56th Year o] Publication
VOL. LVI
I NIVEKSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, MAY 10, 105A
NO. 12«
So Beats My Heart': 1935
ONE FLOAT FROM THK l»S5 CANOE FETE wa entitled "So Boat* My Heart For You.” The
them* of the fell1 that year was "Floats of Souks.” Bing Crosby offered a prize for the wlnniiif;
float In I9S5, but the prize is unknown.
Six of Thirteen Floats in Canoe
Fete to Receive New Trophies
Saturday night living organ
ization* will compete for the
coveted first place Canoe Fete
trophy, the first trophy to be
awarded in 14 years.
Thirteen floats will be Judged
on colorfulness, quality of work
manship, interpretation of the
Vandals Hurt
Float Barge
Weekend vandals attacked one
ot the Canoe Fete barges in the
Millrace, sawed it In half and
took part of the barge up the
race toward the intake.
According, to Bob Schooling.
Fete co-chairman, the barge had
been dragged over embankments
and left upstream near the in
take.
"I don't think the vandals were
kids,” Schooling said, "because
it took eight men to bring it
back down.”
The damaged barge was re
paired Monday afternoon by the
physical plant employees. Re
pair costs amounted to approxi
mately $15.
All night guards have been
assigned to watch the floats un
til Saturday night.
Art Student Gets
Award for Study
Willard Marlin, junior in art,
is the recipient of the Ion Lewis
scholarship for summer-session
study at the Fontainebleau Fine
Arts school in Paris, France.
Martin is a veteran and en
tered the University in 1952.
He was with the Air Force in
the art and graphics department
at Scott field.
His water-color work has been
displayed at several shows and
won honorable mention at the
Good Design show in St. Louis,
Missouri.
theme, audifnce acceptance and
design. Each house in the top
three pairings will receive a
trophy.
In past years three women's
houses have copped first prize
either alone or when paired with
a men’s house. Chi Omega won
first in 1917, 1918, and again in
1920. Kappa Alpha Theta took
first honors in 1916, 1919 and
1930. Delta Delta Delta placed
first in 1923, 1930 and 1931.
ATO First W inner
First records of the winner
of the Canoe Fete appeared in
the 1915 Emerald. Alpha Tau
Omega placed first.
Winner or winners of the first
place award from 1916 through
the last Fete in 1941 are as fol
lows: 1916, Kappa Alpha Theta;
1917, Chi Omega; 1918, Chi
Omega; 1919, Kappa Alpha The
ta; 1920, Chi Omega; 1921. Kap
pa Kappa Gamma; 1922. Pi Beta
Phi and Phi Sigma Pi; 1923,
Delta Delta Delta and Kappa
Delta Phi; 1924, Delta Omega
and Kappa Sigma; 1925. Alpha
Gamma Delta and Sigma Pi Tan;
1926, Kappa Omicron and Sigma
Pi Tau (artistic). Alpha Xi Del
ta and Kappa Sigma (humor
ous); 1928, no record of the wni
ners.
More Winners
1929, Alpha Gamma Delta and
Alpha hall; 1930, Delta Delta
Delta and Sigma Pi Tau; 1931,
Delta Delta Delta and Sherry
Ross hall; 1932, Kappa Kappa
Gamma and Omega hall; 1933,
Gamma Phi Beta and Sigma Nu;
1934, Sigma Kappa and Phi Sig
ma Kappa; 1935, no record; 1936,
Alpha Theta Pi and Theta Chi;
1937, Kappa Sigma and Alpha
Gamma Delta; 1938, Kappa Al
pha Theta and Sigma Alpha Mu;
1939, Theta Chi and Alpha Gam
ma Delta; 1940, Alpha Phi and
Delta Tau Delta; 1941, a tie be
tween Alpha Delta Pi and Sigma
Alpha Epsilon and Delta Gamma
and Alpha Tau Omega.
Weekend Tickets
Sold at SU, Co-op
Tickets for Junior Weekend
activities are now on sale in
the Student Union, Co-op and
campus living organizations, ac
cording to Bud Hinkson, general
chairman of the weekend.
Only luncheon and prom tick
ets are on sale at the living or
ganizations. Traditionally houses
purchase luncheon tickets for j
their members and do not serve
lunch Saturday.
Tickets available include Ca
noe Fete, 50 cents for ground j
seats and $1.25 for bleachers;
prom, $2 per couple; all-campus i
Weekend Rules
To Be Enforced
Green ribbons dotted the cam
pus Monday as freshmen began
observance of the Oregon tradi
tions during the week preceding
Junior Weekend.
This year, enforcement of the
traditions will be handled by
the living organizations. Order
of the o President Bob Reid has
announced.
The tradition observance will
accompany events of the week
Wednesday, underclassmen will
battle in the annual tug-of-war
across the Millrace and Satur
day they will paint the “O” on
Skinner's Butte by the tradition
al seat-of-the-pants method.
They will also clean the Oregon
Seal and trophies Saturday.
Regulations to be enforced this
week include:
1. No walking on the lawns.
' 2. Greet everyone you meet on
the "Hello” walk, leading to the
Student Union.
3. No walking on the Oregon
seal.
4. Freshmen women must wear
green ribbons.
5. Freshmen men must wear
rooter’s lids.
6. No cords may be worn by
underclassmen.
Names of violators will be tak
en by Order of the O members
and lists will be sent to the living
organizations, which may punish
the violators as they see fit.
sing, 85 cents; all-campus lunch
eon, 45 cents, and mother's
breakfast, $1 25.
The luncheon rate is five cents
lower than that charged in pre
vious years, since the junior^
obtained a lower rate on the food
contract. More food will also be
available for each person.
Events of the weekend start
Wednesday with the annual tug
o-war behind the Kappa Sigma
house at 3:30 p.m. It will be the
brawn of the freshmen against
the brains of the sophomores in
this opening event.
Thursday activities Include the
all-campus cleanup and the ter
race dance. Friday’s highlight
will be the Junior Prom. On Sat
urday, the motheis will attend
a breakfast, followed by the all
campus luncheon at 11:45 a.m.
on the old campus, a tea at Ger
hnger hall and the day's climax,
the Canoe Fete at 8 p.m. Sun
day afternoon's schedule includes
the all-campus sing at 2:30 p.m.
Slides of Fete
Shown Over TV
Local television viewers will
get a sneak preview of the com
ing Canoe Fete when Eugene’s
station KVAL-TV telecasts slides
prepared by Louie Blue, Fete
promotion co-chairman.
The slides consist of script
about the Fete and pictures of
floats of past Canoe Fetes. KOIN
TV in Portland and KBES. Med
ford TV will carry similar slides
and announcements of the Fete
beginning Monday.
Blue and Dick Hyder, promo
tions co-chairman, have arrang
ed for a window display in Pen
ney’s department store in down
town Eugene. A canoe and dec
orations illustrating the Canoe
Fete will be displayed during the
week. Another display will be
shown in one of the Bon Marche
windows in conjunction with the
Junior Weekend activities.
Eugene radio stations were
contacted Thursday and should
be carrying spot announcements
of the Fete through the week.
Two o'Clock Closing
Hours Set for Prom
Two o’clock closing hours will
be in effect Friday evening, Jun
ior Prom night, according to
Donald M. DuShane, assistant
dean of men.
The formal dance, "Stream of
Chairmen Now Sought to Head
Next Year's RE Week Committees
Member of next winter term’s
Religious Evaluation week execu
tive committee are Inga Ship
stead, Donna Lou Douglas and
Jean Sandine, according to Bill
Swenson, general chairman. *
Miss Shipstead will serve as
vice-chairman, and Miss Doug
las and Miss Sandine are secre
tary and treasurer, respectively.
Petitions for membership and
chairmanship of subcommittees
are now being called and will be
due Monday at 5 p.m. in the
ASUO petition box.
Committees and their duties
are:
Assembly, to arrange after
noon and evening assemblies:
Book display and sales, to set
up displays in the Co-op and
Student Union and sell books.
Classroom, to arrange for
speakers in classes; Fireside, to
arrange for firesides in living
organizations: Finances, to serve
as a functioning body for the
treasurer.
Faculty Luncheons
Faculty luncheons, to plan
these daily events at the faculty
club; Hospitality, to arrange for
rooms, meals and transportation
of the speakers while they are in
town.
Publicity, to provide stories
for Portland and Eugene papers
and the Emerald; Promotion, to
furnish the week’s program and
serve as a public relations group
with the campus and Eugene or
ganizations.
Personnel conferences, to ar
range for individual conference
hours with students; Worship, to
guide the spiritual activities of
workers prior to the week, and
to plan and conduct chapel serv
ices during the week.
Sunday-night dinner, to ar
range for the kickoff event in the
Student Union prior to the week.
100 Workers Needed
Approximately 100 workers
will be needed for the weekend,
Swenson said. No definite plans
or arrangements have been made
as yet concerning the separate
events. Each chairman may
make his own plans.
Students who petitioned for
executive committee positions
will be automatically considered
for the chairmanships and need
not re-petition.
Dreams.” will be held in McAr
thur court from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Tickets went on sale yesterday
in the Student Union and the
Co-op. Junior Weekend represen
tatives in all the living organ
izations will handle sales in the
houses. Tickets for the dance
are $2.
The queen’s throne and the
bandstand will be depicted as
floats in the canoe fete.
During intermission; the
Queen of the Junior Weekend
will be announced. She will be
| crowned by President O. Mere
dith Wilson. Also during inter
mission the Gerlinger and Koyl
cups, annually awarded to the
most outstanding Junior woman
and man, will be presented.
1 This year, a new cup will be
added. The Higdon cup will be
presented to the sophomore man
who best combines athletics,
scholarships and achievements.
The trophy is awarded by Druids,
Skull and Dagger and Order of
the O in honor of Doyle Higdon
who was killed last summer. Mrs.
Higdon, Doyle’s mother, will pre
sent the cup.
As the last feature of inter
mission, Druids, junior men’s
i honorary, will tap new members.