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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 29, 1952)
This is The Preferential System: Accurate, Detailed, Confusing Elections will bo hold Wednes «lny, find one of the voting prob lems will again concern Oregon voter* the problem of preferential voting. The system ha* been subject to n fair amount of crltlclwn, but It baa It* advantages as well as Its disadvantages, one disadvantage being Its apparent resistance to Understanding. Under preferential voting a ma jority or a minority is represented on the senate exactly according to Its actual strength, Director of Student Affairs Donald M. Du Shane Iihh explained. Here’s How It Works Here’s the way preferential vot ing works, as especially applied to this year's election: With 24 candidates, including ASUO presidential candidates Pat Dignan and Helen Jackson, run ning for the 11 senate-at-large po sitions (the president and vice president are considered senators et-large as far os the ballot is ar ranged!, voters will mark the bal lot 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 towards 24, for as many candidates as desired. However, It Is deemed advisable to vote for at least 11 candidates, since the voter's chances of having his preferences considered will be prolonged in the distribution pro cess, to be explained later in this article. The Quota Procedure In determining who is elected, the number of total ballots are counted. Assuming that 2000 valid votes are cast Wednesday, the "quota" the total number of votes necessary to elect a candidate— would then be selected. Here's how the quota is deter mined: 1. Take the number of positions open ill), 2. Add 1 (making 12». 3. Divide the ballots cast <2000» by the figure (12), making 167. 4. Add 1. The quota in this hypo thetical situation would be 168. (let the Smallest Number Logic of the method is to ob tain the smallest number of votes which will elect only 11 candidates. The number "1" votes are count ed first. If any candidate has the quota on this count, he is elected. The person with the most number "1’’ votes is president, the second person is vice-president, providing they have the quota. If less than 11, but at least 1, office is filled on the first count, then the re-distributing process be - gins. The elected persons' extra (above the quota! ballots are dis tributed according to the number "2" votes. Those candidates then having the quota are elected, and their excess ballots are re-distrib uted according to the number "3" votes, and so on as long as each re distribution elects a new candidate. From the Hot tom If, before the 11 offices arc fill ed, a re-distribution step leaves no new quota for n candidate, re-dis tribution is handled from the bot tom. The ballots of the candidate with the fewest number “1" votes are re-distributed according to number "2" votes. If no new quota is obtained, the ballots of the can didate who now has the fewest bal lots (his predecessor being elimin ated) are re-distributed, and so on. In the whole process re-distribu tion of excess ballots of an elected candidate in each case is taken care of as long as such a situation ‘exists, then candidates are elim inated from Ihe bottom in order to distribute their ballots. Process Continues The process continues until 11 persons, in this example, have the quota. If all ballots are finally dis tributed or exhausted (ballots are exhausted when they cannot be distributed to anyone because the voter did not vote for enough can didates which is the reason for the advice to vote for many pref erences), and one office, for ex t ■ ample, in still to bn filled, then the only candidate remaining ia elect ed, even though he docs not have the quota. The name thing is true for whatever number of offices re main to be filled. Same for Classes Thia same system would apply to class elections in any year in which there were more candidates than offices to be filled. For acv eral years political parties now the Associated Greek Students and the United Students Association have agreed to put up only a class presidential and representative each for each class office. Since there have usually been only two parties any particular year, this has insured all class candidates of office unless a non-partisan candi date files— which has happened, last year for example. This year, however, no non-par tisan candidates filed, so all class candidates will be elected to some office. The person with the most number “I" votes is president; the one with the second highest amount of number ‘‘1" votes is vice-president, and the remaining two candidates are automatically class representatives. And that's as far as the process needs to go for class offices this year. Fall Job Petitions Deadline Nears Freshman week orientation chairman petitions have been call ed for and are due Thursday at 4 p.m. in the office of ASUO Presi dent Bill Carey. The orientation chairman will be in charge of the fresljman week program fall term and the various activities aimed at geeting fresh men acquainted with the campus. Information about the job may be obtained from files in the office of the director of student affairs, Donald DuShane, or from Carey. Interested petitioners may also talk with last year's chairman, Jean Gould. Miss Gould stated that anyone could apply for the post end it need not be a Eugene stu dent. Petitioners will be interviewed by the ASUO senate Thursday at 7 p.m. Social Calendar Social highlights for the coming week-end are as follows: Friday Law School Dance Saturday Alpha Delta Pi Fireside Dances: University House O rides Delta Della Delta CAMRJS CALENDAR 8:00 Toynbee Press Conf 118 ST! 11:45 1'niv Theatre UOSU Noon French Table 111SU 1:00 Crater Lake lot 112 SU 1:80 .Music Comm 818 SU 4:00 All Campus Cleanup 214 SU ASUO Honor Code 837 SU AMS Congress 884 SU Terrace Dance 388 SU Frosh Picnic 213 SU 0:30 Phi Theta Upsilon 1I2SU Toynbee Dinner 112 SIT Opr Pol 213 SU 6:45 Mu Phi Ep 215 SU Oral Comm 110 SIT 7:00 Christ Sci 833 SU Ex Stu Proxies 111 SU House Mgrs 214SU 1VCF 1st FI Gcrl Newman Dies 112 Friendly 7:30 Phi Mu Alpha 334 SU Skull & Dag 315 SU Druids 313 SU 8:00 Toynbee Lcct Me Ct / • ; t \ 1 : r i * t t \ r ' ' > 1 Case Concerning Inheritance Tax Settled by Court Announcement of a final settle ment in the long pending Rebec case has been made by Pat Ward, chairman of the board of trustees for the University Coed Coopera tive, Inc. The ease, which began in 1944, concerned an inheritance tax on the house willed to the Co-ops by the late George Rebec, former dean of the graduate school. The state's claim of $1300 was upheld by Judge William G. East last year on the grounds that the co-op's real purpose was to provide econ omical living for students with lim ited resources, and therefore not a strictly charitable group. Char itable, educational and religious institutions are exempted from in heritance taxes. Judge East defined a charitable group as- one which applies its revenues to relief of its members. The court set a value on the property on the basis of the $30 a month rent paid to Rebec while he lived. Attorneys for the state were instructed to draw an order calling for payment of a similar amount to the state for ''an indefinite per iod.” Frosh Dessert Planned Today A YWCA dessert for all fresh men women will be held at the Sigma Kappa house today from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Cards and re freshments are planned. Tickets may’ be obtained from Y represen tatives in the dorms and at Ger linger. or at the dessert. Duckling counselor petitions will be available at the dessert for in terested freshmen women. The "big slater” program for next year's frosh women will be explained by Bobbette Gilmore and Ann Black well, duckling counselor co-chair men. Polls Open Today For Queen Choice Voting for the five princesses of the Junior Weekend court starts today and will continue through out Wednesday. Booths in the Co I op and the Student Union will be | open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on i both days. Photographs of the 12 ; candidates are on display at both ! of the voting sites. Semi-finalists are Sarah Turn i hull, Nancy Ann Allen. Harriet 1 Vahcv. Pat Johnson, Helen Jack ! son, Mary Alice Baker, Sally Kee | ley, Francis Gillmore, Nanette Sil verthorne, Joan Renner, Jo Martin j and Barbara Booth. One of the earliest aerial photo graphs ever made was taken from a balloon in 1860 and called "Bos ton as the Eagle and Wild Goose See It." UO Library to Give $150 In Personal Book Contest Awards totaling $150 arc being offered In the annual search for the best book collections on campus. For the fourteenth time the li brary contest is being sponsored by Co-op, house librarians, the Uni versity library and the Association of Patron and Friends of the Uni versity library to stimulate an en thusiasm for books and reading among students. Students who have personal li braries of books may enter and compete for prizes in either of three categories: The undergraduate students gen eral library: the undergraduate students specialized library; or the graduate students library. Awards are similar in each cate gory. First prize is $25 in books; second prize $15 in books; third $10 in books. A Good library Is . . , A good personal library should consist of bo <ks which have a particular meaning for their owner, not merely a collection of standard books of recognized merit, accord ing to Bernice Rise, browsing room librarian. The personal meaning may be centered in literary worth, ’fi subject matter or in the physi cal characteristics of a beautiful book, she said. While the library should emphasize an individual's special subject interest, it need not exclude other fields of knowledge. The Rules The following rules are to be followed: -. Entries must be limited to 50 titles for each category. 2. Each book must bear a defi nite mark of ownership. 3. Required textbooks, which will become an important part of your library of the future, may be included. 4. Pamphlets, maps, charts, and other non-book material may be in cluded, but will not be counted in the total number of volumes ex hibited. 5. Entries must be made by 12 noon Friday. May 9. 1952. to Ber nice Rise, browsing room librarian. 6. Entries must, be arranged in the reserve book reading room by 10 a.m. Saturday May 10, 1952 and l must remain on display until 5 p.m. Sunday, May 11, 1952. 7. Judging will take place at 2 p.m. Saturday May 10. 1952. The libraries will be judged on the se lection of titles as they meet the I objectives of a student's private , library. S. Prizes will be awarded Sat urday evening May 17, at the ban quet of the Association of Patrons and Friends, by the head librarian at the university, Carl W. Hintz. All prize winners will be guests at the banquet. Judges for the contest, as an Sugar Plum CANDY, MAGAZINES, SANDWICHES 13th & Hilyard nounced by Miss Rise, are cs follows: In the undergraduate general library division, S. N. Karchm* , instructor in English, is chairman; the other four judges arc W. C. Ballaine, professor of business ad ministration; Donald Dushane, cri rector of student, affairs; Mrs. O. F. Stafford, of the Association of Patrons and Friends; and P. T). Morrison, head of the social sci ence division of the library. Five judges, headed by R. D. Clark, assistant dean of the college of lib<ral arts, will judge the un dergraduate specialized librari< s. Others are Daviii McGosh, asso ciate professor of art; K. S. Ghert, associate professor of mathemat ics; D. T. Duncan, associate pro fessor of journalism; and A. vy. Roecker, head of the science divi sion of the library. Being larger, the graduate st dent library division with both specialized and general sectio s will have seven judges. R. D. Hero, professor of English, will be cha - man, Theodore Stern, assistant professor of anthropology; E. S. Wengert, head of the political sci ence department; Orlando Hollis, dean of the school of law; D. 3. Willis, assistant professor of oi cntal languages; Quirinus Bre> i, professor of history; and J. V. E* - reman, acting head of the sociology department, will complete tl s group. If the Territory of Hawaii be comes an American state. 15 or more obscure islets will join tee Union along with the larger, bt ti ter-known islands of Hawaii, JIa i, Molokai. Oahu, Lanai, and Kauan DON COLUN for Senator-at-Lc*rge © Junior Class Vice-President © ASUO Senator © Campus Activities Paid Political Adv.