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I NUKRKITY «>!•■ OltK'.ON, K( (iKNK, THIKSDA V, APRII, 22. 1954
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Southwell Named Oregana Editor
BUT NOME ON THE FLOOR
High Schoolers to Fill Houses
floor thin weekend, unless Univer
sity students have sleeping bags!"
according to Hi Ellingson, director
of men's affairs. All houses are
filled to capacity, he continued,
estimating that 1300 to 1400 high
school Mentors will register for
Duck Preview.
Registration will begin at noon
Yell King Bids
Called by ASIIO
Petitions fop yell king for 1954
55 are now being called for by
AHUO President Tom Wrightson.
The deadline is Wednesday, May 12
at 5 p. m.
Any male st\ident, regardless of
year in school, who has a minimum
of a 2.00 accuinmulative grade
point average and 2.00 for winter
term, is eligible to petition.
Regular AHUO petition forms
should be used, says Wrightson.
The king will be selected at the
1954-55 AHUO senate meeting,
Thursday, May 13.
The senate has expressed the
opinion that the position of rally
king should be one highly respec
ted by University students. For
U»i» reason, they will consider not
only each candiidate’s yell leading
ability, but also his leadership
ability.
Board Interviews
Seven at Meeting
Interviews of candidates for
sophomore member-at-large of the
Student Union board was the main
item of business of the board
meeting Wednesday. Those inter
viewed were Sonia Edwards, soph
omore in liberal arts; Barbara
Johnson, sophomore in art; Bar
bara Wilcox, sophomore in speech;
Valeria Cowls, sophomore in lib
eral arts; Bob Porter, sophomore
in pre-law; Jack Socolofsky, soph
omore in pre-law and Lucia Knep
per, sophomore in English.
The board has one sophomore
and two junior member-at-large
vacancies. The board fills the ap
pointive position if it feels that a
person has done particularly out
standing work in the program. The
sophomore member's term is for
two years, while the junior is for
one.
In other business Klaras Deit
meicr reported on the annual Stu
dent Union awards banquet which
has been set for May 20. Addresses
from Dick Williams, SU director,
and Andy Berwick, board chair
man, will be features of the eve«
ning
YW Soph Cabinet
Sponsors Dessert
A dessert for freshmen women
sponsored by the sophomore cab
inet of the YWCA will be held to
night in the Carson living room
from 6:15 to 6:30 p. m.
AHUO President Tom Wrightson
is scheduled to explain the voting
system. The Duckling counseling
program will be explained, and
Ann Stearns will sing and play
the piano. ,
Ten cents will be charged for
refreshments.
* 1 luuy in me student Union, and
will be handled by members of
Hkull unci Dagger. Each visitor
registering will pay a fee of $5.
which will include all expenses of
the weekend.
Included In the material will be
tickets to the vfxlvil show and Sat
urday-night dance, according to
Bob Maier, registration chairman,
i he nigh-school students will also
be assigned housing when they
register, he said.
If any of the guests go directly
to the house where they are slay
ing before registering, members
of the house should make sure
they register before the deadline,
Maier sard.
Saturday morning from 9 a. m.
to noon registration wifi be con
tinued. Transportation to houses
will be furnished by members of
Alpha Phi Omega, men's service
honorary, according to Jerry Far
row, weekend co-chairman.
The WUS-sponsored auction will
be held at 4 p. m. Friday in the
fishbowl, and dinner Friday will
be from 5:30 until 7 p. m The
"What to take?" sessions, to be
held in each department, will be
held from 8 p. m. to 9:30 p. m„
and the WUS-sponsored vodvil
show will be at 10 p. m„ in Mc
Arthur court.
Adviser meetings, also in each
department, will be hel^ from 9
a. m. to noon Saturday. The orien
tation assembly will be in the SU
ballroom from 10 a. m. to 10:30,
and will be followed by campus
tours led by members of Kwama
and Skull and Dagger.
Educational exhibits in each de
Co-op Meets at 4 P.M.
Nominations for members of
th> next years Co-op board will
be made at today’s annual meet
ing of the group. The meeting
will be held In Condon hall at 4
p.m. Names of the nominees for
the board will appear on the
May ASl'O general election
ballot. ,
Some Venus'
Ducats Left
A few scats are still available
for next Monday and Tuesday’s
production of "One Touch of Ven
us," according to Dick Hiatt, Uni
versity theatre box office mana
ger. All the other /nights of the
eight performance run have been
nearly sold out, he said. The box
office will be open all week from
1 to 5 in the afternoon. Tickets
are $2 each.
"One Touch of. Venus,” a mod
ern musical comedy, will open Fri
day under the direction of Freder
ick J. Hunter. Featured in the cast
are Larry Swanson, senior in mu
sic, and Verla Thompson, sopho
more in speech, who play the leads.
Paul McMullen, graduate in
speech, and Audrey Mistretta, jun
ior in music, have leading support
ing roles.
The show contains much of the
music of Kurt Weill, paired with
the lyrics of Ogden Nash. "Speak
Low” is the most popular song
from the show. Other musical
pieces include "West Wind,” “Way
Ou West in Jersey,” "The Trouble
With Women,” “One Touch of
Venus," “Very, Very Very,” and
"Wooden Wedding."
partment will also be- featured Sat- i
urelay morning' following the as
Mimbiy. This will be partly a con
tinuation of the “What to take?"
fissions, and will include addition
al exhibits.
launch in the houses will be at
1 p. m. Saturday, followed by three
events beginning at 2 p. m. They
are the Amphibian water show at
the men's pool, a track meet, and
a baseball game with the Salem
Senators.
Shepherd Drops
From UIS Slate
Tom Shepheard, senior in politi
cal science, Wednesday night is
sued a request to Bob Funk, ASUO
vice-president, that his name bo'
removed from the senator-at-large
ballot for the May elections. Shep
herd received the UIS nomination ;
for the post last week with 35
votes fourth highest total received
by the UIS senator-at-large can
didates.
According to section nine of the
ASUO primary amendment to the
ASUO constitution, if a nominee:
presents a written resignation to
the vice-president by noon of the!
fifth day prior to the general
election, his name will be with
drawn and the name of the person
who was last defeated for that
position shall have his name placed
on the ballot as nominee.
The name of the person last de
feated for the position is in records
in the office of student affairs ac
cording to Funk, and was ’ not
available Wednesday evening
The defeated UIS senator-at
mrge candidates were Carole
Beech, Shirley Knox, Pat McCann
and Roberta Stenkamp.
Emerald Increase
In Budget Approved
Bob Southwell, junior in busi
neH« Wednesday evening was
named editor of the 1955 Oregano
by the publications board. Bob
McCracken, sophomore jn liberal
arts was selected as business man
ager.
Only other petitioners for the
two posts were Paul Keefe for
editor and Alan Oppliger for busi
ness manager.
Southwell served as associate
Voting Ends Today
For Junior Court
Voting for the five finalists
on the -lunior Weekend court
ends at 5 p. m. today. Booths,
with pictures of the 12 candi
dates displayed nearby, are lo
cated in the Student i nion lob
by and Co-op.
I ho members of the court will
be introduced at intermission of
tlie All-Campus Vodvil show
Friday night.
The 12 candidates for the Jun
ior Weekend court are Anne
Johnston, Ann Hopkins, Dorothy
Kopp, Shirley Katz, Janet Miller,
Nancy Mur row, Nancy Moore,
Alma Owen, Jean 1‘aulus, Jo
anne Morrison, Laura Sturges
and Janet Wick.
WUS Hostess Vote
Voting for the World Univer
sity Service hostess will be held
today along with Junior Weekend
Queen selection, according to Jean
Fay and Sharon Snyder, WUS hos
tess co-chairmen.
Booths for both the Junior
Weekend Queen and WUS hostess
selection are located in the Student
Union lobby and the Co-op.
Pictures of the foreign student
candidates are on display near the
booths. Candidates are Ana Klu
gatch, Argentina; Namiko Ikeda,
Japan; Miyeko Ohno, Japan;
Judith Pederson, Denmark; Derae
tria Pujante, the Philippines;
Omneyo Souelem, Egypt; Agnes
Weitz, Germany, Gertrud Wirgler,
Austria; Marjeha Haavio, Finland;
and Ingrid Meijling. Sweden
Selection of a foreign student
hostess for the Vodvil show this
year is an attempt o “promote in
ternational feeling at the Vodvil,”
Ted Goh, WUS general chairman,
said.
Barney Talks Tonight
On Travels in Russia
College Editor Dave Barney, re
cently returned from three weeks
in the Soviet Union will give his
Impressions of Russia when he
speaks today in the Student Union
at 7:30 p. m. The public is invited.
As editor of the Reed college
Quest, Barney was selected along
with six other American student
editors to visit Russia. They ar
rived in Moscow Dec. 28 and spent
five days in the Russia capital be
fore continuing on their 5000 mile
tour of the country.
Although the editors received
what is known in the west as the
"red carpet, champagne and caviar
tour," they wefe still able to speak
with literally hundreds of Russian
people, and thus form a compre
hensive picture of today's Russia.
With the exception of airplanes
and factories, the visitors could
photograph anything they pleased.
Barney will show moving pictures
of his trip.
In Moscow Barney visited the
new Moscow university. This huge
36 story building holds 18,000 stu
dents. Six thousand students are
housed in the wings of the giant
building. Barney had the opportun
ity to speak personally with many
of the students. The seven editors
even spent New Year’s Eve in the
Kremlin at a party sponsored by
young Moscow communists.
Leaving Moscow the party trav
eled to Baku on the Caspian sea.
Then they went by train to Tiflis,
the capital of the Georgian repub
lic. Their next stop was the great
industrial center of Kharkov in the
Ukraine.
From Kharkov they went to
Odessa, a seaport on the Black sea.
This city was just recently opened
to foreigners and Barney's party
was the first group of American's
to visit the city in many years.
From Odessa they went to Kiev
and then back to Moscow.
Although their time was strict
ly limited, the editors had op
portunities to sample many typos
of Russian life. They visited farms,
factories, schools and the ballet!
They were able to form opinions on
Russian economics, politics, ed
ucation and culture.
When the group left Moscow on
Jan. 19, they flew out of Russia
via Minsk, W arsaw and East Ber
lin.
Barney, who is sponsored joint
ly by the University Press Club,
the International Relations club
and Pi Sigma Alpha, political sci
ence honorary, was born in Eu
gene. He spent two years at the
University of Oregon before en
tering the army. Majoring in poli
tical science at Reed, he is 27
years old.
editor of copy on the 1054 book.
He was assistant copy editor in
his sophomore year, and ha»
worked as an Emerald reporter.
McCracken took over the po-t
of sales manager of the annual
winter term upon the resignation
of Martin Brandenfelds.
The publications board also ap
proved a recommendation from a
subcommittee on fnince to request
an. increase in Emerald funds for
the corning year to pay salaries to*
our additional staff members. Th^
reqUe*t for a" additional
™'25,f ,ub^ct to the approval
jf President O. Meredith Wilson
The additional funds would sup
ply salaries for the Emerald man
agm£ editor, advertising manager
news editor and office manager!
he requested increase would com 4
from a re-allocation of the educa
tional-activity fee.
Schuck Leads
Ugliest' Men
of contestants for the title d
Ugltet Man „„ CMpJ, „„"
toui of $13.93. *
The ten finalists for the titlo
were determined Wednesday night
by Alpha Phi Omega, men s sefv
>ce raternity, sponsorers of tho
event. Proceeds go to the World
University Service fund drive. The
winner will be announced at Fri
day night’s Vodvil.
r/£hZ fina,lsts are, in order
CkSSon A‘Pha Phi’ $1524l
?13S0 w ’, P’ Kappa Pb»;
Th3rf?’ Johnston. Phi Delta
Theta, $11.34; Walt Gaffney. Chi
D"!.e5a’n <rarson 3 and 4’ Delta
El in i t “d Wendricks hair,
S1119, Jack Fenton, Tau Kappa
nPn o?S72: ^ Ke»y- Alpha
a Pl> 5872 Hie for sixth) ji
Don Monte, Orides, $8.38; Jerry
A pha Tau Omega, $8.3 f'
and Trent Huls, Gamma Phi Beta
and Sigma Phi Epsilon, $7.25.
Vodvil Tickets
On Sale Today
Tickets for the World Univer
sity Service Vodvil show Friday in
. IcArthur court are now on sal*
in the Student Union, the Co-ow
and living organizations. Prico
for college students is 50 cents.
High school seniors will be ad
mitted free to the show, "Hand*
Across the Sea," as a part of tha
Duck Preview weekend. Edna.
Humiston, Vodvil chairman has
announced.
The annual Vodvil will begin at
10 p. m. Friday and will featuvo
acts from five women's and five
men's living organizations.
Doors to McArthur court 'Will
open at 0:30 p. m. and the WUS
carnival will be held from 9:30 to
10 p. m. preceding the Vodvil show.
Souvenirs from several foreig*
countries will be on display aha
many articles will be on sale.
Debate Team Wins
At Corvallis Meet
Defeating four other Pacific
coast schools in a “round robin ’
the University of Oregon debate
team took first place in the^ Pa.
cific Forensic league tournament
Tuesday at Corvallis.
Winners for Oregon were Bid
Cheek, junior in political science,
and BrucC Holt, sophomore ia
speech, who make up the Univer
sity's second debate team. The
first team of Don Mickelwait, jun
ior in economics, and Karl Harsh
barger, senior in speech, are now
at West Point, Newr York, compe
ting in the National Invitational
Debate tournament.