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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 29, 1953)
\ olumi; MV , 1'ifty-third r.MVKitsrrv or okkoo.n, year oj publication KI’OKNK, Till ItSDAV, JAM AKV I »5» M .MI5KH (Vi Freshmen Elect McCracken Minister Avers Federal Aid To Sectarian Schools 'Out' i Panel Tonight Closes RE Week Religious Evaluation week will end tonight with an 8 p.m. panel discussion by ine eight speakers. • Each speaker will talk for fifteen minutes. Schedule 7:30 a.m. Chapel Meditation— Gerlinger hall, the Itev. .Math las Iiurger 9 “The Church and Religion in Germany”, Hal Gossard 9:30 “Judaism and the World Crisis,” Kahhi L. Elliott Graf man 10 “The Catholic Church and the Tide of Communism”, the Rev. Mathias Iturger 10:30 “A Revolutionary Time”, Clifford K. Maser 11 Question Period Noon Luncheon 1 p.m. “Facing the Crisis”, Kar lin Cappcr-Johnson •1 Colored Film: “1500th Anni versary Celebration of Patri archate of Jerusalem” 5:30 Dinners and Firesides 8 Closing Meeting—Each speaker on panel to tie given 15 min utes. • Men's Open Rush To Begin Monday Men’s open rushing will begin Monday, the office of student af fairs has announced. To go through open rush, which is open to both freshmen and up perclassmen, the man must have both a 2 point GPA and accumu lative grade point. Men will sign up at the office of student affairs in Emerald hall. All forms of federal subside to religious groups should be abolished," said Wcslcv K. Nicholson, pastor of the Ku gene Congregational church, speaking before about 150 per sons in the Student Union browsing room Wednesdav. Nicholson s a/hlress was in conjunction w i t h Religious hvaluation week. Agrees With Author In reviewing the book. "Ameri can Tradition in Religion and Edu cation" by Freeman Butts, Dr. Nicholson agreed with the author that "all aid to the parochial schools, direct or indirect, is an establishment of religion and therefore, unconstitutional." “Increasing demands have been made that religious schools share in public tax as well as public schools," he said. There is also contention over religious instruc tion in public schools, ;ind public aid given to parochial schools. Much of the controversy over the relationship of church and state in education, he contends, arises out of a failure to know clearly what our early tradition has been. Traces Separation He briefly traced the separation of church and state from its de velopment in the I7th century to the present. “We began the 20th century.” he said, “with two propositions firm ly implanted. Namely, that public funds shall not be granted to sec tarian schools and religious in struction shall not be given to pub lic schools.” The courts have been confused in their rulings, he said. Twenty-four states have passed laws prohibiting religious instruction in schools, but 12 have passed laws requiring that religious instruction be included. LES ANDERSON Who Runs the UO? Lester E. Anderson has been University of Oregon alumni association secretary since his appointment in 1946. He replaced Elmer Fansett, former alumni secretary. Anderson was appointed secretary following his graduation from the UO. He graduated with a bachelor of science degree. The alumni association maintains an office on the mezzanine of the Student Union and has a staff of six not including Anderson. This is the headquarters and the record cen ter of the alumni group. Supervision of all alumni activities and the network of alumni directors throughout the state are a function of the alumni office. The office also handles all class reunions and the publishing of Old Oregon, the alumni maga zine. .Oregon’s alumni association was formed in 1880 by 12 former members of the Uni versity. There are now 500 dues-paying mem bers of the alumni group. However, the alumni office has records on all alumni and the addresses of 22,500. WESLEY NICHOLSON No Subsidies RE Fireside Talks Schedule Changed Tile revised slate for today in cludes: Alpha Xi and Alpha Phi at Alpha Phi, W. G. Jones; Al pha Gamma Delta and Chi Omega at Chi O, the Rev. Ma thias Burger; Sigma Kappa, Mrs. Clarence Elliot; Philadel phia house, Bill Smith, director of Lutheran Student house. Gamma Phi's fireside was can celed. Other fireside speakers, as previously scheduled, are: Delta /.eta, Ivan Niven; Beta, Ward Maeey; Kappa Sig. II. H. Wact cher; Fiji, Karlin M. Capper Johnson; Pi Kappa Alpha, Rus sell Walker. Buchanan, Maier, Gray Win Offices K..l.cr, I, McCracken, freshman in liberal ana, was electe.t In .riLt '• rl McCmkw was eiectcl on the tirst ballot with a vote of 127. I he total vote in Wclncolay's election was 559, The prei 1 2 U r’UT f»<• election was therefore , •'kCracl<e" tecetvetl 15 more than necessarv before an, transfers were made ' y vdrerr t** •» «. ^ nc»» »e„ eL ' “d R‘Cha"1 °™* feshraen in bus! ness, were chosen representatives. Senate to Hear Report Tonight On Frosh Election The ASUO senate will hear six reports on subjects ranging from the millrace to campus parking when it meets tonight at 6:30 p.m. in the Student Union. Don Collin, senator at large, will report to the senate on the fresh men election after checking the election financial reports of the candidates. The senate will also hear the report of the ASUO con stitution committee on the ASUO budget for the coming year. Mike Dally, senator at large and chairman of the millrace commit tee will tell the senate in his re port that the city has done noth ing to improve the millrace since last spring and that, as it looks now, nothing will be done until next spring. He said that the Uni versity must start work on the proposed millrace park before much work will be done on the (Please turn to {'age four) Buchanan was elected vice-pres ident on the eighth transfer of votes when he received the quota of 112. Maier was elected repre sentative on the thirteenth trans fer of ballots. Gray was chosen representa tive over Sue Shreeve by a vote of 88 to 86. Gray, Miss Shreeve and Garry McMurry were the on ly candidates left after the four teenth transfer of ballots. McMurray’s ballots were redis tributed to the other candidates and after the transfer Gray waa two votes ahead of Miss *Shreeve. Gray was elected even though he didn t receive the quota since he and Miss Shreeve were the only candidates remaining. Only four ballots were improp erly marked and thrown out by the election committee. Many of the ballots were exhausted before the last representative was elect ed. Some ballot showed only one choice and therefore could not be transferred. Most of the ballots contained, only four to six choices and in the final transfer were exhausted since three officers were elected and many candidates eliminated and all the choices or. the ballot ) were elected or eliminated. What Do You Think of... ... Student Government? Jim Sandefer, junior in liberal arts, said: “Student leaders put in a lot of time and effort, and they have a lot of responsibility with very little appreeiation. Considering that (hey re going to sehool, and that government is extra-curricular, they do an excellent job.” TV for Schools Highlights Meeting; Board Okays Straub Addition Plan The Ford Foundation will ex tend its offer of $100,000 toward an educational television station GO days from the original deadline of Jan. 31, according to Charles D. Byrne, chancellor of the state system of higher education. That’s what Byrne told the state board at its meeting this week. Television, new campus build ings and sewage disposal in Eu gene and Corvallis were the big items of business discussed. Tuesday, the education commit tee of the house of representatives of the Oregon legislature was scheduled to hear a proposal from a citizen's committee proposing two TV outlets. The board has recommended one outlet to be lo cated on Mary’s Peak. Another Transmitter The proposal of the citizen’s committee differs in that in ad dition to the Mary's Peak trans mitter a relay station be built on Council Crest in Portland so that the broadcasts will reach some 1,100,000 persons. This station would greatly expand the audience able to receive the telecasts. Although there was no word from the Ford Foundation, Byrnes said that there may be a slight possibility of the foundation add ing the 5100.000 set aside for CHARLES D. BYRNE XV7 and Education Portland public schools to the orig inal fund set aside for the higher education station. At present a channel is being held for the Port land schools, but no decision ha* been reached as to whether the schools will make use of it or r.ot. Meeting as a committee-of-the i whole, the board was mainly con | cerned with building and finance : business scheduled for approval Tuesday. The University of Ore-, gon was given permission to al low Church, Newberry and Rohr, architects, to proceed in drawing i plans for an addition to John Straub hall. Flans Not Approved Although the board approved i the expansion plan, it did not ap prove the financial plans for the addition as advanced by H. K. i Newburn, president of the Univei i sity. The University has $450,000 j hi its dormitory reserve fund' and i the estimated cost of the dorm I will be §1,250,000. Newburn said. The estimated cost for the dorm i breaks down to §4,100 per man. i Calling the veteran's dorm in , adequate, Newburn told the board j that the need for the dorm a based on present enrollment and not on the expected increase . a the next ten years. If plans a; e * (Please turn to page jii ej