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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 8, 1937)
COLORFUL CANOE FETE CLIMAX FOR SATURDAY When the procession of floats drift slowly down the green, subterranean-lighted water of the millrace tonight, Oregon mothers will be treated to a grand finale in a day crammed with entertainments. When the curtains part at 8:30, Queen Betty Pownall and attendants Rhoda Armstrong, Betty Jane Casey, Peggy Ver million and Frances^ Schaupp will be piloted to the coronation stano. The white-clad Queen Betty I will have a throne in front of u gold-stringed lyre on the uke shaped float. The princesses will sit along the outside, gold strings running the length of the huge uke separating them. Floats representing arias from outstanding operas will follow while the University concert band plays the compositions. The day’s activities start with the painting of the “O” on Skin ner's Butte by freshmen. Following that, the frosh and sophs will have their annual tug-of-war rivalry, each class trying- to give the other a free bath in the millrace. At 10:30 Oregon mothers will meet for a reunion in Johnson hall. The Mother’s club is sponsor. After the meeting adjourns the students take their mothers for luncheon in the various living or ganizations. There will be sports events in the afternoon. From 4 to 5 o’clock mothers will assemble in Gerlinger hall for tea. Following this a Mother's day banquet will be held in John Straub Memorial hall. WORDY TIFFS PRECEDE TUG » It is a tradition at Oregon for members of the freshman class to “take the sophomores" each year in an annual tug-of-war, staged on the banks of the mill race. But tradition, like everything else, is occasion ally broken, and today is the day, according to certain members of the sophomore class, when the break will come. Harry Weston, sophomore class president, says, “Although politics have kept us all pretty busy to date, we have found ample time for mobilizing torces and intend to take this year's crop of freshmen in the tug-of-war this morning." But John Dick, president of the freshman class, has his own ideas on the subject. His opinion is: ‘‘The sophomores need a bath, and we re the fellows who can give it to them!" Sophomore Jack Lockridge re turns with, ‘‘The class of '39 will beat the class of '40 in anything the frosh wish to tackle, tug-of war and innertube race included!" Freshman Dick Hutchison says, “Three jerks on that rope and the whole sophomore class will be in the race.” Sophomore Bob Speer replies, “Yeh? The freshmen won’t have a water wing to stand on!” Frosh Dick Litfin smiles and says, ‘‘Gawd help ’em!” Meaning the sophs, of course. And Jack Wagstaff of the class of ’39 returns, “They may be good when it comes to ‘pulling strings’ in politics, but when it comes down to a real man's battle, a tug-of-war, well . . . the freshmen just aren’t there!” Don Coles of the freshman golf team laughingly replies, ‘‘Will be as easy as losing a golf match! Too bad we won’t have any oppo sition . . . just the sophomores.” Sophomore Zane Kemler retorts, CANOEING is Bill Dalton, chairman of the colorful canoe fete, which will take place tonight at nine o’clock on the millrace. "Those freshmen are clue for a dunking and they’re gonna get one, what I mean!" Frosh Bob Hochuli sums it up for his classmates, "The sophs bet ter save their wind! They'll need all the strength they have on Sat urday. Of course, if they used their heads they’d concede us the victory and save themselves the beating, but that is IF." And once more the heat of rival ry scorches the campus, as the tra ditional feud between members of the freshman and sophomore classes gets under way. The battle royal will be waged today at 9:30 I o’clock. Members of the Order of the O will officiate in the contest to be held between the railroad and the highway bridges at the end of Kincaid. PI LAMBDA TO INSTALL Installation of newly-elected of ficers will take place Monday at a meeting of Pi Lambda Theta, national women’s education hon orary, at the home of Mrs. Victor P. Morris, 1669 Fairmount blvd. Discussion topic for the meeting is “The Challenge to Women in Education.” of festivities for the 1936 Junior weekend were planned by these juniors: Si Went 3|\AyQ worth, water carnival; Gladys Battleson and Zollie Volchok, publicity; Bill Dalton, ■ W canoe fete; Noel Benson, class president; Sam Fort, weekend chairman; Don John son, finance; Elizabeth Turner, campus luncheon; Frank Drew, prom; and Jeanette Charraan, Queen’s reign. ’ - , . . ... i 4 r FLOAT PARADE STARTS AT 8:30 When the curtain is drawn back tonight at 8:30 the ukelele shaped float with its beautiful cargo, Queen Betty Pownall and princesses Rhoda Armstrong, Mary Jane Casey, loanees Schaupp, and Peggy Vermillion, will make a stately entrance into the lighted, green-watered millrace. Yesterday the tattoo -of hammers and hum of saws rang out incessantly as living organizations prepared their floats for tonight's competition. Twelve floats, including the queen’s float uuiauuLtcu vy luc uicgun Yeomen, are to be piloted before the judges stand. Rain did not stop work. Approxi mately 100 men worked most of the afternoon with kegs, barrels, boards, chicken wire, and cheese cloth to build platforms and frames, bringing this part of the task nearly to completion. Orchestra Will Play Finishing touches of paper, cloth, paint and kalsomine will not be ap plied until the latest possible time today, as one good shower would ruin these, according to Harvey Johnson, in charge of construction. At 8:30 tonight, the 75-piece Uni versity of Oregon symphony or chestra, guided by the baton of Rex Underwood, will strike the opening of “Romantic Sere nade,’’ theme \ong written espec ially for the cjfenoe fete by Dean John Landstfury of the music school. Operatic Arias to Be Played Then the green curtains will part, and the queen’s barge will leave her moorings beneath the huge alder tree to glide majestically into the sight of the throng seated along the millrace. Floodlights of Metro tone and Universal newsreel men will furnish illumination for their movie cameras, as well as for doz ens of amateur photographers. The microphone of NBC will carry music and continuity to the rest of the United States. The queen and her princesses will disembark to take their place of honor in the Parisian opera box behind and above the orchestra. Then the opera will begin. The orchestra will play 11 operatic arias, each from a different opera, while the float depicting the num ber glides leisurely down the mill race. Floats Listed John Luvaas, commentator, will innounce the floats and their build srs. Their order is as follows: Queen’s float, Oregon Yeomen; “Tavern Scene, from “Vagabond King,” Alpha hall-Hendricks hall; “Barcarole Scene” from "Tales of Hoffman,” Sigma Alpha Epsilon AOPi; "Mephisto's Incantation,” from "Faust,” Chi Psi-Zeta Tau Alpha. "Lament Scene,” from "Pagliac-* ci,” Gamma hall-Susan Campbell hall; "Madame Butterfly in Her Garden” from “Madame Butterfly,” Gamma Phi Beta-Sigma Phi Epsi lon; "Home of the Old Witch” from "Hansel and Gretel.” Alpha Tau Omega-Chi Omega; "Sweethearts in Maytime” from “Maytime,” Zeta, I hall-Alpha Delta Pi. "Desert Scene from "The Desert Song,” Sigma Chi-Pi Beta Phi;, "The Parade of the Wooden Sol* diers” from “Babes in Toyland,” Phi Gamma Delta-Kappa Kappa Gamma; "The Swamp Scene" from "Naughty Marietta,” Alpha Phi Sigma Nu; “Drinking Scene" from. "Student Prince,” Alpha Gamma Delta-Kappa Sigma. • LOST: Gold Bulova watch. Call 1516, Dorothy Griswald. REW ARD. 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