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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 19, 1949)
Betty, Joe Entries Cut to 24 Twenty-four sophomores are still being considered as potential finalists in the Betty Coed— Joe College contest, after preliminary eliminations last night. Final decisions by the judges today will cut the number of contestants to six for Betty, and six Cfi'en Gets $4800 Aid In Physics Dr. Shang-ye Ch’en of the phys ics department recently received a research grant in physics of more than $4,800 from the Research Cor poration of New York. He will use the money to study the pressure effect of foreign gases on spectral lines of the earth. TO NAME ASSISTANTS Assistants to help with the pro ject will be appointed within the next month. Ch’en, who has lived in China most of his life, received his Mas ters degree at Yenching Univer sity in Peiping in 1934. He then came to the United States where he received his Ph.D. degree from the California Institute of Technol ogy in 1939. TAUGHT AT PACIFIC Returning to his native land, he taught for seven years. His last three years in China were spent in physics research at the Institute of Physics of the National Aca demy of Peiping. Before coming to the University of Oregon, Dr. Ch’en taught for six months at Pacific University in Forest Grove. Talent Chairman Petition Call Issued; Due Thursday at 5 Petitions for chairman of the proposed talent finding and re cording .board are due to Anita Holmes, Hendricks Hall or Don Pickett, Beta Theta Pi, by 5 p.m. Thursday. The chairman would have charge of planning and carrying out a system to discover and record tal ent for campus entertainment shows and civic programs. Miss Holmes and Pickett will confer with departmental officials and present the petitions which they believe to be superior to the Executive Council for action. lux juc. The 12 remaining Betty Co-ed candidates are: Barbara Bate, Carson Hall; Bet ty Jean Boner, Alpha Phi; Kather ine Carter, Pi Beta Phi; Mary Dun son, Kappa Kappa Gamma. Diane Ford, Alpha Gamma Del ta; Anita Frost, Alpha Chi Omega; Yvonne Heppley, Alpha Xi Delta; Arlene Kennedy, Dleta Delta Delta. Kathy Newman, Kappa Alpha Theta; Janice Schneider, Carson Hall; Helen Simpson, Gamma Phi Beta; Nancy Tuttle, Zeta Tau Al pha. The six finalists for Joe College will be selected from the following 12 men: John Chaney, Chi Psi; Bill Clau sen, Kappa Sigma, Bob Gray, Sig ma Chi; Bill Kirkpatrick, Phi Gam ma Delta. Dick Lee, Alpha Tau Omega; Duncan Liston, Phi Kappa Psi; Allan Mann, Beta Theta Pi; Martin Meadows, Nestor Hall. Jay McMurren, Sigma Alpha Ep silon; Roger Middleton, Sigma Phi Epsilon; Martel Scroggins, Phi Kappa Sigma; Jack Smith, Lamb da Chi Alpha. Final voting for Betty Coed and Joe College will be at the Whisker ino, Oct. 28, with students voting for one boy and one girl out of the 12 finalists. Ticket stubs will be us ed as ballots. Judges were Art Johnson, ASUO president; Beverly Krueger, “Miss Oregon of 1949’’; Joanne Fryden lund, ASUO secretary; Bill Bower man, frosh football coach; and Mrs. Jacklyn Henderson, manager of “Jacklyn’s Dance School.’’ Slogan Contest Deadline Nears In 1921 it was “Home to Meet ’Em, Back to Beat ’Em.’’ Last year it was “New Look at Oregon.” Homecoming slogans have a long history, but there are only a few hours left to enter this year’s con test. Deadline for suggestions is 4 this afternoon. Entries, with name -and address, may be dropped in a box located in the Co-op. Prize for the winning slogan will be ad mission for a couple to the Home coming dance, Nov. 19. AUCTIONEER DICK NEELY sets some of his stock in shape for this afternoon’s AWS Auction in front of the Side. From left to risht are Kappa Sigs Bill Clausen, Dick Couch, and Dick Young', Auctioneer Neely; and DG’s Martha Stapleton, Nancy Weir, and Libby Miller. Journalism Conference Enrollment Reaches 175 Approximately 175 delegates already have enrolled for the Oregon Scholastic Press Conference to be held Oct. 22 at the School of Journalism. As the conference nears, registration fig ures arc expected to soar, Mrs. Gloria Billings, secretary of the school, who is in charge of of enrollment, indicated Tuesday. These delegates represent some 69 high schools in Oregon. A policy adopted this year allows schools to send four official -— i (lolpp'a.tes. blit, as manv unofficial USA Plans Job Filling Thursday Positions on the Steering Com mittee will be filled at the first meeting of the General Assembly of the United Students Association at 4 p.m., Thursday, in 207 Chap man Hall. The committee has recommend ed the following students as nom inees for the posts: Steve Loy, Dan French, Donna Buse, Joe Labadie, and Delores Jeppeson. Those who filed petitions but were not rec ommended may be nominated from ^the floor. 'Triskaidekaphobia' Not Caused by Polluted Race; It's Novelty Piece Played'by Les Brown Orchestra “Triskaidekaphobia” is a novelty tune students will hear when Les Brown and his “band of renown” play for the annual Whiskerino, Oct. 28. Butch Stone, comedy vo calist, will sing the number. Stone, one of Brown’s four top vocalists, is best known for his Columbia record, “A Good Man is Hard to Find.” Other vocalists who will appear are Amy Lou Polk; six feet, four inch, Ray Kellog, bari tone; and at five feet, Stumpy Brown, youngest brother of the band leader. OTHERS FEATURED Also featured with the orchestra will be Ray Klein, trombone, and Abe Most, clarinet. “Whenever we go to work on a new tune, we always figure things from a musicians’ angle, but the customer is the final judge,” ob LES BROWN served Brown. His recording of “I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm’’ has re cently been number one throughout the country. Brown is currently featured on the Bob Hope program. ORCHESTRA OF ATHLETES Brown’s orchestra holds the mythical baseball crown among big name bands of the country. His boys have played baseball with almost every other orchestra in the nation and have never lost a game. They also make a good foot ball eleven, advance reports say. Skull and Dagger members are in charge of Whiskerino tickets which will go on sale today in all men’s living organizations. They will be $2.40, tax included. Lillian Schott, ticket chairman, warned that only a limited number of tickets are available. DG's, Kappa Sigs To Serve as Bait At Auction Today Entertainment, Services Go to Hjgh Bidders; AWS Function to Get Under Way at 4 o'clock Living- organizations making the highest bids at today’s As sociated Women Students Auction, set for 4 p. m. in front of the Side, will win the entertainment and table waiting services of delegates as they wish. Previously, there was a restriction on the num ber of delegates that might attend. 23rd CONFERENCE This year's 23rd annual confer ence, which will serve as a get-to gether for both the Oregon Schol astic Press and Oregon Association of Journalism Advisors, will include a Yearbook Forum, in addition to the regular newspaper meetings. An extensive program has been planned for the all-day conference. Newly instituted student-conducted panels, round-tables, and adviser's conferences are on the agenda. NOMINATIONS SEATED Nominations for offices of the Oregon Scholastic Press and Ore gon Association of Journalism Ad visors will be made. Charles A. Sprague, former state governor and now editor-publisher o£ the Salem Oregon Statesman, and Assistant Professor Ivan G. Nagy of the political science de partment will give the main talk. Wanted—Actress For Leading Role Small, dark, young, and beau tiful ? If so, hold on a minute—you also should be sweet, intent, brilliant, and a wonderful actress. Meaning? Out of 150 applicants for leading lady in the first production in the new University Theater, none have proved to be "exactly right,” says Horace W. Robinson, director of the University Theater. Would-be leading ladies have been asked to contact Robinson immediately, or attend rehearsal at 7:30 Thursday, 102 Villard. groups from Delta Gamma and Kappa Sigma. Last-minute collections are being1 taken in campus living groups as the hour for the auction approach es. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS Hats, jackets, books, notebooks, pens, and small items of wearing apparel gathered from the campus lost and found department, and from donations by living organiza tions, will also go on the block. Proceeds will go toward AWS scholarships. Representing the Del ta Gamma sophomore class will be Martha Stapleton, Barbara Claren, Sally Ford, and Lois Williams in a brief skit. The entire class of 14 girls will be auctioned to the high est bidder. The winning house will be entertained and served at dinner by the girls sometime this term. Last year Kappa Alpha Theta sorority won a group from Phi Gamma Delta, while representa tives from Alpha Phi were purch ased by Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. SELECTIONS FROM PROGRAM A selection fronj the Kappa Sig entertainment program will also ba presented. Included in the offering are ten waiters, the Kappa Sig quartet, and Russ Haehl and Dick Bryon in a blackface act. Flying speecncs completed cov erage of campus living groups last night, notifying them of the event. Student Court Hears 13 Cases; Fines Total $14 Thirteen cases were considered and $14 in fines collected by the student traffic court in its regular session Tuesday night. Six cases had posted bail in the Office of Student Affairs. Seven, cases appeared; all were found guilty and one student was fined an additional $1 because of failure to display registration sticker. HAMPTON ATTENDS Sophomore member Merv Hamp ton sat in as an observer for his < first meeting. He will become an official member after the confir mation ’of his appointment by the Executive Council next Monday. The new student parking area behind Emerald Hall was opened last week. Use of this area could have prevented many of the viola tions considered last night, since a number of students were fined for parking in the physical plant area only a few hundred1 feet from the unfilled student lot. Several other students were fin ed for parking in service entrances. This is strictly prohibited because of fire regulations. IMPROVEMENT NOTED Some students have twice failed to appear before the court. After two warnings have been issued and no response made, the court will turn the case over to the Office of Student Affairs, where measures - up to suspension of University reg istration will be considered. The court has noticed a trend toward improvement during the last week, chairman Dick Neely commented, with fewer tickets be ing issued to students. Court sessions are held each Tuesday, 7 p.m. in 6 Friendly.