Emerald Interviews Indicate
First-Week Rush Unpopular
By Jerry Harrell
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University of Oregon students
do not favor holding rush week
during the find week of classes.
Thai wax the opinion of K4
of 100 students interviewed in a
tandom ytarnple of student opin
ion taken by the Kmc raid dur
ing the past week. The other
16 spoke in favor of find-week
rushing. No atudent answered
"No comment."
Questions asked by the in
terviewers were: 1. Do you favor
rush week being held during the
first week of classes? 2. What
do you think would be a more
convenient time ? and 3. Do you
have any comments to make on
your choice?
The 100 students interviewed
included 61 Greeks and 29 inde
pendents. Fifty-two of the stu
dents were men and 4H were
women.
Comment* ranged from "Some
one ought to clue the prof* on
rush week” and "People don't
know what’ll coming off that
early In the term” to "There Ih
plenty of time for studies during
the find week of classes, so rush
week really doesn’t interfere.”
A total of 34 students ex
pressed the opinion that rush;
week should be held later in the
term, while 32 favored deferment
until winter term. .Seventeen'
said rush week should be held
before school starts, and four
men favored the system used by
Oregon State college (rush week
begins Wednesday of Orientation
week and continues through the
first Wednesday of classes at
OSCI.
One woman, a junior in Eng
lish and a sorority member, said.
"First impressions aren’t always
right. The students should have
a chance to get to know the
houses.
J-School Opening
Attracts Crowd
Erie W. Alien hall, the Uni-j
versity's new Journalism build
ing, was officially opened Sat
urday with dedication ceremon
ies and a formal luncheon in
the Student Union ballroom.
The luncheon, with approxi
mately 450 people in utteudanre,
was the highlight of the day’s
festivities. Twelve speakers, I
among them three emeritus pro
fessors and one of Allen's sons,
headlined the program.
Dean Acts us Kmcee
Gordon A. Sabine, dean of the
school of journalism, acted as
master of ceremonies at the
luncheon and introduced speak
ers R. E. Kleinaorge, president
of the state board of higher edu
cation; Charles D. Byrne, chan
cellor of the state system of
higher education: O. Meredith
Wilson, president of the Univer
sity.
Lucien P. A rant, publisher of
the Baker Democrat-Herald; Ru
Lund, president of the Oregon
Advertising club; Paul Walden,
manager of radio station KQDL
in The Dalles; Robert C. Hall,
associate professor emeritus.
W. E. Goodwin Thatcher, pro
fessor emeritus; George S. Turn
hull, professor emeritus and for- ■
mer dean; Joseph Gardner, edit-]
or of the Oregon Daily Emerald; j
and Eric W. Allen Jr., son of '
Dean Allen and now city editor.
of the Medford Mail-Tribune.
Speakers Praise Building
All of the speakers followed
the same general theme, that the
new journalism building is a
great step forward in journalism
education. Thachcr stated that,
"although the building is a great
tribute to the memory of Dean
Allen, the important significance '
of the new structure is that it!
stands for the hard work and !
interest of the faculty, alumni
and friends of today."
Students Conduct Tours
Before and after the luncheon
Allen hall was open to the pub
lic. Many displays were present-1
ed to give people a brief history 1
of the past record of the jour
nalism school.
Journa lism undergraduates;
conducted tours through the
building both in the morning j
and the afternoon.
Harvard Man
Set As Speaker
A well-known personality in j
education will speak at the forth-1
coming University Charter Day j
and inauguration of President
O. Meredith Wilson. He is Ze
chaviah Chafee, Jr., professor of
law at Harvard university.
Chafee will speak at the Alum
ni Association Charter Day din
ner at 6 p,m.t Tuesday, Oct. 19.
His after-dinner address will be
open to the public.
The 69-year-old Chafee has
been a professor of law at Har
vard since 1919, teaching there
since 1916, He holds a B.A. de
gree from Brown university and
an LLB from the Harvard law
school. Chafee also has an LLD
from St. John’s university of
Brooklyn.
At the present time Chafee is
chairman of the board of direc
tors of the Builders Iron Foun
dry iff Massachusetts. In 1948
he was the U.S. delegate to the
United Nations Geneva confer
ence and has been a member of
the UN committee on Freedom
of Information and Press since
1047. He is also a member of
the American Bar association,
Phi Beta Kappa and the Amer
ican Academy of Arts and Sci
ences.
Author of more than 20 books,
Chafee’s latest is “How Human
Rights Got into the Constitu
tion,'' published in 1952. Others
include “Freedom of Speech,”
“The Inquiring Mind,” “Free
Speech in the United States,"
nnd "Government and Mass Com
munications.”
Chafee and his wife now live
In Cambridge, Mass.
One man, a senior in pre-med
icine, offered the ^opinion that
‘‘No man can serve two masters
studies and rushing.” He was
also a Greek.
"I thought it was o k. as it is,
because I knew where I was
going,” was the comment of one
freshman man.
One fraternity member, a soph
omore in business administra
tion, said, "Big name houses
have the biggest pull, because
the rushees don't have time to
find out about the other
houses,"
One man, a freshman pledge,
said, "As it was, I think it was
a rat race, and a lot of it was
just plain silliness.”
On the other side, one frater
nity pledge said, “Might as well
get it over with early. Instruc
tors are still lax the first week.”
Another freshman said, “Get it
over and done.”
One who favored first-week
rushing said, “It’s fine, but if
they are going to make rules,
let’s enforce them.” The com
ment was made by sophomore
w’oman in physical education.
Rather than using a model
“universe,” and establishing the
ratio of Greeks to independents,
men to women, and number in
each class, the sample was taken
at random. Five members of the
Emerald staff made the inter
view’s.
Ducks Down
Golden Bears
Len Casanova's Oregon foot
ball team rallied from behind a
two touchdown deficit to upset
the California Bears 33 to 27 at
Berkeley Saturday afternoon.
In winning the exciting PCC
contest from Lynn Waldorf's
eleven, the Ducks showed the ca
pabilities that were expected of
them before the season began. !
The victory placed the Web
foots in fourth place in the con
ference standings with a res
ord of two wins and one loss.
Oregon got off to a bad start:
with two costly fumbles early!
in the first quarter opening the
scoring gates for a pair of Bear
touchdowns. After trailing by a
13 to 0 count at the first quar
ter’s end, Casanova’s squad came
to life and put on a stirring
rally.
Leading the Ducks in their j
winning effort was Quarterback j
George Shaw and a strong of-1
fensive showing by the Oregon
line.
For further details see the
sports pagtr 3.
Depot Rally .Welcomes
Victorious Duck Team
A crowd estimated at 1500
persons gathered on the plat
form of the Southern Pacific
depot Sunday night to welcome
Oregon’s victorious football
'team.
Team Captain Ron Pheister,
Coach Len Casanova and other
players spoke briefly, promis
ing “We’ll do the same to CSC
next week.’*
A partially organized car
rally started south on Willam
ette, turned up Broadway, hut
dispersed when the band, “Bak
er’s Half Dozen,” stopped at
Piliiso’s night club.
Oregon meets Southern Cali
fornia Saturday afternoon in
Multnomah stadium.
Drivers Advised
To Start Early
i ou’d better plan on leaving
for your 8 o’clock clans at about
fti.lO a.m. if you’re driving a car
to school this year.
Don Rot.enberg, chairman of
the student traffic court, has an
nounced that there arc 1800 stu
dent cars registered this term,
the highest number in the Uni
versity’s history and three times
the number of parking spaces
available in University parking
lots.
The University maintains five
major parking lots capable of
parking 600 vehicles. The larg
est of these, the “Fiji” lot at
14th and Kincaid, will hold 240
cars.
42% Driving
The 1800 registered student
automobiles mean that 42 per
cent of the students enrolled in
the University are driving cars.
In addition to these, there are
staff and faculty members us
ing the available space.
To make up a part of the dif
ference between the number of
cars and the available parking
space, most streets bordering the
campus are open to student ve
Cordon te Be Guest
At Lone Reception
Senator Guy Cordon, currently j
seeking re-election to his third I
term, will be the guest at a
Lane County Young Republican
club reception Tuesday from
2:30 to 4:30 p^n.
University students are espe
cially welcome to attend, accord
ing to Doug Spencer, president
of the club. Campus clothes are
in order for the reception, which
will be held at the Republican
headquarters. 40 West 10th.
Members of the campus Young
Republicans club will be assist
ing at the reception, which is
one of several projects of the
campus group.
hides on a first-come, first
served basis. Except for the John
son hall lot and the stretch of
University avenue in front of
the Student Union, all campus
lots are available for students
at no charge.
Warning tickets were issued
until last Monday to let students
familiarize themselves with the
campus parking rules, Rotenberg
said, but tickets have been is
sued to all violators during the
past week.
Ticket* May Be Appealed
Under the student court plan,
all students given parking tick
ets oh campus have the option
of paying the fine in the office
of Student affairs or appealing
the ticket in traffic court.
If the student considers the
court's ruling unfair, he may ap
peal the decision to the office of
student affairs.
However, if a student does not
reply to a citation within two
weeks, the amount of the fine is
increased 50 cents and the total
amount is deducted from his
breakage fee at the end of the
year. Fine schedules are posted
in the Student court office, SU
309, and are also on file in the
office of student affairs.
All court sessions are open to
the public. Fines collected are
deposited in a trust fund from
which court expenses are paid
and an annual student court
scholarship awarded. First court
session of the year will be held
Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the
SU.
Tickets are issued by a Eu
gene city policeman hired by the
University to patrol the campus
fulltime. He replaces the campus
policeman who formerly handled
the job, and his wages are paid
jointly by the city and the Uni
versity.
Student car owners who use
the campus parking lots but who
are not registered are subject
to a one dollar fine.
Beards to Be Grown
By Sophomore Men
Sophomore men will be re
quired to grow beards starting
today for the coming “Sopho
more Whiskerino.” This year’s
"stubble’’ dance will be Satur
day night. Oct. 23.
Whiskerino rules as to the
growing of beards have been
changed this year so that upper
classmen in each house are re
sponsible for keeping the sopho
mores in line. They are to figure
out their own penalties for vio
lators of the “no shave” law.
As in past years, freshmen
women will go around to the
men’s houses periodically at meal
time to check up on the beard
growers.
BEARD GROWING TIME has arrived for all sophomore men.
With the Sophomore Whiskerino only two weeks away today
marks the beginning of the contest. Above, freshmen women
Sandra Cooley and Bonnie Jean Ellsworth check the stubble of
Stewart Johnson, sophomore in liberal arts.