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. *# ~~~ 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 , 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.