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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 11, 1952)
A Concert. . . . . . WiiH MMulnl Sunday, I tut fator several changes, there MtIII will not lie one. For explanation, aw story on page six. Volume Mil w daily EMERALD Fiftybptt year of Publication UNIVERSITY OF OREOON, EUGENE. FRIDAY, JANUARY II, 1952 Our Grandchildren ... . . . . will suffer from ulcers ho iause of what Is going on in ( hirs* today, according to the lecture eft Paul S. Dull. See story on pago seven. NUMBER Two Freshman Office Petitions In ASUO Hands Members of the election com mittee met Thursday night with Merv Hampton, ASUO vice presi dent and in charge of the elec tions, to receive instructions. They will visit the freshmen in all living organizations before the close of petitioning to explain the election procedure and answer questions. Committee members are Mar ian Briner, Bill Frye, Bob Metz, Jane Simpson and Dick Davis. Two petitions for freshmen class " offices had been turned in by Thursday night the ASUO office in the Student Union. Deadline for petitioning is Wednesday at mid night. Requirement for petitioning is a 2.00 GPA with 12 hours credit. Four offices are to be filled, president, vice president, and two representatives to the ASUO sen ate. Following the petition deadline a nomination assembly will be held Thursday to give the candidates (Pirate lurit in page teg><•«) This Man Wanted j To Impress People ! A freshman rusher impressed u fraternity Wednesday—tmt nut the way he ex pee ted. The freshman, > isitlng Phi Kappa Psl, was describing his extra eurrieular activities nn the campus. “I’m doing a lot of publicity work,” he said. "Working: on it with the student body president. It’s a pretty good deal, asxoci&t- | ing with the campus wheels.” The listening member was 1 duly impressed. He was Bill 1 Carey, AHVO president. ; Miss Allison Quits As AWS President Nancy Allison has resigned as president of the Associated Wom en Students because of scholastic ineligibility. Marilyn Thompson, vice presi dent of the organization, will take over the office of president until the end of the term when new of ficers will be elected. Oregon Debate Team Tangles With Aussies Tonight at 8 p.m. Two Australian law students will debate Oxford style - the ef ficiency of dictatorship as a form of government with two members of the Oregon debate team tonight. The topic: "That Dictatorship is the most efficient form of govern ment''. The debaters: Robin Wlllhouse and John Reid, the Australian law student#, affirmative: Nancy Ann Yates, junior in political science, f.nd Bill lx'es, senior in political science, negative. The timet <J p.m. The pluce: Student Union Dads' lounge. The debate form: Oxford style, less formal than the logical-type form generally used in the United States. The Oxford debate style emphasizes persuasion and psycho jT logical factors. The chairman: E. G. Moll, pro fessor of English, a native Aus tralian and poet laureate for that country. Admission: Open to all. includ ing general public, as well as stu dents, and free. Millhouse and Reid are touring American college* and universities under the sponsorship of the In stitute of International Education. They are scheduled to visit 32 col leges across the country before re turning to Australia in March. Subjects Millhouse and Reid are prepared to debate range from “It is regrettable that the Plymouth Rock did not land on the Pilgrim Fathers” and "It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all," to the more serious "Modern society neglects the in- j dividual." Millhouse is now a resident graduate .a fifth-year law student, in St. Mark's college. University of Adelaide, Adelaide. Australia. He did his undergraduate study in law at St. Peters college in Adelaide. Reid is studying law at Mel bourne university in Melbourne, Australia. He did his undergradu ate study at Scotts college in Mel bourne. Both debaters are active in cam pus politics, Millhouse belonging to j the Adelaide university liberal club, and Reid a member of the j Melbourne university liberal club. ! % %S2>» o— There'll be no late hours for. women when Louis Armstrong and ' his band come to the Arena ball- j room Wednesday night. Reason for that decision, as ex- ! plained by Donald M. DuShane. . director of student affairs, is based on two policies of the student-fac-j ulty committee on student affairs. This committee has jurisdiction ! over problems of student activi- ; ties. The two policies, DuShane said, I are: L Only in exceptional cases is late permission granted in mid week. 2. Campus functions arc prc rentcd from outside interference n all cases. (The Military Ball is Jan. 19, conflicting in attraction vith Armstrong’s appearance.) Vern Minklcr, who is promoting Armstrong's appearance at the Ballroom, had hoped to get late permission for students. He now s trying to work out some ar -angements whereby University students with ASUO cards, can Be allowed to dance until 10:13 D.m. Wednesday night. “There arc some fine name Something New for Oregon Moc/c Political Convention Slated for Campus in May Plans for a mock political con vention on the Oregon campus, patterned after one o»" the national party conventions, the party to be decided by the students, have been announced by Francis Gillmore, FRANCIS GILUVJORK YWCA public affairs committee chairman, who is acting as the general chairman for the conven tion. The purpose of the undertaking Discipline Committee Checks Up Half of Us Confess to Cheating Sometime During College Careers Slightly less than one lmlf of the students at Ore gon admitted cheating at some time during th<>ir col lege career, according to the results of a study of cheating made by the student discipline committee last- spring. Purpose of Study The study was made as part of the committee’s program for improving conditions at the University. The results have just been released to the faculty. The committee sent out two short questionnaires to faculty members asking pertinent questions about cheating in their classes. Approximately one half of the questionnaires were returned and were tabulated by the committee. Siipilar questionnaires were answered by 1200 students. Students 'Foss Up According to the faculty questionnaires, there is not much cheating among Oregon students, as meas ured by the detection rate. However, just under 50 per cent of the students admitted cheating at some time. Of the students polled, only 27 per cent said that > they had noticed "many” cases of cheating and 57 per cent said that they had noticed a "few" cases. The study showed that cheating tends to be asso ciated with certain classes. What Does ‘Cheating’ Mean The report pointed out that there is no real con census among students as to what constitutes cheat ing, a fact which made it difficult to obtain accu rate data. One student thought that reviewing tests given the year before in a course constituted cheat ing. Most students, according to the committee, did not blame themselves entirely for cheating. Twenty three per cent blamed the emphasis put on grades as the reason they cheated. Seating arrangements in classes and the unfairness of materials were blamed by 11 per cent of the students as a cause of cheating. Another 11 per cent admitted they used ponies and 10 per cent blamed the lack of super vision. Three students said that it was the "thing to do". Agree on One Point At only one point did students and faculty agree —that cheating among University students was no more prevalent at Oregon than od any other cam (Please turn to page seven) I / will be to give students experience with national political machinery and interest students in govern mental procedures, Miss Gillmorc said. Realism will be the key note of the affair and it will follow ac tual convention procedure, she stated. The campus -poll will be taken to see whether the convention will be Democrat or Republican, Miss Gtllmore stated Wednesday. The poll will be taken through Heads of Houses, the Inter-dorm council and Inter-fraternity council, she said. Petitions for convention chair manships are now being called for. The positions available include sec retary, treasurer, historian, public j relations, speakers, symposia: chairman, physical arrangements, j pressure groups, resolutions and i state delegates. The petitions are ! due at the YMCA in the Student 1 Union or the YWCA in Gerlinger j by 5 p.m. Tuesday. The convention is scheduled for May 2 and 3. A state convention with delegates from colleges over the state holding similar meetings will be held May 16. hands coming to Eugene this year,” Minkler said, "and it's tough not having late permission for stu dents.'’ In the past few years. DuShane said, mid-week late permission ham* been granted on some occasions, especially when big-time band»» have played, but general practice is to set later closing hours only on weekends. Several years ago a M.litary Ball lost $800, Du Share said. It was held on a weekend after late permission was granted in mid week, he explained. The student affairs head added that the half’ might still have lost money with out that mid-week event, but there was ample reason to prevent further interference. DuShanc said it is unfortunate that Armstrong could not have been brought to Eugene about t'TO weeks before or two weeks after the date he will appear, since then setting of late closing hours wouJ^ have been more likely. The decision concerning the Armstrong case was made by Du Shanc. Golda Wickham, director of women s affairs, and Ray Hawk, director of men's affairs, under their authority to apply and in terpret the policies of the student faculty student affairs committee between monthly meetings of that I group. Over 4100 Registered Over 4100 students have com pleted winter registration, Cl if fort# L. Constance, registrar. estimatdA Thursday. A detailed breakdown of the various classes, men and women, will be compiled next week. The average drop in enrollment from fall to winter term is usually around 8'/> and a final enrollment of 4150, which will be an 8rfc drop from last term, is expected to be reached if not passed. Help of Administration, Students Needed on Millrace Improvement ore i u iuic * <*■&*- ou (Ed note: This is the last in a \ series of five articles describing the ! null race, its history and proposed plans for its development.) -- By Bob Southwell "Before we car. do much about the millracc, we must determine j our goal," ASl'O President Bill 1 Carey said recently. What do students want ? What is the administration's desire? The campus planning commis sion under the direction of S. W. Little, dean of the school of archi tecture and allied arts, is laying the groundwork for a millracc area, mainly for the purpose of ; presenting ca.noc fetes. Students seem to be primarily interested in increasing the rate of flow of the millrace and clean ing it up. They talk little about holding a canoe fete in connection with Junior Weekend. Little has suggested that only through active use of the stream | can financial help be gained as the city of Eugene and the University j will be unwilling to contribute ; money to improving the race un | less they are sure that it will be ; come an important part of Uni versuy ana civic me. Little stated: "If the students will inaugurate a milirace float parade, then the city and Univer sity might be justified in spending ' Please tum to page seven) j'Fresh Sno-Ball' To Roll Saturday A 12-foot snowman will d.om | inate the SU ballroom Saturday j night -from 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. 1 when the -freshmen dorms will pre sent the first annual "Fresh Snow ball'’ dance. White creep streamers will run ! from the snowman s head to cre ate a false ceiling in carrying out a “winter wonderland" theme. At tire will be semi-formal with cor sages in order for the no admission affair. All freshmen men and their dates are invited, General Chair man Bob Summers said. Johnny Lusk and his six-piece 1 dance hand will provide dance | music. Intermission entertainment I will feature John Jensen with im I personations and a trio of fresh ! men women from Carson hall will I provide musical numbers.