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m ICn, Daily EMERALD ^ GIT AT VOLUME LU UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1951 NUMBER 75 NANCY MILLER SNOW QUEEN Nancy Miller, freshman pledge of Kappa Alpha Theta, was named Snow Queen of the University of Oregon Wednesday night over 10 other finalists competing for the title. Miss Miller, a member of the University rally squad, is a major in interior design from Salem, Oregon. The Snow Queen, who was also queen of the Salem Cherry Festival last summer, will be the University’s official delegate to the Univer sity of Nevada Snow Carnival, to be held Feb. 15 to 17 at Reno. She will compete with representatives from nine other colleges for the title of Snow Queen of the invitational winter sports contest. Leading Premeds Deferred Freshmen, Soph Students To Be Screened by Group A group of the best-qualified candidates for admission to the University of Oregon medical school will be reported to the . draft board for deferment, and, H. Kunz, chairman of the prt-medical advisery commit tee said. "It is quite probable that they will be deferred.” This plan was jointly announced by Dr. David W. E. Baird, dean of the University of Oregon medi cal school, and Col. Francis W. Mason, deputy director of the State selective service. Medics Needed In order to provide numbers of well-qualified physicians for ser vice to the public and armed ser vices during the present national emergency the supply of premedi cal students must be safeguarded, they stated. Existing regulations say only applicants who are currently be ing accepted for entrance to medi cal school in the fall of 1951, are deferred, but this plan makes pro visions for promising students in their first and second years of pre-med training, who should ent er medical school in 1952 and 1953, to be deferred also. Screening Planned Admission of candidates for the class of 1952 upon the completion of pre-medical requirements dur ing the school year 1951-1952 will be determined by the University of Oregon medical school Admis sions Committee. Admission will be based on scholastic achievement, evaluations from professors, personal inter view by the committee, and, if possible, scores on the medical aptitude test will be considered. These candidates will be screened again after the first term of their third year for the 1952 class; how ever, this class will not be com pletely filled. -< (Please turn to page eight) In Charge HORACE ROBINSON Drama Meet Begins; Expect 475 to Attend DAD'S DAY RULES GIVEN Turnout To Make Conference Largest of its Kind in Country The Northwest drama conference largest of its kind in the United States, opens today on the University campus, under the sponsorship of the speech department and University Theater, with Horace W. Robinson as the man behind the three day meet ing. Over 175 students had pre-registered through Wednesday af ternoon, and Conference Manager Virginia Hall expects nearly JIFC Eyeing Reactions To Frosh Living Plan Junior Interfraternity Council Tuesday night launched a move to circulate petitions on the University’s living-in plan among freshmen in the dormitories. Noted Historian To Give Speech At 8 Tonight “W e s t e r n History — Where Should It Go ?” will be the topic of a speech by John Caughey, not ed American historian, at 8 p.m. today in 207 Chapman. The lecture is the fourth of this term’s University Lecture Series, which is open. free , of charge to students, faculty members, and townspeople of Eugene. * As editor of the Pacific Histori cal Review, a position which he has held since 1446, Caughey has writ ten many magazifie articles of historical significance. JIFC members told the Emerald that a committee will meet this afternoon to work out an arrange ment whereby freshmen in the dormitories can express their grievances on the plan. One mem ber of the committee said the com mittee would propose the use of petitions which would be circulat ed among the freshmen in the dor mitories by “neutral” parties, freshmen not pledged to an’'- fra ternity. Explains Views The move came as result of the appearance of Bill Harber, presi dent of the Interfraternity Council at the meeting. Harber Wednesday told the Emerald he appeared as an individual, not as a representa tive of the IFC. Harber said at the meeting of the JIFC that his remarks were not for publication. However, he (please turn tu page eight) dUU more registrants before the conference closes Saturday ev ening. “New Techniques and Meth ods in the Theater Demonstrat ed” is the theme of the confer ence in this its fourth consecu tive year on the Oregon campus. Carrying out the theme will he three full-length productions, “Right You Are,” by the Univer sity theater group; “The Guards man,” by the Portland Civic Play ers; and “Lady of Fatima,” an Abbey’s Players Production by St. Martin’s College in Olympia, Wash. Techniques Demonstrated In addition demonstration of techniques will be conducted in numerous sectional meetings held during the three-day session. Clarence Derwent, president of Actor’s Equity (the actors’ union), will be the main speaker of the conference; he will address dele gates and students at a general assembly at 11 Friday morning in the Student Union ballroom. Leaders in theater from the Northwest states will attend the conference, with many outstand ing figures in Northwest com munity and civic,- university and college, high school, and children’s theater leading discussion groups. (please turn to page eight) Famed Concordia Choir to Appear Tonight; Ancient and Modern Works to Be Featured The Concordia Choir, one of the most famous choral groups in the United States, brings a program of outstanding music to the Student Union Ballroom at 7:30 tonight, under the di rection of Paul J. Christensen. The Lutheran Student Associa tion is sponsoring the program. Tickets will be sold at the door and the SU lobby for $1.20. Widely acclaimed for its deli cate renditions of sacred music, the 60-voice choir will present a program ranging from Gregorian chants and the classics of Bach down through the ages to the con temporary works of Healy Willan and F. Poulenc. The choir, from Moorhead, Minn., comes to Oregon as one stop on a Western tour which will include North Dakota, Montana, and Wash ;ton. It has previously appear in many Eastern cities, and throughout the Midwest. During (please turn to page eight) Concordia Choir Directed by Paul J. Christiansen Letters Due Rules for the Dad's Day letter contest were released Wednesday by Kay Kuckcnberg, promotions chairman. They are as follows: 1. Clip the letter to Dad that will appear in Monday’s Emerald. 2. Put the letter in an envelope addressed directly to Dad at home. 3. Bring the envelopes, sealed and ready for mailing, to the Emerald Shack. Members of the Dads’ Day promotion committee will be. there to take your letters. 4. The Emeralds can be pick ed up by house representatives at 6:30 a.in. Monday at the Eme rald Shack. They will not be available before this time nor will they be distributed to the living organizations as usual. 5. The letters can not be clip ped out in the Shack. They must be taken back to the living or ganizations. ({'lease turn to page eight) SU Board Gives Overbade OK —Without Vote Appointment of Eve Overback, ASUO second vice-president, to re present Herb Nil], first vice-presi dent, on the Student Union Board was approvfd by the board Wed nesday night, and an earlier re solution that she not be given a vote was reaffirmed. The board unanimously reject ed an Executive Council' proposal that a joint committee study the board’s “voice by no vote’’ policy. Appointed Monday Miss Overback was appointed Monday by the Executive Council to represent Nil], after he hart asked to be excused from board meetings because of conflicting working hours. The board retuseu Miss Over back a vote because its perpetua tion plan provides that only the ASUO president and first vice president have a vote. However, members voted to ask Executive Council members to attend their next meeting to discuss the ques tion. McAloon Named Other business included the ap- - pointment of John McAloon, junior in political science, to head the SU recreation committee, replac ing Joe Priaulx who has resigned. Inside Today... World News . Page * Inquiring Reporter . S Frosh Cagers Win . 4 Foreign Policy Discussed . 5 I Nancy Yates Places in Contest .... 6 j Scholarships go to Four. 6 Derwent to Speak Friday. 7