Jock Fina Scheduled for Junior Prom
New Building for J School
Assured by State Senate Bill
Construction of a new Oregon
, journalism school became virtual*
i ly certain Monday when the state
senate passed House Bill 794 which
included the $600,000 structure.
The bill must now be signed by
Govei nor Paul Patterson. It passed
the senate with only two dissenting
voles.
Also included in the bill were a
$2,200,000 University of Oregon
dental school to be built in Port
land, a $760,000 chemical engineer
ing building at Oregon State col
lege, and a $280,000 Crippled Chil
dren's building for the Oregon
Medical school.
The journalism school will be
named Eric Allen Hall, in honor of
the school’s first dean who died
in 1944.
McClure hall will be torn down
and the new building erected on
its site. The present journalism
building will be renovated. It was
begun in 1922, but never finished.
Lack of funds caused “temporary”
wooden interior partitions to be
MINOR MASTER
Visiting Nevada Writer
To Interview Students
visiting tne campus this week
during a tour of West Coast col-1
, leges is Walter Van Tilburg Clark,
author of "The Ox-Bow Incident,"
and “Track of the Cat.’’
Today at 11 a.m. Clark will read
manuscripts and interview stu
dents interested in writing. Wed
nesday evening at 7:S0 he will lec
ture in the browsing room on “The
Place, the Purpose and the Story."
He will take part in a coffee hour
in the Dads’ lounge Thursday at j
4 p.m.
The writer is on leave from the
University of Nevada, visiting ere
Students' Cars
To Be Washed
Today students may get their
cars washed at eight women's
houses as part of the fund raising
drive for the World Student Ser
vice Fund.
^ According to Bob Glass, co
' chairman of promotion, women will
wash cars from 2 to 5 p.m. at $1
per car. All proceeds will go to
WSSF. A prize will be awarded the
houses in the winning group. A
WSSF representative will collect
the money sometime after 5 p.m.
today, Glass said.
Cars will be washed at Delta
Delta Delta, Carson hall, Univer
sity house, Gamma Phi Beta, Al
pha Chi Omega, Delta Gamma,
Alpha Omicron Pi and Chi Omega.
Gamma Phi's
'Did ll Again'
“Lot’s Do It Again” may be
the theme of the All-Campus
Yodvil show, but the women of
Gamma Phi Beta were disquali
fied for “doing it again.”
The Gamma Phis chose
“Slaughter on Tenth Avenue” as
the theme of their skit—it was
also their theme last year. After
the eliminations Monday night,
they were told by the judges they
were disqualified because they
“did it again.”
ative writing departments and
classes at Stanford, Reed, Univer
sity of Washington and the Uni
versity of Oregon. His appearance
here is sponsored by the English
department.
As a new writer, Clark was first
recognized after the appearance of
his first novel, "The Ox-Bow In
cident,” in 1940. He was immed
iately saluted by reviewers and
critics as a minor master for lift
ing the "western thriller” out of
the blood and thunder category.
His book was later filmed by
Twentieth Century-Fox.
Since then, Clark has written
numerous short stories, one of
which won the O. Henry Short
Story Award in 1945.
erected. They still remain.
Next year while the new build
ing is under construction the jour
nalism school will find temporary
quarters in the Quonset huts be
tween Commonwealth and Deady
halls. A few offices and class
rooms in other buildings may be
used.
An Eric Allen memorial room
will be included in the new build
ing. It will be a replica of Allen’s
living room, where he did a great
deal of hi3 teaching in informal
sessions with his students.
The room will have a corner
fireplace, easy chairs, davenports,
floor lamps, and carpeting. It will
be used for seminars, student
group meetings, and informal dis
cussions with visiting journalists.
Plans call for the school to in
clude the University press (now
located behind the Science build
ing), a reading and newspaper
room, a small auditorium, broad
casting booths, and state head
quarters for the Oregon Newspap
er Publishers association and the
Oregon State Broadcasters asso
I ciation.
; Teaching rooms will be equipped
| with modern facilities, including
j .screen for movies and other audio
; visual presentations.
The structure will have a brick
exterior, while the front will be
mostly glass, with wide strips of
one-inch limestone veneer.
The new building will include
classrooms, offices, and laborator
ies for copyediting, typography,
advertising copywriting. news
writing, and photography.
'Big-Name' Choice
Released Monday
Jack kina and his orchestra will be featured at the annual
Junior I rom, May 8, according to an announcement made Mon
day by Tom Shepherd and Joan Marie Miller, Junior Weekend
general co-chairmen.
J he pianist-orchestra conductor has gained national recotrni
I liuii ior ms mouern mtepreta
i tion of classic music. Fina’s play
ing of Tschaikowsky’s "Piano Con
certo in B Flat Minor” introduced
"Tonight We Love” to the music
public.
A recording artist for MGM and
JACK FINA
Mercury, Fina has appeared at
such hotels as the St. Francis in
San Francisco and the Waldorf
Astoria in New York. In addition,
he has appeared in numerous mov
ies and been featured on several
radio programs.
Tickets for the Junior Prom will*
go on sale May 4 at $2.88 per
j couple, according to Judy Mc
Loughlin and Ann Dielschneider,..
general chairmen for the prom.
Members of the Junior Prom
committee are: Alpha Phi Omega,
men’s service honorary, cleanup;
Milan Foster, intermission; Joe
Gardner, publicity; Nancy Allen,,,
chaperones; Virginia Means, tick
ets; Marianne Hankinson, pro
grams; Tina Fisk and Neil Tardio,.
decorations; Janet Woods, promo
tion; Barbara Rubin, coronation,.,
and Pat Gildea, general assistant.
Oregon Defeats WSC
To Maintain ND Lead
Oregon’s Webfoots, behind the
three hit pitching of sophomore
Stan Dmochowsky, polished off
Washington State, 3-1, and held
onto their league lead in the North
ern Division.
Duck hitting was anything but
the power variety as six of the
Oregon safeties were collected on
| three infield grounders, two Texas
league flies, and a bad hop ground
double past third base.
Buck Bailey, the Cougar's col
orful coach, gave the crowd a
show all afternoon with his comi
cal antics, and the big attraction
was in the bottom of the fifth
inning.
The Cougar shortstop threw
wide of first base on a grounder,
and Coach Bailey was immediately
GREEKS GO MODERN
'Gods' Cast Ready for Showing
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GE1 r,NG KEAD* to S° 0,1 *ta8<‘ 1,1 the University Theater’s current production of “Even the Gods”
are. from left. Sandra Price. Alcestis; Gerald Smith, Apollo; Len Krichevsky, Eumelos, and Sally Mollner
Charissa. The play is based on an ancient Greek legend, but has been written w ith modern' dialogue!
The show will be presented Wednesday through Friday. Curtain time is 8 p.m.
out to have a talk with his infield..
When Bailey returned to the bench
a ball was thrown out and, with
time still out, the shortstop made
a few practice throws to first.
Oregon scoring was early in the
game as the Ducks collected two
counters in the first and a single
ton in the third. One Webfoot run
was earned, and Earl Averill was
credited with the RBI.
With one down in the first,
George Shaw hit a sharp ground
ball to short. Cougar infielder Jim
Williams made a nice stop, but
was unable to catch the runner
in time. Don Siegmund then fol
lowed with a pop fly which fell
safely in left field. Shaw scored
on a ground out to short by Earl
Averill, and Siegmund countered
as Ron Phillips was safe on an
error.
Washington State collected their
only run in the top half of the
second. Williams walked with one
out and Firstsacker Bob Burrows
sent a line drive double down the
left field foul line, Williams scor
ing all the way from first.
Dmochowsky was in trouble a
couple of times in the early innings
but good Webfoot fielding got him
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Bradetich Leads
For'Ugly Man'
Joe 'Bradetich, nominated by
Zeta Tau Alpha, was leading the
field Monday in the race for
Ugly Man on Campus with a
total of $1.44 contributed by his
supporters.
Tonight the ten finalists for
the title will be selected by the
amount of money that has been
collected for each man. The con
test is part of the World Student
Service Fund campaign.
Second in the group is Jin*
Crittendon, nominated by Deltas
Delta Delta, with $1.36. Waldo,
nominated by Carson 2, is one
of the ten top contestants with
54 cents to his credit. The con
test is being handled by Alpha
Phi Omega, men's service hon
orary.