Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, November 10, 1954, Image 1

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    Vcl. IA'1 I nlvPrMty of Oregon, Ktigcnc, Nov. 10, 1954 \„. :<j
Freshmen, Graduates to Go to Polls
5 ASUO Senators
To Be Elected Today
1-1tollmen and graduate students will go to the polls today
to elect tln-ir representatives to the ASUO senate.
Voting booths, located in front of Friendly hall, on Com
monwealth square, in front of the library and in the Student
Union opened at X a.in. and will close at (> p.m.
I reshmen will elect a president, vice-president and ‘two
representatives. Graduate students will choose one reprssen
lative.
Booth Captains Named
Joy Bellarts, Darlene Crawley, Carl C»roth and Roberta
Toner are serving as booth captains in today’s election. Two
attendants will be present at each voting*booth to hand out
and receive ballots and answer any questions.
All candidates will be listed
on a single ballot with the of
fice for which they are running
lisited after their name. Voters
are to number the candidates
in order of their choice, with
the candidate receiving the moat
number one votes being elected
president.
Voting Suggestion* Listed
Number one vote should bi
given to only one candidate.
Freshmen have been advised to
give their number one vote to
their choice for president, vice
president or first choice for rep
resentative their number two
vote, and so on down the list
according to preference.
Once the two top presidential
candidates are determined, the
>est of the presidential candi
dates will be declared defeated.
The representatives having the
most high preference votes will
then la* determined and declared
elected.
Oregana Plans Include
Divider Pages Addition
Five divider pages are being
placed at strategic points
throughout the 1955 Oregana,
according to Dean McMullen,
layout editor.
The pages will contain colored
prt work prepared by Bob Fudge,
art editor, and the Oregana art
staff.
This is the first time in many
year# that the Oregana has had
dividers in the book.
Ballots will be counted to
, night immediately after prills
' close under the direction of the
j ASUO Vice-president Hollis Ran
som and the ASUO senate elec
tions committee.
Board Considers
Chimes, Budget
The Student Union hoard
will meet at 4 p.m. this after
noon in the SU. Agenda for
the meeting includes:
0 Advisory committee
• Plating of Chimes
• Interview Don • Peek,
chairman of the SU dance
committee
0 Budget
Jones to Emcee
New SU Program
"The SU and You.” a new
program, will be presented by
KWAX. the campus radio sta
tion. tonight from 10 to 10:30
p.m.
The latest recorded tunes will
he played, and news pertaining
11 the SU will be announced by
Jim Jones, master of ceremonies.
Two free tickets to the Sunday
movie will be given to the first
person to identify the artist of
the "mystery tune."
Tpe program, produced by the
pecuil everits department of
KWAX, will be broadcast into
the fishbowl.
Button Sales
In SU, Co-op
Homecoming buttons arc now
i on sale to students rtt the Stu
dent Union main desk and the
Co-op. Price for students is 10
; cents.
Members of Kwama, Skull and
Dagger, Phi Theta Upsilon and
sorority and fraternity pledge
! classes began selling the 5000
Homecoming buttons in down
town Eugene and Springfield last
week. Price for townspeople is
25 cents.
The buttons will remain on sale
all week and will be available
for alumni and other Homecom
ing weekend guests at the regis
tration desks Friday and Satur
day, at the Saturday luncheon
and at the Oregon-Washington
State college football game.
Buttons also will be sold in
living organizations this week.
Members of the promotion com
mittee will give flying speeches
fn houses and dorms during the
dinner hour to promote the but
ton sales.
Money for the button sales
is used to finance Homecoming
activities, according to Martin
Brandenfels, finance chairman.
Half-Dozen' Band
Performs for Fund
Baker's Half Dozen dixieland
band will present a performance
at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, in the
Student Union ballroom.
The Inter-fraternity council,
which is sponsoring the perform
ance, will collect donations of 50
cents or more each front mem
bers of the audience.
Proceeds will go to the Ken
Sweitzer memorial fund.
The band began last winter
term. Since that time the group
has played at Piluso's and made
an appearance with the Dcli^
Rhythm boys.
Queen Selection Continues
Voting for the Homecoming
queen will continue today and
Thursday at booihs in the Stu
dent Union and the Co-op.
Booths are open from 8 a m.
to 5 p.m. Students must present
registration cards in order to
vote.
The queen will be announced
and crowned at the variety show
Friday night after the Home
coming noise parade and bonfire
rally. She will reign over all
Homecoming weekend activities
including the Washington State
college-Oregon football game and
the Homecoming dance Satur
day.
Pictures of the five finalists,
Ann Erickson, Patty Fagan,
Audrey Mistretta, Lois Powell
and Mary Jane Rud, are on dis
play in the SU and the Co-op.
Brief sketches about Miss Erick
son and Mias Fagan follow. In
terviews of the three other can
didates will appear in Thursday’s
Emerald.
Ann Erickson
The blonde, green-eyed can
didate of freshman men’s dorms,
Kappa Kappa Gamma and Sigma
Alpha Epsilon, is a member of
Kappa Kappa Gamma.
She is a junior in general so
cial sciences and wants to teach
history or social problems in a
Eugene area high school after
her graduation.
Ann graduated from Eugene
high school and lists sewing,
reading and swimming as her
favorite hobbies. She is a mem
ber of the Co-op board and Is
centennial chairman of the
YWCA.
She is also active in Alpha
Lambda Delta, freshman wom
en’s scholastic honorary, and is
on the YWCA cabinet. Both her
parents are Oregon graduates.
Patty Fagan
Pi Beta Phi's blue-eyed Patfy
is the candidate of Sigma Chi,
Chi Psi, Pi Kappa Alpha, Delta
Tau Delta and Phi Kappa Psi.
She is from Lake Grove and a
graduate of Lincoln high school.
During her freshman year,
Patty was chosen Sweetheart of
Sigma Chi, and she was on the
rally squad both her freshman
PATTY FAGAN
Rally Girl for Two Years
ANN ERICKSON
Plan* to Teach History
year and this year. She is a
sophomore adviser and a mem
ber of the executive cabinet of
the YWCA.
Both Patty’s mottier and her
brothers attended the UO which
is part of the reason she came
here. An elementary education
major, she wants to teach in an
Oregon grade school, preferably
the fourth or fifth grade.
Weaving material for skirts
has been a hobby of Patty’s for
several years, and she likes to
swim and watch all kinds of
athletic events. She also is a
member of Alpha Lambda Delta,
women's scholastic honorary.
Lettermen Report
Tradition Breakers
Members of the Order of the
i 'O’ are to turn in names of
Homecoming tradition violators
; .<t a noon meeting today at Phi
i Delta Theta, according to Doug
Clement, president.
Traditions went into effect
Monday and will continue to be
observed through Saturday.
Violators will be asked to re
P°rt to the Oregon Seal in front
of the Student Union at 3 p.m.
Friday for punishment.
A tradition which as been add
r*d to the list to be observed by
all students this week is the
wearing of Homecoming buttons.
Buttons are available at the SU
and the Co-op. Price is 10 cents.
QueenCrowning
Planned Friday
1 Varied Entertainment
To Include Chorus
Highlight of the Homecoming
| variety show Friday night at Mc
: Arthur court will be the an
nouncement and crowning of the
Homecoming queen.
The variety show will follow
the noise parade and bonfire-raJ
1 ly Friday. The noise parade is
I scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m.
with the bonfire to follow imme
diately.
The queen will be crowned be
fore the show begins and the
| entire production will be given
| in her honor.
Following the general Home
coming theme, "Sh-Boom, Hello,
Hello Again,” the variety show
: will include a dancing and sing
■ >ng chorus, vocal, dance and
| comedy numbers, a magic act
and numbers by "The Upstarts”
-of Roger Middleton’s band and
by the "Baker’s Half Dozen.”
Patterson Addresses
IFC Council Retreat
a surprise visit by Governor,
Paul Patterson was one of the
highlights of the Inter-fraterni
ty council retreat held Saturday
and Sunday at Yachats.
Governor Patterson spoke in
formally to the group Saturday
afternoon.
The theme of this year’s re
treat was co-operation between
dormitories and fraternities in
the interest of the freshmen. Two
meetings were held, one Satur
day night and one Sunday morn
ing.
The problems of enforcement
of traditions, academic guidance .
and conduct of freshmen were
Pictures Planned
For Phi Delts, Fijis
Oregana pictures of Phi •
llelta Theta and Phi Gamma i
Delta will be taken today from
9 a.m. to 5 p.ni.
White shirts, dark ties and
dark blue suits will be worn
by the men. Pin-striped suits
will not tie acceptable.
Only exceptionally good ex
cuses will merit re-scheduling
of pictures, according to John
Shatter, photography editor.
Photos of Yeomen and Ome
ga hall are scheduled for ;
Thursday.
Ebbighausen Plans
Astronomy Work
E. G. Ebbighausen, associate
professor of physics, is at the Mt.
Wilson observatory in California ;
this week doing special work in
astronomy.
Ebbighausen will do research
on Lambda Tauri, three stars
that rotate around each other. -
Ebbighausen received permis
sion to use the Mt. Wilson facili
ties through the director of the
Mt. Wilson and Palomar observa
tories.
He is hoping for clear weather
since he has only five scheduled
nights for observations.
General Electric
Plans Interviews
Doctoral candidates in physics,
chemistry, mathematics and bi
ology interested in jobs with
General Electric will be inter
viewed today.
D. W. McClenegan, manager
of the education and training
section, is looking also for a man
in econometrics. Interviewees
should make appointments with
Mrs. Alice Monjay in the physics
department, Ext. 277.
discussed at the Saturday eve
ning meeting. The goal for which
the group is striving is co-opera
tion between the dormitories and
fraternities for both individual
and group problems of freshmen.
Ray Hawk, associate director
of student affairs, awarded three
trophies to fraternities. Sigma
Alpha Mu received the award
for the best grade average.
Lambda Chi Alpha was awarded
the Sigma Chi trophy for the
greatest improvement in scholar
ship and Tau Kappa Epsilon re
ceived the award for the pledge
class with the best grade aver
age.
Community service projects by
fraternities was the subject of
the Sunday morning meeting.
Such projects as Christmas
parties and "Help” week were
discussed, along with a general
evaluation of the fraternity sys
tem.
Thirty men participated in
the retreat. Fraternity presi
dents. head freshmen dormitory
counselors, Hawk and Brad
Blaine, counselor for men, at
tended.
Hall to Use Novelists
To Illustrate Lecture
James B. Hall, assistant pro
fessor of English, will speak on
^Some Modern Poets,” today at
‘ in the Student Union brows
ing room.
He will illustrate the continu
ance of poetry and the main im
pulses of poetry through read
ings from the works of Robert
Penn Warren, -Karl Shapiro and
Robert Lowell.
Library Plans
Book Display
A collection of 35 books, rep
resenting the best examples of
book making produced in the
West during 1953 are on dis
play in the University library.
Selections for the 13th annual
Western Books exhibition were
made by the Rouace and Coffin
club of Los Angeles. The display
will remain in the library until
Nov. 20 and will then continue
at a succession of Western cities
and universities until July, 1955.
According to Tyrus Harmsen,
chairman of the selection board
of the Rounce and Coffin club,
the exhibit books are considered
results of satisfactory design
combined with capable crafts
manship and are an indication of
the type of printing and publish
ing done in the western United
States.