Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, January 19, 1954, Image 1

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    'ACQUAINT FOREIGN STUDENTS'
Fun Fest Slate
Includes Dance
The ninth annual International
Fun Feat will begin Saturday at 1
p. m. with registration in Gerling
er hall. A tea and reception will
take place at 2 p. m. followed by
campus tours for off campus stu
dents.
All students are urged to attend
and bring their Dads stressed gen
eral chairman, Betti Fackler. "The
object of the Fun Fest,” she de
clared, "is to better acquaint the
foreign students with their fel
low students." Some foreign stu
dents will attend in costume.
A student panel discussion led
by Dr. Carlisle Moore will start at
5 p. m. with the forum discussing
"Crazy Customs in America." Fol
lowing the forum a dinner will be
served in the sun porch with food
prepared by the Mandarin Cafe.
Foreign students will sit in a
block of seats at the Saturday
night Oregon-Washington basket
ball game. Following the game a
social hour will be held on the
third floor of Gerlinger. The enter
tainment will feature a pinata ac
cording to Jean Sandine and Louis
De Alba, entertainment chairmen.
Fees are 50 cents for registra
tion and $1 for dinner. All stu
dents who would like to attend and
did not receive a registration card
should call the YWCA office, ac
cording to Sue French, registra
tion chairman. Students wishing to
attend the dinner should call in
their reservations sometime Wed
nesday.
Students from every campus in
Oregon have been invited to the
Fun Fest.
Southern U Dean to Speak
In SU Ballroom Tnrlnu
"Christianity and Race Rela
tions" will be the topic of the add
ress by Martin Harvey, dean of
students at Southern university in
Baton Rouge, La., today at 1 p. m.
in the Student Union ballroom.
Harvey, speaking in conjunction
with Religious Evaluation week
on campus, has traveled widely
speaking to youth groups. In 1938,
he traveled around the world to
study youth movements in over 60
countries.
The RE week schedule for Tues
day and for Wednesday morning
is as follows:
TUESDAY
Theme: “God and Man"
• 7:30 a. m. — Chapel medita
tion, alumni hall, Gerlinger,
Father Archibald McDowell.
• 9 a. m. — Address: “Know
ledge and Relief,” Rev. Edwin
Becker, SU dad’s lounge.
• 10 a. m. — Address: “Faith."
Rev. Otto Bremer, SU dad's
lounge.
• 11 a. m. to noon — Personal
conferences, SU 213.
• Noon — No-host luncheon
honoring Father McDowell
and Rev. Earl Cranston, SU
Houses Slate
RE Firesides
Several living organizations will
hear the Religious Evaluation
week speakers at informal fire
side discussions tonight, following
dinners, in the second day of RE
week firesides.
Some of the houses have been
paired to enable more students to
hear one of the visiting speakers.
The schedule for tonight is as
follows:
Martin Harvey — Alpha Tau
Omega and Chi Omega, at Chi
Omega.
Rev. Earl Cranston — Sigma Al
pha Epsilon.
Rabbi Joshua Stampfer — Ann
Judson house.
Rev. Otto Bremer — Sigma Nu
and Gamma Phi Beta, at Gam
ma Phi Beta.
T. Z. Koo — Kappa Alpha Theta
and Kappa Kappa Gamma, at
Kappa Alpha Theta.
Rev. Robert Fitch—Delta Gam
ma and Delta Tau Delta, at
Delta Gamma.
Rev. Edwin Becker — Phi Delta
Theta.
• } P- m- — Assembly: “Chris
tianity and Race Relations'’
Martin Harvey, SU ballroom.
• 2 to 4 p. m. — Personal con
ferences, SU 213.
• 4 p. m. — Coffee hour forum
Harvey, SU dad’s lounge.
• 5:30 p. m. — Dinners ami
fireside discussions in living
organizations.
• 8 p. m. — Address: “God’s
Purpose for Man,” Rabbi Jos
hua Stampfer, SU dad’ *
lounge.
WEDNESDAY MORNING
Theme: “God-given
Responsibilities”
• 7:30 a. m. — Chapel medita
tion, alumni hall, Gerlinger,
T. Z. Koo.
• 8 a. m. to noon — Speaker*
in classrooms.
0 Noon — No-host luncheon
honoring Rabbi Joshua Stamp
fer and Rev. Edwin Becker.
SU 110.
This year’s RE week is tha
fourth one held on this campus.
However, similar programs had
seen held previously, the first one
n 1938.
Last year's program followed
•he theme, "One World or None.”
In 1952, the week took an inter
national and inter-faith air, wit)*
the theme, “Parliment of Work*
Religions.”
At the first RE week, in 1951,
:he noted scientist Robert Millikan
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Campus Prepares to
Welcome Dods
Hostesses
Voting booths in the Student
Union and the Co-op will be open
from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. Thursday
for selection of the Dad s Day hos
tess, according to Kay Partch,
chairman of the hostess selection
committee.
The hostess, traditionally a mar
ried woman, either a University
student or the wife of a student,
will be selected from four finalists!
The finalists will all be *guests
at the Dad's Day luncheon Satur
day noon and the hostess will also
be presented at half-time of the
Oregon-University of Washington
game Saturday night.
Interviews of the four finalists,
Barbara Keelen Altman, Elynor
Robblee Schuppel, Cathy Tribe
Siegmund and Nancy Miller Haw
kins, follow.
Barbara Keelen Altman
Barbara Keelen Altman, the
candidate of Alpha Tau Omega,
Carson 2 and Sigma Alpha Mu,
was president of the campus YW
CA last spring term and the be
ginning of this fall term.
Four ASUO Posts
Open to Petitioners
Petitions to fill the positions of
ASUO vice- pres., rally board
chairman, senior class vice-presi
dent, and two student court va
cancies are due in the ASUO office
Thursday at 5 p. m.
The ASUO vice-president’s of
fice was vacated when Don Collin
left school. Under provisions of the
ASUO constitution, vacancies are
filled by a ballot of the full sen
ate after candidates have been in
terviewed. Any University stu
dent with senior standing or
graduate standing is eligible for
the vice-presidency.
Elsie Schiller left her position
of senior class vice-president open
when she resigned to take over as
editor of the Emerald. A1 Golden
berg’s chairmanship of the rally
board expired fall term.
Sophomores are urged by Don
Rotenberg, new court chairman, to
petition for student court I posi
tions.
I A member of Kappa Alpha The
|ta, she was a counselor in Carson
: hall for two terms last year, and
is now serving on the Co-op
board. »
She is now a senior in business,
and her husband, Bob is a first
year law student. Mrs. Altman is
employed at the downstairs bowl
ing alley of the student union.
Elynor Kobblee Schuppe!
Alpha Phi s candidate for Dad’s
Day hostess, Elynor Robblee Schu
ppel, was a finalist for the title
of Betty Co-ed last year, and was
on the rally board.
Her husband, Bill, is in his third
year at the architecture school,
and Elbe is planning to return to
school spring term as an econom
ics major.
She is a member of Alpha Phi,
and she is now working full-time
at the Eugene First National
bank.
Cathy Tribe Slegmund
Sigma Chi, Carson 5 and Hale
Kane ar» the sponsors of Cathy
Tribe Siegmund, who was in last
year’s Junior Weekend court. She
is now president of the campus
YWCA, and her husband, Don, is
in the service. He was a junior
here last year, majoring in busi
ness.
Mrs. Siegmund is a business ma
jor, and she works at the Mutual
of Omaha insurance office. She is
also a member of Alpha Phi.
Nancy Miller Hawkins
Nancy Miller Hawkins, Kappa
Alpha Theta and Sigma Alpha Ep
silon’s candidate, was, in her
freshman year, on the rally squad
and was also named Snow Queen
of the Northwest at Sun Valley.
In her sophomore year she was
in the Homecoming court, and at
present she is not enrolled in
school. She works full-time at the
registrar’s office.
Her husband, Paul, is a senior,
majoring in business.
Barbershop Quartet
The Student Union barbershop
quartet contest, a feature of Dad’s
weekend, will include quartets en
tered by Beta Theta Pi, Phi Kappa
Psi, Sigma Phi Epsilon, and Psf
Chi, psychology honorary. Guest
One of the four finalists for Dad’s Day hostess will be chosen of
f eial hostess for the weekend by students in an all-campus elec
tion Thursday. Pictured above are, seated, Cathy Tribe Siegmund
and Nancy Miller Hawkins. Standing are Barbara Keelen Altman
and Elynor Robblee Schuppcll.
quartets will include the Tri Delt
girl’s quartet and the Timber
Tones.
A gold trophy wiU be awarded
the first place winner, and the
first and second place winners will
be featured at the Dad’s day
luncheon and other campus events
throughout the year.
Tickets ^ to the contest will be
included with the luncheon tickets
obtained at the SU main desk,
Monday through Thursday. Friday
from 8 a. m. to 10:30 p. m. tickets
i will be given to any University
Student upon request. Students
may obtain tickets only on Friday
due to the limited seating capacity
of the SU ballroom where the con
test is to be held.
The contest will start at 10:30
p. m. Friday after the basketball
game and will last approximately
an hour.
Sign Contest
Signs for this year’s Dad’s Day
will feature jingles, poems, or
clever sayings, stated Phil Lynch,
chairman of the event.
This change from the art work
of the past was made because of
the work involved in making the
Homecoming and Junior Weekend
signs. It was also felt that the
dads would like something a little
different, Lynch said.
The signs may be set up in any
way, but must be 25 words or less
and relate to the theme of “King'
for a Day.” A list of the rules has
been sent to the presidents of the
living organizations.
Dads from around the stare will
be judges for the contest to be
held late Friday afternoon.
Other events for the weekend
include two basketball games with
the University of Washington.
Huskies. Friday night wil also bn
the finals for the Barbershop
Quartet contest.
The Dad s Day luncheon
scheduled for Saturday noon. Tic
kets are on sale at the Student
Union main desk and are $1.25
each. Students should get ticketn
as soon as possible, as they will ■
only be on sale until Thursday,
urged Barbara Wilcox, luncheon
chairman.
Gov. Paul Patterson will be th*
main speaker and University In
terim President Victor P. Morris
will also speak.
First and second place winners
of the Barbershop Quartet contest
will provide entertainment at the
luncheon.
Delivery Expanded
Copies of the Emerald were
delivered to most living organi
zations on eampus Monday noon
for the first time since last
spring term when the paper was
reduced to four pages.
The new distribution system
is being carried out by Emerald
staff members in an attempt to
increase readership of the eam
pus daily. Previously the papers
had been available at only sev
en distribution spots on eampus.