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 ♦ ♦ ♦ 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, (Please turn lo page three) 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 (Please turn to pane three) 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. " i 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