VOLUME LIV
Fifty-fourth year of Publication
U NIVERNITV
OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURNDAV,
MARCH 12, 1953
NUMBER 96
Teachers Colleges
Win LA Dearees
A plan allowing three Oregon
education colleges to grant four
yeur degrees in limited liberal arts
subjects was approved by the Ore
gon State Board of Higher Educa
tion in a vote of 4-2 at a meeting
held Tuesday in Portland. This
decision was a direct reversal of
earlier action taken by the board
on the subject.
‘General Studies’ Offered
Under the new plan, the state
teacher training schools at La
Grande, Ashland and Monmouth
will be able to issue bachelor of
arts degrees in "general .studies." ■
Included in this program are sci
ence-mathematics, humanities and
social sciences.
The faculty of the University
of Oregon has issued a unanimous
statement opposing the change.
The faculty statement pointed
back to the decisions made in 1929
and 1932 which united state in
stitutions of higher education un
der one governing body and allo
cated specific functions to the
various schools. At that time lib
eral arts studies were allocated
to Oregon.
Outgrowth of Anderson Study
The new plan is a direct out
growth of a special report on Ore
gon's teacher training program
prepared by Earl W. Anderson of
Ohio State university. Anderson ,
urged in his report that Oregon
colleges of education be allowed
to grant limited liberal arts de
grees.
| Originally voted down by the
board on Jan. 5, the plan was re- j
I opened for consideration by board
| members on Jan. 27. A three mem
B her board committee then endors
r ed the degree plan in a closed
I session in Eugene on Feb. 18.
(Board members voting for the
plan were: A. S. Grant, Baker;
Cheryl S. MacNaugbton, Portland;
Herman Oliver, John Day, and
R. E. Kleinsorge, Silverton. Oppos
ing the plan were: Leif S. Fin
seth of Dallas and Henry F. Cab
ell of Portland. Newly-appointed
t board member William E. Walsh
of Coos Bay abstained from voting
on the issue.
Faculty Members Speak
Faculty members of the Oregon
College of Education at Monmouth
, answered the Oregon faculty op
l position at Monday's meeting by
stating that a higher percentage
| of doctors of philosophy are found j
in their faculty than in the Univer- !
sity’n.
Final decision on the matter
must come from the Oregon state
legislature through an act amend
ing the state’s teacher training
law to enable the education col
leges to grant the limited liberal
arts degrees.
Expansion of the Portland State
Extension Center into a four-year
college is also awaiting action by
the legislature. The bill sponsor
ing this plan is to come before a
public hearing of a House com
mittee today. However, action oh
this question must meet the ap
proval of state voters before it
goes into effect.
Opposition Descrilted
Tuesday Oregon's independent
colleges sent a joint protest
against expanding Portland State
to a four year school. Arguments
against the proposed expansion
given by the schools were:
1. This is not time to enlarge
college facilities with the present
reduced enrollments in the col
leges.
2. Facts do not support the fact
that many low-income young peo
ple in Portland are denied a col- .
lege education.
3. There is no immediate need1
for increased higher education fa
cilities in Oregon.
2. Two year community junior '
colleges offering the diversified ;
terminal education and general
education is the greatest educa- i
tional need in the state.
The expansion of the Portland ,
school would "seriously cut the ,
flow of students in the upper di
vision classes in the University
and State college thus making
their operation uneconomical," the
statement said. Loss of enrollment
would "seriously cripple" the pri
vate colleges, too, it said.
Committee Asks t ote
Oregon voters should be given
a chance to decide the question of
Portland State, the Portland State
Advancement committee declared
Tuesday in reply to the Oregon
faculty and Corvallis chamber of
commerce resolutions opposing the
expansion of the institution.
The committee also declared
that "the statement of the Uni
versity of Oregon faculty that the
supporters of House bill 131 (to
make Portland State a four year
college) are ‘clever operators’ is a
serious misrepresentation."
Final Browsing Room Program
Features Reed's Lloyd Reynolds
Slides on book design and a dem
onstration on hand lettering by
Lloyd Reynolds of Reed College
highlighted the final winter term
lecture in the Student Union
browsing room Wednesday.
Reynolds, who is head of the
graphic arts department at Reed,
explained that calliography, the
ij art of hand printing, has gone
, through the stages of rise, decline,
and revival. It has been revived
recently by advertisers, job print
ers, and persons interested in im
proving their handwriting, he said.
By drawings, he showed how in
dividual characters have developed
k from those of early Rome to type
forms designed by William Mor
ris used today in books and adver- i
tising. Calliography, he explained,
is seen most ofen on book jackets,
book bindings, and title pages.
Through slides he traced decorat
ive lettering in books from the
12th century to the present.
The graphic artist, with back
ground knowledge of printing and
artistic design has been respon
sible for "the decent book designs”
and improvements in readability
and appearance which has ap
peared in books during the past 15
vears, he said. Eut the field is split
by two groups, the "traditional
ists” and the “modernists,” he
added.
Paper Previews
Spring Opening
With the first day of spring
only a little more than a week
away, the Emerald doses winter
term publication with its arnuaj
spring opening issue.
Filling twice its usual number
of pages, today's 10-page Em
erald includes much spring
opening advertising from Eu
gene businessmen who are pre
parirg for the heavy spring
trade.
A candid shot of Snowhelle
and Waldo over coffee in the,
Student Union highlights the.
Issue's special feature layout in
the second section with inter
views of the various house mas
cots. Other special Emerald fea
tures today include opportuni
ties Offered for jobs and Duck
Preview.
NO GREEKS ALLOWED?
USA Party Folds;
New Group Forms
The campus political party
called United Students association,
a coalition of independent and
Greek students, is dead.
In its place, a new party called
United Independent Students has
arisen as a party strictly for inde
pendent students.
At a genera! meeting of USA,
held Tuesday, it was decided that
USA in its present form was serv
ir.g no purpose. The group stated
that since the party was. for all
practical purposes, composed of
independent students it should be
reformed and rejuvenated.
To take the place of USA, a
Economist Ruml Talks
On Business Authority
By Laura Sturges
Emerald Ati'ttant Newt Editor
More than just thr process of
TWTing and distributing, business is
an institution of power and a source
of direction. Beardsley Ruml,
distinguished economist, told about
400 people Tuesday afternoon in
the Student Union ballroom.
Ruml, who is chairman of the
board of the Bulova watch com
pany, and author of "Tomorrow's
Business,-’ was speaking on cam
pus in connection with the dedica
tion ceremonies of Commonwealth
hall Tuesday.
"Most businessmen think of
businesses as being profit-makers
but they are also rule-makers,"
Ruml continued. "Business is the
source of order and freedom.”
Business Makes Rule
"Business is a private govern
ment,” Ruml told his audience,
"with the authority and organiza
tion to make rules." He said that
this system exists through the au
thority of government. “It is the j
method which has been chosen to j
get through the work business has j
to do."
Citing the four major groups
governed by the rules of private
business, Ruml included stockhold
ers, vendors or suppliers, custom
ers and employees.
Can Say ‘Xo‘
With all of these groups, their
power rests in the fact that ail
have the power of choice, accord
ing to Ruml. The rules that are
made will then be acceptable. Col- :
lectively, the customers decide
what rules shall survive, Ruml
added. "A powerful freedom comes
from the opportunity to say "no"
when rules are displeasing."
Ruml briefly outlined the struc- '
turc of business, including the
president, who acts as -boss, ' the
chairman of the board ar.d the
board of directors, which is of con
siderable importance. An execu
tive committee is also set up to
BEARDSLEY Rl’ML
He Can Say ‘No’
wield immediate authority when
the hoard is not in session.
Four Directors
Being the body making the
rules, the board must have a su- i
perior manager and be sensitive ;
to all interests, Ruml said. He
suggested that four directors on
the board be directed to watch the
interests of the four groups con
sisting of the stockholders, ven
dors, customers ar.d employees.
Ruml added. "Corporate man
agement has the opportunity to
safeguard the community from ;
abuses of the -exercise of private !
power."
SPRI11G
opsninc
EDITION
party composed of only indepen
! dent students was propose# and
accepted by the group. Most of the
! discussion of the meeting centered
on this point of exclusion of
Greek students.
Greek Exclusion
Those who argued for the exclu
sion clause said it would make, the
party "Stronger in the eyes of the
independents and would give it a
definite basis to stand on in the
elections. T here will be no more
middle ground such as was found
in USA.
Students opposed to the exclu
sion clause argued that is indi
viduals Greeks should be allowed
to become members, but could not
hold office until they had been ac
tive in the party for a year. The
exclusion clause carried in the ovte
of the group.
Constitution Committee
Dean Collin, president of USA,
then appointed a constitution com
mittee to draw up a constitution
for U1 which will be presented to
the group the first week of spririg
term for ratification, after which
the grc.up will petition for recogni
tion from t.ne student affairs com
mittee.
Appointed to the committee were
Hollis Ran son, , chairman, Elsie
Schiller, Lois Reynolds, Russ
Cowles. Lawrence Richardson,
Tom Shepherd and Paul Ward.
In other business transacted by
the group, it was decided that tlSS
USA officers should continue to
hold office until after the new
constitution is accepted. The group
also elected Germaine LaMarche
as secretary to replace Donna May
who is not returning to school
spring term.
Forensic Squad
Regional Winner
The University of Oregon won
its second regional debate cham
pionship of the. season at Linfield
college last week-end. The local
squad also took second place in
impromptu and tied for second in
senior women’s debate.
The annual Linfield tournament
awards speaking titles for Far
West regional competition. Thirty
schools attended the meet from six
states-- Oregon. Washington, Cal
ifornia, Utah, Idaho and Montana.
Bruce Holt, freshman in pre-law,
and Paul Ward, freshman in politi
cal science, went through six
rounds of preliminary debates and
two rounds of finals, undefeated,
to capture first place in junior
men’s debate.
Loretta Mason, freshman in
speech, and Elsie Schiller, junior
in journalism, had a record of four
wins and two losses for a tie for
the second place position in sen
ior women's debate. Ward also
placed second in impromptu speak
ing.
Phil Cass, freshman in pre-law,
and Don Miekelwait, sophomore
in nre-law. broke even in debate
competition. The junior men’s
team was entered in varsity de*
bate at the McMinnville tourna
ment.