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Exec Council Chooses
Thompson as Member;
Discusses Dorm Ways
LaVerne Thompson, senior in
business, was selected to fill the
position of senior class representa
tive at a meeting of the Executive
Council Monday evening.
Thompson, who is president of
Stan ltay Hall ami vice-president
of the Inter-Dormitory Council,
replaces Don Smith on the council.
Both men are affiliated with the
United Students Association.
In discussing t,ho appointment
to the senior representative vac
ancy the council agreed that hence
forth no party recommendations
will be sought in connection with
the filling of positions on the coun
cil.
Dorm Study Okayed
Approval was given by the exe
cutive group for the establishment
of a student committee to study
procedure of dormitories. The com
mittee’s work will be similar to fho
Stan Pearson dormitory committee
study made last year, ASUO pre
sident Barry Mountain said. Re
pHt^entatives of all living organi
zations will serve on the committee.
"The committee will investigate
dormitory procedure keeping in
mind improvements that will bet
ter living conditions on campus,”
Mountain stated.
“It is my hope that this group
will supercede all student groups
who are striving along the same
lines, for this committee will be
composed of representatives of all
associated students."
Bids Postponed
The council approved an exten
sion of time on the submitting of
bids for handling of publicity for
Sports Night set for Mar. 30. Mon
day was named as the deadline for
petitions which may be turned in
to the ASUO office In the SIT.
Hally Board plans for a snowball
rally to be held Thursday were an
nounced by Joanne Fltzmaurlce.
The evening rally, which will end
at the Student Union, will feature
the University pep band and yells
conducted by the rally squad.
Acts Under Fire
The appearance of bad taste In
student entertainment at public
campus functions was commented
upon by Donald DuShane, director
of student affairs. DuShane told
the council that complaints have
been registered by alumni and
called for student co-operation In
the suppression of entertainment
which violates good taste.
Hally entertainment for the lf».r>0
Homecoming Weekend was deemed
off-eolor by the University admin
istration and one participant was
banned from public appearances on
the campus.
A screening of all campus enter
tainment by the University enter
tainment chairman and a faculty
member was suggested as a pos
sible solution to the problem. The
council will discuss the issue furth
er at their Monday meeting.
Beard to Speak
Fred A. Beard, superintendent
of the University Press, will speak
to the Inter-Varsity Christian Fel
lowship at 7 p.m. today in the Stu
dent Union.
•'Gift Packages in Romans XII
will be the subject of Beard's talk.
The meeting is open to all inter
ested students.
Student Panel to Discuss Fate
Of World Student Fund Drive
Students will have the oppor
tunity to decide where the funds
collected from Oregon's WSSF
drive will be distributed at 4 p.m.
today in 207 Chapman.
Besides the forum of four speak
ers, Dave Levering, traveling sec
retary of the WSSF, will summar
ize the pros and cons of each pos
sible choice for the distribution of
the moneys
Jim Haycox. sophomore who
traveled in Europe last summer,
wil speak in behalf of Greece.
Speaking for the Asian part of the
world will be Nicky Haralu, India
student, who will speak on the con
ditions in Assam, India.
To Students
-^Oirk Shepers, Belgium foreign
student, will advocate the dispatch
ing of funds to displaced persons
who are students. If the money
were distributed here, it would go
to countries where students arc
located at the time of providiNg
the relief rather than designating
any particular country prior to the
drive.
Another possibility would be to
send the funds to the WSSF emer
gency relief fund. Here the funds
would be held until some critical
period such as the tuberculosis
epidemic which struck Japanese
students after the World War. An
other example is the earthquake
which shook Assam, India, destroy
ing- completely the University of
Assam.
After the panel, all present will
vote to decide where Oregon funds
will go. Proceeds from the all-cam
pus Vodvil also go toward WSSK.
Jane Simpson is in charge of to
day’s panel discussion.
Extensive Changes Scheduled
In New Liberal Arts Curriculum
SU to Show
Short Movie
On Bowling
"America Bowls," a 22-mlnutc
educational movie on the art of
bowling, will hr ahown at -I;30 anii
7 p.m. today through Friday inj
room 11, adjacent to the recrea
tional area m the Student Union.
The movie, which Mara Ned
Pay, was made hy the National
Bowling Council, and had Its pre
miere at the Paramount Theater
in Syracuse, New York.
The film on bowling is being
loaned by the Hninswick-Dalkc
Collender Company,
The movie has excellent instruc
tional value, and can is' used in
connection with teaching students
the art of bowling, according to
Louie Bdhst.no, manager of the
SU recreational department.
Men's Housing
Reports Sought
Less than half of the men's liv
ing organizations which have been
queried regarding the effects of
mobilization have returned their re
ports, according to the Office of
Student Affairs.
The questionnaires were sent out
earlier this month by a special
committee appointed by President
H. K. Newborn to look into the
economic status of fraternities and
the effect the prqpcnt national
emergency has hail and will have
on them,
P. L. Kleinsorge, professor of
economics who heads the commit
i tee, said that no action can be.
taken toward relieving hardships
imposed on men's living organiza
tions until all reports are returned.
Bennett Cerf, Noted Author, to Speak
On 'Changing Styles in American Humor'
By Adeline Garharino
“Changing Styles in American
Humor" will be the topic of Ben
nett Cerf, publisher, columnist,
humorist, author, and anthologist,
when he speaks at 7:30 p.m. Wed
nesday in McArthur Court.
The author of five best-selling
collections of humorous stories,
Cerf must also be recognized for
his outstanding contributions as
a publisher, editor and lecturer.
Columbia Graduate
Upon his graduation from Col
umbia in 1920, Cerf was a lifetime
member in Phi Beta Kappa and
possessor of a degree from the
Columbia School of Journalism. In
1925 he entered the publishing field
with the purchase of the Modern
Library Series. He transformed
tWis series into a set of modestly
priced classics available to the
public.
His career as a publisher did hot
end here. In 1927 he founded Ran
dom House, a publishing company
which has had from its very begin
ning an impressive list of authors.
As president of Random House,
Cerf has been the sponsor of many
newcomers in the field of writing.
Interest in Students
This interest in stimulating the
creative efforts of young people
is one of the reasons for his popu
larity as a college and university
lecturer throughout the country.
During the war Cerf went on the
air with a weekly radio program,
“Books are Bullets.” His column
“Try and Stop Me" is widely syn
dicated.
At 51 Bennett Cerf is still a
vigorous, tali, well-tailored man.
One columnist explains that "he
is a storage battery that continual
ly recharges itself.”
"I am a book publisher by
choice,” says the busy man who
has little time on his hands to just |
sit around thinking up funny
stories. "I would rather be remeni- i
bered as the publisher of Eugene
O'Neil, Sinelair Lewis, William
Faulkner, and James Joyce's
'Ulysses’ than a facile raconteur
or anthologist of other people's
bon mots," he continues.
Part of his popularity as a lec
turer might be explained by say
ing that Ccrf likes people, lie likes
contacts, he likes to feel the na
tion whose humor he so ably
chronicles.
Bennett Cerf's appearance Wed
nesday is one of the regular as
sembly scries sponsored by the
University Assembly Committee.
It is open to students, faculty, and
the townspeople of Eugene with
out admission charge'.
He will be introduced by R. C.
McCall, head of the speech depart
ment.
By Larry Hobart
I lie College of Liberal Arts of the Cniversitv of Oregon ni I
>iibnut its curriculum to extrusive changes (luring the next t.
academic \ears nn<ler a series of recommendations prepared b,
a professorial eominittee and approved bv the College tacultv.
A program for Sophomore Honors, and an increase in tl ■
group re<|uirenient, for students taking degrees with majors m
the t ollege, from font courses to six have been approved in or in
1'ipir ny uic « ouegc ih< ulty but will
not go Into effect until the aca
demic year 1952-53. A proposal for
the establishment of an Associate
of Aria degree has been referred to
a committee for revision and will
be re-submitted to the faculty of
the College later thia year.
Liberalizing of the Basic Liberal
Studies, a four-year non-ajiecialized
course of <tudy, was also author
ized by the College faculty as was
formation of a new one-term re
medial course in reading. Relaxa
tion of lestnctions on the obtain
ntent of the foreign language re
quirement for the Bachelor of Arts
degree was indorsed by the Col
lege instructors but must be vot
ed on by the general faculty at
their March meeting.
Studied Three Vcar*
The adoption of the curricular
alterations followed a three year
study by the Committee on Cur
ricular Revision which was ap
pointed in November, 1947, by
Dean Eldon L. Johnson of the Col
lege of Liberal Arts. The commit
tee. headed by Hoyt Trowbridge,
professor of English, completed its
discussions in May, 1950, and its
recommendations were minimal iz
ed in a progress report presented
to the faeulty on May 22.
The recommendations, in more
complete detail and with the rea
Honing which led the committee o
propose them, were submitted
the faculty for action in Xoverabe .
The college faculty approved tl e
recommendations in a series of foi
meetings in December and Ja --
uary.
The Sophomore Honors pro
gram, as outlined by the commit
tee, is intended to permit supe -
ior students to do a portion of the r
lower-division work in courses c -
pecially designed for them. Meet
ing in small section under firs‘
class instruction, the Honors sys
tem is planned to emphasize tl ••
importance of general education
and would be limited to the f-:f»
credit* covered by the lower-div -
sion group requirements.
Four Course Limit
The Honors program will i»
limited to four courses. Compre
hensive examinations, for which,
students can prepare independent
ly or by taking department* 1
courses, as well as by the specif 1
honors courses, will make it po:
tdhjr to meet group requirement -•
by a demonstration of knowledge
and competence, rather than 1 y
courses and credits.
The field covered by the examir
ations would be history, soci; ]
science, literature, biological sc -
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Mountain Explains Value
Of Deferred Livinq to Dads
Reassurance that the deferred
living program has been set up for
the betterment of both students
and University was given Oregon
Dads by ASUO President Barry
Mountain in a luncheon meeting
Saturday.
Mountain said he believed the
program at Oregon could be as
successful as that of Stanford Uni
versity. Mountain visited the Stan
ford campus earlier in the year to
look into their system of deferred
living.
Luring the address, Mountain
pointed out that mobilization in
this country, since the deferred
living plan was worked out, has
posed n problem for living organi
zations.
He added that a committee had
recently boon sot up by Unive -
sitv President H. K. Newburn ;o
look into this problem*
"If this committee," Mountain
Baid, "comes to the decision thft
lrom an operative and not a policy
standpoint the program of deferred
living, for the best interests of a i
concerned, should be suspended ui -
lil the time when our administra
tion feels that the enrollment
again adequate, then I know tie
students will get behind their dec -
sion."
Mountain closed by saying th*
the piogram was of primary con
cern to the University and its sti -
dents, and if there is any problei »
"it is something which we should,
and can sit down around the tabo
and work out."
Gordon Erickson, Tru Vosburg
Win Recognition for Acting
Tru Vosburg and Gordon Erick
son picked up their "Ncuts” nt tlie
I’niversity Theater Night Sunday
evening. The two won the awards
last season for best actress and
best actor for roles in "The War
rior’s Husband;” but presentation
of the statue was held at the
theater party Sunday.
The theater advisory board was
elected for the following year, with
Terrence Hoseen and Ben Padrow
representing graduate students;
Miss Vosburg and Ken Olsen, sen
ior representatives; Gordon How
ard and Dorothy Polanski, juniors;
and Avis Lange and Sue Madsen,
freshmen. Election of the sopho
more representatives will be held
at the new board's first meeting,
•siiict' the vote Sunday resulted i
h tie.
Ex-officio members to the board,
by virtue of their positions in tl e
theater, are Ralph Wide, Ph 1
Johnson, Phyllis Keller, and Mary
Ellen Burrell. Theater staff mem
bers on the board include Virginia.
Hall, Gordon Erickson, Harry Bid
lake, Bill Schlosser, Frederick J.
Hunter, Ottilic Seybolt, and Horai e
Robinson.
Entertainment at theater nigl-t
was presented by Helen Jackson,
Ann McLaughlin, Dick Neibau
Elmarie Wendel, Jim Blue, Dorothy
Polanski, and El Raggozzino. Tt >
entire evening was under the direc
tion of Thyllis Keller.