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KITTY FRASER. Managing Editor VALERA VI ERR A, Adv. Mgr.
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The Dark Ages
"Turn backward, turn backward, oh time in your flight."
That little Quote pretty well expresses our opinion of what the
Associated Greek Students are trying to accomplish with their
move to eliminate the all campus primary.
The plank, included in the AGS platform released Tuesday,
has all the elements of a shift back to the "dark ages" as far as
politics at Oregon goes. It smells faintly reminiscent of the
days of TXE and the real Greek-Greeks.
In essence, what this move to eliminate the all campus pri- j
mary involves is:
1. Returning the primary to the two campus parties to run
as they see fit, without ASUO supervision.
2. Substituting a system of a nominating convention, with
a numerical representation for all houses involved.
3. Removing the vote and direct participation in the pri
mary from the members of the party and placing it in the
hands of the leaders of that party—AGS representatives.
We do not question that the leaders in this movement — Bob I
Summers, Bob McCracken, Bob Glass and Bob Pollock—are sin
cere in their efforts to put some "life” in the AGS party and revive |
.student interest in campus politics. They quote the decline in j
petitioners for this year’s primary as the reason for the move to
•eliminate the primary.
But we do question their methods. We do not feel that I
putting the primary back in party wraps will accomplish any j
revival of interest in politics. We think disinterest in student
.government lies much deeper than this surface move to stir
-things up.
And we think AGS is inviting “dirty politics,” to use their
. own descriptive phrase, by backing a nominating convention.
If potential candidates aren’t strong enough to get out and
campaign democratically for these student government po
sitions, w'e see little benefit in having the party push them
into position by nomination. We see too much opportunity
for house deals, delegates being swayed by the beat of the
drums and the pressure of the convention, and a few “big
wheels” in the party controlling the convention.
AGS is trying to be realistic. But they are also admitting
the failure of the democratic process on this campus. They are
placing their faith in expediency, rather than an attempting to
improve student government and thus vitalize student interest.
They are saying, in effect, “The students in AGS don’t have
sense enough to put up qualified candidates or to vote them in.
So, we’ll do it for them, via a convention.”
• We have fought for the all campus primary and “open”
politics in the past. We place our faith in our campus elec
torate. And we say there is a place to draw the line in ends
justifying means.
It might be very exciting and all to run up 13th street,
shooting off a few guns. But personally, we don’t place that
much value in excitement per se. We say let’s stick to direct
Toting and work from there to improve campus politics.
Campus Calendar
11:00 Journ Fac
Noon Gamma Delta
WRA Cab
WUS Fnd Exec
12:15 PE Lunch
111 SU
110 SU
112 SU
318 SU
113 SU
2:30 Nwmn Cl Exec
3:00 Pi Lmbda Thta
4:00 Panhel Ex Coun
Alpn Cl
Stu Affairs
6:30 Ski Quacks
Phi Beta
Pub Rel
Chaplains
UIS Cof Forum
7:00 Vodvil Reh
7:30 Press Cl
9:00 Fac Bowl
111 SU
334 SU
112 SU
113 SU
337 SU
112 SU
113 SU
313 SU
315 SU
334 SU
Mac Ct.
Dadsrm
110 SU
Student Plays Set
Tonight in Villard
Two student productions, “The
Lonely Man” and “Across the Riv
er, the other Side” are scheduled
to be presented at Villard hall to
night at 7 p. m.
“The Lonely Man” will feature
Tom Angle and Ken Kesey and
will be directed by Don Holt. This
production will be held in room
104. T h e second production,
“Across the River, the Other Side”
by Don Van Boskirk, will star
Clarence Suiter, Joe Malango and
Loretta Mason and will be shown
in the lab theatre under the di
rection of Joice Van Boskirk.
Originality, Plus
—»nriro«« i
“Ordinarily I don’t go along with ‘student lesson planning,’ but
every now and then they come up with something pretty good.”
SU Committee
Request Petitions
Petitions for chairmen for Stu
dent Union standing committees'
are now being called for by the
SU. The chairmen and committee i
members will be selected this term j
to begin planning for the coming i
year.
Committees are: art gallery. j
browsing room, coffee hour forum,
personnel, recorded music, public- j
ity, music, public relations, movie !
and dance.
.Petitions may be picked up on the
third floor of the SU and returned'
to the board chairman’s office in
the SU. Petition deadline is April >
25. Anyone wanting further infor
mation may call Andy Berwick,
board chairman, or Virginia Dail
ey, assistant chairman.
French Play
Is Scheduled
French students are currently
putting on the finishing touches of
the modern French play, “Knock,"
to be presented April 30 at 4 p.m.
and May 3 and 4 at 8 p. m. in the
experimental theater of Villard
hall.
The play is a comedy satire on
the unethical tactics of Dr. Knock
to set up a practice in a small
town. All dialogue is in French and
written by the French dramatist,
Jules Romanis.
Perry J. Powers, assistant pro
fessor of romantic languages,
plays the lead. The play is directed
by Jean Guedenet, assistant pro
fessor of romantic languages.
Included in the cast are Robert
Griffith, sophomore in political
science; Ingrid Meijling, junior in
journalism; Will Potten, junior in
-sociology; Arne Baartz, sophQmore
in liberal arts; Robert Johns, sen
ior in foreign languages; Jo Tail
man, senior in English, Robin Col
lins, graduate in foreign lan
guages; Rexford, Sorenson, Pat
rick Henry, sophomore in speech,
and Judy Johnson, sophomore in
liberal arts.
Admission is 50 cents for col
lege students and 30 cents for high
school students.
Today's Staff
Make-up Editor; Kitty Fraser
Night Editor: Kathleen Morrison
Desk Staff: Dick Lewis, Joy
Bellarts, Elsie Schiller, Sally
Ryan, Joe Gardner.
Copy Runners: Sam Vahey, Sal
ly Ryan.
Amphib Banquet
Slated for Tonight
Amphibians, women's swimming
honorary, will hold their annual
banquet tonight at 5:30 p. m. at
the Mandarin restaurant, accord
ing to Olivia Tharaldson, presi
dent.
All members and pledges are to
attend. Initiation of the remaining
pledges and installation of the new
officers will follow the dinner.
Sinfonia Honorary
Chooses Officers
Glen Benner, sophomore in mu
sic, is the new' leader of the Ore
gon chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sin
fonia, men's music honorary.
Benner was elected at the first
meeting of the group for spring
term. Also elected at that meeting
were vice-president, Robert Ful
kerson, junior in music; secretary,
Bob Ransom, sophomore in mu
sic; treasurer, Otto Crumroy,
sophomore in business administra
tion; alumni secretary, Don Adam
son, Junior in music; warden, Jer
ry Reynold, sophomore in music,
and historian, Larry Drake, fresh
man in music.
These officers will be installed
at the meeting to be held April 26.
CAMPUS BRIEFS
Dcailllnc (or llrim (nr thin column la iu 4
pm. the ilay prior to publication.
• PI latniixni iii.iu, mu until I
education honorary, will holil a ton,
in the Student Union today from
3 to (5 p. in., according: to Mltzl
Aral, president. All members me
urged to uttend.
• The last meeting of SKI
Quacks to plan the butt trip of the
| season will ho hold tonight at 0:30
p. m. In the Student Union, accord
ing to Nnncy Soptku, publicity
chairman.
• A compulsory Student Union
public relation committee meeting
will be held tonight at 0:30 in HU
313, according to Sonia Edwards,
j chairman.
0 An Important meeting of the
WRA cabinet will be held today at
: noon In the St udent Union. The
Uoom number will be posted on
the bulletin board.
0 A coffee hour for all mem
bers of United Independent Stu
dents will ire held at 0:30 p. m.
today in the Student Union. The
party’s candidates will be intro
duced, and ASUO presidential can
didate Hollis Ransom will present
the party's platform. Free coffee
wilt be served,
Air Group Names
Date for initiation
Air Command Squadron, the ba
sic AFROTC honorary, will hold
its official Initiation for freshnnn
pledges next Thursday, according
to Jerry Farrow, president. 'The
initiation will be conducted by the
active members.
Official elections for the officers
of the Air Command Squadion will
be held May 6.
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