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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.