VOLUME LI UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, MONDAY, MAY 22, 1950 NUMBER 182
Three Candidates Dropped
From Today's ASUO Election
Polls Open Today at 8
ASUO, Class, Constitution,
Co-op Ballots Before Voters
Polls will open today at 8 a.m.,
climaxing a campaign marked by
charges and counter charges of
subversive pressure and political
opportunism, in the most heated
election on the Oregon campus in
several years. «
Students will be confronted with
four ballots when they go to the
polls to vote for next year’s stu
dent body, class, and Co-op offi
cers, and the constitution.
Separate Ballots
Six polling places will be located
at Gerlinger Hall, the Library, the
Education School, and on 13th St.
The names of the three candi
dates who have 'withdrawn their
candidacy will appear on the
ballots today, because ballots
were already printed. Votes for
these candidates will not count,
but will not invalidate the rest
of the ballot.
between the Co-op and Condon,
Oregon and Commerce, and Fenton
and Friendly.
Separate ballots will be issued
for ASUO officers, class officers,
members of the Co-op Board, for
adoption of the proposed constitu
tion. Only Co-op members will vote
for the Board, while members of
the individual classes will vote for
their own officers.
Booths will remain open from 8
a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, Tuesday,
and Wednesday. Only the constitu
tional election will continue for
three days. Other elections will be
closed Monday, as ruled by the
ASUO Executive Council last
Monday.
. Supporting the new constitution,
submitted a second time for ap
proval are Art Johnson, ASUO
president, the Executive Council,
AGS, USA, and Don Myrick, lav/
student who contested voting' pro
cedures in the last constitutional
election.
No Vote for Graduates
Student body cards will be nec
essary for identification in voting,
and will be stamped as each stu
dent votes. Graduate students may
not vote, according to last Thurs
day’s ruling by the Judiciary Com
mittee, Ed Anderson, ASUO vice
president in charge of elections,
stated.
Votes for Will Urban, Gerry
Smith, and Dick McLaughlin, three
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Bottles Break
2 Windows
Of Officials
Whiskey bottles were hurled
through the windows of two Uni
versity officials—Donald M. Du
Shane, director of student affairs,
and Virgil S. Fogdall, director of
men’s affairs — around midnight
Friday.
Notes were stuffed into both
bottles, the contents of which were
not disclosed to the Emerald.
DuShane said, he notified police
immediately after finding the bot
tle, but it was too late to protect
Fogdall’s home, as a bottle had al
ready been sent through his won
dow. DuShane’s and Fogdall’s
names were written on the respec
tive bottles.
DuShane feels the vandalism was
“not necessarily related’’ to the
campus furor over TNE. He thinks
it was “probably the act of a dis
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Press Use for Campaign Printing
Job a Mistake, Officials Declare
More excitement was added to the political situation Friday
when two members of the United Students Association discov
ered that some Associated Greek Students campaign material
had been printed in the University Press.
No action is being taken, since it was just “a mistake,” ac
cording to University Business Manager J. Orville Lindstrom,
A\ ho has jurisdiction over the press. However, the action was con
TNE Rumors, Exposes
Not New at University
Almost every year—just about
election time—rumors of the exis
tence of Theta Nu Epsilon, secret
political organization, come before
the student body.
This year, however, probably
marks the first time definite proof
—a sworn notarized list of the
members—has existed.
Rumors and “exposes” of TNE
have made the headlines of the
Emerald and have gone out on the
Associated Press wires several
times before.
The most notable previous ex
pose of TNE is still within the
memory of most seniors on the
campus.
That happened when the Emer- '
aid under the editorship of Mar- j
guerite Wittwer-Wright, carried
the huge headline, “OREGON TNE
PROVED.” That was Nov. 6, 194G.
The basis of the expose was a blank
membership card found on the
campus.
The news story, written by Herb
Penny, then Emerald news editor,
said:
“The existence of T N E as a
national underground campus po
litical organization has already
been established . . . the discovery
of the card at this University is
the first definite proof that TNE is
active at Oregon.
“The card bears the name ‘So
ciety of 1870,’ TNE's ‘cover-name.’
It shows seven devils and a serpent
surmounted by crossed keys. The
greek letters for TNE appear be
low the devils and on the forhead
of the skull.”
Mrs. Wright editorially paral
leled TNE with the Fascist regime
under Hitler.
“The German political philoso
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traiy to university regulations,
■since only University material
is supposed to be printed at the
press, Mr. Lindstrom stated.
Type forms for a leaflet pro
moting Vern Beard, AGS can
didate for junior class presi
dent, and for imitation TNE mem
bership cards dropped from air
plane during the between-class
“Wally Wardboss” demonstration
Friday morning were found at the
press by Dick Neely and Don Dim
ick.
Permission Granted
It was discovered that the ma
terial had been set up and run off
by Abbott Paine, part-time stu
dent employee at the Press, in his
spare time, with the permission of
Press Superintendent Fred Beard
(no kin to Candidate Beard, ac
cording to the Superintendent’s
secretary).
“I didn’t realize what he was
printing,” Mr. Beard said after
wards. “Of course I should have
looked into it, but I didn't and I
gave my okay.” It will never hap
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Deans Recognize
TNE's Existence;
Report Expected
Students will go to the polls today after a weekend which saw
the lid blow oil the campus political-TNK situation with the fol
lowing developments:
1. hor the first time in 14 years, the University officially recog
nized the existence of Theta Xu Epsilon, illegal secret society, on
the University campus.
Withdrawn
From Race
GERRY SMITH
WILL URBAN
DICK MeLAUGHLIN
Weather . . .
Continued Fair and warm for
elections.
2. .1 liree Associated Greek
Students candidates— Gerry
Smith, Will Urban, and Dick
McLaughlin — were officially
withdrawn from today’s ASUO
election by AGS Sunday.
Students will go to the polls to
day after a weekend which saw
the lid blow off the campus politi
cal-TNE situation with the follow
ing developments:
1. For the first time in 14 years,
the University officially recog
nized the existence of Theta Nu
Epsilon,illegal secret society, oh
the University campus.
2. Three Associated Greek stu
dents candidates — Gerry Smith,
Will Urban, and Dick McLaughlin
—were officially withdrawn from
today's ASUO election by AGS
Sunday.
3. The University Board of Deans
authorized a “vigorous investiga
tion’’ of the entire situation by the
Office of Student Affairs with the
intention of taking- appropriate
action when the investigation ends.
4. A statement from the Univer
sity to the effect that a full report
on the situation will probably be
issued today.
First Since 1936
This was the first official recog
nition by the University of TNE’s
presence on the campus since 1986,
when a T N E chapter was dis
banded by the administration.
The Board of Deans met behind
closed doors for nearly four hours
Saturday morning, examining evi
dence which implied the active ex
istence, on campus, of TNE. How
ever, they did not disclose what
action would be taken at the close
of the investigation.
uouei's statement
A statement, submitted and
signed by Hob Deuel, AGS presi
dent, with the full concurrence ol'
the three candidates withdrawn
from the election reads as follows:
“In the interest of good student
government, I am withdrawing the
names of three AGS candidates
from today’s student body elec
tions. They are Gerry Smith, Will
Urban, and Dick McLaughlin.
Since all these candidates have
been subject to charges and coun
ter charges regarding mpmhership
in Theta Nil Epsilon, I do not
think it is fair to them or to their
party to continue them in this
election.’’
The statement was brought to
the Emerald offices, by Lyle M.
Nelson, director of information,
Sunday.
Deuel and McLaughlin were not
available for comment before Em
erald press time Sunday night.
Both Smith and Urban refused to
comment on the withdrawal.
The statement issued regarding
the investigation Saturday morn
ing follows:
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