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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
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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. !
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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
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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.)
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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
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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.