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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 30, 1951)
SU Committee Petitions Accepted Throughout Year Open petitioning for students interested in participating in Stu dent Union activities will be held the rest of the school year, Don Eavin. chairman of the SU person nel committee, has announced. Students petitioning will have an opportunity to work on the art gal lery. browsing room, dance, recrea tion. music, publicity, movie, con cert. and house rules and hospital ity committees. Read and use Emerald classi fy elds. ' —i Sugar Plum CANDY, MAGAZINES, SANDWICHES 13th & Hilyard ! Homecoming Song Contest Sponsored By Phi Mu Alpha Oregon will have a new song to [help celebrate the 75*.h anniver sary Hometoming, Jim Wilson, chairman of the Homecoming song contest, said Thursday. A contest is being sponsored by Phi Mu Alpha, men's music hon orary, to find an original song. The competition is open to all students. Wilson said that all students in terested are urged to submit an original song, written in the verse chorus style, and arranged at least for the piano. More consideration will be given to arrangements for a four-piece orchestra, W'ilson said. Time will be allowed following the song selection, however, to make further arrangements of the selec tion. A "melodious verse and a robust chorus” are desired, and the spirit should be compatible with the 75th anniversary theme of the weekend, according to Wilson. All entries should be turned into room 303 of the Student Union by 5 p.m. Friday. Nov. 16. Any ques tions about the contest should be directed to Wilson at Phi Gamma Delta. The winning selection will pos sibly be recorded by the band se lected for the Homecoming dance and played during Homecoming in the SU juke box. at the Friday r.ight informal dance and by the band at the game and at the Homecoming dance. At each play ing. the composer will be men tioned, Wilson concluded. Age No Barrier BUFFALO. N.Y. (U.R>— Age is no barrier in the bar association of Erie County. Edward Michael, 100 is the oldest of the group's com mittee members. Carl Green, 23, is A \ 1 bosten gift, a hospltol f gift. A birthday gift, on\ engagement gift. A gift !»•* J for the joy of giving, a gift to ^ I yourself for the joy of having... ' Eaton's Fine letter Papers make I their own gift occasions I beautifully i boxed — Irresistible inside and out. I Choose here - we're so proud of oar J I full smart stock I U of O Co-op HEILIG THEATRE Thrill Packed HALLOWEEN SHOW Wed. Nite — Oct. 31 at 10:45 Tickets on Sale at 10:00 P.M. A special chill-packed Fun and Thrill Movie "THE INVISIBLE MAN" plus Two Big Cartoons Complete show over at Midnight REGULAR PRICES Senior Men Moy Apply Now For Root-Tilden Scholarships Applications arc now being j taken for the Root-Tllden law scholarships, according to Hussell D. Niles, dean of the New York University law center. The schol arships are the American equival ent of the Rhodes scholarships, ac cording to Niles. Any senior man may apply for the scholarships if he is between the ages of 20 and 28 and a citizen of the United States. The scholar ships are for $2,100 yearly for three years, provided the student maintains the scholarship require ments. Two men will be chosen from each of the ten Federal Judiciul Circuits to begin study next fall. The men chosen will have an op portunity to work on a comprehen sive publication program. Including the Tax Law Review, the most widely read law school publication in the United States, according to Niles. The men will also be given personal contacts with outstand ing public leaders in the fields of industry, finance, law and public service, he said. After his application has been accepted, the candidate will first appear before a state committee composed of the Chief Justice of the state’s highest court, the presi dent of the state bar association and the editor of the leading state newspaper. If he meets with their approval, the applicant will appear before the chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals of the Circuit, the chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of the corre sponding district and the president of a leading college of the district. If he meets with the approval of these men and passes all the tests. J he will be awarded one of the ( Root-Tilden scholarships. Application for a scholarship must be made to: Dean of the Law School, New York University Uw Center, Washington Square, New York, New York. Social Calendar Social events this week are: WEDNESDAY Desserts Carson 4 and Nestor Carson 5 and French Yeomen and Highland House Campbell Club and Orides Dinner Hendricks and Hunter THURSDAY Dinners Delta Tau Delta and Alpha Del ta Pi Alpha Tau Omega and Alpha | Chi Omega Phi Kappa Psi and Alpha Phi Phi Delta Theta and Pi Beta Phi j Sigma Phi Epsilon and Kappa Alpha Theta Phi Kappa Sigma and Carson 2 Sherry Ross and Omega and Al pha Gamma Delta FRIDAY Sigma Alpha Mu fireside SATURDAY 75th Anniversary semi-formal , dance—Student Union Ballroom Sigma Chi fireside UO Entertainment Board Now Open For Membership Petitions for membership on the j campus entertainment board were called for today by Gerry Pearson, entertainment board chairman. Miss Pearson also asked that j persons interested in entertaining contact her. Entertainment board work con sists of co-ordinating entertain ment and planning programs for campus and off-campus student events, Miss Pearson explained. Petitions may be obtained from Miss Pearson at Kappa Alpha The ta and must be turned in there by 5 p.m. Friday, she said. Oregon has six representatives in the national congress. They are senators Wayne Morse and Guy Cordon; Representatives Walter Norblad, Harris Ellsworth, Lowell Stockman and Homer Angell, Heads of Houses Hear Discussion On House Libes Guest speaker at the Heads of Houses meeting Tuesday was I" loi - once Rise. Student Union browsing room librarian, who spoke on the house libraries program. On the Oregon campus, Susan Campbell hall orignated the idea of having tiulivdual libraries for the living groups, and in 1932 started the first library, Miss Rise said. Hendricks hall and the Inter Fraternity council followed in sup porting the program, and today the University ranks first in the nation for its house library pro grams, she asserted. By way of aiding the program, the presidents of the houses voted to present a $2f. gift to the brows ing room. Colda Wickham, director of women's affairs, spoke briefly on changes in university regulations. Francis GlUmore, Homecoming chairman, talked about the events to be held during the Thanksgiving week, and urged students to sup port Homecoming. Singers Chosen For Radio Show Student singers in the studio group for "Let's Sing America"' have been selected by Robert K. Nye. associate professor of music education and director of the show. Students in the group are select ed from the school of music, most of them training to become teach ers of music in Oregon public schools. "Let's Sing, America!" is a radio series, broadcast weekly over KOAC, the state station, to class rooms in Oregon schools, and orig inating on the Oregon campus. Selected for the student group this year are: Kathleen Ackerman, Madelon Adler, Sharon Anderson, Patricia Brown, Georgia Dragich, Janis Evans, Barbara Fulton, Beverly Goheen. Kay Johnson, Jackie Madi gan, Margaret Powne. Jeannette Stone, Larry S vanson, and Carl Winklebleck. Keith Geebers is announcer for the series. Technical production is under the direction of Glenn Star- j lin, assistant professor of speech. UO Journalism Students to Tour West Linn Mill The Crown-Willamette paper mill at West Linn will be toured Thursday morning by approxi mately 35 journalism students, in cluding the 14 foreign journalists, their adviser, Charles Duncan, and Bob Frazier, coordinator of the German student part of the foreign student program. Ffobert Dickey, Crown Willam ette's northwest salesman, will be in charge of the tour. A bus wilt leave McArthur court at 8 a.m. Any journalism student interested j in taking the trip should check at the bulletin board in the journal ism school, Duncan said. Students Compete For Scholarships Eight students, interviewed last week by the international affairs committee, will enter stale and na tional competition for Fulbright scholarships for study abroad in the United Kingdom, Italy, France, Austria, and Norway. The applicants are: Carl Anderle, Catherine Black, Michael Callahan, James Carson, Waller Martin, Frederick Saus ville, William Schlosser, and Saul Zaik. Seven students received Ful bright grants last year, J. D. Pro vart, Fulbright adviser, said. MEETINGS— Whiskerino Heads Me« All Whlslierlno chairmen wi meet nt 4 p.m. today In the SU, YM Group to Meet The YMCA Community Hervt committee will meet at 8 p.m, i night In the YMCA office*. Tl committee will discuss plum f, the "Big Brother" program ai the possibility of starting jun( Hl-Y clubs. Class Council Meets ASUO class council will meet • 7 p.m. today In the Student Unid Merv Hampton, ASUO vice pi eV dent announced. The council will discuss the p* posed freshman-sophomore vau4 vllle show, enforcement of traf lions, keeping of class record Class does and das* consUtutloil Hampton said. Newly-elded temporary fretf man class representative* u Olass and Dorothy Kopp will | present at the meeting. HampU said. They were elcted at a tnw ing of freshman hall presid*-# last week and will serve until w|j ter term when regular freshmj elections arc held. t Frances Gillmore, Homi*7omij chairman, will discuss the part < the freshman class In this yea; Homecoming celebration. The class council Is composedi the presidents and vice preside; of th>- classes. Hampton and l Anderson, class adviser. Kwama Sets Meeting Kwama, women's sophomo honorary, will hold a meeting at tonight in the SU. All members should attend, several important mailers must discussed," stated Joan Mane M let-, president. House Librarians House librarians will meet at p.m. today in the Student t'nl Browsing room for a buslnes■■ m sion. Florence Kise, browsing roc librarian, said Monday. Christian Science ■•Right Activity” will be d cussed at a meeting of the Chr tian Science orgamaztlon at 7 rn. today in the Student Union. Novelist to Give Writer's Lecture A lecture on "The Position of thi Writer in Today's World" will 6 given by Elizabeth Bowen. I rish English novelist, when she come to the campus Nov. 9 to meet wit students interested in writing. Miss Bowen is now visiting co-' leges and literary groups throng# out the country. While at she will read student manuscript and will meet with three wntiifj classes besides interviewing stu dents interested in writing. She is best known to America^ for her novels, "The Heat of th Day," which was a Literary Guili selction in 1949, and "The Deal1 of the Heart.” Her latest work "Collected Impressions," wife published by Alfred Knopf in 1950 It is a collection of critical revievc and descriptive pieces. Articles and critical essays b Miss Bowen have appeared in tb "Saturday Review of Literature “Atlantic Monthly,” and "Vogue magazines. Alpha Kappa Deltc Inducts Members Alpha Kappa Delta, national * ciology honorary, Inducted ne^ members at its first meeting Wet nesday night. Six members were inducted in!' the local chapter. They arc OrviU Colver, Arlo Giles, Claire William* John Curry, Louis Sherman, an Mrs. Bernice Larson. Membershi. is on the basis of scholarship an interests in sociology, particular! in tlte research field of sociology Stewart Westcott, president, saic The highest and lowest town in the state of Oregon are Govern, ment Camp, Klamath county, 6,41 feet above sea level, and GarcTinci 7 feet above the sea level.