xm Pipy-fourth year of Publication Women's Vodvil Tryouts Tonight Votlvil eliminations will be b< l(| tonight at (icrliiiffcr an nex for all women’s living or ganizations entering tin: All Lan>)nis \ odvil, according to 1‘alna Humistuti, chairman. < Irganizations whose names tart with the letters A to (', will meet at 7 p, m. I hose from H through 7. are scheduled for * p.rn. Men's groups will try out Tuesday evening, with the A to I* group scheduled for 7 p. m., and the I’ through Z section, 8 p. m. Tryouts will he held in alpha betical order. If a group is not | ready to go on time, t hey may j tie excluded from participation, j Miss Humiaton has announced. The acts may not be changed after the c-ltminations. Provide Own Props Kaeh living organization must provide its own props, costumes, music, record player and other equipment. Judging th-* competition Monday evening will be Virginia Kempston, counselor for women; Mrs. K. K. Bingham, wife of the assistant ! professor of history; It. D. Morn.l professor of English. Ben Schmidt, senator at large: Janet Wick. AW S president, and Phil Lynch, "Joe College" winner last fall, Tuesday Judges Tuesday evening judges are Ei leen LlndhJad, executive director of the YWCA; Glenn Starlin, ad- j mlnb trativc assistant; Janet Ous Fraternities Plan] To Honor Gurney Sigma Delta Ch|, professional men's journalism fraternity, and1 Alpha Tnu Omega fraternity have established a $100 award honoring the memory of the late William G. Gurney. The award, to be known as the William G. Gurney Memorial Award, will be presented annually to the junior man in journalism j who has made the best record in writing courses and who shows j the greatest promise as a writer. Gurney, who would have been a j senior in journalism here this year, was killed In a plane crash at Mc Chord Air Force Base near Ta coma, Wash,, last summer while attending ItOTC summer camp. A member of both fraternities, he had been managing editor and associate editor of the Emerald and was a member of Friar, senior men's honorary. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. F, C. Gurney of Juntura. The first winner of the award will be announced later this ierm. tafson, president of Kwama; Andy Berwick, chairman of the Stu dent Union board, and Mary Wad dell, former president of heads of houses. 1 hemes for both the men's and women's acts in the Vodvll must he turned in by 5 p. m. today. Pe titions for master of ceremonies for the show are also due at that time, Miss Humiston said. Oregano Petitions Due This Afternoon The deadline for submission of' petitions for Or eg an a editor and business manager is 5 p. m. today according to R. C. Williams, sec retary of the publications board. The petitions may be turned in to Williams at his office on the mez zanine of the Student Union. Williams reported Sunday after noon that as yet no petitions have been received for either post. Pe titioners for the positions will be interviewed by the publications board at its Wednesday evening meeting. Atomic Retaliation Subject of Forum A dKcuvsion of "Massive Atomic Retaliation — a look at the \e« Look,” Mill l»o the fea ture of tonight's University ra dio forum broadcast at 8:30 over KOAC. < harlen I’. Schleicher, profes “or of political acience, will mod erate the discussion. Participa ting on the panel will be Orde s‘. Pinckney, instructor in history; MaJ. .V. X. Mihailov, Jr., assist ant professor of air science, and Kenneth Lindsay, British states man - author who uas on cam pus last Meek. The program Mill also be broadcast over stations KKKU, Kugene; KSVK, Ontario; KFJ1, Klamath Falls; KKUL, Corval lis; KIJIM, la Grande; KODL, The Dalles, and KMC M, Mc Minnville. Combe I lack to Talk In Browsing Room F. M. Combellack, associate pro feasor of classical languages will l)e this week's browsing room lec turer. Speaking at 7:30 p. m. Wednes day, Combellack M ill discuss Hom er's Iliad. His topic M’ill be ‘ Hom er's Iliad: Ladies Dead and Lovely Knights." Chandler Beall, profes sor of Romance languages M’ill be discussion leader. Combellack came to the Uni versity in 1937. He is a graduate of Stanford university and did grad uate work at Christ's Church, Ox ford, England. Obtaining his Ph D. at the University of California, he also taught there, as Mi ll as at Stanford. Fox Band to Play For Duck Preview The band of Tommy Fox, which has pluycd for many house dances on campus, will play for the an nual Duck Preview dance Saturday night, from 9 to 12 p, in, Dressy cottons and heels, with sport clothes for men, will be in order for the dance, which will be held in the Student Union ball room under the general sponsor ship of the SU dance committee. Phyllis Pearson, SU dance chair man, is serving as general chair man of the dance. Her assistants include Marlys Claussen, decora tions, Shirley Bier, chaperones, Sandy Williams, entertainment, and Jane Bergstrom, tickets. Theme Selected “Coming Attractions’’ will be the theme of the dance, according to MisB Pearson. The ballroom will be decorated with scenes depicting college life, such as football games and serenades. The Duck Preview dance is a traditional feature of the weekend, which will begin officially on Fri day, with the World University Service auction. This will be held at 4 p. m. in the fishbowl. After dinner the new ‘'What to Take ?” session will be held, from 7:30 to 9:30 in the various depart ments. The session will give infor mation to the visiting high-school seniors concerning requirements and possibilities in their major fields. Ihe vodvil show, also sponsored by WUS, will begin at 10 p. m. at Mac Court. It will feature skits entered by the various houses on a competitive basis. At the vodvil show the "Ugly Man," selected by student vote through this week, will be announced. Vodvil Slated Saturday morning, beginning at 10 a. fn., the orientation assembly will be held, followed hy exhibits and tours of the departments. Tours will be led by members of Kwama. Saturday afternoon's special events include the Amphibian wa ter show, a baseball game with the Salem Senators and a track meet. At 5:30 p. m. Saturday exchange dinners will be held between houses, and the dance will begin at 9 p. m. Armstrong Gives Easter Address Over 4 000 University studeAts ana Eugene townspeople attended the University Rc]jgiOU8 cotmcil i-ponsorcd Easter sunrise soivice at | Hayward field Sunday morning C harles J. Armstrong, president of Pacific university, delivered the Easter message. He was intro i duced by O, Meredith Wilson, pres ! on "Vhl p* University- Speaking on The Power of Belief," Arm ..strong Sa,d (hat the resurrection of Christ Jesus provided the ulti nirlC u°°f 0t man’s 8Piritual na ture. However, to believe in the tesuriection, man must have faith , without seeing. r-. ? Mk‘f lips at the very core of -hristianity, ’ Armstrong told the E«*r-congregation. Man must have belief in himself, his fellow men, and most of all God. Only hen can he realize his true na ure The Constitution of the Uni ted States was written around the - bas'c, ldea of the innate dignity j a"d ir°?dom ot the individual un aer God. Armstrong pointed out that : other influential world civiliza tions like the Greeks and the Hebrews accomplished things in the realm of thought rather than on a material plane. However. : these civilizations fell as soon as they allowed themselves to be sur | feited by materialism, he contin ued. He cautioned that Americans must not become so taken in by , material progress that they forget the spiritual, if they do not wish i to fall as Greece and Rome did. The Eugene high school a capel i a choir, under the direction of Ueston H. Brock way, sang two choral selections, "Almighty God of our Fathers," and "Adoramus To Chnste." Organist was Elma Yeomans Holland, Eugene. Con ! STegational anthems were “Christ 1 the Lord is Risen Today" and I “Crown Him with Many Crowns." An invocation by *Agnes Weitz, German student, opened the a» jnual church service. Others taking part were Tom VVarnook, member ; of URC; Rev. Berlyn Farris, presi !clent of the Eugene Ministerial as sociation; Bob Randall, president iof URC; and Rev. Robert Ellis president of the Religious Direc tors association. Dorothy Her, sophomore in journalism, was gen eral chairman for the event. Harrell President Of Local SDX'ers Jerry Harrell, junior in journal-1 ism, has been elected president of j the University chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, national men s profes sional journalistic fraternity. Other officers who will assist him during the coming year in clude Dick Lewis, vice-president; Lon Calvert, secretary; Martin Jurgenson, treasurer and Joe! Gardner, historian. C. T. Duncan, j professor of journalism, was re elected chapter advisor. House Float Themes Due Ml living organizations wishing to enter the Junior Weekend loat parade must turn in their themes today, according to Ann giv'cnToMis. /,arykVV,,SO”’ co-chairmen. The themes may be g v n to Miss Hopkins at Kappa Alpha Theta, Miss Wilson H Delta hamma or the Student Union 303. float, mn,t follow the general theme of J„rior Weaken,I Co l ge Caper-." since they will be judged on adherence T'o 18 "dl as originality and quality of workmanship I be maximum con of each float exceed $70 \ fi„. ancal da ten,on, .« be tamed in thc co-chairmen at I meeting of house repre awtatives, May 11. Numbers I J.*ich group lia^ been iriven a number which must appear on , taack of each float. This doesn’t denote the floats' position in the parade. Positions will be deter mined by the arrival of floats at the assembly area. McArthur court. Moat 1 is Alpha Chi Omega Barrister Inn and Phi Kappa Sig ma; 2. Alpha Delta Pi; Cherney hall and Lambda Chi Alpha; 3 Alpha Gamma Delta and Alpha Ind 27g£ 4 A,r’ha ©micron Pi dna Halo Kano. „ A1Pha Phj. phi Delta Theta and Stitzer hall; 6. Alpha Xi Delta Hr o Chi: 7‘ Ann Hudson House Philadelphia house and “e.r7‘ haIi; 8* Cars<)n hall and 1 h‘ Gamma Delta; 9. Chi Omega tTn Drl’a Ta" De!ta: 10- Delta De U Delta and Sigma Chi; 11 Delta Gamma and Sigma Alpha Epsilon; 12. Gamma Phi Beta, Chi 7rt -,anxKaP£a S'gma: 13- Delta G'imm KaPP? Epsilon and DeH, ?. I1 HendriCks hall. Delta Lpsilon and Sigma hall. 15 Highland House. Yeomen, Al pha hall; 16. Kappa Alpha Theta “"d Campbell club; 17. Kappa « Ppa«a.m^a and Phi Kappa Psi; Karr' ^ P‘ KaPPa Phi, Pi Kappa Alpha and French hall- 19 Rebec House and Susan Campbell! (r , gma Kappa and Sigma Phi Epsilon; 21. University House. Phi ■Sipma Kappa and Nestor Hal!; 22. p< ta T— A1Pha and Beta Theta I i and 23. Orides and Sigma Nu. KOTO To March Day parad« will be held in conjunction with he Junior Weekend float parade tins year, announced Parade Co chairmen Mary Wilson and Ann Hopkins at a special meeting of ail house representatives for the par ade. r The float parade is scheduled for May 15. which is also Armed Forces day. All men in ROTC are required to march in this parade. Here Are Rules: Buies for the Moat parade in chide: I- Tlrnnn must bo turned ,n to SL 803 or the co-chairmen by 4 p. m. today. J 2 Maximum hrighf of floats is I v feet. ® Maximum cost of floats ». A list of expenditures must . "r'v'cl in at a meeting of house representatives on May # f,oa,s be comple ted by noon. May 15. 6. The parade will start prompf > at 3 p.m. The last float n,U "o later than 3:15. Any float arriving after 3 p.m. win be disqualified. Assembling Miji begin at 2:15 p. * 7. The numbers gi\en to each font at the time of pairings must appear on the back of the float. but because of the conflict, the** men working on floats will bo excused from marching according ^ Col. E. E. Daily, head of the. military science department. A new route for the parade has been proposed this year. McArthur Court will be the assembling plara mstead of downtown. The judges stand will be at the Student Union. ioats will be judged on original ity, adherence to theme and qual ity of workmanship. Trophies Given Permanent trophies will fc« awarded to first, second and thii