Jt'DY BAKKK anil Karlyn .Mattson, a pair of UO fnnhmen are
fascinated by the stnatures of ('harles B. Kyan, University art
professor, now liriux exhibited in the Ktintent I'nion art gallery.
The colorful display has been very popular with the students.
(Photo by John C. Championi
Duck Preview Sets
Program for Seniors
Duck Preview, produced and
directed by the Greater Oregon
Committee, -will feature the aca
demic and social life of the Uni
versity for visiting high school
.seniors on Saturday. Jan. 28.
The performance begins at 10
a r.i. with the registration and
assignment of students to the
living organization where they
will spend the night. Bob
Dietchle'* jazz combo will play
in the fiah bowl during this
time so that students may relax
after they have finished register
ing
At 11:30 a luncheon will be
held in the SU Ballroom, where
Jim Petersen will be master of
ceremonies, and in Carson Hull,
where John Socolofsky will head
the proceedings. The Beta Song
team has promised to entertain.
DI KING THE luncheon high
school seniors will hear the fol
lowing speakers from the Uni
versity: Acting President W. C.
Jones talking on "The Goals of
the University"; H. T. Koplin,
director of the Honors College,
speaking on "The Honors Col
lege"; Director of Admissions
Dean Barkhurst explaining "Ad
mission to the University of Ore
gon"; ASUO President Steve
Schell speaking on “The Bole of
the Student"; and Jim Dorsey.
Greater Oregon Chairman, dis
cussing "Greater Oregon."
Presidents Meet
Stove Schell, AS CO presl
dent, has announced tentative
plan* for a meeting Including
Associated Student presidents
luid Deans of Students from
Portland State College, Ore
gon State College, and Unlver
eity of Oregon concerning co
ordination of eurrieuliiin in
Oregon State System of High
er Education,
The meeting, to discuss the
highly controversial Issue has
a “possible date of Jan. 21”,
according to Schell.
To tour the cairpus at 1:15.
high school seniors will divide
into groups. Kwamn and Skull
and Dagger plan to art ns guides.
The feature attraction of the
day is planned to give students
the actual experience of attending
college lectures. Each student
will attend two lectures and toiir
the department of his first choice
lecture.
.SENIORS MAY visit one of a
variety of activities that begin
at 4:15, including a water show
by the Amphibians and Dolphins,
a tour of the library, and an
ASUO Senate meeting in the SU
Ballroom.
5:00 p.m. is the first time sen
iors can go to the living organi
zations where they can relax,
get acquainted, and eat dinner.
HIGH SCHOOL seniors will
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Senate Decides to Make
Definite Stand' On USNSA
By SUE HINTER
Emerald Senate Reporter
ASUO Senate voted Thursday
night to take “a definite stand”
on whether the University should
join United States National Stu
dent Association at its next meet
ing Jan. 28.
The motion, made by Merv
Thompson, ASUO vice-president,
passed by a vote of 13 to 10.
Stating that he felt the mo
tion "uncalled for.” Dan Wil
liams reminded Senate that it had
asked the special USNSA com
Kaplan Sees
Man's Maturity
In Tragic Art j
By PHIL COGSWELL
Emerald Disk Editor
"The appreciation of tragedy
alls upon the fullest resources of
the mature human being” accord
ng to Abraham Kaplan, UCLA
philosopher who spoke Thursday
•vening as part of the Honors
College colloquia program.
KAPLAN S\'D that there is
no greater display of human ma
| turity than fo meet life under
its own conditions. “It is the
human being's supreme recogni
tion of life,” he said.
Kaplan, who war. making his
last lecture of a series of three
at the University, discussed the
‘dements, effects, and significance
of tragedy. He called these the
'what,” "how,” and “why” of
tragedy.
KAPLAN considered the simp
lest definition of tiagedy the
best. He said that it was a “story
: or play that has a .sad ending."
He added that if it is a great
work of art, the ending has to ’
| come. In tragedy, the sad ending
comes with death, because “noth
ing is more final.” He cited as an
example, "Hamlet" which is “a
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mittee to poll other colleges and
universities on their views of the
organization. He also said that
the committee had not yet re
ceived results of the poll.
HOWEVER, Thompson replied
that the matter had been in com
Absent last night were Sen
ators Quentin Breen, Lee Cof
fey, and Bud Snodgrass.
mittee since early in fall term
and that he felt students wanted
Senate to come to a decision.
He also stated that he felt
"the Senate committee has done
a very poor job” of informing
both Senators and students about
the issue.
In other business. Senate filled
four offices declared vacant for
academic reasons.
TOM EASTON, runner-up last
spring for junior class president,
was named ASUO Senator-at
large. defeating A1 Wood and
Jerry Lewis.
Ken Smith, former freshman
class representative, is the new
sophomore class representative.
His opponents were Walt Evans
and Ron Buel.
William Sparks, former mayor
of Greenville, Ky., was appoint
ed married students representa
tive over Jan Wyers.
VICTOR VFW, graduate student
from the University of Califor
nia, is the foreign students rep
resenlative. Bjorn Kumm peti
tioned against him.
Answering a question by Lee
Parker, Steve Schell. A3UO pres
ident, explained how the trip of
the rally girls to the Liberty
Bowl was financed.
Senate originally passed a mo
tion recommending that Budget
Board, a student-faculty commit
tee headed by Acting President
W. C. Jones, allocate $1043 of
Student Union funds to send the
rally squad to the game. How
ever. the board granted only
$500. stating that the money was
to be used for the transportation
of the yell duke and Rally Board
advisor and sending a motion
to the University president ask
ing that the Athletic Department
give the money to send the rally
girls.
US' TOTAL, the Athletic De
parment contributed $1,500, SI.000
more than their original grant
of $500 to the Rally Board.
Reporting for the student re
lations and communications com
mittee, Sue Brouillard said that
the committee had decided to
study KWAX. She said that there
■ appears to be "a lack of student
| participation" in the activities
jof the radio station.
According to Miss Brouillard,
Dr. Scott Nobles, faculty senator,
i has talked with speech depart
! liient faculty members and will
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World Mews In Brief
Silence Urged
PALM BEACH. Florida (UPI>
— President-elect Kennedy has
been urged to remain silent on
disarmament until an agreed na
tional policy has been hammered
out inside the new administra
tion.
A series of five special task
force reports dealing with for
eign policy and State Depart
CPA Pawn
Computation Changes Account
For Lower Grade Average
The h 11-University grade point
average for fall term was 2.44.
A year ago the grade point aver
age was a 2.60. Yet, a compari
son cannot be made due to a
change in the basis of computa
tion.
In the past years the all-cam
pus average had been calculated
for all students attending the
A complete listing of grade
point averages for all living
organizations and off-campus
students Is on page seven.
University—both undergraduate
and graduate students. Also, the
sorority and fraternity house
averages were formerly computed
to include the graduate grades
and exclude the freshman pledge
class grades.
THIS YEAR the all-University
I average was calculated without i
: graduate students’ grades, and
the house grades were computed
without the freshman pledge
grades.
Dean of Men Ray Hawk said
' today that the change in compu
tation was made because the re
1 suits are clearer and more fac
j tual.
There is a duplication of grades
when the dormitory averages are
formed because the freshmen
who are.pledges have already had
their grades averaged into the
house grades, but this duplica
tion gives the houses a more ac
curate average.
ACCORDING to Hawk, the
only figures offering some basis
for comparisons are the all men’s
average of last year and the all
men’s average of this fall term.
Last fall the average was a 2.32
and this year a 2.36 which shows
only a slight increase of .04.
Hawk said that the rise may be
due to a gradual tightening of the
scholastic standards over the
past few years, and, to the fact
that professors are demanding
more from the students and the
students in return are produc
ing better work.
THE TOP men's organizations
were: Campbell Club, Canard
Chib, and Chi Phi Colony. The
top women’s organizations were:
Orides, Rebec House, and Delta
Gamma. The all-women’s aver
age was a 2.53 and the all-men's
average was a 2.36.
The top sororities were Delta
Gamma and Alpha Xi Delta and
the top fraternities were Chi Phi
Colony and Tau Kappa Epsilon.
The women’s dorm average was
2.33 and the men's dorm average
was a 2.22.
ment operations was presented
to the incoming chief executive.
The President-elect is spend
ing the time between now and
the Jan. 20 inauguration at his
headquarters in Palm Beach,
Florida.
Ike Gives Message
WASHINGTON (UPI)— Pres
ident Eisenhower gave his last
State of the Union message to
Congress yesterday.
Among many things, he said
the US reached •‘unprecedented
heights” during the last eight
years of Republican rule.
The President acknowledged
he was leaving incoming Presi
dent Kennedy some explosive
foreign and domestic problems.
However, Eisenhower declared
they could be solved if Kennedy
tackles them with what was
termed "steadfast resolution.”
Investigation Ordered
ATHENS. Georgia (UPI) —
Attorney General William Rog
ers has ordered an investigation
into Wednesday night’s riot at
the University of Georgia.
Rogers says he wants to learn
if any Federal laws were vio
lated in the riot on the campus
at Athens, Georgia.
Meanwhile, Federal Judge W.
A. Bootle voided a state law pro
hibiting state funds going to an
integrated school.
Bootle will hold a hearing to
day on a request that he order
the University to lift its sus
pension against the two Negro
students.