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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 25, 1950)
Rain And Fall Arrive Pull out your bucket hats, fall is lierc. Fall began officially at 7:44 a, m. Saturday, but fail wanted to make sure sortieone other than the weathermen was aware of it—result, rainy Sunday, first full day of fall. VOLUME LII UNIVERSITY OF OREGON* EUGENE, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 35, 1950 NUMBERS 2 Spots Filled by Council A new senior representative and a new rally king were se lected by the ASUO executive council Friday. Tom King received the rep resentative spot, and Ron Sy mons, junior transfer from Wil lamette, will be yell king. King, whose fraternity, Sigma Alpha Mu, is an AGS house, fills the vacancy created by the with drawal of the AGS candidate from last spring’s election. Symons, who spent a year as a yell leader at Willamette, re places Gerald Kinersley, who re signed his spot as yell king be cause of knee injuries. Junior Rep Open The Council will fill the junior representative vacancy at a meet ing tonight. . King is an associate editor of the Emerald, member of Friars, and president of Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalism fraternity for men. King had received recommenda tions from both the AGS and the screening committee, as had the other two candidates who received interviews. Name Junior Tonight The selection of junior repre sentative was postponed until this evening because of the inability of one candidate to appear for the interview. Since the petition of this individual was considered quite good by the council, it was decided to allow an interview Monday evening. Athletic Cards Remain Available Student Athletic Activity cards can still be picked up at a special table inside the north entrance to McArthur court. Students must present their registration cards as evidence that they have completed en rollment in school. The cards are necessary for students to gain admission to the Oregon-California football game in Portland Saturday, 4200 Pass Pre- Class I/O Sign-up Registration totals stood at about 4200 when pre-class regis tration ended at noon Saturday in the Student Union ballroom. Registrar Clifford R. Constance said then he expected at least another 1,000 students to register during the remaining two weeks of allowed time. The 4200 figure was taken from cash register totals Saturday noon. Last year the 4,800 figure was reached the first Monday after registration week. The final total in 1949 was about 6,000. If Con stances’ expectations prove cor rect, this year’s student body will fall about 600 short of the 1949 total. Registration in Emerald Hall Beginning today, all register ing will be done in Emerald hall. Last day to register for fall term will be Monday, Oct. 9. That will also be the last day to make changes in class programs. Through Oct. 9, Constance said, students can change class sections for particular courses. After that date, changes can be made only if they are approved by advisers and the student must pay a $1 fine. • Class Changes To change sections, students must follow this procedure: 1. Secure a course-change card, an instructors’ (class) card and a drop card from the registrar’s office. 2. Use the drop card to get out of the old section. 3. Use the instructors’ card to get into the new section of the same course. 4. Use the course-change card to notify the registrar’s office of the change of sections. (Please turn ta pope eipht) 'Pappy' Has Parry To Leading Query Chet “Pappy” Daniels has the answer to today’s prize question about the UCLA Oregon game. He’s one of Oregon’s first-string guards and outstanding kicker. When asked: “Hey, what happened down there Saturday afternoon, Pappy ?” He drawled in the inimitable Daniels manner: “Why. . .didn’t it come out in the papers?” Cafeteria Service Started in SU Cafeteria service will be inaugu rated in the Student Union today with lunch being served from 11:15 to 1:30, according to Mrs. Ruth Coffey, foods director of the Stu dent Union. Dinner will be served from 5:30 p.m. until 7. Breakfast will con tinue over the soda bar. In as much as the cafeteria is lo cated at the east end of the soda bar, Mrs. Coffey expects some crowding in the first few days of operations. “If students can plan to, arrive before the noqn rush hour, service will be speeded con siderably,” she stated, “and' peo ple eating at the soda bar will not be crowded.” Mrs. Coffey also requested that patrons have some idea of what they will order before entering the cafeteria. The menu can be seen from the outside, before picking up trays. Miss Mary Jane McCloskey is manager of the cafeteria. People desiring only coffee at anytime are requested by Mrs. coffey to wait for service at either end of the soda bar instead of in the middle of the counter. Still to open in the Student Union are the dining room and the catering service. Incoming Director of Men's Affairs Puts Emphasis on Giving Assistance There’s a change in the Office of Men's Affairs this year. He’s Norman Ray Hawk, who prefers to be known as “Ray.” He replaces Vergil Fogdall, who has held the office of director of men’s affairs for the past three years. Fogdall has accepted a position as director of students at Lewis and Clark College. University Graduate The new man who will be re sponsible for administering the University’s discipline code for men is a graduate of the Univer sity, having received a doctor of education degree in 1949. Hawk was a major in the Air Force during the war and present ly holds that rank in the Air Force Reserve. He served as counsellor' of men under Fogdall during the latter’s three years as director of men’s affairs. There’s one point Hawk would like to get across while he’s dean of men: he wants the students to take the attitude that they are coming to the office for help and KAY HAWK advice rather than the feeling they are being called “on the carpet”. He points out, however, that one “notorious” discipline case gets around the campus much like to get across while he's dean of men: h*e wants the students to take the attitude that they are coming to the office for help and faster than a hundred lesser cases. Therefore, a feeling of hostility sometimes rears up against the office. Understanding Important But Hawk's idea is that students often need more “understanding” than discipline. Fellows who would rather take their best girl out Saturday in stead of studying for a Monday examination will receive an under standing nod from the new dean of men—just so they don't go too far. He's even willing to admit that there were times in his college I career that his grades had their “ups and downs, too”. Council, SU Board Ask Friday Night la.m. Closing Hour Oregon may have 1 o'clock closing hours on Friday nights if legislation before the University’s Student Affairs committee is approved at the committee's next meeting early in October. ASL O President Barry Mountain asked the board to consider the move after it was approved by members of both the ASUO Executive Council and the Student Union Board. Oregon is the only large school on the Pacific coast which has j- iiucvy uiusmg iiours as eany as 12:15, according to Mountain. Oregon State has had 1 o’clock hours on Friday nights for two years. The Student Affairs committee, made up of four student and six faculty members, tabled the pro posal at Friday's meeting because of the absence of Mrs. Golda P. Wickham and two student mem bers. Two-fold In Purpose The proposal, which has arisen at various times for the last seve ral years, is two-fold in purpose, Mountain said Friday. Oregon’s crowded social schedule would get relief under the later hour, for one thing. It would mean that many big-name dance bands passing through Eugene could be engaged on Saturday nights which otherwise would' be filled with house-dance dates. The house-dances could then be held on Friday nights. Later SU Hours The other purpose which Moun tain said he had in mind would be an extra 45 minutes of busi ness for the Student Union. While not a long period of time, this extra 45 minutes could amount to (Please turn to page eight) New Column For Old Gossip The gossip column, as such, is dead. A new feature, dubbed “Cam pus Merry-go-round,” is designed to carry all the campus news that is news to Emerald readers with out falling into the disgrace of being labeled “gossip.” The “Merry-go-round”, which is tentatively scheduled for inaug uration Friday, will report all phases of news that pertains to each living organization, with the exception of sports. All University living groups will be contacted individually this week, and informed of just what the “Merry-go-round” is interest ed in printing, and how the news items are to be channeled to the Emerald. Fundamentally, the most im portant feature of the column is that each living group is respon sible for its own coverage. One member or contact should be de signated by each group, so that the individual may become familiar with Emerald requirements. Under the “Merry-go-round” plan no group can register a com plaint about unfair coverage since it will be up to each and every living organization to keep itself in the news. 'Crusade' Starts At UO Today The National Crusade for Free dom will start on the Oregon campus today, Lyle Nelson, direct or of public service, said Saturday. Pledge scrolls will be placed in every campus building and liv ing organizations, and will be cir culated to all off-campus students. Purpose of the Crusade is to obtain signatures on scrolls which will be sent to Germany next month and sealed in a Freedom shrine. Plans have not been completed 'for 'circulating the petitions on campus. Several members of the Uni versity faculty are active in the county and state branches of the movement. President Harry New bum is a member of the state committee, and Frederick M. Hunter, Honorary Chancellor of the State System of Higher Edu cation is co-chairman, with James H. Gilbert, Dean Emeritus of the College of Liberal Arts of the, University, of the Lane county committee. Dr. McCall of the speech de partment is in charge of the speakers bureau, and Dr. Edna Landros is in charge of the group contacting all women’s clubs. — (Also see editorial page.) Positions Available On SU Committees Students may now petition for membership on one of the six standing committees under tho Student Union Board Directorate. Petitions for each of the com mittees— ballroom, interview and referal, publicity, cultural, recrea tional, and house— may be turn ed into 301 Student Union until 5 p. m. Friday. According to chairman Hank Panian, freshman as well as upper classmen may petition. Students who petitioned for chairmanships last year and are still interested need only confirm their old petitions by checking with Olga Yevtich. _ Emerald Wants Workers Three special meetings for stu dents interested in working on the Emerald will be held today in the 1 Emerald Shack. Persons interested in advertising sales meet at 4 p.m.; layout and copywriting, 3 to 5 p.m., general office work, 4:30 p.m.