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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (March 6, 1958)
Vo. 93 COMPLETES LECTURE SERIES Novels Analyzed Tracing "Mann's propensity for selecting neurotic characters In his novels," A. Reppman, assistant professor of Germanic languages spoke on "Thomas Mann: the Neurotic as Hero” Wednesday night to a large Browsing Room audience. Leppmtn, lecturing in the last Of the winter term Browsing Room series, gave his definition of neurotic as "a person being ho introspective and morbid that he differs from normal," but ad mitting that this Is not a medical definition. i Speaking on "Dcr Zauberberg,” or as translated in English, "The Magic Mountain,” Leppmann Noted the main character waa called a "dissipated baby” due to hia physical make-up and un aociable character. Speaking of "Budden brooks,” an early novel by Mann, Lepp rnann covered the decline and dissolution of a prosperous and honored German family of merch ants. The decline from "normal” was paralelled by the increase in the family's interest in art and | learning. Group Proposed To Handle Discipline BY MIKK FORRESTER Emerald Staff Writer A plan for a Senate subcom mittee to replace the present Discipline Committee will be tip before the Senate next week. If the proposal is passed by the Senate and by the Discipline Committee, a board of seven stu dents will then held many dis ciplinary powers in the Univer sity. The current committee is made up of seven faculty mem- i hers and three students. Walt Schreck, junior vice presi-1 dent who devised the plan, .said Wednesday that the Discipline Committee’s reaction Monday to the proposal was “favorable." He added, though, that the board wanted the plan to be re worked before they considered it again. Generally, the new subcommit Beer License Appeal ' Not Allowed by OLCC roodland Markets second ap plication for a package beer li cense was again turned down Wednesday by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission. 'Die Market, at 661 E. 19th Ave., is Inside the old limits of the University "dry zone." HdS Name* Support Owners Mr. and Mrs. William Kemutt appealed the previous Chamber Music Program Tonight A program of wind-instrument chamber music will be offered by the School of Music at 8 p.m. today in the School auditorium. Student saxophonists Gary Wil son anil Milton Qtinm, and Tom Y’Blood, and William Schwars, will begin the program with "Introduction. Recitative, and Chorale" by Albert Schmutz. "Concerto No. 1 in F minor’’ by Carl Maria von Weber will be the next number, performed by Pianist Dean Madsen anil Neil Kujac, playing the clarinet. Handel’s "Concerto in G minor" will be followed by "Suite Breve en Trio” by Kugene Bozzo, "Idylle” by R. Clcrisse, two move ments from "French Suite’’ by Yvonne Deaportcs, and "Sonata in E flat, op. 120, No. 2,” by Johannes Brahms. "Morgenmusik” by Paul Hin demith will conclude the program. WRA Officers Elected Newly elected Women's Rec reation Association officers are Beverly Lloyd, president; Marcia Schneider, secretary; Arlene Wayt, treasurer, Terry Sylves ter, custodian, and Sue Derby, sergeant dt arms. Elections were held Wednes day. UT Continues Run Of 'Short Hour' Play “The Short Hour” by Sylvan Hardliner, assistant professor of English, will continue its run at the University Theatre tonight, Friday and Saturday. Tickets may he purchased until the 8 o’clock curtain lime at the UT box office. Admis sion is $1. decision at a heading Tuesday in Portland, and presented a petition bearing 333 names to support their case. Passage of the application was opposed by the University, which was represented at the meeting by Donald DuShane. dean of stu dents. DuShane told the commis sion that "go to 90 percent ot disciplinary problems at the Uni versity come from use of alco holic beverages beer or strong er." Minister* Speak \galnst Several Eugene ministers also spoke against gianting of the application. No word as to the fate of two other applications, those of the Milyard St. Market, 1698 Hilyard, and the Safeway Store at 184(1 E. 13th Ave., was available Wed nesday evening. Education Goals Discussed in SU Eugene high school principal Dean W. Mickelwait, University faculty members and an Emerald editor will be "On the Spot" today ' at 4 p.m. in the first of a series I of Student Union discussions by ; this title. W. O. Shanahan, professor of history. E. R. Bingham, assistant professor of history and Bill j Cook, editorial page edtior of The Emerald, will join Mickelwait in this panel discussion on "Selec tive Admissions versus Mass Edu cation.” Cook has voiced the opinion that, “as part of the Great Am erican Dream, institutions (some, not all i have to be ready to of fer higher education to every man's son, almost with regard to his abilities or desires, to enable him to ascend in the social struc ture." .'lass Education Democratic Shanahan maintains "Mass education coi responds to a demo cratic nation's need to educate everyone to his maximum poten tial. Yet mediocrity must not flourish at the expense of talent. Thus far mass education has worked best in technical and practical fields. In science and the humanities we have not mas tered the art of educating ‘Aris totles Junior Grade’. But the ef fort to do so is consistent with democratic needs." Dance Recital Tickets Ready Jean Krdman, a Broadway and television star and former soloist with Martha Graham's dance company, will present two even ing programs next week on the mainstage of University Theatre. A demonstration of develop ment of creative dance, together with discus.-ion and analysis of this ait form, will be given by Miss lOrdman Tuesday at 8 p.m. Wednesday, at the same time and • place, she will present a dance recital. Free tickets for both perfor mances may be obtained at the main desk in the Student Union. These tickets must be exchanged for reserved seats, either by stop ping at the University Theatre Box office or by phoning Ext. 401 between 1 and 5 p.m. daiiy (ex cept Sundayt. Study and practice of such var ied forms of dance as Japanese, Hindu, African, ballet and hula, together with many professional appearances, have given Miss Erdman much flexibility of style. Her appearance here, in connec tion with the Festival of Arts, is sponsored by the Arts Program of the Association of American Colleges. English Teacher Seeks State Office “I’m running: in order to keep my husband's sound, liberal ideas before the public and the Demo , cratic party," said Mrs. Wickes j Shaw, the first woman in Lane County to file for a state office Wednesday. Mrs. Shaw, who teaches fresh man composition here, is the ■ widow of Dave Shaw, former pro j fessor in the law school. She is | seeking the Democratic nomina | tion for state representative. A former newspaper editor and publisher of the Curry County ; Reporter, at Gold Beach, Mrs. I Shaw is completing work for a master’s degree in English. She ! hopes to complete her degree this ! summer. Mrs. Shaw, a native of Balti more, Md., has lived in Oregon j since 1947, when she and her hus band first moved to Eugene. After 1950, the late Shaw practiced law in Gold Beach while Mrs. Shaw published the Curry County Re porter. ATO, Sigma Chi To Present Cases At IFC Meeting Alpha Tah Omega and Sigma Chi will present cases to the In ter-fraternity Tribunal tonight at | the bi-weekly meeting of the IFC. ATO was referred to the group due to an incident involving two ! high school senior weekend | guests of the fraternity. The youths were arrested and charged with illegal possession of intoxi ; eating beverages. The Sigma Chi case resulted when two members of the fra ternity were throwing water bags I out of the fraternity windows. ; one of which struck a junior high school girl and caused an eye in jury. At the regular IFC meeting, election of three delegates to the IFC Western regional conference will be held. Tom Waud. IFC president, and Squire Bozworth. vice president, will also attend the spring vacation convention, which will be at Lake Arrow head near Los Angeles. AWS Legislature Schedules Meeting The AWS Legislature will meet today at 4 p.m. in the Student I'nion. Reports from the Treasurer, and from the scholarship and activities com mittees util Ik* called for. tee s powers would cover matters of drunkenness, cheating, police reports (not including felonies or moral violations), damages to property, violations of late hours, under-age drinking, violations of AW8 regulations, and unauthor ized housing. Schreck stressed, however, that these powers may be revised since the proposal may be modi fied before the Senate and Dis cipline Committee take it up. Under the new plan, the Dean of Men and Dean of Women would refer all disciplinary mat ters to the Senate subcommittee, which, in turn, would prescribe the action to be taken in each case. The new group, however, will not have the power to suspend or expel any student, although they could recommend such actions. Students Punish The plan puts punitive action in the hands of the students. Commenting on this, Ray Hawk, dean of men, said Wed nesday that the most significant aspect of the proposal is, "seeing standards develop right in the group," referring to the fact that the students would determine the standards of conduct in the cases which they considered. Hawk added that he is “very optimistic’' about the workability of the plan, and mentioned that several universities have similar set-ups that are successful. Fullest Co-operation Mrs. Gold Wickham, dean of women, said that the Schreck plan is a “wonderful idea." and that she would give her "fullest cooperation ’ if the proposal is accepted. The board would consist of not more than seven and not less than five students necessary for convening. Members, who would be recommended by the ASUO Cabinet which might consult with the deans of men and women, would be a man and women from each of the sophomore, junior, and senior classes plus a seventh (Continued on page 3) Saturday Workshop Set For Frosh Leaders The first Frosh Leaders' Work shop will be held Saturday from , 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Student Union to acquaint the freshmen ' class with the University, to en courage more freshmen to become , leaders and to make better lead ers of the present ones. President O. Meredith Wilson and Paul Bauge, freshman class president, will speak at the open 1 ing assembly. "Student Government," includ I ing its place on campus, struc ture, accomplishments, elections : and effect on the student body will be discussed at 10 a.m. by panel members Bud Titus, George Brandt, Jim Lynch. Larrilyn Carr j and Chuck Mitchelmore. Discussion to Follow Discussion leaders will be Dick Allen, Diana Scott. JoAnne Wood, Chuck Hale and Bud Titus. At 11 a.m. the freshmen will have their choice of listening to Si Ellingson. SU director, talk about the Student Union or W. L. Thompson discuss public rela tions, including the Greater Ore gon program and high school visitation. Discussions will follow led by Jim Smith, Dorothy West and Jim Cain on the SU and Roger Turk, Duncan Ferguson and Dan Arnsmeier on public relations. Leadership Is Topic E. S. Wengert, head of the political science department, will speak on "Leadership.” discussing campaigning, parliamentary pro cedure and campus activities, at the 1 p.m. general assembly. At 2 p.m. freshmen will pick one out of four meetings to at tend. On the slate are Bill Bow ernian, "Athletics”; F. B. Wicker son, Country Club"; J. Lind strom, "Finance,” and a panel of Liz Jollie, Jim Brooke, Jerry Ramsey. Dorothy Gamblin and Molly Burke on “Honoraries and Service Groups.” Discussion will follow each speech or panel. Timmerman to Speak Ron Timmerman, freshman class representative, w'ill deliver the closing speech at 3 p.m. fol lowed by an informal coffee hour. The Frosh Leaders' Workshop Steering committee held a formal dinner Wednesday night to acquaint speakers and leaders with procedures for the work shop. President Wilson, Mrs. Golda Wickham, dean of women, Bill Denman, assistant dean of men; Jim Lynch, ASUO president, and Ellingson were among the guests.