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UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1940
NUMBER 16
UO Registers 765 in Conscription
Homecoming
* Slogans Pour
Into Boxes
Five Dollar Prize
Hangs High Until
Friday Morning
Entries for the 1940 homecoming
slogan contest were still rolling
into the ballot boxes in the Co-op
and College Side inn, a closing
hour checkup in each establish
ment by Joe Gurley, homecoming
chairman, revealed last night.
^ “The $5 prize will hang high
until tomorrow when it falls into
the lap of the student who drops
the most catchy phrase into one
of the boxes,” Gurley declared fol
lowing the checkup.
Publicity Staff
Formed Last Night
Only a few hours remained for
students to hand in their slogan
ideas last night when the pub
licity committees met in the Col
lege Side to lay plans for the use of
material selected tomorrow'.
Bill Fendall, general publicity
chairman, announced the appoint
ment of Austin Chaney as his
assistant and Jean Fridegar as
general secretary of the com
mittee.
Radio Assistant Named
Pat Erickson, chairman of the
radio committee, appointed Jean
Harper, Frantzel Corman, Jack
* Holcomb, and Frank Calhoun to
help in radio publicity. This com
mittee is already arranging for
radio stations throughout the state
to broadcast publicity for the
November fete.
Campus promotion will be
handled by Don Belding, Jane
Hochuli, and Annette Turn. Nancy
Lewis and Ernie Short will be in
charge of publicity through liv
ing organizations.
Publicity Workers Picked
Bob Frazier, chairman of the
Emerald publicity committee, an
nounced the appointments of Jean
Fridegar, Marge Curtis, Ep Hoyt,
and Byron Mayo, who will work
with him on publicity in the cam
pus daily.
Bill Moxley, in charge of promo
tion for the homecoming dance,
has not yet named members of his
committee.
Wen Brooks, Jean Spearow, and
Bob Flavelle will be on the special
writing staff.
Lovell, Small Head
Campaip for YMCA
Bob Lovell and Milton Small
have been appointed as co-cliair
men heading the YMCA drive for
members. The drive got under way
yesterday. It will continue to the
coming Wednesday, according to
Lovell.
Four sub-committees have been
appointed by Lovell and Small to
assist the coverage of living halls,
co-ops, fraternities, and indepen
dent/.
Those serving on the sub-com
mittees are: Halls—Wayne Kelty,
Carl Peetz, Francis Watsek, and
Ralph Harlow; Co-ops — Milton
Small, John Cavanagh, and Bob
Carlson; Fraternities—Bruce Ste
phenson, George Arbuckle, Neil
Farnham, Clark Weaver, Jerry
Thompson, Don Lafferty, and Bre
ham Van Dusen; Independents—
Earl Holmer, Homer Townsend,
Clif Mattson, Frank Hodson, Dave
Knox, Warren Philip, and George
Casterline.
Admonition
The freshmen will assemble soon
To air their own ambitions
Without the help, or so they say,
Of outside politicians.
Your candid claim, we disavow.
/ It makes us very vexy.
Now in your hurry don't forget
And elect a sophomore prexy.
—J.W.S.
PLAYS 'MAB'
Mary Staton, who will appear as
“Mab” in “Touch Wood.” The pro
duction opens Friday evening in
Gerlinger hall.
Veteran Actress
Stars in Current
UO Theatre Play
Mary Staton Cast
In Drama Opener
Friday, October 18
By HUNTER VAN SICKLEN
After twisting her talents from
the young daughter in “Our Town”
to the coarse Anna in “Anna Chris
tie,", and the tough Crystal in “The
Women,” Mary Staton will add an
other role to her credit when she
appears as “Mab” in “Touch
Wood,” October 78, 19, and 23 at
Gerlinger hall.
As “Mab,” she will furnish the
love interest in “Touch Wood,”
which is a new English resort com
edy by Dodie Smith. It is set in a
Scotch hotel where the characters
are guests.
Director Horace W. Robinson
calls “Touch Wood” a perambulat
ing production, because instead of
a change in scenes, the audience
moves from Gerlinger to Johnson
hall for one exterior set.
The cast includes a veteran
group—G. T. Smith, Helene Par
sons, Mary Staton, Wilfred Road
man, Gerda Brown, Adrian Martin,
Florence Shumaker, Trudy Har
land, Roberta Quigley, Jimmy
Toner, George Turnbull, James
Davidson, and Frank Calhoun.
The box office in Johnson hall,
and the Campus shop on Thir
teenth street are both selling tick
ets. The admission is 50 cents, and
all seats will be reserved. Due to
a limited seating capacity, the au
dience will be restricted to one
hundred persons for each perform
ance.
Potential Thespians
Invited to Meeting
At Westminster Club
Amateur actors are invited to
attend the meeting of the Dramat
ics club at 4 p.m. today in West
minster house.
Parker McNeil, active member
of the Guild theater, will direct the
production of plays. These skits
and plays will also be given in sur
rounding cities.
Mrs. J. D. Bryant of Westmin
ster house, reports, “Each year
between 30 and 40 plays are given
for different community programs.
The group is also anxious to have
students who have talent in giving
readings, doing special dance num
bers, or playing an instrument. It
is an excellent chance for those
wishing to gain experience play
ing before an audience.”
A new attraction this year will
be the presentation of marionette
shows. An original script is to be
written by McNeil for the shows.
Helene James will supervise the
making of the marionettes.
President Lyle Nelson has an
nounced that due to the FBI meet
ing on the campus, the Three o’
clock club will not meet Friday.
FBI Staff Man
Addresses UQ
Police School
Swenson in Charge;
Scientific Detection
Discussed by Agent
Blood and fractured glass were
used yesterday in tests made by
the technical laboratory session of
the FBI police school. The tests,
admittedly important to the mod
ern methods of scientific detection,
were shown and described by J. D.
Swenson, special agent of the
Portland Federal Bureau of In
vestigation staff.
Mr. Swenson, special instructor,
has been in charge of the sessions
discussing scientific aids to crim
inal investigation during the past
week and evident interest has fol
lowed this much publicized branch
of police work.
Leonard Kearney, who recently
graduated from the National Police
academy and is now a member of
the Eugene police department,
gave an address on the practical
work in crime scene searches to
students during the third day of
the school being held on the Uni
versity of Oregon campus. The po
lice students also received addi
tional instruction on the subject of
typewriter comparisons and docu
ment examinations from H. A.
King, also of the Portland FBI
division.
Volunteers Needed;
Marines Call Grads
Recent Oregon graduates are on
,the volunteer wanted list of the
United States marine corps, Major
Arthur W. Ellis, inspector-instruc
tor of the 20th battalion of the
United States marine reserve in
Portland, told Dean Virgil D. Earl
yesterday.
Those who are accepted after ap
plying for a marine position at the
major’s headquarters at 800 South
west Front avenue in, Portland
will be sent to Quantico, Virginia
where a marine training camp is
located.
First Pay $36
During the first three months
the private first class will receive
$36 a month. Those who qualify
then will be given three more
months training with platoons at
the end of which time they .nay
get a second lieutenant’s ranking,
Major Ellis explained to Dean
Earl.
Retire to Reserves
Second lieutenants will receive
another six months of traning, then
will be able to retire to the re
serve officers’ corps or take three
more years of service training, the
visiting recruiter stated.
Landscape Pupils
Visit State Park
A field trip up the the Silver
Creek falls recreational area, and
in the Silver Creek state park, will
be taken this Saturday by the ad
vanced students in landscape archi
tecture.
According to Fred A. Cuthbert,
associate professor of landscape
architecture, the group will leave
early Saturday morning and come
back sometime Saturday night.
G. Robert Goodal, landscape
architect in charge of the Silver
Creek state park development, will
show the students around the area.
Mr. Goodal is a graduate of the
University of Oregon.
Change Cards Due
The academic requirements
committee has authorized the
addition of courses throughout
this week, in ‘‘exceptionally 1
meritorious” cases only. Change
cards must be filed with the j
registrar by noon Saturday,
October 19.
—Photos bv Ted Kenyon, Emerald staff photographer
.. ALL ELIGIBLE MALES ... AGES. 21 to 35..
For the first time in the history of the United States Amerieans, ages 21 to 85, were eonseripted for
military training yesterday. Sixteen million men were registered throughout the nation. The above picture
shows University of Oregon students being registered by ROTU eadet officers. Jack Jasper is signing his
name, after being questioned by Charles Hoagland. Standing, left to right, are: Harold Ellieott, Buzz
Baker, Colonel IJ. M. Lyon, head of the Oregon KOTC, Clarence Kruger, and Mason McLean. Standing
in the rear are Bill Boreher and Vic Townsend.
Registration Hits
All-Time Record
College Enrollment
Shows Increase
Of 2.6 Per Cent
A total of 3,674 students has
registered in the University this
term, representing an increase of
2.6 per cent over last year’s figure
of 3581 and setting an all-time
high record.
In spite of predicted hesitation
because of conscription, there are
three more men on the campus
this year. The extra threesome
brings the total male enrollment to
2,224, an increase of .1 per cent.
A 6.6 per cent rise in the number
of women students has brought
their total to 1,450 compared to
last year’s 1,360.
System Shows Increase
The Oregon state system of
higher education as a whole shows
an increase of 1.5 per cent. This is
its seventh consecutive year of in
crease, the early depression years
being the last to show a decrease.
Oregon State college reached a
new high point with 4,374 regis
trants. An even three dozen more
men and 107 additional women
brought the Beavers a 3.1 per cent
increase, second in the system only
to the Eastern Oregon College of
Education.
Two Colleges Drop
EOCE drew 344 students. Ore
gon College of Education (Mon
mouth) dropped 19.1 per cent and
Southern Oregon fell 9.4 per cent.
Since three years instead of two
are now required for an elementary
teacher’s certificate, officials re
marked that many students may
prefer to go to a standard college
and prepare to teach in high
schools, with their generally better
pay
Professor on Leave
John T. Ganoe, associate profes
sor of history, is on a leave of ab
sence, according- to Dan Clark,
head of the history department,
Paul T. Culbertson, instructor of
history, is taking Mr. Ganoe’s
place. Ganoe is studying in the na
tion's archives and the Library of
Congress in Washington, D. C. He
will return for the fall term of
1941.
Article Accepted
John McCloskey, instructor in
English, has received word that an
article written by him has been ac
cepted for publication by College
English. The title of the article is
"Hamlet’s Quest Certainty." IL is
expected to be published in the fall
or winter issue.
Expecting Mail?
Visit Dean Earl's
Epistle Morgue
Although the police force* on
the campus has been at the ca
pacity point for two days now,
the dean of men's office still
can’t find a way to solve 23
mysteries which it has on its
hands.
Each mystery is a letter which
has stopped in that office when
all other efforts to find the ad
dressee have failed. As a last
resort, the secretary has released
this list of names which contains
all who have letters waiting for
them in the dean's office in
Johnson hall.
The list contains the names of
Russel Barthell, William Hoppe,
Paul Jolma, John W. Driver,
Duane Mellem, Ivan Parker, Jim
Stranahan, Jr., John Scheffer.
R. C. Treasher, Thomas F. Mun
dle, George Hart, Kenny Peter
sen, Lawrence Baird, Earl
Shackelford, Norman Johnson,
Burr H. Monrad, Vernon A.
Meyer, Robert Wilmsen, Har
old Longmaid, F. Walker, Joe
Baltazar, Howard Halgedahl,
Richard Dulaney, and Harold
Adams.
Activities Manager
Names Office Head
The appointment of Emily Tyree
as chairman of the Monday office
staff in the educational activities
department office was announced
Wednesday by George Luoma, as
sistant activities manager.
Miss Tryee will work with Janet
Rieg, office manager of the edu
cational activities staff, Luoma
said. Assisting Miss Rieg in the
office today will be Jeanne Routt,
Peggy Magill, Margaret Weyer
holz, and Frances Cohen.
The following persons will work
with Jeanette Christensen, pro
gram manager, today on the pro
gram staff: Nancy Riesch, Glenn
Williams, Connie Ryals, Ryela
Hattan, Betty Amunson, Bette
Norwood, Barbarajean Tuttle, Lois
Fisher, Pat Wright, Mary lee Fry,
Helen Rayburn, Peggy Kemp, and
David Campbell.
Yvonne Torgler and Nick Kov
tonovitch will work with Roy
Metzler and Jeff Kitchen today on
the publicity staff.
Dean Host to Class
Mrs. Alice B. Macduff, assistant
dean of women, entertained the
nursing class of Miss Ruth V.
Wheelock, associate professor of
nursing education at a tea yester
day afternoon at her apartment.
Change in Style
Set for Qregana
Magazine Makeup
Will Be Utilized
For First Time
The 1941 Oregana will be pre
sented in “magazine” style, Wilbur
Bishop, editor of the coming year
book, announced Wednesday. He
said he believed this would mark
the 1941 issue as different from
anything ever tried at Oregon or
“perhaps anywhere in the coun
try.”
In sketching- the history of col
lege annuals Bishop explained that
prior to 1930 writing was stressed
more than pictures, but that since
then the trend has been toward
more pictures and less printed mat
ter.
Bishop asserted that he believed
the 1941 volume might start a new
trend in the publishing of college
yearbooks. “The quality of writing
will be emphasized," he said, “but
the quantity will remain the same
or perhaps be slightly decreased.
This does not mean that the pic
torial side of the book will be neg
lected; on the contrary there will
probably be more pictures than
ever before, certainly many more
large pictures."
The editor said that after study
ing yearbooks of other years he
has discovered that quality of writ
ing has been one of the most ap
parent weaknesses, and that he
has adopted the “magazine” style
to remedy this.
“However,” he stated, "It should
be understood that the Oregana
will still look like a yearbook and
not a magazine. It will merely be
in magazine style, reinterpreted
and adapted to a yearbook.”
Wright Will Speak
Dr. L. O. Wright will speak to
day to the regional chairmen of
the American Association of
Teachers of Spanish on the plans
for the national convention to be
held in Albuquerque, New Mexico,
during Christmas vacation.
He ranked along with Forest
Evashevski of Michigan (he’s the
one who clears the way for Tom
Harmon) as one of the nation’s
best. Unfortunately, it is the ball
carrier rather than the blocker
who is named to the all-star teams.
NYA Checks on Way
Checks for NYA work done so
far during October will be mailed
to the student workers in about
two weeks, Miss Peggy Jane Peeb
ler, NYA secretary, announces.
Tuesday was the deadline for
time reports to be handed in for
the first fiscal month.
Students, F acuity
SignUp for Duty
Local Residents Enroll at Friendly Hall,
Non-Residents Drafted at McArthur Court
In Drive for U. S. Military Preparedness
By BERNIE ENGFT,
An estimated 7G5 University of Oregon men registered yesterday for
possible military duty under the Selective Service act. Although college
students may claim deferment until July 1, 1941, they were required to
register along with all other men between the ages of 21-35.
ROTC officials in charge of the McArthur court station for out-of
town students reported a total of 675 signed up there. Officials work
ing at the Friendly hall precinct
for faculty members and local resi
dents estimated that 90 of their
total of 136 were composed of stu
dents.
Draftees May Leave
Contrary to a student rumor,
registrants are free to leave town
without reporting their where
abouts. As long as the man’s home
address or that of someone who
will always know where he is is
available there will be no trouble,
Colonel R. M. Lyon, ROTC com
mandant, declared.
Late Registration
No provision has been announced
as yet for registering those coming
of age after the initial registration
day. Precincts may be opened
periodically to accommodate them
or some office may be left perma
nently open in each district, ac
cording to Colonel Lyon.
Nilssen to Talk
On Air Tonight
Oregon Students
Will Take Part
In Radio Program
Sigurd Nilssen, bass baritone,
will be the campus personality in
terviewed on the speech division’s
“hour on the air" this evening at
8:15 o’clock over station KOAC.
Students who will take part in
tonight’s poetry program include:
Charles Wright, Mary Ellen Smith,
Betty Crites, Adrienne Flurrey,
Eloise Rockwell, and Velma Sta
ples. Pianist Norma Baker will
provide musical background.
“They Shall Never Part,” a story
centered about present war condi
tions in England, occupies the
opening spot on the program which
goes on the air at 7:30 o’clock. The
student cast includes: Mary Chinn,
Charlotte Swartz, Donella Wilson,
and Dorothy Stauffer.
An old-fashioned! melodrama,
“Foiled by an Alphabet,” will be
aired at 7:45 o’clock. This play,
which is in burlesque form, is cast
to include: Margaret Rawson, Reid
Ferrall, George MacPherson, John
Blankinship, Betty Wright, and
Dorothy Adams.
Houses Entertain
Women's Leaders
Women’s living organizations
have entertained Dean Hazel P.
Schwering and her assistant, Mrs.
Alice Macduff, during the past
week.
Yesterday the two deans and
Miss Louise Clark had lunch at
University house. Hendricks hall
entertained the deans at dinner last
night. Tuesday Alpha Delta Pi and
Alpha Omicron Pi were hosts to
Mrs. Schwering and Mrs. Macduff.
Friday Pi Beta Phi feted the cleans.
Kappa Kappa Gamma has invit-1
ed the deans to dinner Tuesday,
October 23.
'Y' Open to Lunchers
Paul D. Sutley, secretary of the
University YMCA, yesterday an
nounced that students bringing
noon lunches to school may eat at
the Y. Warren Philips is chairman
of the noon luncheon group. All the
Y’s facilities such as the library,
magazine library, chess boards,
ping pong tables and pianos are
available to the group. The YMCA
is located on Kincaid just north
of 13th.
Freshman Class
Shifts Meeting
To McArthur
Frosh to Discuss
Class Constitution
At Next Session
The freshman class is tentative
ly scheduled to meet tonight at
7:30 in McArthur court to consider
adoption of a constitution, John
Cavanagh, first vice-president of
the student body, revealed last
night.
Originally scheduled for last
night, the meeting was postponed
because there was no available
hall.
If McArthur court is not avail
able all campus living organiza
tions will be contacted, Cavanagh
said.
Mrs. Hazel P. Schwering, dean
of women, and Virgil D. Earl, dean
of men, will be present. Cavanagh
read a proposed constitution to
the class last Wednesday and sub
mitted it to their criticism. An
amendment was added, extending
voting privileges to all freshmen,
whether or not they are class card
holders. The meeting was ad
journed before the constitution it
self was voted upon, however.
The class is expected to take ac
tion on the constitution at to
night's meeting.
Freshman Women
To Assemble Todag
A panorama of the activity girl’s
outlook on college will be present
ed for freshmen women this after
noon at 4 o’clock when Phi Theta
Upsilon, junior women’s honorary,
entertains at their first orientation
assembly in Gerlinger hall.
From a green and yellow decor
ated daisy in the center of alumni
hall, heads of 15 coed honoraries
will be presented in a skit featur
ing Betty Workman and Phyllis
Sanders. Each organization head
will describe her honorary, and ex
plain the requirements for initia
tion.
Jo Bullls, Phi Theta member,
will sing, and last year’s Kwama
trio Elizabeth Steed, Jean Burt,
and Pat Shea—will conclude the
program.
Shea—will conclude the program.
Refreshments will be served by
the yellow-sweatered members of
the junior honorary after the meet
ing. Later in the year'Phi Theta
will sponsor a series of assemblies,
designed to acquaint ffceshmen wo
men with campus customs and tra
ditions.
Writing Honorary
To Meet Thursday
Ye Tabard Inn, men’s writing
club, will hold its first meeting of
the fall term Thursday night at
7:45 in the men’s lounge of Ger
linger hall. All members are asked
to be present.
Nominations of new members,
and other business of the year will
be discussed. Members who have
manuscripts they would like to
read should bring them along.