56th Year of Publication
UNIVERSITY Or OREGON, EUGENE, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1954
Only 13.1 percent’...
... of the £ radii at* students on
eampiis voted in the, recent
eks'tion. Does this justify an
election? Today’s editorial dis
cusses graduate representation
on the ASI'O senate.
NO. 38
VOL. LVI
Soprano to Sing
In Friday Concert
Astral Varnay, famed soprano
| ol the Metropolitan opera, will
| King In McArthur court Friday
evening at 8 p.m.
Her concert is the second per
formance In the Civic Music as
sociation concert series this year.
Mias Varnay Is one of the top
ranking opera singers in the
United States today. She has had
more than 300 starring appear
ances with the Metropolitan
opera, as well as with other
major American opera companies
in Han Francisco, Chicago and
Cincinnati.
Sang in Many Capitals
Abroad she has sung In all the
great music capitals Buenos
Aires, Rio de Janeiro. Mexico
City, London and Munich.
In 1951 Miss Varnay was given
the honor of being the first
American ever to sing Wagner’s
"Bruennhllde” at the famous
Bayreuth Festival, which was
founded by Wagner, himself, 77
years ago.
An immediate sensation at
that musical center. Mias Var
nay has been the American star
of Bayreuth ever since. In the
11*53 Festival she Was honored
with the opening night perform
ance of "Lohengrin,” followed
by ten other appearances within
four weeks,
Frequent titles! Soloist
Miss Varnay is a frequent
guest soloist with the major U.8.
symphonic organizations, and
following her performances of
"Salome” with the New York
Philharmonic symphony in ,Car
Forum to Discuss
McCarthy Issue
The McCarthy censure will be
the topic of a panel discussion
on the University Radio Forum
over KOAC tonight at 8:30 p.m.
Members of the panel will in
clude Alburey Castell, head of
the philosophy department, Wal
do Schumacher, professor of po
litical science and E. S. Pomeroy,
acting head of the history de
partment.
negle hall laat winter, ithe haa
been In great demand for con
cert versions of the major scores
of Strnoaa and Wagner.
The soprano's appearance here
will be a part of her annual na
I tlonwide concert tour.
ANTKID VARNAY
Soprano Oregon Bound
Apple Sale Starts
Tuesday in Dorms
Gamma Alpha Chi, national
women's advertising fraternity.
1 is holding its annual apple sale
i this week.
Apples will be sold Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday afternoons
i in front of the library and in
side the Co-op, and Tuesday and
Wednesday nights in the dorms.!
They will sell for ten cents each.
Those wishing to work on the
sale may turn petitions into the
ASUO petition box on the 3rd
floor of the Student Unioil today j
by 5 p.m.
Pat Donavan is general chair
man for the sale and Marlene
] Grasseschi, distribution chair
man.
Amazon Apartments
Termed 'Fire Hazard'
The Unlveraity-o w n e d and
operated Amazon apartments
present a fire hazard on par with
that presented by the old Vets'
dorms, according to Eugene Fire
Marshal Lester Barker.
The Vela’ dorms were termed
"fire traps’’ last spring by Fire
Chief Ed Surfus.
“The fire department has con
sidered the Amazon apartments
fire hazards for some time,’’
Barker said.
Barker said he feels that the
University should get rid of the
apartments as soon as possible.
“I could not say the struc
tures are fire safe because of
their frame construction and the
number of people they house,” he
reported.
Talk With Slides
OnMexicoTonight
A talk on Work Camps in
Mexico will be given by Wilton
Hartzler, director of a Friends’
Service camp in Mexico, at 8 p.m.
today, in Studio A of the audio
visual department of the library.
The talk, which will be il
lustrated with slides, is spon
sored by Sigma Delta Pi, Spanish
honorary.
“The annex basins are all one j
and are not cut off from one an- i
other, thus increasing the fire j
danger.'*
Personnel from the local fire
department have accompanied
the state inspector when he
checked the units, Barker said,
and they consider the situation
a bad one.
The University is well aware
of existing conditions at the
Amazon apartments, according
to W. N. McLaughlin, assistant
business manager.
Advice Noted
“We are doing everything in
our power to reduce the fire
danger which exists,” McLaugh
lin pointed out.
“We have noted the advice
given us by a fire prevention ex
pert who inspected the buildings
and instructed the managers to
conduct periodic inspections of
the apartments.
Fire fighting and safety equip
ment has been installed in each
unit and inhabitants have been
instructed in the use of the
equipment. _
McLaughlin noted that the
same danger of fy e exists wher
ever a large number of persons
liVe in a small area.
RAIN DOESN'T HURT
Weekend Big Success
According to Chairmen
Rain failed to dampen the sue- ,
ceaa of the 1954 Homecoming as j
students and alumni joined to j
celebrate one of the most sue-!
cessful Homecoming weekends in
the University’s history, accord
ing to Dick Beckman and Betti
Fackler, general co-chairmen.
The celebration was expected
to be a financial success although
financial reports had not been
totaled Sunday afternoon.
Approximately 300 alumni reg
istered for the weekend at the
Student Union and Eugene and
Osburn hotels, according to Lollie
Quackenbush, hospitality chair
man. Many more visitors did not
register, but did participate in
Homecoming events, she said.
ATO’s Win Trophy
The trophy for the living or
ganization which had the most
representatives registered was
awarded to Alpha Tau Omega
for the second consecutive year, j
Placing second in the registra
tion contest was Pi Beta Phi.
Part of the weekend’s success
was shared by the Oregon foot
ball team in its 26-14 win over
Washington State college Cou
gars Saturday afternoon on Hay
ward field. It was the first
Homecoming win for Oregon in
six years. Marching bands from
both Oregon and Washington ■
State performed colorful Grills [
during halftime.
Approximately 1000 couples
danced to the music of Roger
Middleton and “The Upperclass
men” at the annual Homecoming
dance from 9 to 12 Saturday
night in the SU ballroom.
Friars Tap Three
During intermission. Friars,
senior men's honorary, tapped
three men for membership in the
organization. They were Ward
Cook, secretary-treasurer of In
terfraternity council and presi
dent of Sigma Nu; Paul Keefe.
Emerald managing editor, and
Hollis Ransom, ASUO vice-presi
dent.
Saturday’s barbecue luncheon
was attended by more than 500
persons. The 1 u n c h»e o n was
planned for visiting alumni and
honored members and alumni of
the Order of the “O.”
Trophies for the winning signs
and winning noise parade floats
were awarded at Friday night's
variety show in McArthur court.
The float entered by Phi Delta
Theta. Susan Campbell hall and
Gamma hall won the first place
Annual Schedules
More Photographs
Graduating seniors not in cam
pus living organizations and stu
dents in living organizations
who, for some valid excuse, could
not make their picture appoint
ments for the Oregana should
come to the Oregana office, 308
Student Union, between 4 and 5
p.m. today through Thursday,
Students attending the Uni
versity, but not living on cam
pus should also contact the Ore
gana office at the same time to
decide whether they want their
pictures in the yearbook.
The graduating seniors not in
houses will be given appoint
ments for pictures to be taken
sometime in the near future. Stu
dents living in houses who did
not meet their scheduled appoint
ments will be given new appoint
ments.
trophy in the noise parade com
petition. It was Phi Delta Theta's
second consecutive win. In sec
ond place were Beta Theta Pi
and Alpha Chi Omega. Third
place winners were Sigma Phi
Kpsilon and Zeta Tau Alpha.
Chi O, ('lubbers Win
Sign contest winners in the
women’s division wer« Chi Ome
ga, first; Sigma Kappa, second,
and Zeta Tau Alpha, third. In
the men's division were Camp
bell Club, first; Phi Delta Theta,
second, and Philadelphia House,
third.
Ann Erickson, junior in gen
eral social science, was presented
at the variety show as the 1954
Homecoming queen. She was
crowned by University President
O. Meredith Wilson, assisted by
Ron Pheister. football team cap
tain. Ruling over the weekend
activities with Queen Ann were
Princesses Patty Fagan, Audrey
Mistretta, Lois Powell and Mary
Jane Rud.
Homecoming events began Fri
day with the punishment of tra
dition violators at 3 p.m. and
registration of alumni from 3
to 10 p.m. Dinner in the living
organizations was followed by
sign judging at 5:30 p.m. and the
noise parade at 6:30 p.m. The
noise wound through the Univer
sity campus ending at the bon
fire and rally site in front of the
physical plant. However, the bon
fire. reportedly ignited prema
turely by a group of Oregon
State college students, was near
ly burned out by the time stu
dents arrived at the site for the
scheduled rally.
Saturday's Homecoming activi
ties included a meeting of the
Oregon Alumni association in
the SU dads' lounge. Main speak
er was O. Meredith Wilson, Uni
versity president.
Architecture Teacher
To Speak Wednesday
M. R. Ross, associate profes
sor of architecture at the Uni
versity, will toe this week's
browsing room lecturer. He will
speak at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday on
the topic, “Oregon Architecture.”
In his lecture, Ross will dis
cuss "the formative period” of
Oregon architecture. He will
t race the development of building
from lS-15 to 1895, starting with
the period when most buildings
were designed and constructed
by carpenters. Ross will then
discuss the period when profes
sional architects began to come
to Oregon and the state began
to catch up with the East in
architectural style.
Ross' lecture will be illustrated
by colored slides of classic and
Gothic architecture, early
churches, commercial buildings,
mansion-type houses of the 1880's
[ and public buildings. Emphasis
will be on buildings still stand
| ing today.
Martin Schmitt, curator of
special collections at the Uni
; versity library, will lead a dis
cussion after the lecture.
Discussion of Author
To Be Held Thursday
A discussion on the art of au
thor William Faulkner will be
held Thursday at 8 p.m. in the
Faculty club at a regular meet
ing of the Journal club of the
University foreign language de
partment.
John Sherwood, assistant pro
fessor of English, and Leonard
Frey, teaching fellow in English,
will present brief papers. The
public is invited to participate in
the meeting.
Oregon Student Hurt
in Accidental Shootina
A blast from a blank .410 shot
gun shell gave an Oregon stu
dent powder burns and a bad
seare Friday night. Birger
Brandt, sophomore in pre-med,
and his roommate Yasumasa
Kuroda, a junior in sociology,
were in their room in Gamma
•hall when Peter Lungreen, fresh
man in prg-med, entered with
the shotgun in his hand.
"What's going on," Lungreen
said, and then the shotgun went
off.
Lungreen said he had just re
turned from the noise parade
with the shotgun and had two
blank shells. He said he was just
"horsing around” and didn’t
think anything would come out
of the shotgun when the blank
went off.
"The gun was pointed away
from Brandt,” Lungreen said,
"but just as the gun went off,
Brandt turned around and the
blast caught him in the arms.”
It ripped several holes in his
sweatshirt and inflicted burns
in his right forearm and left
arm.
. After the shooting, Brandt
went to the infirmary where he
received treatment and was re
leased. Saturday morning he was
given a tetanus shot.
The office of student affairs
will make an investigation, Brad
Blaine, counselor for men, said.
The police have asked Lun
green to make out a report of
the shooting. They found out
about the shooting when F. N.
Miller, director of the health
service, reported treating a gun
shot wound.
University Begins
Civil Training Plan
An executive improvement
training program will be inaug
urated in Salem Tuesday by the
University political science de
partment.
The program is aimed at the
civil service executives of the
state and is being given through
the University general exten
sion division. It is being con
ducted by E. S. VVengert, head
of the political science depart
ment. Paul Schrader, graduate
in political science, will assist
him.