By Larry Lavelle
Emerald Sports Editor
4m m might say tliat Coach Bill Borcher's University of Ore
^011 Webfoots arc going independent and aloof of the Pacific
Coast conference this week only.
After three rounds of action the locals have battled to a
draw—three wins and three losses for second place tenancy in
the Northern division. The record indicates nothing out of the
ordinary, but actually the Ducks have been anything but un
impressive. Sure, they blew the duke to the Washington Hus
kies in the last three minutes of the opener, Jan. 2, but they
came closer to snaring the Huskies since UCLA stunned them
54-47 in the second game of a two-game series last December.
Since then, Coach 'I ippv Dye's darlings have Unraveled a 10
gainc winning streak, swirling over Nibs Price's California
Hears, the pride and joy of the southern circuit; the St. Louis
Pillikcns; then Oregon, Idaho and Oregon State.
Cougars Get Lumps
.Admittedly weak, the \\ ashington State Cougars ran afoul of
the Ducks and took a couple of brutal beatings in Mac Court.
A garrison finish last Friday earned the Oregons a split at
Moscow. Splitting with the Vandals in their own back yard is
no easy trick and Dye would probably be more than satisfied
with a standoff at the Memorial gym on the final week of the
season. Hut there is no snijjll chance that the Huskies will
merely be playing out the schedule by that time.
Friday’s opponents, the San Francisco Dons, have acted the
part of a revived Rover. The USFers played dead dog for
seven games before they were able to overwhelm Fresno
State, 87-54. But a couple of those setbacks were two-point
affairs with Stanford and Brigham Young.
Phil \\ ooipert's Dons, since singeinj* F resno’s Bulldogs,
have won three straight California Basketball association tilts
from San Jose, Santa Clara (W estern representative *to the
NCAA tournament in Seattle last year; and St. Mary's, and
just Saturday tacked on a b-1-58 victory over the San Francisco
< dympic club.
Repeat on Broncs
It s just possible that the Dons, picking up steam, mav be to
the coast what Santa Clara v, as last year. The Broncos, never
standouts, were just mediocre until late in the season. Luckily
the Cow Palace decided to have a Bay Area basketball tourna
ment. Frank Walsh invited St. Mary’s, Santa Clara, San Jose
State and L'SF’. There was no official recognition of this tour
nament as a qualification for the regionals, but the suggestion
of the sports writers of the area was accepted and the •‘Cinder
ella story” began.
Whether the Hilltoppers are destined for Corvallis is a moot
question. The Ducks will go a long way in answering it, how
ever.
While the Webfoots are side-stepping the northern division,
the warfare will concentrate in the Palouse, where the league
leading Washington Huskies invade what for them has been
a jinx gym, Bohler that is, at Pullman. Although twice-win
ning the northern crown in the past two years, the Huskies
have taken their raps against WSC, three of them in four at
tempts. Idaho’s Vandals host Oregon State nine miles east at
Moscow in the other series.
I he \\ ebfoots have the inside track on second place in the
Northern division and a break from the schedule-makers to
boot. Oregon State and Idaho, the only other logical contes
| tants, face each other at Corvallis Feb. 3 and 3 at Corvallis,
then two days later the Vandals must square off against Ore
I gon Friday and Saturday at Eugene.
Shay/ at the Mike
e
SHOR 1 JARS Jerry Shaw, big tackle for the Webfoots a
} eat ago, has taken a move towards a sports casting career, a
la Jack Shaw, his big brother who handles many of the football
and basketball games in the San Francisco area for Associated
Oil.
Shaw teams with Jim Jones, a ’52 gridder, on a sports show
over KAYAX every Thursday at 6:15 . .. Some of the California
schools are reported to be mad at Oregon for not re-scheduling
College of Pacific in 1953. We ask why didn’t California sign
the Tigers? The Bears had two open dates until they signed
San Jose State and Baylor a couple of weeks ago. COP is
supposed to be on the way out—of football.
'SHALL WEfDANCE ?'
Presidents Debate Dance Issues
By Anno Ritchey
Emerald Reporter
“What do you think about aboli
tion of the Mortar Board and Mili
tary Ball?” was the question ask
ed several house and dormitory
presidents Tuesday. The general
campus reaction, according to
these and other officers of living
organiaztions, is that the dances
should not have been abolished.
Most who favored completely do
ing away with both affairs stated
that the campus has too many ac
tivities anyway, and that if attend
ance is poor and “the sponsoring
organizations lose money they are
not worth the trouble.”
Tradition prompted one sorority
president to suggest that they
could both be kept, but given on
alternating years. This would re
duce the financial problem and still
allow the dances to be continued.
Another sorority president
agreed with Marian Briner, presi
dent of Mortar Board, that the
dances should be allowed to con
tinue this year and then be ^cided
upon for next year on the basis of
this year's success.
Several of those commenting,
particularly fraternity presidents
and men’s dormitory officers, sug
gested that the dance with the bet
ter attendance should be continued.
Again a sorority president answer
ed the question, saying that she
definitely thought the Mortar
Board had the larger attendance
and greater support by students
in general.
Keep Mortar Board
The men end to agree with this.
Most expressing an opinion
thought that if one of the affairs
"had to go,” it should be the Mili
tary Ball. As one fraternity offi
cer said, the Mortar Board is "an
honor,” and all of the men had the
general opinion that the womei
should be given the opportunity t«
ask the men to at least one major
dance during the year.
Sponsors of the dances, the or
ganizations that finance and pro
mote the affairs, should be given
the opportunity to decide for them
selves, thought one sorority presi
dent. This would again be in line
with the idea that this year should
be the deciding one for the future
fate of the events.
Of those supporting the continu
ation of the dances, most felt
strongly about tradition and
thought that if anything had to be
eliminated from the social calen
dar, it should not be dances—par
ticularly these two. Although one
fraternity president held this opin
ion, he thought that the sponsor*
would lose so much money that
they would be inadvisable. “Let the
dances be reinstated,’’ he suggest
ed, “if the students feel their loss."
UO Symphony
Gives Concert
The University symphony will
present its second concert of the
year Wednesday at 8:15 p.m. in
the music school auditorium, ac
cording to director E. A. Cykler,
professor of music.
Soloists to perform with the
symphony include Rosalie Blicken
staff, pianist; Doug Stobie, bass;
Audrey Mistretta, contralto; Dor
othy Anderson, soprano, and Dor
othy Pederson, pianist.
The program will be open to all
students without charge.
Research Training
Offered in Maine
Tuition-ffee summer research
training opportunities for 28 espe
cially gifted science students of
college level will be available next
summer at the Roscoe B. Jackson
Memorial laboratory at Bar Har
bor, Maine, according to an an
nouncement by Dr. Clarence C.
Little, director.
Purpose of the summer studies
program is to encourage and assist
students of promise in exploring
the possibilities of research as a
career.
Applications should be made to
the Laboratory’s Administrative
Director before March 20, 1953.
Students are charged $150 for
board and room for the ten-week
period and are expected to pay
travel expenses to and from Bar
Harbor.
Does He Know... ?
FRAME, W. Va. CP)—Went
Virginia police have a unique de
scription for a stolen car. Bessie’
Shaffer of Frame, W. Va., re
ported the theft—saying the car
should be easy to find.
The description: No fenders
... no doors ... no headlights
. . . and the car looks heady for
the junk heap. She didn't say
whether it would run or not.
Frosh Council
(Continued from page one)
dent has stated that since the elec
tion is set up as it is, “there is no
need for a screening committee’’.
Members of the group, listed by
Feliz, are John Oliver, Bob Patter
son, Russell Cowell, Arden Parker,
Rhoda Wolfe, Marvin Young, Jay
Roper, Dorothy Her, Pat Ryan,
Eleanor Bowman, Carolyn Moore,
Jack Fenton, Sonja Edwards, Jo
anne Kopp, Hazel Forsythe, Dick
Lyons, Daryl Gould, Peggy Miller,
Roberta Bower, and Prudence Du
cich.
Sixteen Men Drafted from UO;
More May Get Greefinas' bv June
The total number of men who
have been drafted from the UO
this year has now risen to 16 ac
cording to Si Ellingson, counselor
for men. Fourteen were called dur
ing fall term and two have been
called this term. It is expected that
at least another 16 will be called
before the end of the school year.
Ellingson reports that the num
ber is comparatively small due to
the fact that most college men not
eligible for scholastic deferment
for the following school year are
drafted during the months of Au
gust and September. Maj. Nicholas
N. Mihailov, AFROTC, reports
that most college men deferred
during the summer months are
those who are in good standing
with ROTC units.
The men now classified as being
in good standing and having defer
ments from the U of O are about
half the freshman ROTC class, 294
men; 75 per cent of the sophomore
class, 233 men, and all the upper
classmen, 333 men. All newly en
tering basic ROTC students are on
probation for one term before they
are eligible for deferment.
The scholastic deferment sys
tem guarantees a freshman one
year of college if he has never been
deferred before, The sophomores,
in order to be deferred must have
ranked in the upper half of the
males in the freshman class or
have received a score of 70 or high
er on their selective service quali
fication exam. The juniors must
have ranked in the upper two
thirds of the males in their sopho
more year, or passed the exam,
and the seniors must have ranked
in the upper three fourths of the
males in their junior year, or have
passed the exam.
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