Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, May 11, 1955, Image 1

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    Annual 'Tug of War’ Today
Between Frosh, Sophomores
Freshman awl sophomore
classes must each have 25 men
to participate1 in the annual tug
of-war, to be held today at 3:30
p.m. behind the Kappa Sigma
house.
If the freshman men win they
will not have to wear beanies for
the remainder of the week, ac
cording to Bob Reid, president
of Order of the O.
Saturday morning activities
for freshman men include clean
ing trophies, scrubbing the Ore
gon «eal, and painting the 'O’ on
Skinner's Butte, Held stated.
One freshman representative
from each living organization on
campus must participate in the
trophy-cleaning awl .seal-scrub
bing, which will be held at 9
a m. Saturday.
The Oregon O will be painted
by all freshman numeral win
ners, and this will also be at 9
a.m. Saturday, FCcid said.
Three additional traditions,
not included in the former list,
include no smoking on old cam
pus, and the fact that only sen
Program Sale
Begins Today
Special Junior Weekend sou
venir programs will go one sale
today at the Co-op, Student Union
main desk and the First National
Bank downtown. Price of the pic
torials is 25 cents.
Included in the program is'a
schedule of all of the weekend
events, plus feature articles on
the Canoe Fete. Junior Weekend
and Mother’s weekend. Pictures
and interviews of the Junior
Weekend court are also in the
program, along with short arti
cles and pictures of the activities.
The cover of the program fea
tures a picture of the Millrace as
it is today from the lawn of one
of the living organizations.
Editor of the booklet was Sally
Ryan, junior in journalism. Con
rad Larsen, sophomore in educa
tion, served as business manager.
lors may ait on senior benches
during the weekend.
An old tradition, revived this
year after not being used for 14
years, is that of freshman men
railing all upperclassmen "air."
'Singers' Concert
Will Be Tonight
The University Singers, under
the leadership of Max Risinger,
and accompanied by pianist Ro
salie Blickenataff, will present a
concert in the Student Union
ballroom this evening at 8:15.
The first numbers will be
“Gloria in Excelsis Deo,” by
Bach; "Kyrie Eleison," by Diet
erlch; “The Omnipotence,” by
Schubert, and “O Lord God,” by
Tschesnokoff. Ann Stearns, so
prano will be featured soloist on
“The Omnipotence.”
The Madrigal Singers will then
sing several selections, includ
ing "Sing We and Chant It." by
Morley; “Adieu, Sw'eet Amary
lis.” by Wilbye, and “Down In
a Flowery Vale." by Fesla. They
will also sing Gibbons' "The Sil
ver Swan." Billings’ “A Virgin
Unspotted" and Kubik's “Scher
zo on a Well Known Tune."
The University Singers then
will sing "Che Faro Seya Euri
dice.” from "Orfeo,” by Gluck;
Levitzki’s "Do You Remember,”
and "When We Were Young.” by
Wolf, in whioh Audrey Mistret
ta, contralto, will be soloist.
Workshop to Perform
The University Opera work
shop will perform two numbers.
The Sextet from “Lucia tli Lam
mormoor," by Donizetti, and The
Quartet from “Rigoletto," by
Verdi.
The songs, “The Winging
Souls," by Warrell; six numbers
from Plket’s “Sea Charm," “Yon
der, Yonder,” arranged by
Gaines, in which tenor John
Mosley will solo, and “Rocka My
Soul," will conclude the pro
gram.
The program is being co-spon
sored by the school of music and
the Erb Memorial Union.
Rally Board Approves
Frosh Squad Next Year
The rally board voted yester
day to have a freshman rally
squad next year, to be composed
of representatives of the dorms,
elected next year by popular
vote. They will lead yells and
dance at the freshman football
and basketball games.
Next year’s varsity rally squad,
which will be picked next week,
will continue leading at the var
sity games.
Petitions for the varsity squad
of yell dukes and rally girls are
due Monday at 5 p.m„ with try
outs to be held in Oerlinger an
nex starting at 6:30 p.m. Tues
day.
Candidates for yell dukes, who
will be judged on enthusiasm,
originality, leadership, response,
and overall impression, will try
out with one yell of their own
choice and the D-U-C-K-S chant.
Hally girls will try out in
shorts, it was decided by the
board, and will dance to the Ore
gon fight song. They will be
judged on poise, appearance, en
thusiasm, co-ordination, and
overall impression.
Suggestions on petitions will
also be stressed for either posi
tion.
Semi-finalists for the squad
will be announced in next Wed
nesday’s paper. Time for final
tryouts has not yet been decided.
Members of the rally board
who will judge are Betty Ander
son, chairman; A. L. Ellingson,
adviser; and members, 'Phil Hill,
Gary Stewart, Bill Miller, Kip
Wharton, Lorrie Whitten, Mary
Jo Fourier, Ann Pederson and
Valerie Hersh.
Judges will meet Tuesday in
Gerlinger annex at 6 p.m.
Students to Vote
Today tor Queen
Voting is being held today until
5 p. m. for Junior Weekend queen,
with booths in the Student Union I
and Co-op.
Candidates, who will comprise
the weekend court, arc Barbara
Bailey, Betti Fackler, Phyzz
Pearson, Jackie Robertson and
Gail West.
The one who is elected queen
will be crowned at intermission of ;
Court to Be Interviewed
The five members of the Jun
ior Weekend eourt will be in
terviewed on “Guest Book,”
Rev Brunton's show over
KVAL-TV at 4 p.m. today.
Appearing with Phyzz Pear
son, Jackie Robertson, Gail
West, Betti Faekler and Bar
bara Bailey will be Bud Hink
son, gereral chairman of the
weekend’s activities.
the prom Friday night, by Uni
versity President O. Meredith
Wilson.
The crown, which is being furn
ished by Bon Marche, is being
made by David Hatch, instructor
in art, in the University jewelry !
department. It will belong to the
University’s Junior Weekend
committees permanently.
The newly-crowned queen and
her court will reign over all week
end festivities, including the sec
ond half of the prom, the all
campus luncheon, the canoe fete
and the all-c&mpus sing.
700 Scholarships
Will Be Awarded
Approximately 700 scholarships
will be awarded to Oregon high
school seniors and college stu
dents by the state system of
higher education scholarships
will become effective next fall.
Both full and partial tuition
and fee scholarships are award
ed on the basis of student ac
mendations from the state sys
tem institutions, subject to the
high school-college relations
committee approval.
Full tuition and fee is pro
vided only for teacher education
at the three colleges of educa
tion at Monmouth, Ashland and
La Grande. Partial scholarships
are awarded for all institutions.
Names of recipients will be an
nounced by each school on May
13. in accordance with policy
established by the relations com
mittee. Oregon will award 126
scholarships.
Sophomore Honors
Exams Announced
Spring term comprehensive
examinations for students en
rolled in the Sophomore Honors
program have been scheduled as
follows:
May 18, history in 232 Com
monwealth; May 19, society in
133 Commonwealth; May 24, lit
erature in 138 Commonwealth.
Both biological science and phy
sical science exams will be given
May 26 in 16 Science.
All exams will begin promptly
at 7 p.m.
Campus Cleanup
Set for Thursday
A spotless campus for Junior
Weekend and visiting mothers
will be the object of the annual
all-campus cleanup Thursday at
3:55 p.m.
Five representatives from each
living organization, tbe official
workers, will clean the assigned
areas. A map of the areas will
be printed in the Thursday Emer
ald.
Each organization is to supply
its own tools and equipment. The
physical plant representatives
will collect rubbish along 13th,
University and Kincaid streets.
Basis for judging the cleanup
will be work accomplished, dili
gence in work and definite im
provement in appearance..
Trophies donated by John
Warren Hardware company will
be awarded to the winning pair
ing. The trophies will be present
Browsing Room to
Feature Byron
Lecture Tonight
“Lord Byron: Champion of
Freedom” will be the subject of
tonight’s browsing room lecture
held at 7:30 in the browsing
room of the Student Union.
P. G. Trueblood. visiting pro
fessor of English and one of the
leading authorities on Byron,
will give the lecture. E. G. Moll,
professor of English, will act
as discussion leader.
Trueblood’s lecture will be com
posed of excerpts of his recently
completed book of the same title.
This is his second book on By
ron, the first being published in
1945 and entitled “The Flowering
of Byron's Genius.”
Shows Parallel
In the ieeture Trueblood will
show the parallel which exists
between the present post-war pe
riod and the post-Napoleonic war
period of Byron's time. Many of
the essential problems are the
same.
Trueblood was recently ap
pointed to the head of the de
partment of English at VVillam
etfe university and will start
there next fall. Previous to this
year, he taught at the University
of Washington and has been a
Fellow of the American Council
of Learned Societies.
While a Fellow, Trueblood did
much of the research for his
present book at California and
Stanford universities. At Stan
ford he worked In the Hunting
ton library.
f(l at 5 p.m. Thursday during
the terrace dance.
Pairings for the cleanup in
clude Alpha Xi Delta and Theta
Chi, Alpha Omicron Pi and Delta
Upsilon, Gamma Phi Beta and
Phi Sigma Kappa, Ann Judson
house and Kappa Sigma, Delta
Delta Delta and Lambda Chi Al
pha, Carson 5 and Yeomen, Del
ta Gamma and Delta Tau Del
ta, Sigma Kappa and Phi Delta
Theta, Alpha Gamma Delta and
Tau Kappa Epsilon, Delta Zeta
and Philadelphia house, and Uni
versity house and Campbell club.
Other pairings are Alpha Chi
Omega and Alpha Tau Ome
ga, Orides and Chi Psi, Alpha
Phi and Sigma Nu, Rebec house
and Pi Kappa Phi, Highland
house and Phi Gamma Delta, Pi
Beta Phi and Sigma Alpha Epsi
lon, and Zeta Tau Alpha and Phi
Kappa Psi.
Additional pairings are Sigma
Chi and Kappa Kappa Gamma,
Alpha Delta Pi and Sigma Al
pha Mu, Kappa Alpha Theta and
Phi Kappa Sigma, Chi Omega
and Beta Theta Pi, Hendricks,
Susan Campbell and Sigma Phi
Epsilon, and Carson 3 and 4, the
freshman dorms.
ASUO Banquet
Planned Tonight
The annual ASUO inauguration
banquet will be held today at 6
p.ra. in the Student Union.
E. S. Wengert, head of the po
litical science department, will
speak on "Preparing for the Poli
tics of Tomorrow.”
Donald DuShane, director of
student affairs, will speak in ‘'Re
flections on Student Participation
in the Administration of the Uni
versity.”
This year, for the first time,
there will be a presentation of an
award to the outstanding senate
member for the year. In addition,
each member of this year’s senate
will receive the traditional key.
There will also be a presenta
tion of senators-elect, with oath
of office to be administered by
DuShane.
Students Must Apply
For Bachelor Degrees
Students who will graduate in
June must apply for their de
gree by Friday at the registrar’s
office.
Many students are not aware
that application must be made
for a degree before graduation.
The registrar’s office is particu
larly concerned with Bachelor
degree candidates, but will also
take higher degree applications.
Francqui Prize Winner,
Prigogine, Will Lecture
I. Prigogine. professor at the
University of Brussels and win
ner of the Francqui Prize for
physics in Belgium, will deliver
a University lecture on “New
Aspects of the Thermodynamics
of Irreversible Processes” Thurs
day at 8 p.m. in the Dads Lounge
in the Student Union.
Prigogine is one of the main
contributors to the field of ther
modynamics of irreversible pro
cesses and has been an impor
tant. contributor to other fields
of chemistry and physics.
Chemistry Professor
A professor of theoretical sub
jects in chemistry, prigogine is
currently on a lecture tour in
the United States. He was a vis
it-lecturer at Harvard during the
fall semester of 1954.
He is frequently invited to lec
ture in foreign countries, and has
lectured in British universities,
in India, Israel and Paris.
In 1953 Prigogine was one of
the few invited contributors to
a conference on the fundamen
tals of theoretical physics in Ja
pan. He is a member of the Roy
al Academy of Sciences in Bel
gium.
A coffee hour and reception
will be held in the Dads Room
after the lecture for Prigogine
and Norman Davidson, visiting
professor of chemistry from the
California Institute of Technol
ogy. *
Prigogine will take part in
various seminars and discussions
in the chemistry department this
week.