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that Midi u successful company,
with all Its “(owl nelghlwirly”
ty|M* advertising, should help col
lege students with scholarships
rather than hinder thi'in by mull
ing extravagant jirof It m from
tlii'in.
We feel that these arguments
merit a thorough consideration
and that If the decision In made
by honest men it will be to with
draw the pay telephones.
(Signed:)
I’al 1 liman, Anne Gouge, Ann
Durby, l.ou Ann Chase, Miriam
.tones, Allecn Hetsehart, Bonnie
Blrkemeler, Joan Manning, Klsle
Mlkkelsen, Jody Greer, Kuty Sig
mund, l>iane Goddard, Hetty
Moshofsky, Jean Gates, Susan
Malt field, Curol Dwyer, Jan-t
Shaw, Wilma Hamilton, Hredn
l.ynrh, Joan Hlaki-ly, Barbara
Booth, Mary Bennette, Margaret
Dlekey, Idi/ubetb Johnson, Joan
liappel, Carol lae Tate—Members
of PI Beta Phi.
From Carson Hall
Emerald Editor:
^ W'e protest most vigorously the
'unfair and high-handed methods
employed by the Pacific Tele
phone and Telegraph Co. Unfair
in that we, who can afford it
bast, must carry the burden of
increased costs; both through the
increased costs and through the
fact that we must have pay
phones in the first place. High
handed in the fact that phones
were being converted before the
price rise was effective.
Signed:
Dotty I^wIk, Gail Lochcad. Ann
Johnston, Ann Moym, Sheila Kita
patrh-h, Yvonne Klee, Alberta Al
torfer, Peggy HuntPr, Jackie
Long, Carol Hoodwin, Alice Hod
ges, Maralyn Dyer, Kathleen Fol
soin, |{ue Sadis, Fat Finnegan,
Carolyn Wiley, Shirley IaiDoo,
Mary Fat IaiMourcux, Kuth Ann
Woods, Virginia Johnson, Arllss
Harder, Eunice Brynteson,
Kay lllhhard, Joanne Hurdt,
Sally lleln, Peggy Knight, Mar
garet McCormick, Kay Partcli,
Diane Dinion, Corlnne Wing, Don
na Herr, Ernestine Fisk, Nancy
Fansett, Ann Gerllnger, tails
Powell, Jackie Jensen, Ann Kank
heud.Mury l-ouisc Hudson, Ann
Hopkins, Marcia Hodgson, Joan
Honey well, Mary Wilson, Barbara
Dickson, Joanne Ware, Elaine
Potts, Pat Uyan, lloliertu Guy,
Dltsy Fields, Betty Gillmorc,
Harriet Walrath, Mary Louise
Austin, Mary Ann Levin, Kay
Lynn Boss, Jollne Cray, Bunny
Austin, Mary Anne Herron, Char
lotte Britts, Ann Woodcock, Mary
Cosart, Norma Ileyser, Carole
Woodrutre, Mary Jeanne Cassidy,
Audrey Lefever, Susan Benett,
' Mcannettc Klmtiall, Lole Mead,
Jackie Dcnsmore, Sue Hunter,
Pat Beard, Bolihette Gilmore,
Norma Hamlllton, Barbara Coen,
No reen Allen, Mary Whitaker,
Ann Beardsiee, Nancy Heine, Don
na Schafer, Joan Bamhaucr, Carol
Charles, Dorothy Cole, Sally
Hlrheck, Aclleen Kroiupiist, Mary
Ann Mowery, Irene Bullard, Syl
via Wtngard, Elena Horn, Mary
Jo Carlson, Janet Blum, Nancy
Cottinghnm, Carol Cross,
Joanne Callender, Jean Plercy,
Pat Bingham, Sally Sloan, Nancy
Btidlong, Helen Jackson, Beverly
( Jones, Lynn Bodding, Lee Mc
Gary, Gertrude Baurney, Nikki
Trump, Diane David, Carolyn
Keith, Jean West, Nancy Kan
dolph, Pat Adklsson, Barbara
Carlson
From Sigma Kappa
Emerald Editor:
To the Pacific Telephone and
Telegraph company, re University
telephone policy:
Regarding your recent remark
to the effect that fraternal organi
zation on the University of Ore
gon campus are considered by
you to be "semi-public,” we would
like you to know our position on
this matter.
In order to be able to live In
such an organization as our house
represents, we select our members
carefully from seores of women
expressing a wish to be a part of
a Greek living organlseatio n.
Therefore, we feel it is obvious
that our houses are not semi
public. The definition of semi
public as Minted by Webster Is,
"afffctln({ the people hn a whole,
or the community, state, or na
tion.”
It should be obvious to you now
that no Greek organization on
this campus fulls within this cate
gory. We hereby recommend and
urge you to rule organizations in
accordance with stipulations that
should rightfully pertain to our
groups prlvute institutions.
(.Signed:)
Denise Timm, Kay Kolasa, KI
alne Kempel, I»ls Myers, Jacque
line filraud, Jane Weber, Vanda
Itandall, Marianne Merrick, Ber
nlcc (iartell, Myra Wood, Ductile
Wright, Marilyn I'eters, Donna
Jean Meier, Adeline Gurbarino,
Ann lledlund, Gall Savage, Mary
ann Taormlno, June Winter, Diane
Ketteringham, Myrna Olsen, Julie
Klink, Jayne I-a v man, Elaine Cut
ting.
From Phi Psi
Emerald Editor:
We, the undersigned members
of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, are
opposed to the interpretation
made by the Pacific Telephone
and Telegraph company which
classes our homes as a semi-pub
lic institution.
(Signed:)
Vcrn Stolen, John H. Beal, Jerry
Anderson, Bob Furrer, Bob Willi
ams, Michael Callahan, Lester M.
Cutting, Bill Carey, Jim Harris,
I,on Bernle, VV. F. Frye, Harold
A. I,emon, Garland Trzynka, Kis
hard Bjomstud, Donal It. Johnson,
James Harding, Larry McNutt,
Malvin B. Kudd, Jr„ William G.
Paulus, A. B. Kcnwlck, Don Bra
man, A. U Clay, It. A. Atklhson,
Dave F. Hall, Boswell B. Hunt,
Clifford S. Tblede, Hubert J. Brad
bury, Jim Elliott, la-slle West,
Torn Sims, Gene Hover.
ravors exchange
Emerald Editor:
We, the members of Alpha
Gumma Delta sorority; favor the
adoption of the campus exchange
phone system.
Most of our rails are Intra
campus calls, muny of which are
necesary dally to carry tin busi
ness of the fraternity and many
of which are necessary to those
members participating ir. campus
activities. It Is not economically
satisfactory for these calls to cost
either the fraternity or the Indi
vidual to pay 10 cents each for
these calls.
We are individually willing to
pay for personal off-campus calls,
and thus eliminate from our bud
get the high cost of two business
phones. One phone for official
house calls, one campus extension,
and one pay phone would serve
our needs well.
(Signed:)
Nancy Hall, Anne Britts, Sally
Mollner, Donna Knoll, Donna Pas
t rnulch, Betty Trelielliorn, Twila
Kevin, Patsy Fatsler, Joyce An- [
derson, Olga Elde, Martha Baxter,
Marlene Dunk, Betty Pcrsey, Mu
riel Hugcndoorn, Roberta Matson,
Barbara Stokes, Norma Vlile,
Marjorie Tuggle, Pat Johnson,
I.orraine Lysell, Mary Lou Stan,
berry, Donna tiatton.
From Ann Judson
Emerald Editor:
We, the undersigned, as mem
bers of Ann Judson house of the
University of Oregon, strongly
object to the system of pay tele
phones now in effect in our living
organization. We also object to
the proposal of an intra-campus
exchange. We feel that both of
these are very unfair to the indi
vidual students because of the
finances involved and the incon
venience connected with pay tele
phones.
We approve 100 per cent a re
turn to the old system of busi
ness phones in each living organi
zation, and will oppose any moves
by the telephone company against
such a change.
(Signed:)
Marjorie Carlson, B e a true e
Napier, Phyllis Johnston, Dotti
Schick, Elizabeth Sutton, Melissa
Millam, Barbara Thomson, Rosa
Lee Bishop, Clarlbel Swearingen,
Mabel Clioriki, Fran Hussey, Kay
Lear, Sylvia Grtoth, Rosalie Blick
enstaff, Anna Marie Blickenstaff,
Marie Cockerham, Virginia Rub
t ick, Shirley Apn Shape, June Nu
kada, Mary Lou Watts, Naomi
Hixson, ICather Trippett, Martha
Walker
From Sigma Alpha Mu
Emerald Editor:
We wish to make it known
that, our living organization
stands 100 per cent behind the
position taken by the A3UO sen
ate, the University administra
tion and the Oregon Daily Em
erald in regard to the pay phone
situation on the campus.
We feel that the proposal of a
campus exchange offered by the
telephone company is not satis
factory and that a return to the
old private phone situation
should be fought for with all the
vigor at our command.
Ours Is a private organization,
as in every other fraternity and
sorority, and as such, is entitled
to the privileges of a private or
ganization.
It's about time someone took
a healthy slap at this PT&T ogre.
Let’s make Oregon the giant kil
ler.
(Signed:)
Alvin Goldenbcrg, Ronald
Sherman, Herbert Voremberg,
Jerome (apian, Richard Davis,
.Jerry Friedman, Merle Davis,
Ron Abrams, Mark Newman, Ted
Rubensteln, Don Zavin, Donald
Olds, Alan Barzman, Stanley
Oeffen, Kenneth Goodman, Leon
ard, Merv Hampton, Norm Olds,
.Jim Sandefer, Leonard Krichev
sky.
From Phi Sig
Emerald Editor:
In view of recent developments
concerning the installation of pay
telephones in fraternities and so
rorities, and the further rise in
cost to both the individuals and
the fraternities involved, Phi
Kappa Sigma fraternity hereby
urges all possible haste in return
ing to the system used during the
school year 1950-51 whereby pri
vate telephones were in general
use in fraternities and pay tele
phones were installed and used
only where requested.
Signed:)
Patrick Price, Robert Burge,
Gunning Butler, Duane Goer,
Martin Bliefernich, Gene Beck,
Gary Haynes, Thomas Juza, Nor
man Smith, .lames Loonie, Gary
Finnegan, Kenneth Peters, Dick
Still, Bill Marshall, Phil Sette
case, R. Schwary, Howard c
Stinkard, Donald Schade, Robert 1
Wilcox, Richard Whittaker,
Thomas Tennant.
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From John Straub i
Emerald Editor: r
We protest the installation of
pay phones in the dormitories—
an imposition of an unnecessary j
burden upon those least able to n
afford it. We protest the high
handed methods used by the Pa
cific Telephone and Telegraph
company in forcing us to take
these phones; we also protest the
company's most recent action in
raising local call rates to 10 cents
and again, their high-handed
manner of doing things; the tele- ]
phones had been converted to
take dimes even BEFORE this:
rate boost had been granted!
We ask that the University of- !
ficials issue a strong protest to !
the telephone company, setting
forth some of these objections.
(Hlgned:)
Norman Kolb, Phil Bettens,
•James B. Deatherage, John Haw
kins, James T. Mahoney, Elmer
Gentleman, R. W. Anderson, Rob
ert A1 beck, Jack R. Wells, Char
les R. Dahien, Richard Du Bosch,
Garry Jerome, Edlc Norstad,
William Herman, Carl L.
Schwienfurth, Carl N. Winans,
Bernar Schick, Bob Hoeppner,
Henry M. Freitag, Mike Hagan,
Dick Vinson, Mike McManus,
Theodore Goh, Rodney Ledger
wood, George O’Dea, Franz Ce
zarz, Geo. R. Nelson, G. W. Zahn,
Leiand L. Johnson.
From Delta Gamma
Emerald Editor:
We, the members of Delta Gam
ma, feel that the inconvenience of
the present pay-telephone system
can be alleviated by the support
of our administration and alumni
who have the power to seek effec
tive legislation for abolishing the
pay phones and installing the pre
vious system.
Nine months of the year the
student living organizations are
considered “private homes,” defi
nitely not public residences.
Therefore, we should not be re
quired or forced to pay an addi
tional charge for each phone call.
Through united action a more
influential step could be taken to
block the telephone company's in
creased rate.
(Signed:)
•lean Mangan, Sandra Price, Jo
Martin, Catherine Ledingham,
Mary Leigh, Marilyn Wise, Cath
erine Swick, Susan Perry, Joan
Hodges, Marigene Pefouze, Alexa
Farney, Marcia Eagleson, Kay
Maier, Dorothy Pleier, Sally
Erickson, Dorothy Carlson, Caro
lyn MvLean, Lyn Hartley.
Pasadena Junior College defeat
d John Muir J.C. 33-19 in the
951 Turkey Tussle Bowl. Wow!
Don Heinrich of Washington
ompleted 134 passes during the
950 season for a new all-time
lajor college record.
Wake Forest had the best ma
n-college defensive record in the
ation during the 1950 campaign.
Telephone Trouble
Began Last Spring
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The company was prevented
from installing the pay phones in
G8C fraternal organizations by
campus opposition. Students de
manded a hearing with the public
utilities commissioner in an at
tempt to completely prevent such
action.
PL'C Gets Responsibility
(Later the PT & T placed the
responsibility for the tariff on the
PUC, which filed the ruling after
it was requested by the phone
company.)
ASUO President Bill Carey told
the senate at its Nov. 8 meeting
that he had received a letter from
OSC Student Body President Donn
Black stating that no student*
from either school would be allow
ed to attend the expected hearing.
Black also said Governor Douglas
McKay would take the student’s
stand in the matter. The hearing
was set between Nov. 10 and 15.
OFCL Complain*
At the annual convention of the
Oregon Federation of College
Leaders held a few days later a.
resolution presented by Sherman
Bliss, student body president at
Willamette university—the only
other college in Oregon with pay
phones — demanding “immediate
abandonment of the unjust policy’'
of installing pay phones was pass
ed unanimously when it was learn
ed that PT & T intended to ex
pand the installation to all educa
tional institutions in the state.
OFCL officers mailed the resolu
tion and a complaint to George H.
Flagg, then public utilities com
missioner, after learning that the
expected hearing was off since no
hearing could be authorized until
formal complaint was received by
Flagg. (PT & T later indicated
that they considered the OFCL.
complaint formal, but the PUC
never recognized it as formal.)
Misconceptions Discussed
Then the Emerald learned that
both schooLs had been operating
under certain misconceptions. Bas
ically these were the facts:
1. No formal complaint from
OSC students had been filed in tha
PUC office—so no hearing.
2. The hearing couldn't hava
been held between Nov. 10 and 15
anyway, since a period of 10 days
must intervene between public no
tice of the hearing and the hear
ing.
4. Gov. McKay had never agreed
to represent any students at the
hearing, nor anyone else.
5. Oregon and OSC students
still planned to cooperate in fight
ing the pay phones.
(Tuesday: completion of de
velopments in the pay telephone
situation leading up to the pres
ent peak of the battle against
the pay phone.)
Solutions to the Pay Phone Problem: I
IT ,Jl ST TAKES a little ingenuity to beat the payphone situation. Frank Wilson, Chi Psi, solved the
problem here by talking across the Mill Race to Gunrna Phi Dorothy Carr over home-made communi
cations. The invention consists of a tin can at each end for amplify ing and speaking, with a rope be
tween lo carry, tip* vibration;*. These students say they really heard each other.