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Taxes Confuse Senate
Action of the ASUO senate on a letter from the University
of Louisville suggesting a change in federal income tax law
seemed marked by confusion Thursday night, and the resulting
proposal bears that out.
The senate decided to reject the UL proposal, to send in
stead a letter to U. S. senators and representatives from Oregon
requesting support for two proposals:
1. Raise the $600 limit at which a person may no longer be
claimed as a dependent to $700.
2. Raise the supposed age at which a person may no longer be
claimed as a dependent from 18 to 21 or whenever the person
leaves college,' whichever is higher.
Since Thursday night Bob Summers, one of two ASUO sen
ators named to prepare the letter, has learned that Congressman
Edith Nourse Rogers (R.-Mass.) has already introduced a bill
into the house of representatives to raise the dependency in
come limit from $600 to $1,000. So the ASUO senate will prob
ably be asked to change its request on this point to Congression
: al support of the bill.
As for point Number 2, the whole senate seems to have
overlooked the fact that no such age limit exists. There are
four requirements that a person must have met to qualify
as a “child* dependent. They are:
1. Did net have $600 or more gross income, and
2. Received more than one-half of his or her support from person
claiming the exemption, and
8. Is not claimed as an exemption on the return of his wife (or
her husband), and
4...Was either a citizen of the United States or a resident of the
United States, Canada or Mexico.
And that’s it. As for age, a person could be two years old, or
he could be 102, and still could qualify as a child dependent if
he meets the above four requirements.
What has probably created the 18-year-old bugaboo in
the senate members’ minds is the 1953 Oregon state tax law,
which sets as one of the requirements for dependency:
1. -Age under 18 years, OR
2. If 18 or over, regular attendance at an institution of learning,
OR
3. If 18 or over, physical or mental inability to support himself.
The Louisville proposal was to treat education expenses,
which now are not deductible, like medical expenses. If the
latter exceed five per cent of income, the amount in excess may
now be deducted from total income.
The substitute proposal was judged hasty by some ASUO
senators, who wanted to wait to study further the action. These
senators, led by Ben Schmidt, senior representative, unfortu
nately were not able to prevail over the majority. Instead, the
result was two proposals, one which will likely have to be re
vised, and the other to change a non-existent 18-year-old-age
limit.
Academic Techniques
3
“It’s obvious this course just doesn’t have anything to offer anymore—
so we’ll just have to make it a ’Required’
Speakers Backgrounds Told
As RE Week Events Begin
by Dorothy Her
Emerald Aeeietant Newt Editor
Speakers for Religious Evalua
tion week, scheduled this week
through Thursday, will participate
in firesides discussions at living or
ganizations and personal confer
ences, along with appearances at
assemblies during the week. The
eight men spoke in several Eu
gene churches Sunday morning.
Following are short biographical
sketches of four of the speakers.
(Sketches of the other four ap
peared in the Friday Emerald.)
T. Z. Koo
T. Z. Koo, professor of Oriental
studies at the State University of
Iowa, has traveled extensively on
every continent and has visited a
majority of the countries of the
world. He has spoken before stu
dent gatherings in 41 countries.
Born and reared in Shanghai,
China, Koo has made many return
trips to his native country. He is
internationally known as a scho
lar, speaker and churchman.
Koo appeared as University as
sembly speaker in November,
while enroute to the Orient. He is
now on hi3 return trip to Iowa.
This RE week speaker represen
ting the Episcopal church, holds
the imperial degree of master of
literature from the now defunct
Manchu monarchy. He has also re
ceived an honorary degree of doc
tor of laws from Colgate univer
sity and Kenyon college and that
of doctor of humane letters from
Denver university and Lewis and
Clark college.
Robert E. Fitch
Rev. Robert E. Fitch, who was
ordained to the ministry at Forest
Grove, is now dean of the Pacific
Oregano Requests
Membership Lists
Living organizations which have
not turned in membership lists to
the Oregana must do so today to
insure complete accuracy for
house pages, Janet Bell, living or
ganizations editor, has announc
ed.
Miss Bell also stated that all
pictures have been received from
Kennell-Ellis. Students who have
pictures taken now must bring
them to the Oregana office per
sonally.
Since layouts are underway, pic
tures now received will not appear
in the Oregana unless specific
pages have not been laid out, Miss
Bell said.
Living organizations which have
not turned in membership lists
are: Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Omi
cron Pi, Alpha Phi, Hendricks an
nex, Highland house, Sigma Kap
pa, Beta Theta Pi, Campbell club.
Chi Psi, French hall, Hale Kane,
Kappa Sigma, Lambda Chi Alpha,
Merrick hall, Nestor hall, Phi Del
ta Theta, Phi Kappa Psi, Phi Sig
ma Kappa, Pi Kappa Alpha, Pi
Kappa Phi.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Al
pha Mu, Sigma Chi, Sigma Nu,
Stitzer hall, Tau Kappa Epsilon,
Theta Chi and Yeoman.
'Waldo Must Go/
Say Theta Chi's
(Continued from Page One)
Student Union and other places.
According to Summers, it costs
$500 a year to feed him.
Waldo haa usually gotten along
famously with Snowbelle, though,
having only one spectacular fight
with her recently. That was fall
term, during the rally after the
USC football game. They held the
battle in front of the Co-op, when
a large crowd had gathered in
front of Johnson hall to urge the
calling off of classes.
The sentiment held by most
Oregon students is well-expressed
by a statement made by Major C.
J. Purcell, assistant professor of
science, to a new officer who
wanted to dismiss Waldo ‘from a
class session. “Let Waldo stay,”
Purcell is reported to have said —
“he’s been here longer than you
have!”
School of Religion, Berkeley, Calif.
The son of American missionaries,
he was bom and educated in
China.
Mr. Fitch, the Congregational
representative, is a chaplain in the
naval reserve. He is the author of
several books including "The Lim
its of Liberty,” "Voltaire's Philo
sophic Procedure,” "Preface to
Ethical Living" and "Kingdom
without End.”
Mr. Fitch graduated from Yale
university with an A. B. degree.
He also holds a B. D. from the
Union Theological seminary, M. A.
and Ph.D from Columbia univer
sity and D. D. from Lewis and
Clark college.
Edwin L Becker
Edwin L. Becker is an assistant
professor of applied Christianity
and director of religious field work
at the divinity school of Drake
university.
Becker has written and lectured
extensively to church and educa
tional groups. Before joining the
Drake faculty last year, he at
tended a world conference in Gen
eva on rural churches. He also
toured and studied in six European
countries while abroad.
Becker, representative from the
Disciples of Christ, was on the
faculty of the Yale Divinity school
for three years as an instructor in
rural church and disciple polity
and was supervisor of religious
field work. He has also taught at
Butler university and Brite Col
lege of the Bible at Texas Chris
tian university.
He graduated from Drake uni
versity and has a master’s degree
from the University of Wisconsin.
He received his B. D. from Yale
university and has done work on
his doctorate there.
Archibald McDowell
Rev. Archibald McDowell, here
representing the Catholic church,
is a member of the faculty of phil
osophy and religion at the Univer
sity of Portland. At present he is
chairman of an archdiocesan com
mittee preparing a weekly tele
vision program to begin in Feb
ruary over Station KVAN.
A member of the Congregation
of. Holy Cross, a Roman Catholic
religious community specializing
in education, he has helped estab
lish foundations in New England.
Father McDowell served as an
auxiliary chaplain for the army in
1943 and 1944. He has taught at
Holy Cross college and University
of Notre Dame, where he was in
charge of the university's radio
station.
In 1949 Father McDowell was
elected president of the Northwest
American Catholic Philosophical
association. In 1951, he was sent
on a special educational assign
ment to Buenos Aires, Argentina,
where he remained for two years.
Father McDowell was graduated
from the University of Notre
Dame with a B. A. degree. He
took his theological training at
Holy Cross college and was or.
dained to the priesthood in 1933J
He took advance work in theo
logy at the Catholic University of
America and received a S. T. L.i
degree.
CAMPUS BRIEFS
• A meeting of the Student'
Union dance committee will be,
held at 4 p. m. today in SU 313/
according to Phyllis PearsonJ
chairman.
0 The campus chapiter of the'
National Association for the Ad-*
vancement of Colored People will,
hold a discussion open to the pub-,
lie at 8 p. m. today in the Student,
Union, Pres. Bob Hollow’ay haj
announced.
0 Today at noon Is the deadline
for petitions for general chairmen
of the World University Service
drive and of the University Fas
ter Sunrise -service. Petitions may
be turned into Mary Lou Sunder
land at the Lutheran Stud, nt
house or the YMCA office, Student
Union 319.
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UNITED AIR LINES
invites
the women of the Univer
1 sity of Oregon to a showing
§ of a color-sound motion pic
1 ture entitled,
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| “SCOTTY WINS
HER WINGS"
X This film depicts the real
life story of a Stewardess
—her selection, her training
end her duties.
Stewardess Representative,
Betty Hanneman, of United
Air Lines, will be on campus
at the same time to discuss a
Stewardess career.
FILM: "Scotty Wins H«r Wings"
TIME: Tues., Jan. 19,1954,3:00
PLACE: 138 Commonwealth
For further information call the
GRADUATE PLACEMENT OFFICE
206 Emerald Hall