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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 5, 1956)
Orego n Daily EMERALD VOl.. LVIII IMVKKHITV OF OUKOON, KKiKNK, , 0< TOI5KRV 1956 NO.. McKay Discusses Aid to Education [n Campus Talk By EVELYN OLSON Km*raid Stuff Writer Doug McKay, In top off-the cuff apeaklng form, told a Uni versity of Oregon audience Thurn day night that there In “no hard and faat rule," when aaked If he believed in Htevennon’a recently expounded plan of giving ncholnr ■hlpa to de nerving U.8. young ntern. McKay, who formerly nerved bn Secretary of the Interior and ah Governor of Oregon, wan >ipeaking at a coffee hour pro gram aponaored by the campua Young Republican* and the coffee hour forum committee. "Moat young people today have a reasonably good opportunity to get an education,'' he aaid, He added that many large companle* are giving ncholarnhipn for thone qualified and In need of them. "I'm atrong for education for thoae who want It and those who are capable of It," he aald. Approached about federal aid to education, McKay aaid he wan for President Kisenhower's educa tion bill which failed In Congress earlier this year. McKay aaid this waa for a five-year federal aid plan of building "There la a cry ing need for educational facili tiea." he aaid. "I am not In favor of fedetal aid to education aa auch.” he maintained. He emphasized that he didn’t want to see the federal government Infiltrating and run ning local school systema. renter the candidate for Wayne Morse's senatorial position said. "I don't believe you can legislate tolerance," when queried if he would have voted for the Powell Amendment to the Federal Aid bdl. McKay drew laughs when he explained his i-ecent statement "The Issues don't matter. It's the votes that count." Grinning. Mc Kay answered "that was kind of a slip of the tongue. You know the foot In the mouth disease. Certainly the Issues are impor tant,” he declared. Asked if he were willing to de bate Senator Morse. McKay re plied "Sure. I’ve told the news paper I would anytime.” He said It'tinliiiufd on [•oof fiohl) Bunion Derby Participants Ready; Invasion Scheduled For Toniaht Men’* and women’* living or ganization* will participate to night in the annual Bunion Derby, ached tiled from 7 to 11 with an extra dance period at women’* living group* from 11 to 12. Men will have seven minute* of dancing at each women’s group and will be allowed three minutes to travel between house*. After 11 p.in., they may return to t1 women's organization of their choice for an extra hour of dancing. Frosh men will participate in the Derby with their dormitories and not with their fraternities, according to Ray Hawk, asso ciate director of student affairs. Funds collected from the nickle a-person charges at each dancing period will go to defray the ex penaca of the dance and to the AWS acholarahip fund. Music will be provided by KUGN FM, 99.1 on the F>1 band. Prizes for the groups with the largest percentage of participa tion will include a rotating trophy "BOP TOFH," part of I he riTommendnl costume f »r men tonight at the Bunion Itarhy, are modeled by four freshman igirU, Sharon llrwctt, Judir Templeton, Hazel Arnslon and Nancy Drnton, who have been making flying speech*-* to puniielM- the Derby. Tltc hats will la* on safe at the women’s living, group* tonight. (Photo by Don McClure). for the first place men's group, ash tray seta, gift certificates from Portland department stores, Oregon book ends donated by the Co-op and other prizes. Pairings Given Listings of pairings for "the evening have been delivered to living groups along with tally sheet* and judging procedures. First period pairings are as fol lows: Gamma Phi Beta and Beta Theta Pi: Alpha Phi and Theta Chi; Rebec House and Sigma Al pha Mu; Highland House and Chi Psi; Alpha Xi Delta and Tan Kap pa Epsilon; Chi Omega and Phi Delta Theta; Kappa Kappa Gam ma and Alpha Tau Omega; Sig ma Kappa and Sigma Chi; Kappa Alpha Theta and Phi Gamma Delta; Susan Campbell and Cherney Hall. Campbell Club; Hendricks Hall and Delta Tau Delta. Phi Psi, Sigma Xu: Pi Beta Phi and Delta Upsilon; Alpha Chi Omega and French Hall; Zeta Tau Alpha and Hale Kane: Delta Gamma and Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Alpha Gamma Delta and Gamma Hall; Alpha Omicron Pi and Phi Sig ma Kappa. Hunter Hall; Alpha Delta Pi and Phi Kappa Sigma. Lambda Chi. Omega, Barrister Inn and Kappa Sigma, Alpha Hall, Pi Kappa Alpha; Sherry (Continued on f'lU/c ciiiht) Gamblin, Cain Named to Senate In Long Session Dorothy Gamblin, a sophomore, and Jim Cain, junior transfer from Willamette University, were named Thucsday night by the "ASUO Senate to fill its two va cancies. They were selected after the Senate, in a nearly five-hour ses sion, interviewed 35 candidates for the two posts. In other action the Senate agreed to adopt a policy on stu dent drinking at football games. A committee composed of Phil Hill, Brian Booth and Jim Lynch will present a statement at the next meeting, to be held in two weeks, for possible approval. Two New Members Miss Gamblin, a Chi Omega, is a member of Kwama. Pan-helle nic Council and University Sing ers. She has participated in de bate, Canoe Fete, Junior Week end and Greek Week. Cain, a member of Beta Theta Pi, was sophomore class president and Joe College at Willamette University last year. The 35 students who petitioned were estimated by ASUO Vice President Doug Basham as more than twice as many as had ever petitioned for the Senate at one time before. Several Senators sug gested the possibility of a screen ing committee to interview pe titioners in the future. .Many Petition Those petitioning were Jon Shaw, Jerry Ramsey, Rick Cleve land. Chuck Trachi, Carrie Heil bronner. Tom Royston, James Carroll, Jim Cain, Dick Easton, Richard Firman, Jerry Bishop, Bob Biggs, Sam Vahey, Robert Wadman, Chuck Cowen and ; David Cass. „ Also Tom Howser, Dave Crom well. Dorothy Gamblin, Nancy Marslon, Tom Detins, Bev Lan don. Nora Walsh, Gloria Begen-^ ich, Willie Funke. Fred Nunn, Peggy Ragen, Russell Cowell, Sue Ryder, Mary Jane Alexander, Jack Marsh, Dorothy Griffeth, Faye Kesey, Harvey McKelvey and Mike Smith. ASUO President Darrel Britt san appointed Jim Lynch, chair man. and Sue Walcott and Brian Booth, to the Senate committee to meet with the Rally Board. IFC Vote Favors Retention Of House Sign Competition The Inter-fratemtty council. Thursday night went on record opposing the replacement of the Homecoming sign contest with a float parade. At a previous meeting. IFC ( members had been asked by Bass Dyer, alumni secretary, and Homecoming co-chairman Ken Kirkpatrick to seek opinions from their fraternities on the proposal. The council discussed the mat ter briefly, reporting a general disfavor of the plan by their houses. A motion to recommend j the change received only one vote. Kush Tour IFC president Don McClain opened the meeting with a re port on the rush tour taken by approximately 130 rushees Sept. 23. He said that the tour was "suc cessful as far as it went," but that it "didn’t accomplish too much." McClain, added that from the opinions he had picked up most of the rushees felt that the tour was rather pointless because they had already seen most of the houses anyway. Bill Beck and Mike Volonte were appointed by McClain to meet with Panhellenic to discuss the formulation of a joint-ruling on troph> and plaque stealing. A motion which states in ef fect that IFC will oppose such thefts. Bnd enforce fines to stop it was tabled until the next meeting. Asks Help Jim Carter made a brief ap pearance on behalf of the ASUO Senate. Carter asked fraternity presidents to help boost attend ance at Tuesday-at-one assem blies as much as possible. A committee was appointed to look into the possibility of mak ing a film of University frater nities to orientate prospective rushees. Ray Hawk, adviser of the coun cil. announced that president Mc Clain had been chosen a delegate to the National Inter-fraternity council meeting in New York. He will be one of two delegates from the Western Region. ‘ The council voted to pay half of McClain’s expenses to the meeting. Bob Fischer was introduced to the group as the new president from Phi Kappa Sigma. Mike Smith will be the new representa tive of Phi Gamma Delta. IFC will meet again Oct. 18. Frosh Rally Trials Set for Monday Tryouts* for members of the freshman rally squad will he held Monday from 6 to 10 p.m. in (Serlingcr Annex, Doric Whit ten, assistant rally hoard chair man. announced Thursday. All women who have pe titioned will have only those hours in which to audition, she said. Fifteen finalists will he chosen and interviewed hy the hoard at a later date. . Music applied for the routines will ho “Mighty Oregon.” Student Politicians Urged to Participate In Local Campaign Keith Skelton, campaign man ager for Charles O. Porter who seeks election as U.S. Representa tive, 4th district, invites all Ore gon students to take part in the race for the Congressional scat.” Skelton said, "We need volun teer typists and other varied help to assist in assuring the election of a Democratic Representative for Southwest Oregon.” Porter and Skelton will meet with those students who are in terested at 8 p.m. on Friday at the Democratic Headquarters, 33 East Eleventh Ave. Eugene, Re | freshments will be served. Fun, Wasn't It' Selected '56 Homecoming Theme “Fun, wasn't it!” It was and it should be. accord- : ing to Homecoming Co-chairmen Bev Landon and Ken Kirkpatrick. Homecoming Weekend is Nov. 0 and 10. This year’s Homecoming theme was picked by the committee chairmen Wednesday night so that each subtheme can represent a separate period of fun at the University since its founding in 1872. Several changes have been made in Homecoming this year. The ti-aditional noise parade has been changed to a float parade on Sat urday morning which will prob ably travel down Willamette St. A Dukeroo Brunch will be held about 10:30 a.m. Saturday instead of he Alumni luncheon. Judging for the sign contest will begin about 5 p.m. Friday and winners will be announced at the bonfire that night. Plans also call for the queen and her court to be announced at the bonfire. The football game between Ore gon and Washington State Col lege will begin at 1:30 p.m. Satur day followed by open houses for alums at living organizations. The dance will start at 9 p.m. ! “We hope that alums will get here on Friday, so they can at tend all the Homecoming events,” Kirkpatrick said. “Homecoming is planned especially for the alums.” Homecoming Head Petitions Due Petitions for Homecoming com mittee sub-chairmen and commit tee members are due Monday at 5 p.m. in the ASUO petition box on the third floor of the Student Union. Sub-chairmen positions open are as follows: Hospitality: contact. SU regis tration, living organization reg istration, alumni hospitality, reg istration materials, hotel and restaurant accommodations. Brunch: decorations, entertain ment. clean-up. Dance: chaperones, decorations, promotion, ticket sales, programs, clean-up. Finance: button sales, brunch ticket sales. Committee members are needed for hospitaltiy, brunch, dance, finance, sign contest, and pub licity committees. Committee pe titions are due Tuesday at 5 p.m.