56th Year of Publication
ME(2CLD
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l NIVKltNITV OF OKKOON, KI'dKNK, TI KSDAV, MAV 17, 1953
NO. 132
Honor Assembly
To Be Held Today
] no women h honors assembly
to be held today at 1 p.m. in the
Student Union ballroom will
honor outstanding University of
Oregon women with recognition
and scholarships.
Entertainment at the assem
bly wdl Ih> provided by the win
ners of the All-Campus Sing, Pi
Beta Phi and Sigma Phi Epsilon.
Bud Hinkson will act as master
of ceremonies for the AWS
sponsored assembly. Jane Berg
strom, AWS president, will
make the introduction for the
assembly.
A Targe group of scholarships
offered by both campus and off
campus organizations will be
presented. L Fading off the
awards of scholarships will be
the presentation of the Phi The
ta Upslion scholarships. Kwama
scholarships will be presented
following the Phi Theta presen
tations.
Straub Fire
Squelched
An early morning fire Monday
in Straub hall was squelched by
the city fire department before
any extensive damage was done.
The blaze, which apparently
originated in a basement trash
can, broke out at 8:03 a m. The
fire department reported Monday
afternoon that it is believed
that a burning cigarette, thrown
in the can, was probably the
cause of the fire.
Smoke caused the only dam
age to the building and this was
only slight, according to the de
partment.
Mysterious Caller
Returns Lost Cup
Burt Brown Barker's plea at
the All-Campus Sing for the re
turn of the women's scholarship
cup produced almost immediate
results.
A mysterious phone call after
closing hours Saturday night told
girls at University house that
the trophies which had been miss
ing for six months had been re
turned.
Five trophies, including the
scholarship cup, had been taken
from the house one Saturday eve
ning in November. Contacts were
made with past cup lifters, but
all denied any part of the affair.
The cups were eventually given
up for lost.
Third Win
Barker, vice-president emerit
us, announced at the sing that
the scholarship cup had been won
by Uni house for the third
straight year and was now theirs
to keep—if they could find it.
Those few words were enough.
A few hours later an unidenti
fied male caller suggested the
girls check their doorstep. There
were the cups, unharmed and
carefully packed in Easter basket
grass in a cardboard box.
The next day Uni house moth
ers presented the girls funds for
a door and a lock to a trophy
case.
Bob Maier will present the
scholarship which was raised
from the funds from student
fines collected by the traffic
court.
The Co-op book scholarships
will be presented by Arim-ll An
ile rson.
Awarded to an upper-division
[member of a University sorority
| will be the Margerry Thompson
Reynolds scholarship of $165.
The scholarship is awarded by
Panhellenic.
Gail West, president of heads
of houses, will award the Hazel
Schwering si holarship which is
awarded in honoi of this past
dean of women. The money for
this scholarship is raised by the
women of the University through
exchange dinners each term.
The scholarships offered by
Delta Delta Delta will be award
ed by Alyce Atherton.
Each year Quota and Zonta.
business women’s honorary, offer
scholarships to University of
Oregon women. This year the
scholarships will be presented
to the winners at the honors as
sembly by Mrs. Edward Ruby,
representing Quota, and Mrs.
Delcina Elliot, representing Zon
ta.
Also to be presented at the
assembly will be the Peter Pau
per Press award. This award
goes to the winner of the essay
contest sponsored by the Brows
ing room.
Jean McPherson, president of
Junior Panhellenic, will present
the women’s pledge class with
the highest grades for fall and
winter term with the Junior
Panhellenic plaque.
The Carson Cup, which goes
to the oustanding girl of Carson
hall will be presented by Ruth
Lear. Carson president.
Mary Cary. Hendricks coun
selor, will present the Hend
ricks plaque to the girl selected
as most outstanding from that
organization.
Bud Hinkson will introduce the
group he has selected for next
year to act in the ASUO cabinet.
Both old and new members of
Kw’ama, Phi Theta Upsilon and
Mortar Board will be introduced
at the assembly. All members of
these organizations are to wear
their uniforms and sit in the sec
tions-of the ballroom designated
for them.
The assembly will close with
the singing of the Oregon pledge
song led by Audrey Mistretta.
Violinist, Pianist
To Present Recital
Robert Groth, violinist, and
Varda Ullman, pianist, will pre
sent a sonata recital this eve
ning in the school of music audi
torium, at 8 p.m. Groth is a
graduate assistant on the violin,
working towards his master’s de
gree, and Varda is a senior in
music at the University.
They will perform in their
concert" Fugue in G minor,” by
Bach; several movements from
Egge’s 1932 “Sonata," and
Claude Debussy’s "Sonata.” Their
closing number will be "Sonata,
Opus 12, No. 1,” by Beethoven.
Tickets Go on Sale
For 'Kiss Me Kate'
Tickets for the University
Theater spring musical, “Kiss
Me Kate,” are on sale now
at the theater box office from
1 through 5 p.rn. each ilay.
There are still a few tickets
available for every night in
cluding the opening perform
ance.
Tickets are selling for $2.
Season ticket holders may pur
chase ducats for $1 plus a stub
from their season ticket. Re
servations may Ite made by
calling ext. 401 or 5-1511.
'Fete' Cleanup Job
To Begin Tuesday
Even though the Canoe Fete is
now in the past, there is still work
to be clone. The amphi-theater
built for the site of the Fete must
be torn clown and the bleachers
must be returned.
Work begins at 8 a m. Tuesday.
Assistant chairmen, A1 Morris and
Jack Marsh will supervise loading
and unloading of material. Jerry
Maxwell, property set-up chair
man, will supervise the tearing
down of the bleachers.
Phi Delta Theta and Sigma Al
pha Mu begin work Tuesday
morning under supervision of
Jerry Urness and Irwin Kaplin re
spectively.
The remaining schedule is as
follows:
Tuesday afternoon: Pi Kappa
Alpha, Dick Bock, chairman, and
Tau Kappa Epsilon, Pat Eaton,
chairman.
Thursday morning: Beta Theta
Pi, Bob Morrell.
Thursday afternoon: Phi Gam
ma Delta, Dan Lees; Pi Kappa
Phi, and Sigma Alpha Epsilon,
Jerry Farrow.
Maxwell stated Monday night
that co-operation so far has been
grand and he is “quite sure co
operation and spirit for cleaning
up the job will continue."
Renewed Fete
Called Success
By Sue Lamb
Emerald Reporter
The 1955 Canoe Fete is over. I
Only the cleaning up and re
ports are left to be done.
Behind the scenes of this year’s
revival of the famous Oregon ,
tradition are the University stu- :
dents who spent months organ
izing and directing the Fete
jrlans.
Bob Schooling, graduate stu
dent in business, and Jim Light,
senior in pre-law, received many 1
a handshake and congratulations
on a job well done after the Fete
Sunday night. As general co- j
chairmen of the steering commit- j
tee, Schooling and Light organ
ized, supervised, and even pound
ed nails into the floats just be
fore the show- started.
In an interview with Schooling
Monday night, he stated the "per
formance of the students in ■
staging the Canoe Fete, despite
rain and change of schedule,
demonstrated among other
things, their enthusiasm for mill
race restoration.
Fete Influence
Asked what he thought the in
fluence of the Fete would have
on future junior weekends,
Schooling said:
"I don't Jhink we’ll ever go
back to a float parade down
town. We've struck a definite
blow toward restoration of the
race and it's now a question of
‘w’hen’ it will be restored- not
‘if’ it will be restored.”
The Fete proved an excellent
example of what the University
students can do.
Men and women from all the
houses building floats worked
diligently Sunday afternoon re
finishing parts of their Boats
that had been damaged by Sat
urday's rain. In evidence of the j
whole University's co-operation
in the Fete was Bob Smith, diet
ician of the Student Union, who
brought hot coffee down to the
Tickets Refunded
All Campus Sing and Canoe !
Fete tickets will be refunded to .
those wTho were unable to attend i
due to change in schedule at the
Student Union Tuesday, Wednes- j
day and Thursday.
UO Concert Band Plans
Outdoor Pops Concert
A twilight outdoor pops concert
Thursday evening at 7 p.m. will
mark the University concert
! band's final appearance of the
j year. The concert will be held in
i the garden theater on the east side
\ of the school of music, where seat
ing is available.
Several new works will be fea
tured, including ‘‘Celebration
Overture,” by Paul Creston. Two
movements of a Mexican folk song
symphony, ‘‘La Fiesta Mexicana,"
by H. Owen Reed, will receive
their first northwest performance.
Also planned are a number of
lighter works, including selections
of Jerome Kern melodies. “Bug
ler’s Holiday," by Leroy Anderson
features cornet solos by Marshall
Pallett, James Albert and Vondis
Miller and trumpet solos by Larry
Meyers, Jack Sluss and Jack Mur
phy.
“Two Etudes” will feature the
clarinet and cornet sections. Also
planned are “Italian Polka,” by
Rachmaninoff and the love scene
from the opera “Boris Godounov,’’
by Moussorksky.
Three marches will conclude the
program. They are “Michigan,” by
Goldman, "Nutmeggers,” by Ost
ling. and “Mighty Oregon,” by
Perfect.
Robert Vagner is conductor of |
the concert band, and is assisted
by Ira Lee.
The concert will be over at 7:50
p m. to allow people to attend the
Creative Arts program. In case of
bad weather the concert will be (
postponed until Tuesday. J
Lecturer Will Talk
About'Boccaccio'
“Boccaccio” will be the topic
of the browsing room lecture to
be held Wednesday night at 7:30
in the Student Union.
The lecturer for this week's
program will be Chandler Beall,
professor of the romance lan
guages. This will be the next to
last lecture which will be given
this school year.
Discussion leader for the lec
ture will be R. C. Gordon, assist
ant professor of English.
construction area for the hard
working students.
"The one student who con
tributed most to the success of
the Canoe Fete was Jerry Max
well,” stated Schooling.
Maxwell as property setup
chairman arranged for and con
structed the bleachers, the stage,
the ropes and aisle ways. His
work did not finish when the
Fete ended; he is responsible for
taking down the stage and the
bleachers, and making sure the
entire area is cleaned up. The
unsung heroes working with
Maxwell on his many jobs were
AI Morris and Jack Marsh, prop
erty set-up assistants.
To the faculty advisers How
ard Ramey, Robert Horn and Si
Ellingson, the committee ex
tends its sincere thanks. Guiding
the student effort, they furnished
know-how and mature advice.
The outstanding music of the
Univeristy orchestra under the
direction of E. A. Cykler, and
the University Singers directed
by M. D. Risinger created the
perfect setting for the Fete.
Thanks to Chairmen
The committee also thanks
Bob Chambers, who did such an
excellent job of narrating the
Fete program. Credit for the pro
gram goes to Jackie Densmore
Jackson and Janet Wick. Gordon
French was responsible for the
technicalities of producing the
Fete. Along with Ramey he
worked out the lighting system
and the sound problems.
Sally Jo Greig and Darrell
Brittsan were responsible for the
beautiful floats that made up the
extravaganza on the race. Their
work began in December with
problems of how to build the
floats so they could be kept from
year to year, how to propell them
down the race, and making the
rules and specifications for ac
tual construction of the floats.
The difficult job of judging the
13 floats was left up to Cliff
Neilson, president of the Eugene
Active club; Mrs. O. Meredith
Wilson, wife of the University
president; Robert Wilmsen, Eu
gene architect; ftenry Fehley,
Eugene photographer, and Mayor
Ed Johnson.
Author Attends
Thanks also go to Robin H.
Nelson, author of the Fete theme,
“As 1 Sit and Dream at Evening”
tor attending this first revival
of the Canoe Fete and for pre
senting the winning trophies.
Hajen Ruth Johnson was re
sponsible for the tickets—printing,
selling and accounting for them.
Kip Wharton and Ward Cook,
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Business Students
GivenScholarships
Kenneth Bosanko, junior, and
Robert Parker, senior, both ma
jors in business administration,
have been awarded scholarships
of $700 each.
Known as Republic Carloading
and Distributing company schol
arships, they were awarded at
the Thursday night banquet of
Delta Nu Alpha, national trans
portation honorary. The awards
are presented annually to out
standing juniors and seniors in
the field of traffic management
and transportation in the school
of business administration.
Speakers at the banquet, held
in the Student Union, were K. C.
Batchleder, traffic manager of
the West Coast Lumbermen’s as
sociation; Victor P. Morris, dean
of the school of business admin
istration, and University Presi
dent O. Meredith Wilson.