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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 26, 1964)
No. 22 Alumna Jailed In Mississippi Rights Dispute l'niv''r«j*v graduate. Karen Pule, 2? of Prririe Citv, Or«* , alon" with 12 other civil rights workers was arrested Friday night and then released after posting bail in Mefomb. Miss The workers, members of the Council of Federated Organiza tion wert arrested in their "Freedom Mouse” and eharo'ui with operating an eat in" estab lishment without a health per m it. Ilarrassment Miss Pate and two others r>ost ed their own hail and Drew Pear son. well-known syndicated Wash ington columnist, telegraphed $1,200 to release the remaining 10 workers The trial for the health permit violation is scheduled for today in McComb Municipal Court The arrests. Pearson said, were "just a case of harrassment They are just trying to run them out of town." He also said he has talked to Mississippi authorities before "and the authorities in McComb are particularly unco-op erative and very high handed ” George Guy, McComb Police Chief, said that the COFO group are "just intruders and trouble makers." Guy said that the Ne groes don’t want the group but most of them were too frighten ed to do anything According to Guy the white population of Mc Comb is following a "hands-off policy" with regards to the grouo "Nobody ever stopped the Ne groes around here from register ing to vote.” said Guy "It’s just an excuse I wish they’d go home —it sure would make things eas ier all around ” Ridiculous Charge Miss Pate said that "the heaPh permit charge is ridiculous We cook food for ourselves—not to sell to anybody." She also said the law enforcement agencies and the police of McComb in par ticular are “always insolent " She maintained that the health per mit charge is "just a technicality that police used " She also said the COFO workers were receiving full co-operation /Continual nn Mif K) ISRAELI SOPRANO NATANIA DAVARTH, accompanied by the California Chamber Symphony under the direction of Henri Te mianka appeared before a near capacity crowd at McArthur Court Friday evening. Thr performance wu sponsored by the Civic Mu sk Association of Eugene. —Photo by Penny Wright. (JO Stadium Proposal Faces Uphill Struggle By CHUCK BEGGS Editorial Page Editor In recent years much discussion has been heard concerning pro posed construction of a new ath letic stadium at the University. Various proposals for construc tion. financing, and maintenance of a stadium have been offered Recently, however, the issue has come to somewhat of a head in the community. A Stadium Committee was Story Clarified On Coupon Sales The September 28 and 29 edi tions of the Emerald carried page one stories dealing with the sales of Lucky Duck Coupon Books. Both of these stories pointed out problems encountered in the past by coupon book sales of the same type and told of problems the current salesmen were having be cause of University and city reg ulations. The stories did not accuse the current coupon book organizers of illegal practices but rather pointed out problems involving past coupon book sales. The September 28 story stated “sales (of the books) were not too good to students and so the salesmen apparently sold them to nearby residents.” Subsequent in vestigation has showed that some sales were made to non-students but neither proved nor disproved that these sales were made by LeRoy McCourry, current organ izer of the coupon books, or his salesmen. The same story stated more books were sold than advertisers had originally agreed up and the books caused many complaints from purchasers, the original phrasing was open to question in saying that many such complaints were received. The coupon books themselves are not illegal and are redeem able from participating merch ants. Regulations have, however, been established by both the Uni versity and the city governing the sale of such coupon books. An ASUO regulation, passed in 1963, forbids the sale of coupon books on campus unless such books are cleared through the of fice of the University president. The regulation requires that the President’s Office “review the procedures used by a group or an individual in soliciting sponsors of coupons or premiums and re quire written notice from each said sponsor confirming sponsor’s agreement with seller. Seller must be prepared to show proof of the validity of any claims made in his publicity and of promises' made on coupons or premiums.” A general University policy, en forced by the President’s office before the ASUO ruling was made, prohibits solicitation on State Board of Higher Education property. McCourry did not contact the (Continued on page 6) formed by the Eugene Chamber ] of Commerce. The group dis- j cussed, outlined, and weighed the various ideas pro and con on the ■ stadium measure. A report was j submitted to the group for con sideration but definite action will probably not come for a month or two, according to University President Arthur S. Flemming. Objections Flemming said that the pro posals are "being discussed among local officials and businessmen,” but that nothing definite is fore seen for a while. Several objections have been raised against enlarging the pres ent stadium facilities at Hayward Field In 1963 the architect’s firm of Skidmore. Owings, and Merrill composed an “Athletic Stadium j Study.” In it they cited objections : to the enlargement of Hayward Field as, 1) a pressing need for more space by the physical edu cation department, 2) that a large stadium in the center of the campus would serve as a detri ment to surrounding academic and residential structures, and 3) little opportunity for combined community use. Another objection often raised to the Hayward Field site is that adequate parking could not pos sibly be provided for an enlarged attendance. Also, the State Board of Higher Education is consider ing a proposal to build a men’s PE building and a PE fieldhouse next to Hayward Field for the 1965 -67 biennium. Feasible Site The athletic department argues that, it is very difficult to. get well-known football teams to play in Eugene due to the small seat ing capacity of Hayward Field. The department’s football sched ule indicates that Oregon will be playong only two or three games per season in Eugene after 1967. With these arguments in mind, (Continued on /><i</e 7) UO Delegates Not Enthusiastic By RALPH KRUMDEICK Emerald Staff Writer “There was a definite desire to make the OFCL an active group.” That was the feeling of D a n Dodd, senator-at-large and one of four delegates that attended the Oregon Federation of Collegiate Leaders conference at Portland State Friday and Saturday. The other delegates were John Lu vaas, student body president; Tom Clark, junior class president and Jim Douglas, off-campus represen tative. Aid Small Schools The University delegation went to the conference with an admit tably skeptical attitude but Dodd felt that the conference “showed us more than we expected.” Dodd felt that it would be very harm ful to the OFCL if the University withdrew from it. The University has already solved many of the problems that are now facing the smaller schools in Oregon and could be French Author Schedules Talk Alain Robbe-Grillet, a leading writer of the “new novel” speaks tonight at the University. His lecture, “Le Roman commc in vention du monde,” will be given in French at 8 p.m. in the Dad's Room of the Student Union. Robbe-Grillet has been a fig ure of controversy in French ilt erature since the publication of "The Erasers,” in 1953. “T h e Erasers” is considered the first “new novel.” The distinctive qualities of the “new novel” are an extraordin ary attention paid to objects, a total absence of moral preoccu pation, and a curious treatment of time. Robbe-Grillet has commented that the surface of things can no longer be considered a mask for reality, but as the only reality we ca ngrasp. The novelist must limit himself to describing, mea suring, and defining objects, he has said. Born in Brest, France, in 1922, Robbe-Grillet was educated in Paris. He now holds an executive position in a publishing company, Les Editions de Minuit. Robbe-Grillet’s lecture i<> spon sored by the English and Ro mance Languages and the Al liance Francaise. The lecture is open to the public. Flemming for LBJ Arthur S. Flemming. Univer sity President, says he will vote for Lyndon Johnson next month. Mr. Flemming, who is a form er member of President Dwight Eisenhower’s cabinet, said. “I had the opportunity of observing the Presidency from a rather close distance for about 18 years, and I believe President Johnson is better qualified to perform the office.” 80 Poll Clerks Needed Approximately 80 girls are needed as poll clerks for Wed nesday’s primary elections and other University elections throughout the year. The poll clerks spend one hour at the polls on election days. Those interested may sign up today in room 309 of the SU from 2-5 p.m. very helpful to these schools. Dodd said that the enthusiasm shown on the part of the smaller schools for the OFCL was ob vious. Dodd said that the main con cern of the University delegation was with the lobbying program. The existing program was bad because of interference from the privately-owned schools who did not have any need for a lobbying program. Promote Cooperation Since the state schools wanted a better lobbying program and the private schools wanted out of the present one it was decided that the state schools would form a lobbying program of their own but leave it open to any private school that wanted to participate in it. A second program was intro duced that, it was hoped, would help make the OFCL a more ac tive organization and promote co operation among its members. The program would enable sev eral schools to invite a speaker on a lecture tour . This would split the cost of the speaker between several schools and enable the smaller schools ! to have the same speakers as the larger schools. The confer ence decided to appoint a com mittee to investigate the feasabil ity of the program. Information It was also proposed that the DFCL should take a stand sup porting a state-wide sales tax. The conference decided that it I was not in a position to decide one way or another on the sales tax i since it knew nothing about the tax. Another program to establish a committee to distribute infor mation about higher education was approved. The University del egation felt that the lobbying program would cover this and so voted against the program. The conference alsodecided to send a delegation to the high school regional workshop to talk to the high school students about student government on the college level. Dodd said the University dele gation was not “overly enthusias tic” about the OFCL but that 'we re willing to let it ride.” Booklet Printed On Homecoming Something new has been added ! to Homecoming this year. The sophomore class is print ing a booklet describing Home I coming festivities. The booklet ' will contain a schedule of Home j coming events, a map of living organizations, an article about Henry Mancini, and the story on j the Duck football seniors. It will be distributed free and is being paid for by advertising. Over two-thirds of the Univer sity’s living organizations are planning to enter this year’s Homecoming sign contest. T h e theme is: “Great Days of Ore gon.’’ Signs will be judged on or iginality. theme, alumni appeal, and workmanship. Prizes in the sign contest will be awarded for the best sign in each of the following categories; freshman dorms, itpperclass dorms and co - ops, fraternities and sororities. A grand prize will also be awarded for the best sign on campus. For more information about the Homecoming sign contest, call Dave Noall at ext. 478 or Rob De bussey at ext. 1584.