\ \ OLt ME XL\ III Number 118
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, SATURDAY. APRIL 26. 1947
'Freshmen to Dim Lights Tonight in Mac
Amateur Artists to Display Talents
At Annual Odeon Program Sunday
► By Virginia Thompson
Tomorrow's the day!
Amateur artists tomorrow will
have a chance to strut their stuff
before a critical world at 3 p.m. in
the music auditorium, as the an
nual Odeon show, long under pro
duction, becomes an actuality.
This year’s talent show is under
the sponsorship this year of a stu
dent committee headed by Beverly
Slaney, Phyllis Perkins, and Bob
Litten, publicity manager.
Music, both lohg-hair and twen
tieth century, will compete with the
spoken word for the spot light on .
tomorrow’s stage performance. Jan I
Kok’s “Fugue for String Quartet’’!
will open the program, followed |
by a group of readings.
Home-grown interpretation pf
sixteenth century polyphony is
promised from the first-year coun
terpoint class, to be directed by
the student composers. The final
round will include original rear
rangements of the keyboard by stu
dent pianist-composers.
Creative talent will run riot in
the Little Art gallery in the form
of paintings, handicrafts, carving
and sculpture, and lithographs,
done by the students in art.
The art department extends the
general invitation to come up and
see their etchings immediately fol
lowing the program in the music
auditorium. The exhibit is to con
tinue through Friday of next week.
Nor is the literary bent to be neg
lected. This year’s Odeon magazine,
edited by Phyllis Perkins, lists 15
contributors to the pamphlet. Orig
inal stories, poems, and essays will
be included in the 1947 publication.
Judges Named
For Float Fete
With the naming of the judges
for the Junior Weekend float pa
rade May 10, the final plans for the
event are clicking into place, War
ren Smith, committee chairman,
^announced yesterday. Judges will
include Mrs. Harry K. Newburn,
wife of the University president;
Ernest Haycox, president of the al
umni association; Deane Seeger,
Eugene city manager, and W. A.
Dahlberg, director of speech and
drama on the campus.
The judging will be done from
the city hall steps at Eleventh and
Willamette, and the winning float
will be identified, so students will
know the top float as the parade
comes through campus roads.
Themes for floats must be sub
mitted to the educational activities
office by Monday, Smith pointed
out, or the living organizations will
not be eligible for the contest.
Respect for Trees
Urged by Dean Hall
Political and advertising cam
paigns menace campus trees,
warns George Hall, acting dean
of men. The normal life of the
trees faces disturbance from the
nailing and tacking of posters.
Holes left in the bark are the
initial break through for many
tree diseases, as well as borers,
spiders, and other tree enemies.
In urging the public announce
ment by the dean, Landscape En
gineer W. R. Matsler of the Uni
versity engineering staff, point
ed out to him that the contin
ued posting of publicity may re
sult in the lost of many trees.
Maples are especially vulner
able to disease and if attacked
must be remvoed in order to pre
vent the spread of the disease.
It was further urged that stu
dents retain their traditional re
spect for the blooms of shrubs,
trees, and flowers borders. Cam
pus tradition dictates that these
should not be picked.
Sing Finalists
Narrowed to II
All-Campus sing eliminations,
held last night in the school of mu
sic auditorium, narrowed the field
of 19 contesting women’s houses to
11.
Houses which qualified to com
pete in the Sing May 9 are as fol
lows: Alptja Chi Omega, “Dearly
Beloved;” Alpha Delta Pi, “In the
Still of the Night;” Alpha Omicron
Pi, “Beyond the Blue Horizon;” and
Alpha Phi, “Listen to the Lambs.”
Delta Gamma, “The Song Is
You;” Judson house, “Sweet Li’l
Jesus Boy;” Kappa Kappa Gamma,
“Mam’selle;” Kappa Alpha Theta,
“The Nightingale;” Hendricks hall,
“My Lovely Cecila;” Orides, “When
Day Is Done,” and Pi Beta Phi,
“Were You There?”
These houses and the 11 men’s
groups will compete for the two
trophies, awarded annually, at the
Sing.
'Best in the Country’ Union Plans Presented
Union Association by UO Supervising Chief
By JIM WALLACE
Will V. Norris, University super
vising engineer, returned to the
-#■ campus yesterday from the annual
meeting of the American Associa
tion of College Unions at Urbana,
Illinois, where he presented a pa
per that contained the plans for the
Erb Memorial Union.
Attending the meeting with Nor
ris were Dick Williams, education
al activities director, and George
Wallmann of Lawrence, Wallmann
and Tucker, architects for the Ore
gon building.
Meets With Specialists
After the meeting, Norris met
with Porter Butts, director of the
University of Wisconsin union, and
Livingston Elder of Hare and Elder,
architects of New York. Butts and
Elder, recognized as leading stu
dent union specialists in this coun
try. are the consultants for the Ore
gon student union building program.
The group ironed out remaining
details of the building and accord
fe, ing to Norris, arrived at a solution
for all the important things con
cerning the building. Norris stated
that the architects are now concen
trating their efforts on working
drawings for the building.
Regarding the necessity of omit
ting certain features of the building
if sufficient funds are not collected,,
Norris said that, “we know what
we want to include but what we
can do will depend upon haw much
things will cost and how much we
can raise.”
He stated that those two factors
would determine what features will
be included or omitted but empha
sized that he was in favor of bend
ing all possible efforts to the fund
campaign in order that alj the fea
tures that have been planned for
the building may be included.
Norris declared that the build
ing, if completed as planned ,will
be a very fine union building and
a credit to the University. He said
that all who examined the plans at
the recent collegiate meeting had
nothing but praise and compliments
for the new building.
During his travels, Norris said
that he had visited the finest stu
dent union buildings in America, in
cluding those at the University of
Colorado, Iowa university, Illinois
medical school, Tulsa, and Oklaho
raa university and declared that
none were any better than the Ore
gon Erb Memorial Union will be if
the building is constructed as
planned.
Field Trip Vacancies
Available for Summer
Several vacancies are still open
in the archeological field trip which
will be conducted in eastern Ore
gon during the first term of sum
mer session, Dr. L. S. Cressman,
head of the anthropology depart
ment, announced yesterday.
Students desiring to enroll should
confer with Dr. Cressman in his of
fice in room 202 Condon hall. Up
per division standing is preferred
and nine hours credit will be given,
Dr. Cressman said.
Issue Plans Altered
Due to a necessary change in
plans, the special edition of the
Emerald devoted to Mothers
Weekend will not appear until
April 30. However, all other plans
will be the same, and the free
mailing privilege will be in effect
Wednesday.
—EMERALD photo by Don Jo is,
“DANCING IN THE UAKiv
Rehearsing dance steps for tonight's FrOsh Glee are freshmen Gloria
Albertson, Emerald Cover Girl, and Fred Zolezzi. Glee couples will dance
to the rhythm of Freddie Keller and his orchestra at the annual affair.
Students Set To 'Dance in Dark'
At First Extravaganza of Term
By AL PIETSCHMAN
It's the freshmen’s night this evening. At 9 p.m. spring
term’s first big dancing extravaganza, the Frosh Glee, featuring
Freddie Keller and his band, begins in McArthur court.
“Dancing in the Dark’’ is the theme for the first-yearmen's
semi-formal hop. Couples will be treated to a special show of
lighting and novel ideas on the dance floor, according to Art
Johnson, chairman of the event.
Skull and Dagger Tap
Included in the evening's enter
tainment is the tapping ^f twenty
five freshmen by Skull and Dag
ger, sophomore men’s honorary.
Tapping ceremonies will start
shortly after 10 p.m.
The Frosh Glee workers point
with pride to their decoration of
the large pavilion in the Igloo
after last night’s trial run of the
lighting. Work was started on
special yesterday afternoon and a
shimmering crescent moon was
moved into place directly above
the band stand.
Lights Tried
Headed by Wes Nicholson, the
decoration crew installed all the
lighting fixtures that will be used
tonight to create the theme
“Dancing in the Dark.’’ Last night
the switches were turned on and a
select number of Glee planners
were given a preview of what the
school will see tonight.
Prizes jdonated by various
Eugene merchants will be awarded
to lucky couples during the dance
by Jim Bocchi, chairman of ticket
selling.
Tickets will be sold at the door,
according to Bocchi. The price is
SI .60 per couple.
Annual Dinner to Honor
Matthew Hale Douglass
The annual dinner of the Asso
ciation of Patrons and Friends of
the University library \£ill be held
Saturday evening, May 10, at the
Osborne Hotel. The dinner will
honor the former librarian, Mat
thew Hale Douglass.
Any member of the University
student body, faculty, or commun
ity is invited to ttend.
Twistie Sale Due
April 30 to May I
For the first time in two years
the Phi Theta Upsilon "Twistie
Sale” will hit the campus on April
30 and May 1, under the direction
of freshman Cochairmen Carol
Becker and Helen Sherman.
The Twistie Sale which offers a
glorified doughnut to customers for
the price of five cents is sponsored
by Phi Theta Upsilon, junior wom
en’s honorary. The funds obtained
from sales will be used to maintain
a scholarship for a junior- woman
during her senior year of college.
It is traditionally handled by
freshman women as a service for
their “big sister” upper classwom
en.
This year’s committee includes
Joan Mimnaugh and Janice Kent,
finance; Bettye Jo Bledsoe and
Alicia Orcutt, publicity; Barbara
Vowels and Marjorie Peterson,
house sales; Norma Sterns, distri
bution; Mildred Chetty, booths;
and Biliijean Riethmiller, schedule.
The goal of the sale is two
"twiisties” for every student on
campus with sales beginning Wed
nesday morning and ending Thurs
day night.
Theater Tryouts Set
Tryouts for “Joan of Uor
raine,” next University theater
production, will be held at 3:30
and 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the
Guild Hall theater.
Edwin L. Clark, instructor in
speech and drama, will direct the
production which will be staged
late in May.
J