Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 24, 1947)
, 0 . -iFrazier, Yates Get Publications Posts BOB FRAZIER -— ROSS YATES BOB CHAPMAN OLGA YEVTICH Assembly, Noise Parade to Open Drive Tonight for $5000 Student Union Fund Ernie Haycox to Speak At Mac Court Program By DONNA KLETZ1NG The “Go" signal for the $5000 race for Student Unipn funds will be sounded tonight at 7:30 in McArthur court at the all campus assembly. The first half hour of the assembly will be broadcast over the American Broadcasting company. Ernest Haycox, national Student Union chairman, and President Harry K. Xewburn will speak. A noise parade is scheduled for 6:15 to impress the people of Eugene that the student body is going all out for the goal. The parade will snowball from the upper campus, passing all livino* nrirani?!! fi/vnc pnntinnincr I —~ — ...... --, down Willamette street, and re turning to McArthur court for the assembly. Every student with a car is urged to deck it with signs and stream ers and join the parade, making all the noise possible. Tom Hazzard and the Webfooters will lead the parade. Sing Contest Varied entertainment is slated to follow the speeches at the assem bly. One feature will be the draw ing of names of one men’s and one women’s living organization to each sing a selected song. r1'*' The contest between the living organizations, which will start at the assembly, will close May 10 and the winners of the women’s and •men’s house will be announced during the Junior Prom. They will each be awarded a console model radio-phonograph. A movietone newsreel photogra pher from Hollywood will be pres ent to take a picture of the assem bly. Mother is Assured Weekend Housing There’s going to be room for ev eryone! So Beryl Howard, housing com mittee chairman for Mother’s week end, announced confidently to the Emerald yesterday. “No one should hesitate inviting ^•his mother to the University for the weekend of May 9, 10, and 11 be cause of lack of housing facilities,” (Please turn to page six) Glickman to Edit 47-48 Old Oregon Coinciding with key appoint ments for the 1947-48 Oregana and Emerald yesterday, Les Anderson, alumni director, announced that Harry Glickman would continue next year at the helm of Old Ore gon, the alumni monthly. Glickman will select a new man aging editor as Winifred Romtvedt, who now serves in that capacity, will graduate in June. Decorations Preview to be Held For Glee Workers Friday Evening A special dress rehearsal of Frosh Glee decorations is planned for McArthur court Friday evening by the Glee com mittee. This sneak preview is one of the first times that a special preview has been held the night before the dance. Only Glee workers are slated for attendance, as the court will be closed to the student body. “We are specializing in some unusual effects in lighting for the dance Saturday night." announced Wes Nicholson, dec oration chairman. "We want to insure that everv lisrht is focused properly and diffuses cor rectly over the floor, an.d a night preview is the only way to be sure. Special Lighting Effects “Blue and white lights will be used and since the majority of our decoration budget is being spent on lighting we think the results will be different and attractive,” Nicholson continued. The regular routine of lights is not going to be used at all ac cording to the present plans of the committee. They have Howard Ramey, lighting supervisor of "The Green Pastures,” planning the special setup of kliegs. Instead of having the bandstand in the customary side-wall posi tion the decoration committee is moving the location to the center. The large stands are being dis carded for this dance and new 14 inch ones will be used. Crescent Moon to “Shine” Above the band will be a cres cent moon with special spotlights (Please turn to page six) -«—»» Concert Slated For 8:15 Tonight A program of vocal music fea turing students of the school of mu sic under the direction of Herman Gelhausen, assistant, professor of voice, will be presented tonight at 8:15 p.m. in the music auditorium. The program consists of scenes from the operas “Der Rosenkava lier” and “La Traviata,” six Brahms love songs, and Johann Se bastian Bach’s “The Coffee Can tata.” The trio and duet from Richard Strauss’ “Der Rosenkavalier” will be sung by Virginia Walker as Marschallin, Ann Whitaker as So phie, and Mary Louise Stone as Oc tavian. Mary Margaret Dundore will accompany them. A scene from act two of Guiseppe Verdi’s “La Traviata” will have (Please turn to page six) Whirlwind Weekend A whirlwind Junior Weekend, ex tending from the preliminaries May 8. through to a fitting Sunlight Serenade finale Sunday has been promised Junior Weekend enthusi asts, according to Bob Daggett and Bobbie Fullmer, co-chairman of the event. With some time changes ap proved by committee heads, events will cover a full Friday-to-Monday schedule, with the all-campus pic nic and the queen’s coronation set for Friday, May 9, instead of Sat urday. Classes will be called off Friday afternoon for the picnic, and honorary tapping will take place at that event. The All-Campus Sing is scheduled for Friday night. Saturday’s Program Saturday’s program will see the traditional sophomore - freshman tug-o-war and other freshman men's activities, sports events, and, in the afternoon, the float parade. The prom, with an as yet unrevealed (Please turn to page seven) Heads Set For Daily, Yearbook Sophomore, Junior Top Business Posts Rob Frazier and Ross Yates, both juniors in journalism, were appointed to the editor ships of the Oregon Daily Em erald and the Oregana, respec tively, last night at meeting of the educational activities board. Rob Chapman, junior in merchandising and advertising, was chosen for the position of Em erald business manager for the coming year. Olga Yevtich, sopho more, has been named to a similar position on the Oregana. 41-42 Emerald News Editor The first male Emerald editor appointed since 1942, Frazier served as news editor of the Emer ald in 1941-42, before leaving for four years service in the army. During these years he worked in the public relations division in Washington, D. C., and in Berlin, Germany. The Emerald editor-elect has also held reporting jobs on the Bend Bulletin and the Aberdeen Daily World, and in 1942 was news editor of the defunct Eugene Daily News. He has been associate editor of the Emerald during the current school year and is now working as a re porter for the University news bu reau. Yates was an Emerald reporter and copy desk editor in 1942-43, and also worked on the Oregana in 1943. He has served this year as managing editor of the 1947 Ore gana. He recently won third prize in the annual Marshall-Case-Hay cox short story contest. Army Veteran During his three year service in the army, Yates was an occupa tional interviewer and, for two years, the clerk for a 700-man re placement company. Chapman has worked on the Em erald business staff as day mana ger for the past year and a half and is vice-president of Alpha Delta Sigma, men’s national advertising fraternity. During his three years at the University, he has worked as sports editor of Old Oregon and the Emerald, and co-sports editor of the Oregana. He is now serving as press relations manager for Jun ior Weekend. (Please turn to page six) Professor Howard's Lawyerlings Present Plans for Gay Weekend By BOB WHITKLY "Long live Queen ‘Crazylegs the First’!” It's the "Naughty Nighties" for the annual law school week end theme, and cries of "splendid", "bravo" and “simplv bullv” greeted genial Gene Conklin when he told the eager student body that the theme would be based on ‘The1 Naughty Nighties”. After much debate on the floor, the rotund Carmicheal was literally swept into his regal office by popular acclaim. After the final ballots were tallied, Crazvlegs was 'way out in front, and his court will consist of such beauties as Princess Curlv Walker, and the "great profile’” Frank Bosch. Law school Prexy Rex Cooler and Kermit Smythe will act as flower girls. Senator Sobs In traditional Rose Festival prin cess style, the senator burst into tears, and choked with visible emo tion. The queen immediately rushed to south Coburg to check on her julep beds. Professor Charles G. Howard, af fectionately called Profes sor Charles G. Howard by his beloved students will don the ermine robes of prime minister for the occasion, which take place on the law school steps. Name Band The law school “furious fourteen” (Please turn to page seven)