Oregon
VOLUME XLVII
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE. TUESDAY. MAY 7, 1946
Number 1111
Hoyt to Give Mellet Lecture
Weekend Ducats
On Sale Today
Co-op, Ed Act Office
Set for Ticket Sales
Tickets for three of the high
light attractions of the 1946
State Fair” Junior Weekend
g£ on sale today at the Uni
versity Co-op, -co-chairmen
Marilyn Sage and Tom Kay
announced Monday. Living or
ganizations, however, should buy
their tickets for the All-Campus
Sing, the Junior Prom, and the
campus dinner in blocks from the
educational activities office, they
said.
Hours during which unaffiliated
students may purchase tickets for
the three functions are: today, 1
5 p.m.; Wednesday, 2-5 p.m.;
Thursday, 1-5 p.m.; Friday 2-5
p.m.; and Saturday, 8-12 noon.
Prices Listed
Prices for the tickets are: All
Campus Sing, $.50; campus dinner,
§.40; and Junior Prom, $2.40. Sing
contestants will receive free con
testant tickets. Oregon Mothers
-wjtfl be admitted free at the Junior
Prom but must have tickets for
the Sing and dinner.
All food will be supplied at the
campus luncheon Saturday eve
ning. The war-time practice of
bringing box lunches will not be
followed. Buns for the dinner have
been eliminated to conform with
the current Druid food conserva
tion drive.
There will be a ticket booth be
(Please 7urn to Page Eight)
rALMit mo v r
'Dear Brutus’ Due
Today, Wednesday
“Dear Brutus,” James M. Bar
rie’s realistic fantasy of people
given a second chance, will be pre
sented only two more times. Per
formances will be given tonight
and Wednesday night by the Uni
versity theater cast at the Univer
sity theater in Johnson hall.
The play is well worth seeing
for both the play and the cast are
well chosen. Those having out
standing parts are Cliff James,
Marilyn Wherry, Mary Hoch, Mar
jorie Allingham Jack Miller, Paul
Marcotte Roberta Quigley, and
Shirley Peters.
“Dear Brutus” is directed by
Ottilie Seybolt, associate professor
of speech and dramatic arts and
the settings were designed by How
ard L. Ramey.
Hack-Happy Tradition Men
Swing Fatal Paddles Today
Iron “justice” will be meted out today by the goon squads
of the Order of the ‘O’ who will punish Monday offenders
against traditions of Junior Weekend. All offenders and O’ men
must appear at 12:45 this afternoon on the steps of Fenton hall.
0?ienders who do not appear today will be listed Wednesday
and will receive an additional hack.
No coed offenders will be listed ,-—
during the week, Leroy Erickson,
letterman president, explained.
They will be listed in Saturday’s
Emerald and receive their punish
ment during the campus dinner.
“Some students are deliberately
trying to get out of observing these
traditions,” Erickson said.
Offenders who must appear to
day are: Robert Goffard, Bob
Vernon, Ron Campbell, A1 Hall,
Wonston Carl, Herb Ray, Joe
Sweeney, Bud Riems, Tony Mola
tovc, Bill Fagen and Fritz Gie
sicke.
Traditions which are being en
forced are: Saying "Hello” on
Hello Walk between Fenton Hall
and Deady Hall, staying off the
grass in all parts of the main
campus, no smoking on the cam
pus. The tradition of freshmen
wearing class pants and hats will
not be enforced, Erickson an
nounced, due to the shortage of
these items. For tradition’s sake,
however, those freshmen who have
these items are asked to wear
them. Also all freshmen women
should wear green hair ribbons.
Journalist to Speak in Music Building
At 8 p.m. on The Press and the Peace’
Oregon’s illustrious journalistic son, Palmer Hoyt, editor
and publisher of the Denver Post, will deliver the annual Don
R. Mellet memorial lecture at 8 p.m. this evening in the music
auditorium. His topic will be “The Press and Peace.”
The lecture is held in honor of Don R. Mellett, editor and
publisher of the Daily News of Canton, Ohio, who was assasin
Sponsors Tell
Poetry Deadline
English Department Set
Kidd, Burgess Contests
Two poetry competitions which
will offer cash prizes to winners
were announced Friday by the
English department. The first is
the Julia Burgess prize competi
tion open only to upper-division
students, which offers a prize of
$25.
The other, the Walter Evans
Kidd prize, open only to lower-di
vision students, offers a prize of
$15. Rules covering both competi
tions are as follows:
1. Closing date for both compe
titions is noon Saturday,-May 25.
2. Any type of poem is accept
able. However, if short lyrics are
submitted there must be at least
three of them and not more than
five.
3. All entries must be typed
double spaced and subimtted in
triplicate.
4. Name of the author must not
appear on the manuscript but shall
be sealed in an envelope on the
outside of which the title of the
poems submitted by the individual
are to be typed.
5. No prize in either competition
will be given if in the opinion of
the judges no manuscripts of suf
ficient merit have been submitted.
6. Manuscripts will be received
at the English office in Villard
hall.
Judges for the contest are Frank
Gees Black, Alice H. Ernst, and
Ernest G. Moll.
ated July 16, 1926, after a deter
mined campaign against vice. A
memorial foundation fund was or
i ganized by the department of jour
nalism at New York University
which sponsors annual lectures in
the honor of his memory at dif
ferent colleges and universities
throughout the country.
Hoyt is former publisher of the
Portland Oregonian and was
graduated from the University of
Oiegon school of journalism in
1923. He served as domestic di
rector of OWI for six months dur
ing the war.
There will be a banquet for Hoyt
at 6 p. m. at the College Side
given by Sigma. Delta Chi, national
professional journalism fraternity.
The story of Mellett will be told
by William M. Tugman, manag
ing editor of the Eugene Register
Guard. Tugman, while on the staff
of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, was
sent to Canton to cover the after
math of the Mellett murder.
Before he was killed, Mel,lett
had brought about the suspension
of one police chief. After the mur
der, a complete overhaul of the
local government took place but
the slayers escaped.
After a complete investigation
by county and state officers, many
of Canton's vice ring were sent
to prison for long terms.
Ernest Haycox
To Speak Here
Assembly to Hear |
Famous Novelist
Ernest Haycox, distinguished
novelist and president of the
University of Oregon Alumni
i Association, will be the speaker
at a special assembly for junior
and senior students to be held
Thursday morning at eleven
o'clock. The assembly wilt be 'n
the school of music auditorium.
Mr. Haycox graduated from Ore
gon in 1923. He is the author of
twenty-two successful novels, two
of which were produced as the
motion pictures "Stage Coach” and
"Union Pacific." A third novel,
"Canyon Passage," is being filmed
now and is due for release this
summer.
The alumni office has not yet
been informed as to the subject
of Haycox's lecture; however, Misa
Doris Hack, alumni secretary, ex
pressed the belief that Mr. Hay
cox would stress the aims and
activities of the alumni association.
Miss Hack also pointed out that
the assembly has been scheduled
so as not to interfere with tra
ditional Junior Weekend events.
The assembly committee mem
bers are: Les Anderson, chairman,
Margery Skordahl, Bass Dyer,
' Louise Goodwin, Marge Cowlin,
Gil Roberts, Ed Allen, and Bob
Calkins.
1946 OREGANAS
Ready for Distribution
The 1946 Oregana the Uni
versity’s first postwar annual, .
will be distributed to subscrib- *
ers Wednesday, from 8 a.m. i
to 12 noon, and 1 to 3 p.m. at ‘
McArthur court.
Students may pick tip their i
Oregon as during the same [
hours Thursday and Friday,
from 8 a.m. to 12 noon only.
Jean Yoder is editor and Rose
ann Le’ckie business manager of
the 1946 yearbook. J. W. Teter,
University photographer, has done
all art work for the annual publi
cation.
‘Food for France’ Drive
Starts Box-Filling Today
“Food for France,” all campus national relief drive for war
victimized children, will officially begin today when men and
women s living organizations will be asked to fill two boxes of
food and clothing before Tuesday, May 14.
"Nothing is too little to give,” will be the slogan of the drive,
announced Bob Kyle, chairman of the Oregon French Club and
Clean-Cemetery Campaign Progressing
As Memorial Day Deadline Approaches
“The Cemetery Clean-up Fund”
was hitting just below the $1000
mark Saturday according to a re
port received by Ben F. Dorris,
chairman of the Pioneer Memorial
Park association from the First
National Bank of Eugene. At that
time, 128 donors had made their
contributions to the clean-up pro
ject for a total of $970.25.
According to Dorris, “It will
take at least $3000 to do a good
pruning and trimming job. . . I
want to call attention to the May
15 deadline once more and to re
mind everyone that we must get
this money in and the actual work
started by that time if we are go
ing to make any showing for Me
morial day.”
Masonic Clean-t'p
It has also been suggested that
the old Masonic cemetery south
of Eugene as well as the Odd Fel
lows cemetery adjoining the cam
pus should be cleaned' up for Me
morial day. There has been no limit
set on the amount of money to be
collected. Excess funds will be
transferred to start the permanent
endowment project administered
by the Century Fund trustees.
“. . . I have suggested to City
Manager Deane Seeger that he
should start organizing his labor
crews and get some of the work
under way with the cash on hand.
I have no fear that we will not
get the required balance,” Dorris
said.
M ater Color Sketch
Eyler Brown, acting dean of the
school of architecture and allied
arts, is making a water color
sketch showing the Odd Fellows
cemetery as a beautiful park with
“flush” grave markers lawns and
tr.immed hedges and trees. The
drawing also includes a white mar
ble Pioneer Memorial chapel which
could be erected sometime in the
future when funds permit.
“All I want to show is how beau
tiful it could be made with very
moderate expense,” Brown said
concerning his drawing.
Faculty members and students
are unanimous in their acclaim of
the proposed plan. Typical of the
remarks was the one made by
Haii W. Onthank, dean of person
nel administration, “We’ve been
talikng abbut it for 20 years in my
personal memory. I'm glad to see
that at last there'is enough agree
ment to get something done. It
is an excellent idea,” he said.
eauuent sponsor of the drive.
Originally organized by the
French Club, the YWCA and One
World Club are now assisting in.
the drive.
Campus business organizations
were contacted last week and have
already made contributions for
packages which were mailed May
4. Those organizations which have
contributed are Taylors, College
Side Inn, Claypool’s Drug Stole,
Westgate Dress Shop, Lemon O,
and the Campus Barber Shop.
Donations will be sent directly
to schools in Fiance, Belgium and
Holland. These schools are the
Volksschule in Son, Holland; Ecole
Decroly in Bruxelles, Belgium; and
the two Centre Scolaire schools,
one in Gap, France and the ott er
in Vence, France.
Articles Desired
Articles being asked for are
clothing and non-perishable food
stuffs such as can goods, sweets,
sugar, rice, chocolate, and vitamin
tablets.
Clothing articles may be under
wear, worn out sweaters, bandanas,
(Please Tuni to Page Eight)