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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 9, 1950)
VOLUME LI UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, MAY 9, 1950 _NUMBER 123 Election Illegal Committee Declares '50 Oregana Distribution Set For Thursday in Mac Court The 1950 Oregana will arrive on campus in time for Junior Week end, with distribution scheduled for Thursday, Friday, and Monday. Booths, handled by Kwama, Phi Theta Upsilon, and Alpha Phi Omega, will be set up in McArthur Court from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thurs day and Monday, and from 9 a.m. to 12 noon Friday. “This is the earliest Oregana distribution date since before the war,” Editor Larry Davidson com mented. Oregana Banquet Set Staff members will get their traditional preview of the 1950 book at the annual Oregana banquet, set for 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Eugene Hotel’s Persian Room. Features of the banquet will be the awarding of the Oregana plaque to the outstanding senior in this year’s editorial staff (the editor is automatically exempted from this award I, and presentation of certificates to editorial and busi ness staff workers who have con tributed time and effort to the publication of the 1950 book. Records in Mac Court Explaining the distribution pro cedure, Davidson said that com plete records will be at the booths in Mac Court. Students will pre sent their names to booth workers, who will check the files and give them the books to which they are entitled. Questions may be referred to a special booth manned by Busi ness Manager Jim Sanders or his representatives. Persons entitled to complimen tary copies may also pick them up at the booths, Davidson said. This year’s book boasts 408 pages, eight more than last year. A new record was set with 26 pages of second color, plus separ ate c ol o r s for the men’s and women’s living organizations sec tions. Three colored inserts are included. Top staff members in addition to Davidson and Sanders were Stolen, associate editor of schools; Gretch en Grondahl and Bob Funk, associ ate editors of copy winter term; Mike Callahan, associate editor of copy fall term; Ruth Landry, the editor-elect, who was associate edi tor of living organizations; Barba ra Stevenson, associate editor of activities; and Shirley Gilbert, art editor. Bob Schooling, business manager-elect, was advertising manager for the 1950 book. In a Chinese Garden' Chosen Prom Theme Charlie tsarnet will usher his 14 piece orchestra into an Oriental setting when he appears in Mc Arthur Court Saturday for the Junior Prom. “In a Chinese Garden” has been announced by Prom Chairman Gerry Smith as the theme for the 1950 Junior Weekend dance. According to tradition, the Prom is formal. Tuxedoes, dinner jackets, or dark suits will be in order for the men. Flowers are optional. Although the “King of the Sax ophone” is a veteran of two decades of orchestral playing, this will mark his first appearance on the campus. The orchestra will feature vocalist Bill Derry and Ray Wetzel on the trumpet. In contrast to his big band of last year which went all out for be-bop, his new group features the <Please turn to page three) CHARLIE BARNET Durland Wins Magic Melody Mus/c Contest Junior Weekend’s “Magic Mel ody” music contest winner is For est G: Durland, Stan Ray Hall. The song will be presented for the first time on the “Mimi and Bob” show over KASH at 10:15 tonight. It will be sung by Joyce Carey, ac companied by the Zarones Quartet. The theme song also will be played at the Ail-Campus sing and prizes in both the lyric and music divisions of the contest will be presented at that time. Curt Cuts forth was winner of the lyric con test, with Betty Greenlee as run ner up. Winners of the music contest for the Junior Weekend “Magic Melody” are: Forest G. Durland, first; Roger Middleton, second: Georgene Shanklin, third. Honorable mention went to Barbara Johnson, C u r,t Cuts fortli, and three alternate entries by Durland. D u r 1 a n d, better known as “Frosty,” is a sophomore in music. He and Cutsforth will be inter viewed on the radio show tonight. Preparations are also being made to record the song so that it can be sent to various radio sta tions for Junior Weekend promo tion and to have Charlie Barnet play the song at the Prom. Editor Petitions Due Saturday Emerald petitions are due in the Office of Student Affairs by neon Saturday. Petitions may be submitted for Emerald editor and Emerald business manager. Candidates for the two posi tions will be interviewed by the Publications Board May 17. The | Board will make final selections, i Petitions should contain the number of hours the student has acquired, cumulative a n d last term GPA, activities, and sug gestions. Judiciary Decides Against Voting Procedure Change * * * Constitution Re-Vote Set For May 22 A special, election for the adop tion of the proposed new ASUO constitution will he held at the same time as the spring term stu dent body elections, May 22, the Executive Council decided Monday night. The constitutional election, how ever, will continue for three days. Under the Judiciary Committee decision released Monday, an elec tion for amendments could be held for more than one day if the special length were announced befor bal loting commenced. The new constitution, if adopted, would then go into effect in time i'Please turn to page three) ' Masked Trio Raids Co-op Three masked gunmen were be ing sought Monday after a dar ing daylight raid on the Co-op at 2:55 p.m. Entering the store in between class rush, the men fired guns and forced customers against the wall. The gunmen were described as from 5 feet 10 inches to 6 feet tall, wearing handkerchiefs over their faces, hats pulled low, and “greyish” overcoats. The leader approached the “Chinese Garden” booth, saying hoarsely “Close your cash reg ister, lady, we don’t want money, all we want is a ticket to the Junior Prom.” Leaving in a light green sedan, the robbers departed with the exclamation: “Gad, what loot!” KDUK Restoration Drive Nets $500 in First Day By RODNEY MORRISON The breakage fee drive for KDTJK gathered momentum Mon day, as Women of Mystery and Men of Distinction completed as signed missions, with contributions totaling approximately $500. Solicitation teams moved into action Monday noon. Fifteen liv ing organizations were covered at mealtime, with a similar schedule planned today. The campus-wide drive will con tinue this week, with $2,000 in pledged breakage fees as the final goal. Women of Mystery and Men of Distinction, accompanied by two helpers, will cover 14 living groups today at mealtime. Houses will be notified before the solicitation teams arrive. Drive Chairman Jack Vaughn reported last night that 265 pledge cards have been signed so far— approximately $500 worth. About 800 more pledge card signatures are needed to reach the quota. “I’d like to emphasize that every student in the University area owning a radio will be able to hear KDUK when it goes on the air, Vaughn explaine^. “KDUK and the FM unit will be two different stations, and anyone in the Uni (Please turn to page eight) By GRETCHEN GRONDAHL The proposed new ASUO constitution, voted on by the stu dent body Apr. 26 through 28, was not legally adopted, the Ju diciary Committee has ruled. In the decision, released Monday, the committee stated that, although the majority felt that elections could conceivably be held on more than one day, it was unanimously held that the Exe cutive Council, having originally set only one day for voting, could not make a change after balloting had commenced. Voting on the day originally set for the election, Apr. 26, did not reach the 50 per cent of the student body required: therefore the document was not adopted, the committee ruled. The official opinion stated that the Council does not have the authority to manipulate the voting in order to reach the result which it deems desirable. Since all government must be carried on according to the spirit and the letter of the fundamental law, student government cannot be a success unless these basic principles are followed, the opinion declared. Although the majority of the committee decided that elec tions could continue for more than one day in the case of amend ments, a minority dissented, asserting that the terminology of the present Constitution and previous practice determine that balloting should be restricted to one day. The opinion, written by committee member Morris Galen, a third-year law student, was concurred in by the other members of the committee, Acting Chairman K. J. O’Connell, professor of law; Warren C. Price, professor of journalism; Don Dimick, first-year law student; and Kenneth S. Ghent, professor of math ematics. The opinion follows: The committee deems the following questions as conclusive in this case: (1) Does the ASUO Constitution permit voting on a proposed amendment to continue for more than one day? (2) If so, does the Executive Council have the authority to extend the time of voting after balloting has commenced? “Article VII of the Constitution provides for amendments. Section II of that article provides that an amendment must be published in the Emerald on two successive publication dates, and ‘voted upon . . . one week from the date of last publication.’ The committee feels that this provision is ambiguous, and capable, of more than one reasonable construction. “It is the opinion of the majority of the Committee that the Council has the authority to allow voting on a proposed amend I ' (Please turn to page eight)