VOL. MV
daily
EMERALD
Fifty-fourth year of Publication
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, MAY 12, 1953
NO. 118
Bonn University
Official to Speak
Here This Week
Rector of the University of Bonn,
Germany, Werner Richter, will ad
dress University assemblies Wed
nesday at 8 p.m. and Thursday at
1 p.m.
Classes scheduled for 1 p.m.
Thursday have been changed to
1 p.m. Tuesday to free the Thurs
day hour for Richter's assembly
address.
Richter, who has just completed
an extensive lecture series at Ox
ford, Cambridge and Edinburgh
at the invitation of the British
government, has been termed "one
of Europe's top scholars and edu
cators." He is the author of "Re
Educating Germany.”
Said Time magazine of the Ger
man scholar, "When he began
teaching at Bonn in 1948, the uni
versity soon found that it liked
what lie had learned about Ameri
can education. Students flocked
to his seminars."
Richter has been on the faculty
of the Universities of Constanti
nople, Griefswald, Marburg, Mun
ich and Berlin. His visit to the
United States is sponsored by the
Universities of Iowa, Nebraska,
Colorado, Southern California, Ne
vada, Oregon and Reed college.
PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS
DON COLXJN
Independent Prospect
BOB FUNK
The Peon’s Choice
TOM WRIGHTSON*
Greek Hope
VOTE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5....
Provisions Explained
On Preferential Ballot
Here's how preferential voting,
University of Oregon style, works.
In the class elections candidates
will be numbered by the voter, 1,
ASUO Ballot to Carry
Insurance Plan's Fate
A proposed “blanket-coverage”
insurance plan for Oregon students
will go before the voters Wednes
day on the ASUO ballot for ap
proval or rejection.
The plan is the outgrowth of
study on the subject by a special
committee of the ASUO senate.
Presented to the senate in April by
Committee Chairman Merle Davis
the plan would have the following
provisions:
1. 24 hour coverage, everywhere
(including foreign and domestic
travel), weekends, in or out of
school, summers (if student paid
for three terms.)
2. Accident coverage up to $500
on intramurals, laboratory acci
dents, field trips (both internal
and external accidents covered):
3. Special dismemberment bene
fits up to $1000 for loss of both
eyes, arms or legs, lesser pay
ments for loss of one eye or one
limb;
4. Phone call plus doctor’s cer
tification is needed to collect;
5. Cost: $1.50 per term, or about
50 cents per month.
Phi Theta Taps
New Members
Twenty sophomore women were
tapped for membership in Phi
Theta Upsilon, junior women's
service honorary, at dinner Mon
day night.
New members are Marian Cass,
Ann Blackwell, Tina Fisk, Sue
Fuller, Bobette Gilmore, Rosemary
Hampton, Yvonne Holm, Dorothy
Kopp, Gloria Lee, Nan Mimnaugh,
Lois Powell, Nancy Randolph,
Laura Sturges, Donna Trebbe,
Jackie Wardell, Shirley Wendt,
Mary Whitaker, Janet Wick, Mary
Wilson and Sylvia Wingard.
2, 3, ami 4. The top candidate will
be president, the second vice-presi
dent, and the next two represen
tatives.
The complicated part comes in
on the ballot for ASUO president
and senate-at-large. Preferential
ballots are to be marked, accord
ing to preference, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5_
towards 21 (the number of candi
dates on the ballot), for as many
as the voter wishes. (As the system
works, it is to the voter's advan
tage to vote for the maximum
number of persons, to insure that
his subsequent choices will be con
sidered in successive re-distribu
tion of ballots.)
“One” Advantages
Preferential voting makes it ad
vantageous for a candidate to re
ceive number “one” votes. So, ev
en though he has filed for senate
at-large. he has a better chance
of getting elected to some office
if he gets a 1. The parties and the
presidential candidates, of course,
want their voters to vote number
“one” only for their candidates for
ASUO president.
In determining who will be elect
ed, the counting works this way
under the preferential voting
"single transferable vote” system:
Quota Explained
The total ballots are counted,
making, for example, a total of
2076 valid votes. Then the quota,
simply the total number of votes
(l’s and succeeding numbers in
(Please turn to page tzvoj
info furnished
About Nominees
Don Collin, United Independ
ent Students candidate for
ASI O president, has been on the
ASUO senate for two years. This
year he is a senator-at-large,
and last year he was junior
class vice-president after filling
that vacancy in October, 1951.
Collin, a senior in economics,
has also been a debater and pres
ident of the I IS party this year;
he is the sponsor of the' all
campns primary amendment.
Collin is a member of Friars,
senior men’s hnoorary.
Bob Funk, non-partisan and
“peon” candidate (although his
backers again said Monday night
that he is bowing out), is an
Emerald columnist, has been
Oregana editor, and is a fifth
year student in law.
He is a member of Friars.
Tom Wrightson, candidate of
the Associated Greek Students,
is senior class president this
year, and previously ran for the
senate, though losing out.
He was president of his house,
Chi Psi and is a member of In
ter-fraternity council. Wright
son is a member of Friars, and
has been senior ball chairman.
Distribution Slated
For UO Yearbook
Oreganas will be distributed
Thursday and Friday from 8 a.
m. to 6 p.m. at the hat cheek
counter of the Student Union,
according to Delores Parrish,
business manager.
OFF AGAIN, ON AGAIN
Peon Nominee Stays in President Race
After submitting1 a letter of
withdrawal from the race for
ASUO president, Peon party can
didate Bob Funk told the Emerald
Monday afternoon that he has de
cided to remain on the ballot.
Funk was originally (Sunday)
put up by a group of law school
students for the post; his petition
was turned into ASUO vice-presi
dent Mrs. Helen Frye Wednesday
night.
He indicated to the Emerald
Monday that he and the law school
group never intended to remain in
the race, although his name might
have been on the ballot if it could
not be withdrawn in time. Purpose
of the campaign, according to
Funk’s letter, was to make spring
term “more interesting for every
one.”
But later Monday afternoon
Funk said that after a meeting
with some of his law school stu
dent advisers, he would remain in
the race.
Here is the text of the original
letter of withdrawal (now de
funct) :
“I find myself in the rather im
probable position of running for
ASUO president. This is an un
fortunate enough predicament for
anyone, but for me it is nothing
short of tragedy. As a child I was
naturally retiring; although this
may have worn off somewhat with
the years, I am still rather alarmed
at being in the middle of a politi
cal campaign.
“The fact that I am enrolled in
law school and must study from
time to time has also somewhat
embittered me on the subject of
politics.
“The members of the Peon party
hope that the Peon contribution to
the elections has made spring
term more interesting for every
one. It has made spring term ex
tremely interesting for me. Prob
ably there are various lessons,
morals, etc., to be drawn from
our campaign, but possibly I an
just flattering us there.
“At any rate, the eleventh-hou:
scrounge for votes is quickly ap
preaching, and I would like to ge
out of the way while I still hav<
occasional lucid moments. I an
withdrawing my name from th<
ASUO elections; probably m;
name will still be on the ballot
since if everyone has been tend
ing to business, the ballot is al
ready printed — but for the timi
being, at least, the Peon party an<
its candidate (me) are going un
der ground.”
All-Campus Vote
Set Wednesday
Oregon students will cast ballots Wednesday for ASUO pres
ident, senators-at-large, class officers and members of the co-op
board in the ASUO general election.
Also .they will vote on four proposed amendments to the con
stitution—an all-campus open primary, fall term freshman elec
Lions, separation of class president
and representative candidates orv
the preferential ballots, and sub
mission of the ASUO president’s
budget to the senate at the be
ginning of each term for senate
approval .
Booth Placements Announced
Voting booths will be open from
8 a.m. until 5 p.m. at six spots:
I Student Union.
New campus quadrangle near
west entrance of the library.
“Red Square’’ in front of Com
monwealth hall,
i Fenton hall.
| University co-op store,
i Near Fehley’s studio, 12t.h ave,
and Kincaid St.
Candidates for ASUO president
are Don Collin, United Independ
ent Students; Bob Funk, non-par
Platform for the Associated
Greek Student partv. released
Sunday night by AGS candidate
I for ASUO president, will be
| found on page two.
tisan on ballot; and Tom Wright
son, Associated Greek Students^
Candidates Named
For senator-at-large, on same
ballot as presidential candidates,
are Sally Hayden, UIS; Bob Sum
mers, AGS; Tom Shepherd, UIS'
Wes Ball, AGS; Ben Schmidt, non
partisan; Hollis Ransom, UIS'
Don Crawford, AGS; Marilyn Pari
nsh, AGS; Germaine LaMarche,
CIS; Alan Oppliger, AGS; John
Vazbys, UIS; Mary Wilson, AGS'
Prudence Ducich, UIS; Joe An
stett, AGS; Wesley Roop, UIS*
Robert Pollock, AGS; Alta Haag
CIS; and Ward Cook, AGS.
Senior class office candidates
are Donald Fisher, UIS; Paul
Lasker, AGS, for president; Patti
Ruan AGS; and Elsie Schiller,
UIS, for president. For junior class
office are Ann Blackwell AGS"
Leonard Calvert, UIS, for presi
dent; Bob Kanada, UIS; and Jim
Light, AGS, for president.
For sophomore class office are
Jim Duncan, AGS, for president'
Janet Gustafson, AGS; Sam Vahey
UIS f°r president: and Paul Ward^
All Eligible
Candidates not indicated for
class president are running for
representative. However, all four
in each case are technically elig
ible for president under this type of
preferential voting. Also, senate
at-large candidates are technically
eligible for ASUO president.
Co-op board candidates, three to
be chosen to replace outgoing
three of five students on the board,
are: for sophomore position — to
serve one year, Jean Owens, Paula
Curry, Jane Bergstrom and Bev
erly Braden. One will be chosem
For the two junior positions are
Ann Bankhead (now serving 9.
one-year sophomore post), George
Marshall, and Jean Ellickson.
On the ASUO president and
Candidates Will Talk
Don Collin, Bob Funk and Tom
Wrightson, candidates for the
ASUO presidency, will be pre
sented in a coffee hour forum'
at 4 p.m. today in the Dad’s
lounge of the Student Union.
Other candidates for office
wili be introduced, but will give
no speeches. A question period
will follow and free coffee will
be served.
Tonight at 9 J50 the three pres—
1 idential candidates will appear
on EWAX in a panel discus
sion moderated by Paul War
ren. Questions for the program
. may be phoned in to EWAX, ex
tension 407, any time after 6 p
m., according to Jack Vaughn,
station manager.
senate-at-large ballot, the candi
date with the most number one
votes, providing he has the “quo
ta,” will be elected president. The
next one will be vice-president,
and the nine senators-at-large
will be »rlected according to the
preferential “quota” and distribu
tor system.