----Fifty-third year of publication
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">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?
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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
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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.”