Morris Heads Year's Changes
Week's Events
Tuesday- 3:30 p.m. Transfer stu
dents meeting, SU 333 and 334
7:30 p.m. Advisor-advisee
meeting
9:30 p.m. Dormitory meetings
Wednesday-5:30 p.m. Duckling
picnic
7:30 p.m. ASUO assembly,
McArthur court
9:30 p.m. Dormitory meetings
■J .ursday—1:00 p.m. Transfer stu
dents meetings, SU 333 and
334
3-5 p.m. Dean's tea, Gerlinger
hall
7-10 p.m. SU open house.
8:30-10 p.m. President’s re
ception, SU Dad's lounge
Friday—1-5 p.m. Open houses,
women’s rushing ,
Saturday- 9-12 p.m. Hello Dance,
SU Ballroom
Sunday—11:00 a.m. "Go-to
Church” Sunday
Hands Off Plan Ends;
New IFC Rules In Effect
Freshmen, want to have coffee
with a fraternity man? It’s legal
this year, for the first time since
1949.
For the first time in four years,
Oregon fraternities will rush fresh
man men fall term, with formal
rush week starting Sept. 27, ac
cording to Con Sheffer, Inter
Fraternity council president.
The "hands off" policy, in force
during the four-year period, was
repealed by the IFC spring term
in favor of open rushing all year.
The first event of this term's
rush week will be an orientation
assembly Sunday night, Sept. 27,
in the Student Union ballroom.
Rushees will make rusi. dates
Monday afternoon and evening,
Sheffer said.
Under the new IFC policy,
freshmen may visit fraternity
houses at any time during the year
but fraternity men cannot visit
freshmen in the frosh dorms.
Complete rushing rules as pass
ed by IFC spring terms are as
follows:
L 1- Rush week shall be held the
second week of classes fall term.
\ 2. Rush week orientation meet
ing will be held Sept. 27 and
f rushees will sign up for dates the
next day, Sept. 28.
3. There will be no prep decile
: for freshman planning to rush.
L 4. There will be no hands off
f policy between the opening of
Ischool and rush week.
iDr. Russell Blemker
On infirmary Staff
Dr. Ru^gell Blemker haa been
added to the1- University infirmary
. staff and will take over his post
1 Jan. 1. He replaces Dr. Squire
Bozorth, former university physi
cian, who died in August.
J Doctor Bozorth had served on
khe infirmary staff for the last
Wive years. Dr. Blemker was on
jfthe staff for one year several
fyears ago.
». The Health Service will be
gopen from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday
through Friday and 8 a.m. to noon
rm Saturday. Sunday hours from
jkl6 to 10:30 a.m. will be discon
tinued. A nurse will be on duty
*>utside regular hours to take care
#of students with serious illness oi
l-injuries. Dr. Fred N. Miiier, di
rector of the health service, also
tvill see emergency cases outside
•if the regular dispensary hours.
a. Freshman men may be rushed
1 on arrival on campus.
b. Fraternity men will not be
allowed 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
i 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
end of three terms, he will be
i dropped from his pledge.
b. A freshman entering school
winter term may move into the
house the following fall term pro
vided he makes his grades in two
terms.
c. Freshmen entering school
spring term may move into the
house fall term, but must have a
2 point accum by the end of the
following winter term.
8. Tuesday night will be the
night for all pledge meetings.
9. Fraternities can not hire
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 activ
ity. Freshmen may also participate
in house study tables.
I
New Students
Continue Tests
Freshmen and new students to
day entered their second day of
testing in preparation for registra
tion later this week. Students are
being given the English, mathe
matics and language tests in addi
tion to the Ohio psychological ex
amination.
Those students entering the Uni
versity for the first time and who
have not yet picked up their reg
istration material may do so today
in the Student Union ballroom. Old
students may pick up their ma
terials at the SU after 8 a.m.
Wednesday.
Advisers will be assigned to
freshmen and sophomores by the
chariman of lower division advis
ers. All lower division stuefents
! must obtain a card from him at
! the SU during regular registration.
The deans and department heads
' will arrange the assignment of ad
visers for other students. Each
' student must have his schedule ap
proved by his adviser before he
| proceed with registration.
Cards Filled ....
Next step in the procedure is en
rollment in courses with the de
partments. An instructor's card
must be filled out for each class
and delivered to the specified de
partment office. The department
will stamp the registration card
opposite the proper course.
The student affairs card, news
bureau card and other registration
cards are to be filled out and de
livered to the specified department
office. The department will stamp
the registration card opposite the
proper course.
The student affairs card, news
bureau card and other registration
cards arc to be filled out and de
livered to the student affairs
clerks in the SU. Students may
register their cars with the ASUO
traffic court at the same time.
New students will fill out a per
sonnel folder. Identification photo
graphs w’ill also be taken.
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Education Board
Selects BA Dean
H. K. NEWBURN
. . . out
by Sally Ryan
Emerald Assistant News Editor
Oregon students returning to
Eugene have found big changes
both in the physical aspects of the
campus and in University person
nel.
Biggest single change was the
naming of Victor P. Morris, dean
of the school of business adminis
tration, as acting president of the
University at a meeting of the
sti-te board of higher education
Sept. 4. Morris’ selection followed
a closed session of the board held
at.the BenstM hotel in Portland.
Physical plant changes include
razing of McClure hall to make!
room for construction of a new1
journalism building. The school of 1
journalism has temporarily moved
to the quonset huts east of Com-!
monwealth hall. Additional details ,
on page 8.
Confirmation of Morris’ nomina
tion is expected at the official \
board meeting Wednesday. He is |
to serve from that date until a new
president can be selected.
Vacancy Created
Morris fills the vacancy created
by the resignation of H. K. New
burn, who took the post of direc
tor of a national project in educa
tional television. Newburn had
served as president of the Univer
sity since June 8, 1946.
W. C. Jones, dean of administra
tion, resigned to accept a position
as executive director of the West
ern Interstate Commission for 1
Higher Education. For an indefi- j
nite period Jones' office will be in j
Johnson hall.
Group Insurance Available
University of Oregon students
may purchase year around acci
dent coverage at group insurance
rates under the terms of a con
tract signed last spring by the
University and the Mutual Bene
fit Health and Accident Associa
tion of Omaha.
The accident insurance, which
was approved by 88 per cent of
the students voting in last
spring’s ASUO elections, provides
coverage up to $500 for hospital
care and doctor bills on any one
accident and $500 for accidental
death.
The policy covers intramural
sports, plus skiing and swimming,
and may be carried in addition to
any other insurance the student
has. It does not cover inter-schol
astic sports, eye glasses, free serv
ice rendered by the school health
service, injuries covered by Work
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“Here’s your policy, Tom,” says Dorothy Ktopp as she sells ASUO
President Tom Wrightson the first ASUO insurance policy.
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VICTOR P. MORRIS
... in
Lyle Nelson, director of public
services, whose resignation was ef
fective today, has already left the
campus. In his capacity as assist
ant to Newburn, he has begun
preparations for Newburn's woi-k
as head of the Educational Tele
vision and Radio Center.
This Fold Foundation project is
located on the University of Mich
igan campus at Ann Arbor, Mich.
Newburn will not leave to as
sume his position until early in
December.
The board gave no indication of
whom it is considering for the
permanent presidency, although it
did go over the records of some 20
candidates. Morris announced in
his statement of acceptance that
he is definitely not a candidate for
the permanent presidency.
Morris is currently chairman of
the board of deans and senior dean
in terms of service. He started hrsr
career at Oregon State, where he
taught in the economics depart
ment from 1924 to 1926. He came
to Oregon as an assistant profes
sor of economics in 1926.
Oregon Candidate Active
An Oregon graduate, Morris re
ceived his masters degree here in
1920. He received a doctor of phil
osophy degree from Columbia in
1930.
A native of South Dakota, he
has been active with the Institute
of International Relations at the
University of California and at the
University of Southern California.
Morris was named director of the
institute at Oregon in 1932.
A member of the Oregon state
education commission established,
by the 1933 legislature, he was a
member of the Eugene school
board from 1933 to 1939. Morris
also served as chairman of the in
terim committee of the Oregon
legislature on the workmen’s com
pensation law, 1939-40, chairman
of the Oregon state committee for
postswar readjustment and devel
opment established by the 1943
legislature, chairman of the merit
system council of the Oregon pub
lic welfare commission and head
of many other state' committees.
In announcing the appointment
of Morris the board reported that
“It is necessary that an interim
administration be appointed for
the University of Oregon to care
for the executive matters from tho
beginning of the school year until
a permanent appointment can bo
made.”
Recommendation Accepted
"Meeting as a committee, board
members have concurred in Chan
cellor Byrne’s recommendation
that Dean Victor P. Morris of the
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