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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 9, 1947)
Emerald \ OEU.ME XEV1IINumber 127 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1947 'Nineties'Return for Weekend Class of 1948 Welcomes All To Festive Junior Weekend A gay and colorful Junior Weekend, resplendent with all the sparkle and fun of Gay Nineties daws, will todav climax many week's preparation as a jam-packed activity list looms for students, mothers, and guests. hirst feature of the festivities will be the picnic and the queen's coronation at noon today, as well as tapping of several junior organizations. A terrace dance and baseball game will fill the afternoon schedule, while the All-Campus Sing will ring out tonight in McArthur Court. A float parade and Junior Prom, with music by Les Brown, will highlight tomorrow's schedule. (Additional details on page 3.) ^ BOKVfclA, Quern Sue Fernimen, Junior Weekend’s first lady, will ascend her throne today at the all C^mpus picnic on the Old Cam pus when Prime Minister Bob Moran places the crown on her blonde hair. The court proces sional' will take place at 13:40, when Oregon students, dis missed from all Friday after noon and Saturday classes, gather to witness the corona tion. Queen Sue's interview appears on page 3. Junior Weekend Schedule FRIDAY 11:00-12:00 and 2:30-5:00—Mothers’ registration, Johnson hall 12:00—Campus luncheon, Old Campus 12:40—Queen and court processional and coronation 1:00—Mortar Board tapping 1:15—Friars tapping 1:30—Scabbard and Blade tapping 1:40—Asklepiads tapping 1:50—Queen and court recessional 2:30—Mothers’ executive board meeting 3:00-5:00—Junior Varsity baseball game 3:00-5:00—Terrace Dance, library terrace S:00—All-Campus Sing, McArthur Court SATURDAY 9:30—Mothers’ business meeting, Guild theatre 9:30—Painting of “O” and Scrubbing of Seal 10:00—Freshman-Sophomore tug-o-war behind Kappa Sig ma house 2:00—Inter-squad football game, Hayward field 2:00—Junior Varsity baseball game, Uowe field 2:00-4:20—Mothers’ tea, Gerlinger hall 4:00—Float Parade, leaves downtown 5:30—Dinhers in living organizations 9:00—Junior Prom, McArthur court 10:30—Prom intermission: Student Union presentations Float Parade winners Gerlinger Cup award Koyl Cup award Druids tapping Queen and Court presentations SUNDAY 11:00—Mother's Day church services 1:00—Dinner in living organizations 3:00—Sunlight Serenade, outdoor auditorium behind music school Gay Oregon Weekend ^ Beckons Moms Today Registration in Johnson Hall Starts Mothers' Weekend Proceedings Mother’s Weekend at Oregon will open officially today with registration of mothers in Johnson hall from 11 to 12 noon and 2:30 to 5 this afternoon. Registration will continue tomorrow from 9:30 to 12 noon. Events for Mom Main events scheduled for Mom, in addition to Junior Weekend festivities, are the business meeting of the mothers’ executive council at 2:30 today in the Guild theater, Johnson hall; the general business meeting of all mothers Saturday at 9:30 in the Guild theater; and the mother’s tea to be held in the alumni hall of Gerlinger from 2 to 4:30 tomorrow. Mothers are asked to come to the tea early. The float parade will continue past McArthur court to enable the mothers to see it without leaving the tea. Prom Invitation Students are urged to bring their mothers to the prom, where seats will be reserved for them in the south bal cony. They are especially invited to come during inter ^ mission at 10:30. There will be no charge and punch will be served. « DECORATING FOR TERRACE DANCE. . . . are committee members, left to right, Bill Davis, Pal Webber, Dido Mislev, Bob Lovlien, and Jar et Beigal. Their project is the transforming of the liarary terrace into scenes of a Nineties bar.