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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.