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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 24, 1947)
VOLUME XLVIII _UNIVERSITYOF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 24. 1947 Number 68 JIM BOCCHI . . , JEANNINE MACAULEY . .. DONNA GERICKE ART JOHNSON Art Johnson, Jim Bocchi Vie for Frosh Mead Post Donna Gericke Named For Freshman Office By JUNE GOETZE Art Johnson and Donna Gericke, both freshmen in business adminis tration, were nominated to repre sent the Independent party in the freshman class elections in Thurs day’s class nominating assenibly. Johnson was nominated for presi dent by Larry Davidson. He has gained experience as a leader in student affairs having served as student body president in junior ^ high school and as class president at Eugene high. A letterman in football, he was also president of the Axemen’s council and secretary of the Hi-Y club. When the University YMCA re-organized recently, he was elected secretary of that organiza tion. Pat Lane nominated Donna Ger icke for the number two position, emphasizing that her pleasing per sonality gave her the ability to cooperate successfully with people. Affiliated with Orides, Miss Ger icke represented them in the recent Christmas seal drive and is in charge of their entry in the forth coming WAA carnival. Other activities in her organiza tion include taking charge of en tertainment and music and plan ning their house dances. Her ex perience in student government was gained while serving as a rep - lesentative on the student council at Eugene high school. She was also editor of a state-wide paper . for art students — the Pallett Prattle. Jeannine Macaulay Runs for Number 2 By LARRY LAU Speaking Vigorously before an enthusiastic audience for the right >f class officers to administer all elass functions, ex-sailor Jim Boc ehi, curly-headed junior varsity regular, threw his hat into the rampus political ring when he ac cepted a nomination for the No. 1 position in the Freshman class. Bocchi was nominated by Walt McKinney, assistant managing edi ;or of the Emerald, who said that 3occhi's previous experience in ad ninistrative positions "qualify him n every way.’’ In his acceptance speech, Bocchi pointed out that at :he present time, the chairmanship )f class functions is given to pe cioners by the ASUO Executive council. Bocchi attended Klamath Falls Jnion high school where he was successively president of the sophomore class, and first vice sresident of the student body. He s president of the Phi Kappa Psi sledge class and is being supported sy the Affiliated Students associ ition. Eighteen year old, blue-eyed leannine Macauley, Emerald re sorter, and member of the Frosh if. W. commission, accepted a lomination for the No. 2 position nade by Marguerite Reardon. Miss Macaulay, in her acceptance speech, made a plea for coopera tion and friendly spirit among nembers of the freshman class. Miss Macaulay attended Eliot (Please turn to page seven) Planning Afoot For Dad’s Day Registration Heads Meet to Draw Blueprints for Event Registration planning for Dads’ day, February 15, began this week under the direction of Bob Wallace, general chairman of the event. Wallace appointed committee heads last week and met with them Tuesday to plan a general sched ule for the occasion. Those ap pointed are Les Fahey and Bob Matteson, housing; Nat Adams, decoration: A1 Pietschman and Barbara Borrevik, publicity; Bill Barnum, luncheon; Pat Webber, awards; Gloria Grenfell, registra tion; Marv Rasmussen, basketball game; Dedo Misely, hospitality; Dale Harlan, promotion; Nila Des inger, queen contest; Ann Burgess, invitations. Editorials featuring “The Typi cal Oregon Dad” should be given to Dale Harlan, promotion chair man of Dad’s day, at Sherry Ross halt as soon as possible. The contest which began yester day is sponsored by the Dad's day commission and the winning editorial will be sent to all Ore gon Itads as an urge to attend the February 15 event. Prizes for the winning editorial will be a -$5 merchandise order at Miller's for men or a free merchan dise order from the Butik if the winner is a girl. A free family group dinner will be given to the winner by the Eugene hotel in ad dition to other prizes. The program for Saturday, Feb ruary 15, will include open-house of school departments, a luncheon meeting, a general business meet ing, the Idaho-Oregon basketball game which will include pre-game entertainment, dinner at living or ganizations, and open-houses in the' evenings. Dads’ day, an annual event on the Webfoot campus, will give dad a splendid opportunity to discover just how his money is being spent. Seniors Plan 'Best Formal’ Today is the deadline to pur chase tickets from committee chairmen for the 1947 Senior Ball, Walt Dickinson, Ball chairman, declared Thursday. However, tick ets will continue to be on sale at McArthur court Saturday and will be available at the door of the dance. Featuring the music of Art Hol man and his orchestra, the dance Saturday is hoped by the senior class to be “the best formal of the school year,” Dickinson said. “Ev erything is being done to keep it in line with the traditions set by the previous senior classes.” The price of admission to the annual dance is $1.20 per couple. Mary Lou Welch has been added to the patron and patronesses com mittee to assist Doris Spearow. Tuxedos and dark suits will both be in order. Corsages are optional. All ticket salesmen in living or ganizations are asked to turn their tickets in to the ticket chairman Friday evening. Registration 5608; BA School Leads By LEONARD BERGSTROM ' Final registration figures released Thursday by C. K. Avery, University registrar, show that 5608 students have enrolled this term. This represents a 65 per cent increase over the enroll ment for winter term last year. } 1 Iighest increase is credited to the 3707 men who have signed up, an increase of 131 per cent . There are 1901 women students, six per cent over last year’s total. Percentage Comparison Enrollment by classes, together with per cent of increase over la-'t year, is shown below: Class Men Women Freshmen .1337 672 Sophomores.1400 647 Juniors . 101 203 Seniors . 455 236 Graduates . 245 82 Total 2009 2047 397 691 327 r/0 off 82 67 1U 93 The School of Business Administration took the lead in number of students enrolled as well as in per cent of increase. The department under the College of Liberal Arts accumulated the largest aggregate of students under the various protective wings. School break-down in shown below: School Men Women Total Architecture . 446 246 692 Business Administration . 1209 224 1433 Education . 70 102 172 Journalism . 252 152 ’ 404 Law . 420 13 433 Music . 78 116 194 Physical Education . 172 49 221 College of Liberal Arts.1055 9S7 2042 Veterans Increase % 66 114 48 54 102 24 78 44 There are 3164 veterans on the campus, 118 per cent more than last year. The number of veterans this term is only 232 short of the total registration for all students winter term, 1946. Total student credit hours load at the end of registration Saturday was 81,075 hours. Car's Alibi Sound, \ Zoologist Asserts “'But my car wouldn't go 900 miles!” Dr. R. R. Huestis, profes sor of zoology, declared, when asked if his car could have been the one used by the kidnappers of Alice Dean Devine, of Lodi, California. Dr. Huestis' 1936 Ford became a suspect when the kidnapper re corded its license plate on the California motel records where he took the girl. Dr. Huestis received four phone calls, three from Portland, ask ing whether his car had that li cense plate, and if it had been stolen. It must have been a case of mistaken identity, however, for neither his car nor his plates had left Eugene recently. Dime Marathon Starts at 6:30 p.m. The Dime Hop sponsored by tho campus March of Dimes coTnmittee will get under way at 6:30 this eve ning and will last until 7:30. All the. women's living- organizations will take part with the exception of the Alpha Phi house which will be un able to entertain as they are having a reception for their district gov ernor. Immediately following the Hop/, each house has been requested to send the money it has collected to the Pi Beta Phi house and turn it over to Jordis Benke who is in charge of the Hop. The proceeds wi U be counted there and the winner of the cup, presented by the commit tee, will be determined. / '/f at First You Don't... Says Horace Robinson Hammerstein, Rodgers Okay 'Mama' Play By LeJEUNE GRIFFITH A story of "try, try again" was told recently by Horace W. Robin son, director of the University the ater, when he described the strug gle he had in obtaining permission to play the Broadway stage success, “I Remember Mama," at the Uni versity of Oregon. “Interested in the play when he read it for the first time shortly af ter it was published, Robinson was further convinced of its appeal when he saw the New York production last spring with Mady Christians as Mama and Oscar Homolka as Uncle Chris. He believes that it was the best drama he saw on the entire trip east. Robinson Refused Robinson’s first request for per mission to play “I Remember Ma ma” was refused, as the producers were considering sending the New York company to the Pacific Coast on tour. He was told the play would not be available until next year. In the meantime permission to play “Dark of the Moon" was ob tained. When Robinson was getting ready to select the first play of the j winter term, he decided to take one last try. He corresponded with Bar rett Clark, representative of a New York play service, and asked him to intercede and try to get a special concession to allow the University of Oregon to present the West Coast amateur premier of "I Remember Mama.” Writers O.K. Show Clark called producers Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, and they were finally persuaded to make an exception to their blan ket amateur refusal of permission. When the "go ahead” was re ceived from Clark, the cast was se lected and rehearsals were started (Please turn to page seven) Parfum Politic A. big introduction was made yez ter-eve, And the frosh of the campus set out to achieve The choosing of those who would run on the ballot. Nominations began with the drop of a mallet. Tis a pity they bothered to go to the meetings, I'heir leaders were chosen at pro-* vious seatings, — G. M. S.