Volume Mil UNIVERSITY OF OKEOO.V, KCOKNF, MONDAY, FEB. 4, 10.52
NUMBER 72
Dads Select Priaulx;
Byrne Lauds Schools
Mudents, Faculty
Of Highest Quality
More thun 600 persons attend
ing Oregon Dad* luncheon Satur
day heard Charles D. Byrne, chan
cellor of the Oregon state system
of higher education, say that the
faculties and students in the state
schools are of the highest quality
in their history.
Byrne, who was Introduced by
Owen Bentley, president of the
Triads Club, said that although stu
dcn enrollment was down, the stu
dent quality was high. He said
that the three Pacific coast states
ranked considerably above the na
tional average in the percentage of
students passing the selective ser
vice tests, according to a report
from the Kducationat Testing ser
vice at Princeton.
As a result of an average 15 per
cent increase In faculty salaries,
the state schools now have the
best faculties in their history,
Byrne stated. He went on to say
that the "very dangerous exodus
of some of our best staff members
has practically disappeared" and
that the wage increase enabled
Oregon to compete with such
schools as the Universities of
Washington and California in hir
ing new professors.
Also because of the wage ln
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Dad's Day Awards
Given by Hostess
Winners of the four annual
Dads Day awards were announced
Saturday during half-time inter
mission at the Washington-Oregon
game and trophies were presented
by Dad’s Day hostess Mrs. LnNclle
Gay Newman.
Pi Beta Phi won the J.F.C. Mer
rifield cup for the living organi
zation with the greatest percent
age of dads present.
The sorority had 55 per cent of
its4dads registered. Last year the
Pi Phi’s placed second.
The Paul T. Shaw award for
the second greatest percentage of
duds down for the weekend went
to Sigma Alpha Mu.
Carson hall was named winner
of the O. L. Laurgaurd cup for
the greatest percentage of fresh
man dads registered.
Sign contest winner was Alpha
Delta Pi. The sorority’s red and
white production based on a mu
sical background and centered
around the weekend theme "My
Heart Belongs to Dad" took the
cup away from Sigma hull, last
year’s winner.
Wilson, Barber Take
Other Top Positions
Arthur W. Priaulx, Portland,
wan elected president of the Ore
gon Dad's club at a business meet
ing of 150 members Saturday aft
ernoon.
Priaulx, whose daughter, Jo
Ann, Is a junior in speech, replaces
Owen Bentley, also from Portland.
Other officers elected were Gor
idon Wilson. Portland, vice-presi
I dent; and Manning Barber, Eu
; gene, secretary.
Named to two year terms on the
executive committee were Horace
Byler, Coos Bay; George McIntyre,
'Klamath Falls; Dr. Vem Miller,
i Salem; Lawrence McCormick,
■ Medford, and Richard Jones, Port
land.
Franck Shaw, Coos Bay, was
j named to replace Paul Landry,
, Klamath Falls, for a one year term
| on the executive committee. Lan
! dry resigned recently.
Karl Onthank, associate director
jof student affairs, will remain as j
j executive secretary of the group,
a position he has held for the last
25 years.
Administration Praises Students
The Oregon fathers heard Mrs.
Golda P. Wicham, director of wom
en's affairs, and Ray Hawk, direc
tor of men's affaira, describe stu
dent leadership and cooperation as
at an all-time high.
Mrs. Wickham told the dads de
ferred living is "most successful.”
The plan has worked extremely
well for freshman women, she said,
but has been a blow to sororities.
The average Oregon sorority has a
capacity of 42 women, she stated.
At the present.average number of
women living in sororities is 27 per
house.
A need for more financial aid for
students was also indicated by
Mrs. Wickham. She stated that j
more students are now looking for I
part-time jobs and loans than ever j
before.
Carson in Demand
Mrs. Wickham also informed
| dads that due to the popular de
mand among freshman women for
living quarters in Carson hall, a
priority system on applications has
been set up.
The system is based on a first
come-first-served plan in respect
to submitted dormitory applica
1 tions. Every effort is being mad.
1 lo place freshman women in the
dormitory in which they wish to
live, she said.
Ray Hawk, director of men's af
fairs, complimenting student lead
ership, said that the current aca
demic year is "one of the most
successful the University has ever
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Furry Friend
Holed Up, Says
Reliable IGS
Special — IGS (International
Groundhog Service)—It’s going
to be a long winter.
Saturday was Groundhog Day.
It was cloudy and rainy all day.
Although no groundhog activi
ties were reported to the Emer
ald, the animal couldn't have
seen his shadow.
No shadow—no early spring.
Tickets on Sale
For Heart Hop
Tickets for Friday night's an
nual Heart Hop will be on sale to
day through Friday in the Student
Union and the Co-op. Price is 60
cents.
Votes for the "King of Hearts"
will be taken in the Co-op today
through Friday. Women who hold
tickets to the dance, a girl-ask-boy
iffair, are eligible to vote for the
'King.”
Five living organizations wall be
apen for dancing during the eve
ning -Carson hall, Pella Gamma.
Alpha Chi Omega, Sigma Kappa
»nd Kappa Kappa Gamma. Theme
for the YWCA-sponsored event is
'Leap-year Lyrics " and each house
will be decorated using a different
^ong for a theme.
Candidates for "King of Hearts”
ue Hal Dunham, Bob Chambers.
Paul Lasker, Bob Brittain, Jim
Harding and Arne Borgnes.
Committee Cancels
Compton Assembly
The University assembly com
mittee has voted to cancel the Ar
thur Compton assembly which was
to have been held Feb. 20.
Compton, president of Washing
ton University, St. Louis, was
scheduled to speak on "What Does
the Scientist Use for Faith?"
The assembly may be held if
Compton will cancel another
speaking engagement to appear
it Oregon, but this is extremely
ioubtful, Lyle Nelson, director of
public relations, said Sunday.
The committee voted to cancel
the assembly when it was learned
that Compton could not arrive in
Eugene until after 2 p.m. when he
was scheduled to speak at 3 p.m.,
Nelson said.
Proposed Nine-member Student-faculty Council
Would Decide Fate of Honor Code Violators
Seven students and two faculty
members will hold the fate of Uni
versity honor code violators in
their hands if an honor system is
adopted here and if the ASUO sen
ate honor code committee's pro
pocal is accepted.
This proposal was included in a
report on the composition and or
ganizations of an honor council
submitted to the senate committee
Saturday afternoon by committee
members Marilyn Thompson and
Arlo Giles.
The honor council would decide
whether or not reported violators
.pre guilty and then mete out .
/'tnishment.
All classes, except freshman/
would be represented on the pro
posed council. Sitting on the group
would be one sophomore, two jun
iors, three seniors and one gradu
ate student. Members would serve
for the duration of their under
graduate work, to maintain cont
inuity. Therefore, a sophomore
member would continue on the
council until graduation.
Non-voting Faculty
In addition to students, two fac
ulty members would serve on the
council, as would representatives
of the office of student affairs. The
latter would have no vote.
, Student council members would
be appointed—through petitions*—
spring term by another group, a
proposed honor code committee.
This committee would be ap
pointed (also spring term) by the
outgoing ASUO president with the
approval of a senate majority, and
would represent both student and
faculty opinion.
The committee would also be
responsible for orienting students
and faculty to the idea and work
ings of an honor system.
Standards High
Standards for membership on
the honor council would be high. A
2.75 minimum cumulative GPA
would be required at time of ap
pointment. Council members could
not hold any^rASUO elective office
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At Last—A 'Name Band'
DICK JCRGENS, announced Sunday as bandleader for the ann ia&
Senior Ball, Feb. 23.
Dick Jurgens' Band
Signed for Senior Bail
Dick Jurgens and his orchestra
will play for the annual Senior !
Bail Feb. 23.
That's the announcement made
by Class President Dave Rodway j
and his committee chairman Sun- |
day.
Jurgens' group is the first j
"name” band to come to the Ore
gon campus since Les Brown's ap
pearance at the Sophomore Whis
kerino (sponsored by the same !
class of ’52 i in 1949.
Leader-composer Jurgens intro- j
duced to the nation such tunes as ;
"One Dozen Roses, " "Cecilia.”
"Elmer's Tune " and "Careless.’
Commenting on his style of mu- ,
sic, Jurgens asserts. "I try to give
them thoroughly danceable music j
—moderately tempoed. with not 1
too many fast tunes o rdrags -
just something in between."
The Senior Ball, which will be
held in the Student Union ball
room, this year reverts to its tra
ditional formal attire, after a one
year attempt at an informal dance
last year.
Committee chairmen named by ;
Rodway are now getting the orga
nizational wheels in motion and I
are at present considering a mim- j
ber of suggested themes for the !
dance.
Named as chairman of decora- i
tions was Carol Lee Tate, sopho
more in art. JoAnne Hewitt, senior
in English, and Lillian Schott,
senior in sociology, will handle
programs—Miss Hewitt having I
performed that job for last year's J
Junior Prom and Miss Schott for i
the '49 Whiskerino.
Promotion chairman is John ;
Grant, senior in economics; ticket
chairman. Kathryn Moore, sopho- ’
more in business: chaperones, Bar- j
bara Keelen. sophomore in liberal
arts, and publicity. Gretchen Gron- i
dahl, senior in journalism.
Tickets will go on sale Feb. 13.
Jurgens’ band, featured on the
Coca-Cola Spotlight Review for 13
weeks, has appeared at New ;
York's Statler hotel, Astor Roof j
and Capitol theater; the Claremont ,
hotel in Berkeley; Aragon-Trianon
ballrooms in Chicago, and the Hol
lywood Palladium.
Among his current fetordingi
are "Side by Side." "Mississippi
Mud" and "When You Were Sweet
Sixteen.'
Reviewing Jurgens' recent east
ern appearances. Variety maga
zine reported: “. . . a gcod musicat
band with a personality. And that
personality starts with Jurgena
himself and spreads throughout
the remainder . . . from the smart
appearance it makes to the usually
imaginative, sometimes downright
screwy arrangements it employs."
Committee chairmen, comment
ing on the engagement of Jurgens,
were enthusiastic, asserting that
good reception of the Eall will
show that . Oregon can support
name bands.
Luckies Leading
Pack in Campus
Cigarette Survey
‘ Be happy, go Lucky'1 seems to
be the theme song of Oregon ‘S'
smokers.
A survey of the kind of cigar
ettes most popular at the Co-op,
the Side. Taylor's, and the Student
Union shows Lucky Strike ahenit<k»
and followed closely by Camels,
Chesterfields and Phillip Morris.
Kools scorn to be preferred by
those who have colds or those who
don t smoke but “when I do f
usually smoke Kools." Herbert
Tareyton has a certain following
among coeds and one smoker ot
Airline cigarettes was found.
(They're only 13 cents a pack.)
The Co-op sells 50 cartons i50O
packs or 10.000 cigarettes) a day.
This is an average of over two cig
arettes a day for each Oregon stu
dent.
Taylor's, which has a cigarett©
machine, sells about 40 packs a
day while, across the street, iho
Sidc sells around 50 packs each
day.
The total number of cigarettes—
sold at the Student Union was not
obtainable as officials there felt
that such information was pnvata
and the statistics were not for re
lease.
The student smoker has any
where froYn one to three cigarettes,
to a pack and a half a day, th©
survey showed.