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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 5, 1950)
bunion Derby. . . The schedule for tomorrow night’s Bunion Derby is on page 7 of this morning’s Emerald. See story on this page for full details. Weather ... 1 Weather for today will be heavy; overcast with occasional rain. High today, 65 degrees, low to night will be 48 degrees. VOLUME LII UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1950 NUMBER 11 Closing Waivers Possible Exceptions to Friday night clos ing hours at 12:15 a.m. may be granted for the campus in special cases, Ray HawljC, Director of Men’s Affairs, said Wednesday. “Although the Student Affairs Committee cannot make a blankel policy granting 1 a.m. closing time for Friday, the extra 45 minutes may be added in cases when late closing seems necessary,” Hawk who is a member of the committee (Stated. Such cases might include house dances and other events on a so called “jammed” week-end. Late hours on both Friday and Saturday would make it possible to have dances both nights, Hawk pointed out. Such a decision by the committee would be temporary until the Board of Deans can act on the proposal. However, the board must consider the matter of Saturday classes be fore discussing closing hours. Bunioneers Told Route Of March The official schedule for the Bunion Derby was released today by Georgie Oberteuffer, AWS Derby chairman.(Schedule for the Bunion Derby is on page seven of today’s Emerald.) From the starting point on the schedule, each men’s living organi zation will move down the list. When the bottom of the list is reached, they will start at the top-and end up at the house on the schedule directly above their starting point. A llowing six minutes at each house and a four-minute break between dances, the affair will Wst until 11 p. m. Record albums will be award ed to the men’s group" with the largest percentage of participa tors and the women’s organiza tion with the largest attendance. Campus clothes will be in order. Whisker Petitions Due by Friday Sophomore Whiskerino petitions are due by 5 p. m. tomorrow night to Helen Jackson, Highland House; Delores Parrish, Alpha Xi Delta; or Mary Gillham, Alpha Chi Ome ga. A general chairman and chair men of the various committees will be announced in Monday’s Emerald. Besides general chairman, soph omores are asked to petition for the following committees: decora tion, publicity, promotion, enter tainment, tickets, Joe College and Betty Co-ed contest, clean-up, chaperones, and the Beard Grow contest. Famed Pianist CivicAttraction Artur Rubinstein, world-famous pianist from Poland now a resident in the United States, will present a concert at 8 p. m. Saturday at McArthur Court under the aus pices of the Civic Music Associa tion. Students are admitted free with their student body cards, while townspeople and faculty members must present season tickets. Rubinstein, “an orchestra in himself,” has a wide range in re pertoire, from classics to roman tics to modem works, but every where he has played he has been hailed for his performances by critics. Committee Sets Fall Schedule For Assemblies A revised assembly schedule for fall term was worked out by the Assembly Committee in a meet ing Wednesday afternoon. The schedule: Pre-California Hally: Sept. 28, 11:15 a. m., SU Ball room Pre-St. Mary’s Rally: Oct. 19, 11:15 a. m.TSU Ball room Pre-WSC Rally: Nov. 1, 11:15 a. m., SU Ball room Sumner Wells: Nov. 9, 7:30 p. m., McArthur Court a Dr. G. E. Taylor: Nov. 17, 11:15 a. m„ SU Ball room Phil LaFollette: Nov. 29, 11 a. m„ SU Ball room The above schedule is subject to approval by the office of Stu dent Affairs. The political assemblies fea turing Douglas McKay, Republi can, and Austin Flegel, Democrat, candidates for governor of Ore gon; Wayne Morse, Republican, and Howard Latourette, Democrat, United States Senate candidates; and United States Representative candidates, Harris Ellsworth, Re publican, and Dave Shaw, Demo crat, have been canceled because of itinerant difficulties. Honorary To Explain Activities Freshman activity-orientation program begins today. In co-ordination with the Asso ciated Women Student Council’s new fall program, members of Kwama, sophomore women's ser vice honorary, are meeting per sonally with new students on cam pus to explain the petition process and outline various activities open to women at the University. An assembly meeting for all women students living either in co-ops or homes off campus will be conducted by Kwama presi dent Frances Gillmore at 4 p. m today in the Student Union build ing’. Several members of Kwama will be on hand to answer ques tions of new students concerning activities, and how to enter them. Kwamas will be present at floor meetings from 6:30-7:30 p. m. to night in Carson; hall meetings in Hendricks and Susan Campbell; house meetings in Rebec, High land, and Ann Judson for orienta tion purposes. “It is the desire of the Kwamas,” Miss Gillmore empha sized, “that this discussion of the activities on campus will enable a new group of persons heretofore passed over in the activity events, to enjoy the many-sided college life offered.” 7.93 Men Per Woman The latest victim of modern civilization—is none other than the age-old tradition that for every man there’s a woman, and vise versa. Registrar Clifford L. Constance just released re gistration statistics which indi cate that there are 1.93 men on campus for every woman. This means that every woman has approximately two men— less a rather perturbing .07 per cent which presumably belongs to some other woman. Registrar Constance did not comment on the .07 of a man. UO Frosh Elections, Homecoming Man Decided by ASUO Tom Barry, junior in political science, was named 1950 Home coming chairman with Joe Labodie, senior in business adminis tiation, as assistant chairman by the ASUO Executive Council Wednesday night. The council also voted to hold freshman class elections some time during this fall term, in order to give the class a stronsr or gamzauon as soon as possible. Freshman elections have been held during winter term since the war. Early Frosh Elections Election details will be worked out by a committee, consisting of Herb Nill, Eve Overbade, and Joanne Fitzmaurice. A total of 189 petitions were submitted for various Homecom ing positions, but Barry and La bodie were the only petitioners for the general chairmanship. “We'll make every effort to use each of the petitioners in the Homecoming setup,’’ Barry stat ed when informed of his appoint ment. Barry, a member of the Stu dent Discipline Committee, has had previous experience on Home coming and Junior Weekend com mittees. Labodie has served in various positions including co chairman of the Junior Weekend All-Campus Picnic. Suggestions Given Barry’s suggestions included early appointment of committees; adherence to budget; promotion at football games; and better known judges for Homecoming contests. Special committees sug gested by the chairman include hospitality for dignitaries; radio promotion; and Student Union dedication. Labodie suggested centering more attention on alumni return ing to the campus for the celebra tion. Labodie also suggested pairing of men’s living organizations to sponsor queen candidates and or ganization of a serpentine dance or torchlight parade to build up enthusiasm early in the week. Abolish Segregation ? The council considered the pos sibility of abolishing segregation of men and women rooters at foot ball games, to increase spirit and cut down on possible profanity. Inter-fraternity Council Extends Initiation Period to Four Weeks Initiation period for fraternities was extended from the first two weeks of school to the first four weeks by.action taken in the Inter fraternity Council meeting Tues day night at the Phi Delta Theta house. Action to fill the vacancy of vice-president of the IFC, left when Bill Harbor, former Vice president, assumed the presidency of the group, was postponed until j the next regular meeting. The extension of the initiation period was made necessary due to a mistake in printing the IFC constitution. The unanimous opin ion of the members of the group was that their understanding was a four-week period for initiation but somehow the constitution was printed to read only two weeks. In a report to the IFC, Glen Holden, former president, said that the president of the Inter dorm Council had expressed the desire for the fraternities to have an open house with no specific rushing to acquaint the new stu dents with the fraternities. Hold en later said that open rushing was impossible because of finan cial and social reasons. A deci i sion on the matter was postpon ed until the next meeting. May 20, 1950 was the date de cided upon by the group to be the deadline before which persons must have been pledges to be eligi ble for initiation this fall. Other action taken by the group included; changing the date from Oct. 9 to Oct. 4 for pledging men eligible to pledge this fall. A pro posal for wholesale grocery buy ing by the combined fraternity houses was turned over to the house managers. The establish ment of the position of publicity chairman to promote publicity for all fraternities was postponed un til the next meeting. Song Queen Interviews Postponed Song queen tryouts and inter views, originally scheduled for yesterday, will be held this after noon and evening between the hours of 3-5 and 6:30-10, in the SU ballroom. Jim Fenimore, rally board chairman, gave heavy Wed nesday classes and evening des serts as the reason for the post ponement. As the rally board has not call ed for petitions, the interviews are open to all women who are inter The rally for the Montana football game has been set for 6 p. nr. Friday evening, the rally board announced Wednesday night. Originally slated for the out-of-doors, the rally is now scheduled for (he SU ballroom, due to (he activities of Jupiter Pluvius. All houses are asked to plan five o’clock dinners to make it possible for more students to attend at the six o’clock hour. The rally will be short, between thirty and forty-five minutes in length, enabling everyone to make Bunion Derby appoint ments. Definite program arrange ments have not been announced. The rally board has scheduled a meet this afternoon with the sub -committee chairmen to make final plans. ested. Candidates are asked to come as early as possible in the afternoon and evening. The interviews and tryout3 will be simple, Jim Crismon, who will conduct the tryouts, explain ed. During the informal interview each girl will be questioned con cerning her past experience and her ideas for the song squad. The only vocal requirement is an aver age voice. However, band music will be available and each girl will be asked to march and -clap to the rhythm. Shots for Oregana Continue Today Men's living organization schedule for Oregana pictures: ■ Thursday: Beta Theta Pi, Campbell Club Friday: Cherney Hall, Phil adelphia House. j