VOLUME LI UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1,1950 NUMBER 71
Newburn Announces
Resignation of Weigle
President Harry K. Newburn announced Tuesday the resig
nation of Clifford E. Weigle, dean of the School of Journalism.
The State Board of Higher Education accepted the resignation
at its Portland meeting Monday.
Dean Weigle will end his two-year stay at the University
June 30, when he will leave to accept a position as associate di
rector of the institute for journalistic studies and professor of
journalism at btantord Univer
sity. He came to Oregon from
Stanford.
In accepting Weigle's resig
nation. President N e \v burn
praised his work while at the
University and expressed “real
Regret that he had decided to
leave Oregon.”
Newburn Praises
“In the time he has been here,
Dean Weigle has done a remark
able job of reorganizing and
strengthening the journalism curri
culum. Naturally, we are sorry to
see him leave the University, but
we wish him well in his new assign
ment,” he said.
Dean Weigle indicated in his let
ter of resignation that he was
leaving for personal and profes
sional reasons. He praised admin
istrative cooperation and expressed
satisfaction with progress in
strengthening the journalism curri
culum.
“I have found that the time taken
for administrative responsibility
prevents me from keeping properly
abreast of developments in my pro
fessional field, and from devoting
as much time as I would prefer to
teaching and research. Finally, I
have found my interests to be deep
ly interwoven in the San Francisco
bay region,” he said.
Successor Unnamed
Since Weigle became dean, the
School of Journalism was changed
to an upper division basis. Pre-jour
nalism students register for .their
first two years in the College of
Liberal Arts and move to the jour
nalism school for their last two
years. This arrangement makes
possible a broader base curriculum
•^and also allows the school to con
centrate strength in the upper di
vision.
No announcement has been made
as to a successor.
Three Below
Cold Wave
Hits Eugene
An unusual cold snap that
spread througnout the Pacific
Northwest and brought record low
temperatures to the Willamette
Valley is apparently on its way
out.
The bitter cold wave was cli
maxed in Eugene by a temperature
reading of 3 degrees below zero at
7:30 Tuesday morning. This goes
into weather bureau books as a
record low for the month of Janu
ary.
Elsewhere in the valley, the mer
cury dipped to below zero for the
first time in decades. Salem and
Forest Grove recorded new all
time lows of minus 10 and 18 res
pectively. Portland had a minus 4
degrees, and the Coast Guard was
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CLIFFORD F. WEIOLE
Old Oregon
Post Goes
To Turnbull
Stan Turnbull, junior in journa
lism, was appointed editor of Old
Oregon, alumni magazine, for
1950-51 yesterday by Les Ander
son, alumni director.
Turnbull will act as managing
editor for the remainder of this
year under Editor Jim Wallace.
He will take over the editor's du
ties with the October, 1950, issue
of the magazine.
Assistant Managing Editor of
the Emerald at present, Turnbull
has worked on the daily for two
and a half years. He was reporter
1 and desk editor his freshman year,
news editor and assistant manag
ing editor his sophomore year.
He worked on Old Oregon as a
freshman. He is a member of Sig
ma Delta Chi, professional jour
nalistic fraternity for men, and
Theta Chi, social fraternity.
“I’m tickled pink,” Turnbull
gurgled.
Campus Forum
Thursday Night
Campus Meeting, student forum
group, will discuss deferred rush
ing at a meeting at 7 p.m. Thurs
day in 3 Fenton.
Although tentative decisions
have been made to hold women’s
rushing at the first of fall term
next year, and men’s rushing the
middle of winter term, a panel of
five will explain reasons behind the
decisions and answer questions
from the audience.
All students have been expressly
invited to attend by Dorothy Orr.
Tennis Tickets
Now on Sale
Tickets for the World Cham
pionship Tennis exhibition to be
held here Feb. 8 will go on sale
today at the ticket office in Mc
.\rrnnr Court.
Students must present athle
tic cards at the time of purchase.
The tickets, costing- 50 cents,
will be limited one to a student.
The main floor seats of Mac
court will be reserved for stu
dents.
Aspiring Frosh
Set to Invade
Campus Politics
University freshmen will be in
itiated into campus polities at the
nominating assembly for class of
ficers at 5 p.m. today in 207 Chap
man.
Candidates for president, vice
president, secretary, and treasurer
will be presented by the Associated
Greek Students and the United
Students Association.
Candidates for the number one
position are Don Denning, AGS,
and Don Paillette, USA. Second
position contenders are Helen
Jackson, USA, and Jackie Wilkes,
AGS.
Polls Open Feb. 6
Nominating speeches are limi
ted to three minutes, and candi
dates will be allowed four minutes
to discuss their platforms and ob
jectives, Ed Anderson, ASUO vice
president, announced Tuesday.
Freshmen will vote for party
candidates Feb. 6. Polls will be
open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. All poll
ing places have not been deter
mined, Anderson said.
Attendance Requested
Student body cards will be
stamped at the time of voting.
Students without student body
qprds may obtain slips from the
Office of Student Affairs in order
to vote.
Preparation for tonight’s meet
ing is under the direction of Skull
and Dagger. Assisting Anderson
in obtaining poll personnel is Kay
Kuckenberg.
“Presence of all freshmen repre
sentatives at the meeting is re
quested in order to inform living
groups of election procedures,”
Anderson commented.
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Faculty to Vote
On Study Load
At Session Today
Minimum, Maximum Hour Legislation
Criticized by Academic Committee
Coming before the faculty for voting at 4 p.m. today in 3 Foil
ton will be a motion governing minimum and maximum student
course loads.
The motion, recommended by the Faculty Special Commit
tee for the Study of Academic Regulations, of which C. F. Wei
gh', dean of the School of Journalism, is chairman, would repeal
former legislation limiting a student to between 12-19 hours peg
ANDOR FOLDES
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Orchestra,
Pianist Plan
Concert
The Eugene Symphony Orches
tra will present a concert at 8:30
tonight in the Music School audi
torium with Andor Foldes, Hun
garian-born pianist an guest solo
ist.
Foldes will also make an appear
ance tomorrow night when he gives
a lecture-recital on contemporary
music in the same auditorium at
8:15. The recital, open to the pub
lic, is jointly sponsored by the Stu
dent Union Board and the School
of. Music.
Foldes has won several music
prizes including one of the top
prizes in the International Liszt Pi
ano Competition in Budapest in
1933. He made concert appearances
throughout Europe before coming
to America in 1939.
Since 1939, Foldes has performed
before audiences in 42 states and
has given annual recitals in Car
negie Hall and New York City
Town Hall.
On the program tonight are
Beethoven’s “Lenore Overture no.
3” and “Piano Concerto no. 4;’’ La
lande’s "Sinfonies for the Suppers
of the King;’’ and Bartok’s “Rhap
sody for Piano and Orchestra.”
Board of Education Grants
P.E. School to Oregon'State
Oregon State College was grant
ed a major in undergraduate physi
cal education by the State Board of
Higher Education in Portland Tues
day, in spite of the recommendation
of Chancellor Paul C. Packer to
postpone the matter until June to
enable comprehensive study of cur
ricular matters.
The'board reaffirmed its policy
of avoiding unnecessary duplica
tion of courses at the University of
Oregon and Oregon State. In some
cases, Board Chairman Edgar
Smith stated, duplication is necces
sary, as is true of the physical edu
cation course.
The action does not create a
School of Physical Education at
OSC or necessitate a change of al
| location since the college has been
j offering a minor in physical edu
I cation in the school of education,
the board curriculum committee
emphasized. A request for a gradu
ate major in PE was denied OSC
by the board.
Discussion of the matter took
place at a meeting Sunday, with no
public debate taking place on the
' issue. President Harry K. Newburn
I represented the University and
President A. L. Strand, Oregon
State, at the Sunday meeting.
Chancellr Packer also presented
I his statement of policy at that time.
Ralph W. Leighton, dean of the
U. O. school of Health and Physi
cal Education and president of both
schools attended the Monday meet
ing of the board and heard the cur
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term.
According to the present rul
ing, no student may register for
less than 12 hours or more than
19, without the approval of the
Academic Requirements Com
mittee and the dean of the
school in which he is registered.
Furthermore, he may not register*
for more than 19 hours unless his
grade point average for the preced
ing term is at least 3.00.
The final point of tire motion
would1 do away with the legislation
stating that "no student enrolled in
a curriculum requiring 186 hours
for graduation shall receive moro
than 17 hours credit in any term
and no student enrolled in a cur
riculum requiring 204 hours shall
receive more than 18 hours credit
in any term unless he has a grade
point average of at least 2.50 for
that term. No student shall receive
more than 19 hours credit in any
term unless his grade point average
is at least 3.00 that term.”
Enforcement Lax
The committee, unanimously
supporting- the motion, points out
that for 10 years the minimum
hour rule has not been enforced,
with no bad results observable. It
believes that the rule should be en
forced or else repealed.
The Academic Requirements
Committee reports that the rule
cannot be enforced unless the fac
ulty supplies the committee with a
clarification of policy with respect
to approving registration for fewer
than 12 hours. The problem of the
“part-time” student would also en
ter here.
Concerning the maximum hour
legislation, the committee says that
the rule has been neglected for at
least two years. Formerly policy
varied widely. Since only about 12
students per term enroll for more
than 19 hours, the need of legisla
tion is not indicated.
Rule Unfair?
The Academic Requirements
Committee, regarding the final
point of the motion, has been en
forcing the rule, although of the
opinion that it is not sound. It
seems only fair that a student
should be given credit for all hours
in which he receives a pasing grade,
the committee believes.
The special committee for study
ing academic regulations, met for
the first time last December. It held
discussion meetings three times in
January. Committee members are
Weigle, K. J. O’Connell, W. J. Dix
on, P. E. Eiserer, John Stehn, R. D.
Clark, Robert Leeper, E. S. Wen
gert, and A. H. Kunz.
Carson Dining Hall
To Open Tonight
Dining room service will begin
at Carson Hall tonight provided
there are no unforeseen difficul
ties, H. P. Barnhart, foods director,
said Tuesday.
Food service in the new women’s
dorm will be cafeteria style, except
for Thursday dinners, Barnhart
stated.