'Athlete Aid' Brings Seating Problem
The Oregon athletic department recently an
nounced a plan to increase nearly 70 per cent
the number of University athletes offered grant
-in-aid tuition and campus jobs.
The expanded program would allow Ore
gon coaches to offer tuition aid to slightly
more than 100 varsity and freshman athletes
in football, basketball, track, baseball and
other sports as compared with less than 60
at the present time. Most of the aid will go
for football and basketball.
All money for grant-in-aid tuition and
campus jobs comes from donations. At the
present time about 600 donors give approxi
mately $30,000 to the University each year for
the promotion of athletics. Donors receive
seating preference at athletic contests in pro
portion to the amount of their donation, e.g. a
$50 donation entitles the donor to 4 tickets, a
$100 donation would allow him 8 tickets. The
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donors pay the regular admission price tor reserved seats
Currently donors are seated on the west side of the grand
stand in section B and C at football games (see seating chart
at right). This section holds about 1200 seats. These seats
are reserved for donors. According to the athletic depart
ment this area is now completely filled by preference ticket
holders.
With the expanded athletic aid program, the athletic depart
ment expects to secure 400 additional donors who will give an
estimated $30,000. This money will be added to the aid program
to bring the total to around $60,000.
With the expected additional donors the athletic depart
ment estimates that they will require 2800 seats to provide
the necessary preference seats. They propose to use a block
of 700 seats on the east side of the grandstand and extending
north from the fifty yard line.
The section immediately north of the donor area would be
used to seat visiting schools. The athletic department has stated
that it is common practice among Pacific Coast schools to pro
vide a sideline section for the visiting team.
University of Oregon students now sit in the center of the
east stands extending north and south of the fifty yard line
(see chart). If a section in the east stands is taken over by
donors it will be necessary to begin the student section at the
fifty yard line and extend it south until all students have been
seated.
New seating arrangements will not be needed for other sports
the athletic department says. Most donors use their pref
erence rights only for football.
The athletic department now has a reserve fund of $300,000
designated for enlargement of the present football Stadium
from a present capacity of 23,000 to a capacity of 25,000.
Presently Hayward Field has 10,000 end zone seats. The
athletic department plans to increase the number of sideline
seats. There are now 30 rows of seats in the east grandstand;
it is proposed that this number be increased to 60 rows with
new' construction. This would place students higher in the
stands, but closer to the fifty yard line. However, these plans
are only tentative.
The problem breaks down like this:
1. A plan to increase athletic aid, particularly in football, has
been approved by the University administation, athletic depart
ment and alumni groups.
~ 2. To implement the plan $30,000, supplied by an estimated
400 donors, is needed.
3. The only tangible benefit donors receive from their dona
tions is preference seating.
4. In order to supply preference seats for the new donors
students must move their seating section to a less desirable
location.
The arguments in favor of moving student seating are:
1. Preference seats attract donors; donors supply the money
for athlete aid; the more aid, the more athletes Oregon can at
tract and the better Oregon teams will be.
2. Oregon would be able to supply reasonably good seats
for members of visiting schools, a reciprocal courtesy.
The arguments against moving student seating are:
1. The location of student seats would be less desirable.
2. With a segregated section (men and women divided into
separate groups) women would be shoved down to one end of
the field.
3. College athletic contests are for students and they should
receive the best seats.
We believe that the advantages of moving the student
section outweigh the disadvantages. The expected increase
in donations could provide better Otegon squads and make
for better games.
The athletic department wants student reaction. We suggest
that you write down your opinion on the proposal and send it
to the athletic department or the Emerald.
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Radio Review,
Radio Looks Healthy After '52
_by Don Collin
The industry can take a long
healthy sigh of relief as it looks
over 1952. Despite TV, movie
houses turning into snack bars
and better hearing aids, radio
was a booming business last year.
Soundness, also lies in the in
crease of radio stations. In the
13 months ending Dec. 31, 101
took to the air. Eleven were si
lenced for a net gain bf 90. Some
of these started in TV-served
areas.
TV Sa.es Fall
Indications of strength lie in
total sales. ABC
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has released sa
les figures for
radio and T V
during 1952 and
they aggregate
52 millions. This
is $500,000 over
1951, with radio
sales climbing a
million to 33
and TV sales
falling a half million to 17.7.
But how has radio fared in TV
homes? During the 12 months
between October ’51 and October
’52 evening listening increased 17
per cent (18 TV cities surveyed.)
In New York, for a three year
period ending October ’52 evening
radio listening was up 107 per
cent.
Strength Is Mobility
Radio attributes its strength
and continuing existence to one
thing—mobility. Radio can go on
a picnic, it can got to the beach
(by spring term it will), it can
go with you in your auto. And
America takes advantage of this
supreme characteristic. We own
133 million radio sets, 27 million
in cars.
Enough patting on the back,
let’s look around and see why
people tolerate radio. Sponsors
say, “We’re giving the public
what it wants.” To which is re
plied, “You’ve given the public
the same stuff for so long it can’t
discriminate good from bad be
cause it never had a standard
to measure by.” We’ll get into
this argument some other time.
Let’s *look at the docket for this
week. f
Smith Starts Program \
KERG starts a new program
with Robert Smith (R-G Wash
ington corespondent) doing a tape
each Thursday at 9:30 p.m. with
Oregon legislatures or an issue of
interest.
Crosby’s bid friends Clooney
and Venutl return as guests to
night at 6:30, KERG . . . “Aida,”
on HEX at 11 a.m., HASH at
2:30 p.m. Saturday ... Ravel,
Prokofief and Tchaikovsky on
Philharmonic 11:30 a.m. Suifday
... Teddy Powell and Eddy How
ard on "Treasury Bandstand” the
rest of this week, KKRG 1:30,
daily.
"Mr. President” next Wednes
day (KEX, 8:30 p.m.) portrays
a president confronted with a
senate leader who considers him
self the country’s real political
standard bearer. This could hard
ly be more timely.
Groueho Marx “just got Imrk
from the I’O” on last week’s pro
gram. Saying he got 1000 pints
of brood (actually 559) was flat
tering to all concerned but when
he said we usually charge admis
sion he was just all' wet, out of
it, gone!
Radio Advertises TV
Benny does his TV show this
week and you'll be well informed
to that effect before 4:30 rolls
around. Its a shame that Ameri
can Tobacco buys an hour of
time each week just to advertise
Benny’s once-in-awhile (fort
nightly) show. Apparently all the
jokes are on that show, say those
who have seen it.
KERG undergoing some undue
criticism of stifling interest in
pugilism by delaying Wednesday
night fights to 8:15 p.m. when
the net Is handling them at 7 p.m.
The program is sponsored by a
brew and Oregon Law prohibits
beer advertising before 8 p.rfi.
Law has been relaxed from a pre
vious 10:15 ban. Talk of further
relaxation is in the rumor mills.
'Nazi Resurgence'
Not Typical Part
Of German Politics
By Walter Nrhwar/.lose
Munster, Germany (Spcciail to
the Emerald) A while ago news
about a "resurgence of Nazis’’
flashed through the wires of the
agencies notifying the public
about an infamous speech of the
former Nazi general Rameke.
Again there is an event wh; h
might cause surprise and serious
worries: the arrest of several
Nazi leaders by the secret police
of the British occupation authori
ties. It is said that those men
were trying to prepare a plot
against the present German gov
ernment.
These happenings do not eon
tribute to the confidence of t la
world in the consolidation of a
democracy In Germany. They
show how watchful one has to
be in order to eliminate the rest
of that criminal ideology which
led Germany and many parts of
the world Into their greatest
disaster in history. Thorough
investigations will he made to
find out the real intentions of
the group concerned and the
extent of Its influence. How
ever, it can be said already that
we are ronfronted again with
an event which does not repre
sent a typical Ingredient of
Germany’s political life and
that it would be wrong and in
contradiction to the real politi
cal situation In Germany to
think this happening an impor
tant threut for our democratic
stability.
One may join the official Brit
ish statement on this event,
which reads that the German
people must not be identified
with those minor elements aiv,
that the confidence in the Fed
eral German Republic as a part
ner of the European defense com
munity has not been injured.
100 Hymnals Stolen
Somebody’s been stealing hym
nals from the chapel at War t
burg college, Iowa.
"With an average of more
than 300 attending chapel ser
vices nightly,” complains the
Wartburg Trumpet, "nearly 100
stand with motionless tongues,
obviously embarrassed . . .
Laboratory Method
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“Hey, you in th’ back rpw—no cheating!”