; Sororities Burglarized
k Throe cum pus sororities were broken Into early
Saturday morning. Kappa Kappa Gamma was bur
glarized of $70, Chi Omega lost $85 and the Alpha
Chi Omega house was entered, but apparently lost
nothing.
The unknown burglar or burglars entered the
- houses sometime between 1 a.m. and 7 a.m. Satur
day. The Kappa house was entered through a win
dow on the second floor by means of a ladder. Rooms
on the second and third floor were searched and
the $70 taken from wallets and purses.
„ Nothing was missing from the Alpha Chi Omega
house. The Intruder apparently had climbed a fire
escape In the back witlfout setting off the alarm,
>■ police reported. The house was entered through a
second-story window on the east side by means of
a ladder.
One of the Alpha Chi members remembered being
awakened around 8 a.m. by a man shining a light
through her window, but only half-awake, she
thought It a dream and did not realize what was
happening.
The Kappa and Alpha Chi Intrusions were re
ported to the police, but the Chi Omega loss was not,
Chi O members said Sunday. One person lost $30
and another $5, they reported.
No other houses in the neighborhood were both
ered, residents told the Emerald.
During the night of Nov. 12, Delta Delta Delta
was burglarized of $68.50 and some Jewelry. At that
time, Eugene detectives urged campus living organi
zations to be on the lookout for sneak thieves and
be careful about locking doors to prevent burglaries.
Police are Investigating the newest burglaries.
. New York Minister
. Named as Speaker
For Commencement
An outstanding personality in
the field of American religion
will be the speaker for Oregon's
1953 Commencement exercises.
He is Ralph W. Sockman, minis
ter of the' Christ Church, Meth
odist, in New York City.
Sockman will be the principal
speaker for the graduation exer
^ cises Sunday, June 14, University
President H. K. Newburn has an
nounced.
The New York minister has
been pastor of Christ Church for i
. over 30 years, his entire career as ;
a pastor being in this post. He is
also minister of the oldest con
" tinuous radio program on the air,
the “National Radio Pulpit.”
„ Sockman is a lecturer and
author. His books include "Re
coveries in Religion," “Live for
- Tomorrow," "The Highway of
i God," "Date With Destiny,” “The
. Fine Art of Using" and "The
Lord's Prayer." One of his books,
"The Higher Happiness," was a
• selection of the Religious Book
club in January, 1950. His latest
book, to be published by Double
day in April, is "How to Believe,"
based on the Apostles’ Creed.
Sockman’s positions include di
rector of the Hall of Fame for
Famous Americans; associate pro
, fessor of practical theology at
Union Theological Seminary in
'. New York; chairman of the board
' of world peace of the Methodist
- church; president of the Church
Peace Union, a Carnegie Founda
tion in New York; and now pres
i ident of the Protestant Council
> of New York City. In addition he
„ serves as director of trustees of
various colleges and is chaplain
of New York university.
I-_
Phi Theta to Meet
A meeting of Phi Theta, jun
ior women’s honorary, will be held
. at 6:30 p.m. in the Student Union
Tuesday, according to Judy Mc
Loughlin, president.
AGS to Discuss Petition Today;
Mrs. Frye Says USA Not Dead
The Associated Greek Students,
campus political party, will meet
at 4 p.m. today at Kappa Kappa
Gamma to discuss a petition re
ceived from four Greek houses
asking for reinstatement in the
party.
The four houses, Alpha Xi Del
ta,, Delta Upsilon, Lambda Chi
Alpha and Sigma Alpha Mu, are
currently members of the United
Students Association, a coalition
party between independents and
Greeks.
Mrs. Helen Jackson Frye, chair
man of USA, told the Emerald
Sunday that she does not believe
that USA as a party will end if
AGS should approve the petition
“because there are members in
those houses and in other Greek
houses who will stay in a party
which encompasses both Greeks
and independents.”
USA will have a meeting very
Water Makes Off
With Fire Wood
Married students living in the
northwest corner of the Amazon
Housing project saw their fire
wood floating off in four inches
of water which covered the area
Friday morning.
The water, which reached the
bottom step of the houses, caus
ed people to climb over their
woodsheds and take off their
shoes and wade to their cars
that morning.
The water had receded by
night.
PE Football Handbook
Includes New Rules
Physical education classes and
intramural programs of colleges
throughout the country will re
ceive a new rules handbook soon.
Setting up new rules for national
college touch football, the hand
book was written by a committee,
of which Paul Washke, professor
of physical education, was a mem
ber representing the Pacific coast
schools.
'On the Ball'
Frosh Slate Dance
The high point in a program of freshman social events—the second
annual Freshman Snowball—is slated for Jan. 24 in the Student Union
ballroom.
The dance, which is exclusively, for freshman and their dates (who,
of course, don’t have to be freshmen) will feature the music of the
Billy Cox’s five-piece combo and will be held from 8:30 p.m. to mid
night.
It will be a semi-formal affair, according to Dorothy Kopp, co-ad
visor of the Class of ’56 social committee—that’s suits for the men,
formals for the women. No flowers, she said.
The Snowball, she explained, is the "climax of the frosh social pro
gram” which saw a series of desserts scheduled for the freshman dur
. ing fall term.
Co-chairmen for the event are Dick Gray and Marilyn Lundell. Other
committee heads include: Peggy Miller, patrons and patronesses; Bob
. Bond, finances; Cecily Ley, band; Sam Vahey, programs; Nancy Gos
sett, decorations; Mary Sweeney, entertainment; Andy Nasburg and
Pat Fagan, cleanup.
The Class of ’56 committee is comprised of social chairmen from all
the freshman dormitories.
soon to discuss the future policy
of the party, she said. Mrs. Frye
said that she believed that it was
"better for the organization be
cause it should be composed of in
dividuals and not houses.”
Stressing the point that anyone
may run for an ASUO office, Mrs.
Frye said that even if the houses
are accepted by AGS their mem
bers can run for office independ
ent of the AGS party. This is one
of the principles of USA, Mrs.
Frye stated.
Membership Drive
Begins for YWCA
The YWCA's annual member
ship drive begins today and will
continue through the rest of the
week, according to Barbara Kee
lan, general chairman of the drive.
House YW representatives will
contact women in campus living
organizations, with Jane Patter
son, junior in music, in charge of
calling off-campus students.
Freshmen commissions: public
affairs, headed by Vice-president
Carol Fisher; service, headed by
President Janet Gustafson; reli
gion and worship, led by President
Patty Teal, and international af
fairs, under Ihe leadership of act
ing president Geri Porritt, will be
explained to the freshmen women
throughout the week.
Women wishing to join the YW
during the week may do so at the
office in Gerlinger hall, and the $1
membership fee will be paid there.
The office will be open for this
purpose from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.
At the close of the membership
drive, the YWCA will sponsor the
annual waffle breakfast and fash
ion show. The style show will be
provided by Kaufman’s depart
ment store.
Williams to Attend
Publications Meet
Richard C. Williams, SU direc
tor and secretary of the Univer
sity’s publications board, will be
in San Francisco Jan. 21-23 at
tending the Pacific Coast Con
ference Publishers-Managers con
vention. After that he will go to
Reno to consult with University of
Nevada officials on the interior
design of their student union
building.
CAMPUS CALENDAR
2:00 p.m. IFC Rushing
Ballrm SU
4:00 Dance Com 31S SU
Red Cross Bd 110 SU
Heads of Houses
112 SU
5:45 Ore Chr Stu
Found 111 SU
Condon Lect.
Dinner 113 SU
7:00 Phi Mu Gerl 2nd FI
Christian Sci
Gerl 1st FI
7:30 Condbn Lect.
Meeting 315 SU
IFC Prexy Lists, Explains
Formal Rushing Rules
Approximately 250 to 300 men are expected to go through formal
winter term rush week which starts today and ends Friday, according
to Dick Morse, president of the Inter-Fraternity council.
Morse based his estimation of the number of men attending the rush
ing assembly held last week. At that time 288 men saw a movie on fra
ternity life and heard Fredrick Hunter, honorary chancellor of the
State System of Higher Education, emphasize the leadership which
I fraternities offer.
According to Morse, 387 freshmen are eligible to rush. The IFC also
expects several upperclass transfer' students to sign up for rushing.
Freshmen Must Have 2.00 GPA
To be eligible for rushing, freshmen must have a 2 point GPA for
12 hours of credit. All men except first term freshmen must have a 2
point GPA and 2 point accumulative grade point.
Morse emphasized that freshmen who received late grades and are
not eligible on the IFC list, may go through rush week by contacting
the office of student affairs and having an eligibility slip signed by that
office.
Men planning to go through rush week will sign up for their first
dates today between 2 and 5 p.m. in the Student Union ballroom. The
rushees will also pay the rush fee of $5 at this time. Today’s after
noon sign-up will give the men a chance to sign up for the houses which
they want to see, Morse said. At this time, there will be no fraternity
men on the floor and rushees will be free to make their own dates.
Fraternities Will Solicit Tonight
The second sign-up period will be from 7 to 10 p.m. tonight in the
ballroom. At this time the rushees should finish making out their
date cards, Morse said. Also at this time, fraternity men will be on
the floor, soliciting rush dates from the men. However, no fraternity
may have more than two men in the area at any one time.
Friday night the rushees will fill out preference cards in the SU from
j 10 p.m. to 12 midnight. Fraternity men will not be allowed in the
building during these hours, Morse stated.
Rushees will sign up for three dates each day on Tuesday, Wednes
day, Thursday and Friday. The time of the dates will be from 11:30
1 a.m. to 1 p.m.; from 5 to 7 p.m. and from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. After
J the la«t date the men will return to the office of student affairs if they
wish to break dates with any house. Houses must turn in their drop
lists by 12 midnight to the office of student affairs, according to IFC
rules.
Preference Lists on Friday
Friday rushees will fill out preference cards and fraternities will turn
in their preference lists. Saturday the rushees will pick up their bids.
All houses will be operating under a quota system during pledging.
Under the rules set up by IFC, the house quota is set at the difference
betw een the actual house capacity and the number of men living there
plus the number of graduating seniors plus four. Under an IFC agree
ment, the quota for each house is not being made public.
Ten Executive Board Members
Selected by University Theater
New representatives to the Uni
versity theater executive board
were elected at the “UT Jambo
ree” Sunday night.
Cecily Ley, freshman in liberal
arts, and David Sherman, fresh
man in journalism, are the new
freshman members of the board.
Judy Ellefson and John Jensen,
both majors in speech, will repre
sent the sophomore class at board
meetings.
Sandra Price and Clarence Suit
er, juniors in speech, were elected
to the board from the junior class
while senior members for 1953 will
be Joanne Forbes and Phil Sand
ers, also speech majors.
From the graduate students, A1
Kaiser, graduate in speech, and
Georgia Hemovich, graduate in
general studies were elected.
Approximately 100 students at
tended the affair designed to ac
quaint students with the Univer
sity theater. Howard Ramey, tech
nical director of the theater, F. J.
Hunter, assistant director," Gene
Wiley, theater business manager
and Jeanne Gottfredson, costume
Water Show Slated
The annual Amphibians water
show, “Blue Dolphin,” will be held
Thursday and Friday at 8 p.m. in
the men’s swimming pool. Admis
sion will be 60 cents.
director, explained briefly the op
portunities for participation in all
phases of theater productions.
Dancing on the main stage of
the theater, refreshments and a
showing of Jim Blue’s production
cf “Hamlet” were also features of
the evening.
Three Spots Vacant
On UO Rally Board
Petitions for three vacancies
on the rally board will be accepted
this term, according to A1 Golden
berg, newly elected president of
the board.
The rewritten copy of the con
stitution will be posted a week
before interviews of prospective
members to enable them to ac
quaint themselves with the pur
poses and duties of the board,
Goldenberg said.
A yell king will be elected
spring term this year for the fol
lowing fall term’s football season
instead of the previous practice
of selecting the yell king and
dukes the first of fall term.
Other new officers of the group
are Sunny Allen, secretary; Art
Greisser, rally chairman; Stan
Savage, publicity chairman, and
Joe Anstett, special events chair
man.