Order of 'O' Commences
Marv Rasmussen Drive,
State-wide Help Needed
By DICK CRAMER
t Emerald Sports Writer
The Order of the O has come up with far and away the best
idea of the year. Starting today members of the organization are
carrying on a drive throughout the campus and the state of Ore
gon to help Marv Rasmussen.
The drive is to help Rass cover his hospital expenses and also
to help him come back to Oregon and finish up his college work.
He was hurt last month in an automobile accident and has
been in the Hillsboro Hospital ever since. He is in a cast from his
chest to his toes with an iron bar between his legs so that he can
not move at all. And he will be in this cast from four to six months
more.
Money to Help Rass
The purpose of the drive is to raise money to help Marv pay
oft his hospital bill and to aid
him in starting- back to school.
His insurance has already beer
used.
His father suffered a stroke
over a year ago and since that
time has been unable to work
His mother was working but
since the accident she has beer
staying with Mr. and Mrs. Am
acher in Hillsboro so she coulc
be near her son.
MARV RASMUSSEN
Kass has had to have operations and special nurses since lie
was injured and consequently has a very high bill.
The lettermen’s club is sponsoring the drive and started it
out yesterday by donating $100. They hope to collect contribu
tions from every organization on the campus and also alumni
groups throughout the state. They are going to contact the top
men in Portland sportswriting and broadcasting to gain addi
tional support and publicity.
Members of the club will be around either today or tomorrow
to see.living groups for contributions. They have already receiv
ed some money from alums and hope that the students will give
generously.
Seeeborg, Don Head Lettermen Committee
The committee for the drive, headed by Ken Seeborg and Bob
Don, plan to have a check up to Hillsboro by this weekend, but
hope to have more money coming in after that. Everyone who
contributes will be listed and the list given to Kass so he will
know where his aid came from.
Howard Lemons and Dick Williams are donating time and
effort to aid the campaign. Any checks for it should be made out
to Lemons who is handling the financial end of it.
There will be no expenses taken from the money that is col
lected, that will all go to Kass. The Order of the O will pay for
all expenses, just another sign that they are backing the fund
raising move to the hilt.
Seeborg stated that the lettermen hope to raise at least $2,000
from all their sources, both alumni and student. This will not be
enough to pay all the hospital bill, much less give Marv any
money on which to start back to school. But it will be a start and
will help the entire family.
Kass has two more terms of school before he will be able to
get a teaching certificate and start to work. After the trouble and
pain he has already suffered it would be too bad if he didn’t get it.
Bum Knee Stopped Cage Career
Marv started his athletic career at Franklin High in Portland
where he won All-City honors with a quint that won the city title
without a defeat.
After a stay in the service he came to Oregon in 1945 and was
a regular on the 1945-46 basketball team. But it was his last year
of action. Early the following season he came up with a bum
knee which put him out of action for the rest of his stay in col
lege.
He has been active in politics and was vice-president of the
student body at the time of his accident, to name just one.
Marv needs and deserves help. The Order of the O should be
congratulated for realizing this and doing something about it.
We hope the drive is a complete success and is over-subscribed.
Call for Girl Sports Signups
Girls interested in participating
in intramural softball, tennis or
golf who have failed to sign up will
still have opportunity to do so ac
cording to Janet Frye, head of
sports.
Those interested in sottliall
should contact Carol Lippman be
fore the end of this week.
Deadline for registering- with
Naomi Loron for tennis is April 15.
Jo Bjelland will be accepting entry
slips for golf until April 22.
Yearlings Capture JO Firsts
As High School Combo Bows
Coach Bill Bowerman’s Frosh
trackmen rolled to a lopsided
victory over a combination
team from Springfield and Cot
tage Grove high schools yester
day afternoon on Hayward
field. The final score was 67 1/6
to 45 5/6.
In racking up the win, the Year
lings grabbed 10 first places out
of a possible 13, although they
were hampered by the loss of sev
eral key men because their eligi
bility forms wre not complete.
IT WAS this technicality that
kept the Frosh’s Olympian, Jack
Hutchins, from entering the com
petition.
Only events which the Ducklings
failed to capture the top rung
were the shot put, discus, and the
220-yard dash. In the last match,
Bowennan never entered a con
testant, giving the high schoolers
a gift of nine points.
However, the Springfield-Cot
tage Grove organization were able
to salvage some consolation by an
nexing the 880-yard relay.
JERRY MILLER of Springfield
nosed out Frosh Bill Singler on the
final lap.
Individual stars for the Duck
lings were little Ed Robison and
Jack Smith.
Results :
120-yard high hurdles—Won by
Risley (F); 2—Soresby (F); 3—
Joyce (F). Time—:16.0.
100-yard dash—Won by Elliott
(F); 2—Jenkins (S); 3—Thomp
son (CG). Time—:10.4.
Mile run—Won by Bachlund
(F); 2—Pickett (F); 3—Cherry
(S). Time—4:46.4.
440-yard dash—Won by Soresby
(F); 2—Bender (S); 3—Thompson
(CG). Time—:54.6.
Javelin—Won by Missfeldt (F);
2—Mitchell (F); 3—Bender (S).
Distance—188 feet 6 inches.
220-yard low hurdles—Won by
Smith (F); 2—Singler (F); 3—
Pickett (S). Time—:23.7.
High jump—Won by Robison
(F); 2—Bloomenkamp (F); 3—
(tie) Jacobs, Spores and Moore (S)
Students!
for dry feet
and
sturdy footwear
all types of
shoe repairing
CAMPUS SHOE
SHOP
On 13th between
Alder and Kincaid
Chapman & Cook (S) and Wilson
(F). Height—5 feet 10 inches.
220-yard dash—Won by Hite
(CG); 2—Silke (S); 3—Kraal (S).
Time—:24.8.
Broad jump—Won by Smith
(F); 2—Soresby (F); 3—Joyce
(F). Distance—21 feet 3\'z inches.
880-yard run—Won by Hamilton
(F); 2—Samples (S); 3—Braede
tich (F). Time—2:11.4.
Shot put—Won by Englert (CG)
and Eastburn (CG);. 3—Gasper
(CG). Distance 40 feet V2 inch.
Discus—Won by Gale Reynolds
(S); 2—Eastburn (CG); 3—Lan
ger (F). Distance—134 feet IIV2
inches.
Pole vault—Won by Hob Mar
vin (F); Joe Almand (F) and Ed
Robison (F) (tie). Height—11
feet.
Relays—Won by Springfield
Cottage Grove (Jenkins, Error,
Pickett, Miller). Time—1:36.7.
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