11 hat9s Goinif On Here? Wilson Arrives Successfully; Phone Problem Causes Stir by Al Karr Emerald Columnist Well, the campus succeeded in its welcome for the University's new president, Dr. O. Meredith Wilson*. It was no easy task, either. People were scurrying about, at times a little confused as to the precise state of affairs at the time of their scurrying. Seems like everyone was try ing to arrange some kind of af fair. in the hope that at least one such affair would come off. Real ly, it wasn’t quite that confused, but it was hectic for some per sons. The Student Union's Andy Berwick and the ASUO's Tom Wrightson managed to work up a coffee hour, at which students had a chance to meet this excep tionally fine educator and indi vidual only a few hours after his arrival in Eugene. The confusion was understand able. After all. it isn't every day that a new University of Oregon president arrives on campus. The last time was nearly nine years ago, when Harry Newburn got here to take over his duties in June, 1945. * * * Guess everyone had their troubles when Dr. Wilson arrived When I. I. Wright, physical plant head m3n. learned that the tele phone company had put a four party line into the president’s home on McMorran drive, he wasn’t at all pleased. Wright call ed the telephone company and asked what was going on. The company promised to make amends, and promptly put in a single line, or whatever you call it. and everything looked fine.,„__ Everything wasn’t fine, how ever. because Gladys Kerlee. the president’s secretary over in Johnson hall, found out the new phone put into the president’s home had the number that re cently belonged to the Alaska Junk company in Eugene. Not feeling that the president should be constantly plagued with calls from people wishing to get rid of rusted pipes and the like. Miss Kerlee put in a call to the phone company to' ask \vhat ■ was the big idea. Once again Pa cific Tel. & Tel. complied. They changed the number. * * * On Tuesday. March 30, the first day of classes spring term, Dr. Wilson wUl address the stu dents for the first time. Mae Court, 1 p.m. Don’t miss it. * * * The city zoning measure to which Acting President Victor P. Morris, the ASUO senate and other University officials had ob jected was passed without a dis senting vote by the Eugene city council Monday night. It will allow light and heavy industrial development in the area along the Willamette river. The portion of this area south of the railroad tracks as far east as the Miilrace has been zoned for just light in dustry. Not only University represen j tatives object to the change. The i council's vote overruled the recr ; ommendation of its own planning commission made more than a month ago. It was interesting to note that in a letter to the council read two weeks ago, Julio W. Silva, of Silva Chevrolet co., who owns a warehouse on the land, said he ■ had been assured by Newburn that the University was not in I terested in the property. Silva, answering the Univer sity’s charge that the new zon j ing would allow “unsightly’’ use of the area, said that the Uni J versity’s heating plant sawdust 1 pile was pretty unsightly itself. * * * Speaking of this issue and Silva, it, was somewhat ironic— although perfectly justifiable— that Carolyn Silva Nil!, Silva’s daughter and graduate last year of the UO, supported the re-zon ing measure at the council meet ing a month ago. Ironic because I her husband. Herb Nill, is assist j ant alumni .secretary of the Uni I versity. I * * * Two areas of the University; are concerned with landscaping at the new Eugene high school. | Wilbur Weed, head grounds man j for the UO, submitted plans for i the landscaping to the district I school board. ; I At its meeting two weeks ago,! the board heard an assertion by the EHS PTA president that a j landscape architect rather than a landscape gardener should be consulted about plans for land scaping, although he did not voice objection to the plans presented. So the bo^rd decided to confer! with Sidney Little, dean of the i art and architecture school, about wliat to do on the problem. SELL Your Old Books! A Buyer from Long's College Book Company will be at the Co-op March 17-18-19 to buy any old or used textbooks. On the Balcony U. of O. Co-op Store I 1 OLE! OLE! Studies Offered in Mexico j This"year, for the first time on this campus, women may make n summer visit to Mexico for univer sity study and credit or just tor a vacation. The trip is under the sponsor ship of the Howard Mexico Tour, which is divided into a college ■ girls' group, for undergraduates ■ and women who have just gradua ; ted, and a post-college group, for j all other women who want to visit and live in Mexico for the sum I mer. Universities throughout the country will participate in the tour, and one housemother on each campus is in charge of signing up members. Mrs. Henriette H. Young, Alpha Gamma Delta housemother, is the tour's representative here. Her group will be composed of women from all parts of the country, she said. Tourists Attend School Women who are members of the tour may attend one of two uni versities during their stay, or may participate in the tours and stay in the same hotels as those at ending the universities. The two universities are the Na tional University of Mexico, a na tional school with a large enroll ment comparable to state univer sities in this country, an 1 Mexico City college, a private school with an approximate enrollment of 1000. Sessions for summer school will be from Jwne 21 to August 6. ac cording to Mrs. Young. Registra tion fee at the National Univer sity is $75 in U. S. currency, enti tling students to three courses of two credits each plus two other courses which may be audited. Mexico City college, which oper ates on a quarter basts, has only a five-week session, from June 211 to July 30. Students registering there pay $8 per quarter hour of credit for less than six quarter hours. Acapulco Vacation Because of convenience of sched uling, the Howard tour Is designed j for students who want to enter | the Mexico City college. According to the tour's plans, a one-week “special vacation" is scheduled at Acapulco following the Mexico City college session. Members of the tour will stay at the Prince hotel in Mexico City, which is centrally located near stores and places of entertain | ment. The Prince hotel operates on the Kuropean plan, with meals exclud ed from room charges. Living ar rangements specify that two or three tour members will be assign ed to each hotel room. Basic price of the tour is $330, which does not include transpor tation since tour members will come from all over the United States. Flrst-C'lass Flights Air transportation from the American border to Mexico City will be via scheduled first-class flights of the Mexico affiliate of Pan-American World airways. Roundtrip fare between Tiajua na and Mexico City is $124.63, and between Nuevo Laredo and Mexico City ft is $r»1.79. A reception and welcoming din ner will be held immediately after the group's arrival, and will be at a leading Mexico City night spot. A formal dinner-dance will be held for the entire group at the end of summer-session classes before the tour leaves for Acapulco. The group will visit one bull fight as a group, and three over When you pause...make it count...have a Coke 1 BOTTIED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA COLA COMPANY 8Y COCA COLA BOTTLING COMPANY 'Cok# i» o registered trade mait OF EUGENE, Eugene, Oregon vfesl IV53. IHE COCA-COLA COMPANY night weekend visits will la* made throughout the stay. One will bo to Tuxco, which in world-famous for Its silver mining and manufacturing. Members will visit Cuernavaca, the Borda Gar dens, Cortea' palace and the Ha cienda Vista Hermosa. They will stay at the Motel Victoria. Another weekend trip will lx* to Hotel San Jose Purua, a health spa In the Tarascun country west of Mexico City. The group will spend a weekend in Tehuacan, via the cities of Puebla and Cholula. They will also visit Fortin I>e Pas Flores and Cordoba before return ing from the trip. Four special sightseeing trips outside Mexico City include trips to Xochimilco, where the famous floating gardens are located, the Desert of the Lions and Tolucao, the Pyramids of Teotichuaran. and a four-hour excursion to the Pyra mid of Tenayuca and TcopzotUin. All sightseeing trips will be made in special five-passenger limousines driven by Kngltsh speaking drivers who will remain with the groups throughout the trips. Women who desire more Infor mation about the trip arc asked to contact Mrs. Young at Alpha, Gamma Delta, 1018 Alder. i CONTINENTAL TRAILWAYS I There Are NO LOWER FARES Yen, compare rail ami air fare#, ami figure ihc cost of driving your own car . . . then nee for yourself bow mudi you save on Continental Trailways! Fresno $11.10 Ono Way San Diego $15.95 On* Way Roseburg 51 -85 On* Way All (arcs plus (c