Oregon Emerald B*
VOLUME XLIX UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1948 NUMBER" 119
Committee Ups Mortar Board Ball to May 21
New Date
Will Fall ,
On Friday
Ski Club Request
For Mac'Court
Turned Down
The Mortar Board ball will be
held Friday, May 21, instead of
Saturday, May 29, the student af
fairs committee ruled Thursday af
ternoon.
The committee changed the date
of the annual girl-date-boy formal,
because of the "long weekend” of
May 29 when members felt many
students would be out of town. The
dance was scheduled for Friday in
stead of Saturday because 10 house
dances have been scheduled for Sat
urday, May 22.
Turned Down
The committee turned down a re
quest of the ski club to use McAr
thur court Saturday, May 22 for a
showing of “1948 Winter Olym
pics,” a ski movie by Hans Thor
ner. The showing was to be in con
junction with a county wide feting
of Olympic Skiers Gretchen Fraser
and Gene Gillis.
The ski club’s request was turned
down on The basis of actions of the
board in the past, when it refused
campus clubs permission to sponsor
all-campus social events, and also
because of the conflict with the 10
house dances scheduled for that
night.
Members Comment
Board members commented that
the body had already refused Scab
bard and Blade, military science
organization, permission to sched
ule a boxing match, and tradition
ally refuses requests by Sigma Del
ta Chi, men’s professional journal
ism fraternity, to put on an all
campus dance.
A request by Ye Tabard Inn of
Sigma Upsilon for recognition
was returned without action. The
board ruled that, since the men’s
creative writing society had been
active on the campus before the
war, no new recognition was nec
essary. The group melted away in
the war years after more than 20
years’ activity on the campus.
No Connection,
Ed Dick Says
The Order of the O is in no way
connected with a petition to re
move Orlando John Hollis as Uni
versity representative to the Pa
cific Coast conference, Ed Dick, re
tiring president of the lettermen’s
society, told the Emerald yester
day.
Dick said that no petition was
circulated at the meeting of the
group yesterday noon. He added
that “Dean Hollis has a job to do,
and as far as the Order of the O is
concerned, he is doing it well.”
He pointed out that while A1
Pietschman is a member of the
track team, he is not a member of
the Order of the O. Pietschman is
the athlete who told the Emerald
Wednesday night that he was re
sponsible for the petition.
The best information the Emer
ald could learn yesterday indicated
that most copies of the petition had
been pocketed or destroyed by
house presidents or other athletes
who felt the charges against Dean
Kollis were unjustified.
The feeling seemed to be that the
y petition was a dead issue.
Welcome
Mat Out
Late Today
Women’s living organizations
will open their doors late this af
ternoon to Oregon high school girls
who will be here for the second an
nual AWS Preview weekend.
The girls will register in Alumni
hall from 4 to 9 p.m. tonight, and
will be escorted to houses by Kwa
mas and Phi Thetas.
Social Life
College social life will be intro
duced to the girls at the Nickel
Hop tonight from 9 to 12 p.m.
Men’s houses have been encour
aged to have their members meet
the guests. The high school girls
will be wearing identification tags.
Exchange dinners are planned for
Friday and Sunday to acquaint the
high school girls w*th different liv
ing organizations. The exchanges
Saturday noon will be with co-ops,
sororities, and dormitories. Sunday
exchanges will permit the girls to
visit another organization of the
type in which they are staying.
The committee in charge of the
exchanges have requested that
houses escort the girls to these
meals, and that their hostesses es
cort them home. Arrangements for
the exchanges have been made by
Dorothy Boles, Ruth Eades, Bep
McCourey, and Renee Cowell.
Talent Program
A talent program will be the
main attraction at the Fun Fest
Saturday afternoon. The fests will
be held in the women’s gym in
Gerlinger from 2 to 4 p.m.
Chairmen for the fest, Beth Bas
ler, Joanne Frydenlund, and Pat
King, stated that each living group
is sending one girl as hostess.
Helping with the plans for the par
ty are Maggie Johns, decorations;
Jacky Dilley, and Murial Means,
refreshments, and Marge Scand
ling, clean-up.
“The responsibility for making
the weekend a success rests with
each living organization,” Barbara
Johns, outgoing president of AWS,
said, “The weekend has been
planned to give the girls a glimpse
of as many campus activities as
possible.”
What to Wear
Barbara Johns, outgoing president of AWS, shows high school girls
what to wear for AWS Weekend.
New Rent Schedule for Amazon,
Columbia Street Housing Units
A new schedule of rentals for
veteran family housing units in the
Amazon and Columbia street pro
jects will be put into effect May 1,
Business Manager J. Orville Linds
strom said Thursday.
The schedule is based on the ren
tal rule established throughout the
nation by the Public Housing Au
thority and represents the mini
mum charge allowed under PHA
ruling. The University has opposed
the change which was ordered by
the PHA.
Realizing that under the sched
ule in effect at the present time,
rentals on all unijs would be raised
when the increased subsistence al
lotments were made available to
veterans April 1, 1948, Dr. H. K.
Newburn, asked that the chancel
lor’s office approve a change in
rental schedule for the Amazon
and Columbia street projects so that
it would not be necessary for the
University to take over a portion
of the increase. '
This proposed rental schedule,
while approved and supported by
the office of the state system of
higher education, was rejected by
Record Number of UO Students
On Slate for Co-op Board
tty v I .\ H A HOWARD
Eighteen students, a record
number, were nominated for the
three positions wich will be open
on next year’s co-op board at the I
annual meeting of the Student
Co-operative Association Thurs
day afternoon.
Those nominated were: for the
sophomore post, James Duran,
Janice Hughes, Beverly Miller,
Paul Oslow, Joe Richards, Paula
Castle, Bill Mansfield and Don
Davis; for the two junior positions,
Dave Cromwell, Tom Powell,
Owen Bentley, Bill Brown, Bar
bara Heywood, William H. Green,
Betty Lou Arnet, Loren McReyn
olds, Philbrook Heppner and Wes
Nicholson. Election for the three
jobs will be held in conjunction
with the regular student body el
ections this spring.
The revised by-laws of the
Co-op Association, which according ^
to Gloria Grenfell, co-op board
president, brings them up to date,
were also presented and all were
approved at the meeting.
These by-laws, Miss Grenfell ex
plained actually put into concrete
from methods which the associa
tion has been using for several
years.
In other business, retiring co-op
manager, M. F. McClain, presented
a brief history of the store and
gave the financial report for the
year, and, the new manager, G. L.
Henson, explained the patronage
refund system.
Henson explained that under the
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PHA because it did not come up to
the minimum charge under their
ruling.
In an effort to get approval on
the proposed schedule, Lindstrom
went to the San Francisco office
of PHA and conferred with officials
there. That office refused the re
quest because it “violated the so
called ‘16 2/3 per cent to 20 per
cent rental rule’ established ... by
the Public Housing Authority.’’
This rule provides that “a rental
schedule cannot be approved when
the total rent paid (shelter plus
utilities) fails to reach 20 per cent
of the income for families in which
there are tln,,ee or more minor chil
dren.’’ (Limited by established fair
rent values to a maximum of
$31.50).
Under the new schedule the in
creases will range from $3 to $7
per month, with some decreases,
depending upon the family size and
income.
Under the new schedule the in
creases will range from $3 to $7
per month, with some decreases,
depending upon the family size and
income.
While the new schedule ruhs
higher than that proposed by the
University (which would have kept
to present rentals), E. W. Martin,
director of veterans family housing
in the University, pointed out that
it’s more favorable than if the Uni
versity had continued under the
schedule now in effect. Under PHA
rulings a straight $31.50 rental per
month is permissible, but the Uni
versity has chosen the minimum
possible under PHA.
Under the PHA minimum sched
ule that will go into effect May 1,
the total rent paid by a family,with
two or less minor children, having
an income up to $140 will be $18.50.
This rental increases $1 with each
$5 of additional income up to $185.
At this income figure and above
the rental is $27.50 to $31.50, de
pending on the size of the unt.
The same rental scale, applied
to a family with three or more chil
dren, starts at an income of up to
$168. Top charge of $31.50 is made
when family income is over $222.
Nickel Hop
Scheduled
For Tonight
Meet the Oregon Plggers! This
will be the popular greeting to- '
night at the annual Nickel Hop
when the University women en
tertain over 200 high school senior
girls in the opening of AWS Pre
view Weekend.
The Hop, being given for the
high schoolers, is scheduled from
9 p. m. to midnight, with free
refreshments being served at 10:30
p. m. Each women’s living organ
ization will participate in the open,
house.
Ever 15 Minutes
The nickels will be collected
every 15 minutes and the house
collecting the most money during
the evening will be awarded
Chesterfield cigarettes. All money
must be turned in to the Pi Beta
Phi house by 10 a. m. Saturday,
Joan Mimnaugh; chairman of col
lections, said.
Chesterfields will also be award
ed to the men’s living organization
visiting the greatest number of
houses during the Hop, the prizes
being made on a percentage basis.
The men’s houses are urged to
visit the women's organizations in
a group, said co-chairmen Joan
O'Neill and Sally Mueller. The
awards will be announced in the
Emerald.
Speech Fly
Flying speeches have been given,
to all men’s organizations and pos
ters are seen on the campus to
remind everyone to participate
100 per cent. No women are dating
Friday night, the co-chairmen said.
All guests are encouraged to
wear their identification tags at
the Hop.
A meeting of the nickel hop com
mittee is called for next Tuesday
at the Delta Gamma house at 4
p. m. and each chairman is asked
to turn in a written report. The
committee planning the Hop are
co-chairmen, Joan O’Neill and
Sally Mueller; awards, Marjorie
Petersen; co-chairmen of contact,
Ruth Landry and Eleanor Johns;
publicity, Donna, Kletzing; collec
tions, Joan Mimnaugh; co-chair
men of refreshments, Katherine
Littlefield and Joan Wagonblast;
flying speech, Ann Gillenwaters;
posters, Shirley Potter.
Enchanted Forest
Is Picnic Theme
The old campus will be the set
tipg for “Enchanted Forest,” the
theme of the Junior Weekend ail
campus picnic Saturday noon, May
8, Trudi Chernis, picnic chairman,
announced.
The queen and her court will ruJe
over the festivity and Joe Ingram
and his band will play. Robin Ark
ley will act as master of ceremon- '
ies o^ the picnic. Scabbard and
Blade, Friars, and Mortar Board
will tap new members.
The living organizations have
purchased tickets for the picnic
and extra tickets for Mothers and
guests will be on sale at the Co-op
the end of the week before Junior
Weekend, the chairman said. They;
will sell for 45 cents each.