Weekend Success
Chairmen Report
This year’s celebration of Home
coming was among the most suc
cessful, and the dampest, in the
77-year-old history of the Univer
sity, according to Dorothy Kopp
and Bob Pollack, general co-chair
men.
Financial reports hadn’t been to
taled Sunday afternoon, but the
weekend is expected to clear fin
ancially, Milan Foster, finance
chairman, saidc
All 1000 tickets were sold for
the Saturday evening dance and a
large crowd heard Dick Schwary
and his band play past the 12:30
a. m. his contract called for. Bob
McCracken, dance chairman,
termed the dance "quite a success
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Alum Sign-up
Shows 528 Here
A total of 528 alumni registered
for the weekend at the Eugene
and Osburn hotels and at the Stu
dent Union, Sally Ryan, Home
coming hospitality chairman, an
nounced Sunday. A large number
of the returning alums did not
register, according to Miss Ryan.
In the competition for the alum
ni association registration trophy,
Alpha Tau Omega placed first,
with Beta Theta Pi second; Delta
Delta Delta, third, and Sigma Chi
and Phi Delta Theta, tied for
fourth.
Last year’s winner was Delta
Delta Delta, with Beta Theta Pi
second and Alpha Tau Omega
third.
Broken down, the registration
figures showed the organized
alums leading with 432 returning.
The remainder was dived into af
fliations with organizations no
longer on campus, 5, and unaffili
ated, 91.
Oldest alumni registering were
three members of the class of
1899, C. L. Templeton, now of
Seattle, Wash., R. S. Brayson, 169
Mill St., and Blaine Homey, Yon
calla, Ore. Twenty members of the
last graduating class, the class
of 1953, were registered.
and a complete sellout.” A total
of 825 couples danced to the music
of Skinnay Ennis last year.
More Attend
From 25 to 50 more people than
planned on attended the annual
barbecue luncheon Saturday after
noon. Ticket Chairman Cynthia
Cong reported that approximately
550 tickets were sold. A crowd of
500 was anticipated, as compared
to 300 a year ago.
Seven men were tapped at the
Homecoming dance for member
ship in Druids and Friars. Druids,
the Junior men's honorary, tapped
Pollack; Joe Gardner, Emerald
news editor, and George Shaw
All-American candidate football
player.
Tapped for membership i n
Friars, the senior men’s honorary,
were Con Sheffer, Inter-fraternity
council president; Alan Oppliger,
senior class representative; Ken
Wegner, all-Northern Division
basketball player and Wes Ball
senator-at-large.
Delta Win
For the second consecutive year,
the trophies for the winning signs
were copped by Delta Delta Delta
and Delta Tau Delta. Second place
went to Sigma Kappa and Camp
bell club. Chi Omega and Sigma
Chi took the third place awards,
presented by Homecoming Queen
Ann Gerlinger.
The trophy for the living organ
ization which had the most alum
ni registered was awarded to Al
pha Tau Omega by Sally Ryan,
hospitality chairman.
At Friday night's variety show,
representatives of Phi Delta Theta
and Orides accepted the trophies
for the winning noise parade en
try from Edna Humiston, noise
parade chairman. Second and third
places went to the Alpha Chi
Omega-Alpha hall and Sigma Phi
Epsilon-Ann Judson house entries.
Ruling over the weekend acti
vities, in addition to Queen Ann,
were Princesses Sylvia Wingard!
Nancy Randolph, Florence Wright!
Janet Miller and Mary Cosart.
Registration Begins
Homecoming events started
with registration Friday afternoon
and living organization dinners,
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Koo to Discuss
Orient Situation
Former official in the Chinese
Nationalist goverment, T. Z. Koo,
will discuss the current situation
in the Orient at an assembly
scheduled for the Student Union
ballroom Tuesday at 1 p. m.
"The War of Ideas in the Ori
ent” is the topic chosen for dis
cussion by the former official in
the Department of Railways for
the Chinese Nationalist govern
ment. Koo, now a resident of the
United States, is a professor of
Oriental studies at the college of
liberal arts in the State Univer
sity of Iowa, Iowa City.
Known internationally as a
scholar, speaker and churchman,
Koo usually appears before his
audience in his native Chinese
scholar s robes. He also carries a
Chinese flute which he will play
on request from his audience. Koo
was educated under the classic
Chinese custom of Confucianism
over a half century ago in his
-native land.
He has been active in YMCA
work in this country, in addition to
his educational profession. Koo
has made many trips to his na
tive China and has current con
tacts with the situation there and
throughout the Orient.
His appearance is sponsored by
the University assembly commit
tee with arrangements made
through the Pacific Northwest
YMCA-YWCA councils.
Two Houses
Report Thefts
At least two campus living or
ganizations reported clothing mis
sing following Homecoming open
houses.
Delta Tau Delta members said
Sunday that five topcoats and a
small sum of money were taken
sometime between 2 and 7 a. m.
Saturday.
Jim White, a member of Delta
Upsilon, said that several hun
dred dollars worth of clothing was
missing from that house. It was
presumably taken sometime Sat
urday, White said.
Men's Dorm
OK ed for UO
The Oregon State Board of Higher Education Saturday ap
proved the final p ans for the 300-man addition to John'sfraiA
18 ’ SU ,JCCt,t0 a ,atcr determination by its finance committed
concerning the acceptibility of the financial plan
In so doing the state board stated firmly that it was approving
Oregon 016 ^ dcfciTcd hv,n£ Policy of the University of
The investment in the five-unit, $1,250,000 men’s dormitory
Means that the ruling that freshmen must live in dormitories
for their first year, rather than,
in fraternities, is no longer ex
pcrimental. It is a broadly af
firmed policy of the University
administration with the backing
of the state board.
The structure is to be of rein
forced concrete with brick veneer,
and will cost an estimated $3,800
per man for the 300 men. Included
in this estimate, however, is the
cost of remodeling the kitchen
area of John Straub. The new
building will be attached to the
east side of that building.
Will be Ready in 1955
The board has anticipated that
bids will be received and will be
ready for opening in February,
and estimates that the structure
will be built and ready to open
in September, 1955.
The new building will be financ
ed through bonds and the sale of
the trailers previously used for
temporary housing, and from the
Woodward dormitory gift now on
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McKenzie Reaches
13 Foot Flood Crest
The McKenzie river was expect
ed to crest at 13 feet Sunday
night, two feet over flood stage,
as heavy rains continued to drench
the Northwest. No flood danger
j is expected by the weather bureau
from the Willamette river, which
was expected to reach its crest of
9 feet at 10 p. m. Sunday. Flood
stage is 12 feet.
No widespread damage is ex
pected in this area. Forecasts for
the rest of the week predict light
er though continuing rainfall.
Flood waters have isolated 3500
persons in Southwestern Oregon.
The north fork of the Coguille riv
er has risen to 35 feet and a crest
of 28.5 feet is expected at Co
quille.
Flood warnings have been issued
at Coburg, Harrisburg, and Jef
ferson. The Willamette is expec
ted to crest at 15.5 today. At that
level the river would flood farm
land and cover highway 99E be
tween Junction City and Harris
burg.
HC Fracas
Probed Today
No disciplinary action has been
initiated yet in the series of in
cidents involving University of
Oregon and Oregon State college
students over the weekend
However, Ray Hawk, associate
director of student affairs and a
member of the University disci
pline committee, told the Emerald
Sunday afternoon that he would
start an investigation of the in
cidents today.
Hawk said that he had not had
a chance to talk with Dan Poling,
OSC dean of men, since last week,
and that he had little information
on many of the incidents that
took place at Saturday’s footbatl
game.
He called the taking of Oregon
State football equipment unfortun
ate, but said that “a good per
centage ’ of the crowd who mob
bed the OSC equipment managers
were “not University students, but
Eugene hoodlums.” He added that
the Oregon equipment manager*
had promised to try to recover
some of the equipment.
Three Oregon students were
treated at the infirmary following
the game for injuries sustained
“in defending the goalposts.” One
was treated for a lacerated nose
and scalp, another for a lecerated
hand, and the third for a broker*
nose and bruises about the eye.
and was later sent to Sacred
Heart hospital for X-rays.
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Eta Mu Pi To Run
Penney s Tuesday
Fifteen members of Eta Mu Pi,
retail business honorary, will take
over Penney’s department store
Tuesday.
Students will handle all phase*
of the store’s operation for the
day. They will have about four
hours of actual selling on the
floors as well as the executive
operations.
Students will also see two film*
and hear a talk on the history o*
Pennev’s.
Smith, Basham, West, Brittsan Give Views
by Sally Ryan
Emerald Awiaiant Nawi Editor
For the third consecutive year
the freshman class elected four
men to serve as its officers for
the year. This year, however, was
the first time elections were held
fall term Under the provisions of
a constitutional amendment. Pre
viously freshmen elections had
been winter term.
Don Smith
President of the class is Don
Smith, an architecture major.
Smith was president of the stu
dent body at Eugene high school
last year. He was vice-president
of the the student body his junior
year and a member of Hi-Y.
Smith’s major interest in Sen
ate issues is directed toward the
restoration of the Millrace, for he
at one time lived on the 'Race. He
also strongly favors adoption of an
honor code here.
To help the orientation proced
ure. Smith would like to see a sep
arate organization of Eugene men
serving as an informal counseling
group Affiliation with a dormi
tory is of little value to off-campus
freshmen, he says.
Smith smiled when he remem
bered last year’s Duck Preview.
He was asked to pose for an Em
erald picture with the Duck Pre
view co-chairmen, “going over
plans for the weekend.” Where
was Smith that weekend? In Cor
vallis for Beaver Preview.
Doug Basham
Vice-president of the class is
Doug Basham, a liberal arts ma
jor who hopes to go into pre-med.
He is president of Merrick hall.
A former student body president
from Jefferson high school in
Portland, Basham was selected as
the outstanding <jiti*en of his sen
ior class and awarded the George
Hibbard Memorial scholarship of
$100.
In high school he was also a
member of the National honor so
ciety, the rally squad, the inter
city officers’ council, a class of
ficer and Oregon’s delegate to
Boy’s Nation.
“The Student Union is the best
place for the chimes,” he claims.
He also favors a campus chapel
and a Millrace cleanup.
As a Senate member Basham
advocates a change in the voting
system to allow a separate vote
for president and representatives.
To get more freshmen women elec
ted, he would add a clause pro
viding that one representative be
a woman.
Darrel Brittsan
The most Southern of the four
officers is Darrel Brittsan, repre
Left to right, Don Smith, president; Darrell Brfttsan, and Doug
Basham, representatives, looking over plans for coming frosh activ
ities.
sentative, from Medford. A sopho
more honors student in liberal
arts with plans for pre-law, Brit
tsan is president of Susan Camp
bell hall.
At Medford he was president of
the senior class, president of the
Torch honor society, president of
the International Relations league
and sophomore class vice-presi
dent. Last spring he was awarded,
a $300 Oregon Mothers club scho
larship.
Brittsan feels that the students
have the wrong attitude toward,
the rally squad and thinks that a*.
freshman rooting section and mere
frequent white shirt section?
would help.
Gary West
The second representative, Gary
West, participates in the Univer
sity marching band and attended
the Oregon Federation of Colle
giate Leaders recently. A liberal,
arts major who hopes to go into
law, he is president of French hall
and was assistant chairman of tho
Homecoming finance committee.
West, from Halfway, Ore., holds
an Oregon Dads scholarship of
$200 and was eligible for the
sophomore honors program.
He played varsity football and
basketball for Halfway high school
where he was also president cf tho
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