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EMERALD
The first of a series of
articles on the deferred
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VOLUME LI UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, NOV EMBER 15,1949 NUMBER 38
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Water Pageant
Tickets on Sale
Starting Today
Tickets for the Amphibian water
ballet, “Western Melodies,’’ are
being sold today and tomorrow in
the Co-op and by members, for 50
cents.
The pageant will be presented in
three acts Wednesday and Thurs
Sday nights at 8 p.m. in the men’s
Ipool, Thirteenth and University.
' PROGRAM
The program, according to gen
eral chairman, Joan Carr, will in
clude water ballets by members
and pledges of the swimming hon
orary, and diving exhibitions by
Jim Stanley, Northern Division
diving champion, and Pat Neilson,
sophomore in health and physical
education.
Included in the first act, “Pitch
ing Hay,” are "Jamboree” and
“Down at the Barn” by Barbara
Ebeling, and “Cowboy Waltz” by
Joan Skordahl.
r Act two, “Hickory Hat Days,”
t; will include “Cool Water” and a
sextet by Joanne Gilmore, and
. “Donkey Quartet” by Pat Honl,
“ON THE TRAIL”
!- «*The third act, “On the Trail” by
Miss Carr, will include “The Whist
lers,” “Trail Blazers,” and the
finale.
The Amphibian show has been
an annual affair since 1943, when
it was held in the Millrace. It was
held in the women’s pool until
three ylars ago when, to accom
modate spectators, the scene was
changed to the men’s pool and two
performances were given.
The show is being directed by
Miss Jeannette Masilionis of the
physical education department,
and is sponsored by the Women’s
Athletic Association.
Justice Will Out;
Koke-Chopman Lose
In Millrace Fiasco
By Bill Stanfield
He who laughs last, laughs loud
est, and the last twist of the cat’s
tail gives the loudest howl, as Cer
vantes’ lovable character Sancho
Panza would say.
Last year, a local business con
cern, the Koke-Chapman company,
began filling in the lower end of
, Eugene’s historic millrace in prep
I aration for construction of a serv
ice station.
j Indignant University students
threw a futile road barricade in
Upstest over the proposed defama
I tion of the colorful stream site and
prevented trucks from dumping
loads of dirt into the stream bed.
' But Eugene-style justice won
and the millrace was filled in. Not
all was lost, however, as a culvert
‘was laid under the fill to allow
water to flow through when the
millrace should be filled again.
With its tongue in its cheek, the
Eugene Zoning Committee recently
refused to allow the Koke-Chap
man company to build a service
station at the site of the fill.
Frosh Beware!
Lest You Disobey
Old Traditions
Due to the “staggering” number
of violators apprehended on Mon
day, the Order of the O has given
one day of grace, Monday, and will
observe traditions starting today
and continuing throughout the
week, stated Bob Don, chairman of
traditions, Monday.
Traditions are:
1. Class pants for underclass
men — freshmen may wear any
thing but cords and jeans; sopho
mores may wear anything but
cords.
2. No smoking on old campus.
3. No walking on grass any
where on the campus.
4. “Hello” on “Hello Walk” be
tween Villard and Fenton Halls.
5. Freshman girls wear green
ribbons in their hair.
6. Freshman men wear green
and yellow rooters’ lids.
In view of this delay, the dunk
iifg and hacking will start at 12:30
p.m. Wednesday on the stairs of
Fenton Hall. All violators should
appear at that time or face the
consequences of being “hunted
down” at the game Saturday.
Oregon State Asks
For Physical Ed
Major in Corvallis
Oregon State alumni presented
an appeal to the State Board of
Higher Education Friday and Sat
urday in Portland to add a physi
cal education major to the OSC
curriculum.
The brief will come before the
regular curriculum meeting of the
board in January, President Edgar
W. Smith said. It asks that a phys
ical education major under the ed
ucation department be introduced
in the graduate as well as under
graduate level.
Proponents of the idea state
that no new money, nor staff, nor
even new degree will be involved
in granting the major. They em
phasize that under the present
system, OSC athletes are handi
capped when they seek jobs be
cause they lack the technicality
of a major in physical education,
which is given at the University of
Oregon.
R. W. Leighton, dean of the
school of Health and Physical Edu
cation here, declined Monday to
make a statement on the effect
such a change in the OSC curri
culum would have on the Univer
sity.
Hello Girl, Miss Hospitality Titles
Of Hostess for Past Homecomings
Homecoming Hostess Marguer
ite Johns is the seventh Oregon co
ed to rule over Homecoming festiv
ities.
Hope Hughes, who held the posi
tion in 1941, was the first hostess,
and was officially known as “Hello
Girl.” She was one of eleven senior
girls who petitioned for the honor
and was selected from four final
ists by members of the football
team.
She was an attractive dark
haired girl chosen because she best
“typified the friendly Oregon spir
it.”
^lartha Jane Switzer greeted
alums in 1942 just before the event
was canceled because of World
War II.
The theme,' “Ducks Revive in
’45’’ signified the return of the
Homecoming celebration in 1945
and Margery Ellsworth was elect
ed “Miss Hospitality.”
In 1946 the official hostess was
given the title of Homecoming
Hostess and the procedure for her
election which is now used was
started. Dawn Carson, Zata Sin
clair, and Jane Hull were Oregon
| Homecoming Hostesses in ’46, ’47,
i and ’48, respectively.
'One Touch of Tomorrow'
Homecoming Dance Theme
Will Osborne
Scheduled for
Homecoming
It’s Will Osborne and his orch
estra for the Homecoming Dance.
Short silks will be the dress for the
Saturday evening affair; McAr
thur Court the place; and $2.40 a
couple the admission price.
Osborne, who played at the 1948
Junior Prom, is a Canadian by
birth. He studied at St. Andrews
College in Toronto, and also in
London and Paris.
He is noted for smooth, rhyth
mic music.1 The “Slide Music" of
his group is the Earmark of the
leader and vocalist.
The composer of such numbers
as “Pompton Turnpike” and “Be
tween 18th and 19th on Chestnut
Street,” Osborne records for Decca,
Columbia, and Victor.
The band has appeared over the
Pebecco Toothpaste, Fitch Band
wagon, and Abbott and Costello
radio shows. Motion picture credits
range from Warner Brothers’
“Blues in the Night” to Para
mount’s “In Society.”
Holding a record ol playing more
college proms than any other or
chestra, Osborne has also had the
all time attendance record at the
Palomar Ballroom in Los Angeles.
Previous engagements have been
Hotels New Yorker and Pennsyl
vania, Edgewater Beach Hotel,
State and Chicago Theaters, and
Aragon and Trianon Ballrooms.
Puddles Shuffles
Between Phi Sigs
It looked like a game of “now
you see him, now you don't” for
awhile Saturday, but Puddles, Ore
gon’s webfooted mascot, is now
safe at home in Eugene.
Overwhelmed by a human flood
of California students after Satur
day’s game at Berkeley, Puddles
was borne away by trimphant
Golden Bears. The Oregon mascot
ended up at the Cal Phi Sigma
Kappa chapter house.
Infiltrating among the ranks of
their southern fraternity brothers,
Oregon Phi Sigs retrieved the
duck, only to have it restolen by
the stubborn Californians.
Puddles was again imprisoned in
the Phi Sig house, where prepara
tions were under way for a house
dance that night. Finally the mas
cot was placed on the fraternity
house roof.
Dim moonlight early Sunday
morning revealed four Oregon Phi
Sigs—Delbert Fennel, Dean Mer
ton, Bob Huey, and Bob Hubert—
storming the roof, at 2 a.m., they
recaptured Puddles, whisked her
to their awaiting limousine, and
took off for Eugene.
So Puddles is back, little the
worse for wear but taking a rest
cure to prepare himself for the
OSC game this Saturday.
Weather . . .
Partly cloudy weather is pre
dicted for today and Wednesday by
the weather bureau. Fog will roll
in during nights.
To Play Dance
WILL, OSBORNE, whose band
will play Saturday night at Mc
Arthur Court for “One Touch of
Tomorrow,” Homecoming dance.
Buttons Feature
Fierce Webfoot
“Beat the Beavers!”
Probably i t will never b e
known if that’s what the duck
on the Homecoming buttons is
saying.
But it’s for sure the Duck
looks mad enough to chew Ore
gon Staters.
The Homecoming buttons,
lemon and green in color, are
now being sold at the Co-op and
in the living organizations by
members of Kwama, sophomore
women’s service honorary. They
cost 10 cents.
They’ve come a long way from
St. Louis, too—they’re made by
the St. Louis Button Co.
Sales will continue through
Friday according to Chairman
Cal Smith.
Flashcard Section
To Get Game Seats
Seats between the 40 and 50
yard lines will be roped off Satur
day for members of the flashcard
section, chairman Jerry Kinersly
announced Monday.
Twelve volunteers from each
men’s living organization will be
seated in the section. Kinersly re
quested presidents of men’s dormi
tories, fraternities, co-ops, and
Yeomen to turn in their groups
list of volunteers to him tonight
at Phi Kappa Psi between 7 anc
10 p.m.
Seats in the flashcard sectior
will be saved until 1 p.m. Satur
day. All participants will weai
white shirts and rooters’ lids. Dir
ection sheets will be issued tc
each man and will be tucked undei
the collar of the man in the row
ahead. Kinersly said.
Yellow, green, orange, black, anc
red cards will be used.
Guides Out Today
The 1949-50 edition of the rig
ger’s Guide, student directory,
will be distributed today and to
morrow at McArthur Court by
members of Phi Theta Upsilon
and Kwama, women’s service
honoraries.
Futuristic Motif
Plus Black Light
Slated Saturday
“One Touch of Tomorrow” will
be the theme of this year’s Home
coming Dance, Jerry Smith, chair
man, has announced. Mac Court
will be dressed in black and white
with black lights playing on de
signs for the futuristic theme.
The dance will begin at 9 p.m.
Saturday. Short silks for women,
and suits for men are in order.
TRICE $2.40
Tickets for the dance will be
sold by representatives in men’s
living organizations and in the
Co-op this week. Admission price is
$2.40 a couple including tax. Ann
Darby, ticket chairman, has asked
that Skull and Dagger members
and dormitory representatives pick
up their tickets at the Pi Beta Phi
house today.
Programs will be handed out at
the door, but Georgie Oberteuffer,
program chairman, requests every
one to come early because only a
thousand are being printed.
Students are also asked not to
sit in patrons’ places during the.
dance.
DECORATIONS
Decorations committee members,
working under chairman Betty
Wright, are Joan Skordahl, Gretty
Grese, John Otto, Joan Cartozian,
Sally Pitman, Kathy Fletcher, and
Marian Christenson.
Assisting Dona Bernhardt, chair
man of clean-up are Barbara Met
calf, Jeanne Hall, Jane Cover, Joan
Murphy, Joan Abel, Joan Beggs,
Nancy Lagcson, Bonnie Strong,
Ann Ostenson, Kathy Ackerman,
Mary Eilertson, MaS’ian Smith,
oan Zener, Lillian Schott, Sue
Bachelder, Shirley Ilstad, Kathy
Kaddas, and Mette Brix-Kjelgaard.
U.O., OSC Men
To Meet Tonight
Student and faculty representa
tives from the University of Ore
gon and Oregon State College will
meet at 6:30 tonight in the Cor
vallis Hotel to discuss phases of
relationship between the two
schools.
Particular attention will b o
given to means of protecting band
instruments from both schools
when bands are playing at the
other’s field, stated Vergil S. Fog
dall, University director of men’s
affairs.
Attending from Oregon will be
Fogdall; Art Johnson, ASUO presi
dent; Jim Bartelt, Order of the O
president; J. H. Stehn, associate
professor of music; and Don Smith,
Emerald editor.
Oregon State representatives in
clude Dan Poling, dean of men;
R. B. Walls, head of the music de
partment; Theodore Mesang, in
structor in music; Jim Hankers,
ASOSC president; Rudy Ruppe,
Orange O president; and Jim Bar
ratt, Barometer editor.
Dinner will be served first, with!
the discussion to follow.