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NO. 4
New Pi Kappa Phi
House to Be Built
By Scott McArthur
Emerald Stiff Writer
Plan* for a now $136,000 Pj
Kappa Phi fraternity house, were
announced Monday by Pete Ty
I'rraan, president of the local
chapter, and Colvin Nlsbet, of the
group's local alumni chapter.
Date of occupancy has been
set for next September.
The fraternity’s national sec
retary, James M. Wilson, now at
the University, said the new
house has been designed "to com
pare with the most modern fra
ternity houses in the nation.”
The new building, according
to the architects, will lie a U
shaped, ranch style structure,
three stories tall, with a full
basement. It will provide living
space for 70 men.
“I-atest Advancements”
National secretary Wilson, now
on a national tour of the fra
ternity's chapters, said the new
fraternity house will embody
what he termed the latest ad
vancements in multiple-living
housing.
The second and third floors
will be equipped with movable
rigid partition*, Wilson said,
allowing for conversion to ball
room space.
He said full facilities, includ
ing double Bleeping rooma, full
kitchen and laundry facilities,
dining, living, and trophy room*,
a library, and TV room have been
included in the specifications.
Wilson said the new building
will occupy a Ilf) by 120 foot lot.
Site of the new structure has not
been announced.
Patio, Barltecuo
Plans call for a patio and bar
becue pit in the semi-enclosed
court. A tennis court and other
outdoor recreational facilities
have been planned at the rear of
the lot.
The new building will he a
i "radical deviation" from the tra
ditional colonial-G r eek revival
architectural style usually em
ployed by the fraternity's chap
ters, Wilson said.
Other architectural features, he
sanl, are a forced air heating sys
tem, allowing conversion to air
conditioning, and acoustically en
gineered interior design.
Record 508 Register
For Mens Rush Week
Oregon’s 21 fraternities regis
tercd a record 508 men Mon
day for rush week activities.
Last year's total was 450 men.
IFC officials expect the total to
swell even further after late reg
istration this morning. Flushees
can also register by special per
mission Wednesday morning at
the Student Affairs office.
First rush dates take place this
noon, from 11:30 to 1 p.m., with
most houses expecting a record
number of first-day rushees.
Men's rushing will continue
through Friday, with lunch, din
ner, and evening dates each day.
Kushees may make as many as
12 dates but not more than four
with any one house. They are re
quired to visit at least three fra
ternities before they can pledge.
Fledging Friday Night
Actual pledging will take place
Friday night from 10 to 12. After
“preference night” dates, rushees
will go to the Student Union ball:
loom. There they will fill out
preference cards, listing those
houses in order which they desire
to pledge.
Meanwhile each fraternity will
compile its list of rushees which
it desires to pledge. After mid
night, the official end of rush
week Inter-fraternity council and
Student Affairs officials will
match preference cards witH
house lists. Sometime during the
night each house will receive its
list of pledges by telephone.
At the close of the IFC assem
bly for rushees Sunday night,
officers of the fraternities met
to determine rushing quotas.
Quotas generally will be larger
this year, because of the in
creased number of rushees.
Quotas Explained
Rushing quotas for each house
are based on several factors. Stu
dent health service officials in
spect each house and determine
its physical capacity. Then house
presidents report the number of
men living in the house, minus
the number they expect to lose
within the next year. This num
ber is then subtracted from the
house capacity, to determine the
quota, after first adding four to
make up for unexpected losses.
IFC president Kent Dorwin in
formed rushees that dates made
Monday can be broken only after
visiting the house in question at
least once. Fraternities can also
break dates officially through the
IFC, which will then inform the
rushee.
Cards to Be Issued
For Washington Game
Athletic cards will be issued
to University students at Mult
nomah Stadium, Portland,
starting at 9:30 a m. Satur
day, from the ticket office on
S.W. 18th near gate B.
Holders of these cards will
enter gate B for the Oregon
Washington game.
Late Enrollment
Fee .Effective
The fine of $1 for students
enrolling late for classes was
effective Sept. 26, not Oct. 10,
reports Constance, regis
trar.
Students wishing to drop or
change courses must do so be
fore Oct. 10. After this date
courses must lie carried ' until
the end of the term.
Fulbrighf Grants
Now Available
To U.S. Students
American college seniors and
graduate students ran now com
pete for the Fulbright scholar
ships to study abroad during the
1956-1957 academic year.
These scholarships offer op
portunities for foreign study in
thirty-five countries and are
available under the U. S. Govern
ment international educational
jexchange program. The awards
! cover transportation, tuition, and
maintenance to the school chosen.
Eligibility requirements for the
• Fulbright fellowships are: <1)
United States citizenship; (2> a
! college degree or its equivalent
at the time the award is taken
up: < 31 knowledge of the lan
j guage of the country sufficient
ito carry on the proposed study;
(4) age 35 years or under; and
(5) good health.
Many Countries
Countries where U. S. graduate
students may study under the
Fulbright program are: Aus
tralia, Austria. Belgium and Lux
embourg, Denmark, Finland.
France, Germany, Italy, the
Netherlands, New Zealand, Nor
way, the United Kingdom, and
Chile.
In Burma, Ceylon, India, Ja
pan, the Philippines, and Greece
only a limited number of giants
are available, as mature, grad
uate candidates are preferred.
The grants for Ceylon are par
tial only, and supplement two
awards offered by the University
| of Ceylon.
Countries participating in the
! Buenos Aires convention pro-'
I gram are: Bolivia, Brazil, Chile,
! Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba. Gua
J temala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico,
Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay,
j Peru, Venezuela, and the Do
minican Republic.
Board Makes Selection
Final selection of Fulbright
! grantees is made by the board of
| foreign scholarships. Under the
i Buenos Aires convention, final
| selection is made by the coop
[ crating countries.
WOMEN'S RUSHING
Preference Dates Tonight
Tonight is preference night for
women participating in Pan
hellenic’s rushing program.
Second preference dates are
from 6:15 to 7 p. m. First pref
erence dates follow from 7:15 to
8:15. After the preference dates
rushees will go to Gerlinger hall
where they will, fill out prefer
ence cards.
Short silks are in order for
preference dates, Panhellenic
president Olivia Tharaldson re
minded rushees.
Wednesday morning at 7:15 all
sororities will hold breakfasts in
honor of new pledges.
Freshman women participating
in rush week activities spent 45
minutes at each of three houses
Monday evening.
Each of the 16 sororities has a
rush quota of 20 women.
Council Defers
Action on Signs
By Pete Taussig
Emerald S»»ff Writer
Action on a report which rec
ommended elimination of "do not
enter" signs on 13th St. at both
ends of the campus was deferred
by the Eugene city council last
night.
Decision to refer the recom
mendation back to the commit
tee of the whole was made after
University President O. Meredith
Wilson charged the council had
not acted in good faith because
it did not consult the University
on a matter which affects it.
"In view of the importance of
this matter to the University,”
President Wilson said, “it would
have been common courtesy to
consult us.”
Closed Between Classes
Under the present system of
traffic control which -was inau
gurated two years ago. 13th St.
between Kincaid and University
streets is closed to traffic 10 •
minutes each hour six hours a
day while University students j
pass from one class to another.
President Wilson told the coun
eilmen the University has in
vested $1,500 in the present sys
tem of traffic controls. He point
ed out that the University pays i
part of the salary of the police
officer who enforces the “do not
enter” regulation.
The signs stating traffic should j
not enter the street, which runs j
through the heart of the campus,
were put up two years ago as a j
joint venture of the city and
the University, President Wilson
pointed out.
“Only a Iteport . . .”
Mayor V. Edwin Johnson told
President Wilson the proposal to
do away with the regulation was
only a report of the public safety
committee.
The University would have
been consulted before any action
waa taken, he said.
Only one councilman, Larry P.
Watson, took issue with Presi
dent Wilson.
Watson charged that "traffic
is getting balled up because we
are giving 5,000 kids who are
adults consideration that is not
given grade school children.”
President Wilson pointed out
grade school children do not have
to cross a street to get from one
class to another.
There Is no other institution in
Eugene large enough to have a
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J. Hugh Pruett,
Astronomer, Dies
J. Hugh Pruett, a member of
the University of Oregon faculty
for nearly 30 years, died at his
Eugene home Sunday night. He
was 69.
Pruett taught meterology and
astronomy at the University from
1923 until his retirement in 1951.
A noted author, Pruett wrote
a syndicated column on astron
omy which was used for many
years by western newspapers and
radio stations.
For many years University of
Oregon astronomy students used
Evergreen Observatory, which
Pruett established at his home in
1930. Pruett was a director in
the American Meterological So
ciety.
2 Vacancies to Greet
First §pnate Meeting
Two vacancies will greet the
ASUO Senate in its first meeting
Oct. 6, ASUO president Bud
Hinkson has announced.
One vacancy is left by Carl:
Groth who was elected junior j
class vice-president in the May
4 election. Groth left Eugene this
summer to enter the U. S. Mili
tary Academy.
The other vacancy, that of
junior class representative, is
left by Charlsie Parker. Miss
Parker was married in Septem
ber and will not return to the
University, according to Hink
son.
Petitions for these two spots
will be accepted in the ASUO
office, SU third floor, starting ;
immediately. Interviewing will
be conducted during the Oct. 61
meeting.
Additional interviewing sched
uled for the first meeting is for
general chairmen of Homecom
ing weekend, which will be Nov. ■
18 and 19. These petitions may
also be given to Hinkson or to
Sam Vahcy, ASUO vice-presi
dent.
Other agenda items, as ex
plained by Hinkson, will include !
ASUO insurance and funds for,
orientation week.
Discussion on the insurance
will concern the 25-cent rebate
earned by the ASUO on all $4.50
policies sold.
Orientation week financing will
be discussed and acted upon from
the standpoint of Associated Wo
men Students’ role in the week’s
event, and their financial po
sition regarding the week.
- The proposed ASUO rifle team
will not be discussed by the Sen
ate until it has been reviewed by
the budget board.
Petitioning to End
For Bunion Derby
Petitions for Bunion Derby
chairmanships and committee
memberships must be turned in
by 5 p.m. Wednesday, according
to co-chairmen Joan Kraus and
Joan Rainville.
Chairmanships are needed for
the promotion, publicity, finance,
and house co-ordination com
mittees and genera] secretary.
Freshman are urged to petition
for positions on these commit
tees. Petitions are available on
the third floor of the Student
Union.
The Derby will be held Oct. 8
at the women's dormitories and
sororities from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.
The men will pay 5 cents a dance
and will move from house to
house.
Tentative plans include having
a local radio station play the
music for the dance, and having
a sound car broadcast this music
as campus men travel between
houses.
Dancing in each living organ
ization is being lengthened to 15
minutes instead of the former 10.