PHILLIP H. PARRISH . .
Oregon Editor
|To Speak Here
|[ The Germany of today will be de
scribed by Phil Parrish, noted edi
I torial writer, in a speech to be giv
en at 8 p.m. Tuesday, room 207
Chapman.
Parrish, who is editor of the edi
torial page of the Portland Oregon
ian, recently visited Germany with
a group of editorial writers and pub
lishers under the auspices of the
jwar department.
His appearance at the University
of Oregon has been arranged by Sig
ma Delta Chi, men’s journalism hon
orary. University students, faculty,
and townspeople are invited to at
tend the talk.
A dinner in honor of Parrish is
planned by Sigma Delta Chi to be
held at the College Side at 6:15
Tuesday. Undergraduate and pro
fessional members of the honor
ary may attend, according to Mark
Mindolovich, chairman.
Ad Students to Pledge
Advertising Honorary
Fifteen pledges to Alpha Delta
Sigma, men’s advertising honorary,
were introduced by Jim Thayer,
program chairman, at a meeting of
the organization held January 14.
The date of initiation of the pledges
has not been decided, although it
will be held in the near future.
^jJen pledged by the honorary
were Joseph Bennett, James Car
son, Bob Chapman, Ed De Keater,
Don Denno, Douglas Fetsch, John
Earner, William Minehart, Jack
Puffinbarger, Alfred Ruedy, John
Schell, Don Shaffer, Orville Simp
son, Paul Williams, and Michael
Yowarsky.
Pledges were chosen from stu
dents who have completed or are
enrolled in advertising courses and
who show interest and ability in ad
vertising, according to Doug Eden,
president of Alpha Delta Sigma.
^Petitions Called for
Women's Activities
Petitions for the Women’s Ac
tivities commission must be
turned in by Monday, January 20,
at 5 p. m. to Alice May Robertson,
Kappa house. Only sophomore
women are eligible to petition for
committee, which will take
the job of keeping up the
permanent activity records for
University women, previously
done by the dean of women’s
office.
University Theater to Present
‘Joan of Arc' Puppet Play
Tickets Available
For Show Monday
Marionettes will occupy the stage
of the University theater at 4 p.
m. Monday when Martin and Olga
Stevens present “Joan of Arc,” a
play for marionettes written es
pecially for them by Clem D. Eas
iy
The performance, which is being
sponsored by the advisory board
Egyptian Land
Speech Subject
“Egyptian Gods: A Problem in
Polytheism" will be discussed by
Dr. Henry Frankford, research pro
fessor of Oriental archeology in the
University of Chicago, when he de
livers the first of five lectures in
207 Chapman hall at 7:30 p.m.
Monday, January 20.
Sponsored jointly by the Univer
sity lectures committee and the
Department of Religion, Frankfort
is a scholar in the field of archeol
ogy and an authority on the relig
ion and culture of Egypt.
His lecture includes “The Egyp
tian State, an Element in the Cre
ated Order,” Tuesday, 4 p.m., 101
Physical Education; “The Egyptian
Way of Life: Truth as the Law of
Existence,” Wednesday, 4 p.m., 101
Physical Education; "The Egyp
tian Hope: Life in Death,” Thurs
day, 7:30 p.m., 207 Chapman hall;
“The Egyptian Testimony: Change
and Permanence in Literature and
Art,” Friday, 4 p.m., 101 Physical
Education.
Former UO Student
New Journal Desk Man
Therman R. Evans, for three
years a student in the school of jour
nalism, who has been working' as
reporter and desk man on daily pa
papers in Oregon, Utah( and Idaho
since 1926, is the new head of the
copy desk of the Oregon Journal,
Portland.
Announcement of his advance
ment was made Friday in connec
tion with otherchanges on the Jour
nal copy desk for the last three
years.
of the University theater and fi
nanced through the educational ac
tivities board, will be free to Uni
versity students. A limited num
ber of tickets will be available
Monday at the drama studio. If
any tickets are left, they may be
obtained’ at the door before the
performance. Admission will be
by reserve ticket only.
The cast of 20 marionettes will
be manipulated by two people.
Olga Stevens plays only the voice
of Joan, but handles her share of
the puppets. Martin Stevens
speaks all the other parts.
The Stevens company presents
exclusively adult entertainment.
The entire production, including
writing the script, designing and
making the eight sets, costumes,
properties, and marionettes, and
handling the actual performance,
is the work of the Stevens couple
and Easly.
WAA to Present
Annual Carnival
January 31 in the women’s out
door gym! That is the date and
place of the annual W.A.A. carni
val as announced yesterday by the
carnival’s co-chairmen, Barbara
Borrevik, and Bobbie Fulmer.
The carnival will last from 8:30
to 11:30 with dancing on the sun
porch. Because of the lack of space
in the gymnasium, several houses
will sponsor each booth. W.A.A. is
offering a prize for the most out
standing concession.
Last year some of the chief mon
ey-makers included a pie throw,
gardenia sale, grab bag, and for
tune teller. General admission will
be 10 cents and a $2.00 rental will
be charged for each booth space.
W.A.A. is handling the food conces
sion.
Separate committee chairmen in
clude: clean-up, Carol Becker; ar
rangements, Mary Anne Hansen;
properties, Ooralee Thompson; dec
orations, Ranee Cowl; food chair
man, Beverly Bennett; finance,
Thelma Chaney; tickets, Betty Jean
McCurry; booths, Genevieve Sis
key; and publicity, Nancy Peter
son.
Mrs. FDRItojfSpeak
At PNCC Meeting
By JUNE GOETZE ^
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, member of the American delega
tion to the L nitecl Nations, has accepted an invitation to speak
at the second annual Pacific Northwest college congress :o
MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
be held at Reed college .1
Portland March 6, 7 and 8.
After speaking with repre
sentatives of last year's PNCC
who presented their resolu
tions tf> the .American delega
tion, Mrs. Roosevelt said, ‘T
am very enthusiastic abort
the resolutions presented and
would like to see the student
movement grow on a national
and an international basis.”
Planned by Reed
Past year's congress was
planned jointly by Reed col
lege. the Portland League of
women voters, and radio sta
turn KbW, and was attended by two representatives from each
of 31 Northwest colleges.
This year 36 schools, including the Universitv of Alberta
and the University of Alaska, are planning to send delegates.
The Pacific Northwest college congress was the only stu
dent organization which has been officially received by the
United Nations. Trygvie Lie, secretary general of the United
Nations organization, speaking of the PNCC, commented. "A
very fine idea. Our education division head will help in any
way possible.” '
University Delegates
Oregon’s two delegates to last year's congress were Lois
McConkey Putnam and Lloyd Frese. Mrs. Putnam and Troy
Strong of the College of Puget Sound were selected to he the
two representatives of the PNCC to present the resolutions to
the United Nations. The two University delegates for tit's
year have not yet been announced.
The second PNCC will he sponsored jointlv by Reed college,
the Northwest Institute of international relations, and the
Portland League of women voters.
Preliminary plans for the congress have been worked out
by a group of twelve students representing the student associ
ations of six colleges in the Portland area.
Berkeley Minister to Speak
Sunday in Music Auditorium
Dr. Pierson Parker, Well-Known Traveler
Is First U OReligious Council Speaker
By BOBOLEE BROPHY
Dr. Pierson Parker, of Berkeley, California, will be the speaker at
the non-denominational vesper seervice, in the music auditorium Sunday
at 4 p.m„ under the University religious council. There will be a one-hoi r
service.
Dr. Parker comes to the campus as a teacher, author, scholar, aril
speaker of note. He spent the greater part of his boyhood and youth in
China as a member of a missionary family. As a young man he returned
Joan Williams to Head Heart Hop
JOAN WILLIAMS . . .
Newly-appointed Heart Hop gen
eral chairman is Joan Williams.
Girls to Date Boys
At Valentine Dance
Valentine’s day will be celebrated
in traditional fashion this term
with the annual University girl
date-boy Heart Hop sponsored by
the YWCA. Plans for the ten-year
old campus event got under way
Friday with the appointment ot'
Joan Williams, sophomore in lib
eral arts, as general chairman for
the affair.
Miss Williams was appointed by
the YWCA sophomore commission,
which is headed by Pat Ebert, soph
omore in liberal arts.
Other Committees
Other committee chairmen se
lected by the commission yesterday
are Mary McQueen, decorations;
Caroline Jenks and Mary Jane Har
rison, King of Hearts contest; Bev
erly Pitman, coronation; Margaret
Rauch, printing of tickets; Diane
Mead, ticket sales; Shirley Lukins,
refreshments; Nancy Peterson and
Janet Beigal, publicity; and Virgin
ia Dryden, posters.
The Hop will be staged in three
or four women’s houses, which will
be chosen later. Each house will be
decorated in a Valentine theme and
couples may progress from one to
another after the Orcgon-Idaho
basketball game at McArthur court.
Dance Petitions
Houses wishing to petition for the
dance should turn their petitions in
to Lois Greenwood at the YWCA
bungalow as soon as possible.
Tickets will go on sale next week
in the Co-op after a general com
mittee meeting to complete plans
and form committees from the re
maining petitions.
Hazzard-ous Tale
“Our Dime campaign looked pretty
weak,
Mike deadv and Aiken couldn’t
speak.”
Tom’s voice had settled to a croak,
“That P. A. system is a joke.”
Poor Tommy’s tale was pretty sad,
“Those thirteen points looked
awf’ly bad.” ■—G. M. S.
to tnc states and entered the Uni
versity of California where he
earned his B.A. degree.
Degrees in Berkeley
He completed his work for both,
his bachelor of divinity and doctor
of theology degrees at Pacific
School of Religion, a non-denomina
tional seminary, in Berkeley. Dr.
Parker later returned to this sem
inary to take up his teaching career,
and after some time there accepted
a position with the Church Divinity
School of the Pacific, the western
Episcopal seminary, at which insti
tutions he now fills the chairs cf
New Testament and homiletics.
Dr. Parker is a popular preacher
and speaker throughout all of Cal
ifornia, and has been both a metro
politan pastor and a rural mission
ary. His interest in the small mis
sion is reflected in his eagerness to
serve them, especially those which
were vacated by men serving in the
armed forces.
Still a Student
This campus speaker continues
to be a student as is reflected by the
vast amount of Biblical research
and writing which he has done, and
he recently completed a tour of the
United States viewing library and
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