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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 4, 1951)
n Daily EMERALD VOLHMEU1 LNTVKKS1TY OF OREGON, KI'GKNE, FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1951 NI'MBKK 121 Larson New Emerald Editor Lenny Carter Signed For Saturday's Prom Benny Carter, cnlle<l America's, most versatile bandleader, will be! on the bandstand when Fathom Fantasy, the theme of the Junior: From unfolds. The well-known Mr. C is no granger here to many upperclass men. He appeared together with1 Dick Day's band at the 1948 Home coming Dance, in McArthur Court. "Carter." reported the Kmerald, "dished out both sweet and torrid to the throng on the floor.” ^J'athom Fantasy," was select I'ejj the Junior From committee, headed by Ann Darby, in accord ance with the overall weekend theme, "Far Away Places." The time is 9 p.m. to midnight, Satur day, May 12, in the ballroom of the Student Union. Dress will be formal, with corsages optional. Tickets (in On Sale Skull and Dagger, sophomore men's service honorary, will sell tickets starting Monday in all men's living organizations. They will also be on sale in the Co-op. The price is $2.60. Nine hundred programs will be printed for the dance, which, ac cording to decorations chairman Bonnie Birkemeter, will be com plete with sunken ships and sea weed. Working with her as co chairmen of decorations are Alice < Morrow, Davtda Riddell, Paul Lasker, and the entire Sigma Phi Kpstlon pledge class, evening. Traditional events will be fca- < tured at the 10:30 intermission. | Ceremonies will be started with the introduction of the queen and her court, followed by the announce ment of float parade winners, tap ping of Druids, Junior men's honor ary, and presentation of awards. These will include the Bci-t Brown Barker Scholarship cup, the Gerlinger Cup awarded to the outstanding junior woman, the Koyl Cup awarded the outstand ing junior man, and the Maurice Harold Hunter Leadership plaque. The first number after intermis sion will be the Queen's Dance. Benny Carter is truly a jack of-all-trades in the music world. He has arranged for Benny Good man, Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey, all three of whom retain "hints of the Carter style," and the Bri tish Broadcasting Company before the war. Carter and his band have made eight tours of the United States and three times have done the European circuit. Played in Europe The Benny Carter Band has ap peared in several films, including "Stormy Weather" and most re cently “As Thousands Cheer." playing a musical backdrop to Lena Horne. Carter is doubly ap propriate for the weekend with its "Far Away Places" theme. Not only has he played in most of the big European and American cities, but he is also the master of five languages and a competent musi cian with four instruments.. .the clarinet, saxaphone, trumpet, and [>iano. To Play Here BENNY CARTER SU Board Bids Due at 72 Noon Petitions for membership on the j 1951-52 Student Union Board will be flue at 12 noon today in the of fice of Olga Yevtich. SU program director, or Hank Panian, board j chairman. Sophomores vrom the Schools of '• Music. Health and Physical Educa tion. Architecture and Allied Arts, anil College of Liberal Arts; jun iors from the school of education; (Please turn to pane eight) Law School Princesses Await Weekend * ...... ONE OF THESE FENTON HALE “lovelies” will be named queen of the law School Weekend Satur day night at the Law School Kail in the Student Union. Voting, being carried out at polls set up in the Co-op, is reported to be heavy ami ballot boxes are kept nourished by various campaign manager. Left to right, the princesses are “Bobbie” Abrams, “Billie” Dardeno, "Kellina” Ferris, “Roberta” Jones, and “Fran” Linklater. Resting in foreground are “Holly” Toung and “Jackie” Lively. t , Abbott Paine Gets Business Manager Post from Board Lorna Larson will edit the 1951-52 Oregon Daily Kmcrald, and Abbott Paine will be the: daily s business manager next year. They were named Thursday night by the Student Publications Hoard. Both will take over their new jobs next fall. Mis.' Larson, junior in journalism, is now managing editor of ^ the hmerald. She has worked on the daily three vears, holding stall positions all the way from night -tat? to managing edito'r. La>t year she w as news editor ami assistant managing editor. “ '-***'- a. pvpiiuiiiuic iu pre- i journalism from Ontario, Calif.! Ho is a zone salesman on the busi-! ness staff this year, and has been a night editor and reporter. Last year he was a part-time linotype operator at the Univer sity press, Springfield News, and i Cottage Grove Sentinel. After; graduating from high school.1 Paine worked on a weekly news paper for a year. \\ orkcd on Oregonian Miss Larson's journalistic ex-1 perience includes summer work I on the Oregonian in Portland. Her: home is in Portland. In her three years at the Uni versity. she has been Kwama pre sident, a member of Phi Theta Up silon, junior women's honorary, Theta Sigma Phi, women's journ alistic fraternity, the Student Un ion board, and the student discip line committee. She has been associate editor and managing editor of Old Ore- j gon. the alumni magazine. Paine was the only applicant for the business managership. He. succeeds Martel Scroggin. Tom j King, senior in journalism, also ap- i plied for editorship, which is now j held by Anita Holmes. Board Members Named Publications Board members are ; Chairman C. G. Howard. Carlisle Moore, D. M. Du Shane. E. C. Hob- j bins, G. A. Sabine, Bob Funk, j Anita Holmes, Ruth Landry, Bob Schooling, Don Smith, Martel Scroggin, and Secretary R. C. Wil- j liams. The board approved part of the j Emerald budget for next year, and ; also determined the commission ba sis for the business side. Peterson Backs Ousted Players Bob Peterson, Oregon basb -tbai! player, said Thursday that athletes Jim Lo^cutoflf and e urt Barclay did not receive a ‘square deal" in their suspen sion by the Student Discipline Committee. Peterson, who urged a new tearing, said that Loscutotf and Barclay were advised by ‘a high administrative • rticiaV’ to ■igree to all charges so as to ob 'ain leniency and were injur* J by the false testimony of a will ness. J. M. Foskett, chairman of the Student Discipline Committee, ssiK-d an official statement Thuiu lay which said: "The students had a fair and impartial hearing before a corn miUec composed of student *, faculty, and administration. T.v» decision was unanimous.” Peterson stated that he did net think “that justice has been done, ’ ind that the ease was “rushed through by the University.” Lou :utoff and Barclay did not have egal representation, Peterson said. He also said that the two me a vere informed of the charges igainst them in such a manne r that they were unable to fully tomprehend them, le had advised the two men to tell the discipline committee the? .ruth. Peterson said that tentative tilans have been made to presert. t Please turn to tape eieht) 5ef tor Saturday Night Law School Ball Stars Fenton Hall Filharmonic COUNTY of FENTON, State of Hollis (Special)- Final arrange ments for the 1951 Law School Weekend are near completion, j with informal proceedings sche duled to get underway today. j Big event on the calendar is the j annual Law School Ball, which I will be held Saturday evening at [ the Student Union. In connection with the big dance.! new President Ed O'Reilly and j Weekend Chairman Bill Taylor I jointly announced the selection of' the Fenton Filharmonic Music De- j preciators as the official musicial organization for the festival. The selection was made after listening to several auditions dur ing the week. “Unlike other or ganizations within this area, we were determined to come up with a name band that is really good,’’ Taylor stated. O'Reilly chipped in with “We know they're good, for we heard ’em.” The Depreciators are directed j by Bob Christ, ex-Greek leader with a broad musical background. Christ reports that his boys are in top condition for the coming festi vities. “My boys keep in shape by whistling at the girls from the steps of Fenton.. .Also, our musio is unique itt .that, each, selectioni includes numerous and varied solo parts, occurring simultaneously. . . It gives a terrific effect. . .Ye3 sir. I've got the biggest bunch of blow-hards ever assembled here. . Today will be the final day for Oregon students to determine the law school queen from the seven eligible beauties chosen by their f e 11 o w-classmates because of “queenly" qualities. Pictures of the Fenton*Fillies are on display at the Co-op. and the ballots aie readily available. At the Saturday night ball, cor onation ceremonies will be held, and the “elected" queen will bestow the usual gifts on her favored subjects. Entertainment will be provided by members from within the ranks of Fenton, in addition to "select" outsiders who will be given a chance to display their talents be fore this illustrious group. No Emerald Monday The Emerald will suspend publication for the Monday issue next week so Linotype opera tors can begin setting type for the special 16 page Junior Weekend edition coming out next Saturday. ■ • • . * • . i - - • • »