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Daily EMERALD Fifty-fuft year of Publication Volume MU l MVEKSITY OF OREGON, EI GENE, SATURDAY', NOVEMBER 24, 1951 M .MBF.K 45 Traditions Open Day's Events Queen Molly and Court MOIJ-V MI'.VTZKL, l!>51 Homecoming queen, and h<T rourt ill reign over this weekend's festhitics. welcome alumni hark to the rumpus. I'rinrrssrs seated around her arc, left to right, I.yn Hartley, Helen Jackson, Jod> firecr, Nancy Miller and Barbara Bates. They will be introduced at halftime of name'. Emerald J'h.tii by Pete Mrr Contest to Select Oregon's Homecoming Ruler Only Goes Back to 1942; Has Had Many Changes By Donna Hart The history of Oregon's Home coming hostesses la not a long one. It dates back only to 1942. at which time it was decided to hold a "Hello Girl” contest in connec tion with Homecoming. Four girls were selected as final ists, but instead of appearing be 'ToVc the student body they were introduced one evening at the Web foots training table. Each girl spoke briefly, and afterwnrds the football team voted on them. Hope Hughes was chosen to become the first Homecoming hostess in the history of the alumni fete. Miss Hughes, a senior in arts and letters, was not sure of her du ties, but said she thought she was supposed to greet all "students, faculty members, alumni, mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters and fam ily gold fish" which she met. War Interrupts During the next few years, World War II interrupted Home coming events on the Oregon campus. It was in 1945 that the first post war Homecoming was held. To welcome alums, “The Girl You Most Want to Gome Home To" contest was held. The winner of the contest was to act as host ess at Homecoming events, speak ing for the students in welcoming visitors to the campus. Living organizations chose can didates and submitted their pic tures to the contest. The contest ants were judged on beauty, per sonality, poise, and friendliness. Three semi-finalists were picked by a faculty committee. The win ner of the contest that year was a freshman, Mary Lou Hill. The following year all living or ganizations submitted candidates and five finalists were chosen from •i these by a group of five judges. Tlie vote was cast by the student rx)dy and Or< gon s 19-IG "Welcome Gill" was Dawn Carson. Finalists Increase:! In 1919 the number of finalists was increased to six. Marguerite Johns was selected by the students as their Homecoming hostess. The selection was announced for the first time at a pre-game rally in the Paramount theater before the Oregon-W'ashington game in Port land, two weeks before Homecom ing. One of Miss Johns’ more un orthodox functions was to arrange two blind dates with the Oregana’s last sales drive; she was to draw receipts of two late purchasers, one boy and one girl, from a hat. Their money was refunded to fi nance dates with Betty Coed ( Helen Simpson) and Joe College i Bob Gray). The 1951 contest has been held in much the same way as those of the past two or three years. The one major change has been, however, in the changing of the title of Homecoming hostess to Homecom ing queen. Whatever title is used in future years, the girl chosen to reign over Homecoming will be both a queen to the student body and a hostess to the alums. Oregon Fight Song Here are the words to Oregon's new fight song, which were com posed by John Epley. FIGHT; for O-re-gon. Mlght-y O-re-gon Our men in green will show the foe Oregon is on the go, Go! Go! Go! FIGHT! you Webfoots fight! Mlght-y Webfoots fight! And when we’re done they'll know there’s none Like O-RE-GON, Calendar of Homecoming Events 8:30 a.m. Frosh traditions: Painting the "O”, Skinner's butte; scrubbing the Oregon Seal, Student Union; polishing the trophies. Mac court. 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Registration of alumni, Student Union, Eu gene and Osburn hotels. 11:00 a.m.—Noise parade—starts at 19th and Alder. 11:00 a.m.—General meeting of Oregon Alumni association, Student Union. 11:30 a.m.—Alumni luncheon. Student Union. 1:00 p.m.— Pre-game ceremonies: Order of the "O" march and in troduction of Homecoming Queen Molly Muntbel. 1:30 p.m. Game: Oregon vs. OSC. 2:30 p.m. Half-time ceremonies. 4:00 p.m. After-game reception for all alumns, Veteran’s Memorial building. 4 :00 p.m.—Open houses in living organizations. 5:30 p.m. Dinner at living organizations. 8:45 p.m.— Homecoming dance, SU ballroom; Wally lleidcr and his orchestra. 2:00 a.m.—Closing hours. Homecoming Slate Ends With Dance Homecoming festivities will commence at 8:30 a.m. today when d< legated freshman men carry out the annual traditions or painting the “O” on Skinner's butte, polishing the seal in iront of the Student Union, and shining the trophies in Mc Arthur court. The noise parade will begin at 11 a.m. at 19th and Alder and progress around the campus, picking up floats or croons from Plaque Awarded Coach for Spirit Head Football Coach Lon Casa nova was awarded a plaque by the , Oregon student bc>dy at Friday's bonfire rally for "re-establishing an undying Oregon spirit" during the year's football season. Engraving on the plaque read: "To Len Casanova having given us victory even in defeat by estab- ' lishing an undying Oregon spirit, you have the admiration, respect and confidence of your team and ■ the entire Oregon family." Oregon has won 2 games and lost 2. Victories were against Ari zona and Idaho. The Ducks rank eighth in the nine-team Pacific Coast conference as they go into today's game with Oregon State. Oregon's football squad battled heavily favored California to a 26 28 score last Saturday. A crowd of several thousand rooters greeted the team when it returned from Berkeley. In its first game of the season the Ducks held conference leading Slanfon# to 20-27 and a one touch ! down margin. More Students Needed to Fill Card Section More students arc needed to sit in the Homecoming game card-stunt section, according to Boh Brittain, card stunt chair man. Any student who arrivr-s wear ing, among other things, a white shirt or white blouse, may sit in this section if seats are still available. Students in this section will be permitted to wear coats at all time during the game ceremonies except at halftime. ihe various living organizations. The parade will pass the Student Vnion shortly before noon, where the alumni will be having their annual luncheon, following the Alumni association meeting. The parade will terminate at Hayward field, and the gates to the stands will not be open to the stu dents until this time. Pre-game ceremonies will begin at 1 p.m. when the Order of the 'O’ will march around the field, led by Jerry Shaw. This will be followed by the en trance of Queen Molly Muntzel and her court. The Oregon and Oregon State bands will enter the field playing the songs of the two schools and the national anthem before the game begins. Robert Vagner, associate professor of mu sic will direct the bands as they form large O’s while playing the school songs. Half-time Events Half-time festivities will feature the formation and presentation of selected numbers by the bands. Card stunts will take place in the student section in the east grand stands, supervised by Bob Erit tain. rally board member. After tho marching movements have ceased. Bill Carey, ASUO president, will introduce Miss Mun tzel to the Homecoming crowd and give her the traditional bou quet. The ROTC drill team will 1 participate in this ceremony. Alma mater songs of Oregon and OSC will be sung by the students following the final gun. Graduating seniors of the two teams will be introduced, followed by a joint yell from both schools. Alums will be welcomed after the game at the annual alumni reception at the Vet s Memorial building in Eugene. Open house is scheduled for most campus living organizations. Dance in SU This evening the Homecoming dance will be held in the Student Union ballroom from &:45 to 12:45. Wally Hcider and his orchestra will play for the dance. Tickets, <Please turn to page three) Victory Over OSC in 1929 Game Celebrated by Frenzied Students By Ward Lindbeck Football and school rivalry don't count as much now as they once did. Take the game between Ore gon and Oregon State on Nov. 16, 1929. for example. Oregon was outplayed from the first whistle. Oregon State gained more yardage through passes and runs, recovered more fumbles, in tercepted more passes, punted bet ter, fumbled less, did everything that would assure them of the game. And yet Oregon won. The Duck scoring was led off by the Flying Dutchman. Johnny iKitzmiller, who toed the ball from the 17-yard line for a neat 3 1 points in the first quarter. Bobby Robinson, right half, drove 20 ; yards in the second quarter for 6. and Quarterback Kitzmiller failed to convert. The half time score was Oregon 9. OSO 0. The Flying Dutchman was in ! jured in the last moments of the i first half. Hho was carried from the field and first reports said his ; football days were over. But a later examination showed a broken ankle, laying him up for nine weeks. Oregon employed a strange de fense in the fourth quarter when OSO was driving desperately for a score. To cope with the Aggies’ passing attack, the center was pulled front the line and played back. OSC smashed down to the six yard line, making a first down. Oregon's line was filled and tight ened, the Webfoots held for three downs. On the fourth. Mason, Ore gon's captain and left half inter cepted a pass and carried out to the 30. The Lemon and Green roared on. Robinson crossed into the stripes again and Londahl, Kitzmiller's re placement, converted. The final score, Oregon 16, OSC 0. It was a big game. The EugenO Daily Guard gave the story six of its eight front page columns, top ped by a three-inch headline. The repercussions of the win went on into the next week. Or» Monday morning, a mob of stu dents, mainly freshmen, formed a serpentine and wove through the classrooms, picking up more insur gents and leaving the rooms emp ty. A little before nine the mob gathered in front of the Ad build ing and shouted for a holiday. Hugh Rigg, assistant dtan of men, came out and gave permission foi st udents to cut their S o'clock classes. (Please turn iei page three)