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
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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.