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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 22, 1947)
fin ppn\T Pupn aip, Di,ferent showers afternoon: slightly ■ fl K R~. 111 I |\| ill I VI I - ll #1 I II Z°"tal ‘"ak<-uP the warmer. Partly cloudy Thursday. JL UJULIX H JILJIX JLJLBJ&, wLJm * B B 1 n of <ht“ <I;'-V See eflit PaSe> VOLUME XLIX UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 22. 1947 1 NUMBER 27 Ten Term Increase Approved Williams Announces Student Support Behind Measure The students of the University of Oregon have indicated their ap proval of the proposed increase in tuition of $5 per term for a period of ten terms, Dick Williams, edu cational activities manager, an nounced Tuesday. Their expression will be forward ed to the administration and the state board of higher education for proper action. Every living organization on the campus was contacted through the interfraternity council, the inter dorm council, the interco-op coun cil, Panhellenic, Independent Stu dents association, Yeomen, Orides, and personal contacts. Each student was asked to indi cate his opinion, which in turn was 'tabulated by Williams. Individual results of the vote will be released later. Yeomen, Orides, and all ex cept two campus living organiza tions signified their attitude to ward the proposed increase. The money raised from the $5 in crease will be used to equip and furnish the Erb Memorial building, providing it is approved further, Williams sftid. National Guard Group to Meet An organizational meeting for the new reserve infantry company of the 162nd regiment, 41st divi sion of Oregon national guard will meet in the Eugene Armory, 8th and Oak, Monday at 7:30 p.m. The latest in informational training films on new army weap ons and the firing of various types of weapons will be shown. Veterans who held ratings of Corporal through master sergeant in the service while on active duty are eligible to receive equivalent ratings in the Eugene reserve company. There are 60 NCO rat ings open in the local organization at the present time. Pay rates run from first ser geant, who receives $5.50 a drill, or $346.50 a year, down to the private’s pay of $2.50 a drill, or : $157.50 a year. Time spent in the national guard accumulates for I longevity in any of the services. Anyone except pensioned veter ' ans, are eligible to join the reserve ■ group. Men in ROTC and those re ceiving benefits under GI bill are eligible for pay. For information about the local national guard group, interested persons can contact Lt. Walter "'Probcrt in Minturn hall at Vets dorm number one, or Lt. L y.m Freeman, Pi Kappa Alpha. Phone Trouble Due i Campus organizations which ' have phones on the University Switchboard should call the campus 'Operator in case of trouble and not the downtown office, Mrs. Vera Morgan, University chief operator, announced Monday. Difficulties in service may arise during the in i stallation of the new switchboard, *j:she said. Baton Waver BOB SUMMERS Band Slated For Whiskerino Bob Summers, and his “world famed artists,” currently playing at the Biltmore hotel in Los An geles, will provide the music for the annual Sophomore Whiskerino next Saturday night at McArthur court, according to Mike Mitchell, sophomore class president. Summers, who is 27. has played with such orchestra leaders as Heidt, Herman, Garber, and Mon roe. His own orchestra is about five years old, and has had engage ments at Aragon-Trianon and at Tommy Dorsey’s Casino Gardens. Included in the 11-piece^ orches tra is a singing trio, “Mellowtones,” Jack Neighbors, tenor, and Ronnie Russell, girl vocalist. Summers himself plays the clarinet and sax ophone and sings. Other features of the short-silk dance will be the judging and shav ing of sophomore beards by Char lie Elliot, campus barber, and the voting for and presentation of the typical Joe College and Betty Coed. Tickets for the Whiskerino are $2.40 per couple, and may be ob tained from representatives in men’s living organizations, accord ing to Bill Green and Jane Daggett, ticket chairmen. Joe and Betty bal lots are on the stubs of the tickets. World Government Discussion Slated “World Government—Its Prac tical Difficulties” will be discussed by Mr. C. P. Sleicher of the politi cal science department before the One World club tonight in the YMCA. Sleicher will speak at 8:15 p.m., but all members are asked to come at 7:30 p.m. for a business meeting. Homecoming Theme Given; Zeta Sinclair Hostess Winner Students Select DeeGee Beauty At Co-op Polls Zeta Sinclair, Delta Gamma beauty, was chosen hostess of the 1947 Homecoming weekend by stu dent body voters yesterday. Selec ted from a field of five candidates, the dark-haired hostess comes from Lebanon and is a sophomore in liberal arts. Other candidates in yesterday's election were Carol Bartel, fresh man in art, Sally Watson, junior in liberal arts, Gladys Hale, junior in sociology, and Joan Larue, junior in art. Over 700 students voted in the contest. “I am very pleased with the students’ choice of Miss Sinclair,” Homecoming chairman Mo Thom as commented last night. “My committee and I are going to make sure that this year’s Homecoming is the best the University has ever seen—for the prettiest hostess a Homecoming has ever had!” Miss Sinclair, like most normal young University women, reveals that she likes dancing, skiing, and swimming. Her particular inter ests are in the fields of radio and sociology. At present she is serv ing on the YWCA as president of the sophomore commission. Following her senior year in high school the blue-green eyed hostess was a princess for the an nual strawberry festival at Leba non. As Homecoming hostess Miss Sinclair will appear at all func tions during the weekend, Novem ber 21 and 22. Yesterday’s voting was under the supervision of Jackie Wach hort, contest chairman. Mothers to Hear University Deans The Oregon Mother’s club will hear talks by Mrs.Golda Wickham, dean of women, and Dr. Vergil S. Fogdall, assistant dean of men, at a Gerlinger hall tea honoring mothers of University freshman at 3 p.m. today. Mrs. Howard J. Boyd, state pres ident of the club, will explain the purpose of the Oregon Mothers organization. Royalty Gives Chase Weekend Princess Chases Man; Snowbelle "Hot" After Prowler An unidentified prowler was routed, sans loot, from the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house early Tuesday morning. Police found 1 no trace cf the culprit. House members were warned of the footpads by their two St. Bernard mascots, Snowbelle and Barrj. Barry, the massive 190-pound male, was outside the house, a bit confused but growling fiercely nonetheless. Snowbelle, the lovable, » floppy-eared "ex-Junior Weekend princess, was locked in the base ment, where her efforts were confined to barking and trying to break the door down. The police were called. In the meantime both dogs were turned loose,. When the officers arrived, they were greeted by two snarling, fast-charging behemoths, intent on at last doing their duty. House members corralled the dogs and the house was searched without result. Police have asked that members cf other living organizations be on the alert. Do not leave car keys in the automobiles overnight. I Lawyers Proud; Graduate Passes The law school can hold up its head again. For the eighth consecutive year every graduate of the Uni versity's law school has passed the state bar examination. Earlier this term it was an nounced that one graduate had been turned down, but the state supreme court reviewed several cases upon petition of the candi dates and elected to admit the | University graduate. _ Wright to Open Lecture Series "Anatomy of the Fourth French Republic” will be discussed by Dr. Gordon Wright, associate professor of history, when he opens the Uni versity lecture series at 7:30 p.m Thursday in 207 Chapman hall. Dr. Wright will explain the po litical situation as it stands today and will relate what is happening now to what has happened before in the political structure of the French government. Dr. Wright returned to the Ore gon campus last winter term fol lowing two years service with the United States embassy in Paris. While there he was assigned to cover operations of the French as sembly thereby getting first hand information of the French political condition. The University lecture series is open free of charge to any student or faculty member and features outstanding scholars who will lec ture throughout the year. Dr. Ru dolf Ernst, chariman of the series, announced that the 1947-48 series will bring to the campus visiting lecturers from the United States and abroad as well as local profes sors. Dean to Impose Parking Fines Fines will again be levied ! against students who park their ears in restricted areas on the campus, according to the office of the assistant dean of men. Resumption of the penalty has been made necessary by students who cause overcrowding of facul ty parking areas by parking in the restricted' 1 ots west of Johnson hall, back of Friendly hall, and ! at University and Fourteenth ave nue. Only especially authorized faculty members and students are permitted to use the on-campus areas. Warning signs are to be placed in all restricted areas, and the cam pus police will enforce the parking regulation, issuing tickets to vio lators. Offenders will appear be fore the dean of men to pay fines. Campus police headquarters pointed out that Oregon state law requires ear owners to display automobile registration cards “in plain sight within the driver’s com partment.” Motorcycles must also bear registration cards. Curt Cutsforth Submits Prize Weekend Quip “Return! Recall! Recapture!— Oregon Spirit" is the 1947 Univer sity of Oregon Homecoming slogan. The winning slogan was submit ted by Curt Cutsforth, University' law school student. He has been awarded $10 for his prize winning entry, which was selected from over 50 slogans submitted in the contest, according to Mo Thomas, Homecoming chairman. Used in Publicity Cutsforth's creation will be printed on posters, put in windows; stamped on Homecoming sta tionery, painted across banners, used in house signs, broadcast throughout the state, and run in the Homecoming news dis patches sent from the campus be tween now and Homecoming week end, November 21 and 22. Among other slogans submitted to the Homecoming committee for consideration were “Cleaver the Beaver,” “Lest We Forget,” and "Win for Bill.” In choosing “Return! Recall! Re capture!—Oregon Spirit,” Chair man Thomas said, it was the belief of the Homecoming committee that the slogan would give both thal dance committee and the individ ual houses a wide range of possi bilities for decorating. The sign contest for living or ganizations is under the direction this year of Wally Turnidge. He an nounced yesterday that all contest rules and regulations would be re leased this week. J Concert Season Opens Soon . Opening the music school’s con cert season tomorrow night will be a recital of French-American mu sic, by George Hopkins, professor of piano. The program will be in the music school auditorium start ing at 8:15 p.m. Two numbers, Ravel’s "Bolero” and a concert medley of Gershwin themes will be played as transcrip tions. Hopkins will perform the re-< maining numbers, including compo sitions by Debussy, Copland, El. merco, Bloch, Soro, Milhaud and Villa-Lobos, at tile piano. Other events on the concert se ries include a performance by the faculty string quartet November 2: a vocal recital by D. D. Rossell, assistant professor of voice, No vember C; piano selections by fac ulty member Wade Parks Novem ber 13. Infirmary Gets Students Occupying the infirmary this week are: Annette Miller, Virginia Green, Edith Mays, Beverly Rohrer, Vida Anderson, Roy C. Williams, Don Avant, Jack Hastings, Jarold Hyben, Fred Fcv/ins, Bonita Miller, Allene Amacher and Gloria Gren fell.
