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Twe girls will sing the lead i* story in sports section, the opera “Martha,” opening Frl day night in the University Thea ter. See story on page 7. VOLUME LI UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1950 NUMBER 111 Last Plans For Picnic Completed Final plans for the first Fresh man Picnic, to be held Saturday at Swimmers’ Delight, have been de cided. The plans were discussed in a meeting of the picnic’s commit tee heads Wednesday afternoon. According to Molly Harbert, ral ly chairman, the class will meet on University St. near McArthur Court at 1:30 Saturday. There, the cars .will form into a procession and state police will escort the group around the cam pus and out of town. Miss Harbert said the procession would go down 19th from University, then north on Alder to 11th. From there they would be led out to the highway. Transportation Chairman Dick Davis said women’s living organi zations are responsible for contact ing the men’s organizations they are paired with regarding trans portation. Davis added that he hopes to have one truck to handle students unable to get other rides. Gerry Pearson and Rocky Gill, entertainment co-chairmen, stated that recreation equipment would be furnished picnickers. There will also be a frosh jazz band and a phonograph and loudspeaker. Freshman girls are providing the food, and cokes will also be sold at the park, Food Chairman Jean Hall said. Sheet Metal Strike Delays SU Work A strike of steel metal workers in Portland has temporarily stop ped work on the kitchen facilities of the Erb Memorial Union. Student Union manager Dick Williams reported that the fabri cated metal parts, for the soda fountain, kitchen, and cafeteria are unavailable. As a result the Wil lamette Iron and Steel workers ^aye been forced to stop working un the structure. Williams said this will delay the apening of the building. No immediate settlement of the three-week old strike is expected, Williams said. . Food Committee Meets The Freshman Picnic food com mittee will meet this afternoon at 1 in the Chi Omega house. Me/oc/y Hunt Goes On Despite Lawyers' Antics RABBI JOSEPH GITIN Rabbi Gitin's Psalms Speech Set for Tonight Rabbi Joseph Gitin will discuss “The Book of Psalms’’ at 8 tonight in 207 Chapman. Rabbi Gitin is an expert on this phase of biblical study, according to Dr. R. H. Ernst, chairman of the University Lecture Series. Rabbi Gitin is sponsored by the lecture series. The speaker, who is now Rabbi at the Temple Israel, Stockton, Cal., represents the Jewish Chau tauqua Society. Thi% group spon sors an educational program mak ing authentic information concern ing Judaism available to college students. Rabbi Gitin was at one time the only rabbi in the state of Montana. He has been Hillel director at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a lecturer at Tar buth College, Buffalo, New York. He was Rabbi in Buffalo, and a weekly radio speaker there. Rabbi Gitin is a graduate of He brew Union College and the Uni versity of Cincinnati. In addition to tonight’s lecture, the Rabbi will speak to University religion and English classes during his stay here. uiijIj r niij Emerald Weather Expert HIGH ATOP THE SHACK, Apr. 19 (Special to the Emerald) Aroused citizens of Webfootvalle are circulating petitions in this sprawling community in an attempt to save Farhenheit thermometers from extinction. According to official sources, 93 of the temperature guages blew their tops Wednesday when the mercury bubbled to 76 degrees. Cause of the thermometers break ing at this temperature is not ex catly clear, but it is rumored that unsuspecting Webfoots left ther mometers in a place where they % comet tnaw out from the big freeze of last winter. Emerald staff members were sipping iced tea and trying to ex plain the phenomena. Someone (evidently suffering from an early season heat stroke) said he could remember when it got like this every spring. Little relief from the normal weather is in sight. The Weather Bureau forecast continued clear to day and tomorrow with a high of 80 expected today. They reported some rising temperatures and gen eral lowering of convertible tops and necklines for the next few days. 'Strange' Weather Hits Campus With Oddity Expected to Remain By STAN TURNBULL Notwithstanding the Law School’s attempt to get into the act with its thinly-veiled slur on “Melody Magic,” called “Lyrical Legerdemain,” the more serious business of selecting a “M a g i c Melody” theme song for Junior Weekend must go on. Friday at 5 is the deadline for lyrics to be entered in the contest or a theme song for the “big" spring term weekend, May 12-14. Entries must be placed in a speci ally-marked box in the Co-op or given to John Epley, chairman, at the Phi Kappa Psi house before that time. Record albums and other mer chandise donated by Eugene mer chants will be the prizes offered in both the lyric division and the music division according to Epley. The winning words will be judged over the weekend and published in the Emerald to give the melody writers something to base their music on. The judging committee, headed by Steve Stone, is made up of sen iors and graduate students. Other members are Curt Finch, Arnie Martin, Treva Rice, and Faye Schick. Prizes will be awarded to the winners in the two divisions and will be made at the All-Campus Sing May 12, when the winning “Magic Melody” will be presented. Full rules for the contest were printed in the Apr. 11 Emerald, but they may be summarized as: maximum length, 32 lines or less; any University student may submit any number of entries; name and address must be included; contest ant gives permission to perform the lyric. Judging points will be 1, consis tency of pattern and adaptability to music, 2, clever, original use of ideas in relation to title (“Magic Melody”) and to the lyric idea. Tickets Available For Friday Opera Good scats still remain for the formal opening performance of the University Theater production of “Martha,” Friday night. Seats for later performances, April 22, 27, 28, 29, are selling fast and there may be none left by opening night, Theater box office manager, Ken Olsen, reported Wednesday. Friday night’s opening perfor mance will be formal for ladies and semi-formal for men. Dorm Council Elects Frank Fairly Prexy Frank Fairly, junior in business administration, was elected presi dent of Interdormitory Council in a meeting last night at the Side. . Other officers elected were Bill Clothier, junior in journalism and president of Sherry Ross Hall, vice-president, and Ruth Bartle, sophomore in education and presi dent of Carson No. 2, secretary treasurer. Retiring officers are President Vic Fryer, Vice-president Paul Jaeger, and Secretary-treasurer Betty Horand. Candidates for Crown FOUR MORE Junior Weekend Queen hopefuls are interviewed in today’s Emerald. Student vote next week will determine a court ot five from the entire group of ten finalists, three of whom were inter viewed Wednesday, with three more for Friday. From left they are Mary Ituox, Lucille Wright, Louise Lediiig, Mary Lou Bittman. (Photo by Deane Bond) Mary Lou By JACK LANDRUD Mary Lou Bittman is one person who definitely doesn’t believe number 13 is unlucky. This pert 5-foot 5-inch Miss from Carson Hall’s second floor won a finalist berth in the Junior Week end Court as candidate number 13 of 26 entries. Mary Lou has matching brown eyes and hair and will be 21 years old next July. Active in Theater ■ Although she has taken a very active part in the university pro ductions “A Warrior's Husband" and “The Girl I Left Behind Me,” Mary Lou claims “Dramatics are only my hobby and even though I enjoy them very much, I’m actual ly majoring in English.” Portland is home to Mary Lou and she is a devoted alumna of Grant High School where she first became inteersted in acting. She (Please turn to page six) Louise By KAREN TERRY The oldest woman in “Martha" is running for Junior Weekend Queen! Louise Leding is the potential princess. Besides a spot in the chorus, Louise plays the role of a “crochety old maid” in the forth coming opera. Majoring in music—with a drama minor on the side—keeps Louise busy and happy. Enjoys College The 5-foot 8-inch candidate started at Oregon last fall after two years at Pacific University. “I just love it, there’s nothing like it,” enthused the 20-year-old brownette about her new college. Louise says she is "just wild about goldfish.” Currently she owns six—black, spotted and gold. She worries about her pets’ high mortality rate and the lack of space for them. (Please turn to page si.vj Mary By BILL FRYE The big ambition of personable Mary Knox, Junior Weekend queen finalist, is to spend a faw months in Europe. But the 20-year-old brownette coed admits that the fulfillment of that ambition is still somewhat in the far, distant future. Other things, she says, must come first. First, of course, the 5-foot 5 inch junior intends to finish her college career. She is majoring in English and psychology and hopes to get her degree in English. "Then,” said the hazel-eyed final ist, "I want to go into counseling' work, probably in some Oregon grade school.” Home is Portland Mary calls Portland home, and graduated from Grant High School there. She admitted her high school days weren't as full of activities as the days are now. The Granton (Please turn to page six) Lucille By MARJORY BUSH “Skiing?”, said with a slight grin, is the proverbial question which Junior Weekend Queen Hopeful Lucille Wright has heard, most frequently since last Armis tice Day. It was then her three-year old | skiing career came to a sudden end with a broken leg and consequent cast and crutches, Lucille is now counting the days, for in two weeks the doctor has said the crutches can go. "I don’t know what I'll do though,” she admitted, “ I feel like they're attached to me.” Knitting Ski Sweater The skiing accident, in the Cali fornia Sierras, also cut short her junior year at Oregon, for she spent the winter months at home in Sacramento knitting — ski sweaters! “I still like to ski better than (Please turn to page six)