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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1945)
CAMPUS WELCOMES ALUMNI Ducks Ready To End It All Oregon Whet Knives For Pelting Staters By LEONARD TURNBULL Famished from a five year victory drought, the mud-caked Oregon Ducks will flap away in a close-scaled grid formation today on Hayward field at 2 p. m. against OSC Beavers in the 49th renewal of a 51-year-old rivalry that puts the Hatfields and McCoys on the shady side of the covered stands. Spirit runs higher than any top of the mark on the rain soaked Webfoots campus. Homecoming signs ranging from Crowd Increases As Homecoming Shifts Into High Alum Business Slated For Morning; First Vote On New Officers Looms Homecoming celebrations get into full swing today with the arrival of growing crowds of alums, who are being welcomed at every living organization on the campus, and in every capacity filled hotel in Eugene. Last night’s enthusiastically re *-GOved Homecoming Revival show, the starting point of Homecoming weekend, will be followed today by a completely-filled day of special events. Alumni business will be settled early in the day, with nomination of officers at an 11 a.m. meeting in the Guild theater. Election ballots will be mailed by the end of the month, when alums can clip their ballots from the December issue of Old Oregon magazine. Cafeteria Lunch For the convenience of alums and - other visitors, a cafeteria luncheon will be served on the sunpcrch of Gerlinger hall, where celebrants can arrange an extra get-together. Tickets may be purchased at the door for 75 cents, and the alumni committee urges all visitors to feel welcome. • The no-host alumni reception, in past years a favorite reunion place, will be at- the Eugene arm ory, seventh and Pearl streets. The lively informal gathering is ex pected to draw many state and alumni officials. The Order-of-O banquet at the Side will honor at least thirty ex Order-of-O men, replies from invi tations indicated. However, the grads will not parade on the foot ball field wearing their lettermen’s sweaters this year. Registration of alums at John son hall will show which classes and living organizations drew the most grads. Registration Service Schedules of events, and tags bearing the slogan, “Ducks Revive in Forty-five,” will go to the regis trants. The all-important football game will be preceded by a dedication ceremony honoring Oregon’s World War II dead. The ROTC will fire a „ 21-gun salute and the Oregon band will sound taps. The Homecoming dance, for Ore gon and Oregon State students, and -•-those alums who are still young in spirit, will begin at 9 p.m., featur ing Eddie Miller. Students who will assist in regis (Please turn to page Jive) “Cleaver the Beaver” to “Ducks Revive in ’45” were uncovered last night to greet returning students of the old days. Migrations Over Ducks are well-rested and prep ped for the collision after com pletion of round-trip migrations to all points on the compass two weeks ago. Tapering-off drills oc-! eupied the lemon and green wear ers yesterday afternoon and a clean injury sheet was turned in by Trainer Bob Officer to mentor Tex Oliver. Feathers and fur will fly today but no one will notice. Subter ranean passages at Hayward field are filled with water from dousing rains and the top is brimming over the blades of grass. Footballers turning incognito under mud packs will stress power plays and the beef and brawn will count. Digging in Webfoots are build ing defensive fortifications for the power reknowned Beavers. Line busting tactics of fullback Bob Stevens have been well-analyzed and the 200-pound Duck forward wall is set for quick stoppages, quarterback Bob Hamblin, half back Dick Gray are also noted for sparking OSC power plays. On Line—The Outcome Today’s fiasco will bring many chips flying off the granite in the lines. In the first duel of the home and-home series, the field was dry, but the Ducks were off. Time after time the Beaver linemen out charged the Webfoots, grabbed ball-toting speed merchants Leicht and Reynolds, pulled them down for yardage in the lost column. A sell-out crowd of 20,000 is ex pected to jam the stands at Hay ward field today. All of the 16,000 reserved seat tickets have been sold out as early as Wednesday noon. General admission ticket booths are expected to hang SRO signs soon after opening sales to day. Power That Is Beavers The heaviest scrimmages of the season have occupied the splatter ing Ducks this week. Scouting re ports on the Beavers have stressed the power that tripled the net yardage and doubled the first downs of the Webfoots in the first setto at Corvallis. Against WSC two weeks ago, the Beavers rolled up an overwhelming statistical ad vantage, and in losing to the Tro jans six touchdowns to one last week, OSC marked up 11 first downs and gained more than 200 net yards. Head Coach Oliver has been working the reserve weak line lcng and hard this week for the crucial clash. Star end Bob Ander son, guard and captain John Kauff man and 242-pounder Harry Reiton top the list of body-bruisers in top condition of the year. The question of who has the quickest fire on charges will settle the score at the MARY 1,0 U HILL . . . .1 “Named the Girl You Want Most to Come Home T the blonde, smiling freshman will welcome. *" returning alumni and visitors to Homecoming acli ities today. final gun of the scorekeeper. i Duck Scoring Punch Pay-dirt happy Walt Donovan is I pronounced ready for additions to his conference leading mark. De- I fensive expert Dean Bond and hard driving DeWayne Johnson have muscles geared for high calibre play. Jake Leicht is ready to close an All-American season. Oregon's last win over the Beavers was a smashing 20 to 0 victory in 1940. Ducks hold a 25 to 16 won-lost advantage over the Orangemen in the civil war classics extending Back to 1894. No MORE RUSHING No sorority rushing or pledg ing (nay be scheduled after Sat urday, Mickey McCandless, Pan Hellenic president, announced Thursday.
