Fiftieth Year of Publication and Service to the University
VOLUME L
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1949
NUMBER 127
JW Princess
PRINCESS PHYLLIS MORGAN is last, but not least, in the group
of five Junior weekend princesses presented in the Emerald this week.
An enthusiastic skier, she has refrained from skiing the last couple
weeks to ket, herself in one piece for the weekend ceremonies.
Float Route, Order
Given by Patterson
Floats for the Junior Weekend parade will assemble at 4th
and Charnelton, and on back up Charnelton, at 3 tomorrow af
ternoon, parade chairman Phil Patterson announced yesterday.
Route of the parade will be to Willamette from the assembly
point, up Willamette to 13th, out 13th to campus and up Univer
sity to 18th. Here the parade will turn left and end by the ATO
house.
Judges for the contest in
cludeMayor Ed Johnson; Oren
King, city manager; Ann Con
nell, society editor of the Reg
ister-Guard ; Mrs. J. F. White,
of Tiffany-Davis drug store;
and faculty members R. D. Clark,
assistant to dean of college of lib
eral arts, and R. R. Ferens, assist
ant professor of architecture..
The parade will be headed by a
police car, the band, and the Junior
Weekend Queen, who will be crown
ed at the All-Campus Sing tonight.
Remainder of the parade is as fol
lows: 1, Tau Kappa Epsilon-Gam
ma Phi Beta; 2, Stitzer hall-Rebec
house; 3, Delta Tau Delta-Gamma
hall; 4, Orides-Pi Kappa Alpha; 5,
Theta Chi-Alpha Chi Omega; 6,
Nestor hall-Kappa Alpha Theta.
One of the princesses will lead
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Free Prom Ticket
To Lucky Student
Parachute warfare — junior
size—will hit the campus this
morning at 10:50 when Oregon
students scramble to snatch the
parachute from the flare released
by the “Mad Arabians” between
Chapman and Condon halls.
A free ticket to Saturday
night’s Junior Prom will go to
the victorious student returning
the parachute to Bill Lance at the
Sigma Nu house, courtesy of the
Junior weekend promotion com
mittee.
Also featured between 10:50
and 11 a.m. will be a harem dance,
a five-piece orchestra, and a sev
en-minute skit.
Junior Weekend Schedule
Friday, May 6
2:30 p.m.—Mothers’ Executive Board meeting, Alumni hall, Gerlinger.
4:15 p.m.—Freshman-Sophomore Tug-of-War, behind Kappa Sig house.
8:00 p.m.—All-Campus Sing and Coronation of Queen, McArthur court
(admission 80 cents).
Saturday, May 7
9:00 a.m.—Annual business meeting of Oregon Mothers at buffet
breakfast, Straub hall (85 cents).
12:00 noon—All-Campus Luncheon and tapping for Friars, Mortar
Board, Asklepiads, Scabbard and Blade, (45 cents).
2:00 to 4:30—Tea for Oregon Mothers sponsored by AWS, YWCA,
Eugene Mothers' club, Alumni hall, Gerlinger.
4:00 p.m.—Start of Float Parade on Fourth and Willamette.
9:00 p.m.—Junior Prom, McArthur court. ($2.00).
Sunday, May 8
9:00 a.m.—Meeting of Oregon Mothers State Board of Directors (in
cluding old and new members) at no-host breakfast, Mirror room,
Eugene hotel.
1:00 p.m.—Dinner for Mothers at living organizations.
3:00 to 4:30—Sunlight Serenade, Music school open-air auditorium.
No Tyro She
Versatile Princess Boasts Talents
By Anne Goodman
She skis, knits, cooks, sews,
and plays bridge. She is Phyllis
Morgan, last of the candidates
for queen of Junior weekend.
The queen will be crowned at
the All-Campus Sing Friday
night.
Princess Phyllis likes her
birthplace, Eugene. “It’s big.
enough—yet you still know the
people,” she pointed out.
An enthusiastic skier, the 5
foot, 6-inch lass refrained from
the sport last Sunday for fear
she might break a leg. “Any
other time I wouldn't care, but
I couldn't see attending the cor
onation on crutches,” she ex
plained.
Not one, but seven pairs of
finished argyles has she to her
credit. The tanned, cbmely miss
would not commit herself con
cerning their recipients.
The main reason for her in
terest in cooking is that she is
a “persnickety eater and can
draw up a list of foods a mile
long that I don’t like.”
She was in the royal court at
a Eugene high school Beaux
Arts ball, secretary of her high J
school student body, and a fin
alist in the campus Betty Co-ed
contest last year.
Her travels include one trip
out of Oregon—to visit friends '
in far-away New York.
Business administration is
her college major and she loves
to travel. This member of Ore-..
gon royalty expects to find her
self working in the merchandis
ing field after she graduates,
perhaps in a ‘‘bigger town, -
since there are more opportun
ities.
All-CampusSing, Coronation
Headline Tonight's Activities
Arabian Picnic
Will Feature
Tapping, Music
Herb Widmer and his combo
will provide music at the all-cam
pus, “Feast of Scheherazade'’ to
morrow. Mothers, guests and
students will see the old campus
transformed to resemble an oasis
on the Arabian desert.
Students from all organized liv
ing organizations will receive tick
ets through their houses. The ad
mittances may be bought for
guests and off-campus students at
the Co-op or the picnic for 45 cents.
Houses under the Brezee War
ner system may send representa
tives there to pick up their tickets.
Bob Nelson will emcee the event,
at which the queen and her court
will be honored guests. Seerving
will be members of Kwama and
Phi Theta, while Skull and Dagger
members will take tickets. Sched
ule of the 12 to 2 p.m. affair is as
follows:
12:00—Eight tables serving food.
12:50—Queen’s processional
1:00—Mortar Board taps
1:20—Friars tap
1:30—Askiepiads tap
1:40—Scabbard and Blade taps
1:55—Recessional
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Crowning of Queen Inaugurates
'1001 Nights' Weekend Activities
Tonight will be “one night in a thousand” for two groups of
singers and a campus queen.
They will share honors at Junior Weekend’s all-campus sing
and coronation. Starting time is 8 o'clock in McArthur court.
Tickets are on sale at the Co-op, the educational activities of
fice, and will be sold at the door.
Sally Waller and Lou Weston are co-chairmen of the sine.
Dorothy Orr and Sue Michel j
are directing the coronation. ]
20 Groups Compete
Men’s and women’s choruses !
will compete with over 19 other
groups in each division. For the
first time, only one judge, Ray
mond Moreman of UCLA will pick
the winners.
The five princesses will become
four princesses and a queen after
the coronation. Mayor Edwin John
son of Eugene will crown the queen
to open the sing.
Awards Given
Awards that will be given at in
termission include:
Josephine Evans Harpham cup,
to be given by Carl Hintz, Univer
sity librarian;
Phi Theta Upsilon scholarships,
by Marguerite Johns;
Hazel P. Schwering scholarship,
by Mrs. Perrie Dolph of Portland;
Delta Delta Delta scholarships,
by Gloria Stannard;
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Registration
Hours Set
Hours for registration of moth
ers today and Saturday have been
announced by Margaret Wicken
den, registration chairman.
Mothers arriving today may
register at Johnson hall from 2
to 5 p.m.. and Saturday’s regis
tration will be from 8:30 to 11
a.m. in Straub, 9 to 2 in Johnson,
and 2 to 4:30 in Gerlinger.
A special section will be set
aside in the east balcony of Mc
Arthur court Saturday night, for
mothers who wish to atteend the
Junior Prom. Refreshments will
be served by Eugene mothers.
Awards of Chesterfield cigar
ettes will be awarded to the liv
ing organizations with the larg
est percentage of mothers at
tending the weekend.
Canoe Fete Nationally Publicized
This is the last in a series of
three articles tracing the devel
opment of Junior weekend.
By Bill Lance
It is hard to reconcile the pres
ent Junior weekend and the now
dry millrace. The magic and fame
of that great water spectacle had
for years been the envy of other
colleges and universities.
Evidence that no other college
had any comparable event was
seen in the annual coverage of the
fete by national magazines and
newsreels. This year, however, Eu
gene looks forward to seeing the
traditional parade in its mechan
ized version on downtown Willam
ette street, with the realization
that next year the fete may come
j into its own.
All week splashes of spring
weather and tasks of preparing
decorations have cut wide swaths
in study hours, giving the Univer
sity all the earmarks of the movie
lot college setting for the Ritz
brothers.
A great irregularity occurred
last year when Snowbelle, the St.
Bernard mascot of the Phi Psi fra
ternity, ran for queen. Snowbelle
garnered 203 votes in the election
placing her in second place to Nan
cy Swen, the lovely blonde who
won the crown. The pup thus won
1 herself a position in the royal
court. However, heavy-jowlcd but
frisky Snowbelle was disqualified
on a technicality—she was a low
ly second-term sophomore.
] So, year by year, Junior week
end has become, flavored with the
joys of celebrations past. It has*
retained some of its original aca
demic meaning in the awarding of
scholarships and cups and the hon
orary tappings. It continues the
keen rivalry of the early junior
sophomore conflicts in the tug-of
war and traditions rulings on the
old campus. It maintains its air of
sophistication with a comely queen
and the gala Junior Prom.
The festival .has continued to
grow in the hearts of University
students and friends. Today they
look with pride at Junior weekend
as the culmination of a year's ac
tivities and the symbol of the con
structive attitude and loyal spirit
which makes up a major part of
University life.