56th Year of Publication i VOL. IM UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1959 NO. 120 'Fete' Bleachers Nearly Finished "Saturday night should sec- the end of building bleachers,” re ported Jerry Maxwell, chairman of the Canoe Fete property set up committee, after another day of work Thursday. It was the second day of bleacher building, and despite difficulties Involving wet weath et and low manpower the project was running ahead of schedule. Come what may, members of the committee were on the Job. Kach day members of designat ed fraternities meet by the mill race to continue the bleacher con struction. Thursday Theta Chi worked in the morning. Delta Upsilon in the afternoon. Satur day morning, under the super vision of Ward Patterson, Phi Psi will take over; Saturday aft ernoon Phi Kappa Sigma will start work supervised by De<j.n Berk. Assisting Jerry Maxwell with the property set-up committee are A1 Morris and Jack Marsh. Trophies Offered To Living Groups Two trophies will be aw'arded to the living organizations with largest attendance of mothers' Weekend, according to Margaret Tyler and Karen Kraft, general chairmen for the weekend. Awards will be made based on the largest percentage attend ance for members in each living organization. Students are urged to write to their mothers immediately and invite th*-m to the weekend. This will make housing more certain and will insure each mother of a place to stay in Eugene. A housing list is being pre pared and will be sent to each living organization. It will be kept up to dite as vacancies are filled. rresioeni u. Aiereaun Wilson wilt bo guest speaker at the breakfast being held in the Stu dent Union ballroom Saturday morning, from 8:30 to 10:30. Audrey Mistretta will be guest soloist at the breakfast. John Pwichards, chancellor-elect, and his wife will attend, as will Gor don Williams, president of the Dads’ Clubs. Decorations for the Mothers' tea, to be held from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday in Gerlinger, will follow the Canoe Fete theme, "As I Sit and Dream at Evening.” The Eugene mothers’ club is decorating for the event, and a garden-party scene with can opies of umbrellas overhead is planned. Morse Will Speak Saturday at 8 p.m. Senator Wayne Morse, (D. Ore.) will speak Saturday at 8 p.m. at Springfield Junior high school. A ^barbeque dinner will be held prior to the speech, start ing at 7 p.m. Tickets for the dinner are on sale at the University political science department in Common wealth hall, according to Cath erine Lauds, public relations chairman for the Lane County Democratic Central Committee. Work Continues WITH WORK ADVANCING well on the bleacher* for the Canoe Fete, Jerry .Maxwell, bleacher *et-up chairman, and an unidenti fied member of the physical plant lend a helping hand with the construction. Canoe Fete Features UO Singers, Orchestra The 40-voice University Sing ers will open the 1955 Canoe Fete with their rendition of the Fete theme. “As I Sit and Dream at Evening.’’ Janet Wick and Jackie Jack son, program chairmen for the Fete, announced today that mu sical arrangements will be pro vided by Singers and the 35-piece University symphony orchestra. As each of the 15 floats moves down the millrace, the orchestra will provide appropriate back ground music conveying the theme of each float in music. Conducting the symphony or chestra will be E. A. Cykler, pro fessor of music. M. D. Risinger, associate professor of music, will conduct the University* Singers. Narrator for the program will BOB C'HAMBEKS Will Narrate "Fete’l be Bob Chambers, senior in speech. Chambers has had con siderable experience in the en tertainment field and is now directing the exchange assembly. He was a member of the "Cap tive at Large” cast and is one of the gangsters in the spring play, "Kiss Me Kate.” Preliminary entertainment will be furnished by students paddl ing down the race in canoes. Any students who have had some experience in the art of paddling or riding in a canoe are asked to contact Miss Jackson at 3-6701. While the judges are selecting the winning floats, special guests and dignitaries will be intro duced to the audience. Borges, Barrels To Be Distributed Barges and barrels for Canoe Fete floats will be distributed Saturday at 10 a.m. at the phy sical plant, according to Sally Jo Greig and Darrell Brittsan, float committee co-chairmen. Miss Greig stated Friday that "at least one representative from every pairing must be present to receive the barges." Barges and barrels will be as signed to each pairing, and anchor and building areas will be outlined at that time. The barges will be lined up in order of their appearance at the Fete with the last one, the comic float, anchored at the bridge near the east end of the physical plant lot. The floats will be pulled down the race by an endless rope pul ley connected at each end of the race. The rope will have various sections with snap connectors, one end to be connected at the front of the float, the other at the back end. When the float reaches the west end of the mill race it will be disconected and the rope will be snapped together again. Judges for the Fete will be an nounced later when the house float chairmen have made final decisions. Sunday Movie Is Tight Little Island The Student Union's Sunday movie will be “Tight Little Is land” starring Basil Rathbone and Joan Greenwood. The J. Ar thur Rank production will bo shown in the ballroom at 2:30 and 5 p.m. Admission is 30 cents. Election Rules Are Discussed The ASUO Senate Thursday night defeated a motion which would have put teeth in election rules, forwarded the rifle team request to the budget board and heard a series of routine com mittee reports closing the group's business for the year. The motion to provide for en forcement of election rules failed when it was brought out in the discussion that such a provision already exists. The provision states that any violation of the rules may be grounds for con testing an election. Such an elec tion protest would be considered by the constitutional committee. Poll-Watchers to (Jo In other election business, ASUO Vice-President Hollis Ran som recommended that the prac tice of having poll-watchers be discontinued. His suggestion was accepted without dissent. Ran som announced that polling places for Wednesday's elections will be in the same places as for the primary elections last week. Infirmary patients will also be al lowed to vote. The Senate heard Capt. H. D. Wolaver's request of $300 to establish an ASUO rifle team for all interested male students. The program would be coached and managed by the ROTC depart ment. Only John Whitty, grad uate student representative, and Ransom opposed the motion that the rifle team's request be con ♦ ♦ ♦ Anne Ritchey Wins Contest Anne Ritchey,* junior in jour nalism, was awarded first place in the ASUO Senate-sponsored essay contest on student gov ernment. Second place was awarded Bob Pollock, senior in economics, and third place went to Bob Biggs, junior in pre-law. Miss Ritchey’s winning entry will be printed in the Emerald. She will also receive $20 first prize. Pollock and Biggs will re ceive $10 and $5, respectively. sidered by the ASUO budget board. A petition for funds for the rifle team may now be presented at the Saturday meeting of the budget board. Athletic department plans to honor Oregon athletes in a Hall of Fame in the lettermen’s lounge, now under construction, were explained to the Senate. Shaw Automatically “On” Asa result of previous- Senate action, the name of George Shaw will be placed in consideration automatically for the honor. Shaw's jersey currently has been set aside. Selection for the Hall of Fame will be made by a final committee from nominations made by alumni. The appointment of Sue Lamb, freshman in journalism, as edi tor of the Ore-Nter was approved by the Senate. Miss Lamb was recommended by the student pub lications board. Discussion Held On Chapel Plans House chaplains last night dis cussed plans for the proposed campus chapel. Results of interviews with Dean S. VV. Little, Dean V. P. Morris and D. M. DuShane were announced, reports Bill Swenson, president of the House Chaplains association. Varying opinions on the desired size, cost, function and location of a chapel were dis cussed. Research on the chapel proj j ect is-continuing, with more in i terviews scheduled for next week. A list of religious periodicals i and books, representing several faiths, has been compiled by the literature committee. This list is available to everyone. Flans were announced for a leaflet on thp function and'na ture of the association, which will be sent to all house presidents. House chaplains will also try to !get material on the organization i in next year’s Ore-Nter. Betty Herrman Files Petition Betty Herrman, freshman in liberal arts, Thursday became the second person in three days to file a non-partisan petition for an office in the Wednesday elec tions. Miss Herrman "Will be a candi date for sophomore class repre sentative. She will oppose Jim Hilands, AGS, and Sam Whitney, U1S, who were nominated in the April 20 primary elections. Two representatives will be elected. Miss Herrman told the Emer ald that she had decided to run after a conference with the pres ent freshman class officers and the Greek candidates for sopho more class offices. She said she would campaign along with the Greek candidates. A losing candidate in the pri maries, she explained that both .the and Hilands, who defeated her, had thought that two can didates were to be nominated by each party, instead of just one. The primary was decided on the fifth transfer of votes, with Hi lands winning 173 to 121. She said that she believed that each party should nominate a full slate of officers for each class. She added that she thought the lack of any real contest in the class offices was one of the causes of student apathy. Miss Hfrrman is a member of the debate squad and is pledge class social chairman and assist ant membership chairman for Kappa Kappa Gamma. She is also working on the terrace dance committee for Junior Weekend and is vice-president of West minster foundation. Fred Hogg, junior in business, was the other person filing a non-partisan petition for sen ator-at-large Tuesday. Student Rate Ends For Sullivan Show Today at 5 p.m. is the dead line for students to obtain tick ets to the Ed Sullivan show, May 3, at the student rate of $1. The student admissions require student-body cards with their purchase, athletic officials said. Tickets are for sale at the athletic tieket office in McAr thur court. Other tickets, which will be available after today, are $1.50 for third-balcony seats, $2 for north bleachers and $2.50 for the main floor.