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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (April 23, 1961)
MedfordSWTribune MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 23, 1961 ' C " "V fcf V- si' dCmf'mtirm I -Tj-f Students Give Luau mm . JVt . Mill" ' More than 300 students and townspeople of southern ' Oregon and northern California dined on exotic foods in a setting of island blossoms, fish nets and torch lights last Sunday night in the Southern Oregon college Commons building, ' Ashland. The festive event was a traditional island luau' given by the 25 SOC students who make up the Southern Oregon College Hawaiian club. : Pol is served at every luau, to It was part of, the food flown from Hawaii for the SOC party. From the expressions on the face's of Fred Schuerman (ar left), Linda Wright, Chris Shearer and Rich Ann Flynn;- all SOC students, they 'were a bit : dubious about the food which Is a staple In the diet of Hawaiian?. Pol is laro root pounded into a paste, and is traditionally eaten with one or two fingers, , . depending on the consistency.' ., ... :., ; ; ' -; j -i s ( -""lew J- t H ' St . . . , . ic-vi- ' r ' 4 r i' : i I V I 11 j-TT.li... Hawaiian club members entertained with Island songs and dances during the luau. Pictured here, against the background of a fish net hung with vanda orchids which spelled out "Aloha" are (left to right) Margie Tam'Genny Arruda, Then Chang, Kathleen Kangun and Vicki Nilno. Miss Chang was chairman of the luau. Members of the club and fellow students who assisted with the event wore island clothing and leis of fragrant blossoms sent from Hawaii by air for the festive event. rrn rpr 1 Part of the luau decorations Included a make-believe volcano fashioned from foil and colored lights. Shown working on the volcano are (left to right) Byron Easiey, Joanne Morita, Harold S. Sekiguchi and Margot Girton. Mr. Sekiguchi, faculty member of Southern Oregon college, is an advisor for the Hawaiian club. The door of the Commons was marked by a large artificial palm tree and guests stepped through an arch of flowers and leaves, flanked by tall lanterns, to enter the dining room. .' . , Tiny Alice Dot, daughter of the Richard T. Dois, was wide-eyed over the flpw ers, lights and crowds at the luau. Mr. . Dot is an assistant professor of art at SOC. ' rt Is Miss Theo Chang, chairman of the luau, is seen welcoming Arnold D. Wolfe as he arrived at the SOC Commons for the luau. Mr. Wolfe is an assistant professor of business at the college. Ml mm "T. i As a long line of eager guests waited-outside, club members hastened to put the first of . the island delicacies on the tables. Pictured here are Joanne Morita and Calern Matsuoka. The menu included lau lau (butterfish, pork and salmon in tl leaves), chicken longrice, uwala kalua (baked yams) and lomi lomi salmon. Lorn! lorn) meant "rubbed" In Hawaiian and this dish is made of king salmon minced with the fingers and mixed with chopped i .v "., fresh tomatoes and onions. Dessert was fresh cocoanut cake. " ' c Guests at the luau were invited to join in learning some of the Island dances, and Dr. Elmo Stevenson, president of Southern Ore gon college, took lessons from Carolyn Yamada. SOC has had a large group of Hawaiian students enrolled every year, and the young people from the Islands are always popular with those from other states. i v Diane Enos (at left) and Margie Tarn helped arrange island greenery and blossoms which were used at decorations for the luau. Anthurium, vanda orchids, bird of paradise, red torch ginger blossoms, carnations, pikaki, pakatana and tl leaves were flown to Ashland for the party. Some of the guests were presented leis of fresh flowers. (Photos by Jerry Taylor)
