Nee the Student Court Story today—Inside. VOLL'MK Ml n daily EMERALD I’artly cloudy today and tonight. High: 70, low: 40. university or okkgon, eugene, Tuesday, may «, i».>i NUMBER 123 Nan' Passes IFC, IDC Heads of Houses Votes No ini- Interfraternlty (Council Thursday night voted unanimous ly to favor the “Oregon Plan" of freshmen living. The plan, If put In operation by th<- school administration would, among other things, provide for possible freshmen dormitories and a solution to the Intramural loyalty problem. ire President Dick McLaughlin, In urging passage of the plan! said that he thought the fresh man dorm would be a boon to the fr^'inities. Freshmen now living with “staunch" Independents in the halls are becoming Independents them selves. he said. He explained that while Independent living has its merits, many jaissible fraternity men are now going to stay in the dormitories. McLaughlin also brought out that friction In-tween the Inter (birinitorv (on nr it and the 1FC would Is- lessened If the plan suc ceeded. lie said the ll'( and the II)(' Would both l*e pledged to support the freshmen plan and rushing would be deferred until a certain time, deeided upon l>y both groups. Ray Hawk, director of men's af fairs. brought out the fact that it was disagreement over the rush ing situation that originally broke down IFC-IDO relations. Hawk added that aa far as the administration Is concerned, It is waiting for the reaction of the student groups before it takes any action on the plan. Hawk said that he favors the plan himself, and backed Mc Laughlin in that the fraternities would benefit from it. However, only those parts of the plan will be put into effect by the admin istration that are economically possible, Hawk said. Mervyn Hampton said that he had talked with some of the Ha waiian HtudentH In Minturn Hall who (Unfavored the freshmen dormi tory system because they want their Hawaiian freshmen living among them. Tom Barry moved the group l approve the plan. Inter Dorrit* i Council approved the plan in a meeting Wednesday. The freshman living program as proposed by the student committee which studied the plan at Stanford University was rejected by Heads of Houses in a roll-call vote Mon day. The group includes the pre sident of all women's living or ganizations. The program was defeated as a whole although members express ed approval of parts. Following the vote, President Barbara Wil liams appointed a committee to meet Wednesday to draw tip defin ite recommendations for presenta tion to the Stanford committee. Members of the committee repre sent co-ops, dormitories, and soror ities. and include both those who voted for r.nd against the plan. Voting in favor of the program were Carson 1, 3, and 5; Hend ricks Hall, and Oridcs. The reason for the "no'* votes from the three women's fo-ops. Highland, University, and Kcber Houses, was the desire for a bet ter-planned representation In the social end athletic program, ac cording to their respective presi dents. They pointed out that de ferred living itself actually af fects them very little, and that only indirectly since freshmen may continue to live in. Preceding the vote, Barry Mountain, ASt'O president and member of the student commit tee that presented the living plan, answered questions of the group. Questions centered on the section proposing that rush ing ho deferred until w inter term. Invitations to Mom SHOWN MA1IJNG THEIR “letters” to mom are Norma Ilultgren and Gretchen Grefe, co-chairmen of promotion for Mother’s Week end which is being held this weekend in connection with Junior Weekend. (Photo by Deane Bond.) Mountain made the suggestion that rushing on this basis might bo tried for one year, before a 1 definite plan Has made. Heads of Houses also heard a report from the dessert committee and unanimously approved its rec ommendations. The committee recommended that freshmen have their own system of social functions next year, while upperclassmen in their individual living organizations will themselves dccid on exchanges. The exchanges would include din ner as well as an hour of dancing, according to the committee's re port. These recommendations will be presented to the Student Affairs Committee today by Jackie Prit z.en, past president of Heads of Houses. Miss Williams emphasized that this is only a recommenda tion and is not final. Picnic Heads Named By Executive Council Sharon Anderson, sophomore in music, and Dolores Parrish, sophomore in liberal arts, were appointed bv the Executive Council Monday (‘veiling to act as co-chairmen of University family picnic to be held at Jantzcn Beach in Portland this sum mer. The picnic, which will be held in July or August, will be open to all University of Oregon students, alumni, and their guests. Bob Metz, sophomore in business, was the only other petitioner interviewed by the council. iivr HUMIl 1UI LJiC UIV,U1 - poratinn of .skiing as a major let ter award at Oregon won approval of the council. The letter award j requirements, presented to the; council by Director of Athletics Leo Harris following meetings with a student committee, will be retroactive and will apply to this year's ski team. The council again issued a call for petitions for the position of orientation chairman for a pro posed intensified fall freshman orientation program. The chairman selected by the ASUO group will (please turn to page eight) 'O' Men to Punish Traditions Violatiors Tradition Work, the week that always procodes Junior Weekend on the Oregon campus, started yesterday with Order of the “O’* men following coeds around the campus, presumably waiting to catch them at breaking one of the many revered traditions of the campus. The Order of the "O” is the ad vance guard of Junior Weekend with Dick Daugherty heading this year's traditions committee. Any student violating any of the rules of the week will be severely' pun ished by the "O" men in noon ses sions on the ‘old campus.’ Those traditions are: 1. All students say ‘'hello" on Hello Walk (designated as the S U walk this year). 2. Students do not walk on any campus lawn. 3. Students do not smoke on the 'old campus.’ 4. Students do not sit on the Senior Bench unless they are sen iors. 5. Students do not walk on the Oregon Seal. I Special Traditions 1 Freshmen women wear green ribbons in their hair. 2. Freshman men wear ’rooters' lids' with the green side out. 3. Upperclass men only may wear cords. 4. Sophomores may wear blue jeans or ’moleskins.’ 5. Freshmen men may wear what is left. 6. Order of the “O’” men will wear an emblem representing their organization. All students listed in the Emer ald for a violation of any of the traditions must appear before the Order of the “O” at 12:30. Men violators will appear on the steps of Fenton Hall: women at the pool behind Fenton. Violators listed for Monday are Tom Bowman, Nancy Miller, Jo Sloan, Bill Carey, and Barbara Baker. Tf violators do not appear they will be punished at the All Campus Luncheon on Saturday. Women are reminded that their punishment will be a dunking in the Fenton pool. Sophs Ready to Down Frosh in Tug-o-war By Bill Frye SOPHOMORE CLASS TRAINING CAMP. Boon-Docks, May 7 — (Special)—Preparations arc nearly completed here for the Class of 53's part in the annual freshmen-sophomore tug-o-war being held at \ p.m. Wednesday on the millrace in back of Kappa Sigma. Twenty-two beefy sophomore men have been working out daily at this secret training camp to condition themselves for the big event. A rigorous schedule has been set up by Helen (Muscles) Jackson, pre sident of the Class of 'f>3, who is acting as official trainer for the group. According to unreliable sources, It men have so far been dropped from the squad because they couldn't keep up the 20 miles of road work required daily. Said their trainer: "These guys'll be in as good a shape as I am when I'm through with ’em, or my name ain't 'Muscles'.’’ The boys themselves are confident of winning the big groan and grunt affair although there is skepticism on the part of most observors. As freshmen last year, they took the contest in record time, but ac cording to old-timers a class is seldom able to duplicate the feat the following year. One of the team members made this comment during the seven minute resting period allotted the group each day: ‘‘Sure we’ll win! We’ve got to show those bums (probably the fresh men) that having a lady president doesn’t necessarily mean we're panty-waists. Besides, after all the work she did taking us on those road trips we sort of owe it to her.'' Meanwhile, no word has been received from the freshman class, but President Wayne Carothers and his fuzz-faced band of yearlings has (Please turn to page eight) Try to Reinstate 2 Athletes Ends An attempt to bring about rein statement of athletes Jim Loscut off anrl Curt Barclay, suspended from school for one year on a morals charge, had apparently run its course Monday. Oregon basketball player Bob Peterson announced Monday after noon that he has dropped the move ment for removal of the suspen sion imposed upon Loscutoff and Barclay by the Student Discipline Committee. Peterson explained he was abandoning the movement "for the best interest of everyone con cerned. J. M. Foskett, chairman of the Student Discipline Committee, de clined to comment on the news cf Peterson's rejection of the rein statement move. Mor e Revealed Wednesday Peterson first made-known his backing of the ousted students at an election party Wednesday even ing before an estimated 200 stu dents. At that time he stated that he was pursuing a course charted by outside legal advice. Later Peterson declared that Loscutoff and Barclay were ad vised to affirm all charges in their appearance before the Student Dis cipline in order to obtain leniency. Peterson also stated that the two men were injured by the false testimony of a witness. He asked for a “square deal" from the Uni versity administration. Makes Plans Known Tentatitive plans to present the case before the -ASUO Executive Council and University President Harry K. Newburn were made known by Peterson Thursday. He complained that the athlete's did not have legal representation and were informed of the charges against them in such a manner that they were unable to fully understand them. According to Peterson. Loscut off has returned to his home in Palo Alto, Calif., while Barclay is remaining in Eugene. Loscutoff has announced that he plans to enter the U. S. Army. Barclay has indicated that he will attend an ex tension school. Scandling to be Guest Editor For Magazine Margaret Scandling, senior in journalism, has received notice that she has been chosen to serve dur ing June as a guest editor of Made moiselle, a monthly women's mag azine. Miss Scandling is one of 20 col lege graduates to be chosen by Mademoiselle for the honor. Mademoiselle pays all expenses for the trip and for the working period, plus paying each woman a. salary. A story by Miss Scandling, “I Just Can't Help It,” appeared in the January issue of Seventeen, teen-age monthly magazine.