No. 109
PART OF World t'nlversity Scnlce Week 1* this wishing well
Mi the porch of the Student Union. The amount donated to the
well during the week has not heen determined, but according to
UTS week chairman Carol Stout, “contributions haven't been
very good."
Auction Nets $124.75
For WUS Treasury
The most spirited bidding at
the WUS auction at 4 p.m. in the
Student Union Thursday came
when Alpha Delta Pi beat out all
competitors by paying $55 for the
Fairmont Trio.
TOTALLY, auctioneers Dick
Sorenson and Will Rader sold
$124.75 worth of talent to various
Edit Board
Sets Interviews
Emerald Editorial Board
interview* of Candida tes for of
fice will be held tomorrow In
221 Allen Hall. Results of them?
interviews will appear on Mon
day’s editorial page. The sched
ule is:
('lass Presidents — 9:00 to
10 a.m.
Class Representatives — 10
to 11 a.m.
Living Group Representa
tives—11 to 12 noon.
Senators-ut-Large — 12:00
to 1:00 p.m.
ASl'O Presidents and Vice
Presidents—1:00 to 2:30 p.m.
No alternate times are avail
able.
groups in the audience. All funds
will go to WUS.
Colleen Nelson and Lee Coffey
were sold for $6.75 to an unidenti
fied group 'of girls, presumably
freshmen, who wanted their serv
ices to go on flying speeches for
a class office campaign.
MISS NELSON was introduced
by Miss Coffey, a bongo drum en
thusiast, and then sang a ver
sion of "That Old Black Magic,"
entitled "That Old Black Label.”
The Sam Muller Combo, minus
Sam Muller, who was playing
baseball, and another member
who had a toothache, according
to the auctioneers—was sold to
Douglass Hall for $29.
THE SURPRISE package
turned out to be ASUO President
Steve Schell and ASUO Vice
President Merv Thompson, who
were bought by the YWCA, iden
tity unknown, for $24.
Five fraternity queens, The
Delt Queen, The Sigma Phi Epsi
lon Swamp Girl, The DU Darling,
the Sweetheart of Sigma Chi,
and The Dearest Girl of Phi
Kappa Sigma, were autcioned off
to the Sigma Chi’s for $10.
Ken Wilson, who did the bid
ding, says he bought them for
the house because their sweet
heart, Bobby Evans, was in the
group.
Long Senate Meeting
Concludes Year's Work
By SUE HUNTER
Emerald Senate Reporter
Meeting for nearly five hours
ast night, the current ARUO
'enate wound up a year's worth
>f activities.
SENATE action included:
• A;proval of fraternity haz
ng rules.
• Recorr mendat ion for the
abolishment of scholastic oligi
»!lity requirements for cxtra-cur
-icular activities.
• Adoption of an amended
Jr eater Oregon charter, giving
he Senate greater control over
, the organization.
• Retraction of its approval
I of the Student Union jazz fes
tival, with a recommendation that
the Senate study the proposal
i further.
• Approval of the ASUO budg
et for next year.
DICK SORENSON, I PC Pres
idents Council head, presented
’ * he rules governing fraternity
I hazing which prohibit “activities
vhich involve physical or mer.
, ' ;l abuse or which are in any
way morally objectionable.’’
The rules also provide that
Co-op Nominates
Board Hopefuls
Co-op store members met yes-.
terday to nominate candidates
for board positions and to ap
prove amendments to the con
stitution.
THE 60 MEMBERS present
made nominations to fill the one
-ophomore and two junior board
member vacancies. Sophomore
nominations were Clark Stevens.
Dick Imwalle, Dec Pollock. Col
leen Craft, Nancy Erland Marty
Frank, yane Brown. Jane Berry.
Clara Larson. Mary Jar.e Mat
tewson. Ted Casteel, Sara Rich
ards, Sharlyn Gillis and Susan
Fort.
Running for the junior office
are Arden Johnson. Walt Evans,
Ollie Crary. Bill Hutchison, Mary
Donnelly, Georgia West. Doug
Van Zanten, Craig McEwen, Sue
Knight, Mary McLeod. Nancy
Knox, Ira Wong. John Kennedy.
Nick Oatway, John Atkinson,
Toni iKenow, Donalie Speer,
Mary Hazzard. Tom Atkinson,
Gail Brayton, Toni Acre, Esther
Andrus, Mary Lou Miller and
! Kathy Quaintance.
THESE CANDIDATES will be
voted on in the regular ASUO
election. Officers of the board are
elected by the board members
May 25.
Unanimous approval was given
by the members to the amend
ments which had previously been
approved by the board of direc
tors. The amendments were sug
gested by Co-op lawyer Otto Van
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Reserve Now
For Jr. Weekend
The Mother’* Weekend hous
ing committee today urged
I'nivorsity students to make
hotel and motel reservations
for the May 12-14 weekend im
mediately if their parents are
planning to attend.
Since there are only a few
rooms now available in Eu
gene for the weekend, the hous
ing committee has asked cam
pus sororities to accommodate
as many mothers as possible,
according to Jeanette Cuendet,
committee chairman.
t "fraterinty activities will be
fanned so as to allow adequate
' time for classroom participation
and outside preparation.”
FRATERNITY presidents and
| chapter advisors can be required
; to present signed statements to
; the administration guaranteeing
that the rules have been followed.
Failure to comply with the rules
: can mean charter suspension on
recommendation of the IFC Tri
I
buna), which has power to inves
tigate suspect infractions.
Commenting on the rules,
which have been approved by
Acting President W. C. Jones,
i Donald DuShane, dean of stu
i dents, said that they represent
! 'a large step forward for the fra
i ternity system at the University.”
HE INDICATED that hiS of
| fice would ask for signed state
ments following each initiation
period.
Jim Paulson moved that the
i Senate recommend to the stu
dent activities committee that
all eligibility requirements for
elective and appointive ASUO of
fices be eliminated.
THE VOTE on the motion was
a tie. 13 to 13, and the deciding
affirmative was cast by ASUO
President Steve Schell.
The issue came up during a
• discussion of athletic eligibility
requirements sparked by Steve
Hintz’s motion that athletic eli
j gibility be governed by rules sim
i liar to those governing other ex
; tra-currieular activities. Hintz’s
i motion failed.
SPEAKING in favor of Paul
son's motion. Dan Williams stat
i ed that he felt the individual
should accept the responsibility
for deciding if he should continue
to participate in extra-curricular
j activities at the risk of flunk
ing out of the University, should
i his giades drop.
The Greater Oregon proposal
(Continued on page 3)
festivities Come May 8
Juniors Plan Fete, Kourt'
By Jl'DY BABICH
Emerald Contributor
With planning for Canoe Fete
and other Junior Week activities
in the final stages, the class of
’62 is praying for fair weather
and a good gate. According to
Tom Herman, class president and
general chairman of the May 8-14
observance, the juniors have
added some new features to the
1961 program.
ONE OF THE new feat .ires,
"the Kangaroo Kourt.” is being
kept under wraps by Junior Week
oficials. Designed to enforce tra
ditions during the week, the
“Kourt” will be staffed by junior
men, who will begin patrol Mon
day, May 8. Monday marks the
beginning of the program with
an ROTC-exeeuted flag raising
ceremony at the Student Union at
noon.
The Millrace Olympics will be
held Tuesday afternoon and will
feature traditional canoe races
and jousting and the annual
frosh-sophomore tug-of-war. The
tug-of-war winner will be chal
lenged by the juniors and the de
feated underclass will wear bean
ies and ribbons the rest of the
week. Ashore the juniors will
sponsor sack races and a bring
your-own-pie eating contest for
representatives of campus living
organizations.
WEDNESDAY, the junior hon
oraries, Phi Theta Upsilon and
Druids, will exchange uniforfns
for the day. Thursday, class mem
bers will paint the "O” on Skin
ner’s Butte.
Friday will be “Bermuda Day’’
for the juniors, who also will pre
sent the “Friday at Four” enter
tainment in the SU Fishbowl.
THE 50T1I ANNUAL, Canoe
Fete Friday night, depicting the
theme “Command Performance."
will begin with an original over
ture written especially for the
Fete by John H. Hendrickson,
audio-visual librarian, and record
ed by the University Symphonic
Band. Canoe Fete Chairman
Brent Smith said today the stu
dent body's cooperation with Fete
officials has been "outstanding,”
and said that "on paper” the
floats promise to be among the
best in Fete history.
Saturday’s schedule begins with
the annual Mother’s Breakfast
and business meeting in the Stu
dent Union. The Mother’s Lunch
eon, which starts at 11 a.m., will
feature entertainment and tap
ping ceermonies by campus hon
oraries.
AT 2:15 ,P.M. the varsity foot
ball team will tangle with the
alumni squad at Hayward Field.
The Junior Week finale, the
All-Campus Sing, will be held
Saturday night in McArthur
Court. Awards for individuals
and living organizations also are
| on the program.