56th }'car of Publication
I NIVKRMITV OK OK LOON, ElUENK, THl ItSDAV, MAY 26, 1955 NO. 139
VOL. LVI
READY BY FALL
Large Expansion Program
Underway in Student Union
By Bob Robinson
tm«r*ld N*wi Editor
The first extensive expansion
program in the Student Union
Kino* its construction five years
ago is now underway.
According to Student Union
Director A. L. Kilingson, by next
fall the building will have a new
biunge and meeting room, sev
eral n< w booths in the fishbowl
and a new door entering the com
muters’ lunchroom from the out
side.
'Jhe new facilities will cost in
the neighborhood of $26,000 and
will provide the building with
some "much needed improve
ments," Kilingson reported.
Work Now t’nderway
Most of the expense will go
for the new lounge and meeting
room which will be located next
to the University post office. The
cost of this project, which is now
in the process of construction,
will be $20,000.
Kilingson said that need for
additional meeting room space in
the SU has been apparent for
some time and that plans for the
new room were started last fall
with that aim m mind. The cam
pus planning committee approved
the project at the first of the
year.
Although the room is being
built for the primary purpose of
providing space for student and
faculty meetings, it will also
provide an Important service to
University students and others
during campus closed periods,
such as Christmas vacation. El
lingson said that a special port
able soda bar is being construct
ed for use in the room at times
Library to Stay Open
Closed Weekend Nights
The library will be open both
Friday and Saturday nights of
closed weekend. Only the news
paper reading room and reserve
room will be open from 7 to 10
p.m. those nights.
Beginning Monday ail reBerve
books will be put on two-hour
reserve. There will be no more
two-day rrsei-ve books until the
end of final week.
when the main lobby is closed.
"The decreased expense that
will be possible with the small
room will allow us to keep it open
(luring the closed periods,” El
lingson raid.
Several noteworthy features
will be constructed in the room.
Johnson Elected
President of UNH
DIRHAM, .VII. (AI*,—The
University of New Hampshire
Wednesday night announced
the election of Oregon educa
tor l>r. Eldon I* Johnson as
Its 13th president.
Johnson, 46, currently Is
dean of the college of liberal
arts and graduate school of
the University of Oregon.
The last UNH president,
Kobert F. Chandler Jr., re
signed last June to accept a
post with the Rockefeller
Foundation.
For further details, please
turn to page seven.
Seligman Invited
To Attend Seminar
Lester Seligman, assistant pro
fessor of political science, has
been invited to participate in a
seminar this summer at the
Brookings Institute, Washington,
D. C.
Seligman and other political
scientista will discuss a study on
the process of nominating the
United States President and plan
for the 1956 study. The results of
the first study were the five vol
ume book, "Presidential Nomi
nating Politics.’’
The seminar is sponsored joint
ly by the Brookings Institute and
the Social Science Research
council.
Seligman will also participate
in a conference devoted to re
search in comparative state poli
tics on July 29 and 30, in New
York City. This one is under the
auspices of the Political Be
havior Committee of the Social
Science Research council.
Anthony, Cleopatra'
Discussed by Lesch
I disagree with the critics
who find in Anthony and Cleo
patra the problem of man aa a
citizen of the state,” said E. C.
A. Leach, professor of English
and one of the leading experts
on Shakespeare, in his browsing
room lecture last night in the
Student Union.
Lesch stated that he also dis
agreed with the school of simpli
fication which sees in the play
the struggle between love and
honor. Lesch said that the play
is a “profound report of the mys
teries of man’s nature. The two
protagonists are too complex to
be labeled as love’s victims.”
Lesch stated in his lecture, at
which there was standing room
only, that Anthony and Cleo
patra was one of the last traged
ies which Shakespeare wrote. He
said that "the play shows the in
fatuation which blinds men to
infatuous morality. Anthony is
overthrown by himself, but he
attributes his decline to external
forces, such as Caesar's dislike
for him. The rage which Anthony
displayed after his last defeat at
the hands of Octavius Caesar be
trays his sense of guilt.”
P. W. Souers, head of the Eng
lish department, acted as dis
cussion leader.
This was the last in the series
of the browsing room lectures of
the current academic year.
The ceiling will be made of
acoustical tile and none of the
celling lights will be exposed. A
new kind of translucent plastic
will be used to cover the lights.
The east wall of the room will
be built of walnut and a large
blackboard will be placed on this
wall. In the southeast comer
will be a small kitchenette and
tables and chairs will be located
throughout the room.
Panels to Separate Rooms
According to Ellingson, the
room will be available for use
as a single compartment but it
will be constructed so it can be
closed off Into three s«y>arate
rooms by sliding panels if and
when necessary.
The room will have one outside
entrance way. through a door on
the west side. It will also have
a double door entrance from the
lobby of the post office.
The new fishbowl booths will
, be located along west side of
the room next to the windows.
They will run from the front door
to approximately 20 feet from
the present location of the juke
box.
The outside door to the cora
; muters’ lunchroom will be used
mainly during closed periods in
much the same way as the lounge
and meeting room. It will re
main locked most of the rest of
the time.
All three of the projects are
expected to be completed by the
start of school next fall.
Theater to Hold
Tryouts June l
Addtional tryouts for the first
summer season University The
ater production, “Kind Sir-’ will
be held June 2 at 3 p.m., in 104
Villard.
“Kind Sir,” a light hearted
comedy, to be acted out on the
arena type stage, will play July
8 and 9. Additional dates may
be added later.
The play will be under the di
rection of Frederick J. Hunter,
University Theater director.
There is a wide variety of roles
open and there will be no selec
tions until after readings have
been completed.
Any students who will be in
the Eugene area over summer
vacation, as well as those enroll
ed in the University, are invited
to try out.
Those seeking scripts in ad
vance should check with Mr.
Hunter.
Regular Editions
Will End Friday
Friday’s Emerald will be the
last regular publication for the
year. Copy deadline is 4 o'
clock this afternoon.
A special Commencement
edition will be published June
2. Copy deadline for the spec
ial edition is 4 p.m. Wednes
day.
Architect Dean
Grants Change
By Den Osborne
Emerald Reporter
Several months of debates, sug
gestions and proposals were cul
minated Wednesday in an at
tempted “return to normalcy’’ by
students and faculty members
of the school of architecture and
allied arts.
Sidney W. Little, dean of the
school, said that problems exist
ed in the department because
of a post war rise in enrollment,
producing a shortage of staff
members.
Dissatisfied with curriculum
conditions, architecture students
began holding meetings several
months ago. On April 15 they
presented to the faculty a pro
posal which was endorsed by 75
students enrolled in architecture
and allied arts.
The proposal contained five
I)KAN' SIDNEY LITTLE
Promises Change in Program
problems affecting the students.
One was that they were not able
to maintain continuity in their
development since they could
only consult with assigned in
structors rather than use any
one on the staff.
Secondly, they felt that their
"access to free ideas from other
instructors was severely limit
ed.”
Thirdly, they resented the use
by the faculty of the no-grade
system, a system in which a proj
ect either passes or fails. Faculty
members, they said, would de
duct credit hours for projects
that were either rejected or took
longer than an established length
of time.
Students Must Conform
Fourth, the students said “In
order to advance, the student
must conform to the standards
established by the two or three
staff members in charge of his
year group.”
The fifth and last problem
• bothering the students was that
: "the existing arrangement tends
to encourage stereotyped and ir-.
j responsible criticism.
To counteract these problems
the students suggested that the
entire architecture staff "be on
a freely circulating basis, avail
able to request to all, regardtess
of the students stage of prog
ress." Students would not beas
signed to particular critics and
"all students would have equal
access to each and every staff
! member.’’
Design problems would be writ
ten by any member of the staff
: “subject to the approval of the
entire staff” and that any staff
member would be qualified to ac
cept a problem when a student
has. indicated he has completed
it.
Little Issues Statement
In a statement issued to the
students, Dean Little promised
that "for the balance of the
academic year the design staff
in architecture will eliminate
specifically scheduled critiesms.
He also stated that “the change
j is preliminary to a far more sub
stantial revision of general pro
cedures in the architectural cur
riculum which has been under
study by the design staff for
some time.’’
In regard to other changes,
Dean Little said “the final re
sult can be in operation by fall.’’
During a meeting held in the
student lounge, students of arch
itecture and landscape and in
teriors elected representatives to
work with the faculty in "all
problems needing student rep
■ esentation.” Representatives
■ elected are: James Purcell, rep
resenting fifth year students;
jEric Norstad, fourth year; Rich
ard Proctor, thiid year; S. Jeff
j ries. lower division students;
. VVilliam Yoemans, landscape
' architecture students, and Purdy
! Ducich, interiors students.
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ASUO Meeting
Schedule Changed
The ASUO Senate meeting,
scheduled for this evening, has
j been postponed until 7 p.m.
Tuesday, ASUO President Bud
j Hinkson has announced.
Names of students recom
mended for appointment to
student - faculty committees
will be presented to the Sen
ate at that time for approval.
Recommendations for the
ASUO Cabinet were approved
by the Senate at it's last meet
ing.
YWCA Needs More
Duckling Counselors
By Anne Hill
Emerald Assistant News Editor
Wanted—more Duckling Coun
selors.
Each year the sophomore cab
inet of the YWCA sponsors a
Duckling counselling program
whereby this year’s freshman
women write to next year's in
coming women orienting the new
Ducklings to some idea of col
lege life.
Each future sophomore writes
a personal letter to a fpture
freshman. The Duckling then
writes back, it is hoped, and a
correspondence consisting of one
or two letters is carried on.
Next fall the sophomore wom
en will get in touch with their
Ducklings and take them out to
coffee.
Although most of the incom
ing freshmen receive much in
formation material about Ore
gon, the Duckling counselling
program represents one of the
few personal approaches to new
students.
Deadline Friday
Only this year's freshmen
women may participate in the
program. In order to do so, they
may sign up on lists which have
been placed on the individual
bulletin boards in Carson hall
and in telephone rooms in Hend
ricks and Susan Campbell halls.
Deadline for signing is Friday.
A training meeting wll be
held the final week of classes.
Counsellors will be instructed
in what kind of letters to write
and how to contact their Duck
lings.