UNANIMOUS
Summers New
OFCL Veep
' Bob Summers, member-at-large
*of the ASUO senate was elected
' vice president of the Oregon Fed
eration of Collegiate Leaders at
/ Us convention last weekend on the
"Reed college campus in Portland.
,*» Dale Jorgenson of Reed was
. elected president of OFCL, oppos
.. lng Summers for the post. Sum
. mers selection for the second spot
-was unanimous.
Next year's convention site is to
•be Southern Oregon College of
- Education. Pete Soderland of SO
CK was chosen as secretary-treas
- urer for the group. A host school
r -lepresentative always fills this
. office.
- - Resolution Passed
. Among the resolutions passed
. at the convention was one to have
. the new president appoint a com
mittee to study the feasibility of
* the formation of a Northwest Fed
eration of collegiate leaders. This
* would include colleges in Wash
* ington, British Columbia, Idaho
‘ • and Montana in addition to Ore
gon. The committee could arrange
• -for a trial “NFCL” convention
- next spring or fall.
• • The resolution was introduced
- by Summers as a compromise
• • measure when it appeared that
- the convention waa not ready to
- -decide on the formation of such a
- group immediately. Oregon senate
‘ ‘members had prepared a propos
ed constitution for an “NFCL” af
*ter consultation with other Ore
' gon schools.
• * Representatives from Washing
- ton, Washington State and the Ev
, . ei green conference schools at
„ tended the Portland meeting in
.j. anticipation of a possible approval
. of tho NFCL. Fifteen Oregon
• * schools were represented. /
Discussions Held
• * The convention also passed a
^resolution suggesting that OFCL
schools investigate the posibilities j
"of membership in the National j
. * Student association. The national!
- president of NSA, Jim Edwards,
spoke to the convention Saturday
. - morning. Vote on this resolution
• was unanimous except for Oregon
which abstained.
. Meetings during the convention
consisted of discussions by various
school representatives on school
„ problems. Reed College Pres. Dun
• can S. Ballantine and State Sen.
' * Richard Neuberger addressed the
\ group during the convention.
In addition to Summers, Ore
- gon's delegation included: Don
Collin, ASUO vice-president; Kit
—
ty Fraser, Emerald editorial as
sistant; Bob McCracken, ex-sen
ate member; Phil Lynch, Skull
and Dagger president and senate
members Elsie Schiller, Gary
West, Ann Blackwell, Janet Gus
tafson and A1 Opliger.
Homecoming Heads
Tell Weekend Plans
Polls will open today at the Stu
dent Union, Commonwealth square
and the Co-op for Homecoming
queen elections, Marcia Tamiesie
and Ann Blackwell, queen selec
tion co-chairmen, have announced.
The booths will be open from 9
a. m. to 5 p. m. both today and
tomorrow.
Fall term registration cards
must be presented at the time of
voting. Campus-wide participation
in the election has been requested
by Miss Tamicsie. Only 900 stu
dents voted in last year’s election,
she reports.
The queen, whose selection will
be announced at the Homecoming
variety show Friday night, will be
selected from the 1953 Homecom
ing court.
Competing for the title arc Flor
ence Wright, Sylvia Wingard,
Queen Candidates
THE QUEEN of Oregon’s annual Homecoming weekend will be selected from the six jun
ior women above in all-campus elections to be held today and tomorrow. Vying for the title
of queen are (left to right) Ann Gerlinger, Janet Miller, Sylvia Wingard, Nancy Randolph,
Florence Wright and Mary Cosart.
Nancy Randolph, Janet Miller,
Ann Gcrlinger and Mary Cosart..
Shirley Boner, senior in education,
waa the 1952 Homecoming queen.
SIGN CONTEST
Homecoming sign plans and a
financial statement are to be turn
ed in by all living organization 9
wishing to participate in the con- .
test by 5 p. m. Wednesday. They
are to be submitted to Ann Ger
linger and Ann Bankhead, sign
contest co-chairmen, at Kappa
Alpha Theta.
‘‘Those living organizations fail
ing to follow these rules will bo
disqualified,” stated Miss Bank
headd. A price limit of $35 has
been placed upon each sign, she
added.
Judging of the signs will be bas
ed upon adherence to the central
theme, effort, originality and im
pressiveness. Men and women’s
living organizations will be judged
separately with a rotating trophy
going to each first place winner.
The second and third place awards
will be donated by downtown mer
chants. I
The trophies and awards will be
presented during the intermission
Df the Homecoming dance by Pat
-y Fagen, prizes chairman. \
DANCE TICKETS
Tickets for the Homecoming
Dance, Nov. 21, are on sale to
lay, reports Carol Oakley, ticket
rommittee chairman. They may be
Durchased for $2 at the main desk
5f the Student Union and at the
Do-op until 3 p. m. Thursday. They,
ilso will be sold in all men’s living
irganizations.
Dick Schwary and his band, ra
:ed Portland’s "newest and best’’,*
vill be featured at the dance,
vhich is scheduled for the SU
oallroom. Schwary, a 1952 grad
uate of Oregon, has just comple
ted an engagement at Jantzen
Beach.
All Oregon State college stu
lents have been invited to attend
he affair.
Attire will be short silks for
vomen and suits for men. "We
Jrge everyone to buy his ticket
!arly,” states Miss Oakley.
VARIETY SHOW
What Oregon’s new president,
D. Meredith Wilson, will see on
:ampus has been selected as the
heme of the annual Homecoming
variety show.
“We are leaving all the football
:o the team on Saturday,’’ said
ludy Morse, chairman of the Fri
lay night show. "Of course the
nain event. of the show will be
he official announcement and
crowning of the 1953 Homecoming'
preen, but along with her you will
meet such campus figures as Pro
fessor Snarf, and if we can get
iim out of the Dean’s office long
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Montague's Talk Opens
:Lane County Bar Case
The third annual “Lane County
*, Bar Association Case Analysis
\ Contest” begins today when Mal
'* colm Montague, senior in law, ad
,, dresses the Lane County Bar at
. a luncheon.
.« Montague is the first of the law
t school students who will appear
•* before the bar on the first and
* third third Tuesday of each month
* to discuss a recent case of inter
est selected by the student.
Each contestant is allowed
« twenty minutes for his oral pre
. sentation. He can speak from
notes, but he cannot read a manu
script. His performance is rated
on a standard rating sheet by
* three members of the bar who act
as judges.
* At the end of the year all of the
* judges rating sheets will be exam
* ined and the two students with
■ the highest composite scores will
* be awarded a first and second
| prize offered by the Lane County
Bar Association. The prizes are
■ $50 for first place, $25, second,
* and will be presented at the an
nual law school senior banquet
held on the Friday evening pro
ceeding University commencement
exercises each year.
First, second and third year law
students are eligible to participate
in the contest.
Hickenbottom
Injured in SF
Ken Hickenbo'ttom, junior in
liberal arts, was injured in an
automobile accident Friday
night in San Francisco. Bill
Loch, junior In geology, riding
with Hickenbottom, was not in
jured.
Hickenbottom suffered inter
nal injuries but is expected to
recover and return to the Uni
versity In a few days, according
to Jack Boehme, senior in gen
eral science and member of
Hickenbottom's fraternity, Al
pha Tau Omega.
Coming Lecture
Will Feature Art
A lecture presenting the basic
principles of ancient and modern
art will be given Wednesday at
7:30 p. m. in the Student Union
browsing room by Mis. Chandler
Beall of the Chula Vista street art
studio. She will suggest a practi
cal approach to the understanding
of the abstract art expression of
our times.
Mrs. Beall was born and reared
in southern France. She studied
art in Paris at the Academie Jul
ian and at the Academie Moderne
with Fernand Leger. She worked
with Hans Hofmann at the Choui
nard School of Art in Los Angeles
in 1931, and was given a scholar
ship in 1933 to Hofmann's Art
Academy in Munich, Germany.
More recently Mrs. Beall stud
ied again with Hofmann in his
New York school. She has also
done work with Ozenfant in his
Paris school and with Archipenko
and has studied art in Mexico.
Army Colonel McKenney
Inspects Oregon ROTC
The Army ROTC department
was host Monday to Col. Alfred
McKenney, chief of the Oregon
Military district. Colonel McKen
ney inspected the department and
became acquainted with its staff
members.
Having recently returned from
Augsburg, Bavaria, where he was
the post commander, Col. McKen
ney is now stationed at the Dis
trict’s headquarters at Vancouver
Barracks, Wn.
During his 36 years of military
duty Colonel McKenney has served
in numerous capacities throughout
the world. He has been on tours of
duty in Puerto Rico, Greece, the
Philippines and the Middle East.
Written Articles
Fourteen years of this time was
spent in ROTC units at Boston
university, the University of New
Hampshire and Gettysburg col
lege, Pa. Colonel McKenney has
written numerous articles for mili
tary journals.
One of his most interesting ex
periences came during World War
II when he was sent as an emis
sary to the Emperor of Ethiopia,
and later conducted him to the
Bitter Lakes conference with
President Roosevelt. While -on du
ty in the Middle East he was
awarded the Legion of Merit hon
or.
Classes Seem Attentive
Commenting on his first visit to
the University, Colonel McKenney
stated that, “the classes seem very
attentive; the boys ask good*
questions and seem to take a gen
ine interest in the subject matter."
He referred further to the Ore
gon program by saying that ho
was happy to see the way in which
the Army and Air Eorce were so
well integrated with the Univer
sity program. “That's the way we
should find it everywhere,” he sta
ted.
Colonel McKenney will be cn
campus again next spring.