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fifty-third, year of publication
\QM .MK MVl'MVKRHlTY OF OKKOOX, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1953 NUMBER 06
RAILROAD BOSS
Group Handling Seen Vital
‘'Bettor handling of large groups
‘ of people is a very important prob
4 1cm with us and with other big
* business concerns in America,” J.
\V. Corbett, vice-president of op
ei at ions of the Southern Pacific
railroad, said in his talk to a near
capacity crowd in Commonwealth
| auditorium Tuesday at 10 a.m.
Human Aspect Seen Neglected
Corbett, whose campus appear
, once was sponsored by Delta Nu
Alpha, transportation honorary,
, expressed the fear that the human
part of business organization had
been neglected with the result that
many employees have become more
widely separated from the manage
• nient side of business. The South
ern Pacific is proud of the tradi
tion that all of its officers have
come up from the ranks of em
ployees, he said.
More similarities than differ
ences exist between employee and
management groups, pointed out
r Corbett. They both possess the
"mutuality of interest in the con
tinued prosperity of the business
with which they are associated,”
ho said. An analysis of any hip
corporation must always start with
the people, according to the rail
road executive.
Supervisor is Key
"The supervisor is the key man
' in successfully handling large !
; groups of men," remarked Corbett.
Qualities of leadership which he
listed included the ability to direct |
ihe technical part of assignments
and lead the human part.
Corbett then compared the lack i
of advanced education in his youth 1
with its importance today. It was
as unusual for an eighth grade
graduate in his day to go to high
school as it is for high school grad
| nates today not to go to college,
I he said.
"There is no substitue for experi- 1
'•nee, but a good college education
I makes the acquirement of experi
; ence easier," he concluded.
SEMI-FORMAL
'Heart Attack' Theme
Set for Senior Ball
“Heart Attack", suggested by
Francis Gillmore and Mike Lally,
has been selected as the theme of
this year's senior ball, according
to general chairman Tom Wright
£on.
Johnny Reitz and his band will
[ Play for the dance Feb. 14. Reitz,
who appeared here for the Junior
Prom last year, is referred to as
“The Most Talked About Band in
- the Northwest”. He also played at
the University of Washington
homecoming this year.
Campus social chairman Elaine
Hartung has announced the dress
for the affair will be semi-formal—
suits for the men and formals for
the women. Corsages are not in i
order.
Tickets will be on sale in the Co
op and the Student Union Tuesday
through Friday of next week for
$2.50 per couple. They will also be I
sold during the flying speeches in
the living organizations, according
to Joan Marie Miller and Carolyn j
Silva, ticket co-chairmen.
I
Other committee chairmen arc i
Laura Pearson and Dolores Par
rish. programs; Jane Simpson,
publicity; Dick Davis and Merle
Davis, promotion; Mike Lally and
Francis Gillmore, chaperones; Rod
ney Morrison, decorations, Ben
Schmidt and Alpha Phi Omega, i
clean-up.
RAY HAWK
Who Runs the UO?
Ray Hawk, director of men's affairs, has been at the University
since 1950.
Hawk received his bachelor of science, master of science and doc
tor of education degrees here at Oregon. He also attended Wiscon
sin university at Madison, Wisconsin, and Washington and Lee at
Lexington, Virginia.
As director of men's affairs, he is responsible for the welfare of
all men on campus and has the
duties usually associated with the
dean of men.
Since Hawk took over as direc
tor of men’s affairs, there has been
a complete change in the dormi
tory program. The former ‘'spon
sors”, who served little more than
a housekeeping function, have been
replaced by the dormitory coun
selors who work directly with the
office of student affairs.
The policy of having all fresh
man men in separate, dormitories
has been adopted since Hawk’s ap
pointment.
As advisor to the Inter-frater
nity council, Hawk has been work
ing on a program of fraternity
scholarship. ‘‘The fall term grade
report indicates that scholarship is
improving,” Hawk said.
SP Officer Notes
Railway Expansion
In a coffee hour address Tuesday
in the student union, J. W. Corbett.
Vice President of Operations of the
Southern Pacific railroad, said
that railroads are and will continue
to be leading factors in the devel
opment of the state.
He said that there are now 3217
miles of railroad in the state of
Oregon; the railroad payroll in the
state has amounted to an average
of $2.5 million in the past fdw ;
years, and annual property taxes !
paid by the railroad in Oregon has
recently totaled S303.000.
Corbett added that present lines
will be improved to greater effi- J
ciency. playing a major part in the
to be leading factors in the devel
growth and development of the
state. One of the major points of :
increased efficiency will be the new
uses of electronics. Corbett fore
saw better methods of communica
tion, and new methods of account
mg through the use of IBM ma
chines.
'Fun Fest' Forum
Members Named
Members of the after-dinner for
um for the International Fun Fest
have been selected, according to
Lee McGary, dinner chairman.
Luitpoid Wallach, assistant pro
fessor of history, will be moderator
of the group, which will meet after
dinner in Gerlinger hall. Foreign
students on the panel include Man
ohar Pandharpurkar (India!, Inez
Rozzi-Escot (Peru), David Tank
(Trinidad), Theodor Naumann
(Germany), Vishiyu Wassiamay
(Gold Coast, Africa), Yoko Matsu
oka (Japan) and Alan Robinson
(England). The theme of the panel
will be "Student Life the World
Over.”
Tickets for the dinner are $1.20, 1
except for foreign students who j
will pay 60 cents. Registration for j
all events is 25 cents.
Soprano at Mac Court Tonight
'd f ron/'f rw^ S» 'nS’''^S’ Metropo,ltan 0l*“ra soprano, recently return
from operatic and concert engagements in Europe and South
America, will present a concert tonight at 8 in McArthur court. She
ponsored by the Eugene civic music association. See story page 2
Riegger Lectures
On Modem Music
I don t fly in the face of convention just to be different, but the old
music idiom d.dn t express my thoughts,” Wallingford Riegger, model jl
- rnencan composer, told an audience of about 600 people Tuesday
aboulTao vi atCCl hlS 'eCtU1'e With a nir‘e Piece brass choir and
about a 30 voice womens choral group. His talk was part of the Urd
veiMtys Festivai of Contemporary Arts program and was on the *0pic
Some Aspects of Modern Music.” **
After playing two of his own compositions, “Music for Brasses” fer
the brass choir, and “Eternity” for the chorus, Riegger sauI that mc-t
composers find the current usage sufficient for their needs and added
La Vvvs uS t0 bC trUe most of the time- but that sometimes -t
s not. When this happened Riegger said he felt it was “my privilege
and prerogative to write the way I feel.” “
The third selection played by Riegger was music he had written
for modern dance, which he called a “truly American product.” Intro
ducing the work by saying that it was “some music I have salvaged
from, modern dance’" Rigger said that the selection was written in
(. 4 time and was supposed to “express exuberance.”
At the end of his lecture, Riegger said that popular music today is
assimilating some of the “avant garde” music and that it is preparing
the public ear for more serious music writen more unconventionally
What Do You Think...
... of Student Government?
Jo Kopp, freshman in liberal arts, said:
“I think the preferential ballot should be changed tc one tha‘
speoif.es the office for which the student is' running. Under the
present system no woman candidate can be elected, especially in the
reshman elections when the candidates arn t very well known or
the parties as highly organized as in other elections.
"If the ballot were changed to something less complicated, mere
s udents would take an interest in campus politics because they
" on d understand the mechanics of election more easily.-’
rarr
Plans Readied for Dad's Day
Voting for Dad's Day hostess
will take place today at the Co-op
and the Student Union, with the
winner to be announced in Thurs
day's Emerald, John Gamiles, gen
eral chairman of Dad's Day, an
nounced.
Finalists are Mrs. Eunice Early,
Mrs. Nancy Green and Mrs. Sally
Webb. Pictures of the candidates
will be displayed at the voting
boxes.
The hostess and other finalists
will be presented at the luncheon
in the SU Saturday. She will also
Present trophies at half-time of
the Oregon-Idaho game Saturday.
Iainchcdn Deadline
Today is the deadline to buy
luncheon tickets, Joan Cartozian
and Norma Hultgrcn, co-chairmen
of the luncheon, have stated. Tick
ets are on sale at the SU main
desk at SI.25 per place. General
admission basketball tickets for
the Saturday game may be picked
up by tile fathers when they reg
ister Saturday. Reserved seat tick
ets at SI.SO are on sale at Mc
Arthur court.
General admission tickets plus
registration tags will allow the
dads to see the game with their
sons or daughters downstairs, in
the special section of the balcony,
or in the general admission scats.
Hostesses will be on duty Sat
urday morning in the SU to guide
tours through the building and
give information about it.
$20 Limit
Not more than §20 is to be
spent on Dad’s Day signs, accord
ing to Gary Meredith, sign contest
chairman. Signs will be judged at
4:45 p.m. Friday.
Signs must not have moving
parts and must be two dimensional
only. Judging will be 20 per cent,
color; 35 per cent, adherence to
theme: 15 per cent, orginality, and
30 per cent, sentiment.
Kwama, sophomore wo me n’s
service honorary, will register dads
from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday in the
Eugene hotel lobby, and from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. on the second floor
of the SU. Registration results will
determine the awarding of the J, Q.
Merrifield trophy and the Paul T.
Shaw silver tea set, first and sec
ond place awards respectively for
the most dads registered for a liv
ing organization, and the O I,.
Laurgaard cup, for the highf t
percentage of freshman dads reg=
istered.