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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 21, 1947)
The Weather For Eugene and vicinity: Partly AlufTIS^ cloudy today, becoming cloudy B Vm TV TF ' Saturday with occasional light B- I\M |_B F| il I II Homecoming alumni are rains. Little change in tempera- I m |T| F« ■ ■ #1 I ■ I I * r°SiSl0r °Uher at J°hn' ture jfb JL JLJL1JL Li JLJ^JJLIson hal1’ °sburn b°*e,> °r eu gene hotel. VOLUME XLIX UNIVERSITY OF~OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, XX)\UvAIB1CK~2l7~F)47 NUMBER 4^ Campus Preparing to Receive Over 3000 Homecoming Alums Assembly To Follow Fire Rally 'Dux Apoppin' Show Features Music, Skits And Lots of Laughs “Dux Apoppin” is the theme for the talent assembly that will take place in McArthur court immedi ately after the bonfire rally to night. A variety of numbers have been arranged by Oregon students to make this one of the best pro grams of its kind ever to be pre sented by and for an Oregon stu- I dent body, according to Mo Thom as, Homecoming chairman. A feature of the assembly will be the awarding of cups to the winners of the Homecoming sign contest, the noise parade, and the organization donating the most fuel for the Frosh bonfire. Awards will be made by Bill Bishop, master of ceremonies. Attractions of the program will be a jazz band, the song stylings of Lynn Renick, a quintet under the direction of Helen McFetridge, skits specially written and ar ranged for the occasion, and sev eral novelty numbers by Sid Ro sen. Among those working on the skits are Curt Cutsforth, Luwayne Engwall, Frank Rausch, and Pete Dunn. Rumors Flying It has been hinted by Glenn Walker, chairman of the pro gram, that additional talent of an undisclosed nature will be on hand to add to the entertainment. Al though not officially scheduled, their part in the laugh fest has been virtually assured, he said. It is also rumored that a photog rapher from Varsity magazine will be on hand to take pictures of the show. Libe to Close Saturday The University library will be closed from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sat urday, November 22, because of Homecoming. Today's the Day Zata Sinclair, pretty Delta Gamma sophomore, who begins her reign today as official hostess for the 1947 University Homecoming. She will appear at all functions during the weekend. -:-;-i Oregon Alumni Urged to Attend Annual Homecoming Reception All students are urged to remind their weekend guests to attend the annual Homecoming Faculty Alumni mixer to be held tonight Campus Sweepers Swing into Action The campus will get a pre Homecoming face-lifing today from 1 to 5 p.m. when men’s and women’s living organizations take part in the all-campus clean-up. Organizations should furnish their own rakes, brooms, and gar bage cans and complete their en tire section by 5 p.m. from 8:30 to 10 in Gerlinger hall.! The informal reception is being! held to give the returning alumni an opportunity to renew their ac quaintance with their former pro fessors, and to become acquainted with new faculty members. The mixer will include comments on the Homecoming game by Jim Aiken, head football coach. The reception line will be headed by President Harry K. Newburn. All Oregon alumni, their chil dren, and parents of students are invited to attend. All faculty mem bers will be there. Paul McCracken is in charge of the committee. Explorer Describes 'Land of Future' By JIM WALLACE “The North is the land of the future,” emphasized Dr. Vilhjal mur Stefansson in his speech at McArthur court last night. He con tinued by saying that although the Arctic regions introduced new and unsolved problems to man, they are far from being worthless and disagreeable as many people think they are. Stefansson pointed out that a popular misconception is that the history of mankind traces a west ward movement. This movement, said Stefansson, has only held true of European nations in the last 400 years. The overall travel of the human • race has been from the tropics to ward the poles; the center of civil ization has ever been moving northward, he continued. This misconception of westward wovement, with its easy transition of customs, crops, arid techniques, coupled with current beliefs that the Arctic is cold, barren, and un inviting region has halted expan sion in a northerly direction thus cutting the human race off from thousands of square miles of habit able land, he said. Stefansson stressed that the So viets are currently the only people actively colonizing the Arctic. He pointed out that their thinking re garding this area is diametrically opposed to that of the Americans. They have the same “let’s go atti tude toward the North that our people had toward the West in the last century, he explained. The Soviet governmnet is care ful to further this attitude, con tinued the famed Arctic explorer. They publish glowing stories about the Arctic regions rather than building up the accidents and storms as is done in the United States, he said. Stefansson explained that this method has been so successful that the entire Soviet nation is taking to the North. They want to de velop the Arctic and have such a (Please turn to pa<jc three) NOISE PARADE, FIRE HIGHLIGHT FIRST DAY Hundreds of University alumni will begin arriving on the campus today for the first of three crowded days of Home coming activities. Chairman Mo Thomas estimated last night that over 3000 alumni would attend this year’s celebration, which will follow the theme “Return! Recall! Recapture!— Oregon Spirit.” Included in today’s schedule of events are the judging of Homecoming signs, the noise parade, the bonfire, a pre-game rally and variety show, and a faculty-alumni mixer. Homecoming signs at the various living organizations will be judged at 6 p.m. Contest Chairman Wally Turnidge has re quested that all signs be completed by 4:30 p.m. Judges for the contest ai*e Verv Vater, Don Kirsch, Dick Williams, Doris Hoiland, and Mrs. Ethel Lawrence. Cups will be awarded to the best signs in both the men’s and women’s divisions. Parade Starts at 6:30 The noise parade, directed this year by Ed Anderson, will! begin wending its way down University street at 6:30 p.m. An derson has requested that all entries form in front of McArthur court not later than 6 p.m. The parade will proceed from McArthur court down Uni versity to 19th avenue; down 19th to Hilyard; down Hilyard to 15th; up 15th to Alder, where the University band will join the procession; on to Kincaid; down 13th, past the judges’ stand in front of the Side; back down Hilyard to 19th; and from there to Amazon flats. Judges who will decide which entry in the parade is the noisiest are Vergil Fogdall, Miss Frances McKenna, and James Stovall. Following the parade, the traditional bonfire will be lighted at Amazon Flats, 19th and Ferry. A special rally under the direction of Yell King Johnny Backlund and his rally squad will be held around the blaze. The fire—nearly 70 feet high—is be lieved to be the largest ever built at the University, according to Perry Holloman, chairman. The torch will be set to the fire at. 7 :15 p.m. At 7 :45 p.m. the Homecoming scene will shift to McArthur court for a pre-game rally and variety show entitled “Dux Apoppin.” Arrangements for the affair have been under the direction of Glenn Walker. The first day’s schedule will end with a faculty-alumni mixer at Gerlinger hall. All alumni and faculty members of the Uni versity have been issued a cordial invitation to attend. They Shall Not Pass Lucky for the two in the convertible they are not from Oregon State as they are stopped by two student guards—part of a cordon, thrown around the campus this week to protect it against Aggie vandalism. i
