Fiftieth Year of Publication and Service to the University
1 VOLUME L UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY MAY 13, 1949 NUMBER 132
Millrace Fund Drive Nears End
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Social Pro
Three sororities have been placed
cn socal probation by the office of
student affairs for the rest of the
term.
Reason given for the action is
that the three, Kappa Kappa Gam
ma, Delta Gamma, and Pi Beta
Fhi, did not turn in house dance
f applications on time. A Univer
sity ruling reads that all house so
t cial affairs must be cleared by the
, office of student affairs by 5 p.m.
I' of the Monday before the event,
i Two petitions were turned in
Tuesday by 9 and the third was
submitted later. Given choices of
having the dances and going on
, social pro or foregoing the dates
and remaining in good standing all
three sororities took the Saturday
night danc^ dates which were
granted.
Social pro forbids any planned
house social event participated in
by over six persons.
Rushing will not be affected by
the ruling.
) Mercury Hits 85;
The mercury soared to 85 yes
r'terday, a new high for the year,
and there will be no let up in the
.current hot spell until this eve
I ling, according to the Eugene
veather bureau.
l£l Today’s forecast calls for fair
ft md continued warm weather with
i probable high of 88 degrees.
I* Showers tonight may bring re
I hef from the heat.
Mystery of 'Mysties' Continues
Until Sales Begin Wednesday
Start out the day with a "mystie.” Yes, that’s right—the word is
mystie, not twistie. The days of those well-known Baker’s confections
are gone, we hope, forever. And the “mysties” we guarantee you, do not
produce the after effects of their predecessors, either.
Is your curiosity getting the best of you about these unknown
items? Wednesday morning at 8:45 the secret will be revealed when
the sale begins at booths about the campus.
Try one before your nine o’clock. If you don’t have time there'll
be plenty of other opportunities during the rest of the day. Try one any
time between 9 and 5. We guarantee you’ll be pleasd. But you don’t
need to limit to these hours, for the representative in your living or
ganization will be glad to take an order for you.
Nor is the sale limited to Wednesday. “Mysties” may be purchased
during the same times on Thursday.
Don’t just begin the day with a “mystie,” end with one also.
You Don't Have To Be Crazy
To Play Baseball, But It Helps
WASHINGTON, May 12—(AP)—Are you wondering why the
Washington Senators are playing baseball like champions? It’s simply
a “reaction to frustration.”
That’s the explanation given by one of the nation’s top phychia
trists, Dr. Winfred Overholser, superintendent at St. Elizabeth’s mental
hospital here.
The Senators were just frustrated, said the doctor, when they lost
seven games straight at the beginning of the season.. Their reaction
is what’s handed Chicago .two lickings, St. Louis three, Cleveland three
and Detroit one.
Asked if this reaction is only temporary, Overholser replied:
“No, not necessarily. It eoirfd go on indefinitely.”
“When an individual suffers beating after beating, there are two
courses open,” he said. “He can either lie down and admit defeat or
get up and fight back.”
He added, “This is not restricted to an individual. It applies to
groups, teams and even armies. Certainly this ball club is fighting
back.”
The senators’ complete reversal of form is a “very good example of
what a person can do when he becomes sufficiently annoyed,” said the
doctor.
$1000 Still Needed
For University Quota
Nearly $1000 is yet to be pledged by students toward their
share of the Millrace restoration fund, Warren Davis, campus
chairman said last night. The drive for $3500 in breakage fees
will, officially, be over tonight.
Breakage fee pledge cards may be obtained, filled out and
turned in at the Coop, any campus business establishment or
restaurant, and at living organizations.
oince tne go-anead tor repair
and restoration of the scenic
stream, the city council of Eu
gene has voted $25,000 to match
the same amount in contribu
tions by the Millrace commit
tee. The matching fund will be
donated by students, alumni, and
townspeople. The University popu
lation has the smallest quota —
$3500 as compared with $4000 from
alumni and $17,500 from city peo
ple.
City Drive Next
Although the city drive for funds
will not begin until next week, con
tributions have already been turn
ed in, Dr. Milton V. Walker, chair
man of the Millrace association has
reported. In addition, fraternity
houses on the Race have promised
$400 apiece.
Any funds secured over the quota
in the drive will be used for beauti
fying and landscaping the Millrace.
It is hoped that eventually an am
phitheater will be built on the Uni
versity property cast of the An
chorage cafe between the highway
and the railroad tracks to seat
crowds during the canoe fetes.
Picnic Grounds Planned
Picnic grounds will be laid out,
and equipment purchased to chlor
inate and pump the stream so that
it. will be suitable for swimming.
Canoeing will be open to all, as
the waterway will be a public one,
city owned.
If the necessary funds are ob
tained, Davis said, the restoration
work should be completed with in
a year.
Democracy Is
Chinese Goal
Koo Tells Crowd
China’s civil war is but another
step in the country’s approach to
democracy. Dr. T. Z. Koo, secre
tary of the World Student Chris
tian federation, told a group of
students, faculty members and
townspeople last night.
The Chinese gentleman told an
audience in McArthur court last
night of the indomitable spirit of
the Chinese people. "China’s basic
drive is not toward Communism
but away from the monarchy that
was our main pattern of life for
3,000 years and toward some form
of democracy,” he said.
Modern education has had far
more influence on Chinese culture
than political change, Dr. Koo said.
The thing the American people
must keep in mind is the potent
energy this education has re
leased.
“Is China downhearted? Pessi
mistic? Hopeless?” Dr. Koo asked.
“Has it the vitality to carry this
change through to some bettor
structure of Ifie than has been
known for the past 35 centuries?"
“The Chinese young people feci
they have the future buried in the
hollow of their hands, to make or
to mar,” he answered. “If the Iron
Curtain descends, it will not be be
cause the people have accepted
the Communist ideology.”
China is between “the devil and
the deep-blue sea,” today Dr. Koo
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Artist's Sketch of the Proposed Millrace Park
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THE STUDENT DRIVE to raise
r funds to fill the millraee, if suc
cessful, is expected to start the
I' ball rolling toward the eventual
completion of all the improve
, ments shown above. This sketch
, represents plans for development
of the race as they stood in
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1939; so far the state highway
department has progressed far
ahead of the University by the
relocation of highw’ay 99.
Among the improvements in the
sketch above are the 5000-seat
bleachers in the upper left-hand
corner. The round domed struc
ture opposite is a bandstsand for
outdoor concerts. To add glamor
to Junior Weekend’s canoe fete,
steam pipes from the physical
plant can produce steam cur
tains near the bleachers; flood
lights playing on these clouds
will give float entries a myste
rious glamor.
The irregular body of water in
the center of the sketch is a
proposed water garden. The en
tire area will be landscaped and
three footbridges will cross the
race. “ .
These developments will not be
paid for by the proceeds of the
present drive; however, the
campus drive is the spearhead of
the whole campaign to get wa
ter in the race. Student leaders
believe that as soon as Univer
sity students show their interest
in the program, these other de
velopments will follow.