Volume LIV
_Fifty-third year of publication
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NUMBER 58
| What Do You Think of...
... Student Government?
| Mitzi Asai, junior in education from Hood River, (raid:
I “I feel our Htudent government leaves out some capable people
» who aren’t the go-get-it type. If you wantto take part, you have to
, take the initiative yourself, unless there's a house or organization
encouraging you.
"It's been shown that kids either aren’t interested or else are too
timid when opportunities to petition are given."
IFC Tribunal Cuts SAE Quota;
Takes Action Under New Amendent
oigma Alpha Epsilon had its
house quota cut by five men and
the $150 fine previously levied for
ilegal rushing returned by the IFC
tribunal Thursday night.
An amendment to the IFC by
laws was passed by the IFC during
a meeting before the tribunal ac
tion allowing the individual house
quotas to be cut for illegal rushing,
the maximum cut being five men
per illegal rushing offense.
Reason for the new amendment,
according to Jim Harding, IFC vice
Wilson Promises
To Give Up Stock;
Nomination Made
Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower of
ficialy nominated Charles E. Wil
son to be secretary of defense
Thursday. The President acted
after Wilson volunteered to dispose
of his General Motors stock.
Eisenhower's new secretary,
James Hagerty, said the Presi
dent already has sent the nomina
tion of Wilson to the senate. Hag
erty declared that the action was
taken after the President and Wil
son conferred Thursday, and Wil
son volunteered to dispose of all
his stock and other interests in the
General Motors corporation.
Eisenhower's selection of Wilson
for the defense post had stirred a
sharp controversy in the senate be
cause of Wilson’s announced in
tention to retain $2,500,000 in GM
stock.
He objected to selling it because
of the tax he would have to pay.
A number of senators objected that
his retaining the stock would be
contrary to law, since General Mo
tors is the nation’s biggest defense
contractor.
president, was to allow the tri
bunal more freedom in deciding
each case as it was presented. Pre
viously, the tribunal could punish
only by fines and the loss of the
right to pledge a man or the loss
of a man's pledging rights. The tri
bunal can use one or all of these
punishments in future cases.
The tribunal also reversed its dc
j cision concerning the rushees in
volved in the SAE illegal rushing
I case. The five men involved will be
allowed to pledge any house during
: spring term.
The quota cut will remain in ef
fect for one year before a house
regains its right to fill its entire
quota. Under the quota system,
each fraternity is allowed to pledge
| during the year the difference bc
I tween the actual house capacity
and the number of men living in
plus the number of graduating sen
j iors plus four.
Not Light
Harding stressed the fact, that
| although the quota cut punishment
1 may sound light, it will really hurt
the house more during the year
than a straight fine would. He said
that the council felt that it was
1 usually the fraternity which in
: itiates illegal rushing and that this
would provide a more equitable
solution to the problem.
Other tribunal action concerned
| Beta Theta Pi, Chi Psi and Phi
Sigma Kappa, all accused of in
I itiating men who were not scho
j listically eligible. The three houses
; were found innocent of the charge,
but Harding warned all house
I presidents to check on the official
! scholastic standing of the pledge
before initiation starts.
Harding stated that each pledge,
when he is initiated, must have a 2
point GPA for 12 hours work the
previous term and a 2 point accu
mulative grade point.
MRS. GOLDA WICKHAM
Who Runs the I/O?
Mrs. Golcla Parker Wickham was appointed acting dean of women in
December of 1944, following the death of Hazel P. Schwering.
Her appointment was made permanent by state board of higher edu
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served in that capacity since that
time.
Mrs. Wickham graduated from
Oregon in 1931 with a bachelor of
science with honors in education
and minors in English, music and
history. She was a member of the
Phi Beta Kappa Senior Six.
This is the second in a series
of articles which are designed to
better acquaint students with
the University’s administration.
The next personality will be
Harry K. Newburn, UO presi
dent. >
Her title is now officially direc
tor of women’s affairs and in that
capacity she serves as adviser to
all women on campus and their or
ganizations, Associated Women
Students, Panhellenic and the hon
oraries.
Previous to her appointment,
Mrs. Wickham was dean of girls
at Lincoln high in Portland and
had 15 years of teaching English,
counseling. She was an English
department graduate assistant
here in 1931 and 1932.
UO Religious Week
To Open With Banauet
A Letter to Dad
Printed Today
Tho official invitation for “A
Date with Dad” for Dads Day
week-end Feb. 7 and 8 is published
in today’s Emerald as an open let
ter on page eight.
The letter is to dc cut out and
I mailed by students to their fathers,
John Gainiles, general chairman,
said. A space is reserved at the
bottom of the letter for a personal
note. The letter was written by
Marilyn Patterson, junior in
speech, who suggested the week
end theme.
Gov. Paul Patterson will be guest
speaker for the luncheon to be held
Feb. 7. Pres. Harry K. Newburn
will also speak. Tickets for the
luncheon go on sale Monday at the
Student Union main desk for $1.25.
Trophies will be awarded living
organizations with the largest
percentage of dads here for the
weekend. A trophy for the group
with the most freshman dads and
a first and second award for the
most dads will be presented during
halftime of the Idaho-Oregon
game. Total living organization
membership as determined by the
office of student affairs will be
used to compute the percentages
for the awards.
Deadline for submitting pictures
of hostess candidates is 5 p.m. next
Friday. Wives of university stu
dents or married University wom
en are eligible for competition.
Photographs should be placed in
folders or envelopes and turned in
to SU 303—the special events
room, of Don Almy at Theta Chi.
Druids, junior men's honorary, are
arranging the judging for the
hostess.
Hotel or motel reservations for
the visiting fathers should be made
immediately, Gamiles advises, to
avoid a rush the last few days be
fore the weekend.
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Frosh Snowball
Saturday Night
Freshmen will hold their second
annual Snowball dance Saturday
night from S :30 to midnight in the
Student Union ballroom. Dancing
will be to the music of Billy Cox
and his five-piece combo.
The dance is a semi-formal af
fair, suits for men and formals for
women. No flowers will be worn.
Upperclassmen will attend only as
guests of freshmen.
Decorations are to center around
a blue and white color scheme. A
white bridge with an artificial
stream running beneath it will
form the entrance and the main
ballroom is to have a white ceiling
and white trees. Blue lights will
give a wintry effect.
Oficial guests and chaperones
are to have a dinner in the John
Straub dining room at 6:30 p.m.
prior to the dance. Members of the
56 committee social chairmen from
all the frosh dorms and their dates
will host the banquet.
KcM'au! S. Wright, pastor of the l-'irst Presbyterian church
orl i"‘1, sI’eak on tllc lopic, “One World or None,” at
the introductory dinner meeting which opens Religious Eval
;.a ion tecoh on campus Sunday evening a, 6 pun.!',, the S -
'lent l nion ballroom.
Frosh Candidates
Stress Class Unity
Approximately 120 freshmen
heard 18 of the 22 candidates
speak on their qualifications and
ideas for the freshman class offi
cers. Unity within the class was
the main theme of the speeches.
Three candidates were detained
and did not make speeches.
Two candidates, Janet Gustafson
and Bud Hinkson, surprised the
group by withdrawing from the
contest. This left a slate of twenty
candidates. Of these five are girls
and 15 are boys.
Helen Jackson Frye, ASUO vice
president, stressed two rules for
! voting because of the complicated
system. The two most important
rules to be followed are:
1. Freshmen should mark their
first preference as No. 1.
2. They should complete the
whole ballot by marking the rest
of the candidates in the order of
their preference.
The polls will be open from 8
a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday. Fresh
men must have student body cards
in order to vote. Booths will be
located at Carson Hall, Vets Dorm,
the Co-op and the Student Union.
The ballots will be counted by a
committee composed of Mrs. Frye,
Mike Lally, Jane Simpson, Tom
I Sheppard and Don Collin. They will
notify the winning candidates.
The candidates are Don Bon
ime, Amos Bowles, Meb Buchanan.
Jim Duncan, Daryl Gould, Dick
Gray, Don Hazelett, Patrick Hen
ry. Judy Johnson, Jackie Jones,
Robert Lawson, Bob Mater, Bob
McCracken, Gary McMurray, Sally
Phillips. John Schaffer, Roger
Schiels, Sue Shreeve and Sam
Vahev.
f ickets for the dinner,
I which have been on sale in all
j living organizations the pa-ct
week, must be turned in to
; Kay kartell at the Alpha Phi
house by noon today. Attend
ance at the dinner is by ad
vance registration only.
A pageant based on a musical
i narration of our national and re
ligious ideals will also be present
ed at the dinner by a cast of per
: sons drawn from a combination
iof lhe denominational groups on.
campus.
Basic Religions
Firesides, chapel meditations,
luncheons and discussion pro
1 grams have been scheduled for
!next W(ek through Thursday.
"Shaking of the Foundation" ha ±
| teen selected as the theme for the
week’s program concentrating on
the basic religions of this herr.i
, sphere, Christianity and Judaism.
Seven speakers, in addition tq>
Reverend Wright, are visiting the
campus for the third annual pro
gram. Religions represented on
! the program include Judaism,
| Greek Orthodox, Unitarian, Quak
er, Catholic and the English So
ciety of Friends. Purpose of the.
week is to emphasize the role ct
' religion in campus life rather than
any denominational aspect.
The Speakers
Speakers include L. Elliott Graf
! man. spiritual leader of Temple
Israel, Long Beach. Calif.: Very
I Rev- Georges Florovsky, dean ci’
; St. Vladimir's Theological semi
nary in New York; Clifford F.
Maser, dean of the school of busi
; ness ar.d technology at OSC: Rev.
Matthias Burger, professor ctf
scripture ar.d religion at Mount
Angel seminary; Rev. Harry O.
Meserve, First Unitarian church
i of San Francisco, and Hal C. Gos-i
sard, active in YMCA student
work in the southern states a/ . \
1 Rocky Mountain area.
Senate Rescinds Frosh Ballot Measure;
Senators Dissatisfied with Outcome
The ASUO senate Thursday re-1
scindcd the split ballot measure on j
the strength of the student-faculty j
constitutional committee's report
that it was. in their opinion, un
constitutional.
It was apparent from the discus
sion that many, perhaps most, of
the senators were opposed to the
outcome of their action—a fresh
man ballot in which candidates will
be listed alphabetically and with
out office designation.
The decision was, based largely
on the belief, expressed by several,
that to leave the ballot as it was
would jeopardize the outcome of
the election. With the constitu
tional committee already on record
as opposed to the idea, it might be
expected that the election would be
“successfully contested.’’
None-the-less, after the thing
had been voted out, senater-at
lai'ge Bill Frye proposed that tha
office designation be reinstated
the ballot.
If there was any question of un
constitutionality, Frye said. tbe»
would be "a good place to test thi*
thing.” (The ruling by the com
mittee was an opinion only and did,
not effect the actual status of the
split ballot before it was rescind
ed.)
Frye's motion was defeated 13-.1.
The rescinding of the original
measure was carried by 16-1.
In the line of positive action,
the senate approved a motion by
senater-at-large Ben Schmidt ,36
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