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VOI.. I.VI
NO. 6
Petitions tor SU
Board Due Soon
Petitions for vacancies on th<*
Student Union Board are due
Saturday noon. Members are
needed from the graduate Hchool,
law school, and juniors arc want
ed from the college of liberal
art*, and business administ rat ion.
Students petitioning for the va
cancies are screened by a Joint
SU Board-ASUO senate screen
ing committee. Recommendations
are made by the committee but
the final appointment is by the
president of the university.
The liberal arts vacancy was
created when Gerl Porritt, who
was appointed to fill the va
cancy last spring, did not return
to school.
Cadets to Wear
Uniforms Ail Day
Ml Imile uni! iuHanreil KOTO
«tudcnt» are ri-qn«*«»t**tl to uror
their military uniform* to all
thi-ir elaNMe* mi thi* designated
d»v» In the cadet manual.
Amiy KOTC student* have
Thursday set an IliHr day for
wearing their uniforms utitle
Tuesday Is the duy for drrss
up for the air foree.
Three Speakers
To Be Featured
Three outstanding speakers
have been scheduled for addresses
on campus Oct. 19, Charter day
in conjunction with the inaugura
tion of O. Meredith Wilson as
ninth president of the Univer
sity of Oregon. *
Dr. Julian Huxley will give the
main Charter day address at 10
a.m. in McArthur court. Huxley,
noted English biologist, will
speak on the topic "The Bearing
of Scientific Knowledge on Be
lief in a Frc-e Society.”
Second speaker of the day will
be Clarence H. Faust of the Ford
Foundation Fund for Advanced
Education. Faust, whose topic
is "Universities and the Life of
Keason," will speak at Mac court
immediately following the 2 p.m.
inauguration ceremonies.
All 10 a.m. and 2 and 3 p.m.
classes will be dismissed Oct. 19
to give students an opportunity
to hear Huxley's speech and at
tend the inauguration.
Zechariah Chaffee, Jr. of Yale
university will be the final speak
er of the day. Chaffee will speak
in the Student Union ballroom
at 8 p m., following the Alumni
association's Charter day dinner
at 6 p.m. The ballroom will be
opened for students following the
dinner. Chaffee’s topic is "If the
Salt Have Lost Its Savor.”
A concert by the Griller String
quartet, in residence at the Uni
versity of California, will open
the two-day celebration Oct. 18
at 8 p.m. in the SU ballroom.
Free tickets will be made avail
able to students at the SU main
desk from Oct. 11-13.
Other events planned for Char
ter day include an academic pro
cession from the old campus to
Mac court preceding the actual
inauguration and a reception for
President and Mrs. Wilson to be
held ut 4 p.m. in Gerlinger lounge.
UlSSchedules
First Meeting
United Independent Students,
campus political party, will meet.
Monday at 4 p.m. In the Student
Union, President Len Calvert has
announced.
All Independent living organ
izations are urged to send repre
! sentatlves to the meeting and
any independent student is in
vited, Calvert said.
A vice president and secretary
will be elected for the party and
plans for the annual Northwest
Regional Independent Students
Association convention will be
discussed. The ISA convention
will be held on the Oregon cam
pus sometime winter term, Cal
vert said.
Clocks Operating
New Sprinklers
An automatic sprinkler system,
1 operate*! by electric clocks, has
, replaced the old manually placed
sprinklers in some spots around
! the campus.
The new system with its under
ground piping network has been
installed in the area west of Vtl
lard hall, along the highway,
next to the millrace, around por
tions of Commonwealth hall, and
in the area east of the architec
ture annex and near the science
building.
The replacement process has
[been going on for two years and
will probably 'continue as more
piping ia replaced, according to
I. I. Wright, superintendent of
the University physical plant.
I W. W. Weed, landscape archi
l tect for the physical plant
i planned and laid out the portions
;of the sprinkler system a tread v
installed. The physical plant
Screw installed it.
First Lecture Set
The first browsing room lec
ture of the 1954-55 school year
will be Oct. 6, according to Miss
Bernice Rise, browsing room li
brarian.
Don Hunter, head of Oregon's
audio-visual department, will
play a recording from the Ash
land Shakespearean festival.
Hunter will also lecture briefly
on the subject.
Senate to Fill
Two Positions
ASro President Bob Sum
iihth announced that two very
Important appointments will Ik
made at next Tuesday nights
A8I O Senate meeting. Both
the homecoming chairman for
thin year and the senior clam
president will Ik- selected at
that time.
The homecoming position is
an annual selection while the
decision of elected senior class
president. Bob Mass, not to
return to school this fall left
'the other vacancy.
Music Festival
HonorsRombera
Beautiful coloratura soprano
Virginia MacWatters of the Met
ropolitan Opera Co. heads a na
tionally famous cast to appear
in the Sigmund Romberg Festi
val Nov. 4 at McArthur court.
Programmed as ‘‘a Montage
of America's best-loved melo
dies," the Romberg Festival will
open the 1954-1955 Eugene Uni
versity Music Association season.,
Starring with Miss MacWat
ters in the cast will be mezzo
Nancy Kenyon, tenor William
Olvis and baritone Glenn Darwin,
all qt concert njdio and TV fame.
Completing the cast will be a
12-voice mixed chorus, each
member of solo calibre, and a■
scintillating duo-piano team. The
colorful production, staged by
Emerson Buckley, has been hailed
by the nation's critics as a top
box office attraction.
A full evening of haunting mel
odies from the Romberg oper
ettas "The Student Prince." "The
Lady in Ermine," “Viennese
Nights," "Blue Paradise,” "The
Night Is Young," "Mavtime,”
"My Maryland," "The Desert
Song," and "The New Moon," j
will be presented.
The University Music Associa
tion membership drive concludes.
Saturday evening, Oct. 2, and no
individual performance tickets
are to be sold during the season.
Drive headquarters are located in
the Osburn hotel, telephone
3-1713.
AFROTC Vacancies
Available to Veterans
a lew vacancies are still open
in Air Force ROTO program for
war veterans who are interested
in gaining a commission. Air Sci
ence Professor Col. Edwin B.
Daiy said that any veteran is
eligible but that only a few can
be accepted at this time.
Any student of the University
who still has two years of school
ing to complete may qualify for
the program. Those veterans who
are accepted this year will enter
the air force advanced corps and
will be paid 90 cents per day for
the two years of schooling while
they are under the program.
Daily went on to say that this
will be the last year in which
juniors at the University will be
able to enter the advanced pro
gram without first completing
the basic course.
Another point of interest to
many veterans is that while en
rolled in the advanced course the
student is at the same time com
pleting two years of his reserve
requirement. Nearly all veterans
have some reserve requirement
to fill after they complete their
active duty and this wilt allow
them to do so while getting their
college education. Any service
benefits that the student is now
receiving will not be affected by
his membership in the AFROTC.
Upon completion of the ad
vanced program, veterans will
receive their commission of sec
ond lieutenant and will have a
choice of either going on active
duty with the air force or re
maining on reserve with that
branch. There is no compulsion
for the student to go on active
duty at any time other than if
there is a national emergency.
In taking the course, veterans
will have the alternative of work
ing for a commission in flight
training or getting one in the
non-flight bracket. Regularly
enrolled students in the program
can only take flight training in
hopes of getting a commission.
Veterans interested in the pro
gram will be interviewed by Col
onel Daily and his staff by ap
pointment.
Vacancies to Greet
Senate Meeting
By Jackie Wardell
Emerald Aiteciate Editor
This year’s ASUO senate shows
signs of following in the foot
steps of its immediate predeces
sor, with filling of vacancies
scheduled to occupy a portion of
at least the first two meetings.
Besides the vacancy created
when Senior Class President Bob
Glass left for dental school, two
more positions must be filled by
petition in the next few weeks.
Senator-at-large Tom A rata,
who created such a stir last
spring when he sought a seat on
the student governing board in
an independent campaign, is not
back.
Neither is Junior Class Repre
sentative Russ Cowell, a member
of United Independent Students,
who is reported to be awaiting
draft notice.
Glass’ position will be filled
by the Senate at its first meeting
Derby Petitions
Due Noon Friday
Petitions for Bunion Derby;
chairmanships must be turned j
in by noon Friday, Edna Humis-i
ton, treasurer of Associated
Women Students, has announced.
Petitions must be turned in to
the ASUO box at the Student!
Union.
The annua] “get-acquainted"
dance- sponsored by AWS, is
scheduled for FridaysOct. 8.
A prize will be awarded the
men’s house with the largest per
centage taking part in the tour.
Chairmen needed for the event
are. general chairman, collecting
chairman, publicity chairman,
prizes and judging.
Music School
Posts Open
The music school has an
nounced several openings in their
music groups. Both instrumen
talists and vocalists can be used
to great advantage.
The orchestra has room for
more string players, and Mr.
Risinger can use several tenors
and a few more sopranos to fill
out the Choral Union.
These groups will be perform
ing “The Messiah” by George
Fredrick Handel, sometime in
December. This work has not
been performed on this university
campus for a number of years
by a university group. For any
one interested in singing this is
an exceptional opportunity.
These groups are not for music
majors alone. Any student en
rolled in the university is urged
to participate.
Cosmopolitan Club
Plans Open House
The Cosmopolitan club will hold
an open house at 8 p.m. Friday
at Plymouth House, Ferry and
13th, according to Marten Ooster
kamp, president.
The club is the campus organ
ization for the promotion of so
cial and cultural understanding
between American and foreign
students on campus.
All students are welcomed and
those needing transportation are
asked to meet at the Onyx street
entrance of the Student Union
at 7:45 p.m., Oosterkamp stated.
Refreshments and dancing will
be part of the entertainment of
the evening.
Tuesday, and petitions are due
in the ASUO president’s office at
5 p.m. Tuesday. Glass was a
member of Associated Greek Stu
dents.
The other two offices will not
be filled until the second senate
meeting. Petitions for these posi
tions will be due in approximate
ly three weeks.
According to ASUO President
Bob Summers, the first two sen
ate meetings will be partially
occupied with an "orientation
program” for the new senators.
He feels the program of guest
speakers and reports will better
enable the new members to un
derstand their duties.
This ties in. Summers ex
plained, with a “vast external and
internal public relations pro
gram’’ to be carried on this year
by the senate. Jerry Beall, a sen
ior in business, will be Summers’
public relations chairman this
year.
Cabinet to Function
Members of the ASUO cabinet,
which Summers hopes to restore
to a functioning body, include:
Hollis Ransom, ASUO vice presi
dent: Joe Gardner. Emerald edi
tor; Bob Pollock. SU board chair
man; Pete Williams, athletic
chairman; Kay Partch, social
chairman, and Beall.
Instead of an inactive group
that never meets and that’s what
many cabinets have been in the
past—Summers hopes to use his
cabinet as a sounding board and
advisory group, he said.
The senate itself will be a more
active body this year, according
to Summers. Composed of the
class officers (president, vice
president and two representa
tives.!, the ASUO president and
vice president and nine senators
at-large elected by the entire
student body, the senate acts as
the student governing body.
Rush Nearing
Closing Period
Both men’s and women's rush
entered the home stretch today
as only three days remain in*the
1954 rush period for both soror
ities and fraternities.
A record number of men and
women are going through rush
this year. Over 350 women and
over 400 men are participating in
rush activities.
Today marks the start of the
third period of rush activities for
the women. Rushees picked up
their rush invitations this morn
ing.
Men continue their third day
of rush dates today and Friday.
Friday night rushees will file
their preference lists in the of
fice of student affairs and will
pick up their bids on Saturday
morning. Women will pick up
their bids Sunday morning.
Democrat Meeting
University students interested
in getting practical experience in
political work at the precinct
level are invited by Bill Maddron,
chairman for Eugene area Demo
crats, to attend a workshop in
precinct duties at 7:30 p.m.
rhursday.
The meeting, the kick-off for
final campaign activity in the
precincts, will be held at Wood
tow Wilson Junior High School,
17th & Charn^ton streets on the
west side of Eugene. It is ex
pected that some candidates will
be present.