SAC Approves NAACP
Fall Term Rush Week
To Return Next Year
rail term rushing for freshman
im n will be a thing of reality next
September after Inter-Fraternity
Council action Wednesday.
The rush lules, containing a fall
term rush week, were proposed and
approved by the council in action
last week. The proposed changes
were then sent to the office of stu
dent affairs for consideration.
The proposal was reported back
at Wednesday's meeting with stu
dent affairs approval. Under this
new system, formal rush week will
be held during the second week of
classes starting Sept. 28. The new
rush rules are now a part of the
1FC constitution.
The complete rush rules as pass
ed by the IFC are as follows:
1. Rush week shall be held the
second week of classes fall term.
2. Rush week oi lentation meet
ing will be held Sunday, Sept. 27
and rushees will sign up for dates
the next day, Monday, Sept. 2o.
3. There will be no prep decile
f< r freshman planning to rush.
•1. There will be no hands off
policy between the opening of
school and rush week. This will al
low fraternities to carry on sum
mer rushing activities.
a. Freshman men may be rush
ed on arrival on campus.
b. Fraternity men will not be al
lowed in freshman dormitories at
any time during the year.
5. Open rushing will be in effect
all year with official pledge per
iods for winter and spring terms
starting the second week of each
term and lasting for three weeks.
6. Initiation requirements:
a. If a pledge does not have a
2 point accumulative GPA at the
enrl of three terms, he will be
dropped from his pledge.
b. Freshmen entering school win
ter term may move into the house
the following fall term provided he
makes his grades in two terms.
c. Freshmen entering ^chool
spring term may move into the
house fall term, but must have a
2 point actum by the end of the
following winter term.
7. IFC will automatically drop
pledges who have not made their
grades for three terms.
8. Tuesday night will be the
night for all pledge meetings.
9. Fraternities can not hire
Emerald Ceases
Publication Today
Today's paper is the last Emer
ald of the year.
With today's issue, No. 130, a
year of ups and downs (in number
of pages and publication days per
week) comes to an end. The Em
erald started out fall term as an
eight-page paper, four days a
week. Winter term it went to five
days per week, with Thursday's
and Friday’s issues eight pages, the
rest four.
Since the beginning of the third
week spring term the Emerald has
been a five-day, four-page paper,
coming out at noon for the first
time in its 53-plus years of pub
lication, as a morning paper.
Publication of the 1953-54 Em
erald will begin Tuesday, Sept 15,
during new student (and registra
tion) week.
Lenz Named Yell King
By New ASUO Senate
Dgvid Lenz, junior in business
administration, was appointed yell
king for 1953-54 by the ASUO sen
ate Thursday evening. The meet
ing was the first one for the newly
elected ASUO and class officers
and the final meeting for the
school year.
Lenz was selected by the senate
from a group of four petitioners.
Those petitioning were Earle Cul
bertson, freshman in architecture
and allied arts, Gary McFarland,
freshman in business administra
tion, Ed Wright, freshman in liber
al arts and Lenz.
The senate selected Patty Ruan,
junior in English, as secretary;
Bob Summers, sophomore in law,
as parliamentarian, and Paul Las
ker, junior in education, as ser
geant-at-arms.
A report on the results of the
general election vote on the in
surance plan was given by Merle
Davis, an outgoing member of the
ASUO senate. Davis was chairman
of the senate committee which in
vestigated the insurance plan. A
motion to approve the bid of Mu
tual of Omaha was passed. The
plan will take effect next fall term.
Several appointments by Tom
W rightson, ASUO president, were
approved by the senate. The ap
pointments were: Orientation pro
gram — Judy McLoughlin; Ore
Nter editor—Kitty Fraser; Mill
race committee — E. G. Ebbig
hausen and Dick Williams; Stu
dent Activities Evaluation commit
tee — Tom Shepherd, and Honor
Code — Bob McCracken.
A report was given by Bob
Summers on the proposed North
west Federation of Collegiate
Leaders. Summers has been work
ing with leaders from other col
leges and universities on the pro
posed federation.
pledges to work in the houses.
10. Freshmen may participate in
house activities excepting intra
mural sports and when the dormi
tory may have a conflicting ac
tivity. Freshmen will also parti
cipate in house study tables.
In other action taken at Wed
nesday's meeting Lambda Chi Al
pha was fined S35 on two counts
at IFC tribunal action. Lambda
Chi was fined $10 for pledging and
initiating a man the same term and
*25 for initiating a man whose
accumulative GPA was not a 2.
point.
Also appearing before the tri
bunal was Beta Theta Pi which
was charged with pledging a man
without a 2 point GPA. The Beta
representative presented evidence
the man's grades had been
brought up to a 2 point when he
was pledged. No action was taken
pending official notification from
the office of student affairs of the
man's scholastic standing.
Petition Changes
Given as Reason
By Paul Keefe
AstiMant Managing Editor
Pconfewfi0nal ASSTiati°n f°r Ule ArIvanccnient of Colored
Lv a ternr r gmZti 7 StUf,Cnt Affairs committee Thurs
affairs aCC°rdmg l° Dona,d D“Shane, director of student
ni^dS,!re Statcd Thursflay evening that the group was recog
' d '.T reco'lsKjeration of the group’s petition. The petition
mem™ aml,mt< ■ ^n* StlKicnt Affairs committee with “amend
ments and considerable amplification.”
I he amendments and amplifications “substantially clarified'
’ °US q”est,ons vvhlch were raised by the Student Affairs
committee,” DuShane added
inaacp has been refused recog
nition twice by the committee. The
first refusal was about a year ago
when certain items of NAACP’s
j constitution were listed as the bas
jis for refusal. On Feb. 19, 1953,
i the group repetitioned with certain
changes in their constitution but
were refused by a vote of three
to three, with two members of the
committee abstaining.
The UO faculty senate decided
\\ ednesday that it considered the
j refusal of recognition to NAACP
a mistake.-’ This action by the
senate came in the form of the ac
ceptance of a sub-committee’s re
port on SAC's policy for recogni
tion of student organizations.
In other action Thursday, the
SAC decided that recognition
, would be withdrawn from any
group which had held no meetings 1
; and turned in a list of officers for !
a period of one year. Any such |
inactive organization will be con-:
sidered “dead-- by SAC. DuShane
stated that one group still had !
recognition even though it has not
functioned for nearly five years. '
Webfoots Invade
Stanford Diamond
For Playoff Series
University cf Oregon, Northern
Division baseball champions, meet
the Stanford Indians, Southern
Division titlists, today at 1 p.m.
Rally Planned Sunday
Oregon’s baseball team will be
welcomed home from Stanford
with a rally at the Southern Pa
cific depot, Sunday night at
8:30. Living -organization pair
ings will be posted in the Co-op
and the Student Union today.
at Palo Alto in the first game of
the 1953 PCC baseball playoffs.
Oregon Coach Don Kirsch will
probably start Norm Forbes, soph
omore righthander, on the mound
against the heavy hitting Stan
fords. The Indians’ prize light
(Please I'.irn to tone einhtl
SOCKMAN TO SPEAK
900 to Graduate June 14
Over 900* seniors will receive
their degrees from the University
of Oregon on Sunday, June 14.
Delivering the commencement ad
dress will be the Rev. Ralph Sock
man, pastor of Christ church in
New York City.
Events for commencement week
end begin Friday, June 12, with
a tea from 3 to 5 p.m. in alumni
hall of Gerlinger to benefit the
| Pauline Potter Homer collection
j of beautiful books.
Women Slate Breakfast
Slated Saturday at S a.m. is the
annual meeting and breakfast of
the state association of UO women
at the Student Union. Senior
women and alumnae may obtain
reservations and tickets, at $1, at
4-0590.
The class of 1913 is sponsoring
at 9:30 a.m. Saturday a “Back to
Learning'1 tour of Commonwealth
and the science building. Morning
lectures include James H. Gilbert,
professor emeritus of economics,
speaking at 10 a.m. on “The Break
down and Build-Up of the Tax
System.” “Modern Developments
in Astronomy” will be the topic of
E. R. Ebbighausen, associate pro
fessor of physics, presenting an il
lustrated lecture at 11 a.m.
Class Reunions Slated
The SU ballroom will be the site
at Saturday noon of a dinner, with
meetings of the classes holding
reunions this year — 1903, 190S.
1913, 1923 and 1928. The Half-Cen
tury club will also hold its fourth
annual meeting.
A president’s reception will be
held at 4 p.m. Saturday in almuni
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“Gee, Dr. Newburn, why didn't someone tell me earlier that I had
tb register for those courses*?”
hall of Gerlinger. Class reunion
dinners will take place at 6 p.m.
in downtown hotels and the SU.
The weekend winds up Sunday
with the flower and fern procession
at 1:45 p.m. at the site of the
Pioneer Mother. Commencement
and baccalaureate exercises and
conferring of degrees will be held
in McArthur court at 2:30 p.m.