VOL. LVI
I XIVKK81TV OF OKKliOX, EIOK.VE, TUESDAY, (M TOBEK 5, 1954
NO. 9
56th Year oj Publication
AGS, UIS Abbreviations Confusina
By Jackie Warded
Emorald Anitunl Now* Editor
I ii the maze «>f unif|ue < )re
gon "-lang" and alphabetical
abbreviations that greet t'resh
nien each year the two that
are often the most confusing
are "AOS" and "l IS.”
AOS stands for Associated
Oreck Students, IIS for I nit-;
•d Independent Students. Moth
are campus political parties.
Occasionally a third party
arises during the A8UO elec
tions held each spring term, but
it is primarily these two parties
that take care of the business of
electing officers. That is their
primary function to elect their
members to office on the ASUO
Senate,
Of the two, UIS is the baby.
Begun only two years ago, UIS
arose out of the rertTnlns of Unit
ed Students association. USA
was a Coalition party of inde
pendent students and some Greek
houses. UI8 is "formed particu
McKay to Speak
Here Thursday
Secretary of the Interior Douglas McKay, former governor
of ( >rcgon. will take time out from his campaigning activities
Thursday to speak to a I niversity assembly.
The assembly will be in the Student Union Ballroom at 1
Campus Singers
To Honor Wilson
The University Singers, under
the direction of Max Risinger.
assistant professor of music,
will make their first appearance
this year In the inauguration
services for University President
O. Meredith Wilson in McArthur
court Oct. 19. They will sing two
songs. "The Omnipotence" by
Frarue Schubert and the “Oregon
Pledge Song."
Their schedule for the rest of
the year will include perform
ances on campus, a tour of sev
eral high schools in the state,
and a final concert, commonly
known among member* as the
home concert. In-which they will
sing the program used on the
tour.
Risinger, formerly assistant
supervisor of music for the Port
land schools, is new with the
Singers thiM year. He took Clyde
Keutzer'a place as director when
Keutzer resigned to become dean
of the Hartford Conservatory of
Music, in Hartford. Conn.
GOP Schedules
Taxation Movie
The initial meeting of the year
of the Young Republican club
will be held today at 7 p.m. in
the Student Union.
Final organization of the
term's activities and designation
of committees will be followed
by the showing of the first in a
planned series of narrated slides
and movies. “Taxes on Your
Taxes" is scheduled for this eve
ning. Special invitations to at
tend the meeting have been ex
tended to freshmen and new stu
dents.
Governor Names
Morris to Board
Victor P. Morris, dean of the
business administration school,
was recently chosen by Gov. Paul
Patterson to be a public mem
ber of the fact-finding commit
tee on the lumber strike.
The committee is composed of
seven members from Washing
ton amt Oregon: two representa
tives of organized labor, two
management representatives and
three public representatives.
Morris came to Oregon as an
assistant professor in economics
in 1926. He is a graduate of Ore
gon receiving his doctor of phi
losophy degree at Columbia uni
versity in 1930.
Morris was the acting presi
dent of the University last year,
beginning fall term and continu
ing until O. Meredith Wilson’s
appointment in spring term.
The committee is to make a
report within 90 days or by
January 1.
p. m. I hurxlay.
Robert D. Horn, chairman of
the University Assembly com
DOUGLAS McKAY
Speaks H«*rc Thursday
mittee announced Monday night
that classes which normally meet
at one on Thursday will meet
next Tuesday, Oct. 12, so that
stidenta may attend the as
sembly.
McKay, who resigned as gov
ernor in November, l9.r>2, to be
come head of the department of
the interior, will speak at a
luncheon at the Kugene hotel at
11:30 a.m. The luncheon is spon
sored by the Eugene Real Estate
board. ,
McKay's subject has not been
announced. Contrary to a prior
announcement, however, he will
not be confined to non-political
topics, according to Dr. Horn.
Committee members expect
McKay to speak on the contro
versial question of public power
and dam construction, but no
definite announcement concern
ing his topic has been made.
Oregana Workers
Meet Wednesday
The Oregana will hold an open
house in its offices in the Stu
dent Union Wednesday froth 6:30
p.m. to 8 p.m., according to
Editor Bob Southwell.
Persons interested in working
on the yearbook are invited to
attend the open house.
Refreshments will be served,
Southwell announced.
I fitly for the benefit of the in- j
dependent students, but with the
j welfare of all students in mind,”
according to Its president, Len'
Calvert.
AGH has been operating on 1
j campus for a number of yfears.
Greek houses are its members, j
although at various times housea
, have left the AGH camp to form
| coalitions with independent par-!
| ties.
Parties Sponsor Slates
TCach party sponsors a slate
of candidatea in the ASUO elec- i
j tions. Occasionally a student will
j petition independently to be1
placed on the ballot and run for [
j election.
Under the election system used
at Oregon each party has a can
didate for ASUO president with
| the losing candidate becoming
| vice-president. Nine senator-at
| large candidates are placed on j
i the ballot by each party also and
j nine senators are chosen by the :
preferential system of voting.
Each party also nominates one
j candidate for class presidencies,
with the Inner becoming vir e
president. One candidate from
each party is also nominated for
class representative with both
virtually assured election. This
system insures equal represent;.I
tion in the class offices.
Equal Representation Destroyed
However, a candidate filing in
dependently can change the sit
uation. Election of a non-party
or third party member to a class
office destroys the equal party
representation. Independent fil
ing is more common in the ASUO
presidential race than in class
elections.
The parties, although essen
tially political in nature, do en
gage in non-political activities
occasionally. AGS has sponsored
a Halloween party for Eugene
children. Last year UIS spon
sored the ‘‘Basement Bounce,” a
Friday night mixer in the base
ment of Carson hall.
Bob McCracken, junior in lib
eral arts, is president of AGS
this year. ‘The Associated Greek
Students are interested in pro
I moting a nd advancing the part
that student government and
| student activities play on the
j University of Oregon campus,”
; he explains.
“We seek to do this by en
couraging qualified persons and
1 interested organizations to par
I ticipate in campus functions. The
1 party is now, as it has always
been in the past, an instrument
through which its members func
tion. As president it is my duty
j to channel the desires and inter
ests of our membership, and not
; necessarily to direct their ac
, tivitics,” he said.
Calvert listed U7S’ primary
! purpose as giving “independent
students a voice in student gov
1 emment."
“We are pledged to work for
the beneift of Oregon and en
| courage ail students to partici
pate in student government. We
believe that student government
at Oregon, with the backing of
all students, can become a truly
great influence on the campus
and its way of life,” Calvert said.
Emerald to List
Derby Pairings
Pairings for the annual Bunion I
Derby, which is to be held this
] Friday, will be announced in
Thursday's Emerald. The get
i acquainted dance, which is spoil- ,
sored by the Associated Women
Students, will start at 7 p. m.
A rotating trophy will be award
ed to the men’s organization with
the largest percentage of mem-!
bers attending the dsnce. A tro
phy is also awarded to the I
women’s'organization which col-'
j lects the most money percapita. |
Last year’s winners were Phi
Kappa Psi and Kappa Alpha
Theta.
Each man attending each house
is charged five cents with the
money collected going to tUe AWS
scholarship fund. Last year a 1
\ total of $489.65 was collected.
Bus Trip Planned
To Berkeley Game
AS VO President Bob Sum
mers announced Monday that
a chartered bus will be pro
vided to the football game be
tween Oregon and the Univer
sity of California at Berkeley .
this Saturday if enough stu
dents show an interest.
Summers said that the trip
will cost approximately $15.
Interested students should
call the ASUO office, ext. 388,
or Publicity Director Jerry
Beall at Alpha Tau Omega be
fore Wednesday evening.
Monday Deadline Set
For Dropping Classes
The last clay to drop or pick
up classes without penalty is
Monday, according to Clifford
Constance, registrar.
Two types of penalties will be
imposed for changes after Mon
day. Any class dropped after the
Monday deadline will be record
ed on the student's permanent
record with a grade from the in
structor.
Three possible grades may be
given, pass if the work has been
satisfactory, fail if the work has
been unsatisfactory, and a no
basis grade will be given if no
written work has been given. A
fine of one dollar will be assessed
for each class either dropped or
added after Monday,
If a student wishes to add a
course to his schedule after Mon
day he must pay the $1 fine and
have the permission of both the
head of the department and the
instructor of the course.
Senate to Select
Assembly Director
Student director of the ASUO
exchange assembly will be cho
sen by the ASUO Senate at'to
night's meeting as well as the
Homecoming chairman and sen
ior class president.
Petitions for the three posi
tions as e due at 5 p.m. today in
ASUO President Bob Summer's
office. The Senate will meet at
3:30 p.m. in the Student Union.
The exchange assembly direc
tor was added to the list of po
sitions to be filled this weekend.
Summers said. John Jensen, sen
University Players
Begin Ticket Drive
The annual University theater
season ticket contest, from Mon
day to Friday of this week, is in
full swing in all the campus
living organizations.
The living organization which
sells the highest percentage of
tickets will get two free passes
for each member to the Theater’s
Arena production.
The student who buys his tick
et now will receive $6 worth of
performances for only $5 and
will be given bonus attractions
which are performed for only
season ticket holders.
An award will be given at the
annual spring theater awards
banquet to £ representative of
the winning living organization.
Sophomore Dance
Chairmen Needed
Harriet Hornbeck, sophomore
class representative, has an
nounced that petitions for chair
man for the Sophomore Whis
kerino committees are due to
day at 5 p.m. in the Student
Union.
Chairmen are needed for the
beard growing contest, enter
tainment, ticket, invitations, and
Joe College and Betty Co-Ed se
lection committees.
Assistants are also needed for
the decoration and publicity com
mittees.
Joe College and Betty Co-Ed
will be chosen from the sopho
more class for this event. Win
ners last year were Phil Lynch,
Alpha Tau Omega, and Phyllis
Pearson, Alpha Chi Omega.
ior in speech, is the only pe
titioner so far. No petitions have
been received for the other o£
; fices. . ♦
Items bn agenda are:
0 Introductions
• Koll can
0 Minifies
0 Speeches
0 Senate materials (agenda,
c o in m i t t ee assignments,
constitution) •
0 Appointments
0 Senate education (parlia
mentary law, rally board)
0 Senior class vacancy inter
views
0 Homecoming chairman in
terviews
0 Exchange assembly inter
views
0 Budget approval
0 Freshmen and graduate
election discussion
0 Committee reports (foreign
students, insurance, train to
Berkeley)
0 Old business
0 New business (student en
tertainment board, out
standnig senator award,
essay contest.
Mother's Board
To Meet Friday
The fall executive board of the
Oregon Mothers will meet Friday
morning in Portland.
The annual Portland Mothers’
tea will be held that afternoon at
the home of Mrs. C. Elmer Carl
son. Representing the University
will be Mrs. Golda P. Wickham,
associate director of student af
fairs, Karl Onthank, associate
director of student affairs, Wil
liam C. Jones, dean of administra
tion, and Donald Du Shane, direc
tor of student affairs.
SU Petitions Due
For Committees
The deadline for petitioning
for Student Union standing com
mittees is Thursday at 5 p.m.
They may be placed in the ASUO
box on the third floor of the SU.
The 10 standing committees
are art gallery, browsing room,
coffee hour forum, dance, movie,
music, personnel, publicity, pub
lic relations and recorded music.