Vol. LIV
University of Oregon, Eugene, Frl., Dec. 5, io.>3
No. 43
USA Greeks Ponder Switch
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Story Columns 4 & 5
Faculty
Repeals Speech Requirement
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1 he Oregon faculty reversed
it-eli Wednesday and voted
•'28 to 52, with one member
abstaining, to repeal the three
hour requirement in speech
passed ()ct. 2.
f he vote in the October
meeting wa> 1 t-f to 82 in favor
of requiring one term of fun
damentals of speech of all .stu
dents beginning with next
fail's freshmen.
Principal objection to the speech
requirement was that addition to
the list of required subjects is not
desirable.
Donald Allton, assistant profes
sor of music, argued for repeal
of the speech requirement. He
stated that: il> there should be
no addition to the number of re
quired hours; (2i an additional
requirement would jeopardize the
music school nationally and local
ly as a professional school; (3i ad
dition of more required subjects is
rot compatible with the acquiring
of a liberal education suited to the
individual.
Allton recommended a plan
whereby speech might be worked
into the existing framework of
credit requirements.
De Paur Chorus
Coming Monday
The 35-voice de Paur Infantry
chorus, which performed on the
University campus two years ago,
will be presented again Monday
night at McArthur court under
the auspices of the Kugene Civic
Music association. Students will
be admitted on their student body
* ards to the 8 p.m. performance.
Doors will open at 7:15.
Leonard de Paur, conductor of
the chorus, has become a familiar
figure in motion pictures, opera,
concerts and radio. Before he en
listed in the army he served as
associate conductor for the Hall
Johnson choir, directed the Negro
theatre in New York and was mu
sical director for the Eroadway
production of the Roark Biadford
Jacques Wolfe play “John Henry.”
Henri Stresses
Irish Vividness
Thomas K. Henn, senior tutor
in St. Catharine’s College in Cam
bridge university, told a browsing
room audience of about 150 people
Wednesday night that Irish drama
is a "strange movement which no
body understands.”
Speaking on “Irish Drama,"
Henn, who was born in Ireland
gave the "strange sociological
background of the race to which
I belong . . . .” He stated that the
Irish drama contains a balance of
the Irish sense of “vivid sensation
of both the comic and the serious
ness of life.”
Pre-registration to End
Saturday is the last day for stu
dents to complete all steps in pre
registration. Students must check
with the office of student affairs
and the registrar’s office by then.
Fees need not be paid until Jan. 5.
Penalty for Returnees
May be Cut by AGS
Reports that four Greek houses, currently allied with independent
* “f™'S ia '’le P°Iltical wars> are hoping to join the Greek bloc were
pa tially confirmed Tuesday. Presidents of two of the four houses in!
v°lved admitted all four were "thinking about it."
Whiskerino Features Beards,
King Perry, Informal Dress
Pictures of .Joe College-Bctty
Coed candidates appear on page*
6 and 7.
Informal dress will characterize
' this year's Sophomore Whiskerino,
the last big social event of fall
term, whic/i will foiiow the Ore
j gon-Stanford baSkelbalfgame Sat-"
nr day night.
Levis and lumberjack shirts for
■ men and skirts and blouses for
women will be proper attire for the
dance according to Kob Summers
| and Milan Foster, general co-chair
| men of tne Whiskerino. The Stu
dent Union ballroom will be deco
rated as a western street scene for j
tile “W hisker YVhing-Ding.”
King Terry and his band from
Hollywood will make a return en
gagement on the campus at the j
Saturday dance. Previous appear- '
affees here have been at the ’51 '
Senior Ball and the '52 Military;
Ball. Perry has lately devoted him- 1
self to engagements at Pacific |
coast colleges.
Tickets for the dance at $2 per
couple will be on sale today and
Saturday in the SU and in the Co
op and at the door Saturday night.
Betty Coed and Joe College will
he selected by ballot at the en
trance to the dance, and the win
ners will be announced during in
tei mission. Prizes for the winners
are being donated by Fennell's.
Hart Larsen, Westgatc Shoppe,
and Baxter and Henning.
Sophomore men are to wear the
beards they have been growing-for
two weeks to tire dance. Violators
will be punished at 4 p.m. today on
the SU steps. The winner of the
beard growth contest will be ward
ed a free shave at the dance.
Secret Senate Vote Rejects Washke
For Constitutional Committee Job
rhf> ASUO .senate in closed ses
sion Wednesday night refused by
a vote of 14 to nothing, with 5 ab
staining, to approve the appoint
ment of Paul Washke, professor of
physical education, for a position
on the ASUO constitution commit
tee.
Announcement of the vote fol
lowed a secret executive session in
which a roll-call vote was taken on
the question of placing Washke on
the committee. Only the numerical
Houses Will
Ready Boxes
Living organizations have been
requested to start their Christmas
boxes now, by Norma Hamilton
l and Bobbette Gilmore, co-chairman
of the program.
The boxes will be on display at
the annual Associated Women Stu
dents Christmas tea which will be
held at Kappa Kappa Gamma Sat
urday.
Christmas boxes are an annual
project and are distributed by the
Red Cross to needy families in the
Eugene area. Boxes made up by
women's houses will contain food
and candy plus appropriate gifts
for the members of the family. The
family’s name and the ages of the
children will be given the houses.
Men's organizations are expected
to furnish food only.
The boxes will be picked up Sat
urday morning by committee mem
bers. Each participating house is
to appoint a chairman for the
Christmas drive and to give the
name of the person selected to one
of the co-chairmen, said Miss Ham
ilton.
vote was announced publicly.
The senate unanimously approv
ed the appointment of C. W. Macy.
head of the department of econ
omics; Jim Crittenden, senior in
political science; and Jim Rippey.
senior in business.
The vote for the executive ses
sion was S to 7 in favor of closing
the meeting to the public.
A previous vote to go into execu
tive session to discuss all appoint
ments failed with ASUO President
Pat Dignan breaking a tie vote.
The student body president of
Oregon State college, Don Van
Allsbury, and three other represen
tatives of OSC and Oregon College
of Education and two members of
the Oregon ski team who were
present at the meeting were re
quested to leave while the senate
held its deliberation.
'Henry IV' Opens
At UO Theater
“King Henry IV, Part I,” will
open tonight for a six production
run at the University theater. This
Shakespearean historical drama is
the second production of the cur
rent University theater season.
Tickets arc available for every
night except Saturday, which is
completely sold out.
The set, designed for the play
by technical director Howard Ra
mey, consists mainly of levels and
a stairway which features a bal
cony at the rear of the stage.
One More Emerald
The next Emerald will appear
Thursday, Dee. 11. It will be the
last paper for fall term.
Ailton to Direct
Christmas Event
A “Christmas Prelude,” a pro
gram of seasonal music, will be
presented Dec. 7 in the school of
music auditorium under the direc
tion of Donald Allton, assistant
professor of music.
The “Prelude” will feature a
mixed chorus under the direction
of Robert Luoma, graduate stu
dent in music; a brass choir di
rected by Richard Ramsdell, grad
uate student in music, and a string
ensemble under the direction of
Dorothy Govig. senior in music.
me nouses are Alpha Xi Delta,
Delta Upsilon, Lambda Chi Alpha
and Sigma Alpha Mu. Their mem
bers are affiliated with the United
Students association. Three of the
four were once in the Greek party
and broke to join with the inde
pendents.
Eob Metz, DU president, said
that “its been under considera
tion" and that all four house*
"have talked it over."
Dick Kremmel, president of
Lambda Chi, first said he wasn't
going to say "anything either way ’
but later amended his stand to
"just thinking about it now.”
Ann Gentle, Alpha Xi president,
wouldn't say anything “right now, ’
and Dick Davis, president of SAM
stated that “as far as our house i-i
concerned, I know nothing about
it."
Meanwhile Jack Faust, president
of the Associated Greek students,
; which includes most of the Greek
| letter organizations, said that
Monday AGS will consider a reso
lution reducing the penalty period
for returning houses to one year.
-ut present, a house desiring to
be reinstated in AGS faces a two
year "disciplinary period” in which
it can vote in the party but is ret
allowed to have candidates up for
AGS or ASUO office.
Faust added that "we haven t
received an official petition for re
instatement yet."
Helen Jackson Frye, USA chair
man, thought the shift of the four
houses away from her party, if it
happens, would hurt the organiza
tion.
"If they go out," she added, "it
will become virtually an inde
pendent versus Greek split," she
said, adding that it was “exactly
what a great many people includ
ing myself have hoped to get away
from."
Senator Morse Address
Scheduled for Ballroom
The University’s assembly committee and Student Union Director
Dick \\ jlliams met today and worked out arrangements to hold the
Senator Wayne Morse address in the main ballroom of the Student
Union. The assembly will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday.
Morse's topic will be "Eyes Ahead,” a discussion of problems facing
the new Congress.
Shifting the address from McArthur court to the SU, where facilities
are superior, will mean limiting at
tendance to 1100 persons, the
maximum permissible under state
fire regulations. Under this ar
rangement the committee assured
Williams would be held to that
number and agreed to take meas
ures to see that such restrictions
will be carried out.
Use of the SU was requested by
the committee because of a pref
erence expressed by the speaker
and also because there will be no
Emerald publicity next week as
well as the nearness to final exam
inations. The address will be re
broadcast over three local radio
stations for those who are unable
to attend.
Orchestra Concert
Set Wednesday
The University of Oregon or
chestra, under the direction of Ed
mund Cvklcr, professor of music,
will present a concert in the music*
school auditorium Wednesday at
S:lo p.m.
The program will consist of
“Concerto Grosso" by Handel, "Pi
ano Concerto” by Bach, and
"Scotch Symphony” by Mendel
ssohn. William Woods, instru ' re
in piano, will be the piano soloivt
for the concert.