\’ol. LVI University of Oregon, Eugene, Frl., Apr. 15, l»55 No. 110
Panel Considers
Lack of Interest
Wh«t run the A81JO Senate do
to Increase Interest In student
government ?
That was the question consid
ered by seven members of a Sen
ate-sponsored panel Thursday
evening at a meeting attended by
present Senate members, current
candidates for offices and a hand
ful of visitors.
Panel members refuted the
idea that no group is interested
in governing unless it has the
power to govern and denied that
the Senate larked this power.
Student Union Board Chair
man Andy Berwick suggested
that the Senate explore "the hin
terland between the facility and
student realms."
"We should take an active in
terest In the academic affairs of
our University how our money
is being spent, how to improve
our education and our enjoyment
of the University," he said.
Funk Disagree*
Disagreeing with Berwick was
Bob Funk, former ASUO vice
president. Funk said that it was
desirable to move into new areas
if it was necessary or if profit
was to be derived.
But "desire for power is not
enough," he stated. "Student gov
ernment should enter lhe.se fields
only if it must protect the rights
and interests of students. Basic
ally students do not lack the
Senate Opposes
Chimes Player
Opposition to purchase of an
automatic player attachment for
the chimes was expressed by the
ASUO Senate Thursday evening.
The group voted without dissent
to oppose transfer of breakage
fees to pay for the chime player.
Purchase of the automatic
player had been suggested by
Student Union Director A. L. EI
lingson to increase the use of the
chimes. The Senate did recom
mend that the SU music commit
tee be requested to play the
chimes more often.
In other business, the Sen
ate heard progress reports on
the canoe fete and the elections.
Canoe Fete Chairman Bob
Schooling told the Senate that
plans for the originally limited
canoe fete have been expanded,
with an additional ihcrease in
the budget. Current plans call
for sale of 3000 bleacher seats
and 3000 ground seats, in addi
tion to 10 boxes of eight seats
each. No complimentary tickets
will be issued.
The Senate also made tenta
tive plans for construction of its
own ballot boxes to be used in
ASUO elections. The reason for
the move was a proposed $1 per
box rental planned by the ath
letib department.
Workers Needed
For AWS Project
Petitions are being called for
the AWS-sponsored rummage
sale, according to Ann Pettersen,
AWS adviser for the sale.
A general chairman is need
ed, as are a collections chairman,
sales chairman, publicity, pro
motion and an appraiser. The ap
praisal chairman will also need
committee members, Miss Pet
tersen said.
necessary authority; they're just
not aware of the extent of their !
authority.”
Other sources of apathy men- '
tinned by the panel included the
general breakdown of the class
as a cohesive unit, lack of issues,
decreased conflict, a complicated
ballot and the rise of bloc politi
cal parties.
To counteract this rise of apa
thy, Berwick suggested that the
Senate needs a more powerful
administrative body to drive
home its decisions.
The problem of orientation of j
freshmen was mentioned by
Schooling, who suggested that
such an orientation program
should come at the student level
rather than through the office of
student affairs.
A proposal to rut down the
size of the Senate was offered by J
Funk as a possible solution to
political apathy problem. Funk
also recommended investigation
of the party system and possible
re-organization along other lines.
Sa>s Parties are Dead
"Parties at Oregon are dead,”
he said. "UIS is weak, AGS is
somewhat better organized but
it still lacks vitality. There is no
valid basis for political parties
as they are now organized, and
students realize this. What we
need is splinter parties,” he said.
Funk himself was once the
candidate of such a splinter
group the Peon party organ
ized in the 1953 elections.
He later suggested that in the
absence of issues, students should
form parties to back particular!
candidates.
The question of whether the
politicians, once elected, were
willing to accept the responsibili
ty of their power was raised by
ASUO President Bob Summers.
Summers maintained that sen
ators have a duty to keep their
constituents well informed of
senate activities, thus creating
an interest in student govern
ment.
MET STAR IN MAC COURT
Opera Contralto to Sing
In Concert at 8 Tonight
< I.ARAMAK Tl RNKR, Metropolitan opera contralto, will appear
In an Kugene Civic Music concert tonight at 8 In Me Arthur
court. She Is currently on a nation-wide tour which will take her
to 36 states.
Truth Must Motivate
Writer, Says Faulkner
William Faulkner told a coffee
hour forum in the student Union
Thursday that to be a good
writer, a person must believe in
truth and be motivated by it.
“It must move him to the point
where he says to himself, I
must tell someone about this.’
The good writer sees that truth
and believes in that truth, but it
takes a lot of sweat, hard work
and some talent to make a good
writer.'’
When asked what he expected
the reader to get from his works.
Mother's Weekend
Activities Announced
Mother's Weekend will be held
in conjunction with Junior Week
end again this year, May 13, 14
and 15.
Events will be co-ordinated
with those of Junior Weekend,
with mothers invited to attend
all the events of both.
Registration for mothers will
be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Friday,
and will be continued Saturday
morning from 8 to 8:30.
Mothers will have a special
seating section at the prom Fri
day night, in the Student Union
ballroom.
Following Saturday morning
registration, there will be a
breakfast and general business
meeting, also in the Student
Union ballroom, which will be
from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m.
Luncheon Scheduled
Mothers and all students on
campus will attend the luncheon,
to be held on old campus Sat
urday noon. At this time .the
Junior Weekend Court will be
presented and the queen honored.
Tappings will be conducted for
several honoraries, as has been
done in the past.
A tea, sponsored by the Eugene
Mothers’ club, will be held from
2 to 4:30 pvm. Saturday in Ger
linger hall. This is especially for
mothers, but all campus women
may also attend.
Dinner Saturday will be in the
living organizations, and the ca
noe fete Saturday night will be
attraction for the evening.
Sing Is Sunday
Sunday morning there will be
another mothers’ breakfast, from
9 to 10:30 a.m. Church will fol
low, with Sunday dinner again
in living organizations. The all
campus sing will be held Sunday
afternoon.
Housing available for mothers
will be released later, pending
compilation of a list by Dick
Allen and Jim Carter, housing
chairmen. The lists will be sent
to all living organizations, and
the motels and hotels on the list
will contact the chairmen as their
available space is filled.
Students are urged to invite
their mothers early, so housing
may be planned as soon as pos
sible.
Faulkner answered, "I hope that
he will get the truth. I hope that
he will read and when he is
through, say to himself. Yes
that's so. That’s the way it is.- ”
To the question. “What if a
writer writes about a universal
truth but doesn’t live that truth
'himsolf ?" Faulkner answered.
"The writer who lives a base and
degrading life, but who writes
about a universal truth, is in
point saying, ’This is what I wish
I were.’ ”
"Mr. Faulkner, do you believe
that in America there is a de
sire by the people to be indi
viduals or do you feel that they
are content to follow- the mass?’’
he was asked. He answered by
saying, "I believe that the in
dividual always wants to be an
individual. There are any num
ber of people in America who be
lieve in their individuality and
who. like I. believe in Man. I pro
test against reducing man to a
mass. Man has got to be him
self."
When he answered a question
concerning which one of his
books he thought his best. Faulk
ner deliberated for a moment
then answered, "I can’t really
answer that. To the writer they
all fail, which is the reason he
writes again. I may judge, how
ever, by the amount of sweat and
anguish that went into writing
them. I would rank “Sound and
the Fury” as my best and “Ab
salom, Absalom” as second/’
When asked how Faulkner
found time to write since he
managed a farm and was a
writer only on the side, he an
swered. "If the writer is good
he will desert his wife and even
pawn his grandma to get it done.
He'll find time to do it.”
Claramae Turner, Metropoli
tan opera contralto, will appear
tonight at 8 at McArthur court
in a Eugene Civic Music associa
tion concert.
Miss Turner is particularly
noted for her creation of the
title role of Gian-Carlo Menot
ti's contemporary opera, “The
Medium.”
Beginning her career in Amer
ican folk music, Miss Turner
later joined the chorus of the Kan
Francisco Opera company. She
soon made her debut as the con
tralto lead with the opera and
also appeared ‘as guest soloist
with the San Francisco symph
ony.
In addition, she appeared
three times a week on a network
radio program and went through
a season of 250 performances of
Gilbert and Sullivan.
Later Miss Turner went to
New York where she appeared in
the world premiere of “The Me
dium."
After a successful audition
with the Metropolitan, she sang
the contralto leads in such pro
ductions as "Carmen," “Samson
and Delilah,” “II Trovatore,” and
“Salome.” She has appeared in
major opera companies in Cin
cinnati, San Francisco, Phila
delphia and South America.
Her appearance at the Univer
sity is part of a coast-to-coast
tour which will take her to 36
states. In addition to her regu
lar recital tour and opera per
formances. Miss Turner stars in
such special concerts a.srthe Rod
gers and Hammerstein night at
New York, and appears on radio
television programs.
Leaders Need
Many Qualifies,
Says Seligman
"Leadership is an interactive
relationship,’’ L G. Seligman,
assistant professor of political
science, told a browsing room
audience Thursday night.
It is complex and involves the
image of the leader on the fol
lowers, the situation at hand, the
personality or character of the
leader, and the present institu
tional rules, such as the voting
method, he said.
As the people, especially the
urban masses, looked to Roose
velt to calm their insecurities,
so do the people look now to
Eisenhower in this period of ten
sion, Seligman said. A paradox
has resulted, because while the
people have more and more
looked to the president as a cen
tral guiding figure, the execu
tive office has grown in its com
plexity and divisions, he com
mented.
The president must coordinate
all the actions of the executive
office and at the same time be
an administrator, manipulator,
and be one who has "skill in
creating mosiacs."
In recent elections, Seligman
felt, stress has been laid more
on the personality of the candi
date himself and less on the
actual issues at hand. Both
Roosevelt and Eisenhower have
used the casual fireside chats and
the press conferences.
Popular presidents who are
elected on personality rather
than platform tend to weaken the
party, because when the person
ality is gone so aie the fair
weather friends, he said.