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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 29, 1938)
Junior Weekend Lunch To Serve 2500 asQueen Starts Three-Day Reign Plans are underway for the biggest Junior weekend luncheon in years, according to Margaret Goldsmith, general chairman, who is expecting nearly 2500 people. Barbecued sandwiches from a local restaurant will be served at 12 o’clock May 6 on the lawn in front of the old libe to visitors and students alike, with no luncheon being served at any of the living organizations. Mothers, alumni, and friends of students will see lovely dark haired Virginia Regan as queen of Junior weekend. Earl Scott’s or qhestra will furnish swing music for the event. Wending their way impressive ly through crowds, black-robed Friars and Mortar Board members will tap new members. Selection of members of the senior service honoraries is based on scholarship, leadership, activities, and service. The luncheon, a traditional part of Junior weekend festivities will be served by Kwamas and Skull and Dagger members. A public address system will be used to give general directions and announce ments. Intermingled with other activi ties, Order of O members will have their day. They will dunk in the water fountain near the old libe all fellows wearing white shoes, neckties, or speaking to a girl. The cause for much hilarity is the traditional dunking of campus leaders, a few girls, and even now and then a faculty member. The directorate for the campus luncheon is composed of the fol lowing people: Miss Goldsmith, chairman; Mary Elizabeth Nor vell, assistant chairman; Bob Rec ken, finance; Barbara Ward, sec retary; Jack Gaven, grounds; Bet ty Reich, serving; and Marian De Koning, service. ROUDYBUSH Foreign Service School 'Class forms May for September U.S. Foreign Service Examina tion. Write—302 Architect Bldg. Ph. Tucker 7522, Los Angeles, California DR. ELLIOTT Optometrist Optician FREE EXAMINATION SPECIAL STUDENT PRICES Over Kuykendall Drug Store 874 Will. St. Phone 419 Delegates Back From Physical Education Meet Professors Elected to Important Offices At Conference With the return yesterday of Dr. R. W. Leighton from Atlanta, Georgia, Oregon’s physical educa tion school promised a full staff for the first time in almost a month. Dr. Leighton has been attending the national convention of the So ciety for Health, Physical Educa tion and Recreation. The other two members of the Oregon dele gation, Paul Washke and Earl Boushey, are expected to arrive to day or tomorrow. Most important business at the convention was the enlarging of the society to include recreation as well as physical education and health, Dr. Leighton said. San Francisco was chosen as the loca tion for the convention next year, he said. All three Oregon delegates at tained national offices at the con vention. Earl Boushey wag elect ed to the governing board, Paul Washke to chairman of the activ ity section and Dr. Leighton to secretary of the research division. Dr. Frld Couzens, who received his doctor’s degree at the University and who is now at UCLA, was elected president of the associa tion. On the way east the Oregon dele gation stopped at Salt Lake for a meeting of the Southwest district association. Texas Christian university has not lost a football game on its home gridiron since 1935. % Crested Fraternity Stationery A beautiful box of station ery with gold embossed fraternity and sorority crests. Most of the houses are represented in this of fer. The box contains 48 sheets and 48 envelopes— all for the low price of one dollar. Studes to Get Holiday Daring UO-OSC March Prospects of a half-day holi day to allow students to view the Oregon and Oregon State ROTC units in parade on Governor’s Day, May 25, were seen yester day when Colonel E. V. D. Mur phy announced that afternoon classes at both Oregon State and the University would likely be dismissed. The combined OSC - Oregon units, divided into infantry, en gineering, and artillery corps, will number over 200 students, 1250 of which will come from Oregon State. Special trains have been chartered to bring these units to Eugene for the competition. Winslow Acquitted In Moot Court Trial Norman Winslow, defending a suit for $3000 damages brought by Charles McGirr, was found not lia ble by a unanimous verdict of the jury of University court last night. The action was the third case in the law school’s series of moot court trials. Winslow was charged by Mc Girr of writing and publishing a note which was defamatory to Mc Girr’s character. The defendant admitted writing the note, as part of a play script, but denied pub lishing it, or allowing it to be pub lished. Witnesses for McGirr, besides himself, were Bill Shepherd, Ken Schramm, and Nathan Cohen. He was represented in counsel by Hammond and King. The defendant, George Neuner and Ed Raudsep, testified for Win slow, with Silven and Miller at the counsel table. Orlando J. Hollis, acting dean of the law school, was on the bench, as usual. Research Bureau To Make Survey of City Government The Oregon Bureau of Munici pal Research in cooperation with the committee on public adminis tration of the Social Science Re search council is commencing a comprehensive survey of the city manager type of government in the United States. The Oregon re search bureau, under the direction of Herman Kehrli, and William O. Hall, staff member, is supervising the research in Oregon. The Oregon cities to be sur veyed are Bend and Astoria. The purposes of the survey are: to appraise the city manager type of government after 25 years of op eration; to determine, if possible, whether or not this distinctive type has been successful or not; to gather data of help to cities contemplating changing to this type of government and to give ad vice to cities already using it. CLASSIFIED PICTURE FRAMING — Oriental Art Shop. LOST—All steel card table; with E. S. monogram on it; by sun dial near Johnson Hall. Infor mation leading to recovery will be rewarded. Call Educational Activities office. ATTENTION UNIVERSITY SEN IORS AND GRADUATES SEEKING EMPLOYMENT— The American Student Alliance offers you contacts with the leading industrial organizations throughout the entire country. For additional information ad dress American Student Alliance, 754 Holly Ave., St. Paul, Minne sota, enclosing 10c correspon dence charge. Phi Theta Upsilon to Act as Frosh Advisory Council Plans for a newly-revised Phi Theta Upsilon were given by AWS Prexy Elisabeth Stetson at the meeting of the women students yes terday afternoon. The group will cease to act as a junior women’s service honorary and will serve as an advisory council for freshman women in orienting them and in choosing their activities. The group is expected to pledge girls within the next two weeks. From these girls a president will be chosen who will be on the AWS council as frosh councilor. The local chapter of the order is playing host for the affair. It Frosh Glee Features Unique Decorations “The most unique dance decora tions seen on the floor of McAr thur court in many years,” is the way the setting for the Frosh Glee Friday night is described by Sam Fort, in charge of decorating the Igloo for many campus dances. The biggest stage seen ibis year will be constructed for Dick Jur gens’ orchestra. Triangular in shape, it will be placed in the cen ter of the floor and will consist of three tiers. Something new to be construct ed by Fort will be a modernistic wind tunnel near the center of the stage with a huge fan flowing streamers above the dancers. In keeping with the “Snow White” contest theme of the dance, a large caricature of “Dopey” will be constructed with his eyes elec trically lighted. for the coming year. Peggy Jane Peebler and Elisabeth Stetson spoke of their trip to the AWS convention and mentioned the fact that in 1940 Oregon will hold the convention here. The recent car nival was pronounced a success and a vote of thanks given to Marionbeth Wolfenden, chairman. The meeting was in honor of the Junior weekend queen and prin cesses who were presented with short entertainment. Jeanette Harbert gave two readings. Roll call was taken of the girls’ living organizations. SPEAKERS TO HOLD BANQUET Order of the Mace, speech honor ary, will hold its annual banquet May 12, it was decided at a meet ing of the organization yesterday afternoon. Exceptional members of the speech classes will be invited. The Cynic, University of Ver mont student newspaper, is named after the Cynic School, founded by Antisthenes, a follower of Socra tes. THE WISEST $1 YOU EVER SPENT HEW SHAPES & FINISHES iwMEDECO has only Pat'd filter combining moisture proof Cellophane exterior and 66 Baffle ab sorbent mesh screen interior; resulting in greatest scientific pipe smoking invention ever known. Keeps juices in filter,out of mouth. is Sunday, May 8th ARRANGE NOW to send her FLOWERS . . . Your token of love and affection MEMBER FLORIST TELEGRAPH DELIVERY You (Jan sav.e on out of town by ordering early. No extra charge is made oh orders that can be sent by mail. Cut Roses Corsages Ch '§0 Potted Plants Gardens MB