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UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE WEDNESDAY. FEB. 20, 1852
NUMBER 84
Students Propose
Literary Magazine
, our students petitioned the Student Publications board
J Imr-day for the right to begin a campus literary magazine.
I he proposal was submitted by Catherine Black, senior
in liberal arts; (terry I’earson, junior in English; Koscoc
rif^lit, graduate in English; and Bill Feeney, graduate in
English.
USA Committee
Changes Plans
Members of the interim oom
mittee of the United Student* as
sociation voted Tuesday night to
abandon the presidential conven
tion section of their proposed elec
tion plan. A committee will be ap
pointed to continue work on the
rest of the plan.
The interim is still in favor of
the primary election plan in the
original proposal which called for
a direct election to nominate the
candidates for ASUO offices in
the general campus election. The
convention would have been only
to choose the party candidate for
student bbdy president.
Virginia Wright, USA Interim
chairman, stated that it was the
"general concensus of opinion in
the group" that the primary would
accomplish its purpose of greater
participation and interest on the
part of the students and that the
convention proposal was "adminis
tratively unwieldy."
The original plan with the con
vention part included as devised by
the USA committee, has been pre
sented to the ASUO senate which
voted last week to send it to com
mittee for study,
A motion was also passed to the
effect that "those who are eligible
for membership ir> any other cam
pus political party, but wish mem
bership in USA." may register
■ with Helen Jackson, USA secre
tary, or Dick Paul, USA treasurer.
Saturday Deadline
For Open Rushing
Open rushing season for men
will officially close Saturday at
noon. In accordance with Inter
fraternity council regulations, any
man who is still planning to pledge
must have registered at the Stu-.
dent Affairs office by last Satur
day noon. Kifty-five men were
registered for open rushing by that
time.
"The University fraternities are
in a lot better shape on pledge
class manpower this year than
last," Ray Hawk, director of men's
affairs, said Tuesday.
Hawk observed that fraternity
members and alumni who have
criticized this year's poor turnout
for rush week have failed to ob
serve the large number of non
freshmen who pledged outside of
rush week. This year 58 boarders
and 39 upper classmen pledged
during fall term while 120 fresh
men pledged during rush week.
Combining these figures with the
freshmen who have pledged thus
far during open rushing, fraterni
ties have gotten about 250 pledges
• this year in contrast to their 309
pledges at this lime, last year. But
110 men who pledged during last
‘ year's fall term rush week failed
to make their grades, so this year’s
figures give the fraternities 51
nrore pledges this year than last
year, Hawk pointed out.
The proposed magazine, accord
ing to the petition submitted,
would be published one a term,
average about 40 pages in size and
sell at 35 cents per iasue or $1 for
a year's subscription.
"This literary magazine is in
tended primarily as an outlet for
creative writing talent of students
... but contributions from faculty
members, alumni and interested
friends may be printed occasion
ally," the petition began.
Ntudent Staff
Staff of the magazine would
consist entirely of students, it con
tinued. but two faculty representa
tives, appointed yearly by the
University President, would "be
concerned with checking any in
advisable financial operations . . .
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Lecture Tonight
Features Writer
F. Scott Fitzgerald, novelist of
the 1920 era, is subject of the lec
ture at 7:30 p.m. tonight in the
Student Union browsing room.
Carlisle Moore, associate profes
sor of English, will speak on the
author's life and his principal
works, which have become increas
ingly popular since 1940.
The increasing popularity of
Fitzgerald in our generation is due
probably to the fact that his writ
ings represent a post-war age sim
ilar to that one in which we arc
now living. Moore hap stated.
Fitzgerald wrote about life in
the 1920's. His novels are studies
of youth in the Jazz-age, present
ing their cynicism, confusion and
eventual tragedy.
Moore will discuss three of Fitz
gerald's well known novels, “The
Great Gatsby," 1925; "Beautiful
and Damned," 1922; and "Tendor
is the Night,” 1934.
"Fitzgerald is a fine stylist and
the quality of his prose is certain
ly distinguished," Moore said. The
quality of his writings grew as his
life was marked by dissipation, he
said.
Moore graduated with honors
from Princeton university and has
been on the staff of the Univer
sity since 1946. He has previously
taught at Cornell university in
New York and Michigan State
Normal college, East Lansing.
Mich.
Discussion leader is W. F. G.
Thacher, professor emeritus of
English. 1
The lecture is open to the public.
Price Reduction
Result of Conflict
Students will receive price re
ductions to "name bands" appear
ances when these dates conflict
with week day closing hours, Vcrn
Minkler, of Eugene's Arena ball
room announced Tuesday.
Because of road schedules, many
of the “name bands" are forced to
play in Eugene in the middle of the
week. As many students wouldn't
be able to stay for the whole eve
ning. Minkler felt it wouldn't be
fair to charge the complete price.
The policy will be in effect Wed
nesday when Woody Herman and
his band appear at the ballroom,
and will continue to prevail.
Preparations Set
For Senior Ball
With only four days remaining
until Saturday's Senior Ball, fea
turing Oregon's first "name band"
since 1049, committee prepara
tions are rolling into high gear.
All-campus ticket sales begin to
day, with ticket booths in opera
tion from 9 a m. to 4 :30 p.m. in the
Co-op and Student Union. Booth
sales will continue through Friday.
Tickets now on sale in men’s living
organizations will be collected
Thursday night. Tickets, at $2.60
a couple, will also be available at
the door Saturday night.
Dick Jurgens Featured
The annual hall, sponsored by
the senior class, features the mu
sic of Dick Jurgens and his or
chestra. Dress is formal, with tux
edoes or dark suits for men and
formals for women. Flowers are
optional.
Dance time is 9 p.m. m the Stu
dent Union ballroom.
Promotion Chairman John Gram
and his committee are preparing
stunts to tie in with the Ball's "Is
land Interlude" theme. A Co-op
window display, pictures on the
Student Union bulletin board and
hand-painted and printed posters
feature Jurgena and the South
Seas-Hawaiian theme.
Flying speeches, complete with'
ukeleles, are now being given in
living organizations by the YWCA
| Tuesday drama commission. Ra
dio spot announcements on sta
tions KERG and HASH are being
handled by Jim Watkins; poster
distribution. Roger Zener; poster
making and bulletin board display.
Sue Hamilton; flying speeches and
window display, Carolyn McLean.
Artistic talent was put to work
by Jeanese Crist, Mary Ann Trebin
and Martha Weirick in making
posters. Signs were also promi
nently displayed at the Oregon
Oregon State games over the
weekend in order to give our nor
thern neighbors the news of the
dance.
This year's Senior Ball will mark
Jurgens second appearance on the
Oregon campus, but his first in
the memory of the present college
generation. Jurgens' orchestra
played for the Senior Ball spon
sored by the class of 1948 in Feb
ruary of that year. Oregon's last
"name band" appearance was that
of Les Brown in the fall of 1949
for the Sophomore Whiskerino,
sponsored by the class of 1952.
OSC Houses Sign
Formal Complaint
On Dime Phones
A formal complaint. signed by
three Oregon State college Greek
houses, protesting the legality of
the proposed installation of pay
phones there, is in the hands of
Peter Gunnar, Salem lawyer for
the OSC pay phone committee, and
will be filed immediately with the
Public Utilities commission.
Norm Goetze. chairman of the
Co-op Managers' association at
OSC, which has been leading the
anti-pay phone fight there, de
livered the complaint to Gunnar
Tuesday. It was signed by the
presidents of Kappa Delta and
Alpha Gamma Delta sororities,
and Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity.
The FUC is required to set a date
for a formal hearing within 10
days after it receives a complaint,
Goetze said.
‘“Oregon ... Will be Invited”
"The University of Oregon and
Willamette will undoubtedly be in
vited by the PUC to participate in
the hearing,' Goetze said. "Usually,
all parties interested in such a
dispute are invited.” He explained
that any action taken in regard to
the OSC houses would also be ap
plied to sororities, fiatemities and
co-ops here.
OSC Greek and co-op houses do
not have pay phones at this time.
They succeeded in stalling the
phone company when an attempt
was made to put in coin boxes this
fall.
The situation here is different,
with pay phones already in the
houses; but if OSC succeeds in
permanently stopping installation
in its own houses, the pay phones
would also have to go out at Ore
gon.
If the OSC group is successful in
its protest, the University of Ore
gon administration has stated that
it would ask that pay phones in
the dormitories be removed also,
in order to assure all students
equal telephone service.
End of Campaign
This news from OSC climaxes
a six-month on-again, off-again
campaign to remove the payphones
or the threat of them from both
campuses. The telephone company
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Family Relations Speaker
Lists 'Three R's' of Dating
A date who enjoys telling off
; color stories, or sometimes dis
; plays a superior attitude, isn’t the
i sort of person who will be a good
i marriage partner, according to the
‘ Rev. Fred G. Scherer of the Fair
mount Presbyterian church.
At Tuesday night's initial Mar
riage and Family series lecture in
the Student Union, Rev. Scherer
I declared that respect, mutual rec
■ rcational interests and religion are
; t he three fundamental factors in
establishing a happy marriage,
i He described respect as an “af
firmative view" towards the other
person, adding that the feeling
j should be mutual.
Analysis
By analyzing the ingredients of
a pleasant evening, a couple can
see. whether or not they share
mutual, wholsesome recreational
interests, he said.
Regarding religion, Rev. Scherer
j declared that a couple must elevate
! the idea of marriage to a spiritual
level, thinking of themselves as
sharing in God's creative process.
Too many people, he said, think of
a child as the result of parental
sin. degrading the idea of marriage.
"There is no formula which you
can follow in selecting a husband,
or wife, although these three fun
damentals should be considered,"
he said.
Other Matters
Other things to consider in mate
selection include accepting the in
terests of the other pe: son, and
looking into the patterns set up in
the other person by his, or her,
family.
A couple shouldn't worry about
an occasional fight, according to
Rev. Scherer.
"It is impossible for two people
to spend.much time together with
out having a scrap. Many people
actually enjoy it." he said.
"However, both parties should
reach some sort of agreement on
the dispute, even if only to agree
to let the argument stand," he
(Flease turn to )agc eight)
Robbins, Seamen
To Discuss UMT
At 4 p.m. Today
L'n;vtr‘al Military Training wiJV
by the topic of a pro ar,d con dis
cussion sponsored by tf.e YWCA
sophomo: e cabinet at 4 p.m. today
in the Student Union.
E. C. Robbins, instructor in eco
noroics, will speak for the bill,
which will be brought to Congress -
in March. Opposing him is Rev
erend David Seaman, of the Wes
ley foundation.
The Universal Military Training
bill ;s separate from the present
draft legislation, and was proposed*
in the House of Representatives
last June. It provides for induction
iOf 18-year old men fer a s.x months*
jtraining period.
This subject has b'-en studied*
Jfor the past month at weekly Y
j sophomore cabinet meetings, "an
| Saunders, president of the Wesley
I foundation, spoke against the UMT
two weeks ago for the c abinet.
All students are invited to to
days dehate, and will be able to
present their personal opinions at
the conclusion of the speeches, an
nounced Marilyn Patterson, chair
man.
Visiting Editor
Talks Thursday
■ James S. Pope, executive editor
. of the Louisville Courier-Journal
who w;i] be on campus this week
end for the Oregon press confer
ence. is scheduled to speak to sev
eral classes and meetings for jour
nalism students Thursday.
All journalism and pre-journal
ism students have beer* invited to
hear Pope discuss "What Does
Journalism Hold for You?" at 7:30
!p.m. in the Dad s. Lounge cf the
j Student Union.
He will speak to the copy editing
class at 9 a.m. Thursday on "Tech
niques of Journalism," emphasiz
ing desk work. The graduate an<V
! foreign student class will hear him
j at 3 p.m.
Speech by Bingham
Set for Tonight
I E. R. Bingham. instructor spe
; ciahzir.g in Northwest history, will
J speak at a. 4 p.m. meeting today in
the Student Union at which first
[ steps- toward reactivation of the
University of Oregon chapter of
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
[will be taken.
Reorganization cf the unit,
| which ceased to function last year,
| was voted at an open meeting of
[interested students and faculty
members last week.
Bingham, a graduate of the Uni
Iversity who received bis doctorate
! in history at UCLA last year, wfll
trace the history of attitudes to
Iward racial minorities in Oregon.