.VOLUME XLVIII
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. EUGENE, TUESDAY. OCTOBER 8,1946
Number 13
jW5" HOMECOMING COMMITTEE . . .
Front row: Wally Johnson, noise parade, Beryl Howard, Luncheon, Benny DiBenedetto general chairman,
Gloria Grenfell, publicity, Dorothy Rasmussen, housing, and Tom Hazzard, entertainment.
Back row: Sue Schoenfeldt, hostess committee, Don Dole, sign contest, Mary Rasmussen, traditions, Mart
Pond, dance, and Bob Matteson, promotion.
•Johnson Announces Top Positions
For Big 'Homecoming Noise Parade’
Floats Representing Living Organizations
Scheduled to Pass in Review on October 18
Partners in the 1946 “Home for Homecoming” noise parade
and their positions in the parade were announced Monday by
,Wally Johnson following the meeting last Thursday of all house
representatives.
All floats should be at 18th street and Potter on or before
t>:rfu p.m. on Oct. 18. The parade
begins at 7 p.m. and will pass all liv
ing organizations, picking up the
students as it goes.
The order in which the floats will
appear in the parade is as follows:
Vets dorm, Susan Campbell; Kappa
Sigma, Delta, Delta; Sigma Nu,
Zeta Tau Alpha; Theta Chi, Alpha
hall, Gamma Phi Beta; Yeomen,
Kappa Alpha Theta, Alpha Chi
Omega; Phi Delta Theta; Delta
Gamma; Delta Upsilon, Pi Beta
Phi; Sigma Chi, Kappa Kappa
Gamma; Sigma Alpha Epsilon,
Orides; Pi Kappa Alpha, Hendricks
hall; Phi Kappa Psi, Zeta hall; Phi
Gamma Delta, Alpha Delta Pi.
Delta Tau Delta, Delta Zeta,
Alpha Gamma Delta; Sigma Alpha
.Mu, Sigma Kappa; Sherry Ross
hall, Alpha Omicron Pi; Chi Psi,
University house, Gamma hall,
. Campbell club; Beta Theta Pi, Ger
linger hall, Highland house; Sigma
Phi Epsilon, Alpha Phi, Villard hall,
Chi Omega; Alpha Tau Omega,
Alpha Xi Delta; Sigma hall, Rebec
house.
Bonfire Fodder Sought
All living organizations or pri
vate homes having a large) quan
tity of waste paper or other in
flammable material that can be
used for the Homecoming bonfire
are asked to contact George Al
exander at the Beta house, and
his committee will pick it up. Ac
■*- cumulation of material at the site
of the fire will begin next Satur
day.
Evening Courses
Offered To Vets
Veterans now pursuing1 a course
of education under the GI bill may
take additional courses in night
classes offered by the Eugene
branch of the Oregon general ex
tension division.
To enroll in fall term classes,
which began September 30 and will
run through December 13, the vet
eran should secure authorization by
sending a,, letter of application to
the Veterans’ Administration office
on the campus, giving the name of
the institution (General Extension
Division: state-wide classes), title
of the course desired, and a state
ment that the course is a required
part of the student’s objective and
is not offered at the institution
which he is attending.
This letter must be signed by the
veteran and a responsible official
of the institution he is attending at
the present time.
After the veteran has been au
thorized by the veterans adminis
tration and enrolled in the night
school, he may purchase books and
other supplies required under the
provisions of the GI bill.
Veterans receiving on-the-job
training and those not enrolled in
other schools under the GI bill may
also enroll for the night courses af
ter making proper applications
through the Eugene extension of
fice. •
Dormitory Plans
Newest in Design
The plans drawn up for the new
“Webfoot women’s” dormitory on
14th, between Emerald and Birch,
have incorporated the newest in
dormitory design, for this campus.
The blueprints include a cafete
ria for breakfast use only, with a
separate dining room in each wing
to be used for the other two meals.
The addition of the cafeteria is to
encourage more girls to eat break
fast.
Plans include a large living room
with a fireplace, a music room for
informal gatherings, a library and
several small parlors on the main
floor. Five or six single rooms will
be built on the main floor also, for
those who desire single accommo
dations.
Amazon Flat Mousing
May Open Christmas
Officials, Tenants Worried by Drainage;
250 Veteran Families Await Move
Housing for 250 veterans and their families .is scheduled ttf
open about Christmas this year on the Amazon flats, between
twenty-first and twenty-fourth streets west of Patterson.
The dwellings are all surplus houses, obtained from Bagley
Downs of Vancouver, Washington. Some will be one-floor build
mgs with four apartments, and
others will have two floors, with
eight apartments.
University officials and city
street department men are con
cerned about the flood danger how
ever, for in the rainy season the
Amazon is the first place to flood.
Dr. Will V. Norris, University sup
ervising engineer, said U. S. Engi
neers had been consulted regarding
proposed Amazon flood control
plans, but is almost certain that
nothing will be done this year to
alleviate the condition.
Columbia Project
Topic of Debate
The Lane county “Town Meeting
of the Air,” will open tonight at
8:15, in the Community center, with
a discussion on the proposed Colum
bia Valley Authority. Louis Wood,
professor of economy at Oregon
and Paul Kell, former Bonneville
attorney, will speak for CVA, with
Harris Ellsworth, congressional
representative in Washington, and
William Tugman, editor of the Reg
ister-Guard speaking against it.
Dr. Wood, who is also the demo
cratic candidate for congress from
this district, has followed the Bon
neville project with interest and
wants a larger project developed
for the good of the entire state.
Congressman Ellsworth believes
private enterprise can do a better
job and stands against any such de
velopment.
Tonight's program will be the
fourth in a series of radio broad
casts sponsored by the Eugene chap
ter of the American Veterans com
mittee and station KUGN. Each
broadcast is chosen by the sponsors,
on its public interest merit.
Alpha Delta Sigma Men
To Meet Pledges at Side
About 15 men eligible to become
pledges of Alpha Delta Sigma, na
tional professional advertising fra
ternity, will meet at the Side at 4
p.m. today, according to Douglas
Eden, president.
Former members of the frater
nity on the campus who have not
yet been contacted by the group are
urged to attend today’s meeting.
Orators Plan
Speech Fest
Details of the forthcoming speecli
contests in intercollegiate compe
tition in oratory, after dinner
speaking, and extemporaneous
speaking will be discussed at an in
formal meeting on Wednesday, Oc
tober 9, in room 107 Friendly, at
4:00, under the direction of Mr.
Montgomery of the speech depart
ment.
Any student interested in speech
work, whether he has had experi
ence or not, is invited to attend.
Those who are interested, but can
not attend the meeting on Wednes
day,are urged to see Mr. Montgom
ery in his office at 107 Friendly
sometime during the week.
The University of Oregon is a
member of the Intercollegiate For
ensic association which also in
cludes Oregon State College, Pa
cific university, Pacific college,
Willamette university, Universty
of Portland and Lewis and Clark
college. Each year the I.F.A.O,
sponsors the extemporary speaking
contest with cash prizes awarded
for winners.
Hostesses Meet
Fate Wednesday
Candidates for the Homecomings
Hostess contest are scheduled to
appear before the judges Wednes
day night at 8 p.m. in the Alumni
hall at Gerlinger, according to Sue
Schoenfeldt, contest chairman. Con
testants should wear heels and short
silks.
Judges are: Les Anderson, alum
ni secretary; Tom Kay, ASUO pres*
ident; Benny DiBenedetto, Home*
coming chairman; Dick Williams,
educational activites manager; and
Sue Schoenfeldt.
A candidate omitted in the orig*
inal list is Katie Dobson, Orides.
Rally Squad Wants Help
According to an announcement
by Tom Hazzard, campus yell king,
any student interested in working
with the behind the scenes forces
on the rally squad, should meet at
McArthur court at 3 p.m. today.
University Players Offer Prizes, Bargains
In Promotion Of Season Theater Tickets
Six for Price of Five, Latest Feature
Promised Drama Lovers by Thespians
Six shows for the price of five! So goes the slogan for the
sale of season tickets, the latest feature on the agenda of the Uni
versity drama department. Heading the sales campaign is Alan
Miller, publicity chairman of the Theater Guild.
A “night” at the University Theater is promised the first
campus living organization to make
a 75 percent sale of the tickets
among its house members. This
privilege will entitle each ticket
holder to bring a guest and have
choice seats for that one production.
A prize will be given the living or
ganization making the greatest per
centage of sales.
Low in price with tax pre-paid,
the tickets will be good for six ad
missions at any time during the sea
son. This enables the ticket-holder
to see six different productions or
bring five friends to one.
Reserved seats will be sold first
to those holding season tickets,
which will be sold up until the night
of the first production.
Oregon Grad Gets
ROTC Staff Duty
Just returned from army ser
vice in Europe, Captain E. E.
Stickels, newly assigned to cam
pus ROTC headquarters, has been j
named adjutant by Col. J. E. Me
Cannon, head of the department)
of military science.
Captain Stickels, a University
graduate of 1938, will also in
struct freshman classes in the de
partment.
His ROTC training in Eugene
earned Stickels a pre-war cony
mission in the regular army in
fantry.