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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 26, 1940)
EDIT PAGE: Politics Flying Board SPORTS PAGE: Duck Tracks Baseball VOLUME XLI UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1940 NUMBER 111 Nomination Of New Co-op Heads Slated Manager McClain To Present Report At Meeting Today By ELSIE BROWNELL Nomination of three student members to serve on the board of directors of the University of Ore gon Cooperative Store will be held today in room 207 Chapman. M. F. McClain, manager of the store, will read the annual report of the manager at this time. All students are automatically members of the store and are urged to attend and take part in this meeting, Mr. McClain de clared. Students will vote on the nominees for the sophomore posi tion and the two junior positions at the same time as the ASUO election. Retiring student members of the board are as follows: Chuck Skinner, president; Gordon Ben son, vice-president; and Bob Lovell. Dean J. H. Gilbert and Professor Orlando J. Hollis are the faculty members of the board. Hazel Schwering To Attend Fair Dean of Women Will Represent UO at New York A mass flight from Princeton, New Jersey, to La Guardia air port will be the manner in which chairmen of the Women's Partici pation committees for the World’s Fair throughout the United States will make their en trance to the fair, announced Ha zel P. Schwering, Oregon dean of women, who is chairman of the Oregon Women’s Participation committee, at a meeting of the Oregon committee yesterday in Portland. With the idea of Mother’s day and women's part in the fair be ing played up the group will ar rive May 11 in New York, to be greeted by a distinguished re ception committee including Mayor La Guardia of New York, Mr. Grover Whalen, president of the fair, Mrs. Vincent Astor, past national chairman of the Wom (Please turn to page pour) 'Sunlight Serenade' On Slate for Mothers By JIMMIE LEONARD Surrounded by bowers of flow ers and the beaming countenances of Oregon coeds attired in pina fores, Oregon mothers will be entertained at a special “Sun light Serenade" by the Oregon concert band from 4 until 5 o'clock Saturday afternoon, May 11. Such was the statement made by Doris Ann Neely, co-chairman of the concert with Stan Staiger, yesterday. Popular Prices The musical program, which will consist of popular semi-clas sical and classical numbers—and maybe a Strauss waltz or two— will be presented to the guests of Junior Weekeend in the Sun ken Garden, behind the school of music. The program will be an nounced next 'week. (Please turn to page jour) Infirmary Nice? No! Eats Nice? But Definitely! Everything stops for dinner at 5 o’clock at the University in firmary. Doctors, nurses, and pa tients have a one-track mind as the odor of roast pork fills the air. Enjoying the meals of high re pute in the infirmary Thursday were: Norpian Angell, Mary Sheldon, Nancy Allen, Margery Williams, Hymie Harris, John Merrill, Charles Colburn, William Dunn, and James Stubblebine. Milne Appointed To Marine Post Oregon Senior New Second Lieutenant; Shepard, Alternate Harry T. Milne, University of Oregon senior and a four-year military student, was notified Thursday of his appointment as second lieutenant in the United States marine corps. Allan Shep ard, senior, was named as alter nate. Milne, who is an honor student in the ROTC training course, will complete his college course in June and will leave for the marine corps school at Philadelphia some time this summer. He will spend a year in the training school, then will be assigned to a post pt a marine corps station or on board ship for active duty. The appointments were made by President Donald M. Erb on the recommendation of Colonel Robert M. Lyon, head of the mil itary department. Milne is captain of the local Scabbard and Blade, military honorary, and is a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. Time Trials The Eugene city council, We hope the rumor's true, May obliterate the traffic On Thirteenth avenue. They may erect some hefty signs To inform the passing car, But the signs may not be needed, If things stay as they are, If they leave that stuff upon the ground That smells so very, very, The lack of motion on the street Will be purely voluntary. —J.W.S. NYA Survey Will Be Made By Students Vemstrom Leader Of Group; Faculty Members to Aid A survey of Oregon NYA ad ministration with appraisal of student work problems will be conducted on the University cam pus by an all-student committee during the next month, Karl W. Onthank, dean of personnel, an nounced yesterday. The group held its first meet ing in the lounge room of Ger linger hall yesterday and with faculty members of the NYA board present discussed possible problems that might arise in the course of the survey. Roy Vernstrom, chairman of the group, appointed Bill Rosson, Lorraine Gjording, and Ken Erickson to form a sub-commit tee and start work immediately on determining possible questions which will be asked by the stu dent poll. The survey was suggested by Munro Smith, state NYA admin istrator, during a visit to the campus two weeks ago. Dean On thank ’ stated that committee showings will be sent to the na tional NYA offices. Students included in the group are Roy Vernstrom, chairman, Jane Dachtelberg, secretary. Ken neth Erickson. Wilbur Bishop, Betty Brown, Bill Rosson. Frank Hodson, Ray Schriclc, Lyle Nel son, Lorraine Gjording, and' John Cavanagh. Members of the faculty NYA committee that were present at yesterday’s meeting were C. L. Constance, assistant registrar. J. O. Lindstrom, business manager, Miss Janet Smith, employment secretary, Virgil D. Earl, dean of men, and Dean Onthank. Rosson Wins Army Lieutenant Job William B. Rosson, honor stu dent of the advanced ROTC course and cadet colonel of the unit, has been selected for ap pointment as second lieutenant in the United States army, it was announced yesterday by the Ore gon military department. The ROTC headquarters was officially nulified of the appoint ment by a wire yesterday from Washington, D. C. His appoint ment is final, pending a physical examination which he has been ordered to the Vancouver bar racks immediately to take. Heads of Houses Attend Dessert Members of Orides, indepen dent women’s organization, en tertained the Heads of Houses at a 6:30 dessert in the alumni room of Gerlinger hall Tuesday eve ning. Dean Hazel Schwering poured. Mrs. Alice Macduff and Mrs. Edith Siefert were also present. Torgeson Wins Junior Class Post Discrepancy in Election Totals May Bring Contest of Returns as Check Lists Show Only 459 Voted By LYLE NELSON Louis Torgeson. sophomore in prelaw, was elected president of the* class of 1942 according to election returns released by Verdi Seder* strom, head of the ASUO election committee, last night. The returpa gave Torgeson a total of 250 votes as against 228 for Jack McClinient. On the same ticket Jean Burt was elected vice-president; Martha McClung, secretary; and Clark Weaver, treasurer. Soon after complete returns were released last night, opposi tion leaders prepared to contest the election on the basis of a dis crepancy in the number of total votes and the number of people checked off as having voted on the two check lists kept at the polls. The check lists showed a total of 459 as having voted as compared with the total number of 478 votes cast for the two can didates. The legality of the election, if contested, will go to the ASUO judiciary committee for final de cision. The committee will either declare the election legal or call for a new election. Yesterday’s election climaxes a week marked by the absence of extensive overt campaigning by either side. The candidates were nominated by a sophomore class meeting last Thursday. Retired US Major Joins ROTC Staff Major Charles E. Knickehocker, retired United States army offi cer, will return to active duty next month when he reports on the Oregon campus for work with the University ROTC units, a letter received by the president's office yes.. rday stated. Major Knickerbocker's addition to the ROTC staff is part of a new national move which will call 130 retired officers back to army work for college units and 18 for actual recruiting duty. Notice of the major's appoint ment was announced by J. L. De Witt, lieutenant - general of the United States army. Knickebock er is scheduled to arrive on the campus approximately May 15. IN TODAY’S NEWS News . Edits Sports . . Campus Calendar 1, 3, 4, 5, S 6, 7 .... 2 Hay Wins Close Law School Vote President Takes Re-vote Election From Hamilton John R. Hay was elected new president of the law school when a re-vote was taken to decide a tie between Hay and Floyd Ham ilton at the law school election yesterday. Hay is a member of the Fri ars, senior men's honorary, is a member and past secretary of Phi Delta Phi law honorary, placed second on the second-year law class honor roll winter term* and is a member of the 'Univer sity of Oregon student disciplin ary board. Winning the secretary-treas urer's position was Charles A, Phipps, first-year student, who won over Leon Olmstead and Ad dison Wood. For the first time in the history of the law school a woman won a position on the executive board, when Mary Jane Wormser wan unanimously acclaimed the law school barber. Election of the lav/ school queen for Junior Weekend was the next item of business which .resulted in the selection of Meyer Krocp nick. The. princesses are to bo the defeated queen candidates. ASUO Nominations Scheduled Tuesday Nominations lor ASUO officer* for 1940-11 will he held Tuesday morning:, April 30, at II o’clock at a special nominating: assembly in Gerlir.ger hall. Verdi Sederstrom, first vice president of ASUO, will, be Jit charge of the assembly. Japan s a Man 'sLand, Says Former Student By BETTY JANE BIGGS When they hire a woman em ployee, they also hire a chaperon to watch over her. “Yes, Japan is definitely a man's country," said Kiyoko Tsu boi, member of the Oregon's 1938 graduating class, who just re turned from two year's of study ing life and customs in the war devastated, cherry-blossom coun try. Miss Tsuboi related that a wo mar. was not even allowed on tho street without a maid "trotting" along behind. "That has its com pensations when there are bun dles,” the American-born Japan ese maid admitted. Dressed in a very smart black dress and pumps, with carefully painted lips and fingernails, Ki yoko said' that her English wa > rather "rusty” after two yean of non-use but that "gab tests" (Phase turn So page jour)
