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"EMERALD
Fifty-fifth year oj Publication
VOL. LV. I MV EltNITY OF OltEUON, EUGENE, TIIL'IISDAV, SEPTEMBER 24, 1953
No. 8
BUNION WINNER
Prizes Announced
A rotating trophy and records
donated by the Graves Music and
Art company will be awarded to
the men’s living organziation
which has the largest percentage
of men participating in Friday’s
Bunion Derby, reports Barbara
Wilcox, general chairman.
Winner in the women’s contest,
based upon the living organization
which collects the most money per
capita, will receive records from
the Appliance Center.
Starting at 7 p.m., the annual
Derby will last until 10:30. There
j will be seven minutes of dancing
| at each of the 21 women's houses.
with a three minute break in be
S tween.
Dress for the traditional inva
sion by hordes of men is to be
casual, with campus clothes in
order according to Miss Wilcox.
Money collected from the affair,
the nickel per dance contributed
ty the men, goes to the Associated
omen Students scholarship fund.
Over S449 was collected at last
year’s Derby.
Pairings for living organizations
will be listed in Friday’s Emerald.
Each men's organization is to
start with the women's organiza
tion with which is is paired and
continue on down the list to the
Prep Schools
To See Talent
High rchool performances are to
be the most important part of the
exchange assembly schedule for
the coming year according to
Gloria Ix'e, exchange committee
director. The usual OSC and Wil
lamette performances will be
funds for out-of-state trips, she
said.
This year’s exchange assembly
will be directed by an exchange
assembly committee under the
leadership of Gloria Lee and her
co-director Patrick Henry. This
new committee will take over the
functions of the ASUO entertain
ment commission which handled
the exchange program last year.
The change has been made for
the purpose of creating a smaller
and more specialized body which
will devote its time exclusively to
the exchang assembly, said Miss
Lee.
P itions for secretary, business
manager and stage manager of
the exchange assembly committee
will be called for within the next
two weeks. Tryouts for the assem
bly itself will be scheduled within
a month, she added.
N
point whore it started. To be
eligible for the awards they must
attend each house in the specified
order.
Women’s living organizations
will mark off on a tally sheet the
men’s groups as they arrive. Mem
bers of the collection committee
will collect this list with the
money Saturday morning.
Court Application
Deadline Extended
Petition deadline for member
ship on the student court has been
extended to 5 p.m. Monday, ac
cording to Chairman Carl Weber.
/ Three vacancies exist on the court.
Application for the positions
must be made on ASOTJ petition
blanks which may be picked up
outside Student Union 301. The
petitions should be submitted to
the ASUO office SU 304
Appointment to the student
court is for the length of time the
student stays in school, Weber
said.
Athletic Cards
Available Now
Athletic cards for fall term will
be issued for the remainder of the
week at the ticket office in Mc
Arthur court, according to the
athletic department.
The office is open from 8 a.m.
to noon and from 1 to 5 p.m.
through Friday. Fall term regis
tration cards must be presented
to obtain the athletic cards.
The new athletic cards are of
a different design than those of
past years. In order to more read
' ily identify students, the card
bears the height, weight and age
; of the holder.
First Meeting Set
By IFC Council
The Inter Fraternity Council
will hold its first meeting of fall
term today at 6:30 p.m. in the
Student Union.
Fraternity presidents are asked
by IFC President Con Sheffer to
bring estimates of the number of
men that will be living in frater
nities at the beginning of fall
term, 1954.
How High
Is Deady?
Today’s undergraduates in Eng
land, feeling that pantry raids and
goldfish-swallowing are beneath
their dignity, have adopted “steg
ophilism” as an extra-curricular
diversion.
b rom the Greek, stege, meaning
roof, and philos, meaning crazy
about, stegophilists are "crazy
about roofs.” They climb roofs
and anything available that hap
pens to be higher, such as the
Martyr's Memorial, Oxford's 73
'foot lesser peak; the 200-foot
Radcliffe Camera, which is Ox
ford's Matterhorn; and.the even
higher Tom Tower, which is Ox
ford's Mt. Everest.
Cambridge has its famous sum
mits, too, as do other British in
stitutions of higher learning.
The segophilists operate by
night, for the exercise of their
hobby is strictly forbidden by edu
cational authoi itics. The fact that
they face expulsion if caught adds
excitement not found in the climb
ing of the Alps themselves.
Wednesday Marks
Open Rush Start
Open rush for University of
Oregon women will begin next
Wednesday, Panhellenic President
Sally Thurston announced yester
day. Sororities may continue to
rush until their quotas are filled,
she said.
Women interested in open rush
ing may sign up in the office of
women’s affairs in Emerald hall.
Of the 315 women who signed
up for formal rush, 79 dropped
rushing. These women are eligible
for open rush, Miss Thurston said.
'The Man' Play
Due For Bonus
"The Man,’’ Mel Dellini’s sus
pense drama under the direction
of Glen Starlin, instructor in
speech, will be presented Friday
and Saturday nights as a bonus
show for holders of University
theater season tickets.
The show was presented on
campus as the last of the theater's
summer season, and this run will
feature Ken Olsen and Tru Vos
berg in their original leading roles.
Other members of the cast will
be Audrey Mistretta, Clarence
Suitor, Robert Ross and Paul
Maier, According to Mrs. Gene
Wiley, theater business manager,
seats will not be reserved. Ad
mittance will be by season tickets
at the door, she said.
Registration Shows
Present Decrease
witn enrollment totals 220 be
low those of last year on the cor
responding day, officials of the
University of Oregon have been
reluctant to draw any conclusions
concerning the considerably in
creased enrollment at Portland
State college.
Total enrollment at Oregon on
the second day this year was 3648
as compared to the figure of 3868
reached on the second day in 1952
Enrollment for the fall term last
year eventually totaled 4231
These figures are inconclusive
for they do not include most of
the graduate students, students
whose jobs have kept them work
ing late or the more than 100
grant-in-aid athletes whose fees
have not yet been given to the reg
istrar. b
OSC Drops Too
At Oregon State college enroll
ment figures showed a decrease of
47 over the corresponding day a
year ago and 420 from the final
number of 4492.
Figures at Portland State, how
cver, showed an increase of over
Election, Reports
On Tonight's Slate
For ASUO Senate
The ASUO senate will hold its
fust meeting of the year at 6:30
tonight in the Student Union. The
agenda includes the election of a
secretary from the group and re
pci ts of several committees.
A report on the Northwest Fed
eration of Collegiate Leaders will
he given and the report on orienta
tion is also to be presented. ASUO
Pres. Tom Wrightson will present
his appointments to the cabinet
and other ASUO groups for ap
proval. ^
'V rightson announced that peti
tions for the two vacancies on the
senate, sophomore and junior rep
resentatives, will be due next
Thursday.
Piggers Guide Set
For October Sale
Publication of the 1933-54 Pig.
gcr s Guide is scheduled for late
October, according to Editor Paul
Keefe. The campus directory will
be sold on campus for 50 cents.
A staff of eight is now working
on the booklet which features gen
eral campus information as well
as complete student and faculty
directories, Keefe said. The new
guide will be approximately the
same size as last year's edition
which was 100 pages, he revealed.
Cover design of the directory
will remain a secret until the day
of the publication, said Keefe. The
cover has been designed by Bruce
Shaffer, graduate in architecture.
Shaffer did the cover and art work
in the 1953 Oregana.
200 from the 1300 expected. Budg
ets for all three of the institutions
were prepared in expectation of
enrollments equal t* those of last
year.
Dean J. F. Cramer of Portland
State has notified Chancellor
Charles F. Byrne of a need for 15
new instructors. Seven of the 15
have already been arranged for
with six more available, according
to Cramer. The new instructors
are on a wage basis with a possi
oility of conversion to an annual
salary.
space Needed
Greatest pinch in the system, re-*
ports Cramer, is being felt in’the
required freshmen courses, partic
ularly English composition, Eng
lish literature and physical educa
tion. Space for the physical edu
cation classes is also unable to
meet the needs of the increased
enrollment.
Chancellor Byrne spent Wednes
day checking on the possibility ot
a plea to the governor and the
state emergency board to raise
more money for teachers needed
at Portland State. The money
may be found in existing budget-*
should system-wide enrollments
lemain about the same. In such
a case, the board would be able to
shift already budgeted funds to
provide for the new instruction.
Total Unchanged
Under the new rules set up by
the last legislature, the request
for new teachers was carried by
Cramer first to Eyrne. After ap
proval by the chancellor and state
board it will be submitted to the
governor.
Second-day figures for the sys
tem as a whole, despite the drop.-*
at Oregon and Oregon State, were
still running about the same as a,
year ago. Final enrollment last
year totaled 12,919, with 10,901
registered on the second day as
compared with 10,866 this year.
^Publications Hold j
Open House Today
New students will have an op
portunity to familiarize them
selves with the two major campus
publications when the Oregana
and the Emerald hold open houses
today.
Staff members of the Oregana
will be on hand to serve refresh
ments to interested students flora
3 to 5:30 p.m. in the Oregana of
Pces, Student Union 308. Informa
tion about staff vacancies and the
possibility of work on the annual
will be available at that time ac
cording to Editor Bob Ford. ’
The quonset next to Deady hall,
known to Emerald staff member*
as the shack, ’ will be open to
interested students from 7 to 10
this evening. Refreshments will
also be served.
Students will be .able to meet
Emerald upper staff members as
well as see the operation of the
campus daily. Information about
staff vacancies will be available,
and a trip to the University Press
has been planned, according to
Editor A1 Karr.
Danny Grad Most Beautiful Teacher Runner
uo
by Jacki* Warded
Emerald Managing Editor
The “second most beautiful
teacher in the United States" is
now on the Oregon campus, but
she’s not teaching.
She is Joan Hutchon, a 22-year
old Pennsylvania State college
graduate here as a Danforth fel
low working with campus relig
ious groups. During her year as
a “Danny Grad” Miss Hutchon
will give her assistance to the
University Religious council, the
two Y groups and the Religious
Emphasis week committee.
Her main interest is in estab
lishing a campus chapel. “Your
campus has everything else," she
said. “We think a chapel would
be an important addition.”
Students Appreciate Her
But religious work won’t be her
only activity if her second place
finish in a national contest to find
the nation’s loveliest teachers,
sponsored by the radio show “Our
Miss Brooks’’ is any indication.
An English major with an educa
tion minor, the blue eyed blonde
was entered in the contest by her
pupils.
During her four years of college
she was a member of Mortar
Board, president of the Associat
ed Women Students and Kappa
Alpha Theta, and chairman of the
Penn State equivalent of Oregon’s
Religious Evaluation week.
As a result of her college activ
ities, Miss Hutchon was selected
as the American Magazine “Coed
of the Month” during her junior
year. “And I developed a philoso
phy that might sound peculiai
for me,” she added. "I don't
think any one^person should trj
to do so much?’
There are at present 16 “Dan
ny Grads,” not more than one
from a state or more than one in
a state. Most college campuses
have what Miss Hutchon termed
“Danforth associates” connected
with the religious activities on
campus. These associates recom
mend possible students to become
Danforth fellows — the outstand
ing 16 eventually being selected.
“It is extremely unusual fox
any campus to have a “Danny
Grad” two years in succession,"
Miss Hutchon said. However, the
committee felt that there was still
much work to be done on the Ore
gon campus and the University
expressed a request for a second
representative.
Last year's Oregon “Danny
Grad,” Jean Fuller of Ohio, is
currently working with the Amer
ican Friends Service Program in
Mexico.
Miss Hutchon, who comes from
Washington, D.C., expressed a cer
tain disappointment in Eugene.
Hearing about the lumbering in
dustry in the Northwest, she had
expected to find the city located
in a heavier forest region with
more trees in the city itself.
She's prepared for the famous
Oregon rain—“I got my first rain
coat for graduation, maybe that’s
why the committee sent me to
Oregon.” She thinks she'll like
the rain.
Miss Hutchon added that she
was especially interested in work
ing with “Oregon’s international
settlement,” commenting that the
Oregon attitude toward the for
eign students was one of the best
she’d seen.
“I think the international stu
dents can give the average Amer
ican undergraduate a better edu
cation than he can get anywhere
else,” she said. She has worked
for three years in a state depart
ment sponsored program for for
eign students in Washington, D C.
During her stay here she’s liv
ing on the fifth floor of Carson
hall. Miss Hutchen will audit a
few courses, follow an extensive*
reading program and “always be.
available for a chat” in addition
to her work with the religious
groups.