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Baseball . . . OREGON’S pre-season base ball schedule begins today, with the VVebfoots playing Linfield College at McMinnville. Read about it today on page four. m Daily EMERALD J»6|TAT Weather... PARTLY cloudy today and tonight. Increasing cloudiness Saturday, with rain expected by afternoon or evening. High tem perature today will be 68 degrees. VOLUME LI UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, MARCH 31,1950 NUMBER 97 Duck Previewers' Housing Explained High school seniors visiting the campus for “Duck Preview” will be assigned to campus housing through the offices of the deans of men and women, according to Steve Church, co-chair man for the April 14-16 weekend. Housing, under chairmanship of Roger Nudd and Georgie Oberteuffer, will be handled as follows: High school seniors will specify whether they wish to stay Ten Candidates Set for Contest Candidates were selected yester ► day for a new campus contest— “Miss Fashion Plate.’’ The event is being held on several hundred campuses in the United States. Oregon’s 10 contestants, voted upon by student judges yesterday, are: Pat Boyle, Kathryn Carter, Mary Gribble, Grace Hoffman, Helen “STackson, Maxine Krisch, Molly Muntzel, Julie Beth Perkins, Joyce Rathbun, and Karla Van Loan. Judges were Art Johnson, ASUO president; Dorothy Orr, senior reprsentative to the execu tive council; Don Smith, Emerald editor; Larry Davidson, Oregana editor; and Anne Goodman, Rev lon campus representative. The contest is sponsored by Rev Ion products. Oregon students will . vote beginning Apr. 10 for the candidate of their choice. The win ner’s picture will be sent to New ' York, where a nation-wide winner . will be announced. The campus winner will receive a year’s supply of Revlon cosmet ics. An expense-free week’s trip to Bermuda plus other gifts are promised to the national winner. Judges based their votes on new Oregana pictures. Grades Due Next Week Winter term grade results will not be available to students before the end of next week, according to Registrar Clifford L. Constance. Grades are being held up because of the short spring vacation. in fraternities and sororities, dormitories, or cooperatives, but will not specify particular living groups. Fraternities and sororities and women's cooperatives will be given lists of students desiring housing of these types, and will make out preference lists of as many students as they believe they can accomodate, plus “alternates” in case of duplication of preference. A maximum quota of fifteen has been set for all organizations ex cept dorms. Assignment will then be made, through the deans of men and wo men, to particular living groups. In cases where a high school student is on more than one preference list, cards with the names of the living groups interested in the particular student will be shuffled in a hat, and one card will be drawn. The stu dent will then be assigned to that organization. System Explained Co-chairman Church stated that it is probable that high school stu dents with a brother or sister in a campus living organization will be assigned directly to that group. Men’s living organization prefer ence will be given only to high (Please turn to page eight) Late Fees Start Monday Saturday is the deadline for the payment of registration fees, according to the registrar’s office. Late fees will be assesed Monday. A total of 214 students com pleted registration Thursday, bringing the number of register ed students to 4549. Junior Weekend Plans Progress; Theme Idea Deadline Wednesday Calling for theme ideas for Junior Weekend, committee heads for the annual celebration are be ginning preparation for this year’s festival, May 12, 13, and 14. Deadline for weekend theme sug gestions is 5 p. m. Wednesday. A box for ideas will be placed in the Co-op Friday, according to Junior Class President Barry Mountain, chairman for the weekend. The theme should connect the float parade, prom, picnic, and All Campus Sing, the chairman ex Petitions Due Monday For Junior Secretary Petitions for junior class secre tary are due by noon Monday to Class President Barry Mountain, Alpha Tau Omega, or Treasurer Anne Goodman, Hendricks Hall. Any junior women with a GPA of 2.00 or above may apply for the position, vacated by Anne Case, who has withdrawn from the Uni versity. y plained. The winner of the annual theme contest will receive a free ticket to the Junior Prom and a pre-dance dinner for himself and his date. Last year’s winning theme, "A Thousand and One Nights" was submitted by Beldon Owens, then a freshman in pre-law. Committee chairmen and class officers will meet at luncheon Tuesday noon at the Anchorage. Names of committee heads for this year’s celebration were re leased by Mountain Thursday. Chairmen include Gerry Smith, prom; Ann Gillenwaters and Jo anne Fitzmaurice, All-Campus Sing; Jim Hershner and Will Ur ban, float parade; Joe Labodie and Eve Overback, All-Campus Picnic. Betty Wright and Florence Han sen, coronation; Donna Mary Brennan, Sunlight Serenade; Stan Turnbull, publicity; Walt McKinney and Cork Mobley, promotion; and Janice Hughes, cleanup. WSSF Official Talks on Purpose Of World Drive Mrs. Gladys C. Lawther, World Student Service Fund regional sec retary, spoke yesterday to house representatives on the purpose and work of WSSF throughout the world. The Oregon drive, beginning Monday, is officially sponsored by the ASUO. It will include both stu dents and faculty. Mrs. Lawther, who spent last summer in Europe leading a group on a YWCA-YMCA study tour, saw World Student Relief in action in England, France, Holland, Swit zerland, and Germany.. WSSF is the American agency for WSR. “I hope students and faculty realize how important their help is in contributing to the education of much of the rest of the world,” she said. She pointed-out that in much of Asia there is only one educated person for every 10,000 population, while the future peace of the world depends much on educated leadership. Campus collections, under Chair man Ann Darby, will be directed by seven captains. They are Eric Beerman, Tom Wrightson. Gene Harrison, Lois Williams, Lois Him melsbach, Mary Penwarden, and Virginia Kellogg. In charge of fac ulty solicitation are Barbara Cler in and Kay Kuckenberg. Over 700 letters explaining the purpose of WSSF have been sent to living organizations and religi ous groups, and to faculty mem bers, administrators, and graduate assistants. Airs. Paul Robeson To Speak Saturday Mrs. Paul Robeson, wife of the noted Negro baritone, will speak in Eugene at 8 Saturday night in the Roosevelt Jr. High School audi torium. Subject of her lecture will be “The Far Eastern Situation.” Mrs. Robeson,, an author and lecturer in her own right, recently returned from China where she attended the Asia Women’s Con ference, and from Moscow where, she attended the Women’s Inter national Democratic Federation. Prep Speech Contest Begins This Morning; Many Students Attend Preliminary rounds in the state high school speech contest begin at 9 this morning in Vilhtrd Hall. More than 165 students representing 13 Oregon districts will participate in the state-wide contest. Contestants are being housed in campus living organizations for the two-day tournament. Finalists will be announced at a banquet tonight in the Carson Hall dining room. Vodvil Meeting Set Today at 4 House representatives for All Campus Vodvil Apr. 14 will meet at 4 p. m. today at the Delta Delta Delta house to receive information on judging of acts and elimina tions. The show, planned to coincide with “Duck Preview,” when visit ing high school seniors will be on the campus, will include 12 acts. Acts will be limited to five min utes. Judging will be based on four points: originality, whole someness, presentation, and enter tainment value. Eliminations are scheduled for Apr. 11 and 12, when finalists will be chosen. Awards will be given to the two groups having the best acts and to the best individual per former. All proceeds from the Vodvil will go to the World Student Serv ice Fund. Last year profits totaled $550. Emerald Meeting Slated Today at 4 Emerald activity opportunities for students will be outlined at a brief meeting this afternoon at 4 in Room 105 Journalism. All stu dents interested in working on the Emerald in any capacity during Spring term may attend this meet ing. Experience is not needed for a number of jobs on the newspaper. Some jobs are still open for those students who have had journalism experience. After a general meeting, special sesions for reporters, copy desk workers, and night staff workers will be held. r inahsts will compete again Saturday. 'I'lie finals for after dinner speaking will be held fol lowing the dinner at John Straub Hall, and* will be broad cast over station KOAC from 7:30 to 8:30 pan. Trophies will be awarded at that time to state winners by Dr. K. E. Montgomery, assistant professor of speech and executive secretary of the Oregon General Extension Divi sion, which is sponsoring the con test. Towns sending representatives to the contest are Burns, Pendleton, H^rmiston, Milton-F reewater, Heppner, West Linn, Estacada, Sandy, Oregon City, Klamath Falls, Malin, Bonanza, Salem, Albany, In dependence, Dallas, Woodburn, Eu gene, Sutherlin, Springfield, Co burg, Ashland, Illinois Valley, Grants Pass, Medford, Coos Bay, Coquille, Beaverton, Morgan, Sher wood, Hillsboro, McMinnville, Wil amina, Tillamook, Newburg, North Bend and Portland. The debate section has been di vided into two units for "A” ami “B” schools. Six rounds of debate will be held for each unit. In all other divisions there will be two rounds of eliminations. A complete schedule for the two day contest is printed on page three. Applications Asked Of Degree Seekers Students who wish to receive degrees in June must file applica tion cards with the registrar's of fice by noon Saturday, the office reported Thursday. Lists for graduates in June will be made up on Apr. 1. Students who have not applied before that date will not be on the list. Millrace Expected Back in Business Again Soon; Water Pageant Revival Still Thought Impossible By JOHN EPLEY After a forced winter’s hiberna tion, Oregon’s famous Millrace will come out into the spring sunshine, at least temporarily, about Mon day, Apr. 10. But lingering hopes for revival of the Junior Weekend water pageant must take a back seat for several more years. Junior Weekend Chairman Barry Mountain stated he sees little chance of reviving the pageant this year. Tentative plans for the weekend do call for use of the Mill race in a frosh-soph tug-of-war. The biggest obstacle now pre venting revival of the pageant is that the area around the Anchor age must be cleared and prepared to accomodate a large crowd. This project is now under the long range supervision of Lou Weston and Warren Davis. Their plans call for landscaping and eventual construction of bleachers and an amphitheater to use for the pageant. It’s doubtful, however, that even the landscap ing can be completed this spring. Other obstacles are the high way noise which would interfere with the program, and new bridges over the Millrace which would pre vent passage of high floats. Famed in “days of yore” for the colorful canoe fete of Junior Week end, with glamorous co-eds adorn ing many elaborate floats, the Mill race was restored with due cere mony last fall, after four long years of rest. Later it had to be drained to j allow for construction of a retain ing wall and refitting of the Broad way outlet gates. Then came the startling news that the Millrace was polluted by sewage. Finally the gates at Judkins Point were closed again for the winter, keeping the Millrace bed high and dry. These gates have re mained closed, because seepage was hampering construction of the new University heating plant. Now there is trouble again. Although the concrete foundation for the heating plant has been laid, a tunnel still must be built under the Millrace for steam pipes. So the on-again-off-again Millrace must be closed down again this spring, but not until Junior Week^ end is over. J