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VOLUME LI
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, APRIL 7,1950 NUMBER 103
Water to Refill Millrace Today
Water will start refilling the Millrace today after three
months of dryness, thus signalling the return of spring canoe
ing.
The water has been held back to permit construction of the
foundations for the University’s new 'heating plant. Work is
now sufficiently progressed to allow the headgates to open.
Organizations on the campus area are urged by City Man
ager Orin L. King to clear their sections of the streambed;
Sunrise Service Planners
® X UDENTS PICTURED organized the Easter Sunrise services sched
uled for McArthur Court Sunday morning at 6:30. Miss Charlotte
Stone is General Chairman. From left to right, top row, they are, lee
McClelland, Don Smith, Jerry Owsley, and Frank Cothrell; bottom
row, Barbara Howard, Melissa Millam, and Charlotte Stone. Music
chairman Faye Schick could not appear.
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Sunrise Services Set
For Easter Sunday
Annual community Easter sunrise services will be held at
McArthur Court Sunday morning at 6:30.
Dr. John Anderson, professor of religion at Lewis and Clark
College will deliver the sermon entitled “The Light Still Shines.”
Szigeti Concert ]
Set April 23
Hungarian-born Joseph Szigeti,
concert violinist, will play in Mc
Arthur Court Apr. 23.
His appearance will be spon
sored by the Civic Music Associa
tion.
Szigeti made his American debut
in 1925 with the Philadelphia Or
chestra, under Leopold Stokowski.
Highly Rated
In “Musical America’s’’ national
radio poll, six hundred music critics
named Szigeti as one of the dom
inant violin personalities of the
year.
The violinist had planned a Eu
gene concert last January, but
stormy weather and snow pre
vented his appearance.
Program Set
Numbers to be included in the
program, which will start at 3
p. m., are Corelli’s “La Folia,”
Bach's “Adagio and Fugue,” Beeth
oven's “Sonata in A major,” Mom
pou and Szigeti’s “Maidens in the
Garden,” Szymanowski’s “Foun
tain of Arethusa,” Cowell's “Son
ata,” and Stravinsky and Dush
kin's “Russian Dance” from “Pet
rouchka.”
£ive local ministers will partici
pate in the services, which will be
conducted by the Rev. Thom Hun
ter, director of Westminster Foun
dation on the campus.
Speakers Listed
The Rev. Wesley G. Nicholson
of the First Congregational Church
is scheduled to give the Easter
prayer; Rev. Berlyn V. Farris of
the First Methodist Church will
deliver the invocation; Dr. Carroll
C. Roberts, First Christian Church,
has the benediction and the Rev.
W. W. White of the Fairmount
Church of Christ will read the
scriptures.
Special music for the services
will be provided by the Eugene
Gleeman with three numbers. Don
ald Allton, assistant professor of
organ and theory will be the or
ganist. The entire services will be
broadcast by direct wire by radio
station KORE.
Joint Sponsors
Last, year’s meeting was con
ducted by Dr. Morgan Odell, presi
dent of Lewis and Clark and he
was preceeded by Dr. Henry Mar
cotte, ad-interim pastor at the
Westminster Presbyterian Church
of Portland.
These services are sponsored by
the University Religious Council
and the Eugene-Springfield Min
isterial Association. This year’s
general chairman is Miss Charlotte
Stone, La Grande.
Revised ASUO Constitution
To Submit to Student Vote
A new proposed ASUO constitution is now in the final stages of formation, ASUO Constitu
tional Revision Chairman Dick Neely revealed yesterday.
1 he new constitution may be voted on at an election to be held about Apr. 19, prior to the reg
ular spring elections, ASUO President Art Tohnson stated 1
Law Students
Prepare Briefs
For Court Case
Law students were working
Wednesday and Thursday on their
briefs to present to the Judiciary
Committee in their contention that
the ASUO student court is not
properly constituted to fine stu
dents for traffic violations.
No further comment was heard
from the law students, who pro
tested when the case of a law major
was brought before the student
tribunal Tuesday.
A car belonging to the student,
John C. Caldwell, and his wife was
claimed to have been illegally
parked on the campus. The car had
no student registration sticker.
The court was set up by the AS
UO Executive Council last spring
under authority delegated by the
Office of Student Affairs to judge
and fine student traffic violators.
Student traffic cases were pre
viously handled in the office of
Director of Men’s Affairs Vergil
S. Fogdall.
“The avenue of appeal from the
student court to Mr. Fogdall is
still open if the students are not
satisfied as to the authority of the
student court,” Director of Stu
dent Affairs Donald M. DuShane
commented last night.
In general, rules and regulations
of the University are established
by the faculty or by agents on be
half of the faculty, he explained.
The Director of Men's Affairs is
a member, and thus an agent, of
the Faculty Disciplinary Commit
tee. Authority was delegated from
his office to the ASUO Executive
Council to set up the court last
spring.
Inside Today . . .
Beaux Arts Ball . 3
Baseball, Track . 4
Campus Lighting-. 5
Tri-Delt Award . 6
Campus Vodville . 6
University Singers . 7
In general, the new constitution
would provide a government sim
ilar in structure to that of the state
and nation; with a president, vice
president, cabinet, legislative body,
and judicial branch. The proposed
constitution also has provisions for
greater and more varied student
representation, chiefly in the legis
lative body.
The document is the result of
two terms of work by a student
revision committee chairmaned by
Neely. Members are Dick Mc
Laughlin, Fred Taylor, Leslie
Tooze, Velma Snellstrom, Gordon
Howard, and Walter Dodd.
Positive Reactions Registered
Tentatively written into the new
constitution are the outlines of a
new open-primary system, a re
organization of class offices, and
the inclusion of the Student Union
and Publication Boards in the
framework of student government.
“We feel that this new constitu
tion is necessary if the ASUO is to
keep pace with University growth,”
ASUO President Art Johnson said
yesterday. Johnson, Neely, and
members of the ASUO committee
have conferred with leaders of both
campus political parties, USA and
AGS, in reference to the new con
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Science Bldg.
Work Started
Work officially began Thursday
morning on the new science build
ing, bringing to four the number
of buildings under construction on
the campus.
Several structures were torn
down to make way for the new
building, which will house the
science departments upon comple
tion in the fall of 1951. The depart
ments are now located in Deady
Hall.
The portion now up includes only
the boiler room. Completion is ex
pected about Jan. 1951.
Work is progressing on the Stu
dent Union and library addition.
Both will be completed this sum
mer and ready for use next fall
term.
WSSF Drive
Drops Behind,
Dodds Asserts
"This is the student’s drive, it’s
up to us to make it a success,”
Willy Dodds, co-chairman of the
World Student Service Fund cam
paign, said Thursday night.
With the drive entering its fifth
and final day, contributions were
definitely lagging. Dodds stated
that last-minute donations should
be given to house representatives
before tonight.
"We had hoped we could top
last year’s drive when approxim
Auction Set at 4 Today
The WSSF auction gets under
way at 4 p. m. today in front of
the College Side with 15 girls
from both Kappa Alpha Theta
and Pi Beta Phi and 15 boys
from Sigma Phi Epsilon as the
prize merchandise. Their table
waiting services will go to the
highest bidder.
Curt Finch and his pep band
and short skits by the Pi Phis
and Theta will afford entertain
ment. Miscellaneous Items such
as slide rules and rainhats will
be auctioned also.
Representatives from houses
will take part in the bidding.
ately $1,000 was raised,” Dodds
stated. An additional $500 was
added to the total in 1949 from
the All-Campus Vodvil.
Ann Darby, collections chair
man, reported that milk bottles will
be left in the Co-op until noon Sat
urday in order that all contribu
tions may be turned in. Money will
be counted Saturday afternoon.
Faculty envelopes will be picked
up again today, Miss Darby an
nounced. Thus far, she said, faculty
response to the drive has been
quite good. She also expressed her
appreciation to the house repre
sentatives and captains for the
job they have done throughout the
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Classes-or-Registration Conflict
Random Sampling of Student, Faculty Opinion
Shows Improvement of Present System Needed
lauuuni sampling ol student
and faculty opinion regarding hold
ing classes the same day as reg
istration disclosed a large majority
of 37 persons contacted felt there
was room for improvement.
Among 28 students, 21 were
against classes and registration
the same day. Seven felt there was
nothing wrong with the system.
Of nine professors who expressed
opinions, only one felt that the
existing system was satisfactory.
Vacation Status Quo
According to the academic cal
endar planned for next year, spring
vacation will remain short and rcg
istration will proceed the same as
it was this year.
Faculty members were in accord
with students in voicing the opin
ion that spring vacation was too
short.
F. R. Lacy, professor of law, said
that because of the high mortality
rate in law school, time should be
given to get grades to students be
fore returning to school.
“There is no reason for the short
spring vacation,’’ he continued.
“Students should be given enough
time to get a job lined up before
summer vacation.”
One sophomore student de
dared that "as long as we have to
get started, we might as well use
the first day to begin classes.”
Not Feasible
In the Philosophy Department,
one of the professors stated he
might get arrested if he said ex
actly what he felt about registra
tion this spring term. But he did
think that the plan of having reg
istration and classes on the same
day was definitely not feasible and
completely disagreeable to both,
students and faculty.
Many of the teachers definitely
felt that too much time was being
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