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No. 10» SEVERAL MEMBERS of Sigma Alpha Epsilon itouwd the spirits of Delta Gamma girls Wed nr stlaj as the latter group attempted to recosei a lost door. The door was “kidnaped' to raise money for the Wt’S Meek drive. More Delegates Needed For Model Convention Mead delegates and the Steer ing Committee for the GOP Mod el Convention, April 24 and 25, met for instructions and commit tee reports in the Student Union Wednesday evening. Jim Jones, general chairman, said that plans were proceeding as well as could be expected. The Goldmark Story Error Cited Wednesday’s story concerning John Goldmark, the Washington state lawyer, awarded $40,000 in a libel suit earlier this year, con tained a misstatement of fact. Goldmark and his wife collect ed damages by defeating charges that he was connected with t h e Communist party His member ship in the American Civil Liber ties Union was never questioned, contrary to a statement in The Emerald story. Goldmark will speak at 8 p.m. Friday in the Student Union. He will discuss the political implica tions of the libel actions and the proceeding charges that he was a Communist upon the electoral process. The speaker won four separate judgments against a Washington state publisher and other defen dants. He served in the Washington state legislature from 1956 to 1962. The libelous charges were made against him during the 1962 primary election campaign in which he was defeated. The lawyer was invited to speak at the University by the SU For um Committee. only area where more help is needed is in physical arrange ments for the convention. Jones said that this would consist main ly of decorations. Dick Thompson, delegations chairman, told the head delegates that if their delegations were not filled by April 6 at 6:30 pm, the Model Convention headquarters would assign interested students to their delegations. Thompson said that a table will probably be set up in the Stu dent Union next week to attract new delegates. Those who sign up will be assigned to the dele gates that have not filled their quotas. 500 Names "So far we only have about 500 names." Thompson commented, “and 971 delegates can attend the convention." Dave Walker, finance chairman, , announced that an eight-page i program is being printed for the convention. Copies will be made available to each of the delegates. • Chairman of the platform res i olutions committee. Barry Winter, has scheduled four speakers rep resenting major areas under con sideration by his committee. Any i interested person is welcome to i hear them speak. Nine Planks April 12, Lyle Sweatland from the Eugene Labor Temple will speak on organized labor. Carl Fisher, president of the Eugene Chamber of Commerce, will speak on business interests on April 13. A yet-to-be-announeed speak er will talk on agriculture April ' 15. The Rev. Dr. Wesley Nickel son will discuss the elderly pop ! ulation on April 21. All speech (Continued on I>nur6) Flemming, Sherburne Discipline Code Needs Support Bv JIM FRAKE Assistant Managing Editor Unsuccessful efforts to sell the controversial student dis cipline code were put on the line Wednesday night in a frank discussion between student leaders and University President Arthur S. Flemming. Nearly 150 students, representing campus organizations activities and living units, accepted Flemming’s invitation to the dinner meeting at the Eugene Hotel. He called the meeting to take a look at “The University of Oregon Today and Tomorrow with students who occupy positions of leadership. After initial comments by Flemming, students got down to brass tacks and questioned the president on the conduct Peace Corps Under Fire In Sierra Leone Bv JOE FRAZIER Emerald Staff Writer ' The Peace Corps in Sierra Le one has come under considerable criticism from Africans." Vernon Dorjahn. associate professor of anthropology told a capacity Browsing Room audience Wed nesday night. Dorjahn said that of the 200 Peace Corps members in the tiny West African country, about 75 oer cent were involved in teach ing. The local teachers criticized them as being incompetent, most ly because they could not pro nounce local words and local places correctly. “Many of the critics say that Peace Corps tea chers come to Africa simply be cause they can't get jobs at home,” he said. Books Few Ke added books were often lacking and teachers in many cases knew only what they had read in the texts they were using for their classes. "In one class." he said, "the teacher would copy a paragraph from the text onto the blackboard, have three stu dents read it aloud, then tell the rest of the class to copy the paragraph into their notebooks. Each members of the class had his own copy of the same text.” Dorjahn said that there were many primary schools, plus a teacher's college and a trade school near where he lived. “Some schools are operated by religious groups,” he said. "Though Christianity has much influence, it does face problems Polygamy is one of them, and pressure from non - Christian friends to take part in ceremo nies of other religions in time <Continued on fitu/r 3) Student Union Board Votes To Support Festival Here The Student Union Board vot ed Wednesday to sponsor an In ternational Shakespearean Festi val. Foreign students will per form scenes from various plays in their native languages. It will be held later this month in commemoration of Shakespeare’s 400th birthday. The board also agreed to co sponsor a dance April 25 in con junction with the GOP Model Convention. Prices will be 25 cents for delegates and 50 cents for those people not connected with the convention. The board decided to sponsor a reception April 23 for approxi mately 50 Latin American, Euro pea and Canadian students tour ing the western United States. These students, under the lead ership of General Hugo Bethlem of Brazil, toured Canada, putting on a play, "El Condor,” to improve political relationships with Latin America. They call themselves “Stu dents for Moral Re-Armament.” The proposed Exchange Cen ter was discussed and returned to the executive committee for further research. The center, to i be located in the basement of the SU, will provide a place for | students to sell various items. If I the plan is approved the center i will operate on a trial basis, and a used book shop may be in ! eluded if the center is success* j l'ul. j The board also nominated stu 1 dents for the positions of mem , bers-at-large. code, channels of communica tion. a closed period before* exams, allowing seniors to be ex empted from finals spring term, the influence of student opinion, open faculty meetings, and lower ing the voting age to 18 Focus on Code Attention wa< focused on the discipline code, partly at the in sistence of ASUO President Pf.il Sherburne. He said he was "sick” of the things that have been go ing on during the past few momhs which are jeopardizing the future of the University. He appealed to the Universitv com munity. particularly students to have a stronger commitment to the code. Sherburne protested what he called a vigorous campaign” during the last two months by higher education officials, includ ing some University staff mem bers. designed to defeat the code. He suggested the existence of a wide spread movement organized by educators and administrators who are opposed to the basic principles in the discipline code. We have arrived at a point where we have a great deal of antagonism against the code ” Sherburne charged. "This hiU been compounded by opposition to the University’s athletic pro gram. student participation in the tax referendum campaign (Continued on page 3) Partial Figures In; Enrollment Shows Growth At the end of the first week of classes the total number of students enrolled at the Univer sity was 5.977. This figure repre sents an increase of ten per cent over the first week figure during spring term. 1963. Correspond ingly, men's and women’s enroll ment has increased by 13 and 7 per cent, respectively, over last year. All classes of students, except sophomores and special students, show a percentage increase over last spring term Graduate stu dent enrollment is up 38 per cent tollowed closely by seniors with a 21 per cent increase. Freshmen and juniors show only small in creases of five and three per cent, respectively. Sophomore class enrollment is down six per cent and special students show a drop of 18 per cent, though repre senting only 56 total enrolled. Clifford Constance, rcgistrai', anticipates a final total enroll ment of between 8.900 and 9,000. He said the enrollment is proceed ing on par with the two preced ing terms, saying that the final to tal should approximate the num ber of students he expected.