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VOLUME XLI z600 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1940 NUMBER 91 Alpha Gams Go 100% ASUO Far East Talk Tomorrow To Open Assembly Series On ASUO Spring Slate By KAY SCHRICK Robert Norton, associate editor of China Today, and writer and lecturer on America’s relations with the Far East, will interpret the importance of recent trade abrogations with Japan tomorrow morning when he addresses Oregon students in Gerlinger hall at 11 o'clock on the question, “War Or Peace in the Pacific?’’ Dr. Norton will arrive here on a lecture toure from the east. Back Again Journalist-traveler Robert Nor ton, who returns for an “encore” appearance at the University to morrow to address students on con ditions in warring China. He will speak at an 11 o’clock Gerlinger assembly. Junior Weekend Queen Candidates To Be Chosen Women's Groups to: Name Hopefuls; Requirements Set The candidates for the 1940 Junior Weekend, may 10, 11, and 12, must be selected by all wom en's living organizations and in dependents by 5 o’clock tonight, Lloyd Sullivan, general chairman, declared last night. “If we can find a girl who pos sesses all of the qualities of the beautiful blondes, brunettes, red heads, etc., so numerous on the campus, then we'll have our queen,” Sullivan said. Names of candidates must be turned in to the office of Mrs. Hazel P. Schwer ing, dean of women, by 5 o’clock tonight. Queen Requirements The requirements to be fulfilled by the feminine hopefuls, as set forth by the University adminis tration and the Weekend commit tee, are: condidates must have earned 2.00 G.P.A. winter term and must have been registered at the University for seven terms. Four Princesses In addition to the selection of a queen the Weekend committee, to-* (Please turn to page sis) Japanese Relations Students will receive information on the significance of events in the Far East and on relations since breaking of American - Japanese trade treaties. Arrives Tomorrow This is the second time Mr. Nor ton has spoken on the campus dur ing the 1939-40 school year. He will arrive in Eugene early tomor row morning. Additional details on page 3. Dr. Greenwood To Begin Spring Lecture Series Traveler to Talk In Deady at 4:30; Friendly at 7:30 Dr. Thomas Greenwood, world traveler and lecturer at Birkbeck college, University of London, since 1930, will address students and faculty in the first of the spring term University lecture se ries tomorrow. He will speak on the topic "The Nature of Mathematics’’ at 4:30 p.m. in room 103 of Deady hall; at 7:30 p.m. in Friendly hall his subject will be "English Political Theories.” Dr. Greenwood is on official leave in America, arriving last summer to teach as a visiting professor at the University of Southern Cali fornia. In addition to his teaching duties, he is studying social con ditions in America and is writing his impressions in a number of European periodicals for which he is a correspondent. Emerald Staffs To Meet Tonight At 7:30 in Shack All members of the Emerald re porting, copy desk, and night staffs will meet tonight at 7:30 in the news room of the journal | ism shack to outline plans for the spring term papers. Although no Emerald will be ' published tonight, staff members ’ will receive new assignments. The 1 reporting staff will be reorgan ized and new copy desk chiefs ap pointed. The principles involved in print !; ing a tabloid size newspaper will I be explained by Managing Editor i Lyle Nelson, in line with the spring | term publication program. ( How About a Henna Rinse? The color of a coed’s hair sets the admission price her escort must j pay to the Krazy Kopy Krawl dance Friday night in McArthur court. Here blonde Barbara Crain (le^t) shows that her date will pay 89 cents,' dark-haired Barbara Williams wears a 99 cent label, and red-headed Helen Angell’s date pays only “9 cents. Wedding Bells Ring Out Again At University T w o more couples joined the two-can-live-as-cheaply-as one club with the marriage of Isabell Stanley to George Earl Fortmiller Saturday in Reno and the wedding date for Madge Conaway and William Chilcote set for Friday afternoon. The Chilcote-Conaway cere mony will take place at 4 o'clock in the First Congregational church, followed by a reception at the Delta Tau Delta frater nity with which the prospective bridegroom is affiliated. This evening the Delts are having a bachelor party in honor of Chil cote. Miss Stanley is a resident of Salem and a member of the Al pha Chi Omega sorority. Fort miller is affiliated with the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. Both couples plan to continue their school work at the Univer sity and will reside in Eugene. Deadline of Entrants For Variety Show Set for Today Noon All entrants for the Spring Va riety show, scheduled a week from Friday, must contact Com mittee Head Verdi Sederstrom by noon today, it was announced last night. Auditions for the show's one hour entertainment are Thursday at 7:30. Gerlinger hall, third floor. With Les Harger as master of ceremonies, Art Holman's band has arranged several novelty num bers for the floor show, featuring skits, music, and dances. Dancing will start at 9:00 with the big Igloo floor ringed by tables with the Kwamas, sophomore women's honorary, vending refreshments. A full one hour of entertainment will come later in the evening as ! Oregon amateur- theatrical stars go into action. Hair to Change Price of Dance Krazy Kopy Krawl Fee Will Depend On Date's Coloring Red-heads will be at a premium this weekend as campus dance goers get busy on the phone lining up dates for the Krazy Kopy Krawl which will be held Friday, March 29, at McArthur Court. Alpha Delta Sigma, men's na tional professional advertising fra ternity, which sponsors the annual affair, has included a number of unusual features in this year’s dance. Price: Color of Hair Instead of a flat fee, couples will he assessed according to the color of the girl's hair. For the boy who is lucky enough to round up a (Please turn to fc.ge seven) Hasselrooih Wins Short Story Award Glenn Hasselrooth, senior in journalism, was announced Mon day as the winner of the seventy five dollar first prize in the annu al Max shall - Case - Haycox short story contest. His story, “Apassionata,” took first place over 30 other entries, according to W. F. G. Thacher, professor of advertising, who was in charge of the contest. Second prize, twenty-five dollars, goes to Leonard Clark, junior in business administration. Honorable mention awards were granted by the judges to Bill Moxley, sopho more in arts and letters, and to Gladys Shelley, junior in education. Judges were Dr. H. G. Merriam, professor of English; Mrs. Helen Norcross Hedrick of Medford, and Harold Say of Salem, former Uni versity students who axe r.ow writers. Sorority Receives Prize Cup Awards to Be Given Winning Houses At Spring Varieties Alpha Gamma Delta sorority last night copped the tall silver cup awarded by the Associated Students to the first living organi zation to sell spring term ASUO cards to 100 per cent of its mem bers. Another silver cup. now on dis play in the co-op window, awaits the completion of the ^00 per cent quota by a second living organi zation. Both will be presented at. the April 5 Spring Varieties dance. Additional Prizes Free Meadowland Dairy Ice ciearn will be given this week to each organization that goes 100 per cent during the drive. Too, $1 bonuses will be awarded each day to the living organization repre sentative who records top sales for that day. The contest closes Sat urday noon. No Drop in Price Of the 2703 University enrolled* who tramped through the Igloo Monday for first-day registration, 42.3 per cent purchased A SO O cards, Chairman Bob Keen said yesterday. He explained that cards definitely will not be marked down as the term progresses, but will remain at $3 for the eight attrac tions listed. Additional details on page 6. Term Enrollment Highest in Histor g Enrollment figures climbed to the highest first-day point in spring term history Monday afternoon, and C. L. Constance, assistant reg istrar, announced yesterday t'iiat. 2703 students had signed up in Mc Arthur court for work here ‘thin semester. The totals are expected to reach the 3000 mark within the next two days and possibly surpass winter figures. First day registration showed a 30 per cent increase over the 2139 who signed up last spring. Of the 2703 total. 1072 wore women students and 1631 men. Ac cording to Mr. Constance, freshmen had the largest single class in i crease, 22 per cent, with 936 en rolled. Other classes are as follows: sophomores 1033. up 12 per cent, juniors 226, down nine per cent; seniors 449, up one per cent. Larg est school was bus iness admiitus tratir n with 770 men and women signed up.