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UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, l»54
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15 Students Face
Drinking Charges
Fifteen University students
will appear In district court
sometime this week on charges
of illegal possession of beer. The
group wan arrested by sheriff's
Ticket Contest
Begins Today
The University theater's an
nual reason ticket contest starts
in campus living organizations
today and will continue through
Friday. The first production,
•‘Bernardine," opens Oct. 29.
The house selling the highest
percentage of season tickets will
be declared the winner. Each
member will receive 2 free tick
ets to the Arena production.
Since admission to the Arena
production is not included on
the season tickets, the winning
members will actually be receiv
ing two extra tickets above the
reason ticket.
By buying the University thea
ter season ticket, the student
i* getting $6 worth of perform
ances for only J5. plus the bonus
attractions given for season
ticket holders only.
University theater season tick
ets may be sold outside the
houses to friends or interested
people These will not count on
the house percentages, but will
count on the Individual salesman
totulx. The living organization
representative who sells the
largest number of tickets will
be given an award at the annual
Theater awards banquet in the
spring.
Living organizations' repfe
sentatives should contact Mrs.
Gene Wiley at the University
theater box office between 1 p.m.
and 5 p.m. today for further in
formation and receipt books.
deputies at midnight Friday in
the Fern Ridge vicinity.
Judge Chester Anderson said
Sunday that no definite date has
been set for trial. All 15 cases
were continued after preliminary
court appearances Saturday
morning pending talks with Ray
Hawk, University director of
men’s affairs, Judge Anderson
said.
The students told the judge
that they had met at the close
of a rush period and ha/1 decided
to have a party while they
awaited the outcome of rush
week.
Arrested were: Peter Carter
Bluett, Howard Bruce King,
Richard Hans Tonneson, Charles
V‘-rne Elliott, Robert Theodore
Isaacson, Vinson R. Perry, New
ton R. Barber, Samuel Lee Tripp
lett, Richard M. Domini, John
Carl Hedford, Gerald E. Hill,
John David Barbour, Scott Tay
lot, William Evans Clark Jr., and
Robert Lee Lyons.
All 15 men had been going
through rush week. Their ages
langed from 17 to 20 years.
Tuesday Deadline
For Petitioning
Petitions for senior class
president and Homecoming
chairman are due Tuesday In
the ASl'O president's office.
Regular AMl’O petitions may
ire picked up on the third floor
of the Student Union and
should l»e returned to President
Bob Summers’ office before 5
p.m. Tuesday.
Any student is eligible for
the Homecoming post. The
chairman will in* In charge of
activities during the Home
riming weekend Nov. 12-14.
Fall Enrollments
Show Increases
i ne university of Oregon s en
rollment has Increased more than
300 over the number for the cor
responding time in 1953, Charles
D. Byrne, chancellor of the state
system of higher education, has
reported.
Every institution in the state
system of higher education has
surpassed its registration figures
for the beginning of fall term
last year, according to figures
released over the weekend.
All but Eastern College of
Education are already ahead of
their final totals for fall term
of 1953. This far surpasses any
previous predictions made by of
ficials of the state system of
higher education, who expected
rather small enrollment increases
this fall, with greater increases
occurring in the years, 1957-1963,
eventually leading to double en
rollments.
Reasons Varied for Increase
The high increase in registra
tion has been attributed to lnrg
er high school graduating classes,
leturn of Korean veterans, some
slackening of college age work
opportunities, expansion of teach
er education programs at all of
the state institutions and mi
gration to Oregon.
While Portland State Exten
sion center with 2213 students
tops the percentage increase, both
the University of Oregon and
Oregon State college have al
ready noted increases of more
than 200 students beyond last
year’s final total.
Oregon College of Education
has registered 617 students com
pared with a total of 467 for fall
term last year, and Southern
Oregon College of Education has
enrolled 644 compared with a
total of 573 last fall.
ECE Above 1953 Figures
Eastern College of Education,
in its fourth day of registration
Friday, while not exceeding its
total for last year, was above
its registration figure for the
same day last year, with 453 reg
istered. Last year 395 had gone
through registration at this, time
with 460 as final total.
Incomplete statewide registra
tion figures are listed below:
Last year’s final total is in pa
rentheses. University of Oregon,
(Eugene campus), 4280, (4063);
Oregon State college, 5066,
(4868); Portland State exten
sion center, 2213, (1629); South
ern Oregon College of Education,
649, (573); Oregon College of
Education, 617, (467); and East
ern Oregon College of Education,
453, (460).
The medical and dental schools
registered students this weekend,
but their enrollments are con
sidered steady because of limited
facilities. Students now enrolling
for night classes throughout the
state are expected to swell the
public college enrollments by
another 5900 sudents.
Charter Day
To Be Oct. 19
Over 300 invitations to the
I University's first Charter day
have been accepted by delegates
from colleges and universities in
i the United States and learned
and professional societies.
Charter day will be held Oct.
19 in conjunction with the in
auguration of O. Meredith Wil
j son as ninth president of the
j University of Oregon.
An academic procession
| formed by invited delegates and
' faculty members will cross the
| campus preceding the inaugural
| ceremony in McArthur court,
j Marshal for the procession will
, be Paul R. Washke, professor of
physical education.
The March is scheduled for 2
p.m. Colors will be added to the i
procession by the hood colors
of the representative institu-1
t ions, of the degrees of the par- I
ticipants, and of the faculty.
Other Charter day events in- j
elude an address by Dr. Julian
Huxley. English biologist; the;
inaugural address by Dr. Clar
ence Faust of the Foundation for
the Advancement of Education, j
At the Charter day dinner in
the evening, Dr. Zechariah Cha-1
| fee, Jr., of the Harvard Law
school, will speak.
YM, YW Sponsor
Foreign Dessert
An International Dessert for
| all foreign students in the Uni
versity will be held Tuesday at
8 p.m. in Gerlinger Hall.
This will be one of the few
j chances which the international
students will have to meet alone
i and get acquainted, according to I
j Elton Engstrom, chairman of j
j the event which is being spon
| sored by the YMCA. YWCA.
Students Plan
Annual Dinner
A dinner for all non-affiliat
ed students will be held today at
6 p.m. in Gerlinger hall. Guests
of honor will be Mrs. Golda P.
YVickham, dean of women, and
Donald Du Shane, director of
student affairs.
The dinner is an annual event
sponsored by Orides and Yeo
men, off-campus organizations.
The first meetings of the 1954
55 school year of Orides and Yeo
men will follow the dinner. All
off-campus students are invited
to attend the meeting.
Sport suits and casual dress
are in order.
Whiskerino Needs
Committee Heads
Petitions for chairmen of
Sophomore Whiskerino commit
tees are due Tuesday at 5 p.m.
in the Student Union, accord
ing to Harriet Hornbeck, sopho
more class representative.
The deadline for petitions was
originally set for Friday, but
had to be moved up because of ■
the small number of petitions;
received, Miss Hornbeck said.
Chairmen needed for the event
are: beard growing contest, Joe
College and Betty Co-ed selec
tions, entertainment, ticket and
invitation committees.
The decoration and publicity
committees also need assistants.
Traditionally, sophomore men
must grow beards for the event.
Joe College and Betty Co-ed will
be chosen from the sophomore
class. Last year’s titlists were
Phil Lynch, Alpha Tan Omega,
and Phyllis Pearson, Alpha Chi
Omega.
Greek Houses
Pledge 627
Oregon's 21 national fraternities and 16 sororities closed one
of the most successful rush weeks in recent years this weekend.
The Interfraternity council reported Saturday that 356 men had
pledged, and the Panhellenic office reported Sunday that 271
women had pledged.
Both 1FC and Panhellenic officials had expected successful rush
periods as record numbers signed up last week for both men’s and
women's rushing.
A total of 417 men began rush week, an increase of 27 over the
1953 total. In 1953, 332 men pledged fraternities. The 1954 figure
represents a substantial increase over 1951 and 1952, in which
131 and 170 men, respectively, pledged Oregon’s 21 fraternities.
Beta Theta Pi, with 29 men, had the largest pledge class among
fraternities.
The 271 women who pledged Oregon's 16 sororities represent an
increase of 35 over last year. A total of 219 women pledged in
1952. This year, 389 women signed up for rushing, as compared to
305 one year ago.
The number of men pledging has shown an increase each year
since the deferred living plan for men was adopted, after decreases
in the first years of the four-year-oid rule.
356 Men
Following is the list of the
356 men who pledged Oregon’s
21 social fraternities during rush
week:
Alpha Tau Omega: Gordon
Bradley, Terry Burke, Richard
Cross, John Eskildsen, Leo Gra
ham, William Houston, Eli Mor
gan, Thomas Ordman, Robert
Pheister, Bruce Titus and David
Wanaka, all of Portland; James
Theiring, Coos Bay; Milton Blev
ins, Grants Pass; James Lynch,
Lakeview; Norman Chapman,
Medford; James Albert, Fred
Jaeger, and Ronald Taylor, all
of The Dalles; James Moore, Sac
ramento, Calif.; David Mackin,
San Francisco. Calif.; James
Cobb, Elko, Nev.; and Martin
Swan, Vancouver, Wash.
Beta Theta Pi: James Barnett,
Charles Kay and Edward Mei
hoff, all of Portland; George
Hemphill, Glen Knowlton, Wil
liam McDougal, Wallace Rus
sell and Thomas Siegund, all
of Eugene; Robert Cooney,
Boyd Harris and Kay Wilkins,
all of Condon; Jerry Wick. For
est Grove; Rob Roy, Pendleton;
Terry Green, John Humphrey,
Courtney Kurtz, James McKib
ben and Larry Smith, all of Sa
lem; Kent McCreight, Tigard;
George Simpson, Burlingame,
Calif.; Steven Hall, Kentfield,
Calif.; William Miller, Lafayette,
Calif.; Roger Hopkinson, and
Frank Mazzola, both of Los An
geles, Calif.; John Raventos,
Menlo Park, Calif.; Robert Mor
rell, Lewiston, Idaho; Thomas
Young, Cincinnati, O.; George
Twidwell, Vancouver, Wash., and
Ronald Dodge, Olympia, Wash.
Chi Fsl: Allan Forester, Don
ald Pack, Edwin Snow and Jack
Wilson, all of Portland; David
Mendenhall, Coos Bay; Richard
Porter, Springfield; William
Saunders, Berkeley, Calif., and
William Wiswall, Vancouver,
Wash.
Delta Tau Delta: Lon Bryant,
John Child$, William Costentini,
Walter Henningson, Dar Luk'en,
Max Olsen, James Perry, and
Thomas Waldrop, all of Portland;
James Erdman, Eugene; Kenneth
Gilmore, Brownsville; Len Ho
gan, Grants Pass; Frank In
gram, Pendleton; William Sta
nerd, Redmond; Ivan Adams,
Henry Booth, Ken Siprelle and
Wayne Medford, all of Roseburg;
Jack Baker and Fritz Collett,
both of Salem; William Boggs,
Los Altos. Calif.; Richard Berg
and Dennis Lenhart, both of San
Gabriel, Calif.; and Ray Smale,
Santa Ana, Calif,
Delta 1'psiUm: Richard Lind
say, Portland; Donald Kernutt,
Eugene; Thomas Skiens, Klam
ath Falls; Robert Burnett, Lake
view; Larry Kenyon, Lebanon;
Willis Sell, Myrtle Point; Al
len Douglas, Nehalem; James
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271 Women
The following is the list of the
271 women who pledged Oregon’s
16 sororities at the conclusion
of rush week:
Alpha Chi Omega: Pat Alex
ander, Balboa Island, Calif.; Sue
Bahorich, San Francisco, Calif.;
Connie Becker, St Helens; Gloria
Begenich, Beverly Chamberlain,
Gail Gunderson, Virginia Lamb,
Jean Lincoln, Carole Mattson,
Loretta Patitucci, Rosalind Rich
ardson and Diane Toolson, all of
Portland; Jo Eggleston, Spring
field; Anne Hjort. Vancouver,
Wash.; Marian Hoskins, Gaston;
Helen Huse and Silver Sparks,
both of Eugene; Kathryn Mc
Fadden, Corvallis, and Joanne
Rogers, Independence.
Alpha Delta Pi: Janice Arne
son, Cherie Cheney, Joyce Nied
ringhaus and Irene Simmons,
Portland; Claudia Dudley, Sweet
Home; Barbara Espey and Fran
ces Fey, The Dalles; Georgene
Hammermaster and Shirley Par
menter, Eugene; Sally Hopkins
and Karla Kuhley, Seattle,
Wash ; Sharrel Houfek, Albany;
Sharon Kaiser, Sacramento,
Calif.; Helen Knight, Honolulu,
Hawaii; Betty Pletsch, Altadena,
Calif.; Frances Wolin, San Fran
cisco, Calif.; Priscilla Herring
ton, Salem, and Ann Baakkon
en, Los Angeles, Calif.
Alpha Gamma Delta: Priscil
la Bollman and Diane Brown,
Portland; Nancy Brailsford, Ha
german, Idaho; Marcia Cameron,
Alice Dormer, Joan Finlayson
and Martha Quam, Eugene; Mary
Ann Crosbie, Glendale, Calif.;
Carol Cutchin, Medford; Georgia
lee Gayer, Menlo Park, Calif.;
Roberta Mack, Oswego, and
Mary Qualls, Klamath Falls.
Alpha Omicron Pi: Elaine
Becker, Patricia Mills and Claire
Thompson, Eugene; Beverly Hall,
Marie Keller, Donna Krauspe,
Marilyn Moore and Jeanette
Dimit, Portland; Nancy Marston,
Arlington; Marienne Muir, Kel
logg, Idaho; Marian Olson. Klam
ath Falls; and Anne Ritchey,
Salem.
Alpha Phi: Joan Bailey, Al
bany; Barbara Barker and Shir
ley Jone, Eugene; Barbara Ber
wick, Burlingame, Calif.: Nancy
Borquist, Maty Lee Derrah, Mol
ly Gilbert, Beverly Haller, Mary
McCroskey, Jean McPherson,
Mollie Monroe and Marilyn Walk
er, Portland; Arlene Clark, Lake
view; Shelley Doggett, San An
selmo, Calif.; Bobbye Harris, Co
quille; Judy Holmes, Beaverton;
Karen Johnson, Salem; Karen
Kruse, Oswego; Ann Morris,
Camp Sherman; Annette, Row
land, Tacoma, Wash., and Gerri
Sabey, Seaside.
Alpha X'i Delta: Donna Beck
with, Klamath Falls; Diane Da
vies and Linda Olson, Longview,
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