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AGS: Logic at Last
The house representatives of Associated Greek Students
demonstrated some good, logical reasoning in rejecting the
AGS policy committee’s recommendation to do away with the
all-campus primary at the party meeting Thursday afternoon
at Alpha Chi Omega.
Discussion centered on three important factors: 1) Timing
of the ouster movement; 2) Knowledge of the all campus
primary; and 3) Alternative proposals. Rejection of the
policy committee’s recommendation was based on these con
siderations rather than on the intrinsic merits or demerits
of the present primary system.
If the AGS leaders had sincerely wanted to do away with
the primary this fall, action should have been taken well
before last Thursday, since this Wednesday is the deadline
for filing petitions for the Nov. 10 ballot.
Some of the representatives raised doubts as to whether
AGS could do a thorough job of educating the students in
the week between filing and the election. Obviously, the party
at present lacks the machinery to do such a job, and AGS
would be taking the chance that the vote of an uneducated
electorate would benefit the party. Even a calloused politician
would hesitate before endorsing this approach.
It was fairly evident at the Thursday meeting that many
of the house representatives did not fully understand the
primary setup. This ignorance is to be regretted, but the will
ingness of these individuals to admit their ignorance is the
redeeming factor.
Refusal of the representatives to accept at face value the
party leaders’ denunciations of the primary was a demonstra
tion of independent thinking that has been all too rare in AGS
circles. The group just wouldn’t allow this important issue
to be railroaded through by the few campus politicians who,
for either party considerations or personal motives, wished
the defeat of the primary system.
“Abolish the all campus primary, and then what?’’ seemed
to be the question uppermost in the minds of the assembled
representatives. Would rejection of the primary mean a
return to closed voting in the Greek houses, or would AGS
propose another system, possibly the convention suggested
last spring?
No alternative plan is needed, party leaders assured the
representatives. Just vote out the primary, and let us worry
about what follows. The representatives were looking for
more constructive criticism, however, and finallv rejected
the policy committee’s proposal, perhaps more on thi- issue
than on the other two.
The action taken Thursday by the full assembly of AGS
delegates reaffirmed our faith in campus politics. It is pre
cisely this type of sincere, incisive thinking that is needed to
make student government at Oregon really mean something.
Couldn't Be Cos?
“This is when the coach ran out on the field for a few words
With the referee.”
—The Looking-Glass—
First UT Production
Called Sympathetic
By Len Calvert
Emerald Columnist
(Editor's Note: The Emerald
today introduce* Its new drama
critic, Len Calvert, who will
review University theater pro
ductions and present his views
of local entertainment in this
column. An Emerald staff
member for the past three
years, ^'alvert has written re
views for the Sulem Capital
Journal, where he was em
ployed during the past sum
mer.)
Oregon’s University theater
began its 1054-55 season in a
light and sentimental vein Fri
day with its producion of Mary
Chase’s teen-age comedy "Ber
nardine.”
In "Bernardino” Miss Chase
has depicted the life and tirm‘8 of
a fairly typical teen-age bunch
of boys who are exploring the
adult world and, each in his own
way, trying to become a "wheel"
by "making time with the wom
en.”
The cast of the current pro
duction, most of whom aren’t
so far from the teens them
selves, give a sympathetic por
trayal of these boys, their
lives and problems.
Two members of the cast arc
particularly outstanding in their
performances—Scott Lehner and
Bruce Holt. Lehner, a familiar
Campus Briefs
0 Amphibians, woman’s swim
ming honorary, will meet to
night at 7:30, according to Inga
Shipstead, publicity chairman.
All members and pledges should
attend.
^ Members of the (trepans
index committee will meet today
at 5 p.m. on the third floor of
the Student Union.
0 The Sophomore cabinet of
the YWCA will meet today at
noon in Gerlinger, according to
Mary Sandeberg, publicity chair
man.
0 Tho following patients were
confined to the infirmary Sun
day, according to hospital
records; Sally Jean MacIntyre.
Neldra Ackerman and Lloyd C.
Maynard.
0 The Student Union recorded
music committee will meet at
12:30 Tuesday in the SU, accord
ing to Shirley Hardy, commit
tee chairman.
0 There will be a KWAX staff
meeting Tuesday night at 7:30.
Anyone who has any connection
with the station should attend.
• The International Affairs |
commission of the YWCA will I
meet Tuesday at 4 p.m. in Ger- j
linger hall. Kathy Holloway will j
speak on Pakistan.
^ The Decoration committee
for Kiddie Karnival will meet at
4:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Student
Union, according to Mary Sande
berg, chairman.
• The Homecoming Queen Se
lection committee will meet today
at 4:30 p.m. in the fishbowl at
the Student Union, according to
Peggy Gathercoal, chairman.
Ping Pong Pairings
Posted for Playing
Pairings and schedules for the
current YMCA ping pong tour
nament in the Student Union are
posted in the ping pong room.
Games will be played by YM
members according to the sched
ule. First round games are to be
played by Thursday, second
round by next Monday, third
round by Nov. 12, and the fourth
round by Nov. 16. Final games
are to be played by Nov. 21.
face to steady UO devotees,
again shows the fine touch for
comedy which has made him out
standing in such allows ns "She
Stoops to Conquer.”
Holt, n relative new-comer to
the theater group, acts a* the
play’s narrator and leader of the
boys. It is in his closing speech
that Holt really shines. His de
livery of "best wishes and good
luck” to his gang should really
hit many students, who are not
far removed from their own high
school groups.
On the distaff side, beautiful
Loretta Mason shows why she
has been runner-up to such titles
as "Mins Oregon.” Miss Mason
docs an adequate job of being the
seductive “older woman.”
Pat Johnson as Lchner’s dis
traught mother, carries her part
well, but gets just slightly too
hysterical In her big scene as
she explains what adults want
for their children.
A word should also he said
here about Director Frederick
Iiunter. This In the liest “Hunt
er” show which we have ever
watched. The summer seems to
have improved his ability as u
director a great deal.
The staging of "Bernardino"
is unique among recent UT pro
ductions. Surrounded by black
valeur curtains, the sets are es
sentially composed only of fur
niture. Scene changes are made
to music by members of the cast,
right before the audience’s eyes.
Dominating the singe is a huge
backdrop of “Sneaky Falls, Ida
ho,” which, to the boys, repre
sents a sort of heaven, where
children dominate their parents.
As Miss Chase says of the
boys in her introduction to the
action, “It's a Halloween world
they live in for a little while ...
and here no doubt can ever fully
enter.” This may be so, but "Ber
Dardine" comes close.
KWAX Adds
To Collection
Radio station KWAX is initlat- i
ing a campaign to increase their j
record library, Charles Stauf-1
facher, head record librarian, has
announced.
Radio KWAX now receives
complementary records from Co
lumbia and Dot record companies
Letters have been written to
four other record companies in
hopes of starting a complemen
tary program with them,
KWAX's record library includes
2400 copies of 78 rpm records,
150 albums and many public serv
ice transcription records.
Many of the records used by
KWAX are borrowed from the
audio-visual department of the
University library.
KWAX has a large variety of
records, including sound effects,
popular, classical, dramatic and
historical.
• Letters...
...to the Editor j
The Other Side
Kn»'riilil Kdltor:
So you havo succumbed to
the emotionalized radio broad
cast* and colorful signs of the
Neuberger for Senator com
mittee.
Even if Neuberger were the
Wonderful man you have been
led to believe hi; in, why would
we Oregonians want to (tend to
congress a man who, while a
member of the State Legisla
ture, repeatedly missed the
meetings? Nougergcr was ut>
sent on H9 crucial roll call
votes In one year, while Cor
don has missed only roll
calls in ten years. This might
seem minor, but when we think
of how much wc need lo de
pend on our senators, Neu
berger would rate low on de
pendability. Oregon must be
represented <n congress, not
by an empty chair, but by a
man whom we cun depend on.
1 haven’t the time to go Into
Nrubergrr’s abilities for the
office. But out of approximate
ly .13 bills he In trod need lit the
State Legislature, only 3
passed. You may credit that to
the fact that It was a Keptildl
ean legislature If you wish.
That may lx- partly true. How
ever, out of that many bills,
doesn’t It seem that if they
were all for the welfare of the
state, more would hu\e been
passed ?
Of the 149 roll call votes
Neuberger missed, ten were
school bills, although he makes
a point of his interest in edu
cation. Eighteen of his failures
to vote were on important tax
measures; seventeen dealt with
health; twenty were on agri
culture. and six were on Ore
gon highway and traffic safety.
Head again your Neuberg
er's statements, and review his
career in Oregon. Think It over.
Sincerely,
I'arteia Hoy
YMCA Membership
Drive Starts Today
Today marks the beginning of
the YMCA's week-long member
ship campaign on campus.
Russell Walker, executive di
rector of the University Y. urge.)
that anyone Interested in join
ing the YMCA visit his office,
located on the third flo<r of the
Student Union. HI* office is o]ken
between 10 a,in. and 5 p.m.
Members of the Y will wear
pins all next week, according to
Dave Roberta, YMCA president.
They will answer any questions
concerning the organization
brought up by interested stu
dents. Delegations of Y mem
bers will call on prospective
members during the week.
Cost of a year’s membership
is one dollar.
Today's Staff
Makeup Editor. Anne Ritchey.
Copy Desk: Sally Ryan, Marcia
Mauney Kathy Morrison.
News Desk: Jerry Harrell.
By Popular Demand
^& WE ARE FEATURING
OUR
* Budget Special
Last year the special lunch was
a campus favorite. Come in and
see why it was. We're starting this
year's series with a real treat:
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T-BONE STEAK
$1.00
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