Half of Frosh Slate
Seek Presidency
A slate of 23 candidates for freshman class offices will confront
the frosh at the polls Monday. Eleven of the 23 are running for
president.
Candidates’ petitions were validated Thursday in the office of
the ASUO president. Those eligible who petitioned for the presi
dency are Wayne Carothers, Clyde Diller, Susan Fitzgerald,
Dave Hamilton, Karl Harshbarger, Paul Lasker, Ronnie Lowell.
Franz H. Niegemann, Bob Scott, Tom Spencer, and Walter
Straub. The candidate with the most votes will be president; the
runner-up will be vice-president.
Running for secretary are
Anne Douglas, Ann Ellsper
man, Kathleen Fraser, Karen
Jacobson, Barbara K e e 1 e n,
Ethel Larsen, Joan Lawson,
Judy McLoughlin, Joan Marie
Miller, Sally Thurston, Sella
Wineberg, and Dawn Wood.
The runner-up will be treas
urer.
Candidates will meet today at
12:30 p.m. in room 312 of the Stu
dent Union with Barry Mountain
and Herb Nill, ASUO president
Mid vice-president respectively, to
discuss rules governing the cam
paigns and election.
Skull and Dagger and Kwama
presidents will also attend to learn
voting procedures. Voting will be
handled by the two sophomore
honoraries under direction of AS
UO class representatives.
Four polling booths are to be
set up and will operate from 8
a.m. until 5 p.m. The booths will
be located at the Co-op, the lib
rary, the lobby of the SU, and the
corner of 13th and University in
front of the SU.
A general assembly which all
freshmen on the campus are re
quired to attend has been schedul
ed for 7:30 p.m. Sunday in the
ballroom of the SU. Candidates
will be introduced to the class
at that time, ASUO president Bar
ry Mountain said.
Press Gathering
Set in SU Today
The Student Union will be the
scene of the 24th Oregon High
School Press Conference, largest
gathering to be held within the
new building since its opening.
Registration will begin at 1
p.m. today as student delegates
and teachers arrive for the state
wide conference. All activities and
meetings in the School of Journal
ism sponsored affair will take
place in the new building.
Delegates will be met and guid
ed upon arrival by a Sigma Delta
Chi transportation committee,
headed by Bill Clothier and assist
ed by Dale Amerman and Ralph
Thompson.
Registration will be handled in
the second floor lobby by Mrs.
Pat Walters, secretary from the
School of Journalism. After regis
tration, delegates will be guided
by freshmen volunteers to' the fra
ternities and sororities which are
furnishing them living quarters.
Saturday morning the opening
convocation program will be head
ed by greetings from Marge Scan
ling and Tom King, presidents of
Theta Sigma Phi and Sigma Delta
Chi, journalism honoraries. Dean
Gordon A. Sabine will extend
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Rally Will
Organize
At Airport
Because of the traffic hazard
involved and because the Eugene
City Police have no jurisdiction
outside the city limits, today’s car
rally will be unorganized until
everyone reaches the airport, ral
ly board chairman Jim Fenimorc
announced Thursday.
Today’s rally will leave the cam
pus at 3:15 p.m. with living or
ganizations leaving separately to
the airport. Pairings of men's and
women’s organizations are still in
effect but there will be no definite
over-all organization.
Living organizations should take
Highway 99 north out of Eugene
to the airport rally. Groups should
be at the airport by 4 p.m. when
the Hostess sends the team off to
Los Angeles.
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No Emerald Monday
This is the last issue of the
Emerald until Tuesday morn
ing. The regular Monday issue
has been suspended to make
way for two special editions
next weekend.
A 16-page special Student
Union Dedication edition will
be published Frdiay morning.
Another 16-pager will come out
next Saturday morning, with
emphasis on Homecoming.
Lee De Jarnette
1950 HC Hostess
."1 in so excited 1 don’t know whether I’s coining or going,’’
were the words of Lee De Jarnette, Alpha Chi Omega, Thursday
night upon receipt of the news that she had been selected Host
ess of the 1950 Homecoming'.
Miss De Jarnette was elected Hostess in a close contest which
saw Alpha Phi Carol Udy runner-up.
The blonde Californian will begin her reign tonight when she
Chest Sets Sights
On $4000 Goal
The campus quota for the Com
munity Chest Appeal is, $4,000, ac
cording to Georgie Oberteuffer
who is assisting in the drive. The
campaign opens Monday.
“Our quota is the same as last
year,’’ Miss Oberteuffer stated.
“But we anticipated more trouble
in collecting it because there are
a thousand less students on the
campus this year.”
Miss Oberteuffer reported that
booths will be set up in the SU
and in the Co-op Monday for the
convenience of those wishing to
contribute. Lillian Schott will be
in charge of the booths. The facul
ty campaign is directed by Dr.
N. H. Cornish, professor of busi
ness administration.
Miss Oberteuffer asked that all
organizations representatives pick
up their material at Kappa Alpha
Theta between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.
today.
Curtain Time at 8 on 'Bom Yesterday'
By Don Smith
Curtain time is at 8 tonight for
the opening production of the 1950
51 University Theater season—
“Born Yesterday.”
A three-act comedy about a kept
woman and the man who keeps
her ,the Garson Kanin hit is di
rected by Horace W. Robinson, di
Lf l
rector of the. theater.
Joyce Sommerlade and Faber
DeChaine play the lead roles, Jim
Blue, Gordon Howard, Virginia
Howard, Ken Olsen, and Karl
Harshburger have featured roles.'
Others in the cast are Bill De
Land, Barbara Jones, Victor MaF
ing, Dawn Wood, Phil Heppner,
Jim McArthur, and Moe McCook.
Directors Named
Tru Vosburg is assistant direct
or. William Schlosser, instructor
iri speech, is technical director.
“Born Yesterday” will be pre
sented tonight and Saturday night,
and Wednesday through Saturday
evenings of next week. Reserva
JOYCE SOMMERLADE is unconcerned about the admonitions ol Faber DeChaine, left, and Cordon
Howard in “Born Yesterday,” which opens this evening in the University Theater. Curtain time for the
^Karson Kanin smash comedy is8; reservations may be made up to that time at the theater box office.
The first production of the 1950-51 season is directed by Horace W. Robinson, and production design is
by William E. Schlosser.
tions may be made at the Univer
sity Theater box office during the
day, and up to curtain time on
performance nights.
Season ticket stubs may be
used for the play, and season
tickets may be purchased at the
box office until Nov. 4. Season
tickets are $5, and entitle the pur
chaser to six admittances, plus
bonus attractions for ticket hold
ers only. Regular admittance price
is $1 for major theater produc
tions.
Ran on Broadway
A smash Broadway hit, “Born
Yesterday” tells the story of a fel
low who turned one junk yard into
a million dollar business, and who
wants to buy off the U. S. Sen
ate as lie’s bought off everything
else that has stood in his way. The
comedy is a satire on his attempt
which meets with trouble because
the woman he loves gets smart
to his plans and snarls them up.
The one set used in the play is
of a Washington hotel suite. It
is a two-level set designed by
Schlosser, and constructed by the
members of the stagecraft class.
Business manager for the theat
er is Virginia Hall. Working under
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UO-OSC Tickets
Dwindle to Thirty
As of 3 p.m. Thursday, there
were 30 tickets left at the athle
tic ticket office for the UO-OSC
game in Tortland Nov. 25, ASUO
president Barry Mountain an
nounced.
These tickets will remain on
sale today until the supply is ex
hausted.
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it the football rally at the air
Lee De
Jarnette
port.
A junior
in a j o r mg’ in
sociology,
Miss De Jar
ncttc is a grad
uate o{ Dorsey
H i g h School
in Los Ange
les. She came
to Oregon in
fall of 1948.
As the official student body
Hostess for Homecoming activi
ties, Miss De Jarnette will take
part in all the Homecoming events.
She will participate in the inspec
tion of hte Student Union Friday,
opening Homecoming weekend.
Friday evening, the Hostess wilt
lead the Noise Parade in a con
vertible with Homecoming Chair
man Tom Barry. With Barry, Miss
De Jarnette will light the bonfire
on Howe Field Friday night.
Guest at “O” Painting
Saturday she will be an honor
ed guest at the painting of the “O”
on Skinner’s Butte.
Her oig moment will come Sat
urday afternoon when she enters
Hayward Field in a special car
riage to participate in the cere
monies preceding the football
game with Washington State.
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Gerlmger Set
For Co-Rec
The second all-campus Co-ree
night will be held from 7:30-10:30
p.m. in Gerlinger tonight.
Badminton, ping pong, volley
ball, shuffle board and swimming
will be the sports offered. Both
square and couple dances will be
held. Nelda Vogel, Delores Fred
rich and Catherine Elder, seniors
in physical education will call these
dances. The dancing will begin
at 8:00.
“Dances will be explained
thoroughly so even those trying
it for the first time will find it
easy,” assured Phyllis Rich, WAA
vice president.
Swim suits for men and women
will be provided.
Bonnie Gienger, Women’s Ath
letic Association president, said
the affair offers a good chance
to meet other students, since it is
a no date affair. There is no ad
mission charge. Cokes and candy
will be sold throughout the
evening.
Picture Schedule. . .
Oregana picture schedule:
Friday: Sedcrstrom Hall, Sig
ma Hall
Monday: Sherry Ross Hall,
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