Special Exhibition. . .
Billiards expert will give two
exhibitions in the Student Union.
See story on page four
VOLUME LI1
The Beer Case... i
Editorial comment on liquolt
situations. See Page 3—"This Con
cerns Us, too.”
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1950
NUMBER 42i
Ab-Duck-ted
Where Is Puddles?
Oregon Mascot Gone
Puddles the Duck, Oregon’s perennial mascot, has disappeared.
He had been residing in the backyard of Leo Harris, director of
athletics. Early Thursday morning the ducke did not report for break
fast, and was missing from his pen.
Harris suggested three possible reasons for the disappearance, the
first having something to do with the food situation for the coming
Thanksgiving, but this is the least possible, since Puddles is a pretty
tough duck.
The obvious reason centers around our rural neighbors to the north.
The farmer boys have done it in the past, and they might be up to
their same old tricks.
As with most unsatisfactory conditions around this campus, the
disappearance could be tied in with the living-in program. It is
rumored that several of Puddle’s rushing dates had been canceled,
and he may have gone home, like several of our freshman athletes.
George Taylor,
Far East Expert
Speaks Today
‘‘Our Policy in Asia” will be the
subject of a lecture by George E.
Taylor, director of the Far East
ern and Russian Institute at the
University of Washington, today
at 11:15 a.m. in the Student Union
ballroom.
Morning classes will be shorten
ed for the assembly. The schedule
will be: first period, 8-8:40; sec
ond period, 8:50-9:30; third period,
9:40-10:20; fourth period, 10:30
11:10.
Taylor will arrive in Eugene at
10:10 a.m. At noon he will be
entertained at a small luncheon in
the SU. The student body is in
vited to an informal coffee hour
with Taylor from 3 to 4 p.m. in the
Dad’s Lounge, sponsored by the
SU Board and Mortar Board,
t He is scheduled as the second
iecturer in the assembly series und
er the auspices of the University
Assembly Committee.
Pre-registration
Material Ready
Registration, material for wint
er term may be picked up Mon
day, Tuesday, and Wednesday on
the second floor lobby of the Stu
dent Union.
Actual registration, conference
with advisers, and enrollment for
classes, will not start until the
following Monday, Nov. 27.
Conferences with advisers and
enrollment with department clerks
must be completed by Dec. 1, Clif
ford L. Constance, registrar, an
nounced. The remaining steps, in
cluding assessment and payment
of fees, may be completed during
the following week up to noon on
Dec. 9.
Studepts must have gone far
enough in registration to file their
cards with the registrar by Dec.
9 or they will be required to pay
a late fee of at least $8 when they
resume registration in January,
Constance said.
Phi Beta Kappa
Picks Senior Six
The senior six were tapped
yesterday afternoon by Phi Beta
Kappa, national honorary of lib
eral arts and sciences. They are
Byron Brenden, physics; Doro
thy Christiansen, mathematics,
Richard Dahlberg, physics; Rog
er Moore, mathematics; Hen
rietta Richmond, general arts
and letters; and Barbara Stev
enson, English.
The six have received the top
distinction Phi Beta Kappa can
bestow upon undergraduates, by
being elected as the senior six.
Initiation of the six will be
held at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 5,
in Gerlinger.
Oregon Mist Heavy
Torrential Rains Flood
Streets, Clog Sewers
How has the heavy rain affect
ed the city of Eugene?
"It hurt!”
So commented the Eugene Street
department which Thursday util
ized all available manpower to re
move leaves from the streets. The
leaves have clogged all the catch
basins in the city, causing over
flows at many of the intersections.
In addition to the catch basins
being flooded, the sewers also
have backed up because too much
water has been coming through
manholes which the sewers are un
able to handle.
One of Heaviest
In Wednesday’s heavy rain—the
heaviest in one 24-hour period in
the history of the local weather
bureau—nearly every street in the
city was flooded at one point or
another. Nineteenth St from Hil
yard to Willamette was closed to
traffic throughout most of Wed
nesday and part of Thursday.
The street department estimated
that of 75 catch basins still clog
ged, the maintanence department
will be unable to get more than
half cleared by today.
The Millrace is full and street
department officials said that wat
er is being let out slowly to pre
vent the Millrace from overflow
ing.
Millrace Emptied
Last week water was let out of
the stream so that rocks carried
into the Millrace during the flood
could be removed.
The weather bureau said Thurs
day that the 3.61 inches of rain
which fell Wednesday was the
heaviest ever seen in Eugene since
the weather bureau began keep
ing records. The previous high was
3.39 inches on January 2, 1939. But
no flood is expected.
Snow this year?
The weather bureau says “may
be.” If all this unexpected rain
can come, there’s nothing to stop
a snowfall by Christmas.
“Your guess is as good as ours,”
was the final comment.
Liquor Commission Investigates
Alleged Beer Sales to Minors
By Bill Frye
An open hearing regarding the
sale of beer to minors near the
University campus, turned into a
lively, two-hour debate Thursday
afternoon in the crowded council
chamber of the Eugene city hall.
Students and townspeople jam
med the chamber room to hear
statements by University officials
and the representatives of various
organizations, and then joined in
to voice their own opinions dur
ing the open discussion.
The 'hearing, conducted by the
Oregon Liquor Control Commis
sion, stemmed from an investiga
tion made last weekend of the Col
lege Side Inn and Taylor’s, in
which minors were reported drink
ing beer. Owners of the two estab
lishments were also called upon
to give statements during the ses
sion.
Hearing Held
The liquor commission decided
to hold the hearing before they
meet to establish a policy on beer
sales near the campus. Evidence
gathered Thursday will be present
ed at the next meeting of the
commission Nov. 24.
Arguments concerning the sus
pension of beer sales near the cam
pus were presented in formal and
impromptu speeches from both
sides. Strongest supporters of the
move to prohibit the sale of beer
within a set distance from the
campus came from Oregon Moth
ers clubs and the University ad
ministration.
__ Reads Letter
Donald M. Du Shane, director of
student affairs, and James D.
Kline, assistant director of stu
dent affairs, attended the hear
ing as representatives of the ad
ministration.
DuShane read a letter from
Three Ministers Give Opinions
At Hearing on Alcohol Issue
Among the many views express
ed Wednesday in a public hearing
by the Oregon Liquor Control
commission were those of three
Eugene church officials.
The officials were Rev. .Wesley
Goodson Nicholson, minister of the
First Congretional church; Dr.
Carroll Roberts, head of the Eu
gene Ministerial association; and
Rev. Vance Webster, pastor of the
First Baptist church.
In questioning the charge that
proprieters of Taylor’s coffee
Shop and the College Side Inn
were not thorough in checking stu
dent’s ID, Rev. Nicholson said,
“There is no reason to take it out
on two establishments who
have done a whale of a job in try
ing to do away with illegal sale
of beer. The problem is not local,
but is one for the state and so
ciety.’’
When asked if he thought that
removing the beer from the area
would also remove the problem,
Rev. Nicholson replied that he
could not foresee any slack in beer
sales because students had to go
farther for it.
Dr. Roberts spoke on behalf of
the Eugene Ministerial associa
tion. “My group,” he said, “repre
sents the moral forces of the com
munity. We are interested in law
enforcement and favor any cur
tailment of beer sales near the
campus.”
He was joined by Rev. Webster
who cited Homecoming weekend
as an example of why beer sales
near the campus should be dispens
ed with.
Rev. Webster said he was sur
prised by the “open drinking and
open filth of some of the Home
coming ceremonies.” He added that
beer was being given to high
school students in front of Tay
lor's the night of the noise parade.
President H. K. Newburn in which
Newburn stated the University’s
stand on beer sales near the cam
pus in 1946 as compared to this
year. According to the letter, tho
loss of veterans and the fact that
a majority of students in school
now are under age has forced tho
administration to change its views.
Taking note of the present situ
ation, DuShane added that be
cause there are a large number
of under-age students in the Uni
versity, “it would be impossible to
sell beer near the campus with
out violation of state liquor laws.’’
Much Drinking
The belief of the administration
that more drinking is being car
ried on because of the proximity
of these establishments to the
campus was voiced by Kline.
“The fact that these places aro
near the campus, is a natural in
clination to buy beer,” he said. Ho
also cited cases in which dormi
tory students were allowed to pur
chase beer in Taylor’s or in tho
Side “without identification or
with falsified or borrowed identifi
cation.”
Golda P. Wickham, director of
women’s affairs, told commission
examiners that “there are many
instances in which reports have
come to our office that girl:#
bought beer without proper identi
fication.’’
The president of the Associa
tion of American University Wom
en, Mrs. Cecille Summers, said
that her group had started to peti
tion some time ago to have estab
lishments that sell beer moved
farther away from the campus.
She added, “We feel that largo
groups of students should not be
served beer anyplace in town.”
Newburn’s Stand Given
Approval of President New
burn’s stand on the issue was giv
en by Mrs. Ella Meisel, president
of the Eugene Mothers Club. This
was supplemented by a telegram
from the president of the Port
land Mothers Club which said that
group "strongly advises revoking”
licenses.”
Townspeople and students also
displayed an enthusiastic interest*
in the issue. Robert Prescott, lo
cal businessman, rejected the view
point of University administrator:*
and Oregon mothers by saying,
“We have lost sight of what a
univei-sity is supposed to be. It is
a place to learn, not a police force.”
He compared the University to
a cocoon in which students wero
being shut off from the mature
world by their mothers and school
officials. “We face a future,” he
said, “in which our university will
deteriorate to a point where stu
dies will be superfluous to rule t
and engaged in only by eccentrics.”
Attorney Protests
Sid Milligan, Eugene attorney,
attributed the present flare-up to
“a concept of administrators ami
mothers that there is drinking
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