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VOL. LV
UNI VKKSITY OF OREOON, LLOKNK, MONDAY^ dANUARV~25,'~7i>54
NO. *.2
Party Honors
3 Point Frosh
The 71 freshman women who
earned a 3 point or better grade
point average for fall term will
be entertained Wednesday night at
the annual "Smarty Party," by
Mortar Board, senior women's
honorary.
Invitations for the affair were
presented last week by members
of the sponsoring group. However,
Sandra Price, Mortar Board presi
dent, emphasized that any fresh
man woman who was missed and
who is eligible to attend should
contact her or the office of wo
men's affairs.
The party is slated for the Stu
dent Union at 6:30 p. m. Refresh
ments will be served by the spon
sors and Kwama and Phi Theta
Upsilon, sophomore and junior
women’s honoraries.
Feature of the program will be
the presentation of the Mortar
Board plaque to the three sopho
more women who made the highest
Hemingway Safe;
Continues Trip
(.Pi Novelist Ernest Heming
way and his wife are safe and un
hurt today after two airplane ac
cidents in the wilds of Central
East Africa.
It had been feared that they
had been killed in the crash of
their chartered plane Saturday
when they landed alongside the
upper Nile in the Uganda protec
torate. But they were all right,
and hitched a ride on a tourist
launch to Butiaba. There they
boarded a rescue plane. But this
plane also crashed and again no
body was unhurt. One report said,
however, that the rescue plane
burned.
At last word the Hemingways
were headed by road for Entebbe,
at the head of Uganda’s Lake Vic
toria.
A search was started when
Hemingway's plane failed to land
at a scheduled refueling point in
a 600-mile flight over Lake Vic
toria and Lake Albert to Murchi
son Falls on the Victoria river.
A police launch was sent from a
port on Lake Albert for the re
ported crash scene, a journey of
several hours, after the wreckage
was first sighted.
Africa has been the scene of
some of Hemingway’s well-known
works, notably “The Snows of Kil
imanjaro,” and he has written an
account of some his recent experi
ences in Africa in the current is
sue of Look magazine.
Hemingway, runner-up for the
1953 Nobel prize in literature, had
only recently overcome a long
time fear of flying, according to
William Lowe, former Look maga
zine executive editor.
Oregon Poet
Dies Sunday
(/P) — Oregon’s poet laureate,
Ben Hur Lampman, died Sunday
in a Portland nursing home.
The 67-year old writer was as
sociate editor of the Portland Ore
gonian, for which he had worked
35 years. He was widely known
for his writings on nature.
Funeral services for the poet
will be held Tuesday. He had been
under care at the Portland nurs
ing home for three years following
a series of cerebral hemorrhages.
grades during their freshman
year. Mrs. Golda P. Wickham, di
rector of women’s affairs, will
present the award.
Entertainment will be furnish
ed by Marilyn Patterson, senior
In speech, ar.d Spencer Snow,
sophomore in liberal arts.
Freshman women eligible to at
tend include Carole Adams, Sally
Allen, Alice Atherton, Rose Baron,
Beverly Bella! ts, Kathleen Ben
son, Donna Jo Brewer, Merle
Burk, Joanne Burns, Sarah Cal
kins.
Caroline Call, Dorothy Callow,
Mary Carr, Helen Chrisman, Mar
ks Claussen, Celia Clogston, Sue
Colburn, Ida Coston, Carol Craig,
Nancy Dunkeson.
Joy LaVonne Esgate, Carlene
Faires, Jean Fay, Nancy Fox,
Martha Gosne’l, Sally Grieg, Nan
Hagedorn, Shirley Hargreaves,
Crystal Hecker, Valerie Hersch.
Nancy Hill, Rosemary Hite,
Margaret Hoehn, Harriett Horn
beck, JoAnn Hutchinson, Kay
Hyatt, Bonnie Janrjes, Helen R.
Johnson, Helen F. Johnson, Helen
J. Johnstoft.
Shirley Johnson, Janet Knee
land, Emiko Komae, Madeline
Lung. Marian McDowell, Marcia
Mauney, Ingrid Maijling, Barbara
Nyberg, Frances Passmore, Glen
na Pearl.
Patricia Peterson, Mary Pick
thall, Judith Pierce, Leona Pum
ala, Annie Quackenbush, Patricia
Riehl. JoAnne Rogers, Anna Rome,
Ann Stenzel, Shirley Saar.
Agnes Thompson, Margaret Ty
ler, Cynthia Vincent, Monica
Wheeler, Barbara Williams, San
dra Williams, Joan Wilson, Ger
trude Wirgler, Shirley Woodruff,
Florence Woodworth and Mary
Ziniker.
Fraternity Rushing
Takes 13 Pledges
Thirteen men were pledged by
nine fraternities recently.
They include Milan Stoyanov
and John Spreen, Jr.. Alpha Tau
Omega; Schuyler Jeffries, Beta
Theta Pi; Vance Taylor and John
Prag, Chi Psi; Alan Dale, Delta
Tau Delta.
Stephen Johnston and John
Manning, Phi Delta Theta; David
Ross, Phi Sigma Kappa; Richard
Pittman, Pi Kappa Phi; Fred
Hogg and Carl Irwin, Jr., Sigma
Phi Epsilon, and Herbert Yaman
aka, Tau Kappa Epsilon.
Seniors to Know
Ball Band Tuesday
Seniors will be the first to know
which band has been selected to
play at the Senior Ball, according
to Paul Lasker, senior class presi
dent. Announcement of the selec
tion will be made at the class of
’54 meeting Tuesday at 1 p. m. in
Commonwealth 138.
Permanent class officers will
also be elected at the meeting.
These officers will act mainly as
liaison between the alumni office
and members of the class after
graduation.
Les Anderson, alumni secretary,
will be present at the assembly to
talk on items concerning gradua
tion and the duties of graduating
seniors, according to Lasker.
Service Repays Debt,
Governor Tell Dads
by Joe Gardner
Emerald Newt Editor
Students attending the Univer
sity of Oregon are incurring a debt
that can only be repaid by a life
time of service to the community,
the state and the nation. Gov. Paul
Patterson told a crowd of more
than 700 students and fathers Sat
urday noon in the Student Union
ballroom.
Speaking at the 27th annual
Dad’s Day luncheon, Governor
Patterson said there was a defic
iency between what is paid for an
education and what it costs the
state to provide this education.
"Receive this debt with a deter
mination that you will strive to
repay it by making it possible for
those who follow you to have an
equal opportunity for education,
just as the dad sitting next to you
has made it possible for you to re
ceive your education,” he said.
Nearly 34 million dollars is ap
propriated every two years by the
state legislature to support the
six Oregon institutions of higher
learning, the governor stated.
Government today is doing more
things than ever before thought
possible, he told the group. He
pledged that the government
would never turn back from those
; humanitarian jobs whereby “we
do together the things that need
to be done together.”
In-order to do these things, the
governor stressed, we must have
newly trained leaders to fill the
♦ ♦ ♦
Hendricks, Carson
Lambda Chi's Win
Hendricks hall, Lambda Chi Al
pha and Carson 4 won first places
in the three Dad’s Day contests.
Hendricks hall copped first
prize in the sign contest. Delta
Gamma won second place, while
Sigma Phi Epsilon was awarded
third prize. Gamma Phi Beta and
Campbell club were given honor
able mention for their signs.
Lambda Chi Alpha received the
first place trophy presented to
the living organization with the
highest percentage of dads regis
tered for the Dad’s weekend. Phi.
Beta Pi was awarded second place.
Carson 4 won the Karl W. On
thank trophy for the freshman
group with the highest percentage
of dads registered. The Onthank
trophy was presented for the first
time this year and was given by
the Oregon Dads club in honor of
Onthank’s work with the group as
executive secretary.
Air Force Honorary
To Hold Initial Meet
The Air Command Squadron,
new lower division air force hono
rary, will hold its preliminary
meeting Thursday at 4 p. m. in
the Student Union.
According to the group's advis
er, Major N. N. Mihailov, sopho
more cadets who are interested
and eligible for the group will
meet to discuss operational pro
cedure and to establish a final
constitution.
The Oregon ACS is only in the
formation stage at present, Maj.
Mihailov said, but all necessary
work is being done to secure rec
ognition from the national head
quarters and the University.
Letters will be sent to the 30
top sophomore cadets who have
met the grade Requirements to
join the honorary. F?-eshmen will
be contacted after the group's
charter is approved. They will
probably be asked to join some
time during spring term, Maj. Mi
hailov said.
The Oregon chapter will be a
branch of the national society of
basic air force ROTC cadets.
Headquarters of the national or
ganization are at Ohio State uni
versity.
When the-local chapter's con
stitution is approved by national
headquarters, the local unit will
receive a plaque with the consti
tution and the names of charter
members engraved upon it. Both
the charter members and the con
stitution must be approved by
headquarters, Maj. Mihalov said.
The honorary is formed for
three purposes, according to the
preamble of the national consti
tution. They are a common desire
to advance military preparedness
and the protection of the nation,
to increase the knowledge of the
air force and to create better
spirit among cadets.
On campus the organization will
function chiefly as a service
group to the University and AF
ROTC function, Maj. Mihailov
said.
Students who enter this honor
ary will form the AFROTC nuc
leus in Scabbard and Blade, ad
vanced military honorary, he said.
Cadets who have been working
on the formation of the honorary
include Jerry Farrow, Buzz Nel
son, Tim James and Peter Plum
ridge.
Verissimo io Discuss
Pan American Union
ji.1 no jjopes verissirao, noted
Brazilian author and director of
the Pepartment of Cultural Af
fairs of the Pan American Union,
will speak on the work of the
Union at 3 p. m. today in Com
monwealth 138.
He will also be hosted at a cof
fee hour at 4 p. m. in the Student
Union dad’s lounge,
A prolific writer, his works in
clude ten novels, a life of Joan
of Arc, a survey of Brazilian lit
erature, several adventure and
travel fantasies and numerous
children's books.
Four of his Brazilian works
have been translated into Eng
lish. They include “Crossroads,”
“Consider the Lilies of the Field,”
“The Rest is Silence” and “Time
and the Mind.”
Prior to his appointment with
the Pan American Union in Wash
ington, D. C., the speaker was on
the staff of Mills college. In 1944,
Mills granted him a degree of
Doctor of Literature. He also lec
tured on Brazilian literature at
the University of California at
the invitation of the Department
of State in 1943-44.
Verissimo’s talk is one of a ser
ies being made across the coun
try in institutions of learning in
order to establish and strengthen
contacts with centers of Latin
American studies and teachers
and researchers in this field.
Verissimo will also meet with
Spanish classes and instructors
while on campus.
vacancies created by retirements
from the older generation. It is
the job of the University to train
these new leaders, he added.
Morris Praised
The Governor stated that all any
dad should ask of his son or
daughter is the best that he or she
can do, whether it be a 3.7 GPA
or a 2 point.
In • a brief introductory speech
at the luncheon, Charles D. Byrne,
chancellor of the State System of
Higher Education praised the Uni
versity and delivered a tribute to
Acting Pres. Victor P. Morris for
his work during the interim be
tween the resignation of ex-Pres.
Harry K. Ncwbum and President*
elect O. Meredith Wilson.
“Never before have we had a.9
serious student bodies or as dis
tinguished faculties at our state
institutions of higher learning,"
Byrne added.
Pride Expressed
Morris, speaking next, express
ed his pride in the University with
its new buildings and beautiful
landscaping. “But,’’ he declared,
“the physical facilities, though es
sential, do not make the Univer
sity of Oregon.’’
“The real heart of the Univer
sity,” Morris said, "is the heart of
human beings, of the students ami
faculty.” Upon their intellectual
quality and character stands the
reputation of the University. “The
human quality at Oregon is good,
and we’re proud of it,” he declared.
Loyalties Pledged
The only way that the liberty
of the United States can be main
tained is by a well-educated citi
zenry, said Morris. It is the task
of the University to provide this
education.
“Our loyalties and our energies
are pledged constantly to the state
of Oregon," concluded Morris.
Presiding at the luncheon was
Gordon Wilson, president of the
University of Oregon Dads club.
The religious invocation was given
by Ross Griffith, president of
Northwest Christian college.
Dads Club Names
Wilson President
Gordon Wilson of Portland was
reelected president of the Oregon
Dads club at a business meeting
of the group Saturday.
Other Dads club officers elected
were Hugh Biggs, Portland, vice
president; Horace Byler, Coos Bay,
secretary, and Karl W. Onthank,
associate director of student af
fairs at the University, executive
secretary.
New members of the executive
committee include John Trolinger,
Harry Norquist, and Milton Rice,
all of Portland; Robert Holmes,
Astoria; Manning Barber, Eugene;
Rury Mpllner, Prineville, and Wil
liam Dielschneider, The Dalles.
Don Helliwell, Roseburg, and
Verne Miller, Salem, were chosen
to fill executive committee vaca
ncies left by resignations of two
other members.
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Singing Beta Four
Wins SU Contest
The Beta Theta Pi quartet won
the first annual Barbershop quai
tet contest sponsored by the Stu
dent Union board Friday evening1
following the Oregon-University,
of Washington basketball game.
A gold rotating trophy was
awarded the winners, who sang
"My Evaline” and "Lora Belle
Lee." The winning quartet also en
tertained at the Dad's weekend
luncheon Saturday.