VOLUME XLI
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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-*
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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.
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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
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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.