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Daily EMERALD Fifty-third year of Publication Volume Mil IMVERSITY OF OREGON, El GENE, MONDAY, APRIL II, 1952 NEMBER 101 i Dignan, Frye, Lally lo compete In AGS Presidential Primary Today ^ Pat Dignan, Bill Frye and Mike Bally will oppose each other for tin) A Maori n ted Greek students ‘ nomination for ASUO president in u primary election today. > Squads with the ballots and bnl Jot boxen will visit all AGS mem ■ her houses during dinner this eve ning, AGS President Larry Dean announced. Each house will have a maxi mum quota of ballots that can be ( cast, depending on the number of members and pledges, Dean ex plained. The winning AGS candidate for the ASUO No. 1 post must have n majority of the vote, Dean said. In the event that none of the three running polls a majority, a run-off election between the top two will be held Tuesday evening in the same fashion. The ballots will be counted this evening at Alpha Chi Omega. The candidates or their representatives will be present to observe the counting. 3ci eening of candidates for the Remainder of the ASUO. class and party offices will be completed Tuesday, Dean said, AGS repre sentatives will meet Thursday to consider any further nominations and hear speeches from the candi dates. Final approval of the party slate will be made April 22. The Science Building Dedication Set The dedication of the Univer sity's new $1,600,000 science build ing April 20-26 will bring four of the nation's top scientists to the campus. The principal address of the two day dedication will be given by Alan Tower Waterman, formerly with the office of naval research and now director of the National Science Foundation. He will lec ture Friday night. April 25. on "The National Science Founda tion.'' He will also participate in the dedication ceremonies Friday f afternoon and in a Saturday after noon panel discussion on "Prepara tion for Science." Other top flight scientists who will be here for the dedication ceremonies are G. W. Beadle, chairman of the division of biology at the California Institute of Tech nology, Pasadena, Calif.; G. Ross Robertson, professor of chemistry the University of California at Eos Angeles, and S. H. Allison, head of the institute for nuclear studies at the University of Chi cago. Special 50-minute seminars, fol lowed by half-hour discussion per iods, will be conducted by each of these three men on Saturday. April 26. All four of the guest scientists will participate in the Saturday afternoon panel, the chairman of which will be E. G. Ebbighausen, associate professor of physics in the University. Royalty Selection Deadline Tuesday The deadline for submitting names for Junior Weekend queen candidates has been extended to 5 p.m. Tuesday, according to Pat Bellmer, queen selection co-chair man. Names may be turned in to the Junior Weekend office, room 303, Student Union. Absolutely no can didates will be accepted after the deadline, Miss Bellmar said. Both men’s and women's living organizations may select a candi date with the following require ments to be met: Junior standing with a 2.00 cumulative GPA and a 2.00 last term. Judging will be ■•based on poise, appearance, con versation and personality. all-campus election Is April 30. This 1h the first year AGS has had a primary election. In past years, selection of the entire AGS slate for the all-campus election was done by the representatives, each member house having one vote. The primary to select the AGS presidential candidate was Intro duced to make the selection more representative, Dean said, as the candidate would be selected by popular vote of all members and not by house vote tn Tvhlch all houses, large or small, carried the same weight. The primary was made an amendment to the AGS constitution. Reason for not including all AGS candidates in the primary was to prevent confusion and difficulty in having a primary election for all candidates, Dean explained. Cook Joins USA | Nomination Race , Herb Cook has entered the United Students assoeiation race 'for the USA nomination for ASUO | president, joining Don Collin and , Jim Haycox, and will run in Wed 1 nesday's USA primary election. Cook, in accordance with the | USA constitution, has turned in a : petition signed by 50 USA mem bers. He had previously petitioned to be put on the ballot, but was screened out by the USA screening committee. A petition to put Helen Jackson, at present a candidate for the USA senior class president nomination, on the ballot for ASUO president is to be circulated today, Jack Smith reported Sunday. Petition deadline for those ob taining the necessary 50 signatures to be placed on the ballot is 5 p.m. "absolutely" according to USA In terim Chairman Virginia Wright. The petitions are to be turned in j to Miss Wright. Candidates running in the USA primary will speak in a meeting at 4 p.m. Tuesday in the Dads Lounge of the Student Union. The primary election, in which all USA candidates for ASUO and class will be voted cm, will be held Wednesday. Polling booths will be placed on campus and in dormi tories, the exact location to be an nounced later. All students who lire not members of the Associated Greek student party are eligible to vote in the primary upon pre sentation of their student body eards. Orientation Boss Applications Asked Petitions for orientation chair man, who will be responsible for next fall's freshman orientation program, are now being accepted in the ASUO office in the Student Union. Deadline will be April 21 (Mon day) at 4 p.m. Any freshman, sophomore or junior this year is eligible. Petitioners will bo inter viewed at the April 22 senate meeting. Jean Gould, this year's chair man. stated, “The program is very new as a student function, having just been fully executed last year, and there is much room for im provement and much to be gained from a careful study of last fall's program.” A full week's activities are plan ned and executed by the chairman and his committee in coordination with the office of student affairs. Information about the position may be obtained from Donald M DuShane, director of student af fairs, in his Emerald hall office, oi from Miss Gould at Kappa Kappa Gamma. Kefouver to Visit Campus in A\ay; Will Give Talk Sen. Kstes Kefauvcr, one of the foremost candidates for the Demo cratic presidential nomination, will be on campus May 12 and will speak in McArthur court at 8 p.m. that evening. Senator Kefauvcr is coming to the campus through the coopera tion of the Lane county Kefauver for-president committee and his talk on campus is being sponsored by the University assembly com mittee. His appearance is in line with the assembly committee's program SEN.- KEFA EVER To Yiftit Campus la May of extending invitations to speak here to all presidential aspirants. Senator Kefauver was a member of the House of Representatives from 1939 to 1919 and was elected to the Senate in November of 1948, representing his home state of Tennessee. In the Senate he is a member of the armed services committee and the committee on judiciary. Senator Kefauver has had great success in the primary elections held in several states, preparatory to the Democratic convention which will choose the party's can didate. He won the New Hamp shire primary, defeating President Truman. Since that time, Truman an nounced he would not be a candi date and Kefauver has gone on to win the Nebraska and Wisconsin primaries. He also won the Illinois primary over a small write-in vote for Governor Adlai Stevenson, who has been talked of as a candidate and possibly a running mate for Kefauver. 3000 Hear Senator At Easter Service More than 3000 worshippers - students, faculty members and ’ownspeoplo braved early morn showers to attend Easter sunrise icrvices in McArthur court. The crowd heard Sen. Phillip Hitchcock of the state legislature criticize the citizen of the "ma terial age" for being afraid to step mt and believe in God's teachings. Musical portion of the program vas provided by the Eugene High •hoir under the direction of W. H. Broekway. The choir sang “The Creation” by Richter and the Hal elujali chorus from Handel's "Mes siah.” ASUO Senate Defeats Reduction Of President's Present Salary The ASUO president's salary1 was discussed at last week s ASUO j senate meeting and Senator Vir ginia Wright s motion that the • June salary be reduced from $60 to j $30 was defeated by a 12-10 vote j Voting in favor cf the reduction , were Merv Hampton. Dor. Collin j Herb Cook, Cece Daniels. Arlo j Giles, A1 Karr, Helen Jackson. Judy McLoughlin, Wright and E. | G. Ebbighausen t associate profes sor of physics.) Opposed were Mary Eaker. Boo Bosworth, Tom Earry, Bod Brit-! tain, Jim Light, Jane Simpson. John Tonack, E. R. Bingham (in-1 structor in history i. Pat D.gnan. i Bill Frye and Mike Lally. Party Vote Another issue in which the vote divided along party lines was Miss Wright s motion that the $175 sen- j atonal banquet scheduled for May 14 be partially paid for by a $1 ‘ levy on each senator. Miss Wright argued that the expense would i amount to about 10 per cent of the ASUO budget. The Vote Voting in favor of the levy upon each senator for the banquet, j which Frye termed "a token of appreciation for what has been done," were Hampton, Collin, Cook, Daniels. Giles, Gould Karr. McLoughlin, Wnght and Ebbig hausen. Opposed were Abel, Baker. Bos worth, Barry, Brittain, Dignan. Frye. Lally, Light, Jackson, Simp son. Tonack and Bingham. Dignan Presents Recommendations Chairman Dignan of the Pri mary Investigating committee pre sented these committee recommen dations: 1 That nothing immediately be ; dene to create an ASUO primary in the present election campaign because not enough time is avail able and both parties already have primaries. 2 That screening of candidates be done by parties, with class offi cer candidates required to have petitions with 50 signatures and Business Meeting Begins Tuesday The 1952 session of the Student Business Conference will open on the campus Tuesday under the sponsorship of the school of busi ness administration. The confer ence will run through Thursday. During the afternoons of these three days, businessmen from Eu gene, Portland and other Oregon cities will meet with small student groups to discuss with them the problems in the various areas of business as seen by the business men themselves. Businessmen and women from the fields of insurance, banking, merchandising, real estate, ac counting, secretarial work and other fields will be present to dis cuss their personal experiences in their choseiTfields. Certain special ists work, such as the lumber in dustry and public utilities, will also be analyzed. The conference will be held in the Student Union and the sessions will be open to all students and local businessmen. A. B. Stillman, professor of busi ness, is chairman of the committee ' from the school of business which ' is planning the conference. ASUO candidates required to have about 100 signatures. 3 That students be barred from voting for candidates for office* in classes ether than their own. 4 That a deadline for ASUO of ficer petitions be set before party primaries. 5 An open primary is ''desir able.'’ 6 That primaries be financed by ASUO funds. 7 That the committee report be accepted if an ASUO primary is adopted. Volunteers for Positions Volunteering for pos.tions on the Constitutional Investigating com mittee were Wright, Collin. Frye, Dig.nan. Jackson, McLaughlin arei Cook Miss Jackson volunteered for the committee chairmanship antk« was appointed. The married students' request for poilir.g places at the Am. zon legion and the Skinners Butte project was discussed and Du Shane reported that a plan to place voting booths in the Vets’ dorms was once declared uncon stitutional. No action was taken by the senate. Spring Rushing For Gals Near Spring term rushing for women will begin Saturday and. Sunday with open houses in all sororities. Sign-up deadline is Thursday, April 17, in the office of the direc tor of women's affairs. Half the living organizations will be open each day of the open houses and all rushees will be re quired to attend them. However, any women interested may attend; the open houses, whether they are rushing or not. Those who attend the open houses and decide after wards to rush will be able to sign up at Carson or Hendricks the Sunday evening. Two Dates a Day The rush period will last from Monday, April 21, until Sunday, May 4. No rushing will be held April 25 through April 27. Duck Preview weekend, or May 2 and 3, the days of the mock political con vention. April 21 and 22, there will be two dates each day, the first from 4 to 5 _p.m. and a second from 6 to 7 p.m. Houses will be open to rushees during only one hour of these two days. Rushees may at ten all four dates. Three dates will be held April 23 and 24 from 4 to 4 :40. f:om 4:50 to 5:20 and from 6:30 to 7:10 p.m. Houses will be open for all three rush periods but a rushes must at tend a different house during each rush period. No Rushing April 30-31 No rushing will be held until' April 30 and 31 when there will be three dates, from 4 to 4:40, 4:50 to 5:30 and 6:30 to 7- p.m. House s will be open for all dates during those two days but again a rushee must attend a different house during each day’s rush period. | Preference day will be Sunday, : May 4. following the mock conven jtion. Third choice dates will be from 3:45 to 4:45 p.m. and first (fit use tun. to fugc si.x)
