Vol. LXIII, No. 4
University of Portland, Portland, Oregon
October 16, 1964
general session of the leadership conference with
point of clarification, the first cf many to come.
Leaders Wrestle UP Problems
By DAN REpLY
Representatives of ASUP, as
well as from all the organizations
and clubs on campus, left last
Friday afternoon for the Gear¬
hart Motel and the ninth annual
University of Portland Leader¬
ship Conference,
While there, they discussed top¬
ics of interest concerning the
general welfare of the university
and consulted with faculty ad¬
visors in laying plans for legis¬
lative action in the coming year.
The conference was officially
opened by UP President Rev. Paul
E. Waldschmidt at a dinner in the
Gearhard Motel Friday night. For
the next two and one-half days,
Plans for the coming visit of
the Aoyama Gakium University
Symphony Orchestra to the Uni¬
versity of Portland campus
Thursday are nearing completion.
Following their morning ar¬
rival, the 60 Japanese students
and their director, Yoshiyuki
Fujita, will participate in guided
tours of the campus and visit
classes, followed by lunch at the
University Commons.
Students from Sigma Tau
Omega, Pi Phi Mu, Angel Flight,
Sigma Beta Phi, and Phi Beta
will act as guides.
Philippe De La More, Dean of
Music, expresses a hope that uni¬
versity students will take this
opportunity to meet our Japanese
guests and extend to them a warm
welcome. Anyone interested in
accommodating orchestra mem¬
bers in his or her home is asked
to contact the School of Music
immediately.
the student representatives
battled through small group dis¬
cussions.
They formulated recommenda¬
tions and resolutions involving
their particular field of activity
to bring before the general ses¬
sions for further clarification and
approval or censure.
Interspersed between these
tasks were more relaxing recre¬
ational activities, such as swim¬
ming, folk-singing, beach parties
and eating. -
The resolutions and recommen¬
dations passed by the general
sessions will be brought to the
floor of the senate for further
discussion prior to any formal
legislation.
The orchestra will rehearse in
the afternoon in Education
Hall, after which student hosts
will provide transportation to pri¬
vate homes. Members of the
orchestra not housed in private
homes will reside in Mehling Hall
where university studnts will
have the opportunity to visit with
them.
Marylhurst College will be
hosts to the visiting group on the
following day and the symphony
will continue its good-will tour
with concerts on successive days
at Cascade College, Portland
State College, Oregon College of
Education and Lewis and Clark
College.
The concert, consisting of
standard concert repertoire and
Japanese pieces, will be held in
Education Hall Oct. 22 at 8:30
p.m. There is no admission
charge.
A few of the measures the sen¬
ate will have to grapple with are
the following: (1) whether or not
the ASUP v/ill assist the depart¬
ment oi Speech and Drama in
sponsoring its First Annual Invi¬
tational Debate Tournament; (2)
should the Student Faculty Liai¬
son Committee make a survey of
the student body to ascertain the
necessity of a student academic
and vocational counseling center;
(3) discussions with the adminis¬
tration on requiring each fresh¬
man and sophomore to select in
his own college a faculty advis¬
er; (4) possible implementation
of an honor system that a com¬
mittee working through the sum¬
mer has developed; (5) that ICC
member organizations be required
to make two reports on their ac¬
tivities during the year to their
president who may refer them
to the senate if they have failed
to work for their chartered pur¬
pose; (6) that the Student Facul¬
ty Liaison Committee confer with
the manager of the bookstore to
discuss plans for a new book
store and possible improvement
of present service.
These are only a few of the
topics for consideration by the
senate. Although there are many
more, it was not only in the
form of resulutions that the at¬
tending groups benefited from the
conference.
These groups who serve the
university student body gained
a fuller understanding of their
role in that service and have im¬
plemented more efficient ways of
serving.
The first example that bears
close to the BEACCN was the
establishment of a Communica¬
tions Council to co-ordinate
publications and better coverage
of events and activities of gene¬
ral interest to the student body.
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Japanese Symphonists
Feature Universal Pieces
Hilton Hosts
President’s Boll
First annual President’s Ball
will be held this evening at the
Hilton Grand Ballroom.
University President Rev. Paul
E. Waldschmidt established the
dance for the purpose of presenting
the university student body to the
people of Portland.
At the rate the bids are now
going it is expected that several
hundred couples will be present.
Honor System
Passes With
Good Support
Convention Hall at the Gear¬
hart Hotel quieted as Bill Mad¬
den stepped to the microphone.
A copy of the new Honor System
had just been passed out to each
of the delegates.
Twenty minutes later the frus¬
trations and anxiety of the Senate
committee's work ended in fru¬
ition — the Honor System reso¬
lution passed with only a few
dissenters.
The committee on academic
life at the Leadership Conference
had spent six hours refining the
Senate Committee's work.
In the committee were Dean
Smith of the College of Business,
Father Boyle, Dean of Liberal
Arts, Father Anderson, Dean of
the College of Science, Father
O’Brien, Dean of Faculties, and
Father Simonitsch, head of the
Religion department; members of
the Senate Honor System Com¬
mittee and other student leaders.
All of the Acadamic Life com-
mitee’s members were enthusias¬
tic with the Honor proposal and
were very encouraged with the
passing of the proposal.
Basically, as Haynes pointed out
during the discussion in the Con¬
vention Hall, “this Honor System
is aimed at two classes of
people, students who habitually
cheat and teachers who habitual¬
ly have cheaters in their
classes.”
There was a general agree¬
ment among the delegates that
the system, with slight modifi¬
cations, could be a very effec¬
tive weapon against "academic
dishonesty” (cheating or pla¬
giarizing) and wishes to do some¬
thing about this violation. He
sends a signed letter to the Dean
of Faculties giving the details
which he has observed.
The Dean of Faculities then
will send an unsigned copy of
the letter to the Judicial Board.
The information will be in the
strictest confidence of the Dean
and the Judicial Board, although
the Judicial Board will never
know the identity of the accuser.
The Dean of Faculties also
will insure that the accuser ac¬
tually was present in order to
detect the cheating. This pro¬
posal eliminates the possibility
of the grudge — "trying to get
at someone” — and also protects
the accuser because his name
will not be revealed.
The Dean of Faculties will thus
act as an intermediary between
the accuser and the Judicial
Board by not revealing the name,
and the accused and the Judicial
Board by verifying the accusa¬
tion.
“The Judicial Board shall re¬
quire the presence of the accused
to hear the allegation. If the ac¬
cused denies the allegation, his
word is accepted and no further
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Jerry Van Hoomison’s orchestra
has been engaged to provide the
finest dance music available.
From all appearances this dance
could rival the Military Ball for
the social event of the year.
The dance itself offers several
new concepts in social activities.
Among these is the reception line
for students to meet Father Wals-
schmidt formally and introduce
their dates to him and other prom¬
inent members of the Port¬
land community.
Another aspect which has been
reinstituted from a practice before
the time of many students is the
idea of a programmed -dance.
The numbers one through ten
on the bid are there to establish
a schedule of dance partners for
the first ten dance numbers. This
will allow students to dance with
persons other than their date.
It is requested that men students
ask the wives of the honored guests
for a particular dance which they
will mark beside the appropriate
number on their bid.
Common laws of courtesy to
one’s date is expected, but it is
hoped that by this means the peo¬
ple of Portland will be able to
meet university students on a clo¬
ser basis.
The dance will begin at
9 o’clock and last until 12:30.
Bids selling for §3 are still be¬
ing sold at the ASUP office and
the office of the assistant to the
President in West 101.
The dance is formal for the
girls and tuxedo or a dark suit
and dark tie for the boys. Cor¬
sages arc not necessary.
Theatre Bills
Spanish Play
The Children's Theatre will
open the drama season Saturday
night with the presentation
“Pedro and Ilis Magic Box.”
This play is an original work
about a Spanish boy and the dif¬
ficulties he encounters when he
finds himself confronted with the
magic and evil powers of a
Gypsy fortune-teller.
The play was written by Vicki
McDonnell, who is serving as
technical director. It is directed
by Eileen Willett, who is also
costume designer.
Cast members are Jim Cran-
na, recipient of the newly-
established Junior League
Scholarship, Gail Ottinger, John
Schmeer, Kathleen Duggins, Dave
Mangen and Ben Holden. The
production is under the super¬
vision of Catherine Roberts.
Campus performances are at
11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Saturday
and Oct. 24. The play is sched¬
uled for 1:30 and 3 o'clock Sun¬
day afternoon.
UP Parents’ Club
Orients Members
The first Parents’ Club meeting
of the year will be held in the
Pilot House Lounge Wednesday,
at 8 p.m.
Present at the meeting will be
president of the University, Rev.
Paul E. Waldschmidt, who will
welcome the parents.
The Deans of Men and Women
and the Student Body president
will also be on hand to explain
their functions.
Eligible for membership in the
Parents’ Club are all parents of
students, past or present; there¬
fore, all are welcome.
