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Index llnok Review H Keith I'owell g Wiimrn'n |iiik« 7 Weather Freezing rain. Highs in the 10’s ’ and low 30’s. lams in the high 20’» ami low 30’s. Vol. LX I UNIVERSITY OF ORKOON, EUOENK, THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, I960 No. 63 Dean reviews books By Dl'LEY MORAN Emerald Staff Writer During the Wednesday night Browsing Room lecture, H. W, Lindholm, dean of the School of Business Administration, review ed two hooka in business educa tion, reporting on the reasons for their Impact, their findings, and their recommendations. The books were "Higher Education for Business" hy Robert Cordon and James Howell and "The Ed ucation of American Business Men" by Frank C. Iderson. Both books were published in 19fi9. INTRODUCING Lindholm. Scott D. Walton, discussion lead er. said "As a dean, a leader, he is obliged to assess serious chang es suggested in our curriculum. It is in this capacity he is serving Atheists, Deists exchange views By TED MAHAK Emerald Asst. News Editor The Dad's Lounge was not large enough to holo the crowd attend ing the "Atheism vs. Theism" discussion Wednesday at 4 p.m. and {fie"electric doors to the SU ballroom had to be opened. AS OVER HALF the audience sat on the floor, V. H. Dykstra, assistant professor of philosophy doubled as moderator and elder member of the Atheist team. The junior Atheist, John Lindstrom, is a senior in biology. The Theist team was the Rev erend Robert Burtner, pastor of the Trinity Methodist Church in Eugene, and Ted McRcynolds, a senior in English and president of the University Religious Council. The Reverend Burtner began the discussion by asking the Atheists the nature of their be liefs. LINDSTROM ANSWERED by stating his personal position. "I do not claim to have any final answer," he suid, "but from my (Continued on pai/e 3) us tonight." From t h 1 h point, I Lindholm went on to introduce 1 the books. "I have found them* books to be quite stimulating, but I have also found it was very difficult to evaluate them,’’ Lindholm said. After posing the question of what j direction higher education in the I United States will take, Lindholm also said, “I feel this is just the beginning of a very laige step that will take place in U.8. high er education. On any account, it will require a great deal of re thinking.” LINDHOLM, who has had con tact with the books for about three years, including their form ative stages, reported. "T h e s e two books were the result of a ra ther intensive study on the type of education offered in business at our institutions of higher edu cation.” He said, however, that much of the study in the books was based on reports dating back to 1930. Another limitation he pointed out involved representa tion, "The books did rtot go into businesses with less than a thou sand employees,” he said. LINDHOLM emphasized that the scientific base in the studies ; is inadequate to make scientific recommendations, but he also added he felt the books were an intelligent approach to an im portant area. "The studies, re commendations and findings are , not final answers,” he said. At this point. Lindholm said. “An intelligent person asks why did this study take place?" Sum marizing seven basic reasons, he .said first The American Fk;onom ic Association discussions have brought situations developing in business schools to the attention of professional economists. Secondly he said publications i by another association were part ly responsible. Backing this up came a best seller dealing with aspects of our business-oriented society. Lindholm stated. He mentioned the interest of t h e Ford Foundation as another fac tor. Lindholm said also, that this (Continued on /'age 8) Wengert to retain vice-presidency The ASI'O constitution com mittee has ruled that Vice President Pete Wengert is still vice-president, and is not obli gated to assume the duties of the presidency. The committee failed to read any implication beyond what is stated in the constitution. The ruling there is that the vice president shall assume the tem porary duties of president In the absence of the head execu tive. 'the committee in handing down the ruling, stated that the ASI'O vice-presidency is "unique in its own right” and does not call for Wengert to assume another office because of his own w ell-defined duties. The ruling leaves the Senate ! with only the presidential post to lie filled. 1 here will be an ASI'O Sen ate meeting tonight at 6:30. Enrollment tallied lor second week Women are still outnumbered by men 3.924 to 2,372 on the Ore- . 1 gon campus according to the fig ures reported at the end of the second week. These figures show' i a 7 and 13 per cent increase over last year's winter term. THE FRESHMEN still maintain j the lead as the largest class with an enrollment of 1700. This figure shows an 11 per cent gain over last year's total with 857 men and 843 women. Following in size are: sopho mores, 1287; juniors, 1123; and; seniors, 1119. The juniors showed | the largest class increase with ' 15 per cent. However, the seniors j had a decrease of 0.3 per cent j over last year's total. The sopho- i mores had a 10 per cent gain. Both the law school and the BA school showed decreases of 12 ’ per cent and 5 per cent, respec tively. Out of the 77 students in 1 <Continued on fOQf 3) BECAUSE I HE ATI LNDANt K of the “Atheism vs. Theism” round table discussion was much larger than anticipated, about three-fourths of the audience had to sit on the floor. Left to right, the panelists are assistant professor V. II. Dykstra, biology senior John Lindstrom, the Reverend Robert Burtncr, and English senior Ted MeReynolds. (Photo by Ted Mahar, Emerald staff photographer) Four point plan stated for dorms By JIM BOYD Emerald Asst. Newt* Editor The University will be at least 150 dormitory spaces short next fall if the present enrollment in crease continues. J. O. Lindstrom. University business manager, said in an exclusive Emerald interview Tuesday. TO MEET this problem, the Dormitory Policy Committee is presenting a four-point policy recommendation to President Wil son. The purpose of this policy is to encourage those student groups who least benefit from dormitory living to live in cooperatives, so rorities, fraternities, or in off campus housing. THE PROPOSAL which is tentative and must be approved by the administration includes: the following points: • Graduate students will not be allowed to live in the dormi tories. • All students who desire to live in a dormitory will be re quired to sign a one year con tract. • Eugene upperclassmen, men or women, will not be allow’ed to live in the dormitory. This will not include Eugene freshmen. • Any student who sends in his reservation for housing and or application for admission to the University after August 31 will be placed on a waiting list for dormitory space “which may or may not be available," Lind strom said. WHEN QUESTIONED about the graduate group which will be excluded and the possible reper cussions to fraternity and sorority rush. Lindstrom replied, "An easy , solution to the problem just isn't possible. "We are trying to provide a policy of housing in dormitories for those students who will bene fit most from dormitory living, and at the same time adopt a policy which also protects the cooperatives, sororities and fra ternities as much as possible.” IN ATTEMPTING to find a solution, the committee has felt World News IN BRIEF Rocket reports received WASHINGTON <UPI( — Am erica has received unverified re ports that Russia has launched its super space rocket into the western Pacific, according to De fense Secretary Thomas Gates. Gates added that reports are being checked that an object which had certain characteristics of a ballistic missile landed in the area set aside by Russia to test its rocket. Epidemic responsible LOS ANGELES (UPI > — j Health officials say that Asian flu epidemic is responsible for nine recent fatalities in Los An geles county. They warned against self treatment, and said some of the deaths could have been prevent ed. The outbreak has afflicted an estimated half million persons in the Los Angeles area. (Continued on page 8) that the graduate students, the Eugene upperclassmen, and the students who would normally live in transient dormitories for one term until they found apartments or pledged fraternities are the groups which receive the least benefit from dormitory living. The recommendation, if adopt ed, would require these groups to seek Greek or off-campus hous ing and thereby make room for the expected 150-space shortage. THIS SHORTAGE WOULD amount to 270 spaces, if the ad ditional spaces gained by placing five gills to a room in Susan Campbell and Hendricks Halls and doubling up in Vets Dorms, are not counted, he said. In effect, he said that the University is short one dormitory the size of Carson Hall. Dorm proposal poses problems Some fraternity and sorority members have questioned the benefit that the new dormitory proposal would have for their or ganizations. Specifically they ob ject to the rule which requires all students to sign a one-year con tract. BOTH IFC and Panhellenic are now studying the effect of the proposal on their rush. Bunny Brissenden, Panhellenic presi dent, said Wednesday night that the proposal, if adopted, might cut down on mid-year rush. However, she felt that there would be plenty of time for so rority officers to discuss the pro posal with administration offi cials. HAY HAWK, dean of men, sug gested an increased summer pub licity program as a partial an swer to the rushing problem. "I don’t think that this recom mendation will cause any undue hardship to the fraternities,” he said. Ml'CH OF THE conflict of opinion, it seems, stems from the fact that this policy is still in the proposal stage. It is still pure conjecture whether the adminis tration will adopt the plan. J. O. Lindstrom, University business manager, said there are two reasons for this proposal. First, the University will need the space and second, from a business point of view, there is a need to stabilize the amount of income from dormitories. THE UNIVERSITY needs money to pay the bond and prin ciple on its dormitories since no tax money is used to build them. Transient students both take up space that a permanent student could use and leave vacancies after fall term, according to Lind strom. As Lindstrom explained it, a 400 student dormitory costs about $1,600,000. This must be paid at the rate of $96,000 per year. To do this, each one of the 400 stu dents must pay $240 toward the debt. If a transient student leaves at the end of fall term to move into an apartment or join a house, the University loses $160 necessary to pay the debt.