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EMERALD
56th Year oj Publication
VO!,. LV1
LNlVERAlTV OF OBEOOX, EUGENE, MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1954
Partisan Politics ...
... in the days of Theta \n
Epsilon are re-lived on page 4.
Organization was accused of
being half Ku Kin* Klan and
half Tammany hall, before its
expulsion by University offi
cials in 1950.
NO. 18
Quartet Begins Charter Day Events
Tickets for Dance
Go on Sale Today
Sophomore Whiskerlno ticket*
go on sale at noon today in the
Student Union and Co-op for
*1 6 ft per couple. The dance will
be held from 9 to 12 p.m. Satur
day in the 8U ballroom.
Ticket cairn will continue
throughout the week, with fresh
man women selling them during
flying speeches at men’s living
organizations during the dinner
hour.
Roger Middleton and his 18
piece orchestra will play for the
dance with Rita Yuzon, senior
in mathematics, featured a* vo
Campus to Host
OHSP Meeting
The 2Mh annual Oregon high
school press conference will be
held on th* campus this Friday
and Saturday. Several hundred
students and their advisers from
year book and newspaper staffs
arc- expected for the event.
After panel and departmental
meetings, the delegates to the
press conference will be the
guests of the University at the
Oregon-San Jose state football
game.’
Jay Eyerman of Los Angeles,
photograjiher for Life magazine,
will speak at the banquet in the
Student Union ballroom Friday
night. Among the other speakers
scheduled for the meeting are:
Geneva Foss, supervisor of pub
lic»i4'**ui tn the Spokane public
schools, and Bob Blackburn,
sportscaster of station KEX In
Portuand.
The conference is sponsored
by the Oregon Scholastic press.
Sophomore Group
Calls lor Petitions
Tuesday at ft p.m. is the dead
line for submission of petitions
for Skull and Dagger, sopho
more men’s service honorary,
according to President Doug
Basham.
There are four positions open
instead of three as previously an
nounced, Basham said. Appli
cants must have at least a 2.00
grade point average.
i calist for the group.
The dance will feature a beard
contest with a free shave award
ed to the beat beard. The shave
will be given by Charlie Elliott,
local barber who traditionally
shaves the winner.
Dress for the dance will be
Jeans for men and cotton dresses
for women.
Voting for the ’’Betty" and
"Joe" finalists will be done by
everyone attending the dance as
they enter the ballroom.
Betty Coed finalists are Shir
ley Tobey, Alpha Gamma Delta
Helen Ruth Johnson. Chi Omega
Gloria Stolk, Gamma Phi Beta
Mary Gerlinger, Kappa Alpha
Theta; Nan Hagedorn, Pi Beta
Phi and Susan Campbell, and
Norma Adams, Carson 2.
Finalists for Joe College are
Monte Johnson, Alpha Tau Ome
ga; A1 Herman, Chi Psi, Jim
Pingree. Phi Kappa Psi; Gary
West. Theta Chi; Gary Stewart.
Sigma Chi. and Fritz Fraunfeld
er, Sigma Phi Epsilon.
Gifts for the title-winners in
clude an all-wool jersey shirt
from Pennell's for Joe College
and a wool sweater from Rus
sell's for Betty Coed.
Professor Earns
Research Award
Vincent Ostrom, associate pro
fessor of political science, has
been awarded one of six faculty
research fellowships offered by
the social science research coun
cil.
The three-year fellowship will
enable Ostrom to do research on
the political system of his local
community on a half-time basis
j throughout the school year, and
full time during the summer.
Griller Quartet
Opens Program
First event of the two-day
! celebration of the first Urdver
city Charter Day will be a con
cert by the Griller String quar
tet tonight at 8 p.m. in the Stu
dent Union ballroom.
Admission to he concert is by
ticket only. A few tickets still
may be obtained at no cost at
the 8U main desk.
The world-famous quartet, now
I in residence at the University
of California, is composed of
Sidney Griller and Jack O’Brien,
violinists; Philip Burton, viola
player and Colin Hampton, who
plays the violin cello.
Selections by Mozart, Beet
hoven and Oregon composer
Ernest Bloch will be included in
the quartet’s program. Quartet in
D minor K 421 by Mozart will
be the first selection. Ernest
Bloch’s Quartet No. 4. 1953 and
Beethoven's Quartet in E flat,
Opus 127 will make up the rest
of the concert.
This performance of Bloch's
quartet will be the first on the
west coast. It has been played
| previously only at the Tangle
wood festival and in England.
ROTC to Provide
Ceremonial Guard
Five members of University
I ROTC detachments will serve as
a color guard for the procession
al during the inauguration of O.
Meredith Wilson as president of
the University. Three color guard
member? will be from the Army
ROTC, with two from the Air
Force ROTC.
Army ROTC members will be
Allan Burns, Karl Sehwarck and
Carl Groth. all sophomores in
libertl arts. The three were
members of the Army ROTC
! drill team last year.
University Musicians
Help Local Orchestra
University musicians are a real
asset to the newly organized Eu
gene-Springfield Community or
chestra, according to Earl M.
Pallett, the group's secretary.
The orchestra is headed by Dr.
Edmund Cykler of the Univer
Funeral Services Held
For Former UO Star
Funeral services for Louis
Kenneth Sweitzer, former Uni
versity football star, were to be
held this morning at 10 am. in
the United Lutheran church. Si
mon-Lounsbury mortuary was in
charge of arrangements.
Sweitzer was killed Thursday
at Deerhorn ranch by a bullet
fired by his hunting companion,
Jack Patera. Investigating offi
cials said the accident occurred
when Patera fired at a deer.
Sweitzer was the winner of
last year's Hoffman award, voted
to him by his team mates as
the outstanding senior member
of the football squad.
IFC Announces Memorial
Meanwhile, the Inter-fratern
ity council announced Saturday
that its 21 member fraternities
have approved the establishment
of a Ken Sweitzer Memorial
fund. Deposits may be made in
a specially established account
at the Pacific First Federal bank
in Eugene. The account number
is 144520.
Purpose of the fund will prob
ably be announced at Thursday's
meeting of the IFC, according to
Ray Hawk, associate director of
student affairs.
Survivors Listed
Sweitzer Is survived by his
widow, the former Svnove Erick
son, and his two-week-old daugh
ter Elizabeth Ann. His father
is Louis Sweitzer of Weston, W.
Va., and his’ mother is Erma
Sweitzer of Pasadena, Calif.
The Rev. Charles Epple was
to officiate at the services this
morning. Burial was at Rest
Haven Memorial park.
sity, and has a number of other
University people in its mem
bership.
George Hopkins, professor of
piano at the University, will be
the guest soloist for the orches
tra's first concert of the year
to be given Oct. 25 in the"Eu
gene High school auditorium.
Hopkins will play Mozart s “D
Minor Concerto.”
Other numbers on the pro
gram will include Handel s "Wa
ter Music," Brahms "Second
Symphony," and "The Moldau”
by Smetana.
Four other concerts will be
given by the group throughout
the year. Single membership for
the full season is five dollars.
In addition to the University
musicians, private music teach
ers from Eugene and Springfield,
and music school graduates en
gaged in other professions make
up the 54 members of the orches
tra.
The orchestra association gives
talented musicians in. the Eu
gene-Springfield area direction
and training necessary in crea
tive musical accomplishment.
According to Pallett, the or
ganization will become a per
manent asset to the musical life
of the community if the public
responds favorably.
300 OFFICIALS HERE
Huxley Speaks
To Assembly
Highlighting Tuesday’s cele
bration of the first University
Charter Day will be an address
by Julian Huxley, world-known
biologist. Huxley will speak at
10 a.m. at McArthur court.
"The University’s Responsibil
ity in the Tradition of Freedom’’
is the theme of Charter Day,
which commemorates the found
ing of the University. The in
auguration of President O. Mere
dith Wilson will be held in con
junction with Charter Day this
year.
Huxley will speak on “The
Bearing of Scientific Knowledge
on Belief in a Free Society.” All
Schedule of Events
Monday
4 p.m. Registration in Stu
dent Union.
8 p.m. Grillcr String quar
tet, Student Union ballroom
Tuesday
10 a.m. Julian Huxley ad
dress. McArthur court.
1 p.m. Academic procession
al, from Fenton to McArthur
court.
2 p.m. Inauguration of Pres
ident O. Meredith W ilson, Mc
Arthur court.
4 p.m. Reception for Presi
dent and Mrs. Wilson, Ger
linger lounge.
6 p.m. Alumni association
dinner.
8 p.m. Zecliariah C h a f e e
speech.
10 o'clock classes will be dis
missed so that students may hear j
the address.
Registration Starts Today
Registration of guests and!
alumni on campus for Charter
Day begins today*at 4 p.m. on
the second floor of the Student
Union. More than 300 invitations
have been accepted by officials
of institutions of higher learn
ing, learned societies, state civic
leaders and friends of the Uni
versity. Registration will con
tinue until 2 p.m. Tuesday.
Inauguration ceremonies for
President Wilson will begin at 2
p.m. Tuesday, preceded by an
academic procession from the old
campus to McArthur court where
the inauguration is to be held.
Clarence Faust, president of
the Ford Foundation Fund for
the Advancement of Education,
will deliver the inaugural address
on "Universities and the Life of
Reason." All 2 and 3 o'clock
classes will be canceled so stu
dents may attend the ceremonies.
Women Give Reception
A reception for President and
Mrs. Wilson will be held Tuesday
at 4 p.m. in Gerlinger lounge.
The event is given by the Fac
ulty Women’s club. Students are
welcome at the reception.
Concluding event of the Char
ter Day is the alumni association
dinner at 6 p.m. in the SU ball
room. Zecharia Chafee, professor
of law at Harvard university,
will speak at the dinner on the
topic, "If the Salt has Lost Its
Savor.” The dinner is for alumni
only, however, Chafees address
is open to the public.
It is hoped that University
Charter Day will become an an
nual event, according to William
C. Jones, dean of administration.
The only other similar event in
the history of the University was
the celebration of the school’s
75th anniversary in 1951.
President Wilson
Receives Letters
Inaugural congratulations for
University President O. Meredies
Wilson, will be on display in the
Student Union art gallery
throughout the week starting
Monday.
Letters and notes have come
to the University from all over
the world. Arnold Toynbee sent
his congratulations from London.
English universities sent notes,
as did universities in Western
Europe and Scandinavia. Con
gratulations have been received
from congressmen and heads of
industries.
A particularly noticeable letter
is one that is enclosed in a red
leather case, with a gold crest on
the lid. This letter was sent by
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
in Troy, New York.
Book Circulation Increases
Despite Drop in Enrollment
Although University’s enroll
ment was decreased last year
from that of 1952-53, library of
ficials reported that more books
were used last year than in
either of the two previous years.
Books circuited last year to
talled 198,157. More than 19,000
volumes were added last year.
With the new addition to the
building in 1950, capacity was
estimated at 600,000. The total
number of volumes on hand now
is 543,611, just 50,000 short of
the total capacity.
Currently the library sub
scribes to 150 newspapers and
3358 periodicals. Other resources
include a map collection, photo
graphs, pictures and prints,
slides, manuscripts and pamph
lets. Also available are film
strips, motion pictures and a col
lection of recordings.
The addition of new materials
last year required 86,700 more
cards for catalogues and indexes,
Carl Hintz, University librarian,
said.
More than 19,000 recordings
were used and 2000 films were
borrowed or rented during the
year.
UIS Plans Discussion
The second in a series of
open political discussions spon
sored by United Independents
Students, campus political party,
will be Monday, Oct. 25 at 4 p.m.
The meeting, which is open to
all students, will be held at
Campbell Club, 1335 Alder, ac
cording to Len Calvert, UIS
president.