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Sousing Awaits Whiskerless Second-Year Men No Shave Law to Be Enforced 'Vigilantes' to Dunk All Sophomores Sans Fuzzy Faces Pogotnnomy—the art of shaving —becomes an extinct science on the University of Oregon campus tomorrow, at least for sophomore males. After closing hours for the Mili tary ball tonight, the official mole skin police force will go into ac tion, and any second-year man caught sans a beard dining the two weeks interim before the an nual Sophomore Whiskerino dance February 17, will be dunked in a watering trough before the College Side. Trimmin’ OK Although there are 23 house dances scheduled between now and the Whiskerino, the sophomores' Sheriff Buck Buchwach has issued a declaration that beards "can't be shaved, but may be trimmed for very special occasions." A deputized group of 50 Oregon "muscle men" to be called "vigi lantes” will meet Tuesday after noon at 4 o’clock to receive their official badges and receive in structions. It will be their duty to handle the dunking of all non growers of beards. Dungaree Deputies The vigilante group will wear blue denim overalls, colored wool shirts, boots or moccasins, and their special deputy sheriff badges during the two weeks period. Following is the list of officers who will work under Sheriff Buch wach to "bring law and order to the University of Oregon campus.” Walt Lidstroni and Roy Dyer, Phi Delta Theta; Hy Harris and Vic Nudelman, Sigma Alpha Mu; Charles "Buzz” Baker and Clar ence Kruger, Canard club; Bill Carney and Dick Whitman, Sigma Nu; Elmer Olsen and Martin Schedler, Campbell co-op; Bob Beckner and Ray Segale, SAE, Henry Carr and Wimpy Smith, Kirkwood co-op; Jerry Macdonald and Don Cawley, Kappa Sigma; A1 Adams and Bill Endicott, Alpha hall; Len Surles and Jack McCli ment, Sigma Chi. More Musclemen Nick Notos and Carl Peetz, Gamma hall; Bill Regner and John Veatch, Beta Theta Pi; Harry Pace and Gordon Landeen, Zeta hall; Bob Deverell and Jim Houck, Theta Chi; John Browning and Cliff Carson, Sigma hall; Bill Fu git and Bill MacGibbon, ATO; Glenn Colwell and Bob Calkins. Omega hall; Ralph Stevens and Clark Weaver, Phi Psi; Tom How ell and Dick Warren, Sherry Ross hall; Ernie Williams and Dick Lu mas, Chi Psi; Ray Gennette and Monty Klepper, Pi-Kappa Alpha; Bob Range and Clint McGill, Fijis; Jack Waits and Fred Konschot, Sig Eps; Ed Moshofsky and Bob Lovell, Delta Upsilon; and Jack Daniels and Bob Hansen, Delta Tau Delta. Duck Tracks (Continued from papc three) Not content with the regular eonii>etitioii, Couch Cutler has hooked two special record tries— by Jack Dallas and Sherm Wet more, Oregon’s great swim duo from Cong Beach. After the meet is over, Dallas will attempt to lower the 100-yard coast breaststroke mark, and Wet more will challenge the coast backstroke record. Oregon State, incidentally, has gracefully agreed to enter men in each event in or der to make marks, if set, official. In meet competition, Oregon swim followers expect Duck splashers to lower three records! —Dallas, the 200-yard breast-1 stroke; Wetmore, the 150-yard backstroke; and Wetmore, Dallas, and either Jerry MacDonald or Pierce Mallory, the 300-yard med ley relay. Yes, and if new marks are set, they will be sent to the Southern Cal coast representative with a lit tle note telling him not to over-1 look them. Last year, Wetmore and Dallas set new coast marks, but they were not entered into the books because the S.C. official "neglected” to register them with the proper officials. ' THE BOOK SHELF “Book Shelf” is a weekly feature, appearing eaeli Saturday in the Emerald. The staff of writers are students in the eritieism class, English 315. Books reviewed in this column are from the shelves of the University Co-op store. By WINIFRED WILHELM “Rejected finest" By Richard Aldington Richard Adlington gives the read er plenty of food for thought in his character of David Norris, the rejected guest. In his lifetime of twenty-one years, this talented sensitive young man has struggled, because of his illegitimacy, to break through the man-made so cial barriers of society and find his place in the world. Aldington moves against out lawed conventions, which he calls “bunk,” and wields the stinging lash of the idealist against the stupidity and cruelty that can wreck a child's life, and in so do ing wreck a man’s. Tn the prologue, Mr. Aldington wrote: “Through a j good many doubts and hesitancies, 11 have always preserved a certain idealism. I believe in men, I be lieve in a certain fundamental in tegrity and comradeship without which society could not endure. I disbelieve in bunk and despotism, even in the dictatorship of the in telligentsia.” Rejected Guest concerns the story of a war baby who never knew his father. The child is raised by his maternal grandparents, who look with real affection upon the sickly child. Outraged against the people about him, who cruelly ac quaint him with the facts of his parentage, Norris’ chief pleasure is found in books. He goes to a gentleman’s school, where he is very unhappy, and from there to London, where he becomes in volved in two love affairs. He meets his grandfather, a prim old English baron, dis turbed by the idea of an illegiti mate grandson, who promises to remember the boy in his will if he will leave England. David has a string of golden months on the Riv iera before his grandfather dies, intestate, leaving the young man once again faced with the problem of making his own way in a world Where he has found neither peace nor enduring love and friendship. The alert imagination of Ald ington and the dramatic simplicity of his presentation make for fas cinating reading. Aldington’s char acterization of Norris is convinc ingly alive because the author himself senses life so realistically. It is a book college students will find well worth reading because it is a man’s attempted solution in the face of almost inevitable de feat. Luncheon to Open Business Conclave The opening luncheon for the Business-Student conference to he held Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday will be given by the Pro peller club Tuesday at 12:15 at the Anchorage. Mike Moran, president of the club, said that everyone in the school of business administra tion was invited to attend the luncheon. Dean Victor P. Morris of the school of business administration will give a welcome and explain the purpose of the conference. H. E. Waterbury, district manager of the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce department in Portland, will be the guest speaker. Other business men who will par ticipate in the opening day and who will be present are as follows: Philip M. Lively of Bates, Lively, and Pearson in Portland; Ralph Martin of the Charles K. Spauld ing Logging company; Fred Reese, secretary of the port and traffic development bureau of the Port land Chamber of Commerce; Wil liam Joy Smith, general agent of the National Life Insurance Com pany of Virginia; and E. M. Chil eote of Chilcote and Smith com pany. Plans for Additions In the circulation room of the library the architect's drawings of the proposed campus development aie on display. The plans now show an addition to three campus build ings, Oregon, Commerce, and Con don, and three new buildings UNIVERSITY BUSINESS COLLEGE SHORTHAND — TYPEWRITING COMPLETE BUSINESS COURSES Edward L. Ryan, B S., LL.B.. Mgr. I. O. O. F. Buildg., Eugene Phone 2973 By MARTIN LUTHER “Soaring Wings" By George V. Putnam "What's all the fuss for, T have n’t done any more than fly across the ocean. My gosh, it wasn’t any harder to do than sliding down my home-made ‘roily coaster.’ You should have seen that; that really had me frightened. Heavens, with these modern inventions flying is just plain fun.” So said Amelia Earhart Putnam after her first famous trans-Atlantic flight. Al ways she greeted roaring crowds, with a surprised look and some query like this, “How did they know I was coming?" Or, “Ts this for me?” Apt Title Soaring Wings. What could be an apter title in a character sketch of a woman who flew on swift wings through her busy life even to her untimely death? And what person is more qualified to write of her life than her husband, George P. Putnam ? He traces it from her “tom boy" childhood, where she soon promised to be something more than a perfect lit tle lady with pink ribbons in her hair, through to her glorious achievements and on to her death. She had the chance to make her first flight because a rich society woman changed her mind at the last minute, deciding not to go, and Amelia was recommended to take her place. Mr. Putnam de scribes what a woman thinks about when making a solo flight across the Atlantic. In this flight he includes a typical example of coolness and daring in which she meets the threat of a manifold to catch on fire. Kingdom Charmed On her arrival the whole king dom of England was charmed by her manner. She was the house guest of nobility and parties and receptions filled days and most of the nights. Upon her return to America she said to her husband, “I had to get up at 6 a.m., hire a plane, and get up in the air where I could be alone for a few min utes.” She at once found herself a ce lebrity; she was soon invited to the White House as the guest of the president and his wife. Of this visit one likes to remember the lines. “A slim woman in a white evening dress took the first lady of the land up for her first air plane ride and after a short spin over the city of Washington land ed without a jar and without once having to remove her white dinner gloves.” wamen r.xciiemoni Amelia Earhart wanted excite ment and adventure, and she want ed to do her bit in science, but above all she wanted to be a wo man. Flying took care of the first two desires and just being Amelia Earhart took care of the third. The honors she received in comple tion of each of her daring flights left her the simple, straight-from the-shoulder person she was. This book shows Amelia Putnam not just another aviator who did some flying but as a person who ac complished many other worth while deeds. Yes, she was a great flyer, but think of the lectures she gave all over the nation about those trips scientific lectures but filled with plain, old horse sense. Does the reader know she was an assistant editor of Cosmopolitan, that she wrote books and designed dresses? One has to hand it to a man who can sit down and skillfuly write a story about his wife and not be prejudiced. Mr. Putnam’s account is anything but prejudiced. He covers his wife’s history in an in formal. conversational style, mak ing the reader feel that Mr. Put nam is talking with him. The pub lic wanted an account of Amelia Earhart Putnam's life, her real, honest-to-g ish life, and that is what Mr. Putnam gives in Soar ing Wings. IT Hopkins, Young Present Faculty Recital Tuesday American Negro Compositions Will Be Featured Both swing enthusiasts ami iov ers of classical music will verj likely nod approval of six America! negro compositions which will b< featured on the faculty recital tc be presented in the school of music auditorium next Tuesday evening at 8:30 by George Hopkins, pianist and Hal Young, tenor. Mr. Hopkins will play five ol these recent numbers- a suite of his own composition, “Suite Jazz,’ Subtitled “Five Miniatures in the Modern American Manner,” the numbers are the outgrowth ol study of harmonies and rhythms typical of the American negro. “Dusky Rhythm” Individual titles for the numbers are “Dusky Rhythm,” “Snake Ryes,” “Hum, Black Boy,” “Moon down,” and the "Black Diamonds" rumba. Three of them were fea tured by the University of Oregon symphony orchestra in its 1939 winter series, and their public pre miere in piano arrangement is ex pected to be one of the high spots of the program. Mr. Young is especially fond of interpreting works with negro rhy thms such as the recital’s conclud ing selection, Jacques Wolfe’s “Swing Along.” The negro spiritual tells of the advice given by the angel who wants to convert the flocks. The joint concert, which is free to the public, wili also include a number of classical compositions. Mr. Young will sing a recitative and aria from “Faust” by Gounod, Liszt’s “Die Lorelei,” “Maiy of Al lendale” by Hook, and several other songs. Mr. Hopkins plans to play DeBussy’s “Reverie” and “Ev ening in Granada,” and numbers by Brahms, Bach, Chopin, and Rachmaninoff. Conference (Continued from pane one) company, and T. W. Hickman, manager of Western State Grocery company, 107 Commerce; Account ing- Floyd K. Bowers, C.P.A. and state supervisor of the division of audits, and Gibson Wright, C.P.A. from M. and M. Woodworking company, room 105 Commerce; and Office Management, Secretarial Mrs. Lillian Van Loan, director of the Eugene Vocational school, 106 Commerce. From 8:80 to 5 the following discussions will be held: Merchan dising G. Vendeneynde, manager of Sears, Roebuck and company, and William Russell, manager of Russell’s in Eugene, room 107 Com merce; Savings and Loan A. V. Lindgren, loan representative of Equitable Savings and Loan asso ciation, room 106 Commerce; and Accounting — Harry M. Krebs, C.P.A. of Clark and Wilson Lum ber company, and S. W. Starr, C.P.A. and state supervisor of di vision of audits, 105 Commerce. An informal dinner sponsored by the Beta Alpha Psi, business ad ministration fraternity, will be held at the Anchorage at 6:15 p.m. Thursday from 2 to 8:80 the fol lowing discussions will be held: Government Service—Bert Chapel, department of finance, room 8 Commerce; Advertising — P. J. MacAuley of the Oregonian, room 107; and Banking and Finance— VV. B. Card, manager of the Unit ed States National Bank, room 106 Commerce. From 8:80 to 5: Personnel — Howard Davis, superintendent of Lipman, Wolfe and company, room 107; Credit —Frank L. Dudley, credit manager of General Grocery company, room 106; and Public Utilities — Walter W. It. May of the Portland Electric Power com pany, room 8 Commerce. The conference will conclude with a dinner sponsored by the —i See us about the wax for that important WINTER FORMAL All kinds of wax We frame pictures LUDFORD’S Phone 713 Willamette 'Ring Around the Rosy* ... iin ■ . X&.-t.iSUr ms - Recent visitors to the campus were Edgar Stillman-Kelly, left, and his wife, Mrs. Stillman-Kelly, right, who visited the University music school and Theodore Kratt, center, tlie director of the school. Mr. Still man-Kelly, who is known as the ‘'Dean of American Composers” is shown here admiring one of Oregon’s famous roses. I I Dr. J. It. Branton, of the relig ion department, will address the Student Christian council at an other of the series of meetings be ing held at Westminster house. The group will meet at 4 o'clock this afternoon. Discussions are held after Dr. Branton’s talk and anyone interested in attending is welcome. Campus Calendar Tau Delta Chi and the Phi Chi Theta, two business administration fraternities, held at the Anchorage at 6:15. Special luncheons are being ar ranged for other groups as follows: Tuesday noon, Propeller club, at the Anchorage; Tuesday noon, in surance men, at the Osburn hotel; and Wednesday noon, accountants, at the Osburn hotel. i-. Surveys Will Find Merchants' Opinion Two surveys are being conduct ed this term by senior students in business administration under the direction of Dr. N. H. Cornish, pro fessor of business administration. The surveys deal with the rela tive importance of the causes given by the consumers and merchants for the returning and exchanging of merchandise in Oregon stores. In one the Oregon merchants are asked to give their opinion as to the causes, and in the other the consumer is asked to tell why he exchanges and returns merchan dise. Research students assisting in collecting data from merchants and from consumers are the fol lowing: Gordon L. Chandler, Avery M. Cloninger, V. Helen Elliott, Lawrence E. Reid, Robert R. Smith, Seth P. Smith, Charles F. Skinner, Paul B. ’Thuneman, and Shirley M. Zion. 'Unknown' Studen ts Show Perseverance By TAT ERICKSON The butcher, the baker, the can dlestick maker—they all take cor respondence study from the Uni versily of Oregon. According to Mozelle Hair, heai of Oregon’s correspondence school 1,637 students were enrolled ii 2,17)6 courses here last year; SO' were men; 830, women. They may take courses langinj from short story writing to calcu lus, and register from anywhere (Try to imagine not standing in i long line the first day every term. Last year's mail order student! came from every county in Oregon 28 outside states, Washington D. C., and Hawaii. A man fron Alaska kept up courses for sev eral years, Miss Hair says, bu lately he has dropped out. Thei there was also for a while a gir scholar in Constantinople. Young Student Last year’s youngest correspon dence pupil was 17), the oldest 67 although 91 of the enrollees re fused to state their ages. The av erage age is between 19 and 25 Miss Hair estimates. Miss Hair has been in charge of the University’s correspondence school since 1908, and says she comes to feel she personally knows many of her correspondents. “Next time I get to Portland, I want tc look her up,” she declared in tell ing of a bedfast young girl now about 19 who has received specia permission from the University tc complete all the work necessarj for her junior certificate by cor respondence. The young lady is majoring in mathematics, and do ing exceptional work, even though she works under a handicap. As a general rule, only 60 hours ;an be earned off the campus, but sometimes permission is grantee rare cases to do more than the isual amount of outside work. Perseverance One faithful Portland man, whe s a postal employe, has been tak ng courses since 1910. Another has stuck with it since 1913. Most popular courses are Eng lish, writing, history, econ, anc math, as Miss Hair lists them. Ap plicants name their occupations as ranging' in many fields: teachers, ■ housewives, secretaries, nurses, li • brarians, laborers, forestry, farm ■ ers, engineers, clerks, bookkeepers, salesmen, housemaids, advertising I men, bakers, bus drivers, carpen , ters, biologists, ministers, messen > gers, loggers, firemen, soda jerk ’ ers, paper boys, sailors, service station managers, and social work ; ers. Publishers Give Libe First Issue Service The library started their files off , right when they subscribed to 1 three new magazines and received ' the first volume and volume num • ber of each of the three. 1 The magazines are Journal of the History of Ideas, January, 1940; The New Alliance, Autumn, 1939; and the College and Research ■ Libraries, December, 1939. The New Alliance is published in Ed inburgh, Scotland, quarterly and is devoted maintly to printing the work of Scottish and Irish writers and artists. You Ought to Know! 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