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Mississippi Arrests More Workers Follow-up Counseling Advocated by Nickerson By JOK FRAZIER Assistant New# Editor The Student Conduct Commit tee will consider a motion in the near future to make "follow-up counseling” a part of the Student Court's sanctions in some cases, according to Francis Nickerson, associate dean of students In a Monday interview, Nick erson said such counseling was needed badly, because after the court had imposed a sanction, there was no way to keep an eye on the offender and make sure he stayed out of trouble. "We didn't have this follow-up counseling last year, and it showed; if we’d had it, we could have kept a lot of these guys from getting into trouble.” Nick erson compared the system to the parole theory "Most of these kids are young They’d be fine, if we could keep them straight." Not Disciplinary Nickerson said the proposed counseling would lx- of a person al, not a disciplinary nature. "1 would do most of the disciplinary counseling,” he said "Some of that might be follow up ” Nickerson said he was “very pleased** with the way the stu dent courts system has operated so far this year, but feels some procedural changes should be made, and says he has submitted these changes to the Student Conduct Committee for approval Nickerson declined to list the suggested changes. “If everybody knew about them now, the judg ment of the committee might be unduly biased," he stated. Nickerson said he would favor adopting as regular counseling policy the practice of notifying the parents of students who got in trouble off the campus Responsibility to Parents "If a kid gets picked up on an MIP (minor in possession) charge, the student courts won’t take it up, because the Code says we won’t But I feel the Univer Political Issues Dialogue Topic ■'F’olitical Issues — Sense and Nonsense” is the topic of this week’s dialogue at 4 pm. today in the Bottom of-the Bowl Spon sored by the YMCA, the dialogue discussion is open to the public Lil Rehbun, Secretary of the Young Democrats, and Bill I.o vell, who will represent the Re publican point of view, are guest speakers. The discussion will cen ter on the attempt by both par ties to clarify the misconceptions and distorted images of their candidates Miss Rebhun, who wants to keep the discussion away from personal references, plans to con centrate her remarks on the poli tical issues of the campaign Lov ell is looking forward to a "mean ingful discussion to separate fact from myth” in the campaign Miss Rebhun will discuss the treatment of Communism, High er Education, the Trade Expan sion Act, and the Civil Rights Bill in relation to the campaign Lovell, the Republican, will try to dispel the "trigger happy” lab el which has been given to Gold water. He also plans to clarify Goldwater’s position on the Civil Rights Bill. Paul Zahn is chairman of the YMCA Dialogues. This discussion is one of the continued series of dialogues on current political is sues. sity has some responsibility to the parents to tell them when their kid is in a jam." "There are those who say the University should stay out of this, and they have a right to their point of view But I'm in ! dined to go my way on it.” Nickerson said the Committee would consider this as policy soon. It is not now a set policy, but the practice has been carried out in several cases. ‘‘('ode Not Involved” "The Student Conduct (’ode is not really involved here, because a kid having to talk to his own folks is not really a sanction,” Nickerson said In relation to a former state merit in which he said “The Con duct Code is as full of holes as a piece of Swiss cheese.” Nicker son said he was referring to 1 "procedural difficulties.” “I’m very satisfied with the . Conduct Code in its purpose and structure I wouldn't want to : change it,” Nickerson said. He said he believed the names of offenders should not be pub lished in the Emerald, because ". as it stands, even the Dean of Men and the Dean of Women can’t find out in writing which students have been convicted in student court.” “The Student Courts are set up to help students I don't see how spreading their names all over campus can 'help.’ ” Vandals Still At Large' After Scandalous Theft By IRMA DOWN MOAR Emerald Managing Editor Two little Eugeni* boys have had their faith in the "Great Pumpkin” shaken Somewhere—possibly on the campus—54 of their pumpkins are probably being carved into jack o lanterns Nine-year-old Tommy Lindly and his clevcn-year-old brother Jimmy, raised and harvested pumpkins this year, and had them ready to sell to their friends. Before they could sell them, though, a group of "pumpkin nappers" made a midnight call Now only the little pumpkins re main. Whoever they were, the pump kin-nappers took 54 of the largest of the 70 pumpkins Tommy and Jimmy raised The boys' neighbor saw a group of boys stop at the Lindly home on Country Club Road late Thurs day night. The alleged pumpkin nappers went around to the back of the house where the pumpkins were stored, then returned to their car and left. Soon they returned, repeated t h e trip around to the back of the house, then went back to their car and left again The next morning the pump kins were gone. The only clue is that the boys were wearing University jackets Mrs Delbert Lindly, Tommy and Jimmy's mother, reported the incident to the Dean of Men's office, and the Lane County Sher iff’s office. She said she had not heard from either agency since The sheriff's office is still in vestigaiing the case, according to a report Monday afternoon. Tommy and Jimmy have 16 pumpkins left to sell to their friends Their loss will substan tially reduce the money they had planned to save for Christmas this year Pumpkin sales prof its from past years have been used in the same manner And somewhere, the pumpkin nappers remain at large. Tickets Available For Homecoming Student tickets for the Homecoming Game are now i ’ available at the ticket window in the Athletic office from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. A student ath letic card must be presented upon request for a ticket. There will be no charge. Tick ets will be available until Nov. i 3. Trials Today For Volunteers By IRMA DAWN MOAR Emerald Managing Editor I hirty civil rights workers, part of a group working with University graduate Karen Pate, were arrested in McComb, Mississippi on Monday. Several of the workers remained in jail Monday night because they didn’t have enough money to post bail. In a telephone interview with The Emerald Monday after noon, Miss Pate said that they desperately needed help in the form of contributions to a bail fund. “We expect many more arrests,” she said, and funds arc needed to post bail so the workers may continue without having to spend time in jail waiting for money. Board Approves Salary Increase A salary boost for the more than 3.000 faculty members and administrators in the Oregon State system of higher education was unanimously approved Mon day by the State Board of Higher Education at a meeting in Klam ath Falls. If the increase is approved by •he Governor’s office and the State Legislature, it would put the average annual pay of the University and Oregon State Uni , versity faculty members at $11.-1 659, as compared to the current! average of $9,693 The total cost to the state would be $11 million over the two year period ending June 30, 1967 Chancellor Roy Lieuallcn told The Emerald Monday the pro posal is in response to a request by the Governor that the State j Board recommend salary levels for the next biennium. Essential Improvement’ "This seems to be a reasonable and essential salary improvement program,” Lieuallen said, "if we are to compete for a competent academic stafT.” Lieuallen recalled that the 1957 legislature provided a "salary transfusion.” placing the average pay in the state system at almost the same level “with the other 19 University's in the West and Mid west with which we compare our-. selves.” At that time, the average salary in Oregon was 99 12 percent of the average salary at the other 19 universities. $1,000 Differential "This relationship.” he said “has deteriorated so that present ly, the average salary level in Oregon is 91 55 percent of the average salary level of the other 19 institutions . . . This is a dif ferential of nearly $1,000. (Continued on page 3) Law Students to Protest SU Board Ticket Policy A pair of University law stu dents will go before the Student Union Board Wednesday to ask that the board’s policy on block booking of tickets to special at tractions be rescinded because it is "discriminatory.” Art Tarlow and Lyle Vclur, both second year law students, plan to protest against a policy which Tarlow Monday called “discriminatory to the entire graduate and off-campus popu lace of the University.” The subject of their presenta tion is a policy adopted by the board last June 3, which allows living organizations to buy tick ets in blocks a week prior to the opening of general sales. Results of Needs The board's decision came as a result of two needs. One need was to prevent the re-occurrence of a situation which caused a great deal of consternation when Peter, Paul, and Mary, a popular folksinging group, appeared on campus last spring. A large number of students protested at the time that some persons were getting in the ticket sales line earlv and buy ing out the best seats for the concert. The other need was to make money, since higher education has undergone a general belt tightening due to the effects of fund cuts in recent years. Handles Both Problems At the time the board decid ed that it would be possible to handle both problems at the same time. Living organizations, which the board felt were responsible for most of the block-booking, were given the right to buy tickets in blocks in certain seat ing areas prior to the opening I of general sales. And a limit of eight tickets per customer was placed on general purchases The “best" seats were reserved for ' general sales. The board felt that allowing block-bookings would stimulate sales of tickets to Greek houses and dormitories. It also felt lim iting Greek seating to certain areas and restricting the mini ber of tickets to be sold to each general purchaser would elimin ate complaints against “wiping out of the best seats by those early in lines.” Ellingson Supports Velur and Tarlow launched their campaign against the pol icy by talking to Student Un ion Director A.L. (Si) Ellingson; ; SU Board Chairman Paul Moore; Jack Cross, assistant SU Direc tor; Dean of Students Donald M. (Continued on page 3) Miss Pate's case will be tried today. Monday's arrests were for contempt of court. Cited for Contempt The workers were cited for contempt when they attempted to register some Negro voters. The office of voter registration was closed when the group airbed. Authorities said the office had been closed because the circuit court was in session and all per sonnel were needed for the court hearings. The rights workers are partici pating in a voter registration project in McComb Miss Pate said "in terms of numbers" their project was not as successful as they had hoped, because once the Negroes went to register, many were unable to pass the tests. "Morale-wise its very bad." she said. Miss Pate and 12 other work ers were arrested Friday night. She was released after she post Donations will be taken to day in the Student Union to provide a bail fund for civil rights workers in Mississippi. Donations may be made in Room Midi of the SV until noon. At that time a table will be set up in the main lobby to take donations. Donations may also be mailed to Martin Acker in the Education building. Checks mailed to Acker should be made out in his name hut marked to go to the civil rights drive. cd $100 bail. She was charged with operating an eating estab lishment without a health permit. COFO Workers The workers, members of the Council of Federated Organiza tions, were arrested in their Freedom House,” at 702 Wall Street in McComb. Miss Pate said the “health per mit charge is ridiculous. We cook food for ourselves—not to sell to anybody.” Miss Pate said the chief of police in McComb, George Guy, is very much against the arrests. She quoted Guy as saying “You can t tell these blockheads any thing,” in reference to the city officials. Members of the McComb city council are seeking re-election this year. Miss Pate said that the council men were probably using the arrests for political purposes as well as collecting bail money and fines. Fear Prevalent "There is a great deal of fear here because of the bombings,” Mis Pate said. “People started sleeping again when the bombers were arrested, but now that they have been re leased, people are staying up and watching and guarding their homes through the night,” she told. The rights workers stand watch all night, every night, at their "Freedom House,” she said. They (Continued on I'afic 3) &'l||i||tiiiiUiil|||i||lll||||lilll|||||jj|iii)ii!)|i|||||j|||l|i|l|;itiij|^lj,::!t^ (Inside Today) University Vice-President Emeritus attends Hoover's Funeral p. g Ducks make the Top Ten p. 4 “We Want Blood” p. 3