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Volume IJII UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1952 NUMBER
Missing Reports
Slow Phone Study
By Senate Group
The senate telephone committee met Monday, and although
many idea-, were brought forth, the group kept running into two
.stumbling blocks:
1. The alumni lawyers who are looking into the I'niversit v's
case against the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company
have not \ et made a report.
2. '1'he administration lias made no statement vet.
The idea of the intra-campus exchange as a solution to the
pay plume situation was discussed. Some committee members
said they thought the dormitory men would be in favor of the
plan, since the men don't see bow they can escape being classi
fied ns "semi-public" institutions ,
In ii nearing.
"They feci that litigation can
not do them any good and In the
meantime they're stuck with the
pay phones,” Don Collin, a com
mittee member appointed from the
senate, told the group. "Therefore,
they want to take thin intra-cam
pus exchange proposal of the
I*T&T." They believe the PT*T
will not be favorable toward the
' exchange affcr a heating, Collin
added.
Another idea advanced was that
the group should recommend a
fight to regain last year’s status,
the action the senate had decided
upon. Then, each dormitory was
connected by a business phone to
the campus exchange, and Greek
houses and co-ops private business
phones.
The discussion went on for near
ly an hour and a half. The commit
tee decided to meet again at 4 p m.
Thursday, by which time it was
hoped that the necessary reports
would be in.
Sigma Chi Hangs
Telephone Shingle
To Pay Own Bill
There's a new public telephone ,
booth at the corner of 13th and
Alder .... the Sigma Chi house.
Jack Climant, Ron Walters and i
Jack Smith hung out a "public!
telephone" sign at the front of
their house Monday morning, in- !
viting the public to come in and j
use the phone.
A Pacific Telephone and Tele- I
graph employee assisted them by i
providing a small orange sticker,
similar to those placed on pay
phones throughout the campus, to !
brighten up their sign.
IJy having the public use the I
telephone, it was explained, the j
house hopes to make enough
money to pay the phone bill. The |
members of Sigma Chi have pledg- '
ed 100 per cent not to use the ma- ;
chines themselves.
Battle Spirit Rises
With Dime Rate
(Ell. Note: The following I*
tlic second and concluding ar
ticle prmntlng the picture of
tin* development of the pay
phoni- situation sinn- its begin
ning. Today's account cover* the
event* from the time preceding
the Salem meeting held In I>e
cemlier to dlseu** the problem,
up to the senate'* decision
Thursday night to go all the way
in fighting the pay phones.)
By Al Karr
When student leaders from Ore
gon and OSC get together to dis
„cuss the pay phone situation, they
discovered that the OSC ndminis- I
tration hud requested pay phones
in dormitories and only the fra
ternities were fighting the pay
phones.
Oregon was fighting the phones
for all living organizations.
OSC's fight was based on the
contention that their houses arc
private, not semipublic. It was de
cided to delay action until after
Homecoming to survey the legal
considerations of the situation.
A letter from George H. Flagg,
the Public Utilities commissioner,
/ to the ASUOa few days before
Homecoming said the Pacific Tele
phone and Telegraph company
' would not install any more pay
phones until the situation was
i ironed out, until an informal meet
ing, or, if necessary, a formal
hearing, was held on the OFCL
complaint.
Meeting Held in Salem
Because of dissatisfaction shown
by students at Oregon, OSC and
Willamette, the meeting of stu
dent representatives, PT & T offi
cials and PUC officials was held
in Salem Dec. 4 to attempt to
leach a decision without a hearing.
Oregon's delegation was headed by !
Dick Kading, Sigma Phi Epsilon
president, appointed from the In- j
ter-fraternity council by ASUO j
President Bill Carey when IFC 1
and House Managers met and de- I
cided to back up OSC in opposing j
the pay phones.
' Prior to the meeting Kading j
conferred with J. O. Lindstrom,J
University business manager, who I
said the basis for pay phones j
should be consistent in all living
organizations or none, in all statr
colleges or none and in all the na
tion's colleges or none.
Llndstrom also said the Univer
sity saved nearly $5,000 by having
the dormitory phones taken off the J
campus exchange. Kuding said fra- '
ternities and sororities were also I
saving because of the pay phones j
not losing money on un-attri- j
buted long distance calls, although
individuals were thus bearing the
cost.
Railing's Case Then
(Hading told the Emerald at that
time his case for fraternities and
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Students Stage
Demonstration
More than 250 Oregon students,
chanting "We want free phones,"
staged a two-hour demonstration
against the Pacific Telegraph and
Telephone company's 10 cent pay
phones Monday night.
Beating drums and pans, blow
ing horns and yelling adverse com
ments against pay phones, the
rally snowballed across the cam
pus, gaining in size as it passed
each living organization.
The rally moved through the
main floor of the Student Union
and through the library. At 13th
avenue E. and Hilyard street stu
dents built a fire and continued
their chant of "we want free
phones."
Dick Hading, chairman of the
ASUO phone committee who ap
peared at the rally fire, told an
Emerald reported, "This is the
first day they paid a dime. They
deserve to get mad."
Two Eugene policemen were on
the scene to direct traffic around
the student-blocked intersection.
At Carson hall, freshmen, kept,
in by dormitory regulations, set up
a cry of "we want out." The rally
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What-?
No Commercials?
KWAX Is Different
A student uas asked what he
thought of the campus KM radio j
station, KWAX.
Well, the only thing I don't ;
like is the commercials.”
Why is that funny?
KWAX doesn't have any com- 1
mircials.
I
Progress Made
On Honor Code
The ASUO honor code commit- '
tee has "some concrete proposals,"
Merv Hampton, ASUO vice-presi
dent and a member of the group,
said in the ASUO cabinet meeting
Monday.
The secrecy-shrouded commit
tee, appointed by ASUO president
Bill Carey fall term, has held 12
meetings, Hampton said, in addi
tion to numerous sub-committee
meetings.
Asked to comment on the lack
of information supplied students
on meetings of the committee,
Hampton said "premature publi
city would not benefit the honor
code investigation".
Hampton said he did not antici
pate any public progress reports
during the committee’s investiga
tion. It is hoped that a final re
port will be released to the senate
at the end of winter term, he said.
"Wc hope for extensive debate on
the investigation at that time,” he
added.
Hampton indicated that sub
committees arc presently investi
gating methods of reporting vio
lation of the honor code, a judicial
body--an honor council and an
orientation program acquainting
students with the report.
The committee has not reveal
ed whether they favor establish
ment of an honor code. The meet
ings of the committee have been
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Parliament of Religions Features
Talks by Devatmananda, Tafsumi
Democracy Taught
By Buddha at First
The democracy of Buddha's j
original teachings is the element ;
Buddhism can contribute to the j
mid-twentieth century. Prof. Hen
ry S. Tatsumi told his audience in |
the Student Union ballroom Mon- j
day night.
"The re-evaluation and criticism !
of the teachings of Buddha, salvag
ing the best parts, will make a
contnbution to the world renais
sance. That is my hope," he stated.
The University of Washington
professor said a world renaissance
can be started in America and
would get the best in culture and
religion from both Europe and the
Orient. This would build a real
one-world, he said, which would
not be just a political expression.
First Started Abroad
The study of Buddhism first J
started abroad in Germany, he ex
plained. Then it came to England
and is now found in various socie
ties in America. It would not be so :
importent to set up the Euddhist
church, he noted. Propigation of
the idea i3 more important.
Tatsumi spoke before an audi
ence which filled the ballroom and
crowded the seats in the Dad’s
lounge. Chairman of the discussion
which followed in the Dad's lounge
was William Tugman, editor of
the Eugene Register-Guard. Stu
dent discussion leader was Minoko
Imai, Japanese foreign student.
Tatsumi, in his address, noted a
"rewarding spirit" of open-minded
ness on the part of both students
and administration people toward
culture and religion.
"I don’t think many universities
are ready to hold a Parliament of
; World Religions as Oregon is," he
I stated.
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Way of Knowledge
Told by Swami
"There ere two forms of kr.owl
edge—right, leading to truth, an«0
wrong, leading away from 'rath, ’
Swami Devatmananda. head of
Portland's Vedanta centei told hM*»
audience in the Student Union
ballroom Monday morning.
Declaring that India was "on®
of the most mis-understood coun
tries in the world because t.f mis
Today's Schedule
Today’s program for the Par
liament of World Religions:
9 a.m. — Address: Lao Tie,
Kung Fu-tzu and Bodhidharma,”
Professor Tatsumi
10 a.m. — Commentary and
chairmanship of discussion. Swa
mi De\at man an da
Noon—Luncheon in honor of
Swami Devaimananda
1 p.m. — Assembly address,
“Fate and Wisdom," Swami De
vatmananda
2 p.m.—Commentary on ad
dress and chairmanship e.f dis
cussion, Professor Tatsumi
4 p.m.—Motion pictures, “The
Sacred' Dances of Hinduism,”
Commentary on film, Swami De
vatmananda
6 p.m.—Fireside dinners and
discussions with parliament
speakers in living organizations
8 p.m.—Address, “Hinduism in
the World of the Mid-Twentieth
Century,” Swami Devatmananda
(All events expect firesides
will be held in the Student
Union).
conceptions of the religious phil
osophy upon which ail her life isr
based," the Swami touched briefly
on some of the basic tenets of the
Hindu religion.
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Solutions to the Pay Phone Problem: It
Art :■< t'
Photo
TWO MEN GET instructions from Bob “Chief Sittin’ Bull” Zwaid on the fine art of making smoke sig
nals from the Sigma Phi Epsilon roof. The two, Burr Boutwel), left, and Paul Wilson are practicing the
Indian art to keep from using the pay phones in communicating with their friends (girl and otherwise).