56th Year of Publication
'*»*'• I,VI UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL. IS. 1955
NO. 108
Nine Aspirants Reveal Intentions
Dy dod Komnson
Kma>«ld Altitun* Newt Editor
Eight more candidates in ad
dition to presidential aspirant
Bud Hinkson announced plans
to run in the coming ASIJO pri
mary elections Tuesday as the
petitioning deadline drew near.
With the deadline for filing
petitions scheduled for tonight
at 6 p.m., many more candidates
are expected to make their plans
known late today.
Tuesday's additions to the list
made a total of 17 students who
have revealed their intentions
to run for offices.
Five From AOH
Of the eight newcomers, five
are from Associated Greek Stu
dents party while only three rep
resent the United Independent
Students.
The five AGS candidates, who
either filed their petitions Tues
day or indicated that they in
tended to do so Wednesday were
Doug Basham, Lewis Blue, Tra
vis Cavens, John Kaventos and
r.inoi i ..orison. me mrce UIH
aspirants are Ham Whitney,
Doris Allen arid Saru Frear.
Basham, a sophomore in pre
med,, Haid that he will be a con
testant in the race for junior
class president on the AGS pri
mary ballot.
Track Siar
A member of Alpha Tau Ome
ga, Basham is currently presi
dent of Skull and Dagger, soph
omore men’s honorary. He is also
a member of the varsity track
team.
Last year as a freshman, he
was president of Merrick hall,
vice-president of the freshman
class and was an outstanding
hurdler on the Frosh track team.
One of his main activities this
year has been in Greek Week
activties, where he served as co
chairman of the event.
Blue to Run
Blue, a freshman in pre-den
tistry, will run for the office
of senator-at-large in the AGS
primary, fits petition was one of
the first turned in early Tues
day.
A frexhman el an a representa
: tive at present, Blue has also
been active in two other campus
■ activities. He wax co-chairman
i of the decorations committee for
; the Froxh Sno-ball and is now
working aa a co-chairman o£ the
promotion committee for the
Canoe Fete. He is a Theta Chi
pledge.
Cavenx, a sophomore in lib
eral arts, is seeking a second con
secutive term on the AGS ticket
as a senator-at-large. He cur
rently holds that position on the
ASUO Senate.
In addition to his senate du
ties, Cavens is president of Al
pha Phi Omega, men's service
honorary, and is a member of
Skull and Dagger, sophomore
men's honorary. Last year as a
freshman he spent much time
working on both the Emerald
and the Oregana. He is also ac
tive in many house activities at
his living organization, Chi Ps.
Whitney, a freshman in busi
ness and a member of Campbell
club, will compete for a soph
omore class representative spot
in the UIS primary. He is a star
pole-vaulter on this year’s Frosh
track team and last year was the
! state high school pole vault
champion while at Benson high
school in Portland.
Besides his athletic endeavors,
Whitney was also a member of
the Omega hall barber-hop quar
tet winter term.
Another UIS member who filed
her petition Tuesday was Doris
Allen, freshman in liberal arts,
i She intends to run for sophomore
class representative.
Conference Officer
Miss Allen, a member of Uni
versity house, represented Ore
gon at the state-sponsored Older
Girls conference last summer and
will be an officer at the same
conference again this summer.
She is an active participant in
Christian activites on campus
Nobel Prize Winner
Speaks Tonight in SU
Nobel prize-winning novelist.
William Faulkner, will speak to
night at S in Ule student Union
ballroom on "The American
Dream What Happened to It?"
Famous for such books as "Sar
toris," "The Wild Palms" and
•Intruder in the Dust ” Faulk
ner is considered by many critics
to be one of America's outstand
ing contemporary novelists.
Most of his works deal with
the Inhabitants of a small mythi
j cal town in Mississippi called
Jefferson. Some of his novels at
* tack the racial prejudice prom
lems of the South. In others he
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SU Board Agenda
The Student t'ninn board
will meet today at 4 p.m. Items
on the agenda include:
• Interviews end discussion
of creative arts workshop.
0 Nomination of members
at large.
• World University Service
drive.
• Special attractions report.
Walkout Mars Vetsf Meeting;
Decision Made to Poll Interest
i ne veteran a committee met
for an hour and 20 minutes Tues
day afternoon and ended up with
a decision to poll all the veterans
on campus to see if there was
any interest in a veteran’s or
ganization.
A total of 21 veterans attended
the meeting, 11 more than were
present at. the first meeting of
the group last week.
A motion to appoint an official
spokesman for the group was on
the floor for exactly one hour,
while some of the veterans ques
tioned the purposes and goals of
the committee. The motion never
reached a vote, and was finally
withdrawn after all but 10 of the
vets had left the meeting.
Several Newcomers
Several of the newcomers left
the meeting apparently unsatis
fied with the answers to their
questions. One veteran told the
committee "I don’t believe you
have a problem,” and left, ac
companied by a friend. Shortly
afterward three more left, ex
pressing their disgust.
Finally, with ten men still pres
ent, Program Director A1 Rey
nolds moved that the committee
send cards to all veterans in the
Huse, Lei and Choose
Mystie Sale Chairmen
Co-chairmen Helen Huse and
Darlene Leland have selected the
committee suc-chairmen for the
Phi Theta “Mystie Sale.”
; University, asking if they were
; interested in a veterans group.
Richard Frear, Bob Biggs, Gor
don Ross, George Wilkins and
Bill Walters volunteered to help
i Reynolds conduct the poll.
Frear, president of the group,
later called the meeting a fight
between two factions. He said
that some of the men present
were there to prevent the organ
ization of veterans group, rather
than to help it.
Chief VA Office
In another development Tues
day, R. Lawrence Whitson, chief
of the Eugene VA office, told the
Emerald he would be glad to
spend some time on campus each
week, providing there was enough
; interest to warrant it.
Whitson said he did not want
to become involved in any cam
pus activities, but he urged any
| veterans who have problems to
come to the VA office. ‘ All they
have to do to get service is to ask
for it," he said.
He said that the number of
vets who came to the Eugene VA
| office was small in comparison
\ to the number of veterans attend
| ing the University.
Members of the Veterans Com
| mittee had suggested that the
Eugene VA representative be
available on campus at a certain
[ time each week.
Vets' Group Disbands
Oregon's “Veterans’ Committee of More Than Ten" held its sec
ond and last meeting Tuesday evening when 14 members of the
group met in Barrister Inn.
The only item of business was the adoption of the following reso
lution for release to the Emerald:
Thursday, April 7, 1955, the “Veterans’ Committee of More
Than Ten” formed for the following.purposes:
1. To satirize the ridiculous implication that a self appointed
group of ten men could represent veteran opinion at the Univer
sty of Oregon. •
2. To condemn the Indiscriminate use of the word “veteran”
and the use of veteran issues by a certain officer of this ten
man group, to realize personal political ambitions.
S. To protest against the irresponsible and unsubstantiated
charges directed at the local Veterans’ Administration offices by
members of this ten-man group.
We feel that these purposes have been accomplished.
We are convinced that (1) we are University citizens first, and
veterans only incidentally, and that (2) veterans’ organizations
are out of place in campus politics; therefore, we hereby disband.
Queen Candidates
Eliminated to 22
Twenty-two junior women will
be interviewed tonight in further
eliminations for Junior Weekend
queen.
Interviews will be held in the
Student Union, with room num
| bers to be posted. Candidates
will wear short silks and heels,
and interivews will be four min
utes each.
Judges for tonight will be C.
E. Johnson, associate professor
of business administration; Mrs.
Mildred McMahon, housemother
of Hendricks hall; Donald Du
Shane, director of Student Af
fairs; Jim Light, ASUO senator -
, at-large; and Hilbert Lee, tennis
1 coach and history grader.
Candidates and interview times
will be;
Carol Arneson, 6:40; Barbara
Bailey, 6:45; Joyce Bearden.
6:50; Jane Bergstrom, 7:00: Bev
Braden, 7:05; Betti Fackler, 7:10;
Patty Fagan, 7:15.
Janet Gustafson, 7:30; Jill
Hutchings. 7:35; Jody Klahre,
7:40; LaRae Koon, 7:50; Leila
Lemmon, 7:55; Bitsy Mills, 8:00;
! Colleen Moore, 8:05; Phyllis
Pearson, 8:15.
Joan Price, 8:30; Jackie Rob
ertson, 8:35; Sue Silverthcrne,
,8:40; Sue Smyth, 8:50; Jean
Singleton, 8:55; Gail West, 9:00;
Barbara Wilcox, 9:05.
ASUO Panel
Will Discuss
Student government will be
the topic of an ASUO Senate
sponsored panel discussion
Thursday at 8 p.m. in the Stu
dent Union. Freshman women
may be excused to attend the
panel.
Panel_ members will discuss the
functions and role of student
government on the campus. All
University students are invited
to attend the discussion and the
Senate meeting. Free coffee will
be served.
Appearing on the panel will
be Andy Berwick, Student Union
board chairman; Bob Funk, for
mer ASUO vice-president, for
mer Oregana editor and Emer
ald columnist; Don Rotcnberg,
senior class president; Bob
Schooling, chairman of the canoe
fete; Les Anderson, ASUO presi
dent in 1942 and currently di
rector of public services, and
Bill Bowerman, ASUO vice
president in 1934, now assistant
director of athletics.
Herman Cohen, assistant pro
fessor of speech, will moderate
the discussion.
and s serving on the Christian
House council at present.
Same other of Miss Allen’s
campus work has included many
committee positions in both AWS
and the YWCA.
Raventos, a freshman in lib
eral arts, announced that he will
run for sophomore class presi
dent in the ACS contest. Raven
tos, who was an outstanding line
man on the Frosh football team
last fall, is a Beta Theta Pi
pledge. He has been active in
many Student Union programs
including a position on the music
committee.
Active on Emerald
Frear, a junior in journalism,
will be a candidate in the UIS
primary for senior class repre
sentative.
Frear has been active on the
Emerald staff, serving as a re
porter, assistant news editor and
a columnist. He has taken part
in two University Theater pro
ductions and is also a member of
Pi Sigma Alpha, political science
honorary.
Carlson, a freshman in jour
nalism and a pledge of Phi Kap
pa Sigma, will run for sophomore
class representative.
Offices in three campus or
ganizations form the nucleus of
Carlson’s activities. He is vice
president of the Young Demo
crats on campus, secretary-treas
urer of the literary honorary,
Ye Tabard Inn, and secretary of
the YMCA organization at the
University. He also works on
both the Emerald and at KWAX,
campus radio station.
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Hinkson to Run
For Presidency
Probability turned to reality
Tuesday night as Junior Class
President Bud Hinkson an
nounced that he intends to run
for ASUO president in the AGS
primary.
Hinkson, who has been con
sidered a likely candidate for
some time, will file his petition
before the 6 p.m. deadline today.
BUD HINKSON
Presidential aspirant
In revealing his candidacy,
Hinkson said he “will seek closer
coordination of existing student
activities and elimination of dup
lication.”
In addition he pointed out that
if elected he would make addi
tional efforts to bring about “real
student government.”
Two improvements that Hink
son stated "definitely need to be
made” are public relations of the
student body in the state and a
consideration by the ASUO Sen
ate of problems that are “more
vital to the students.”
Hinkson is a member of Sigma
Chi.