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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1955)
\oi„ i.vii. OHM.ON WAS IIKHK, the I'O initials In Oregon State college's Parker Stadium turf spell out. Inspecting damage done by the sin Inlvcrslty students who burned them in are Spec Keene, direc t« i of athleties at Oregon State, .lames Barratt, athletics business manager there, and Bill Nc land, assistant athletic publicity director. (Cut courtesy Conallis Gazette-Times). City Police Visit Fraternity Party A fraternity party described as a routine celebration that had "gotten out of hand" was visited at 2:30 a.m. Thursday by Eu gene police after a call from a neighbor. The investigating officer re ported that when he arrived at the I'hi Gamma Delta house the place was flooded with water from a firehose and nude men were running across the soggy carpets. He mid he also saw the rugs and walls soaked, a broken table, the basement flooded, waste bas kets and shoes scattered outside at one end of the building and over-turned garbage cans and beer bottles strewn at the other. He reported that the men who weren’t nude w'ere complete ly soaked. The officer quoted house presi dent William Stoner as saying that th ■ affair had started as a routine celebration but that the party "had gotten out of hand." The party w'as ended after the visit from the police, said the report, and the house was quiet the rest of the night. Stoner said Thursday that the police report exaggerated the situation. The table, he said, had been broken for some time, for instance. The report was forwarded to the student affairs office Thurs day. Hay Hawk, associate director of student affairs, said early to day that he will not be able to rule oh the matter until he con tacts members of the fraternity and their alumni in theistate. Action on the matter is ex pected to be taken early next week. Discipline committee ac tion is possible, but will not be required unless the men request committee review, Hawk ex plained. Court Slaps $50 Fine On Each 'UO' Burner A finp of $50 apiece plus court costs whs levied today in Benton :county district court on the .six University students caught burn ing the letters "UO" in the Ore : gon State college football turf Tuesday morning. Of this $50 total, $30 will be suspended if the bill of $95.20 for "damages and expected dam ages” is paid within 90 days. The cost was determined by Richard Adams. OSC physical plant su perintendent. District Attorney Sid Lewis asked the full $50 fine and dam ages to “make you fellows under stand it's not like running a stop sign, so your cohorts will know what will happen when you get in our clutches," he told the six in court. Sophomore Sam Whitney, spokesman for the group, said that their suspension from the University removes any sem blance of "heroism" that their deed formerly had. Lewis also told the six and the court that "it is far safer for you to be caught by police than by Oregon Slate students. Cor vallis officers are making every attempt to apprehend .such acts before students take the matter into their own hands." The six men left campus Thurs day, after being told of their in definite suspension. Fresh Rally Squad To Go To Corvallis The newly-elected freshman rally squad will attend the Oregon-Oregon State frosh football game at 2:30 p.in. to day in Corvallis. The squad urges all freshmen to attend. TOO MANY 'FREELOADERS' Canoe Fete Lost $411 Last Year Approximately 2,000 people "attended” last year’s Canoe Fete free of charge, according to a report made by steering com mittee co-chairman Bob School ing at Thursday night's senate meeting. Official paid attendance of the event was 2,301, with reliable estimates placing the actual at tendance at 4.300. This discrepancy was the larg est and most important single problem of the fete, Schooling reported, and amounted to a loss of at least $1,000. This would have been enough to cover all expenses and capital costs of the event. Small Actual I»ss Total expenditures for the fete were S3,140, and income amount ed to $2,058.66, resulting in a net loss of $1081.45. However, this loss includes $670.17 spent for permanent equipment to be used in future fetes. Deducting this amount, the report showed an actual operating cost of only $411.27. Recommendations and conclu sions presented by. Schooling in cluded that the event be held an nually in future years, and that a canvas fence six feet high be built behind the fete area so that observers from the highway side won't be able to watch. Dads' Day Chairmen In other business, the senate selected Darlene Leland and George Simpson as co-chairmen of Dads’ day weekend. Other pe titioners for the co-chairmanship were Carol Craig and Lolly Quackenbush, but they were not present to be interviewed. Freshman and graduate stu dent elections will be held Nov. ft. according to ASUO vice-presi dent Sam Vahey. Petition dead line will be Nov. 2. and petitions majL be turned in to the ASUO office any time before then. An assembly to introduce the candidates will be held some time between the petition deadline and the election, Vahey announced. Minimum stanine requirements for freshman petitioners are not set as yet, but will be checked with Student Affairs. An ASUO insurance report, made by chairman Mary Lou Glass, revealed that a total of 973 policies were sold, bringing in $816.54. The question of whether or not this year’s Homecoming noise parade should be limited was raised by weekend co-chairmen Dick Blue and Stally Stadelman. No Noise Restriction They had considered banning stearn-operated and other large scale noise makers. The Senate, however, voted in favor of noise and against this proposed restiic tion. Other Homecoming reports were that 5,000 buttons have been ordered and that the Stu dent Union chimes will be played during noon and dinner hours of the week preceding this weekend. This year’s all-campus lunch eon may feature box lunches in stead of traditional hot-dogs and picnic-type food, the co-chairmen reported. A special feature of Homecom ing, prepared by the school of architecture and allied arts, will be a sketch of the boathouse and proposed anchorage facilities for the millrace area. Wickham, Hawk Speak fo Moms Golda P. Wickham and Ray Hawk, associate directors of stu dent affairs, addressed the Ore gon Mothers,association in Port land Thursday afternoon at a i meeting of the group at the Multnomah hotel. They spoke on problems of special interest to mothers of college students. Topics included scholarship, freshman orienta tion to college, selective service and ROTC, fraternities and so rorities. Also attending the meeting from the university were vo calists from the music school who entertained. The students were Mary Ann Mcgale, Coos Bay; Ann Stearns, Prineville; and John Mosely, Jerome, Idaho. Mrs. Wickham and Hawk spoke to the Eugene Mothers Wednes day afternoon at a meeting held in Gerlinger hall on the univer sity campus. Whiskerino Tickets Still Available Tickets for the Sophomore Whiskerino, to be held Saturday in the Student Union ballroom, are still available at the Student Union desk and at the Co-op. Those who are not able to buy tickets before the dance will be able to get them at the door for $1.65 a couple. Voting for Betty Coed and Joe 'SWEETHEART* CONTEST: 12 Semi-Finalists Selected Sigma Chi selected twelve semi-finalists Thursday evening in its annual Sweetheart con test. From the original group of 26 candidates, the Sigs chose Sharon Bowens, Alpha Chi Omega; Ne oma Stone, Chi Omega; Veronica Hadley, Carson 4; Kathy Mull holland, Kappa Kappa Gamma; Joan Sherwin, Alpha Omicron Pi; Karen Dryer, Delta Gamma; Christie Schollenbach, Kappa Al pha Theta; Mary Schulze, Susan Campbell; Roberta Rickard, Al pha Delta Pi; Gloria Jenkins, Gamma Phi Beta; Jan McMur phey, Alpha Phi, and Judy Eck lund, Pi Beta Phi. The Sigs will entertain the semi-finalists at lunch today and at firesides next Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Following the Thursday date, five finalists, will he selected. Oregon’s Sweetheart of Sigma Chi for 1956 will be announced and interviewed over radio sta tion KOBE Thursday, Nov. 3, two days before the Sweetheart dance. College and registration for the beard-growing contest will take place at the dance from 9 to 10 p.m. The living organization with the most sophomore men regis tered for the contest will be awarded a trophy during the in termission show. The main attraction at the in termission show will be the pre sentation of Joe College and Betty Coed. The champion beard grower also will be presented and will be awarded a free shave by Charles Elliott, local barber. The “Sharp Four,” will appear in the show. This quartet, region al champions of the Society for the Preservation and Establish ment of Barbershop quartet Sing ing in America, also will appear at the pre-dance Friday at Four. “The Whisperers” have been contracted to play for the Whis kerino. The band appeared at the University last year and has played for several house dances on campus. Decorations will depict various pre-dance scenes of a couple pre paring for the dance and a few scenes from the dance itself. Sophomore men who don’t plan to enter the contest may shave their beards Friday night, ac cording to contest chairman Gloria Begenich. Audition Time Set For Variety Show Tryouts for the Homecoming variety show will be held Mon day from 3-5 and from 6-8 p.m. in the Student Union, according to Tom Waldrop and Gail Monte, co-chairmen of the event. The variety show will be held this year Nov. 18. Students wishing to audition for parts in the show should choose acts in good taste. A cen sory board will help judge the auditions. Acts should be in accord with this year’s Homecoming theme “An Open Door for Alums of Yore.” Acts depicting college life from the founding of the Univer sity until the present day will be appropriate. The room number for the try outs will be posted.