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Fifty-fourth year of Publication
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1953
NO. 83
TOPIC: EDUCATION ABROAD
Newburn to Speak
European universities and their
professors will be discussed by
University President Harry K.
Newburn in an Informal lecture
Thursday at 8 p.m. in the Student
Union Dad’s lounge.
harry k. newborn
European Studies
His topic is entitled "The Uni
versity Professor in France, Great
Britain and Italy.”
Newburn, who returned to Eu
gene last May, spent about five
months in Europe under a Car
negie Foundation grant. His speech
will deal with his travels abroad
studying educational administra
tion of European universities.
UO president since 1946, New
burn is Oregon’s eighth president.
Under his leadership, the Univer
sity has undergone a period of
growth in staff and physical plant
that is unprecedented in its his
tory.
Newburn has served on a num
ber of national committees in the
educational field, including mem
bership on the President s Com
mission on Higher Education,
Board of the National Council of
Boy Scouts of America, and Na
tional Committee of the American
Council on Education.
The University executive was
born in Cuba, 111., in 1906. After
Housemother Plan
Proposed for Men
Introduction of housemothers for
the dormitories housing upper
class men is being considered by
the University dormitory commit
tee, according to A. L. Kllipgspn,
counselor for men.
If such a system is adopted, it
will eliminate the present system
of counselors now used in these
dormitories and concentrate stu
dent government in the dorms at
the hall officers’ level. Duties of
the housemothers would be in an
administrative capacity, handling
hall rosters and acting as social
co-ordinator, Ellingson said.
The program would effect only
the six dorms housing upper class
students, Freshman dorms would
not participate in the program.
"Present self-government is
weak owing to a tendency to shift
responsibility between the coun
selors and the hall officers,” Tom
Shepherd, president of the Inter
dorm council, said today. “We
have no criticism of the counsel
ors as such, but feel that under
the housemother system the hall
presidents would have real power.
Students would perform duties
which properly belong to them un
der some type of honor system.”
IDC will vote on the program
Tuesday. The result of the coun
cil's vote will be an expression of
opinion on the desirability of the
program in the students’ opinion.
The council vote will be taken into
consideration when the Dormi
tory committee votes on the issue.
Members of the committee in
clude Orville Lindstrom, Univer
sity business manager, W. M.
Douglass, assistant business man
ager, H. P. Barnhart, director of
dormitories, D. M. DuShane, direct
or of student affairs, Ray Hawk,
dean of men, Mrs. Golda Wickham,
dean of women, and Ellingson.
'Big' Oregon Writers
Browsing Room Topic
Back in the 1920’s most Oregon
students were preoccupied with the
Charleston, bathtub gin and racoon
coats. But a more serious-minded
few dreamed of writing.
Some of these, like Edison Mar
shall, Ernest Haycox and Robert
Otmund Case, hit the big time.
Tonight in the Student Union
browsing room at 7:30 p.m. a re
tired English professor will rem
inisce on “Some Oregon Authors
I Have Known.” The speaker, W.
F. G. Thatcher taught creative
writing to the above authors in the
1920's, and to several others in
cluding Nancy Wilson Ross and
Kressman Taylor.
Thatcher, a professor emeritus,
will also describe early-uay journ
alism at the University.
He came to Oregon in 1914, and
taught advertising in the schools
of journalism and business admin
istration in addition to creative
writing and English courses.
Thatcher has written short
stories for the Atlantic Monthly,
Argosy,'Printer’s Ink, and was at
one time associate editor of the
Pacific Monthly, a Portland publi
cation.
He is a member of Alpha Delta.
Sigma, advertising fraternity,
Sigma Delta Chi, journalism fra
ternity, and the Oregon Author's
league.
William Tugman, editor of the
Eugene Register-Guard, will act as
discussion leader for the session.
graduating from Western Illinois
Teachers’ college, Newbum re
ceived his M.A. and Ph. D. de
grees from the University of Iowa.
'Greek' Primary
Plans Outlined
All-Party System
Planned This Year
The Associated Greek Students
will hold their party primary ap
proximately two weeks before the
ASUO general elections, it was
decided Tuesday.
This year AGS will use an all
party primary instead of the sys
tem of having house representa
tives select the candidates who will
run for office. The exact primary i
date will be set by the policy com
mittee.
In the primary there will be
three separate elections—for stu
( dent body president, class offices
and ASUO senate. Candidates who
are defeated in the elections for
ASUO president and class office
nominations, may re-petition and
j run for the senate nominations,
! according to Jack Faust, AGS
president.
Majority Required
A simple majority of votes will
be required to win the nomination
\ f°r president. The preferential sys
i tern will be used in the election
for class officers and the senate. !
Names will be listed alphabetically
on the ballots.
Each house will turn in a com
plete list of members, including
freshman, to either Faust at Theta
Chi or to Pat Ruan, AGS secre
tary, at Delta Gamma. The house
will also give the number of stu
dents in each class, Faust said. A
representative from each house is
also to be elected to help with the
primary proceedings.
Petitions for the primary will be
due sometime the week before,
Faust stated. This year all fresh
men who petition will be inter
viewed personally by the policy
committee. A complete explana
tion of the plans for the primarv
will be sent to each house, Faust
emphasized.
Primary Plan Discussed
Also discussed was the all-cam
pus primary plan which has been
presented to the ASUO senate by
Don Collin, senator at large. Under
this plan, both parties would hold
their primaries the same day, nom
inating students for all offices.
AGS is opposed to the plan, be
cause, as Faust expressed it, it is
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'Race Depth Found
... First Hand
The Millrace is just above
waist high, reports Nick Smith,
freshman in business. He ought
to know.
Tuesday morning while mow
ing the Gamma Phi Beta lawn,
Nick evidently misjudged where
he was stepping and backed
right off the lawn into the water.
UO Ballot Set
On Insurance
'Blanket-Coverage' Plan Awqits Approval
Senate Sets May 13 as ASUO Election Date
By Joe Gardner
Emerald Assistant Newt Editor
t ffkr T I"surance program will be put before
rrn.rwf ,P?-[OV.al atLthe sPr,nf? elections. After hearing the
rnEJin f A?frVAS’ whose c°mmittee has been studying this
refer1 tb!’ 10 ^SL? se"ate. at Its meeting last night moved to
refer the question to the electorate.
Coverage under the proposed plan would include such items
as intramural sports, Injuries' incurred in laboratories or on fiSd tripl
and employment mishaps. Inter-scholastic sports would be excluded
rrom the coverage.
The committee is studying the success of such a program now in
force at Oregon State college and has been discussing the plan with
insurance company representatives. The senate recommended that
further studies be conducted.
Absent Senators
Failure to maintain a quorum forced the senate to adjourn early.
Four senators left the meeting early thus reducing attendance one
below the 18 required for a quorum.
Senate members leaving the meeting were Helen Frye, vice-presi
dent Don Parr, Judy McLoughlin and Tom Shepherd. Absent from the
meeting were Ben Schmidt, Francis Gillmore, Mike Lally, Bob Maier
and E. Ft. Bingham.
Election Date
Early in the meeting the senate approved Mrs. Frye’s recommenda
tion to hold spring term ASUO elections May 15.
The desirability of allowing freshman senate members more chance
to attend senate meetings was given by Mrs. Frye as a reason for
holding the elections at the late date. “The activities of student gov
ernment tgnd to fall off after spring elections,” she contended.
Don Rotenberg, sophomore in chemistry, and Sue Shreeve, freshman
in liberal arts, were selected sophomore representative and freshman
vice president respectively. The vacancies in the class offices occurred
when the two students previously holding these positions failed to
make a 2-point GPA winter term and were declared ineligible.
The selections were made following interviews with seven of nine
students petitioning for the offices.
Barbara Wilcox, freshman in liberal arts, was selected Mothers’ Day
general chairman by the senate. The annual weekend event will be held
in conjunction with Junior Weekend May 8 to 10.
Constitution Changes
Two amendments to the ASUO constitution were presented by Mrs.
Frye speaking for the constitution committee. The first proposal would!
change the filing procedure for freshman class offices and the second
change election procedure for all class positions.
The constitution committee recommended that petitions for fresh
man class officers specifically state the office sought either: (a)
president or vice president, and (b) class representative.
The proposed election procedure change for class officers states:
After the election of a president or vice president, all other candi
dates for president and vice president will be declared ineligible and
then ballots transferred to candidates for representative.
Screening Committee
The eligibility of Bob Brittain, junior class president, still remains,
in doubt. Brittain, who apparently failed to make a 2-point GPA last
term, explained that application for a grade change that would make
him eligible is being made through routine channels. Tom Shepherd,
junior class vice president, is serving as temporary Junior Weekend
chairman until Brittain’s position is clarified.
A joint screening committee to select new Student Union Board
members was appointed by Pat Dignan, ASUO president. Members of
the committee are Bob Simpson, Mary Whitaker, Judy McLoughlin and
Milan Foster.
Approval of Nan Mimnaugh, sophomore in education, and Mary Wil
son, sophomore in liberal arts, as co-chairman of the World Student
Service Fund drive was made by the senate. Shirley Wendt and Gloria
Lee, sophomores in liberal arts, were approved as co-chairmen of the
All-Campus Vodvil.
Mov/e Features Mexico
A film and several slides on Mex
ico and Central America will be
shown tonight at 7 p.m. in 207
Chapman as the first presenta
tion for the spring term series of
the Chapman movies.
Donaldo J. Thomann, graduate
student in education, will show the
films and act as narrator for the
program.
Thomann will present showings
of Mexican craftsmanship follow
ing the movie. These examples
of artwork include bronze and sil
ver ornaments, hand tooled leath
er and straw weavings and mats
made by the natives of Old Mexico.
The movies were taken by Henry
Westhal, Thomann's uncle, while
he was doing missionary work in
Mexico and Central America.
Scenes from the movie cover
Northern, Southern, and Central
America including several of the
ancient Mexican pyramids such
as Cichen Itza in Yucatan and
Monte Alban in Oaxoca county in
South Central Mexico.
Feature of the slides will be a
showing of the eruption of Mt.
Paracutin, the volcano that ex
ploded in a Mexican cornfield sev
eral years ago.
UO Students Hear
Portland Symphony
A crowd of about 2000 heard
the Portland symphony orches
tra at McArthur court Tuesday
night in their Civic music spon
sored appearance.
Highlight of the performance
was the second number of the
program, featuring guest soloist
Jakob Gimpel. The pianist play
ed, with the orchestra, Chopin’s
“Concerto No. 2, in F minor.”
Also outstanding was the final
number, “Symphony No. 5 /2,”
by Don Gillis, a modern work
displaying numerous variations
in instrumentation and rhyth
mic effects.