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Tongue Point Trainees I’a^e 3 OREGON DAILY EMERALD Education Without Classes Page 5 Vol. LXVI UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1966 - 1 ‘ —" 11——-—-—L_ No. 53 Monte May Seek Governor s Post By JOHN DENNY Stair Writer "F would like very much to be Governor of Oregon,” F. F. (Monte) Montgomery, majority leader of the Oregon House of Representatives, told 70 Univer sity students and faculty mem bers in a speech Monday. "Monte” elaborated on the' statement saying that the deci-1 sion as to whether he will run for the office of governor will be made Jan. 25, la nding the raising of adequate funds and the re sults of a public opinion poll. Montgomery pointed to a state ment made by Gov Mark O. Hat field, "to run for a political of flee it takes $100,000 and a little guts, in that order.” May Announce Soon The majority leader said he will announce his candidacy if an opinion poll, now in process, shows improvement over previous polls: He hopes he can raise enough money" to carry out an effective campaign," should he run for the office. One of the campaign issues this year will be the two-party Sys tem, Montgomery said. "The two-party system is now a one- and one half party sys tem,” he continued. In his speech, sponsored by Alpha Kappa Psi. professional business fraternity, and the Uni-' v e r s i t y Insurance Society, "Monte" praised the Workman's Compensation Act. passed by the State Legislature in April, 1965 The greatest benefit of the law is that it creates competition be tween insurers, Montgomery said. This competition reduces insur- i ance rates to business firms, he added (employers May Elect Under the new law employers may elect whether they want state, private, or self-insurance coverage Before the new law went into affect (Jan 1, 1966), Oregon employers were required to subscribe to state insurance. During the question and an swer period, .Montgomery advo- j cated a three point plan for a sales tax. (1) A three per cent sales tax Tatfersall Boy Electrocuted While Swimming James Tattersall, Jr., 12, son of University associate professor of economics James Tattersall, was electrocuted in a hotel swim ming pool last weekend in Meri das, Venezuela. Tattersall has been serving as a consultant to the University of the Andes in Merida, Venezuela. Carl Nelson, minister for the Unitarian Church in Eugene, said word of the accident came in a brief cablegram. There were no details of the accident other than that the boy was electrocuted in a swimming pool at a hotel at Maracay, not far from Caracas, the capital of Venezuela. Robert Campbell, head of the University department of eco nomics, said the Tattersalls were clue to return to Eugene next month after spending about 18 months in Venezuela. Funeral arrangements were un certain. Nelson said the cable gram indicated tentative plans to send the boy’s body to Tampa, Fla., where friends live, for cre mation. Hut Campbell said later word from the friends in Tampa indicated the Tattersalls now plan funeral services and burial in Venezuela. would be charged on everything sold in the state. A refund of nine dollars for each person in a family would be awarded to compensate for the sales tax on food. (2) The amount of yearly in come, less deductions, would be recorded on a form and taxed at the state level. (3) The state would exercise more responsibility. Montgom ery said that the federal govern ment is obtaining too much re sponsibility today. "The best form of tax is at its source,” the majority leader added. "MONTE” MONTGOMERY Showdown with McCall? Holland Discusses Grades, Testing By CAROL LOWERY Staff Writer "What I’m showing you today," explained John Hollard, profes sor of psychology at Stanford University, "is that the psycholo gist can catch up with the lay man, given time.” The former head of research for the National Merit Scholar ship Committee was referring to the general contention on the college campus that grades are not accurate predictions of non academic accomplishment. Since 1963 Holland has worked with the American College Test ing program ,and is a fellow this year at Stanford’s Center for Ad vanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. Before speaking on The Pre diction of Academic and Non academic Accomplishments” yes terday to an audience of faculty and graduate students, he as serted that he probably "learned more about human behavior from my three years as an Army pri vate than anywhere else.” Performers or Scholars Based on findings of studies conducted over the past four years on National Merit Scholarship finalists, Holland felt safe in say ing, “If you want a performer rather than a scholar, look for records of past performance, not achievement tests and whether his teacher likes him.” He explained that the finalists who received N.M. scholarships were determined by their apti tude test scores, high school grades, and teacher recommenda tions. Science, Art Included Since "creative accomplishment is not exclusively a matter of art and science,” Holland used six' scales including high school non academic achievement in science, art, drama, leadership, literature, and music. These were correlated to the student's college achievements. Though this correlation was low, it was significantly higher than the negligible correlation of achievement tests and high school grades to non-academic achieve ment. Though Holland believes that achievements "don’t necessarily have anything to do with grades,” he still recognizes the problem of selecting National Merit Scholars who "possess talent in a broad sense . . . who show out standing performance after col lege.” Prediction Accurate His findings and the findings of others merely “predict with more than chance efficiency how students will perform in col lege.” While recognizing some merits of the grading system, Holland also mentioned the unfortunate conceptions that people get of themselves because of grades, i.e. considering themselves as A students, C-students, etc., as well as automatically stereotyping others in the same fashion. w STUDENTS here were signing a telegram Monday outside the Stu dent Union. The telegram was a message to President Johnson, congratulating him for his recent “peace offensive” moves in the Viet Nam conflict. Photo by Shota Ushio Opposes Game Charge ASUO Group Drafts Letter By KATHY SHAW Staff Writer An open letter opposing financing the proposed Univer sity stadium by charging admission for students attending football games was unanimously adopted by the Senate pub lic affairs committee last night. The letter will go to the Senate Thursday and, if ap proved, copies will be sent to University President Arthur S. Flemming and the athletic department. The stadium is estimated to cost $2.1 million, of which $1 million will be raised by the alumni fund drive. It has al ready raised over $500,000. The athletic department reserve fund will contribute $800,000. The remaining $425,000 is to be raised by Flemming. Flemming has said that although charging student admis sion is a last alternative it is still a possibility. University students pay a yearly fee of $19.50 apiece to the athletic department. In addition, the present percentage Contact Made With Hanoi WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said Monday there has been direct contact with Hanoi on the Vietnamese situa tion. There was no further elaboration whatsoever. This word came from White House Press Secretary Bill D. Moyers in response to a ques tion. Moyers declined to say how the contacts were made, who made them or to provide any details or elaboration. This was the first announce ment of contact with the North Viet Nam government since President Johnson began his peace offensive Christmas Eve. Premier Shastri Dies Monday Of Heart Attack Moscow (AP)—Tass News Agency reported Monday night the death of Indian Premier Lai Bahadur Shastri. Death was at tributed to a heart attack. The diminutive Indian prime minister had signed a limited agreement earlier in the day with President Ayub Khan of Paki stan. Shastri, who had a history of heart trouble, was 61. The pact was signed aJ. Tash kent, U.S.S.R., at a conference sponsored by Soviet leaders. Indian Students Association will hold a memorial service for the deceased prime minis ter at 4 p.m. today in the Dad's Hoorn of the SU. All students and faculty are invited. Shastri suffered a serious heart attack in 1959 but he paid little heed to the urgings of his family and friends not to work too hard. The burden of office began to tell on Shastri almost as soon as he became prime minister a year and a half ago. Only 18 days after Shastri as sumed the leadership of India on June 9, 1964, he was felled by what his government called ex haustion but what informants said was a mild heart attack. In New Delhi, India, Home Minister Gulzarilal Nanda was sworn in early Tuesday (Monday evening, Eugene time) as the new prime minister of India. of student athletic fees in the $800,000 athletic reserve is 16.27%, or approximately $130, 160. The following passages are quoted from the letter: "The Senate appreciates fully the effort of the athletic depart ment to provide adequate seating for students and the general pub lic alike. However, a plan involv ing any form of additional charge to students is undesirable. “A stadium fund drive has al ready raised over half a million dollars in slightly more than one month. We are encouraged by the phenomenal success of this drive and would greet with enthusiasm efforts by alumni groups and friends of the University- to raise more than the original SI million goal.” Another alternative is to raise public admission charges. The committee also discussed the following: • the Senate open hearing on Viet Nam was tentatively sched uled for next Monday at 4 p.m. in the SU. Groups which have been contacted about participa tion are Students for a Demo cratic Society, Young Democrats, Young Republicans and Ameri cans for Reappraisal of Far East ern Policy. Other groups are still being contacted. Although the form of the hearing is still being worked out, time will be alloted each group for initial statements of basic group differences. Addi tional time will be used to ques tion group representatives. • A representative was sent to talk to University Librarian Carl W. Hintz, about extending the hours that the library is open for student use. • It was also discussed that the Senate try to have a repre sentative at closed faculty meet ings. • After the Senate adopts a stand on the Vietnamese War they will begin working on a stand for lowering the voting age. • A bill was passed unani mously, to be sent to the Senate, that $80 be alloted by the ASUO budget committee for the Uni versity to participate in the Win ter Carnival sponsored by Port land State College. The Carnival was not held last year but the University has participated in the event in previous years. If the bill passes the University will send a candidate for queen and students will be allowed to parti cipate in events. ( Index j Editorials .page 6 a | Classified ..- page 7 1 j Campus Briefs . page 5 § | Sports .page 4 1