The Weather
Cloudy, with rain beginning early „ . ,, ly ni5.
x, Bert Moore says no—not on
Wednesday and continuing « n—k* e i 4
® Betty Grable. See his column to
throughout the day. .
day on editorial page.
VOLUME XLIX_UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 29. 1947 NUMBER S2
Sanction Granted Boost
A Dream Moves a Big Step Nearer Reality
Above is the architect’s sketch of the Erb Memorial student union
building, which moved a big step nearer reality yesterday with the
announcement that the state board of higher education had ap
proved a five dollar tuition raise for tile University for the next 10
terms. The sum thereby collected will be used to equip and furnish
the building.
Millrace Plans
Submitted to
Eugene Group
By JIM WALLACE
At a meeting of the Eugene mill
race committee last night reports
from Dr. Erickson, state public
health officer, and from Wallace
Cherney engineering company con
cerning the feasibility and ex
pense of restoring the millrace and
incorporating a swimming area
were read and discussed.
Dr. Erickson presented the opin
ion that the incorporation of a
swimming area in a restored mill
race was not sound. His reasons for
this opinion were that the turbu
lence of the water would make
swimming unsafe, that the collec
tion of sediment would be too
great, and that cost of chlorination
would be prohibitive.
The report from Wallace-Cher
ney, however, declared that chlor
ination was possible and feasible.
Their proposal called for a flow
of 25 cubic feet of water per sec
ond into the race. This would give
a complete change of water every
24 hours for the entire length of
the race.
Cost Estimated
Cost of chlorination was esti
mated as around $6000 for equip
ment and housing and an operation
cost during swimming weather of
around $40 per day. It was also
stated that this chlorination would
not affect the water for irrigation
purposes.
Upon review of an earlier report
of Byron Taylor, water board en
gineer, it was estimated that the
basic cost of getting water flowing
in the millrace and setting up of a
chlorination unit would be approxi
mately $46,000.
Stadelman Awards
AWS Hop Winners
Pi Beta Phi and Sigma Chi were
announced as winners of the Nickel
hop held October 10. The announce
ment was made at the intermission
of the Sophomore Whiskerino Sat
urday night. Mary Stadelman, co
chairman of prizes, presented the
twTo houses with cups. Pi Phi also
* won the cup last year.
Miss Barbara King Selected
1947 Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
Set to the music of "The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi,” Miss
Barbara King was named their sweetheart in a 15-minute radio
broadcast last night, according to Sam Gillette, chairman.
"I'm thrilled and I want to thank you all ever so much" were
her words after the announcement was made, spoken in the
same manner that won her the title of “Sweetheart.”
Miss King, who is 17 years of age,- is complemented with light
'The Man' Play
To Reopen at 8
University theater’s first pro
duction of the season which threat
ens to break box office records,
“The Man Who Came to Dinner,”
will reopen tonight at 8 p.m. in
Johnson hall for a four-day run.
Response by students and towns
people has been so great that all
tickets have been sold except for
the last two performances Novem
ber 7 and 8.
“When these tickets are gone,
the box office will close,” Horace
W. Robinson, director, has an
nounced.
Cliff James, veteran of Univer
sity theater productions, portrays
“The Man.”
Monty Wooley played the part in
the screen version of the play.
brown hair and blue eyes, stands
5 feet 7 inches tall, and weighs a
slight 120 pounds. She is a repre
sentative of Gamma Phi Beta.
Claiming Salem as her home,
she is a graduate of Salem high,
and is now majoring in sociology.
She reveals her favorite sports to
be basketball, swimming, and ski
ing.
Given in her honor, the annual
“Sweetheart Ball’’ is planned for
Saturday night by the Sigma Chis.
At that time, last year’s Sweet
heart, Sally Mueller, will officially
turn over her reign as the Sweet
heart of Sigma Chi and the tro
phy will be presented to Barbara.
As Sweetheart, she will partici
pate in all house functions of Sig
ma Chi, will be present at all of
their intramural sports, will be
“wined, dined, and sung to,” will
have her picture in the national
magazine of Sigma Chi and a full
page in the 1947-48 Oregana. “We
(Please turn to page three)
AAA League
To Fete Frosh
Friday Night
All freshmen in the school of
architecture and allied arts will be
guests of honor at the freshman
party sponsored by the Architec
ture and Allied Arts league Friday
in the art studio.
Dorothy Hansen, graduate stu
dent in architectural design, who
heads the party committee, an
nounced yesterday that all students
in the art school are invited to at
tend.
The primary purpose of the af
fair is to introduce freshmen into
the school, and entertainment will
be provided by the other classes.
Refreshments will be served dur
ing the evening by the AAA league.
Posters announcing the party
have been prepared by Miss Han
sen’s committee and are now on
display in the art school. This com
mittee is in charge of decorating
the studio, which will be in a Hal
lowe’en motif.
Call Homecoming Meet
A meeting of all Homecoming
exchange speakers from each cam
pus living organization will be held
today at 4 p.m. at the Alpha Phi
sorority house.
Three to Give Religious Program
Rev. Charles S. Neville, Rabbi
J. A. Levy, and Dr. Warren E.
Tomlinson will present today’s pro
gram for Religious Evaluation
week.
Dr. Neville will speak to mem
bers of the Canterbury club at 7
a.m. in alumni hall in Gerlinger.
Rabbi Levy will address the noon
meeting of the YWCA on “Jews in
a Hostile World.” He was a chap
lain in the army for three years
and served in Manila. Rabbi Levy
is the past president of Hope lodge,
B’nai Brith, and chairman of the
National Jewish Welfare fund of \
Stockton, where he is Rabbi of
Temple Israel.
The YMCA half of the noon for
um will be conducted by Dr. War
ren E. Tomlinson, who has chosen
Ur. Warren Tomlinson
the topic “Communism vs. Chris
tianity.”
Dr. Tomlinson taught in the
Philippines for three years and in
Germany for five years. At pres
ent he is professor of history and
political scienc^ at the College of
Puget Sound.
Individual conferences with any
of the 11 guest speakers may be
arranged through Westminster
house.
A special book exhibit* has been
arranged for the Co-op and library
by Wes Nicholson, student in
charge of that phase of the pro
gram. Dr. George Hedley’s book
“Christian Heritage in America”
is now on sale at the Co-op. Dr.
Hedley will autograph those of his
books that are purchased.
Tuition Up
5 Dollars
Next Term
Amount Earmarked
For Equipping
Of Student Union
The state board of higher
education definitely approved
the $5 per term increase in in
cidental fees to help finance
the E r b Memorial student
union building at a meeting
Tuesday. The increase will be
come effective winter term of
this year and continue for the
succeeding ten terms.
If the University maintains an
average of about 6,000 students
per term for these ten terms, ap
The approval Tuesday by the.
state board of higher education
of an increase of $5 per term in
the incidental fee at the Univer
sity was the signal for the archi
tects of the Erb Memorial union
building to proceed with final
specifications.
President Harry K. Newburn,
in giving the signal, indicated
that it probably would be late
spring before plans can be com
pleted and bids called for on the
building. The income derived
from the increase will be ear
marked for equipping and fur
nishing the union building.
proximately $300,000 will be raised
which will be used for construction
and equipping of the building.
Students recently approved the
$5 increase through a survey con
ducted by contacting each living
organization on the campus with,
the outcome indicating 68% of
the students polled were in favor of
the plan.
For the past 25 years, students
of the University have had a stu
I dent union building as a goal, but
it was not until 1939 when Don
ald M. Erb became president of
the University that concrete plans
developed. Actual plans for the
construction of the building was
one of his first acts after becoming
president, but before anything de
finite could be completed the war
intervened. Dr. Erb died in De
cember of 1943 and the Student
Union was temporarily shelved.
When Harry K. Newburn was
appointed president, he revived Dr.
Erb’s plans and appointed Will V.
Norris to make a thorough in
vestigation of other student unions
throughout the country so that the
University of Oregon could in
j corporate the good points of the
different student unions* in Ore
gon’s plans and recognize the mis
takes made by the others.
Several campus drives were con- J
ducted in the past years to raise
funds. Last spring a major drive,
including not only the campus but
also the alums from New York and
Hawaii, were contacted. The $5,000
campus goal was more than doub
led and the $6,000 national drive
was launched.
When the building is completed,
(Please turn tu page three)