VOLUME LI
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1049
NUMBER 40
Scripps' President
To Speak Tonight
Dr. Hard to Discuss 'Frontiers of Culture'
In Second Talk of University Lecture Series
Dr. Frederick Hard, president of Scripps College, will speak
at 8 tonight in 207 Chapman Hall on “Frontiers of Culture.”
The speech will be the second of the University Lecture Ser
ies, sponsored by the University Lectures Committee. Prof. R.
H. Ernst of the Department of English is chairman.
Mr. Plard is well-known as an educator and college adminis
trator, and is considered an authority in the field of Elizabethan
literature. He has been presi
^ dent of Scripps College in
Claremont, Calif., since 1944.
He is a member of the Na
tional Council of Teachers of
English, the Modern Humani
ties Research Association, and
the Modern Language Association.
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He has contributed extensively
to professional journals and is a
member of the editorial board of
The Pacific Spectator.
The book, “Reading and Writ
ing' English Prose,” was written
by Mr. Hard with R. R. Kirk and
H. L. Marcoux.
Tonight’s speaker received his
doctor of philosophy degree from
Johns Hopkins University, and
holds honorary doctor’s degrees
from University of the South and
Occidental College.
FORMER DEAN
Before going to Scripps College,
Mr. Hard was dean of Sophie New
comb College, the women’s liberal
arts college of Tulane University
for six years. He was a member of
the Tulane faculty for 15 years.
His other teaching positions
have been at University of the
South, and Johns Hopkins Univer
sity where he taught in the field
of English letters. He was an in
structor in music at the University
of North Carolina for two years,
and taught graduate literature
courses at Columbia University as
a member of the summer faculty.
Besides his administrative duties
at Scripps, Mr. Hard teaches a
course in literature of the Eng
lish Renaissance.
Tonight’s lecture is open to the
general public. No admission is
charged.
Dr. Frederick Hard
Sigma Chi Names
Sweetheart Finalists
Five finalists for “Sweetheart of
Sigma Chi” were announced Wed
nesday night following a fireside
dance for the semi-finalists.
Finalists are Barbara Calvert,
Chi Omega; Jo Martin, Carson
Hall; Rosemary Vaught, Alpha Chi
Omega; Pat Laney, Kappa Alpha
Theta; and Joyce Rathbun, Delta
Gamma.
The girls were serenaded by
Sigma Chi members last night. The
"Sweetheart of Sigma Chi” will
be named at the annual Sweet
heart Bali in December.
Weather . . .
Partly cloudy today with fog in
the morning. High, 56; low 38.
Frosh Guard Fire 'Makings;'
Neglect Dates, Sleep, Tests
By Bob Funk
Patriotic Oregon frosh men will
ignore coke dates, mid-terms, and
sleep this week in order to guard
the “makings” for the Homecom
ing bonfire, the ignition of which
Friday night will serve as part of
the kick-off for the coming week
end.
Freshmen will enjoy all-night
sessions of peering deep into the
fog at possible interlopers on the
intramural field. In most cases
these will be revealed, under the
flickering light of a cigarette-light
er, merely as incoming patrols
from Hayward field or the Side.
However, it could be a band of
ever-expected hoodlums from Ore
gon State—and that's why the
^freshmen are there.
NIGHT DIVIDED
The nights will be divided into
two shifts—before midnight and
after. Everyone is expected to stay
awake and watch as dusk thick
ens into dark and dark pales to
dawn. It will be cold, too.
Reason for all this furor, which
seems to border on early Chris
tian martyrdom, is that OSC stu
dents have been so bold in the
past as to prematurely light the
Homecoming fire. Needless to say,
this occurrence is generally a cause
for much embarrassment.
1946 ‘VANDALS’
This has happened twice since
Homecoming was revived in 1945.
In 1946 the bonfire scrap pile was
ignited four days in advance of
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Gates to Open at 11
For U.O-.OSC Tilt
Student gates will open at 11
a.m. for the Oregon State game
to facilitate close checking of
athletic activity cards, the Ath
letic Business Office announced
Wednesday.
All student sections except
those reserved for Order of “O"
alums will be open. Four hun
dred and fifty bleacher seats
have been added to handle the
overflow.
House presidents arc requested
not to have seats saved. How
ever the Athletic Department
stated that they cannot assume
the responsibility of controlling
this practice since it is a matter
to be resolved among the houses
and the student body officers.
U.O., OSC Back
Hands-Off Plan
A hands-off policy concerning
band instruments was decided
upon by faculty and student offi
cials from the University of Ore
gon and Oregon State College at a
meeting i n Corvallis Tuesday
night.
Schools will assume full financial
responsibility for any damage done
to the other’s band instruments.
Last year Oregon State College
paid for damaged University in
struments.
Agreement was also reached
concerning pledge songs. Both
schools will sing their songs at
the close of the game, Oregon
State first and then the Univer
sity.
Representing the University at
the meeting were Vergil S. Fog
dall, Director of Men’s Affairs; J.
H. Stehn, associate professor of
music; Jim Bartelt, Order of the
“O” president; and Don Smith,
Emerald editor. ASUO president
Art Johnson was unable to attend.
Oregon State officials were Dan
Poling, dean of men; Laurence
Darlington, assistant dean of men;.
R. B. Walls, music department
head; Theodore Mesang, instructor
in music; Jim Hankers, ASOSC
president; Rudy Ruppe, Orange
“O” president; and Jim Barratt,
Barometer editor.
Variety Program
To Follow Fire
Student talent ranging from a
quartet to a contortionist is sched
uled for Friday night's variety
show in McArthur Court following
the noise parade and bonfire, says
Chairman Bob Nelson.
Winners o f campus cleanup,
noise parade, and sign contest will
be announced and presented with
awards.
No admission will be charged for
the show, which will probably be
gin at about 8:30, immediately
after the freshman bonfire on the
intramural fields. Radio station
KORE will carry the proceedings
from 8:45 to 9:15.
At least 10 student acts are
promised by Nelson, and Yell King
Jim Crismon will be on hand to
drum up spirit for Saturday’s
clash with the Oregon State Beav
ers.
Campus, City Join
In Snowball Rally
For Final Game
Paired. Living Organizations to Parade
To Hayward Field at 4:20 Today
The jumbo Kugene-University rally will snowball {his after
noon to I lay ward hicld, getting under way on campus at 4:20.
Led by sound equipment and the Oregon rally squad, paired
men's and women's living organizations will parade through the
campus by car from the Gamma I’hi llcla house, reaching the
field about 4 :45.
Social chairmen are urged to make arrangements with the
houses with which they were
paired in Wednesday’s Emer
ald. Transportation will be pro
vided by men’s groups.
Eugene townspeople, backed
by the Oregon Club, will con
gregate on Willamette street at
4:30 for a. parade from downtown
to the field, getting in on the clos
ing minutes of the last Webfoot
football practice.
MAYOR APPROVES
Mayor V. Edwin Johnson of Eu
gene came out for the rally on
the Register-Guard front page
Wednesday, calling for “the big
gest 'vote of., confidence’ this state
has ever seen. This is going to be
just a touch of 'that old time re
ligion,’ the faith that has made
Oregon a great university.” the
mayor affirmed.
Student rooters will join rally
ing townspeople at Hayward Field,
where yells and speeches will con
tinue until about 5:30.
Rally board chairman Art Ross
Wednesday recommended that liv
ing organizations schedule 6 p.m.
dinners so that all students may
return in ample time.
BUSINESS MEN SUPPORT ”
Downtown enthusiasm is being
demonstrated by cards placed near
the cash registers of leading Eu
gene firms boosting attendance at
the rally, billed as “a getting to
gether of town and campus in the
face of the enemy.”
University President H. K. New
burn, Coach Jim Aiken, Oregon
Club President Frank Riggs,
ASUO President Art Johnson, Stan
Anderson of the 1919 Oregon Rose
Bowl team, and the Webfoot cap
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Amphib Finale
Set for Tonight
"Western Melodies," a water bal
let in the western mood, was pre
sented by members of the Amphib
ians last night in the Men’s Pool.
Tonight at 8 will be the final show
ing of the water pageant.
The program includes three acts,
“Pitchin’ Hay,” "Hickory Hat
Days," and “On the Trail.” Joan
Skordahl, Judy Bolender, and
Jeanne Smith swim the "Cowboy
Waltz” in the first, while two num
bers by Barbara Ebcling, "Jam
boree” and “Down at the Barn,”
are done by choruses.
In the second act “Cool Water”
performed by a large group of
mermaids; "Donkey’s Quartet,”
by a quartet, Doris Berg, Pat Honl,
Teddie Miller, and Shirley Smart;
"Single Saddle" with Betsy Erb,
Frances Gillmore, Joanne Hite,
Sally Pitman, Sally Shriber, and
Jane Wiggen; and a diving exhibi
tion by Jim Stanley and Pat Neil
son are presented.
The final act, by Joan Carr, gen
eral chairman for the event, in
cludes "The Whistlers” featuring
Miss Carr and an octet; "Trail
Blazers” with Haroldine Filler,
Carol Irvine, and Miss Carr, and
“On the Trail,” the finale number,
which is a solo by Joan Carr.
Numbers were designed by the
students, and special lighting ef
fects were devised by Bob Morton.
Jeannette Masilionis, swimming in
structor, is directing the event.
Amphibian Mermaids
'inij.ii /u<urtiiU aomues are showing as Nancy Smith and Judy
Boiender go through their act in the Amphibian’s Water Ballet,
showing for the last time tonight at the Men’s Pool.