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EMERALD
VOL. I.IV
Fifty-fourth year of Publication
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, MONDAY, MAY 4, 1953~
NO. Ill
Campus Prepares For Junior
Weekend As Events Near
Preparations for the 1953 "Holi
daze” Junior Weekend got in to
high gear today as the biggest UO
event of the ye>r is only a few
days away. Tickets for all events
requiring them — Friday's Prom,
Saturday’s luncheon and sing —
are now on sale in the Co-op and
the Student Union.
Traditions go into effect Tues
day morning and members of the
Order of O, letterman’s club, will
be patrolling the campus to see
they are observed. Freshmen men
are to wear rooter’s lids, women
green ribbons throughout the week.
If the freshmen win the tug-o-war
with the sophomores Friday, they
will be privileged to get rid of their
neophyte symbols.
Living organizations have been
paired to clean designated sections
of the campus Thursday afternoon.
The cleaning is to be done by 4
p.m., at which time judging of the
best job will be done.
Terrace Dance Follows
A terrace dance will begin at the
SU at 4 p.m. Thursday and run to
5:45 p.m. “Holiday in Hong Kong”
has been set as the theme for the
dance which will feature the pre
sentation of the weekend court,
awarding of the clean-up trophy
and the scrubbing of the seal by
freshmen men at 5 p.m. Jack
Loughary’s band will furnish mu
sic for dancing.
Friday's big event will be the
Junior Prom featuring Jack Fina
and his orchestra. The formal
dance will begin at 0 p.m. and
intermission ceremonies are set
for 10:30 p.m. Announcement and
coronation of the queen, presen
tation of the Gerllnger and Koyl
cups to the outstanding junior
woman and man and tapping by
Druids, junior men's honorary, will
highlight the dance.
Frosh-Soph Slate Tug
At 4 p.m., the freshmen and
sophomore meu will battle it out
in the annual tug-o-war, the rope
to be stretched across the Mill
race behind Kappa Sigma. Class
presidents are in charge of their
respective teams.
The all-campus luncheon will
take place on Old Campus begin
1 ning at 11:45 a.m. Saturday. No
lunches will be served in living
organizations that day. Tickets
for the event, priced at 47 cents,
go on sale today at the Co-op,
the Student Union main desk and
in living organizations. Tappings
for several honoraries will fea
ture the program for the luncheon.
Floats Start at 4
The float parade is scheduled
to leave downtown Eugene at 4
p.m. Saturday. It will come up 13th
ave., turn on to University and
and end at McArthur court. Floats
constructed by living organiza
tions, the queen her court,
bands and skits interspersed along
the line of march are to make up
the parade.
Saturday’s events will be cli
maxed by the All-campus Sing
competition at 8 p.m. in McArthur
court. Sixteen living organizations
will present their songs to be
judged for the top award for men
and women. Tickets for the sing
go on sale today for 90 cents.
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Econ Professor
Speaks Tonight
One of the nation’s foremost
economists, Frank Knight, profes
sor of economics from the Univer
sity of Chicago, will present to
night the first of two lectures
scheduled while he is on campus
this week.
Knight will speak on “Economic
Education—A Problem in Sales
manship,” at 7:30 p.m. today in
the Student Union Dads' lounge.
A discussion on “Human Nature
and Free Society” is slated by
Knight at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday
in the browsing room.
A coffee hour forum is sched
uled in the SU at 4 p.m. Tuesday
for students to talk with the econ
omist.
Recognized as one of America’s
outstanding economists and a de
fender of the concept of economic
freedom, Knight i& the author of
“The Economic Order of Religion,"
“Freedom and Religion” and other
books. He has also been a guest
lecturer in several British and
American universities.
Knight holds a Ph.D. degree
from Cornell university and hon
orary degrees from Princeton,
Northwestern university and the
University of Glasgow. He is past
president of the American Econ
omists association.
During Knight’s three day visit
on campus, he will meet with rep
resentatives from Linfield, Lewis
and Clark, Reed and Oregon State
Colleges, and Portland, Pacific and
- Willamette universities at a semi
nar sponsored by the UO econom
. ics department at 2 p.m. Wednes
day in Commonwealth hall.
A luncheon with faculty mem
bers in the SU at noon Thursday
will end Knight’s visit here.
Versatile Candidate
JOAN WALKER
Likes Model Airplanes
A girl who grew up with model
airplanes for toys is Joan Walker,
tall, blonde candidate for Junior
Weekend queen.
“My father’s business is manu
facturing model airplanes, and
then he had two girls and no boys
in the family,” commented Joan,
who lives in Portland. As a major
in secondary education, versatile
i Joan plans to teach English, lit
erature, health and physical educa
tion.
Refinishing wood furniture is one
of Joan's practical hobbies, while
she also enjoys swimming and
horseback riding. Chairman of the
Red Cross board and vice-presi
dent ot Phi Theta Upsilon are two
of the offices held by Joan, in addi
tion to serving as YWCA junior
adviser, a member of the AWS
cabiet and scholarship chairman
of Kappa Alpha Theta.
Three Seek AGS
Presidential Nod
Members of Associated Greek
Students will vote for class office
candidates in Tuesday's lunch-hour
primary, following this noon’s bal
loting on candidates for the ASUO
presidential nomination.
Jack Faust, Paul Lasker and
Tom Wrightson are seeking the
latter bid. Losers are eligible to
run for senior class office Tues
day. If no candidate gets a major
ity in today's primary, a run-off
will be held at dinner today.
At 7 tonight the AGS policy
Tradition to Start
Tuesday Morning
Junior Weekend traditions be
gin Tuesday morning with the
first punishment scheduled for
W ednesday noon, according to
Barney Holland, junior week
end traditions chairman*
Holland stated that traditions
will be enforced by members of
the Order of th#0. Women viola
tors will be dunked in Fenton
pool and men violators will be
hacked in front of Fenton h«ii by
members of the Order of the O.
Traditions for the week, ac
cording to Holland, are:
1. Freshman men are to wear
rooter’s lids.
2. Freshman women are to
wear green hair ribbons.
8. No smoking on the Old
Campus (north of 18th).
4. No walking on the Oregon
Seal (in front of the Student
Union).
5. Seniors only on the senior
benches (across Onyx street
from John Straub hall and on
the old campus).
6. No walking on the grass
anywhere on campus.
7. Hello walk is the sidewalk
from the corner of 13th and Uni
versity to the main enrtance of
the Student Union.
8. Freshman-sophomore tug-of
war Friday at 4 pan. behind the
Kappa Sigma house.
9. Scrubbing of the seal
Thursday at 5 p.m. after the in
termission of the Terrace dance.
10. Class pants traditions for
men — suntans for freshmen,
suntans, Ievis or faded blue den
ims for sophomores and cords
and slacks for upperclassmen.
UIS Banquet Slated
For Tuesday Night
United Independent Students
will kick off its official campaign
fqt,the ASUO general election Ap
ril 13 with a banquet Tuesday
night.
A limited number of reserva
tions, approximately 75, are avail
able. Reservations for the banquet
may be made with Tom Shepherd
at Gamma hall or Hollis Ransom
at Campbell club.
The banquet will be a steak din
ner in the special dining hall at
the southeast end of John Straub
dormitory, beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Price will be 31.10, and the ban
quet is open to everyone, Ransom
said.
Karr Elected Head
Of Sigma Delta Chi
Ai Karr, junior in journalism,
is the new president of the Univer
sity chapter of Sigma Delta Chi,
national men’s professional jour
nalistic fraternity. He replaces
Ward Lindbeck.
Assisting Karr for the coming
year will be Dave Averill, vice
president; Joe Gardner, secretary;
Bill Gurney, treasurer, and Len
Calvert, historian. C. T. Duncan,
associate professor of journalism,
was re-elected as chapter advisor.
committee will screen petitions
for class office. Five names for'
each position will be placed on the
ballot. Losers in the primary wilt
be eligible to run for a senate-at
large nomination in Wednesday’s
primary.
Petitioners for class offices,
with their major activities and.
accumulative GPA’s are:
Senior class president: Wes Ball, .
2.78; Clarke Miller, JIFC, Com
munity chest, Alpha Phi Omega,
Skull and Dagger, 2.09; Alan Op
Pliger, Alpha Phi Omega, president
of Sigma Phi Epsilon, track, Ore
gana advertising manager, 2.75.
Representative: Anne Diel
schneider, co-chairman of Junior
Prom, Oregana associate editor, .
Phi Theta Upsilon, Kwama, co
chairman of Heart Hop, junior
panhellenic, 2.75; Pat Gildea, AWS
congress, 2.8; Pat Ruan, Junior
Weekend secretary, AGS secre
tary, chairman of campus Recti
Cross drive, 2.8, and Jane Slocum,
YWCA, 3.20.
Junior class president: Ward
Coojc, SU publicity chairman, _
Dads’ weekend promotion, Skull.
and Dagger, 2.9, and Jim Light,,
freshman class representative,™
Skull and Dagger, Alpha Phi Ome
ga, Praesidens, new Oregana busi—
ness manager, duck preview pro
gram coordinator, 2.91.
Representative: Ann Blackwell,™
Duck Preview promotion chair
man, WRA carnival publicity
chairman, Kwama, YWCA, 2.28;;
Yvonne Holm, YWCA, 2.7; Vir
ginia Johnson, Duck Preview dance -
chairman, 2.6; Nancy Randolph, .
Kwama, Rally Board, co-chairman
of Heart Hop, chairman of AWS
Christmas tea program, 2.39; Mar
cia Tamiesie, 2.09, and Shirley
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Mothers to Hold
Business Meeting
Tickets for the annual breakfast
business meeting of the Oregon
Mother’s club, to be held at 9 a.m,
Saturday in the Student Union,
are now on sale at the main desk of
the SU, according to ticket chair
man Jo Kopp. Price of breakfast
tickets is $1.25. All tickets must
be purchased by Thursday, Miss
Kopp added.
Tickets are also available at the
office of Karl D. Onthank, asso
ciate director of student affairs,
in Emerald hall.
The Madrigal Singers, under,
the direction of Donald Allton, as
sistant professor of music, will en
tertain at the business meeting.
Proxies to Speak
Slated to address the mothers
during the weekend are Mrs. John
Caughell, president of the Oregon.
Mothers; Arthur Priaulx, president
of the Oregon Dads, and Pat Dig- -
nan, ASUO president.
The mothers executive board will ’
meet at noon Friday in the SU.
A special section of the All
campus Sing Saturday evening has
been reserved for the mothers, ac
cording to Marilyn Lundell, hos
pitality chairman. The mothers -
will also be honored at a tea to be
held in Gerlinger hall Saturday
afternoon and at the Sunlight .
Serenade in the open air auditor
ium of the music school Sunday
afternoon.
Other Events Planned
Other events planned for the -
mothers include attendance at the •
Junior Prom Friday evening, the
all-c a m p u s luncheon Saturday
noon, and a Sunday morning
breakfast in the faculty club with .
dinner in the living organizations, .
Two new trophies will be award
ed at the all-campus sing. They
will go to the men’s and women’s
houses which have the largest per
centage of mothers registered for
the weekend, according to Barbara
Wilcox, general chairman.