior representative asserted that now is a good time to initiate this policy on a continuing basis, as the student body is being filled more and more directly by high school graduates. Pointing out that Oregon lags in promoting wrestling and boxing, Nill urged development of these sports, naming as advantages that they are good winter sports, could be used for exhibitions such as basketball intermissions, and would permit high school students to carry over in these activities. Representation of dormitory stu dents was stressed by Gordon Howard, the other junior represen tative and member of United Stu dents Association (USA). How ard is president of Cherney Hall and a member of Inter-dorm Coun cil. EXPLANATIONS PROMISED Howard feels that past reluc tance of dorm residents to enter all-campus activities may be over come through explanations which he will be in a position to make as a member of the council. (Please turn to page eight) Panhellenic Votes For Early Rushing; Issues Statement l>y unanimous vote, the University of Oregon Panhellenict Association last week expressed its disapproval of deferred rush ing and advocated an early rushing and pledging date next fall. A statement expressing 1’anhellenic's views and reasons tot the decision was presented to Lvmerald editor Don Smith Tues day. Before the vote was taken at the Jan. 12 meeting, the matter was discussed in all sororities and voted upon in each individual house. Panhellenic's official statement | follows: We believe in an early pledge date for the following reasons: 1. A recommendation from our National Panhellenic Conference, based on 44 years of experience with all types of rushing, advo cates an early pledge date. 2. We feel that the adjustment for the whole campus arising from the adoption of the deferred living plan will be so great that the inauguration of a second change that of deferred rushing and pledg ing—would hinder the successful function of either proposal. The. efficient operation of the deferred living plan in itself will be a great task, so that all aspects of it will be to the satisfaction of all groups concerned—the freshmen, the dor mitories, and the houses. LIGHTER BURDEN 3. The arrangement of the aca demic calendar on this eampus makes it virtually impossible to find a period of time available to carry out a successful rush week without added burden to the rush ees and houses. 4. It is only natural that the fraternal organizations are anx ious to orient their freshmen in the organization’s own ideals and stan dards at the beginning of the fresman year in college, so that they will be better equipped to make the adjustments required of all freshmen. BETTER UNDERSTANDING 5. We feel that having' our pledges as freshmen in the dormi tories will promote a better under standing between fraternity and independent students, thereby elim inating conflicts and misunder standings that could arise between the two groups, due to a lack of knowledge on both parts, and will lead to their realization that they are but two different types of liv ing organizations on the campus. 6. We have taken into considera tion the advantages and disadvan tages that an early pledge date would offer all groups concerned, and in conclusion, we feel our stated policy would be to the best advantage of the student body as a whole. 'SolarSystem7 Set For Browsing Table E. G. Ebbighausen, professor of physics, will discuss the origin of the solar system in a Browsing Room lecture series talk tonight at 7:30 p.m. Brr! Snow Coats Quad ‘ With White Students who braved the wrath of winter to go to classes Tuesday literally found themselves "snowed under" as they trudged through the coldest day of the season. The weather bureau reported three inches of new snow and a Tuesday afternoon temperature ol' 20 degrees. The forecast is for more snow with intermitteht rain showers. A low of 15 degrees is expected, rising in the afternoon to 33. Transportation facilities began to feel the bite of the elements and Southern Pacific reports trains behind schedule. Western and United Airlines cancelled all flights Tuesday. State police say the North Santi am pass is closed and the South Santiam pass is open only to emergency traffic. Highway 99 is closed at Weed and motorists aro advised to use chains both north and south of Eugene. Elsewhere in the state the low est temperature reported was 7 below at Pendleton. Portland set a new modern low for that city with 8 above. Traffic Court Spot Open Traffic Court Chairman Dick Neely Tuesday called for petitions to replace sophomore court mem ber Merv Hampton, who resigned on grounds of scholastic ineligi bility. Petitions should be turned in to the ASUO office by 5 p.m. Fri day, President Art Johnson stated. Selection will be made by the Ex ecutive Council at its next meet ing. Students who did not appear at the court's regular session Tues day night will be given a week’s grace because of unfavorable weather conditions, Neely stated. They will, however, be expected to appear next Tuesday at the regu lar court session, 7 p.m. in 6 Friendly. Four cases were dismissed by the court. Two students were found innocent, one was excused (Please turn to page eight)