5f)th Year o\ Publication
VOL. LVI I NIVKKNITY OF OREGON. EIGKNK, FRIDAY, DKfKMBF.lt 3. 1954
NO. 50
NEWLY-REMODELED, 10.000-neat McArthur court will be dwUcJliUTtoSlSt' »t''
between the two rumen. Governor Fnul Patternon will In* a wpccial Rurwt of the Athletic I>epart
mrnt for the event. 1
Senate Spurns
'Beau' Contest
By S«m Frear
imtrtU RaoorUr
The Senate last night ex
presued disapproval of the man
agement of the Beau Brummel
contest currently being held on
the campus. Senators voted un
animously for a motion requir-'
mg Senate approval of all new1
campus activities.
Senate criticism was leveled at
the management of the contest.
Several members stated that it
was "badly handled.” Senators'
recommended that in the future
there be stricter adherence to
established procedures.
The Senate motion stated that
all new campus activities that in
volved voting or balloting should
be brought before the Senate ■
with this body's approval re
quired before the activity is
started.
Contest Criticized
Comments on the Beau Brum- i
mel contest ranged from "it is I
a big publicity stunt,” 'devious
election procedures," to "there is
a question of precedent." Victor
P. Morris, faculty senate mem
ber, appeared to sum up senate
attitude with the statement, “We
should seriously consider Uni
versity participation in an adver
tising stunt.”
The Senate also heard a report
from ASUO President Bob Sum
mers who announced that plans
are being made to hold a small
canoe pageant on the Millrace
during spring term. Summers ap
pointed a committee to study
plans that would restore the col
orful tradition to the Oregon
campus.
Canoe Fete Possible
Summers said there is a defi
nite possibility that a canoe fete
can be held. Purpose of the pa
geant would be to revive student,
alumni, and local interest in the
millrace with the possibility of
stimulating contributions for full
restoration of the campus at
traction.
Appointments approved by the
Senate include Patty Fagan and
Nan Hagedorn as co-chairmen of
Dad's Day Weekend to be held
February 5th. Also confirmed
were the appointments of Marcia
Mauney and Bill Mainwaring as
new members of the student
traffic court. Gail Went and Joan
Havland were approved as co
chairmen for World University
Service week.
The Senate approved a sugges
tion that the Student Union
chimes play Chrismas carols
next week. Time would alternate
in the evening between 5:30 and
10:00 p.m. to determine student
opinion to more frequent playing
of the chimes during the school
year.
UT's Hannele
OpensTonighi
The University theater's final
production of fall term opens
tonight. Gerhardt Hauptmann's
fantasy ''flannele'' has been di
rected by Horace W. Robinson,
associate professor of speech.
Marilyn Stratford, junior in
history and Mark Tapscott, sen
ior in speech, are cast in the
two leading roles. Miss Stratford
plays "Hannele" and Tapscott
the double role of Gottwald and
"The Stranger.”
The unusual lighting for the
show was designed by Howard
L. Ramey, technical director of
the theater, and placed under
his supervision.
Tickets are on sale at the
University theater box-office
every afternoon through the run
from 1 to 5. Tickets are $1 each.
The supporting cast of "Han
nele'' includes Jo DeLap Pearce
as Sister Martha; Helen Adams,
graduate in speech, Tulpe; Don
na Barrick, sophomore in speech,
Hete; Winston Rust, senior in
speech, Pleschke; Ron Morgan,
senior in speech, Hanke.
John Jensen, senior in speech,
Mattern; Pat McCormick, junior
in speech, the form of Hannele’s
mother, and Mary Whitaker,
senior in speech, the Deaconess.
The singing angels will be Aud
rey Mistretta, senior in music;
Aileen Hudson, graduate in mu
sic, and Barbara Eades, sopho
more in education.
There will be a chorus of danc
ing angels from the modern
dance class under the direction
of Otilia Garcia, instructor in
physical education.
Oringdulph Draws
New Name Plate
The new nameplate which ap
pears for the first time in this
j issue of the Oregon Daily Emer
ald was designed and drawn by
llobort Oringdulph, fifth year
architecture student,
Featuring an original type of
lettering, the design replaces the
old Emerald nameplate which
had been in use since the fall of
1950. Some half dozen or more
different styles of lettering have
been used on the Emerald mast
head during its 5tf years of publi
' cation.
Lettering on the new name
-plate is superimposed over a cir
cular reproduction of the official
University of Oregon seal. The
old masthead featured an oval
seal no longer used on University
! publications.
New Mac Court
Open Tonight
By Pete Taussig
% Em*r«ld Reporter -
Governor Paul L. Patterson will be the special guest of the
University Athletic department tonight for the rededication
of McArthur court between games of a basketball double
header.
The ceremonies will take place after the 7 :.W game between
Oregon State college and the University of California. Oregon
Mac Seating
Is Announced
Seating arrangements for to
night's basketball doublehrader
will be essentially the same as j
last year, the Athletic depart-!
ment announced Thursday.
Men will sit on the east side
of the ground level and women
will sit on the west side. This
is the same arrangement as was
used last season.
In case of an overflow in the
men's section, provision has been
made for additional seating on
the west side of the court. Seats
for married students are at the
north and south ends of the
ground level.
Oregon State students will oc
cupy sections CC through DD, a
portion of the north seats on the
ground level. Faculty seats in
I elude sections G, H and I.
Reserved seats, priced at $2.50
are still available at the athletic
! ticket office. General admission j
1 tickets at $1.50 and children’s
‘ and high school student tickets
at $1, may be purchaaed after
6 p.m. at McArthur court.
Students are requested to be j
; in their seats not later than 7 j
| p.m. The first game is at 7:30.
Library to Open
For Friday Night
The University library wiH
be open an additional three hoursj
per week proceeding finals, ac- j
cording to Carl W. Hintz, head j
librarian.
In answer to student requests, j
| reserve book section of the li- j
brary will remain open Friday i
evenings this week and next;
! from 7 to 10 p.m. In announcing '
this, Hintz stated that the li
brary is regularly open seven j
days a week for a weekly total I
'of 81 hours throughout the term.
The additional time is an ex-'
tra service on a trial basis, he
stated.
will play Santa Clara in the sec
ond game.
"The West’s Finest”
Billed as ‘‘The West's finest
basketball pavilion,” the re
modeled building now has a seat
ing capacity of 10,000. Cost of
the remodeling was $275,000.
Two new balconies have been
added to the pavilion and all side
posts have been removed in an
effort to prevent any obstruc
tions to the view of the floor.
The balconies are supported by
two trusses constructed on the
roof of the building.
Convenient Balcony
The new balcony seats are all
within 12 rows of the bleacher
seats on the main floor. This
arrangement gives Oregon bas
ketball fans the closest proxim
ity to the playing floor of any
court in the west, according to
Ted Bouck, athletic business
manager.
A new stair tower has been
constructed at each of the four
corners of McArthur court for
easy access to the new balconies.
Court Scorned
McArthur court was once
scorned as a “white elephant”
and the men behind its construc
tion were called "crazy.”
Attention centered on building
the 6,000 seat basketball pavil
ion in 1925. After much delay,
the building was scheduled to be
dedicated in 1927 but the cere
monies were called off and there
was no fanfare when the Ducks
won their first game in the new
structure on Jan. 14. 1927. They
beat Willamette 3S-10.
McArthur court looked like
a success in its financial opera
tions during the first five years
of existence but then the depres
sion set in. The building was
turned over to the board of re
gents for the final payments.
Postwar Projects
A series of small reconstruc
tion projects were undertaken
after World War II. By 1950 the
capacity of the pavilion had been
boosted to 8000.
Now there are 10.000 seats
available in the court and a closer
look at the plans shows that the
original blueprints carried speci
fications for the second balcony
and a capacity of 10,000.
Phi Bete Six Initiated
mtTimanvnvko ______ __ , _ . __ _ „. Emerald Photo by Dale Turner
MEMBERS Of* THIN I EAR. S Phi Beta Kappa Senior Six are, seated from left to right, Jackie
Saylor, foreign languages; Gerald Ohlsen, chemistry; Edward Toyooka, general science; and
Gerald Alexanderson, mathematics. Standing are Sylvia Wingard, law, and Bob Summers, po
litical science. The six were initiated into the national scholastic honorary Thursday afternoon.