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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (March 11, 1954)
VOL. LV INIVKUsn V OF OltKOON. KI<iKNK. Till HSO \ V, M\K< H II. 1054 NO. 102 Red Cross Drive Ends With $450 *ne campus Rea Cross drive ended Friday with a total of $450 collected, according to Carol Hug Art Lecture Slated Tonight "Ait and the Creative Life of the Child" will be the topic of the public address of Viktor Lowen fckl to be given at 8 this evening in the Student Union. Lov.enfeld, chairman of the art education department at the Uni versity of Pennsylvania I* the guest lecturer at the school of ar chitecture and allied arts next Thursday and Friday. Besides hia public appearance. Lowenfeld will lead two seminar discussions on Friday, at 9 a. m. and 11 a in. in the lounge of the architecture building Both will be open to all students and faculty. Faculty and students in psycho logy and education have been in vited to a reception in his honor today. Following Lowenfeld's visit to the West Coast, he will return home to begin a sabatical leave which will take him to Europe for a similar lecture tour. Kirrn, general chairman of the, dri^e. Awards at the mixer Friday night were made to Pi Kappa Phi, which collected $19.58, Sigma Chi, with $50727 and Alpha Gamma Delta, with $15.70. A prize of $3 worth of credit at Grave*' record shop was award ed to Pi Kappa Phi, Mias Hug gins said. Approximately $40 was collected from flying speeches during the drive. Six houses reached their quotas after Thursday night. They were Campbell club. Phi Delta Theta, Sigma Alpha Kpsilon, Phi Gamma Delta, Haft Kane hall and Zeta Tau Alpha. "Although we didn't reach our campus quota,” Miss Huggina said, "the Red Cross boarU was very pleased with the co-operation and participation by students.” This year, for the first time, the 64 living organizations all participa ted in the drive in some way. she added. Men Object to Sharing Their Quarters With Mice Resident* of French, Merrick., and Nestor halls have issued a for mal complaint to the office of stu dent affairs concerning the pres ence of mice in V’eterans Dormi Student Union Calls Petitions for Board Petitions for seats on the Stu dent Union board will be called for the first week of spring term, it was announced at the SU board meeting Wednesday. Positions to be filled include a representative from the law school and the graduate school, both one year terms. Two-year posts that are open are representatives from the schools of journalism, business administration and education, and from jthe college of liberal arts. in addition to the six positions to be filled by petition, there will be a maximum of three member at-large posts filled from 8U per sonnel through nominations from within the program. Board Chairman Andy Berwick announced that the board had re ceived approval from Acting Uni versity President Victor P. Mor ris on an amendment to the board’s perpetuation plan. This amendment provided for the University president to give final approval on future amend ments made in the perpetuation plan. The board’s amendment cleared up ambiguity in the ori ginal wording. In other business the board set May 20 as the date for the SU banquet. Board members Klaras Dietmeier was appointed banquet chairman. torien I, it was learned by the Em erald last week. According to H. P. Barnhart, di-1 rector of dormitories, this occur rence is no cause for alarm. Open food in the rooms has been recog nized as the factor attracting these rodents, he said. When the trouble was first brought to the attention of auth orities, before the petition reached the office, action was taken im mediately by the Dane County Ro dent Service to rid the buildings of mice. However, dormitory men report that mice are still prevalent and that no improvement has been no ticed as yet. A copy of the petition was brought to the Emerald by two French hall residents, who con firmed the report that the mice are still present. Signed by approximately 100 per cent of French hall, 50 per cent of Merrick hall, and a few residents of Nestor, the following is the petition which was presented to the office of student affairs early last week, under the heading "Ah ti-Mouse Campaign.” "We, the undersigned, wish to file a complaint, and have it brought to the attention of the proper authorities, concerning the pet housing in the Vets Dorm. We well-enough realize we must live in a hazardous building, but do wc have to contend with the competition given us by the mice? The invading forces of the "army of mice” are marching on the dorms in a conquering quest. We are on the verge of evacuating and fleeing for our lives. With mice coming in at one end and bedbugs and silverfish at the other, we turn to you for the decision. Please don’t fail us in our time of need.” Weekly 8-Pages Set for Emerald Eight page editions for each Eri <lay of spring term for the Ore gon Daily Emerald were approved at a meeting of the Publications board last week The Emerald also will have regular circulation to al! campus living organizations on a noon basis for spring term. Action of the board put Emer ald delivery on a paid basis. Staff members had delivered the papers to the houses during winter term. The motion for regularly sched uled eight page papers passed on the recommendation of Dick Wil liams. board secretary. "The Em erald is now in better financial shape than it has been in a num ber of years,” Williams said, in recommending the action. The board also appointed a com mittee to study and make recom mendations ior a 1954-55 budget for student publications. Willard Thompson, assistant professor of Journalism and business adminis tration, was named chairman of the committee and members in clude Jim Light, Oregana business manager; Bob Ford, Oregana edi tor; Elsie Schiller, Emerald Edi tor; Dick Carter, Emerald busi ness manager, and Dick Williams, ex-officio member. Dates for interviewing candi dates for the top publication posts for next fall also were set by the board. Petitioners for Oregana edi tor and business manager will be interviewed April 21; Emerald and Ore-Nter positions will be consid ered May 12. and May 26 the board will name the editor for the 1954 Piggcrs' Guide. Col. Daily Attends AFROTC Meeting Col. Edwin B. Daily, head of the military department, is at the Air University at Maxwell Air Force base this week attending a nation al conference of professors of air science and tactics. The professors are discussing fu ture aspects of the AFROTC pro gram and reviewing the present set-up. The conference will end Friday. This is the second confer ence of its kind to be held by the AFROTC. Theater's 'Richard' End; Run Tonight The curtain of the University theater will rise at 8 tonight upon the last production of “Richard II." The business office reported Wednesday afternoon that a num ber of seats are still available for the performance. Tickets arc priced at $1. To night's performance will make the sixth for the play, which has been in production all term. Cast in the title role is Don Von Boskirk, senior in speech. The queen will be played by Loanne Morgan, junior in speech. Henry Bolingbrokc, who becomes Henry IV, will be played by Bill Hatha way, junior in speech. Costumes were designed by Wil ma Sundahl, graduate assistant in speech, with the settings and light ing under the direction of Howard L. Ramey, instructor in speech. Mrs. Ottilie Seyboldt, director of the show, celebrated her 25th year with the University with the production of Richard II. Final Approval Given UO Dorm g-onsiruction on a $1,250,000 mori's dormitory on the University campus will probably begin by the midfile of next week, according to officials of the W. H. Shields Construction Co. which was awarded the contract for the build ing at a meeting of the State Board of Higher Education in Portland this week. Planned as an addition to the present John Straub hall, the new dorm will fate Emerald street and will be built to house 328 students. The structure, scheduled to be completed by September, 1955, will make possible the elimination of the Vet's Dorms, recently termed a fire trap by Eugene Fire Chief Ed Surfus. Duties Assumed By New President O. Meredith Wilson Wednesday assumed his duties as president of the University. No date has been set for his official Inauguration, Administrative Assistant Les An derson told the Emerald Wednes day evening. Wilson succeeds Harry K. New bum, who resigned to accept a position with the Ford Founda tion. Acting president since New burn's resignation has been Victor P. Morris. Morris has resumed his position as dean of the school of business. Tuesday Morris was presented with a plaque by the State Board of Higher Education for "his many contributions of thought, time, energy and leadership" during the period he served as acting presi dent. Wilson arrived in Eugene last Thursday. Over 200 students met the new president at an informal reception last week. Wednesday evening he met with officers from the dormitories at a dinner held in John Straub hall. A faculty luncheon for Wilson has been plan ned for Saturday. At the meeting the building com mittee of the board also recom mended naming the new dorm Vir gil D. Karl hall, in memory of tho late University dean of men, Earl was dean of men from 1930 to hi* retirement in 1943. For approxi mately seven years prior to 1930 he was director of athletics at tho University. He died in 1948. This month marked the second time that bids had been opencf on the construction. In February, the lowest combination of bids ex ceeded by $70,000 the finds avail able for the job. The lowest basic construction bid in February, $818,654, was also entered by the Shields firm, whoso Monday bid was $763,986. Modifications Listed Several modifications of the or iginal plans were necessary to bring construction costs down to the $1,250,000 figure. The boar.I also approved elimination of tho following items: Dumb waiters, $20,255; food con veyor system, $28,936; rat slab (concrete slab to rat-proof tho building) $1,094; sidewalks, $2 217; and exterior brick damp, proofing, $2,166. It was also announced at the meeting that the physical plant will build the built-Ih furniture fer the dorm rooms *at a saving of $60,000. University officials in formed the board that the omitt ed items could be added later ,f more funds w<;re made available. The board also approved tho building committee’s recommenda tion-that a 1800 seat balcony to added to McArthur court. The pro posed addition of 4700 sideline seats at Hayward field was aban I doned. The contract for basic construc tion of the Mac court balcony wes awarded to H. G. Carl of Salem. His low bid was $231,794. Com ! bined with scats and other ex penses not in the bid, the pro jected balcony will cost more then $280,000. National Tourney Bid Awarded UO Debaters Thr University debate squad has been invited to participate in the National Invitational Debate tournament, according to Herman Cohen, director of forensics. The tram received the invitation from the regional West Point commit tee on the basis of its showing at the Linfield Forensic Tournament of Champions, March 4 to 6. Oregon and Washington State college were the only two colleges from the Northwest section, which includes Oregon, Washington, Ida ho and Montana, to receive invi tations to the meet. Cohen reported Wednesday that he is checking University sources for funds to make the trip, which is scheduled for April. In the Linfield tourney, Oregon lost the junior division sweep stakes by a margin of one-half a point to Utah, with the totals 49 to 4S1b. The mixed team of Bruce Holt and Donna Devries won first place in mens debate, with Holt also a finalist in extemporaneous speaking. Two Oregon teams tied with one from WSC for first in the women’s section. Participating were Pat Petersen and Sue Shreeve, and JoAnn Hutchinson and Loretta Mason. Miss Petersen was also first in extemporaneous and second in im promptu. In the senior division, Karl Harshbarger and Bill Cheek placed second in debate. Harshbarger was also second in after dinner speak ing. The combination of Mix** Mason, Harshharger and Cheek placed third in the all tournament talent show. * Committee Heads Chosen by Juniors Committee chairmen for Junior* Weekend held a kickoff luncheca Wednesday to make preliminaiy plans for the weekend. Actual work for Junior Weekend will net start until spring term, Jim Light, general chairman, has announced Committee chairmen for th* weekend include Janet Wick, jun ior prom; Ward Cook and Jack Boettcher, queen’s contest and cor onation; Corky Horton and Marcia Hodgson, all-campus luncheon Mary Wilson and Ann Hopkin float parade, and Ann Gerlingec, all-campus sing. Additional chairmen are Rose mary Hampton and Phyllis Pear son, sunlight serenade; Sylvitv Wingard and Joanne Hardt, ter race dance; Lynn Bodding an.* Jeannette Kimball, cleanup; Boh Glass, traditions; John Vazbyst promotion; Pat McCann, radio promotion, and Jackie Wardell am* Laura Sturges, publicity. Working with the committed chairmen are the class officer'), with Len Calvert handling finance; Ann Blackwell, secretary, and Bob Kanada, assistant chairman.
