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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 28, 1948)
The Weather Eugene and vicinity, fair and Bombphobia continued cold today. Oregon, Read about it in the parable foe same, except for local fog in our time oa today’s editorial west. page. .VOLUME XUX_UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28. 1048 " NUMBER T? I ™ ' - -¥> - Millrace Future Looks Bright; May Run Aaain By LARRY LAU There is every possibility that Eugene’s historic millrace will be in operation next fall. City Attorney John Pennington was directed by the city council Monday night to place on the bal lot a measure which would permit the city to sell “up to” $20,000 worth of city of Eugene general obligation bonds for the repair or reconstruction of all dams, water ways, and viaducts necessary to re store water to the millrace. The measure will contain the proviso that monies raised from the bond issue will be equally matched by the Millrace committee. It was further stipulated that the city shall not have the right to purchase ; millrace rights of way. The meas ure will appear before the voters in a special city election, May 21, the day of the May primaries. Begin Immediately If the bond issue receives the ap proval of the voters, and if the millrace committee has sufficient matching funds, it would be possi ble to start work immediately after the election. Previous to Monday night’s decision, the city had set aside $10,000 for millrace repair m which may also be used. If neces-, sary, authorization for a total of! $50,000 will have been reached if the voters pass the bond issue. I University President Harry K. • Newburn had previously told conn- | cil members that once the student i union drive was over, the Univer-1 sity could raise money for millrace , repair. Dr. Newburn is reported to, have told the councilmen that it' would be easier to raise funds for' millrace restoration than it was to raise funds to erect a student union. Physical Asset Kieth Fennel, representing the Millrace committee, appeared be fore the council and said he didn't, think any special group of people should, be asked to match equally funds put up by the city. It was (Please turn to /'age three) A Brown-Eyed Beauty Commands Company E Brunette Ann Carter of Zeta hall, “Little Captain of Company E,” is one of six finalists in the “Little Colonel” contest. Tyrone Power will make the final selection to be announced at the annual Military Ball February 7. Announcement of 'Little Colonel' Selection Scheduled for Military Ball on February 7 The “Little Captain of Company E,” Zeta hall’s Ann Carter is sixty four and a quarter inches of brun ette-topped charm. While speaking in her quiet, poised manner, she showed Emerald reporters why she was one of the six finalists in the Little Colonel contest. Even in grade school, Ann was Books Due Within Two-Week Period Effective February 1, the check ing period for all general circula tion library books will be reduced from four weeks to two weeks, ac cording to Miss Bernice Rise, cir culation librarian. This step was necessary as the increase in students has been great er than the increase of books, and books in certin fields are much in demand, Miss Rise said. By cutting down the checking period, books will be available to more students. Renewals may still be made. always the prettiest girl "around” and when it came time to choose the May festival princesses her senior year at Roseburg high school, she was one of the select three. Besides that she wore the royal purple as honored queen of Job’s Daughters. Brown-eyed Ann, a winter-term transfer from Oregon State, is ma joring in business administration. While in Beaverville, the Sigma Chis voted her into the semi-finals of their “sweetheart” contest. Her picture appeared in the February 1947 issue of “Quad,” a campus magazine. Asked about the University of Oregon, she exclaimed that “I've only been here three weeks, but they've been grand!” The captain of company E with the other five little captains will be honored at the Military Ball Feb ruary 7. One of the six will be cho sen the "Little Colonel” by Screen land’s Tyrone Power. His selection will be announced at the Ball. Another Oldie On Movie Schedule Offering another “oldie,” the audio-visual movie for Wednes day will be “The Thief of Bag dad,” starring Douglas Fair banks, Sr. First showing will be 7:30 p.m., in 207 Chapman hall. Also starring Julanne Johnston and Anna May Wong, the pic ture is directed by Kaoul Walsh. Miller, Allen To Represent At PNCC Meet Warren Miller and Bob Allen, senior and junior in political sci ence, respectively, were chosen University delegates yesterday to the third annual Pacific Northwest 3p.ollege congress. This year's con gress is scheduled March 3 to 6 on the Whitman college campus, Walla Walla, Washington. The two were chosen by a facul ty-student committee on the basis of their background in national and international affairs and the Unit ed Nations. Twelve students had been recommended for the position by deans of the schools of journal ism, business administration, and liberal arts A petition system wTas voted for ^ selection of PNCC delegates for following years by members of the committee—Dean George Turnbull, Dean Victor P. Morris, Dr. Paul S. Dull, Stan Williamson, Howard Lemons, and Bob Frazier. Under the system students would petition to the executive council as delegates to PNCC. The council would select a faculty-student (Please turn to page three) Freshman Election Won Bv Greek C'nnrlirintc±Q m — By DON SMITH ASA candidates Steve Button and Barbara Stevenson were elect ed president and secretary of the freshman class in yesterday's elec tion. A total of 738 ballots were cast. Button polled 406 votes to win the number one position over Wes Robinson, ISA candidate, Robinson received 287 votes automatically giving him the vice-presidency. Treasurer of the class is Barbara Richter, who was credited with 170 votes against Miss Stevenson's 256. Dr. Vergil S. Fogdall, adviser of the freshman class, supervised the tabulation. Ballot counters includ ed Joe Conroy, Sue Fernimen, How ard Lemons, John Miller and Carl Reusser, Button, Sigma Chi. comes from Hood River high school where he was boys’ league president, and fullback on the state-finalist foot ball teams. Miss Stevenson, Kappa Alpha Theta, gained experience as secre tary of her Grant high senior class. She was also May Fete Queen and won both the Diamond and Jour nal awards for scholarship. Both candidates pledge their ef forts toward their election plat form capable leadership, Univer sity cooperation, class unity. 54 Hop Slated for Friday All men on the campus have been invited to participate in this year ly event which was revived last year. Dancing will be on the slate Fri day night when seven independent women’s living*organizations open their doors for the ISA nickel hop. Helen Koopman, sophomore in One World Club to Meet Members of the University sym posium team will speak on world federation before the One World club at the YMCA at 7:30 tonight. The symposium has just returned from a tour throughout the state speaking on federation. There will be a short business meeting for club members before the speech. liberal arts, will be the general chairman of the hop. Assisting her are. John Day, Dave Cromwell, Jean Nunn, Virginia Thompson, and Beverly Deco'to. Doors at Rebec house, Highland house, Susan Campbell hall, Hen dricks hall, Gamma hall, and Zeta hall will open at 8:30 p.m. and dancing will continue until mid night. Alpha hall and Ann Judson. house will not participate Friday night. The women’s house which turns) in the most money per girl will re ceive a prize of records. Men will pay a nickel for each ten minutes of dancing and are urged by the committee in charge to go to as many different houses as possible. Leading New York Stage Designer L. Simonson Slated to Address American Theater Association 4 Bv PAT KING I Leading theater architect and, stage designer Lee Simonson will make a special trip from New York to act as the principal speak er for the Northwest drama con ference and regional meet of the American Educational Theater as sociation to be sponsored by the University drama ana speech de partment February 13 and 14. Si monson will discuss ‘‘The Uni versity and Community Thea ter as Leaders in Decentralized Theater” at 2 p.m., Saturday, Feb ruary 14 at a general session of the conference delegates. Active in all fields of art, Simon son is known as an art critic and has been editor of an art maga zine. He is also widely known as an interior architect and decorator, in addition to his major occupation as a stage designer. Having designed sets for’over 75 Broadway productions, he recently added to this impressive total by designing the sets for the Metro politan opera company this season. Under the early influence of par ents who were in theater, music, and literature, Simonson went to Ethical Culture high school where he succeeded Deems Taylor, noted music critic and composer, as art editor on the school paper. By that time he had also sold a set of 25 illustrations to Good Housekeeping magazine. As a phil osophy major at Harvard, where he helped to found the Harvard drama club, he graduated cum laude as a Phi Beta Kappa in three years. After studying art in Paris, he returned to New York and became one of the original members and director of the New York Theater guild. Interestingly enough, one of the first stage designs he did for the theater guild was for Elmer Rice's “The Adding Machine” which will be presented by the Uni versity guild theater during the weekend of the conference. On the literary side, Simonson has written many articles and two books, “The Stage Is Set,” a starred book in the bibliography of the theater, and his own autobiog raphy, “Part of a Lifetime,” in which he analyzes art and stage design. “Scenic art, I would say, is a cre ation of plastic forms and spaces* which are an integral part of act ing of any play and project its meaning," defined Simonson in hia autobiography.