VOL. MV UN1V. OF ORK , THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1953 NO. 114
Human Nature
Problem Posed
By U of C Prof
The problem of human nature in
a free society is unanswerable
but it must be answered, said
Frank H. Knight, professor of
economics at the University of Chi
cago, in a browsing room lecture
Wednesday.
"This is another question that
must be answered when every an
swer is wrong,” said Knight. We
must live in our universe as well
as possible and try to change it
while avoiding a change for the
worse, he said in his talk on "Hu
man Nature in a Free Society."
Knight's final lecture during his
stay on the campus was heard by
capacity audience. “Man’s function
is to build the world, but we can't
do it very fast,” he commented.
“We must face the dilemma and
live in it until we can change it.”
“Man is the one irrational ani
mal ;a social animal,” Knight said.
“However,” he remarked, "Colo
nial insects are the real social an
imals. It is fairly easy to organize
people against each other, but it
Is hard to organize the world to
gether,” he added.
When we look at the history of
man’s thinking, Knight said, "Is
this critter capable of being given
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Moms' Breakfast
Ticket Sales End
Mother*’ day breakfast ticket
sale* end today, according to
Barbara Wilcox, general chair*
man of Mothers’ day. Tlekets
may lie purchased at the main
desk of the Student Union for
11.25.
Miss Wilcox urged all students
to purchase tickets today since
none will be sold before the
breakfast Saturday morning.
The breakfast will be held at
9 a.m. Saturday with an Ore
gon mothers* club meeting to he
held afterward, Miss W’llcox
added.
Punishment Slated
For 38 Violators
Thirty-eight tradition violators
were reported to the Emerald
Wednesday evening by Barney
Holland, Junior Weekend traditions
chairman.
The following students are to report to
Fenton hail at 12:25 this afternoon for pun
sihment : Kuth Pruitt. Carol McCinnus.
Tanya Trowbridge, flwen Zinniger, Kathy
Connelly, Jill Hutchings, Patty Fagan.
Sonia Edwards, Diane Kamsey, Erma Hous
ton, Sue Silverthorne, Barbara Ceyer, IJar
lene Kraus, Shirley Brown. Sue French.
Margo < asanova, Andy Xasburg, Max An
derson, Kent Darwin, Tom Shepherd, Jack
Smith, Joan Walker. Peggy Brandon, Sally
Phillips, Bev Jones, Ann Chambers, Carole
Hansen, John Keller. Dick James. I»n Still
er. Troy Ijcllah, Mich Hammerstead. Sjien
err Snow, Shirley Johnson, Bill Sherman,
£■» II eyat, Larry Kosc and Carmen
Jr. Weekend to Start
With Campus Cleanup
Campus cleanup by the fresh
man members of living organiza
tions will be held today, with
judges slated to tour the campus
at 4 p.m., Mary Bennette, cleanup
chairman, announced.
Cleanup will begin after classes
and must be completed by the
4 P-m• judging. A map of the sec
tion to be cleaned with the corre
sponding groups are on the bulletin
boards in the Co-op, Carson hall,
Hendricks hall, Student Union,
library and John Straub hall.
First and second place awards
will be presented at the Terrace
'Hong Kong' Dance Set
On SU Terrace Today
A “Holiday in Hong Kong” will
be staged at 4 p.m. today on the
terrace of the Student Union when
the Junior Weekend terrace dance
gets underway following the cam
pus clean-up.
Living organizations have been
asked by Paul Lasker, dance chair
man, to postpone dinner tonight
until 6 p.m. because of the dance
which will last until approximately
5:45. Jack Loughary and his band
will provide music for the free
dance.
Free refreshments—cookies and
punch — will be served at the
dance, Lasker said. The Junior
Weekend court will be introduced
Senate Meet Cut,
Dignan Announces
There will be no meeting of
the ASL'O senate this week, ac
cording to Pat Dignan, ASUO
president. The nextSenate meet
ing is scheduled for Slay 14,
Dignan said.
AGS NAMES WOULD-BE SENATORS
Election Ballot Complete
Nine candidates nominated by
Associated Greek Students in the j
third and last primary Wednesday
will be placed on the ballot for sen
ate-at-large.
They are. in order of their selec
tion by preferential voting re-dis
tribution of ballots:
Bob Summers, Wes Ball, Don
Crawford, Marilyn Parrish, Alan
Oppliger, Mary Wilson, Joe An
stett, Bob Pollock and Ward Cook.
The nine were selected from a
slate of 28 contenders and one
write-in candidate.
Slate Completed
This selection completes the
AGS slate, which is headed by
ASUO Presidential Nominee Tom
Wrightson, and includes Paul
Lasker for senior class president,
Pat Ruan for representative, Jim
Light for junior class president,
Ann Blackwell for representative,
Jim Duncan for sophomore class
president and Janet Gustafson for
representative.
The United Independent Stu
dents slate is Don Collins for
ASUO president, Elsie Schiller
for senior class president, Donald
Fisher for representative, Len Cal
vert for junior class president,
Bob Kanada for representative,
Sam Vahey for sophomore class
president and Paul Ward for rep
resentative.
U1S Ballot Listed
For senate-at-large on the UIS
ballot: Sally Hayden, Tom Shep
herd, Hollis Ransom, Ted Goh,
Germaine LaMarehe, John Vazbys,
Prudence Ducich, Wesley Roop
and Alta Haag.
No AGS candidate for the sen
ate-at-large nominations had the
‘vuota” on the first count neces
s£uy for nomination under the
preferential system. That quota
was 119. Bob Summers came close,
with 115, but the next candidate
was Don Crawford with 61 votes.
Extensive redistribution of votes
was necessary.
Number “Ones” Counted
The first count, according to
number “one” votes, was:
Summers 115, Crawford 81, Pol
lack 69, Ball 64, Parrish 63, An
stett 58, Wilson 58, (Martin Bran
denfels 57), Oppliger 55, (Clarke
Miller 51), Cook 50, (Jean Owens
43, Dorothy Kopp 39, Robert
Hooker 38, Edna Humiston 38,
Barbara Wilcox 38, Garry McMur
ry 36, Mary Whitaker 34, Gary
Meredith 33, Jane Slocum 31,
Rhoda Mae Wolfe 25, Nancy Ran
dolph 23, Jerry Farrow 19, Anne
Dielschneider 18, Ann Erickson 11,
Joan Walker 11, Jack Lally 10,
write-in Bob Lacy 7, Paula Curry
4, and write-in- Waldo 1.)
and freshmen will scrub the Ore
gon seal at the 4:45 intermission.
Awards for the clean-up and the
Alpha Phi Omega cup for the out
standing freshman man will be
presented during the intermission,
he added.
Assisting Lasker on the terrace
dance committee are: Phyllis Pear
son and Jackie Jones, decorations;
Scott Page, intermission, and Rich
ard Baranovich, properties.
Dance at 5 p.m., Mies Bennett®
said.
Each group must furnish their
own brooms, rakes, and boxes. The
rubbish must be placed along Kin
caid and 13th street and University
street where the physical plant,
will collect it, she said.
Pairings Listed
I airings and sections to be cleaned are
Carson 4 and Delta Tau Delta, sections 1 and
2 ; Ann Jadson and Alpha Tau Omega, sec
tion 3 ; Alpha Gamma Delta and Sigma Phi
Epsilon, section 4; Gamma Phi Beta and Pi
Kappa Alpha, section S; Alpha Omicron Pi
and Beta Tbeta Pi, section 6; Delta Gamma
and Sigma Alpha Mu, section 7; Hendricks
hall and Philadelphia House, section 8; Kap
pa Alpha Theta and Kappa Sigma, section
9; Zeta Tau Alpha and Campbell Club, sec
tion 10; Delta Delta Delta and Phi Delta
Theta, section 11; Carson 5 and Delta Upsil
on, section 12.
. Carson 3 and Sigma Alpha Epsilon, sec
tion 13; Kappa Kappa Gamma and Sigma
rsu, sections 15 and 21; University House
and Chi Psi, section 14; Orides and Yeomen,
section 18; Rebec and Tau Kappa Epsilon,
section 19; Delta Zeta and Phi Kappa Psi
section 20; Pi Beta Phi and Straub hall,
section 22 ; Highland House and Vets dorms
section 23 ; Alpha Xi Delta and Phi Gamnm
Delta, section 24; Sigma Kappa and Pi
Kappa Phi, section 25; Alpha Chi Omega
and Lambda Chi Alpha, section 26; Alpha
Phi and Sigma Chi, sections 16 and 17
and Alpha Delta Pi and Theta Chi, section 27
SECRET 'TIL FRIDAY
Newbry to Officiate
Coronation of the Junior Week
end Queen by Oregon Secretary
of State Earl T. Newbry will high
light intermission activities at the
Junior Prom Friday evening, ac
cording to Ann Dielschneider and
Judy McLoughlin, prom co-chair
men.
The court will be introduced and
the queen announced at the for
mal dance to be held in the Stu
dent Union ballroom from 9 p.m.
to 1 a.m. Tickets at §2.88 per
couple are currently on sale at the
Co-op and in men’s living organi
zations. They will also be sold at
the door to the dance Friday eve
ning.
Formals Proper
Proper attire for the dance is
formals for women and suits, tux
edoes or white dinner jackets for
men. Corsages are optional.
Other intermission activities in
clude tapping of new members for
Druids, junior men’s honorary, and
the awarding of the Gerlinger and
Koyl cups.
Charles W. Koyl, class of 1911,
of Ashland, established the Koyl
award for the outstanding junior
man when he was YMCA secretary
MOTHER’S WEEKEND committee relaxes on the Student Union terrace. The chairmen are, from left
£nne Hiil, Enna Houston, Janet Lee Shultz, Barbara Bedford, Barbara Wilcox, Edna Humiston, Donna
Hill, Sally Ryan, Marilyn Lundell and Pauline Merrill. Genera chairman of the event is Miss Wilcox.
just prior to World War I. A new
cup will be presented this year, the
other two no longer having any
space for additional names. Win
ner of the cup is selected by a
committee of faculty members in
consultation with members of the
senior class.
Awarded Personally
The Gerlinger Cup, awarded an
nually to the outstanding junior
woman, was established by Mrs,
George T. Gerlinger, who was a
member of the old board of re
gents. Mrs. Gerlinger was head
of a committee which solicited
funds for Gerlinger hall and the
Oriental Art Museum.
She is the only living person
for whom a building on the Oregon
campus has been named. Winner
of the Gerlinger cup is selected by
a committee composed of faculty,
students and Eugene townspeople,
Both Koyl and Mrs. Gerlinger
have awarded the cup in person ir.
previous years. They have beet
invited to attend the prom this.
year and again make the presenta
tions.
S U Board Names
10 to Top Posts
The Student Union Board named
the committee heads for the com
mg year Wednesday night in the
SU. The board also discussed reg
ular business and the coming ban
quet for the incoming and out
going boards.
Five of the ten new committee
heads are freshmen, three are
sophomores, one is a junior and
one is a special student.
The new committee heads are;
Art gallery, Barbara Johnson,
freshman in art; browsing room,
James Baker, sophomore in liber
al arts; coffee hour forum, Bob
McCracken, freshman in liberal
arts; dance, Phyllis Pearson, fresh
man in business administration*
movie, Bill Swenson, sophomore in
political science; music, Dick Bar
anovich, junior in business admin
istraton; personnel, John Shaffer,,
freshman in liberal arts; publicity, .
Ted Goh, special student in jour
nalism; public relations, Sonia Ed
wards, freshman in art; and re
corded music, Martha Spatz, soph
omore in liberal arts.