VOLUME XLVIII - Number 114
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY.'APRIL 22, 1947
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MRS. THACHKR ...
Mrs. Thacher to Offer
Piano Recital Tonight
appearing Derore a Fugene audi
ence for the first time in more than
two years, Jane Thaeher, professor
of piano, will present a varied re
cital program at 8:15 tonight in the
music auditorium.
Mrs. Thacher’s power of playing
and well-rounded tonal quality have
always made her concerts a source^
of pleasure. The program, consist
ing of three sonatas, affords the
pianist an opportunity for artistic
interpretation.
Johannes Brahms' romantic
“Sonata in F-minor” will open the
program. The sonata’ consists of
three movements: the allegro maes
toso, conceived as a romantic bal
lad; the andante expressivo. a lyric
nocturne; and the concluding scher
zo.
Mrs. Thacher’s second presenta
tion will be Chopin's “Sonata in B
flat minor,” based on a legendary
Polish epic. As her concluding num
ber, the pianist will play “Sonata in
F-sharp,” by Alexander Scria
bine.
The public is invited to the con
c«3tt.
Houses to Submit
Mother Name List
Living organizations where stu
dents' mothers will need housing for
Junior Weekend and Mothers
Weekend May 9, 10, and 11, are
asked to submit lists of mothers’
names to Beryl Howard, housing
chairman, this week.
Miss Howard urged all women’s
living organizations to accommo
date as many of the mothers of the
girls in the house as possible, and
names of those whom they cannot
care for are to be turned in to Miss
Howard at the dean of women’s of
fice from 8:30 to 10 a.m. Wednes
day and Friday, and from 2 to 4 p.m.
Tuesday and Thursday.
All names of mothers of Univer
■Sfcy men planning to attend are also
to be submitted to Miss Howard at
those 'times so housing can be
worked out for them.
SU Heads Meet
To Plan Campaign
The vice-presidents of each liv
ing organization, who will head
their houses in the Student Union
campaign, will meet for dinner at
the Anchorage cafe tonight at 5:30.
1 The purpose of the dinner is to
acquaint the chairmen with the de
tails of the coming drive and to
clarify the aims of the houses. Wal
ter Darling, campaign director of
the entire drive, will speak to the
group, and the members of the SU
committee on the campus will give
a synopsis of the drive.
The campaign, which will open
officially April 24 in McArthur
court, will be on a contest basis,
each living organization working
to raise the most funds. On May 10
during the Junior Prom, the win
ners of the drive will be announced
and a floor model radio-phonograph
console is to be awarded to both the
men’s and women’s living organiza
tions hitting the highest marjt.
—
M/ss A. Thompson
Injured Sunday
In an attempt to avoid an oncom
ing car while crossing the street to
the Anchorage cafe Sunday after
noon, Miss Anna M. Thompson, as
sistant professor of Romance lan
guages, stepped back and fell on her
side, causing her to be taken to Sa
cred Heart hospital.
“Although she is in quite a bit of
pain, it is believed that no bones
are broken,” said Dr. R. P. Bowen,
head of the Romance language de
partment. Further X-rays are be
ing taken, he added.
A veteran teacher of 26 years at
the University, Miss Thompson re
turned this term to teach after a
year’s absence from the campus.
Two University
Professors Die
Over Weekend
W. R. B. Willcox, professor emer
itus architecture, and Dr. Thomas
M. Joyce, head of the University
medical school department of sur
gery, died over the weekend.
Willcox, 77, associated with the
University since 1922, died at his
home in Eugene early Saturday
morning. Dr. Joyce, 62, a nationally
known surgeon, succumbed in Port
land Friday while he was waiting
for a class to convene at the Mult
nomah county hospital.
Recognized nationally for his
skill in surgery, Dr. Joyce was also
well known for his skill in teaching
others.
Willcox was born in Burlington,
Vt., August 2, 1869, and received
his academic training at Kalama
zoo college, Mich., and the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
After a. year of travel and study
in Europe, Willcox established his
practice in Seattle in 1908 and was
in active practice there until he
came to the University in 1922.
In 1943 he was retired to emeritus
status.
He was a member of the Seattle
and the Eugene planning commis
sions and a member of the Ameri
can Institute of Architects.
Marriage Series
Continues tonight
"A Protestant View of Marriage”
will be discussed tonight in room
3 Fenton hall by Rev. Wesley G.
Nicholson, pastor of the Congrega
tional church, in the fourth lecture
of the current “Youth and Mar
riage” series.
The speech, to begin at 7:15 p.m.,
is sponsored by the general exten
sion division and the E. C. Brown
trust. An open discussion period
will follow the talk.
Six other prominent Eugeneans
and University professors are sched
uled to participate in the series
which ends June 3. Lectures will be
held each Tuesday evening at the
same time and place.
Dean of Men to Air
Gl Pay Regulations
Changed policies affecting sub
sistence payments to all GI students
of the University will be explained
at a meeting in McArthur court at
4 p.m. today, George Hall, acting
dean of men, announced yesterday.
New regulations covering leave
during the summer months or stu
dent continuation in summer school
will be discussed. Without the vet
eran’s specific application for leave
or continuation, his regular checks
from the government automatically
will be suspended with the end of
the school year in June.
Other announcements of general
interest to veterans will be made
at the meeting, and an official from
the veterans administration will an
swer any questions concerning na
tional service life insurance.
The dean of men’s office and the
University veterans’ office will
sponsor jointly the meeting
Kildeer Commands
ATO's Left Field
“Watch out! That isn't second
base you're stepping on.”
Just mosey down to the lower
intramural softball field any after
noon and you'll hear the vilest lan
guage a Kildeer can command.
A cute Kildeer solved the hous
ing shortage by building its nest in
short left field, and is guarding that
patch of ground like a dimaggio.
The ATOs tried to play a prac
tice game, and she chased the left
fielder out of her domain. The um
pire tried to chase her off the field
for unladylike conduct and abusive
language but she just cussed him
out in no uncertain terms and'then
plopped back down on her nest.
The last reports state that she's
still there telling every one off.
What would Happy Chandler do in
a case like this ?
—
Spring Exam
Sked Released
See Schedule Page 3)
The schedule of spring term final
examinations, which has been ap
proved by the various department
head of the University, was re
leased by the registrar's office yes
terday.
The general plan of this term’s
slate has been to follow that of win
ter term. The schedule of the tests
has been reversed in order to equal
ize the advantages or disadvantag
es enjoyed or suffered by students
under the arrangement of the pre
vious term.
The plan has been modified by the
need for immediate listing of grades
for prospective June graduates fol
lowing examinations.. The exam in
Survey of English Lit is placed at
the end of the week because few
seniors are enrolled in the course.
The exam programs for winter
and spring terms, following unsatis
factory innovations attempted in
the fall, mark a return to the pre
vious scheme for a special schedule
of finals distributed over an entire
week.
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ART JOHNSON. . .
Frosh Dance
Nears Reality
Arrangements for the Frosh Glee,
annual all-campus dance, sponsored
in the spring by each freshman
class, are nearing a climax, accord
ing to Art Johnson, president of
the class of 1950 and general chair
man of the event. The Glee should
offer some first class entertain
ment, Johnson stated, as the fine*
band of Freddie Keller, an enchant
ing theme, and some fine entertain
ment will be provided.
Tickets went on sale yesterday
at $1.60 a couple and may be se
cured from any of the members of
Jim Bocchi’s committee which is
handling ticket sales. Members of
the committee are Charles John
ston, Dionne Doree, William Davis,
Joan Nichols, Marie Newman, Wil
liam Green, Sally Waller, Don Len
der, Mary Stadelman, Robert Har
kins, Marguerite Johns, Jim How
ard, Diana Bayly, Jeurine Boylen,
and Wallace Turnidge.
Under the leadership of Wes
Nicholson, Mac Epley, and Marilyn
Turner, decorations following the
“Dancing in the Dark” theme are
nearing completion.
Weekend Tradition Enforcement
Assured by Strong-arm Crew
(This is the first of a series of
articles explaining the Junior
Weekend traditions.)
By BARBARA GILBERT and
DIANA DYE
Enforcement of tradition brings
to the minds of the average college
student a string of arguments, pro
and con, but nevertheless with the
coming of spring and the plans for
Junior Weekend, thoughts of tradi
tions pop into heads all over the
campus.
A1 Popick and his committee on
traditions are planning to enforce
all of the customs which have grown
through the years at Oregon.
Order of the O will punish those
who violate during the week before
Junior Weekend, the unwritten
laws by smoking on the old campus,
failing to say hello on Hello Walk
between Fenton and Villard halls,
walking on the grass of either cam
pus, sitting on the senior bench,
walking on the Oregon seal, and, for
freshman girls, failing to wear
green ribbons.
Special traditions will be enforced
during the all-campus picnic and
the violators will be dunked during
the picnic.
No white of any sort is to be
worn to the picnic and women and
men are not to speak until after the
coronation.
Student violators are not to give
their names to anyone other than
members of the Order of the O who
are wearing lettermen’s sweaters as
the committee does not wish to have
any unfair punishment given.
, Freshman men will paint the O on
, Skinner’s Butte and will scrub the
; Oregon seal in front of Villard hall.
; The traditional tug of war between
the freshman and sophomore men
will take place during the weekend
Traditions were a dominant part
of Junior Weekend before the war,
Popick said, and in the near future
when things are completely back
to normal, they will play as big a
part as they ever did. The commit
tee asks that all living organiza
tions cooperate and see that the
Oregon customs are not violated.