Daily
EMERALD
56th Year of Publication
VOL. LVI CNIVKHNITY OF OKKOON, KI'GKNK, WKDNKNDAV, NOVKMBKK 21, IBM No. 45
Beau Brummell
Nominees Named
A campus Beau Brummell will;
be selected from 27 men who
were nominated as "best-dressed
men" from their living organ
izations.
The men will be judged at the
Student Union Monday evening
by representatives of Eugene's
mens clothing stores. The can
didates will be reduced to six
finalists and an all-campus vote
held on December 2 and 3 will
determine the final winner. Can
didates should wear suits or
dress Jackets and slacks for the
judging.
The candidates and the living
groups they represent are: Dick
Campbell, Campbell club: Jerry
Nelson, Sigma Nu; Dew O'Reilly.
French; Don Graham, Nestor;
lion Ricketts. Delta Tau Delta;
Sid Woodbury, Alpha Tau Ome
ga; Stan Blauer, Sigma Alpha
Mu. and John Shaffer, Beta The
ta Pi.
Others include Dick Hyder,
Cherney; Bill Saunders, Chi Pal;
Bill Shepherd, Delta Upsilon;
Curt Hotzgang. Hunter; James
Mathieson, Kappa Sigma; Jerry
Maxwell, Lambda Chi Alpha;
Gordon Summers. Omega and
Sherry Ross; Dick Coleman, Phi
I>elta Theta, and Sam Skillern,
Phi Gamma Delta.
Also nominated were Bob
Baker, Phi Kappa Psi; Bob Ran-!
som. Phi Kappa Sigma; Wilbur
Leighton, Phi Sigma Kappa; Don
Gerhard. Pi Kappa Alpha; Rob
Roy, Sederstrom; Stan Savage.;
Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Art Web
er, Sigma Chi: Larry Kott. Sig
ma Phi Epsilon; Joe Romm, Taw
Kappa Epsilon, and Doug
Wright, Theta Cht.
Winner of the contest, spon
sored by Gamma Alpha Chi, na
tional advertising fraternity for
women, will be announced at the
Student Union Friday at Four
program, Dec. 3
The campus Beau Brummell
will receive gifts from several
Eugene businesses, including a
cashmere sweater, leather bill
fold, and a year’s theater pass.
The winner, along with the
five other finalists and their
dates, will be guests of Metro
Goldwyn-Mayer, sponsors of
similar contests throughout the
nation, at a dinner and a thea
ter party Dec. 8. The group will
see the motion picture, Beau
Brummell, an M-G-M production.
George Shaw Gets
1954 Grid Trophy
Quarterback George Shaw
Tuesday night was presented
with the Hoffman award, sym
bolic of the most valuable senior
player on the Duck football team.
The presentation was made
following a vote of the players.
Twelve graduating seniors were
eligible for the award this year.
Shaw, a four-year letterman, led
the nation in total offense this
year, and in 1951 set an NCAA
record of 13 pass interceptions
which still stands. See complete
story on page five.
Russians Stand
Constant Vigil
Near Vishinsky
NEW YORK-iAPi-Old Com
munist warrior Andrei Y. Vish
insky lay In state Tuesday in a
setting of solemn, regal splen
dor.
Glittering chandeliers were
draped in filmy black. The state
ly. panelled room with its mag
nificently frescoed ceiling was
darkened by curtains of black
and deep red. Not a sound not
even a whisper was heard save
the muffled sobs from the knot
of Russians standing constant, i
solemn vigil. w
In the center of the room at
Soviet headquarters in the pa
latial mansion at 680 Park Ave.,
was the bier of the chief Soviet
delegate to the United Nations,
who died Monday of a heart at
tack. It rested upon a rectangu
lar platform, about two feet
high, covered in severe black.
Behind the bier were two red
flags of the Soviet Union, the
golden tips of the staff meeting
at a bow of black crepe. Along
three of the walls were banked
the elaborate floral tributes of
Vishinsky's staff and his Soviet
diplomatic colleagues, all bear
ing red ribbons emblazoned with
golden Russian lettering such
words as “to our beloved Andrie
Yanuarlevich Vishinsky."
The body goes back to Mos
cow Tuesday night.
Proclamation Sets
Thanksgiving Day
The president of the United State* Tuesday issued a Thanksgiv
>r>K proclamation setting Thuraday a* Thanksgiving day. University
ireiw,LterH a tw°-day «ay^ciL,s»
•vui roHume on Monday.
A PROCLAMATION
Early in our history the Pilgrim fathers Inaugurated the custom
AlnJthtCv nR.T dly at h8rVCfit time 10 rrnderinK thanks to
Almighty °od for the bounties of the soil and for his mercies
throughout the year. At this autumnal season tradition suggests
and our hearts require that we follow that hallowed custom and
bow in reverent thanks for the blessings bestowed upon us indi
vidually and as a nation.
We are grateful that our beloved country, settled by those fore
bears in their quest for religious freedom, remains free and strong
and that each of us can worship God in his own way, according to
th« dictates of his conscience.
We are grateful for the innumerable daily manifestations of
divine goodness in affairs both public and private, for equal oppor
tunities for ail to labor and to serve, and for the continuance of
those- homely joys and satisfactions which enrich our lives.
With gratitude in our hearts for all our blessings, may we be
ever mindful of the obligations inherent in our strength, and may
we rededicate ourselves to unselfish striving for the common bet
terment of mankind.
Now, therefore, I, Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United
States of America, in consonance with the joint resolution of
congress approved December 26, 1941, designating the fourth
Thursday of November of each year as Thanksgiving day, do
hereby proclaim Thursday, November 25, 1954, as a day of na
tional thanksgiving, and I call upon all our citizens to observe
the day with prayer. Let us demonstrate in our lives our humble
thanks to God for his beneficence in the year which is past, and
let us ask his guidance in the year to come.
In witness w'hereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the
seal of the United States of America to be affixed.
Recreation Leader
To Speak on Leisure'
Jay B. Nash, a well-known fig- j
ure in the field of recreation, j
will speak at the Student Union !
Tuesday night at 8 p.ra.
Nash, who is now serving as j
dean of the college of recreation, i
physical education and health
and athletics at Brigham Young .
university, will speak on the
topic, "Can America Be Trusted
with Leisure?”
Nash was graduated from
Oberlin college, but has since.
studied at the University of Cali
fornia and Columbia university
and received a doctor of philos- !
Award Winner Amona Aid Recioients
By Bob Robinson
Emwr«td Auiitanl N«wi Editor
A boy athlete graduates from 1
high school. He would like to go
to college but neither he nor his
parents tan afford it.
Twenty years ago this would
have been a problem. But today
nlhlelics have become so im
portant to schools all over the
country that they go out of their j
way to help the high school
sportster in his quest for an
education.
The University of Oregon is
Just such a school. Vleedy high
school athletes, who have been
impressive to the University ath
letic department, find it almost j
simple to obtain one of the de
partment's work projects.
What is a work project? Is it
just a fancy name for a "free
ride?” Is playing in the games!
the only work involved in the
matter ?
The answer to the final two
questions is no. A work project
is merely an opportunity for an
athlete to obtain a well-paying
job. Dorm counseling, working
for the physical plant, doing field
work on the University campus,
working in the Student Union
or the University library and
assisting in the athletic business
office are among the projects
held down by current athletes.
Most of this year's prominent
athletes are in the program.
Football stars George Shaw and
Ron Pheister both are serving as
dorm counselors. They work at
the freshman dorms helping new
students get oriented and trying
to instill them with good study
habits.
Two other footballers have
different projects. Hal Reeve,
along with trackmen Bill Del
linger and Iven Reiser, works as
an assistant to Bob Officer in the
athletic training room. Halfback
Dick James does his work in the
Student Union alumni office.
GEORGE SHAW, who received the Hoffman Award as the out
standing senior football pla\er Tuesday night is one of the many
athletes employed by the University of Oregon under its grant
in-aid program.
.John Keller, football and base
ball standout, is one of seven
athletes employed at the Uni
versity library.
Basketball center, Max An
derson, and baseball pitcher,
Norm Forbes, spend their proj
ect time repairing athletic equip
ment.
Another basketball star, Jim
Luscutriff, is one of many ath
letes in the athletic business of
fice.
In all, more than 140 athletes
■
on campus are provided with
work projects.
Each one of the projects has a
supervisor, not necessarily from
the athletic department, who '
makes sure that the men are do- 1
ing a satisfactory job and also
keep track of their hours.
By a Pacific coast conference ;
ruling the maximum amount that j
can be paid an athlete on a work j
project is 75 dollars per month.
At Oregon,' they are paid at a
rate of $1.50 per hour and are
limited to 50 hours each month i
in compliance with the PCC rule.
The projects are in effect during
the entire school year for an ath
lete and not just while his sport
is in season.
If every one of 140 athletes
took advantage of nine full
months of work it would require
the sum of $94,500 to pay them.
Where does the money come from
for such an extensive program 7
Most of it comes from dona
tions. Assistant Athletic Director
Bill Bowerman goes out each
summer from city to city in the
state and collects donations from
alumni and other interested back
ers of the Oregon athletic pro
gram.
More than half of the money is
obtained in this manner. The rest,
comes from the state, since some
of the projects are run on what
is called an equalization agree
ment.
On the jobs where the equal
ization program is in effect, ath
letes are paid the basic student
employee wage by the state
(usually 80 cents per hour) and
the rest is paid by the athletic
department’s donation system.
Do athletes do work which
merits their high wages or their
extensive employment?
The various supervisors of the
projects are quick to point out
that in most cases the athletes
are definitely an asset.
ophy degree from New York uni
versity. Springfield college con
ferred upon him the honorary de
gree of master of science.
Directed PE in California
He has been both a teacher and
a superintendent of recreation
in the field of education. He was
director of physical education
in California for two years, was
a professor of PE at New York
university and since this fall
has been in his new post at Brig
ham Young.
Besides his work in education,
Nash has been prominent in
many recreation organizations.
He has been president of the Am
erican Association for Health,
Physical Education and Recrea
tion. has been chairman of the
department of school health and
physical education of the Nation
al Education association, has
been a national chairman of phy
sical education of the National
Congress of Parents and Teach
ers and a member of the joint
health committee of the Amer
ican Education association.
Speaker Authored Books
Nash was one of the founders
of the American Academy of
Physical Education.
A prominent author in the
field, Nash has written some 15
books on recreation.
During 1953-54, Nash served
as a Fulbright professor in India,
specializing in teacher training
for potential Indian educators
and acting as an adviser to the
Indian government.
Actress to Read
From Shakespeare
“Reading from Shakespeare”
will be the topic of the lecture
to be given by Margaret Web
ster, noted actress of the con
temporary theater, Tuesday at
1 p.m. in the Student Union ball
room.
One of the greatest directors
of Shakespearian drama of to
day, Miss Webster has produced
"Richard II” and “Haim.t” with
Maurice Evans, “Twelfth Night”
with Helen Hayes, and “Othello.”
A distinguished author also,
Miss Webster has written
“Shakespeare Without Tears”
and is writing an autobiog
raphy, tentatively entitled "Web
ster Unabridged.”
Miss Webster has been reared
in theater tradition. Her mother
was Dame May Whitty of stage
and screen fame and her father
was Ben Webster, descendant of
a long line of theater people.