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Oregon Daily EMERALD VOL. LV11I UNIVERSITY O* OKWiON, EUGENE, MONDAY, 0<'TOREK «. !».%« NO. 13 Bakers Half Dozen Whiskerino Band Sophomore Whiskerlno general chairmen Bud Titus and Bob Snyder have announced the sign ing of Baker's Half Dozen for the annual dance, which will In* held on Saturday, October 20, In the Student Union Ballroom, The band, a eampUM favorite for several years, ita beat known for ita alternate renditions of smooth dance music and popular jazz numbers. They have been signed to play from 9 p.rn. to 12 pm,, with an Intermission at 10.30 for the presentation of the Joe College and Betty Coed win ners, The winners of the beard growing contest will also be an nounced and shaven at this time. Th<- Betty and Joe candidates, after selection by the various liv ing organizations, will be elimi nated to twelve on Wednesday night, and to six on the following Thursday, Voting on the finalists will be at the door of the S.U. Ballroom la-tween 9 and 10, The six finalists in each group will be introduced at the Friday at Four on the day before the dance. The heard growing will start Wednesday according to Mike De vote. general chairman of the event. Those people who have Oregana pictures to be taken may use their own discretion as to whether or not they wish to shnve, but all sophomore men will be expected to be showing some stubble by Friday, the last day for Oregana pictures. There will be three awards made in the beard growing con test this year, one each for the longest or bushiest beard, the rm>r<‘ original beard i dying or cut ting allowed), and the house with the largest percentage of bearded sophomore men. The winners in the firat two contents will receive fiee shaves while on the stage. This year, for the first time, a social committee, headed by Sue Handoz and Dick Rhaw, has been organized to fix up blind dates for any freshmen who are interested in attending the dance and do not have dates. A coke date with the prospective elate is also included in the plan. Miss Saridoz and Shaw will visit fresh man dormitories this week to talk with all interested students. Robert Luc to Talk On Suez Situation Robet t Luc. Consul General of France at San Francisco, will speak on "The Real Significance of th<- Suez Crisis” at 8 p.m. in the Iiiid'r lounge of the Student Union. This is one of two speeches he will make while visiting the campus. A talk in French entitled "Im pressions of France" will be given hy Luc at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at 214 Friendly. Luc has held diplomatic posts in Shanghai and in Budapest. From 1943 to 1945 he was secre tary of the delegations of allied governments'In London. He also served as secretary to the French Kmbassy in London from 1945 to 1950 and as undersecretary to the. Near Kastern division of the French foreign service. Sen. Paul Douglas Leads Demo Rally By BILL COOK Emerald Staff Writer Douglas McKay was "pitched out of the Department of the In terior and sent to the western front to be slaughtered,” said Senator Paul Douglas of Illinois at a $!> a plate Democratic fund raising rally held Sunday night at Eugene High School. Douglas, Introduced by Senator Wayne Morse, characterized Mc Kay as a "Robin Hood in reverse" in renewing Democratic charges of "giveaway" against McKay and other Eisenhower officials. Douglas said that he is not charging McKay with personal dishonesty, but that his handling of the A1 Sarena mining case in itself should be enough to defeat him. UOP Corruption Referring to McKay's speech earlier Sunday when he spoke of integrity in the Eisenhower administration, Douglas refuted these statements by citing cases of corruption in the Eisenhower administration and its handling of it. He said after Democrats had shown former Secretary of Air Talbot suffered from a conflict of interests, he resigned and was given an air show, a letter of commendation from President Eisenhower, whom he said was a ''decent, though somewhat weak ! man" and the highest medal that the Department of Defense can bestow. This, said Douglas, was after Talbot in 1917 had been in a scandal involving the purchase of dcHaviland-four aircraft from the company of which Talbot was president. PAUL DOUGLAS “Slaughter on the Western Front" Douglas attacked the Depart ment of Agriculture by saying that its upper echelons were stocked with men from large (Continued on page three) Larsen Throws Series No-No; Yanks Now Lead The second perfect no-hit, no-run gamr in the history of iKtwInill, and Oif only one in World Hi'rics play, was unfurled Monday aftornoon at Vankor Stadium as New York right handor Don l-arsen rotimd 27 Brooklyn playors in order, win ning 2-0. The Yankees now lead series play, three games to two. McLean, Carter Named to Cabinet Two members of the ASUO Cabinet. Shirley McLean and Jim Carter, have been appointed by Darrell Brittsan and approved by the Senate. Miss McLean will, be campus «ocial rhairman. She is a mem ber of Mortar Board, the Co-op Board, and Phi Beta. She is a de bater and last year was crowned as Little Colonel of the Military, Ball. Carter is public relations chair man of the student body. He is Oregana sales manager and a member, of Druids. Last year he was a member of Skull and Dag ger. Emerald co-advertising man ager. general chairman of World University Service, co-chairman of the All-Campus Sing and a committee chairman of Greek Week. The Cabinet is a group which meets wulh the President and helps him form a program. It acts as an advisory group. Other mem bers of the Cabinet are Helen Johnson, President of Associated Women Students; Keith Barker.1 chairman of the Co-op Board; Erl Fadelcv, chairman of the Student ! Union Board; Jim Perry, editor of the Oregana; Bill Mainvvaring, editor of the Oregon Daily Em erald; Donald DuShane, Director of Student Affairs, and an ath letic manager, not yet selected. Petitions Now Due For Homecoming Homecoming- committee sub chairmen petitions are due Mon day at 5 p.m. in the ASUO pe tition box on the third floor of the Student Union. The following sub-chairman po sitions arc open: Hospitality: contact. SU regis tration, living organization regis tration, alumni hospitality, reg istration materials, hotel and res taurant accommodations. Brunch: decorations, entertain ment, clean-up. Dance: chaperones, decorations, promotion, ticket sales, programs, clean-up. Float Parade: Committee mem bers are needed. Sub-committee heads will be picked from among petitioners. Finance: button sales, brunch ticket sales. Committee petitions are due Wednesday at 5 p.m. Members are needed for hospitality, brunch, dance, finance, sign contest, and publicity committees. Neuberger Appears On Campus Tues. United States Senator Richard ! Ncuberger will op>en the Unlver- ! sity's assembly program Tuesday at 1 p.m. with a speech concern ing the intellectual's role in poll- ; tics. Neubcrger will probably cm- j phasize his belief that the po litical picture needs more men fiom the academic world, accord ing to Bert Swanson, the Sen* I ator’s advance chairman. Swanson said Ncuberger will ‘ piobably use Sen. Motive, former dean of the University Law School, as an illustration of his I theme. i RICHARD NELBERGEB Opens Assembly Tuesday ,He Ip also likely to discuss the Oregon gubernatorial race, in cluding endorsement for Demo cratic candidate Robert Holmes. Swanson said he will possibly make a direct reference to the stand on higher education taken by the two candidates. Holmes and Gov. Elmo Smith, Republican. | After stops in Seattle, Port land. and Canby, Ore., Sen. and Mrs. Neuberger will arrive in Eu gene Tuesday at about 10:30 a.m. The Senator will then be rushed to an assembly at Cottage Grove High School where he will speak on "The Need for Young People to Become Interested in Poli tics." He will mention his own wil lingness to assist young people get a start in politics. Neuberger selects a Senate page each year, and he selects a special research assistant from some Oregon col- i lege each year. Larry Hobart, the 1952-53 Emerald editor, is now a member of the Senator's Wash ington staff. Neuberger will then return to Eugene for his speech at 1 p.m. At 4 p.m. he will speak at an S.U. Coffee Hour Forum. At 8 p.m. he will speak to the Eugene Tsaac Walton League on "What Is Happening to Our Natural Resources." Call Sweetheart Nominees Today Deadline for nominations for the Sweetheart of Sigma Chi con test has been set for today at 4, according to Burke Rice, fra ternity president. Candidates must be freshman women, he said. Every freshman dormitory, sorority and women’s co-op is eligible to nominate a candidate. The contest opens Tuesday eve ning, when the Sigma Chi’s will entertain their candidates’ at a fireside. The eventual winner will reign over the fraternity's annual Sweetheart Ball. Mrs Neuberger also takes part in the campaign schedule. Her schedule includes a visit to Waldo Schumaker's political science class at 11 a m. She will be guest of honor at a luncheon sponsored by Phi Sigma Alpha, political sci ence honorary. While a student at the Univer sity, Neuberger was editor of the Emerald in 1932-33. He later at tended the University’s Law School, where Wayne Morse was then dean. He worked as a sports writer for The Oregonian. He has writ ten various books, the latest of which is his “Adventures In Poli tics." He has also had a number of articles published in such magazines as Saturday Evening Post, Colliers, New Republic, and has written for The New Work Times. Neuberger entered state poli tics in 1940 when he was elected a Representative from Multno mah county to the state legisla ture. His term was interrupted by a period of service in the Army, After his return to civilian life he was again elected to the legislature. In 1954, 14 years after entering state politics, Neuberger defeated Republican Sen. Guy Cordon to become a member of the U.S. Senate. His victory gave him the honor of being the first Democrat to be elected to the Senate from Oregon in many years. Upon leaving Eugene, the Sen ator and his wife will visit Ore gon State College and Portland, where a rally is being planned for Adlai Stevenson. Turnabout Theatre To Play Tonight The Turnabout Theatre, a com bination of actors and puppets in various acts, will be presented in the Student Unioh Ballroom to night at 8. The show features two stages, one at each end of the auditorium. Audiences watch the puppet show on one stage, and then return after intermission to watch the actors on the other. Appearing here in person, in this one stop engagement, will be Forman- Brown, Harry Burnett, and Richard Brandon, the original founders of the group. They are said to be among America's fore most puppeteers. “This is one of the most thrill ing and exciting stage shows one can see. If you see it once you’ll want to see it again,” commented Jean Wyly, box office manager. Student prices for sections A, B, and C will be $1.50, $1 and 75 cents. Holders of University Theatre season tickets may buy seats at a fifty cent reduction. Tickets are still available at the UT box office and the Erb Me morial Union, as well as at the door. Skull and Dagger Calls for Petitions Petitions are being called for by Skull and Dagger to fill two vacant memberships. Petitioners must be sophomore men with a 2:00 GPA and a 2.00 last term. Deadline for turning in petitions is Friday at 4 :30 p.m. •» A picture of the applicant must be turned in with each petition. Those Who have already turned in their petitions without pictures should pick them up and then re turn them with a picture.