VOL. LV
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, NOVEMBER 18, 1953
NO. 46
Dance Plans
Near Finish
nomecoining aance committee
members took one last deep breath
as they prepared to wind up final
details for the dance,' Nov. 21, in
the Student Union ballroom.
Dick Schwary and his band has
HC Sign Plans,
Costs Due Today
The absolute deadline for sub
mitting Homecoming sign plans
and a financial statement is today,
at 5 p. m., according to Ann Ger
linger and Ann Bankhead, sign
contest co-chairmen.
The plans and financial state
ment may be submitted to either
Miss Bankhead or Miss Gerlinger
at Kappa Alpha Theta.
"Those living organizations fail
ing to follow these rules will be
disqualified,” Miss Bankhead has
stated. An expense limit of $35 has
been placed on each sign, she
added.
Judging of the signs will be
based on adherence to the central
theme, effort, originality and im
pressiveness. Men’s and women’s
living organizations will be judged
separately and a rotating trophy
will go to the winner in each di
vision. Second and third place
awards will be donated by Eugene
merchant*.
Far East Professor
To Speak Tuesday
T. Z. Koo former official in the
Chinese Nationalist government
and present professor of Oriental
studies at Iowa State university
* wiil speak in a University assembly
next Tuesday at 1 p.m.
' "The War of Ideas in the Ori
. ent" be the topic of Koo’s
speech.
Koo was an official in the de
partment of Railways in the Chi
» nehe Nationalist government, a
rational YMCA and church leader,
, and a university professor. Al
though he has lived din the United
States for some years, he has
maded many trips to China and
* has current contacts with the sit
, nation there and throughout the
| Orient.
► In speaking appearances Koo
Usually wears his native Chinese
► scholar’s robe. He usually has his
Chinese flute along and on re
* quest will play a bit before start
ing his address.
►
\ ~ '
DICK SCHWARY AND HIS BAND
Music for Homecoming
Slides to Illustrate
Art Lecture Tonight
Slides of early cave paintings
and of contemporary paintings
will illustrate the lecture given by
Mrs. Chandler Beall as she pre
sents the basic principles of anci
ent and modern art tonight at 7:30
in the Student Union browsing
room.
W. S. Baldinger, associate pro
fessor of art, will lead discussion
from the audience following Mrs.
Beall’s lecture. The slides used in
the lecture are on loan from the
University art school, Mrs. Beall
said.
Mi*s. Beall, who is well-traveled,
has designed her lecture to sug
gest a practical approach to the
understanding of the abstract art
expression of our times. She has
visited the great art collections of
her native country, France, and
those of Germany, Italy, Spain,
the United States and Mexico.
She studied art in Paris, at the
Academie Julian, and at the Acad
emic Modeme with Fernand Le
ger. Having worked with Hans
Hofmann at the Chouivard School
of Art in Los Angeles in 1931, she
was given a scholarship to Hof
mann’s Art Academy in Munich,
Germany two years later.
More recently, Mrs. Beall has
studied with Hofmann again in
his New York school. She has also
done work with Ozenfant in his
Paris school and with Archipenko.
In addition she has studied art in'
Mexico.
School Building Discussion
Heads Conference Agenda
* Discusion of national trends in
i school building construction and
^ school curricula heads the agenda
i for the Oregon state conference on
► School Plant Planning which
► opens here Thursday morning.
► The conference, which will run
' Thursday, Friday and Saturday,
k is designed to give school superin
k tendents and school board mem
i bers an oportunfty to discuss pro
, blcms involving school plants.
i Ray Hamon, chief of the school
* housing section of the United
( States Office of Education in
i Washington, D. C., will discuss na
r tional trends in school plants at
the first business session of the
! canference Thursday morning.
* “Planning a Program of Long
Range School Plant Expansion”
’ will be covered in an address by
[ Clarence Hines, superintendent of
► Eugene schools, in the second
session Thursday.
k Morris To Talk
Victor P. Morris, acting presi
^ dent of the University, and Rex
Putnam, state superintendent of
k Public instruction, will give short
welcoming talks at a general ses*
L sion prior to the talks.
Charles Bursch, chief of the
school plant planning section of
the California State Department
of Public Instruction, will discuss
"Planning a Basic School Unit”
at a general session Thursday af
ternoon.
Also during the afternoon, dis
cussion groups will meet to cover
elementary school curriculum
trends and elementary school plan
ning, high school curriculum
trends and school plant planning,
special facilities and site selec
tions and development.
Demonstration Scheduled
Alfred Christensen, planning
consultant for Falk & Booth, a
San Francisco architectural firm,
will discuss “Providing Visual
Comfort in the Classroom” at a
Thursday evening session. A
school lighting demonstration by
Chester Jarrett, lighting consul
tant for Portland General Electric,
will be presented following the
talk.
Friday morning, “Services of
the State in School Building Plan
ning” will be covered,in an address
by A. L. Beck, director of school
house planning for the Oregon
State department of Education.
Christensen will return to speak
on “Budgeting and Cost Control”
at a general session Friday morn
ing.
Slated for group discussion Fri
day afternoon are thermal control,
problems involved in remodeling
and adding to the school plant,
consultants and their contribution
to school plant planning and more
detailed discussion on special fa
cilities.
Eugene Visit Slated
The conference delegates will
visit school buildings in the Eu
gene area Friday afternoon.
Thomas Powers, superintendent at
Bethel and president of the su
perintendents of the First Class
Districts, will preside at a meet
ing of that group Friday evening.
The closing session of the con
ference will feature Jack Annand,
Portland architect, who will speak
on “How the Schools Can Work
Effectively with the Architect.”
‘Annand is the architect who de
signed the University theater.
Registration for the conference
will begin at 9 a. m. Thursday on
the second floor of the Student
Union, where most of the sessions
will be held.
Queen Voting
Ends Today
Voting for Homecoming queen
will end at 5 p. m. today, accord
ing to Marcia Tamiesie, co-chair
man of the queen selection com
mittee.
Voting booths are located inside
the Student Union near the main
desk, inside the Co-op and in
Commonwealth Square. Miss Ta
miesie urges all students to par
ticipate in the elections.
Student body cards will be
stamped at time of voting.
Members of the 1953 Homecom
ing court are as follows: Mary Co
sart, Ann Gerlinger, Janet Miller
Nancy Randolph, Sylvia Wingard
and Florence Wright.
SU Board Will Meet
The Student Union board will
meet at 4 p. m., today in the SU
board room, according to Andy
Berwick, chairman. Agenda for
the meeting is as follows:
• Board petitioning report and
announcement of new board mem
bers;
• Barbershop quartet contest
report;
• Treasurer’s report;
• Directorate chairman’s re
port;
0 Special attractions commit
tee report.
HC Button Sales
Near Half of Quota
Nearly half the total sales quota
of 5000 Homecoming buttons had
been reached by Tuesday noon, ac
cording to Milan Foster, finance
committee chairman.
Public schools sales had topped
the quota of 400, and more but
tons were put on sale Tuesday af
ternoon by Bud Hinkson’s commit
tee. Campus sales, under Jean
Piercy and Donna Anderson, ap
proached the goal of 1500, with
1350 having been sold at the time
of Foster’s report.
Downtown sales, led by Jane
Bergstrom, neared one-third of its
1500 quota. Returns from Spring
field had not been reported, with
alumni registration sales, which
start Friday, expected to in
crease this total by 300 more.
been scheduled to musically greet
alums and students of Oregon an*'
Oregon State college, states Boi*
McCracken, dance committe chair
man. Schwary’s band, rated "Port
land’s Newest and Best,” has just
completed an engagement at tho
Jantzen Beach ballroom. Most of
the members have worked for
name band leaders such as Jack
Teagarden, Les Brown, Charlie
Parker, Claude Thornhill, and
Charlie Barnett.
Schwary, a 1952 graduate of
Oregon, played in Portland bands
for several years and followed this
with New York appearances be
fore forming his present group.
F’eatured soloists include Don
Manning, drums, formerly with
Claude Thornhill; Louise Mann,
vocalist; Bob Schlicting, sax, for
merly with Charlie Barnet; and
Fred Keller, trombone, formerly
with Les Brown.
Recordings released for radio
broadcast by the band include
"Ruby,” "Melancholy Rhapsody,”
“Tenderly,” and : :It’s You or No
One,” featuring Louise Mann.
Tickets Now on Sale
Dance tickets are on sale for $2
at the main desk of the Student
Lnion, the Co-op, and all men’s
living organizations. Carol Oakly,
dance ticket committee chairman,
has urged everyone to buy hi»)
ticket early, even though they w»lL
be sold at the door Saturday night.
Plans for decorations include a.
two-tone green false ceiling of’
crepe paper, according to Jano
Flippo, decoration chairman.
Around the walls will be black sil
houettes trimmed with silver
sparkle, depicting scenes from the
theme, "As Time Goes By.”
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Vincent
will be official chaperones, accord
ing to Betty Anderson, chaperenw
chairman. There are fourteen
members of the faculty and their
wives on the guest list.
Pollack To Emcee
Bob Pollock, general Homecom
ing chairman, will be master of
ceremonies during the intermission
when the Homecoming queen wiii
be introduced. Trophys for the
sign contest winners and tappings
by Druids will also be conducted
during this time.
Attire for the affair will bo
short silks for women and suits
for men. Flowers will be optional:
Members of the dance commit
tee are Bob McCracken, chairman;
Jane Flippo, decorations; Carol
Oakley, tickets; Diane Edlefscn
and Mary Gerlinger, program;
Hetty Anderson, chaperones; Jer
ry Froebe, clean-up; Don Bonime,
promotion, and Travis Cavens
publicity.
Death Takes
Eton Moore
Elon H. Moore, for ten years
head of the sociology department
at the University of Oregon, died*
Monday of a heart condition in a
Phoenix, Ariz, hospital. He wa»
59.
Moore, who retired from his pout
at the University in June, was va
cationing in Arizona with his wife,
Marjorie. He was to have done.,
part time teaching next spring
with the extension division of the
Oregon State System of Higher
Education.
His retirement last June marked
the end of 17 years of service cn.
the University faculty. He came te
the University as a professor of
sociology in 1935, and became^
head of the department in 194&
Prior to that time, he was a pro
fesor of sociology at Oregon State
college from 1928 to 1936.
Moore was active in the Pacific
Coast Sociological society amfe>
served as president of that group
for one year. He was also a mem
ber of the Pacific Coast commit
tee on old age research and con
ducted numerous studies in Ore
gon on old age and retirement.
Born May 18, 1894, at Moscow,
Mich., Moore married Marjorie
Kenney in 1921. Four grown chil
dren, two boys and two girls, sur
vive.