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Primary Election Vote
Shows Drop-off of 200
A total of M23 University of
Oregon students voted In the Wed
nesday all-campus prtmnry elec
tions .according to figures released
Thursday by AHUO Vice-President
Hob hunk, who was In charge of
the elections.
Ole first trial of the all-< ampus
primary showed a voting decrease
of more than 200 from last year's
separately-held Associated Greek
Studenti and United Independent
Students primaries. A total of
ltl.'il students voted in the two
primary elcctlone last year
Both parties showed a decline
in voting strength. AGS register
ed 1133 ballots this year as against
JIM last year, while UJS voting
Eugene TV
Goes on Air
Today Eugene is a television
town. KVALeTV, local television
outlet, began regular program
ming at 7 p. m. Thursday on chan
nel 13. An tiuiugural show featur
ing city and state officials was
presented at fl p m.
The new station will have a pri
mary affiliation with the National
Broadcasting company and will
also present selections from three
other network systems.
dropped from 470 to 290.
In addition to the fc46 votes for
Boh Summers, the victorious AGS
candidate, and 227 votes for Jim
LiKht, 00 other first place votes
were cast on Greek ballots In the
prlmarj, Ballots were not counted
for UI8 nominee Mollis Hansom,
who was unopposed on the UIS
ballot,:.
Summers received more votes in
the primary than last year s vic
torious ASUO presidential candi
date Torn Wrightson received in
the general elections. Hast year
Wrightson eked out a 15 count
margin over UIS candidate Don
Collin by a vote of 772 to 7f>7,
while Funk, running as an Inde
pendent. captured 3K7 votes, A to
tal of 106 other first place votes
were registered on the 2076 bal
lots cact in the 1953 geneial elec
tions.
Easter Sunrise Service Will Begin
6:30 a. m. Sunday at Hayward Field
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sermon at the annual University Religious Coun
cil-sponsored Easter sunrise service.
Scheduled to begin at 6:30 a. m. Sunday at Hay
ward field, the service will feature Charles J Arm
strong, president of Pacific university, as the
speaker. All University students and Eugene towns
people are welcome, according to Dorothy ller
chairman of the event.
Those attending the service arc to enter Hayward
field by the west gate and sit in the west bleachers
only, Mias ller emphasized. In case of rain, Mc
Arthur court will be used instead of the field.
Traditional Paster music will be provided by the
Eugene high school a capclta choir, under the direc
tion of Weston H. Brockway. Two Easter anthems,
"Crown Him with Many Crowns” and “Christ the
l-ord is Risen Today" will be sung by the congrega
tion'.
Agnes Weitz, student from Germany, will give
the invocation and Tom Wamock, member of the
University Religious council, will read the scrip
ture. An Easter prayer will be given by Rev. Berlyn
Farris of the First Methodist church in Eugene.
Bob Randall, president of URC, will say the of
feratory prayer. The offering will be used by URC
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The speaker is the eleventh president of Pacific
having taken over the position in 1951. Armstrong
is also a professor of classics and has taught at
many schools in the nation, including Brown univei
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Armstrong holds an A B. from the University cr
British Columbia and a Ph.D. in classical philology
rom Harvard. Born in Canada, the forty-two-yeai
indifl£‘'!entbeCame a ''tr'Pn 0f the United State*
in l.)2., He has a wife and four children.
At Whitman, Armstrong became director of the
.Navy V -12 college training program and assistant
professor of classics in 1943. He became an associate
professor of classics in 1945.
Since coming to the Northwest, Armstrong ha-,
been appointed a member of the Commission ca
Higher Schools in the Northwest Association of
secondary and Higher School. The young presi
dent has been listed in “Who's Who in America'' ’
since 1948.
29 SONG TITLES SUBMITTED
*oi»g tit 1*>m from IB women'*
living organizations am! IS men u
groups had been submitted late
Tbornday ullernoon u* entrie*
in the* Junior Weekend all ram
pun slug, May 15, Chairman Ann
(ierlln([er annnuneed.
Deadline for submitting entrie*
in the contest was Thursday eve
nliiR, .Miss Uerilnger salJ. Addl
tlonal entrie* turned In late
Thursday evening will be run In
Monday*)* Emerald.
Song leader* mo*; have three
copies 1)J their songs at the elim
inations, which will be held May
5 for women and May 6 for men.
Eight singing groups will be
chosen each day of the elimina
tions to participate in the sing.
May 15.
Following Is the list of wo
men’s houses, their song titles,
and song leaders:
Alpha Chi Omega, “Sometimes
I Feel Like A Motherless Child.”
Winnafred May; Alpha Delta PI,
"Listen To Thr Mocking Bird,"
( arol Arunon; Alpha Omicron
PI, “Wonderful Copenhagen,” Di
ana Star*; Arm Judsnn House,
"Little Lamb.” Virginia Kablek;
Carson Hall, "May Day Carol,”
Cou Arn Wolf; Cal Omega,
"Danny Boy," Cora May Peter
son.
lielta Delta Delta, “Uondelay,”
Sonia Edwards; Delta Gamma,
"Sorrento Folk Song,” Pat Lyd
ia rd; Gamma Phi Beta, “Any
where I Wander,” Nancy Mur
row; Hendricks Hail, “Get Hap
py,” Fran Kaspar; Highland
'house, “Sleep, Baby, Sleep,” Pru
dence Duclch.
Kappa Alpha Theta, “The
Hofise I live In,” Sally Plum
mer; PI Beta Phi, “Deep Pur
ple,” Jackie Densmore; Rebec
House, “How Do You Speak to
An Angel," Mary Claire Allen;
Sigma Kappa, “Happy Talk,”
Anne* Hill; University hoax',
•‘There* Are Such Things,” Aud
rey Mistretta.
Men’s houses, song titles, and
seing leaders include:
Alpha Tau Omega, “The Pi
rates' Song,” Blake Bnggess;
Beta Theta PI, "In The Still Of
Ihe Night,” llmiglas Graham:
Camphell eluh, “Sweet Little Je
sus Boy,” Larry Swanson; Hale
Kane, “Mom,” Charles Oyama;
Kappa Sigma, "The lord's
Prayer,” Ken Sweitrer; Merrirk
Hall, “You’ll Never Walk Alone,”
Marc Anderson; Phi Delta Theta,
"All Through The Night,” Don
Oartrell.
Phi Kappa Psi, “Meadowiand.”
Boh (iiass; Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
"Were You There,” Jim Tenny
son; Sigma Chi, "Roger Young,”
Alex Byler; Sigma Phi Epsilon,
“The Three Bells,” Roger Middle
ton; Theta Chi, “You’ll Never
Walk Alone,” Gus Keller.
Quorum Lacking
For Senate Meet
Seventeen members of the AS
UO senate met Thursday night to
hear several reports, but no busi
ness could be disposed of because
the number present did not consti
tute a quorum.
ASUO Vice-President Bob Funk,
who was in charge of the primary
election, told the members present
that the election was "rather suc
successful," except for the number
of students who voted. Only 1423
voted ip the primary.
Funk recommended that the
number of voting booths be cut to
six and that the booths be moved
closer to the center of the campus
for the general election, May 5.
Funk also reported that the Stu
dent Union coffee hour is open
April 27- for the ASUO election
assembly.
Race Meeting Held
ASUO President Tom Wright
son reported that he and several
members of the senate met with
Eugene City Engineer William
Clubb, and Councilman Carl
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UO Debaters Leave on Trip
To Enter National Tourney
Two members of the University
!of Oregon debate squad will leave
Vodvil Entries Due;
Eliminations Slated
Entries in the World University
Service Vodvil show must be turn
ed in to the YMCA office. Student
Union 319, by 5 p. m. Monday, ac
cording to Edna Humiston, Vodvil
chairman.
Women’s eliminations will be
held Monday at 7 p. m. in Gerling
er annex. Men's eliminations are
scheduled for Tuesday at 7 p. m.
at the same place.
Acts for the Vodvil show, April
23, at McArthur court, do not have
to conform to the theme of the
show, “Hands Across the Sea,”
Miss Humison has announced.
New to this year’s Vodvil will be
the WUS hostess, selected from
foreign students on campus. She
will be introduced during inter
mission at the show.
I Saturday to participate in the Na
tional Debate tournament to be
held at West Point, New York.
Representing Oregon will be
Karl Harshbarger, senior in
I speech, and Don Mickelwait, jun
ior in economics. Herman Cohen,
instructor in speech and director
of forensics, will accompany them
on the trip.
Oregon and Washington State
college will be the only North
west schools represented at the
tournament. Oregon received its
invitation on the basis of its show
ing at the Linfield Forensic Tour
nament of Champions, hold in Mc
Minnville, March 4 to 6.
Harshbarger and Mickelwait re
cently returned from the annual
Pi Kappa Delta tournament at
College of the Pacific in Stockton,
Calif. At the California tourna
ment, they reached th^ finals in
debate competition, and Mickel
wait was awarded first place in
extemporaneous speaking.
Williams New
IFC President
Pete Williams, Phi Delta Theta,
will head Inter-fraternity council
in the coming year. He won the
presidential election over Andy
Berwick. Beta Theta Pi, and Bob
Gray, Sigma Phi Epsilon, at the
Thursday night IFC meeting held
at the home of Ray Hawk, director
of student affairs.
Don Rotenberg. Sigma Alpha j
Mu, is the new IFC vice-president
and Ward Cook, Sigma Nu. will
handle the job of secretary for
the 1954-55.school year.
Rush week was set' by IFC for
the first week of classes fall term.
The council unanimously adopted i
Berwick's report on fall rushing.
The week will open with the IFC
assembly Sunday evening. Sept.
26, On Monday, Sept. 27, the
freshmen will sign up for rushing
dates. The next four days will be
devoted to regular rushing func
tions, and the freshmen will pick
up their bids on Saturday, Oct. 2.
Open rush will preceed the offi
cial rush week as it did last fall.
Hawk pointed out the dangers of
a closed period stating "I have
never seen more bitterness than
when we tried the 'hands off’ poli
cy.”
The council expressed hope that
rush week in the first week of
school rather than the second
week would help the freshmen get
a better start scholastically. Hawk
said that the low freshmen grades
of fall term could be directly re
lated to the late rush week. He
urged the fraternities to give the
freshmen the opportunity to get a ,
solid start in school during the!
first weeks.
OSC to Present
Exchange Show
Oregon State college will pre
sent an exchange assembly in the
Student Union ballroom Tuesday
at 1 p. m.
Both Oregon and OSC recently
sent assembly programs to several
Oregon high schools and OSC’s
program here will be similar to
its high school presentation, ac
cording to Gloria Lee, Oregon ex
change assembly chairman.
Three Professors
Receive Awards
From Foundation
Three members of the Univer
sity faculty h|ive been given Ford
Foundation awards to travel an.I
study, E. L. Johnson dean of the
college of liberal arts, has an
nounced.
They are H. T. Koplin, assistant
professor of economics; Carlis'e
Moore, associate professor of Eng
lish, and E. R. Bingham, assist
ant professor of history.
The three wiU receive a f .ft
years salary plus added expense!
from the foundation and the
awards will enable them to travel
and to study subjects connected
with their fields to broaden the.i
teaching.
Koplin will leave in June with
his wife for England. He will
spend time at Oxford and Cam
bridge universities studying eco
nomic theory.
He received his B. A. degree at
Oberlin college in Ohio and h;o
Ph.D. at Cornell university. He ha*
been here since 1950.
Moore plans to visit several
schools throughout the United
States and study modern post
Freudian psychology in order to
discover its relation to nineteenth
century literature.
He plans to take along his wifo
and two children. He will spend a
large amount of time at Princetc a
university, where he received h.3
B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees.
Bingham will go to Yale uni
versity and study the works of
Ralph Henry Gabriel, an authority
on American intellectual and cul
tural history. He and his wife wdl
leave in September.
Bingham earned his B A. degree
at Occidental college and his Ph D.
at UCLA.
Light Automatically
Put on Senator List
Jim Light, defeated Associated
Greek Students candidate for tbo
ASUO presidential nomination,
will automatically be placed on tjm
list of AGS candidates for sena
tor-at-large.
This is the procedure under tbo
preferential system of counting,
where each candidate receiving
the established quota of number
one votes is selected as a senator*
candidate.
The name of Bob Maier, also an
AGS candidate for senator-at
large, was omitted from the lict
of “Election Results” in Thurs
day’s Emerald.