Oregon
VOLUME XLI
Emerald
NUMBER 129
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, MAY 24, 1940
They're Set for the 'King of Swing'
CAMPUS AWAITS GOODMAN
Pictured above are members of the Frosh Glee dance committee. Standing, left to right, are Jeff
Kitchen, co-chairman; Betty Thorndyke, finance; Carolyn Holmes, program; Elsie Brownell, decora
tions; Florence Cooley and Ray Packouz, specialties. Sitting are Doug Fabian, floor; Milodene Goss,
promotion; Mary Belcher, patrons; and Ray Schrisk, publicity. Missing are Lyle Selleck, Jim Roots,
Don Shirley, Clarence Terry, Wilma Stien, Doris Gething, Ruth Hartley, Lloyd Manning, Mack Diet
rick, and Bob Herndon.
Rally Committee
Members Named
Choices Also Made
For Assembly and
Speakers Groups
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The ASUO executive commit
tee in a late session last night
added fourteen new names to the
1940-1941 rally committee and
appointed members of several
other committees. They will hold
their first meeting at 7:30 to
night in ‘Tiger” Payne’s office.
Named on the committee were:
Jim Carney, Ted Lindley, and
Jack McCliment, junior men; Les
Anderson, Pat Cloud, Len Ballif,
and Russ Hudson, sophomore
men; Sue Cunningham, senior
woman; June Justice and Edith
Bush, juniors; and Mary Word,
Caroline Holmes, Betty Jane
Biggs, and Doris Gething, sopho
mores.
The ASUO group changed the
rally committee by-laws by se
lecting four sophomore girls in
stead of three and only four
sophomore men instead of five.
Hal Jahn and Billie Christen
son were appointed co-chairmen
of the speakers committee.
On the student discipline com
mittee will be Grace Irvin, Ken
Erickson, and Pete Igoe.
Appointed as student members
on the assemblies committee
were Les Ready, Lloyd Sullivan,
Sally Mitchcell, and Jack Mc
Climent.
Hood River Has
Hot Howdy'do
For Prexy Erh
As the old saying “from the
frying pan into the fire” goes,
so may students do well to make
the best of the current Univer
sity “heat wave.”
President Donald M. Erb left
the campus Wednesday to speak
at Hood River high school com
mencement exercises. The chances
at the time of his departure ap
peared at least 50-50 that he
would receive the relief from
“warmth” of the campus on the
“foreign visit.”
An unexpected “jolt” came yes
terday morning, however, when
weather reports announced that
Hood River was the hottest town
in the state for Wednesday. Dr.
Erb is expeced back to the “cool
ness” of the campus next week.
Epitaph
Today marks the end of the Em
erald’s year.
We’re sorry to find that the end
is so near.
We’ve batted our copy out day
after day.
The Emerald is part of our life
in a way.
So as we finish, this thought
makes us squirm:
What shall we do ’til the end of
the term?
—J. W. S.
Commencement
Plans Released
Seniors Instructed
For Graduation
By Alumni Office
All seniors who are leaving- the
campus early are urged to come
to the alumni office to get their
senior instructions and informa
tion, according to an announce
ment from the alumni office.
Seniors who are remaining on
the campus until graduation are
to get their information and tick
ets at the alumni office Wednes
day, Thursday, and Friday, June
5, 6, and 7, from 8 to 12 and 1
to 5 o’clock or on Saturday, June
8, from 8 to 12 o’clock.
No commencement tickets will
be . available before Wednesday,
June 5, although seniors leaving
the campus may reserve theirs
earlier.
Instructions or tickets for the
following affairs can be obtained
at the office.
Three reserved tickets will be
given to each senior for the Bac
calaureate service on Sunday,
June 9, at 11 a.m., and to the
Commencement exercises on Sun
day, June 9, at 8 p.m. The bal
cony will be open to the public.
Senior women may make reser
vations to attend the breakfast
given by the women graduates of
the University, the State Associa
(Please turn to page three)
Annual Freshman
Glee Will Complete
Year's Social Events
Tun and Frolic' Clothes Heads Order
Dancing Webfoots; One o'clock Permit
Given; Lasts From 8 to 12
Young man’s fancy will have
one more chance to turn this term
with the dean of women’s office
approving of one o’clock permis
sion for Saturday night's Frosh
Glee, the last all-campus function
of the year.
Benny Goodman, king of swing,
has signed a special contract with
Jeff Kitchen and Lyle Selleck,
co-chairmen, to play at the an
nual freshman social event from
8 to 12 o’clock, lengthening the
dancing time by one hour.
Building around the theme of
“fun and frolic” evening, the com
mittee has decreed sport dresses
for girls and "what they will”
for the fellows so that they may
enjoy the personal appearance of
Goodman with his clarinet in an
informal atmosphere.
The decorations motif will also
center around the orchestra.
Elaborate decorations will be done
away with to make more room
for the dancing, Kitchen declared.
Decorations will center around
the band stand which will be
located in one corner of McAr
thur Court with a semi-sound
shell adorned’ by a huge carica
ture of Benny Goodman as the
background.
Pre-ticket sale for the Glee will
close this evening at 5 o’clock.
The special prices of $1.25 to
freshmen and $1.75 for other stu
dents will be raised to $2 the
night of the Glee. Single and spec
tator admission prices will be $1.
Tickets may be purchased at the
educational activities office un
til the deadline time.
Hours for Closed
Weekends Listed
Hours for the next two weeks
of school, as released by the
dean of women's office, are:
Friday, May 24—10:30 permis
sion.
Saturday, 25—1:00 permission.
Frosh Glee.
Sunday, 26—10:30 permission.
(Girls are allowed only two dates
for the weekend.)
Monday, 27-Tuesday, 28—10:30
permission.
Wednesday, 29—11:00 permis
sion.
Thursday, 30—10:30 permis
sion. Armistice day. No classes.
Friday, 31—10:30 permission.
Saturday, June 1—12:15 per
mission. (Girls are allowed only
one date this weekend.)
During this last period before
finals there are to be no social
events with the exception of the
Frosh Glee, May 25.
Art Faculty Wins
The art school faculty soft ball
team, largely supplemented by
students, far outstripped the stu
dent team as they played at the
art school picnic held Wednesday
a Swimmer’s Delight.
The executive council of the
school arranged the picnic.
Dies in Crash
Kenneth Hankins, Oregon jun
ior, who was killed early Thurs
day morning in an automobile
crash near Albany. John Mar
shall, an Oregon State student,
was also killed.
Two Youths Die
In Auto Crash
Kenneth Hankins,
Charles Marshall,
Killed Thursday
Kenneth Hankins, junior at the
University, and Charles Marshall,
junior at OSC, were killed in an
automobile accident early Thurs
day morning on the Pacific high
way near Jefferson.
The four other occupants of the
car, none of whom were seri
ously injured, were Clark Wea
ver and William Bloodworth,
sophomores; Ted McMurren,
freshman, and Donna Brown, of
OSC.
The accident occurred as the
car, in which the students were
riding, attempted to pass a ce
ment truck on a hill near Goin’9
restaurant and collided with a
truck coming fronv the south.
The collision overturned the stu
dents’ car, throwing both Han
kins and Marshall to the pave
ment. Hankins died en route to
Albany in an ambulance. Mar
shall was killed instantly.
The students were in Portland:
visiting friends and relatives.
Schwartz Moves
J. R. Schwartz, graduate as
sistant in the English department,
will be an instructor at Boise
Junior College next year.
Mr. Schwartz will- teach Eng
lish as he has here at the Uni
versity, and will also instruct dra
matics classes in his new posi
tion.