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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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