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VOLUME XLII
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1941
NUMBER 98
Tale of a Tradition...
Previous Kingdoms,
Queens Recollected
By JOHNNY KAHANANUI
Thirty years ago this spring Oregon’s Junior Weekend canoe fete
was born. Ten years back was born the institution of selecting a
Queen for all Junior Weekend festivities. However, not born 30 years
ago . . . we hope . . . and hardly 10 years ago is this year’s Junior
Weekend queen-to-be, some lucky lass among 21 now up for con
sideration.
First to reign over all Junior Weekend was Queen Eleanor I, nee
Eleanor Lewis. The vivacious first queen ruled over a “land'’ that
blinked its eyes one spring morning and found itself metamorphized
into something fantastically modern. A telescopic “make-believe”
of the most recent architectural innovations adorned the millrace,
trends that were being given impetus in Germany. Floats were
garbed accordingly, in keeping with the canoe fete theme, "La Fete
Moderne.”
‘Venice Moderne*
Flashing dark eyes turned the head of many an Oregon lad, orbs
that were an attribute to Queen Dorothy II (Dorothy Hall), who
ruled a campus gone Venetian. She glided down the millrace on a
float “Venice Moderne” and viewed the colorful procession of barges
from her throne high atop the band stand.
A five-feet four-inch 120-pound brunette was handed the scepter in
the spring of 1933. She, Margaret Wagner, reigned over a canoe fete
that transported one into Oz, Mother Goose Land, and places akin,
apropo with its theme—-“Fete Fantastique.”
Josephine Waffle ascended the throne in 1934, and as Queen Jose
phine I surveyed a canoe fete depicting the history of Oregon.
“The Melody of Spring” floated down the millrace in 193.1, and
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Students Contribute
To Letter Mortality
“Students of the University are
more careless about their mail
than all the other people in Eu
gene,’’ said Postmaster F. L.
Armitage. “In one day carriers
brought in 171 cards from the
students supposedly to go home,
but they didn’t get any farther
than my wastebasket.”
Postmaster Armitage said that
the students carelessly just sign
the cards and letters by then
first name and put incorrect ad
dresses on them.
When money is found in the
dead letters it is turned into the
United States treasury. If there
is no inside address or last name
in the letter the letter is de
stroyed, as there is no way of
getting it to its owner. “On the
average, 100 letters a week are
opened here, and 90 per cent of
these are burned because they
are just signed by first name.”
OSC Faculty Women
Ask UO Club to Tea
Members of the College Folk
club, an organization of faculty
women at Oregon State college,
have invited the University Wo
men’s Faculty club to a tea April
7 from 3 until 5 o’clock Monday
afternoon.
The tea will be given at the
OSC Alpha Delta Pi sorority
house on 350 N. E. 23rd street.
Mrs. Earl M. Pallett and Mrs.
Will V. Norris are in charge of
transportation arrangements
from Eugene. Those having room
in their cars to take others or
those without transportation
should contact either Mrs. Pallett
or Mrs. Norris.
Shafer to Take Over
Macomber's Duties
Dr. Hugh Shafer who for the
past four years has been half
time teacher at the University
of Minnesota has been named to
replace Dr. F. G. Macomber, pro
fessor of education, who is now
on military duty.
Mr. Shafer will conduct classes
in principles of teaching and in
addition will be director of super
vised teaching.
'Bug Housers'
Serve Spring
Sick Sentence
Ninety-nine year, boys, is a
mighty long time but to the
measleites in the University
branch of the Oregon House of
Correction, five days is just as
long a sentence, if it has to be
served during spring term.
Those paying their debt to
society at present are: Jane
Barlow, Barbara Bryant, Mar
lyn Miller, Audrey Dial, Lois
Geller, Jeanne Filcher. Mary
Bentley, Nancy Fay. Jeanne
Younger, Norma Ogle, Olivia
Dysinger, Ruth Eekhardt, and
Jane McCurdy.
Charles Weisberg, Chandler
Smith, Darrell Lear, Ken Ro
den, Norman Mannheimer. John
Harding, Charles Hanar, Frank
Tobie, Ben Wohler, James Cur
ry, Bob Rudolph, Ernest Blair,
James Gibson, and Harry Ket
tering.
Whisker Dicks
Set for Action
Bud Vandeneynde
Picks 26 Deputies
In Men's Houses
Trying to keep the sophomore
whisker-growing spree “open and
above beard" will be 26 house
deputies named Thursday by Bud
Vandeneynde, soph class presi
dent. The men wall report any
sophomore man who shaves be
fore the Whiskerino, and neces
sary disciplinary measures will
be taken.
Deputies for the men’s living
organizations are: Tony Nicka
chos, Alpha hall; Tony Crish,
Betas; Millard Dunlap, ATO; Wes
Sullivan, Campbell; Glenn Wil
liams, Canard club; Larry Court
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Coeds iVIeat juniors
Thursday at Dance
Campus Leaders to Name Nine Nominees
Monday for Final Round of Competition;
Impartial Committee to Select Winner
Prospective queens of the junior class, one from each Jiving or
ganization, paraded across the dance floor of Gcilinger *.a 1 laat
night for first official introduction to third year men and women aa
potential rulers at the 2941 Junior Weekend fete.
The 21 women were introduced by Gene Brown, general chairman,
at a Weekend Warmup for members of the class of ’42. Next Monday
a preliminary commmittee will
enter names of nine of the candi
dates as contestants in the final
round of competition.
The winner will be selected
from the remaining nine candi
dates after they have been inter
viewed oy a professional commit
tee of Eugene and Portland pho
tographers; professional beauty
experts; George Godfrey, state
publicity director of Junior Week
end; and Bruce Hamby, athletic
news director. Beauty and grace
will play the major part in the
selection of the winner.
The girl selected will be an
nounced queen tire latter part of
next week, probably Friday.
The nominees from the various
women's houses are: Barbara
Todd, Alpha Chi Omega; Fon
telle Mitchell, Alpha Delta Pi;
Eloise Rockwell, Alpha Gamma
Delta; Ottilia Hofstetter, Alpha
Omicron Pi; Eleanor Sederstrom,
Alpha Phi; Lois Nordling, Alpha
Xi Delta; Dorothy Wheeler, Chi
Omega; Helen Angell, Delta Del
ta; Pat Holder, Delta Gamma;
Jean Burt, Gamma Phi Beta; and
Wini Green, Hendricks hall.
Mary Peck, Highland house;
Catherine Fitzgerald, H i 1 y a r d
house; Annabelle Dow, Kappa Al
pha Theta; Barbara Neu, Kappa
Kappa Gamma; Isolde Eichen
laub, Pi Beta Phi; Pat Howard,
Sigma Kappa; Mary Louise
Yates, Susan Campbell hall; Max
ine Wyse, University house; Lois
Hosford, Zeta Tau Alpha; and
Rebecca Anderson, Orides.
'Tovarich5 to Feature Smith
“Tovarich,” University Guild
hall production to appear April
10, 11, 12, 17, 18, and 19 under
the leadership of Mrs. Ottilie T.
Seybolt, director of the drama
division, will feature Jeff Smith
as Charles Dupont, head of the
house in which the two exiled
Russian nobles are employed as
servants.
Most of the play's action takes
place in the Dupont home, which
serves as the verbal battlefield
between the old and the new
order in Russia. The play's inter
est centers in the disposition of
4,000,000,000 francs entrusted to
Prince Mikail Ouratieff by the
Czar of Russia at the time of the
Russian revolution of 1917.
The quixotically honest Prince
Mikail and his wife the Grand
Duchess Tatiana refuse to touch
the money, preferring to worK as
domestics in the Parisian home of
Charles Dupont. The French
banker Dupont is played by
Smith.
M. DUPONT
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Smith had much experience in
drama in the University between
1934 and 1937, playing in many
University productions. He ap
peared at that time in shows such
as "Dinner at 8'’ and "Bury the
Dead.1'
Last summer he received con
siderable renown for his work in
the Ashland Shakespearian fes
tival as Jacques in "As You Like
It.” Smith is now taking only
drama courses in preparation for
a career in drama.
Performaces of "Tovarich” on
Thursday, April 10 and 17 will
be sponsored by Pi Delta Phi,
French honorary society. Tickets
will be sold today and may be ob
tained from the romance lan
guages department and from
Jack Powers, president of Pi
Delta Phi.
The University box office in
Johnson hall will open at 1 p.m.
today. The telephone number is
extension 3300, local' 216.
Dishes are still needed for
crockery-smashing in certain
scenes of the play'. Contributions
of china are requested by the
drama division and may be taken
to the drama office in 106 John
son hall.
Lettermen Sell
Lemon Squeeze
Tickets Today
Inter-Greek Sing
Highlights Dance
In Igloo April 12 !
Gridiron stars, baseball heroes,
and other assorted let to neon will
turn salesmen today and invito
students to buy tickets to the Or
der of the "O” Lemon Squeeze*
in McArthur court April liii.
Two special features oi tho
dance will be the selection of tho
winners in the interfi aternity
sing and the Order of tho "O’a”
own contribution to tb' inuaio
field, Jim Harris, general chair
man, stated.
Ray Dickson and his We'bfoot
12-piece band are arrangng somo
novelty numbers for the Squeeze.
Dickson has played for other cam
pus affairs such as the Sopho
more informal and the rally danco
following* Oregon's victory over
Oregon State, in football.
Tickets will sell for >0 cent®
each.
Independents Plan
Hop in Gerlinger ;
Independents will dance in tho
AWS room of Gerlinger hall to
night, when Grides and Yeomen
sponsor the first of their spring
term informal hops.
All independents are elcomo
to attend and campus clothes aro
in order for the no-dare affair,
according to Jeanne Smith, danco
chan-man. A charge oi fifteen
cents will be made all who aro
not members of either indepen
dent oiganization.
Queen Candidates
For Queen the rolls list 23.
Guess they'll have to pare ’em, ,
From such defeat, we certainly
Would like to spare ’em.
So that the Weekend’s theme
Will not impair ’em.
Let’s keep all 21—
And have a harem.
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Whisker Meeting
Soph Whiskerino com mittee
heads meet in the Side at 4
o'clock today, Class Pr* Mident
Bud Vandeneynde announced
last night.