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AL KARS, Editor
BILL BRANDSNESS, Business Manager
On Phones, Bills, Sex
“Phones” are fighting words to most of the upperclass stu
dents on the University of Oregon campus.
Telephone service in university dormitories was a sore issue
a couple of years ago when pay phones were installed and stu
dents paid for every call they made. Lorna Larson, editor of the
1951-52 Emerald, was one of the leaders in the hot campaign
which climaxed w ith removal of the pay phones.
And when students came back to campus this fall to find pay
phone service in the dorms again, there was a lot of lifted eye
brows.
' Happily, the skies soon cleared and the new university policy
on dormitory telephone service has emerged as merely a clear
cut administration move to eliminate the problems of unpaid
long distance phone bills in the freshman dorms.
Extensions of the university phone number, 5-1511, have
been installed in Carson and the Vets dorms. Putting all out
side calls under the jurisdiction of the university switchboard
.—with the power to say a firm “no” to any long distance num
bers—is a big step in eliminating the perpetual problems of
collecting for those calls.
If freshmen w^ant to call an off-campus number, it means some
inconvenience in dialing through the switchboard, with its tra
ditional time lapse in placing calls. We’ve heard rumors that it
takes a fellow 15 ranutes to get a call into Carson through the
switchboard. And that’s bad!
Long distance calls can still be made without costing a cent
if the dorm students use our favorite policy of reversing the
charges. Bell still returns the dime initially expended.
And we tend to be a bit -sympathetic to the powers-that-be
when it comes to the old saw of collecting for those expensive
little conversations.
The theory behind leaving regular business phones in Straub
hall is that a group of older men have built up responsibility to
their hall. And collecting bills for the outside calls is left in the
hands of hall members.
This makes sense from a couple of angles—university hous
ing isn’t stuck with the remains of the phone bill at the end
of the term and dorm men can exert a lot of social pressure to
keep those bills paid up when it hits them in the pocketbook.
And too many campus extensions would overload the switch
board.
From -where -we sit, the only students with the beginning of
a gripe are the upperclass women on Carson II. They still have
extension phones, but we think it’s more a matter of physical
expediency in installing the phones than a subtle hint that the
opposite sex is more responsible, money-wise. (E.S.)
These Mid-terms
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“No, not tonight, Professor Snarf has been temperamental, sullen,
cynical, nasty, an’ in a bad mood all day, so he thought he’s better
take advantage of it and grade papers this evening.”.
Sr. Representative
Petitions Due Now
Petitions for the vacant senior
representative spot on the ASUO
senate will be accepted in the
ASUO office, Student Union 304
until 5 p.m. today, ASUO Pres.
Tom Wrightson has announced.
Up to 4 p.m. Wednesday, one
petition had been submitted. Any
senior with a 2 point cumulative
GPA is eligible to apply for the
post. Petitioners will be inter
viewed by the senate tonight, and
one will be selected for member
ship. Resignation of Don Fisher,
senior in biology, created the va
cancy.
Fellowships
Now Available
Application forms for the Na
tional Science foundation gradu
ate and postdoctoral fellowships
in science are now available to
seniors and graduate students in
science from the various depart
ment heads.
The fellowships total 750 and
are offered to students plannings
to take graduate work during the
1954-55 year in mathematical,
physical, medical, or engineering
sciences, including physical an
thropology; psychology, exclusive
of clinical psychology; physical
geography, and i nterdisciplinary
fields. Fellowships are not avail
able to individuals studying for
the M.D. degree, but are available
for advanced studies directed to
ward a research career.
Selections for the predoctoral
fellowships will be based on aca
demic records, ability recommen
dations, and a scientific examina
tion score. Postdoctoral students
need not take the examination.
CAMPUS BRIEFS
0 A call for petitions for chair
man of the AWS auction which
will be held at 4 p.m. next Thurs
day in the Student Union has been
issued by Paula Curry, sergeant
at-arms. Petitions for general
chairman, entertainment chair
man, promotion chairman, collec
tion chairman and publicity chair
man are due at 5 p.m. tomorrow
at Kappa Alpha Theta.
0 The Canterbury club meet
ing scheduled for this Sunday has
been cancelled, according to Sonia
Dalton, secretary. The next meet
ing of the organization will be a
week from Sunday at the rectory.
0 A meeting of Scabbard and
Blade, military honorary, will be
held at 6:30 tonight in the Stu
dent Union, according to Pres.
Joe Kennedy.
0 Final tryouts will be held
tonight at 7 in Villard 104 for the
third production of the University
theater’s current season, "The
Moon Is Blue.”
All those who have not pre
viously tried out or whose names
are posted on the speech depart
ment bulletin board are asked to
be present, according to Horace
W. Robinson, who will direct the
comedy.
§ Don Collin, ASUO vice-pres
ident, will explain the preferen
tial ballot system, which will be
used in the freshman elections, at
12:30 p.m. today in the Student
Union. All interested persons are
invited to attend, Collin said.
0 Deadline for Campus Merry
Go-Round news is Thursday at 5
p.m. Living organizations should
leave items in the Emerald news
office located in the quonset hut
next to Deady hall.
LAST CHANCE
THIS YEAR
. Oregana
for
'54
Buy now from your
living organization
representative!
Architecture School to Exhibit
Accord Between Nature, Art
An exhibition revealing the cor
respondence of natural forms and
formations with man’s art will be
on display in the hall of the art
gallery of the school of architec
ture through Nov. 9.
Under the direction of George
E. Kostritsky, assistant professor
YWCA Invites
Frosh Women
All freshmen women are invited
to attend YWCA freshmen com
mission meetings even though they
are not signed up for specific com
missions, according to Kay Stager,
junior adviser counselor.
Public affairs commission meets
Monday; service, Tuesday; relig
ion and worship, Wednesday; and
international affairs Thursday. All
meeetings are at 4 p.m. at the
YWCA office in Gerlinger hall.
Girls should attend the commis
sion of their choice whether they
have been notified or not, accord
ing to Mrs. Stager.
Alpha Phi Omega
Rushing Begins
Alpha Phi Omega, national
men’s service fraternity, is holding
rushing functions for all men for
merly connected with scouting.
The University chapter will hold
an open meeting tonight, following
the freshman election assembly.
The meeting, to acquaint men with
the chapter activity, will be held
in the Student Union, according to
Jerry Froebe, president.
UO Law Grads
Noted atMeet
Twenty-one of the city attorneys
who participated in the program
at the recent annual convention of
the League of Oregon Cities at
the Multnomah hotel In Portland
were graduates of the University
of Oregon law school, reported
Charles Howard, professor of law.
The meeting was made up of
city attorneys from the various
towns and cities of the state of
Oregon. Professor Howard parti
cipated in the panel headed by
Anthony Yturri, city attorney at
Ontario, and Carrell F. Bradley
from Hillsboro. The panel dis
cussed such topics as annexation
proceedings, traffic control by ra
dar, floridation and intoxication
tests.
• Suggestions for the Home
coming theme contest can be
placed in boxes in the Student Un
ion and in the Co-op through Sat
urday noon, according to Geri
Porritt and Barbara Wilcox, co
chairmen.
• All suggestions for the
Homecoming theme contest are
due by Saturday noon, according
to C-charimen Geri Porritt and
Barbara Wilcox. Boxes for sug
gestions have been placed in the
Student Union and the Co-op.
of architecture, the exhibit in
cludes illustrations of form pat
terns of minerals, geological earth
formations, interplanetory spaco
and sea animals.
Materials for the demonstration
are on loan from the University
departments of geology, chemistry,
geography and physics, and the
museum of natural history.
The school of architecture art
gallery, now undergoing repairs
and relighting, will reopen in early
November with an exhibition by
the Container corp. Charles B.
Ryan, assistant professor of art,
is director of the gallery.
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6:30 New* Till Now
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7:00 lTnlver*Ity Hour
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8:15 UN Story
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10:55 Tune to Say Goodnight
11:00 Sign Off
Queen Selection
Committee Named
This year's Homecoming queen
selection committee has been an
nounced by Co-chairmen Ann
Blackwell and Marcia Tamlesie as
follows: Mary Sandcberg, Jean
Seales, Janet Fuller, Karen Rice,
Pat Koeppel, Jackie Janis, Jill
Hutchings and Jean Henderson.
Announcement of the queen will
be made at the variety show, Nov.
20.
Oregon Ski Quacks
Schedule Meeting
University Ski Quacks will meet
tonight at 6:30 in the Student
Union, according to Milan Stoy
anov, president of the group. They
will discuss trips to be made in
the future, possibly during the
Thanksgiving vacation.
Everyone interested in skiing is
invited to attend the meeting,
Stoyanov said. The group plans to
establish a car pool and obtain
weekend rates at various skiing
areas nearby.
0 Pi Lambda Theta, national
education honorary, will meet on
Thursday at 5 p.m. for a potluck
supper at Dr. Willard's apartment,
1845% University, according to
Dorothy Anderson, president.
Members are asked to bring their
$3 national dues, reports as as
signed and designated food.
VETERANS!
October 31st
, Saturday
is the last day to draw
supplies this term.
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