55 Senate Record Includes
Canoe Fete, Other Traditions
By SaJly Ryan
Emerald Aatoaiate Editor
Traditions the Millrace. pig
ging. Canoe Fete. Senior Ball
a a<i standard campus weekends
— these were the concerns of one
of the most nostalgic ASUO
Senates of recent years.
In the months since they took
office last May. the legislators
xuade no chauges in the consti
tution. did not abolish the all
campus primary, did not hold a
NFCL convention here and did
i:ot obtain a combined student
body-atljletic card.
Kvaluation Program
What they did do was to strike
at the grass roots of student
government. Through a year-long
public relations campaign, they
made a real effort to obtain
more, student interest and par
ticipation in student government.
A student government essay
contest, flyeis and speeches in
the living organizations were a
part of this campaign. Their
work was evaluated- by a student
government panel discussion.
Greatest student interest was
generated over the Millrace issue,
with the revival this year of the
Ganoe Fete, under Senate guid
ance.
Full-Scale Fete
Original plans called for a
pilot fete this year to create in
terest. but the project snowballed
so rapidly under the leadership
of Jim Light and Bob Schooling
that a full-scale Canoe Fete was
held, replacing its substitute,
the float pa> ade.
* The Senate agreed to the plans
for the Canoe Fete in line with
its plan for eventual Millrace
restoration, and the possibility of
the re-establishment of one of
Oregon’s oldest traditions ap
pears more than likely as the
result of groundwork laid this
year. Current plans call io: an
independent engineering survey
of the 'Race this summer to
establish definitely what can be
done.
Retire Number 14?
Sentiment of a snore athletic
sort was raised over the issue
of retirement cf football jersey
li—the number worn by Gcorgr
Shaw. Senate investigators, found
that to retire Shaw's number,
would make is the only number
so retired in University history.
They then recommended that his
jersey be retired to a place of
honor in the trophy case.
So the matter stood, until the
athletic department came up
With a new’ plan: for an athletic
hall of fame. Oregon. athletes of
aa earlier era will also be repre
sented, and Shaw will be con
sidered by the committee for a
position alongside them.
An atrophied remnant of Ore
OLD TIME
DANCE
EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT
W. O. W. HALL
8th & Lincoln
Vera McAdams Orchestra
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Support The
IMBRALDS
gon's attempt at an honor code
was removed by the Senate fall
term. After three years of little
action, the honor code committee
was disbanded.
And a remnant of the honor
code committee, the test files
committee, was killed by the
new Senate at its first meeting
two weeks ago. The new Senate
moved to let the YMCA assume
responsibility for the care ami
i protection of the controversial
files.
The ASUO entertainment com
. mission was re-established, per
AGS platform of last spring.
Duties of the commission, estab
lished in October, are to advise
and be responsible for the ASUO
exchange assembly. The power
of the commission may bo ex
panded to cover other areas of
student entertainment.
AGS found a need for such a
commission after last year's ex
change assembly was banned in
two Portland high schools. UIS
disagreed in their party plat
form. AGS won the election and
the commission was established.
•Ball' Abolished
Apathy, a $500 deficit, and the
feeling that the money could be
better spent for something of
more permanent benefit led the
Senate to vote 10 to 3 to abolish
the Senior Ball. Another tradi
tional dance was thus eliminated
for future years from the social
calendar.
Two years ago, the Mortar
Board ball and Military ball were
eliminated by the student affairs
committee. The Military ball re
turned this year, as a depart
mental dance.
This year's Senate spent little
time replacing itself as com
pared to the 1953-34 body. Only
five positions had to be filled
this year: those vacated by Bob
Glass. Gary West, Don Smith.
Tom Arata and Buss Cowell. Don
Rotenberg, Anne Ritchey, Doug
Basham. Travis Cavens and Don
Bonirne were selected to fill
them.
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