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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1955)
\ ol. LVI Unlvarwlty of Or**non, Knftone, Frl., May 18, 1955 No. 129 Phi Beta Kappa Elects Seniors Seventeen Oregon seniors have b**n delected for membership in I'hi Beta Kappa by the Alpha chapter of the national acholus ticr fraternity. Selecte<l at a meeting Thurs day night were: Helen Berslo. English; Diane David, foreign languages; Joe Gardner, Journal Moms Signup In SU Today Registration for Mothers’ Weekend will be held from 3 to 5 pm. today on the first floor of the Student Union and will con tinue in the «ame location on Saturday from 8 to 11:30 a m. Registration tables will then be moved to the second floor of Gerlinger Hall. At 9 tonight the mothers may watch the Junior From from the balcony of McArthur court. Tin west balcony on the second floor of the court will be reserved as a lounge for the mothers. At 8:45 a.m. Saturday the an nual breakfast will be held for the mothers in the Student Un ion Ballroom. The All-campus luncheon and program will be held at noon. The price of the luncheon will be 50 cents. Tickets will be on sale until 5 p.m. today. A tea will be held for the mothers by the Eugene Mothers Club from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday. The mothers can arrange to eat dinner with their sons and daugh ters. The Canoe Fete will be held at 8:30 p.m. The general admission will be $1.25. The all-campua sing will be held at McArthur court at 2:30 p m. Sunday. Admission will be 85 cents. DZ, Phillies Win Campus Cleanup Delta Zeta and Philadelphia house are the winners of this year's all campus cleanup which was followed by the traditional terrace dance. Lewis Blue was awarded the Alphi Phi Omega award for the outstanding freshman man at the dance. These cleanup winners were presented with two new trophies donated by the John Warren Hardware store. Second prize for the cleanup went to Alpha Phi and Sigma Nu. Delta Gamma and Delta Tau Delta were awarded third place honors. A new system for the clean up was inaugurated this year which was highly successful ac cording to Bud Hinkson, chair man of Junior W^j*kend. Each living organization sent five rep resentatives for the cleanup rather than the whole group with successful results. W. W. Weed of the physical plant and a judge for the event stated "There was more activity and hard work than I have ever seen.” Other judges foy the clean up were Mrs. T. F. Mundle and Mrs. Sara Henderson. \ Sum; Nancy Leonard Hansen, education; Mary Anne Herron, general studies; Mary Hooker, English; Elena Horn, foreign languages; Dick A, Lewis, Jour nalism; William Reeves, medi cine; Kenneth Rosenlof, chemis try; Don Kotenberg, chemistry; Jackie Warded Rice, journalism; Mary Whitaker, speech; Orlo Wipf, political science; Wilma Wittenfeld, economics; Carol Wood, psychology, and Richard Clyde Zimmerman, medicine. Initiation for these men and women will be held May 20 in Gerlinger hall at 5:30 p.m. A Joint banquet of Sigma Xi, sci ence research fraternity, and Phi Beta Kappa will be held follow ing the initiation at 6:30 p.rn. in the Student Union. President O, Meredith Wilson will be the featured speaker. The $25 book scholarship giv en by Phi Beta Kappa to a Ore gon sophomore was awarded to Shirley Hathaway, a sociology major. Author of Theme To Attend Fete It. H. Nelson, author of “As I Sit und Dream At Evening” will be in Eugene Saturday to attend the first Canoe Fete in 14 years. Nelson’s song has been chos en as the theme of the 1955 Fete. According to a letter from Nelson, he and his son, John, “are looking forward to the revival of the Fete.” Nel son was graduated from the University In 1909 and his son in 1910. The ftrst junior weekend was held in 190K. Nelson orig i mi ted the Idea and organized what has now beoome one of the most outstanding events on the University social cal endar. Float Building To Stop at 10 All floats for the Canoe Fete must be completed by 10 a.m. Saturday, according to float co chairmen Sally Jo Greig and Darrel Brittsan. Participants in the float pa rade must ^iave their special passes to be admitted to the con struction area in the evening. Living organization chairmen who have not yet obtained these passes for those who will be in the area and riding on floats may get them by contacting Brittsan at Sigma Phi Epsilon or Miss Greig at Pi Beta Phi. All ushers for the Fete are to meet at the main gate to the Fete area at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Helen Ruth Johnson, ticket chair man has announced. Ushering for the event will be members of Phi Theta Upsilon, Kwama, Skull and Dagger and the Student Union hospitality committee. Uniforms are- to be .jvorn, Miss Johnson said. Instructions on ushering will be given before spectators ar rive. Ushers will be admitted free to the Canoe Fete. Junior Class to Present The Stream of Dreams' By Mollie Monroe Emerald Reporter Friday the 13th or not, to night's Junior Prom, “Stream of Dreams" is going to be the “best one ever,” according to Patty Kagan and Ja<k Socolof nky, co-chairmen of the dance. Tickets are still on sale at the ! SU and the Co-op, and will be on sale this evening at the door, an nounced ticket co-chairman Nor Band Leader BILL BECKER, who is appearing with his band tonight at the Junior Prom, is well known in the Northwest. His group played last year for the Senior Ball, and ho plays annually at Oregon State's Military Ball. Tapping Season Opened by PTU Phi Theta Upsilon began the long list of tappings during Jun ior Weekend by tapping twenty sophomore women at Thursday dinner for membership in the junior women's honorary. Tapped for membership were Marlis Claussen, Carol Craig. Jean Fay, Joanne Jolley, Karen Kraft, Betty Anderson, Shirley McLean and Margaret Tyler. Also tapped by Phi Theta were Donna DeVries, Helen Ruth Johnson, Marcia Mauney, Mary Fete, Juniors Print Booklet Something new has been added to Junior Weekend this year with the publication by the Canoe Fete and Junior Weekend com mittees of a souvenir program for all of the weekend's activi ties. The program, which is on sale at the Student Union main desk, the Co-op and the First National Bank downtown, costs 25 cents and is designed as a special sou venir for this year’s revival of the canoe fete and other old tra ditions. A picture of the Millrace as it is today is featured on the cover. On the inside is a picture of a float from an old canoe fete. Pictures of last ypar’s queen, all-campus sing winners, tradi tions, Koyl cup winner, tappings and the winning float are also shown. Gerlinger, bhirley Bostad, Kath leen Morrison, Nan Hagedorn. Sally Jo Greig. Jeanne Scales. Agnes Thompson. Olivia Thar aldson and Annie Laurie Quack enbush. The membership of Phi Theta is based upon service to the Uni versity and scholarship. Phi The ta raises money throughout the year for scholarships for deserv ing women. This year, in addition to their annual Phi Theta Mystie sale, the honorary sold maga zines for additional funds. The club also performs such services for'the school as usher ing. serving, and helping fresh men in the fall. Initiation for the newly tapped members will be held the week following next, the specific date to be announced later. Phi Theta officers this year are: Germaine LaMarehe, presi dent; Gail West, vice-president; Jane Bergstrom, secretary; Sonia Edwards, treasurer, and Lucia Knepper, historian. man Seidenverg. The prom starts at 9 p.m. Because of the emphasis placed on the rebirth of the canoe fete this year, the decorations are in accordance with the Saturday ! night event. An aluminum foil stream will encircle McArthur court, and disappear into pink angel hair at one end of the dance floor. The Queen’s throne and the bandstand will be depicted as floats in the canoe fete. The four seasons of the year will be rep resented in three-D. The color scheme of shocking pink and mint green with accents in silver and black will be given special effects with unusual lighting. Jackie Jones served as chairman of decorations. Programs Follow Theme Even the programs for the dance, handled by Mary Helen Williams, are shaped like little canoes, to correspond with the theme. Bill Becker and his 12-piece band wi^l be on hand for the dance, which has been part of Junior Weekend for many years. His group is well-known in the Northwest, and he has played for college and university proms all over this section of the country. He played here last year for the Senior Ball, and plays annually for Oregon State's Military Ball. The group was house band at Jantzen Beach, Palais Royale, and McElroys in Portland. Queen Will Be Crowned Duiing intermission, the Jun i >or Weekend queen will be an nounced. She will be arowned by University President O. Mere dith Wilson. An RoYo color I guard will honor the new queen land her court. Members of the i court are Barbara Bailey, Betti Fackler, Phyzz Pearson, Jackie Robertson and Gail West. The Gerlinger cup, awarded | each year to the outstanding junior woman, and the Koyl cup, awarded to the outstanding jun i lor man, will also be presented ; during intermission. A new trophy, the Higdon award, will be presented to the sophomore man who best com bines athletics, scholarship and achievement. The cup is given by Order of the O, Skull and Dagger and Druids, and is given | in honor of Doyle Higdon, who was killed last summer. Mrs. Philip Higdon will present the 1 cup. Section for Mothers For mothers visiting the cam pus who would like to see the decorations and the Junior Prom goers, there will be a special sec tion reserved in the balcony. Mothers are admitted free. There will be free punch and j cookies upstairs for the mothers on the west side of Mac court. Candy, soft drinks, ice cream, etc., will be on sale downstairs for prom-goers. Two rooms where wraps may be checked will be open on the east side of the building. Closing hours will be 2 a.m., according to Donald M. DuShane, director of student affairs. Tickets on Sole At SU, Downtown Junior Weekend tickets will be on sale today at the Student Union main desk, the Co-op and i the First National bank down town. Some tickets are also avail able in the living organizations. Tickets for this evening's Jun ior Prom are on sale in the liv ing organizations and will be available at the door of the dance for $2 per couple. Luncheon tickets are also on sale in the living organizations, for 45 cents. Canoe Fete ducats, at 50 cents for ground seats and $1.25 for bleachers, and All-Campus Sing tickets, 85 cents, are also on sale. All tickets will be available at the entrance to the different events. On sale with them will be the Junior Weekend souvenir program, at a cost of 25 cents.