VOLUME LI UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6,1950 NUMBER »
Freshman Voting Begins at 8
Dorm Polls
Moved to
Library
Voting booths originally planned
for the vets’ dormitories have been
moved to the west wing of the
Library for today’s frosh elections.
The action came when question
was raised as to the constitution
ality of placing the booths in vets’
dorms.
ASUO President Art Johnson
said the Executive Council felt the
original plans were constitutional.
However, it approved the shift un
animously in a telephone vote in
order to avoid any possible con
testing of the election.
In order to clarify the situation
for spring elections, the matter
next will be referred to the Judici
ary Committee to determine its
constitutionality. Committee mem
bers will be appointed jointly in
the near future by President Harry
K. Newburn and Johnson. After
the decision, the council again will
vote on placement of the tooths.
Members of the AGS party,
while filing no official complaint,
generally have expressed doubt as
to the legality of placing booths
in the vets’ dorms. Contention is
that they would be in the center
of a party (USA) stronghold, a
violation of election ethics.
Heart Hop Tickets
Distribution Slated
House representatives for the
Heart Hop are asked to get their
tickets after 4 p.m. today at the
Delta Gamma house by Lois Wil
liams, ticket chairman.
I
WAA Carnival
Booth Themes
Due Tomorrow
House representatives to the an
nual WAA Carnival will submit
for approval booth themes of
paired living organizations at a
meeting Tuesday at 4 p.m. at Mc
Arthur Court.
“Coney Island Holiday” will be
the major theme of the fun night
set for Feb. 17 in the unfinished
gym in the men’s PE building. The
carnival will follow the Oregon
Idaho basketball game.
Booth themes will be assigned
to living organizations after ap
proval by the carnival booths com
mittee, headed by Eleanor Johns
and Betty Wright to prevent dupli
cation.
All organizations are urged to
submit preference and secondary
booth suggestions so that repeti
tion between groups will be pre
vented, Miss Johns said.
Restrictions and regulations re
garding booths will be announced
at the Tuesday meeting. Repre
sentatives are to bring the $2 fee
to the meeting.
U.O., OSC Foreign Students
To Join International Fun Fest
Foreign students of the Univer
sity will join with the Oregon
State College Cosmopolitan Club
in an International Fun Fest here
Feb. 25. The affair replaces the
traditional International Festival.
Planning and execution of the
all-day celebration will be largely
handled by the foreign students
themselves, in cooperation with the
YWCA International Affairs com
mittee and other student workers.
' “It was decided to try this new
plan this year because it will give
the foreign students a chance to
participate directly in the pro
gram,” Committee Co-chairman
Dolores Jeppesen explained. In the
past the International Festival
was put on mainly by members of
freshman commissions in honor of
campus foreign students.
Petitions for chairmanships of
arrangements, program, invita
tions, and registration are due by
5 p.m. Friday at the YWCA head
quarters, Gerlinger Hall.
The tentative program includes
a coffee hour in the afternoon, fol
lowed by a talent show planned
and presented by both groups of
foreign students. A supper and a
semi-formal dance on the third
floor of Gerlinger will conclude
the entertainment.
Men May Register
For Open Rushing
Men students interested in
University fraternities may now
sign up with the Office of Men's
Affairs, Room 201, Emerald
Hall, for winter term open rush
ing.
Students pledged during this
term may be initiated next fall.
To he eligible for rushing a man
must have a cumulative 2.00
GPA.
Kenton Concert
Offers Students
3-way Bargain
By TOM KING
Students -who attend the Stan
Kenton concert at 8 p.m. next
Monday in McArthur Court will be
in for a triple-bargain.
Not only will they gain admis
sion for 40 cents less than the gen
eral admission price, but they also
will have “just about the best seats
in the house for the biggest event
ever sponsored by the Student
Union Board.’’
That’s the word from Student
Union Director Dick Williams, who
has disclosed complete seating ar
rangements for the Kenton's “In
novations in Modern Music for
1950.”
The third part of the bargain is
the fact that students will see and
hear a concert by the nation's
ranking leader in modern music,
Student, tickets for the Stan
Kenton Concert next Monday
are on sale in the Co-op today
in addition to the usual loca
tions, McArthur Court and the
Appliance Center. Costing 80
cents apiece, the tickets may be
obtained at the specially reduced
price if purchasers show their
registration cards.
Kenton; the famous singing star,
June Christy, and a complete 40
piece orchestra—all at one time.
University students, who pay
only 80 cents, will sit in the west
bleachers normally used for bas
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Marquis Childs
Main Speaker
Of Press Meet
A heavy program of speakers,
topped by Author-journalist Mar
quis W. Childs, is scheduled for the
31st annual Oregon Press Confer
ence on Feb. 17 and 18.
Childs was selected as the fourth
annual Eric W. Allen Memorial
Fund lecturer for the conference.
Dean Clifford F. Weigle of the
school of journalism will partici
pate in a panel discussion on the
subject, “Developing Tomorrow's
Readers." Malcolm Bauer of The
Oregonian, Bruce K. Myers of the
Corvallis Gazette-Times, and W.
Verne McKinney of the Hillsboro
Argus are the other members of
the panel.
Other speakers from the school
of journalism include Professor
Laurence R. Campbell, who will
talk on “Best Journalism Books of
1949,” and Professor Warren C.
Price, who will participate in a
panel discussion on the subject
“Attempts to Restrict the Press.”
Ivan Nagy of the University de
partment of political science will
speak on “A Free Press in the Cold
War.”
Class of '53
To Select
Officers
University freshmen will go to
the polls for their first time today
to elect officers of the class of ’53.
Polls will be .open from 8 a.m,
to 6 p.m. in Gerlinger Lobby, the
YMC£ building, and the west wing"
of the library. The preferential bal
lot system will be used to deter
mine the positions of Don Denning,
AGS; Don Paillette, USA; Helen
Jackson, USA; and Jackie Wilkes,
AGS.
One representative from each
party will be present at each of
the polls to supervise voting. Mem
bers of Phi Theta Upsilon, Kwama,
and Skull and Dagger will also
aid at the polls.
Cards to Be Stamped
Student body cards will bo
stamped at the time of voting.
Freshmen without student body
cards may obtain slips from the
Office of Student Affairs in order
to vote, Ed Anderson, ASUO first
vice-president, announced.
Ballots will be counted in the
ASUO president's office immedi
ately after the polls close. Three
representatives from AGS and
USA will be present at the vote
tabulation, supervised by Ander
son and Donald M. DuShane, Di
rector of Student Affairs.
Denning vs. Paillette
Denning, Beta Theta Pi, will
compete with Paillette, Campbell
Club, for the: number ,one post in
the freshman class.
Denning came to the Oregon
campus from Bend High School,
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Walden String Quartet Plays
Before 400 in Sunday Concert
Approximately 400 people heard
the Walden String Quartet in con
cert Sunday afternoon . in the
School of Music Auditorium.
The program of classical and
contemporary music was greeted
enthusiastically by the audience,
D. W. Allton, professor of organ
and theory, reported.
Numbers presented were the
Second String Quartet by Charles
Ives, Walden Quartet in A Minor,
and Quartet in F Major, Opus 77,
No. 2 by Joseph Haydn.
Members of the quartet, which
is in residence at the University
of Illinois, are Homer Schmitt and
Bernard Goodman, violins; John
Garvey, viola, and Robert Swen
son, cello.
Following the concert, a recep
tion was held in Alumni Lounge,
Gerlinger Hall. Ann Thompson,
sophomore in music, was in charge
of the reception.
Council Will Hold
Dinner;No Meeting
No ASUO Executive Council
meeting will be held tonight, Pres
ident Art Johnson revealed Sun
day.
Current business will be trans
acted after a dinner Thursday eve
ning, to be given for the council
by the Athletic Department.
The dinner is scheduled for 6
p.m. at the Eugene Hotel.
'Rock' Opening Shows Skillful Casting, Staging
By DON SMITH
Acting, setting, and play were
blended beautifully by the direc
tion of Ottilie Seybolt for the open
ing performances of “Thunder
Rock’’ at the University Theater
Friday and Saturday nights.
The Robert Ardrey drama,
which plays Wednesday through
Friday of this week, was per
formed by an evenly matched cast
in another impressive setting de
signed by technical director Wil
liam Schlosser.
Fortunately, it is difficult in this
production to pick out one player
and commend him for an outstand
ing job; instead the entire cast
(and stage crew) must be congrat
ulated for working so well togeth
ifeer in turning out a good show.
The cast was a blend of “old
timers” and newcomers, with Uni
versity Theater veterans Ken Neal,
Grace Hoffman, and Louise Clous
ton setting the pace for newcomers
Don Van Boskirk, Harold Smith,
and Bob Morton—who had little
difficulty keeping up.
Appeals to Popular Taste
A sentimental drama which ap
peals to the popular taste, “Thun-,
der Rock” deals with a disillu
sioned man who seeks to live in a
decent world where men have
hopes, even if he has to make this
world up in his imagination.
He makes an ivory tower of a
lighthouse, and brings back to life
! shipwrecked immigrants whom he
i thought had hope and faith,
j He finds that these immigrants,
like himself, had lost hope and
were running away from life in
Europe as he is running away from
life; and these people were unable
An extra performance of
“Thunder Rock” will be given
at 8 tonight in the University
Theater. Regular admission of
$1 will be charged, ^but no sea
son tickets will be accepted.
Tickets may be purchased at
the University Theater. Season
ticket holders may obtain scats
for regular Wednesday, Thurs
day. and Friday night shows.
t^^e^Umt'^i^progress'Tbemg
made in their own time, as he is
unable to see progress being made
in his time.
After a slow first act in which
the playwright sets his message,
the production picked up with the
vividness of the second-act actions
and performances uotably those
of Miss' Hoffman, Miss Clouston,
Neal, and Morton.
Don Van Boskirk, who played
the lead role of Charleston, is new
to the University, but his previous
stage experience makes him a wel
come addition to campus theater
ranks. He was convincing in his
portrayal of the journalist who
wants to get away from it all, and
appeared remarkably real and na
tural.
Little Things Are Good
The attention to detail, which
Mrs. Seybolt frequently insists
upon when she directs a play, was
evident in the performances. Miss
Clouston, who has a fine knack
for acting every second she’s on
stage, came closer than anyone to
“stealing" scenes by virtue of her
excellent performance as the un
happy old maid, Miss Kirby. She
is particularly adept at getting
across her desire, but inability to
give sympathy. In the third act,
Miss Clouston draws, without word
but by beautifully executed ges
ture, all eyes to herself when she
reaches out to console Melanie but
fails in her attempt.
Grace Hoffman is delightfully
beautiful or beautifully delightful
(or both) as the spirited Melanie.
She makes the Viennese immi
grant a lovable, intelligent, and
vital young girl, somewhat disil
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