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n daily EMERALD VOLUME U1 UNIVERSITY OF OK EGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 19M NUMBER »» KWAX Debut Begins at 7:30 Tonight Call Issued To Fill Spot On Council A call for petitions for the va cant position of senior representa tive on the Executive Council was issued Tuesday by ASUO President Barry Mountain. ■A The opening on the council, which was created by the resigna tion of Tom King, will he filled by a member of the Associated Greek Students parly. Petitions may be turned in to the ASUO office. In accordance with policy estab lished by the Executive Council, no recommendation will be madr by the AGS party, Mountain said. The new senior representative Will be selected from those peti tioning at the regular meeting of the council Monday. The council will hold a special meeting at i p.m. Thursday for the purpose of discussing final plans for Sports Night. Members of the executive group are slated to meet next week with Director of Athletics Leo Harm and members of the Order of the "O" to decide upon the number of athletic awards to be given men participating on the University Ski team. Jones Wins JIFC Post Bob Jones, Theta Chi, was elect ed president of the Junior Inter Fraternity Council Tuesday even ing Jwies, a sophomore in business administration, succeeds Bill Paul us who served as president of the council winter term. Other officers selected by the JIFC were Dick Peters, Sigma Phi Kpsilon, first vice-president; Jerrj Friedman, Sigma Alpha Mu, sec ^ond vice-president; Judge Elderkin Theta Chi, secretary; and Wayne Carothers, Sigma Chi, treasurer. The council voted to handle clean-up activities following the annual class picnic helel during Junior Wcekenel. The group wil deposit refuse containers on the picnic site and will supervise pick up of material disposed of on the campus grounds. The JIFC will hold its next meet ing at 7:30 p.m. Apr. 17, at I’ll Sigma Kappa. Duo-Pianist Team Due Here Thursday Night Pierre Luboshutz and Gcnia Nemenoff, popular duo - pianist team, will appear at 8 p.m. Thurs day in McArthur Court under the auspices of the Civic Music Asso ciation. Luboshutz and Nemenoff, well known pianists in their own right before joining forces, have become a wonderfully close-knit team both on stage and off. Their great tal ent has come to the public through their love of playing and of play ing together, and from private home recitals to the concert stage1 wasn't such a big st*f> when the fact that they used to give con certs by themselves is considered. An 80-performance season is not unusual for this active pair, who once gave concerts over an area of 56.700 miles in two short months. When not on tour, the couple is either "resting” at their country place in Maine, (which involves at least five hours' practice a dayi or giving parties of high musical and literary value in their New York apartment. The Luboshutz' concert this time in Eugene will consist of num bers by Bach, Mozart. Brahms, Rieti, and Strauss. Their extra ordinary semi-orchestral skill in producing the works is said to be an eye-opener in interpretation and inter-pianist harmony. Petitions Called For Phi Theta Spring Sale Petitions for chairmen of the annual spring sale sponsored by Phi Theta Upsilon. junior women's service honorary, have been called for, with the deadline set at 5 p.m. Monday. Freshman women with a 2.00 grade point average arc eligible to petition, Jeanne Hoffman, presi dent of Phi Theta, said. Petitions and eligibility slips may be obtain ed in the office of the director of women's affairs. Emerald Hall, and are to be turned in at the main desk of the Student Union where a box will be located. Suggestions for the sale will be more important than past activi i ties as a basis for choosing the | chairmen. Miss Hoffman empha sized. Attendance Must | At Sing Meeting Ksrh house rrpriwnfaitivt must he at the All-Campus Sin* meetlnK at 4 p.m. today In the Student I'ninn If hiH house Is to participate In the event, accord ing to co-chairmen .Jeanne Hoff man and Marilyn Thompson. Sonjj titles are to be submit- i ted at that time and the rules ' sill he explained. Living Groups To List Preview Housing Choice Living organizations planning to j house high school seniors during! Duck Preview weekend, Apr. 13. j 14, and 15. should turn in their lists! of preferences to the housing co- : chairmen by 5 p.m. today. As many as 50 names may ap pear on each list, although halls' and houses will not be assigned more students than their capacity j allows. The capacity should be j stated on the preference list, along, with designation of high school students who have a brother or sister in the living organization. Housing- Co-chairmen Bob H. Jones. Hunter Hall, and Harriet; VaheV, Alpha Delta Pi, explained the procedure regarding housing for the weekend. Automatic assignment to a liv ing organization will be made high school seniors who have a brother or sister living in a particular house or whose names appear on only one list. Students on more than one list will be drawn for. Those whose names do not appear ; on any list will be assigned arbitra rily. Visiting seniors will have a choice only between dormitories, fraternities or sororities, and co ops. A reimbursement of $1.50 will be given living organizations for each student they house. The number of students expected on the campus during the weekend , is not yet definitely known, but re plies from queries sent to all sen iors in the state are due in Alumni Director Les Anderson's office thu week. i Adviser to Indian Government To Address Students Thursday Dr. Victor Hugo Sword, for 20 years a resident of Assam, India, will speak on conditions in present day India at the ASUO assembly at 11 a.m. Thursday in the Student Union. Dr. Sword is here under the auspices of the World Student Ser vice Fund drive committee. Following the speech. Track Coach Bill Bowerman, and Base ball Coach Don Kirsch, will intro duce the respective teams and give * brief summaries of the spring ath letic events thus far. Barry Moun tain, ASUO president, will intro duce the speakers. Morning classes will be cut with the following schedule in effect: First period, 8-8:35 Second period, 8:45-9:20 Third period, 9:30-10:05 Fourth period, 10:15-10:50 Assembly, 11 Dr. Sword first went to India is an architect, and before begin ning administrative and student work, supervised the building of many hospitals, churches, school buildings and tea processing i'aet jries in Assam, India. At present he is the adviser to the Indian government for students studying abroad, particularly those studying in the United States and in the United Kingdom, ^ecy^ipg to Jackie Wilkes, WSSF drive chairman, his speech will bo of particular interest to Oregon stu dents because WSSF collections will be sent to students in Assam. In the political realm. Dr. Sword is a personal friend of Indian Prime Minister Nehru and has been a guest at the home of the late Mahatma Gandhi on several occas sions. Dr. Sword has just completed participating in a series of forums on international relations which appeared in several northwestern cities as well as schools and col Opening Show To Introduce Future Program KWAX, the new campus I;M ratlin station, will go on the air for the first time at 7:30 tonight at 88.1 megacycle*. i'rom the transmitter in Vil las! a special dedicatory show will he broadcast. The bulk of the program will be an explana tion of the standard programs <">n the regular K WAX schedule which begins Thursday. This part of the evening's broadcast will be handled by Dick ffardie, senior in speech and program director of KWAX; Jim Blue, junior in liberal arts; and Hob Scott, freshman iu liberal arts. Interspersed in the description of shows will be several special programs. The first will be an out line of the history and progress of the University radio station since 1921. It will be followed with a special dedicatory program by Norm Lamb, formerly of station KKX in Portland, who helped ori ginate the idea of KWAX. Another special program will be "The Voice is Familiar." a quiz show, with Don Porter of KUGN in Eugene as master of ceremonies. This program was recorded fall term. "Let's Sing America" a commun ity sing recorded in the Student Union, is another special program. The voices were led by Maude Gar nett, professor in the school of music, with Joy- Grimstad, senior in music, and Lorin Miller, junior in speech, as soloists. Also during the evening there will be congratulatory messages from radio stations and campus personalities. “.. .And Matilda will be there, too!" Jack Vaughn, senior in speech and station manager of KWAX, reported. Vaughn refused to disclose her identity. Sports Night To Provide Acts Entertainment for all sports fans will bo provided at Friday's Sports Night, scheduled for 8 p.m. in Mc Arthur Court. Three sports events, two vaudeville acts, and the Uni versity band are included in the program. Among the track events will be demonstrations of pole vaulting, shot putting, and high jumping. Running events include 100 and 200 yard sprints, long distance races, and high hurdles competi tion. Track Coach Bill Bowerman said that these events will give Oregon track fans a preview of this year's talent. The team will compete in: the Willamette relays Saturday in Salem. Tickets arc on sale at booths in i the Co-op and Student Union, as well as through each living- organi- j zation on campus. Admission is 50 cents for students, $1 for towns people. Term's Grades Show Upswing Sederstrom Hall topped the house grade list winter term with a 3.043 GPA, followed closely by Alpha Xi Delta with a 3.042. The grade averages were sub stantially above last year's winter term grades and above fall term’s. Registrar Clifford L. Constance calling the increase “amazing.” The all-university average was 2.639 with the men's average 2.6 and the women’s 2.72. This is com pared to last winter term's all University average of 2.4865, men’s average of 2.42, and women's 2.626. UO Vodvil Elimination Next Week Eliminations for the All-Campun Vodvil Show will be held next Tues day and Wednesday. At that timo acts from eight men's and eighrt women's groups will be selected for the show Apr. 14. Participants will be notified of time and place of the eliminations. Any group which has not turned in the name of its act should turn it in to Joan Dysart at Delta Delta Delta, Miss Dysart said. Most names have been turned in, but a few have not yet been received, she stated. Some of the themes which have been submitted are: "Reminiscences of School Days,’’ Alpha Delta Pi; "Newsreel Nifties,’’ Alpha Phi; "Family Scene,’’ Chi Omega; "Gay Nineties," Delta Del ta Delta: "Let Me In," a parody on Choral Union, Delta Gamma; "In sane Alylum,” Gamma Phi Beta; "St. Louis Woman," Hendricka Hall; "Satire on President Tru man and the Congress,” Oride-'; "General in the United Staten Army," Sigma Phi Epsilon; and a take-off on "Annie, Get Your Gun ’ entitled "Gussie, Get Your Gat, ’ Tau Kappa Epsilon. The Vodvil Show -will be held at 8 p.m. Apr. 14. Price of admission is 60 cents, with all proceeds going to WSSF. Everyone except high school seniors on campus for Duck Preview will be required to pay the 60-cent admission price, including participants in the show. The high school seniors will be admitted aw guests of the University. Talent Sohw Set for Friday The first campus talent show of the school year will make a debut Friday in the Student Un ion ballroom during the mixer following "Sports Night.” The athletic carnival will be presented at McArthur Court be tween 8 and 10 p.m. The dance at the SU after the affair will be no-date. Talent show organizers are. still accepting entries for Fri day night's program. Blanks may be picked up in 301 SU be fore Thursday noon. Frosh Council To Plan Show A meeting of the Freshmc a Council will be held tonight at 8 p.m. in the Student Union. All re presentatives of the freshmen liv ing organizations are asked to either attend or send a substitute since final plans will be discussed for the Friday. assembly of Due te Preview Weekend to which all the high school seniors have been in vited. Besides the representatives all freshmen interested in working o.\ any phase of the show are asked to come. The exact room number for the meeting will be posted on the lobby bulletin. 'Emerald on Air' ; News to Begin The "Emerald on the Air,” a five-minute summary of cam pus news, will be broadcast over KWAX for the first time Thurs day at 10:50 p.m. The show, | sponsored by the Daily Emerald, ; runs Monday through Thurs day of each week. Remember—1 tune in Thursday night for Fri day morning's news.