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
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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
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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
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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.