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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 20, 1946)
FIRST POSTWAR EASTER Will be observed in the traditional manner on the campus with a sunrise service. Above, Shirley Multihauf, general chairman of the event, admires Easter lilies which will decorate McArthur court. Sunday Sunrise to Greet Traditional Easter Rites Sunrise rites appropriate to Easter time—a celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ—will be observed in the tra ditional annual manner when campus and townspeople meet Sunday morning in McArthur Court at 6:45 a. m. for an hour’s services. Dr. Ernest William Warrineton. head of the Historian Stirs Group to Aid Race Tolerance UO Committee to Help Release Jailed Negroes Oregon students have a concrete opportunity to aid in a nation-wide fight against unfair discrimina tion,'according to a program out lined Wednesday by Harriet To zier, sophomore in education. Miss Tozier is forming a committee.now to back The Committee of 100, na tionally known organization which upholds the essential right of Ne gro citizens to equal justice under the law. Reason for the formation of the campus committee, Miss Tozier declared, is in response to an ap peal for funds from Carl Van Doren, eminent historian and mem ber of The Committee of 100. Mr. Van Doren’s committee is attempt ing to raise $50,000 to provide bad and legal defense for 110 Negroes arrested in Columbia, Tenn., as a result of a riot in that city of February 25 and 26, 1946. A definite goal will be set by Miss Tozier’s committee, she de clared. Also, a definite date to meet this goal will be announced in the Emerald as there is only a short time available in which to aid The Committee of 100. ^ According to the Van Doren let ter, “On the morning of February 25, a white tradesman slapped and kicked a Negro woman in a dis (Please turn to page six) religion department of Oregon State college, will be the principal speaker. He has chosen for his top ic title, “Fronting Great Vistas.” Dr. Warrington has been profes sor and department head of phil osophy and religion at Oregon State college since 1928. He was born in Delaware, educated at Princeton and Columbia universi ties, and has been active in relig ious and educational circles of Oregon since 1908. In YMCA work, he went to France with the 81st Division during World War I. (Plccise Turn to Page Sczrn) Junior Weekend Queen, Court Elected for State Fairy Festivities Queen's Name Withheld Until Next Week Secrecy still shrouds the names of the Junior Weekend four princesses, who were elected from a group of eight finalists by an all-campus vote Friday at the Co-op. Final re sults will be announced in one next week’s Emeralds, accord ing to Virginia Harris, chair man of the queen selection com mittee. Lemon Punch Pictures The five members of the royal court have been notified, and they are asked to appear at Room 2, Johnson hall, at 10 a. m. this morn ing to have their pictures taken for the Lemon Punch section of the Oregana by J. W. Teter, man ager of the photo bureau. The girls are requested to wear light-colored short silks for the picture. The 56th Junior Weekend queen and her four princesses will make their first official appearance when they appear in the float pa rade scchduled May 11. At 4 p. m. the parade will proceed south on Willamette street, turn east on Eleventh avenue, north again on Alder street and conclude at the entrance to the old campus. Coronation, Picnic The coronation ceremony will take place at 5:30 p. m. and an all rade scchduled May 11. At 4 p. m. old campus. Saturday evening, May 11, the queen and her court will rule over the Junior Prom, which will feature Gus Arnheim and his band. Concert to Feature Concerto By Brahms The “F r o t e e Symphonic Suite,” by Mil’.iod, and Bralim’s “VTioiin Concerto,” will be pre sented Sunday in the Brows ing room concert, scheduled for 4 to 5. Mrs. William D. Elkiris will be in charge of the Mu Phi concert. BEHIND THE SCENES At the 1946 Junior Weekend will be Marily co-chairmen, shown as they go over committee this year’s events will be unprecedented. The Miss Sage’s idea. n Sage and Tom Hay, reports which indicai® State Fair theme was Odeon’s First Publication Produces Original Works Odeon magazine, after months of processing and selections and or ganization of material, has fin ally come off the press in its black and yellow cover, to be distribu ted at the Odeon stage perfor mance in the music school audi torium at 8:00 p. m., April 28. This magazine, which will con tain original student prose and poetry of the year, was designed to divide the material between the program and the publication, in an effort to shorten the program. McGill Editor Odeon editor is Bob McGill, and his associates are Valerie Over land, Phyl Perkins anti Marguerite Wittwer. The hand-designed cover being used on the magazine was drawn by Beverley Slaney and Patricia Silver. Faculty advisers for the publica Sullivan Richardson, World Explorer, Writer Scheduled for Lectures on Campus Next Week “Adventure South to Cape Horn” the first public lecture of spring term, will be delivered Monday by Sullivan C. Richardson, explorer, lecturer, and writer. The illustrated lecture, to be given at 7:30 p.m, in 207 Chapman hall, will deal with an early attempt to drive a car from the Rio Grande to Cape Horn along the route of the proposed Pan American highway. The mo tion pictures which will accom pany the talk have been taken in some of the wildest parts of South America. The second of the public lec tures, w'hich Richardson will de liver during his three-day visit on the Oregon campus, is called “Rub ber River” and will describe the quest for wild rubber in the heart of the South American continent. This address will be at 4 p.m. Tues day, April 23, in 207 Chapman hall and is open to the public. Good Neighbors The public is also invited to hear Richardson speak on the subject, “Good Neighbors and Strategic Materials” Tuesday at 7:30 in Chapman hall. At this time the SULLIVAN C. RICHARDSON I speaker will tell of the struggle to find and make available any materials which South America could contribute to the allied war effort. Besides the public lectures, Richardson will also speak to classes and living organizations in the following order: Monday, April 22: 11 a.m., 3 Fenton hall. Lecture to combined classes in geography and South American history. 6 p.m.—Dinner at Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. 7:30 p.m., 207 Chapman hall— Public illustrated lecture, “Adven ture South to Cape Horn.” Tuesday, April 23: 11 a.m., 105 Commerce—Lecture for Dr. Morris’ class in Problems of War and Peace: “Inter-Ameri can Relations in War and Peace.” 4 p.m., 207 Chapman hall—Sec ond public illustrated lecture: “Rubber River.” (Please turn to taue seven) tion are Robert C. Hall, superinten dent of the University press, and Maude I. Kerns, associate profes sor of art education. Material being published in the magazine includes short stories, essays, and poetry. Short stories which will appeal* in Odeon are “The Candy Bar ” by Libby Spiruta, “Shorty” by Pat Woods, “Love Again” by Mini Moores, "Old Fool” by Bob Mc Gill, and “The Voyage” by Denton Porter. Two essays, “Park Bench” and “Routine” by Phyl Perkins, are al so included. Poems to be found in the maga zine are “Snowbirds in a Winter Field” by Joan Beckman, “Moment of Time” by Jean Alexander, “Dilatory Acrostic” by Betty Gene Simmons, “The Marble Maid en” and “Largo” by Richard Otis, and “Pour un Soldat Mort” by Gene D. W. Edwards. Program, Too The magazine will also contain an Odeon program and a list of students whose material is being used in the groups of painting, litb egraph, architecture, ceramics, or weaving. Lewis Vogler will act as master of ceremonies for the program, which will include original student work in music, dance, and creative writing. The art exhibit and tea are sche duled for 6:30, April 28, on the Gerlinger sun porch, and the pr o gram will begin at 8:00 in the mu sic school auditorium. Revised Committees Revised Odeon committees are, student committee: Pat Smith and Bob McGill, chairmen; Marjory Allingham, Joan Beckman, Darrell Boone, James Cameron, William Otis, Valerie Overland, Phyl Per kins, Pearl Petersen, Charles Fo litz, Beverly Slaney, Gloria Smith, Marguerite Wittwer, and Mary Woodhurst. Faculty advisers include D. W. Allton, Victoria Avakian, R. D. Clark, W. A. Dahlberg, Arnold El (Please turn to page two)