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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 4, 1951)
n daily EMERALD S9RBBBB VOLUME LII UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1951 NUMBER 50 SERIES ON MORALS AT UNIVERSITIES BEGINS TODAY _____ — See Page Two S.W.Little To Head Defense Civilian Defense coordinator of the University will be Dean Sid ney W. Little, head of the school of architecture and allied arts, whose appointment to the position was tnnounced last month by President [. K. Newburn. A lieutenant colonel in World War II, Little has had consider SIDNEY W. LITTLE able experience in the organiza tion of such programs. He has served for several years as chair man of the campus planning com mittee. Little will be responsible for handling all contacts with outside agencies relative to the use of Uni versity facilities or other plans of a joint community-University na ture. He will also be responsible for the internal University civilian defense program. His appointment is effective immediately. Little has been dean of the ar (please turn to page eight) No Rest Scheduled For U of O Weary Observing students who have discovered two extra holidays in the Piggers’ Guide academic calendar tor 1950-51 face a change in plans. The “holidays,” Jan. 15 and Apr. 9, listed under “Portland game,” were merely a slip of a line, and should come under “Last day to register or change courses.” This disheartening in formation was supplied by Pig gers’ Guide Editor Virginia Wright, when she wras hopefully questioned by the Emerald on the suspicious dates. Dormitory Bills Up $5 a Month Dormitory residents will have to pay $5 more per month for room and board effective this term, the dormitory office has announced. The boost in rates, adopted by the state board of higher educa tion, was made necessary by ris ing food and labor costs. Two dol lars has been added to the monthly board bill, while an increase of $3 has been made in the room charge. Civil service employees in the dormitories recently received wage increases averaging $20 per month, and student employees were also given a six cent an hour wage boost. Food prices have increased greatly, requiring a raise in the board bill; however, the increase is still below the proportional in crease in the food cost index. Mrs. Genevieve Turnipseed, di rector of dormitories, has announc ed that reductions in rates may be made in the future if wage and cost trends permit. The state of Oregon, she added, does not supply any funds for dormitory construction or opera tion, and all costs have to be met from room and board revenue. Draft Law Forseen The change in the draft situa tion that was predicted last term may become a reality in the near future according to the latest re ports received from Washington by Ray Hawk, director of Men's Af fairs. The first session of Congress began Wednesday and one of the first questions to be discussed will be the draft law. At this time it seems imminent that Congress will be asked to change the law so that more manpower will be available for the Armed Forces, said Hawk. It seems likely that a change by Congress iii this session would not immediately affect University stu dents who have been deferred un til June, Hawk stated. It will take time to put any immediate change into operation, he added. Hawk indicated, however, that any .change in the draft law would probably mean a drop in enroll ment at the University because of enlistments of students not desir ing to be drafted. He said that in There is no accurate informa tion at this time of how many University students have not. re turned to school because of en listment in the branches of the service. Information received from different fraternities, how ever, indicates that many men have already enlisted. such an instance the only thing that the University will be able to hope for is the assigning to the campus of military units which was carried on here during World War II. University GPA Up From Fall, 1949; Alpha Xis First The all-Univcrsity grade point average for fall term was 2.49, up from last fall term s 2.427 but down from spring term's 2.55(j* according to a list released by the registrar’s office Wednesday. Grades usually rise from fall through spring term, Donald M. DuShanc, director of student affairs, stated. Alpha Xi Delta First Alpha Xi Delta sororitv topped the list of University living organizations with a 2.89. Pi Beta Phi was second with a 2.88 and Sederstroni Hall tops in the men’s list, third with a 2.86. Sederstroni is populated mainly hv graduate students. Seventy-two students have left school due to failure to make grades, said flay Hawk, director of men’s affairs. Of these, about one third were freshmen. This is a normal failure recotd, Hawk said. Most of the students involved failed to make pegged grades. Of those students on pegged grades, 72 percent made their peg, while 28 percent failed to make the grade. Other living organizations in the top ten were Ann Judson House. Delta Gamma, Philadelphia House, Kappa Alpha Theta, Orides, Alpha Phi, and Delta Delta Delta. Mens Dorms Drop Men's dormitories registered a drop from 2.304 last fall term to 2.233 this term, with women's dorms dropping from a 2.5 to a 2.42. Commenting on men's dormitory grades, J. D. Kline, head of men's dormitory counseling, said it is "extremely commendable that they didn't drop much more considering that all of the freshmen, who are just learning to adjust themselves were living in dormitories this year.’’ Up from last fall term were women's sorority, non-organization women, all women, all men, men’s clubs, and non-organization men averages. Down were women’s clubs and men's fraternities. This was an unusually early rc j lease of house grades, the speed being made possible by increased | use of IBM machines, according to i Registrar Clifford Constance. ATOs Placed On Probation For Senior Ride Alpha Tau Omega has been plac ed on social probation indefinitely, Ray Hawk, director of men’s af fairs stated Wednesday. “The cause of the action is in discretion used by the fraternity in the matter of ‘seniors’ rides’, Hawk revealed. The fraternity, said Hawk, will lose the right to hold any social functions, including desserts, house-, dances, firesides, and open houses;. In addition. Alpha Tau Omega will not be allowed to participate as a house in Junior Weekend activi ties, or other all-campus functions in which individual houses com pete. Hawk said that the fraternity will continue to participate in in tra-mural activities. Hawk told the Emerald Wed nesday night that the matter of senior rides will be brought up at a meeting of the Interfraternity Council tonight. “I hope to obtain the end of all senior rides of the sort in which Alpha Tau Omega participated,” said Hawk, “but I prefer that the matter be solved by voluntary ac tion on the part of the fraterni ties.” There are no official university or student rules banning such rides, said Hawk, although many fraternities individually prohibit them. Dr. Fred N. Miller, director of the University Health Service will be present with Hawk at the IFO meeting. "Senior rides," said Hawk, “arc nto always of such drastic nature that they bring condemnation on <flense turn to page eight) Board Okays BA Building, Stadium A new business administration building and a new football sta dium were approved by the State Board of Higher Education Dec. 12, according to Howard Lemons, assistant to President H. K. New burn. Top priority in construction was given to the new business admin istration building, which will be built in the area behind Oregon and Commerce. Those two build ings will be linked with the new building by passages to form a quadrangle. Archway Planned An archway will be built into the new building allowing a throughfare from the Dad’s Gate, at the north end of the campus just south of the University Theater, and running through to 13th St. The two floors of the new build ing will house classrooms and of fices. Commerce Hall will still be used for business acfhhnistration classes. I. I. Wright, superintendent of ttie physical plant, said that be construction begins, the state legislature must appropriate money for construction. In addi PROPOSED NEW BA school to be built behind site of present. Oregon and Commerce halls is shown above. A passageway will be built through the first floor to allow for continuation of the mall from Dad’s Gate to 13th St. Although drawing above shows three floors, plans call for two actual floors with the first level taken up by the passageway and walks. Oregon Hall is shown on the left. Commerce Hall will be connected by passageways with the new building. tion, Wright said, restrictions on and scarcity of building material may delay construction. The plans approved by the state board allow for expenditure of $700,000, which includes rehabilr tation of Oregon and Commerce. No definite plans were made for actual construction of the new stadium. Proposed plans only were approved, Lemons said. Site recommended for the new stadium is the area bounded by ! Agate and Moss Sts. on the east ! and west, and 15th and 17th Sts. on the north and south. Overriding advantage of tho proposed stadium, said Lemons, which was the result of a study prepared by Portland architect Hollis Johnson, would be the re lease of Hayward Field for badly needed physical education, mili tary and miscellaneous functions. Site Not Set No commitments for the requir ed land for the new site were made by the board due to the present building restrictions and the cur rent national emergency, but ap proval of the plan was expressed in order that the University might continue its program of long-range planning. Date of construction is uncertain. Lemons reported that plans for seating spectators at the 1961 Oregon-OSC game have been made, and 4,604 bleacher scats will bo placed in the north-end zone of Hayward Field, replacing the horseshoe which has been torn down. The bleachers will be. similar to those now being used at the south | end of the field, and will bring the total seating capacity of Hay I ward to 22,000 persons.