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n daily EMERALD VOLUME LH UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1950 NUMBER 25 t Ike Carpenter Signed For Homecoming Dance Nov. 4 in SU Ballroom Ike Carpenter, “New King of the Keyboard,” and his orches tra will play at the annual Homecoming dance, Chairman Joan Skordahl announced Tuesday night. This will be a return engagement for Carpenter who played for the Mortar Board Ball in the spring of 1949. Students will re member his last appearance when he featured the red-haired Du mont twins. This year’s Homecoming dance is tentatively scheduled for the Frosh Near Election Time; Petitions Due Yearling office seekers will complete the first leg of their election campaigns at 5 p.m. to day when all petitions for the four frosh offices are due at the ASUO office. Under new rules approved in a meeting of the Executive Council Monday night, petitions have been divided into two classes: one for those running for president or vice president, and the other for those running for secretary or treasurer. Herb Nill, ASUO vice-president who is in charge of elections, said Tuesday that candidates need not obtain new petitions but in stead are to indicate their offices of choice on petitions they already have. The Executive Council also de cided that there would be no re strictions on the endorsing of can didates. Signatures may appear on more than one petition and still be valid. Ta freshman general assembly has been tentatively scheduled for Sunday at 7:30 in the Student Union ballroom. At that time can didates will be allotted five min utes to introduce themselves and explain their platforms. Nill also added that representatives may speak for candidates during the five-minute period. Bonfire Kindlers To Meet In SU Bonfire representatives from each men’s and women’s dorms are requested to meet today at 4 p.m. in the Student Union. Bonfire chairman Rod Bell urges that all freshmen repre sentatives attend the meeting to help in the organizations of the freshman class for the bonfire. Inside. . . L’O Theater Haycox in Europe Inquiring Reporter World News vampus Calendar Hostess Interviews Dessert Changes P.6 Col. 1 P. 8 Col. 1 P.7 Col. 1 P.3 Col. 1 P.3 Col. 5 P.8 Col.2 P.6 Col. 5 Student Union ballroom Nov. 4. It will carry out the Homecom ing weekend theme of “Union and Reunion.’’ Tickets for the dance will be $2.40. The most recent honor of Ike IKE CARPENTER Carpenter and his orchestra was its selection to open the an nual Easter Week festivities at Balboa Beach, “the birthplace of name bands.” Since then the young bandlead er has skyrocketed to the top with such fine arrangements as Liszt’s Second Hungarian Rhap sody and ap original jump tune | “Screamliner.” “The King of the Keyboard,” is known all over the nation for his outstanding performance at the piano. His ability is shown in the classical field as well as in the popular. Before he started his Voting will begin today for Homecoming Hostess. Booths will be located in the Co-op and will be op<jn from 9 a.m. till 5 p.m. Wednesday and Thurs day. Today Jeanne Hoffman chair man will appear with the six finalists over Don Porter’s program on KUGN. The broad cast will be between 11 a.m. and 12 a.m. band career Carpenter was a con cert artist and was featured throughout the United States. Sub-chairmen for this years Homecoming dance are: Promo tion, Gretchen Grefe; Publicity, Billie Harnden; Tickets, Dick Davis; Decorations, Jeanne Hall; Programs, Mary Ellen Burrell; Guests of Honor, Mary Lo Pad dock; Clean-up, Barbara Keelen. Danger—Lazy Ducks Eye Open-Air Lift Oregon students are a lazy lot. At least there seems to be someone around here who thinks so. For several months there has been an outdoor platform-type elevator for lifting building materials into Friendly hall, which is being remodeled. Apparently someone felt that students might find the urge to take a free ride clear to the top of the three-story structure just too tempting, for a sign warns: “Danger. No Riders Al lowed.’’ Group Dinners Set for Women Hazel Schwering dinners, spon sored each term by Heads of Houses, will be held at 5:30 p.m. Thursday in women’s living organ izations. Each woman participating will contribute 10 cents to the Hazel Schwering scholarship fund, which provides for the award each spring term. Women’s groups were paired alphabetically by Barbara Bates, Schwering dinners chairman, at a Heads of Houses meeting Mon (Please turn to page seven ) Board Proposes Six-Year Programf Portland Addition A new women s physical education building' and additions to the present infimiary and business administration buildings are slated to be built at the University within the next six years ac cording to plans^approved by the Oregon State Board of Higher Education during a meeting in Portland Tuesday. Job priorities for the six year program were set at the request of state budget director Jarry Dorman. An addition to the present business administration build ing sometime between 1951-53 is the first major project to be undertaken on the UO campus. A new women’s PE building is scheduled for construction dur ing, the two year period beginning in 1953. ThS erection of an infir mary addition will be undertaken at the University of Oregon as its share of the last third of the six-year program. The board building committee also approved the purchase of four vacant lots and a residence in the vicinity of 13th and Agate by the holding company of the University of Oregon Alumni Association. This is in line with the present University policy of purchasing all available property west of Moss St. which forms the present 10 year expansion line. Included in the major items for the 1953-55 construction period is the remodeling and modernization of old buildings on all the several campuses. Details concerning the specific UO buildings to be af fected by the renovation pro gram were not immediately avail able. The UO medical and dental schools in Portland figured heav (Please turn to page seven) Two for Homecoming HOMECOMING HOSTESS FINALISTS: Lee De Jarnette (left) and Carol Udy are among six finalists for Homecoming Hostess of 1950. Interviews of the two candidates, written by Fat Dignan, appear on page eight of today’s Emerald. (Fhoto by Don Lowe.) Discussion To Feature Robert Frost “Robert Frost and His Poe try” is the subject of tonight’s lecture and discussion in the third of the fall term Browsing' Room series at 7:30 tonight in the Adelaide Church Memorial room of the Student Union. Lecturer is Professor Robeson Bailey, professor of English and head of the department of crea tive writing. Discussion leader will be Pro fessor Randall V. Mills, profes sor of English. Rdbert Frost, the man who made the saying, "Good fences make good neighbors” a byword for New England folk, has at tained acclaim all over the world fpr poems such as “The Road Not Taken,” “Stopping by Woods On a Snowy Evening,” “To Earth ward,” “Mending Wall,” “Once by the Pacific,” “Fire and Ice,” and “Tree At My Window.” Time Runs Article In the Oct. 9 issue of Time magazine there is a three page article on 76-year-old poet Rob ert Frost. The article stated, “In short, Robert Frost is a popular poet. He has won the Pulitzer Prize (Please turn to page seven) Squad Send Off Set for Friday A car rally, starting- at 3:80 p.m. Friday, will send the Ore gon team off to meet theJUni versity of Southern California on Saturday. The rally will start with the hilltop houses, come down onto the campus, picking up living organizations as they go, and will end up with the millrace houses. House pairings will bo announced in Thursday’s Eme rald. After picking up all living organizations, the cars will drive immediately to the airport where, the team will leave by plane for Los Angeles. Cars will start arriving at the air port at approximately 4:40. The team will arrive soon after. Homecoming hostess for 1930 will be announced during the rally. She will be the winning I candidate of six finalists, who I are introduced in this week’s Emeralds. Oregano. .. Oregana picture Schedule: Wednesday: Omega Hall, Phi Delta Theta Thursday: Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Kappa Psi