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The Open Primary
The all-campus open pri
mary proposal, which will
-undoubtedly be on the: ballot
in the May .13 ASUQ election
as a proposed constitutional
amendment, is more than a
^plan for one election tech
-nique.
It would cause a change in
the relationship and structure
of the two political parties at
Oregon.
Whether this is good or bad
-is a moot point. We tend to
think that it would eliminate
much of the political “reality”
of party conflict, but it would
in the final analysis do a lot
toward providing an all
around healthier situation re
garding campus elections.
Primary voting at Oregon
has been moving in the direc
tion of such a plan. This year
the UIS primary was held in
campus voting “booths,” with
candidates eligible for the
ASUO president or class race,
plus the senate-at-large con
test, taking their choice if they
won both.
AGS is holding a three-day
primary during lunch hours,
with all Greeks voting, and
candidates losing the ASUO
race eligible to move down to
the second day’s senior class
•race; losers then can move to
the third day’s senate-at-large
race. AGS screens applicants
to what is considered a work
able slate for each race.
The proposal which missed
being placed on the ballot by
the necessary two-thirds ma
jority vote in the ASUO sen
ate, by one vote Thursday (13
7, 14-6 needed), is the subject
of the petition now being cir
culated, requiring 200 signa
tures to get it on the ballot
next week.
According to the provisions
in the plan, a candidate would
have his name placed on the
-ballot of the party of his
choice, a party being “any
group of students ... that shall
unite .. . (to elect) a candidate
or candidates to ASUO office
or offices.” If defeated in the
primary, he could petition as a
.non-partisan in the general
election.
The voter would choose the
.particular party’s ballot which
be desired.
If this plan passes as an
amend-ment, it would mean
that the closed characteristics
of UIS and AGS would no
longer exist. Any student
could vote in the .primary, as
such* of any party. And any
candidate canfdTtra in the pri
mary of any party. _
What about it? ASUD
President Pat Digram, elected
on last year's AGS ticket, says
he is expressing himself as
neither favoring nor opposing,
the plan. AGS President Jack
Faust says, “We like our sys
tem.” UIS President Don Col
lin, sponsor of the plan, says
he wants the^students, (in
cluding, of course, the stu
dents in AGS) to decide.
Faust and other members of
AGS have objected to the pro
posal on the grounds that (1)
too many good candidates, not
being able to step down the
ladder when defeated, would
not be elected, (2) too many
names without party screen
ing would make an intelligent
vote generally impossible, (3)
fewer people would vote in the
AGS primary than now, and
(4), there is no demand for the
plan in AGS.
The first difficulty could be
ovoided, if necessary, by the
UIS system of double filing
or by successive primaries.
The second point is on too in
definite a basis to permit
agreement or disagreement.
As to the third objection, we
never have liked compulsory
voting" at any level. Whether
there is demand-far the plan in
AGS should be evidenced by
the AGS voters themselves.
Now we don’t want to sound
like we believe we have demol
ished the objections in four
strokes there are too many
arguments and sub-argu
ments for and against the plan
on each point, space not per
mitting further analysis.
For instance, compulsory
voting is in accord with the
basis of AGS, a well-knit or
ganization of Greek houses,
and you have to go further
than just compulsory voting
in this case to judge its good
or bad character.
But the objections and coun
ter-arguments are all second
ary, it would seem, to the maj
or significance of such a plan
—eliminating the relationship
of AGS-UIS, if not their ex
istence as such. Then the nar
row and artificial Greek-inde
pendent split would lose one
of its booster factors.
Maybe it would be better,
though, to keep the slant on
student government away
from moves to accomplish
more in the way of student ac
tivities, to keep it centered on.
who gains political power. But
we doubt it.
Civil Service Head To Talk to Students
James M. Clinton, director of the
-estate civil service commission, and
Arthur A. Wilson, supervisor of
--examinations, will be on campus
’-^Tuesday to interview studeiits
-trained in accounting.
Potential social welfare workers
-will also be interviewed by the
$ivil service representatives.
-Positions for which the inter
views-are being held are ac^ojiptj,
ant, with the qualification of one
course in accounting; income tax
auditor, for appointment in Salem;
junior auditor, completion of 18
hours in accounting; revenue aud
itor, one year of graduate study
or its equivalent in experience;,
fiscal auditor, graduation and 45
hours of accounting; and case
workers, graduation with courses
in social sciences.
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Emerald Publishes Four Proposed
ASUO Constitutional Amendments
(Edit. Note: According to the ASUO constitution proposed intendments shall be pub
lished in the Emerald on three successive publication days, and shall ba voted upon by ballot
of the student body one week from the date of the last publication, following are the pro
posed amendments:)
• Proposed amendment to Article III, Section IV, Clause 3. (Duties of the President).
"He shall, at the beginning of each school term, submit to the Senate for approval an esti
mate of his budget for the following term, and at the beginning of winter and spring terms,
he shall submit to the Senate an account of his expenditures for the previous term."
• Proposed amendment to Article VI, Section III (Elections) "Class positions. The
same election procedure will be followed for each class except that after the election of a
president and a vice president, all other candidates for president will be declared defeated
and their ballots transferred to the candidates for representative."
• Proposed amendment to Article VI, Section IV (Elections). "Dates of Elections.
ASUO elections shall take place after the first and prior to the eighth week of spring term.
FresJifnan elections shall take place after the fifth and prior to the eighth neck of fall term."
• Proposed amendment to Article IV, Section V (Primary Elections). "There shall be
held during each spring term an all campus open primary. Provisions governing the con
duct of this primary will be those presented to the ASUO senate March 5, 1953."
Proposed amendment to the ASUO constitution :
• There shall be one graduate student, a voting member of the senate, elected by gradu
ate students, during the school year.
Dean Leighton Honored by PE Grovp
Ralph VV. Leighton, dean -of the
school of health and physical edu
cation, has named by the American
Association of Health, Physical
Education, and Recreation, as an
honor award fellow of the associa
tion in recognition of his outstand
ing contribution to the profession
and his distinguished leadership
and service to the association.
Leighton,^dean of the school
since 1931, wift retire July 1.
Announcement and presentation
of the award were made at the
Missoula, Mont., meeting of the
Northwest District of the associa
tion April 22-26. Clair Langton,
chairman of the PE Department at
Personal Library
Judges Announced
Judges for the personal library
contest to be held Saturday have
been announced by the contest
sponsors, the University library,
the Co-op, the Association of Pa
trons and Friends and the house
librarians. The contest is open to
anyone who has a personal library
of from 20 to 50 books, and is ar
ranged on a graduate and under
graduate level, with general and
specialized divisions. $200 in prizes
are offered.
Judges are: undergraduate gen
eral, O. M. Willard, chairman; A.
L. DeVolder, A. L. Ellingson, Effie
Knapp and E. R. Bingham. Grad
uate general, E B. Beall, chairman,
F. M. Comebellack, Bertram Jes
sup, Arnold Elston and E. G. Moll.
Undergraduate specialized
judges are Leona Tyler, chairman;
W. S. Laughlin, P. J. Deutschmann,
Andrew Vincent and Frederick J.
Hunter. Judging graduate special
ized are Pierre Van Rsyselbergh
er, chairman, M. D. Ross, C. W.
Macy, O. S. Pinckney and Ivan
wagy.
Entries are due Friday, and
books mu3t be on display in the
reserve room of the library by
Saturday. For further information
concerning the contest contact
Bernice Rise, Student Union brows
ing room.
Date For Entrance
Set by Law School
Orlando J. Hollis, dean of the
law school, announced Wednesday
that all applications for admission
to the law school for next fall term
must be filed with the law school
not later than May 8.
Forms have been mailed to those
on the pre-legal list who are aca
demically eligible for admission at
the beginning of the next year.
Students who wish to enter the law
school who did not receive appli
cations by mail should call at the
office of the law school secretary
and secure the form, Hollis said.
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see nor the sender indicates will
ingness to pay forwarding postage
and if return postage is not guar
anteed.
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Oregon State and member of the
.national awards committee, made
the award, which was accepted for
the dean by Paul WaShke, profes
sor of physical education at Ore
gon.
Harpham Contest
Judges Announced
Judges for the house recreation
al reading contest in competition
for the Josephine Evans Harpham
silver cup have been announced.
They are Mabel Wood, head of the
home economics department, Don
ald DuShane, director of student
affairs, and Bernice Rise, brows
ing room librarian.
The contest is designed to stim
ulate interest in recreational read
ing and the house library program.
The cup will be awarded to the
winning living organization at the
All-Campus Sing during Junior
Weekend. Tau Kappa Epsilon is
in current possession of 'the cup.
UO Choosen for
1954 Convention
Selection of the University of
Oregon as the location of the 1954
convention of the Northwest Dis
trict of the American Association
for Health, Physical Education and
Recreation was made at the April
22-26 district association meeting
in Missoula, Mont.
Oregon personnel elected to hold
offices in the district were Shir
ley Cox, instructor, named district
coordinator for the Women’s Na
tional Officials Rating Board; Dr.
Poley, named chariman of the
therapeutic section; P. O. Siger
seth, named chairman of research
section and Paul Washke, profes
sor, named district representative
to the National Board of Directors.
Education Group
Initiates 16^Coeds
PI Lambda Theta, national wom
en's education honorary, initiated
16 new members Tuesday. The
new members are: Mary Jo Al
bright, Bonnie Birkemeier, Eliza
beth Brown, June Emerson, Bar
bara Farnham, • Shirley Foster,
Anne Gentle, Francis Gillmore,
Lorraine Joy, Myrna K. Maloney,
Dolores Parrish, Mildred Schmidt,
B. Rae Thomas, Sharon William*,
Sarah York, Pearl Young.
Pat Bellmer, president, presided
over the candlelight ceremony.
Civil Engineer Job
Open In Portland
An open, continuous examina
tion for the Job df junior civil en
gineer has been announced by the
Portland civil service board.
Requirements for applicants in
clude graduation from a four-year
engineering school with a bache
lor's degree in some specialized
field of engineering. Duties of the _
job will be computing survey data
and specialized information.
Prospective applicants will need
a knowledge of civil engineering,
algebra, geometry and trigonom
etry. Interested students should
contact the Civil service board, »
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