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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 16, 1977)
False alarm, rain fail to dampen graduation By SEAN MEYERS Of the Emerald To a foreboding theme of women’s rights, 159 graduates of the University School of Law re ceived their degrees Saturday in the EMU Ballroom. In her remarks to the class prior to the presentation of diplomas, 1977 class representative Barrie Herbold made some bitter obser vations about the male orientation of the University’s law school. “Thank you very much for put ting up with the struggle,” she said as she addressed the less than 20 per cent female portion of the graduating class. Herbold said she had taken 28 classes at the law school and only four of them were taught by women. “I took three of the classes (taught by women) because of the role playing models they provided,” she said. Herbold relayed her disen chantment with the textbook quote that stated the only way to be a good trial lawyer was to act like a “real gentleman.” The commencement exercises started 20 minutes late, after law school dean Chapin Clark backed down when Mother Nature called in dark clouds and threatened to rain on the exercises, originally slated for the law school court yard. In a welcoming speech, Valerie McIntyre, a University alumnus and member of the State Board of Higher Education, relayed con gratulations from the State Board. She thanked the graduates for choosing a state university for their education and extended per sonal congratulations to her fiance in the group of graduates. Hans Linde, Oregon Supreme Court Justice and, until his ap pointment to that post in January, a professor at the University, also congratulated the graduates. He said proposed legislation to elimi nate bar exams wasn’t likely to get much support, to the dismay of the graduates — most of whom will take the bar exam this summer. Featured speaker Sidney Lezak, United States attorney for Oregon, opened his speech with a 30-second stretch “to give people a chance to sneak out before my speech.” Seconds after Lezak related how unmemorable his law school graduation exercise had been and, after promising the graduates that his speech would likewise contain nothing to be re membered, a fire alarm erupted in the back of the auditorium and began an unbroken, nerve racking, ten-minute seizure of the air waves. Lezak quipped over the blare ol the siren that it “gives me a chance to rewrite my speech.” When the speech finally began, Lezak explained the duties of a U.S. Attorney, the position he was appointed to by former Pres. John Kennedy. Lezak also alluded to Herbold’s remarks, agreeing with some but noting that the University's female freshman en rollment was up to a third of total freshman enrollment this year. Lezak read an 1875 decision by the Wisconsin State Supreme Court that refused a motion to allow women to the state bar. “Women should not be allowed to mix professionally in all the nasti ness of the world,” the decision read, citing the “cruel cancers of life” that would make women “for sake their gender” to become a lawyer. “The world is changing,” commented Lezak. “Anyone who assumes that I am speaking for my office doesn't know my office,” said Lezak, stressing the individuality of his staff. He gave support to “the war on poverty.. .and laws protecting the environment and consumers.” Although Lezak wouldn’t lend full support to the contemporary consumer groups, he said they “represent the way the world is going and the way the world should go.” Lezak concluded his address by donating ten copies of “Balanc ing the Scales of Justice” to the law school library and by assuring the graduates that “some of us who look like we’re on the outside .. .are still with you.” Musicians plan benefit concert Twenty musicians from local bands and the University will join junior voice major Robert Bailey and Shinola in a benefit concert Wednesday in the South Eugene High School auditorium at 8 p.m. Tickets are $3, sold at the door. • All profits will go to Eugene's Easter Seals School and Treat ment Center. The center assists handicapped persons of all ages and offers treatment and therapy. The concert really has two pur poses, according to Bailey — “to raise money for the school and showcase our new material. “We ll have 12 new songs, 10 of which are original,” says Bailey, who organized the concert. Of the ten originals, Bailey had a hand in producing seven or eight. Mark Spangler of Shinola and Peter Frajola, a University violin major, also did some composing and ar ranging for the concert. ^Bus chartered' for whale bill Oregonians Cooperating to Protect Whales and the Survi val Center are sponsoring a chartered bus to Salem for the hearings on the Whale Bill, SB 345, by the Joint Committee on Trade and Economic De velopment. The trip includes a special opportunity to visit with Paul Spong, world famous cetologist from Vancouver, B.C., and past president o* Greenpeace. He will testify for whales. Bus boards at 6 a m. at South Eugene High School parking lot and leaves at 6:30. Round trip tickets are $2.50 and are available from the EMU main desk and Everybody’s Records. More in formation can be obtained from the Survival Center, ext. 4356. Bring instruments for lively ^ride. Though Bailey and Shinola will be the core of the concert, musi cians from the Nighthawks, Scan dal, Bacchus, the Robert Cray Band and others will also perform. "People shouldn’t come just because this is a benefit,” says Bailey. "We think the music stands on its own. We’ll be intro ducing some new sounds and moving into a new vein as a group." W! iy the change? "I was tired of just playing in bars,” says Bailey. “Our material wasn't getting the recognition it could.” So the group went to Raspberry Recording Studio in North Eugene and recorded six originals on 16-track tapes. They were in the studio about three days a week for six weeks to complete the record ing. "The mixes were good and people at Raspberry put up the money to press 500 singles,” says Bailey. The 45 rpm records were finished in Nashville two weeks ago but a mix-up with the com pany printing the labels caused their shipment to be delayed until this week. They will be available at the concert for $1.50 each. “Now that we have the disc we ll be better able to deal with radio stations. They won't even look at you unless you have vinyl,” says Bailey. A few local radio stations have taken a look, though, even before the record was made. “Bill Ford (KUGN station man ager) was impressed with our master tape, especially Love is Here,' but said he wanted a disc for air-play. Then for some reason they decided to go ahead with it. That was our first AM break,’’ Bailey recalls. FM stations KZEL, KPNW and KFMY are also playing Shinola material. “‘Love is Here' is probably our best work so far,” says Bailey. Written by Bailey, with Mark Spangler and his wife, it’s the A side of their single. “I think ‘Beast of Burden’ (by Bailey) is just as strong,” says the composer. “Some FM stations have been playing it, too.” Bailey has invited some record ing industry “biggies” to Wednesday’s concert hoping to impress them with the group’s latest work. “Several things could happen,” he explains. “An inde pendent distributor might like what we’ve already recorded and want to distribute it. A larger studio might like it but want us to re record — or maybe they won’t like it at all,” he laughs. No matter what happens with the concert, Bailey says the group will step up its own promotion using its newly recorded single, placing it in local record shops and sending it to radio stations and producers. “That’s a tool that could really help us get going. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see." 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