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----Fifty-third year of publication VOMIMSXiy trmVKBSmT or ORWON. 'KUGEXKTFltmAV, JANUARY 30, ,fi ">3 NUMBER 63 What Do You Think of... ... Student Government? .l«Try Shaw, senior in speech, said: “The students are asking f«r student government when they can't handle what they have. For example, in the freshman election, a girl doesn’t have a ghost of a chance to get elected to anything under the preferential ballot. Under the present system they grab a hand ful of ballots and the first person who gets 127 votes wins.” . STUDY OR DANCE? 4 Senate to Investigate Dance Abolishments I he ASUO senate Thursday moved to investigate the recent student-affairs committee decision which abolished Mortal’ Board and Military balls beginning next year. The motion, made by Tom Shep herd, was to set up a three mem ber committee for that purpose. Shepherd stated that many inde pendents felt that the dance cut would deprive them of social events. ASUO Vice President Mrs. Helen Jackson-Frye also pointed out that if the committee intended to cut down on activities, a lot of “other little things" might have been dropped first. It was pointed out by Director of Student Affairs Donald DuShane 'Day' Set By Women For the first time on this cam pus three major events sponsored by the women's organization- will tjf presented on the same day. Call ed a "Women's Day," it will be held Feb. 20. The annual Phi Theta mystie sale, also held on Feb. 10, is one of the features of the day, and is un der the chairmanship of Marilyn Parrish, freshman in liberal arts, and Doreen Gienger, freshman in education. The girl-ask-boy Heart Hop, sponsored by the YWCA, will take place that evening, under the chairmanship of Nancy Randolph, sophomore in liberal arts. Providing the afternoon’s enter tainment will be a bridal fashion show, .sponsored by Associated Women Students under the chair manship of Sharon Brown, sopho more in art. Janet Wick, sophomore in liberal arts, is general chairman of the day. that the move had been recom mended by an all student subcom mittee of the student affairs group. The committee, he said, while in volved in many phases of student life was primarily concerned with “P r e v e n t i n g interference with study." He noted the financial reas ons for the decision (both dances have been money-losers in the past! and said that there was a nationwide trend away from bi" dances. The senate also heard a report on the proposed Militate park— that work on it was “postponed until spring term and probably in definitely" and recommended via the straw vote method that a test file be set up in the library. The idea of a file of tests was approved by the senate Jast spring and. said DuShane, was tentatively approved by the Board of Deans here. DuShane will bring back to the senate at the next meeting certain requirements stipulated by Carl Hintz, University librarian, on the matter. Junior Class Representative Merle Davis made an interim re port on the progress of a senate committee investigating a pro posed insurance program which would eventually cover all stu dents. Davis, who admitted diffi culties in obtaining information on campus, said his group planned to meet soon with an Oregon State college group. The president of OSC initiated the investigation into insurance here by his report to the senate last fall. In other action, the senate ap proved one change in the rally board constitution, boosting the membership from four to five, and passed a motion which will hence ! forth necessitate a senator's ask I permission to leave senate meetings while they are in session. CHARLES D. BYRNE Who Runs the UO? Charles D. Byrne has been chancellor of the Oregon state system of higher education since 1950. He was secretary and director of informa tion of the board and assistant to the chancellor of the board for about 18 years previous to that time. Byrne received his education at the University of Wisconsin at MaH lson and Stanford university. He leceived his bachelor of science and master of science at Wisconsin and his doctor of education degree at Stanford. As chancellor of the state board, all budgetary and personnel mat ters and educational policy must be cleared through his office be fore being sent to the board. He is the chief executive of the board. The office of The chancellor is located in Johnson hall with the other administrative offices. He served on the staffs, in vary ing capacities, at the Tlmversity of Wisconsin, Pennsylvania state college, South Dakota state col lege, Oregon state college and Stanford university. Integrate Faith, Learning Say Last RE Week Speakers Religious Evaluation week closed on the Oregon campus with the re marks by a Catholic priest that students should integrate faith and learning and the observations of a Quaker that faith in simple ma terial things betrays a capacity for faith of a deeper sort. The Rev. Matthias Burger, pro fessor of scripture and religion at Mount Angel seminary, stated that because a person as an adult looks rtiorc for the reasons behind j everything as he delves deeper into learning, there is no reason for throwing away the simple faith of j childhood. Karlin Capper-Johneon. profes sor of history and international re lations at Lewis and Clark college and a member of the English So ! ciety of Friends, held that one cannot meet the age of secular life without faith of some sort. Father Burger traced the growth of learning and its effect on faith and said modern science was not in conflict with religion. He out lined the beginnings of the Bene dictine order, of which he is a member, and its dedication to piaycr and w’ork" which became a dedication to “prayer and learn ing.” “The student’s desk is his altar of sacrifice,” Father Burger quot ed one of his teachers as saying; therefore, in the “pursuit of knowl edge we are glorifying God.” “God did not give us his plan or blueprint," the Catholic priest said, “but only the intelligence to seek it out.” In discovering natural laws. Father Burger said man was Students to Entertain Newburns At Inter - Oorm Coffee Hour University President and Mrs. Harry K. Newburn will be guests at the Inter-dorm council sponsor ed informal coffee hour at 4 p.m. Sunday in Susan Campbell lounge. All dormitory students and in dependent men and women are in vited to the reception, Tom Shep herd, IDC president, announced. II. K. NEWBURN Guest of I DC General chairman is Jim Miller, president of Hale Kane. A commit tee fi om Susan Campbell under the direction of Mrs. S. Ellingson is in charge of refreshments for the event. Entertainment will include a rendition of "Lorna Lee" and other songs by Susan Campbell's “Un called for Quartet,” Mark New man, entertainment chairman,said. The quartet gave a recent perform I ance at the Student Union "Friday at Four" program. Don Wilson. | Emil Smith, James Tan and Ray Walker comprise the quartet. Vish j hu Wassima will be featured in African dances and will sing Burl Ives type ballads and folk songs. Barbara Swanson, president of ! Carson hall, will pour. Dress will be informal, with short silks and heels for the girls and suits and sport coats and slacks for men. Juan Montenegeo will play a Cho pin piano selection and background music during the coffee hour. "IDC got the idea for the in : formal coffee hour when it read in I a November Emerald editorial that few students at the University had met President Newburn. The Sun day affair is designed to bring both Class of 1974? President and Mrs. H. K. New bum now have their first grand child, a girl horn Thursday after noon to their daughter and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Aiken, Jr. Aiken is the son of the former Oregon football coach Jim Aiken. President Newburn and the stu i dents together on an informal basis,” Miller stated. Oth'er campus organizations have contributed to the program of getting acquainted with the president and his wife. Alpha Tau Omega fraternity entertained the Newburns at a dinner Thursday night. Following the dinner, the president made a brief speech to members of the fraternity. , making known the natural wisdom of God. Capper-Johnson covered the problem of the breaking down ot j the present civilization which is being blamed on a lack of faith. He noted that a fall or lapse of faith was reflected in a fall or lapse of faith in the body politic. The danger of communism lies in the deep conviction its proponents CAPPER-JOHNSON Problems Require Faith j have, Capper-Johnson said, an i I asked whether democracy's follow ; ers had a similar burning- convic tion or merely thought of it as a •convenient thing. Capper-Johnson outlined his in terpretation of the purposes c! education. There is the technical purpose, he said, which teaches «s to make explosives, face cream or fathom that "wonderful mystery— shortland;" the type of knowledge which has as its purpose to teach us about the past and how men (Please turn to page seven) Squeeze' Planned After OSC Game All University students ami those from Oregon State will have a chance to get together on friend ly terms after the Oregon-Oregon State basketball game this Friday in the Student Union ballroom for the annual Lemon-Orange Squeeze. Johnny Lusk and his band will provide music for the dance at which campus clothes are in order.* Admission is 25 cents stag and 40 cents per couple. Comm'ittee chairman is Jackie Steuart with assisting members John Shaffer and Jackie Jones, decoration; Virginia Johnson, en tertainment; Phyllis Pearson and Geri Porritt, publicity. Reserva tions and tickets are available through Jackie Steuart. Hostess Hopefuls' Pics Due Today Pictures of all candidates for Dad’s Day hostesses must be turn ed in to Student Union 303 by 5 p. m. today, according to Don Almy, chairman of the selection committee. Late Thursday only four pictures of hostess candidates had been submitted. Pictures will be judged Friday evening. Students will vote on the final selection next Wednesday. The hostess will award trophies at the Dad's day luncheon and also will be presented at half time at the Oregon-Idaho game Saturday night. Tickets for the luncheon are still available at the SU main desk for $1.25. Speakers at the luncheon will be Governor Paul Patterson and Harry K. Newburn, Univer sity president. Luncheon dress has been announced as informal; suits for men, short silks for the women. Carol Lee Tate, chairman of the reception and hospitality commit tee, reports that there are still a few reservations to be had at hotels and motels in the Eager** area. A complete list of these war printed in Wednesday's Emeral T. “Those students who have not yet written their fathers asking them to come should do so im mediately,” urges John Gamile'. general chairman, “so they will have time to prepare lor tho weekend.”