NO. 71
Campus To Welcome Dads
YM-YW Sponsor
Ninth Annual
Fun Fest Today
Highlights of today’s ninth inter
national FunfeHt include a Chinese
dinner and a Mexican pinata. The
event, sponsored jointly by the
YMCA and YWCA, will be held in
Cerlinger hall.
Registration which includes a 50
cent fee will be held at 1 p.m. in
Cerlinger.
The Fun Fest provides an oppor
tunity to become better acquainted
with students from other countries.
Foreign students from every cam
pus in the state have been invited.
Some plan to attend in costume.
This afternoon the visiting inter
national students will take part in
conducted tours of the University.
( ra/.y Customs
Americans will get a chance to
hear what they look like in the eyes
of others at 5 p.m. in Cerlinger
when a panel of foreign students
taer into "Crazy Customs in Amer
ica.” This discussion will be moder
ated by Carlisle Moore, associate
professor of English.
Following the forum, students
will move to the sun porch for a
Chinese dinner. At the Oregon
Washington game foreign students
will sit in a special block of seats.
A social hour is scheduled after
the game on the third floor of Ger
linger. The special event at this
time will be the breaking of a
pinata.
('lay Ball Suspended
A brightly colored clay ball will
be suspended from the ceiling. Stu
dents will attempt to break the ball
and release the prizes which it con
tains. Other entertainment will in
clude the Delta Delta Delta quartet,
and a dancing exhibition by Luis De
Alba and Rita Kenyon.
Co-chairmen for the social hour
are Jean Sandine, and Luis de Alba.
Student chairmen for the event
include Sue Ralston, housing; Rich
ard Allen and Alfred Herman, pub
licity; Jerry Farrow, transporta
tion; Rosalind Lowranee, tours and
hospitality; Annie Laurie Quacken
bush, decorations; Ruth Joseph, re
ception; Elsie Tengan and Inga
Shipstead, invitations, and Donna
Hill and Joan Havland, dinner.
Lasker Calls
Senior Meet
The senior class will be "planning
for the future” when they hold their
senior assembly Tuesday at 1 p.m.
in 138 Commonwealth hall.
"As all seniors are definitely con
cerned with the future, this meeting
should prove of vital interest to all
seniors and those who will be grad
uating this June,” according to Paul
Lasker, senior class president.
Election of permanent class offi
cers will highlight the meeting,
Lasker said. He explained that
thes officers will act mainly as lia
ison between the alumni office and
the members of the class of '54 in
the future.
The person selected as secretary
will have the responsibility of eorre
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BARBARA KELLEN ALTMAN*
Dads' Gates Product
Of Depression Period
By Lee Ramsey
Emerald Feature Writer
The Dads' gates on the north
edge of the Oregon campus are
a reminder that the depression of
the 1930’s did have a few advan
tages.
During the depression, the Ore
gon Dads took advantage of an
opportunity to leave a landmark
on the campus. The Work Project
Administration, organized by Pres
ident Roosevelt, was supplying
labor during this period on projects
for which materials had already
been supplied.
A surplus of skilled iron workers
in the Portland area gave Burt
Brown Barker, then vice president
of the University, the idea to put
these jnen to work on a project to
supply the campus with Dads’
gates.
Dads Furnish Funds
The Oregon Dads furnished
enough money to buy materials
and work was begun.
Work was slow and the job was
not finished for several years.
When the project was finished a
procession through the gates was
used as a dedication ceremony as
part of the Dad's Day activities.
At this time the campus was
much smaller and the gates were
standing in the middle of nowhere.
They were placed in such a posi
tion because the University was
following an expansion design or
iginated by Professor Cuthbert,
instructor of landscape architec
ture, and they foresaw the future
development of the campus.
The original plans included a
direct view from the Dads’ gates
to the library but. the construction
;
of Commonwealth hall destroyed
this plan. The passageway in the
middle of the hall stands as a con
cession to the original plan.
Up to the time when the Uni
versity theater was constructed,
the gates were continually closed
and served no obvious purpose. At
that time, however, a driveway
was built through them and the
gates were completed in their pres
ent condition.
The Dad’s organization has also
donated the dad's lounge in the
Student Union and the dad’s schol
arships are awarded annually.
Registration At
SU, Eugene Hotel
Registration of visiting- Oregon dads will he held in the Eu
gene hotel and the Student Union from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today,
according to co-chairmen Phil Lewis and Mary Wilson
Members of the state Dads’ clubs will be at'the registration
booths to take memberships of dads who wish to join the or
ganization. Registration for the weekend costs $1.
The dads will be guests at the annual Dad’s Day luncheon
to be held in the SU ballroom at noon. Tickets for the luncheon
were all sold out Wednesday.
Entertainment at the luncheon will be provided by Singers
Dorothy Anderson and Doug Stobie, the Phi Delta Theta com
bojmd the first and second place winners in the Harbershon
I Ol 1 a rtnt 1 1 TT*__s
Barbara Altman
Named Hostess
Barbara Kcelcn Altman was an
nounced as Hostess for Dad’s Day
at the Barbershop Quartet contest
held Friday evening in the Student
Union ballroom. Mrs. Altman was
selected from four finalists in an
all-campus election held Thursday.
The Dad’s Day hostess is tradi
tionally a married woman, either a
student or the wife of a student.
Mrs. Altman and the other three
finalists will be presented at the
Dad's luncheon this noon in the SU
ballroom. She will also present
awards for the sign contest and reg
istration at the half-time of the
basketball game this evening in
McArthur court.
Mrs. Altman was sponsored by
Alpha Tau Omega, Carson 2 and
Sigma Alpha Mu.
The other candidates for the title
with their sponsoring organizations
were Cathy Tribe Siegmund, Sigma
Chi, Carson 5 and Hale Kane;
Elynor Robblee Schuppel, Alpha
Phi, and Nancy Miller Hawkins,
Kappa Alpha Theta and Sigma Al
pha Epsilon.
Mrs. Altman is a senior in busi
ness and is employed at the down
stairs bowling alley of the SU. Her
husband, Bob Altman, is a first
year law student.
People Dad Should Know
TWO PRESIDENTS DAD should know, he'll he seeing them both this
weekend, are Tom Wrightson and Victor P. Morris. Wrightson, a gradu
ate student in business administration, was elected president of the
ASl O last spring. Morris, dean of the school of business administration,
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ning.
Registration Percentages Coanted
Dads are to register under the
living organization of their son or
daughter in attendance at the Uni
versity. Trophies will be presented
to the organizations with the high
est percentage of dads registered.
Trophies to be awarded in the
registration contest are for first
and second place in number of
| dads registered and for the fresh
man dormitory with the largest
j percentage of registered dads.
Presentation of the trophies will
be made at half-time of the bas
ketball game tonight by Gordon
Wilson, president of the Dad's
club, Lewis and Miss Wilson and
the Dad’s Day hostess.
Sign Contest Trophy
The winner of the sign contest
will also be presented with a tro
phy at the game. The signs were
judged Friday evening by Oregon
Today's Schedule
The schedule of Dad’s Day “King'
for a Day” is as follows:
Saturday
• 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.—Registration
of dads, Eugene hotel and Student
Union.
• Noon — Dad’s luncheon, SU
ballroom.
• 5:30 p.m.—Dinner in living or
ganizations.
• 8 p.m. — Basketball, Oregon
University of Washington, McAr
thur court.
• Game half-time—Presentation
of trophies for sign contest and reg
istration.
Sunday
• 11 a.m.—Church.
• 1 p.m.—Dinner in living orga
nizations.
dads from various parts of the
state.
Signs in this year's contest con
tained only poems and jingles,
rather than pictures, since living
organizations are expected to erect
signs with pictures at both Home
coming and Junior Weekend.
Sig Eps Last Winners
Last year’s sign contest was
won by Sigma Phi Epsilon.
Members of the Dad’s Day com
mittee headed by Lewis and Miss
Wilson are: Martin Brandenfels,
special events; Phil Lynch, sign
contest; Sally Stadelman, hospital
ity and registration; Barbara Wil
cox, luncheon, and Pat McCann,
publicity and promotion.
Karl Onthank, executive secre
tary of the Oregon Dad's club,
acted as adviser to the student
committee.
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