NO. 12
Over 1300 Seniors Register
For UO Preview Weekend
»eiwccn i,aw and 1,400 high
school seniors had registered for
Duck Preview weekend an of Fri-1
day morning, according to SI El
lingson, counselor for men.
The visitor* will begin register
ing at the Student Union at noon
Friday, and registration will con
tinue until 10 p.m. Saturday reg
istralion will be held from 9 a.m.
until noon, according to Bob Mai
c;', registration chairman.
First official event of the week
end, the WUS-sponsored auction,
will be on the Student Union ter
race. Members of the Homecoming
court, the Sweetheart of Sigma
Chi finalists and administration
Duck Preview
FRIDAY
Noon to 10 p.m. Registration
* pm. WUS Auction
5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Dinner
H p.m. to 9:30 p.m. "What to take 7”
10 p.m. Vodvil
Student Union
Student Union fishbowl
Living organizations
la each department
McArthur Court
9 a.m. to noon
10 a m.
10:30 to noon
1 p.m.
2 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
9 p.m. to midnight
SATURDAY
Registration
Adviser meetings
Orientation assembly
Educational Exhibits
Tours of Campus
Lunch
Amphibian Water Show
Baseball game
Track meet
Exchange dinners
Semi-formal dance
Student Union
Listed on program
SU ballroom
In each department
Living Organizations
Men's pool
Howe Field
Hayward Field
Paired houses
SU ballroom
10 Houses Ready Skits
For All-Campus Vodvil
“Hand* Across the Sea,” the
World University .Service Vodvil
show, will be presented Vriday
from 10 to 12 p.m. in McArthur
court.
Tickets for the show are now on
sale at the Student Union, the Co
op and living orginzations. £rice
for college .students in 50 cents.
'Venus' to Open
Eight Show Run
By Dave Sherman
Emarald Rtportor
"One Touch of Venus,” a musical
comedy as modern as tomorrow,
will ojren Friday at 8 on the main
stage of the University theater
under the direction of Frederick J.
Hunter, instructor of speech. Tic
kets for the production have been
sold out for every night of the
eight performance run, according
to Dick Hiatt, theater box office
manager.
The team of Ogden Nash and S.
J. Perlman ,who wrote The book
and lyrics and Kurt Weill, who
wrote the music, will have their
talents displayed by a large cast
headed by Verla Thompson, soph
omore in speech, and Larry Swan
son, senior in music.
Dances for the production have
been staged by two University stu
dents, John Jensen, junior in
speech and Barbara Johnson, soph*
omore in art. The settings were de
signed by Hunter and executed un
der the supervision of Howard L.
Ramey, technical director.
Paul McMullen, graduate in
speech, who plays the role of
Whitelaw Savory, is back with the
cast after a short illness and will
open with the show. Another cast
member, Dalece Peterson, is also
ill, but is expected to return in
time for the opening Friday.
Tickets are tax exempt. Proceeds
from the Vodvil will be added to
the WUS drive.
High school seniors on campus
for Duck Preview weekend will be
admitted to the Vodvil free, ac
cording to Edna Humiston, Vodvil
chairman.
Jim Jones, junior in speech, will
be master-of-ceremonies for the
WUS sponsored Vodvil. Featured
in the program will be acts from
five women's and five men's living
organizations.
Rotating trophies will be award
ed to the best men's and best wom
en's groups by the WUS hostess.
A permanent trophy will be pre
sented for the best performance by
an individual during the program.
Miss Humiston said.
Women’s living » organizations
participating in the program are
Alpha Ctli Omega, "Magic on the
Moors"; Alpha Delta Pi, "Ugly
Faces”; Alpha Xi Delta, "ROTC
17"; Delta Gamma, “Old Faces of
’54’; and Kappa Alpha Theta,
"Moulin Red."
Participating men’s living or
ganizations are Alpha Tan Omega,
“From Here to Fraternity”; Beta
Theta Pi, "Beta Bar"; Phi Delta
Theta, "The Sledge"; Phi Kappa
Sigma, “Peter and the Wolf," and
Sigma Nu, "The Clem Filler
Story.”
Total amount of money collected
during the WUS fund drive, the
winner of the Ugly Man contest
will be announced at the Vodvil
show. The Junior Weekend court
also will be announced.
Judges for the Vodvil will be
Ben Schmidt, senator-at-large;
Janet Wick, AWS president; Phil
Lynch, “Joe College" contest win
ner last fall; Janet Gustafson,
Kwama president; Andy Berwick,
Student Union board chairman,
and Mary Waddell, former heads
of houses president.
official* and faculty members will
be auctioned off to the house bid
dinjf highest for their services.
Dinner Friday night will be held
from 5:30 p m. to 7 p.m., and the
"What to take?” session, held in
each school and department, will
be held from 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
I'gly Man Announced
At 10 p.m. Friday, the WUS
.sponsored Vodvil show will be held
in McArthur court. A feature of
the vodvil show will be the an
nouncement of Ugliest Man on
Campus, decided by contributions
to w US in booths at the co-op and
SU.
Advisor meetings will be first on
t he agenda Saturday morning.
They will be held from 9 a.m. until
i noon. Places for each department's
meeting are listed on the barks of
the programs given to visitors at
the time of registration.
Wilson to Speak
The oi-ientation assembly, to be
held from 10 to 10:30 a.m.. will
feature an audios by the Univer
sity President O Meredith Wilson,
with ASUO President Tom
Wrightaon serving as master of
; ceremonies.
Other speakers for the assembly
include Basketball' Player Barney
Holland, AWS President Janet
Wick and Danforth Graduate Jo
I Hutchon. The University band and
rally squad will also be in the as
sembly.
Educational exhibits in each de
partment. featuring students at
work on special activities, will be
held Saturday morning from 10
a.m. until noon. Campus tours, led
by members of Kwania and Skull
and Dagger, will also be held dur
ing those hours.
Ducks to Play
Lurtch in all living organizations
will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, to pro
vide time for the tours. At 2 p.m.
three events will t*> held. They in
clude the Amphibian water show,
at the men's pool, and a track meet
and a baseball game with the
Salem Senators.
At 5:30 p.m. exchange dinners
will be held between paired living
organizations.
A semi-formal dance, featuring
the band of Tommy Fox, will be
the highlight of Saturday evening.
It will be held from 9 p.m, to mid
night in the SU ballroom, and cot
tons and heels, with informal
clothes for men. are in order.
Dinner in living organizations
will be held Sunday at 1 p.m., and
will conclude the weekend.
Dinner Pairings
House pairing's for the ex
change dinners, to l>o hold Sat
urday night from 5:30 p. m. to
~ :30 p. in., will be announced in
the special Duck Preview edi
tion of the Emerald, to lie dis
tributed to high-school seniors
Saturday morning.
Any houses desiring infor
mation concerning their pair
ings should contact Meta Joan
Frink or Gerry #Igl, co-chair
men of the dinners. Miss Frink
may bo reached at Alpha Phi,
and Igl at Phi Kappa Psi.
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Ransom Issues
Party Platform
Independent student, lave a better bacltground for partici
"M'°" »"<*»* K"vernmen, because c/arc not J
■n;‘[“r'T/ »« ".. Hansom, United f ndependent Stir-"
'lenis candidate for ASL'O „resilient at •, Tt< u \
Thursday evening. 1 dt a LIb c'J,ft'c ^ur.
IVo,,],. in -student government have to know they can do
\ZVLVroupTms :«DCialt,,rCh'UrCS" he ^ak
Student Union meeting ‘roomTeapacity Who fi,Ied their
,nfz"dmm’Snttr;ir/:rtvrm for th*May5
nel W'‘ haVC workab,fi solutions for all the issues in the n]at
form, Ransom said, introducing the points to the group.
. Platform Outlined
f oints in the platform include;
1. The exchange assembly, “UIS is not in Ovn, „
evHliiation- th, u no1 ,n ,<lvor of censorship or
Znl, L T ^ aSS€mb,y P^gram, in any form the
s udents in charge of the show are capable of being their own censo »
nd can function in this capacity. The precedent of censor,hip in ono
ie!d may lead to censorship in other fields."
viZc?110" °f f°r, ign atudent*' "*»»« of the orientation and ad
i ng of foreign students should be taken over by the ASUO ‘senate
e propose a committee of senators to help the administration in th, i
function to give the foreign students a better view of student life and
customs on the campus." an *
nnmZ’fam,PUS prtn,ary We favor th« continuance of the all-earnout
i P ’ 7 ? prfsent f°rm because it is an effective mean* to give tha
individual student more of a voice in the selection of suitabie cand,
Oaths Opposed
: th* .r“"''V,’7alli; oaU“- "»« «"*** oppose an, loyalty oath,
,br faculty that will muzzle their right of free speech."
card ♦ Ca,<iS' We faVor a combined atliletic and student body
|^t7aUo°n ’ 3 P,CtUr<?; thG W°U,d * picked up at the time of
6. Discrimination. "We stand against discrimination in living organ!
zati ns, honoranes and other campus groups, because such practice >
arc ^consistent with the goals of an institution of higher education >
i. Regional organizations. "We do not favor Oregon's participation
■ n any additional regional organizations until these organizations prove
themselves worth the time and money necessary for participation.”
Power Sought
8. Student governments power. "More power and meaning should be
demanded of, by and for student government. It is important that stu
j dents have a greater voice in how their activities and lives are run,
?:,Wa;V;faCCrP"Shlng thiS is thc establishment and utilization
i of the ASUO cabinet.”
Auction to Sell
Uglies, Others
campus Dean ties, campus uglies
and several faculty members will
I go on the auction block Friday at
;4 p. m. during the World Univer
sity Service auction outside the
Student Union fishbowl.
Each living organization should
have a representative at the auc
tion to bid. Jack Lally, WUS auc
tion chairman has announced.
Money from the auction will be
given to the WUS fund drive, be
ing held on campus this week.
Auctioneer Spencer Snow, soph
more in liberal arts, will auction
off to the highest bidders seve i
groups of contest finalists, several
faculty and administration mem
bers and a group from Skull arul
dagger, Lally said. The groups in
clude finalists for Joe College, Bet
ty Co-ed, King of Hearts, Moon
light Girl, Sigma Phi Epsilon
Swamp Girl and the Sweetheart cf
■sigma Chi. The 1953 Homecomin*
Court also will go to the highest
bidder.
A group purchased at the auc
tion by a living organization must
entertain and serve dinner to it *
purchasers once this term.
What to Take' Session
To be Held Toniaht
The “What to take?" sessions,
being offered this year for the first
time as a feature of Duck Pre
view weekend, will be held from
7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday in each
department and school.
The sessions will be composed
of short introductory explanations
by the deans of each school and
professors, who will then conduct
questiorl-and-answer periods con
cerning their department's offer
ings.
“It will be important for mem
bers of each living organization to
escort guests to their own major
schools," Don Bonime, general co
chairman of the weekend, said
early this week.
In that way, he explained, the
students will be able to help an
swer the high-school visitors’ ques
tions about the school, and will be
able to show them more about the
department than would otherwise
be possible, Bonime continued.
The session for the college of
liberal arts will be held in science
123, under the direction of Dean
Eldon Johnson.
The school of architecture an^l
allied arts will hold their question
and-answer period in architdCtuh©
107 and will conduct tours through
the ceramics, sculpture and weav
ing studios.
Dean Victor P. Morris will bo
present at the business administra
tion school, to lead sessions a.t
Commonwealth 138. The school of
education will hold their session
at the education building, under*
the direction of Dean P. B. Jacob
son.