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OREGON’S 75th YEAR w daily EMERALD Fifty-first year of Publication VOLUME LIU IMVKHMITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, OCTOBER SO, 1951 NUMBER 29 ASUO Cabinet Discusses Honor System, 1951 Budget Following report* by athletic, nodal an<l publicity chairmen, the A8UO cabinet discussed the Hallo ween Dance, the budget, all-Ore gon day. a California party, and the honor system were discussed Monday. Smith and MrCalltim Dinner t Cabinet members, including Ath letic Chairman Jack Smith and Public Relation* Chairman Stew art McCollum, thought_^an honor system would not work. They cited , a different academic atmosphere * et college* where auch a Hy*tcm Was u*ed. President Bill Carey, who listcn * ed to discussion both for and again*t an honor *y*tem, indicated he would appoint a committee to investigate A proposal to that ef fect was made in Senate meeting last week. "We shouldn't nay this won't work until we try," Carey said. "Any step in the right direction is worthwhile." Publicity director McCallum pro posed an "all-Oregon day” for the campus. The idea, he said, was to send students from the university to take over city and county gov ernment and business establish ments In Eugene. He Indicated the plan had the approval of business men he had contacted. Carey reported the budget re quest letter, read and approved in last week's Senate meeting. lj,ad been returned to him for "rephras ing”. He said a new letter would contain itemized accounts of money requested. CaJ-Oregnn Party Discussed A party of Oregon students at the California game, perhaps a Homecoming Queen Candidates Chosen First wave of nominations for the 1951 Homecoming queen were received Monday night, according to Neil Chase. Homecoming queen selection committee chairman. The 1 complete list of names will not be available until Tuesday at 5 p.m. 4 Living organizations which did j not turn in names Monday night may do so today from 1 to 5 p.m. 1 in 303 Student Union (extension i 3971, Chase said. The title of Homecoming queen is a change from the traditional term "hostess". This year women's living organizations selected can didates from their respective British Columbia College Prexy To Speak Here N. A. M. MacKenzie, president of the University of British Colum bia, vyjll be a guest of the Univer sity of Oregon during the 75th an niversary celebration this week. President MacKenzie will ad dreas an assembly for students, faculty members and guests at 10:00 a.m. Friday. Classes will be dismissed for the address which is entitled “The Contributions of So cial Sciences to our Contemporary Society.’’ Born in Pugawash, Nova Scotia in 1894, President MacKenzie re ceived his education at Pictou Academy, Dalhousie University, Hai-vard, St. John College (Cam bridge) and Gray’s Inn (London). He entered the education field in 1927 at Toronto University, where he was associate professor of law from 1927 to 1933. In 1933 he became professor of public and private international law at Tor onto University and served in that caapcity until 1940. He was elected president of the University of New Brunswick in 1940 where he remained until his appointment as president of the University of British Columbia in 1944. His long list of public services includes vice president of the Na tional Council of Canadian Y.M. C.A.’s, advisory committee on uni versity training for veterans, and -•member of the Royal Commission on National Development in the Arts, Letters and Sciences. groups, ami men's houses and halls picked candidates from the camp us at large. Previously only women selected nominees. ♦ ♦ ♦ Button Sales Petitions Deadline for turning in petitions for Homecoming button sale chair manships is 4 p.m. today, Bob Metz,- Homecoming finance chair man, announced. Petitions should be- turned into room 303, Student Union. Chairmanships for the campus, public school, and downtown sales are available, Metz said. The sales campaign in Eugene schools will be handled through school officials and high school service clubs. Promotion Committee Members of the Homecofning promotion committee have been announced. They are: Joan Walker, chairman; Barbara Swanson, assistant chairman: Mary Waddel, flying speeches men's houses; Jackie Steuart and Carol Wenner, flying speeches women's-houses; Jane Slocum and Jean Maur, co chairmen—posters; Mary Jo Carl son and Ray Wrigglesworth, signs; Janet Bell, window display; Billie Harnden, Eugene promotion; Sally Haseltine, contact; Bud Elliot, Gerry Pearson, and Walt Staub, stunt promotion; Norma Heyser, alumni pamphlets chairman; and Diane David, alumni pamphlets as sistant chairman. Eugene Police Seek Burglar Two visiting students. Dudley Roberts from Linfield and John M. Shea from Oregon Technical Insti tute, were robbed of an estimated $150 worth of clothing early last Friday evening. The two had their car parked in front of Phi Sigma Kappa house between 5:30 and 6:30 p.m. while they were inside having dinner. When they returned to unlock the car, they discovered the clothing had been stolen. Eugene police were investigating the larceny but reported Monday night that nothing had been found. Joint Cal-Orcgon rally and mixer, was enthusiastically discussed. Carey said he and McCailum would contact California student leaders. The affair would probably take place Friday night in Berkeley. Reports of the social and athletic chairmen will be repeated in the Renate meeting Nov. 8. The two chairmen will also submit pro posals to redefine their duties, j Carey said, which will entail ' amendment of the constitution by j laws. j Board Interviews! Lone Petitioner A joint Student Union board- j ASUO Senate committee inter- ! viewed Gretchen Grondahi, sole i petitioner from the school of jour- ! nalism, for the vacant senior posi tion on the board Monday night, but announcement of the decision | acceptance or rejection will have to come from University ! President H. K Newburn. accord ing to the SU perpetuation plan. Miss Grondahl's petition was rc i reived by the board after that | group, failing to receive applicant.* j from the journalism school and the school of health and physical edu cation for the two senior positions open, asked the dears of those two schools to recommend qualified seniors. The petition of Miss Grondahi was the only one received from cither school, since four men rec ommended by Ralph Leighton, dean of the school of health and physical education, wore unable to petition because of participation in varsity sports. The board decided last week to conduct a study of problems con cerning selecting board members. Sock Dance Set To Follow Party Children’s Halloween parties, followed by an all-camp dance from 10 p.m. to midnight, may 'tart a new tradition at f Oregon \\ ednesday night. 'I he party, to be held for more than 2.000 children, is likely the biggest "trick-or-treat” night in the. University’s history. (.losing hours have been set at 12:30 a.m. for the evening. Present at the Mac Court party and dance will be representa iivc-H irom me ttregoman, ine Jour-1 nal and the Register-Guard. Movie equipment from_ the “This js Eu gene" group, currently shooting on the campus for Republic Studios, will also be present. Sponsored by Greek Group Both dance and children's par ties are sponsored by the fraterni ties and sororities on the campus. The idea grew from a Halloween party given last year by Alpha Phi and Sigma Nu. The evening will get under way at 7 when the children arrive for their first parties. Fraternities di vided into sections of three each are Alpha Tau Omega, Delta Tau Delta, and Theta Chi; Tau Kappa Epsilon, Sigma Alpha Mu, and Phi Delta Theta; Pi Kappa Alpha, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and Phi Gamma Delta; and Sigma Chi, Acts for the fraternity-soror ity Halloween party are needed, Gerry Pearson, campus enter tainment board chairman, an nounced. Interested entertainers may contact Miss Pearson at Kappa Alpha Theta. Delta Upsilon, and Sigma Phi Ep silon. Respective party times for the children at those houses arc 7:40, 8:20, and 8:50 p.m. One Group of Four Houses One group of four houses Beta Theta Pi, Phi Kappa Psi, Sigma Nu, and Kappa Sigma has been formed because of short walking distances for the youngsters. Rota tion times for them are 7:30, 8, 8:30, and 8:50. At 8:50 children will return to starting house in their group, and will be escorted to McArthur Court. There finals for apple bob bing and dunking, pin-the-tail-on Lhe-donkey, ar.d costume contests will be held. Costume judges are University President H. K. Newburn. Mrs. Leonard Casanova, wife of the football coach. Basketball Coach Bill Borcher, and Eugene's Mayor V. Edwin Johnson. Kwama and Skull and Dagger will handle the other contests. Entertainment for the children will include a Ragedy Ann ar.d Andy number, monologues, tram poline acts, a German band, magie shows, and singing. Parents to Claim Kids At JO p.m. the parents will ,lined up by the Order of "O to claim their youngsters. Mother :+» and fathers are invited to view alte the proceedings, according to StJ. McCollom, promotion chairman. Following the claiming of off springs the mats on the basketbatte floor will be rolled away and a stocking dance will begin. EacV fraternity and sorority will place its shoes in a box, which it write, provide. A judging committee, the ASUO cabrnet, will decide on tb'** basis of number of shoes present which groups have the biggest a^'h smallest attendance. Two Winners to Get Prizes The two winners, one fraternity and one sorority, will be awardci* prizes by President Bill Carey. Tb<? four with the lowest membership present will be designated th“ clean-up committee. Regular Classes Changed to Effect Today's Schedule All classes which regulariy meet at 10 a.m. Friday w ill meet | at 1 p.m. today. : The time-day change is for the purpose of clearing the Friday morning hour for a speech by N. A. M. McKenzie, president of the Fniversify of British Colum bia, part of the 75th anniversary celebration. Friday afternoon classes will be camelled to enable students and -University staff members to attend the convocation celebrat ing Oregon’s 75th anniversary, •lames B. Conant, president of Harvard University, will speak at the convocation. University workers employed under civil service may be ex cused from their duties if they desire, and the Student Union and library will be closed at 1:30 p.m. IFC Votes to Support Homecoming, Noise Parade Receives Criticisms Inter-Fraternity Council decided last week to support the proposed abbreviated Homecoming schedule, except a full-scale noise parade. This decision followed a talk by Homecoming Chairman Francis Gilmore. A "snowball rally" was suggest ed in place of the usual type noise parade, including the traditional i event without the time-consuming inter-house competition. A com petitive parade was criticized as "requiring considerable organiza tion for a successful result" con ! sidering that homecoming immodi I ately follows Thanksgiving this yecu Miss Gilmore scented to favor the suggestion, observing it would "get the week-end off to a big start." Other ideas for an abbrevi ated parade this year included using dishpans and similar objects for noise instead of compressors, eliminating the bonfire rally on I Friday night, and eliminating the noise parade completely. Hand Vote Taken ' When a hand vote was taken to determine how many fraternity i houses were expecting most of their members back before the [ vacation is over, only a few presi j dents voted in the affirmative. Rut I one president observed that his ! fraternity brothers would all be 1 back on the campus by Friday noon; others cited Thanksgiving vacation as destroying homecom ing interest this year. An amendment to the IFC con stitution which would raise the grade requiremnt for fraternity initiation was read aloud and will be voted upon in the next meeting. It stated that a man must have an accumulative 2. GPA in addition to the new-required 2. of the preced ing term before he is eligible for fraternity initiation. Hallowen Parly Work Progressing Work on the Halloween Party, to be sponsored by the fraternities and sororities was reported pro gressing rapidly. To protect the fraternity houses from vandalism during the McArthur Court dance, it was decided to erect a series of road blocks. President Dick McLaughlin re vealed the Oregon State IFC presi dent had recently called him t"o solicit the support of Oregon's fra ternities in fighting the installa tion of pay telephones. The Ore gon group went on record as op posing pay telephones, but didn't promise to actively enter the fight for two reasons. , First, since pay phones have al ready been installed cn this camp us, the expense in removing them would run very high, IFC said. Second, two members stated that the official Public Utilities Com mission ruling specifics that any residence containing over 12 resi dents must have pay telephones, and Director of Men's Affairs Ray Hawk verified the assertion. ■IIFt' Brings Problem A representative from the JIFO presented his group's problem trying to justify existence. He pointed out that the JIFC, though not active in the immediate past, could "handle small jobs for the IFC" such as cleaning up tho cemetery. Several suggestions were mad® for projects for the group, such a-* sponsoring a pledge dance, co ordinating pledges, working with, the Red Cross, and generally build ing good will for the Oregon fra , ternities. Motion to Back JIFC A motion for IFC to back ar>+ give advisory help to JIFC wa«* tabled until a committee conlcfc look into possible additional activ ties for the group. Since there is already a trophy in circulation for the fraternity having the highest GPA. it was de cided that the new Sigma Chi scholarship trophy would be awarded to the house presenting the best improvement over the past year's grades. A committee of three house presidents was appointed to "an ticipate th« problems, dates, etc., i of the coming rush season.'’