daily EMERALD Fifty-fourth ytor of I'ubticalitm Vnl. LVI rniverwity of On-giin, Kagenr, Mon., Sept. 27, 1954 No. 3 IFC, Panhellenic Arrange Sign-up Women Begin Annual Rushing Approximately 386 women will "tart their fir-d period of nisltiiij' this afternoon and evening, according to Carol Wenner, president of I’anhel lenic. The ntiniher u* three less than those who toured the \(> campus sororities at Friday afternoon’s open house. Women are to pick up their Invitations for the first period at noon today in Gerlinger hall. Find period dates include three Monday ami three Tuesday with no house to tie visited more than once during the period. Times for the dates are 4:15 to 5 pan., 6:30 to 7:15 pan. and 7:30 to 8:15 pan. each day. None of the six dates show preference. Miss Wenner reports. Dates will be narrowed to five on Wednesday, four on Thursday, three on Friday and two on .Sat urday. Only the Friday evening and Saturday dales show pref erence. The 386 number represents the largest group of runhees in re < ent years, l-aid year nearly 300 women started rush week and 236 pledged. In the 1032 formal rushing 2IB women pledged. Insurance Sales Continue Today I-arry Kaufman, secretary of the ASUO insurance committee announced Saturday that the group accident policies will be on sale in Emerald hall today and possibly Tuesday. After that time the policies' may be purchased at the Mutual of Omaha office, S92 Willamette street. Kaufman said that nearly 500 policies hail been sold at the end of registration week Saturday. ’ The policy will cover Univer sity students on a 24-hour basis lor all scholastic activities except mtei scholastic sports. Up to $500 will be paid on any accident. Cost of the policy is $4.50 for 12 months. Rushees fo Set Time for Dates The earliest men’s rush week since the freshman de ferred living plan went into effect at (Iregon opened Sun da) night with an orientation assembly in the Student Union for all men planning to rush. Men’s rushing will begin in earnest today when rushees -ign up for rush dates at 21 fraternities in the Student Union ballroom this afternoon and tonight. Hours for mak ing dates are 2 to 5 this after noon and 7 to 10 tonight. Five Dollar Fee All freshman men and any transfer student with a 2 0 GPA for 12 h<nir» are eligible to rush. Bids will be picked up by the rushees .Saturday morning in the SU and Friday night will be preference dates. A five dollar rush fee will be charged. At the afternoon sign-up, fra ternities will is: permitted to have two men present in the ballroom, both seated at the tables, according to Inter-Fra ternity Council rush rules. In the ev»?ning. each house may have one man at t,he tables and one man circulating on the floor. * Actual rusn dates will begin Tuesday at noon. There will be three dates a day for a total of 12 dates. Hours for the dates are lunch. 11:30 to 1 p.m.: dinner 5 to 7, and evening from 7:30 to 10 p.m. Itules I,lndt Dates No rushees ft re permitted in, the houses except during these times, according to 1FC rules. The rules also state that a rushee may keep no more than two dates in one day and po more than four dates during the week with any one fraternity. Rushees may break dates after one date with a house. Fraterni ties may break dates Tuesday and Wednesday nights, after the evening dates. UO President s Inauguration To Climax First Charter Dav The inauguration of O. Mere dith Wilnon hh ninth president of the UniveiHlty of Oregon will highlight the UnlveraityH find annual Charter Day to be held on campus October 19. The event has been planned by the Oregon state board of higher education and the Oregon faculty an a “presentation of the highest scholastic order,” Wil liam C. Jones, dean of adminis | tration, has announced. Charter I <Jay is to he held each year : around the time when Oregon received its charter as the official I state university. Dr. Julian Huxley, noted Eng lish biologist, will be the main speaker on the Charter day pro gram. He will speak at 10 a.m. in I McArthur court on the subject “The Bearing of Scientific Knowl Philharmonic to Give Concert in Mac Court The New York Philharmonic Symphony orchestra will present a concert in McArthur Court May fi, 1955 a* a special attraction in the Eugene arttl University Civic Music association series. The orchestra will be touring with a full complement of 104 members, and will be under the co-directorship of Dimitri Mitro poulos, musical director of the Philharmonic, and Guido Cantelli, who has appeared as guest con ductor of the group regularly for the past three years. Dr. George B. Hull, president of the EUCMA, said “the sched uling of this orchestra is a ma jor triumph in booking for Eu gene and vicinity." He said “the history of the Philharmonic is the history of music in America.' The orchestra has for 113 years been one of the most outstanding musical organizations in exist ence. It has featured most of the great conductors and many of the outstanding musical artists per forming during that time. Hull said “More than any other orchestra in the nation, the i*hilharmonic belongs to all Un people." The orchestra’s frequent apjfearances on radio and re cordings have given the people a chance to know it. thus mak ing it uniquely welcome while on tour, he said. Post-Game Fracas Results in Injuries A Portland State college stu dent was arrested and two Stan ford football players received minor injuries as the result of a post-game brawl Saturday night at Multnomah stadium in Port land. Daniel Robiet Murray. 22, the Portland State student, was car ried from the field by police and booked on a charge of disorderly conduct. Jerry Gustafson, reserve quar terback, and Fritz Fur lame, re serve tackle for Stanford, were helped from the playing field. Police entered the riot in time to prevent more serious injury. Murray, a former amateur boxer, was identified by several Stanford players as the instigator of the fist-swinging. A large percentage of the 30, 214 spectators remained in their seats an additional 10 to 15 min utes to watch the melee. Both teams were leaving the field for their dressing rooms when the fracas started, but returned to exchange blows. edge on Belief in a Free So ciety.” Inauguration ceremonies will be held at 2 p.m. in Mac court. An academic procession from the old campus to the court will pre cede the installation. Dr. R. E. Kleinsorge, president of the Ore gon state board of higher edu cation, will inaugurate President Wilson and Governor Paul L. Patterson will address the as sembly. Clarenee h. Faust of the Ford Foundation's Fund for Advanced Education will be featured speak er at the inauguration ceremon ies. Faust will speak on the topic “Universities and the Life of Reason.” A public reception for Presi dent and Mrs. Wilson will be held in the lounge of Gerlinger hall at 4 p.m. following the in auguration. The reception is be ing sponsored by the University Faculty Women's club. Yale Man to Speak Final event of the Charter day program will be the Alumni asso ciation's Charter day dinner at 6 p.m. in the Student Union ball room. Zechariah Chaffee, Jr. of Yale university will speak at 8 p.m. following the dinner. His topic is “If the Salt Have Lost its Savor.” All events on the program, ex cept the dinner, will be open to the public. The ballroom will be opened to the public at 8 p.m. for Chaffee's speech. Opening event of the Charter day celebration will be a concert by the Griller String quartet, at 8 p.m. October 18 in the SU ball room. The quartet, in residence at the University of California, has just returned from a summer concert tour of Europe. Free Concert Offered Admission to the concert will i be by ticket only as seating ca pacity in the ballroom is limited, 1 Jones said. Free tickets will be available to University students from October 11 to 13 at the SU main desk. If any tickets remain after that date, they will be made available to the public. Representatives from all Am erican colleges, universities and scholarly societies, as well as all national fraternities and sorori ties represented on campus, have been invited to attend the Char ter day program. Several hundred distinguished guests are expected to be present for the event, Jones said. Work on New Dorm Going On Schedule By Pete Taussig Emoitld Repoitcr I'he new $1,250,000 Virgil 1). i'.arl hall, men’s dormitory, will probablv he completed on schedule next August, accord ing to Ralph J- < fihbs, superin tendent for the \V. 11. Shields Construction Co. Work on the building began during the final week of win ter term last year after the temporary Vet's dorms of World War II vintage had been called fire traps by Eugene Eire Chief Ed Surfus. He said that the buildings . . would burn down in about two minutes.’’ Residents of the old dorms had also com Coming Down COMING DOWN is Vets’ Dorm number 1, abandoned this fall after being termed a “fire hazard” last spring by Eugene Fire Chief Ed Surfus. plained last spring about the presence of mice in Merrick, Nes tor and French halls. The new dorm, named in me mory of the late University dean of merr, will house 328 men in five separate units. The struc ture is expected to make possible the elimination of the Vet's dorms. Progress in construction was slowed when workers first en countered bedrock but the lost time was made up during the summer months and this same rock, said Superintendent Gibbs, will assure a firm foundation. H. P. Barnhart, director of dormitories, has said that he ex pects the new dorm to be ready for occupancy next fall. Although several modifications of the original plans were neces sary to bring construction costs down to the $1,250,000 figure ap proved by the State Board of Higher Education, Barnhart de clared that construction was not cheapened nor quality sacrificed by these modifications. Non-essentials such as a food conveyer system, dumb waiters and exterior brick dampproofing were eliminated so that the qual ity of the other features could be maintained. University offi cials informed the board that the omitted items could be added later if more funds were made available. Furnishings for the new build ing will be selected under the guidance of the architects and ' arc included in the cost. All of the rooms are planned for two man occupancy and each of the live units, connected to an ex panded and remodeled Straub kitchen, will have its own lounge with fireplace and easy chairs. , The dining rooms are designed so that meals can be served either cafeteria or family style. The exterior of the building will be brick veneer similar in appearance to that of Carson hall and the Student Union, and will complement adjoining Straub hay. Going Up GOING UP on schedule is the $1,250,000 men’s dormitory, Virgil D. Earl hall. University officials expect the modern addition to John Straub hall to be ready for occupancy by September, 1955.