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Barnett to Give Talk
On Dutch New Guinea
H. O. Barnett., professor of
anthropology, will deliver the
first Browning Room lecture,
"Modern Dutch New Guinea.” at
7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the
Browning Room of the Student
Union.
Colored elides will illustrate
tiie talk.
Barnett worked last Hummer
In Dutch New Guinea for the
Dutch government. He inspected
Theatre Entertains
Oregon Students
With Open House
Tonight University student*
will be entertained by the Uni
versity Theatre group with a free
dance and night club entertain
ment.
At 7:30 p.m. in the University
theater student* will be taken on
guided tours of the whole UT
enterprise. It i* judged by expert*
a* the bent-equipped theater of
any University on the coast. Stu
dent* will have a chance to see
the back stage areas, the work,
costume, makeup, dressing, and
scenery room*.
ftnncing Planned
Dancing to the music of Ralph
da Courcy and hi* orchestra, will
follow the tour.
High point of the evening will
be the appearance of Mary Pack,
featured entertainer of Club In
time. She will present several of
her supper club acts.
A demonstration on stage light
ing will also be offered. Scenery
from the Broadway hit, "Member
of the Wedding." will be used to
show the difference textures of
color make in a production.
Women Can Join
YWCA This Week
Freshmen women will have an
opportunity to join the YWCA
this week, as the women's organ
ization conducts its annual mem
bership drive.
Members of the sophomore
cabinet will go to the freshmen
women’s dorms this evening from
7:30 to 10 p.m., according to
Mary Gerlinger and Nan Hage
dorn, membership co-chairmen.
Membership may be purchased
during this time. Dues are $1.50
a year. Additional memberships
may be obtained, beginning Wed
nesday. at the YWCA office or
from YWCA officers. The office
is located on the first floor of
Gerlinger hail.
Commission meeting times are
as follows: Monday at 4 p.m.,
Tuesday at 3 and 4 p.m., Wednes
day at 4 p.m., and Thursday at
3 and 4 p.m.
Field areas which will be cov
ered in YWCA work this year
are service, public affairs, wor
ship, international affairs, and
religious growth.
House solicitations will con
tinue through representatives in
the living organizations all this
week.
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day senior cabinet members and
YW representatives will make
flying speeches at the living or
ganizations.
the government welfare pro
grams for the native population.
Barnett flew from San Fran
cisco to Hollandia, the capitol of
Dutch New Guinea, at the invita
tion of the Dutch, who needed
outside exaluatlon of welfare in
education, farm practices, and
health.
Dutch New Guinea, in the
news as is French North Africa
because of Asian-African efforts
to put both on the agenda of the
United Nations, is a colony of
Holland and the remainder of an
empire that is now mainly Indo
nesia.
Barnett was also in the Pacific
from June 1951, to January 19.02
heading a six man team of an
thropologists in the Marshall,
Mariana, and Caroline Islands,
who helped shape American re
lations with the Islanders.
The discussion leader will he
R. S. Wengert, head of the po
litical science department.
Barnett received his AB from
Stanford and Ph D. from Cali
fornia and has been teaching at
Oregon since 1939.
Dancing on Friday
Will Bring Money
Pairings for Friday night's
Bunion Derby will be announced
I in Thursday’!! Emerald. The
annual get-acquainted dance,
sponsored by the Associated Wo
men Students, will start at 7
p.m.
Each man will be charged five
cents at each house he attends
during the dancing. All proceeds
go to the AWS scholarship fund
A rotating trophy will be
awarded the men's organization
with the largest percentage of
members attending the dance. A
trophy will also be awarded to
the women's organization which
collects the most money per
capita. Last year's winners were
Alj>ha Gamma Delta and Phi
Kappa Psi.
Campus Violations
Handled By Court
Parking violation)) occurring
on University property arc un
der Jurisdiction of the Student
Traffic court, which will meet
Wednesday at 7 p.m.
Due to the traffic problems
resulting from the more than
2,000 student cars on campus,
five students appointed by the
A8UO president and approved by
the senate meet to hear students
that feel they unjustly received
a ticket.
If the person receiving a Uni
versity ticket does not wish to
j content it, ho should pay the fine
at the Office of Student Affairs
in Emerald hall.
If the ticket, is not paid prompt
j ly and the student does not ap
pear in court, the amount, of the
fine plus a 50 cents handling
charge is deducted from the stu
dent’s breakage fee.
The following parking lots are
i open to students: the Emerald
hall lot, the music building lot,
the Vets dorm lot, 14th and Kin
caid, 15th and Agate and the lot
behind Gerlinger annex.
The University hires a Eugene
patrolman to check for violations
and issue University tickets.
The following is a fine schedule
for violations on University prop
erty:
Speeding, reckless driving $5
Fire hydrant or posted
fire lane . $5
Student Union drive
(east side) . 52
Blocking driveway,
entrances or alley ..... $2
Parking in yellowed zone $1
Parking in alley. $1
Loading zone parking.$1
Parking in service
entrance . $1
Failure to display student
registration sticker. $1
Improper parking (in re
served spaces, more than
one space) .$1
The money collected from fines
is used for scholarships.
Pi Kappa Phi Reveals
Details for Expansion
Further details of the proposed
new $136,000 Pi Kappa Phi fra
ternity house were revealed yes
terday. and accompanied by a
promise of increased campus ac
tivity by the group.
Colvin Nisbet, president of the
Midwest Zoologist
To Meet Grads
Winterton C. Curtis, Univer
sity of Missouri zoologist, will
address the biology staff and
graduate students of the Uni
versity at a seminar Friday at 4
p.m. in room Science 314.
Curtis, an emeritus professor
of zoology and emeritus dean of
the college of arts and science at
the University of Missouri, will
discuss his experiences as an ex
pert witness at the notorious
Scopes trial in Dayton, Tenn., in
1923.
Issue of the trial was whether
or not the theory of evolution
should be taught in public
schools. At the trial he met Wil
liam Jennings Bryan and became
a friend of the attorney, Clar
ence Darrow.
In the early 1900’s Curtis made
his major contribution to the
field in a study of fresh watei
dams in Mississippi in collabora
tion with George LcFevre.
organization’s local alumni group,
said the new house plans are the
result of a national expansion
program of the fraternity. Nis
bet said the majority of financing
would he handled by a several
million dollar fraternity expan
sion fund.
This same fund, Nisbet ex
plained, is responsible for pres
ent construction of a new Pi Kap
house at the University of Wash
ington, and extensive remodeling
plans at OSC and two California
schools.
Pete Tyerman, president of the
fraternity local, said the new
house plans would probably aid
progress of the group. Last
March the fraternity chapter re
portedly considered, then reject
ed a move to close its doors. At
that time the then fraternity
president. Gene Murphy, said
that inability to compete for
members with more affluent fra
ternities had caused the group's
difficulties.
Construction of the new three
story fraternity house is sched- i
ulcd to begirt this spring. Site
of the new structure has not been
announced.
The group will continue to
occupy its present house at 740
East 15th St. until the end of
spring quarter. Date of occu- j
pancy has been set for next Sep
tember.
Fire Prevention Week Set Oct 9-/5
President Eisenhower has pro
claimed the week of Ovt. 9-15 as
Fire Prevention week.
Its purpose is to direct public
attention to the 11,000 lives and
$870,984,000 in property de
stroyed by fire in 1954, and to the
safety measures which can help
reduce these tragic figures in fu
ture years.
The National Board of Fire
Underwriters estimates that hu
man carelessness is largely re
sponsible for 90 per cent of the
nearly 900,000 fires a year.
Much Public Can Do
Since so many fires are caused
by-carelessness, neglect, and lack
of understanding, there are many
Theatre Plans Party
To Tear Down Sets
A "strike party" will be held
tomorrow from 7 to 10 p.m. at
the University Theatre.
The object of the party is te
take apart the scenery for the
summer production of "Member
of the Wedding" and to store it.
There will be dancing, and re
freshments for all. Anyone in
terested is invited. All are asked
to bring their own work clothes.
things that the public can do to
prevent fires or at least to reduce
fire hazards.
Some rules which would re
duce the hazards of matches and
smoking are:
1. Keep plenty of ashtrays
handy- and use them!
. 2. Never toss a lighted match
away. Blow it out, hold it a sec
ond. then put it in an ashtray.
3. Before emptying an ashtray,
be sure every match and butt is
completely out.
4. Never use a match to light
the way into a dark closet or
similar space where clothing or
other combustibles are kept.
5. Before going to bed see that
no butts are smoldering on tables
or upholstery.
6. Never smoke in bed!
Careful of Stoves
Misuse of electricity and care
lessness or mis-care of portable
oil stoves and heaters has caused
many fires, and one of the sea
son's greatest dangers is the out
door fire. A few simple precau
tions should include:
1. Don’t overload the circuits
and don’t let a “home handyman'’
tinker with electric cords, wiring
and appliances.
2. Be sure stoves and heaters
are clean; use them in a safe spot
and with caution.
3. Don't start an outdoor fire
near a building, a fence, or over
hanging branches, or in an area
where fires are prohibited.
4. Never start an outdoor fire
on a windy day. Clear the ground
of all grass and underbrush for
three feet around the place where
the fire will IV.
5. Never leave a fire unattend
ed. The fire should be out and
the ashes cool enough to touch
with bare hands before it is left.
The person who does not take
time for safety precautions may
find to his sorrow that he is in
volved in the next fire, warns the
underwriters board.
Theatre Tryouts
In Second Week
Tryouts for the first Univer
sity Theatre production of the
| season are now in the second
| week of elimination.
“The Remarkable Mr. Penny
I packer,” the forthcoming px-o
I duction, has parts for twenty
I persons. Fifty-eight tried out.
Three Positions
Open in ASUO
Petitions are now available for
three student positions, Home
coming Weekend general chair
man or co-chairmen, junior class
representative and junior class
vice-president.
Petitions may be picked up in
the ASUO office on the third
floor of the Student Union and
must be turned in by 5 p.m.
Thursday at the ASUO office.
• All petitioners must attend
the senate meeting at 6:30 p.m.
Thursday in the Student Union.
Applicants will be selected at the
meeting.
Details will be announced later
on interviewing times for appli
cants, according to Bud Hinkson,
ASUO president. Persons wish
ing to apply for the Homecoming
position as co-chairmen should
staple their petitions together.
Frank Evans, 71,
UO Printer, Dies
A man who guided the work of
a generation of University of
Oregon journalists has died.
George Frank Evans, printer
with the University Press for 20
years, died yesterday at his
home. He was 71 years old.
Frank Evans, ever ready with
a grin and a slap on the back for
deadline-plagued staffers, worked
with the Oregon Emerald through
thousands of issues at the old
University Press, what is now
the Architecture annex. He re
tired in 1949, too early to see the
new Eric W. Allen journalism
building and its streamlined
press facilities.
Frank Evans’ retirement from
the University y.as a retirement
in name only. He continued
working at the Eugene Register
Guard on a part-time basis until
last week. Evans, whose looks
belied his age, was active in golf
ing circles, and was an avid
gardener.
He was a member of Elks
Lodge No. 357, Eagles Lodge
No. 275, and the Eugene Typo
graphical Union Local 496.
Evans is survived by his
widow, Leila; two daughters,
Mrs. Beatrice Wester, Eugene,
and Mrs. Josephine Homes, Ar
eata, Calif.; four grandchildren,
and a sister, Mrs. Leila Bowen,
Portland.
Funeral services will be held
Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Veatch
England Funeral Home. Inter
ment will be in Rest Haven.