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UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14. 1947
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VOLUME XLVII'I
Number S3
Idaho Cagers Limp Into Oregon Camp
Plowed Under in Aggieville,
Vandals Out for Vengeance
By BERNIE HAMMERBECK
r Sports Editor
Oregon s fourth-place Ducks take on the cellar-dwelling
Idaho Vandals tonight at 8 o’clock in the first of a two-game
series at McArthur court. The same two teams will meet
again tomorrow night. For the lemon and green Webfoots
a pair of wins are necessary if they are to overhaul the third
place Washington Huskies. For the Idaho Vandals a win
will mean their first division victory of the 1947 season.
The Hobby Hobson - coached
Ducks will take the floor as odds
on favorites to trounce the invad
ing Vandals, but the possibility of
an upset is not remote. ..The
Lemon and Green downed the
1946 ND champs twice at Moscow
earlier this year, but had a narrow
squeeze in the second contest,
winning 45-43.
Drop Pair to OSC
The loss-weary Vandals limp
down from Corvallis wheer earlier
this week they fell before the
onslaught of the high-riding Ore
gon State Beavers. The Vandals
bad been marked at mid-season as
having a good chance of shaking
their early season slump and pos
hly racking up a few wins be
fore the current season expired.
The Beavers showed little mer
cy on the hapless Idaho five, how
ever, thumping them 77-40 and
71-37. It was in the first victory
that Oragne center Red Rocha set
a new northern division scoring
mark of 38 points for a single
contest.
Lineup Shattered
Coach Guy Wicks’ Vandals will
present a badly shattered lineup
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Students Eligible
For Study Abroad
Qualified students may apply for
fellowships for graduate study
abroad, according to Mrs. Clara
Fitch, secretary of the University
graduate school.
The Institute of International
Education has announced there are
fellowships available in Czechoslo
vakia, England, France, Holland,
-"Sfangary, Italy, Switzerland, and
Latin America.
Application is open to men and
women, preferably under 35 years
of age. For fellowships in France,
Holland, and for the Germanistic
society awards applicants must be
unmarried and remain unmarried
during tenure of fellowship. A can
didate must hold a bachelor’s de
gree from an American college or
university or be a graduate of a
professional school of recognized
standing (or meet this requirement
by the summer of 1947).
He must present proof of Ameri
can citizenship; good academic rec
ord and capacity for independent
study; ability to read, write, and
speak the language of the country
in which he will study; good moral
character, personality and adapta
bility and good health.
For further information, interest
ed persons may contact Mrs. Fitch
-*rthe graduate office, Johnson hall,
or write direct to the Institute of
International Education. 2 West
45th street, New York City, New
York.
Board to Hold
Mixer Dances
Approval for a program of
all-campus Saturday night
mixers was granted by the
educational activities board
Wednesday night. The mixers
w ere first suggested by the
student affairs committee to
provide inexpensive entertain
ment for students not other
wise occupied on nights when
no other all-campus functions
are scheduled.
The dances will he underwritten
by the educational activities
board and will be operated on a
non-profit basis. Admission will
be 50 cents and if profits are
made, the price of tickets will be
lowered.
Student Sponsorship
Dates for the dances have not
been decided, but the board speci
fied that music will be provided
by Ted Hallock’s band and Herb
Widmer’s band’ on alternate dates.
If attendants and interest in the
dances warrants continuation of
the program, each dance may be
sponsored by different honoraries
and service organizations. En
tertainment for i n t e r m i s sions,
handling of tickets, decorations,
etc. will be the responsibility of
the sponsoring student groups.
Stratton Approved
The board approved the appoint
ment of Bill Stratton as Emerald
managing editor, and granted an
increase in wages of the Emerald
delivery boy.
A request from the audio-visual
department for $350 to purchase
additional loudspeakers to supple
ment the public address system in
McArthur court was granted.
The board appropriated $75 for
the purchase of additional music
for the choral union.
Students Praised
For Rescue Work
Heaping praises on the Univer
sity students who literally car
ried the ton-an-a-half museum
truck from the blazing ware
house fire Tuesday night, L. S.
Cressman, head of the anthropol
ogy department said that he
wished to thank all who partici
pated in the feat.
The truck, which has carried
many students on field trips spon
sored by the anthropology, geol
ogy, and other departments, es
caped damage and is still avail
able for more trips, Cressman
said.
Hoodoo Bus Slated
Bus tickets for tne trip to Hoo
doo bowl Sunday will be on sale at
the Co-op today for $3 for a round
trip. The bus will leave the Side at
6 a.m., and return at 7:30 p.m. Sun
day.
Duck Gridders
Hold Pre-Game
Athletic Contest
The Dads' Day varsity basketball
game between Oregon and Idaho
will be preceded by an athletic con
test between “Mike Stedden’s
Maulers” and “Hughes Huskies.”
The two teams are made up of Ore
gon football players who will play
basketball furiously until game
time, as part of the pre-game fes
tivities.
Saturday will also include the
swimming meet between Oregon
and Washington State in the men's
pool at 2 p.m. There will be no ad
mission charge.
Veterans are urged to turn in
pictures of their wives for the “Mrs.
Hospitality” contest which will be
open until today at 5 p.m. Pictures
should be turned in to the Emerald
office and judging will be done to
day. The winner will be presented at
the pre-game program on Saturday
night at McArthur court.
General open house in all school
departments is scheduled for Sat
urday. The art school gallery will
be open from 9 until 5, the Oriental
art museum from 1 until 5 and the
Museum of Natural History from
3 until 5 p.m.
Included at the Saturday lunch
eon at John Straub hall for dads will
be entertainment by the Vets’ Dorm
1 glee club under the direction of
Ron Phillips.
All dads attending the weekend
are asked to register as prizes will
be given the houses with the most
dads down for the weekend and the
houses which have the most fresh
man dads participating. Winners
will be determined by percentage of
registrations.
King of Hearts Coronation
Highlights 'Hop' Festivities
By BETTY JO BLEDSOE
'['he traditional Oregon Heart Hop will swing forth to
night beginning its first festivity between halves of the Ore
gon-Idaho game at McArthur court. During the half-time
entertainment the elected King of Hearts will be revealed
and crowned by Marge Skordahl, president of the YWCA.
Votes will be tabulated at noon today and the winner
Kappa Cutie Cops
'47' Oregana Title
In a close decision Tuesday
night, blonde, blue-eyed, beautiful
Barbara Pearson, senior in liberal
arts, was chosen as Miss‘Oregon
of 1947 by a dazzled Oregana
jury.
Barbara is 21 and a member of
Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority.
Kappas reported that her first re
sponse when notified that the
honor had been bestowed on her
was to cry, “Oh, no!” She was told
that the yearbook would be
named “The Oreganli” after her
title.
Denying allegations that the
Miss Oregana contest was just a
publicity stunt to sell one more
Oregana, staff members never
theless informed inquiring Kap
pas that orders for the annual
may still be placed in the educa
tional activities office.
Other finalists in the selection
were Lois Roeder and Gay Ed
wards. The judges, which includ
ed the editor, the managing edit
or, and .the three associate editors,
deliberated a long time before
making a choice from the long
list of senior contestants.
Undivine Right
“Uneasy lies the head that wears the
crown,”
Will never be debunked;
With Heart Hop royalty bowing
down
To have it humbly dunked.
T.G.W.
Actress Grandma, Then Child;
Drama's Cat Gives Bad Time
By LeJEUNE GRIFFITH
Tuesday night’s performance of
“I Remember Mama” got under
way with a bang, Alaska-born Flor
ence Hawkesworth related after
removing the last evidences of her
role as the eight-year-old Dagmar.
In the middle of one of the play’s
early laughs, the warehouse fire ex
plosion echoed through Guild hall.
The remaining part of the first act
lines were given to the intermittent
wails of sirens and the tumult
caused by the disaster.
“In spite of all of this confusion
the play proceeded as planned,” said
Miss Hawkesworth. ‘‘The show must
go on—or as Aunt Trina would have
said, ‘The nails must go through’,”
Cat Problem
Another of Miss Hawkesworth’s
problems, but one which happens
every night, is the proper handling
of Purrl, the cat who plays Uncle
Elizabeth. Uncle Elizabeth and
Dagmar are constant companions in
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FLORENCE HAYVKESWORTH
will remain secret until tonight’s
game. The six men competing for
the title are Bill Abbey, Malcolm
MacGregor, Marty Pond, Jack
Burris. Paul Pierson and Bob
Barrett.
After the crowning of the king,
two knaves will also be crowned,
all three then being turned over
to Marv Rasmussen, last year's
King of Hearts, who will take
charge of the dunking. Assisted
by members of the Order of the
O, Rasmussen will dunk the three
winners in front of the Pi Beta
Phi house on 15th street.
Tickets may be purchased at
the Co-op today until 3 p. m., but
voting will terminate at noon.
One ticket entitles a couple to
enter any or all of the open
houses. Punch and cookies will
be sold at the Pi Bet,a Phi, Delta
Gamma and Chi Omega houses,
and ice cream bars can be pur
chased at Susan Campbell and at
the Alpha Chi Omega house.
'Y' Asks*Entrants
In Ping Pong Event
Saturday is the deadline for all
men students to register for the ta
ble tennis tournament which is to
begin Monday at the YMCA, ac
cording to Mrs. R. U. Moore, secre
tary of the Y;
Men's living organizations and
individual men students are eligible
to compete. There is a 25-cent reg
istration fee.
A cup to be given to the winning
house is now on display at the Co-op.
Individual prizes are also being
given.
YMCA Dancing Class
Scheduled for Tonight
The regular YMCA folk dancing
class tonight will be held from 9 to
11 a.m. The later time was scheduled
in order to give students a chance
to see the Idaho-Oregon basketball
game.
Anyone interested in folk danc
ing is invited to attend the week
ly classes, which are held in the
campus building each Friday at H
to 10 p.m.
New Secretary Named
For Employment Post
Mrs. Flora B. Dobbins, Spokane,
has been named secretary in the
University branch of the Oregon
state employment service, accord
ing to an announcement made re
cently by Mrs. Lucile Parsons, man
ager of the campus branch.
Mrs. Dobbins was formerly em
ployed by Spokane school district
81. She succeeds Mrs. Shirley Abst,
who accepted a position with the
veterans administration on the
campus.