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T U. OF 0. LIBRARY CAMPUS Oregon VOLUME XLI NUMBER 105 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1940 Get Corvallis Initiation (Courtesy the Register-Guard) Oregon State hospitality was extended to the 200 delegates of the western intercollegiate AWS convention by outgoing OSC president Mae Callaway (right) who is seen as she presented Dean of Women Hazel P. Schwering (center) and Anne Frederiksen, WIAWS presi dent, (left) with the invitation which took the representatives to the Beaver campus on the second day of the conference. Utah Will Be Scene of Next AWS Meeting Miss McClellane Named Delegate Of Western Group Marylee McClellane, outgoing UCLA Associated Women presi dent, was elected regional repre sentative of the western intercol legiate AWS and the University of Utah was selected as the next biannual meeting place as the three-day convention ended in a flurry of business sessions. The Utah school was recom mended by the invitation com mittee under the chairmanship of Maxine Hawaldt, Spokane junior college, because of its central lo cation, its adequate housing, and their large student union building. At the final business meeting, presided over by Anne Frederik sen, AWS prexy, a new modern and revised constitution was adopted by a unanimous vote of the 150 delegates. Other conven tion affairs which were trans acted was the passing of recom mendations to be put before the national meeting in Texas next year. Social Calendars Go on Sale Today Spring term socal calendars, in booklet form, will be placed on sale today by Mortar Board, wo men’s honorary, according to Patsy Taylor, chairman of the sale. All the living organizations will be contacted. The booklets will be arranged to allot a page for each day's activities in order to leave room for memorandums. The price for the booklets is 10 cents. IX TODAY’S EMERALD Campus calendar . 3 Edits . Sports. 4, For Women Only . Coed of the Week. 6 Society . 1 Song Winners To Sing Over KOAC Pi Phi and Phi Delta Theta, winners of the all-campus song contest, will be heard over KOAC tonight on the University of Ore gon student hour from 7:30 to 8. Phi Delta Theta, Pi Phis Victors In Sing Contest DG, Gamma Phi, ATO, Sigma Chi Also Reach Finals By BILL MOXLEY Pi Beta Phi sorority and Phi Delta Theta fraternity walked off with top honors in the finals of the all-campus song contest last night at the McDonald theater. For their first number the Pi Phis sang “Little Fraternity Pin.” Their second selection was “Sweetheart of All My Dreams,” composed by Joanne Riesch, di rector of the group. The Phi Delts rendered “Winter Song” and “Drums of Phi Delta Theta,” two lusty numbers which gave room for many unique and distinctive phrasing effects. The Phi Delts were under the baton of fresh man Dick Carlton. The other sorority finalists, Delta Gamma and Gamma Phi, exhibited unusual skill and fi nesse in their presentations. Sig ma Chi and Alpha Tau Omega showed equal ability in the pro fessional tone of their work. Be cause of the high quality of all six organizations the judges were at a loss to decide the winners in both groups until several min utes after the show was over. Judges of the contest were Madame Rose McGrew, Hal Young, and John Stark Evans. 'YW' Makes Change The YWCA's weeklv "coffees” have been changed from Wednes day afternoons to Thursdays, Mrs. E. E. DeCou, “YW” secre tary, announced yesterday. Coffee will be served in the “Y” bungalow from 4 to 5 o’clock this afternoon. Lois Nordlmg is in charge of serving. Sophs Call Nominating - Meeting at 8 Present Officers Conduct Sessions Last Time Tonight While frosh ballot-counters are polishing up the final details of their elections tonight, sophomore politicians will start off round two of the 1940 bloc battle with a nominating assembly at 8 o'clock in Villard. Speakers for the two campus political cam^s will present their respective candidates for the posi tions of president, vice-president, secretary, and treasurer of next year's junior class. In charge of the gavel for the last time will be Bob Calkins, class president this year. It will be the last class meeting, too, for Vice-president Barbara Williams, Secretary Bette Workman, and Treasurer Bob Cherney. Elections will be held next Thursday in the YMCA hut. ASUO nominations will be next Thursday also. Final Town Hall Meeting Tonight The last Town Hall meeting this spring will be held tonight at 6:30 at Westminster house. The program will be devoted to a dramatization of the origin of Town Hall and the history of its development and organization. All interested persong are in vited to attend this, the last regu lar meeting. Commentator Contest Friday. A boy and a girl will be master and mistress of ceremonies at the Junior Weekend canoe fete Sat urday night. May 11, according to Donna Ketchum and Pat Erickson, co-chairmen of the en tertainment committee. Contestants will meet tomor row afternoon at 4 o'clock in room 107 of Friendly hall, where, after each person receives an au dition, the girl and boy announc ers will be chosen. Judges will be W. B. Nash, instructor in drama, and Mark Hanna and Marvin Krenk, of the speech division. Junior Weekend committee heads will also serve on the judging committee, Miss Ketchum said. Any girl or boy wishing to try out for one of the announcing posts should contact Miss Ket chum immediately. “Through some misunderstanding it seems as if the girls on the campus haven’t realized that both a bov and girl will be chosen,” she stat ed. Jahn Named Head The House Managers associa tion elected officers for the com ing year at a banquet last night in a downtown restaurant. Hal Jahn was elected president of the group, Pat Keller, vice president, and Jess Shinn, secre tary-treasurer. BasebaJl Hard On Fingers, Hospital Shows Final proof that spring has come to stay is the increasing number of "baseball finger" cases, according to Dr. Marian Hayes of the University health service, In the hospital section of the infirmary, the number of patients was dwindling Wednesday with only eight inmates: Virginia Wolfe, Harry Davidson, Aileen Dement, Patricia Heastand, Hy mie Harris, William Haight, Ger ry York, and A1 Sorenson. Exec Group To Argue Fees Friday OSC's Decision Will Be Reviewed By ASUO Heads The first concrete step toward action on the $2 compulsory fee, imposed by the state board ear lier this year, will be taken Fri day noon when the ASUO execu tive committee settles down for a lengthy session. With a recommendation from the athletic board before them, coupled with reports of the trend of student opinion on the fee question, the board will try to solve the problem of ASUO mem bership and allied fee troubles, according to John Dick. "Last weekend I went to Cor vallis,’’ Dick said last night, "and talked with their president, Ralph Floberg, and other student lead ers to learn Oregon State’s stand on the question.’’ The state col lege, he said, will give automatic student body membership to those who register. "I do not believes that the ath letic fee of the University will be arranged on the same basis as at OSC,” Dick said, "but of course that is only my own opinion. Fi nal decision will rest with the executive committee.” Other routine business will also be considered at the meeting. Masters Degree Candidates Urged To Sign for Exam All candidates for master’s de grees must take a preliminary examination before they have completed 15 hours of graduate work. This written examination for the graduate majors in education will be given May 4 from 8 to 12 a.m. May 4 will be the only op portunity this term to take the examination. Students interested are asked to sign up in the education school immediately. Kempe New Head Elected recently, Paul Kempe will head the Lutheran student association on the campus during the coming year. Other officers include Elmer Olson, vice-presi dent, Lois Nordling, secretary, and Don Froude, treasurer. Freshmen to Vote Today At 'YM' Hut Bud Vandeneynde Vs. Len Bailif for Class of '43 Prexy Oregon's freshman political scene will take on an atmosphere cf official seriousness this merit ing when first-year voters go to the pells to choose four officers to handle class duties for the 3941 school year. Voting will start at 9 a.in. in the VMCA hut and will last until 4 pan., the educational artivitien office announced yesterday. Clos ing time was originally scheduled for 3 o’clock but because of af af to moon military marching classes if was extended one hour. Candidates include two nom inees for each of fotir positions. Len Bailif and Bud Vandenynde are opposing candidates for president, and other nominees in clude Peggy Rakestraw and Marge Dibble for vice-president; Ruth Hartley and Mary Mc Adams for secretary; and Mack Dietrich and Reid Fairell for treasurer. Students wishing to vote must have class cards and no balloting’ by proxy will be allowed, it was announced. Fete May Draw Life Magazine Newsmen Plan To See Editors On Trip East Life magazine may come to Junior Weekend May 10, 11, an«,» 12, Lloyd Sullivan, general chair man, announced Wednesday. The possibility of including the. 1940 weekend festivities in tho section which the magazine de votes to college affairs is very favorable. Sullivan said. E. Palmer Hoyt, publisher of the Oregonian, and George God frey, director of the Oregon new:* bureau, have promised to inter view the editors of Life during their trip to the East, he stated. "While nothing definite i:» known as yet, the word we have received has given us the idea that chances are favorable," Sul livan declared. Additional details on Junior Weekend may be found on page.... A Vote for Nature The flowers that bloom in tfn» spring tra-la Are beautiful to behold. The trees are greeting the spring tea-la With the green that the summer foretold. The whole of the campus is burst tra-!a With the beauty that nature un folds. It's a shame when someone thii beauty regards, It has to be spoiled by some “Veto for-” cards. —J. W. 3.