WSSF Drive to Begin
On Campus Monday;
Students to Set Goal
World Student Service Fund,
which helps students in Europe,
China, and Southeast Asia with
food, clothing, books, medical aid,
and housing begins its annual drive
on the Oregon campus Monday.
Shown here are a group of Ger
man students clearing rubble to
earn enough money to carry on
their university study. Since the
currency reform, the savings of
German students were to a great
extent wiped out.
WSSF is helping these students
with books, canteens and warm,
well-'ighted study rooms.
Socialism Talk
Booked Tonight
A lecture entitled “Agrarian So
cialism in Saskatchewan," based
on a study of the Cooperative
Commonwealth Federation in
Saskatchewan, Canada, will be de
livered in 207 Chapman tonight at
8.
The speaker is Dr. S. M. Lipset,
professor of sociology at the Uni
versity of California in Berkley.
Dr. Lipset made the study in
1945 and 1946 under a fellowship
from the Social Science Research
Council. Results will be published
soon by the University of Califor
nia. Press and the Oxford Univer
sity press of Canada Under the
title, “Agrarian Socialism, A
Study of the Cooperative Com
monwealth Federation of Saskat
chewan.”
Dr. Lipset received his doctorate
from Columbia University. He
taught at the University of Tor
onto before coming to California.
He has been invited to return to
Columbia University next year as
visiting professor in the graduate
department of sociology.
Tonight’s lecture is sponsored
jointly by the University Lectures
Committee and the Oregon chapter
of Alpha Kappa Delta, national
sociology honorary.
There is no admission charge
and faculty members, students, and
townspeople may attend.
Deadline Saturday
For Scholarships
Saturday, Apr. 1, is the dead
line for all scholarship applica
tions according to Karl W. On
thank, scholarship counselor. Ap
plications for some awards will
not be accepted after that date.
Students planning to apply for
scholarships may now obtain ap
plication blanks from the scholar
ship office, 216 Emerald. New
comprehensive blanks which may
be used for all awards not given
by the state are now available.
“Applications turned in earliest
will receive first and closest exam
ination,” Onthank said.
Tryouts Set Tonight
Final tryouts for “The Girl I
Left Behind Me,” Early American
melodrama, will be held tonight in
room 104 Yillard at 7:30. Any in
terested person who cannot attend
this tryout should contact Horace
W. Robinson before 7:30.
\\ SSF—\\ orld Student Ser
vice Fund—begins its third an
nual drive on the Oregon cam
pus Monday, continuing
through Friday,
Only officially sponsored AS
UO drive of the year, WSSF' is
the agency through which Ameri
can students and faculty members
can help their needy foreign con
temporaries through World Stu
dent Relief.
“Don’t Pass the Buck—Give It”
is theme of the U. O. campaign. No
definite goal has been set for the
drive, Co-chairmen Willy Dodds
and Ed Peterson said. The matter
All house representatives for
the World Student Service Fund
drive have been asked to meet
at 4 p. m. today in 207 Chapman
by Ann Darby, WSSF collec
tions chairman.
is being left entirely for the stu
dents’ own decision. Last year
$1,500 was raised on the campus
through the drive and Vodvil Show.
Progress Display
Progress of the drive will be de
termined daily through milk bottle
containers in the Co-op, Ann
Darby, collections chairman, said.
“Top contributor of the day will
be moved to. first position in the
row of 65 milk bottles, which will
represent each living organiza
tion,” Miss Darby revealed.
There will also be a general con
tainer in the center for off-campus
contributors.
Vodvil Slated
Eugene radio stations are co
operating in boosting the drive and
Vodvil Show. All proceeds from
the Vodvil Show, set for Apr. 14,
will go into the WSSF fund.
Special events to promote the
drive next week are promised daily,
according to Bill Carey, special
events chairman. Wednesday and
Friday will be the biggest days, he
said. Further details will appear in
the Emerald next week.
Spaeth to Discuss
'Music for Fun'
Dr. Sigmund Spaeth, popular
speaker and writer on music, will
come to the University Apr. 4 to
present his program, “Music for
Fun.”
Known to radio listeners and mo
tion picture audiences throughout
the country for his compositions,
books, and lectures on music, Dr.
Spaeth has an informal, humorous
approach to his subject.
His talk on the campus, with
illustrations at the keyboard, will
concern tfie recreational side of
music and how to participate, re
gardless of talent or experience.
Dr. Spaeth will be the last speak
er to appear in McArthur Court
this year. Others appearing under
auspices of the Assembly Com
mittee in their series this year have
been Dorothy Thompson, William
L. Shirer, and Norman Thomas.
Grades Delayed
By Short Vacation
Student grade reports are being
held up because of the short spring
vacation, according to Clifford L.
Constance, registrar.
“Our student helpers who re
cord the grades can work only dur
ing their free hours, and since the
vacation was so short they were
unable to finish it then,” Constance
explained.
A notice will be printed in the
Emerald as soon as the grades are
ready.
'Duck Preview' Program Set in April
Campus Vodvil
Slated Apr. 14;
Profit for WSSF
All-campus Vodvil returns to
the University Apr. 14, with 12
variety acts slated for entertain
ment of students, faculty, towns
people, and visiting high school
seniors.
Proceeds from the hour-long
show are earmarked for the World
Student Service Fund, according
to Co-chairmen Willy Dodds and
Ed Peterson.
Each living organization is elig
ible to submit an act for judging
in eliminations Apr. 11 and 12,
Gretchen Grondahl, program chair
man, has announced.
Meeting Friday
All sororities, fraternities, co
operatives, dorms, and Orides and
Yeomen are asked to send a repre
sentative to a meeting Friday,
4 p. m„ at the Delta Delta Delta
house. Information on eliminations
and judging will be given at that
time.
Representatives should have a
general idea of the act their house
plans to present by Friday' Miss
Grondahl said. There will be a
five-minute limit on each perform
ance.
Two Prizes Set
Prizes will be given to the two
houses having the best acts. The
most outstanding individual per
former will also receive an award.
Last year Orides won first-place
trophy in the Vodvil with their
play “Hammet.” Lambda Chi Al
pha was second with their inter
pretation of a German band, while
Sigma Nu placed third with their
jazz band, “Sammy Horsey’s Seven
and Two." Best individual per
former was Elizabeth Nelson, Tri
Delta.
Oregana, Ore-nter
Post Selection Set
Head positions on the Oregana
and Ore-nter staffs for the 1950
51 school year will be filled Apr.
12, by the Publications Board.
The board will meet to select an
editor and business manager for
the Oregana, and the Ore-nter edi
tor. Selections will be made from
petitions turned in by the candi
dates. Bill Carey was chosen as
Ore-nter business manager last
term.
Olga Yevtich, Student Union Of
fice, said petitions must be sub
mitted to her before noon on Apr.
8 to be eligible for consideration
by the Publications Board.
Positions for editor and business
manager of the Emerald and the
Student Directory will be filled at
a date to be announced later.
4335 Students Register
A total of 4335 students finished
registering by last night, accord
ing to Registrar Clifford L. Con
stance.
He warned that students must
pay fees by Saturday noon, if they
wish to escape the $5 late registra
tion fee. Assessment of this pen
alty will begin Monday at 8 a. m.
Sun's Only Fooling;
Rain Coming Soon
If you've stowed your winter
“longies” because of recent sun
shine, you’re in for a breezy
week, the weather bureau re
ported Wednesday.
Cloudiness will increase to
day, with probability of rain this
afternoon, the bureau predicted.
Oh well, you can still cut
class and go to the Side for cof
lee—instead of cokes.
Speech Contest
Opens Friday
More than 165 Oregon high
school speech students represent
ing 41 schools will participate in
the state-wide speech contest to be
held in Villard Hall Friday and
Saturday.
These contestants are all sur
vivors of district eliminations ac
cording to Dr. K. E. Montgomery,
pi ofessor of speech and executive
secretary of the General Extension
Division, which is sponsoring' the
contest.
finals Saturday
Pi eliminaries will begin at 0
a. m. Friday and continue through
the afternoon. Finalists will be
announced at Friday night’s ban
quet in Carson Hall dining room.
Finalists will compete again on
Saturday, with the contests cul
minating in the final after-dinner
speaking contest to be given at
Saturday night’s banquet in John
Straub. Dr. Montgomery will pre
sent trophies to state winners in
all nine divisions at that time.
Program Scheduled
After-dinner speeches and the
presentation of awards will be
broadcast over KOAC from 7:30 to
8:30 p. m. Saturday night. Dr. R.
C. McCall, head of the Department
of Speech, will be toastmaster at
the banquet.
This year the debate section has
been divided into two units, one
f<V A schools, those having 300
or more enrollment, and one for
B schools, those having less than
300 enrollment. There will be six
rounds of debate for each unit. In
all other divisions there will be two
rounds of eliminations.
Seniors in State
Get Invitations
ToBigWeekend
Nearly 10,000 invitations to
“Duck Preview," Apr. 14, 15, 16,
have been issued to high school
seniors throughout the state, ac
cording to Bill Carey, invitations
co-chairman.
Letters to 232 senior class presi
dents, giving information on the
“Preview," were also mailed by the
committee in promotion of the an
nual weekend. Invitations were
received by every senior in Oregon
graduating during the 1949-60
school year, which included 9,932
students, Carey said.
Weekend Explained
University students from Ore
gon high schools returned to their
schools during spring vacation,
speaking to seniors and explaining
the activities and purposes of the
weekend.
Invitations committee chairmen
include Carey and Mary Penwar
den, co-chairmen; Marcille Wallace,
Lois Williams, Maxine Krisch, sub
chairmen.
Committee Members
Members of the committee are
Mary McBee, Dorothy Rowe, Mar
ine Pelouze, Doris Padrick, Judy
Bolender, Donna Sherwood, Bar
bara Clerin, Annie Carson, Sally
Erickson, Pat Dominey, Dorothy
Dixon, Maxine Anhoury, Mim Hoi
comb, Ann Parsell, Diane Rich
ards, Marlee Smith, Joyce Rath
bun, Peggy Nygard.
Joanne Kelley, Marilyn McDon
ald, Marian Smith, Suzanne Lichty,
Joan Zener, Donna Lawson, Joyce
Sommerlade, Mary Doris, Martha
Piper, Norma Hultgren, Martha
Walter, Martha Stapleton, Libby
Miller, Yvonne Lefebvre.
Staff Meeting Fridayj
Nevycomers Invited
Emerald reporters, copy desk,
and night staff workers, former
and prospective, will meet at 4
p. m. Friday in 105 Journalism.
Students with former experience
are preferred, although anyone in
terested in Emerald work is en
couraged to attend the meeting.
Women's Groups Install Officers
At Special Service Tonight at 7
umcers or the three major wo
men’s organizations will be install
ed in a special service at 7 p. m.
tonight in Alumni Hall, Gerlinger.
All women students may attend
the program. Campus clothes will
be in order for spectators.
Marie Lombard, outgoing As
sociated Women Students’ presi
dent, will install the new AWS of
ficers. Barbara Stevenson, presi
dent; Eve Overback, vice presi
dent; Marilyn Thompson, secre
tary; Carol Udy, treasurer; Betty
Moshofsky, reporter; and Elaine
Hartung, sergeant-at-arms; will be
installed.
New YWCA officers will be in
stalled by ex-President Billijean
| Riethmiller. Elective officers to be
j installed are Beverly Buckley,
president; Dolores Jeppesen, first
vice president; Nancy Kuhnhausen,
second vice president; Florence
Hansen, secretary; Eleanor Johns,
treasurer; Karla Van Loan, upper
class commission chairman; Mary
Alice Baker, sophomore commis
sion chairman; Janis Evans, soph
omore vice chairman; and Bonnie
Birkemeier, sophomore secretary.
Appointive YWCA officers to be
installed at the same time are the
following committee chairmen, all
cabinet members:
Jackie Barbee Miller, Carolyn
Oleman, Frances Gillmore, Gret
chen Grondahl, JoAnne Gilmore,
Jeanne Hoffman, Joan Zener,
Jackie Pritzen, Dolores Parrish,
Marian Brown, Jackie Wilkes, Sue
(Please turn to page six)