EMERALD
Vol. LXVHI UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, MONDAY, APRIL 21, 1969 No. 115
BESIDES GENERATING FUN and excitement for participants and spectators, the seventh annual
I ushcart Relays, sponsored by Delta Chi fraternity and held on campus Saturday, raised approxi
mately S300 for the Pearl Buck Center for Retarded Children. The sweepstakes and men’s division
trophies went to Phi Kappa Psi. Kappa Kappa Gamma took the trophy for the women's division,
l oi the fourth year in a row Pi Kappa Phi and Delta Zeta carried away the award for originality.
Commission grants license;
wets University dry zone
The Oregon Liquor Control
Commission does not recognize
a “dry zone” around the Uni
versity, said William Fairlee,
control officer of the OLCC.
The unofficial “dry zone” was
maintained until last Wednes
day when the OLCC approved
a liquor license for Miller’s Gro
cery Store, 1065 E. 20th Ave.,
to sell b^er for off-premises con
sumption.
OLCC representatives denied
any landmark decision on t h e
dry zone which covered the area
from the Willamette River to E.
23rd Avc. between Patterson
and Villard Sts., reported the
Eugene Register-Guard.
The proximity of the Univer
sity, City Council approval, and
the establishment itself were
among the many factors in -
volved, said the OLCC spokes
man in the article.
Originally a pact between the
University, the City Council
and the OLCC, the “dry zone”
has eventually lost support from
its constituents. The City Coun
cil has been approving applica
tions since 1957 and last month
the University denied recogni
tion of a dry zone.
The OLCC has been rejecting
the approvals of the City Coun
cil.
With the approval of the Mil
ler's Grocery Store license, the
Emerald meets today
All Emerald staff members
should attend an important
meeting at 7 tonight in the of
fice with the new editor, Paul
Brainerd.
OLCC expects more applicants
from establishments within the
“dry zone” area.
Freda Baird, owner of the Hil
yard St. Market, turned in an
application three weeks ago to
the City Council. She tried to
obtain the approval last Mon
day, but they had not acted on
it at that time.
“They approved my applica
tion when I applied 18 months
ago,” she said.
It may be another three weeks
for any action to pass in the
normally scheduled council
meetings.
Taylor’s Coffee Shop, 894 E.
13th Ave., will be applying for
a license in the future, said
owner Rodney Taylor.
Spokesmen for Safeway Su
permarket, 1840 E. 13th Ave.,
were not available.
President, turf
on Board slate
By MATT McCORMICK
Of the Emerald
The new President of the University may be chosen today by
the State Board of Higher Education. Board members are sched
uled to meet here in Eugene beginning at 9 this morning. An
nouncement of the new University President may follow t !i e
meeting.
During the past month the board interviewed the three final
ists for the position. Two of the three candidates are known, but
one has chosen to remain secret.
Acting University President Charles Johnson is one of the nom
inees. Johnson was formerly dean of the College of Liberal Arts
at the University, and has acted as University President since
Aug. 1, when the post vacated by Arthur Flemming.
The second known candidate is Harrison Scott Brown, presently
a professor at the California Institute of Technology at Pasadena,
and a noted geochemist. Brown told newsmen prior to his inter
view by the state board on March 23 that he was “ambivalent”
about the University presidential position.
The third nominee’s name has been a closely kept secret at
the candidate's request.
AUTZEN STADIUM LIGHTS
Among numerous other topies the board will be considering
will be the improvement of Autzen Stadium by the installation of
lights and artificial turf.
The project would cost $320,000, of which $220,000 would
come from private donations being sought by the University
Development Fund. The additional $100,000 would be procured
through a bank loan.
Under the proposal before the Board, School District 4J would
rent the stadium from the University for $10,000 a year for a pe
riod of 10 years.
The district would use the stadium for high school football
games on Friday and Saturday nights. If the district added high
schools to its present list of four, the University would receive an
additional $2,500 for each new school. The money received from
the district would go to repay the bank loan.
The University would also establish a "shoe bank" of special
shoes required for artificial turf play. The reserve would be used
to outfit the district teams and visiting college teams.
Construction is tentatively planned to start early in May.
The Building and Finance Committees of the group have recom
mended that the board approve the plan.
$7.29 MILLION BONDS
A similar proposal presented by Oregon State University to
light and install artificial turf at Parker Stadium will also be consid
ered by the board today.
The board is not expected to make any decisions concerning
the live-in policy for freshmen at the University because the
Building and Finance Committee has deferred action on the mat
ters until the next regular meeting in approximately six weeks.
President Johnson has urged that parents and students decide if
a freshman student will live oil-campus or in a dorm.
A proposal to sell $7.29 million in bonds to help finance “self
liquidating and self - supporting” construction projects will be
considered by the board today. Dormitories, cafeterias, student
centers, married student housing, and parking facilities are exam
ples of the projects that would be financed by the bonds.
Olympics film tonight
WUS Week
begins today
The World University Service
(WUS) sees the future of man
kind depending on the outcome
of a race between education
and catastrophe.
WUS is an international com
munity of students and faculty
dedicated to providing financial
aid for nations where disease,
poverty and war threaten the
Poverty pleas get qualified support
By CHRIS HOUGLUM and JOHN JUNKINS
Of the Emerald
Acting University President Charles John
son expressed sympathy with the actions of
about 15 students responsible for the erec
tion of a shanty town on the EMU lawn
in a special meeting with the group Friday
morning.
But despite his qualified support of the
action, Johnson refused to release a state
ment of support for a series of student de
mands until he had had time to consider
them.
The confrontation culminated a week of
extensive and often emotional discussion
which followed the attempt of the students
and a Eugene man, Ed Adkins, to dramatize
the conditions of poverty in Lane County
by erecting the cardboard structures on the
EMU lawn.
In Friday's meeting, students meeting
with Johnson presented five expanded re
quests which they had submitted in a brief
meeting with him Thursday night.
The requests called for a public statement
of University commitment to solving poverty
problems; an increase from 3 to 10 per cent
enrollment for poor students; the granting
of a minimum of 30 credit hours for stu
dents working with the underprivileged;
and the hiring of disadvantaged persons for
faculty, staff, and student positions.
Although Johnson submitted to a request
by the assembled students of endorsing the
shanty village as a means “alerting the
campus and the community to a problem
area,” he expressed displeasure that the
structures were erected without prior per
mission of the SAB.
Johnson then proceeded to deal with the
five demands one by one, making the initial
statement that he alone could not commit
the University to any of the requested under
takings.
Student, faculty, state, or federal cooper
ation was required in each instance for both
support and the difficult problem of funding
in addition to his own endorsement, he said.
At present, the University is hiring only
enough faculty to satisfy commitments and
needed replacements, he said.
He also indicated that positive evidence
of the success of the present 3 per cent dis
advantaged enrollment program would have
to be demonstrated before any attempt to
expand the program could meet with ap
proval at the state level.
The demand for 30 credit hours was con
sidered by Norman Sundberg, dean of the
School of Community Services and Public
Affairs, who noted that 15 hours may be
earned on a similar basis by students at
present.
There is no limit to the number of hours
which can be undertaken by a concerned
student, he said, but only 15 count towards
a degree .
Any alteration of this policy would have
to secure faculty endorsement, Johnson said.
Both he and Sundberg appeared to approve
of the suggestion.
Johnson closed the two-hour meeting by
agreeing to meet students Tuesday, bringing
with him requested copies of tiic Univer
sity’s current budget as a reference for
considering future problems of financing
new programs.
In other action Friday, Charles Armsbury,
a student leader in the erection of the
shacks, gave his reactions to the morning
meeting with the administration in an after
noon rally on the EMU Free Speech Plat
form.
"We have won an initial endorsement,” he
said. "That’s very important. The only thing
we have to be concerned with now is re
sults.
"The administration came not prepared to
do business. We came to talk about ’how’
questions, but the administration came to
play games. We are not interested in more
kinds of analyses by the administration. We
want them to get serious,” Armsbury said.
He said the basic px-oblem students and
administration must confront was that of
people living under conditions they wouldn’t
live under themselves.
"The shacks will remain only as a symbol
of the need for change,” he said. “We do
not mean this as a riot or demonstration in
any way.”
development of an educational
system.
Today through Saturday, (he
senior class will present a vari
ety of events, ranging from Mim
ed highlights of the 1968 Olym
pics to a turtle derby, in a drive
to raise funds for WUS.
"This is an opportunity for
students to have fun, and at the
same time help universities in
under - developed countries
around the world,-’ explained
Doug Crichton, WUS co - chair
man and senior class vice-presi
dent.
Crichton said the University
WUS committee has set a goal
of $5,000 this year. Past efforts
at the University have yielded
$4,400 and $3,700 in 1966 and
1967 (to place first in the Uni
ted States) and $1,700 last year
(first on West Coast).
Funds from all over the
world are eventually channel
ed into the WUS International
Headquarters in Geneva, Swit
zerland.
A Bi-Annual WUS Assembly
allocates funds to needy coun
tries in the areas of student
lodging, health, educational fa
cilities and activities, and indi
vidual and emergency aid.
The University Co-op has do
nated a $50 prize to the per
son who can come closest to
guessing—in dollars and cents—•
the total amount of money the
University WUS committee will
raise during this week’s activi
ties. A $25 second prize has been
donated by WUS.
Acting President Charles
Johnson plans to spend the first
dime to enter the contest this
morning at 9 on the EMU Ter
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