Oregon H? Emerald
Fiftieth Year of Publication and Service to the University
VOLUME L UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1949 NUMBER 72
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Committee Heads Discuss Plans
ED ANDERSON, GENERAL chairman and Marie Lombard, assistant general chairman, eavesdrop on
the committee making plans for the Dads’ Day weekend, February 4-6. Front row: Sally Waller, Joanne
Frydenlund, Marjorie Peterson, Beverly Miller, Marie Lombard, Ed Anderson, Jeannine Macaulay,
Frank Raiich, and Don South. Back row: Jim Wallace, Norm Morrison, and Mo Turner.
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Ducks Find
Own Fort Knox,
In Fish Pond
SPOKANE, Jan. 26 (AP)—Hund
reds of “fishermen” without licenses ,
and out of season have forced the
district game supervisor to post a
24-hour patrol at the Griffiths '
Springs hatchery near Spokane.
The culprits are flocks of hungry <
ducks swooping down on the rear- ;
ing ponds at the hatchery to scoop 1
up a mouthful of four-inch rainbow
trout. i
“The problem is really serious,” <
district supervisor Fred Round said. ]
“We have to do something or there j
won't be any fish left after the :
ducks get through.” 1
The ducks have found the rearing
ponds with their millions of trout a ;
regular “Fort Knox for ducks” and i
flap by in the hundreds for a quick <
snack. 1
Plans are being considered to i
place a wire netting over the ponds '
but until that can be accomplished <
a guard has been posted to “shoo” <
the raiders away. l
State Board Awards
Contracts for Library
Construction on the library addi
ion will probably begin within the
lext sixty days, said Carl Hintz,
lead librarian, in an interview yes
erday. Bids were awarded to three
:ompanies Tuesday at a meeting of
he State Board of Higher Educa
ion.
Waale-Camplan company was
iwarded the general construction
ontract; L. H. Morris Electric com
>any, the electrical contract; and
L. G. Rushlight company, the mech
mical contract. The total cost for
he addition will be over $618,000.
The structure will be built on the
outh side of the library, and will
nclude reader space, book space,
ind places for individual study,
lintz said there will be space for
ibout 570 additional seats, along
vith room for approximately 135,
»00 more volumes. It is not expect
:d to be ready for occupancy until
950,
WAA Carnival
Theme Selected
“Slowboat to Slobbovia” is the
theme which will characterize the
annual WAA Carnival to be held
in the unfinished gym in the phy
sical education building, will fea
ture booths sponsored by men’s
and women’s living organizations.
Decorations, in charge of Betty
Wright will carry out the theme
of “Slowboat to Slobbovia,” Jean
Swift and Barbara Schultz, in
charge of food, have planned ice
cream slices, pop corn, hot dogs,
and spud nuts.
Barbara Ness announced that
tickets for the carnival are on
sale in all living organizations
and may l>e purchased for a price
Of 16c. Tickets will also be on sale
at the door.
Chaney Defeats
UO Wives Seek Hostess Job;
Phi Sigs Select 'Dream' Girl
Finalists Picked '
Secrecy Hides >
Winner’s Name
Pictures on page 3
One of the six finalists for the Phi
Sigma Kappa Moonlight girl con
test has been elected as the she with
whom members and pledges would
like best (to share a moonbeam.
Moonlight and limelight both, how
ever, are blanketed-out under a veil
of secrecy until after the Phi Sigs'
winter term formal, Jafruary 29.
The six formalists are Leona An
derson, Alpha Delta Pi; Jo Martha
Cleveland, Gamma Phi Beta; Mary
Handelin, Alpha Phi; Jeanette
Houf, Alpha Chi Omega; Jeanne
Merrion, Gamma hall; and Molly
Muntzel, Kappa Alpha Theta.
A vote taken at a special Phi Sig
house meeting has already decided
who will bear the title of Moonlight
Girl and the Moonlight Girl trophy
home from the honorary dance. Re
sults of the vote and presentation
of the Moonlight Girl for 1949, are
subject to military-like security
measures until that time. Even the
Phi Sigs, themselves, will be left in f
the dark until the moonlight shines
upon one of the sextet of finalists.
Pictures of the six finalists and 1
the trophy, given annually to the t
Moonlight Girl and her sponsoring <
living organization, have been plac
ed in a front window of the Co-op to r
remain until Saturday morning.
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>cfw Mills Out,
Frozen Life
Hits Dorms
You think your sleeping porch
is cold! You ought to live in the
vets’ dorm. For the last two
weeks saw mills have been shut
down. They haven’t been pro
ducing any hog fuel. The Univer
sity heating plant uses hog fuel;
a situation results.
I. I. Wright at the physical
plant is doing his best to lower
the freezing rate. As it stands
now, the heat in the dorms is
turned down at night, not off as
it might seem. Fuel, which is oil
instead of preferred sawdust or
hog fuel, is delivered every day—
enough for the next 24 hours.
This condition has been the
foundation of many rumors of
men being found frozen in their
beds under mounds of overcoats,
newspapers, dresser scarves and
dirty laundry.
Contest Winner
To Be Revealed
On February 4
Veterans are encouraged tn enter
pictures of their wives for the Dad’s
Day Hostess contest, ending Tues
day, February 1. The photos are to
be turned into the Emerald office,
according to Joanne Frydenlund,
Hostess chairman.
Judges for the contest will be an
nounced later in the week, and it is
emphasized by Miss Frydenlund,
that only veterans wives are eligi
ble. The Hostess will be announced
during half time at the basketball
game, February 4.
A picture of the Dad’s Day Hos
tess of 1949 will be in the Oregana.
She will welcome the Dads to Ore
gon, and will be present at the Dad’s
Day ceremonies.
Mrs. Benny Holcomb was Dad’s
Day Hostess in 1947.
\|ew Snow Flurries are Due Today
By Associated Press
A new dose of snow flurries was
orecast for Oregon today in the
/ake of a snowstorm that blan
;eted most of the state and slowed
ransportat'ion to a comparative
rawl.
Union Pacific trains were Tun
ing 8 to 10 hours late, after bat
tling wind-driven snow that re
duced visibility almost to zero be
tween La Grande and North Pow
der.
Here in Eugene, the weather bu
reau predicted continued scattered
snow flurries throughout today.
Snow struck all of Oregon but
the southern sector yesterday, and
added new hazards to already icy
roads. A> heavy fall occurred in
coastal Tillamook.
Gitner Takes Second
Wright New Secretary,
Hillard is Treasurer
Vate Is Light; Over Half of Frosh
Class Stay Away From Ballot Boxes
Fifty votes won John Chaney the freshman class presidency in
the frosh elections yesterday. Chaney, the USA candidate, received 370
votes, compared to 320 ballots cast for AGS nominee Bob Gitner.
Vice-president is Bob Gitner, who won the second largest number
of votes. Virginia Wright, Chaney’s running mate, placed third with
219 votes to elect her secretary. AGS number two candidate Shirley
Hillard, is class treasurer, with 189 votes.
Small Vote Registered
Out of approximately 1600 freshmen registered at the University,
703—less than half the class—went to the polls yesterday. Twenty
JOHN CHANEY AND his running mate, Virginia Wright, carried
the USA party to victory yesterday in the freshman class elections,
Chaney won the top office with a 50-vote margin over Bob Gitner,
AGS candidate. Virginia Wright placed third and will be the new
secretary.
three ballots were disqualified because of incorrect marking.
The new frosh president, from Nestor hall, is a graduate of Roose
velt high school in Portland. An architect major, he plays on the fresh
man cage squad. Vice President Gitner, Delta Tau Delta, hails from
Seattle.
Three Point Platform
The USA candidates campaigned on a three-point platform advo
cating the establishment of a freshman council, a frosh picnic spring
term, and a plan for fund raising mixers to be held on open weekends.
The ballots were counted by 7 p.m. last night, with tellers from both
parties present: Rich Ward, Sally Waller, and Ed Anderson, AGS; Bob
Miller, Walt Freauff, Clay Myers, and Ron Phillips, USA.
Chaney will speak to the ISA senate meeting 6:30 p.m. today at
105 Commerce.
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