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Jan. 23, and May 8, by the Student Publicatioua Board of the University ot Oregon. En
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ichool year; $2 per term. * . . . .
Opinions expressed on the editorial page are those of the writer and do not pretend to
represent the opinions of the ASUO or of the University. Unsigned editorial* nre written by
the editor; initialed editorial* by the associate editors.
ELSIE SCHILLER, Editor DICK CARTER, Business Manager
JACKIE WARDELL, RON MILLER, Associate Editors
KITTY FRASER, Managing Ed. VALERA VIERRA, Adv. Mgr.
LEN CALVERT, LAURA STURGES, Editorial Assistants
JOE GARDNER, News Editor BOB ROBINSON, Sports Editor
JEAN SANDINE, Bus. Off. Mgr. DONNA RUNBERG, Nat'l Ad. Mgr.
Chief Makeup Editor: Paul Keefe
Chief Copy Desk Editor: Gloria Lane
Chief Night Editor, Mary Alice Allen
Bus. Special Promotion Mgr.: Donna Hill
Asst. Managing Editor. Sam Yahey
Asst. News Editors: Dorothy Her, Dick
Lewis, Gordon Rice, Sally Ryan
Feature Editor. Anne Ritchey
Circulation Manager: Carl Carlson
Phones: News-Editor, 217; Sports-Managing Editor, 218; Business Office, 219
Death of Farris Case—
The case of J. Kelly Farris vs. the student traffic court turn
ed up its toes and died last week.
The Farris case is officially closed, according to the office of
student affairs. The state board of education has given its
backing to the administration’s power to collect fines as a dis
ciplinary action.
The addition to the administration code reads, “Each in
stitution, through its president is charged with the responsi
bility for maintaining appropriate standards of conduct of its
students, and is authorized to expel, dismiss, suspend and
place limitations on continued attendance, and to levy reas
onable fines and penalties for disciplinary violations
Farris maintained Monday that this completely by-passes
the issue involved. What he has been concerned with, Farris
says, isn’t levying of the fines but collection and proper noti
fication of the fining procedure.
In turn, a University official Monday brought up the point of
“implied contract” in dealing with Farris’ challenge of the legal
ity of the court. He maintains that the information folder pass
ed out to all students, who drive cars on campus, is sufficient
notification of the fining proceduce. This would -nullify any
argument that the fining is not legal until it is listed in the
University catalog.
Farris now argues that even if fines can be levied, they can
not be collected without “due process of law.”
This most recent exchange in the case epitomizes the two
month exchange of legal points between Farris and the ad
ministration.
We pass no judgement on the actions of Farris, the adminis
tration or members of the state board. We do not pretend to
understand technical legal matters.
But we do wonder if the administration or any other member
of the Oregon school system is qualified to rule on these legal
matters. Wouldn’t the state attorney general, who handles
much more routine cases in daily office work, have been more
qualified to decide the question of delegated powers and on
whether the traffic court folder is sufficient notification of the
court’s existence and methods of action?
Even a clear cut statement from an authority here on cam
pus on the extra-legal standings of University rules and reg
ulations would have helped clarify points of contention much
earlier in the case.
After several months of controversy and confusion, no single
issue has definitely been settled. Oregon is now no more certain
that its student traffic court is legal than in the days before
Farris.
The administration has continued to act as though nothing
has happened. This, despite the fact that the court has been
challenged once before. And now we are wide open to have the
matter come.up in another year or so.
The whole thing leaves us asking three basic questions:
1. Is the traffic court legal?
2. If the court is legal, why wasn’t the usual procedure of de
ducting from the breakage fee used in this case?
3. Does a University student have the right to question the legal
ity of University regulations under which he lives?
We have no quarrel with the extra-legal reglations which
a student assumes with registration. But we would
liked to have seen a clear cut policy handed down from some
higher authority than the University administration involved
in the controversy.
And we keep thinking that disregarding Farris’ request for
a legal opinion is ignoring a pretty basic point in American
government — government by law as opposed to government
by man.
J. Kelly Farris didn’t get to first base. We wonder if any Ore
gon student will have the guts now to stand up and say what he
thinks after the last two months of fiasco and hedging on some
pretty basic issues.
-The Looking-Glass
Comedy Production Brings
Laughs, Guffaws, Chuckles
By Donna Maulding
Emerald Critic
(Ed. Note: “Through the Look
ing Glass” will continue to run
as the Emerald's column of crit
ical writing. However, to give
a wider coverage of cultural
criticism, we are extending our
staff of critics and plan 'to run
more variety in the column —
drama literature, radio, movies
and opinion articles on interna
tional events. Critics do a spe
cialized type of writing and we
would like to have our columns
reflect the opinion of specialists
in each of these various fields.
Today we introduce Donna
Maulding as the Emerald drama
critic and her review of “The
Moon Is Blue.*’)
Cast
Patty O’Neill—Helene Robert
son, Gloria Lee; Donald Gresham
—Harry Smith, Don McDonald;
David Slater—Clarence Suiter;
Michael O’Neill—Tom Angle.
"The Moon 'Is Blue,” F. Hugh
Herbert's gay, infectous, inti
mate comedy, brings a twinkle
to one’s eye and a chuckle from
one’s heart. It is a topical play
which employs mainly the de
vices of situation and uninhibi
ted remarks to bring chuckles,
laughs and guffaws from its au
dience.
Herbert has written about
people that inhabit our culture
and has placed them in a sit
uation that "happens once in a
blue moon.”
The most outstanding endow
ment to the campus production
is fts director Horace Robin
son. He has added a vast
amount to the enjoyment of the
audience with well co-ordina
ted and spontaneous “busi
ness.”
For instance, in the first scene
as Patty is about to throw a
piece of paper ’off the top of the
Empire State* building, Don
catches her arm and takes the
paper. During the final scene
Patty is about to repeat this ac
tion but this time catches her
self. This, of course, goes on with
out any reference being made in
the dialogue — an example of the
added somethings that make the
production alive.
It’s somewhat amazing the dif
ference a cast can make in the
interpretation of a show. The
"business,” blocking and setting
remained fixed, but the lines and
facial expressions gave the show
a different shading on each of
the nights we saw it.
Saturday night’s cast, in which
Helene Robertson ami Don Mc
Donald performed, held a whole
some, sincere mood throughout.
Gloria Lee and Harry Smith's
performances gave the play
more sophistication. In the first
scene they were utmost on the
brink of losing the innocence ar.d
sincereity they did well to es
tablish later.
Clarence Suiter on both occas
ions gave a charming portrayal
of a rake. Tom Angles should
perhaps brush up a bit on his
Irish accent. The fight scene was
the high point of the show both
evenings.
Both casts were slow in the
first part of the production, hut I
we are confident this will be rec-;
tified with added playing.
We would like to add as food i
for thought though: Isn't it
amazing what a man can miss
by shaving.
Seniors Represent
Magazine Here
Jean Mnuro, senior In lib«
arts, and Vulera Vlcrrn, nior
social studies, hnve been nelpct
by Mademoiselle magazine to r«
resent the University on (lie mn
ezine's college board this year,
They are among 700 women s
ectcd from applicants from c
leges in all parts of Ule t’nit
States, and are now eligible'
compete for one of twenty gui
editorships to be awarded by t]
magazine at the end of May.
Campus Calenda
Noon White Caps 110 SI
Fr Tbl 112 Si
YM Vis to Chrch 319 SI
3:00 Adm Com 313 SI
4:00 Snoball Com 112 S!
Snoball Pub Com 113 SI
Chap Strng 319 SI
SU Bd 337 St
4:00 URC Stu Prayer 319 SI
Relgs Dir Asn YW 0«
6:15 Theta Slg Phi 334 St
6:30 Alpine Cl 112 St
7:00 Stu Traf Ct 315 SI
7:30 Newcomer's Brdg 110 SI
Sq Dance Ger Anj
8:00 Hui O 214 gt
am^uj
0 “Union Organization and La
bor Disputes” will be the topic of
a talk by P. L. Kleinsorge, pro
fessor of economics, to be given
Thursday noon at Gerlinger hall.
Sponsoring the talk is the YWCA
public affairs commission.
0 There will be no Junior Pan
heilenic meeting Thursday eve
ning.
0 The United Independent Stu
dents will meet tonight, after the
Oregon-WSC game in the comu
ter’s lunch room of the Student
Union. The new adviser will be in
troduced and plans for the U1S
dance will be made, according to
Hollis Ransom.
0 Petitions for membership on
the ticket committee of the sen
ior ball must be turned in by
Thursday at the ASUO petition
box or at Delta Tau. Delta, ac
cording to Bob Berry, ticket chair
man.
9 0 Order of the O will meet
this noon at Theta Chi, Don
Hedgepeth, president, has an
nounced.
0 A meeting of chairman and
sub-chairman of the Student Un
ion personnel, publicity and public
relations committees will meet in
SU 313 at 3:00 p. m. today, ac
cording to Bob Pollock, SU board
member.
Mistaken Impression
“Well, she just didn’t look like a Phys. Ed. Major to me.”
0 All member* of the Ihtwai
club arc urged to attend a \<
important meeting tonight a:
in the Student Union, according
Lorna Murakawa, president.
0 Movies of moontalne* rii|
will be shown at the University
pine club, which will meet torn*,,
at 6:30 in the Student Union, a(
John Vazbys, vice-president.
0 Three films on the Unit
Nations will be shown tonight
7 and 9 in Commonwealth 13V
cording to Barbara Wilcox, St
dent Union movie committee chaii'
man.
0 Anyone Interested In wort
ing on Religious Evaluation Wt
committees next year are ajki
to turn in petitions within ti
next two weeks to the YWCA
YMCA offices.
0 Leota Boyington, sup'rii
tendent of nurses at the heal
service will speak at a meeting
the White Caps, pre-nursing clu
at noon today. The meeting w
be held in the Student Union, a
cording to Judith Pederson, vie
president.
0 Theta Sigma I'hi, profc-slai
al journalism fraternity for w
men, will meet tonight at 6:15
the Student Union.
0 Senior Ball committee chak
men will meet at 4 p. m. today
the special events room of
Student Union.
1
0 Jane Flippo and Dick Brig el
co-chairmen of decoration corf
mittee for the Senior Ball, have rij
quested anyone interested in work
ing on the committee to call ther
-
George j
Shearing {
f
and his quintet
playing
Wednesday, Feb. 10 j
at - M i
McArthur Court *
7:30 to 10:00 p. m.
f
Tickets 85c I
Now On Sale At The
S. U. Main DesJc