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Fifty-fourth year of Publication
VOL. LIV
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, MONDAY, MAY 18, 1953
NO. 122
Berwick Named SU Board Chairman
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ANDY BERWICK
VIRGINIA DAILEY
SANDRA PRICE
DONNA SCHAFER
BOB KOUTEK
Andy Berwick, sophomore in
business administration, was elect
ed Student Union board chairman
for 1953-54 Friday, as newiy-ap
pointed board members took over
their posts. Clyde Fahlman, sen
ior in sociology, is the retiring
Chairman.
p Berwick, appointed as a mem
ber-at-large for the two-year term,
has been chairman of the per
sonnel committee. He was also a
[ member of the dance committee.
Newly-elected assistant chair
man is Virginia Dailey, a junior
k in journalism and the representa
tive of the school of journalism,
on the 1952-53 board. She succeeds
» Don Zavin. Donna Schafer, soph
v omore in music, is the new secre
tary of the board. She is the school
(of music representative for a two
year term and succeeds Margaret
Powne.
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Honors Exams
Begin Thursday
First examinations in the soph
omore honors program at Oregon
• will begin Thursday with the his- j
tory exam, Hoyt Trowbridge,
chairman of the committee on
sophomore honors, has announced.
The comprehensive exams are
open to all students eligible for the ,
sophomore honors program and to
others who have completed 15
hours with a 2.75 GPA or higher,
with the consent of the committee.
Students who have completed more
than 93 hours are not eligible.
Sophomore honors will be award
ed to students who pass all four
exams with a “grade of distinc
tion.”
Exams will be given as follows:
history, Thursday, 7:30 p.m., 232
Commonwealth; physical science,
May 20, 7:30 p.m., 1G Science; lit
erature, May 28, 7:30 p.m., Fenton;
and biological science, June 2, 9
a.m., 322 Science.
Any student intending to take
the examinations without having
taken the corresponding honors
course is advised to consult one of
the instructors in the course, Trow
bridge said.
Counselor Hopefuls
Asked to Report
Applicants for positions as men’s
counselors in the freshmen dor
mitories next year should contact
the office of student affairs as soon
as possible, according to Si El
lingson, counselor of men.
Positions are for two groups:
the head counselors, and the as
sistant counselors. Requirements
for the head counselors include
graduate student status and an in
terest in personnel work, plus a
2.5 or better accumulative GPA.
Assistant counselors must be up
per classmen, with seniors, older
students and veterans preferred.
They also must have at least a
2.5 GPA.
• Salary for the head counselor
position is $900 per year. The sal
ary for assistant counselor has not
yet been determined.
The new treasurer of the board
is Bob Koutek, Junior in architec
ture. A member-at-large for the
one-year term, he was recorded
music chairman this year. The past
treasurer of the board, Sandra
Price, is the new directorate chair
man, succeeding Jane Wiggen.
Miss Price is a junior in speech.
Other new appointments ap
proved by University President H.
K. Newburn include Alberta Al
torfer, sophomore in art, as the
school of architecture and allied
art representative for a two-year
term; Malcolm Montague, fifth
year law student, as the school of
law representative for a one-year
term, and Jackie Steuart, sopho
more in liberal arts, as the col
lege of liberal arts representative
for a two-year term. She is the
present dance chairman.
Holdover members of the board
include Pat Gustin, school of busi
ness representative; and faculty
members Alburey Castell, head of
the philosophy department, and
George Hopkins, professor of pi
ano. Ex-officio members are Don
ald DuShane, director of student
affairs, and Richard Williams, di
rector of the SU.
Three board vacancies remain:
graduate school, one-year term;
school of health and physical ed
ucation, two-year term; and school
of education, one-year term. The
vacancies will be filled by petition
through the schools at the begin
ning of fall term. Members-at
large are nominated and selected
by the board. All nominees are
subject to the approval of New
burn.
The board chairman neads the
SU board and is in charge of all
SU functions. The assistant chair
man is responsible for the special
Contest, 'Least Man' Coronation
Scheduled For Mortar Board Ball
A contest for the men’s living'
organization which has the highest1
percentage of men attending the j
Mortar Board Ball Saturday has
been announced by Tina Fisk and
Janet Woods, general co-chairmen
of the annual dance. An award will
be presented to the winning group
during intermission.
Also on the intermission pro
gram, which will be emceed by
Marilyn Patterson, are the tapping
of 30 new Kwamas, the presenta
tion of new and old members of
Mortar Board, corsage judging,
the Phi Delta Theta combo, a
monologue by Gloria Lee, and a
song by Diana Starr. The dance
will be held in the Student Union
ball room.
The reigning monarch of the
dance, the Least Man on Campus,
will be crowned by Mary Ellen
Burrell, Mortar Board president.
Selection of the "man” who has
done everything he is not supposed
to do and nothing that he should
will be by voting at the entrance
to the dance. ,
Finalists for the disgrace are
Bob Hughes, sponsored by Alpha
Chi Omega and Phi Gamma Delta;
Ron Sigler, Sigma Chi and Pi Beta
Phi; Ed Tyler, Sigma Phi Epsilon;
A1 Harder, Kappa Sigma; Champ
Husted, Alpha Xi Delta and Pi
Kappa Alpha; and Don Lewis,
Hendricks hall, Sigma Alpha Ep
islon, and Stitzer hall. Last year's
“loser" was Mel Erickson, of Al
pha Tau Omega.
Wednesday has been designated
as women’s day, according to Phyl
lis Pearson, tradition chairman. No
men are allowed to make any dates
for the day and women are to make
all coke dates. The women are to
assume the places of the men in
all social affairs.
Tickets for the dance will be on
sale all week in the Co-op and the
Student Unio^ for $1.80 per couple,
according to Lloydene Hurt, tick
ets chairman. They will also be
available in women’s living organ
izations and at the dance Satur
day evening. Both new and old
members of Mortar Board will be
Air Force ROTC to Present
Posthumous Award at Review
The Air Force ROTC will hold
its annual awards and decorations
review at Howe field Tuesday at
1 p.m. Awards will be given to
cadets for outstanding classroom
achievement and military leader
ship.
Lt. Col. William E. Hanes will
award ribbons and medals to the
top students in freshman, sopho
more, junior and senior courses,
and to the top four men on the
AFROTC rifle team.
During the ceremonies a post
humous award of the distinguished
flying cross and the air medal will
be given to Lt. Dean E. Freder
icks, who was killed in Korea while
piloting a jet fighter. Mrs. Dean
Fredericks, his widow and a stu
dent in the school of education, will
receive the awards on behalf of
her husband.
The following have been desig
nated as distinguished AFROTC
students in Air Science IV: Robert
L. Bauer, Alan Babb, Gunning
Butler, Charles Covey, Patrick
Dignan, John Gill, Lawrence Ho
bart, Theodore Johnson, Bruce Ir
ving, Bruce Koppe, Robert Lacy,
Donald Morris, James Owens, Rog
er Reynolds, Norval Ritchey, Ar
mand Smith, Donald Tipton and
George Troeh.
John Akers will receive the Air
Science III achievement award,
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admitted free. Proceeds from the
dance go to the Mortar Board
scholarship, which is awarded to
a junior woman. Theme of the
dance will be kept secret until
Saturday evening, June Browning,
decorations chairman, said Sunday.
Hints of the theme, yellow bricks
with a note to follow the yellow
brick road, were distributed to
women's living organizations over
the weekend.
Special dinners preceding the
dance are being planned by several
of the women's living organiza
tions. Contestants for the corsage
contest will be selected at the din
ners. Corsages chosen will be
judged during the intermission, of
the dance.
Committee chairmen working on
arrangements for the dance include
Jean Sandine, entertainment; Ger
ri Porritt, chaperones; Becky
Fortt, promotion; Judy Johnson,
clean-up; Gail West, programs;
Sally Ryan, publicity; Lloydene
Hurt, tickets; Phyllis Pearson, tra
ditions; June Browning, decora
tions; and Sharon Anderson, Mor
tar Board adviser.
Scholastic Group
Initiates 6 Coeds
Six freshmen women were init
iated Thursday into Alpha Lambda
Delta, freshmen women’s scholastic
honorary.
New members are Ann Erickson,
Sylvia Sommerer, Patty Fagan,
Alice Kamatsu, Elaine Long and
Joella Wood.
Officers elected at the meet
ing who will preside next year
include Karen Dahlberg, president;
Peggy Miller, vice president; Miss
Sommerer, secretary; Miss Kamat
su, treasurer r Sally Hayden, sen
ior advisor; Miss Long, historian;
and Laura Harper, junior advisor.
events committees and the peti
tioning and selection of directorate
members. The directorate chair
man heads the directorate, which,
is composed of all standing com
mittee chairmen. These three of
ficers, along with the secretary
and the treasurer, carry out air
policies set up by the board. They
also sponsor the SU program.
The retiring board recommended
Friday that career day be contin
ued under the sponsorship of the •
Office of Student Affairs, with the
assistance of the board. Proposal
to make the special events commit
tee, which handles the creative arts
workshop, into a standing commit
tee was also discussed. No action
was taken. Valerie Cowls, fresh
man in liberal arts, is the present
head of the committee.
Latest'0'Blast
Still a Mystery
There have been no new develop
ments on the latest blasting of the
“O” on Skinner's Butte since Fri
day, when the police found a bundle
of 21 dynamite sticks which had
failed to explode after two earlier
blasts went off.
The recently-repaired “O” was
given an orange painting before
being blasted into the shape of an
inverted "U.” As they did last year,
the police set up road blocks
shortly after the Friday early
morning blast, but the vandals
escaped undetected.
The county explosives expert
sent to make the unexploded
charge safe voiced the opinion
that the destroyers of the “O" cer
tainly weren’t powder experts.” He
I said the 21 sticks didn't fire be
j cause the cap was crimped toa
■ tightly around the fuse.
There were actually two blasts,
about a minute apart. A patrol car
was already on its way up Skin
ner's Butte when the second ex
plosion went off.
The third charge of 21 dynamite
sticks failed to go off. Police found
a pile of dynamite, attached to a
fuse and a cap, under a shattered
slab of concrete.
Just one week earlier, Thursday
of Junior Weekend, the “O” was
repaired by Bob Simpson, junior
class representative, and some oh
his Delta Upsilon fraternity broth
ers.
Leading Historian
To Speak Tuesday
One of the otitstanding historians
in the United States today wilL
visit the University of Oregon
campus this week as a guest of
the history department, Gordon
Wright, head of the department*.,
has announced.
Dexter Perkins, chairman of the
history department in the Univer
sity of Rochester, will be on cam
pus today and Tuesday to talk to
history classes and deliver one lec
ture.
Tuesday morning at 9, Perkins
will speak on “American Foreign
Policy—1953 Model” in 138 Com
monwealth.