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Oregon Daily
EMERALD
Vol. LIX
i VIVERSITV OK OREGON, Kl (.FA I„ MO.MIA V , A I KII. 21, 1958
No. 110
APATHY OPPOSES)
Ferguson Seeks
ASUO Top Spot
Duncan Fergtron announced
bis candidacy for A8UO student
body president to the Emerald
Sunday night. Ferguson follows
Bud Titus In publicizing his In
tention to run for the office In
the April 30 elections.
Currently Junior class repre
sentative and chairman of the
Canoe Fete, Ferguson also Is a
member of Druids and chairman
of Greater Oregon. He was a
member of Skull and Dagger last
year, and belongs to Phi Delta
Theta fraternity.
Senate leadership I'rged
Included In his statement to
The Emerald were the following
remarks: "After thinking It out
very thoroughly I felt that the
University has some needs that
have to be met. 1 feel that one of
these needs particularly preva
lent Is apathy in student govern
ment."
As one of the reasons for
apathy, Ferguson cited the "lack
of leadership in the Senate."
"One of the ways to advert
t! is," he explained. "Is through
such things is a student leader
ship conference, which would in
clude members of the Senate and
other student leaders.”
Part of the job of the student
body president. Ferguson felt,
b to combat this apathy toward
government. He referred to Ar
ticle IM, Section 4 of the ASl.’O
Constitution, which provides that
part of the president s duty is "to
Inform and recommend to the
Senate matters concerning stu
dent welfare" as one method of
activating the Senate.
"I'd like to see more A8UO
backing to the frosh workshop
and related activities. One area
that is ofen neglected completely
is the ASUO cabinet. I feel that
this is one of the most important
groups on campus, and can help
raise student Interest," he con
tinued.
Greater Oregon Emphasized
"It's Important that all stu
dents support Greater Oregon,
I)! M AN KEKGt SON
Seeks I’mMenry
but the program is important
enough to require more than that:
it needs an effective organization,
with organized student participa
tion," Ferguson said.
He named several improvements
he felt should be made in the pro
gram, which included:
More campus and general pub
licity for the program.
Better publications to send to
the prospective University stu
dent.
Fxpansion of the Greater Ore
gon program into Washington
and California.
Better local summer programs.
More effective visitation pro
gram with emphasis on the aca
demic side of University life.
Ferguson also felt that it-was
necessary to better orient foreign
students to the University. He
said this could be done by having
them visit campus living organi
zations and student organizations
such as the ASUO Senate.
"The ASUO could give a greater
boost to campus activities, such
<Continued on page 3)
Goal Nearly Reached
During WUS Week
World University Service's an
nua! fund drive collected approxi
mately $1500. the week's goal, ac
cording to Walt Grebe, W'US co
chairman.
Butch Alford was named Ugly
Man at Saturday’s Vodvil Show.
Alford, a Beta Theta Pi sopho
more in Journalism, won a year's
possession of Herman the Moose
with a totul collection of $200.66
during the week-long contest.
BI TCH ALFORD
Chosen Only Man
Another $400 was contributad
to the fund from the profits of
the Vodvil Show, attended by
some 800 people. Kappa Alpha
Theta was awarded the annual
house solicitation trophy with a
total donation of 76 cents per
person.
Campus personalities, auctioned
off to the highest bidder at last
week's Friday at Four, added
various sums to the fund drive
lotal.
Joe College finalists were sold
to Susan Campbell Hall for $16.
Delta Tau Delta and Phi Gamma
Delta bought the Bi tty Co-ed fi
nalists for $15.
Tau Kappa Epsilon bid $5 for
the Homecoming Court, while the
King of Hearts candidates also
went to Susan Campbell Hall for
$15.
Chi Omega bid $16 for the Sig
ma Phi Epsilon quartet, and Rose
Bowl stars Chapman, Stover,
Shanley, Tourville, Grottkau and
Wheeler were sold to Gamma Phi
Beta for $16.
High bids for the day came
from Delta Gamma and Delta
Upsilon. DU bid $42 for the rally
squad, while DG bid $56 for the
Cruisers.
Jones Explains
University Stand
On Picket issue
The University's position on an
alleged picket-line violation at a
Portland department store was
clarified this weekend in a letter
by William C. Jones, acting dean
of the school of business admin
istration, to a Portland union
executive.
Jones' letter went to Jerry
Thorn, international representa
tive of the Retail Clerks Interna
tional Association.
Incident April 7
The union had complained that
60 University students, as part
of a retailing class project, cross
ed picket lines surrounding Lip
man Wolfe in Portland April 7,
The letter said that the Uni
versity “regrets if, inadvertently,
it has become involved in such a
situation and apologizes to both
labor and management for any
embarrassment which it may
have caused.”
Jones added that the class had
carried on the project in other
years as well, crossing picket
lines then without incident.
‘No Purchases Madr'
He told Thom “The students
did not enter the retail estab
lishment to make any purchases
but only to observe retailing
merchandising procedures.”
The letter concluded: "It is dif
ficult for us to understand why
sixty students, coming from all
parts of the state of Oregon,
should be deprived of this edu
cational experience, since the
project has no relationship to the
aspects of the labor problem
involved.”
Ballot to Carry
Four Amendments
Four proposed amendments to
the ASUO Constitution, printed
on page 6 ot today’s Emerald,
will go before the student body
in the April 30 ASUO elections.
Two of the changes passed
two-thirds votes at Thursday
night's ASUO senate meeting.
The others were submitted by
petition (signed by the required
200 students) Sunday to ASUO
vice-president Don Kalberer.
Ke-apportion Urged
The longest proposed amend
ment would re-apportion senate
positions on a living group basis
and would do away with class
representatives.
It provides for seven class.fi
Indonesian Crisis
Topic of Speech
The Browsing Room lecture
this week is Ernest Henry George
Dobby, professor of geography at
the University of Malaya. He will
speak on the "Geographical
Background of the Indonesian
Crisis" Wednesday evening at
7:30 in the Browsing Room.
Dobby. born and educated in
Britain, is now on leave from the
University of Malaya, holding the
position there of Dean of Arts
and Professor of Geography. He
has served as Lecturer in Geog
raphy, Raffles College, Singa
pore, Reader in Geography, Raf
fles College, and as Head of the
Malaya-Indonesia Section, Po
litical Intelligence Department,
Foreign Office, London.
He received his B.A. in 1932
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rations of living groups to divide
23 representatives between them.
Only persons in the particular
living group would be allowed to
vote on their representatives, and
or. no others.
This electing of representatives
would be conducted apart from
the presidential election—on a
separate ballot.
Class Keps Out
The amendment would also
provide for freshman class elec
tion of four representatives, and
would add an article allowing a
president and vice-president only
from each class.
The other petion-based
amendment would re-state por
tions of the preamble to the Con
stitution, stressing the “en
couragement of freedom of the
press, freedom of speech, free
dom of religion and the essential
quality of all races in the human
family.”
One of the senate-ratified
amendments calls for a separate
ballot for presidential candidates,
with the provision that their
names also appear on the ballot
for senator-at-large.
At present, all candidates for
president ana senulor-at-large
appear on the same ballot.
Vote Total Changed
The amendment would also
eliminate candidates for class
presidencies from further con
sideration (once defeated for the
higher office) as class represen
tatives.
And the fourth amendment
would reduce the number of vot
ers necessary to pass amend
ments from one-third to one
fourth of the student body.
Tuesday Talk to Feature
Humorist, Ogden Nash
Ogden Nash, poet humorist, will
I ‘trip the light fantastic' in verse
I as he speaks about his life and
! writings Tuesday at 1 p.m. in the
Student Union ballroom.
The talk, called “An Afternoon
with Ogden Nash,” will include
readings from some of his books
of verse.
According to some critics there
are at least three Ogden Nashes
—“the skylarking humorist," the
literary craftsman, and the ser
ious social satirist.
Nash has written several books
of verse since he started tickling
the language in the late 1920’s.
He wrote "Parents Keep Oyt”
(subtitled: "Elderly Poems for
Youngerly Readers”). His most
recent book is “The Private Din
ing Room.”
After a year at Harvard, Nash
spent a year at St. George's
School in Newport, Rhode Island,
where he says, “I lost my entire
nervous system carving lamb for
a table of fourteen-year-olds.”
He continues, "I next went to
New York to make my fortune as
a bond salesman and in two years
sold one bond to my godmother.
However, I saw a lot of good
movies.”
Eventually he began working
| at Doubleday Page publishing
house, where he first began writ- j
| ing his distinctive style of verse.
Nash wrote the lyrics and was ;
| co-author of the musical, “One i
| Touch of Venus,” and was lyricist1
for "Two’s Company,” which
starred Bette Davis.
For three years now he has
been entertaining on the tele
vision program, "Masquerade
Party.”
Ogden Nash Speaks Tuesday in Student Union