HKK STORY COLUMN 4
VOL. LVT
n daily
EMERALD
N 56th Year of Publication
I MVKIWITY OF OREGON. H (iENE, THURSDAY, NOVKMBER 11, 1054 "
Freshmen Women ...
... rioted last night in protest
against the Order of the “O.”
Approximately 200 girls were
evolved in the break-the-tradi
tions espisode. Additional de
tails on page one.
NO. 35
Freshmen Elect Booth
Noise Parade
Plans Disclosed
Float* for the Homecoming
noise parade should be parked
or. University street a* *oon after j
3 p.m. Friday as ponaible, ac-1
cording to Dick Van Alien, noise
parade c hairman. All floats must
Ire in line by 6:15 p.m.
The parade will form on Uni
versity and lttth streets, and the
floats will assume their places on
a first-come, first-served basis,
Van Allen said. The parade will
begin at 6:30 p.m. and any float,
not in line by 6:15 p.m. wtll be
penalized 20 points.
Vehicle* used for the floats
must be one single conveyance.
Semi-trucks an* permissible, but
not extra trailer*. The name of
the sponsoring living organiza
tions must be posted on both
sides of the float. Any float
without the names clearly visible
will be penalized 10 points.
Noise parade floats will be
judged on the following points: I
1. Sustained! noise- in the one
block judging interval, 30 per
cent.
2. Spirit of those on the float
and following the flote, 40 per
cent.
3. Ingenuity and originality in
noi*e making, 30 per centfc
Judge* will be Bill Bowerman,
assistant director of athletic*;
W. A. Dahlberg, associate pro
tensor of speech, and W. S.
I^aughlin, associate professor of
an’hropology.
Trophies for first place float
will be presented at the variety
show Kriday night. A trophy will
bo given to each sponsoring liv
ing organization of the winning
float. Winner* of second and
third place will be announced at
the variety show.
First place winners last year
were Phi Delta Theta and Orides.
Second was won by Alpha Chi
Omega and Alpha hall, while Sig
ma Phi Kpsilon and Ann Judson
house placed third.
Flames Ravage
'Unblastable O'
The ‘‘unblastable’’ Oregon O!
atop Skinner’s butte haa been \
damaged again.
This time it was by fire, but j
Eugene firemen said Wednes- i
day night that no estimate of the
extent of damage has been made.'
The fire department was called
shortly after 11 p.m. Tuesday]
to quell the blaze.
The fire was brought under j
control at 11:32 and the firemen^
left the scene, but the fire start
ed again shortly after midnight.;
The second time a crew was kept
near the scene to prevent a re
currence.
The ’O' was rebuilt last fall
of wood and tin to remove the
danger of blasting. The tradi
tional Oregon symbol was origin
ally constructed of concrete in
1909, and stood for 43 years.
It was dynamited in June,
1952. Members of Delta Upsilon
lebuilt it in May, 1953 in prep
aration for Junior Weekend. Then
on May 15, 1953, an explosion
twice as strong as the first tore
the entire bottom half off the ‘O.’
Homecoming Voting Ends
Today; Queen Told Friday
Voting for Homecoming queen '
will close at 5 p m. today. Stu
dents must present registration j
cards In order to vote at booths
in the Student Union or the
Co-op.
Announcement of the winning
candidate will be made Friday
night at the variety show and
the queen will be crowned before
the program. She will reign over
all activities of Homecoming
weekend.
Pictures of the five finalists.
Ann Erickson. Patty Fagan,
Audrey Misttetta, Lois Powell
and Mary Jane Rud. are on dis-!
play in the SU and the Co-op.
Personality sketches of Miss
Mistretta, Miss Powell and Miss
Rud follow. Interviews of the
two other candidates appeared in
Wednesday's Emerald.
Audrey Mistretta
University house's candidate is
tall, dark-haired Audrey, who
AUDREY MISTRETTA
1951 Mis* Oregon
was Miss Oregon in 1951. She is
a senior in music and has par
ticipated in music activities at
the University since her fresh
man year.
Audrey's start in music came
when she was 15. She won a
city-wide contest in Long Beach,:
Calif.
She wants to teach music in a
high school in Portland. Her sen
ior recital for the music school
will be given Nov. 23.
Audrey's Oregon “home town”
is Astoria. She especially enjoys
badminton, swimming and danc
ing for spare-time activities.
Lois Powell
This dark-haired and brown- .
eyed senior in general arts and :
LOIS POWELL
Wants to Go to Europe
letters is a member of Delta
Gapima. Lois is sponsored by her
own house and Sigma Nu in the
queen contest.
She plans to work in Europe
next year, for the United States
government or the United Na
tions. She hasn’t completed final
plans for this yet, however.
Last year she was historian of
Phi Theta Upsilon and she is
now- president of Delta Gamma.
MARY JANE RUD
OSC Transfer
She was a member of the YWCA
sophomore cabinet and was on
the upperclass commission.
Lois graduated from Portland's
Grant high school, but now
claims Eugene as her adopted
home town.
Mary Jane Rud
Sigma Alpha Mu’s candidate,
blonde Mary Jane, is a member
of Kappa Alpha Theta. She is a
junior in secondary education
and wants to teach social science
in an Oregon high school.
During her freshman year
Mnrv Jane went to Oregon State
college. While there she was in
the choir and was a co-chairman
of the Memorial Union hospital
ity committee.
She transferred tp Oregon be
cause "it’s more casual and
friendly here.” Reading, horse
back riding and singing are her
favorite hobbies.
She is from Salem and grad
uated from fealem high school
in 1952.
700CastBallots
In Frosh Votina
Brian Booth, a graduate of
Roseburg high school, was elect
ed freshman class president in
Wednesday's elections. Booth was
elected on the tenth ballot trans
fer.
Jim Lynch was elected vice
president. Freshman class repre
sentatives elected were Lewis
Blue, Kugene, and Rob Roy,
Pendleton.
John Whitty, second year law
student, was elected graduate
student representative. He re
ceived 45 of the 81 graduate
Senate to Discuss
Game Behavior
Student behavior at ball games
is among the topics to be dis
cussed at the ASUO senate meet
ing tonight at 6:30 in the Stu
dent union.
This Week’s senate agenda:
0 Senator speeches in living
organizations
0 Class advisers discussion
0 Behavior at ball games
0 Radio publicity
0 Homecoming chairman re
port
William C. Jones, dean of ad
ministration, will be the guest
of the senate at this evening's
meeting.
Oregana pictures will also be
taken this evening. Senate mem
bers are advised to wear suits.
Yeomen, Omega Hall
Pictures to Be Taken
Oregana pictures of Yeomen
and Omega hall are scheduled to
be taken today, according to
John Shaffer, photography edi
tor.
Men will wear white shirts,
dary ties and dary blue suits. Pin
striped suits will not be accept
able.
Pictures will be taken from
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. No pictures are
scheduled for Friday because of
Homecoming weekend.
votes. Ed Van Natta, graduate in
political science, received six
write in votes in the graduate
race.
A total of 700 freshmen voted
in the election, which was termed
‘ very successful” by the ASUO
Vice-president Hollis Ransom.
The turnout was 78 more than
the number who voted in last
fall’s election.
None of the freshmen repre
sentatives received the quota of
votes necessary for election, so
complete redistribution was
necessary. Last candidate to be
eliminated was Jim Hiland, Port
land, with Dale Bajema, also of
Portland, next to the last out.
The so-called divided or split
ballot used this year for the
first time did not help any wom
en get elected. Under this system
all candidates for president wfere
declared defeated after the top
two had been elected. In the
past, presidential candidates
have been eligible for the repre
sentative post after defeat in the
presidential race.
Two women managed to stay
in tile running until near the
end this year. Diane Raoul-Du
val, Burlingame, Calif., was
eliminated when only six can
didates were left and Susan Wal
cott, Portland, was eliminated
with only five still in the rep
resentative race.
Only three of the ballots were
declared invalid, Ransom said.
Pigger's Guides
On Sale Friday
Pigger’s Guides for' 1954-55
will be on sale Friday at the
Co-op, Student Union, Hendricks
hail, Carson and John Straub,
according to Boyd Harris, busi
ness and distribution manager.
Price of the books is 50 cents.
They include ASUO and Student
Union personnel, officers of hon
oraries, addresses and phone
numbers of religious and living
organizations and the complete
student and faculty guide.
Tradition Enforcement
Results in 'Near Riot'
Enforcement of Homecoming
traditions resulted in a near riot
Wednesday night as nearly 200
freshmen women from Susan
Campbell and Hendricks halls
paraded across campus shouting
"The Order of the -O,’ Boo! Boo!"
At the Sigma Chi house, the
men retaliated by water hosing
about 50 girls. At a call from the
women, freshmen men from
French all challenged the Sigs,
but there was only a brief flurry
of fisticuffs between two of the
men.
A crowd of several hundred
gathered to watch the proceed
ings. Patrol cars were dispatched
from the Eugene city police de
partment with orders to break
up the affair, following a call
which the police said was made
by a student.
University administration of
ficials contacted by the Emer
ald said they had no. knowledge
of the incident.
The disturbance started at 6:15
p.m. with freshmen women pa
rading from Susan Campbell to
Carson and then to the Student
Union.
With their theme "Down with
the Order of the ‘O’ ” the girls
deliberately violated traditions
by stepping on the Oregon seal
and walking on the grass. Earlier
in the day the lettermen had
checked tradition violators and
branded the guilty with a red
seal on the forehead.
The women followed several
Order of the ,OV men to- the
Sigma Chi house, where the ‘O’
rallied and turned the hoses on
the women.
A call to French was made and
a number of freshmen men came
but left without coming to blows
with the ‘O’ men.
By 7 p.m. the main disturb
ance was over and members of
the Order of the ‘O’ went among
the remaining freshmen and
punished tradition violators with
hacks.