More Rains Due
Cloudy overcasts with intermit
tent rains was the forecast for
today made by the Weather Bur
eau.
High predicted for today was 38
degrees and low, 32 degrees.
Approximately one inch of rain
fell here Thursday. High was 39
degrees and low 34.
VOLUME LI
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE. FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1950
NUMBER 67
'Rush' Compromise Reached
Frosh Nominees Picked;
Paillette, Denning Win
AGS Nominates
Wilkes for Secretary
Don Denning, Beta Theta Pi, and
Jackie Wilkes, Sigma Kappa, were
nominated by the Associated
Greeks Students for ASUO fresh
man class officers at a meeting
of AGS representatives Thursday.
*+ Denning was awarded the nomi
nation for the freshman presidency
on the third ballot, defeating Bill
Deland, runner-up candidate, by
10 votes.
Miss Wilkes won the party nom
ination for second position by 15
votes over Twila Kevin, Alpha
Gamma Delta, who opposed her
on the last ballot.
Seeking the nomination were
Agnes Friedle, Elaine Hartung,
Susie Seeley, Jim Haycox, Mike
Lally, Don Nerass, Miss Wilkes,
Miss Kevin, Deland, and Denning.
No nominations were made from
the floor.
Helen Jackson Cops
USA's Second Spot
Don Paillette, Campbell Club,
and Helen Jackson, Highland
House, will be United Students
Association candidates for ASUO
freshman officers in the forth
coming Frosh elections Feb. 6.
Paillette received the number one
nomination on the third ballot,
closing out Herb Cook, runner-up
candidate, by 53 votes.
Miss Jackson was named candi
date for the number two position
over Marilyn Holcomb, whom she
defeated by 23 votes on the fourth
ballot.
Candidates seeking the patty
nominations were Betty Moshof
sky, Margaret Powne, Ernestine
Schulenberg, Miss Holcomb, Miss
Jackson, Jerry Kelly, Richard Mc
Daniel, Paillette, Cook, and Fred
Baltz, who was nominated from
the floor.
Cleanup Competition
Begins Today at 3:30
The third major Dads’ Day
contest gets under way today at
3 :30 when paired living organi
zations begin the campus clean
up competition.
A map of areas to be tidied
and pairings appear on page 6
of today’s Emerald.
The contest will end at 4:30 and
judging will begin at 5. Workers
will pile rubbish at curbs for dis
posal by the Physical Plant.
^ Sign contest judging, scheduled
for this afternoon, has been post
poned until 11 a.m. to 12 noon
tomorrow. Contest Chairman Nan
cy Kuhnhausen explained Thurs
day that it is feared inclement
weather may damage the signs
before the fathers are able to see
them Saturday. The theme this
year is “Dad—Oregon’s Man of
the Half-Century.’’
Records Donated
Prizes for the winning cleanup
pairings will be record albums do
nated by Graves Music Company
and the Radio Laboratory, Clean
up Chairman Nancy Pollard an
nounced.
Delta Delta Delta and Sigma
Alpha Epsilon were winners of the
first contest, the letter to Dad race
held last Thursday.
The Dads’ Day Hostess contest
enters the final stages Saturday,
when, for the first time, Oregon
Dads will choose their own hostess
from a trio of finalists, Bobbie
Bagley Chambers, Harriet McGill
O’Toole, and Joanne Johnson
Thompson.
Pictures Displayed
Pictures of the finalists, donated
by Kennell-Ellis studios, will be on
display at Dads’ registration
booths Saturday and in the Co-op
! for the benefit of students.
Sign costs must not exceed $10,
and signs must be two-dimensional
without movable parts.
Minard Stout Named Speaker
At Education Conference
Over 100 Oregon educators will be on the campus Saturday
for the conference sponsored by the University School of Educa
tion. Minard W. Stout, principal of the University High School
in Minneapolis, Minn., and .pro
fessor of education at the Uni
versity of Minnesota, will be
principal speaker.
“Recent Trends in Extracurricu
lar Activities,” will be Stout’s sub
ject at the morning session. Presi
dent Harry K. Newburn will give
the welcoming address.
Stout has written a number of
articles on extra-curricular activi
ties for the School Review, the
Bulletin of the National Associa
tion of Secondary School Princi
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Walden Quartet
Gives Concert
The Walden String Quartet, re
cently returned from a concert
tour of Germany, will present a
concert in the School of Music
Auditorium Feb. 5 at 4 p.m.
The quartet has played concert
tours throughout the United States
and has given 75 broadcasts over
radio networks.
DADS’ DAY Awards Chairman Herb Nill and Registration Chairman
Eleanor Johns examine the new J. C. F. Merrifield trophy which
replaces the A. W. Norblad trophy for the living organization with
the highest percentage of fathers registered lor Dads’ Day. Other
trophies include the Freshman Dads Cup and the Silver Coffee Set,
awarded for second place in the total competition.
'Dimes' Hop Tonight
Features Four Acts;
Tickets Now on Sale
Four acts performed by Univer
sity students will entertain stu
dents and townspeople during in
termission at the March of Dimes
benefit dance tonight at Willam
ette Park. The dance starts after
the Oregon-Washington basketball
game.
“Daughter Sue,” a costumed
comedy skit, will be presented by
five coeds. Performers are Donna
Mary Brennan, Kloh-Ann Mayer,
Carolyn Parker, Nancy Gavcney,
and Leslie Tooze.
Fiddle, Banjo Music
Dancers will hear fiddle and
banjo music rendered by a two
some comprised of Con Sheffer
and Jerry Crary, and songs by Joy
Grimstad.
Bob Gray and his Swedish dia
lect will also appear with his imi
tation of Yogi Jorgenson.
Students and Eugene residents
will dance to the music of Johnny
Lusk and his band. Campus clothes
will be in order.
$1 Admission
Admission price will be $1 a
person, with all proceeds going to
the March of Dimes fund. Tickets
may be purchased in the Co-op
and from representatives in men’s
living organizations.
Award of an album of records to
the living organization buying the
most tickets will also be made dur
ing intermission.
Goodman Receives
Position on Bocrd
Anne Goodman, junior in jour
nalism, was recently appointed to
the Publications Board by ASUO
President Art Johnson.
Miss Goodman replaces Anita
Holmes who resigned to accept a
position in Washington, D.C.
Miss Goodman is co-news editoi
of the Emerald, a member of Phi
Theta Upsilon, junior women's
honorary; Theta Sigma Phi, jour
nalism honorary; treasurer of the
junior class; and secretary-treas
urer of Hendricks Hall.
IFC, IDC Put
Emphasis
On Loyalty
By DON SMITH
A major hug; was taken out ot*
llie deferred living plan last
night by the Inter-Fraternity
Council and the Inter-Dormi
tory Council, which voted to go
along with a proposal to keep
hreshmen loyalties in dormi
tories until the sixth week ot
winter term, 1951.
The proposal—which had been
recommended by a student de
ferred living committee formed by
ASUO President Art Johnson and
consisting of independent and
Greek letter students—was adop
ted unanimously by the IDC and
the IFC at separate meetings.
These are the basic policies of
the proposal which will affect male
students:
1) IFC will determine rushing
regulations.
2) There will be no pledging
until the first part of winter term.
3) In the event of conflicting
social activities the freshmen will
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Dads' Day
Program
Explained
Students holding Dads’ Day lun
cheon tickets which they do not
plan to use Saturday were urged
Thursday to turn them, into the
graduate placement office, Emer
ald Hall.
Money will be refunded on tick
ets returned before the luncheon,
Dads Executive Secretary Karl W,
Onthank said.
Mail orders received after Thurs
day will not be filled since all
tickets have been sold, Onthank
explained. These names have been
placed on a waiting list to be re
duced by returned tickets.
To Air Program
Short silks and suits for women
will be in order for the luncheon,
slated for 12 noon Saturday at
John Straub Hall. Oregon Gover
nor Douglas McKay and Univer
sity President Harry K. Newburn
will be the principal speakers.
The program will be aired over
KOAC, Corvallis, and KERG, Eu
gene, from 12:45 to 2 p.m.
The annual business meeting of
Oregon Dads will be held at 2:15
in the Guild Theater, Johnson Hall.
Campus Tours Planned
Following the session will be
campus tours, conducted in groups
or informally on a father-student
basis.
Guides for the organized tour,
starting from Johnson Hall, will
be members of Phi Theta Upsilon,
junior women’s honorary, and
®kull and Dagger, sophomore
men’s honorary.
New campus construction to be
viewed by visiting Dads will in
clude the Erb Memorial Union
(outside only), Carson Hall, the
University Theater, the library ad
dition, and the new music school
building.
Carson Hall Schedule
j Carson Hall will be open from
3:30 to 5 p.m. only, Hospitality
Co-Chairman Anne Case an
nounced. Girls on hand at Carson
will conduct tours to the fifth
floor, unit A, only, Dormitory
President Cherry Taylor stated.