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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.