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Oregon
Fiftieth Year of Publication and Sendee to the University
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1948
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umns 1 and 2.
VOLUME L
NUMBER 25
Portland
Tea Draws
Officials
’ Several University officials will
attend the annual freshman moth
• ers’ tea in Portland this afternoon,
sponsored by the Portland chapter
of Oregon Mothers.,
President and Mrs. Harry K.
Newburn; Donald M. DuShane,
director of student affairs; Golda
P. Wickham, director of women’s
affairs; Vergil S. Fogdall, direc
tor of men’s affairs; Karl W. On
thank, dean of the graduate
placement service; and Eldon
Johnson, dean of the college of
liberal arts, and Mrs. Johns'on
plan to attend the function.
To Give Address
Mrs. Wickham will address the
Portland unit of the Oregon Moth
ers Thursday morning. She, New
burn, and Onthank will also attend
a luncheon meeting of the state
board of that organization.
Onthank will report on Oregon
Mothers’ scholars and the scholar
ship program at the board' meeting
Thursday. He will also attend a
meeting of the Northwest Person
nel Manager’s Association.
Judges Announced
For Sign Contest
Tom McLaughlin’s homecoming
sign committee has announced its
complete and revised list of judges
for Friday night’s contest.
They are Gordon Wilson, student
in business administration; Bob
Hanrahan, architecture major;
Patty Beaton, art student; Mrs.
Paul Means, former University
English instructor and wife of Dr.
Means, head of the religion depart
ment; and Mrs. Hally Huntington,
prominent Eugene citizen.
Judging will begin at 6 p.m. Fri
day. Winners will be selected on
the basis of originality and appro
priateness to this year’s theme,
“A New Look at Oregon.”
McLaughlin yesterday issued a
final warning to all houses not to
exceed the $30 price limit on signs.
Obvious overexpenditure will im
mediately disqualify an entry, he
said.
Sign committee members are
Barbara Stevenson, Jane Carlisle,
Don Dunn, Steve Church, Bill
Bowes, Boi^Buchanan, and Emily
West.
Whisker Publicity
Sub-Chiefs Named
Sub-committee heads for the
forthcoming Sophomore Whisker
ino publicity have been named by
co-publicity chairmen Steve Church
and Stan Turnbull.
In charge of Promotion will be
Bill Lance. Donna Mary Brennan
and Jim Harber will be in charge
of special publicity stunts at the
men’s and Women’s houses. Ann
o °
Case will be in charge of posters.
Turnbull and Church said that
petitions already turned in would
be used as a basis for organizing
the sub-committees, but asked that
others interested in working on
them contact the sub-committee
chairmen.
Two Movies Shown
Tonight at Chapman
“Duck Soup" starring the Marx
brothers and “The Barber Shop”
starring W. C. Fields will be shown
on the Educational Activities de
partment film program tonight as
part of a series tracing the history
of comedy in the American motion
picture.
There will be two showing start
ing at 7:00 and 8:45 p.m. in 207
Chapman hall.
Housing Plans
Make Progress
“The school of journalism is very
grateful for the response of the
various living organizations in an
swer to their requests for housing
of this year’s annual high school
press conference delegates,” said
Warren C. Price, general chair
man of the conference, yesterday
concerning housing conditions.
Mr. Price expressed his hope
that those organizations which
have not as yet agreed to house
some of the delegates will find it
possible to do so, and will send in
their replies soon. He also hopes
that those who have already signed
with the school will find it possi
ble to house one or two more than
was originally signed for.
Some Houses Agree
At the present date, houses have
agreed to take care of 67 girls and
48 men for the nights of Novem
ber 4 and 5, and the need for ac
commodations is expected to be
double this number.
The school of journalism will pay
$1 per person per night to each
house, and members of Sigma Del
ta Chi and Theta Sigma Phi, jour
nalism honoraries, will escort the
high school delegates to the houses.
Jacobson Returns
Dr. Paul B. Jacobson, dean of the
school of education, will return to
day from the School Administra
tors’ conference, October 18-19, in
Salem.
Plans Near
Completion
For Dance
Three hundred balloons will drop
from the ceiling of McArthur
court at 11 p.m. Saturday on danc
ing students and homecomers,
Jeannine Macaulay, dance co
chairman, announced yesterday.
Friars, senior men’s honorary,
will tap new members during the
one intermission. At that time the
Homecoming awards will be an
nounced, Miss Macaulay added.
Tickets will be on sale from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Co-op, and at
McArthur court the night of the
dance, she stressed, as well as in
living organizations.
Short silks and suits will be in
order for the dance. Corsages will
not be worn.
Credit will be extended only to
houses for the number of tickets
the living organization wishes to
purchase. The educational activi
ties office is permitting credit be
cause of the current money short
age. Bills will be sent November
1, and only authorized representa
tives may buy for their organiza
tions.
Alumni who register for Home
coming at the designated times
will be admitted free to the dance.
Those not registered must pur
chase tickets. Parents will be ad
mitted free to watch the dancers
from the balcony.
Only 1000 programs will be giv
en out, Miss Macaulayl emphasized,
so early arrivers alone will be as
sured of receiving them.
More Pics Slated
Part of the Cherney hall resi
dents will have pictures taken to
day for the 1949 Oregana, along
with members of Alpha Tau Ome
ga. Tomorrow Cherney residents
will share Kennell-Ellis studio
with members of Phi Kappa Psi.
To finish the week, Sigma Phi
Epsilon and Alpha Phi members
will have pictures taken Friday.
Houses to Report
Red Cross Reps
House presidents are to phone
Mary Studrlmun at 2900 to give
her the names of Red Cross rep
resentatives whom they have ap
pointed in their living organiza
tions. The representatives will
serve for the 1918-49 school year.
'O' Men Tab
More Violaters
The latest list of violators of
Homecoming week traditions was
released last night by the Order of
“O.” Fifty students were reported,
including 24 boys and 26 girls.
Offenders arc to report to the
steps of Fenton hall today at noon.
These arc Kirk Braun, Bob Bod
ner, Terry O'Leary, Lyle Rogers,
Wayne Mctzker, Stan Welborn,
Larry Neer, Bill Gross, Mike Mit
chell, Woodley Lewis, Bud Lean
ard, Doc Huffaker, John Parsons,
Jim Vranizan, A1 Tapfer, Clark
Gilman, Roy Carlson, Harry Rus
sell, Joe Sugara, Tom Tarbell,
Greg Mardikian, Faber DeEhane,
Leslie Mitchell, Norm Olds.
Betty Hillman, Marilyn Hillman,
Connie Jackson, Cyn Griffin, Leslie
Palfrey, Nancy Humphrey, Phyllis
Stewart, Georgann Baylon, Lloyd
Hough, Buzz Engwall, Larilyn
Thompson, Kay Becker, Grace
Hoffman, Eva Moore, Jean Stein
er, Imogene Love, Bernadine Back
lund, Pat Davis, Merideth Stearns,
Jackie Newburn, Carol Jewitt,
Carom Engelson, Phyl Morgan, Flo
Mitchell, Jackie Wachorst.
A committee of the Order of "O”
will be around sometime this week
to get all violators who fail to
show up for punishment.
Penny Interviews
Set For November 4
A. K. Pemberton of the J. C
Penney stores will be on the cam
pus November 4 to interview men
for management training, accord
ing to K. W. Onthank, director o'
graduate placement.
Louise Clouston Begins Theater Work at Early Age;
Next Role is Gabby Maple in The Petrified Forest'
By MARGE SCANDLING
Some luminaries of stage and
screen may boast of starting out
in leading roles, but friendly, red
haired Louise Clouston of the Uni
versity theater is different. Louise 1
got her start as a first-grader when
she played a mouse in a production
of “The Pied Piper of Hamlin.”
“I’ll never forget it,” she confided
in an interview Tuesday, “my part
ner’s tail got caught in the scenery,
and there I was, trying to pull him
onto the stage for all I was worth.”
There have been lots of roles be
tween that one and Gabby Maple,
the one Louise plays in the forth
coming production of “The Petri- j
fied Forest.” Louise had her share
of high school play parts and start
ed her University theater career j
during her freshman year’with the
role of Plum Blossom in “The Yel
low Jacket.” Last year she played
three major roles — Eustacia in
“The Dover Road,” Judy O’Grady j
in "The Adding Machine,” and I
Puck in “Mudsummer Night’s'
Dream.” Sh!3 claims the role of
Puck was her favorite but has en
joyed all of the roles because of
j their wide variety. “Playing some
LOUISE CLOUSTON '
thing different each time is part of
the fun,” she smiled.
Louise finds the interpretation of
her present roie more difficult than
any of the others. “Before, I've
played more or less a certain ‘type’,
but Gabby Maple is an individual
who seems very realistic.” The
complexity of Gabby intrigues
Louise. “She’s caught in this situa
tion with all the odds against her,
but she never gives up her dream of
studying art in France someday.
Yet she is completely realistic and
straightforward about things.’ ’
The same complexity is true of
the other characters in the play,
Louise believes. She quoted a critic
as saying, “Every character in ‘The
Petrified Forest’ has a soul written
into his part.”
When asked about her make-up
for the play, Louise expressed re
lief that she would wear her hair
in its usual casual style. “This will
be about the first time that I
haven’t had to do something to it- -
either’ dye it or cut it off.”
She didn’t mind cutting it short
for Puck last year, but as the Chi
nese Plum Blossom, it had to be
black. “I tried everything,” Louise
said, “Rit dye, shoe polish, and
ink.” Finally in desperation she de
vised' an intricate coiffure of false
black hair and some hair nets.
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Committee
Reaffirms
Policy Rule
Major party presidential and
viec-presidcntial candidates will
continue to receive invitations to
speak on the Oregon campus. The
University assembly committee
reached this decision by unanimous
vote at a meeting yesterday. The
invitation which was originally ex
tended September 7 through the
chairman of the state organizations
was again made.
The September 7 letter an
nouncing the policy was sent in
sufficient time to permit any
party which desired to do so to
take advantage of the opportun
ity, the committee pointed out.
Party Responded
Only the Republican party re
sponded by bringing in' the vice
presidential candidate for a Eugeno
speech. Although the vice-presiden
tial candidate of the Democratic
party was in Oregon, he did not ac
cept the invitation.
Purpose of the policy, according
to the committee, was not so much
concerned with having party repre
sentation as with giving students,
faculy and townspeople an oppor
tunity to hear the top national can
didates.
Programs Crowded
The committee said that it
would like to extend the policy to
btlier candidates and speakers,
but to do so would lead to mom
speeches than could be incorpor
ated in the regular assembly pro
gram.
President Harry Truman was of
fered an opportunity to speak on
the campus when he passed
through Eugene last June. Fie
turned down the offer, on the
grounds that his time was “too
'imited." Recently, the Democratic
organization in Eugene has at
I tempted to secure McArthur 0001!
to provide an adequate auditorium
for the speakers they had planned
to invite to Eugene. The Univer
sity has refused their requests,
pointing to the policy adopted Sep
tember 7.
Orator Tryouts
Held Thursday
On Thursday, October 21, a try
out will be held to select a UO rep
resentative for the men’s division
of the Intercollegiate Forensic as
sociation of Oregon speech contest,
which is to be held on December
9 at Pacific college in Newberg-.
Topic for the men’s division is
“Present American Reconstruction.
Policies Abroad.” Participants in.
try-outs will draw three sub,-top
ics, choosing one to give in seven
minutes after an hour’s prepara
tion. Notes will not be permitted.
Men interesteef should contact
Dr. Montgomery at 107 Friendly
hall at 3 p.m. Thursday afternoon,
when the drawing for sub-topics
will be made. Tryouts for women
will be hold at a date to be an
nounced later. The only eligibility
requirement for either men or
women is that they be registered
in the University and carrying a<
minimum of twelve hours.