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Fifty-fourth year of Publication
Vol. LIV.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1953
NO. 103
Weekend Parade
Themes Chosen
Holi-daze Sets Pace
For Float Selections
Float parade pairings and
themes have been announced by
Sally Haseltlne, Junior Weekend
float parade chairman.
They are “Mardl Gras,” Alpha
Chi Omega, Phi Kappa Sigma,
Stitzer and Hale Kane; “Here
Comes Peter Cottontail,” Alpha
Delta PI and Theta Chi; “St. Pat
rick s Day,” Alpha Gamma Delta
Orides and Tau Kappa Epsilon;
“La Fiesta Spanish Bull Fight,"
Alpha Phi and Phi Delta Theta.
"The Coronation," Chi Psi, Uni
versity House and Alpha Xi Delta;
“Columbus Day," Yeomen, Carson
2 and Lambda Chi Alpha; "Holi
day for Strings,” Carson 3, and
Sigma Phi Epsilon; "Valentine’s
Day,” Carson 4, Philadelphia House
and Merrick hall; “Picnic Holi
days," Carson 5 and Sigma Chi;
"Hawaiian Holiday,” Chi Omega
and Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
"Holiday on Ice," Delta Delta
Delta and Phi Kappa Psi; “A Trip
Around the World," Delta Gamma
and Alpha Tau Omega; "Vacation
Daze," Delta Zeta and Beta Theta
Pi; "Halloween,” Gamma Phi Beta
and Delta Upsilon; "Roman Holi
day," Hendricks hall and Pi Kappa
Phi; "Dreamer’s Holiday," High
land House and Campbell club;
"Happy New Year!” Delta Tau
Delta and Kappa Alpha Theta;
"Holiday Carrousel,” Kappa Kappa
Gamma and Phi Sigma Kappa.
“Yankee Doodle Day,” Pi Beta
Phi and Sigma Nu; "On Our Gol
den Wedding Day,” Rebec House,
Ann Judson and Phi Gamma Delta;
"Chinese New Year," Sigma Kap
pa, Kappa Sigma, Susan Camp
bell and Barrister Inn; "May Day,”
Zeta Tau Alpha, Pi Kappa Alpha,
Nestor hall and Gamma hall; "Tu
lip Festival in Holland," Alpha
Omicron Pi, Sigma Alpha Mu, Al
pha hall and French hall.
Browsing Room
Features Clark
Walter Van Tilburg Clark,
American author, will speak at
7:30 tonight in a browsing room
lecture entitled, “The Place, the
Purpose, and the Story.”
Best known for his novel, “The
Ox-Bow Incident,” Clark Is the
author of short stories which have
appeared in such periodicals as the
Saturday Kvening Post and The
New Yorker. His story, "The Port
able Phonograph,” has appeared in
many American short story anthol
ogies.
Clark’s visit to Oregon is part
of a three-week tour of Northwest
colleges and universities. Other ap
pearances of the author will be at
the University of Washington and
Reed college.
'HOU-DAZE' BEAUTIES
Court Voting Starts Today
Pictured above are 11 of the 12 women vietng for election to the Junior Weekend court In today’s
elections. Not pictured Is Sandra Price. From left to right are Joan Marie Miller, Cathy Tribe,
Lorna Murakawa, Carol Lee Tate, Marjorie Williams, Sally Hayden, Dorothy Pederson, Diane
Stout, Joan Walker, Audrey Campbell, and Carolyn Dickey.
Ten Ugly Man Finalists
Remain; Waldo Still In
Nearly 5250 was collected in the
first round of the Ugly Man con
test being held this week on cam
pus in conjunction with the World
Student Service Fund drive, ac
cording to Jerry Froebe, chairman.
Ten finalists were selected Tues
day night from a field of 44 con
testants for the honor of being
named Ugliest Man on Campus.
The drive will continue through
Friday noon with the winner to be
announced at the All-Campus
Vodvil that evening.
Finalists, their sponsors and the
amount collected in their behalf
are: Harlan Mickey, Pi Beta Phi
—$70.40; Jim Light, Carson 3, Sig
ma Kappa, and Phi Delta Theta—
$22.75; A1 Peters, Sigma Alpha
Epsilon—$20.54; Joe Bradetich,
Zeta Tau Alpha—$17.13; Wes Ball,
Alpha Phi—$15.25; Waldo, Carson
AGS Primary Election
Slated for May 4,5,6
May 4, 5 and 6 have been select
ed as the dates for the Associated
Greek Student primary election for
the offices of student body presi
dent, class officers and ASUO sen
ate, Jack Faust, AGS president,
has announced.
Students petitioning to have
their names placed on the primary
ballot must have their petitions in
by 5 p.m. Tuesday, Faust said.
Petitions are to be turned in to
either Faust at Theta Chi or Pat
Ruan at Delta Gamma.
According to Faust, petitions
should include the candidate’s GPA
last term and accumulative GPA,
office filed for, and a list of the
candidate’s qualifications. No sug
gestions will be necessary for the
petitions, he said.
Freshman candidates will be in
terviewed by the AGS policy com
mittee on the Tuesday and Wed
nesday evenings at Delta Gamma
from 7 to 9:30 p.m.
The primary will name one can
didate for student body president,
six candidates for class offices and
nine candidates for senator-at
large. Their names will then be
placed on the ASUO general elec
tion ballot May 13 with the en
dorsement of AGS, Faust stated.
2—$15.00; Garry McMurray, Ann
Judson and Sherry Ross—$13.43;
John Jensen, Delta Zeta—$8.86;
Jim Crittenden, Delta Delta Delta
—68.26, and Cecil Hodges, Chi
Omega—$4.96.
The winner will be determined
by the amount of change placed
in the jars bearing his name out
side the Student Union and the
Co-op. He will be presented with
Herman the Moose Head now on
display at the Co-op.
WSSF Auction
To Sell People
Beauties and beasts will be auc
tioned off to the highest bidders
at the World Student Service Fund
auction on the Student Union ter
race at 4 p.m. Friday, according
to Don Gartrell, auction chairman.
Stepping across the auction
block will be the six finalists for
the Sweetheart of Sigma Chi, the
Homecoming court, the 12 finalists
for Betty Co-ed and Joe College,
Kwamas, Skull and Daggers, mis
cellaneous athletes, the ten final
ists for Ugliest Man on Campus,
a group of instructors including E.
R. Bingham, assistant professor
of history, and office of student
affairs officials, including Mrs.
Golda Wickham, associate director
of student affairs. Spencer Snow,
freshman in liberal arts, #ill be
the auctioneer.
“This is a good idea for houses
who want to offer their high school
guests something unusual,’’ Dick
Gray, publicity chairman, said
Tuesday. Friday night the groups
will serve dinner and entertain
the living organizations which pur
chase them.
Voting for the Junior Weekend
court will be held today and Thurs
day in booths at the Co-op and the
Student Union, according to Joyce
Jones, queen selection chairman.
Names of the five members of the
court who will be finalists for the
queen election will be announced
Friday morning.
Students will vote from 9 a.m. to
5 p.m. both days. Election booths
will be staffed by freshmen woman.
Candidates in today’s election
are Audrey Campbell, Kappa Kap
pa Gamma; Carolyn Dickey, Pi
Beta Phi; SaHy Hayden, Orides;
Joan Marie Miller, Sigma Phi Ep
silon and Phi Kappa Sigma; Lorna
Murakawa, University house; Dor
othy Pederson, Carson hall; San
dra Price, Pi Kappa Alpha; Diane
Stout, Phi Kappa Psi and Theta
Chi; Carol Lee Tate, Phi Delta
Theta; Cathy Tribe, Alpha Phi
and Campbell club; Joan Walker,
Phi Gamma Delta, Chi Psi, and
Delta Tau Delta, and Marjorie
Williams, Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
5 Vodvil Finalists
Picked by Judges
Five acts by men’s living or
ganizations were selected last
night to appear in the All-Campus
Vodvil Friday evening, according
to Shirley Wendt, general co
chairman.
Finalists and their acts include
Campbell club, “Ducksie-land”;
Phi Delta Theta, “The Shooting
of Dan McGrew”; Phi Sigma
Kappa, “Merry Worth’s Family”;
Sigma Chi, “Frankie and Johnny,”
and Sigma Nu, “Let’s Dial In.”
Previously announced finalists
were Alpha Chi Omega’s “Chinese
Fantasy”; Delta Delta Delta's “As
Time Goes By”; Delta Gamma's
“Magoo Ties the Baby Shoe”;
Delta Zeta’s “World Cruise,” and
Kappa Kappa Gamma’s “Take
Back Your Mink.”
Preview Visitors
May Reach 1000
1953 Estimates Top
Previous Figures
This year’s Duck Preview, to be
held on the campus Friday and’
Saturday, promises to be the big
gest in the annual weekend's four
year history, according to figures
released Tuesday by Dorothy Kopp •
and Joe Anstett, housing chair
men.
Estimates of the number of vis
iting high school seniors ranges
from 850 to 1000. The 750 seniors
registered last year was an all
time high for Duck Preview.
A full round of events, starting
with the All-Campus Vodvil Fri
day night, has been planned for
the visitors. Parties in living or
ganizations have been arranged to
follow the show.
The performance of scientific ex
periments in the Science building
will be one of the highlights of
the educational tours planned for
Saturday morning from 10:30 to
12.
Following an orientation assem—
bly, the visitors will be conducted:
through the Student Union and
around the campus by Kwama and
Skull and Dagger. In addition to.
the previously announced stops*.
the seniors will view the new geo
desic dome.
Information sheets will be pro
vided for the seniors, and depart
mental personnel will be on haru*
to answer questions. When the'
tour is completed, students desir
ing to return to a specific depart
ment may do so until noon.
Late Lunch Set
Lunch for the seniors will be in
living organizations at 12:30 p.ta^
Afternoon events will include the
Amphibian water show, the OrS—
gon-University of Washington,
baseball game at Howe field and a
Panhellenic tea for senior girls at
the Gerlinger Alumni hall.
Following exchange dinners from.
5:30 to 7 p.m., the annual Duck
Preview dance will be held in the
SU ballroom at 9. Featuring Jack
Lowry and the Eugene All-Stars^.
it will be the first all-campus
dance of spring term.
. Admission for high school sen
iors will be free, but Oregon stu
dents will be charged 20 cents per
person. Dress will be short silica
for women and suits for men. Dec
orations will carry out the theme
“The Trail Leads to Oregon.”
Grade Schoolers
To Broadcast Sing
Several thousand Oregon grade
school pupils will gather in Mc
Arthur court Thursday at 1:15
p.m. for the annual “big broad
cast” of . the "Let’s Sing, America”
aeries over KOAC’s "Oregon School
of the Air.”
The program will be directed
by Glen Starlin, assistant profes
sor of speech; R. E. Nye, associate
professor of music education, and
.Don Hunter, head of the audio
visual department. Students train—
ing to be teachers in public school
music will assist in directing the
chorus, which will sing a number
of American folk songs.
Instrumentation will be provided
by the University varsity band,
directed by Ira D. Lee, instructor
in brass, and marimbist Wayne
Mercer, junior in music.
Other University students tak
ing part in the broadcast will be
Mary Allton, Doug Stobie, Mary.
Lou Watts, Anna Marie Blicken
staff, Dorothy Carlson, Dorothy:
Anderson, Clarence Dial, Charlotte
Johnson, Winnafred May, Eva Jear.
Miller, Ercle Ramey, Virginia Lee
Rabick, Margaret Janet Patterson,
Eugene Sputhwell, Rae Thomas,
Lou Ann Wold, and Clifford Ma»
tousek. Don Parr, junior in speech,
will be the announcer.