Peon Party's Funk in ASUO Race
A group of law school students ;
have entered a third party candi-!
date in the race for ASUO Presi- j
dent Bob Funk, fifth-year law'
student.
Tiic party, dubbed the “Peon
Party,” Is running Funk in Wed
nesday's election, according to its
platform, because he " . . , will
lead us to a new era of free ex
pression, not to subservience to
organized blocs or new parties
which spring out of the ashes of
the demise of old parties which
have died ..."
(One of the two major political
parties on campus, newly-formed !
United Independent Students, was |
organized after the four Greek
houses remaining in United Stu
dents association, UIS predecessor,
returned to the Greek bloc party—
Associated Greek Students.)
The Peon Party gave its plat
form to the Emerald Sunday. Funk
will elucidate on the platform In
a “torchlight rally” from 7 to 7:30
Monday night, according to Bud
Hiefield, senior in law and one of
Funk's campaign managers.
Students of the law school have
frequently formed plans to give a
new “twist” to campus affairs,
with mixed serious and fun-poking
intent.
Hiefield asserted Sunday that
Funk has the support of the stu
dent body — “some 4000 people.”
Emerald Columnist Funk, how
ever, of a more modest nature, as
sured the Emerald that "most of
207 Fenton is behind me.”
Of tlie campaign, Funk said:
"This is a rather good cam
paign from my standpoint since '
Phi Beta Kappa
Adds 26 Seniors
To Membership
!
Phi Beta Kappa, national schol- :
astic honorary, selected 26 new j
members‘this weekend.
They are Beverly Brunton, Mar
jory Bush, Ailne Gentle, James!
Harber, J i m Haycox, Helen Jones, !
LaVaun Maier, William Maicr, I
Maxine Nuttman, Joanne Walker, j
Constance Ohlsen, Jean Prior, Eliz
abeth Douris.
Others named are Glenn Torrey,
Marvin Webster, William Harris,
Aityce Hawman, William Link
later, Janet Shaw, Carolyn Shep
herd, Jane Wiggen, Sharon Wil
liams, Hope Ecklund, Francis Gill
more and Jpchanan Stensch.
All seniors, the members were
selected on the basis of grades,
minimum GPA for consideration
is a 3.38 accumulative. The “Sen
ior Six,” the top members of the
class, were elected to the honorary
last fall.
They were Mary Dorris, Helen
Jackson Frye, Patricia Ward,
Chris Williams, William Norval
and Vera Gwen Paugh.
Jackie Saylor was the winner
of the Phi Beta Kappa annual
book award for the outstanding
sophomore scholastically. She will
receive $25 in books.
President's Mother
Succumbs Saturday
Mrs. Mary Alice Newburn, moth
er of University president Harry
K. Newburn, died Saturday in a
hospital in Pekin, 111.
Newburn had been scheduled to
speak at the Mother's breakfast
Saturday morning, but it was an
nounced then that he was at his
mother’s bedside.
Mrs. Newburn was 83 years old,
and a native of Tennessee, 111. She
had lived in Cuba, 111., for the last
few years. Newburn’s father died
in 1934.
we have no serious platform, no
serious party, no serious campaign,
and no serious aspirations for po
litical office. . . . some of the
members of the Peon Party are
quite sure that this is all a joke
while some are equally sure that it
is not a joke.
"... if (the other candidates)
should both die on the night be
fore election and I should win by
default, I’ve been around for
enough years tq have an idea, pos
sibly no dimmer than anyone else's,
of what campus politics are all
about."
The Peon Party platform:
"Viva La Funk!" Rising from |
the ranks of the peons springs a
new found leader — Funk — the
Peon. Viva La Funk! The peon
party takes great pride in an
nouncing their candidate for the J
office of ASUO president —a man !
whose courage knows no bounds, j
whose veracity has never been 1
subject to question, whose perse- !
verance is without match, and!
whose character is pure as the ;
driven snow. Viva La Funk!
"A glorious experience awaits
those who have not yet had the
opportunity to know this man . . .
but the time is near when all will
have the glorious chance to see
and hear this man of the people, !
a true representative of all peons.'
Watch for him!!!! Viva La Funk!
BOB FI NK—THE PEON
Oregon’s new Diogenes looking for an honest politician
“He promises to take out of
politics the slur of ‘party-bound’
and 'self-seeking'. He will lead us
to a new era of free expression,
not to subservience to organized
blocs or new parties which spring
out of the ashes of the demise of
old parties which had died—died,
because overladen with burdens of
past impositions on the simple,
but majestic student body at Ore
gon!
WILLIAM EDWARDS, YMCA
delegate to the 1952 World
Christian Youth conference in
Travencore, India, will discuss
his experiences at the conference
and in other eastern countries.
He will speak at a noon meeting
Tuesday sponsored by the Uni
versity YMCA.
Honorary Tapping
Luncheon Feature
The annual Junior Weekend pa
rade of tappings climaxed the pro
gram of the All-Campus Lunch
eon Saturday afternoon in Mc
Arthur court, along with the pre
sentation of the Alpha Phi Omega
service award to Bob McCracken,
freshman in liberal arts.
Tapping new members were
Mortar Board, senior women’s hon
orary; Friars, senior men's hon
orary, and Asklepiads, pre-medical
honorary.
Presented with the red rose of Mortar
hoard were Judy McLoughlin, Kitty Fras
er, Sally Haseltine, Kay Moore, Joann
Sloan, Joan Walker, Sally Hayden, Cathy
Tribe, Janet Bell, Virginia Dailey, Mary Jor
dan, Mitzi Asai, Joan Marie Miller, Sandra
Price, Sally Thurston, Elsie Schiller, and
Mrs. Harry K. Newburn.
Nine men were tapped by the black-garb
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Pi Phi, Sigma Chi Win
Saturday Night's Sing
Pi Eeta Phi, singing “Ave Ma
ria,” and Sigma Chi, with “Cool
Water,” won first place awards in
Saturday night’s 13th annual All
campus Sing-—“Parade of Songs.”
The Pi Phi's, who were last year's
winners, were led by Jackie Dens
more. Jim Owens conducted the
Sigma Chi's.
Placing second in the Sing were
University house, led by Pat Hart
ley and singing "All the Things
You Are,” and Sigma Phi Epsilon,
last year’s men's winners, singing
“Barb’ra Allen” under the direc
tion of Bob Hewett.
Third place winners were High
land house with “Madame Jean
ette” led by Dorothy Govig, and
Sigma Alpha Epsilon, clad in
black choir robes and singing “The
Lost Chord,” led by Don Parr.
Float Winners Named
Announced at the Sing were the
winners of the Float parade Sat
urday afternoon. Parade chairman
Sally Haseltine presented the first
place cups to Campbell club and
Highland house for their float
“Dreamer’s Holiday.” Campbell
club has won permanent posses
sion of the cup by winning the
float parade for the third straight
year.
“Holiday Carousel,” Kappa Kap
pa Gamma and Phi Sigma Kappa
float, was awarded second place.
Third place winners were Sigma
Chi and Carson 5 with their float
“Picnic Holi-Daze.”
Livesay Wins Award
The Emerald Athletic trophy
was presented by baseball coach
Don Kirsch to Jim Livesay, base
ball star.
The Friars’ faculty award went
to Alburey Castell, head of the
philosophy department.
Twenty-five freshmen men were
tapped at the Sing -for member
ship in Skull and Dagger, sopiyi- j
more men's service honorary:
Donald Bonir.e, Robert Giersdorf. Rich- *
ard Gray, Donald Hazelett, Patrick Henry I
II. Dean McMullen. John Shatter, Earle
Culbertson, Nelson Hinkson. Robert Maier.
Jerry Hamilton, Andrew Nasberg. Doyle
Higdon, Sam Vahey, James Duncan, Gerald
Igi. Douglas Liechty. Phil Lynch, Robert
McCracken, Garry McMurray, Martin Bran
dentels. Gerald Froebe. Jerry Farrow, John
Lallv and M arvin Young.
The Burt Brown Barker scholar
ship cups were won by University
house and Alpha hall. These living
organizations had the highest
scholastic record during the last
year.
Scholarships Awarded
AWS president Judy McLough
lin was awarded the Hazel Schwer
ing scholarship. The William Frag
er Skull and Dagger scholarship
went to Edward Toyooka.
William Walker was presented
with the Maurice Harold Hunter
award to the outstanding junior
man in liberal arts. The Alpha Phi
Omega service award went to Rob
ert McCracken.
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Sign-up of Mothers
Reaches 639 Total
A total of 639 mothers, 133 more
than last year, registered in this
year's 26th annual Oregon Moth
ers’ weekend, according- to Bar
bara Wilcox, general chairman.
Alpha Xi Delta and Chi Psi
walked off with the new trophies,
awarded at the All-Campus Sing
Saturday night for the women’s
and men’s houses with the largest
percentage of mothers registered.
Last year’s winners were Alpha
Delta Pi and Phi Delta Theta.
Breakfast attendance was also
up from last year’s figure of 270,
Miss Wilcox reported.
“Admit it—we are all peons.
Humble, simple, honest, fair,,
friendly, earnest, open-faced—but
above all, simple sturdy people.
We have all too long been under
lings'
Oppression to End!
“Political oppression — vote by
the dictation of others who hold
themselves up as superior in
knowledge and policital acumen—.
was all too long our lot, because
we had no leader to show us the
way to political independence, ex
cept those who would place them
selves above us as lordlings.
“But now, now we have a lead
er who is none of this! The sim
plest man of all of us! Viva La
Funk! He is trustworthy, brave,
clean, kind, reverent, obedient, (Ed.,
note: Funk says he does not belong
to Alpha Phi Omegaj, loyal, hon
est—aU of these things, because
he is a simp.
Dedicated to Peons
He is the first, the prince, of
Peons. He will give us an honest
administration, dedicated to we
peons, for he is above all things,
a peon. Truth, honesty, with the
thought of his fellow peons set
before any self-seeking personal
gain, is ours, if we will but sup
port him.
“He is not a Greek! (Ed. noter
He is a member of Tau Kappa Ep
silon.) He is not an independent!
He is a peon!
“Arise, fellow peons, and throw'
the shackles of crime and corrup
tion from our shoulders. The great
est peon of all will lead the way!
We give you, La Funk, the Peon!
Viva La Funk!'’
Twenty-one Vie
For President,
Senate-at-Large
Twenty-one candidates are en
tered on the ASUO ballot for
ASUO president and senate-at
large in Wednesday’s election. The
form of presidential voting used at
Oregon lumps presidential candi
dates and those for senate-at-large
together on one ballot, with senate
Forum Tuesday
Candidates in Wednesday’s
ASUO election will be present
at a coffee hour forum Tuesday
afternoon, with those running;
for ASUO president giving- short
talks and the rest being intro
duced.
Following the talks a ques
tion and answer period will be
held.
The forum, which replaces the
nominating assembly previously
held before elections, will be held
in the Student Union Dads’
lounge at 4 p.m. Tuesday. A
similar forum was held last year
before elections.
at-large candidates theoretically*
eligible for ASUO president.
Running for ASUO president are
Don Collin, United Independent
Students; Bob Funk, non-partisan
(according to the ASUO classifi
cation); and Tom Wrightson, As
sociated Greek Students.
The only other non-partisan can
didate in the election, Ben Schmidt,
is running for senator-at-large. Ted
Goh, UIS nominee for senator-at
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Class Shift Made
All classes scheduled for 1 p.
m. Thursday will meet on Tues
day at the same hour this week.
The change will free the Thurs
day hour for a University assem
bly address by Werner Richter,
rector of the University of Bonn.