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c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER IS, 1946
• i Benedetto
B
ays ’46 Best
bf Homecoming
..Benny DiBenedetto, senior in
hitecture, has been appointed
• leral chairman of the thirtieth
lual Oregon Homcoming sche
ed for Oct. 18,19, and 20, accord
| to an announcement from the
’ .icational Activities board.
’he 1946 Homecoming “will be
t: biggest ever, and we expect a
v ord turnout,” according to Di
' nedetto.
Anyone interested in working
•n the Homecoming committees
f in turn in their petitions to the
neral chairman at the Sigma
J ii Epsilon house.
> Jommittee heads are: Bob Mat
Ion, promotion; Marty Pond,
J. necoming dance; Gloria Gren
publicity; Wally Johnson, noise
f ade; Dorothy Rasftiussen, hous
3 Beryl Howard, luncheon;
Sirge Alexander, bonfire; Don
sign contest; Tom Hazzard,
frtainment; Marvin Rasmussen,
ditions; and Sue Schoenfeldt
jtess.
First Duck Assembly
Rolls Tonight in Igloo
Publication, Honorary Leaders
President Tom Kay to Introduce
The first ASUO assembly of the school year will roll off at 7:30
Thursday evening in McArthur court, Tom Kay, ASUO president,
has announced. At the assembly Kay will introduce Web foot publica
tion and honorary heads.
Among the persons to he introduced at the assembly will be
Neophyte Majors
Meet New Deans
Highlight of Freshman Week on
the campus is a”series”of meetings
at 7:30 p.m. tonight in various Uni
versity buildings where deans and
department heads will talk with
their prospective new majors. New
students at the University will
learn the details of work in their
proposed major field and will meet
the faculty adviser who will later
help plan study programs.
Students majoring in jornal
ism will assemble in two groups.
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Koy .Paul Nelson, editor of the Old
Oregon; Margueritt Wittwer, editor
of the Emerald; George Pegg, busi
ness manager of the Emerald; Rob
bieburr Courtney, business manager
of the Oregana.
Joan Williams, president of
Kwama, sophomore women's honor
ary; Bill Barum, president of Skull
and Dagger, sophomore men’s hon
orary; Barbara Fullmer, president
of Phi Theta, junior women’s hon
orary; Ed Marshall, president of
Druids, junior men’s honorary;
Benny DiBenedetto, Homecoming
chairman, and Tom Hazzard, yell
king.
There will be song sheets given
out at the assembly, Hazzard has
said, and he will lead a couple of
cheers and a song.
L \orse Dinner Talk Sketches GOP Rise
L)uring Coming Fall Political Campaign
By DALE HARLAN
I ...
During dinner with Oregon’s junior senator Wayne L.
Morse, former dean of Oregon's law school, a few informal
remarks concerning Republican prospects gave a good picture
of the coming fall political fight. There is no doubt, he said, of
a Republican majority in the house of representatives after the
November elections but such a majority in the senate he con
sidered improbable.
Party leaders who are forecasting that the GOP will carry
the senate are overoptimistic, Morse feels, although he does
concur with Carroll Reece, national GOP chairman, in his
prediction that the senate will have at least five more Republi
can seats.
The GOP would gain this fall, Morse felt, not because
of any party program but because “contrary to professional
SEN. MORSE . . .
Says Republicans to place
five more in senate this
fall. Now-famed former
Oregon law dean declares
revision needed in rules of
house and senate.
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politicians, political movements do
go in cycles and right now the
American people are convinced,
and fortunately so, that they have
had enough of the present admin
istration and that any change will,
be for the better.”
The GOP would gain this fall,
Morse felt, not because of any party
program but because “contrary to
professional politicians, political
movements do go in cycles and right
now the American people are con
vinced, and fortunately so, that they
have had enough of the present ad
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Officials Prepared for Record
Registration in Court Today
Registration for the the largest enrollment in the history of the Uni
versity gets underway today as an estimated 5300 students begin to
flood through McArthur court. Highest registration to date was last
spring term’s peak of 3778.
Registration steps:
1. Students will go to McArthur court at the tin*-'designated oif
uieir appointment cards and will
pick up their registration material. |
2. Students will then make out I
their proposed study program and
take it to their advisors and have it
approved.
3. At 1 p.m. McArthur court will
be open for general registration
and students will take their ap
proved study program there and
file their class programs with the
individual class tables. Study pro
grams will be turned in and fees
paid at this time.
reservations for specific times for
enrollmnt in the University. Old
students have registration appoint
ments for today and Thursday and
appointments for new students are
slated for Friday.
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Oregon Yell King
Plans Rally Squad
Oregon’s rally squad will be an
entirely new organization this
year, Tom Hazzard, Webfoot yell
king, has revealed. It is tentative
ly planned to have four women
and three men on the arm-waving
side of the squad with as many
more behind the scenes doing or
ganizational work as is necessary.
The“unseen” part of the squad
will help with the set-up of rallies,
dances, and games, Hazzard said.
Petition for coed members of
the rally squad should be turned
in to Tom Kay, ASUO president,
before Tuesday, Sept. 24, Haz
zard has announced. There will
be a meeting of the executive
council on that date to consider
petitions. Application for peti
tions may be obtained at the
dean of women’s office.
Men turning out for rally squad
ana yell duke posts should contact
Hazzard on Wednesday, Sept. 25
at 3 p.m. at the educational activ
ities office in McArthur court.
ORGANIZED CONFUSION t
As students line up to register lor
courses in McArthur Court. A pre
view of what may be expected in
today’s pacesetting enrollment
melee.
Ex-G.I.'s Croud
New Hudson House
Hudson house No. 1, the new
veterans’ dorm located south of
the education building opened
Sunday and will'be filled by the
end of the week according to Will
and professor of physics at the
University.
The second house situated north
of the music building, will be
opened winter term. Each building
will accommodate approximately
386 men in double and single
rooms, doubling-up is now neces
sary in some of the completed
rooms in order that more veterans
may attend school this term.
Planning for the buildings began
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1947 Orggana Sale
Sale of the 1947 Oregana begins
today at registration, Robbieburr
Courtney, manager of the year
book, announced Tuesday. The fall
term sale ends Saturday, Sept<
21.
Because of the increased enroll
ment and paper shortage all stu
dents should buy their Oreganas '
now, Mrs. Courtney said. It might
not be possible to fill later orders,. )