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I'M VERS IT V OF OREGON, EIGENK, THfRSOA V, \ IHir. 10, 1952
NT.MBEK 09
Volume I,III
.Friday New Day
Of Junior Prom;
Saturday Out
The Junior Prom will be hold
Friday, May 9, during Junior
Weekend, It has been decided by
• unanimous vote of the weekend
committee chairmen. The dance
haa formerly been held on Satur
day nights.
According to John Talbot and
Bonnie Blrkemeler, co-chairmen
for the dance, the reason for the
change, suggested by the Portland
Mothers club, la so more mothers
will be able to hear the all-campus
sing.
The sing was previously held on
Friday night, before many of the
mothers arrived on campus for the
Mothers weekend festivities held
at the same time.
Feature of the prom will be the
coronation of the queen, tapping
of new' members for Druids, jun
ior men's honorary, and the award
ing of the Gerllnger and Koyle
cups to the outstanding junior
woman and man, respectively.
Ticket sales under the chair
manship of lorn Wrlghtson, will
be handled differently this year.
Instead of having house represen
tatives sell them in their living
organizations, a group of junior
class salesmen will bo selected to
handle sales. Negotiations for the
band for the dance are now under
way.
Prior to 1942, the dance was
held on Friday night with the
canoe fete on Saturday night. The
all-campus sing then replaced the
fete and the dance was moved up
to Saturday.
Senate Agenda
Agenda for the senate meet
ing tonight at 6:30 p.m. In room
334 of the Student Fnlon will
Include:
• Approval of athletic awards
—varsity swimming and bas
ket hull
• ASI O budget report
• Primary plan Investigation
committee report
• Orientation-leadership train
ing program committee report
• Flection committee rejM>rt
• A SCO banquet
• Appointment of constitution
ln\estimation committee
I
It's Lush, Plush ..
But NOT a Hotel
A man evidently mistook the
Car»on hall lobby for a hotel
lobby Wednesday evening as he
sauntered In, picked a soft dav
enport, lay down and went to
sleep.
Ills peaceful state was short
lived, however, as two of the
dormitory’s residents disturbed
him and engaged him in conver
sation. A short time later he
quietly left.
'Help Week'Plea
Of IFC Editor
“Our job ia being constructive
to the University in building men
and women," Clyde Johnson, na
tional secretary of Phi Kappa
.Sigma and editor of the Inter
Fraternity council Research and
Advisory board bulletin, told the
second annual dinner meeting of
Inter-Fraternity council and Pan
Hellenic Wednesday.
Johnson, who was introduced by
Donald DuShane, director of stu
dent affairs, said that during the
past year the fraternities have re
ceived “good" publicity on the
ideu of changing "Hell week" to
"Help week,” He said that this is
the "first 1 enl chance" the fra
ternities have had to do something
•about "Hell week."
"We have legislated against it
. i . but we haven't gotten down to
the ’grass roots' before,” he said.
He urged that Oregon fraternities
pick up the idea and help the “na
tionwide movement."
"The chapter is the ideal place
to practice the skills of good cit
izenship," Johnson said, stressing
the important part fraternities and
sororities have preparing men and
women to play the full role of citi
zenship and to act as leaders in de
mocracy.
"Democracy will be learned by
(}‘Ii‘iisc turn i,’ I'mic sewn)
High School Seniors Will See
Campus During Duck Preview
In two weeks, the University of
Oregon campus will he entertain
ing high, school seniors from all
over the state at the annual Duck
Preview week< nd, scheduled for
April 25-27.
The schedule for this year's
Duck Preview weekend, as re
leased by general chairman Jackie
Wilkes, features a number of
changes from last spring's Duck
Preview.
Events Begin Friday
The events begin officially at 7
p m. on Friday, April 25, with reg
istration at the Student Union
which will continue until 10 p.m.
At 8 p.m. the finals of the All
Campus Vodvill show will take
place in McArthur court. This
will be a no-date affair, with mem
bers of the various living organi
zations escorting tlieir individual
guests to the show.
Exhibits and Demonstrations
On Saturday morning, registra
tion continues at the Student
Union from 9 a.m. to noon. At
the same time, there will be ex
hibits and demonstrations in the
various University departments.
Professors will be available to give
advice and suggestions to the high
school seniors. .
At noon on Saturday, a lunch
eon will be held for the high school
seniors and the freshmen class at
the University. Entertainment will
nr provided as well as information
rn the University. The luncheon
will be held in the Student Union.
Three Afternoon Events
At 2 p.m. the seniors will have
three different events to choose
from. The new science building will
be dedicated in ceremonies begin
ning at that time. A junior varsity
baseball game will be in progress
from 2 to 4 p.m. An amphibian
pageant is scheduled to begin at
2 p.m.
From 3 to 4:30 p.m., Fanhelenic,
sorority organization, will hold
a snack time at Geriinger hall.
The facilities of the YWCA will
also be available in Geriinger.
One major change in this year's
'Either It's an Outrage, or the Man's □ Genius'
Art Student Toils Atop 12-foot Dolly
To Complete Mural in Union Lobby
. "What is it a wiring system?
... a map of the campus?” "I
hope it isn't permanent!”
The objects of these comments?
It's the new mural being painted
in the lobby of the Student Union.
Interviewed by a reporter atop
a 12-root high
“dolly” in the
. SU lobby, the 1
artist of the
’ mural readily
contributed in
formation about
his creation for the benefit of ev
eryone who has puzzled over its
meaning.
The Artist
Painter of the mural depicting
the “spirit of the Pacific North
west region” is Don Stevenson, a
' graduate student in the UO art
school. Says of his work, "I felt
* that by having a mural of this
sort, it would encourage a healthy
. interest in both the art itself and
in the subtle interpretation of the
region.”
Stevenson, commissioned by the
Student Union, is doing the mural
' us a terminal project towards his
master’s degree in art.
The mural is based principally
on primitive Indian art of the
Northwest. While only in gray and
white at present, the completed
work will be in a full range of
color. Covering part of one wall,
it measures 7 by 40 feet.
Originally planning to put the
mural on wood panels to be
mounted on the wall, Stevenson is
now painting the design on the
wall.
The Objects
Interwoven into the design are
objects of Indian culture. Steven
son has drawn upon his research
into Indian art in Canadian and
Oregon museums. In the complet
ed mural, masks, faces and carv
ing designs will be apparent.
The actual painting of the
mural will take two months to
finish, and Stevenson hopes to
complete it near the end of May.
He said that, in addition to this
time, the design itself has taken a
year to evolve.
There's a Iteason
The walls in the Student Union
lobby were purposefully left blank
for future student murals. Steven
son, after his mural design had
been approved by a board of five
persons, was commissioned to
pajpt the mural in the lobby. The
"non-objectivity" of the painting
is planned to tic with the archi
toctviral style of the Student Union
building.
Murals don’t take tip all‘Stev
enson’s time. He has done portrait
work professionally, and enjoys
doing canvases, gouache (a form
of tempera and water color paint
ings), easels, as well as murals
and some sculpture.
Stevenson has entered some of
his paintings in various shows —
Oregon Artists and Portland
shows. While a senior at Univer
sity of Illinois, he took a prize in
painting.
A 1950 graduate fiom the Uni
versity of Illinois, Stevenson has
been doing post-graduate work at
Oregon for two years. He will re
ceive his master's degree this
.June.
Future Plans
Stevenson’s plans after June are
in, the field o' painting, and pos
sibly include travel to New York,
San Francisco, or South America
for further work. "I don’t con
sider myself a painter yet. In six
years, you just begin to scratch
the surface.”
Perhaps the comment made by
a woman attending the Matrix
dinner Tuesday night express the
mixed emotions concerning the
SU’s new mural and its artist
“Either this is an outrage, or that
man’s a genius.”
Duck Preview program is the r
time of the exchange dinner?
among the living organizations.
This year it was decided to have
the dinners from 5 to 7 p.m. on
Saturday rather than on Sunday, j
The reason for the change is!
that a large number of the high '
school seniors live quite a distance j
from Eugene and many of them i
have left the campus by Sunday |
afternoon. Furthermore, it was:
felt by the Duck Preview com-!
mittee that the senior s should!
spend all of their last day on1
campus in the living organization i
where they have stayed during the 1
weekend, so that they will have!
ample time to prepare for leaving. •
. Saturday Night Dance
From S p.m. to 12 midnight on
Saturday night a dance will be
held for the whole campus ard the
high school guests in the Student;
Union ballroom.
On Sunday, the visitors may go j
to the church of their choice in the
morning and dinners will be
served in the living organizations j
at 1 p.m.
If there are any other activities j
going on during the weekend j
which could be listed on the Duck i
Preview program, those in charge !
of these events hav be en request- '
ed by the committee to contact
Carolyn Silva, program chairman,
at Kappa Alpha Theta.
Preference lists for high s r,ool
seniors were turned in by the liv
mg organizations last week. The
results of the drawings were
issued Thursday to women’s or
ganizations and on Fi*iday men i
will be notified by telephone .
Sunrise Service
Plans Completed
The annual community Easter
sunrise service will begin at 6:30
a m. Sunday in McArthur Court.
Tne Easter message will to®
given bv Oregon State Senator
Phihp S. Hitchcock of Klamath
Falls, vice-president of the Oregon
Council of Churches. The senator,
who will speak on the subject of
"Why Seek Ye the Living Among
the Dead?" was president of tb®
Klamath County Chamber of
Commerce in 1947.
The sunrise service is sponsor®*®
by the University of Oregon, the
University Religious council an<*»
the Eugene Ministerial association.
General chairman is Ralph Ad
ams. senior in general science.
The prog: am will open with the
call to worship, followed by tho
invocation. which will be provide***"
by Adams.
Then the cor.greation will sing
"All Hail the Power of Jesus’
Name." followed by scriptuie
reading by Sam Saunders, senior
in mathematics.
The Eugene High a cappeUa
choir, directed by \Y. H. ”rock
way. will sing Richter's "The Crea
tion” and the Hallelujah choru® -
from Handel's "The Messiah."
Tom Marlow, sophomore in
physics, will then provide the Eas
ter prayer.
The offering prayer will be given
by Mary Baker, junior in business.
Audrey Mistretta. freshman in
music, will sing Grar.ior's "Hosan
na." and W. C. Jones, dean of ad
i PIfasc tun; !o ftige seven)
= Hie faster ^toru
"And Jesus said, Father, forgive
them; lor they know not what they
do.’’ "Luke 23^34
i*r
Q| FTF.R being acquited by the judges of Israel, Jesus’
A*enemies insisted that he be taken to Pilate for trial.
Pilate did not want to have anything to do witli the case so
lie asked the mobs who had been incited bv the jiharasees
which man they would rather have turned loose, Jesus or
Barabbas, a revolutionist. The crowd asked for Barabbas and
Jesus was legally condemned to be crucified.
The greatest humiliation ever inflicted on a man of that
time was given to Jesus, for he had to carry Hi- own cross
to Calvary hill.
At high noon workmen arranged the crosses on the ground,
and the three condemned prisoners stood together—Dvsmas
and fiestas, two thieves, and Jesus. As they were being nailed
to the cross few of tire thousands of onlookers noticed the
dark ring forming around the lower part of the skv.
\\ ritten above the cross of Christ in three languages was
"Jesus of Xasareth. the King of the lews!" As the crowd
on Calvary gathered, Jesus raised his face and murmured to
the sky :
“Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do."
As the storm gathered ami the sky was getting darker and
murkier by the minute, the soldiers and onlookers taunted
Jesus, but His friends mourned His torture and death.
Afterward men told strange stories about the happenings
on April 7. A.D. eO—how the veil of the Temple was torn
into two pieces although no man's had touched it—how the
earth shook and rocks tumbled from the hillside.
Kverything that had been prophesied in the scripture
hundreds of years before had come to pass this day and many
were convinced that they had truly crucified the Sen of Cod.