What Do You Think of....
... Student Government?
Francis K. Glllmore. senior in English, said:
"It Is discouraging to find that the scope of student government is
limited by administration pressure. For example, the sample, set up
as an investigating body with power to recommend, is often Ignored.
This was the case in the recent unanimously proposed ski team
rejected by an administration official.
"An ideal situation could well Include a sympathetic administra
tlon leader who had the time and insight to meet with and consider
student viewpoints in matters related to student living and activi
ties.”
Freshman Campaigns
Stir Campus Politics
Twen'v freshman candidates for
the four freshman class offices will
be pounding the political pavement
today and Tuesday.
The campaigning started Friday,
after Thursday night's introduc-,
tion assembly in which 18 of them
spoke to an audience of approxi- 1
mately 120.
Of the twenty office seekers, <
only five arc women. That’s a big i
percentage drop from last year
when 13 of 25 candidates were
girls. None of these were elected,
however.
Last year's victorious four were
all candidates for president "Can
didate for president or vice presi- '
dent” according to ballot terminol- j
ogy. Three of the four were elect- 1
ed with comfortable margins.
Only one, Jim Light, had a close
race, nosing out Neil Mueller for
president in the 17th round of vote
transfers to become one of the two
class representatives.
Four polling places will be open
for voting Wednesday, located at
the Student Union, Veterans' dor
mitories, Carson hall and in or
near the Co-op.
In accordance with the provi
sions of the ASUO constitution,
all will be open from 8 a.m. to 6(
p.m. Voters must present their
student body cards to receive a
ballot.
Candidates will be listed alpha
betically and may be marked in the
order of the voter’s preference
from "l” to "20.” (A sample bal
lot appeal s on page 2 of today's
Emerald.)
The election committee in charge
of the election is composed of Bill
!• rye, Mike Lally, Jane Simpson,
Tom Shepherd and Don Collin, all
senate members.
Preview Chairmen
Call for Petitions
Petitions for Duck Preview
week-end chairmanships are now
being called for by co-chairmen
Sunny Allen and Bob Summers.
Positions open are chairmen of
registration, tours and exhibits, ex
change dinners, luncheon, dance,
men's housing, women’s housing,
contacts, publicity and campus
promotion.
Now available in the Student
Union, the petitions should be
turned in not later than Wednes
day, Jan. 28 at the ASUO presi
dent’s office. Duck Preview week
end is to be held April 24 and 25
this year.
H. K. NEWBURN
Who Runs the UO?
Harry K. Newburn, University president, came to the UO on June 8,
1946 as the eighth president of the institution.
Newburn received his bachelor of education degree from Western
Illinois Teachers college in Macomb, 111. and his master of arts and
doctor of philosophy from Iowa university.
Since his appointment to the presidency, the University has under
Kune me most unprecedented per
iod of growth in its history. In this
time the insitution has had its
largest enrollment in its history—
6148 in the fall of 1948.
Salary increases made on a mer
it basis have been given to the
faculty under Newburn’s leader
ship. A program to improve the
UO library has also been operat
ing.
Newburn served for five years
in the Illinois public schools and
also served on the Iowa university
faculty. While at Iowa he was ap
pointed dean of the college of lib
eral arts. He reorganized the cur
ricula of the college and received
recognition from educators
throughout the country for his job.
Under Carnegie auspices, New
burn has twice visited Europe to
study educational problems . He
first visited England and Scotland
in 1938 and toured Europe in 1952
to study educational administra
tion.
First RE Week Speaker Sees
One World Or None In Future
Oife WorM or None'’ was the topic of Rev. Paul S. Wright,
j pastor o{ lllc I’rcsl.ytcrian church in Portland, who pre
I ‘ Cnt<:1 t,lc opening- address for Religious Evaluation week in
the Student Union ballroom last night.
speaking before the crowd
of approximately .S00 students
| and townspeople in attend
| ance at the introductory sup
per meeting, Mr. Wright stres
i sed three points of action for
i attaining “one world’’.
"Man must begin with a faith in
mankind as a unit and conviction
that God the creator has endowed
all human beings with a universal
distinction of oneness", said Mr.
Wright. The second step he stress
ed was the necessity of a belief
in man as an end in himself-that
"one world” must be for the people
in it.
“Freedom, the third step in at
taining unity, is the best method of
achieving symmetry of soul”, he
said.
In conclusion Mr. Wright said,
"One world must be made from
two, one flat and one—dimensional,
the other spiritual to add depth
and height. One world will not be
attained in history, but must gain
full perfection from beyond."
In addition to Mr. Wright's ad
dress, speakers, faculty members
and students helping with the week
were introduced, and a pageant,
“America and the World”, was put
on by combined religious groups on
campus, under the direction of
Laura Lee Newton, senior in so
ciology.
Olympic Coach
Talks Tuesday
The athletic director of the Uni
versity of California and head
track and field coach of the United
States 1931 Olympic team, Brutus
Hamilton, will speak at 1 p.m.
Tuesday in the Student Union ball
room on "The Olympic Games.”
Hamilton, who will be introduced
by Leo Harris, University athletic
director, has participated in each
session of the Olympic games since
1920, when he placed second in the
decathlon competition at Antwerp,
Belgium.
His selection as lecturer was
made after a talk to a group of
Oregon alumni at Portland last
fall. His background includes
coaching a winning decathlon team
, in 1936 and working with Glenn
i Cunningham, one of the top dis
: tance runners in 1932, as head
coach at Kansas university.
AGS to Meet
For Decision
The Associated Greek Students,
! campus political party, will meet
| at 4 p.m. today at Kappa Kappa
j Gamma to take final action on
the petition for reinstatement in
the party of four Greek houses.
The four houses. Alpha Xi Del
ta, Delta Upsilon, Lambda Chi Al
pha and Sigma Alpha Mu, are
I currently members of the United
Students association, a coalition
party of Greek and independent
I students.
Lambda Chi has never been a
member of AGS, but signed the
petition asking for membership in
the party.
The four houses petitioned AGS
for membership at the close of
fall term. The petition was pre
sented to the party on Jan. 12,
but under the AGS constitution
final action on such a petition
must take place two weeks after
presentation.
REV. PAUL S. WRIGHT
“Universal distinction”
Blood Drive Needs
150 Appointments
Approximately 150 appoint
ments need filling to reach this
month’s blood drive quota of 375
for the Eugene area. Two hun
dred thirty-five appointments have
already been filled.
The Red Cross bloodmobile will
be in downtown Eugene to collect
blood for wounded soldiers in Ko
rea. Students and faculty can
make appointments now by calling
the Red Cross Office, 4-5244. Ac
cording to Mrs. J. H. Jackson,
chairman of Eugene blood drive,
140 honors are needed.
Those students who signed lyp
during the drive in October, and
who have not been contacted re
cently, are asked to re-declare
their intent to donate. The quota
this month has been set at 375 ap
pointments, 235 of which have al
ready been filled.
Vacancies occur primarily be
tween noon and 3:30 p.m. on Thurs
day, Mrs. Jackson said. Persons
who can fill these appointments
are urged to contact the Red Cross
office, as soon as possible. The
bloodmobile will be located at 16th
and Willamette streets.
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Grafman Talk Caps
Today's Schedule
“Judaism as a View of Life”
will be the topic of today's ad
dress by Rabbi Elliot Grafmab,
capping the agenda for the first
full day of Religious Evaluation
week.
Luncheon in honor of the Rev.
Georges Florovsky, dean of St.
Today’s Schedule
9 a.in. "Man irt the Shadow cf
the Iron C urtain.” H. C. Gossard.
9:30 a.m. "Refugees and f>is
placed Persons as a World Prob
lem” Clifford Maser.
10 a.m. "The Eastern Tradi
tion in Christianity,” Rev. Geo
rges Florovsky.
10:30 a.m. “The Catholic Tra
dition in Christianity,” Rev.
Matthias Burger.
11 am. Question period.
12. Luncheon.
1 p.m. “Humanism, Commu
nism and Christianity,” Rev. H.
C. Meserve.
1 p.m. ‘‘The Protestant
Church Looks at Communism,’
Rev. Paul Ss Wright.
1:30 p.m. “Humanism, Com
munism and Christianity,” Rev.
H. C. Mesfrve,
4 p.m. Films of Religious
Architecture. “Cathedrals ot
Europe,” “Historic St. Pauls,''
“Medieval Monastery,” “West
minster Abbey.”
6 p.m. Fireside dinners ar.d
discussions.
8 p.m. “Judaism as a View ol
Life,” Rabbi Elliott Graf man.
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Vladimir's theological seminary : a
NTew York, and Rev. Paul Wright,
pastor of the First Presbyter.;, a
church in Portland, will be held
at noon in SU 111. All students
are invited to attend the cafeteria
style luncheon by the RE wet k
committee.
Freshman Snowball
Attracts 200 Couples
Approximately 200 couples
danced to the music of Billy Ce>: i
band at the second annual Froth
Snowball held in the Student Union
ballroom Saturday evening.
Entertainment was provided by
i Spencer Snow, freshman in libeir.4
j arts, ballad singer; the Uncalled
| Four, a quartet from Susan Carnp
j bell hall, and Allison Le Ron4r
. freshman in journalism, singer and
i tap dancer.
Schedule of Firesides for RE Week
Announced; Vets' Dorm Times Differ
The schedule for the Religious
I Evaluation week firesides has been
j completed. RE week General
Chairman Cathy Tribe has an
nounced houses are to expect their
guests at 5:30 p.m. for dinner on
the day scheduled.
An exception will be the Vets'
dorms. Because residents of these
halls eat at John Straub, the fire
. sides will be held in their respec
tive halls at 6:30 p.m. Friday.
Living groups asigned one of the
main visiting speakers will be re
sponsible for the transportation
for that person. Miss Tribe said.
The groups will be contacted indi
vidually on the arrangements for
' this, she said.
Firesides Schedule
Fireside speakers for the week
will be, Monday: Carson Hall,
Graf man; Tri Delt, Florovsky;
Hendricks hall, Wright; Theta,
Castell; Or ides, Mrs. Elliott;
Campbell club, Burger; Delt,
Meserve; French hall, Wengert;
Merrick hall, McDonough; Nestor
hall, Baldwin, and Sig Ep. Gossard.
Tuesday: AD Pi, Burger; Alpha
Gam, Walker: Ann Judson, Hvr.t
er; DG. McDonough; Pi Phi, Mes
erve; A TO. Florovsky; Phi Dert,
Waechter; Phi Psi, Risley; Pi Kajv,
Richins; SAM, Macy; Sigma Chi,
Wright; Sigma hall, Father Wil
liams; Theta Chi, Gossard; Wesley
Foundation, Smith, and Sigma No,
Allane.
Other Speakers
Wednesday: Alpha Chi, McDon
ough; AO Pi, Waechter; Highland
house, Mrs. Risley; Kappa. Gos
sard; Sigma Kappa. Mrs. Elliot;
University house, Johnson; ZTA,
Risley; Chi Psi, Father Murriane;
Lambda Chi, Burger; Phi Sig;
Webb; TI-CE, Peterson, and Rebe.v
house, Father Williams.
Thursday: Alpha Phi, Jonec;
Alpha Xi, Wengert; Chi O, Burger
Delta Zeta, Niven; Gamma Phi,
McDonough; Beta, Maeey; Kappa.
Sig, Waetcher; Fiji, Johnson; Phil
adelphia house, Grafanan, and J i
Kappa Alpha, Walker.