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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 25, 1950)
First Forum To Feature Rush Talk Deferred rushing, pro and con, will be the first of a series of cam pus problems to be discussed be fore student audiences through a newly-formed student forum group, tentatively named Campus Meeting. Campus Meeting, originated through the ASUO executive coun will be held every two weeks. Panel members, who will first give brief speeches, then answer ques tions from the audience, will be persons qualified to speak upon the current question. New mem bers will be selected for each pre sentation. Feb. 2 Date Panel members for discussion of deferred rushing, scheduled for Feb. 2 in a to-be-announced cam pus building, will represent Inter fraternity Council, Panhellenic, men’s and women’s dormitories, and the University faculty. Speak ers will give five-minute talks, then answer questions from the floor for the remainder of an hour. Campus Meeting will be trans cribed for later presentation over radio station KOAC, Corvallis. Planning Group The executive council-approved committee for organization of the student forum includes Dorothy Orr, chairman; Ed Peterson; Ruth Landry; Stan Turnbull; and Her man Cohen, faculty adviser. “We hope the forum will serve as a sounding board for student opinion, getting problems out in the open where students may ask questions of faculty and students who will eventually decide on these problems,’’ Miss Orr stated. Students Invited She expressed the hope that stu dents would help to make the ven ture a success through attending the meetings and suggesting top ics for discussion to members of the organization group. Mediator for the discussion of deferred rushing will be Ed Peter son. Members of the discussion group, and place and hour of the first Campus Meeting are to be announced. House Pairings Released For Dads' Day Cleanup Pairings for the Dads’ Day Campus Cleanup Contest were re leased Tuesday by chairman Nancy Pollard. The general house cleaning will take place from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Friday. Record albums, donated by local merchants, will be presented to each living organization in the winning group. Cleanup areas will be published in Friday’s Emerald. Judging will take place at 5:00. Participants need only to pile the rubbish at the curb, since physical plant employees will tour the campus at 4:30 with a truck to pick up the gathered bits of trash, Miss Pollard stated. Committee members Rod Bell, Stan Goodell, Frances Neel, Betty Jean Boner, Shirley Vander Ende, Roy Jarman, and Lee Rogers, will visit all areas during the cleanup to answer questions and make necessary explanations, Miss Pollard said. Pairings are listed on page 6. 'Coney Island Holiday' Chosen Theme of 1950 WAA Carnival “Coney Island Holiday” will be the 1950 theme of the annual WAA carnival, Feb. 17 in the unfinished gym, Eleanor Johns, booths co chairman announced Tuesday. The announcement was made at a meeting of carnival representa tives where living organizations were paired for carnival booths. Organizations who failed to at tend the meeting and. wish to par ticipate may call Miss Johns or Betty Wright at the Delta Gamma house. Changes were made in the original drawing to accomodate added participants. Organizations were paired for carnival booths as follows: Alpha Chi Omega—Sederstrom —Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Alpha Delta Pi—Pi Kappa Phi—Omega; Alpha Gamma Delta—Chi Psi— Stan Ray; Alpha Omicron Pi— Sigma Chi—Gamma; Alpha Phi— Kappa Sigma. Alpha Xi Delta—Phi Delta Theta; Carson—Lambda Chi Al pha; Chi Omega—Phi Gamma Del ta; Delta Delta Delta—Theta Chi — Cherney; Delta Gamma—Phi Kappa Psi. Delta Zeta — Campbell Club— Sigma Alpha Mu; Gamma Phi Beta—Sigma Phi Epsilon — Mc Chesney;- Hendricks Hall- Delta Tau Delta; Highland House—Del ta Upsilon; Kappa Alpha Theta Pi Kappa Alpha—Sigma. Kappa Kappa Gamma—Beta Theta Pi—Alpha; Orides—Hunter —Sherry Ross; Pi Beta Phi— Sig ma Nu; Rebec House—Alpha Tau Omega; University House—Tau Kappa Epsilon—Nestor; Zeta Tau Alpha—Phi Kappa Sigma—Phi Sigma Kappa. Plans Progress for Third Annual Drama Confab; Plays Slated Plans are being readied for the third annual Northwest Dirama Conference to be held at Univer sity Theater Feb. 9, 10, and 11, according to Mrs. LeJeune Grif fiths, University Theater business manager. The conference will be held in conjunction with the dedication of new University buildings Principal speaker at the Con ference will be Mr. Barrett H. Clark, author and drama scholar of the Dramatists Play Service, New York City, who will address the delegates Saturday afternoon, Feb. 11. Two University Theater produc tions, “Thunder Rock’’ and “Win terset’’ will be presented for the conference. A third play, “Yes, My Darling Daughter,” will be pre sented by the Portland Civic Thea ter. All phases of drama will be dis (Please turn ta page eight) Twenty-Four Little Colonel Hopefuls To Appear at Cerlinger Tea Feb.l Twenty-four candidates who will vie for the honor of Little Colonel at the Military Ball have been selected, according to Mike Bond who is in charge of the selections. The candidates, representing all of the women’s living organiza tions, will appear at a tea in Ger linger hall, Feb. 1 at 7 p.m. They will be escorted to the formal gathering by Scabbard and Blade members, who sponsor the annual dance. Following this tea, the list will be cut to six girls, with the winner to be announced the night of the Military Ball, March 4. Last year’s little Colonel was Lois Heagle. The candidates are: Alpha Gamma Delta—Margaret Jarvis; Alpha Omicron Pi—Dol ores Stenerson; Alpha Xi Delta— Alice Diehl; Alpha Delta Pi—Jean Calkins; Pi Beta Phi—Jackie Lew is; Kappa Alpha Theta—Judy Bailey. Highland—Jean McKeel; Gam ma Phi Beta—Jessie Bennett; Del ta Gamma—Jackie Kurtz; Delta Delta Delta—Phillis Higinbotham; Sigma Kappa—Thelma Savelick; Rebec—Lois Sharkey. University—Mary Ann Hanning; Alpha Chi Omega—Joan McPher son; Zeta Tau Alpha—Shirley Ann Weitzel; Kappa Kappa Gamma Patty Burrows; Hendricks— Mar garet Nichols; Chi Omega -Joar Murphy. Delta Zeta—Connie Ohlsen; Ori des—Shirley Baker; Carson 2 Dona Ingram; Carson 3—Cathi< Harris; Carson 4—Bonnie Beth mer; Carson 5—Gerry Ramsey. The following Scabbard a n t Blade members are in cljprge o: the committees for the dance: tap ping—Norman Rhodes; program: —Jim Howard; presentation o: Little Colonel—Bob Lavey; invita tions and guests—Seymour Gass ner. Decorations—Curt Finch; fi nances—Elwin Paxson; tickets— Jack Doyle; patrons—Art John son; and publicity—Don Fair. Shirer Speaks Tonight In McArthur Court Tonight at 7:30 in McArthur Court, William L. Shirer, au tluu of the Berlin .Diaries and network radio commentator, will speak to students and townspeople on the topic “Where Are We Going?" His speech, which will not he broadcast, has been called a lront-page analysis of America in world affairs. He will place emphasis on America’s role in international IpnrW-mir. n,m world struggle for peace and freedom, news releases report. Arrving in Kugene at 10:10 a.m. Shirer will be met by Dick Williams, student union direc tor, and Glen Stadler, graduate student in journalism. Stadler, former United Press cor respondent and a colleague of Shirer's in Paris and Berlin be lieves that the lecturer's speech will be equal to a best seller such as “Berlin Diaries.” Faculty Guest Shirer will be guest at a faculty reception following his speech. He leaves Eugene at 3:30 Thursday morning. One of few radio broadcasters in pre-war Germany, tonight's speak er first came to the attention of the American public with his "This Is Berlin” commentary on CBS. Through use of American slang and voice inflection he slipped many facts past the Nazi censors, accord ing to an article in "Current Biog raphy.” Prior to his return to the U. S. in 1940 Shirer collected the daily re ports which were the basis of his book. Published in 1941, “Berlin Diaries” was an immediate Book of the Month selection. Awarded Medal For his consistently outstanding reporting from Europe the veteran traveler was awarded a silver me dallion by the Headlines Club. He was also awarded the 1947 Peabody Award for outstanding reporting and interpretation of the news in radio. The presentation is similar to a movie “Oscar.” William Laurence Shirer, accord ing to his biography, always want ed to be a newspaperman. Believ ing travel would broaden his ability for writing he worked his way to Europe on board a cattle boat after graduation from college. On $200 he saw England, Belgium, and France. In France he got a job in the Paris office of a Chicago news paper. Within a year he was as signed the entire continent as his beat. Shirer became a close friend and admirer of Mahatma Gandhi on an assignment in Afganistan and In dia. Gandhi’s Friend “I spent much of my time travel ing up and down the land with Gandhi,” he wrote, “and in my opin ion he is the greatest man of the times.” During Czech maneuvers in 193$ he began a broadcast a few minutes after an airplane crashed just a few feet from his microphone. While covering the Austrian Anchluss, Shirer was turned away from his microphone by Nazis with bayon ets. He then flew to London and gave an uncensored broadcast oi the event. No admission will be charged University students with registra tion cards. Dads'Weekend Plans Booming; Housing Scarce The final spurt of Dads’ Day preparations effort is under way with only four days remaining len til the annual event Saturday. Most of the larger hotels are fill ed for Saturday, housing chairman Marian Christenson stated. "If possible, fraternity men should try to have some of the Dads stay in the fraternity houses,” Miss Christenson said. "Sororities can try to take care of some of the mothers who will also be down for the weekend.” Flour Registration Booths Registration Chairman E 11 i e Johns emphasized that all Dads should register Saturday at the four registration booths: Johnson Hall, 9 to 5; Osburn Hotel, 9-11 a.m.; Eugene Hotel, 9-5; and John Straub Hall, 11-1:30. Kwamas will handle registration and voting for Dads' Day Hostess. A $1 registration fee is charged for the Dads’ expense fund; Dads may subscribe to a one-year mem bership in Oregon Dads for $1 or a ItOEE's “Community Calendar” at 12:45 p.m. today will feature Dads’ Day general chairman Gerry Smith, hospitality co-chairman Dave Palmer, Special events chair man Dick Lee, and publicity chair man Gretchen Grondahl in brief in terviews. The chairmen will outline plans for this year's celebration. life membership for $5. This year's collections will be used toward scholarships for Oregon students. Dads' Tickets to Saturday night’s Oregon-Washington game may be purchased only at registra tion booths, basketball game chair man Eddie Artzt announced. Five hundred tickets are avail- , able at $1.20 each. Dads may sit with students in sections U through W or alone in sections AA and EB. Regular tickets for Friday ' night’s game may be purchased at I the athletic ticket office in Mc Arthur Court. Fathers who arrive on the Shas ta Daylight Saturday morning will be greeted with a special welcome by Dave Palmer’s downtown hos pitality committee. ‘Daylight’ Recommended Palmer urged students to en j courage their Dads to take the Daylight, fast streamliner from | Portland to San Francisco. | "We want as many fathers aa possible to be there to receive the I special welcome we have planned for them,” Palmer explained. Local merchants are being very | cooperative in planning Dads’ Day I window displays, Palmer stated.