VOLUME XLVIII
_UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 16,
X umber (U
1947
UO Receives
Bid to National
Bridge Tourney
Play-by-Mail Contest
Scheduled for April
By JACKIE TETZ
Contract bridge seems to be the
sign of the times. Recently the
University of Oregon received an
invitation to participate in the
National Intercollegiate Contract
Bridge Tournament, to be held in
April, 1947.
It is being planned by the Inter
college Bridge Tournament com
mittee, which has conducted four
previous undergraduate tourna
ments among the Eastern colleges.
The committee consists of alumni
interested in developing contract
bridge as a competitive sport in
Which men and women students
compete on an equal basis.
300 to Enter
More than 300 colleges and uni
versities accredited by the Associ
ation of American Universities are
being invited to enter the contest
which is restricted to undergradu
ates.
The general plan for the tourna
ment will be as follows:
The United States will be di
vided on a geographical basis into
eight zones. Participating col
loges will select four pairs each to
play a set of prepared hands.
Under the direction of the game
captain, these hands will be played
on the campus and the results
mailed to the committee.
4 Gets Chicago Playoff
Th two highest pairs in each of
the eight zones will be invited to
Chicago for the final play-off on
Friday evening, April 18, and Sat
urday afternoon, April 19. The
winners will be the National Inter
college Contract Bridge champions
for 1947.
The played-by-mail round for the
eight players designated by the
game captain on each campus con
sists of 18 hands. Play of these
hands must be completed in one
evening and should require from
two-and-a-half to three hours.
University students who are in
terested in participating in this
tournament may contact Evans
Cantrell, Sigma Hall, Ext. 329,
who has ben designated as game
captain of this campus.
New Document
Modifies ISA
Elimination of the executive
council and the reduction, of the
number of senators were among
the changes in the structure of the
Independent Students’ association
effected by the adoption of a new
constitution.
The president of the ISA,, in
stead of the vice-president, will
preside over the Senate meetings.
The number of senators from
living organizations is being cut
frorn the all-time high of 72 to 43
at present in order to form a more
compact body. Under the new
plan, most houses .will have one
representative, except the larger
ones, which will have two. Vote,
in most cases, will remain the
same.
Houses Organized
Another new feature is the
founding of an organization of so
cial chairmen and of the athletic
chairmen of the Independent
houses and groups to set up a so
cial and athletic program for the
school year.
Four standing committees of the
Senate, organization, publicity,
rules, and finance, were created.
Duties of the organization com
mittee, composed of eight class
senators and a freshman, a sopho
more, and a junior elected by the
Senate, include nominating candi
dates for ASUO offices. They
elect their own chairman.
Prexy Names Chairman
Chairmen of the. other standing
committees are appointed by the
president with a two-thirds con
firmation by the Senate.
The president and vice-president
of the ISA will be elected by the
Independent students as was done
under the old constitution. How
ever, the secretary will be elected
by the Senators from the members
of the association and will have
no vote in the Senate.
The treasurer, elected by the
Senators from the Senate, will re
tain his vote. Included in his
duties will be serving as an ex
officio member of the finance
committee.
Egyptian Student Studying
For Master's Degree Here
^_Finds Oregon Cold,
Town Planning Odd
By KAY RICHARDSON
Aziz Sidky called home Tuesday
morning'. That in itself isn’t unusual,
hut Aziz Sidky put his call in to
Egypt.
Here to study architectural de
sign, Sidky arrived in the United
States November 15, 1946. A grad
uate of the University of Cairo and
an instructor of architectural de
sign and town planning at the Uni
versity of Alexandria, the Egyp
tian student wanted to learn Amer
ican design and educational meth
ods. He had planned to enter Har
vard, but because of crowded con
ditions, he was advised by the Egyp
tian government office in Washing
ton, D. C., to come to the Univer
sity of Oregon for his master’s de
gree.
Town Planning Different
_^>t‘The town planning at the Uni
versity of Alexandria,” the young
architect explained, “is not like the
town planning you have here. It
takes in the design of cities and not
philosophical problems, although
we need that too.”
Previous to his journey to the
United States, Sidky had never
been away from Egypt, and New
York was the first American city
he saw. When asked what im
pressed him most, the young Egyp
tian replied, "Everyone seemed to
be hurrying and didn’t know what
they were hurrying for.” He added
that when he got farther west
things seemed more normal. “Al
though,” he emphasized, “everyone
was very nice to me and very help
ful, especially on the train.”
American Curiosity
Another thing in the United
States, which bothered Sidky was
that apparently Americans know
nothing about Egypt. “People
would ask me such questions as "Do
you have streets?” or “Are there
buildings in Egypt?”
The young Egyptian student, saw
his first snow in the flurries this
week. "I thought it would be like
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DADS’ DAY HEAD ...
Bob Wallace, replaces Marty Pond
as chairman of Dads’ day commit
tee.
.Graduate School
Plans Organization
At their first meeting as a sepa
rate division of the University Mon
day evening, Oregon graduate stu
dents outlined the plan for the or
ganization of the new school. Speak
ing on its possibilities and functions
was Howard R. Taylor, dean of the
graduate school.
As a means by which the gradu
ate student can express himself, a
graduate quarterly containing term
papers, theses, book reviews, and
editorials will be published by the
school. The graduate students will
be aided by the organizing commit
tee, the graduate quarterly commit
mittee.
Advertising Honorary
To Publish Job-Folder
Plans for the publication of a job
folder for the convenience of grad
uating students interested in adver
tising were announced Wednesday.
The publication is sponsored by Al
pha Delta Sigma, advertising hon
orary.
The folder will contain informa
tion and pictures of University of
Oregon students interested in en
tering advertising fields after grad
uation. It wjll be distributed to ad
vertising agencies, magazines,
newspapers, retail stores, and other
businesses that entail advertising
jobs.
Students interested in being list
ed in the folder should contact
George Pegg, business manager of
the Emerald, immlgdiateely.
Story Contest
Date Announced
February 15 lias been set as the
deadline for the submission of en
tries to the Marshall-Case-Haycox
short story contest, according to
W. F. G. Thacher, professor of Eng
lish.
All regularly enrolled undergrad
uate students who have not pre
viously won the contest are eligible
to enter. One story may be submit
ted by each contestant. It must be
original and written without as
sistance.
Two copies of each story should
be submitted. They must be type
written, double-spacted, and with
suitable margins. The writer's name
must not appear on the story, but
should be written on a piece of pa
per and enclosed in an envelope,
on the face of which is written the
name of the story. #
Submissions which do not con
form to these requirements will be
automatically disqualified. All en
tries should be left at Mr. Thacher’s
office, room 2, Friendly hall.
Last year's contest was won by
Eugene Killibrew, junior in jour
nalism. Valerie Overland, sopho
more in liberal arts, won second
prize, and Hex Gunn, sophomore in
liberal arts received the third
place award.
Art Show Meeting
Called for Friday .
Plans for Odeon, all-campus cre
ative art show, will get under way
Friday in a meeting called by Bev
erly Slaney, co-chairman.
Students interested in helping to
plan the spring term project are
asked to meet in 107 Friendly hall
Friday.
Odeon is an all-campus creative
art show which exhibits such stu
dent projects from the art school
as paintings, pottery and weaving.
From the English department comes
original plays, poetry and other like
contributions. Original music is also
on the program. At former Odeon
exhibitions modern dance groups
have performed.
Okay?
f1 01 get that Coke at the Side today,
Let’s try using it another way.
Stop a minute—it won’t take much
time
To step up and give your Marching
Dime. —G.M.S.
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’Dimes’ Quota
Set at $2000;
Boxes Placed
Dime Hop Proceeds
To Boost Fund Total
The campus March of Dimes
campaign was well underway Wed
nesday, with the distribution of col
lection boxes nearing completition.
Distributed by the Phi Theta Up -
silon, junior women's honorary so
ciety, the collection boxes are lo
cated at strategic points about the
campus and in all living organiza
tions.
At a meeting of the drive com
mittee held Tuesday, a campus quo
ta of $2000, nearly 40 cents per stu .
dent, was set and means of conduct
ing the drive were discussed. Marv
Rasmussen, chairman of the cam
paign, has requested that all living
organizations replace their breacb
of-rules banks on their dinner ta
bles with March of Dimes collection
boxes.
Dime Hop Set
Plans were also made at the
meeting for a Dime Hop to be held
Friday night, January 24, with all
proceeds to go to the fund. A cup
will be presented to the women s
living organization having the most
Hop dimes in its coffers.
The appointment of a chairman
for each house to take charge of
collections, was suggested by Ras
mussen as the best means for each
house to meet it quota, which has
been set in accordance with the et»
cents per person system.
Slogan Named ..
Walt McKinney, publicity mana
ger for the drive, announced that
the slogan to be followed during th e
drive will be “Give a Roosevelt
Dime to the March of Dimes.”
The appointments of two mem
bers to the publicity committee
were announced Wednesday by Mc
Kinney. They are Phyllis Kohl
meier, freshman in journalism, and
Al Pietschman, sophomore in busi
ness administration.
On Saturday Eugene Boy Seoul 9
will draw a line down one of the city
center sidewalks and passersby will
be urged to fill the line with dimes.
Bill Loud, former University stu
dent, is in charge of the March of
Dimes drive for the city of Eugene.
Girl Mistakes Real
Dog for'Gay Dog'
A University student was sit
ting opposite a pretty coed at a
.John Straub breakfast. Suddenly,
the coed shot him an icy glance
across the table—then another,
and another, each a little more
vitriolic than the last.
Flinging herself from her chair,
the girl opened her mouth to
speak—stopped. Underneath the
table lay a large, sleepy dog, just
settling down after some typical
canine twisting and turning.
(Emerald photo by Don Jones)
DIME DIRECTORS . . .
Pictured above is the committee, headed by Marv Rasmussen, that is directing the March of Dimes campaign
on the campus. Left to right, they are Walt McKinney, Moe Thomas, Pat Webber, Marv Rasmussen, Jac.'i
Burris, and .lord's BenUe.