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SPORTS PAGE: Oregon Wins Sigma Delta Psi EDIT PAGE: If It Works 8 Ball VOLUME XLI r*nn UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1940 NUMBER 118 Law School Weekend—a la cart i Oregon’s law students cut “fancy didoes” as they stage theirannual law school weekend parade. Left, Dr. Wayne L. Morse, dean of the law school, and Prof. O. J. Hollis, professor of law, are “taken for a ride.” Center, the law school student body blossoms out with their own band for the parade—and a drum majoress, too. Right,Cecil Wright holds the umbrella as he acts as escort to Queen Meyer N. Kroopnick. Story on page 3. (Photos by Ted Kenyon) Plans Formed For Installation Of New Officers Ceremonies to Be Directed by Snell Tomorrow at 11 With the smoke of ASUO elec tions hanging heavy in the cam pus air today, final plans for in stallation of new officers will speed to completion this after noon, John Dick, student body president, announced yesterday. Earl Snell, Oregon secretary of state, has already been contacted to direct ceremonies that will see the chosen candidates mount to their new offices, and the pro gram is scheduled to start to morrow at 11 a.m. in Gerlinger hall. To Be Announced Dick stated last night that election finals will be announced early this evening, and that four students will take oaths of of fice for their respective positions. Those who will be installed are Harrison Bergtholdt, John Cav anagh, Marge McLean, and Tiger Payne. They will take the posi tions of president, first vice-pres ident, second vice-president, and secretary. First on Campus Mr. Snell’s appearance will be his first on the University of Ore gon campus and his talk will strike an official note of welcome for the office holders. He will make a special trip to Eugene for the installation. All Wednesday 11 o’clock classes will be moved ahead to Thursday, Dick announced, and the assembly will be open to all University students. Phi Bete Election To Be Wednesday Spring- election of new mem bers to Phi Beta Kappa, national scholastic honorary, has been set for Wednesday night in the fac ulty room of Friendly hall, ac cording to Orlando J. Hollis, pres ident of the local chapter. Those honored with the Phi Bete key each year are students of outstanding ability. Minimum GPA requirement is 3.19. Pinafores to Have Second Official Day In Week's Program Despite the threatening skies and the chilling wind, Junior Weekend’s official Pinafore day was so successful Monday that the committee has decided to de clare Wednesday another Pina fore day, Lloyd Sullivan, general chairman of the Weekend, de clared. Wednesday’s Pinafore day will Ninety Students Win Scholarships Sixty-six new students will en ter the University of Oregon next fall with state tuition scholar ships, and 24 present students will receive renewal of previous fee awards, E. B. Lemon, chair man of the state system commit tee on high school relations, an nounced yesterday. Scholarships total $64.50 and are applied toward tuition. They are based on scholastic ability and participation in school activities and are given each year by the state system of higher education. The 24 attending the Univer sity who received scholarships are Buck A. Buchwach, C^rol Cook, (Please turn to page two) follow the program of the first day, with a picture being taken of every twentieth girl dressed in the Viennese passing the College Side between 12:30 and 2 o’clock by the Emerald staff photogra pher, Ted Kenyon. Four girls received a free pho tograph of themselves in the Junior Weekend dress, which sig nifies that more than 80 Oregon women passed the Side in the col orful costumes, Sullivan de clared. “The committee is grateful for the way the coeds have cooperat ed in dressing to advertise the Weekend and we hope that they will remember to wear them for the mothers Friday, Saturday, and Sunday to create the atmos phere of ‘Springtime in Vienna’,” Sullivan said in expressing his thanks. Whoops to Knots Yesterday the campus Took on a festive air. Pinafores and pretty .girls Were dashing everywhere. We ought to have another day For girls to wear those clothes. It really was a lot of fun To untie their pretty bows. —J. W. S. Dr. Smith Honored In 25th Year Here By MILDRED WILSON Dr. Warren D. Smith, head of the geology and geography de partments, has a new set of golf clubs and a leather-bound booklet full of letters and telegrams from his friends all over the world, congratulating him on the anni versary of his 25th year of teach ing at the University. The gifts, given by friends and former students, were presented to him at a banquet at the Os burn hotel Saturday night, which was attended by 80 of his friends and associates. The whole pro ceeding was a surprise to Dr. Smith, who thought he was at tending a dinner of the American Institute of Mining and Metallur gical Engineers, which also met here last weekend. Instead of being called on for his address of the evening, which was “Metals of the Philippines,” Dr. Smith was given speeches of tribute by several persons at the table. Those commenting on Dr. Smith and the work he has done were O. F. Stafford, dean of the lower division and service depart ments of the University; J. H. Batchellor of the Oregon State geology department; Ray Treash er, representing the A.I.M.E.; Warren Lomax, speaking for the Condon club, and Carl Williams, a student of 16 years ago repre senting Dr. Smith’s graduated students. The last speech and the presentation of gifts was made by J. C. Stovall, geology instruc tor. Juniors Vote On Officers For Next Year Keene, White in Running for Post Of Class President Juniors will march to the polls today to do a double duty, to vote for ASUO officers and to se lect the rulers of their class for the coming year. The polls for both elections will be in the YMCA hut and will be open from 9 to 3 o’clock. Petitions for next year’s offic es have been filed by Bob Keene and Wally White, president; Joan Hoke and Florence Kinney, vice president; Donna Ketchum and Doris Ann Neely, secretary, and Bill Knight and Ehle Reber, treasurer. Plans for Prom Well Under Wag Depending upon years of tradi tion, the junior class is preparing for one of the oldest of campus dances—the Junior Prom — Fri day night, Bill Senders, publicity chairman, said last night. Invitations to the prom have been issued to several prominent persons, including Governor Charles A. Sprague. Queen Betty Buchanan and her court of Prin cesses Laura Jean Maurice, Su zanne Cunningham, Janet Foster, and Eleanor Collier will rule over the spring formal, Senders said. Bob Mitchell’s orchestra, direct from Hollywood Bowl in Port land, has worked out several ar rangements especially for the prom. Mitchell features a girl vo calist. Friars, senior men’s hon orary, will pick the Viennese set ting for “tapping” new members. The outstanding junior man of the year will be presented with the Koyl cup; the Gerlinger cup will go to the outstanding junior girl. Tickets on Sale General admission tickets for the Junior Weekend annual Canoe Fete are now on sale at the ASUO ticket office. Tickets sell at 75 cents. Election of ASUO Heads Slated Todag Polls to Be Open From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in YMCA The annual political tiff for tho four ASUO exec committee posi tions narrows down by necessity in today’s election to a hard fought battle for the number one post, the student body presidency. For only four candidates for four positions makes the prexy job an even tastier morsel. Harrison Bergtholdt, John Cav anagh, Marge McLean, Tiger Payne climaxed their political campaigns early this morning, in anticipation of the opening of polls at 9 o’clock. . Preferential Voting Student votes will give the four candidates the jobs ot presi dent, first vice-president, second vice-president, and secretary, ac cording to the number of voted obtained by each. Preferential voting will be used, with voters naming their first, second, third, and fourth choices. On the same ballot, student body card holders will mark their choices for the two junior posi tions on the University Co-op board, and the one sophomore job. In the running for the sopho more post are Les Anderson, Ruth Graham, Doug Fabian, Ted Mc Murren, Jim Roots, and A1 Sil vernail. Elections at ‘Y’ Hut Seven class of ’42 members are up for the two junior class Co-op positions: Emerson Page, BoP Cherney, Bob Lovell, Bill Loud, Jack McCliment, Morry Stein, and Cullen Murphy. Elections are to be held in the YMCA hut, and polls will close at 3 o’clock this afternoon. Students not engaged in voting are asked by election officials to remain away from the polls dur ing the day. Two educational ac tivities staff members will be in charge of the balloting to avoid slip-ups, according to Verdi Sc derstrom, first vice-president of ASUO and election head. All Organizations To Eat on Campus Since all University students* will be invited to the campus luncheon, a Friday feature of the annual Junior,Weekend, no lunch es will be served in any campus living- organization that day, states Grace Irvin, chairman of the event. Tickets for the special lunch eon will be delivered soon to all houses. Independents and visitors who wish to attend may get their tickets at a booth in front of Johnson hall Friday morning, she says. The cost is 25 cents. Miss Irvin asks all who have questions concerning tickets for the annual affair to contact George Mackin, Phi Delta Theta, ticket chairman for the luncheon. Yesterday was the Junior Weekend pinafore day. Campus coeds wore pinafores to all their classes.