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Vol. LIV.
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UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY ~2fl~ 1953
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M MBER 82
Faculty Senate
Slates Probe
Of Group's Policy
An investigation of the policies
of the Student Affairs committee
concerning the recognition of stu
dent groups on campus was or
dered late Wednesday afternoon
by the Faculty Senate.
The action was taken as the re
sult of a motion by Senate Mem
ber J. V. Berreman, professor of
sociology. Berreman cited the lo
cal organization of National As
sociation tor the Advancement of
Colored People as an example of
a group that has thus far been
denied recognition by the Student
Affairs committee. Berreman acts
as adviser to the local NAACP
group.
The Student Affairs Committee,
composed of students and faculty
members, lias taken no final ac
tion on the NAACP petition for
recognition
IVtition Rpjwt(*d
Last spring, the local NAACP
group asked the committee’s rec
ognitu n. The petition was rejected
t* aure the "tone of the proposed
constitution was not acceptable to
the majority of the members," ac
cording to Donald U. DuShane,
the committee's chairman and Di
rector of Student Affairs.
The NAACP group presented an
amended constitution to the Stu
dent Affairs committee meeting
last Thursday, Keb. 19. The com
mittee neither approved or dis
approved the new petition.
It scheduled a special meeting
for Saturday, March 7. to which
it was planned to invite Derreman.
Berieman, who had not appeared
before t tie committee previously,
was to discuss further the question
of the NAACP group’s recognition.
According to DuShane, the com
mittee's policy toward recognition
of new organizations is based on
the premise that such groups have
a responsibility in using the name
and facilities of the University.
Thus the committee must safe
guarel the interests of the Univer
sity, Du Shane said. It must make
sure that groups seeking recogni
tion are bona fide campus groups
that will not use the University as
a ‘‘sounding board" or take ad
vantage of the prestige value of
its name, he stated.
tsenate Advisory Only
Three faculty members were ap
nted by Orlando J Hollis, dean
f the school of law and president
>f the Faculty Senate, to investi
gate the Student Affairs commit
tee's recognition policy. They are
R* T. Elliekson, head of the phys
ics department; F. M. Combellack,
associate professor of classical
languages, and W. S. Hayden, as
sociate professor of architecture.
The Faculty Senate is a delib
erative and advising body. It may
recommend and investigate only.
Legislative action must be re
ferred to the Faculty as a whole.
No Senate Meeting
The regularly scheduled
ASUO senate meeting has been
cancelled, according to ASITO
President Pat Digram. The sen
ate will meet next Thursday at
which time a Mother’s Day
chairman will be chosen.
Carnival Planners
COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN planning the annual Women s Kerrea
tton association's carnival for Saturday night are sitting from left
to right, An: Hopkins, promotion; Ann Blackwell, publicity; Mary
Wilson, general chairman; Tina Fisk, booths; Jackie Robertson,
cleanup, and June Browning, decorations. Standing are Mary
W hi taker, left, and Ann lager, co-chairman of the food commit
tee. Theme of this year's event is “Cirrus Daze.” The carnival
will be held in the unfinished portion of the men’s physical educa
tion building following the Oregon basketball game.
Prof Talks
on Drama
“It's just as easy for a play
wright to skip two years as two
minutes in writing a play,” F. .1.
Hunter, instructor of speech, said
, last night in the Student Union
browsing room speaking on the
Nussc Progrem
Features Helton
James Melton, Irish tenor of
| concert, screen, radio, opera and
television, will present a concert
in McArthur court Monday under
the auspices of the Eugene Civic
Music association.
Melton received his first taste
i of the concert field in a 28-day
| tour in 1934 with George Ger
JAuusi MKliON
Sings Monday
shwin. In 1937 Warner Brothers
called him to Hollywood to star in
such films as “Stars Over Bioad
way,” "Sing Me a Love Song"
and “Melody For Two.” Recently,
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer called him
to the coast as singing star in
their musical extravaganza, “Zieg
feld Follies.’’
A fluent linguist, Melton sings
not only the folk songs and bal
lads of America but also the clas
sics of Italian, French and German.
In concert tours, he ha§ been in
every state of the Union and every
Canadian province.
■'Dissolution of Time in Modern
Playwriting "
Most dramatists don't apologize
ft r the vast amount of time they
cover, he said. They must tell the
story within two hours of stage
time, so they make "time dissolve
like vapor in the air ”
Hunter discussed the various ef
fects which this “dissolution de
vice" has on characterization, plot
and dramatic structure.
In the play “Point of Xo Re
turn" by Paul Osborn, he said, the
characters move through 20 years
with no change in age or point
of view.
Some plays, he explained, are
written as if no time existed. He
pointed to the character of Willie
Leman in “Death of a Salesman,"
who begins speaking in the present
“as if he were making a cheese
sandwich" and ends up 17 years
before.
THE WINNERS
Judy McLoughlin
New AWS Prexy
.Tnrty MeLowghlin will !>■ presi
dent of the Associated Women
Students, Baibara Keelen of the
YWCA and Mary Jordan of the
Women's Recreation association
for the. coming year as a. result of
Wednesday’s baHotting for the
Red Cross Drive
Begins Tuesday
The Re d Cross fund-raising cam
paign begins next Tuesday when
ever 60 representatives, one from
each living organization, start col
lec tions.
Plans were completed Monday
afternoon when house representa
tives met with Pat P.uan. gen
eral chairman. Cora Pv.rtle. of the
Eugene Red Cross, and Harold D.
Powell, head of the Eugene fund
campaign, outlined the purposes of
the .ol ive this year.
The university goal will be an
nounced during the week, Miss
Ruan said. Representatives will
issue membership cards and pins
to everyone contributing 51 or
more.
An effort will be made to reach
all students on the campus, in
cluding those who live in the Uni
versity housing projects. Booths
will be set up in the Student
Union and Co-op for the benefit of
off-campus students who are not
contacted.
Daily reports of the progress of
the drive will be given to Janet
Gustafson, heading women’s house
collections, and to Karen Dahl
berg, heading men's house collec
tions. All representatives are re
quested by Miss Ruan to phor.e in
their daily reports by 7:30 p.m.
three campus organizations.
Other AWS officers are Jean
Mauro, vice president; Janet Wick,
: secretary; Dorothy Kopp treasur
; er; Paula Curry, sergeant at arms,
and Sally Cummins, reporter.
>’ew YWCA officers are Cathy
Tribe, first vice president; Kay
Moore, second vice president: Jane
Patterson, secretary: Yvonne
Holmes, treasurer; upper class
commission officers, Gail West,
Jl'DY Mc-LOUGHLXW
New President
chairman: Geri Porritt, vice chair
man. and Marilyn Fairish, secro
tary.
WRA members chose Mary Wil
son. vice president; Janet Bell,
secretary; Beverly Wild, treasur
er; Jackie Saylor, custodian, and
Judy County, sergeant at arms.
All women students were eligible
to vote for the AWS candidates
but only 390 ballots were cast.
The YWCA reported about one
third of their membership voting,
1 250. WRA reported about 85 per
cent of their 150 members voted.
MEET THE DEANS
Johnson Here Since 1945
Responsibility for the ad
ministration of the largest col
legiate division on campus is
vested in Eldon L. Johnson, dean
of the college of liberal arts and
the graduate school.
Johnson was born in Indiana
and educated at the Indiana State
Teachers college. He received his
Ph.D. at the University of Wis
consin in 1939.
Taught a( Wisconsin
An entire career devoted to the
field of education is the record
of the dean. During his post-grad
uate days, he was a teaching as
sistant and fellow in the depart
ment of political science at the
University of Wisconsin. He later
taught in secondary schools in In
diana and Wisconsin.
From 1941 to 1915, Johnson
was the director of the graduate
school of the Department of Ag
riculture in Washington, D. C.
For two years during this period
charge of the preparatory prq
gram for army weather officers
he was on leave of absence in
at the University of Chicago. An
inspection trip of the 25 schools
ELDON L. JOHNSON
Liberal Arts 11 is Field
connected with the program
brought him to the Oregon cam
pus for the first time.
Went to Europe
Johnson came to the campus
in 1945 as head of the department
of political science, a position
which he held until July 1947 when
he received tile double appoint
ment as clean of liberal arts and
the graduate school. In the sum
mer of 1946, he was acting di
rector of the summer session.
Accompanied by his wife and
two daughters, the dean went on
a seven month tour of Europe in
1951. In addition to visiting eldven
countries in western Europe,
Johnson did extensive research
and study at the London School
of Economies and Political Sci
ence.
Recently, he moved from Fenton
hall to a newly-remodeled office
in Johnson hail. His office is on
the site of the old Guild theater,
predecessor of the .University
theater.