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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1940)
JACK BRYANT Names Social GPAs on Page 2 DUCK TRACKS Tells of Idaho's Mitts on Page 4 zfino VOLUME XLI UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1940 NUMBER 1H Students Vote On Pep Songs At Assembly Two New Tunes Played by Concert Band at Meeting I . . The fighting lyrics of two new pep songs will chSer Oregon’s gridiron teams when they go into action against conference oppon ents next fall. This was decided by University students yesterday when they voted their stamp of approval on a pair of tunes in troduced before an ASUO assem bly in Gerlinger hall. Names of the numbers are “Fight on Oregon” and “Fighting With Oregon.” Words of the first song were written by a Los An gelus alumnus, and Les Irwin, a University student, introduced the second piece. Students voted as they left the assembly hall, and results showed last night that of 293 ballots, 146 favored Irwin’s “Fighting With Oregon.” Sixteen preferred “Fight on Oregon,” and 123 expressed the will the University adopt both tunes. Elbert Hawkins, com mittee chairman, announced last night that both would be used. Music yesterday was played by the concert band under the direc tion of John Stehn, leader. Nor man Cory sang each song through once, and then they were sung twice by the entire student body. Members of the committee which has been working on the ijight song are Hawkins, Lyle Nelson, Jimmie Leonard, Helen Angell, and Jeff Kitchen. Tomorrow Will Be 'Write Home Dan' Tomorrow will be “Write Home Day” on the University of Ore gon campus, John Cavanagh, promotion chairman for Junior Weekend, announced. The weekend committee will sponsor a drive to induce stu dents to “write home to the folks,” extending them invita tions to come to Oregon on May 10, 11, and 12 to partake in the “Springtime in Vienna” festivi ties of Junior Weekend, Cavan agh said. Special weekend stationery with a Mother’s Day letterhead may be secured at living organi zations and the University Co-op store, Cavanagh said. Facilities are being enlarged in anticipa tion of a record attendance of guests, Lloyd Sullivan, weekend chairman, stated. If students are unable to secure rooms at hotels for their vistors, they should con tact Mrs. Adeline Morris, housing secretary, whose office is located in Johnson hall. Paterson Elected Fred Paterson was elected to associate membership in Condon club at a business meeting held Tuesday morning in Condon ha’l. Other business included a discus sion of the Condon club picnic to be held May 6, and the meeting of the American Institute of Min ing Engineers which will be held in Eugene this -weekend. To Rule New Cordsmen This year’s scphomores who will rule next year’s Junior class are, from left to right, Leu Torgeson, president; Jean Burt, vice-president; Martha McClung, secretary, and Clark Weaver, treasurer. Editor Announces Emerald Banquet And Spring Specials Winding up the Emerald’s year of publication. Editor Bud Jer main announced yesterday plans for the three special spring editions of the publication and the Emerald banquet. Marge Finnegan, women’s page editor, will be editor-in-chief of the special all-coed edition to come out this Saturday morning, Jermain said. The special men’s edition to be publshed May 11 is to be edited Patients Can't Discover Ills; No Emeralds This morning when the campus sits down to breakfast and un folds its morning Emerald, there will be 12 members of the stu dent body who will raise up to re ceive their morning meal, but no Emerald. Strange enough the patients at the infirmary, although they re ceive the downtown papers, must wait for news of their own illness until some friend arrives with an Emerald. Those who do not read of their own plight this morning are: Beth Rowan, Pat Heastand, Palmer Howard, Betty Milne, Margaret Robbins, Virginia Langstreth, Margery Williams, Evelyn Moses, John Merrill, Samuel Iwata, Barr Burton, and James Stubblebine. by Pat Frizzell, senior in journal ism and Monday night copy editor. The third special edition, the annual frosh paper, will be edited by a first year iman as yet un announced. The freshman edition is slated for May 18. Filling out the Emerald pro gram will be the annual staff pic nic, set tentatively for Sunday, May 26, after the last paper of the year has come off the press. The annual banquet for news staff and business staff members has been scheduled for May 22 at a downtown hotel. At that time Editor-elect Lyie Nelson will an nounce his promotions for next year on the news side, and Jim Frost, newly elected business manager, will make known his new advertising workers. IN TODAY’S EMERALD Neks .1, 3, 6, 7, 8 Sports . 4, 5 Edits . 2 Campus Calendar. 7 Bandbox . 2 Weekend Queens on Review By DOROTHY KREIS Two blondes started the pro cession of Junior Weekend queens; then along came two brunettes; now the 1940 queen, Betty Buchanan, takes her place as the second brownette. Previous to the time when queens were elected annually, there was one Ruth Gibson, the queen who w'as never crowned. The Emerald story which re vealed this tragedy of 1911 was headed thus: ‘‘Rain Prevents Car nival,” ‘‘Canoes Not Decorated, Queen Not Crowned, and Prizes Not Awarded.” Mary Morse, 193o’s “sunkist” queen, was a blue-eyed blonde, formerly of Pasadena Junior col lege. She measured 5 feet 6 inch es and tipped the scales at 125 pounds. Her successor, Peggy Carper, who reigned in 1936, was a "ti tian-haired” Kappa of 5 feet 7 inches. Peggy’s friends knew her for her ready smile which dis closed her even, white teeth. In 1937, the brunettes took over the crown, electing Eetty Pownell, Pi Phi. The "queenly’’ brunette, had also been Little Colonel and queen of the May Fete her senior year at St. Hel en’s Hall. Her reputation had her one of Oregon's best-dressed wo men. Queen Betty I collected pen nies and pennants as a hobby, and couldn’t resist tasty Chinese and Mexican dishes. Virginia Regan, the second brunette to step into power was blue-eyed, weighed 110 pounds and measured 5 feet, 5 inches. Queen Virginia I, a Chi Omega, was active in campus activities having been junior class vice president and past president of Panhellenic. Ninteen hundred thirty-nine saw a compromise between the blondes and the brunettes, how ever, when the first of two brownettes, Maxine Glad, was elected. Queen Maxine played the leading role in her own plot— Alice in her own Wonderland. Queen Maxine, now a senior on campus, is an Alpha Phi, who has turned over her royal scepter to Betty Buchanan, likewise a brownette. Four Named for Executive Posts Bergtholdt. Cavanagh. Marge McLean. Payne Nominated for Positions on Executive Committee for 1940-1941 By BETTY JANE BIGGS Student leaders arose in the ASUO assembly in Gerlingcr. hall yesterday and officially nominated four students whose names** will appear on the ballot, Tuesday, May 7, as aspirants to positions on the executive committee for next year. Representatives of the several nominees gav a brief history of tho respective candidates and formally introduced them before the meet ing and to Chairman Verdi Se- -— derstrom, first vice-president of the student body. Vying- for ASUO gavel honors for the 1940-41 term will be: Harrison Bergtholdt, John Cava nagh, Marge McLean, and Glee son Payne. Unless other candi dates enter the race by petition these* four will form the student executive committee next year with the person receiving, the most votes handling the presi dential chair. Other executive committee hopefuls who overlooked filing notice of intention to run must enter the race by submitting pe titions signed by 50 ASUO mem bers by tomorrow. Chairman Se derstrom announced. Men's Honorary Will Hold Dance Student Couple Invited to Swing At Courts Tonight Ail student couples as well as those attending house dessert dances are welcome to attend the Skull and Dagger tennis court dance to be held this evening from 6:30 to 7:30 behind the BA building, ^ declared Jim Carney, General manager. All living organizations having dessert dances have been con tacted and have signified their in tention of attending. Similar dances will be held later in the term, according to Carney, if the students turn out as expected. Provisions have been made to postpone the dance automatical ly if it rains between 4 or 5 o’clock tonight. (Please turn to page seven) ASUO Ex Comm To View 'Model' Constitution Governing Organ Will Provide Four Classes With Laws The proposed new "model” class constitution compiled by Senior Class Prexy Phil Lowry and his committee, this week goon oefore the ASUO executive com • mittee for approval and if okayed will move then to individual clasj meetings for final action. Most drastic change presented in the new document, which ideal ly is to be the governing organ for all four classes, is the stipu lation that no class cards may bo purchased after registration week of any term. Appointments of the Lowry headed committee came after junior class members waded in deep water during winter term over the method of electing new class officers. Supplied with n regular junior class constitution and their freshman document, the class of ’-11 wrangled length ily over which should govern then proposed election. The new legis lation. would provide that all ac tion be uniform. The new constitution is fairly liberal and a combination of the good qualities of each class’ docu ment now in use, Lowry said. Each class, if it adopts the pro posed constitution, may add by laws to govern specific problem-* - of the group. Light on the Subject When some early dean of women Planned the campus for the night. Almost every shady corner Was given lots of light. But behind the Libe they left a spot Where couples could atone, And after doing that y >u'd think, They'd leave the scene alone. But now that place is lighted. To other spots the lovers go now, And grumble after every kiss, “There ain't no justice no-how." —J.W.S. Honorary Elects Delta Phi Alpha, German hon orary, elected officers for next year at a meeting last night. They are: president, Maurio Goldberg; Aida Brun, vice-presi dent; Annette Schumuki, secre tary; Eugene Didak, treasurer.