Table to Feature
Nun Journalist,
Honor Awards
Sister Mary Gilbert, instruc
tor in journalism at Holy
Names college, will be featured
speaker at the Theta Sigma Phi
sponsored Matrix table, Oct. 20.
Sister Mary Gilbert, who attend
ed Oregon for both undergraduate
and graduate work, in the author
of "The Springs of Silence,” an
autobiography in which she In
cludes a chapter on her campus
experiences.
The women’s Journalism honor
ary will also honor a "Woman of
Achievement” selected from Uni
versity students and an outstand
ing Eugene woman at the dinner.
Identities of the two women will
be kept secret until announcement
of the honors at the dinner. Basis
of selection for the University
woman will include service to the
University, interest in and con
tributions to campus activities and
scholarship, according to Virginia
Dailey, chairman of the selection.
Reservations for the Matrix
table may be made at the school
of journalism office, according to
Kitty Fraser, Theta Sigma Phi
president.
Gallery Asks
Student Art
Student art work Is being
sought for the Student Union art
gallery exhibit of campus work,
October 25 to November 4, ac
cording to Burbara Johnson, SU
art gallery committee chairman'
Any student, whether or not
he is in the art school, may sub
mit sculpture, ceramics, weav
ing, painting, wate^. color, jevv
flry, engravings, architectural
work or photography to Sue
French at Chi Omega.
Work must be submitted by
Oct. 22 and will be returned aft
er the exhibit.
Asked to Give
Blood Donors
The Red CroM Blood Drive
on the University campus has
been scheduled for October 26
and 27. The blood donation cen
ter will be set up In the Student
Union ballroom from t to 5 p.m.
October 26, and from 9 to S
p.m., October 27.
Goal of the Red Cross Blood
Drive this year hi one pint of
blood from every student. Any
healthy normal person between
the age* of 18 and 59 may give
blood. However, unmarried stu
dents between the ages of 18
and 21 must have the written
consent of their parents even
though they have donated blood
before.
According to the American
Red Cross, the need for blood is
greater this year than ever be
fore since the supply at present
Is low and an emergency would
deplete it.
Campus Grades
Show Slight Rise
The a!l-Unlversity grade point
average for the three regular
terms of the 1952-53 academic
year was boosted to a 2.586, for
a .4 per cent rise over the previous
year, according to a final tabu
lation of the year's grades.
University House had the high
est grades of any living organi
zation on campus with a 2.971
average for the three terms. Sec
ond on the campus and first for
men’s organizations was Sigma
hall with a 2.953 average.
Rebec House and Alpha Delta
Pi were second and third respec
tively, in grade competition for
women's houses. Alpha hall was
second and Barrister Inn third in
men's competition.
The grade point average for all
women’s organizations was 2.670,
and that for all sororities was
2.691. Women’s dormitories had a
2.486 average. Non-organization
men had a 2.683 average, and
men's clubs had a 2.485. The
fraternity average was 2.473 and
men’s dormitories earned a 2.414
grade point.
Demos Slate Address
Hilaries u. sorter* a Eugene at
torney, will address the Univer
sity chapter of the Young Demo
crats at their meeting Tuesday at
7 p.m. in the Student Union. Por
ter’s topic will be "Your Fight—
Hell's Canyon.”
The speaker is president of the
Lane County branch of the Nation
al Hells Canyon association. The
talk will be a preliminary to an
address to be given by State Sen
ator Richard L. Neuberger, Oct.
Prof to Describe
Japanese Politics
Paul S. Dull, associate professor
of history and political science,
will speak at the first 1953-54
meeting of the social science club
tonight. Dull, who returned from
a year In Japan, will speak on
“Some Dynamics of Japanese Pol
itics.”
Members of the club and visit
ors will meet in the Student Un
ion at 6 p.m. for dinner. At -7:30
p.m., the group will adjourn to
the SU Dad’s Lounge for the
meeting.
16 at the new Eugene high school
auditorium. Neuberger, a possible
1954 gubernatorial candidate, has
been active in the Hells Canyon
controversy.
Hank Orner, acting president of
the campus Young Democrats, has
invited all interested persons to
attend Tuesday’s meeting.
Applicants Needed
For SU Vacancies
Petitions are now being called
for four vacancies on the Student
Union board. Openings are for a
one year term from the graduate
school, a one year term for a sen
ior from the school of education
and two year terms for a junior
from school of health and physical
education and the school of archi
tecture and allied arts.
Applicants will be interviewed
by a joint ASUO and Student Un
ion board committee at a later
date. Deadline for the petitions
will be announced later. Petitions
may be secured from the box on
the third floor of the SU.
Group Leaders
For Homecoming
To Hold Meeting
The Homecoming commit
tee, composed of all committee
chairmen, will hold its initial
meeting Tuesday in the Stu
dent Union at 4 p.m., according
to Bob Pollack, co-chairman of
the event.
Committee chairmen include
Bob Kelly, bonfire; Bob McCrack
en, dance; Germaine LeMarche,
luncheon; Gwen Zinniger and Bob
Giersdorf, promotion; Ann Bank
head and Ann Gerllnger, sign con
test; Geri Porrit and Barbara Wil
cox, theme contest, and Marilyn
Parrish and Jerry Farrow, half
time entertainment.
Other chairmen are Verla
Thompson, radio promotion; Sally
Ryan, hospitality; Walt White,
noise parade; Marcia Tamasie and
Ann Blackwell, queen selection;
Don Crawford and Gloria Lee,
variety show; Janet Wick, general
secretary, and Milan Foster, fi
nance.
Assistants have also been se
lected for several committees.
These include Phyllis Pearson,
dance; Fdna Humiston, noise pa
rade, and Gary West, finance.
Also assisting on the finance
committee are Jean Piarcy, cam
pus button sales, and Bud Hink
son, public school buttons sales.
Britain Offers
Marshall Gifts
Competition has opened for the
newly-founded Marshall Scholar
ships, Great Britain’s practical
means of thanking the United
States for the aid offered under
the Marshall Plan. Scholarships
for two years study at any univer
sity in the United Kingdom will
be awarded 12 graduates of de
grees-granting colleges or univer
sities in the U.S. who are citizens
of this country and under 2S
years of age when study is to be
taken.
Value of the scholarships, which
includes transportation to and
from place of study, will vary with
the different universities, and will
be increased for married men.
With the United States divided
into four different regions for the
contest, three scholarships will be
awarded in each of the four re
gions.
Prospective candidates from this
area should obtain explanatory
documents and application forms
immediately from the British Con
sulate-General, 310 S a n s o m e
Street, San Francisco, 4, Califor
nia, according to K. S. Ghent, for
eign student adviser. Deadline for
applications to be filed with the
regional committee is Nov. 1. Suc
cessful candidates will be notified
of their appointments in the
spring.
Beard-Sprouting
Race Underway
.v^ii
'-R rfo
Imvc o’clock shadow will be the style for sophomore men un
til the annual Sophomore Whiskcrino. The traditional two
weeks period of no shaving before the dance began Sunday
night. J
J reshmen women will check beards and report violators dur
ing the evening meal Wednesday, according to Dick Gray, co-chairman
of the beard growth contest. Sophomore men will not be allowed to
wcXnT the POrUand gamG With thG UniVCrSity Washington this
Skull and Dagger, sophomore men’s service honorary, will also
School Newsmen
Schedule Confab
High school newspaper and
yearbook staff workers from all
parts of Oregon will be on the
campus October 23 and 24 for the
27th annual high school press con
ference.
The conference will open Octo
ber 23 with roundtable sessions
on "How We Run the Oregon
Daily Emerald” and “How We Run
the Oregana.” The panels will be
composed of staff executives of
the two publications under the di
rection of A1 Karr, Emerald edi
tor, and Bob Ford, Oregana editor.
The meet will also feature gen
eral assemblies presenting speak
ers from the fields of newswriting,
advertising and literature. Round
table discussions will be conducted
October'24 by staffers of high
school publications with high state
and national rankings.
Concluding event of the session
will be an award luncheon at noon
with the presentation of trophies
to winners in the yearly improve
ment contest. The.Visitors will be
guests of the athletic department
at the Oregon-San Jose State foot
ball game in the afternoon.
t The conference, sponsored by the
University school of journalism,
annually attracts some 600 high
school students.
Science Students
Urged to Register
Pre-professional sc i e n c e stu
dents who have not filled out short
legistration forms in the science
office are urged to do so as soon
as possible, according to depart
ment heads.
Pre-dental, pre-medical and
medical technology students are
also asked to register.
Commission Plans
Grants to Teachers
United States Educational com
mission in the Federal Republic
of Germany will provide 25 grants
this year for American graduate
students for teaching assistant
ships in secondary schools in the
larger cities of West Germany.
Tuition at the nearest univer
sity, as well as travel and main
tenance, are provided for the
grantees, who are required to
spend twelve hours weekly teach
ing English conversation and pro
viding information on American
life.
Qualifications for these grants
are the same as for the Fulbright
awards. All information regarding
these opportunities in Germany
can be had from K. S. Ghent, as
sociate professor of mathematics
in Emerald hall.
cnecK lor violators and will tub the
traditional breakers in Fenton
pool.
Prizes awarded on the basis of
originality and neatness will bo
given first, second, and third placa
winners in the contest during tbo
intermission of the Whiskerino.
Names of candidates for tbo
Betty Co-ed and Joe College con
test should be turned in to Mari
lyn Parrish at Delta Delta Delta
or Bob McCracken at Alpha Tan
Omega by 5 p.m. Tuesday.
Men’s living organizations are to
sponsor a sophomore man, ami
women’s living organizations aro
to nominate a sophomore woman.
First interviews of candidate#
have been scheduled for Wednes
day at 6:30 p.m. Campus clothes
will be in order. ,
Nominees will be narrowed down
by interviews to either four op
six finalists, depending on tba
number of candidates, McCracken
said. Final voting for Betty Co
ed and Joe College will be held
at the "Stubble Stomp,” Saturday
Oct. 24. *
All candidates will be judged
on a basis of personality, appear
ance and campus interest by a
board of judges composed of
townspeople, faculty members and
students.
NAACP to Hear
Labor Official 1
Mark Smith, of the Oregon:
State Bureau of Labor, will be
the guest speaker at the first
meeting of the University chapter
of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
tonight at 7:30 in the Student Un
ion.
Smith will speak on “The Chal
lenge of Opportunity on Merit_
Not Race, Religion, or National
ity.” He will also conduct a brief
workshop on the subject.
“The Challenge,” a film con
cerning the extent of four rights
in the United States, safety and
security of per sons, citizenship and
its practice, freedom of conscience,
and equality of opportunity, will
be shown before the discussion.
The film has been endorsed by
such organizations as the AFT-,
CIO, American Veterans of World
War II, National Student Associa
tion of the United States and tho
Unitarian Service league.
The public has been invited to
attend the meeting.
University Singers
Elect New Officers
Newly-elected president -of th«
University Singers is Larry Swan
son, graduate student in music.
Other officers chosen in elections
held last week include Doug Sto
bie, tour manager; Mary Sweeney;
and Mary Lou Teague, co-libra
rians, and Joyce Sinner, accomp
anist.
Alltons File For $175,000 Damaaes
Donald Allton, former assistant
professor of music at the Univer
sity, and his wife filed suit Thurs
day against the city of San Diego,
the San Diego police chief and the
operators of a San Diego food
market for $175,000 damages.
Allton resigned last spring and
the family is now living in the
Los Angeles area.
The suit grew out of a charge
against Mrs. Allton in which she
was accused of passing worthless
checks in the San Diego area last
year. County Prosecutor Don Kel
ler later dropped the charges
against her, explaining "I den t
want to try an innocent woman.’'
Named as defendants in the suit
are the city of San Diego, Polico
Chief Elmer Jansen, and the op
erators of the food market where
the checks, bearing the name Mu
riel Mae Hamilton, were passed.