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Oregon Emerald Fiftieth Year of Publication and Service to the University VOLUME L UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 1949 NUMBER 119 Rebec Places First in Winter Grades Emerald Rated All-American Aaain Scored as All-American superior for the tenth time the Oregon ' Daily Emerald has received the i* highest rating from the Associat , ed Collegiate Press for fall term it , was announced yesterday. The paper was judged on quality of news values and sources, writ - ihg, editing, typography, headlines, makeup, department pages, and , special features. To make compe tition as fair as possible, papers are classified according to method of publication, type of school, en rollment of school and frequency of issue. Fifteen papers of the 23 entered in the same class as the Emerald received the All-American award. Bill Yates headed the publica tion with Bob Reed, managing edi tor, and Stan Turnbull, city editor, fall term. The Associated Collegiate Press critical service has recognized the Emerald with the All-American award in nine previous years: 1948, 1947, 1944, 1942, 1941, 1940, 1938, and 1933. The Pacemaker award, which placed the Emerald among the six top college papers but which has been discontinued as an award, was won in 1938, ASUO Election Asssmbly Set for 4 in McArthur Court Candidates from both parties ' will give their campaign speeches today at the ASUO election assem _ bly, set for 4 pm. in McArthur court. Bob Allen, ASUO president, ex * plained that the rally was planned to give students the opportunity to hear and see both sides before " they vote Wednesday. Candidates for ASUO president . will be limited to seven minutes; ASUO second position, five min utes; representatives, one minute; * class presidents, three minutes, class second positions, one minute; - and candidates for yell king will lead two yells each. . Allen added that the rally was set for 4 p.m. because McArthur court was unavailable for later ” any night this week. The Canary That Swallowed The Cat EAST SHEEN, Eng., April 25— (AP)—You’ve heard of the canary who was so tough he sang bass? A local cat named Whiskey has met the canary’s cousin. Whiskey . was stalking a blackbird, when suddenly the bird turned. A veterinary took 15 stitches in Whiskey. For The Second Time... Dorothy Orr To Edit Guide Named again as Piggers’ Guide editor, Dorothy Orr was notified of her appointment by Dick Williams, educational activities manager yesterday. Miss Orr was editor of the 1948-49 student directory and is associate editor of the Oregana, president of Alpha Xi Delta, treasurer of Gamma Alpha Chi, women’s national advertising honorary, and is a member of Phi Chi Theta, women’s national business honorary, and of Phi Theta Upsilon, junior women’s honorary. Ron Phillips and Stan Turnbull were other petitioners for the job. Business manager remains to be named. Extra Emerald Copies Planned For Mom's Paper Over 1,000 extra copies of the Emerald will be mailed out to Oregon Mothers on Tuesday, May 3, according to Ruth Landry, chairman of Mothers’ Weekend. The Mothers edition will include several stories on Junior weekend, and give them a general preview of their weekend. Plans for mail ing the special edition will be an nounced later, Miss Landry said. Included in the Mothers’ Week end program are a breakfast at John Straub, and Oregon Mothers’ meeting later in the morning, and i tea, presented by the Eugene Mothers’, AWS, and YWCA. Departmental open houses will 3e held Saturday afternoon, and ill mothers are invited to the Jun or Prom Saturday evening. A spe cial section will be open for moth ms wishing to watch the prom. Students are urged to invite heir mothers down. Miss Landry stressed, as this weekend has been Manned especially for them. Any students needing housing 'or their mothers are asked to contact Beverly Buckley, phone 2900. Phi Psi Tops Men, Campus Grades Take Sharp Rise Jumping from eighteenth place to first place among all liv ing 01 gani/.ations scholastically. Rebec House topped the winter term grade list released yesterday by the Office of Student Af fairs. I he groups raised a fall term 2.d5 to a 2.729 winter term grade average. Phi Kappa Psi led the men’s living organizations with a -.hoz, trading places wuu tan term leader Campbell Club which dropped to fourth. Heartening news especially to Donald M. DuShane was the rising of all-university average, who commented, “Isn't it wonder ful. Certainly nothing is more indi cative of the University’s educa tional success than a rising grade point average.” The average was raised from 2.373 to 2.441. Among women's organizations Pi Beta Phi, fall term leader, Delta Delta Delta and University house remained in the top four but Alpha Phi was replaced by Rebec House. Delta Upsilon, McChesney hall, and Tau Kappa Epsilon, along with Phi Kappa Psi and Campbell Club placed among the top five men's organizations both terms. The only group listed by the reg ister to fall below its fall term aver age was the women's sororities. Indicative of the higher trend of grades for winter term was the fact that no group living organization fell below 2.00. A list of all winter term grades for the living organizations may be found on page eight. Tickets on Sale For New Play Tickets are now on sale for the University theater spectacle pro duction, “Marco Millions,” which will be presented in McArthur court on Saturday night, Apjril 30, Reserved seats, priced at $1,80 and 2.40, may be purchased now at the box office in Johnson hall, or may be ordered by mail or by calling University extension 401. Special sound equipment is be ing installed to insure the audibil ity of the production, and con struction is progressing rapidly on the two stages and numerous sets. Minnesota Philosophy Man Picked Dr. Alburey Castell, professor of philosophy at the University of Minnesota, has been named to head the philosophy department here, it was announced last Satur day by President H. K. Newburn. Dr. Castell will replace Dr. Har vey Townsend, who died last De cember. His appointment is sub ject to confirmation by the state board of higher education. Born in Toronto, Canada and re ceiving his baccalaureate and mas ters degrees from the University of Toronto, Dr. Castell is a natur alized citizen of the United States. He received his doctor of philoso phy degree from the University of Chicago. Dr. Castell has been pn the staff of the philosophy department at Minnesota since 1931, having been, named professor of philosophy in 1945. Other activities of Dr. Castell have included work as a visiting lecturer at Columbia university from 1941-42, as a visiting profes sor at the University of Washing ton in 1947 and as a lecturer on the Machette Foundation at Pur due university in 1948. Dr. Castell will arrive on the campus late next summer. His rank on the University staff will be professor of philosophy. Weather . . . Fair in the morning with in creasing cloudiness. High: about 65. New Personnel to Run Next Year's Publications i m m JOAN MIMNAUGH Emerald Business Manager DON SMITH Emerald Editor | Each spring Oregon’s two ma ! jor publications—the Oregana and ! the Daily Emerald—pick new boss I es in preparation for the coming ! year. Would-be editors and business managers petition the all-powerftil education activities board, and af ter a strenuous wee-hours session i of the board, four names come up winners. This year Don Smith and Joan Mimnaugh were named Em erald editor-in-chief and business manager respectively, and Larry Davidson and Jim Sanders share like honors o* the Oregana. Smith, a pre-journalism major, is the first sophomore since 1933 to be appointed Emerald editor. During his freshman year he served the customary stint as re porter, copy-reader, and night staff worker, and became assist ant to the managing editor at the (Please turn to page eight) LARKY DAVIDSON Oregana Editor JIM SANDERS Oregana Business Manager