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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 16, 1950)
VOLUME LI UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 1950 NUMBER 59 Campus Trees Prove Hazards During Storm Three large trees crashed down on the campus Friday stimulating comment among University offi cials regarding the danger of the old campus during windstorms. Existence of the danger was brought out by I. I. Wright, super intendent of the Physical Plant, who last term had two trees re moved from the section near Deady Hall. The danger was punctuated dur ing the noon hour Friday when a large tree, about 30 inches in di ameter at the base, crashed down on a quonset hut. Another fell across the sidewalk near Friendly Hall. The third fell at the north entrance of the Onyx Street park ing lot. GOOD TIMING Officials said it was extremely fortunate that the trees fell during the noon hour. Serious injury might have resulted if they had fallen any other time. Wright said he was considering having a tree expert examine the remainder of the trees on the old campus. Most of the 177 are ma ture, and rotting at the base pre sents a definite danger, he added. The large fir that fell across Quonset 4 was pulpy at the base. The root system of the one that nearly crashed into Friendly Hall had been weakened. The roots on the south side were severed. STUDENTS WARNED Wright issued the following cau tion to students who have classes on the old campus: “The old campus is extremely dangerous in a high wind. Students should avoid that area when the Wind is blowing hard and go through the fringe areas to their classes.” The old campus is that portion extending north of 13th Avenue. Wright said he had no idea how many of the trees were potentially dangerous. “I’m no tree expert,” he said, “but someone might be able to tell by boring holes in the trees wheth er they are pulpy at the base. Of course, that still doesn’t tell us anything about the root system.” OTHERS REMOVED Of the two trees that were re moved last term, one near Deady Hall was dying and the other, north of Villard was badly split. It was pointed out that not only is the danger of falling trees pres ent in a windstorm, but also that of falling limbs. Branches measuring as large as four inches in diameter were blown down in Friday’s storm. Tired Tree Makes Big Impression on Quonset HIGH WINDS BLEW DOWN this tree Friday noon, damaging Quonset 4, geology and geography laboratory, to the extent of about $700. Workmen cut the tree into sections and hoisted it away by crane. Two other trees were felled on campus by winds which reached 48 miles per hour in gusts. (Photo courtesy of Register-Guard.) March of Dimes Drive Starts Today, Co-op Booth, Miniature Iron Lungs Used Snowballs Fly, Stehn Jr. Writes ON SORORITY ROW, Jan. 15 (Special)—Snow Friday night and Saturday resulted in a recurrence of bitter snowfighting over the weekend. And on the job giving a play-by play description of the battles is Leonard Stehn, 10-year-old son of John Stehn, professor of music. Leonard is reporting for the school paper of Edison grade school, the first issue of which is expected late this month. The paper hasn’t been named yet—the staff will vote on that soon. Leonard wasn’t sure whether the school paper would use his materi al. So he and some of his friends are considering a paper of their o w n—t o be called the Eugene Press. Council Changes Meeting Place To Accomodate Student Interest Students may attend tonight’s executive council meeting at 8 in 103 Journalism instead of the usual meeting place in President Art Johnson’s office. This change was made to accom modate persons applying for va cancies in the council and others wishing to observe the open meet ing. Council members will interview ten petitioners for four open posi tions, but other applicants may appear for consideration without having petitioned, Johnson ex plained. Of the ten who petitioned, two represent the Associated Greek Students party and eight are from the United Student Association, a coalition of greek and independent houses. Those who applied are seniors Hob Deuel, AGS, and Ron Phillips, USA; juniors Will Urban, AGS, and Dick Dahlberg, Bob Pearce, and Joe Labodie, USA; and sopho mores Virginia Wright, Gordon Howard, Bill Hart, and Bruce Wal lace, all USA. Council members will also dis cuss a date for and organization of coming freshman elections. The campus March of Dimes drive begins today as plans are put into operation for the annual campaign. Eugene's drive officially began last Saturday but campus cam paigners begin work in earnest to day. Jan. 31 is set as the last day for dime collections. Dimes may be contributed to workers from women’s living or ganizations in a campaign booth located in the Co-op. Receptacles, in the form of miniature iron lungs, will be placed in local busi nesses, campus buildings, and liv ing organizations. ENTERTAINMENT PLANNED Entertainment, in support of the drive, is planned for living organi z a t i o n s, Kay Kuckenberg, co chairman, reported Sunday. Wom en's trios will perform in men’s houses and faculty will entertain women students. Details on the latter are as yet undisclosed. Members of Kwaraa, sophomore women's service honorary, will urge students to contribute dimes by speaking in living organizations during meals. Representatives have been ap pointed in each campus living or ganization to supervise house col lections. These will meet at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority house with Collections Chairman Jeanne Hoffman. TO AUCTION CAR A new car will be auctioned off to the highest bidder at a dance to be held Jan. 27 at Willamette Park following the Oregon-Univer s i ty of Washington basketball game in McArthur Court. No quota has been set for the campus campaign, but both cam pus and city drive chairmen hope to double last years’ total. Weather Curbs Szigeti Concert Inclement weather conditions forced the Eugene and University Civic Music Association to post pone the 3 p.m. Sunday concert of noted violinist, Joseph Szigeti. Dick Williams, Student Union director said, ‘‘We will try to get Mr. Szigeti or a suitable replace ment back at a later date.” The Music Association board de cided to postpone the concert for three reasons: (1) Public safety factor, (2) in ability of people in outlying com munities to attend, and (3) un certainty of Szigeti's arrival. Szigeti left Oakland on the Southern Pacific’s Cascade Sat urday night, but it was delayed for five hours in Klamath Falls. High Winds Buffet Campus; Rain, Snow Mix Wind, rain, and snow combined to give the campus a severe beat* ing during the weekend, uprooting1 three trees and severing numerous large branches on the old campus* There were no injuries. One large fir tree crashed down on a quonset hut between Fenton and Deady Halls about 12:30 p.m. Friday. Damage was estimated at $700. The quonset, number 4, was used by geology and geography laboratories. No classes were held there Friday morning and an af ternoon class was cancelled. Lab oratories will now be held either in quonset 2 or in Condon Hall. REPAIRS PLANNED I. I. Wright, superintendent of the Physical Plant, said the quon set would be repaired although it will probably have to be partially dismantled first. Another tree was uprooted near Friendly Hall and a third at the Onyx Street parking lot. Wright said two of the trees were pulp at the base and the one near Friendly had a damaged root system. The worst of the weather is over, for a time at least, the Weather Bureau said. Higher tem peratures. rendered much of the ice on Eugene streets into slush Sunday. Although another storm is expected the middle of this week, weathermen did not believes it would be severe. GUSTS HIT 48 M.P.II. Eugene had gusts of wind up to 48 miles per hour Friday morning. A total of 3.3 inches of snow fell Friday, 1.9 inches Saturday, and 3.7 inches as of 5 p.m. Sunday. Much of the snow melted on strik ing the ground. Higher temperatures were ex pected for today with the low this morning estimated at 32 degrees and a high of 40 this afternoon. Students planning ski trips last weekend found most of the ski areas could not be reached due to the snow. Many contented them selves with skiing on Laurelwood golf course or on some of Eugene’s hilly 'streets. SKI CLASS MEETS A ski class which was scheduled to go to Willamette Pass Satur day, was held on Laurelwood. Scheduled bus trips to Hoodoo Bowl on the Santiam Pass and to Willamette Pass were cancelled. Trailways reported busses are now getting through the Willam ette Pass to Bend. Main difficulty was encountered by southbound busses between Dunsmuir and Redding, Calif., although a bus was getting through occasionally. Emerald to Print 'Letter to Dad'; Contest Scheduled for Thursday The annual "Letter to Dad" con test will be held Thursday when the letter appears in the morning Em erald. Prizes will be given to the first men’s and women’s living or ganization turning in the highest percentage of clipped-out letters ready for mailing. Housing in Eugene hotels and motor courts for Dad’s Day, Jan. 28, is becoming more and more dif ficult to find as the celebration ap proaches, Marian Christenson, housing committee chairman, re ported Sunday. One major hotel and several au to courts are completely filled, while others have only a small number of accomodations avail able, Miss Christenson said Her committee is now at work lo cating a limited number of private homes to accomodate guests in case of last-minute emergencies, however, the number will be ex tremely small and students are urged to make their own arrange ments for housing Dads. Workers named by Miss Chris tenson are Marian Heath, chair man, and Betty Jo Bucklin and Mary Gillham, hotel placement; Shirley lldstad, chairman, Ann (Please turn to page three)