Men's Rush Week
Opens As Frosh
Sign for Dates
Men’s rush week opened Sunday
night with an orientation meeting
in the ballroom of the Student Un
ion. About 275 protective rushees
attended the meeting.
Mimeographed schedules of rush
week were given those who at
tended the meeting and additional
information was given by Inter
Fraternity Council President Con
Sheffer.
Frederick M. Hunter, former
chancellor of the State Board of
Higher Education, gave a brief
talk on fraternity living and the
place of fraternities in campus
life.
The schedule for rush week:
MONDAY: 2 to 5 p.m. Registra
tion of rushees in the SU ballroom.
All rushees pay $5 which includes
pledging fee. Rushees sign for six
delates.
L 7 to 10 p.m. Completion of reg
istration with fraternity represen
tatives on floor. No more than
| four dates per house.
TUESDAY: 9 to 11:30 a. m.
Completion of registration in room
, 204, Student Union.
10 p.m. Rushees go to office
of student affairs if they wish
o break dates with houses. Houses
urn in drops by midnight in the
iffice of student affairs. No Tucs
ay dates may be broken.
WEDNESDAY: 10 to 11:30 a m.
Top list posted in room 214 Stu
nt Union. Sign up for broken
tes.
1 10 P m. to 12 midnight. Drops
Made by rushees and fraternities
In office of student affairs.
THURSDAY: Same as Wednes
day.
* FRIDAY: 10 to 11:30 a.m. Drop
list posted in SU 214. Sign up for
broken dates.
10 p.m. to 12 midnight. Rushees
■ign preference cards in SU 214
listing first, second and third
preference. Fraternities turn in
preference lists to Student Union
, officials desk. If closed, turn in
at office of student affairs. All
lists should be alphabetized and
typed.
SATURDAY: 9 a.m. to 12 noon.
Rushees pick up name of frater
nity they have pledged at SU 214.
IFC President Sheffer stressed
the fact that men who do not
pledge this week will not have an
other opportunity to do so until
Jthe third week of winter term.
IFC Gives Three
irade Awards
ThreS, trophies for outstanding
Scholarship were presented by the
Inter-FraiBTnity council at their
annual retrefct near Yachats Sun
day morning.
The award for the highest schol
astic average last year went to
Phi Kappa Psi, and the trophy
given for the most improvement
over the 1951-52 academic year
was awarded to Pi Kappa Alpha.
Delta Tau Delta won the tro
phy given annually to the frater
nity whose pledge class had the
highest grade point average dur
ing the period after they were
pledged.
Directorate Secretary
Petitions for secretary of the
Student Union directorate are
now being called for, according to
Ted Goh, SU publicity committee
chairman. Deadline is 5 p.m.
Monday, he said.
ARTHUR KSSLINGER
Noteworthy
Muscle-Benders
Get New Chief
Arthur A. Esslinger, who re
places Ralph W. Leighton this
term as dean of the school of
health and physical education,
brings with him a long and note
worthy record in the field of phys
ical education.
Not a newcomer to the Pacific
coast, Esslinger served as director
of physical education at Stanford
prior to his entry into the army
in 1943.
During World War II, he serv
ed as director of physical educa
tion at the army’s school for spec
ial services in Lexington, Va. Fol
lowing his duty with special ser
vices, he served as chief of rehab
ilitation work for the office of the
surgeon general. Esslinger’s staff
was charged with speeding and
improving the recovery of combat
veterans through exercise.
His final assignment with the
army was chief of physical train
ing for the army service forces.
He was discharged at the close
of the war with the rank of major.
Esslinger was graduated from
the University of Illinois in 1931
and received his master’s degree
from that institution in 1932. His
first job was instructor in physi
cal education at Bradley univer
sity.
He received his Ph.D. from the
University of Iowa in 1938 and
accepted an assistant professor
ship at Stanford. He was made
director of physical education in
1941.
“Dean Leighton built a fine or
ganization,” said Esslinger. He
said that he considers his appoint
ment an “honor and a privilege.”
The new dean even likes Ore
gon weather. He once served at
Fort Lewis for three years. “I’m
used to rain,” he said.
Oregana Begins
Picture Taking
On Wednesday
Oregana women’s living organi
zation pictures will be taken at
Kennell-Ellis studio beginning on
Wednesday, Janet Bell, living or
ganizations editor, announced.
All women are to wear white
blouses of the sport type or Peter
Pan collar style, Miss Bell stated.
The change is being made to cre
ate more uniformity on the organ
ization pages, and to make a more
attractive overall effect, she ex
plained.
Wednesday’s schedule is:
Alpha Xi Delta, 9 to 11:10 a.m.
Alpha Gamma Delta, 11:15 a.m.
to 2:00 p.m.
Alpha Chi Omega, 2:05 to 5:15
p.m.
Eugene freshman pledges are to
have pictures taken with their liv
ing organizations, and their pic
tures will appear on their sorority
pages, Miss Bell said.
Miss Bell emphasized that stu
dents check all activities they be
I 'on£ to on the activity envelopes
at Kennell-Ellis. The first stu
dent going down to have her pic
ture taken will take the signup
sheet down, so the photographers
will have a schedule.
Alpha Omicron Pi, Alpha Phi
and Alpha Delta Pi will have pic
tures taken Thursday, and Ann
Judson and Chi Omega Friday.
Oregon Enrollment
Will Reach 4000
Total registration at the Uni
versity of Oregon at the end of
the first week of registration was
3919. Regular registration ended
at noon Saturday, but late enroll
ments are expected to bring the
figure to at least 4000, according
to University officials.
Saturday’s figure is 302 short
of last year’s total enrollment of
4321. It is also 183 less than the
number of students who had sign
ed up at the end of the first week
last year.
Freshman class enrollment has
dropped from last year’s figures
also. According to the chancellor’s
office, 1046 freshmen had register
ed by Friday night, compared with
the 1070 freshmen who registered
last fall term.
Pedestrians Get Boost
Students walking on the north
side of 13th ave. may no longer
be pushed off on the grass by stu
dents going in the opposite di
rection when construction in that
area is completed, according to
Physical Plant Superintendent I.
I. Wright.
Wright stated that, because of
the heavy student traffic, very
little grass could grow between
the sidewalk and the street, and
mud from the area was being
tracked into buildings and class
rooms. To put a stop to this sit
uation the grass has been removed
and will be replaced with cement
sidewalks.
"In time, this work will be ex
tended along 13th ave., from Uni
versity to Kincaid St.,” the physi
cal department head said.
Physical plant workers have
also removed the brick steps from
the Art Museum and replaced it
with steps of colored cement in
the interest of safety.
Theta Sigma Phi
Pledges Women
Seven women were formally
pledged to Theta Sigma Phi, wom
en’s journalism honorary, in cere
monies Sunday.
They include Pat Gildea, senior
in journalism, tapped last spring,
Jackie Wardell, Laura Sturges,
Mary Salazar, Carol Eldridge,
Marcia Dutcher and Tina Fisk,
juniors in journalism who were
tapped preceding the ceremony.
Prexy Candidate
Interviews Slated
Oregon'2 “n<1,ida,es fof residency of the University oT
cellar Char cs'd BrV,eW't 'tT''5, °C,ob'r’ ““"'"S <° Ctan
w ■ yrne °f the State system of hi^er education
!v half! ^ Pr°CT &f,SeTiCctln^ a nevv hea<* administrator rough
ly halfway completed, Byrne stated, the state board of higher
education will interview the three next month, as will the faculty
advisory council and the board of deans. *
Most reasonably optimistic date --
>.<■<•1. a new president could be
selected and ready to take over
the post, he said, would be Jan. 1,
1954, but the date could very pos
sibly not be until next summer.
It depends upon how long it takes
to find the right man, and the ex
tent of the committments that he
must wind up once he is selected,
the chancellor explained.
Byrne stressed that although
the field has been narrowed to
three candidates for present con
sideration, about half of the orig
inal 35 to 40 candidates, plus a
few others since nominated, are
still very much candidates for the
post.
Morris Elected
The original number were nom
inated by the board of deans,
headed by senior dean Victor P.
Morris of the business school, who
was later elected acting president
of the University, and by the fac
ulty advisory council, whose chair
man is Hoyt Trowbridge, profes
sor of English.
Background information and
references were obtained on the
original candidates, and the field
was narrowed to 20, those elimi
nated either proving unsatisfac
tory or not interested in the posi
tion. The field was later narrowed
to five foremost candidates, and
then to the present three.
At no time have names of the
candidates been released, Byrne
said, in order to protect those
who have other important posi
tions from embarrassment with
their present employers. Many of
them have indicated that they
would refuse further consideration
if their candidacies were made
public.
The selection process began
when H. K. Newburn, president
since 1945, announced his resigna
tion in June. The faculty advisory
council and the board of deans rec
ommended candidates, and the
search for information and refer
ences was underway.
Nomination Used
Only a few personal applications
were received; these were among
the number later eliminated.
Method of obtaining candidates
was through nomination, not ap
plication. “The job of University
president seeks the man; the man
doesn’t seek the job,” Byrne
stated.
In selecting a University pres
ident, Byrne pointed out, consid
eration is given to academic train
ing—a doctorate would generally
be a requirement, and academic
and administrative experience in
relation to a liberal arts institu
tion such as Oregon.
Byrne stressed the importance
of the role being played by the
faculty advisory group and the
deans, and the aid given the state
board by those groups. The state
board makes the selection of the
president, but the two faculty
groups nominated candidates and
are participating in the selection
process.
Council Named
Other members of the faculty
advisory council are W. C. Bal
laine, professor of business admin
istration; E. A. Cykler, professor
of music; R. R. Huestis, head of
the biology department; C. W.
Macy, head of the economics de
partment; and I. M. Niven, pro
fessor of mathematics.
The board of deans, besides
Morris, includes Arthur Esslinger.
school of health and physical ed
ucation; Orlando J. Hollis, school
of law; Theodore Kratt, school of
music; S. W. Little, school of
architecture and H. J. Noyes,
school of dentistry; Gordon A.
Sabine, school of journalism; El
don W. Johnson, college of liberal
arts and graduate school; Donald
M. Dushane, director of student
affairs; J. O. Lindstrom, Univer
sity business manager; and Carl
W. Hintz, University librarian.
Phi Psis, Thefas;
Nab Derby Prize
Phi Kappa Psi and Kappa Al
pha Theta won top spots in tho
annual Bunion Derby contest Fri
day evening, according to Barbara
Wilcox, general chairman. Last
year’s winners were Alpha Gam
ma Delta and Phi Gamma Delta.
Nearly all of the men’s living
groups had more men registered!
at the living organizations than,
they had members of the house,
Miss Wilcox reported Sunday. Fin
al determination of awards wani
made upon the basis of the or
ganizations which had the number,
closest to the number of their res
idents going to the houses.
Awards to the winner, the ro
tating trophy which goes to th»
mens winner, and the records,
will be made as soon as the trophy
can be engraved. The awards a**L
donated by Graves Music and Art
Co. and the Appliance Center.
Runners-up in the contests wev*.
Lambda Chi Alpha and Sigma
Kappa. Next in order were Sigma
Chi and Chi Omega and Phi Sigma
Kappa and Pi Beta Phi.
\
Squad Named
By Rally Board
Six permanent members of th®
rally squad and two alternate:*'
were selected at final tryouts Fri
day evening at McArthur court..
The yell dukes were chosen, by th®,
same body Wednesday evening,
according to A1 Goldenberg, rally
board chairman.
Composing the rally squad for
the year will be Carole Hansen,
Adrienne McRae, Marcia Cook,
Nan Hagedorn, Donna Aaris, an*
Rosalie Todd. First alternate la*
Paula Curry, with Marlis Claus-,
sen as second alternate.
Yell dukes are Bill Hettick, Earlt
Culbertson, Dick Jannic, and Torn,
Gaines, with Herb West as alter
nate. Dave Lenz, yell king, was.
selected by the ASUO SenatOi
spring term.
Other finalists for the rally
squad were Nancy Septka, Pat
Koeppel, Sally Jo Greig, Donna
Hill, and Verla Thompson.
The selections for the rally
squad were made by the member®*
of the rally board executive coun
cil, which is composed of Golden
berg, Nancy Randolph, Stan Sav
age, Art Greisser, Joe Anstett,
and Dave Lenz.
Orides Announces
First Meeting Dote
Orides, organization for all in-,
dependent off-campus women, witfe
meet today at 7 p.m. on third floor
of Gerlinger, according to Marian
Cass, president.
Any independent woman living
off-campus is eligible to attend
this open meeting to learn about
the organization. Meetings are*
held each Monday evening at, T
p.m. in Gerlinger.
The group participates in cam
pus activities and exchange des
serts. At least one house danco
will also be held this year.
Officers of the group besides,
miss Cass include Sally Hayden,
vice-president; Pat Findly, sec re
tdryr, and Germaine LaMajch'cj.
treasurer.