ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
5000 Expected
by Anna Ritchey
Emarald Feature Editor
“More than 50Cfb alumni are ex
pected for this year’s Homecom
ing activities,” Les Anderson, Uni
versity alumni director, said Fri
day. Regular reunions for the
classes of 1941, 42 and 43 will be
held during the weekend, in addi
tion to private gatherings of other
classes, he said.
Regular annual reunions, organ
ized under the Alumni Association,
are held during Commencement
week as one of the regular acti
vities of the group. For the pur
pose of contacting alumni a per
manent record of 35,000 alumni
with permanent address files for
24,000 is kept in the alumni office
in the Student Union.
The association, founded in 1880
by a group of twelve alumni, most
ly from Eugene, was organized
under Robert S. Bean of Portland
as its first president.
Alumni Serve
Outstanding alumni who have
served as president of the group
include Homer Angell, congress
man from Portland, who was pres
ident in 1906; Ernest Hay
cox, prominent author, president
from 1946-48; Congressman Har
ris Ellsworth, president in 1942,
and Edgar McClure, University
chemistry professor for whom
McClure hall was named, serving
in 1890.
According to Anderson, the as
sociation “only existed” until 1919,
when members decided to main
tain a permanent alumni secre
tary. A woman, Charlie Fenton,
first served in this capacity, also
editing their official publication,
Old Oregon. First edition of the
magazine appeared in March, 1919,
and its publication is still the re
sponsibility of the alumni secre
tary, with Paul Deutschmann, pro
fessor of journalism, now serving
as editor. .
An example of the active role
played by the-group in matters af
fecting the University occurred in
1932, with the referral of the Zom
McPherson -bill to the people in
that year's election.
Consolidation Proposed
The bill proposed to consolidate
Oregon campus with Oregon State
college, calling the new combina
tion the Oregon State university.
The education school would re
main. in Eugene, with all the other
teachers’ colleges moved here and
junior colleges established in Ash
land, Monmouth and LaGrande.
Because of the opposition of the
association, the bill was defeated
by a 6-tol vote.
Now organized under an admin
istrative body, consisting of a
president and a twelve-member
executive committee, the group
maintains chapters throughout the
state and in such places as Man
ila, Honolulu, Dallas, Texas and
New York City.
Four regularly-scheduled meet
ings are held annually, and sup
plementing the activities of this
administrative group are the
county directors, who direct all
the local events sponsored by their
members.
Separate from these are the
alumni clubs, distributed through
out the nation, with the one local
group located in Portland. Largest
of these is the San Francisco club,
with a membership of 18,000.
Separate Functions
Separate functioning commit
tees of the total group include the
Alumni Athletic committee, which
makes recommendations of policy
for the athletic program, and
which, through the athletic boos
ter clubs in each city, helps stim
ulate interest in the University's
athletic program locally.
Now in the process of being
organized is the Alumni Scholar
ship fund, which last year raised
$45,000, providing scholarships for
16 students. In a trial of concen
trated local solicitation for the
scholarship committee in Bend,
$13,000 was raised last year. Plans
are now being made for similar
concentrated efforts in twelve
communities next fall.
Alumni educational tours are
another of the activities sponsor
ed by the Association, in which
four of five faculty members visit
a town to “bring the University to
the alums” in short sessions.
Version Concentrated
A more concentrated version of
the same type of meeting is the
Portland Alumni institute, which
consists of all-day sessions with an
evening banquet featuring promin
ent national speakers.
The four alumni firesides, held
winter term, are another project
of the association. Another duty of
the group is assisting the local
clubs in social events, such as pre
game parties.
Administrative headquarters for
Homecoming, the secretary’s of
fice works with students in plan
ning all the week-end’s events.
Prominent alumni-members are
Gov. Len Jordan of Idaho and Ore
gon’s Gov. Paul Patterson, who
graduated in 1923. They were
roommates here. Three of the four
present Oregon congressmen are
UO alums, as is Earl Latourette,
chief justice of the state Supreme
Court.
E. Palmer Hoyt, publisher of
the Denver Post, is. a member, as
is William Murphy, who tiron the
Nobel Prize in 1934 for research.
Norman Van Brocklin, celebrated
football player now with the Los
Angeles Rams, was a ’49 grad
uate, and Actor Edgar Buchanan
is also a member of the associa
tion.
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Record Ticket Sales
Begin Theater Year
by Dave Sherman
Emerald Reporter
The record-shattering sale of
over 2300 season tickets started
the 1953-54 season for the Uni
versity theater off with a bang.
Ticket sales topped the 1952-53
figure by over 500, anounced UT
Business Manager Mrs. Gene Wi
ley.
The schedule for the current
season includes six major produc
tions, one a musical, and various
bonus shows. The season opened
last month when Philip King's
farce comedy "See How They
Run” opened under the direction
of Horace W. Robinson, associate
professor of speech.
A sample of Sean O’Casey's
work will be seen in production
number two, "Juno and the Pay
cock,” which opens in two weeks
on the theater main stage, under
the direction of Frederick J. Hunt
er, instructor in speech.
The widely-talked about adult
comedy by F. Hugh Herbert, “The
Moon is Blue,” will open the last
of January in the arena theater
under the direction of Robinson.
The small-cast production has al
ready gone into rehearsal and will
have triple-cast leads.
Ottilie T. Seybolt's final produc
tion of UT will be Shakespeare's
classic tragedy, “Richard II.” It
will open on the main stage the
last of winter term. Production
wise, "Richard II” will be the big
gest staging job UT has ever done,
according to Howard L. Ramey,
technical director.
The annual musical, this year
under the direction of Hunter, will
be the first production of spring
term. “One Touch of Venus,” by
Ogden Nash and S. J. Perleman
with music by Kurt Weill, will
be presented on the main stage.
Title of the final UT production
has not been announced.
As is the policy of the theater,
Dads Day Set
For January
Petitions for Dads Day general
chairman have been called for by
ASUO Pres. Tom Wrightson.
Deadline for application has been
set for Dec. 3 at 5 p. m. in the
ASUO office, Student Union 304.
Dads Day weekend, the time set
aside for fathers of Oregon stu
dents to visit the campus, is
scheduled for January 23. The
ASUO senate will appoint the
chairman following interviews of
candidates during their Dec. 3
meeting, Wrightson said.
r
there will also be some bonus pro
ductions for season ticket holders
only. The first of these, a special
performance of summer session’s
final production, "The Man,” whs
given early fall term. Plans for
"Theater Excitement’’ number six
are underway to give theater-go
ers a special helping of both dra
matic and comic numbers.
Two Elections at Illinois
There were two elections for
Homecoming queen at the Uni
versity of Illinois. All ballots
cast in the first election were
declared null and void because
of a polling place mixup.
Contrary to the rules, misin
formed judges allowed one vote
for each identification card
presented; some students pre
sented large blocks of votes by
getting several cards together.
Since each student Is entitled
to only One vote, the who'e
election had to be run off a
second time.
UO Singers Slate
Banquet Concert
The University Singers will pro
vide special entertainment at a
banquet for the state board of
higher education and University
faculty members Friday night, in
their first public appearance of
the term.
The banquet will be held in the
Student Union ballroom at 6:.'i0
p. m., according to Lea Anderson,
alumni secretary. The meeting is
the regular monthly session of
the board, with meetings to be
held at Johnson hall Friday and
Saturday.
Three numbers will be presen
ted by the Singers at the banquet,
including “When Silence Falls,'’
“Glory and Honour and Laud" and
“Oh dear, What Can the Matter
Be?” Clyde Kautzer, associate
professor of music, will direct the
group.
Today's Staff
Feature Editor: Anne Ritchey
Feature Staff: Harriet Miller,
Iluth MacLean, Jim White, Lee
Ramsey, Frances Love, Rodney
! Morrison, Marcia Dutcher, Dave
| Sherman and A1 Karr.
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