VOLUME LU UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 1951 NUMBER 63
51/ Board Explains
Group's Procedure
(The following letter is submitted by the Student Union Board as a
result of a recent Emerald story on the attendance record of 72 per
cent at Student Union Board meetings.)
Emerald Editor:
Recently the Student Union Board has been subjected to adverse
criticism regarding the attendance of members at meetings. Need
less to reiterate, everyone but one of those absences has been legiti
mate. Either classes, faculty obligations, work, or other responsibili
ties have prevented the absent members from attending. Even though
these circumstances have prevailed, they have had little or no effect
upon the operation of the Board. Everyone recognizes that perfect
attendance is desirable but when circumstances beyond control prevent
that, circumspection of the record will attest to whether those circum
stances were detrimental or not.
To understand the Board requires a certain knowledge of how that
Board originated, how it developed and what its basic objectives are.
Since the. Student Union is a new edition to campus life, so is the
Union Board a new edition to Student government. It is only natural
then, that the student body has little comprehension as to its func
tion and nature. Furthermore, it has been the wish of this new organ
ization to become well known in purpose and function to every student.
This letter is an effort to help those who are interested to understand
more fully our problems and our plans.
Last year the members of the Union Board were chosen from a list
of candidates submitted by the school deans to the student body pre
sident, first vice-president, and union director. They made recommend
ations to the President of the university who then made the final ap
pointments. These people had no experience whatsoever with a Union
program or organization. In fact, they did not even have a building.
They went into their work with an objective attitude to the problems
that confronted them, hoping that through their concerted effort there
might evolve a functional organization and program capable of meet
ing the needs and interests of the University family. Only a base for
the future could be constructed for they knew that operating on paper
was a lot different—and easier—than operating in a building. They
had to proceed on a slow trial-and-error basis in the hopes to integrate
experiences derived from other Unions throughout the nation, and ex
periences from this University into the situation as it exists here at
the University of Oregon. Not unlike a new automobile which must
be broken in by general acceleration as the mileage increases, the
Union organization and program also could not start at full speed.
This philosophy was exercised in all plans of action after Fall term
started. Gradual installation of program content and a constant search
for better methods of organization were necessary to prevent major
mistakes from establishing dangerous precedents which would haunt
future Boards. They had no pre-determined criteria for either program
or policy. On a touch and go basis as it were, the Board has reached the
present stage in its embryonic development. Let us stop and examine
where we are.
At the beginning of the year, the Board had established six stand
ing committees to which one member of the Board was assigned to ad
vise. This organizational set-up proved to be too inefficient, too invol
ved, to have too much red tape, and to be too cumbersome to handle.
That system has been replaced by electing a member of the Board to
serve as chairman of the standing committees, or the Directorate as it
is called. We also have new committees, running the total up to ten.
These committees cover a great deal of program territory, and it is up
to the Board to set policy for them and to guarantee a collective mov
ing-forward of the ten component parts of the program. So our organi
zation has developed on the trial and error basis. Even though we have
not had perfect attendance, our organization has been termed “the best
type in Union work throughout the United States” by Porter Butts,
Director of the University of Wisconsin Union. As he is known as "The
Dean of Directors” by his fellow workers across the nation, his com
ment is worth consideration.
Furthermore, since our objective is to furnish a beneficial and enjoy
able program for the University family, always with the idea in mind
(Please turn to page six)
Blood Drive Officials Issue
Plea for Campus Donors
New Draft Rule
Allows Draftees
To Finish Term
New draft regulations recently
announced in Washington will per
mit college students called for in
duction to complete the school year
and still select their own branch
in the armed forces.
The change in rules is intended
to halt the rush of students who
have dropped out of school in mid
term in order to enlist. Previously
a draft call automatically indicat
ed that the student was destined
for the army since the other ser
vices have been obtaining men only
through volunteers.
In accordance with the new pro
gram, students receiving a draft
notice may volunteer for a select
ed branch within the two months
preceding the last month of the
school term and report when the
term is over.
A college student notified of a
draft call • today will be deferred
until March or April and may sign
up for the service of his choice. He
would then finish his school term
before reporting for duty.
The change is effective immedi
ately.
Ray Hawk, director of men's
affairs, said in a statement Sun
day evening that the new draft
changes would very definitely aid
in putting an end to panic that
has circulated the campus concern
ing the draft.
“The new regulations will be of
great aid to college students in
that they will be able to continue
their education and still make a
selection of the service which they
wish to join,” Hawk said.
“The new law plus • the expect
ed increased quotas and liberaliz
ing of the ROTC program will be
an added incentive for students to
remain in school,” he commented.
Hawk indicated that fewer stu
dents would have left school if the
changes had been known earlier.
Everyone Urged to Appear
Today at SU to Give Blood
Points System
Will Regulate
Co-ed Activities
A “point system” placing an up
per limit on women's extra-curri
cular activities will begin to go in
to operation this term, with today
as nominal beginning date. Aim
is to prevent overloads and to
spread activities somewhat.
The plan, result of nearly a
year's study, has been set up by
the Associated Women Students
through the AWS activity board.
A current point value will be as
signed to each campus activity,
with a maximum number of points
allowable per term.
The plan will go into effect
gradually, and no woman student
now holding offices or activity
positions totaling more than al
lowable maximum will be required
to give any of them up.
No new activities, however,
will be permitted until next
term, and then only if the point
total be no more than the maxi
mum.
Any activity carried during a
particular term will count on that
term's total but not on the next
unless, as in the case of elective
offices, it carries over.
Mimeographed lists of the point
values of all campus activities and
stating maximum allowable points
will be given to all members of the
AWS activity board, which is com
posed of activity chairmen of all
women’s living organizations.
Individual activity chairmen will
keep a record of the activities and
point totals by members of their
groups, and a master list will be
compiled and kept up to date in the
AWS office.
An urgent need lor whole blood
for wounded men in Korea and a
shortage of donors caused campus
blood donation drive chairmen and
American Red Cross officials to
make the following plea.:
ALL. students and faculty mem
bers, whether they have ever sign
ed a pledge card or not, or whether
they have received an appointment
card or not, are urged to appear
at the Student Union ballroom at
any time between 9:30 and 3:00 to
day to give whole blood in today's
blood collection.
With over 7,000 men killed in
Korean fighting and over 40,000
wounded, the need for whole
blood to save lives in Korea is be
yond all expectations, stated Ray
Hawk, director of men’s affairs.
Hawk said that the donation of
whole blood for the fighting men
in Korea is one of the most vital
things that could be done by stu
dents at the University of Oregon.
Appointments will not be nec
essary for those who have not
received any appointment card
or who have not signed a pledge
card. ANY person who has not
had infectious jaundice within
the past year or has not been
inoculated for typhoid or vaccin
ated within the past month
should show’ up at the SU ball
room, and he will be able to don
ate whole blood for wounded
men in Korea,
Campus Red Cross chairman
Donna Mary Brennan stressed
that all persons who have ap
pointments should definitely ap
pear for their appointments.
This does not mean, she said,
that those who do not have ap
pointments cannot appear. Any
student or faculty member will be
accepted if he appears at the ball
room today.
Donors are again reminded that
they should not eat any fatty or
fried foods during the four horn s
prior to their donation.
With the increased need for
whole blood for wounded men in
(Please turn to page six)
Religious Emphasis Week Opens
Dr. Daniel McGIoin
Religious Week
Speakers
J. Randolph Sasnett and Dr.
Robert Millikan are interviewed
on page 6.
Rabbi Leo Trepp
Dr. Harold Case
Dr. Harold Case, newly appointed president of Boston Univer
sity, will he speaker at this morning's all-campus convocation to
be held at 11 a.m. in McArthur Court.
In conjunction with Religious Kmphasis Week, Case will use
the week’s theme, “Certainties in an Uncertain World,’’ as the
topic for his lecture. Classes will he shortened to 35 minutes this
morning. The time schedule is as follows:
8:00 to 8:35—First period
8:45 to 9:20—Second period
9:30 to 10:05—Third period
10:15 to 10:50—Fourth period
11:00—Convocation
Case was appointed president of
Boston University from a field of
100 candidates. He has been a lead
ing lecturer on over 100 college
and university campuses and has
represented the United States to
religious missions in Europe twice.
Before his appointment to Boston
he was minister at the Methodist
Church in Pasadena, Calif.
Case will be featured speaker
at the faculty dinner at 6:30 p.m.
today, at which time he will dis
cuss “The Changing Task of the
University.” At 8:15 tonight he
1 will address a public gathering in
j the SU Ballroom on the topic
' “Campus Religion.”
Students will have the opportun
ity to meet Case and other Reli
gious Week speakers during the
morning coffee hours from 9 a.ni.
to 10 a.m. Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday. Students wishing pri
vate discussions with any of the
speakers may sign up in the spe
cial events room on the third floor
of the SU.
Guest speakei's will also be lec
turing in some classrooms. At 4
p.m. Tuesday Robert Millikan, not
ed physicist, will conduct a joint
science seminar in 207 Chapman.
In line with the week’s activi
ties, Jim McGrath, art gallery di
rector of the SU, has assembled
from various private, sources a dis
play of religious art which may;
be seen in the SU art gallery.
Early morning services of the
(Tlcasc turn to page six)