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VOLUME L
Fiftieth Year of Publication and Sendee to the University
UUIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1949 NUMBER 64
Ducks Trip Vandals, 70-37
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Soph Stars
Lead Team
In Easy Win
By DICK CRAMER
John Warren’s cagers pulled
loose all stops last night, as they
rolled over a hapless University
of Idaho team, 70-37. And the
key men in the Webfoot attack
were two sophoYnores, Will Ur
ban and Johnny Neeley.
Urban was all over the boards,
outswapping the Idaho front line
time after time. And just to help
things out, the 6-foot, 3-inch for
ward dropped in 11 points, one less
than the leaders.
Neeley was the Duck floor-gen
eral, and looked like a veteran. His
six points in the first half came at
crucial moments, pacing the home
team into an early lead.
Duck Spurt Wins
The Ducks won the game with a
spurt midway in the second half, af
ter the Vandals opened with a roar
and closed the 30-17 halftime gap
to seven points, 38-31. But that was
their dying gasp.
From that time on, with over 14
minutes left to go in the game, they
only collected one field goal and
four foul tosses.
Oregon, on the other hand, turned
red hot at this moment, to chalk up
16 points before Idaho scored again.
Wiley drove into the key and drop
ped it in to start things off and Ur
ban followed a minute later with a
tip-in. The sophomore star follow
ed this up by stealing the ball and
going all the way on a fast break
to score again.
Wiley dropped in another fi’om
the key and collected a free throw
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WSSF Project
Loses Ground
It is to be hoped that the stu
dents will support the World
Student Service Fund as they
have in the past and that' the
drive will be successful,” said
President Newburn yesterday.
But at 3 p. m. yesterday collec
tion totals were so low that hopes
for success of the drive were slim.
Eight hundred dollars had been
collected, compared with $1750 last
year, in itself a poor showing.
Nobn Deadline
Students have until noon today
to contribute to WSSF, an organi
zation giving aid to foreign stud
ents through a systematic program
administered from Geneva, Switz
erland. A booth will be in the Coop
until that time.
Returns from living organiza
tions showed a very poor average,
even as low as $2.95 for an entire
house. Any last minute house con
tributions Saturday may be turned
in to Velma Snellstrom at the Alpha
Delta Pi house.
Johnson Disappointed
Chairman Art Johnson yesterday
'said, “Although drives all over the
country have been doing poorly this
year, this response is more disap
pointing. I hope that contributions
today will enable us to at least
reach our last year’s mark.”
Johnson thanked the volunteer
workers who helped at booths, and
kwama, phi theta upsilon, and lo
cal radio stations for their help in
the drive. Because all members of
the faculty have not yet been con
tacted, faculty soliciting will con
tinue next week.
Students Oppose Semester Plan, Survey Shows
Oregon students indicated they are definitely opposed to the in
stallation of the semester system here, according to a short ran
dom survey by the Emerald Friday.
The main points given by those polled was the aversion to study
ing for finals during the Christmas vacation, dislike of a more com- |
prehensive final examination, the hardships involved in effecting the |
change, and the few definite advantages offered by the new system, j
Two transfer students from schools on the semester basis indicated
ideas along the same lines as most of the others. ' I
With one exception, all those surveyed were very decided in their 1
opposition. |
The exception was Rosalind Enns, junior liberal arts student, who j
said it didn’t matter to her one way or the other.
Hartley Seeger, freshman in architecture, said he was against it
because “it’s easier to cram for finals on a term basis than on a
semester basis.”
Cora Jane Skiilern, a transfer from Stevens college in Missouri
which is on semesters: “I’m against it because I prefer to have the
finals over with before Christmas.”
rat McGinty, sophomore, business administration, said he would •
rather have a long vacation during Christmas rather than a short one
in December and another short one at the end of the first semester.
Robert Forrest, sophomore, liberal, arts: “Considering the amount
of work involved in making the change, it doesn’t seem to offer too
many advantages.”
Norman Rhodes, junior in business administration: “It would re
quire too much time and expense to change to a new system.”
Wally Heider to Play at Senior Ball
Bloc Welcomes
Phi Psi Back
To AGS Fold
USA Party Leader
Challenges Member
Support of Action
Phi Kappa PJsi, one of the
eight "coalition” houses bolting
the Greek party last spring, of
ficial ly confirmed its return to
the Bloc yesterday.
First evidence of the action
came with the appointment of
Rich Ward, Phi Psi president, as
AGS campaign manager for the
frosh elections at yesterday’s Bloc
meeting.
When contacted by the Emerald,
Ward explained that the move was
decided upon “due to changes and
plans in the Greek Bloc.”
.Ward went on to say the house
vote was 100 percent in favor of re
turning to the bloc. ‘O’ur action was
in conformity to the general atti
tude of the memebrs.”
Returned Wednesday
Ward said the return to the AGS
dates from last Wednesday’s Bloc
meeting, at which the Phi Psis were
represented for the first time since
the break last spring.
Mo Thomas, AGS president, said
the return of the Phi Psis would
“help build back some of the
strength lost last spring.” He added
that the bloc is “glad to welcome
everybody back, that left last
spring.”
Commenting on Ward’s reference
to "changes in the Greek bloc,”
Thomas asserted that “the need for
palicy changes was apparent in the
withdrawal of the eight houses.
That is why we made the changes.”
New Change
The new nominations committee,
name steering committee, and the
maintaenance of lists of prospective
candidates from the vaiious Greek
houses as party policy are some of
the changes referred to.
Walt Freauff. USA president said
he believed Rich Ward was acting
as an individual—“I challenge the
100 per cent support of the Phi Psis
for the Associated Greek Students,”
he told the Emerald.
ISA President Bob Davis was not
on the campus yesterday to com
ment on the Phi Psi's action.
Quiet Reigns in Portland Clubs
|As Slot Machine Ban Operates
PORTLAND, Jan. 14—(AP) —
The whirl and clatter of slot ma
chines was absent at most Portland
clubs today.
Mayor Dorothy McCullough Lee’s
"policy statement” yesterday that
slot machinees would be ousted,
even from private clubs, brought
statements from several club man
agers today that financial difficul
ties were ahead for them.
Jack Gordon, manager of the
Shrine club, said, "We plan to move
them out.” Damon Jordan, mana
ger of the Elks club, .said, “We’re
going to take them out right
iway.” The same words were
echoed by D. H. Mayer, controller
jf the Aero club. Arlington and
University club officials said no
slot machines are there.
L. A. Selliken, executive seere
:ary of the American Legion Post
NTo. 1 club, said slot machines had
been a major factor in nearly $30,
)00 spent by the post last year for
:'lood relief and child welfare. He
said with all clubs losing that rev
alue, "the burden on such groups
is the Salvation Army will be
leavily increased.”
Lau Named New Head
Of SDX as Prexy Quits
Larry Lau was named acting president of Sigma Delta Chi,
National professional journalism fraternity, to fill the vacancv
left by the resignation of Don McNeil at a meeting Thursday.
Dean C. F. Weigle of the school of journalism, who addres
sed the meeting, suggested that candidates for membership
should be spotted early m their
junior year to enable a longer
period of active membership.
Preparations are being made
for a banquet, jointly given by
the University and Oregon State
college in honor of Neil Van Sooey,
national president of the fraternity.
Efforts are being made to have
Governor Douglas McKay and pro
fessional mem
bers throughout
the state present
'at the banquet.
New members,
chosen from a list
of 16 undergradu
ate and 4 profes
sional candidates
submitted to the
chapter for con
sideration will be
initiated at the
affair. Names of
! the candidates are being withheld
pending their approval.
Committees were also chosen for
the remainder of the school year
at the meting.
Members are: Scholarship: Dick
Renenaugh, Don Fair, Fred Taylor,
Glenn Gillespie. Publicity promo
tion: Bob Reed, chairman, Bill
Stratton, Bill Buckley, Ted Good
win, Bob Calovitz, Lyle Nelson. Pro
gram and entertainment: Bill
Yates, chairman, Bob Frazier, Dick
Williams, Bill Love, Dick Humph
rey.
Door Thwarts
Bubble Gum
ASTORIA, Jan. 14 — (AP) —
When you’re just five years old you
can get awfully interested in bub
ble gym.
Police, investigating the smashed
frdnt door of a grocery store here,
found that two children, a boy and
a girl, had thrown rocks through
it.
The children said they had ar
rived at the store “loaded with
cash,” but found the door locked.
Cut off from their only source of
bubble gum, the tots told police
they then hurled two rocks through
the glass.
They didn’t enter and they didn't
get their bubble gum. Parents said
they would pay for the broken
glass and have a talk with the two
five-year-olds.
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Tickets $2.40
For January 22
Formal Dance
Heider, U of 0 Grad
Here From California;
Annie Oakleys Given
Wally Heider and liis ten
piece orchestra will provide mu
sic for dancing couples in Mac
court January 22, when the
Class of '49 presents the annual
Senior Ball.
1 leider. a. graduate of the Uni
versity of Oregon, will feature Vo
calist Patty Pritchard, who haa
sung- with the orchestras of Ted
Weems and Raymond Scott. Misu
Pritchard is also a staff vocalist on
KNBC, San Francisco.
The orchestra will come to the
University from a featured engage
ment at the Terrace room of the
Fairmont hotel in San Francisco.
They, have recently played at such
Music Maker
Wally Heider and his hand will
provide the music for the Senior
Ball, which comes lip January 32.
dances as the junior prom at the
University of California, the soph
drag at the University of San Fran
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