56th Year oj Publication
VOL. LVI
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. EUGENE, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1955
NO. 114
Officers Chosen for A GS, U/S
ContesfsLacking
In UIS Primary
The United Independent Stu
dent#’ lack of primary competi
tion caused only 232 independents
to vote in Wednesday’s elections.
In the only real contents on
the ticket Charlsie Parker won
the race for the junior class rep
resentative nomination and Ham
Whitney outlasted Doris Allen in
the contest for sophomore class
representative.
UIS presidential candidate
Sam Vahey polled 145 number
one votes in the ASUO poll. In
the competition for the nine sen
ator-atlarge nominations no
race at all materialized. Only 10
candidates were in the contest
and one of them, Dick Frear,
withdrew at the last minute so
the other nine qualified for the
general election automatically.
Mltrhelmorr High
Chuck Mltchelmore was the
leading UIS senator candidate,
polling 23 number one votes and
picking up 22 more votes on the
distribution of Vahey’s ballots for
a final total of 45. Mary Claire
Allen was second with 39 votes
and Bob Biggs placed third with
33. Following the leaders in order
were Dave Lobb with 28. Richard
McDaniel with 22, Roger Som
mer and Dorothy Iler with 15
each, Kathleen Morrison with 12
and Sue Iaimb with nine.
Kip Wharton polled 29 num
ber one votes in his unopposed
race for the senior class presi
dent nomination. Representative
candidate Sam Frear, also unop
posed, picked up eight one votes.
Carl Groth, stiil another with
no competition, grabbed the jun
ior class president nomination
with 44 number one votes. The
race for junior class represen
tative developed into a close one
with Miss Parker winning out
over Joanne Reed after two
transfers by a 28 to 21 margin.
Close Race
Miss Reed had the most num
ber one votes with nine but Miss
Parker scored strongly on both
the first and second transfer to
win the nomination. Joy Bellarts
ran third in the race.
Dale Bajema got 49 first place
votes for the sophomore class
president nomination and also
won with no opposition. Whitney,
after leading Miss Allen 13-11
in number one votes, held on to
his margin to win the nomina
tion by a 36-28 count.
Violations of Campaign
Rules Seen Wednesday
ASUO Vice-President Hollis
Hansom said Wednesday night
that he hadn't decided whether he
would try to put some teeth into
the ASUO election regulations
following the primary election.
Many campaign posters were
in view all day Wednesday in de
fiance of the ASUO rules which
say that no signs, posters, or
other promotional material may
be visible on election day.
Ransom also reported that he
had received a strong protest
from the Post Office after a cam
paign poster for Bill Hardin, AGS
candidate for senator-at-large,
was placed on the mail box near
the co-op.
Hardin’s posters were also
Campaign posters and signs
glued onto the glass doors and
windows in Allen hall and other
buildings, bringing protests from
the janitors.
tor John Raventos and Gordon
Summers, both AGS candidates
tor sophomore class president,
and Dick Allen, AGS candidate
1315 Votes Cast
A total of 1315 votes were
east In Wednesday’s primary
elections. Of these 1083 were in
the AGS primary and 232 were
in the I'IS contest.
In the individual class elec
tions the voting was the heav
iest in the sophomore class el
ect ions with 515 ballots being
■narked. The junior class com
petition drew 323 voters to the
polls and the senior class elec
tions had 256 voters.
Wrong Voting Methods
Used by Many Students
Explanations of the preferen
tial voting system were plentiful
during the last two weeks be
fore the primary elections but
despite this many students still
failed to understand the proper
method of voting.
This point was well illustrated
by the variety of odd ballots that
came into the hands of those
counting the tickets Wednesday
night.
Vahey Write-In on AGS
Probably the rarest case of all
was an AGS ballot with a write
in vote for U1S presidential can
didate Sam Vahey. In one ballot
box was found a student body
card belonging to Margaret Hol
man, freshman in physical edu
cation. ASUO Vice-President
Weekend Court
Voting Is Today
Voting to select the five mem
bers of the Junior Weekend court
is being held today, with voting
in the Student Union and the
Co-op.
Student body cards are re
quired for voting, and students
must vote for five women. There
is no preferential voting, and
ballots not marked for five wom
en will not be counted.
Seml-FtnaUsts
The twelve semi-finalists be
ing voted on include Barbara
Bailey, Betti Fackler, Patty Fa
gan, Janet Gustafson, Jody
KlHhre, Colleen Moore, Phyzz
Pearson, Jackie Robertson, Jean
Singleton, Sue Smyth, Gail West
and Barbara Wilcox.
Short interviews of the 12 have
appeared in the Emerald this
week, with the exception of Miss
Gustafson. She is being spon
sored by KaRpa Kappa Gamma,
and is from Eugene.
The busy speech-correction
major is on the rally board and
chairman of the Red Cross and
the United Appeal. She is a
member of Phi Theta Upsilon
and is rush chairman for her
sorority.
Court Announced at Yodvil
The five members of the court
selected in today’s vote will be
announced at intermission of the
Duck Preview vodvil show, Fri
day night in Mac court.
Junior Class President Bud
Hinkson will announce members
of the court, and will introduce
each one.
Hollis Ransom said that Miss
Holman may pick up her card
at the ASUO office in the Stu
| dent Union.
j One of the most common er
two different candidates in the
same race.
Class Voting Wrong
Another prominent mistake
was made by many voters in the
rors in voting was the using of
X's instead of the prescribed nu
; merical marking. Still other vot
: era used a number one vote for
I class officer races. Instead of
I voting just for candidates in the
space indicated by the circled
number, many voted for all three
classes while still others voted
in only one, but not the correct j
1 one.
Many students lost out on a
! chance to have their ballots more
meaningful by only voting for
one or two candidates in the
ASUO race and also in the class
contests.
for sophomore representative,
were also in evidence most of the
day.
Ransom also said he saw two
men distributing posters for Al
len and Jim Perry, AGS candi
date for sophomore class presi
dent, in front of Straub hall at
11 a.m. on election day.
Such action would violate the
ASUO rule which states that all
campaigning must cease before
the opening of the polls on elec
tion day.
The Student Union rule which
forbids campaigning on the SU
grounds also appeared to have
been broken. Posters for Barkey
Herman, AGS candidate for jun
ior class president, and Darrel
Brittsan, AGS candidate for Sen
ator-at-large. were lying on the
steps of the SU most of the day
Wednesday.
However, Ransom said that the
violations concerned only "four
or five people at the most.” and
that those people may not have
been the candidates themselves.
He said that to enforce the
regulations strictly, "you would
have to go from one extreme to
the other.”
Oregon to Host
1200 at Preview
More than 3200 high school
seniors from Oregon and from
out-of-state will be on the cam
pus this weekend for the sixth
annual Duck Preview.
Student affairs statistics show
that approximately S00 women
have indicated they will attend
and around 500 men. Attendance
at the 1954 Duck Preview was
925.
’ Registration will begin at 3
p.m. Friday in the second floor
lobby of the Student Upion, and
continue until 10 p.m. Saturday's
registration will be from 9 to
12 a.m. Visitors should receive
registration material as soon
as they arrive on campus.
5 Men's Houses Win
Places in Vodvil Show
rive mens nousos survived
eliminations Wednesday night to
gain berths in the Vodvil show
Friday night in McArthur court.
The five are Alpha Tau Omega.
Beta Theta Pi, Campbell club.
Chi Psi and Phi Gamma Delta.
Their skits are entitled, “A
Rural Girl,” “Come Back, Little
Sh-Boom,” “For Your Listening
Pleasure,” “Omelette,” and "Face
on the Bar-room Floor,” respec
tively.
Rehearsal Tonight
A dress rehearsal of the show
will be held tonight at 6:30 in
McArthur court. The co-chair
men of the event have request
ed all the acts to bring their own
light men and prop men.
l ne order in which the acts
will appear in the show follows:
Chi Psi, Chi Omega, Alpha Tan
Omega, Kappa Alpha Theta,
Beta Theta Pi, Kappa Kappa
Gamma, Phi Gamma Delta, Del
ta Delta Delta, Campbell club
and Pi Beta Phi.
Tickets Available
Tickets for the show may be
purchased at the Student Union,
the co-op, or from Mary John
son at Carson 5. High school
seniors will have tickets given
to them at Duck Preview regis
tration.
A highlight of the show Fri
day night will be the announce
ment of the Junior Weekend
court. The court will be com
posed of five women elected by
Prexy Spot Won
By Brandenfels
By BOB ROBINSON
Emerald Astiitifit News Editor
Martin Brandenfels spurted to
an easy win over Bob McCracken
and Ev Stiles in the feature con
test for senior class president in
the AGS primary election.
Brandenfels, expected to have
tough competition from both
McCracken and Stiles, polled 99
number one votes to outdistance
his rivals rather easily. Mc
Cracken was second with 51 and
Stiles trailed with 47.
With many more contested
races on its ticket than U1S, the
Greek party had a total voting
turnout of 1083. Presidential
candidate Bud Hinkson picked
up 570 number one votes al
though he was unopposed in hia
race for the nomination.
Lynch Wins
In another close contest Jim
Lynch won the AGS nomination
for sophomore class president
with a total of 150 number one
votes. He was trailed by Gordon
Summers with 115, John Raven
tos with 100 and Jim Perry with
30.
As expected, Doug Basham
won the junior class president
nomination fairly easily over
Barkey Herman by a margin of
180 to 53.
Close Race
One of the closest races of the
night occurred in the battle for
senior class representative be
tween Patty Fagan and Bob
Maier. Miss Fagan picked up 19
number one votes to Maier’s
three but Maier made a gallant
j comeback on the transfer of the
presidential ballots and polled "84
votes to Miss Fagan’s 73. The
final tally favored Miss Fagan,
92 to 87. Thirty five of the presi
dential ballots were exhausted
because of improper marking
and this could have made a dif
ference in the representative
contests.
Sally Jo Greig won with com
parative ease in her bid for the
junior class representative nomi
nation. Miss Greig polled 158
votes through the first transfer
to Molly Carr's 71.
'Five transfers were necessary
to establish a winner in the con
test for sophomore class repre
sentative. Jim Hilands finally got
the nod by a 173 to 121 margin
over his nearest competitor, Bet
ty Herrman.
Brittsan First
A big battle developed for the
nine senator-at-large positions.
Darrel Brittsan, Brian Booth and
Louie Blue all qualified with the
necessary 110 quota on the tr ans
fer of Hinkson’s ballots. Brittsan
was first out, after polling 59
number one votes. Booth fol
lowed although he polled 93
number ones, high for any sena
tor candidate. Blue, with 38
number one votes, gained the
third spot.
The contest for the other six
places on the ballot was extreme
ly close. Anne Ritchey, who was
strong in the early balloting with
54 number one votes, was fourth
to qualify on the seventh trans
fer.
On the eighth transfer the
number of contestants remain
ing in the running was limited
to nine and the contest was
closed. Rob Roy was fifth to
make the grade with 113 votes
after the eighth transfer. Follow
ing him in order and winning
nominations for the all-campus
election were Ann Erickson with
100, Nan Hagedorn with 97, Walt
Ching with 92 and Bill Moore
with 83.