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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 18, 1950)
X World News. . . The Emerald’s national . and world news column, compiled from the wires of Associated Press by Merle Mass, appears on page 3 of today’s issue. VOLUME LII Weather ... Heather for today will be con# iinning showers. High tempera- " tures will be approximately 55 de grees, with an expected low of 50 degrees tonight. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1950 NUMBER 20 Members Now Goal Of YMCA This morning begins the third day of the campus YMCA's mem bership drive. Results so far have been “encouraging,” according to executive secretary Jack Merner. The drive is a new attempt by the YMCA to fully activate its eight community and campus ser vice committees. YMCA President Dave Swanson and Merner have expressed the contention that this ^ is “the year” for the Y. A pre , liminary membership drive was held at the beginning of the year, partly filling the required mem bership of the committees. ■ Under the present YMCA plan, each member is given a position on a committee. The committees now standing are membership, publicity, sports and recreation, international affairs, public dis cussions, campus affairs, commun ity service, and religious emphasis. At the beginning of the drive, the YMCA at Oregon had seventy members. The YMCA also has an advisory board of twenty-five members, one half of whom are business and professional men in Eugene, the other half being mem bers of the University faculty. The University of Oregon YMCA was founded in 1892, and has served the local area continuously since that date. During World War II the exodus of male stu dents caused the YMCA to be come almost dormant. However, it was reactivated after the war under the direction of the advis ory board. The membership drive, which started Monday, will end this weekend. Emerald Staff Slates Meeting An Emerald news staff meet ing will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Student Union. News Editor Norman Anderson requests all old and new reporters and feature writers to attend the meeting. Student Court Posts Available Here’s your chance to levy fines rather than pay them. Appointments to the ASUO Student Court have not been made because less than half a dozen potential judges and court personnel has thus far been at tracted. Petitions for positions on the court, which will range from three to five, are being accept ed this week. Petitions are avail able at the ASUO office on the third floor of the Student Un ion. Deadline is 5 p.m. Friday in the ASUO office. The only eligibility requirement is a 2.00 GPA. Interviews are scheduled for 3:15 p.m. Monday in the Stu dent Union Board room. Candidates Show Variety of Interests Rusty Holcomb, Fred Decker, Beverly Krueger Three candidates for the Betty Coed and Joe College title to be introduced today are Rusty Hol comb, Delta Zeta; Fred Decker, Pi Kappa Phi; and Beverly Krug er, Chi Omega. They are among the 12 final ists awaiting announcement of the winners at the Sophomore Whisk erino Oct. 21. Winners will be de termined by votes cast at the dance RUSTY HOLCOMB Few people know today’s first Betty Coed candidate by her real name, for Marilyn Holcomb is too well characterized by her auburn hair, and since the eighth grade has been called “Rusty.” Originally from Illinois, Rusty has lived in Newport four years. “I love the ocean,” she said, “and wouldn’t live any place else.” Her room at Delta Zeta is decorated with large photographs of scenes from around Newport. After working as a long-distance telephone operator during the sum mer, Rusty switched to catalog ing fossils and numbering skulls when she returned to school. Her new job is working in the preparatory room in the Museum of Natural History in Condon Hall. "The director has promised tc give me a skull for my bookcase,’ she reported, “which should give it atmosphere!’’ Besides making the majority of her own clothes, including twe coats, Rusty also knits. A majoi in biology with plans for a teach ing career, Rusty is a member ol Kwama, sophomore women’s ser vice honorary, a night editor ol the Emerald, and a member ol the Student Union recreation com mittee. FRED DECKER A transplanted Oregonian whe moved to Gold Beach from Cali fornia two years ago, Fred Deck v ( Please turn to page seven) Scandling Sets Saturday Clinic Written hints to campus pub licity chairmen will be distri buted at Theta Sigma Phi’s pub licity clinic Saturday morning, Marge Scandling, president of national ( professional women’s journalism fraternity, announc ed Tuesday. Publicity chairmen or repre sentatives from every organi zation on campus—social reli gious, departmental, or politi cal— are eligible to attend the clinic, set for 9:30 a.m. Satur day in the Student Union. Qualified speakers, panel dis cussions, and question - and - answer periods will be featured during the two-hour program, Miss Scandling said. An admission fee of 25 cents will be charged, mainly to cover the cost of informational ma terial, Miss Scandling said. 26 Women Finalists Due For Selection Twenty six candidates have been selected by women’s living organizations to compete for the title of Hostess of Homecoming. Candidates are to appear at 7 p.m. this evening in the Student Union. At this time five judges will narrow the number to six finalists. Pictures of finalists will appear in the Co-op and the Eme rald and the student body will select one to rule as Hostess. The selection of six finalists will be on four main features which will total fifty points. They are charm and personality, ap pearance, poise, and speaking ability. The candidates are: Lee Dejar nette, Alpha Chi Omega; Harold ine Filler, Alpha Delta Pi; Mary Lou Stanbery, Alpha Gamma' Del ta; Mina Sloan, Alpha Omicron Pi; Carol Udy, Alpha Phi; Jean nie Dewees, Alpha Xi Delta; Jean nette Halloway, Carson 2; Jean Burns, Carson 3; Nancy O’Connor, Carson 4; Martha Stapleton, Car son 5. ^ i Nancy Lageson, Chi Omega; Wyman Alderson, Delta Delta . Phase turn to fiaqe seven) SU Branch Post Office Opens; Five-Day Week Set by McMullen Complete post office facilities become available to the Univer sity and the entire eastside today when the Student Union branch of the Eugene post office opens at 8 a.m. in quarters in the north end of the SU. Tuesday’s Emerald incorrectly stated that the new branch would open Monday. Superintendent John McMullen of the branch said that all types of mail facilities will be offered in the post office, except general delivery and box service. This will include money orders, stamp sales, and parcel post service. In addi tion, carrier delivery for the area east of Patterson St. will operate out of the new post office. Five-Day Week The branch will operate under regular post office hours—five days a week, and half day on Sat urday. The money order window will be open from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.; stamp and parcel pdst ser vice from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. Main entrance to the post of fice is on 13th St., opposite the Infirmary. Another entrance leads to the first floor of the SU. A staff of 18, all civil service, will operate under Superintendent McMullen. There will be 14 foot carriers, one mounted carrier for suburban delivery and one relief carrier, in addition to clerks. The new post office is the only classified branch of the Eugene post office. There are six contract stations in the city, giving ser vice outside the jurisdiction of the main post office. The SU branch is the only one of these outside offices which is operated by the main post office. Oregon Veteran McMullen told the Emerald Tuesday that he is “returning” to the University after 26 years “I was a freshman here in the fail of 1624.” McMullen received his degree in 1931. McMullen has spent 24 years in the Eugene post office. Sno-ball To Roll Friday - A big snowball rally for the St. Mary’s game has been scheduled for early Friday evening, Jim Fenimore, rally board chairman, announced Tuesday. The snowball route and house pairings will be announced in Thursday’s Emerald. The snow ballings will be on foot and will end at 6:30 p.m. in a big rally in the parking lot in front of Phi Gamma Delta between Alder and Kincaid. Men’s and women’s houses will be picked up at the women's houses as paired. Oregon’s new song queens, Bev erly Krueger, Janet Shaw, Nancy Miller, Carol Lee Tate, and Shir ley Bonner, will be introduced at the rally. The program will in clude yells lead by the rally squad . and special entertainment by some campus living organizations. Jack Faust is in charge of rally pro gram arrangements. Speaking of this weekend’s ac tivities, Fenimore said, “Every Oregon Student should turn out. for the rallies. Let’s forget last week’s game. That is water under the bridge. Let’s start working for this Saturday.” Barry Mountain, ASUO presi dent, also urged the Oregon stu dent body to back the team through rallies. “The team is play ing for us. The least we can do is get behind them one hundred per cent—win, draw or lose. Never let it be said that the Oregon student body would give up before the last game.” An assembly originally planned for Thursday morning in the Stu dent Union ballroom was canceled in favor of the snowball rally. Plans For Sign Contest Set-up Thirty dollars will be the limit organizations may spend on Home coming signs for this year’s con test, Jane Carlisle, sign chairman, announced Tuesday. All living organizations are re quested to turn in sign plans to •Jane Carlisle, Pi Beta Phi, by 5 p.m. Friday. These will be check ed by the sign committee so dupli cations will be avoided. Judging rules will be similar to last year’s. Ten points will be awarded for each of the follow ing, adherence to central theme, effort, originality, and impressive ness. The Homecoming sign commit tee members are Rex Balentine, Marian Christenson, Elaine Hai tung, Joan Jacobs, Betty Moshof sky, Frances Neel, Dolores Par rish, and Janet Shaw. Picture Schedule Oregana picture schedule: Wednesday: Alpha Chi Ome ga, Delta Camilla Thursday: Hendricks Hall