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I m Daily EMERALD Fifty-third year of Publication Volume LIU UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, MONDAY, FEB. 18. 1953 NUMBER 82 Deferred Living Favored in Report Reds Not Found In Universities, Says Chancellor "Those who hunt for Commu nists in great universities mistake their natural habitat, fur a free university is not a place where Communism can thrive," Chancel lor Charles D. Byrne of the state system of higher education told almuni leaders at its annual con ference during the weekend. "Freedom of thought and ex pression is just what (Communism cannot practice or tolerate,” Byrne said. He told the alumni leaders their role was to protect the free dom of the University and the fac ulty to search for and express truth. University a Hounding Board Byi ne, in relating "The Role of Alumni in Oregon's Higher Educa tion Urogram.” said the other tasks before tiie alumni were to be the sounding board for the Univer-! CHARTER U. BYRNE Universities poor hunting ground sity's program in serving the stu dents and the people of the state, to take an active part in govern ment to the end of good govern ment at all levels and to "encour age the bright minds in . . . (the) community to seek a college edu cation' . A committee nominated Charles Holloway, Portlana, for president eft the alumni association, and George Corey, Pendleton, for vice president. Other candidates can be nominated later. University Must Reflect The chancellor said a great uni versity must reflect the spirit of the timeH without yielding to it; the sounding board role he said, reflects the needs of the state and thinking of the people. It also must not necessarily yield, as when, ", . . too frequently our society ex periences waves of hysteria.” He cited as nn example the pres ent wave “of hysteria demanding anti-Communist oaths of staff members in the institutions of higher learning.” California Cited us Example "Our sister state university to the South lias hud a very sad ex perience recently,” he said, "in battling a movement initiated by the board of regents to deprive its faculty of academic freedom by de manding of all staff members that they sign an anti-Communist ' oath.” Byrne was referring to the ac tion tuken at the University of California, recently revoked, . . but the damage had been done,” he added. Oregon Bill Commented On He told of the bill introduced in the Oregon state legislature a year ago, stipulating that all pub lic schoolteachers sign a non-Com munist oath, and amended to in clude instructors in higher educa tion. The chancellor said he turned loose faculty organizations to in i' Please turn to page seven) Committee Urges Deferred Pledging Satisfaction with deferred living was expressed by the alumni asso ciation's Holloway committee at the alumni leaders conference Sat urday meeting, but the committee strongly recommended that defer red pledging be instituted at Ore gon. The nine-man group, headed by Charie» Holloway of Portland, was appointed in 1950 by Herbert J. Darby, then president of the asso ciation, and reappointed by current President William N. Russell, On Oct. 27, 1951, the committee inter viewed more than 20 persons rep resenting administration, student body and alumni opponents and proponents of the living-in plan, and continued study of the system. Report Will Go to Association The report reflects the views of the comimttee; it has not yet been acted upon by the association it self. It will be presented for ap proval or disapproval at the next general meeting of the assoraition. Principal reasons given for rec ommending deferred pledging were: 1. A (-table pledging program should be developed to eliminate unrest caused by confusion exist ing at present time. 2. Present program creates di vided loyalty between dormitory and Greek organizations involved with each pledge, interfering with the purpose of the plan and inter rupting the functoins of the Greek living organizations. 3. It has been proven at many colleges that when deferred living and deferred pledging arc insti gated together, the program runs smoothly and efficiently for all concerned. 4. Undergraduates who pledge and continue to live in the dormi tory assume additional financial burdens which are inequitable. Deferment of sorority and fra ternity pledging until spring term so that administration, alumni, un dergraduates and prospective stu dents will know their status for the ensuing year. Findings Listed Other points of the report in cluded : 1. The deferred living program is based on a sound educational foundation. 2. The administration did not make available to the student body and the alumni complete informa tion regarding policies and plans for instituting deferred living. 3. Methods of invoking the plan are still disapproved; and it is be lieved that students and alumni were not properly told of the bene fits. A restatement of policy re garding the plan's institution and progress for each campus living organization, for national head quarters of each Greek house, for all organized Greek alumni groups and for other individuals and orga nizations desiring them, ia recom mended. It is felt that “such a restate ment and report w-ould do much to dispel the confusion, secrecy, ru mor and misinformation that now surround the plan.” (Please turn to f>ii(/e seven) Men Urged to Take Qualification Test University men planning to take the selective service college qual ification test in 1952 have been urged oy selective service national headquarters to apply at once for the Apr. 24 examination. Applications and information may be obtained at any selective service local board. National head quarters has advised that the stu dent fill out his application imme diately and mail it in a specially provided envelope. Applications must be postmark ed no later than midnight Mar. 10. headquarters stated, and early fil ing will be of additional advantage to the applicant. Marriage-Family Lecture Series Begins Tuesday Rev. Fred G. Scherer of the: Fairmount Presbyterian church I will be the first speaker at the I YM-YWCA sponsored Marriage and the Family series, Tuesday at | 7 p.m. in the Dad's Lounge of the Student Union. On the following Tuesday--the second of four meetings in the series Joel V'. Berreman, profes- I sor of sociology, will speak. Lec turers for the final two meetings 'are still tentative, according to Vir- j ' ginia Means, sophomore in libera] arts and YWCA general chairman of the senes. Tickets for the series have al ready been distributed in living or- , ganizations, Miss Means said, and will be on sale at the Co-op Tues day. Each meeting will take about one and one-half hours, she ex plained. An informal lecture will be given first, followed by movies and then by an open discussion period. The movie series is entitled “Marriage for Moderns.'’ Chairman States i Festival Success The International Festival on the Oregon campus Saturday, par ; ticipated in by foreign students from ten Oregon colleges and uni versities, was considered quite a success by its general chairman, Marian Briner. About 125 foreign students, Uni versity students and townspeople were registered and approximately ] SO attended the dinner. No money was made on the function, she ex plained, “in fact we went in the ! hole a little bit, but money making , was not our purpose.'' KWAX Fans Now Have Room in SU A listening room for station KWAX is open today in the Stu dent Union for the first time. The room, 206, is located near the browsing room and is ade quately furnished for a large audi ence, according to Dick Hardie. KWAX station manager. A radio speaker will be turnd to KWAX at all times, he said. KWAX operates on a six-day broadcast schedule, 5 to Jl p.m. Monday through Friday and 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday. Weekend Theme Prize Offered The person submitting the win ning theme for Junior Weekend, May 9-11, will receive a free ticket to the prom and dinner for two. Themes for the weekend may be submitted by those petitioning for chairmanships of committees or by an indiivdual or groups of individ uals. Theme suggestions may be turned in to room 303, Student Union. Special ^petitions for the chair manship of Junior Weekend, May 9-11, are now available in room 303 and in the box outside the Pro gram Director’s office. Petitions are due Peb. 27 in room 303 SU. All houses that were not repre sented at the meeting last Thurs day are urged by junior class offi cers to have their representatives pick up petitions for #lheir houses. Chairmanships are open for the following committees: All-Campus sing, luncheon, float parade, traditions, queen contest and coronation, terrace dance. Jun ior Prom,* promotion, publicity, Sunlight Serenade and campus clean-up. Junior men are particularly urg ed to petition, it has been announc ed, and juniors will be given pref erence as to chairmanships. Economic Aid Important to Europe IRL Delegates Decide at Confab By Charlene Christiansen Economic aid rather than mili tary aid, is more important to the countries of Europe, delegates to the Oregon High School Interna 'tional Relations league decided in a conference held on the Oregon campus last weekend. This aid, according to various committee reports, would be in the ; form of technical advice, educa tion, use of a cooperative man agement program and reciprocal trade agreements. Ideas Expressed at Final Meeting The idea was among those brought forth at the final meeting of the league, Saturday morning in the Dad's lounge of the Student Union. At this time new officers were elected and committee re ports were given. Reports were commented upon by a panel composed of Warren E. Tomlinson, professor of history and German at the College of Puget Sound: John Swarthout, de partment of political science, Ore gon State College: Charles P. Schleicher, Orde Pinckney and Michael Finch of the political sci ence department at Oregon. Foreign Policy for Others There was a general feeling I among the group that the United | States in administering aid should | work more through the United Na ! tions. It was felt that U.S. foreign J policy today is directed at benefit | ting the U.S. and not other coun tries. Also expressed was the opinion that the United States should stay out of Egypt unless help is asked rnd then it should be administered through the United Nations. Containment of Communism Needed Practically every group called for containment of Communism. On this point Flach stated that it is very difficult to "contain” an ideology. _ Swartliout added that the word Communism was a stumbling block, as today it has about five different meanings. He listed them as: (1) An ideology, a visionary idea of the classless state: 12) ex pansion of Russian control: 3) to talitarian, authoritatian form of of government: <4> the Interna tional Communist party and: 15) the tendency to refer to anything vve don t like as Communism. No More Appeasement Many reports indicated the feel ing that there should be a tighten ing up of the United States’ policy towards Russia anti asked for no more appeasement or compromise. Tomlinson said.that it was hard to give a definition of appease ment or compromise. He added that it was dangerous to feel that "our way is the right way and any other way is appeasement or com promise." To this Flach stated that “an al (Please turn to page seven) Honor Committee Finds Majority Favors Totality An honor system, if adopter! at Oregon, should be instituted throughout the whole school at once and a referendum vote of the student body should be taken be fore the matter is presented to tbe faculty for action. That s the weight of opinion the honor code committee has gath ered so far from talks with vai ioua groups and individuals on the cam pus. This came out in a meeting of the committee Saturday afternoon. Large Majority Should Favor Most people contacted thought tnat a large majority of the stu-' dent body—perhaps 70 per c-ent or more—should favor the plan be fore its adoption. Among groups consumed were the Student Discipline committee and the- Beard of Deans. Committee membei-s heard a | bnef report on a tnp to Stanford to investigate that school's honor system made by three of their number — Mew Hampton, John Beal and Jean Gould, and Dick McLaughlin. Inter-fraternity coun l cil president. suuiora opinion > Largely • Favorabk* Opinions gathered by the Ore | gon students—though mainly from [faculty — were largely favorable. Two students interviewed, how ever, made contradictory state ments indicating both a feeling that the system wasn't working and that they didn't want to see it abolished. A full account of the Stanford investigation will appear :n the Emerald this week, as soon as the full report can be secured. All-student Council Hears Violations At Stanford, an all-student council hears violations of the code. However, students observing others cheating often tell the in structor and he. in turn, brings it before the council. Only nine cases—eight them re ported by faculty members—were reviewed at Stanford last year. Bill Lees, senior in political sci ence and a strong opponent of the honor system, was invited tc at tend and speak at the meeting. System "Legalised Cheating’ He felt an honor system would "legalize cheating" as there would be no restrictions placed upon cheaters. He thought that no greater number of students would cheat under an honor cede but that the perennial cheaters would inciease their violations. Committee members pointed out that nearly half the Oregon stu dent body has i according to a re cent survey) cheated at one time or another. They feel that since the situation is bad now an honor [system is worth a try to improve Won't Eliminate Cheating They emphasized the belief that an honor system wouldn't elimin ate cheating. They would be satsi fied. they said, if during its first year of operation the percentage of cheating remained the same. But. they explained, it would have to decrease markedly in succeeding years if the system were to be con sidered a success. Morality and Ability Lees also pointed out that Stan ford has higher entrance require ments than Oregon. Therefore, he feels the system less likely to work at Oregon. Stanford dean of stu dents, however, feels there’s no re lation between morality and scho lastic ability. But Lees also stated, on the f Please turn to page eight)