OREGON’S 75th YEAR VOU MK Mil w daily EMERALD Filly-first year of Publication I MVKRSITV OF OKWiO.N, El GENE, FRIDAY, .NOVEMBER 19.-,I SECTION TWO Poges 1—10 M .MBER SO Goblins Quiet? One Big Blast - Along Millrace The quietest Halloween In Eu gene for many yearn was said Eu gene Police Chief Ted Brown Thursday evening, largely due to the effoits of University of Oregon students. "We can give the University credit for the early quiet period," lie explained. "Those hundreds of kids at the parties would otherwise have been around town trick-or treating." There were fewer complaint calls into the station Wednesday night, he remarked, than he could me metnber on nny previous Hallo ween night. Biown also credited the police reserve, out in full strength with the regular force, for the unusual quiet. Battered concrete ami exposed earth Indicated that a blast heard throughout the campus and town about 1 :30 a m. Thursday origin ated on south bank of the millrace, just east of Hilyard st. bridge. The seawall, which was badly cracked and showed broken pipe .lines, borders on the property of Alpha Phi. Grace Sargent, Alpha Phi president, said the blast knock ed lamps off ihcVuills in the house and practically "bounced" sleeping gills out of bed. Police, who are investigating the explosion, at first feared it origin ated from Oregon's much-abused “O" on Skinner's butte. The cement oval, however, was not overlooked by pranksters. An office girl in the department re ported officers found it displaying “about 15 different colors of paint," applied sometime during the evening. Three Oregon students were ar rested Wednesday night They were John Edward Whalley, freshman, 2387 Willamette st charged with disorderly conduct, released on payment of $25 bail: Ronald Rex Griffith, sophomore. 20<M Jackson st., Illegal possession, released to his brother-in-law to appear later; and William Albert Hall, sophomore, Ua-uberg, Ore., illegal posse; sion, released to ap pear later. All three cases Involved alcoholic bevel ages. SU to Celebrate Saturday Is the first birthday anniversary of the dedication of ttie Student Union building, anil a social hour at 1:30 p.m. in the Sl will eelebrate the event. \ll University students are In vited, according to the Sl hoard sponsors. Cake will b< served, 10 O'Clocks, Afternoon Classes Cancelled Today There will he no classes at 10 a.m. today or at any time (luring the afternoon. The classes have been cancel led tn order to permit I'nivorslfy students and faculty members to attend University of British Co lumbia President K. A. MaeKen /.le's address in the Student Union building and the convoca tion at 2 p.m. in Mac court. According to University Dirrr tor of Hor\ Ices I,. M. Nelson, civil service workers and faculty memlters can !«• excused from their duties in order to attend the convocation. Football Rally Begins at 6:30 A "Boat Idaho" rally will begin at 6:30 p in. today in Mac court with men's houses scheduled to pick up the women's houses they are paired with at 6:20 p in. The house pairings were printed in Thursday's Knieiald oil page six. # John Bpley and a trio made up of Max Ingcrson, Don Jordahl and Gordon Green will sing the new Oregon fight song, written by Fpley. There will also he spe cial acts in addition to songs and yells, the rally board, arranging the rally, announced. Talks will be given by Idaho f game captains Mike Sikorra and Dirk Patrick, Coach Den Casa I nova, and Dick Reed of the Ku gene Duck club. The newly formed i pep band will furnish music. In connection with the game and | the rally, living organizations are ; being requested by the rally board ! to construct "beat Idaho” signs and have them posted in front of their houses this evening and Sat i urday. University to Hear 3 Eminent Educators Anniversary Schedule TODAY 8 to 10 a'.m.—Registration of delegates. SU 10 a.m.—McKenzie speech. SU 1:15 p.m.— Formation of the academic procession. 2 p.m.—Anniversary convocation. McArthur Court. 6:30 p.m. Anniversary dinner. SU SATURDAY Open house in all departments. Special displays in the SU i and the library. New heating and generating plant open for inspection. 4:30 p.nft.—Birthday party. SU 9 p.m.—Diamond Jubilee dance. SU SUNDAY : 4 p m.—University faculty chamber music group concert. Music school auditorium. Special displays in the SU and library. i 'Deposit Five Cents, Please' SORORITY HAS SMALL FIRE Fire in a basement trash con tainer brought three fire engines raring to the Alpha Chi Omega ! house early Thursday evening and j lilled the lower floor of the house I with smoke. Upon smelling smoke, the Alpha Chi's ran to the basement with I laundry tubs of water, which they dumped on the blaze. They report ed considerable delay in notifying the fire department, as no one could immediately locate a nickel. The fire department was called at 7:57 p m.. The blaze was just i smouldering when they arrived. I Firemen poured about 5 gallons of water on the smouldering heap of , trash, according to Fire Chief Ray Hieks. Two pumpers and one lad der truck answered the call. 1 A gunny sack, about six fet high .UO Campus: 75 Years of Progress A I Alt C'UY from the Oregon campus of 1H76 is this aerial view showing loealion of present build- I inns. Figures point out newest in l Diversity buildings, (1) (lie University theater (2) physical plant (2) location of new science building (4) Student Union (3) Carson hall (ti) library annex. and four feet in diameter hanging in a wooden frame, burned com pletely. Only harm reported was smoke damage to clothes hanging in an adjoining room. Cause of the fire was not offi cially determined Thursday night. Residents told Hicks that trash ffom the girls' wastebaskets— which may have contained cigar ettes had last been dumped into the gunny sack about 1 p.m. Participants to Don Academic Attire For Convocation The convocation at 2 p.m. today in McArthur Court will find al! participating faculty members and guests attired in academic cos tumes corresponding to their achievements in the world of edu cation and symbolizing the dignity of learning. The color of trimmings on aca demic gowns are associated with degree subjects as follows: agricul ture, maize: arts and letters, white: commerce and accountan cy, drab; dentistry, lilac: econom ics. copper: engineering, orange: fine arts, including architecture, brown; forestry, russet; humani ties, crimson; law, purple; library science, lemon: medicine, green; music, pink; oratory, silver gray; pedagogy, light blue; pharmacy, olive green; philosophy, dark blue: physical education, sage green; public health, salmon pink: scie nce, golden yellow; theology, scarlet; veterinary science, gray. The hood was originally worn not only by scholars, but by every one and had no academic signifi cance. The length of the hood for the Bachelor's degree is three feet, for the Master’s degree three and one-half feet, and for the Doctor's degree four feet. The tassel on the cap is black except that a Doctor's ' cap may have a gold tassel. I lirce nationally promincr t .'pcakcr- will addre— Unive; '’ty '-tudents, faculty an <t’ friend' today a-; part of tho T nivc-r.'ity of Ore-on's 75t’i j anniversary celebration. ! . i hey are Pres. James B. jConant of Harvard university, | Pres. X. A. M. Mackenzie of j the University of British Colum : bia. and Clarence Faust of the j Ford Foundation ar.d Stanford university. Some 1.10 delegates, designated by institutions of higher learnir—* i throughout the United States a • l> | Canada, arrived or. the camp i i Thursday for the birthday eele | bration, which will continue ! through Sunday. "The Contribution of the Social Sciences to our Contemporary So ciety" will be the topic of an address by President MacKerzie at 10 a.m. today in the Erb Mem orial Student Union. H. K. New : bum president of the University, j will introduce MacKenzie. --vcaaemic .March Friday afternoon at 2 p.m. the University's academic staff ard visitors, in full regalia, will march from \ .Hard hall to University St., then south to McArthur Court for tno anniversary convocation. The principal anniversary ad dress will be delivered by Presi dent Co.nant, who will speak on "University Education and Nation al Security" at the convocation. The Rev. George Herbert Swift, rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal i church in Salem, will give the in vocation, after which greetings aril* messages of congratulation will bo delivered. Paul L. Patterson, president of I the Oregon State senate, will ex | tend congratulations to the Uni ! versity on behalf of the state of i Oregon, and Dr. R. R. Kleinsorge, j vice-president of the State Board i of Higher Education, will give I greetings from the board. Colleges > tu im i11memoers par ticipating- in the convocation at McArthur court today may pick up reserved scat tickets for the | event at the registration desk, second floor of the Student Union, this morning. of Oregon will be represented by Pres. Morgan S. Odell of Lewis and Clark college: Hoyt Trow bridge, professor of English will represent the faculty: William N. Russell, Oregon Alumni association president will speak for the alumni and ASUO Pres. Bill Carey of the Associated Students will represent the student body. N'cwburn to Gi\ e Response Response to the congratulatory messages will be made by New burr. Music by the Oregon concert band directed by Ira D. Lee, will be included in the program. The benediction, by the F.ev. Wesley Qoodson Nicholson, of the First Congregational Church, will con clude the convocation. Delegates and guests will be honored tonight at a- 6:30 p.m. dinner in the Student Union, w:th Faust as the speaker. His topic will be "The Role of Humanities i Please turn to page eight) Six Named Homecoming Queen Finalists Nancy Miller, Molly MuntscI, Barbara Bates, Lyn Hartley, Helen Jackson and Jody Greer were named Thursday night as the six finalists for Homecoming queen. One of them will be named as queen on Nov. 1-1 and reign over the celebration, Neil Chase, queen selection committee chairman, an nounced. Voting on the six candidates will take place Nov. 12 and 13 at poll ing places in the Student Union and the Co-cp.