CORVALLIS CONFERENCE DRAWS PILOT DELEGATES
Oregon State
Be OFCL
Meeting Site
Thirteen Local Colleges
Slate Representation at
Annual Leaders Confab
Appointment of six students to
represent Portland at the annual
convention of the Oregon Federa¬
tion of Collegiate Leaders was made
Wednesday by Sy Rooen, senior,
student body president. The con¬
clave is scheduled for this week-end
at Oregon State college In Corvallis.
Delegates named are Rooen, Dick
Collins, student body treasurer;
Dennis Moran, Beacon editor, sen¬
iors; Bob Barratta, Founders’ Day
chairman, junior; Jim Popham, stu¬
dent body secretary, Tom Cooney,
rally squad leader, sophomores, and
Mike Walsh, freshman class pres¬
ident.
The convention, which meets to
exchange ideas in collegiate leader¬
ship circles, will be made up of
six commissions. A constitution,
drawn for the organization by
Rooen, will be presented to the gen¬
eral assembly at the opening of
the meeting.
Portland representatives to each
of the commissions are Moran, pub¬
lications; Collins, finance; Barratta,
student government; Popham.
school spirit; Cooney, intercollegiate
relations, and Walsh, student body
elections.
Thirteen colleges are expected to
send delegates to the confab. The
meeting will open at noon today
and close at noon Sunday.
Reports of each representative
will be filed in the student body
office next week by the delegates.
NOVENA BEGINS
NOVEMBER 13
A special novena, dedicated to
church and personal vocations, will
open Monday in Christie hall
chapel.
The novena will end November 21,
on the feast of the Presentation
of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
BEACON
VOL. NO. XL VIII
UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND, PORTLAND, OREGON, NOVEMBER 10, 1950
Number 8
27 STUDENTS SELECTED FOR WHO’S WHO
OFCL Delegates
. last minute instructions.
PRESIDENT TO
GIVE SPEECH
Opening address of Religious
Emphasis Week at Oregon State
college, November 12-15, will be
given by Rev. Robert H. Sweeney,
CjS.C., Portland president.
General theme of the week Is
“The Sciences and Religion Search
Together.” Following the opening
ceremonies Sunday, the event will
continue for three days .
Father Sweeney has also been in¬
vited to take part in a forum Tues¬
day on the question “Does Science
Cancel Religion?"
Principal speaker at the affair
will be Dr. Robert Millikan, who
will give frank acknowledgments of
providential guidance at critical
points in his life work.
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Take “Country Style”
RICHARDSON
PLANS NEXT
YULE PARTY
Initial plans towards preparation
for the third annual campus Christ¬
mas party for orphans were ar¬
ranged Monday by A1 Richardson.
Pilot House manager, and director
of the affair.
December 15 is the tentative date
for the party which will be held
in the new Pilot House.
Richardson is hoping for a bigger
and better party than last year’s
and has added many new attrac¬
tions. Aside from Santa’s gift to
each child, he has started a fund
which will enable the giving of
a boy’s bicycle and a girl’s bicycle
as top prizes. One hundred and
twenty-five children, ranging from
6 to 12 in age, will be invited.
In order to raise money for the
affair, benefit tickets will go on
sale at the Pilot House starting
Monday.
Vet Charges End
No books or supplies will be hon¬
ored on veteran administration
charge accounts after Wednesday,
November 22, at the West hall book
store, reports Pat Sage, manager.
Charges will again be honored
with the start of second semester
classes.
Blue jeans, plaid shirts end
corncob pipes will be the vogue
when Portland’s Engineer’s club
presents its annual barn dance,
"Make Mine Country Style,” Tues¬
day, November 21, hr Education
hall.
As in past years, decorational
theme will center around a barn¬
yard background with hay and
cornstalks featured. A host of
lighted lanterns and wagon wheels
will complete the scene.
Wes Lang and his orchestra will
present their musical offerings at
the affair from 9 p. m. until mid¬
night. Admission price is 75 cents
stag and $1.25 per couple.
An innovation this year will find
corncob pipes being sold in place
of tickets. The pipes will be used
for admission purposes and will
also contain numbers to be used
for door prizes. Highlight of inter¬
mission entertainment will be the
awarding of prizes. Several talent
numbers from members of the En¬
gineer’s club will also be offered.
Assisting chairman Arnold Gar-
lick, senior, at the hoe-down are
John Watt and Ken Shedler, sen¬
iors, and Jim Gix, Jerry Gix and
Ed Bolf, juniors.
Business Ad Lists 10; Liberal Arts, Nine; Nurses, Engin¬
eers, Three Each; Science, Music, One Each.
Nomination of 27 members of Portland’s senior class for recognition
in the 1950-51 edition of Who's Who in American Colleges and Univers¬
ities was approved Tuesday and submitted to the national committee.
The college of business administration led the roll with 10, followed by
nine from liberal arts, three each from nursing and engineering and one
each from science and music.
Selection of Portland students for
the honor were made by the senior
class, subject to the approval of the
academic deans. Number of stu¬
dents from each college was based
on the total enrolled in that di¬
vision.
Business administration seniors
included on the list are: Larry Am¬
brose Dinneen, James Thomas Hart¬
ford, John Joseph Henick, Robert
James Mattecheck, Robert C. Rev-
erman, Edward Brent Perkins,
Chester Herbert Rooklidge, George
Albert Van Hoomissen, Howard
James Rooen and Donald Lee Mof-
fenbeier.
Liberal arts placed William Smith,
Dennis James Moran, William
Thomas Carroll, Charles Kevin Col¬
lins, Jefferson Davis Yohn, Alan.
Donald Watt, Ferd Borsch, Jr„ Eu¬
gene J. Kersteins and Robert J.
Remington.
Robert H. Herndon, Robert Gene
Hamreus and Donald Glen Dorres
will represent the school of engin¬
eering and Otto Yum
Au was
selected from the college of science.
Gerald William Dickson was named
from the school of music and Polly
Melhuish, Bienna Kay Bassett and
Ann Quinn are the college of nurs¬
ing’s nominees.
A complete list of all the Who’s
Who nominees in the country will
be published in a brochure this
coming spring. Details concerning
eaGh student will be included. Com¬
pilers of the book are located at
Tuseallosa, Alabama.
Choral Group
ReadiesShow
Little Singers of Paris
Opens Cultural Series
(Picture Page 2)
Initial Northwest appearance of
the Little Singers of Paris, a 30-
voice boys’ choral group, will be
the opening concert of Portland's
1950-51 Cultural Series, Sunday at
2:30 p. m., in the civic auditorium.
A program consisting of religious
and secular music composed since
the Renaissance will be offered by
the Singers. They are under the
direction of Abbe Maillet.
Founded in 1907, the group has
performed throughout Europe and
eastern United States. Originally
they sang for churches and religious
festivals and later became a con¬
cert organization.
Portland students will be able to
attend the concert free of charge
and may obtain reserved seats at
the J. K. Gill box office this week
or at the auditorium Sunday in
exchange for a ticket from their
atheltic books.
Regular prices for the perform¬
ance have been set at $2.40, $1.80
and $1.20. Students from other
schools will be admitted at half
price for all seats. All seats are
reserved.
The complete program of the Lit¬
tle Singers:
French songs (from the 16 to
20 century).
Chanson villageoise de Gascogne
— attributed to Claude Lejeune (16
century) .
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Thanksgiving Recess
Classes will be suspended Thurs¬
day, Friday and Saturday, Novem¬
ber 23 through 25, for Portland’s
annual Thanksgiving holiday, re¬
ports Rev. John J. Hooybocr, C.S.C.,
dean of studies. Classes will resume
at 8:10 a. m. Monday, November 27.
DINNER WILL HONOR SIX
Presentation of awards honoring
the top six men in the Northwest
region in the fields of undergrad¬
uate work which Portland offers
will be the spotlight attraction at
a Golden Jubilee dinner, November
14, at 7:30 p. m. in Campus Com¬
mons.
Awards in the form of a scroll
will be presented to leaders In the
fields of law, business, medicine,
science, music and engineering by
the various Portland deans. Each
scroll will be inscribed with “The
University of Portland on the occa¬
sion of the Golden jubilee wishing
to honor professional excellence and
leadership In the Northwest recog¬
nizes the following men."
Master of ceremonies for the fete
will be The Honorable Hail S. Lusk,
chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme
Court, and chairman of the asso¬
ciate board of trustees. The pre¬
sentation of awards will be broad¬
cast over KEX from 8:30 to 9 p. m.
Main speaker at the banquet will
be Rev. Robert H. Sweeney, C.S.C.,
Portland president.
Dinner chairman for the affair
will be R. Gerard Barrett, vice
president of the Portland Gas and
Coke Company, and chairman of
the trustee committee of the Golden
Jubilee. The dinner will be served
by members of the Intercollegiate
Knights, campus service organiza¬
tion.
PIRATE DANCE
DUE TONIGHT
“Heave-ho matey” will be the
by-word for those attending the
Pirates Prance tonight in St. Vin¬
cent’s auditorium from 9 p. m. to
midnight.
Sponsored by the college of nurs¬
ing, pep club music for the social
will be furnished by Don Cunnings
and his records. Admission price
has been set at 25 cents stag and
35 cents a couple.
General chairman of the affair
is Rose Kelly. Assisting her will be
Barbara Gartrell and Dorothy Var-
danega, co-chairmen of decorations;
Dorothy LaMar, music; Joan Dove
and Louise Sacchini, co-chairmen
of refreshments; Jean McIntyre,
cleanup, and Alice Bauer, publicity.
Barn Dance Committee
. . . famous last words.
FITZPATRICK
TALKS BEFORE
PSYCHOLOGISTS
First in a 1950-51 series of for¬
ums on psychology and psychiatry
was conducted Wednesday in the
psychology library by students and
faculty members of that depart¬
ment.
Guest speaker .was J. Barron
Fitzpatrick, NS£.W, administrator
of the Children’s bureau, Portland
Catholic Charities.
Open to the public, the series
will be conducted every week and
will introduce students and guests
to certain fields in psychology.
Purpose of the forums Is to keep
the public abreast with current
psychological progress.
