Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, April 18, 1955, Page Eight, Image 8

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    Meier & Frank Bombed
In Extortion Threat
PORTLAND (AP>—Portland's
largest department store, bombed
Friday in an extortion threat, will
be re-opened for business as usual
Monday.
The Meier & Frank company
building was closed down Satur
day to protect shoppers from a
threatened more serious bombing.
An extortionist said in a note
to Aaron Frank, president and
general manager of the West's
largest retail outlet, that this
Officers Installed
By Mu Phi Epsilon
Mu Phi Epsilon, national pro
fessional music sorority, recently
installed new officers with past
president Mary Lou Teague pre
siding.
New president is Sharon Ped
ersen, assisted by Pat Reihl as
vice-president. Corresponding
secretary is Barbara Cook, and
Carol Arneson will be recording
secretary.
Joanne Rogers is newly-in
stalled treasurer, with Eileen
Hudson to be chorister. Miss
Teague will serve as warden and
as alumna secretary.
Recently-initiated members!
are Barbara Sill and Juanita
Wolff, graduate assistant in mu
sic.
Pledged to the honorary re
cently were Sally Calkins, Su
zanne Seibert, Sandra Schori,
Maggie Kitts and Gail Moan.
Future activities of the group
include a jointly-sponsored music
school picnic, to be held with Phi
Beta, professional music and
speech honorary, and Phi Mu
Alpha Sinfonia, national music
fraternity.
blast would occur unless Frank
surrendered $50,000.
Police were continuing their in
vestigation of the bombing Sun
day, but under a tight cloak of
secrecy.
The explosion was in a third
floor men's restroom. A janitor
was injured slightly by falling
plaster and a woman across the
street from the building was cut
by flying glass. No shoppers were
hurt and the store remained open
the rest of the shopping day—
until 9 p.m.
Frank said that minutes before
the blast occurred he had re
ceived, apparently through the
store’s interoffice communica
tions system, a note telling him
the explosion was coming as
proof that the $50,000 extortion
demand was in earnest.
Helpfulness Costs
Math Instructor
Her Billfold, $6
Mrs. Marie Mason, instructor
in mathematics, lost $6 Wednes
day when a young man stole her
billfold while asking her for di
rections to another building.
A youth carrying a book on
nuclear physics entered Mrs.
Mason's office about 1 p.m. and
asked for directions. Another
young man entered the office
shortly after.
When the two left hurriedly,
Mrs. Mason became suspicious
and checked her purse. Finding
her billfold gone, she started
chasing one of the youths, who
outran her.
Mrs. Mason said both appeared
to be between 18 and 20 years
old.
Hawk to Speak
On National Panel
Of Administrators
Ray Hawk, associate director j
of student affairs, left Thursday
to attend the 1905 National As
sociation of Student. Personnel
Administrators convention to be |
held at Purdue university April i
17-20.
The four-day conference brings
to the Indiana campus counsel
ling advisers, deans, and admin
istrators from colleges and uni
versities throughout the United
States.
In a general session Tuesday,
; Hawk will be a member of a five
man panel which will discuss
“The Role of the Dean of Men.”
Other panel members will be
W. D. Holdeman, Oberlin college;
Juan Reid, Colorado university:
; Johnny Stewart, University of
Maine; T. W. Zillman, Univer
sity of Wisconsin, and moderator
Frank C. Baldwin of Cornell.
One of the featured speakers!
of the conference will be Dana L. !
Farnsworth, director of the
health services at Harvard uni-1
versity. Topic of Farnsworth’s J
address will be “Emotions and
the Curriculum.’’
After the convention. Hawk j
plans to visit the Universities of
Indiana, Nebraska, Colorado and
Utah.
“My purpose in visiting these
institutions ^s to look over their
dormitory construction, layout,
and facilities in order to ob
tain some possible ideas for our
new dorm plans,” Hawk said. "I >
also want to study their coun
selling programs and compare
our progress in freshmen coun
selling with systems in other uni
versities.”
READ EMERALD WANT ADS
+ Campus Briefs
0 Junior Weekend committee
chairmen will meet at 3 p.m.
Tuesday In the Student Union,
according to Bud Hinkson, jun
ior class president and general
chairman. Progress reports are
to be submitted.
0 The Associated Women Stu
dents cabinet will meal at 12:15
p.m. Tuesday in the Student
Union.
0 Amphibians will practice at
7 p.m. tonight at the men s pool.
Participants are to bring their
own suits.
0 The YWCA sophomore cab
inet will meet at noon today at
Gerlinger hall.
0 Infirmary patients Sunday
were Phyllis Pearson, Jody Rog
ers, Helen Persie, Ruth Martin.
Marjorie Straud, Mary Ann Cron
blr, Dorothy Struhm, Marianne
Shepherd, Robert Buckendahl,
Alien Swearingen, John Wells
and Calvin Hoover.
0 All I* hi I hr lit h ore to meet
today at 4:45 p.m. In Gerlinger
hall for Initiation.
Journalism Honorary
Elects New Officers
Recently - elected officers of
Theta Sigma Phi, national wom
en's professional Journalism hon
orary, Include Anne Hill, vice
president; Sally Ryan, treasurer,
and Anne Ritchey, secretary and
keeper of the archives.
The officers will serve for the
next year.
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