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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1950)
Board of Education Grants P.E. School to Oregon State (Continued from baae one) riculum committee’s report. The board issued approval Mon day of final plans for the new $1, 500,000 University science building. Bids will be called about Feb. 14r and opened March 14. Fire protection plans calling for $22,275 on the part of the Univer sity were also authorized by the board. The city of Eugene and the Eugene Water and Electric Board are cooperating in this program. Engineering advice on expanding and making permanent the foot ball stadium was granted to the University. Athletic funds will be used for a survey of the proposal. Changes in curricula at the Uni versity include: Addition of a new major option in writing to be offered in the de partment of English. Listing of major curricula in cer amics and weaving and discontinu ation of the curriculum in general art in the School of Architecture and Allied Arts. r Addition of a new major option in art history in the AAA school. An earlier 'request by the Univer sity for approval of a course in ele mentary education which had' been offered on an emergency basis, was withdrawn by President Newburn and so required no committee ac tion. The board abolished the matricu lation fee of $5 on state school campuses for the next year, and al so the $6.50 graduation fee. Gen eral fees will be increased $1.50 at Oregon and OSC making tuition $44 instead of $42.50. Colleges of ed ucation costs will be increased from $29 to $30. Personnel changes approved at Oregon included the appointments of Dr. C. Ward Mack as professor and head of the department of eco nomics, Rendel R. Alldredge, in structor in economics, and Ruth Coffey, as foods service supervisor for the student union. Leaves of absence were granted Donald S. Willis, professor of Oriental lan guages, and Dr. Gordon Wright, professor of history. The board accepted the resigna tion of Mrs. Lois D. Hutchinson, professor of dental science. Smarty Party Honors 3 ForHighGPA Gretchen Grondahl, Virginia ! Wright, and Charity Williams were awarded the Mortar Board Plaque at Tuesday night’s “Smarty Par ty,” honoring 91 freshman women who made above a 3.00 fall term. The plaque, which hangs in the Office of Women’s Affairs, is awarded yearly to the three women who make the highest scholastic averages during their freshman year. GPA’s of the three women ranged from 3.94 to 3.91 for their | first year at Oregon. Golda Parker Wickham, director of women’s affairs, gave a short congratulatory speech to the fresh P man guests. Other entertainment including Fred Schneiter and Doug Farrell, singing “Cheating on Your Baby,” “Bye, Bye, Blues,” “Lona,” and I “Ain’t She Sweet?” accompanied j by Schneiter's ukelele. Delores Kletzing, sophomore in music, sang “Without a Song,” ac- j companied by June Fitzgibbons. Bob Gray, sophomore in liberal arts and this year’s Joe College, j sang “Freda, My Clam-Digger Sweetheart” in the style of Yogi -Jorgenson. Square Dancers To Meet Tonight Members of the University square dance group will meet from 7:30 to 9 tonight in Gerlinger An nex, Mrs. Margaret Logan, in structor in physical education, said Tuesday. Waltz instruction for beginners will be given at 7:30, with the reg ular meeting beginning at 8. Dan cers are asked by Mrs. Logan to bring an extra pair of dry shoes to wear while dancing. Three Below Cold Wave (Continued from page one) called in to break up ice on the Columbia River. Although the temperature is not expected to go above freezing for the next couple of days, it started warming up late yesterday. The weather bureau forecast occasional light snow for today with a high of 28. Tuesday’s high was 22. Here on the campus, it was tak ing a lot of steam to keep all the buildings warm, and the frigid air mass that "swooped down on the city has taxed the University's heating plant to capacity. According to I. I. Wright, super intendent of the plant, the weather means an added burden, especially when it cuts off the regular supply of fuel. During the last few days the heating plant has been putting out 45.000 pounds of steam per hour compared to the normal output of 35.000 to 40,000 pounds. On top of this, difficulties in obtaining regu lar fuel have been encountered. Except for emergencies the fur naces are stoked with hog fuel de livered from the sawmills. Normal winter output requires about 66 units of hog fuel, but snow condi tions and freezing mill ponds have resulted in the mills closing down, so the plant is burning oil. Monday, 8,500 gallons of oil hauled in from Portland were consumed, Wright said. Population Talk Set Malthus’ “Essay on Population” will be discussed by Dr. Paul L. Kleinsorge, professor of economics, tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the Library Browsing Room. Dr. E. H. Moore, head of the so ciology department, will be discus sion leader for the program, which is part of the Wednesday night Lec ture-Forum series. Igloo Named For Alum Noted in State, Nation By DON SMITH | Almost anything' and almost, everything happens in McArthur Court. It’s a concert auditorium, rally area, dance hall, and incidentally, a basketball pavilion. It houses athletic offices. Student Union of fices, and Oregana offices. It’s been a theater and a. circus arena. It’s been a center of stu dent life, from the freshman who takes his placement exam there to the senior who curses registra tion for the 12th and (he hopes) last time. Find a student who hasn't been in McArthur Court, and he doesn’t go to Oregon. Find a student who knows who the Igloo was named after, and you’ve found a typical Webfoot. Who Was McArthur? Who was this man McArthur ? Why was the campus’s most im posing building named after him ? He has been called at the Uni versity, "the father of athletics;’’ he was the first student body pres ident; he was the first editor of the Oregon Weekly, championing the cause of athletics which were not on a substantial basis because of lack of funds. Charles • McArthur entered the University in 1896 and was gradu ated in 1901 with honors. Besides studying, he was out for football and track in >96, ’97, and ’98, and was assistant manager for all sports. ASUO Politics In 1900 he branched out from sports, though he was manager of the track team, and organized the first student body. Displaying the political know-how' that .served him later in his professional ca reer, after the students adopted the constitution and by-laws drawn up by him, he was elected first ASUO president. Firsts were a natural for Mc Arthur. He was first organizer and manager or tne aeDatmg team. And he lived in the Sigma Nu house when it was down on 11th and Pearl. After graduation from the Uni versity, McArthur was alumni rep resentative on the athletic council until 1909. For five years after he left the University, he kept out of active politics, working for the Oregonian and Associated Press in Portland, and taking care of his farm near Rickreall. Won Elections As secretary of the Oregon Re publican state central committee in 1906, he entered the active po litical field. And from there he went to the state house of repre sentatives, serving in the sessions of 1909 and 1913, both times being elected speaker of the house. He entered the national scene in 1915 as U. S. Congressman from Oregon, and served in four ses sions; becoming speaker of the house pro tem oftener than any of his colleagues. The naval base at Astoria is the result of his, more than any other Oregon representative.^, work in the Committee on Naval Affairs. Kept U. O. Contact McArthur never lost contact with the University, despite his wide activities, and was one of the most active alumni. Shortly before his death in De cember of 1923, he conducted an unsuccessful campaign for U. S. Senator. The University athletic field was named McArthur Field, in honor of him; and later the basketball court received his name. Oregon Daily EMERALD TODAY'S STAFF Bill Stanfield, assistant manag ing editor. Gretchen Grondahl, desk editor. Copy desk: Marcille Wallace, Donna Holbrook, Muriel Hagen doorn. Dona Rae Worden, Bob Funk, Larry Meiser, Donna Past rouich. NIGHT STAFF Night editor—Cliff Cain. Night Staff—Lyn Morgan, Dick Still, Tom Wrightson. 'Little Colonel' Finals Tonight Twenty-five candidates for tko Little Colonel who will preside at the Military Ball Mar. 4. will be escorted by Scabbard and Blade members to a meeting' tonight at 7 at Gerlinger Hall. Mike Bond, who is jn charge of the Little Colonel selection, an nounced that the candidates will wear formats, while the Scabbard and Blade members will be in full dress uniform. From the original field of 25, the list will be nar rowed to six girls. The selection of the Little Colo nel will be announced at the dance. All women's living organizations will be represented tonight. At this meeting between the can | didates and the Scabbard and Blade members, who put on the • annual dance, pictures of all the representatives will be taken. The announcement of the six finalists will be made in the near future, according to Bond. The 25 candidates are: Alpha. Phi, Maxine Kriseh; Chi Omega, Joan Murphy; Carson 2, Dona Ingram; Carson 3, Cathie Harris; Carson 4, Bonnie Bressler; Carson 5, Gerry Ramsey. Orides, Shirley Baker; Delta Ze t a, Connie Ohlsen; Hendricks, Margaret Nichols; Kappa Kappa Gamma, Patty Burrows; Zeta Tati Alpha, Shirley Ann Weitzel; Alpha Chi Omega, Joan MacPherson. University, Mary Ann Hanning; Rebec, Lois Sharkey; Sigma Kap pa, Thelma Savelick; Delta Delta Delta, Phillis Higinbotham; Delta Gamma, Jackie Kurtz; Gamma Phi Beta, Jessie Bennett. Highland, Jean McKeel; Kappa Alpha Theta, Judy Bailey; Pi Beta Phi, Jackie Lewis; Alpha Delta Pi, Jean Calkins; Alpha Xi Delta,; Alice Diehl; Alpha Omicron Pi, Dolores Stenerson; Alpha Gamma Delta, Margaret Jarvis. A Tennessee mother of eight boys was struck by lightning. Needless to say, she will recover^ FLUNK THAT MID-TERM? Cheer up with a hat from the BONNET NOOK LADIES HATS FOR ANY MOOD 921 Willamette Phone 5-2434 Someone * ■ ■ Is Missing a Bet by Not Using This SPACE To Put Their Product Before The University of Oregon Student Body Don't Miss A SALE Because You Didn't Take Advantage of the daily EMERALD