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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 6, 1948)
Chairman, Members Appointed Chairmen and members of the student Community Chest drive committees were named yesterday by Alpha Phi Omega, national ser vice fraternity sponsoring the cam pus drive. Dave Dimm, sophomore in busi ness administration, has been ap pointed chairman of the collections committee. In charge of the pro gram committee are Denny Marvin and Don Simon, sophomores in law. Betty Lagomarsino, sophomore in journalism, will head the publicity and promotion committees, with sub-chairmen Mac Montague and Bob Funk in charge of promotion and publicity respectively. Heads Drive The campus drive, headed by Vir gil Tucker, general chairman and president of Alpha Phi Omega, will begin Monday and will continue through the week. Committee members appointed include: Bob Green, Tom Brown, Jack Smith, Beth Miller, and Don Doaks on promotion; Gretchen Grondahl, Clara Belle Roth, Larry Meiser, Rosemary Beatty, and Cat herine Fletcher, publicity; Flo Han sen, Marilyn Thompson, Jo Anne Hewitt, Johnny Saunders, and Sue Clement, collections; Nancy Tut tle, Joan White, Milford Kinney, Margaret Edwards, and Robert E. Pearce, program. All committee members and chairmen will meet at 4 p. m. Mon day at the Zeta Tau Alpha house, 35th and Alder streets. Members of Alpha Phi Omega will work with the various commit tees. SX Sweetheart Starts Reign Tonight Blonde, brown-eyed Joan Nelson is five feet, four inches and 110 pounds of charming personality and sparkle. Eighteen years old and a freshman, she hails from Portland and is pledged to Delta Gamma. She hopes to major in English. Joan says she was "surprised and pleased” to hear of her selection as this year’s Sigma Chi sweet heart. "I am grateful to the boys at Sigma Chi,” she said, “and will try to be deserving of the honor which they have bestowed upon me.” Joan enjoys dancing and mu sic, spends her summers at Ocean Lake, on the Oregon coast, and is an expert skier. At Grant high school in Portland, she was the only girl on an all-boy ski team. She competes for the Cas cade Ski club of Portland. She was active in high school activities, being a member of the rally squad and holder of various class offices at Grant high. Joan and five other finalists for sweetheart honors will be guests of Sigma Chi at a formal dance, Public Polls Here to Stay (Continued from page one) the pollsters,” Professor Sabine told his audience. “997 times out of a thousand, they’ll get the right an swers with the right methods.” He quoted George Gallup who said several years ago that “accu racy of the polls is usually the rough accuracy of the yardstick rather than the precise distinctions of the scientist’s micrometer.” He mentoined the Literary Digest 1936 poll which gave Franklin Roosevelt 40.7 per cent of the pop ular vote. Roosevelt polled 62.5 per cent of the major party vote, “and the Digest went out of business.” Polls should not be taken too ser iously or too lightly, Professor Sa bine warned. The public’s basic mis takes has been in “considering them as the last word and forgetting the probable error in their results.” Discovery that there are 14 Reds in the State Department was not made by examination of the de partment’s policies. This year’s New York Times fash ion show, held last month, had crowds surprasing any previous attendance. FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH 1166 Oak Street Hugh N. McCallum, Pastor University Classes, 9:45 a. m. Dr. Victor P. Morris, Teacher University Student Fellowship 6 p. m. YMCA Worship Services, 11a. m„ 7:30 p. m. ---- - -■-,1 ton fSi.fiiiii YOU'LL WANT TO | //ea70x * Mtssw pnikm* ^nutAiKf umm TO YOU# QUESTIONS AUTHOR - MUSICIAN- HUENO Speaking Nightly 7:30 P. M.0 Nov. 7th Thru Nov. 14th FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Broadway and High Sts. the annual Sweetheart ball, to night at 9. The Sweetheart trophy will be presented at intermission time, and gifts will be given to the runners-up. Hob Deuel, Sigma Chi presi dent, expressed pleasure with the choice made by the fratern ity. He said, “I am speaking for the entire house when I say that I’m sure we have made a fine This Was Written (Continued from page six) ternity, too, and besides, he thought he’d have a little fun with George—so everytime he found an “XX” carved on a desk, he immediately carved the initials of his own house in letters just a little bigger. It got to be quite a battle of pocket-knives and eventually evolved into axes. School officials became quite alarmed when they began finding these symbols carved out of trees on the cam pus, sometimes in letters a couple of feet high. Well, the whole affair came to a climax one night, when George was out with his axe on his shoul der, looking for a new tree. He discovered Pete on his hands and knees, with hammer and chisel in hand, carving out Greek sym bols on the sidewalk. This was too much for George and in a blind rage, he murdered Pete on the spot. No one saw the deed and George might have gotten away with it, had he not insisted on one more sadistic touch. Op the chest of the corpse, he caved a bloody “XX.” They sent George up for life but when he kicked off after ser ving seven years of his sentence, it was from sheer frustration. For there just wasn’t a blank space left in his padded cell big enough in which he could scratch just one more set of the symbols, “XX.” One disadvantage of living a long time is that it gives one a chance to get sick and tired of a popular song twice—once when it’s new and once when it’s revived. “Irresponsible elements, in the language of Great Power diplo macy, are men who might be called patriots if Small Powers were putting out the statements. Fascism is the greater danger, it is said, because its secret advo cates have learned there is no bet ter camouflage than a flag. Classified Ads WANTED: Waitress, full time on morning shift. Must have exper ience. Vet’s wife preferred. Lig gett's Cafe, 340 Bethel Dr. 39 FOUND: One pocket watch near Falcon. Contact Jack Riback, Sigma Hall. 38 FOR SALE: Season Skipper & two wool dresses. Size 14. Phone 1307 between 12-1. 38 TRADE: Will trade man’s bicycle for suit case—37—Jones E 18. Merrick hall. 38 UNITED LUTHERAN CHURCH In Music Chapel of Northwest Christian College at East 11th & Kincaid Church School: 9:45 a. m. Worship: 11:00 a. m. J. L. Sawyer, Pastor choice. Joan Nelson has the looks, grace, and personality of a wonderful sweetheart, and we consider ourselves indeed fortu nate in having her as such.” As sweetheart, Joan will attend all house social functions, and as many as possible of the intramural sports events, for the remainder., of the school year. Her picture will be entered in this year’s Sigma Chi national sweetheart contest. Todays Staff ASS’T ADV. MANAGER Donna Mary Brennan DAY MANAGER Bill Lemman STAFF: Donna Rae Worden June Winter Karla Van Loan Not the Lowest Price or the Quickest Service but... 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