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UNIVERSITY OF OREGON,
EUGENE, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY
'• 1954
I
NO. 78
' Semi-Finalists Named
; For 'King of Hearts'
Semi-finalists for the title ol
l "King of Hearts” were choser
Monday, after non interviews ol
. second half of the nominees
conducted by members of the YW
, CA sophomore cabinet.
The semi-finalists and theii
« sponsoring houses are: Chuck
Wilhoit, Sigma Kappa; Milan Fos
* ter, Delta Upsilon; Wes Ball, Gam
i ma Phi Beta and Phi Kappa Psi;
f Carl Von Cleff, Sigma Alpha
^ Epsilon; Dave Todd, Sigma Phi
* Epsilon; Dick Bruce, French hall;
K Farrel Albright, Carson five; Ted
' Anderson, Kappa Kappa Gamma;
Ron Griffiths, Chi Omega; Bob
I Berry, Carson four; Bruce Pur
r vine, Beta Theta Pi and Harry
Donkers, Hendricks hall and Thc
’ ta Chi.
The group of twelve will be nar
rowed down to six Thursday noon,
and the six will be voted on by
campus women who buy tickets
for the Heart Hop, scheduled Sat
urday, Feb. 13.
Last year's “King of Hearts"
was A1 Babb, and the candidates
were rated by the sophomore cab
■ inet on the basis of appearance,
^ personality, speaking voice and
k campus interest.
B.' The dance centering around the
rtheme of "Heart of My Heart," is
^Graduate Student
To Direct Chorus
In 'Touch of Venus'
!T Wilbur Peterson, graduate in
ft music, will direct the singing
^ chorus for “One Touch of Venus"
according to Frederick J. Hunter,
‘ instructor in speech, who will di
. rect the modern musical comedy.
Peterson, who has had experi
ence in both choral and orchestral
r groups, will hold tryouts for the
chorus in the music building to
day at 4 p. m. Men's voices are
- urgently needed, Hunter stressed.
, IFC To See Movies
| On Fire Fighting
Vem Atkinson, Eugene fire in
-spector, will show movies on the
\ use of fire extinguishers at the
• next meeting of the inter-fratem
• ity council in conjunction with the
-Red Cross Board Fire Prevention
drive, according to June Browning,
'member of the board.
The films have already been
'shown at two recent meetings of
various living organization repre
sentatives, including the heads of
houses and a joint meeting of
T Campbell club and Philadelphia
j' house.
•f Heading this year's Red Cross
VBoard Fire Prevention drive are
i Geri Porritt, sophomore in liberal
farts, and Jim Dilschneider, sopho
■ixnore in business.
traditionally a progressive dance
held at four different sorority
houses.
General co-chairmen of this
year's dance are Anne Hill and
Sharon Isaminger, and dancing
will be held at Chi Omega, Zeta
Tau Alpha. Kappa Alpha Theta
and Pi Beta Phi.
Waldo Pleases
WSC Theta Chis;
Vets Plan His Diet
“Waldo arrived quite safely but
t in an acute state of hunger,” said
: Bill Baker, Theta Chi president at
\ Washington State college, in a
letter to Bob Summers, Theta Chi
president here.
The former Oregon Theta Chi
chapter mascot was sent to the
Washington State chpater recently
because his owners felt he had be
come too belligerent with other
J dogs on campus.
“It's been some time since I've
seen as much enthusiasm around
here over any one thing or person,”
said Baker in reference to Waldo’
arrival at the Washington state
fraternity.
"We have a couple of veterinary
i students in the house,” continued
| Baker, "so Waldo should receive
the best of care." The dog, whose
! food bill here per year was close
to $500, according to Summers,
was even slated to have a feeding
schedule made out for him by the
veterinary clinic at Washington
: state, Baker said.
Bricker Treaty
Stirs Protest
by Associated Press
The latest efforts at compromise
on the Bricker treaty-making
amendment have run into objec
tions from both the Democrats and
Republicans. The most recent
fl&reup is over the presidential
auhtority to make international
agreements which, in contrast to
treaties, do not have to be ratified
by the senate.
Both Republican Senator John
Bricker of Ohio, author of the
original amendment to limit the
treaty-making power of the presi
dent, and Democratic Senator W.
F. George of Georgia, who has
submitted a compromise, have
objected to proposed White House
changes.
Meanwhile, Senator Estes Ke
fauver of Tennessee has introduced
his own compromise version, spon
sored by 10 other Democrats and
Oregon’s Independent Senator
Wayne Morse. His bill would have
congress declare the Constitution
superior ot all treaties and inter
national agreements.
^String Symphony Stars
|At Mac Court Monday
The Vienna String symphony,
^conducted by Kurt Rapf, will ap
iear in a Civic Music presentation
Monday at 8 p. m. in McArthur
court.
The ensemble, currently making
jts first tour of North America
ider the direction of Impresario
Hurok, brings with it Rosl
Schwaiger, coloratura soprano of
' Vienna and Munich State Op
. Wras, and Elfriede Bachner, vio
•llnist and concert-mistrens for the
Bgroup, as featured soloists.
m
The orchestra plays a large
variety of compositions, the reper
toire ranging from Bach to Al
ban Berg, but it is most famous
for its performances of music by
composers closely connected with
Vienna. Every program on its
current tour features music by
Mozart and Schubert, two of the
city’s most honored musicians.
Other residents of the Austrian
capital whose music they fre
quently perform are Haydn, Beet
hoven, Brahms, Mahler, Hugo Wolf
and Johann Strauss.
Wilson To Name
Union Director
After Arrival
No action will be taken to re
place student union director Rich
ard (Dick) Williams, who has sub
mitted his resignation, until new
University President O. Meredith
Wilson takes office, Victor P.
Morris, acting president of the
University, said Monday.
Williams, whose resignation is
effective Aug. 17, has not indicat
RICHARD WILLIAMS
To Leave Aug. 17
ed where he will go after leaving
his Student Union post.
A graduate of the University in
1941, he has been associated with
the University since that time, ex
cept for a period of service dur
ing World War II. He began his
work at Oregon as educational ac
tivities manager.
He has been director of the Stu
dent Union since before it opened
in 1950. While the building was
still under construction in 1949,
he was appointed to the position,
which now includes direction of all
student extra-curricular activities
centered in the SU.
In addition to his SU post he
is secretary of both the student
publications board and the stu
dent affairs committee. He is also
an ex-officio, non-voting member
of the SU board.
'Understanding' Is
Discussion Topic
Several international students
on the campus will participate in
a series of panel discussions en
titled “Understanding Our World
Community.” The series of five
panels is being sponsored by the
Wesley foundation Tuesday eve
ning beginning Feb. 9.
The program will be divided into
five major topics: Feb. 9, econom
ics and politics: Feb. 16, educa
tion: Feb. 23, social and cultural;
March 2, religion, and March 9,
the Christian impact.
Speakers on the first panel will
be Beatrice Onoda, special student
from Japan; Hortolf Biesenberger,
visiting journalist from Berlin;
Godfrey Ibom, senior in liberal
arts from Nigeria, and Ahmed
Jallaludin, Pakistan.
All meetings will be held at the
Gerlinger hall sun porch and will
begin with potluck at 5:30 p.m.
Implied' Powers
OK Court Fine
By Dick Lewis
Emerald Auiium Newi Editor
The traffic court has the power
to fine by "implied contract," Ray
Hawk, associate director of stu
dent affairs, said Monday, as he
supplied new fuel to the contro
ASUO Senate
Petitions Due
Petitions for the office of sena
tor-at-large are due at 5 p. m.
Thursday in the ASUO office in
the Student Union, according to
ASUO President Tom Wrightson.
The senate vacancy was creat
ed when senator Bob Funk was
elected to the office of ASUO
vice-president. Funk replaced Don
Collin who left school at the be
ginning of winter term.
Plaque Honors 3
For High GPA
Havtng the highest cumulative
grade point averages in last year’s
freshman class won for three
sophomore women the Mortar
Board plaque.
The three women, whose names
are now engraved on the plaque,
are Nolene Wade, chemistry; Jo
sephine Hicks, liberal arts, and
Joella Wood, liberal arts.
Presentation of the award to the
three women was made by Mrs.
Golda P. Wickman, director of wo
men’s affairs, at the annual Mor
tar Board “Smarty Party” Wed
nesday.
Rally Board Sets
Petition Deadline
Petitions for rally board mem
bers are due Wednesday on the
third floor of the Student Union,
according to Sally Stadelman,
chairman.
A publicity and promotion chair
man will be chosen from among
the petitioners, iliss Stadelman
said, and the rest will be chosen
for general committee work.
Any student with a 2. or higher
GPA for last term and an ac
cumulative GPA of above 2. may
petition, according to the newly
chosen chairman.
versy over the fining power of th®
student traffic court.
When a student registers his
car at the beginning of the school
year, he receives a paper titled
Campus Traffic and Parking In
formation.” Specified in this pa- !
per is information explaining stu
dent court fines (including break
age fee deductions), and this, ex
plains Hawk, constitutes implied
contract, and gives the court full
fining authority.
Law student J. Kelly Farris dis
agrees with Hawk’s interpreta
tion. "You can’t contract away due
process of law,” Farris argues.
By this interpretation, fining pro- •
' visions, even if printed in the Uni
versity bulletin, would still be ex
tra - legal, he admitted.
Paragraph Added
The state board added a r.ew
paragraph to its administrative
code at its regular meeting last
week which clearly specifies the
discipline powers of the presidents
of Oregon institutions of higher
education.
This action was a "magnificent
job of missing the point,” accord
ing to Farris. The code addition,
charged Farris, does nothing
which the state legislature didn’t
do in 1876.
The new addition to the admin
istrative code reads:
“Each institution, through its
president, is charged with the re
sponsibility for maintaining ap
propriate standards of conduct of
its students, and is authorized to
expel, dismiss, suspend, and place
limitations on continued attend
ance, and to levy reasonable fibesr,
and penalties for disciplinary vio
tions.”
'Anyone Fines’
Farris insists that "anyone can
levy fines.” The argument, as he
sees it, centers around the uncon
stitutional method by which the
student court has been collecting
fines — namely by taking money
out of breakage fees.
Ray Hawk, associate director of
student affairs, when contacted'
Monday afternoon, took issue with
Farris’ interpretation of the state
board action. Hawk said that the
main point of the action by the
state board was to specifically
give the president of the Univer
sity power to levy fines. Once this
power was determined, he said,
the collecting of the fines would
take care of itself.
UO Joins WUS Project,
Campus Reps Meet Today
Bill Kitchen, executive secre
tary of World University Service,
will meet today with campus rep
resentatives to present plans for
a WUS project on campus.
Oregon is one of 30 colleges and
universities chosen for an "experi
ment in education for internation
al understanding,” sponsored by
WUS, according to Ken Peterson,
director of the Wesley Founda
tion and chairman of the local
committee for the project.
The group, composed of repre
sentatives from religious founda
tions, the ASUO senate, adminis
tration, faculty and the University
Religious council, will discuss the
work and projects of WUS.
The object of WUS, which was
formerly known as the World Stu
dent Service Fund, is-to establish
"nucleus groups” on the 30 uni
versity and college campuses.
Two possible projects of the
WUS include a questionnaire "to
determine campus attitudes and
motivations toward aspects of in
ternational affairs” and the eval
uation of the international stu
dents program, said Peterson.
Other West Coast schools which
have been invited to participate
in the program are the University
of California at Los Angeles, the
University of California, the Col
lege of the Pacific, Associated Col
leges of Claremont, Lewis and
Clark college and Washington
State college.