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Vol. LXII UNIVERSITY Ol OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, I960 No. I
Women finish
rush Tuesday
with 507 pledges
Women's fall formal rush end
ed officially Tuesday with 507
girls pledging In what is a rec
ord number for both those rush
ing and pledging. Seventy-three
of those pledging were upper
classmen.
AIX THOME who went through
preference night received a bid,
according to Panhellenlc Presi
dent Judy Baxter. The total of
pledges was 67 per cent of the
752 that began rush. This was
five per cent over last year’s to
tal of pledges.
Most houses did not meet their
quotas because these were fig
ured on a 75 per cent basis, while
the 67 per cent pledged.
The only major change In this
year's rush period over last
year's was an alteration In the
record procedure, which elimin
ated much of the paperwork.
"THE WHOLE rush week
event went very smoothly," Miss
Baxter said. She reported that
there were very few and very
minor rushing infractions, com
pared to last year and that the
rushees on a whole were more co
operative.
Mias Baxter also noted that a
major difference In this year's
rush was the more even distribu
tor of invitations among the
girls.
Voluntary ROTC
not yet in effect
The State Board of Higher Ed
mation has not yet acted upon
the faculty's recommendation for
the revision of the University
Defense Department contracts to
place military science on an op
tional basis.
Consequently, the military sci
ence requirement for lower-divi
sion men will still be in effect
for students entering the Univer
sity this fall. The present require
ment is six terms of military
science.
BIO MOMENT FOR ALPHA PHI sorority pledge, Starlett Wise,
left, was her arrival at sorority house door. She was greeted by
President Nancy Drew, and presented with her lapel pin which
identifies pledges. (Emerald Photo by Dave Sands)
Men's rush registration
addressed by Ray Hawk
‘•Fraternities have personal!*
, ties as different as people," com
mented Dean of Men Ray Hawk
! at the kick-off meeting or Inter
fraternity Council rush last night
at McArthur Court.
"THE GREEK LETTER organ
izations are not just a group of
Greek letters," Hawk comment
ed, “They may be all Greek, but
they're not all the same.”
Hawk cautioned rushees to sel
ect a house that fits their indi
vidual personality, because “you
don’t choose a house for just
three years but for life."
The dean of men also suggest
ed that rushees shouldn't "buy
the first package you see." He
advised men to select a house as
if buying a car, looking it over
completely, every nut and bolt.
He said that "the most embar
raising question that you can
ask a house is its GPA."
Hawk concluded his remarks
by commenting that "no house
is sanctified in heaven. Don't
bank on only one blue chip, make
a second choice on a house.”
L. A. "Bud” Mangles said Tues
day afternoon that although he
"couldn’t make an educated
guess” about how many men had
signed intend-to-rush cards, he
commented that there would be
a "certain increase” in rushees
over last year. About 750 rush
ees is a normal crop.
Rush officially began last night
as rushees signed up for six house
dates Wednesday and Thursday.
Friday morning men will narrow
their initial choices down to three
fhore visits, two Friday and one
Saturday morning.
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Selection of University president
possible within next few months
By JIM BOYD
Emerald Managing Editor
The selection of a new Univer
sity president is possible within
three months, Chancellor John R.
Richards said today.
ABOUT GO CANDIDATES are
now being considered for the po
sition. A committee consisting of
University faculty and State
Board of Higher Education mem
bers will cut this list to about
four candidates within the next
several weeks, the Chancellor
said.
These candidates will then
have to be interviewed by the
State Board of Higher Education
for the selection.
Bat even though a new presi
dent may be selected, it would
be very unlikely that he would
take office on the campus this
yoar, according to Richards.
THIS WOULD LEAVE W. C.
Jones as the president during the
Interim.
Richards said that he expected
Jones to provide a continuing and
strong leadership for the Univer
sity during his interim appoint
ment.
Jones, who served as O. Mere
dith Wilson’s Dean of Adminis
tration, has also been the presi
VV. C. Jones
University President
dent of Whittier College, Califor
nia.
AS FAR AS THE FUTURE
president is concerned, Richards
said the prime requirement is
that he “should be capable of
becoming a true leader of the
scholarly community.’’
This is especially true since the
new president will have to con
j tinue the development of excell
: ence while also providing for a
! doubling of the University’s abil- j
ity to turn out graduates.
This ability and ambition will
be necessary since the University
is expected to grow to a school
of 12,000 to lo.OOO students by
1970. This growth will occur dur
| ing the next president’s expected
| length of tenure.
UNIVERSITY faculty mem
bers and deans included on the
selection committee include:
Chairman C. W. Macy, I. M. Niv
en, W. C. Ballaine, F. A. Culh
bert, E. G. Moll, E. A. Cykler,
Earl Pomeroy, Dean R. D. Clark
and Jones.
Rooming situation
looks good', says
Rousing director
£uGENf°REG0Nj¥J DAN PFAFF
' Staff Writer
The housing situation for University students “looks good
—better than expected.”
That’s the word from off-campus housing director Richard
McDaniels, who said Tuesday that although there are still
people contacting his office for living space, there are a num
ber of rooms, apartments and houses still available for stu
dents.
At the same time, however, the living situation for mar
ried students on campus is more critical. Mrs. Betty Butler,
in charge of married students
housing, said only two units are
still available in the Amazon pro
ject- and they arc reserved.
The University has four mar
ried student projects—Amazon,
Agate, Skinner’s Butte and re
cently completed Westmoreland.
McDaniels said the main prob
lem with off campus housing now
is that most of it is some distance
from the campus, and would not
be suitable for students without
transportation.
Most of the living space still
available is more expensive than
most students care to pay, he
added, although he has some less
expensive apartments and rooms
listed.
McDaniels said he could make
no estimate as to how many stu
dents still have no place to live,
but he didn't think the situation
was critical.
Assistant business manager
W. N. McLaughlin agreed gener
ally with McDaniels, but said it
was too early to know how many
students, if any, cannot be hous
ed.
McLaughlin explained that
early in August all married stu
dents living in the Agate project
were required to move in order
to make room for additional sing
le students. Later in the month it
was learned that the housing
would not be needed because the
number of students who finally
required living space was smaller
than estimated, so married stu
dents were allowed to return to
the project.
The assistant business mana
ger said the Agate project inci
dent was unfortunate, but was
simply the result of a miscalcula
tion by the dormitory board. He
said the board made the decision
because its members thought the
anticipated record 7,450 enroll
ment would require the addition
al space.
He said the amount of publicity
given the housing shortage at
Oregon no doubt "scared” some
students away. And he also noted
that a greater number of stu
dents than anticipated were
"skipping”- reserving housing at
several schools in order to be
certain of living space. The board
made allowances for such actions,
he said, but was able to make
only approximate estimates of
the number of students who
would not finally enroll.
But, McLaughlin added, enroll
ment still may reach the antici
pated figure, with a number of
graduate students still expected.
He said early next week the busi
ness office should have some spe
cific figures on student housing.
SAM leads men
in spring grades
Men’s pledge class grades av
eraged 2.337 at the end of spring
term. Sigma Alpha Mu was first
with 2.666. Second and third were
Tau Kappa Epsilon and Sigma
Phi Epsilon with a 2.615 and a
2.578, respectively.
MRS. EILEEN WALKER will
take Mrs. Golds P. Wickham’s
place as dean of women this
year. Mrs. Wickham is now on
a world tour. Mrs. Walker, the
wife of University YMCA Di
dector Russ Walker, has also
been the assistant dean of wom
en here in previous years.
New student list
reaches 361%
By GAYLE CHARLES
Emerald Staff Writer
Fall term registration at the
University opened officially Sun
day with an estimated 3600 new
students admitted. New student
registration will continue this
week as incoming freshmen
learn placement test results.
REGISTRATION material
packets for returning students
will be available in the base
ment of the Student Union for
the rest of the week, moving to
the registrar's office after Sat
urday. After that date penalty
fines will be a .sessed for every
day late.
The registrar’s office reports
that fall term registration will
terminate on October 10, and
that students dropping or adding
courses should plan to do so be
fore October 19.
Students with questions on reg
istration procedures should con
sult the Time Schedule of Class
es booklet, which contains a com
plete list of dates, classes, fees
and the normal registration pro
cedure for the entire year, 1960
61. The bookie, is available at
the registrar’s office.
Students have been requested
to fill out all the IBM cards con
tained in the packet legibly, and
to avoid folding or damaging the
cards.
THIS year a new card has been
added to the regular material—
i student body identification card
to be used by the student for
voting privileges and as valid
identification containing year of
birth. The registrar’s office re
ports that or. the fall term iden
tification cards, errors in class
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