L U. OF 0. L rBFJARY CAMPUS A Spring OpeningEdition - See Special Section Ducks Take Second Tilt, 55-44 World Future To Be Probed At Assembly Dr. Bruner Talks In Gerlinger Hall At 11 a.m. Today Dr. Edmund de Schweinitz Brun ner, director of rural research at Columbia university, will discuss a world of future and present col lege problems this morning when he addresses an ASUO assembly in Gerlinger hall on “The University Student in the 1940s.” The personnel office yesterday announced a complete program and stated that the assembly will: begin at the usual hour, 11 o’clock. Writes Books Dr. Brunner has taught at Co lumbia university since 1926 and for nine years has been professor of rural research. During the past 14 years he has written over 25 books dealing with social prob lems. As a lecturer, the noted soci-1 ologist spoke at the Universities of. Australia and New Zealand in 1937 and at the present time he is col laborator with the United States department of agriculture. He has led nine nationwide sociology sur veys since 1928. —»- Receives Degrees Dr. Brunoner was born in Beth lehem, Pennsylvania, and was edu cated at Moravian college. He re ceived his B.A. degree in J1909, his M.A. in 1912, and his Ph.D. in 1914. Included on this morning’s pro gram will be two songs by mem bers of the Tri-Delt chorus. They will sing “Last Night" and "Gleam ing White Pearl.” Dr. Donald M. Erb, University president, will be in charge of the assembly and will introduce the speaker. Graham Troupe Here Monday When Master Dance brings Mar tha Graham to the Igloo stage for a performance Monday evening, March 4, an all-American com pany of stage artists will accom pany America’s “first lady of mod em dance,” with half the troupe hailing from west coast states and the remainder from the East. Oregon, California, Washington, New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl vania, and Connecticut are home states claimed by members of Miss Graham's itinerant performers. Each is a solo dancer in her own right, and most of them have ap | peared before the public in per formances of their own. With Miss Graham also will be Douis Horst, her musical director (Please turn to payc fourteen) Signs of Spring? ... or just the WPA? Pictured above is a section of the campus torn up by the WPA in their work on the new heating tunnel. Excava tions for the tunnel, popularly called “Oregon’s Maginot Line," can be seen in the foreground. Ducks Tagged As 'March of Dimes' Campaign Starts Other Sources Will Be Contacted for Swimmers' Fund Scores of light yellow tags hung from student lapels, watch chains, and belts last night as a result of the first day’s "March of Dimes’’ campaign to send Oregon swim mers to the national meet in March. The tags bore the following in scription: “I Am Helping Oregon Swimmers! Why Keep Champions Home ?” They were issued to all students contributing 10 cents or more to the fund. Three Houses Hit 100 Per Cent The tags were given out to rep resentatives in all living organiza tions shortly before dinner last night and by 9 o’clock members were reporting a heavy sale. Three houses, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Beta Theta Pi, and Kappa Sigma, re ported 100 per cent sales while several others promised a near perfect count. Bob Meanie, flying instructor, and Mrs. Paula Burns of Burns Ice Cream shop both contributed $5 to the fund last night as the drive showed signs of spreading from the campus to downtown Eu gene. Women Tagged Today Women representatives, ap pointed by AWS Prexy Anne Fred eriksen, will receive their tags to day and members of their houses will find it convenient to make their contributions to these rep resentatives. The distribution of the tags will be handled by Kwa ma, sophomore women’s honorary. Martha McClung is chairman of the Kwama committee. In addition to the student drive, Chairman Verdi Sederstrom also started the ball rolling towards se curing outside aid by contacting (Please turn to farje twelve) Aladdin's Lamp?. Oregon Rain? Pla n tin g Rage ! Students and teachers on the' south side of Condon hall were startled Wednesday when they looked out the window and saw, j where before there was but a I blank, soggy stretch of lawn, a | Japanese plum tree in full j bloom. i Discarding their first Alad din’s lamp theory and a subse 1 quent idea based on the growing ing power of Oregon weather it was finally conceded that it was just an outcropping of the trans I planting rage that is sweeping the campus. Weekend Entries Most in History; Receiving the largest number of entries in the theme contest in the history of Junior Weekend, the judging committee selected by Chairman Lloyd Sullivan began their task Wednesday, it was an nounced today. The judges will narrow the field of contestants down to 10 or 15, including those with the most out standing entries. This group will then be interviewed by the judging committee as to a more complete understanding of their ideas, John Cavanagh, promotion chairman, stated. Winner Named Friday The contest v/inner will be an nounced Friday, March 1. He will receive the S15 prize and will have the opportunity of working with the Junior Weekend committee and Fred Ehiers, canoe fete chair man, in seeing the idea adapted to the whole weekend program in j stead of the canoe fete only, as has been the practice in former years. Three faculty members will work I £Please turn to page twelve) Late Permission, Moon No Help To Girls-Tough Four years ago the girls at the University were lucky. As usual, when the number of years is divisible by four, it was leap year. The only difference between this year and that was that four years ago February 29 fell on Saturday. This year it falls on Thursday. In other words at that iime the women had a chance to whisper coy words into the ear of their blushing Romeos with the aid of moonlight and a 12:15 permission. This year no such favorable conditions exist. The Juliet will have to confine her pleas to the space between classes and the none too romantic afternoon. This should not discourage the women, however. If they can find no time .today it will be only 28 years until leap year falls on Saturday again. Band Opens Spring Show Of Fashions Curtains Rise At 7:30 Tonight in Downtown Stores Shrouded downtown display win ; dows will be unveiled at 7:30 to night as band music signals the start of the 1940 “salute to | spring.’’ Sponsored by the retail mer chants' division of the chamber of commerce, the latest spring styles will be on display when curtains drop at a signal to reveal exhibits and demonstrations in new fashion trends and current colors. For the second time, the spring opening is planned for University students, featuring campus wear and special student displays. Orig inally set for early March, the opening date was stepped up to February 29, while the Emerald is still in its current-term publica tion. In Honor of Spring Store fronts and interiors as well as windows will be flying spring ! colors tonight, heralding the re turn of warm weather to Eugene, banishing heavier winter garb for the light weight and brighter col ' ors of tfie approaching season. Clothing stores report the accent is on color and comfort for men': wear, with shipments of entire new stocks of spring merchandise be ing received. This Emerald issue is a special edition, largest to come off the press, honoring the annual spring | opening. Vandals Lose Four Straight To Webfoots Dick Sinks 19 Points; Oregons Play Fast Brand of Basketball Wednesday’s Statistics W L PF PA Pet. OSC .IX 3 532 468 .786 Oregon .10 4 628 526 .713 WSC . 7 7 624 596 .500 WU . 5 9 556 540 .357 Idaho . 3 11 503 588 .214 The University of Oregon's “sui j eide squad” hoop team continued | its victory march in the Inland | Empire four-game series last night ! with a 55 to 44 win over the Ida ! ho Vandals. The game, played at Moscow in the Memorial pavilion, was one of those run-’em-into-thc floor affairs that the Ducks thrive on. John Dick, the lanky Oregon captain, scored 19 of the Webfoots’ points and kept himself in the race for northern division scoring hon ors. Dick must score 16 points per game for the rest of the season if he is to break Laddie Gale’s con ference record set in '38. Gale scored 20-1 points in 16 games. Oregon opened the scoring early in the game when Sarpola sank a free throw garnered on a foul by Atkinson. A few seconds later Townsend fouled Ramey and the shot was good, tying the game at one all. Hilton scored the first field goal of the contest after three minutes of play in the initial pe riod making the score three to one for the Vandals. Jackson followed with a free throw and Dick dropped a one-liander to put the Ducks into the lead six to three. Idaho took time out with twelve and a half minutes to play in the first period. Ramey shot and missed but Hilton canned the tip in to shorten the Oregon lead one point. Ramey followed Hilton with a one-handed push shot from the coffin corner and the Vandals took the lead seven to six. The lead was short lived, however, for John Dick dropped one from far out to put the Ducks on top, 8 to 7. From then to the final gun the Webfoots poured a steady flow of 'Please turn to page thirteen) EMERALD STRING EDITION News.1, 11, 13, 16 Edits.2 For Women Only - 5 Society . 7, 13 Women’s Fashions . 4, 5, 6, 7 Duck Tracks 8, » Sports . 8, 9, 10, 11 Coed of the Week. 4 Classified 13 Calendar ...11 Men’s Fashions li, 12, 13 Automobile. 14 , Building . 15