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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 4, 1950)
* Homecoming... Petitions for chairmanships due today. See story in column 4. Daily EMERALD Weather... Mostly cloudy with occasional rain today and Thursday. Slighting warmer today. Expected high, 60< low, 40. VOLUME LII UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1950 NUMBER 1# Board Sets Pledging, Dorm Rules Dormitory and pledging rules were set down by a joint committee of the Women’s Dormitory Govern ing Board and Panhellenic at a meeting Tuesday night. Beginning Oct. 9, pledges will not be allowed to go to desserts at sor orities. They may go to their houses for desserts tonight. Pledges will remain at their dormitories for the Bunion Derby. Formal pledging will be on week ends, or times not interfering with study hours, the group decided. ^However, this will not affect dates already announced to pledges. The ruling will go into effect Oct. 8. No Coke Dates Freshman women will not be al lowed coke dates Sunday through Thursday nights. They will always be in the dormitories for study hours unless special permission is granted. Permission will be given for recognized cultural events. Pledges may go to their houses for dinner every first and third Monday. They must stay there un til 10 p. m. so their return will not disturb study hours. Pledges may go to their houses for lunches and dinners, if they don’t miss a dormi tory meeting or study hours. Dormitory meetings will be held every second and fourth Monday. One Weekend At Houses Pledges may spend one weekend per term at their houses. All fresh man women are allowed three weekends off campus. If the pled ges wish to substitute one, or all, of their off-campus permissions to stay at their sororities they may do so. During Homecoming activities, all freshmen will work for their dormitory. Pledges may partici pate in Junior Weekend for their houses, with the exception of the all-campus sing. Attend House Dances House dance work will be done by active sorority members, but pledges may attend. If dormitory and house dances conflict, pledges are allowed to make their choice, Mr attend both. Founder’s Day banquets at the houses must end by 7:30 p. m. Pledges may enter intramural sports with their sororities. Five On Board The Women’s Dormitory Govern ing Board is composed of the three dormitory presidents, one councilor and one housemother. The council will meet again at 6 p. m. Oct. 10. Conflict on Dates Postpones Dance Due to the date conflict with the Bunion Derby Friday night, the “campus night’’ dance at Willamette Park has been can celed by Tom Barry, student man ager of the park. The first of the “campus nights” series will be Oct. 20 if conditions permit. "Students should give full co operation and attention to make the Bunion Derby a complete suc cess,” Barry said. “We feel that any student activity such as this Reserves priority.” Schedule Continues For 1951 Oregano Photography for the 1951 Oregana continues today at Kennell-Ellis studios down town. The schedules: Wednesday—A1 p h a Tau Omega Chi Psi Thursday—Beta Theta Pi Campbell Club Movie Program Starts Today Four new movies will inaugu rate the beginning of the regular Wednesday night program spon sored by the Student Union board in room 207, Chapman hall. Two showings will be held at 7 and 9 p. m. The movies to be shown tonight will be “Russia Strikes Back”, actual scenes of World War II’s greatest offensive and the Rus sian move into Stalingrad; “The Stillwell Road”, the story of the UN bitter campaign in Southwest Asia; “Victory Over Germany”, Eisenhower’s final offensive and the surrender of German army; and “Divide and Conquer”, rapid advance of fifth column move ments and strategy of Nazi prop aganda. This program is open to stu dents, faculty and townspeople. IFC Shakeup Sees New Prexy Glen Holden resigned as presi dent of the Interfraternity Coun cil in a meeting of the IFC Tues day night. Bill Harber, vice-president of the organization, automatically took over as the new president. Neither was available for comment. In addition to the changing of officers, members also discussed pledging and initiation policies, and the rushing of boarders in the various houses. Pledging for boarders and others eligible for pledging this fall will begin today instead of Monday, ac cording to a decision reached at the meeting. Rally Board to Interview Song Queen Candidates Song queen candidates will be interviewed Thursday by the rally board between 3-5 and 6:30 10 p. m., place to be announced. Jim Fenimore, rally board chairman, encouraged all women interested to show up for the try outs. He stated that although ex perience may prove helpful, the five queens will be selected strict ly upon the basis of the ability and promise that they display. There are no class restrictions and no petitions are required. Can didates are encouraged to come to the interviews as early in the Rally Chairman Announces Posts Co-chairman and members of rally board committees were an nounced Tuesday evening by Jim Fenimore, general rally board chairman. Fenimore explained that each co-chairman will share his re sponsibilities with one member of the general rally board. Chairmen and members-at-large are the following: welcome, Joan Cartozian, chairman, and Milt Hagen, Ann Irwin, and Bill Hail; decoration, Georgie Oberteuffer, chairman, and Gretchen Grefe, Joyce Rathbun, and Delbert R. Lee; traffic clearance, Dick Davis, chairman, and Dave Hamilton. Entertainment, Jack Faust, chairman, and Doug Graham and Jean Lewis; promotion and publi city, Tom Barry, chairman, and Norma Hultgren; card stunt and white shirt section, Bob Bittian, chairman, and Don Zavin, Sally Ericksen, and Larry Semler; sec retarial, Pat Rice, chairman, and Joyce Winn and Ann SUidler. Interviews Slated On SU Committees Interviews are being conduct ed this week for students who petitioned for the six standing committees of the student Union Directorate. The cultural and ballroom com mittees will be interviewed Wed nesday night and the publicity committee Thursday night. Stu dents who did not receive a notice concerning interviews should noti fy Miss Olga Yevtich, program director, Student Union. It's for You' YW Slogan “It’s for You!” is the byword of the University YWCA, which moves into the third day of its 1950 membership drive with soli citations in women’s living organ izations today. The drive, which began Mon day, is designed to make women aware of the “Y” and its possibili ties, according to Beverly Buck ley Robathan, YWCA president. YWCA junior advisors and members of sophomore and sen ior cabinets are visiting all wom en’s living groups this week ex plaining opportunities for fresh men and transfers in the YW. New students will be welcomed into the organization at informal open houses 3 to 5 p. m. today and Thursday at YWCA head quarters, Gerlinger. Women who have not been notified by Duck ling counselors are urged to at tend and get acquainted with the "Y", Lois Greenwood, executive director of the YW, said. The traditional membership drive this year marks the begin ning of the 56th year of the YWCA on the campus. The organization began with fewer than 20 mem bers in 1894, and gained steadily in membership, aided by Louella Clay Carson, then dean of women. Membership chairman of the YWCA is Carolyn Silva, who is conducting the drive. Lois Ann Smith is drive chairmen in wom en's residence halls. afternoon and evening as possible. Jim Crismon, who is to conduct the tryouts, stated that band music will be available and that the girls will be asked to march and clap to the rhythm. The board will interview each girl concerning her ideas and experi ence. The only vocal requirement is an average voice. The song queen squad that will be selected from these candidates will be the first of its type at Oregon. In the past there has been but one rally squad compos ed of men and women who led both the yells and songs. This year the yell squad is strictly male, leav ing the song leading to the femin ine five. Oregon is one of the last of the larger coast schools to adopt the male yell squad setup. Greater endurance is one of the greater advantages of the male squad. Top Red Cross Positions Open Petitions for top positions in the campus Red Cross cabinet j have been called for, with the I deadline set at noon Saturday. Applications may be turned in to Donna Mary Brennan at the Kappa Alpha Theta house. Positions open are vice-presi dent, who is in charge of telephon ing; publicity chairman; treasurer, who will probably chairman the campus- Red Cross drive; and chairmen and committee work ers for Roseburg veterans’ hospi tal programs and the campus dis aster committee. Men are particularly needed by the group, officers stated. Homecoming Petitions Due Petitions for chairmanships of Homecoming and its various com mittees arc due at 5 p. m. today in the ASUO office. Petitioners for the general chairmanship will be interviewed by the ASUO Executive Council in a special meeting at 6:30 p. m. in the Student Union board room. Students may petition for gener al chairmanship or for the chair manship of eight committees: pro motion, publicity, alumni welcom ing, dance, noise parade, sign contest, finance (including button sales), and general secretary. OSC 1 a. m. Hours Checked by Hawk Ray Hawk, director of men's affairs, was in Corvallis Monday checking and gathering informa tion on OSC’s 1 a. m. weekend closing hours. He had no comments to make Tuesday on what he learned. However, he said the student affairs committee would meet sometime this week to discuss the matter. No date has been set for the meeting. Vacancies Discussion Scheduled The Executive Council will meet Monday to determine what will b« done about vacancies created when former presidents of tho, sophomore and junior classes were declared ineligible. Records disclosed earlier thla week that Joe Kiaser and Vernon Beard, the ousted officers, were scholastically not eligible to hold any elective or appointive position this term. According to the regist rar’s office, neither made the nec essary 2. GPA spring term. This automatically moved tho vice-presidents into the two top positions in conformity with the ASUO constitution. Helen Jackson took over as sophomore class presi dent in place of Kiaser, and Beard’s office was filled by Willy Dodds. Barry Mountain, ASUO presi dent, confirmed the move by tele phone to the Emerald Tuesday. He said that the Executive Coun cil would decide in its Monday meeting whether or not the two classes would elect new vice-pre sidents. If the Council does not re commend another election, Moun tain said, the issue would be de cided by the class officers. Sommerlade Gets Play Lead Joyce Sommerlade and Faber DeChainc will play the lead roles in “Bom Yesterday,” first regular production of the University Thea ter 1950-51 season. Miss Sommerlade was cast in the coveted role of Billie Dawn after over a week's casting rehearsals. DeChaine plays Harry Brock. Tho roles were performed on Broadway by Julie Holliday and Paul Doug las. Others in prominent roles include Jim Blue as Paul Verrall, Gordon Howard as Ed Devery, Carl Harsh barger as Senator Hedges, Virgin ia Howard as Mrs. Hedges, and Ken Olsen as Eddie Brock. Bunion Derby Set For 7:15 Friday The starting gun for the Bunion Derby will go off at 7:15 p. m. sharp Friday, and from then on it’a anybody’s race! Each men’s living organization will travel in a group from house to house according to the schedule until they have visited all the women’s dorms and houses; then in dividual members may go back to *my house or girl that strikes their fancy. Five cents from each man will buy fifteen minute’s time at one house. The proceeds will go to the sponsoring Associated Women Stu dents. The Delta Delta Delta house, which has been closed for remodel ing, will be opened especially for this event. All participants are asked to carefully note the schedule which will appear in Thursday’s Emerald.