BOB BARRATTA APPOINTED CAMPUS DAY CHAIRMAN
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Volume Number XLVIII UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND, PORTLAND, OREGON, NOVEMBER 3, 1950
Number 7
WE CHRISTOPHER SEAN' OPENS TONIGHT
New Numerical Parking System
Undergoes Fire from Petition
Proposal to New Board
Opens Major Controversy
Bv DENNIS MORAN
Beacon Editor
"Out with the new regime, in with
the oid" is the current by-word of
a portion of Portland students.
Monday. Pat Quinlan, sophomore,
strolled into the Gripe Board office,
located in West-208, and “planked”
down a petition consisting of some
70 names. The solicitation demand¬
ed that Portland's numerical park¬
ing set-up be given the old “heave-
ho” and last year’s system be re¬
instated.
Under direction of Harvey Os¬
born, senior, tie Gripe Board re¬
viewed the complaint and made as¬
surance that action would be taken.
Glen Whitlows, senior, parking di¬
rector, was immediately notified of
the petition.
Undesirable elements concerning
the present parking system as
enumerated by Quinlan were that
biased means were used In the dis¬
tribution of license plates at the
beginning of the year. Student body
officers and other students were
given choice spots. Also he charged
that the system of priority con¬
cerning classes is unfair, and has
not been followed.
The petition stated that many
students are parking in the street
while stalls arc empty because some
individuals have only a few morning
classes. It concluded that if last
year’s set-up was reinstated more
students would be able to park cars
and there would be less confusion
than there is at present.
In reply to Quinlan’s petition a
statement was Issued from Widows
in the parking director’s office.
"Portland’s parking system is now
functioning correctly and the ad¬
vantages offered this year far out¬
weigh those of last year. Under the
present set-up drivers know exactly
where they are going and the con¬
gestion and confusion have been re-
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Plans Readied for Event
In conjunction with a new plan
of appointing three co-chairmen to
conduct Campus Day’s activities as
opposed to last year’s overall chair¬
man, Bob Barratta, junior, has been
selected to handle the Jubilee theme
of events for the annual fete. The
appointment was made by Sy Rooen,
senior, student body president.
With Portland celebrating her
Jubilee year, special emphasis will
be placed on Campus Day this year,
reports Barratta. The day’s name
will be changed to Founders Day,
as it was called in years past, for the
purpose of giving special meaning
to the festive event which has been
a tradition on Portland’s campus.
As Jubilee chairman, Barratta will
participate in all meetings of the
Executive Jubilee Council in order
to be up to date on all activities.
Tentative plans call for a pageant
which will reinact the historical
event when Rev. Alexander Christie,
archbishop of Oregon City in Ore¬
gon, university founder, met the car¬
riage of Portland’s first president,
Rev. Edward P. Murphy, archdio¬
cesan priest. The event will begin
at Portland’s union station.
Two additional chairmen who
have yet to be appointed will have
charge of a dance program, all ath¬
letic events, games and luncheon.
Bob Herndon, senior, newly elected
vice president, as chairman of social
activities, will serve as overall di¬
rector of the function.
Rooen announces that appoint¬
ment of the two new chairmen will
be made in the near future. Barratta
was appointed early because of the
great deal of work and planning
which will be necessary for his posi¬
tion.
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Bob Barratta
. . . first of three.
IV3ARYLHURST
SOPHOMORES
SLATE FORMAL
Grandeur of the old south will be
the setting for "Southern Portrait,”
a formal dance sponsored by Maryl-
hurst college tonight in Flavia hall,
from 9 p. m. to midnight.
Offered by the sophomore class,
the event will feature the music of
Freddie Keller and his orchestra.
A gold archway, depicting the pas¬
sage of a century, will frame the
entrance to the hall.
Open only to Marylhurst girls and
escorts, a ruling has been passed
that there will be no corsages at the
dance. Jim Popham, sophomore, is
arranging dates for Portland stu¬
dents.
Forensic Meet Draws 10 Speakers
Ten students will represent Port- —
land at the Willamette Valley For¬
ensic Institute convention, sched¬
uled at Linfield college tomorrow
LAWYERS BILL
JOINT CONCLAVE
speaker in keeping with the club
policy of obtaining key figures in
the field of law to address members.
Drama Players Stage
Premiere Production
Veterans, Novice Actors Will Star In Comedy Play;
William Stites Handles Direction
Premere campus production of Sidney Howard’s three act comedy, "The
Late Christopher Bean”, is scheduled for 8:30 tonight before an Education
hall audience. The play, first offering of the Portland Players this semes¬
ter, will also be staged Saturday and Sunday evenings.
Seniors Pick
Candidates
Ballots nominating students for
Who's Who Among Students in
American Universities and Colleges
have been collected, counted and
turned over to Rev. John Hooyboer,
C.S.C., dean of studies, reports Bill
Smith, senior, class president.
The voting took place last Fri¬
day and Saturday on campus. Out
of a total of 393 seniors, only 75
votes were cast.
Ballot totals will be given to a
special faculty board consisting of
the deans of Portland’s colleges who
will choose 26 to 28 nominees for
Who’s Who. Selection will be made
from a basis of GPA averages,
extra-curricular activity and pop¬
ularity.
According to Father Hooyboer, the
special faculty board reserves the
right to include or refute any name
on the ballot list submitted by the
seniors.
‘POT BOILER’
PLAY SET FOR
STUDENT CONVO
Presentation of "The Pot Boiler,”
a 40-minute, one-act satire, will
make up the program of the De¬
cember 6 student convocation.
Members of the cast are “Sud” by
Bill Stout, senior; “Mr. Wouldby”
by Dick Carpenter, freshman; “Miss
Ivory” by Elizabeth Rosky, fresh¬
man; “Mrs. Pencil” by Jean Ebert,
sophomore; "Mr. Ruler” by David
Sutherland, freshman; “Mr. Ivory”
by Bernard Fritz, freshman, and
"Mr. Inkwell" by Don Henderson,
junior.
The vehicle, which is a tale of
human cupidity, revolves around the
efforts of all concerned to obtain the
paintings, which were thought to
be valueless, and have been used
for such mundane offices as patch¬
ing a chicken -house roof, suddenly
skyrocket in value.
The cast will include many veter¬
an actors, and will star John
Тора,
graduate student, who has had over
19 years’ experience on the New York
stage. Topa will play the lead role
of Dr. Haggett, a kindly old country
doctor who is amazed at the interest
of art collectors in the paintings he
thought to be valueless.
Playing opposite Topa, as Mrs.
Haggett, is Catherine Uacilla, who
portrays the part of a grasping old
woman, who desires all the profit
from the paintings for herself.
Davenport, a New York art dealer
and “discoverer,” of the masterpieces
is enacted by Bill Riggs, sophomore.
Susan and Ada, daughters of the
Haggetts, are played by Carolyn
Witteman and Elizabeth Rosky,
freshmen.
Love interest is supplied by Pete
Howard, junior, in the role of War¬
ren, a struggling young painter, who
wants to marry Susan Haggett,
against the wishes of her mother.
Mr. Rosen, another art dealer, Is
portrayed by Dick Carpenter, fresh¬
man, who Is attempting a stage
characterization for the first time.
Others included in the cast are
Jean Ebert, sophomore, portraying
Abbey, the maid; and Harold Sher¬
man as Tallant, an art critic.
Production staff consists of Pete
Howard, junior, stage manager; and
Dick Greene, junior, business man¬
ager. Director is William Stites,
speech instructor.
Club Reorganizes
Officers will be elected and the
program outlined at an organiza¬
tional meeting of the Campus
French club (Circle Universitaire) at
noon, Monday, November 6, In the
Psychology building.
with speech sections on debate, dis¬
cussion and extemporaneous topics.
The debate topic will be “Resolved
that the non-Communist nations
should form a new world organiza¬
tion." The topic for both discus¬
sion and extemp will be “The Wel¬
fare State.”
Under direction of Rev. Robert
Beh, C.S.C., speech department
head, members of the debate team
will be present and students repre¬
senting Portland in discussion ses¬
sions will be A1 Watt, senior; John
Hart and John Gardiner, juniors.
Representatives from the college
of nursing include Pat Loftis, Mary
Jo Lindsay, Pat Mears, Jacqueiin
Stanley, Florence Santini and
Phyllis Rucker.
Portland’s Barristers club' laid
plans for its next two meetings,
Thursday, when the executive com¬
mittee met at the home of Pete
Taylor, freshman, ICC representa¬
tive.
A social meeting will officially
launch the club calendar, November
11. The affair will be open to all
members and their guests. Meet¬
ing place will be announced later
this week by George Van Hoomissen,
senior, president.
An invitation has been extended
to Orlando J. Hollis, dean of law at
the University of Oregon, to address
a joint meeting of the Pilot bar¬
risters and the Vanport college law
students. November 2 has been set
as the date for this business meet¬
ing.
Dean Hollis was invited as guest
LOG AWARDED
“All American” rating has been
awarded to the 1950 Log, campus
yearbook, after a critical reviewing
of the annual by the National
Scholastic Press association. The
rating is the highest given by the
association.
Scoring a total of 3150 points, the
Log was especially commended for
typography, editing and layouts.
Picture identification and captions
netted the book several hundred
points.
Sections giving writeups of cam¬
pus organizations were rated best
and athletic and school life cov¬
erage were next in garnering points
for the prize-winning book.
Plan, theme and design were
given an average commendation of
ALL-AMERICAN
Don Newman
. . 1949-50 Log chief.
PRESS HONORS
excellent. The service added that the
book fulfilled its purpose in re¬
cording the events of the year and
that it had a definite personality
distinguishing it from other an¬
nuals circulated throughout the na¬
tion.
This is the first year that the
Log has won the top rating. Don
Newman, '50, served as editor and
was assisted by Jerry Domier, sen¬
ior, and Connie Robert!, ’50. Pete
Ford, ’50, was sports editor. Copy¬
writers were John Daly, ’50; Tin
Welch and Joan Dove, seniors, and
Ed Springer and Lenore Guest, jun¬
iors. Advertising was handled by
Dave Anderton, ’50, and Tom Miller,
senior. Joe Perelle, senior, and
Henry Des Georges, junior, were
staff photographers.