VOL LV
I XIVKltHITV OF OREGON, EUGENE, THERM., APRIL
1, 1954
NO. 105
Red Cross Board
Sets Blood Drive
P The second University blood
^ drive, sponsored by the campus
■ Ked Cross board in conjunction
P with the Lane county Red Cross,
will be held on cumptm next Fri
day, from 11 a. m. to 4 p, m.
Appointment and permission
.‘lips for donating blood will be
distributed to campus living or
ganizations by members of Kwama
thin week. They may be returned
to Kwama members or to a special
box which will be provided in the
Co-op. The Mbps will also be avail
able from Mrs, Klvina Stcdman,
housemother of Carson hall, and at
the ROTC department.
Students who donated blood in
the drive held last October will
not need to fill out the permission
slips again, Mary Wilson, board
c hairman, has announced. The slips
will be on file.
Miss WIlHon has urged all stu
dents under 21 who have not do
nated blood before to send the per
mission slips home for the signa
ture of their parent of guardian.
A plaque will be awarded to Un
living organization which has the
largest percentage of hlood doners.
The award was made to Gamma
Chi Beta for the last drive.
Working with the Red Cross
hoard in promoting the drive are
the members of Scabbard and
Blade and Command Squadron,
military honoraries.
Undecided - - Now'
Say UO Politicians
'I'lu> annual spring term ASUO elections are only five weeks
::way, out at the present all is quiet on the political front at the
, I 'niversity of Oregon.
W ith the deadline for filing petitions to run in the all-cam
l’us l)r'hiarv just one week away, campus leaders were extreme
ly non-committal about their political aspirations when con
tacted by the I, me raid Wednesday evening. All petitions for
office nui-t he turned in at the ASUO office, Student Union
•KM, by (> p. m. next Wednesday.
The campus primary, scheduled for April 14, will include
dates from both present campus political parties, Associated
Ureck Students and United Inedependent Students. Any other
party group of students who wish to form a party may submit
ia ballot for the primary.
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Athletic Card
Loaning Bad'
K by Jerry Harrell
Em«r*ld A»»i»t»nt Now* Editor
t When a student loans his athle
tic card he harms only himself in
- the long run.
In transferlng his athletic card
the student de prives the University
Athletic department of a general
admission price, and cuts directly
at the funds which run the athle
tic program.
He also evades a tax, for he pays j
- only $13.50 per year for his athle- j
tic card, a drastically reduced rate, j
In the average year Oregon teams
have 12 hc^ne, basketball games,
- and five home football games, for j
which a student pays seven dollars!
* less than the general admission
t price.
Loss Noted
Multiply that loss by the 200
persons who sought admission to
the Indiana-OSC, Oregon Nebraska
{ doubleheader on borrowed athletic
cards, and it represents a heavy
j, loss to the athletic department as
well as a sizeable tax evasion.
J The athletic department must
run on student fees and gate re
J c eipts alone, for it receives no state
! aid.
i Visiting conference football
I teams must be guaranteed $6000
<: ,_or half of the gate receipts. A top
J visiting team will draw enough
", people to raise the figure above the
| minimum, but sonifiMmes money is
i lost on games like the Idaho game.
Revenue Reduced
j. Visiting conference basketball
I, teams are guaranteed $750 a night
} ■ half. Series like the one with
^ Washington State result in a re
£ Preview Petitions
u
j Due Today, 5 p.m.
5 Today is the last day to submit
} petitions for chairmanships and
} committee positions for Duck Pre
V view weekend, April 23 and 24. All
#il petitions must be turned in by 5
p. m. in the SU petition box.
} Duck Preview Co-chairmen Jerry
I Farrow and Don Bonime report
* that approximately 60 workers are
| needed for the weekend. The peti
I tions should specify the commit
•j tee on which the student wishes
| to work.
j' Committees which will need
, workers are: invitations, promo
1,, tion, orientation assembly, trans
, 'portation and program. A sub
chairman for registration is also
needed.
(Juced revenue. Top flight teams
get even more. Indiana was paid
$2000 for its appearance here and
Nebraska received $1000.
In addition, football and basket
ball are the only sports which pay
their own way. Admission is
charged for baseball and track,
tut only ten per cent of the cost
of the program is derived from
gate receipts.
Swimming, golf, wrestling, and
tennis are carried on purely for
the benefit of students and must be
financed by the athletic depart
ment.
Improvements Possible
The revenue lost when athletic
cards are loaned could be used to
improve the facilities of the de
partment, or to purchase new
equipment for students taking part
in athletics.
The department of internal rev
enue is only interested in athletic
tickets as a sideline. Atcording to
Ted Bouck, athletic business mana
ger, about one-sixth of all gate
receipts go for taxes — thus the
internal revenue agents at each
game.
The occasional checks of athle
tic cards conducted by the athle
tic department are for self-protec
tion, according to Bouck.
Opinion Aroused
Student opinion was aroused
when delays were caused by card
checks at the first OSC basketball
game played at McArthur court
this year. The ASUO senate has
appointed a committee headed by
Sam Vahey, and including Doug
Basham and Hollis Ransom, to in
vestigate the possibility of picture
cards, or some other more posi
tive means of identification.
Athletic director Leo Harris told
the ASUO senate that he would ap
prove of a better means of identi
fication, but that picture cards are
actually no improvement. Bouck
pointed out that Oregon State uses
picture cards and that the athletic
department there is not too pleased
with the system.
Questions sent
The senate committee has sent
questionnaires about types of
athletic cards and student body
cards to other major colleges on
the coast. The only reply yet re
ceived is from the University of
Washington, which uses the picture
card system. In addition to a pic
ture every student is assigned a
number to aid in identification.
Washington Student Body Presi
(Please turn lo page jour)
The general elections. May 5,
will have ballots including the
names of those who qualify in the
primary. Candidates defeated in
the primary or even students who
did not run in the primary may
still run in the general election as
Independents by filing for office in
the ASUO office by April 28.
Leaders Comment
Following is a list of the campus
leaders contacted about their poli
tical aspirations Wednesday even
ing by the Emerald:
W ES BALL, senator-at-large on
the ASUO senate, could not be
reached Wednesday evening to
either confirm or deny the rumor
that he may seek the ASUO presi
dency.
ANDY BERWICK, SU board
chairman, declared that he does
not intend to seek any political of
fice this spring.
ALEX BYLER, traffic court
member, said that he preferred not
to commit himself at the present
time.
LEN CALVERT, junior class
vice-president, told the Emerald
that, although he has thought
about running for ASUO president,
he has not yet decided one way
or another about seeking the office.
BOB GLASS, whose term as A
GS president ends shortly after
the elections, said he planned to
remain active in campus politics
but had not decided which, if any,
office to seek in the elections.
JIM LIGHT, junior class presi
dent, commented that he preferred
not to commit himself at the pres
ent time. He did say that if he
sought any office it would be the
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Petitions Seek
Zoning Action
Petitions are being circulated
seeking a referendum on the Eu
gene city council's decision to zone
the area between the millracc and
the railroad tracks as M-3. heavy
industrial, according to Sidney W.
Little, dean of the school of archi
tecture and allied arts.
Victor Morris, dean of the school
of business administration, is in
charge of petitions on the Univer
sity campus. Members of the Citi
zens Zoning association, of which
Little and Morris arc members,
urge University students who are
registered voters to sign the peti
tion.
The council overrode the recom
mendations of its city planning
commission and protests by citi
zens of the area in question and
the university planning commis
sion in re-zoning the area M-3,
heavy industrial.
The citizens’ committee is pro
testing “secrecy of council con
ferences,” as a broad principle in
addition to the narrower question
of the particular zone in question.
Folk Singer
Concert Set
Folks Singer Peter Seeger will'
appear on campus April 14 at 8 i
p. m. in the Student Union ball-1
room, it was announced at the SU
board meeting Wednesday after
noon.
Seeger has been associated with
such groups as the Weavers and
has made several recordings. While
in Oregon he will appear at local
public schools and put on a Tues
day evening concert at Reed col-!
lege.
The board also approved the
showing of a film about Mahatma
Ghandi as a fund raising project
of the World University Service,
drive to be held on campus April j
19 to 24. The actual date of the
movie was not set.
In other business, the board ap- j
proved the proposed budget re- j
visions as submitted. The budget
must next be submitted to the SU
directorate Tuesday for their ap-!
proval.
Barbara Johnson, art gallery
chairman, gave a review of the
art gallery program for tt.e past
year and gave some suggestions j
for the program next year.
Amos 'N Andy Arranger
To Appear In Festival
The • Negro Spirituals Festival"!
held at the Eugene high school
gym will feature Jester Hairston. j
arranger and composer for the
radio and TV version of the Amos
’n Andy show.
The festival is scheduled for Fri
day and Saturday nights at S p.m.
The price is 50 cents for adults.
Nineteen choirs from Oregon high
schools will also participate.
British Math Prof
Today's Speaker
Hermann Bondi, professor-elect
to the chair of applied mathe
matics at King’s college, Univer
sity of London, will address the*
University’s second assembly of
the term, at 8 p. m. today in thei
Dad s lounge of the Student Union,
on the topic "Cosmology.”
Bom in Vienna in 181D, Eondi i-j
a naturalized British subject. H<>
was fellow and lecturer of Trinit/
college at Cambridge university:
from 1943 to 1949, assistant lec
turer from 1945 to 1948, and uni
versity lecturer from 1948 to 1953.
From September to December
of last year Bondi was visiting lec
turer at Harvard college observa
tory in Cambridge, Massachusetts,
He is scheduled to return to Eng
land and assume his King s collego
position in April.
The contributor of numerous ar
ticles to technical publication),
Bondi is the author of "Cosmol
ogy,” published in 1952 by Cam
bridge University Press.
Chairman Needed
For Mother's Day
Petition deadline for the Moth
er's Day general chairmanship ,m
4 p. m. today, according to ASUQi
President Tom Wrightson. Peti
tions are to be turned in at tho
ASUO office. Student Union 304.
The ASUO senate will select th.v
chairman at its first spring ter.'>\
meeting tonight, Wrightson said.
Other items on the senate agen
da include:
0 Election report by Bob Fun i
• Discussion of the graduats
student amendment
0 Exchange assemblies
0 Athletic award recommer dn- .
tions for wrestling and swimming.
0 Approval of winter term ex
penditures.
Hands - off Policy Set
By UIS, Ransom Savs
"The United Independent Stu-,
dents party will maintain a hands
off policy concerning candidates
in the primary,” stated Hollis Ran
som, party president, Wednesday.
Further discussion of the pri
maries, to be held April 14, will be
held by the group at their next
meeting, Monday in the Student
Union at 3:30 p. m.
All Oregon students planning to
attend the regional convention of
the Independent Students associa
tion should contact Ransom today,
he said. He may be reached at 4
8381.
Oregon’s delegation will be in
charge of a discussion on "Is or
ganization necessary for participa
tion in student government?”
Other topics for the convention,
which is to be held this Friday
Retreat Plans
Made by YW
The annual YWCA cabinet de
treat will be held Friday and Sat
urday at Camp Lane, near Maple
ton in Western Lane county. Both
old and new cabinet members will
attend the event.
Main purpose of the retreat is
to make plans for the coming year.
Mary Wilson, president, and
Camille Wold, vice president, are in
charge of the planning session.
Women attending the event will
leave from Gerlinger hall Friday
afternoon. They will return Sat
urday evening.
Senior members of the cabinet,
Cathy Tribe Siegmund, Barbara
Swanson, Martha Van Camp and
Jane Patterson, are in charge of
arrangements for the retreat.
and Saturday on the OSC campu j,
are “Is the independent student
represented in student govern.- ■
ment?’’ and “How can indepen
dent participation in student gov
ernment be encouraged?"
Campus tours, a luncheon at
Sackett hall, a banquet in tho
Memorial Union, a mixer dance
and a problem group discussion
will be features of the two-day
conference, for which students may,
either arrange their own housing,
or may go each morning from here.
Those who plan to go will meet
in the SU today at 9 p. m. to (h J
cuss details of their discussion,
Ransom said, and cars will leave
Friday noon and Saturday at 7
a. m. -
Varied Assemblies
Planned for Term
Theodore Morrison, E n g 1 i s.%.
scholar and writer, will present
University lecture Tuesday at IT
p. m. in the Student Union ball
room. Morrison is sponsored by tbf*
Failing Lecture committee.
April 13 is the date schedule!*
for the assembly featuring Ken
neth Lindsay, British Labor party^
member and ex-minister of educa
tion. Co-sponsored by the political
science department, Lindsay wjlfc
also apear in the SU ballroom.
"Personality Portraits” is tbo
title of the lecture to ge given by
actress Cornelia Stabler April 27
in the ballroom.
Additional assemblies will her
added to the schedule during tho
term according to Donna Buse„
SU program director.