Dad's Day|Plans Near End;
Election to Choose Hostess
Vets' Wives Eligible
For Hostess Contest
Bob Wallace, chairman of Dads’
day, announced yesterday a contest
to be held to elect a “Hospitality
Hostess” for Dads’ day. Contest
ants willtje wives of veterans whose
pictures or snapshots must be
turned in to the Emerald office by
5 p.m. this Friday.
Judges will choose a winner from
the pictures turned in by married
veterans and the winning girl’s pic
ture will be in both the Oregana
and the Emerald as the official wel
come girl of Dads' weekend.
She will be presented at the pre
game entertainment program at
the Saturday night basketball game
and will be honored at the many
events over the weekend.
UO Warehouse
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poured streams of water into the
structure in a futile attempt to
drown the blaze.
At 8:25 a series of explosions,
presumably caused by acetylene
tanks stored in the flaming build
ing, jarred some of the crowd into
scurrying instinctively for cover.
John Kalkhoven, campus po
liceman on duty in the area, at
the time of the fire, reported that
he tramped past the building at
7:30 p. m. and noticed nothing
awry.
J. O. Lindstrom, University
business manager, reported the
$125,000 loss estimate and insist
ed that it was a ‘‘very rough
one.”
Vehicles Lost
Included in the loss were pos
sibly two motor vehicles, plus jani
torial supplies, paint, furniture,
and other equipment. At least one
auto and a tractor were hauled out
of harm’s way by University stu
dents and others. Still other
people queued through a door slid
open at the southwest corner of
the structure and frantically
tossed out rolls of highly inflam
able tar paper.
As the file neared its peak,
chunks of flaming wood were
shoved by thermals up through
bdlowing clouds of smoke and
tumbled down glowing in the
dark. These flaming chunks and'
the intense heat endangered the
residence of W. A. Erickson, 1227
Onyx and not more than 100 feet
from the warehouse. The Erick
son family, aided by spectators
and the University chapter of the
AVC, which raced out of its regu
lar meeting to the scene of the
fire, succeeded in dragging out
all movable contents of the house,
(•lowed al Igloo
The glow from the fire flick
ered through the windows of the
Igloo four blocks south, it was
reported, and briefly lit the build
ing a dull orange during last
night’s concert of the Eugene glee
men. It caused much curiosity but
no disorder. The audience filed
out during intermission, “got the
word,” and returned to hear the
remainder of the performance.
Fire-fighting conditions were
perfect, with no wind and rain to
hamper operations.
Patients in the University in
firmary not far distant climbed
out of bed and leaned out windows
on the east side to watch the
blaze.
The warehouse, constructed in
1918 at an original cost of $18,000,
had been first a drill shed, then
a gymnasium. It had been moved
from its original location, upon
which now stands the infirmary.
George L. Thomas
Presented Tonight
George L. Thomas, Portland law
yer, will speak at the One World
club meeting on “Minorities on the
Campus” tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the
YMCA. Thomas is Portland presi
dent of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People
and also social relations director for
the Portland Council of Churches.
During the war, Thomas was ap
pointed investigating attorney for
the OPA in the Washington area.
In May, 1945, he came with his fam
ily to Portland to assume his posi
tion with the church group.
Born in Oberlin, Ohio, he grew
up there, attending the public
schools, and finally receiving his
bachelor of arts degree from Ober
lin college. Several years later, in
Washington, D. C., he took an LL.B.
from a law school there.
One of his first jobs was at How
ard university, the United States’
largest Negro college, where he was
purchasing agent. Since then his life
has been almost continuously de
voted to public service. Even before
his election as NAACP president,
he was doing a great deal of work
to better racial relations in the
Portland area.
Noted Court Justice
To Address Group
Chief Justice George Rossman of
the Oregon supreme court will speak
to the Political Science club tonight
at 7:30 in the alumni room of Ger
linger hall. He will speak on the
subject, “The Roll of the Courts in
the Control of Government Admin
istrative Departments and Agen
cies.”
Justice Rossman has been a mem
ber of Oregon's supreme court for
twenty years, and has been the
chief justice of the court since Jan
uary of this year. He is known for
his work with the Administrative
Procedure committee of the Amer
ican Bar association. This commit
tee is responsible for Congress’
passage of the Administrative Pro
cedure Act, which was passed in
1946 to safeguard the citizen’s
lights in relation to governmental
lilies and regulations.
The meeting is open to anyone
interested, and refreshments will be
served.
Luncheon, Basketball
Ducats Go Saturday
Students are urged to purchase
tickets for the Dads’ luncheon in
John Straub hall on Saturday if
their fathers have not already writ
ten for tickets. Tickets may be pur
chased at the offices of Dean Karl
W. Onthank, dean of personnel ad
ministration in Friendly hall at $1.25
per person for the luncheon which
is informal. Short silks will be in
order.
All Dads should register Saturday
morning either at the Eugene or
Osburn hotels or at Johnson hall.
Registration will be done by Kwa
mas and will take place from 9 un
til 5 p.m. Trophies will be given the
houses with the highest number of
Dads registering and also any Dad
may become a life member of the
Oregon Dads’ association at this
time by paying a fee of $5 to regis
tration officials.
Basketball tickets to the Oregon
Idaho game on Saturday night may
be picked up by Dads when regis
tering. They will sell at the regular
admission price.
All houses should have "Welcome
Dads” signs out by Friday night or
at the latest by Saturday morning.
Prizes will also be given for the
most original of these signs.
Students who have not obtained
housing as yet for their fathers
should call Bob Matteson at the Al
pha Tau Omega house of Les Fahey
at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house.
Housing through arrangements can
be made through them.
Business Girl Club
To Stage Stag Hop
Cupid’s Capers, a stag dance open
to University students, has been
planned by Y-Pongo club, a Eugene
business girls’ organization, from
9 to 12 tonight at the Community
center.
Publicity chairman Margie Rob
inson announced that the hall has
been decorated with a Valentine
theme. Art Holman and his orches
tra will provide the music, and re
freshments will be served.
"Since only a limited number oi
tickets will be issued ,we advise
campus couples—and stags—to be
at the center as near 9 p.m. as pos
sible,” Miss Robinson said.
Tickets, at $1 per person plus tax
may be obtained at the Community
center, 1076 Willamette street.
Scandinavian Ideas, Literature
To Form Topic of Mediaevalist
The forthcoming speeches in the
University lecture series will be in
a Scandinavian tone when Henry
Goddard Leach, president of the
American-Scandinavian foundation,
speaks this afternoon and tomorrow
| night. His topic this afternoon will
| be “Scandinavian Classics,’’ and
will be given in X01 physical educa
tion building. Tomorrow night he
will speak on “Scandinavian^versus
American Democracy,” at 7:30
p.m. in 207 Chapman hall.
While Dr. Leach is considered an
; authority on modern literature, he
) prefers to be calyled “a mediaeval
j ist," and to interpret the literature
: of the Scandinavian past.His latest
book, “Pageant of Old Scandinavia,”
is a translation of the outstanding
Icelandic-Norweg'ian heroic leg
ends. He is also author of “Scandi
navia of the Scandinavians,” “An
gevin Britain and Scandinavia," and
has contributed to various periodi
cals.
Born in Philadelphia, Dr. Lead
has received his A.B., A.M., Ph.D.
LL.D., Litt.D. In 1945, he receivec
the only foreign award presentee
by Upsala, one of the oldest univer
sities of Europe.
From 1922 to 1940, Dr. Leach ed
ited The Forum and Century maga
zine. Under his editorship, the publi
cation grew from 2,000 to 100,00(
circulation. When the war came Dr
Leach suspended publication anc
returned to his life work for inter
national education between Scandi
navia and America on the Ameri
can-Scandinavian foundation.
In 1919, Dr. Leach secured eco
nomic support for the exchange o!
40 students annually between Unit
ed States and Scandinavian coun
tries. In the spring of 1946, he stud
ied the revival of the democratic
institutions of the Scandinaviar
countries after the war. He has
been a member of the New York
State Judicial council since 1940.
Oregon W Emerald
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Page 8 DAILY EMERALD Wednesday, Feb. 12, 1947
Phi Kappa Sigma to Form
Chanter for UO Campus
Members of Phi Kappa Sign a,
national social fraternity, are or
ganizing to form a new chapter on
the University of Oregon campus,
according to Glenn F. Sweeney, a
member of the fraternity and a
veteran’s adviser in the dean of
men’s office.
Two other members on the cam
pus are Dr. F. G. Black, associate
professor in English, and Dale An
derson, junior in business adminis
tration.
“Our starting pledge class will
meet February 17 for the first time
and we hope to have the pledges in
doctrinated and initiated as charter
members by the end of March,”
stated Sweeney.
A team of officers from Stanford
will come to the University for a
weekend for the initiation, he said.
After being accepted by the stu
dent affairs committee as a men’s
organization, the group will go un
der the name of the Phi Kappa club
while waiting to be recognized by
the national fraternity as a chapter
on this campus.
“We hope to rent a house or build
as soon as we get a suitable lot,”
said Sweeney. “In the meantime,
we’ll get as many men to live to
gether in one section of the dorm as
possible.”
Of the 39 active chapters in the'
United States four are on the west
coast and are at the University of
Washington, Stanford, University of
California at Los Angeles, and Uni
versity of California at Berkeley.
Dr. Black, Sweeney, and Ander
son visited the University of Wash
ington chapter last week in order
to get suggestions and make plans
for the new chapter. Next term
three or more members from that
chapter will attend the University
to help in organizing the new group.
The first chapter of the fratern
ity was founded at the University
of Pennsylvania in 1850.
Rex Gunn, UO^Orator, Takes
State Peace" Oratorical Contest
Rex Gunn, sophomore in liberal arts, won the annual state
peace oratorical contest Monday night in the music school
auditorium. Gunn, representing the University of Oregon in
the contest sponsored by the Intercollegiate Forensic associa
tion of Oregon, spoke on “An Oration on Peace.” He wiW"
receive $50 and his oration will he sent to the Intercollegiate
Peace association where it will be indeed in national comoe
tition.
Second place was won by Rob
ert M. Sayre, Willamette univer
sity, who spoke on “Peace—Vision
or Reality” ? Sayre will receive
$15 and his oration will also be
sent to be judged in national com
petition.
Herman Robison, Linfield col
lege, won the $7.50 third prize
with the oration, “The Unknown.”
Other entries were from Pacific
university, University of Portland,
Pacific college, and Oregon State
college.
The $50 prize was given by Mr.
Rich L. Reimann, president of the
Reimann Furniture Manufactur
ing company, Salem. The $15 and
$7.50, second and third prizes were
presented by the IFAO.
The judges were representatives
from each school participating in
the tournament, with Professor K.
E. Montgomery representing the
University of Oregon. General
,• chairman was Professor W. C.
Ballaine of the school of business
administration.
The orations concerned peace
and how to achieve it, and advo
cating war as a means of peace
was not allowed.
Campus Sing Selection
Titles Must Be Reported
The names of all songs to be sung
! by the various campus living or
ganizations at the All-Campus Sing
this year must be turned in to Bob
bie Fullmer at the Alpha Omicron
Pi sorority house by noon, February
15, Bob Daggett, president of the
junior class, announced yesterday.
Petitions Still Available
Students are reminded again
that petitions for Oregon Feder
ation workers in all cities of Ore
gon are available at the Federa
tion office, room 8. Friendly.
WEDNESDAY IS THE DAY
(and today is Wednesday)
Spend a few minutes with AN ren of Eugene each
AN ednesday. The day chosen by Wren of Eugene
to remind the students and faculty of the Univer
sity of Oregon of the fact that there is a first
class Portrait Studio near at hand to serve you.
Pleasing you is my first consideration
\Ol must be satisfied YOU have to be satisfied
YOU WILL BE ' SATISFIED
WREN OF EUGENE
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