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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 4, 1950)
Daily EMERALD UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 1950 VOLUME LI NUMBER 99 "Unusual Advertising Feature of Second Day of WSSF Drive ^ our All to W SSI1—I Did! —That's the message of the man with the barrel who will appear on the campus todav every hour between classes. He and his three brothers with sandwich boards will boost the WSSF drive, now entering its second day. Burma-Shave style signs advertising WSSF will also be up today on the Old Campus and the Quad, according to Ann Gillemvaters, poster Weekend Theme Due by 5 Today Deadline for Junior Weekend theme suggestions is today at 5 p. m. They may be placed in the box in the Co-op or given to junior class officers up to that time. Dinner and tickets for two to the Junior l’rom are offered the winner. Class officers are Barry Mountain, at ATO; Ed Peterson, Lambda Chi; Kathy Littlefield, Alpha Phi; Anne Goodman, Hendricks. chairman. By these means, plus posters and flying speeches, Oregon students are being acquainted with the World Student Service Fund. Through the efforts of WSSF, stu dents and faculty are given the op portunity to directly help others who are seeking an education in foreign countries. Much of the work of World Stu dent Relief depends upon WSSF, its American agency. This is the only drive of the year that the ASUO of ficially sponsors and appeals to the students to support. Personal solicitation is keynot ing the Oregon drive. House repre ^rsentalives in every living organiza tion are contacting all members of their group during the week. Con tributions are to be kept in milk bottles in the Co-op. Special features of the drive will be a contest Wednesday an auction in front of the Side Friday at 4 p.m. All proceeds from the Vodvil Show Apr. 14 will go to the camp us WSSF campaign. Petitions Due For Mothers' May Weekend A call for petitions for general chairman of Mothers’ Weekend, . held in conjunction with Junior Weekend May 12-14, was issued by the ASUO Executive Council in its regular meeting Monday night. Sophomores, juniors, and seniors may petition for the post. Applica tions are due by 5 p. m. Thursday in the ASUO office, Emerald Hall. Last year’s chairman was Ruth Landry, now a junior in sociology. University of Washington Stu dent Body President Phil Palmer will be the guest of the Council at next week’s meeting, ASUO President Art Johnson announced. The Washington student leader will discuss the National Student ^Association program. Oregon is not a member of the NSA. A report from the ASUO Con stitution Committee will be pre sented at the next meeting by Chairman Dick Neely. The com mittee has been at work revising the old constitution and preparing a new one. Reports from other Council committees will be discussed in order to form a picture of the Council’s spring term activities. Panhel Names New Officers Joan White has been named 1950 51 president of Panhellenic, begin ning her duties this term. Other new officers are Phyllis Mathews, first vice president; Pat McGinty, second vice president; Pat Mullin, secretary; and Joanne Lewis, treasurer. These officers are chosen on the basis of rotation of the houses. Chairmen of standing commit tees for the coming year are as fol lows; Shirley Hillard, relations; Ann Gillenwaters, standards; Shirley Potter, social; Bev Miller, public ity; and Pat White, scholarship. Incomplete Grade System Subject of Faculty Vote Motions concerning the removal of incompletes and requirements for the bachelor’s degree will be voted upon by the faculty at its meeting Wednesday, 4 p.m., in 3 Fenton Hall. The first proposal would change University legislation so that a student, to remove an incomplete, must complete the course within his next three terms of residence in the University, or at such earlier date as the instructor may specify. One Year Limit As it now stands an incomplete must be removed within one calen dar year after receipt of the mark. To this motion an amendment has been added by P. J. Powers, professor of romance languages. The amendment states: ‘‘If an incomplete has not been removed, or if the student has not repeated' the course with a passing grade, within his next three terms of residence, the Registrar shall change the incomplete to F. For purpose of this motion, summer sessions shall not be counted as terms.” 45-Hour Rule Questioned The second motion to be voted up on would repeal the requirement that “A minimum of 45 hours is necessary after obtaining the Jun ior Certificates before the bache lor's degree is granted.” Both motions will be presented by C. F. Weigle, chairman of the special Committee for the Study of Academic Regulations. Nominations of candidates for membership on the Advisory Coun cil is also scheduled to take place at the faculty meeting. The council members will be elected at the May meeting. Campus Vodvii Themes Chosen Most living organizations have now chosen themes and are begin ning work on their acts for the All-Campus Vodvii Apr. 14. Pro gram Chairman Gretchen Gron dahl said Monday. Post cards are being sent to all grofips today informing them of the time for their act in elimina tions next Monday and Tuesday nights. Eliminations will begin at 6:30 in Gerlinger Annex both nights. Cards should be returned by Thursday, indicating theme title in order to avoid any possible dup lication. Groups not planning to enter an act, should state so on the card. Winners of the Vodvii show will receive first and second place trophies, with men’s and women’s houses competing equally. There will also be an award for the most outstanding individual performer. Committee chairmen for the Vodvii are Willy Dodds and Ed Peterson, general co-chairmen; Gretchen Grondahl, program; Judy Rowe, awards and final judging; and Mary Hall, stage. Last year’s winners were Orides, Lambda Chi Alpha, and Sigmu Nu. Weather . . . Fair and warming today. Thick ening cloundiness tonight, becom ing cloudy with rain Wednesday. High today, 62; low, 40. Harpham Cup Reading Award Date Chosen The night of the All-Campus Sing, May 12, has been chosen as the date for presenting the annual Josephine Evans Harpham silver cup to the living organization which is judged to have promoted the most interest in good reading among its members. Every campus living group is eligible for the award, providing it has sent aa representative to each meeting of the house librar ians, kept records of the author, title, and individual readers of the books read, organized an approved reading program for the organiza tion, and declared an intention to compete in the contest no later than last Oct. 15. Judging will be based on the num ber of books borrowed per student in the house, quality of books bor rowed, range of reading interests represented, and the improvement in reading habits over the year. The organizations grade point av erages will also be criteria for judging. House librarians will be respons ible for seeing that books borrowed from the- library are actually read. Unreliable data submitted will dis qualify the house. Mrs. Harpham has offered this cup in hopes of enriching students’ ttves by stimulating the develop ment of good reading habits. The award was made available through the suggestion of Miss Bernice Rise, head of the library circula tion department. 'Music for Fun' Subject of Spaeth In Speech Tonight Noted Lecturer to Discuss Lighter Aspects Of Field in Final 1950 Assembly Program By ANDY FRIEDLE Di. Sigmund Spaeth, author, lecturer, and composer, will speak at 7:d0 tonight in McArthur Court on "Music for Fun." I he lecture will deal with the availability" of music. Dr. Spaeth will discuss music as a recreation, regardless of the talent, or experience of the participant. \\ til known in this country for his easy, humorous approach' to music. Dr. Spaeth has appeared on both radio and the motion picture screen, lie lectures and writes on music, and is a com poser. However, the composer-writer is not entirely one-sided. On the serious side, Dr. Spaeth has written “A Guide to Great Or chestral Music,” “Great Sym phonies,” “Stories Behind the World’s Great Music,” and “At Home With Music.” On the lighter side, Sigmund Spaeth has to his credit, “Read 'Em and Weep,” a large collection of American song-lore containing the words and music of more than 200 popular songs of the past. The work, tilong with the music, also contains a store of anecdotes and humorous, personal comment. Other popular books include, “The Art of Enjoying Music,” and many others. Called Tune Detective The “Tune Detective,” as Sig mund Spaeth is popularly known, possesses a sound musical back ground, wide experience, and amazing versatility, which, in part, accounts for his ready sense of humor, dependable grasp of human inclinations, and consistent adapt ability. Dr. Spaeth applies the same or iginal technique to the medium of motion pictures as he does in his books and has won the acclaim of thousand of admirers. His literary contributions on the. musical side have appeared in Life, McCalls, Es quire, Liberty, and The Saturday Evening Post. The well-known lecturer and writer was recently elected presi dent of the "Songmart,” an organ ization designed to bring together the amateur composer and the pub lisher. He is also president of the National Association for Ameri can Composers Authority Widely Recognized Political and musical talent are only two of the many talents of Dr. Spaeth. His renown as an auth ority on music is so outstanding that he is asked, frequently, to ap pear as a witness in a court case involving musical plagiarism. Sigmund Spaeth graduated from Haverford College, Philadelphia, and later earned his Ph.D. degree from Princeton where he was also a member of Woodrow Wilson’s faculty. His speech will be tape-recorded by radio station KORE for re broadcast at a date to be an nounced later. Dr. Spaeth’s lecture will con clude the Assembly Committee lec ture series of 1949-50. Other As sembly Committee speakers this year were Dorothy Thompson, Wil liam L. Shirer, and Norman Thomas. Registration forTerm Reaches 5019 Total Sixty-three students completed registration steps Monday bring ing the total spring term enroll ment this far to 5019. Registration is running some what behind last year’s comparable figure of 5304, according tc reg istrar's office statistics. Portland Pastor Slated to Speak AtSunriseService Dr. John Anderson, professor of religion at Lewis .and Clark Col lege, will be the third consecutive Portland man to speak at the Eu gene Easter Sunrise Services. “The Light Still Shines” will be his topic in services to start at 6:30 a. m. Sunday in McArthur Court. Doors will open at 6. In 1949 Dr. Morgan S. Odell, president of Lewis and Clark, was guest speaker. Dr. Henry Marcotte, retired Presbyterian minister do ing ad-interim work in Portland, gave the 1948 sermon. Special music for the Easter services will be furnished by the Eugene Gleemen. Organist will be Donald Allton, University profes sor of organ and theory. Radio Station KORE will broad cast the services direct from Mc Arthur Court. The annual Sunrise Services are co-sponsored by the University Re ligious Council and the Eugene Springfield Ministerial Association. Littlefield Named Junior Secretary Kathy Littlefield, junior in archi tecture and allied arts, was named junior class secretary yesterday, to replace Anne Case who has withdrawn from school. Miss Littlefield is president of Alpha Phi sorority, a member of Phi Theta Upsilon, junior women’s service honorary, and was co-chair man of this year’s WAA carnival and chairman of the AWS auction. She was selected from a group of petitioners by junior class officers, Barry Mountain, president; Ed Pet erson, vice president; and Anne Goodman, secretary. Science Excavation Set for This Week Excavation for the new science building on University street across from the School of Journalism building will begin late this week, according to I. I. Wright, super intendent of the Physical Plant. Work will be done by the Ross B. Hammond company of Portland who won the general construction contract for the building Mar. 21. The new structure will house the departments of biology, chem istry, and physics. It is scheduled to be completed in approximately 18 months. Old Oregon Petitions Applications for the position of Old Oregon business manager are due today between 10;30 a. m. and 12 noon. i