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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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