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,
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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.
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