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VOLUME XLVIJ1 Number 129 __UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE. TUESDAY. MAY 13, 19+7 University Smashes SU Goal TOP PAIR • Jeanne Simm'onds, left, and Bof Frazier, right, both juniors in journal ism, were named the outstanding woman and man of the class of 1948 at the Junior Prom Saturday night. 1947Awards Presented To Outstanding Juniors Jeanne Simmonds, junior in journalism, received the Ger linger cup for outstanding junior women, and the Kovl cup for outstanding junior man was presented to Bob Frazier, also junior in journalism, Saturday night at the Junior Prom in McArthur court. The presentations were made by Mrs. Golda Wickam, dean ' of women, and George Hall, acting dean of men, respectively. Bob Moran acted as master of fiStsnaonies. Men Tapped Ten men were tapped to join the Druid circle at the 10:30 inter mission. They are Marvin Ras mussen, Bill Barnum, Bob Bar nett, Norman Ruebens, Hank Kin sell, Robin Arkley, Don Pinkerton, Dave- Silvers, Don McNeill, and Joe Conroy. Tom Hazzard, presi dent of the junior men’s honorary, announced the names of the men as they were led in. "Casey at the Bat,” the Kappa Kappa Gamma and Sigma Chi float, was awarded first place in the float parade. "Champagne Era,” entered by Delta Tau Delta and Gamma Phi Beta, took second place; and the "Horsedrawn Trol ley” of Judson house and Sigma Alpha Mu was third. Warren Smith, chairman of the parade, made the awards. Scholarship Cups Dr. Burt Brown Barker, vice ed his annual scholarship cups to president of the University, award Highland house and Campbell club (Please turn to page three) ___ I Junior-Senior Luncheon Set Tickets for the annual YWCA sponsored junior-senior luncheon, to be held Saturday, May 17, 12.30 at the Eugene hotel, went on sale I yesterday at all women's living or- ( ganizations, the Co-op, and the Y. It is traditional for each senior woman to be escorted to the lunch eon by a junior, usually from her own house. Admission is S5 cents. Mrs. Edmunson Norton, regional secretary of the YWCA, is sched uled to speak on “A Lifetime Ex posure, Graduation Is Not Enough.” Mrs. Norton is a graduate of the University, holding the office of Y president her senior year, and has been secretary of the University of California and University of Ore gon's YWCAs. It has been announced by lunch eon chairman, Nila Desinger, that : Please turn to page three) Pup Mistakes Fest For Lost Weekend Ready. Rudy, the rambunctious Phi Delt rapscallion longed for his mother Sunday after rollicking through the previous Junior Week end festivities with youthful zeal. The Australian shepherd-collie, successor to the aging Smoky, be came highly inebriated Saturday along with several of his fraternity masters, who were living up to the spirit of the Gay Naughties—er—• Nineties. The intoxicated pup had difficul ty in maintaining his equilibrium as he staggered out of the way of the staggering feet of ' weekend celebrants. It is reported that this is not Rudy’s first booze-imbibing binge. Perhaps his name should be sub mitted for membership in alcohol ics anonymous. Retail. Institute To Meet Here Students, Merchants To Discuss Retailing The eighth annual conference of the Oregon Retail Distributors’ in stitute will convene on the Oregon campus Sunday night, May 18, ac cording to Newell H. Cornish, pro fessor of business administration, and secretary for the organization. The purpose of the conference is to discuss current retail problems in the various fields of business and to give the merchants an opportun ity to exhibit research work in re tailing fields. Merchants in all fields of business from all over the state will attend. The conference will also give the students a chance to study the prob lems to be dealt with in the confer ence, and to give them an oppor tunity to g«t in touch with the mer chants, Cornish said. The conference will open Suniday night with a banquet at the Eugene hotel. President Newburn will give an address, and Dr. Victor P. Mor ris, dean of the school of business administration, will preside over the banquet. The schedule for the one-day con ference will be given out at a later date. Priest to Discuss Views on Marriage “A Catholic View of Marriage” will be discussed this evening by Father Francis P. Leipzig of St. Mary’s Catholic church in this week’s “Youth and Marriage” lec ture. The speech will begin at 7:15 p.m. in room 3 Fenton hall. The series, co-sponsored by the general extension division and the to be held on Tuesday evenings un E. C. Brown trust fund, will continue to be held on Tuesday evenings un til June 3. An open discussion period will follow the address. Fee for the en tire series is S3. Students Pile Up $11,235 Total; DG's, K Sigs Bag Contest Prizes By DONNA KLETZING The Student Union goal of $5000 was more than doubled when a grand total of .$11,234.62 was raised on the campus in the two week drive. The students' cam paign netted 225 per cent of the goal. The totals and awards were an nounced Saturday night at the Jun ior Prom in a national broadcast by Jim Luckey, drive chairman. He said the goal was set purposely at a low figure “to keep students from feeling they were having pressure put on them.” Of the $11,234.62 to tal, $5,434.62 was from students in living organizations either by cash or pledge, and $5800 was from other student sources. Delta Gamma First A radio-phonograph console was awarded to Delta Gamma for win ning first place in the contest be tween living organizations when they raised a total of $880.60, aver aging $16.52 per member. Second highest on the campus was Delta Delta Delta, with an average of $9.68 and a total of $445. A second radio-phonograph went to Kappa Sigma, the highest of the men’s living organizations. They raised a total of $510.16, an average of $7.74 per man. Second in the men’s organiza tions was Theta Chi with a $396.50 total, an average of $7.34 per man. ber. Congratulations Sent Luckey commented that the huge -response from the students “should show the townspeople of Eugene that we really want and need this building and that we’re willing to go all-out to help pay our own way.” Congratulations were received by Wally Johnson, Student Union chairman on the campus, and his committee by Walter Darling, (Please turn to page seven) Mothers Club Presents Check A check for $2300 was presented to President Harry K. Newburn by the Oregon Mothers club at their annual meeting held on the campus Saturday morning. This amount, the largest sum given by the Ore gon Mothers to date, will be used for the organization’s scholarship and loan fund projects. The $2300 will be broken down into three permanent scholarships of $600 each, the Petronella G. Peets, the Louise H. Cook, and the Burt Brown Barker scholarships; $700 for additional scholarships; and $1,000 for a revolving loan fund. Another feature of the Oregon Mothers’ meeting was the election of Mrs. Howard J. Boyd of Eugene as president of the state organiza tion of Oregon Mothers. Mrs. John H. Carkins of Salem is the retiring president. Otder new officers elected are: Mrs. Walter Thorn, Portland, vice president; Mrs. Kenneth W. Moore, Eugene, secretary; Mrs. W. W. Grenfell, Portland, treasurer; Mrs. Elmer Howard, Portland, financial secretary; and Karl W. Onthank, Eugene, dean of personnel adminis tration at the University, executive secretary. A total of 361 mothers were reg istered visitors of the Oregon cam pus last weekend for the Junior Weekend festivities and Mothers’ day. $5000 Goal Danish Athletes Plan Concert (See picture page 6) Demonstrating the strength, flex ibility, and coordination obtained through fundamental gymnastics, a tea mof Danish athletes will pre sent a varied athletic program to night at 8 p.m. at McArthur court. Sponsored oy the school ot health and physical education and the Danish Lutheran church of Eugene, this concert is one of the many that the group will present while on tour of the United States. The 40 young men and women on this team are all amateurs and were selected according to their ability. Leader of the group, Erik -Flensted-Jensen, is a director of physical education in Copenhagen. Last fall, the team of boys went on tour as guests of the American armed forces in Europe and were so enthusiastically acclaimed that exhibitions were repeated every where. This team has the distinction of being the first team of gymnasts to be televised by the National Broad casting company and will be feat tured in a future issue of Life mag azine. Tickets for the performance may be purchased at the door Tuesday night or at the Co-op, PE building, or Gerlinger all day Tuesday. Prices are. $1.20 for adults and 60 cents for students. Film Group to Meet A meeting for all students who have been featured in scenes tak en for tlie alumni motion pic ture \iill be held in the alumni, of fice, Friendly hall, Tuesday at 7 p.m. A schedule of the remaining scenes to be shot will be given assignments made, Bert Moore, student-producer, announced.