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extortion Claim Issue
Latest Court Furor
By Dick Lewis
Emerald Reporter
An extortion claim is the latest
Involvement in the student court
furor. On Nov. 24, J. Kelly Farris,
senior in law, sent a letter to Don
ald M. DuShane, director of stu
dent affairs, in which Farris after
denying that he had ever received
a ticket or committed a violation,
concluded:
"The postal card I have received
threatens to take my money un
less I do certain things. This con
stitutes extortion, or at least an
attempted extortion by means of
the U.8. mails. I will recall this
incident to the U. S. district at
torney for his attention. .
Farris’ letter was provoked by
a card he had received from the
student court which stated that
Farris had committed a (2nd)
violation and was subject to a
*2.50 fine. DuShane defended the
action of the student court, stat
ing that the court was simply
carrying out a routine procedure;
and, if Farris didn't want to ap
YW Holds Skip
In Cascades
The YWCA retreat for all
sophomore women, to be held early
in the spring, has been named the
“Sophomore Skip,” according to
Hanna Sue Hansen and Betti
Fackler, general co-chairmen.
The retreat will be held at Kit
son Springs, in the Cascades. Pur
pose of the "skip” is to bring to
gether small, informal groups to
discuss issues of mutual interest,
tinder the direction of qualified
speakers.
Petitions for chairmen of ar
rangements, program and publi
city, plus sub-chairmen, will be
clue Monday at 5 p. m„ according
to Miss Hansen. Petitions may be
obtained at either the ASUO of
fice or the YWCA offices in Ger
linger hall.
peal before the court, hia case
could go before the office of stu
dent affairs, as his previous case
had done, to be treated as a disci
plinary problem.
DuShane would not comment
Monday on Farris’ letter which
charged extortion. He said that
the office of student affairs was
Editor To Talk
At Press Club
State Senator Elmo E. Smith
will speak on his career as a news
paper man tonight at the Univer
sity Press club meeting, which is
to be held at 7:30 p. m. In the
Student Union.
Smith will also be on campus
- Wednesday and
Thursday. Dur
ing this time he
will lecture at
the School of
Journalism.
Besides his
senatorial duties,
Smith is present
ly the editor and |
publisher of the
Blue Mountain
Eagle i Vi John
State Senator
Elmo E. Smith
Day, Oregon.
This paper is the
oldest continuous
publication week
ly in the state.
Smith graduated from the col
lege of Idaho in 1932, where he
received a B. A. degree in His
tory. A year later he served as the
advertising manager on the On
tario Argus. In 1936 Smith found
ed and published the Eastern Ore
gon Observer of Ontario. This pa
per was mimeographed for several
years.
The Press club is still open to all
students interested in journalism.
Those attending this meeting or
previous ones will be considered
charter members. Further organi
zation of the club will be discus
sed at the January meeting.
Lecture to Feature
Southern History
by Barbara Snyder
Emerald Reporter
The last of the series of fall*
term browsing room lectures will
feature Wendell H. Stephenson,
professor of history, speaking on
“The Changing Interpretation of
Southern History.” The lecture
is to be held in the Student Union
on Wednesday at 7:30 p. m.
Discussion leader for the even
ing will be Gordon Wright, head
of the history department.
This is Stephenson’s first year
at the University of Oregon. Last
year he taught southern history at
Tulane University. Prior to that
he taught at the University of
Kentucky, Louisiana State Uni
versity, Duke University and the
University of North Carolina.
Edits Journals
He received his Ph.D. at the
University of Michigan, where he
studied with Ulrich B. Phillips, an
outstanding scholar of southern
history.
In 1950, while at Tulane, he was
chosen Fulbright fellow and was
sent to Europe, where he lectured
at the University of Birmingham
in England.
Stephenson is the founder and
first editor of the Journal of
Southern History, which was the
first of the state volumes. From
1940 until 1946 he was editor of
the Southern Biography series. Be
tween 1946 and 1953 he served also
as editor of the Mississippi Valley
Historical Review, the national
magazine of American history.
Writes Books
He is editing a ten-volume Co
operative History of the South,
of which six volumes have been
published. Also, he is currently
working on the Walter Lynwood
Fleming lectures in Southern his
tory, to be delivered next year
at Louisiana State university in
their annual guest-lecturer series.
Stephenson is the author of
"Isaak Fulton,” slave trader and
planter of the old south; "Alex
ander Porter,” whig planter of old
Louisiana, and the "Political
Career of James Lane.”
During his busy academic life
he has received much recognition.
Duke University and the Univer
sity of North Carolina have each
bestowed on him honorary degrees.
He is also president of the Ag
riculture Historical society and of
the Southern Historical associa
tion.
considering both counts against
Farris and would release a state
ment in the near future.
The original conflict started
Oct. 21 when Farris charged,
among other things, that the court
was "unlawfully constituted and
incompetent,” and therefore could
not properly take action against
him. This resulted in Farris’ case
going to the office of student af
fairs and in a clarification of the
status of the student court by
Carl Weber, chairman.
Weber explained that the court
is an administrative group and is
not subject to the fine rules of
procedure of the courts of law.
Anytime the student does not wish
to go along with the court, he
can take his case to the office of
student affairs where it would be
treated as a disciplinary action.
This cleared up the position of
the court, but in the meantime a
new problem had arisen.
On Nov. 11 Farris attempted
to represent 14 other students be
fore the court. Although he was
denied the right to represent these
students (as the traffic court was
now defined as an administrative
group) he brought up the ques
tion of disciplinary powers stat
ing that “according to the Oregon
Compiled Laws Annotated, the
power in disciplinary matters is
delegated immediately to the fac
ulty of the university and that it
may be delegated no further.”
Under Farris’ interpretation, mem
bers of the office of student af
fairs are not bona fide faculty
members and would not have the
legal right to take disciplinary
action against the students. Farris
suggested that the opinion of the
state attorney general be sought
in regard to the delegation of dis
ciplinary power.
The ASUO senate, in an attempt
to clear up some of the confusion
which has come out of the court
proceedings, on Nov. 19 moved to j
ask its constitution committee to I
study the questions concerning the !
delegation of discipline power and
the leveling of fines. The commit
tee under the chairmanship of K.
J. O’Connell, professor of law, has
not yet considered the problems.
O’Connell when questioned of the
possibility of bringing in the state
attorney general said, “I can’t see
that there would be anything
wrong with it.”
(Please turn to page three) ~
Schedules Still Available
Time schedules for winter term
are still being issued in the regis
trar’s office in Emerald hall, ac
cording to Clifford L. Constance,
registrar.
Students who still have not ob
tained schedules and worked out
a trial schedule to be approved by
their advisers should do so as soon
as possible, Constance said.
Enrollment in classes will not be
completed by students until Jan.
4, the first day following Christ
mas vacation, under the new reg
istration procedure.
Correction
The research team observing
nursery groups and play groups
which was described in the Nov.
24 Emerald is under the joint di
rection of Richard A. Littman and
John Pierce-Jones, assistant pro
fessors of psychology, and Theo
dore Stern, assistant professor of
anthropology, rather than under
the direction of Littman alone as
the Emerald stated. Jennifer Mat
thews, not Virginia Matthews, is
a member of the research team.
Ducks Begin
Hoop Season
Basketball Coach Bill Boarcher and hoop quintet officially
open their basketball season tonight against the University of
Portland Pilots at the Marshfield high gym.
Heading to the western town of Coos Bay, Borcher named a
probable starting lineup which includes four seniors and a sopho
more. Probable starters include: Ken Wagner and Barney Hol
land at guards, Max Anderson at the center spot andd Ed Hal
berg and Bob Stout at forwards. Of these all are seniors except!
Max Anderson who has moved up from last year’s Frosh squad!
Rounding out this year’s basketball squad are Kent Dorwin,
Bob Hawes, Gary McManus, Howard Page, Jerry Ross, Bill
Sherman and Art Weatherford. Of these Bob Hawes is the
only senior. Both Hawes and Page saw action last year while the
others are from last year’s Frosh squad.
A tentative starting lineup for the Portland Pilots was named
yesterday by Coach Jim Torson of the Pilots. He named his sen
Jim T orson to fill the center spot, Dick Bartel and Don Koepke
to fill the guard positions and Ron Marshall and Nick Trutanich
at the forward positions. All cf
the above are juniors except that
of Trutanich who is a senior.
Preceding the varsity tilt, which
ia to start at 8 p.m. the Oregon
junior varsity will meet the Port
land Frosh at 5:45. Heading Ore
gon's Junior varsity squad -are
Chuck Laird, Don Hedgepeth, Hai
Reeve, Cece Hodges and FarielZ
Albright. All are taking their first
whim at basketball after finishing
the football season.
The contests at Coos Bay will
act as a Homecoming to Coach
Bill Borcher. Bercher started his
athletic career at North Bend
high school. After completing his
high school and college sports ca
reer, Borcher served as basketball
menter for his alma mater, Marsh
field high. While here, Borcher
coached for six season, his teams
winning the District five cham
pionship each yfcar and placing
among the top five teams in the
state in five of his six trips to
the state tournament. The state
tournament trips were highlighted
by Marshfield’s championship win
in 1947 and second place in 1948,
Among players which Borcher
coached at Marshfield are Howard
Page and Barney Holland, now on
the Oregon Varsity.
Basketball Clowns
To Play Tonight
Clowns of the basketball world,
Abe Saperstein’s Harlem Globe
Trotters, make a brief visit to Eu
gene tonight, playing the Boston
Whirlwinds in McArthur court at
8:30 p. m.
University of Oregon students
can see the contest for 60 cents.
Other prices are $1.20, general ad
mission, and $1.80, reserved seats.
Doors will open at 6:30 p. m.
This year the traveling wizards
are coached by Elmer Ripley, who
up to this year was basketball
mentor at West Point. Leading the
colored team’s attack are Bob
Hall, ace comedian, and Lee Gar
ner, 6 foot, 10 inch “shorty.”
The Whirlwinds, not to be
denied in their own right, are a
squad made up of ex-collegiate
greats, coached by Bob Karsten.
Bill Spivey, All-American from
Kentucky, is billed as the top tal
ent for the Trotters’ traveling
mates.
Rounding out the Boston first
team are Pete Darcy, Oklahoma.
A & M, Bob Luksta and Jack La
hey, DePaul, and Claude Overton.
Central State.
Since the Harlem team was
started over 26 years ago, they
have clipped off victories at the
amazing percentage of .9 4 4
Among their more recent jaunts
are trips to Europe, Asia, Africa
and South America.
The colored magicians are noted
for their hatfull of casaba tfickv
including impersonations of base
ball and football games. The crowd
pleasers usually rack up a sub
stantial third quarter lead and
then spend the last ten minutes
showing off.
Just so the fans won’t get bored
during halftime, Abe Saperstein.
the Trotter boss, has scheduled
Jacques Cordon, unicyclist, ajvt
Ray Wilbert, juggler, for intermis
sion enjoyment.