56th Year of Publication
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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
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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.