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VOLUME L
Oregon
Fiftieth Year of Publication and Service to the University
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, 1K1DAV, NOVEMBER 5, 1948
HIGH school Press Conference op
ens today. Largest delegation in
history expected to attend first ses
sion. See story columns 4 and 5.
NUMBER 37
6 Finalists
For 'Joe'
Selected
The stage was set for final se
lection of Betty Co-ed and Joe Col
lege last night with the selection
of six finalists for Joe College. Six
Betty Co-ed finalists were selected
last night, and final balloting will
be at the Whiskerino dance, No
vember 13.
Finalists are Ed Artzt, Bill
Gaffney, Paul Murphy, Pete
Poort, Vic Risley, and Jim Stan
ley.
Stanley is a member of Beta
Theta Pi fraternity and a pre-den
tal major. Risley, a business ad
ministration major, 'is a member
of Kappa Sigma. Poort belongs to
Delta Upsilon and is also a busi
ness administration major.
Murphy, a member of Theta Chi,
is a liberal arts major. Gaffney be
longs to Pi Kappa Phi fraternity
and is an architecture major. Artzt,
a journalism major, belongs to
Sigma Alpha Mu.
The six Betty Co-ed finalists,
selected Wednesday night, are
Betty Arnold, Jean Bell, Barbara
Fagg, Glenna Hurst, Mary Knox,
and Penny Singleton.
Not only will the Betty Co-ed
finalists check from house to
house for sophomores without
beards, but they will measure the
beards each day and the longest
beards will be reported day to
day in the Emerald, says Bill
Lance, publicity worker.
Petition Due Today
For Chairmen
Final deadline on petitions for
committee chairmanships and
committees in the campus Com
munity Chest drive is 5 p.m. to
day, according to Alpha Phi
Omega, national service frater
nity conducting the drive.
Chairmanship positions open
are the promotion, publicity, col
lections, and program. Peti
tions must be turned in to Gen
eral Chairman Virgil Tucker at
the Phi Kappa Psi house or at
the Emerald business office or
to Don Simon at the Sigma Alpha
Mu house.
Betty Co-ed Finalists
SIX FINALISTS FOB THE BETTY CO-ED contest are from left to
right, front row, Mary Knox, Alpha Phi; Penny Singleton, Gerlinger;
Jean Bell, Alpha hall. Standing in the back row, left to right, are
Glenna Hurst, Chi Omega; Barbara Fagg, Kappa Alpha Theta; and
Betty Arnold, Pi Beta Phi.
Author, Erika Mann, Schedules
Speech at Mac Court Thursday
By VERN HAMMOND
Erika Mann, author, foreign correspondent, and daughter
of Nobel prize-winner Thomas Mann, is scheduled to speak at
McArthur court next Thursday at 7:30 p. m. Sponsored by the
University assembly committee, she will discuss the topic “Oc
cupation, i rial and Error.
Miss Mann is at present con
ducting- a lecture tour of the
United States. In collecting in
formation for her tour, she trav
eled through Central Europe,
with special attention to Poland
and Czechoslovakia, potentially
the richest and most important
of the countries within the So
viet sphere.
She traveled alone,, driving a
1932 model “liberated” German au
tomobile, frequently behind the iron
curtain. She talked with hundreds
of ordinary people, most of whom
had never before seen a foreign civ
ilian, and all of whom were very
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"Sheriff" Fogdall Fails to Win Post
By KEN METZLER
Vergil Fogdall, dean of men and
“Lane County Student’s Commit
tee’’ candidate for county sheriff,
conceded the election to Sheriff
C. A. (Tom) Swarts Thursday in
a statement to the Emerald.
Fogdall received more than 40
write-in votes for sheriff as the
result of a short rigorous cam
paign on the part of a senior
speech student and a junior archi
tecture student. (They requested
their names be withheld.) The
campaigners were backed up by
some 20 paying members of tlfe
“committee.”
House Support
The results of their efforts were
entire living organizations report
edly voting en masse for their fa
vored candidate.
It all started, the committee
chairman said yesterday as a re
sult of the patrolling of the cam
pus Halloween night by Fogdall
and the city police.
The committee chairman got the
idea Monday that Fogdall would
be the logical opponent to incum
bent C. A. Swarts who at the time
was unopposed. Their attempts to
advertise their candidate in the
Emerald was refused, so they had
1000 campaign handbills printed in
a Eugene shop.
The leaflets read, “The Lane
County Student’s Committee en
dorses Vergil Fogdall as a write-in
candidate for Lane county sheriff.”
Pass Bills Out
Two students then energetically
set to work tacking the bills to
posts, “distributing them to living
organizations, and circulating
them in local restaurants and tav
erns.
The idea caught like wildfire.
The handbills quickly circulated
throughout the campus, and this,
plus word of mouth, soon set the
campus into gear to go to the polls
Tuesday and write in the name of
their “favorite son.”
It was all news to Fogdall when
he first discovered it. “The first I
heard of it,” he said, “was just af
ter I had returned from the sher
iff’s office where I had been con
tacting him about the release of a
University student from the coun
ty jail.”
Little Support
The voting for Fogdall, despite
the work of loyal committee mem
bers, fell short of the required ma
jority.
“I’d be happy to fconcede the
election,” he said, “it's all his
baby.”
“I’ve enjoyed parts of it,” Fog
dall said about his campaign and
defeat at the polls. “College stu
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jHigh School Press
Conference Draws
Record Delegation
W endell \\ ehh, managing; editor of The Oregon Statesman,
Salem daily will he the featured speaker at the opening convo
caion of the 22nd annual Oregon High School Press Conference
this morning at 10. lie will speak on "Making Good in Jour
nalism.”
I resident flatly II. Newburn will extend greetings from
the University to the 193 delegates and Journalism Dean Clif
ford 1*. Weigle will greet them
on behalf of the school of jour
nalism.
The main speaker at the dele
gate’s banquet tonight will be
Dr. R. C. McCall, speech de
partment head. 'l'he confer
ence dinner will be held at the Os
burn hotel at 6:30 p. m. Dr. Laur
ence C. Campbell, professor of jour
nalism, will act as toastmaster, and
the school of music will furnish mu
sical numbers.
There will be five different
series of adviser’s and student’s
meetings during the two days bf
the convention, where such topics
as high school sports, advertis
ing, page make-up high school
news beats, and photography will
be discussed.
A students luncheon will be held
for the delegates at noon today at
JMm Straub dining hall, and one
for the advisers will be at the Fac
ulty club at the same time.
Warren C. Price, general chair
man of the conference, believes
that this year’s delegation will be
the largest ever registered for the
annual event. The 193 delegates
and 38 advisers began arriving
on the campus last night and will
be housed in various living orga
nizations for the weekend.
Those who will be leading discus
sion groups are Mrs. Josephine
Moore, University news bureau
manager, Lyle N. Nelson, director
of information at the University,
Professor Carl C. Webb, field sec
retary of the Oregon Newspaper
Publishers association, Dr. R. D,
Millican, assistant professor of ad
vertising, Gordon A. Sabine, assis
tant professor of journalism, War
ren C. Price, associate professor of
journalism, Dale Cooley, of Cooley
Advertising Agency, Albert Curry,
Eugene Register Guard reporter
Dr. Laurence R. Campbell, profes
sor of journalism, and Dean Lo
baugh, assistant superintendent oi
Eugene schools.
“The Future of Journalism’’ will
be the topic of Frank Jenkins’
speech at the closing meeting of the
delegates tomorrow morning. Mr
Jenkins is publisher of the Herald
and News, Klamath Falls, Oregon
and president of the Oregon News
paper Publishers association.
Cards Due Monday
All open rushees must file prefer
ence cards in the office of the direc
tor of women’s affairs by Mondaj
noon, Mrs. Margaret Kopp, secre
tary, announced yesterday.
Wesley Sets Party
Wesley Foundation will hold a
“Splash Party’’ at the Men’s Pool
Friday Night, S to 10 p. m. All stud
ents are invited.
Following the swim party an op
en house will be held for dancing
University Hour
Slates Murder,
Popular Vocals
Murder, popular vocals, and the
possibility of an interview with
Carol Brice, contralto who sang
here last night, are included in the
fist of entertainment offered by
the “University Hour,” presented
by the University radio studios
today at 4 p.m. on KOAC.
Due to Miss Brice's limited time
and p&cked schedule, the studios
reported they cannot be sure of
getting the interview. Paul Ryman„
of the studios, declared yesterday
afternoon that he “sincerely hopes”
to have the singer on the program.
Singer’s Consent Needed
If Miss Brice consents to appear
on the program, the interview will
be handled by Nancy Peterson and
start at 4.
Claire Lewis, senior music stu
dent, will handle the popular music
part of the program, which starts
at 4:15. Her vocals will be accom
panied by Wayne Sherwood also a
senior music student.
“Murder For Rent,” a neat little
mixup of murder, twins, public re
lations officers, and the military
police is scheduled for the radio
drama production starting at 4:30.
Burbee Directs Play
The play features Genneth Neal
and Ruth Kilbourn and is directed
by Gordon Burbee. The cast in
cludes Bob Croisant, Martha John
son, Bill Alley and Jean Deutsch
man.
Picture in the drama are three
public relations officers who, be
ing dissatisfied with their rooming'
house, look for another place to
live. A newspaper advertisement,
directs them to what is believed to
be a beautiful house but turns out
to be a broken down old joint.
Murder Occurs
A murder occurs at the house
while the men are away and the
long arm of the law immediately
goes into action reaching for sus
pects.
To confuse things, two twins,
one defunct and other trying to
pose as the first one, are inserted
and the resulting mixup keeps a
tense drama going for a solid half
hour.
Seattle Game
Requires Suits
Suits and heels are in order for
University women attending tho
game in Seattle Saturday, Ann
Fenwick, campus social chair
man, has announced.