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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 24, 1948)
VOLUME XLIX UNIVERSITY OE OREGON, EUGENE 'Captain' Doesn 't Shoot, Just Enters Contests Red-hairetl Barbara Bennett is pictured as she will appear to Tyrone Power when he ponders over Little Colonel candidate photos. Power will pick the winner.—(Photo by Kirk Braun.) Eugene Co-ed Combines Sociology Books, Beauty, Brains, and Big Brown Eyes Auburn haired and innocent of things military is Barbara! Bennett, junior in sociology, Little Captain of Company F. Going down the list Barbara cannot shoot a cannon, rifle, pistol - or bow and arrow, but is old hand at such events as the Little Colonel contest. .. Barbara was entered last summer by the Eugene Junior Chamber of Commerce in the Oregon Centenial pageant held Music of Germans On Record Concert Music by German composers will * be featured, at the record concert presented by the Mu Phi Epsilon - actives, Sunday afternoon at 4 in the browsing room of the library. . The program is: “Organ Son ata in G minor” (on the 94 Psalm), by Reubke, played by E. Power Biggs; and “Piano Concerto 2” by Brghms, played by Rudolph Serk - in. The concert is open to the public. in luugene. as a princess she visited festivities being held in other Oregon towns and cities—the Portland Rose festival, the Lewis and Clark centennial at Seaside, the Bend Water carnival and others. At the Taft red-head roundup she was entered in a bathing beau ty contest and was awarded first prize. Barbara is from Eugene, and is affiliated with Alpha Delta Pi. The brown-eyed Little Colonel candidate is Jfive feet three inches tall, and hopes to go into social case work when she graduates from Oregon. Seniors Prepare Gala Ball For First '48 Campus Formal Smarty Party Invitations Out To Frosh Girls Freshman women who earned GPA’s of 3.00 or better will be honored Tuesday at Mortar Board’s Smarty party. An annual affair, I the party will begin at 7 p.m. in alumni hall, Gerlinger. President Helen Hicks an nounced yesterday 75 girls out of 200 are qualified to attend. Invitations to the party were is sued when members of the senior women’s honorary called at wom en’s living organizations during the noon hour Thursday. Clad in tra ditional black robes and gold tas seled mortar boards, the girls read off the names of the freshmen eli gible to attend the party. Many Invited They include: Donna Babb, Bet ty Lou Bagley, Carla Baldwin, Jac queline Barbee, Margaret Bates, Audrey Blomquist, Helen Blumen stein, Rebecca Bovingdon, Donna Mary Brennan, Linda Brenncsholtz, Eleanor Brownhill. Mrs. Clarajane Browning, Shir ley Brucl^, Betty Burkett, Eliza beth Ebbert, Jane Edgeworth, Joyce Everson, Margery Hammond, Janet Hamren, Anita Holmes, Jan ice Hughes, Glenna Hurst. Mary Ellen Holland, Elizabeth Hopper, Betty Lagomarsino, Ruth Landry, Betty Marjorie Lane, Kath ryn Littlefield, Elaine Loftus, Lena Mae Nelson, Evelyn Nill. Mary Louise Overlin, Ada Caro lyn Parker, Margaret Perkins, Elizabeth Margaret Perry, Martha Piper. More and More Maryan Joan Roberts, Beverly Rohrer, Joan Carr, Anne Case, Dorothy Jean Christensen, Helen Marie Collins, Alma Marie Dopson, Nancy Lee Gaveney, Bonny Mae Gienger, Joyce lone Good, Jeannine Marie Gossler. Arlene Beatrice Jacobson, Betty Irene Jones, Patsy Ruth Kellogg, (Please turn to page three) . --- Stassen to Address Oregon Press Conference; Freedom Struggle' Theme of February Speech jnaxuiu rj. ot-cisseii, xuxxxiex gyv *• ernor of Minnesota and candidate - for nomination for president of the United States, will speak to the - Oregon Press conference February 20 and 21 at the school of journal .. ism. He will give the address at the annual banquet on Friday evening. The topic of his talk will be “The Struggle for Freedom,” and will be followed by a question and answer period. Stassen was elected governor of Minnesota in 1938, and again 1940 ' and 1942. In 1942 he resigned the - governorship to go into active ser vice with the navy. He served un der Admiral William F. Halsey as assistant chief of staff. During the * period he was in the navy he was promoted from lieutenant-com mander to commander, and later to ' “captain. nc nas received two citations tor i performance of duty, the legion of | merit for performance of duty, and HAROLD STASSEN the bronze star for exceptional ser vice in the evacuation of American prisoners of war from prison camps in Japan. He was released from ac tive service in 1945. Makes Trip to Europe Since being released from the service, Stassen has spoken to groups throughout the country, to reveal his views to the people, and learn their views. He recently made a trip to Europe to acquaint’ him self with the problems there. He was elected chairman of the National Governors’ conference and president of the Council of State Governments in 1941, and he was keynoter of the Republican na tional convention in 1940. In 1942 he was elected president of the In ternational Council of Religious Education, and still holds this posi tion. DICK JURGENS Leader Outlines Frosh Elections Vote Procedure Procedure for freshman class elections to be held Tuesday in the YMCA building was released Thursday by Howard Lemons, ASUO vice-president and director of elections. Representatives of both ISA and ASA will be present at the polls from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Candidates’ names—Steve But ton, ASA; Barbara Richter, ISA; Wes Robinson, ISA; and Barbara Stevenson, ASA—will appear on the ballot in alphabetical order. Students are to vote in order of preference, 1, 2, 3, 4. Ballots marked in any other fashion will not be acceptable. Tabulators Listed Ballot counters are John Miller, Joe Conroy, Earl Reusser, Art Johnson, and Lemons. Assistant dean of men Vergil Fogdall will supervise the tabulation. All freshmen properly enrolled in the University and with 35 hours or less are eligible to vote. They will receive a ballot after presen tation of their educational activi ties card, which will be checked with the registration book. “Any student who believes he is eligible,” stated Lemons, “but whose name does not appear on the registration book may go to the registrar’s office for a slip entitl ing him to vote.” Supervisors Named Students on hand to supervise the election are Helen Nickum, Don Latham, Bob Davis, Bob Hen derson, and Joe Conroy, ISA; A1 Pietschman, Jeannine Macaulay, Cal Smith, Alicia Orcut't, Joan O'Neill, Ron Phillips, Betty Lago marsino, Clay Meyers, Larry Lau, and John Miller, ASA. Members of Druids and Phi The ta, junior men’s and women’s hon oraries, respectively, will also aid at the polls. No campaigning will be allowed within 50 yards of the YMCA building on election day. Lemons has scheduled a meeting of all persons concerned with fresh man elections this afternoon at 1 in room 104 Journalism. Jurgens Music Will Highlight Dance Tonight Tonight at 9 p.m. the doors swing open for the annual Senior Ball presented by the Class of '48. The dance this year features the music of Dick Jurgens and his orchestra. The ball is formal with dark suits or tuxes in order for the men. Flowers are definitely not in order for the dance, stated Bob Wallace, senior class president and chair man of the event. Approximately 200 tickets for the dance will be sold at the door tonight, the ticket committee an nounced. Tickets will be on sale at the ed ucational activities office until noon today. The appearance of Jurgens ard his orchestra will mark their first trip to this area in several months. I Collegiate Meet To Beckon Two Two delegates to the Pacific Northwest College congress sched uled for March 3 to 6 on the Whit man college campus, Walla Walla., Washington, will be selected Tues day. Deans of the schools of liberal arts, business administration, and journalism have each submitted the names of four students. Recommended by Dean Eldon Johnson of liberal arts are Robert Allen, sophomore; Dale Harlan and Warren Miller, seniors in po litical science; and Margaret Wins low, junior in political science. From the school of journalism, Dean George Turnbull has recom mended Trudi Chernis, sophomore; Mrs. Betty Mack Lynch, senior; Courtney Swander, junior; and Tom Swint, senior. Dr. Victor P. Morris, dean of the school of business administration, recommended William H. Burton, sophomore; Arthur Johnson, soph omore; Winthrop Ware, sophore m liberal arts; and John Yeager, sen ior. The students will be interviewed at 1:30 p.m. in the committee room of Johnson hall. To Choose Two The two student delegates will be chosen from this group on the basis of their background and knowledge of national and interna tional affairs and the United Na tions. Not more than one of the delegates may be a senior. Each candidate will be inter viewed Tuesday by a faculty-stu dent committee composed of Deans Morris and Turnbull; Dr. Paul 3. Dull, assistant professor of politi cal science and history; Stan Wil liamson, ASUO president; Howard Lemons, ASUO vice-president; and Robert Frazier, Emerald editor. (Please turn to page three) ^