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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 3, 1940)
Ehlers Reveals First Fete Plans Junior Weekend Committees Named By Chairman 'J be first plaus for the canoe feU-, which will appear oti the mill rare during Junior Weekend, May 10, 11, and 1-, were made known ye,.f.erday by Fre-: Ehlers, canoe fete- chairman I wanna Ketchutn and Pat Erick son were named co-chairmen. in c)i irge of entertainment, continu ity. music, intermission. and an nouncer s. Miss Ketchum -anl Miss Erickson plan to hold tryouts for the position of canoe fete announc er. Those students interested in working for that position should contact either of the two co-ehah hjck, they said. V/otneu students are eligible to compete for the master—or mis tm;s—of ceremonies, according to tii ■ two girls Discussion Set For Delegates AWS Conference Program Features Banquet, Pageant fi Lghlightitig the first day of the Western Sectional AWS conference • —Monday, April 15—will ;>e aser i v> of four discussion groups, Aline FrederLksen, AWS president, Said ' yesterday. 'ITie discussions w ill held from S Wutd 4 o'clock. The first group, dealing with independent problems, - will-' include social programs deai ■ with cooperatives, off-campus, amVrn dormitories. Ebw cost tious r i»g w ill itso 1)4 considered The second discussion group, en titled 'Student Activities," will in clude good citizenship, student uii 1 Urn!',, campus standards, freshman dru-nt.ation, training student offi cers, religion on the campus, trari.4 • tar Students, arid honoraries, • The ‘•PanheUenic” group will dis cuss publicity control, quota rush ing; pre-rush vs. sophomore, cut ting expenses, and the future o? :fi eternities. The last group named. "Voca tions, • will deal with careers open to women, education needed, how to apply for i job, employer's view pi out marriage, and a job. The delegates will be entertained nt -tea at the president's home at U o'clock and Mrs. Virginia Judy Eiietly. assistant to the president n\ Scnpps college, will be honored at (he b o'clock dinner. The repfe fleiilntives will then be entertained • v,'il >• i p age uit at 4 ) Peace Conference Plans Resumed A ja the Kirby Pag* Peace couf erence to be held on the Ore t; »»> campus April o and 7 was le.wtued v Uei*. the Kirby Page planning committee held its first meeting of the cut rent term at tm^home of Eiit H aimer A system for contacting local >«■)* amiz.itior.al representatives as v. dl as cam .) is grams was dis oua.te.i Methods of publicity were inert.ou? ias nei’.spi- er items ?wth loc «l and state-tv. -e. aloug with ; pohtara ah i anno ucement3 ief re i l Y '\\ groups ! Faculty Golfers io , Palish Preliminaries ( Preliminary games in the faculty g »ii tournant?!:: must be couclud i e 1 by S unday, April 7. E. li Moon. J )naf-*'Sor of sociology, announced Stripped'of All Its Glamour mm's This is a scene from “The Drunkard" given by the Very Little theater at the Lane county fairgrounds tins wee!;. The play is an old melodrama put on in years past to show the evils of drink. Sophomore Makes Plans to Visit Europe Then there was the college stu dent who had the chance to quit school to go to Europe, and did. William Van Vactor. sophomore, planning' to major in law at the University of Oregon, is the stu dent in this case. He leaves April 28 to travel to New York with his father to embark for London. England. His father, a Klamath Falls lawyer, has some business in terests which he is planning to straighten out this trip. The two will spend about three weeks or more on the voyage. ‘ I don't contemplate any trouble from air raids over there," says Van Vactor, ‘ but we may have a little excitement on the sea, espe cially if we take a British boat." Letters which he sends ffom England will have an unusual course to run before reaching their destinations in this country, he re lated. They will Ire censored in Lon don. sent to Washington. D. C., where they will be censored again; then they will be sent to Van Vac tor's home. From there they will be re-mailed to their final goal. He plans to keep Jimmy Leonard, assistant managing editor of the Emerald, posted on the events of the trip. ’Art School Digest' Makes Entrance After two weeks' preparation, the "Art School Digest," first edi tion of the new art school pub lication. rolled off the press March 1. Edited by Lorn Kerr, sophomore in art education, the paper is planned for bi-monthly issuance. The next edition will be a special issued next week for the celebra tion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the art school. Contributors to the first edition included Bob Swan, assistant ed itor; Eyler Brown. Bill Merrill, Dorothy Fraser. M a r g u e r i 11 e Campbell. Eve Cameron, and Mignon Phipps. A linoleum block. “Covered Bridge." made by Alice Mueller, was also used. Contributions to the “Art School Digest" will be accepted from stu dents and faculty members of the -art school on topics of interest to art students and expressions of opinion. The first paper contained an article on the art and procedure oi etching by Eyler Brown, an in terview with Percy P. Adams, who has been on the architectural school -faculty 26 years, and various de partment news. Area Chief Calls | ROTC Housing Poor That the University of Oregon ROTC buildings are the poorest in the ninth corps area, was the opin ion expressed Tuesday by Colonel D. B. Crafton, chief of the area's ROTC units, who visited Oregon yesterday on his annual tour of inspection. “Not only are the buildings a great fire hazard, but the faculties for the care of the equipment are insufficient," stated Colonel Craf ton. "The University needs a mod ern building with an indoor fire drill hall, adequate storerooms for equipment, a modern gallery rifle range, and large, well-lighted classrooms.” Colonel Crafton was accompan ied by Warrant .Officer A. J. Mack, both stationed with the United States army at Presidio, San Fran cisco. Orides, Yeomen Hold Installation At Gerlinger Hall A dinner and installation of offi cers will be held Friday evening honoring' the old and new officers of Yeomen and Orides, the indepen dent men and women of the cam pus. Marcia Judkins, outgoing Orides president and Bill Wheeler, out going Yeomen president, will in stall the newly elected officers. The Yeomen officers are Frank Hodson, president; John Sanders, vice-president: Horace White, sec retary; and Bob Carter, treasurer. New Orides officers are F.ebecca Anderson, president: Carol Bird, vice-president: Iva Lee Prevett. secretary; Betty Lynda, treasurer; and Florence Anderson, sergeant at-arms. Mrs. Mary Farr, Miss Janet Smith, and Mrs. Edith Siefert will be guests at the dinner. Dancing will be held in Gerlinger hall fol lowing the dinner and program. Dill Pickle Club Has Buffet Luncheon To raise enough money to send 1 a delegate to the YWCA summer > conference at Seabeck, Washing-; ton, the DU1 Pickle club held an [ invitational luncheon yesterday. The 30 girls who attended paid I five cepts ,a helping for each dish, and were served buffet style, | Dean Emerson Talks On 'Why Not Beauty Before Art Majors Every person has his own con ception of beauty, said Dean Wil liam Emerson of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as he spoke on “Why Not Beauty?” yesterday afternoon. As against the pure utilitarian ism of modernistic architecture, Dean Emerson made a plea for beauty in building in practise as well as education. “Architecture YMCA Discloses New Nominees Voting fo Be Held For All Members Next Tuesday Wayne Kelty, James Updike, and Henry Carr have been named a3 candidates for the presidency and vice-presidency of the YMCA, the student cabinet nominating com mittee announced yesterday. Vieing for the position of secretary are Milton Small and Carl Zimmerman, and for treasurer are Bob Lovell ■ and Don Walker. Voting will take place at the University YMCA April 9, 1940, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Additional nominations may be made by sub mitting positions which cover 25 per cent of the voting membership. These are to be submitted no later than Friday, April 5. An opportunity will be given to vote on a new constitution for the student association. Copies will be posted and available at the YMCA office. 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