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Sports Pages: Rained Out Ducks Rally Oregon® Emerald z«no Women's Pages: Camellia House Dances VOLUME XLI UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1940 NUMBER llQ Sophomores Pick Officers At YM Today Jack McCliment. Louis Torgensen Vie for President After a pre-election day marked by lack of political rallies and parades, a quiet sophomore class today will go to the polls be tween 9 and 4 o’clock to elect new class officers. Politicians circulated through out McArthur court yesterday to urge moleskin-wearers to buy their class card voting tickets before last night’s deadline. After the polls in the YMCA hut close at 4 o'clock, either Jack McCliment or Louie Torgeson will be president of next year's junior class. Running for other offices are Virginia Tyrrell and Jean Burt for vice-president; Betty Plankington and Martha Mc Clung, secretary; and Clark Weaver and Wayne Kelty, treas urer. Scientist to Speak On Forum Series Davis McEntire, senior social scientist of the United States bureau of agriculture, ill speak at the Phi Delta Kappa public forum series Monday, April 29 at 7:30 p.m., at the school of physi cal education on “Population Problems of the Pacific Area.” At present McEntire is region al leader of the Bureau of Agri cultural Economics division of farm population and rural wel fare of the Pacific area, with headquarters in Berkeley, Cali fornia. McEntire's address will empha size the problems of the migra tory workers and their families who have recently moved to the Pacific coast. His speech will cast a new light on the problems dramatized in John Steinbeck's “Grapes of Wrath.” The sociology department has invited McEntire to speak also at Tuesday morning’s sociology class. Three UO Faculty Men Attend State Meet in Portland The University of Oregon’s three members of the interinstitu tional curriculum committee, Dean O. F. Stafford, dean of lower division and service depart ments; Dr. Howard R. Taylor, head of the department of psy chology; and Professor Orlando J. Hollis, of the law school met with committee members from other schools in the Oregon state sys tem of higher education in Port land Tuesday. The committee is appointed by Chancellor Frederick M. Hunter for the purpose of examining course change requests and sug gesting plausible changes in courses offered in all Oregon higher institutions of learning. Tuesday's meeting was concerned with changes in courses for the three colleges of education. The three returned to the campus yesterday. Betty Brown vs. Darrel Johnson In Trials Start If plans materialize, a law suit will have been started by 12 o’clock this morning- by one law school student, Darrel Johnson, against another, Betty Brown, because Miss Brown's dog at tacked Johnson. The case will be the first of this year's moot trials, which are a part of a course in trial prac tice offered in the law school by Professor Orlando J. Hollis. In the event that Johnson does file a complaint, the equivalent of suing, "Judge" Hollis will try the case in the circuit court room of Lane county’s courthouse in this city. The incident behind the - case took place in a law school class room when Johnson tried to evict the animal from class under a teacher’s request. The dog put up resistance, "injuring” him. He has not been able to settle out of court. Life Coverage Hopes Boosted Canoe Fete May Be Broadcast Over Portland Station Indications that Junior Week end may assume national propor tions were voiced yesterday by ccmmittee heads, when they said that a letter from the editors of Life magazine had discussed the possibility of their publishing photos of Junior Weekend events and personages. In the event that a staff photographer can’t be sent to the campus, the shots will be taken by local men. Word received from radio sta tion KGW, in Portland, spoke very optimistically regarding aj half hour network broadcast of the canoe fete Saturday night, May 11, John Cavanagh, promo tion chairman, declared. “Al though we are still speaking in possibilities, interest among the groups concerned is plenty grati fying,” he said. Cavanagh also announced the appointment of P.od McMillen to aid Betty Mae Lind, who is in charge of getting Junior Week end promotional shots. Miss Lind said that the pictures would be taken as soon as final arrange ments are made on program lay outs. Extension Division Offers Extra Credit Students enrolled in the Uni versity, who lack a few hours for graduation at the close of the term, find the general extension division of real practical value, according to Miss Mozelle Hair, head of the correspondence study department. A number of stu dents have already made arrange ments to complete their Univer sity work during the summer months through correspondence study, she stated. IX TODAY’S EMERALD Women’s Pages 6> ” Sports Pages 4, 5 Campus Calendar . 2 Edits . 2 Army Air Corps Gets 28 More UQ Men; Total 60 60 Out of 85 Taken In Three Days; 77 Selected at OSC By BOB McGELL In the final day of the army air corps examinations, 28 more University of Oregon students re ceived their appointments as fly ing cadets Wednesday, making a total of 47 men accepted in the last three days. Approximately 15 students are scheduled to re turn for rechecks this morning, which will raise the total to more than 6u. The examining board of air of ficers reported that an excep tionally high percentage of Ore gon students are being accepted. Of the 85 students examined ap proximately 60 will be appointed cadets, a total of 75 per cent. At Oregon State, of 150 stu dents examined, only 77 were ac cepted, or about 50 per cent. The larger number of OSC men ex amined was due to a full week of examinations, while the board was forced to limit its stay at Oregon to three days. Plying cadets who received their appointments Wednesday were: Herbert J. Hamer, Robert W. Hendershott, Ehle H. Reber, Norman A. Nysteen. Donald O. Tower, Clai’ence J. Zurcher, Frank C. McKinney, William I. Lonigan, Robert F. Berghap, Robert W. Jolly, Harry T. Finnell, Henry A. Potter, Charles E. Kearn, Donald J. Eroesamle, Robert W. Greer, Dale W. Peter son, Frank Clemons Jr., Jack M. Bryant, Jack B. Showier, Brad ley D. Fancher, Donald M. Elling ton, Erling Jacobson. Edward F. Mansfield, Paul E. Logan, Fred J. Ziegler, Lawrence M. Elstead, Harold B. Fox. Petitions Due All petitions for business man agers of the Oregon Daily Em erald and for the Oregana must be turned in to the educational activities office in McArthur court today by 5 o’clock. What Price Glory! New Editor Dunked It all started out as a plot to millrace Managing Editor Lyle Nelson by way of congratulation upon his appointment as next year's Emerald editor but.it re sulted in half the staff of the campus daily being dipped un ceremoniously in the race. The Emerald gang was in high spirts last night over the selec tion of "Nels.” In a gay, reckless mood someone suggested that the new editor should be millraced. Instantly the cry was in every mouth, "Millrace him!" Nels objected strenuously to this high-handed treatment but his loyal staff members were ob durate. So Nels went home (with a guard of honor) to change his clothes. During his absence, someone (Heaven only knows who; sug gested that while honors were be ing handed out the present editor and business manager should not be overlooked. This met with pop ular acclaim and Editor Bud Jer main and Manager George Luo ma were dragged from their places of hiding. Soon the party was on its way to the millrace. But the fever was contagious and when the merry mob had tossed in the chief high moguls of the Emerald a search was begun to look for new vic tims. The next splash was occasioned by Hal Olney, assistant manag ing editor, dropping lightly from the Hilyard street bridge. He wa3 quickly followed by George Pa sero, co-sports editor, and Roy Vemstrom, Old Oregon editor. After thus claiming six victims the party returned with undamp ened spirits to the "shack." Said Editor Jermain, ‘'They're all fired!" New Emerald Head Lyle Nelson, former managing editor, who was chosen editor of the (Emerald for 1940-41 by the student executive committee Wednesday. Co-op Election Open to Oregon Student Bodg One Sophomore, Two Juniors to Be Nominated Friday Every student at the Univer sity is automatically entitled to attend and take part in the an nual meeting of the University of Oregon Cooperative store to he held Friday at 4 p.m. in 207 Chapman, Chuck Skinner, presi dent of the board of directors, said Wednesday. Nominations will be held at the meeting for a sophomore board member who will serve one year and for two junior members who will serve two years each. The only qualifications for these positions are that the sophomore must be a student of the Univer s i t y and have sophomore stand ing next year, and' the junior members must have junior stand (Plcasc turn to page eight) Lyle Nelson Named Chief Of Emerald Managing Editor Chosen Staff Head By Activities Board By HAL OLXEY Lyle Nelson, editor of tire Ore-’ gon Daily Emerald for the year 1940-41, was the recommendation turned in by the educational ac tivities beard to the executive* committee after a lengthy ses sion Wednesday afternoon. Tho executive committee, in a s-hort meeting immediately following the activities board meeting, placed their stamp of approval on the recommendation. Stepping into the editorship will merely mean moving across the hall into another office for Nelson, who has served as man aging editor of the campus daily this year. Nelson’s appointment culmi nates three years of work on the Emerald during which time ho has served as sports writer, re porter. copy-reader, night staff worker, assistant managing edi tor, and managing editor. Nelson is a junior in journal ism and has a cumulative grade point average of 2.90. He was tho only applicant for the position the first time that this has hap pened in Emerald history. Pinafore Orders Stopped by Stores With over 250 orders for pina fore costumes for i Junior Week end aiready taken by Eugeno merchants, the announcement came yesterday that the stored would take no more special or ders for the dresses, Joan Hoke, costume chairman, said. "The weekend committee would like for all of the girls who wish to purchase the charming, but in expensive, pinafores to under stand that it will be impossible to secure them if they wait until > Junior Weekend," Miss Hoke said. Representatives have been ap pointed for each women's living organizations, whose work will be to take orders for pinafores within the houses, Miss Hoke an nounced. Art Museum Plays Host to Portland AAUW Arf Group —?— The art musejum will have a special opening today at 1 o’cloc'c when the Portland AAUW art study group comes to the cam pus. This is one of four special open ings of the museum, the other three being May 3, commemorat ing library day, May 4 for the wives of the Junior chamber of commerce of Eugene, and du ring junior Weekend. The public is invited to enjoy the facilities of the University library during any of these spe-* cial openings.