Onest speaker at the Friday eve
ning banquet of the Oregon Press
conference will be Wayne I..
Morse, dean of the University of
Oregon law school.
tCourtesy tnc Kegisier-Guaid <
John Stark Evans, composer anil
director of the Engene Oleemen,
chorus of 70 male voices, who will
sing for (lie Oregon Press confer
ence liampiet Friday evening. The
Oleemen have sung annually for
the Oregon editors and publishers
for more than 15 years.
FOURTH ESTATE
Newspapermen
To Open Session
Oregon's Twenty-Third Press Conference
To Begin This Afternoon; Annual Meeting
To Feature Speakers From Coastal Area
Oregon newspapermen today will open their 23rd annual Oregon Press
conference with a meeting of the board of directors and budget committee
at 3 p.m. at the Eugene hotel. Registration for this session of the confer
ence will start tomorrow morning at 9:15 after group breakfasts.
Names on the list of speakers are: Roy A. Brown, publisher of the
San Rafael (Cal.) Independent and president of the National Editorial
FUNCTION...
Professionals
To Decorate
For Senior Ball
Portland Allied Art
Studio Will Portray
Blue, Gold Theme
Stan Staiger, decoration chair
man, announced that a contract
had been signed with tlie Allied
Art Studios of Portland to furnish
decorations for the senior ball.
“Everything will be built
around the famous Bob Crosby
Dixieland outfit’s playing plat
form,” Staiger stated. For the first
time in several court dances a
large canopy will provide the ceil
ing. It will be blue with gold and
silver lining.
“The contract calls for lQts of
floodlights,” Staiger said.
“Crosby,” the decoration chair
man, remarked, ‘‘is about as big
time as could be wished and noth
ing is to be spared to make this
{ senior affair one of the most pop
ular dances of the year.”
To back up the chairman's
statements, Allied Arts is using
one complete truckload of equip
ment for the renovation. Work will
start Thursday night and continue
until dance time Friday.
Education Honorary
Hears of Interests
Of High School Girls
__ •
Leona Tyler of the psychology
department spoke on what the in
terests of high school girls show
about woman’s economic position,
at the Pi Lambda Theta, education
honorary meeting last night. Her
speech was based on the work that
she did for her doctor’s degree at
the University of Minnesota in the
k St. Paul and Minneapolis schools.
While there she had made a
study on the difference in the at
titudes of girls who take college
preparatory and general courses.
Pi Lambda Theta has made
plans for a special meeting to be
held in the afternoon of February
1 at the home of Mi s. F. L. Stet
son.
Marie Tinker gave a report of
the Pi Lambda Theta regional
conference held at Seattle Decem
ber 28 and 29.
The next regular meeting of the
honorary will be held on February
18 at the home of Mrs. John Saul
1407 E. 21st, at 7:45.
ROTC Pay Arrives
The pay checks for the 100 mem
bers of the advanced course in
ROTC were recently received. The
total amount of the pay checks
{ handed out to upper division mili
tary students came to $2300. This
payment covered the fall term of
school.
association; Gieut. coi. tinier v.
Wooten, state director; Palmer
Hoyt, publisher of the Oregonian,
and many others.
Members of the University facul
ty who will speak are: Dean Wayne
L. Morse of t^ie law school; Ernest
G. Moll, associate professor of Eng
lish; Charles M. Hulten, assistant
professor of journalism; and Dean
Eric W. Allen of the journalism
school.
A feature at the Friday evening
banquet will be the complimentary
request appearance, under John
Stark Evans, of the Eugene Glee
men.
Journalism students of the radio
group of the editing class will pre
sent a special stunt at the Saturday
luncheon. Students participating
will be Jean Crites, Bill Fendall, Sal
ly Mitchell, and Dick Williams.
New Law Puts Limit
Of 57 NYA Hours
No more than 57 hours can be
included on any student's NYA
time card for one term, according
to the rule established by the fed
eral government.
Because of this rule, the number
of assigned hours not worked be
fore the January period deadline
of January 15, plus the assigned
j hours for the next period cannot
exceed 57, states Miss Peggy
Peebler, NYA secretary on the
campus.
While students are allowed to
“carry over” hours from the Jan
uary period into the next period,
in no case should hours be re
ported on time cards that have not
actually been worked during the
period, she states.
Advertising Meeting
Moved to Friendly
The local ad staff meeting Fri
day afternoon at 4 o’clock has
been changed to Friendly hall
room 19 with Advertising Mana
ger Fred May presiding. New ap
pointments for winter term will
be announced.
Ron Alpaugh, layout production
chief, will explain the new oper
ation of the layout staff this term.
Other business will be presented,
also.
“It is imperative that all Oregon
Daily Emerald local advertising
v staff members be there,” an
nounced Jim Frost, business man
ager. Those who cannot come
should let their day managers
know.
ROTC to Meet
Today for Drill
The ROTC will meet this after
noon for assignments and organi
j zation of companies on the drill
\ fields.
The 1st battalion will meet on
Emerald and streets east, and the
2nd battalion on streets west of
. Emerald.
Present will be all seniors and
, the 11 o’clock class of juniors. The
I 10 o'clock class of juniors will
meet in classrooms.
JU A A
U. OF ORE.
Constitution Committeemen Tee Off
Valentine Girl Candidates Named
QUEEN OF HEARTS
Nominations
List 54 Coeds
In Competition
Aspirants Asked
To Report for Photo
At News Bureau
The names of 54 Oregon coeds,
candidates for the title of “Ideal
Valentine Girl” and a picture in
Life magazine, were submitted by
students before the deadline at 5
o’clock last. night. The two-day
nomination period brought re
sponse from almost all living or
ganizations on the campus.
Coeds to Be Photographed
Photographing of the candidates
will begin immediately, according
to the committee in charge of the
selection. All candidates are asked
to appear at the University news
bureau some time between 2 and
4:30 today. From two to four
pictures of each candidate will be
taken at that time, the committee
announced. Any candidate who can
not be there at that time should
call the news bureau and arrange
to have a picture taken at another
time.
The committee will be present
at the news bureau today and
will base part of their selection
upon the personal appearances.
Final decision, however, will be
upon the basis of how well the
candidates photograph. A number
of portrait pictures of the winner
will be taken and sent to Life for
their section on “Ideal Valentine
Girls" of major colleges and uni
versities.
Judges Listed
The seven members of the com
mittee who will make the selec
tion are: George Godfrey, head of
the news bureau; Elmer Fansett,
alumni secretary; Harry Schenk,
manager of the Oregon Newspa
per Publishers' association; Jimmie
Leonard, managing editor of the
Emerald; Charles Hulten, assist
ant professor of journalism; Roy
Vernstrom, editor of Old Oregon;
and Lyle Nelson, Emerald editor.
Both Norman Weiner and Pro
fessor James D. Barnett, also nom
inated for the contest, were dis
qualified by the committee last
night.
Concert Scheduled
By University Band
The concert of the University of
Oregon band, which will be held in
the campus music auditorium Sun
day afternoon at 3 o’clock, will be
free of charge to all who care to
attend, it has been ruled by the
educational activities board, which
is sponsoring the program in co
operation with the school of mu
sic.
The complete program to be
played by the 50-member organi
zation is announced as follows:
1. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in
B Minor.
2. Beethoven: Overture Corio
lanus.
3. Tschaikowsky: Selections
from “The Nutcracker Suite” —
Overture Miniature, Marche, Dance
of the Reed Pipes, and Russian
Dance.
4. Schumann: Festival Overture.
5. Debussy: General Lavine, Ec
centric.
6. Westerhout: Ronde d’Amour.
7. Morton Gould: Tropical (Di
rected by Art Holman, ’40).
8. Borodin: Second symphony,
first movement.
Soph Dilemma
(a) The heads of the soph inform
al
(b) Just don’t know what to do.
(c) For they can’t decide
(c) Quite which to deride,
(d) The student affairs committee
(b) Or last term’s sie ge of the flu.
—J.W.S.
Nominees
Here is a list of the names of the
candidates for the Life Valentine
queen contest:
Genevieve Adams, Nancy Ames,
Betty Anderson, Mary Anderson,
Rebecca Anderson, Aida Brun, Bet
ty Buchanan, Beverly Burns, Edith
Bush, Carolyn Chapman, Margaret
Childs, Bette Christensen.
Eleanor Collier, Ruth Condon,
Frances Cox, Suzanne Cunningham,
Peggy Lou Dorsee, Isolde Eichen
luub, Ellen Evans.
Isabelle Fortmiller Janet Fos
ter, Julia Glasby, Neva Haight,
Dorothy Havens, Carolyn Holmes,
Jean Hoover, Pat Howard.
Virginia James, Jean Johnson,
Florence Kinney, Gwendolyn Krem
mel, Virginia Langstroth, Billie
Lawrence, Elaine Lee, Jean Mahal
sic, Fontelle Mitchell, Jean Morri
son.
Betty Jane Phillips, Besse Ray
bould, Madge Rowden, Pat Schmidt,
Joan Sins, Cis Steele, Jo An Supple,
Blanche Svoboda.
Mary Thomas, Yvonne Torgler,
Emma Verdurmen, Caroline Wag
goner, Kathryn Werry, Dorothy
Wheeler, Corrine Wignes, Lorabelle
Wraith.
POPS...
UO Dads Plan
Gate Dedication
Saturday Will See
Parade, Banquet
As Festival Climax
Dads’ day ceremonies February
8 and 9 will center around the ded
ication of the gates at the north
end of the campus, Stan Staiger,
chairman of the weekend, an
nounced yesterday.
Dedication ceremonies, Staiger
reported, would begin at 11:30
Saturday morning, immediately
after the Dads hold their usual
business meeting. Plans, he said,
were being worked out whereby
the gates would be presented
either to a member of the faculty
or to President D. M. Erb.
He indicated that some sort of
ceremonial parade through the
gates and south to Thirteenth
street would be staged. Presuma
bly the entire student body would
take part in the parade.
Saturday night a Dads’ banquet
will be held, he said, probably in
Gerlinger. Staiger hopes to ar
range for the fathers of Order of
“O” men to sit together at the
head table on the main floor.
Extension Courses
Offer Extra Credit
University extension courses are
still open to those who wish to
earn extra credits for outside
work, extension department offi
cials said today.
Candidates must register in
room 100 extension building im
mediately. Information on fees
may also be obtained there.
Classes offered include business
English, aerial navigation, repre
sentation, literature of the Bible,
foods, civilizations of China and
Japan, metal crafts, rocks and
minerals, community organization,
and constructive accounting.
Russian Students
May Get Fund
Any student of Russian origin
who has studied in a college for
at least one year may apply for
aid to the Russian Student Fund,
according to Dean Virgil D, Earl,
director of scholarships and stu
dent finances.
Any Russian students who wish
to apply for this loan should get
in touch with Dean Earl promptly,
as applications are not considered
after April 1.
All applications are considered
on the basis of comparative stand
ings of students with reference to
their studies, and additional perti
nent material.
RUSSIANS...
T wenty-Four Original
Don Cossacks to Sing
Of flip original thirty-four Don
Cossacks, formed as a singing group
over 20 years ago in a Red Russian
prison camp, twenty-four will ap
pear on the stage of McArthur court
next Tuesday evening when Serge
Jaroff presents his musical ex-sol
diers in concert. All University stu
dents will be admitted to the concert
upon presentation of their educa
tional activities card.
It is perhaps significant that of
the ten who are no longer with the
group, none dropped out because of
lack of interest or disagreement
with the rest. Three were taken by
death and one is resting in a sana
tarium. Hollywood lured another
Cossack and the sixth was invited to
direct the Brooklyn school of music.
An Australian concert was most
disastrous to the Cossacks. Four
married members were tempted by
the agricultural possibilities and
charms of the country and settled
there with their families, reluctant
to leave their comrades—but feeling
it would be better for their children
than the constant change and ex
citement of traveling.
The ten original Cossacks have
been replaced from a select reserve
list of Don river valley soldiers
whose tradition and singing ability
matches that of their colleagues,
according to reviewers and critics.
The Don Cossack concert will be
gin at 8 o’clock.
Grads Praised
For Flying Skill
Donald L. Gilbert,
Knox Parker, Made
Cadet Sergeants
Two former members of the
University of Oregon student body,
Flying Cadets .Donald L. Gilbert
and Knox Parker, have received
commendations from the Air Corps
Training detachment of the Ryan
School of Aeronautics at Lind
bergh field, San Diego, California.
According to Merrill H. Carlton,
public relations officer, Parker
was selected as Flying Cadet Pla
toon Sergeant of his class, and
Gilbert was selected as Flying Ca
det First Sergeant during primary
training. The two men will now
go to Moffett field for basic train
ing.
Initiation Banquet
To Honor Senior Six
The six seniors who were elected
into Phi Beta Kappa, national scho
lastic honorary, last fall, will be
initiated tonight at the Osburn ho
tel. The ceremonies will start at
5:30, followed by a banquet at
6:30.
Dr. Harvey G. Townsend, pro
fessor of philosophy on the campus
will speak at the banquet. His ad
dress Is entitled “Ivory Towers.’’
Those seniors who will be init
iated are: Perry John Powers, Sa
lem; John Benson Mates, Portland;
Aida Adelaide Brun, Klamath
Palls; Nanette Elizabeth Schmuki,
Clackamas; Florence Alice Kinney,
Portland; and Ray Storla Hewitt,
Milton.
All Phi Beta Kappa members
and their wives are invited.
YW Assembly Held
A YW assembly was held yes
terday afternoon at 4 o’clock in
the bungalow over which Mar
garet Brown, chairman of the as
sembly committee, presided.
The chairman introduced Paul
ine Pengra, chairman of the day,
who presented a program consist
ing of musical selections and a
discussion group.
SNOWY...
Tickets on Sale
For WAA Dance
Saturday Night
'Wonderland' Motif
To Feature Skiers,
Large Snowman
The WAA will hold the second
dance it has given during the cur
rent school year Saturday night in
Gerlinger hall. The dance will
last from 9 to 12 and is strictly a
boy-dates-girl affair.
Tickets are on sale in the men’s
houses at $1 a couple, and according
to Ruth Hartley, on the dance com
mittee, they’ve been selling fast.
The dance will follow the basket
ball game between Washington
State and Oregon.
Janet Farnham is in charge of
decorations, and this year tlfe dance
will again have the Winter Wonder
land theme which proved popular
last year. At intermission during
last year’s dance a fashion show of
ski togs was presented.
Fir trees, a big snow man and
paper skiers will decorate the dance
hall, and the programs will have a
snow-man theme. The ceiling will
bloom with large white balloons.
The WAA intends to sponsor this
dance every year, and this year they
made a special change, making it
informal instead of formal as be
fore, because of the basketball game
that precedes it. Short silks and
heels will be correct dress.
Betty Morfitt and Pat Vanden
eynde are co-chairmen of the dance.
Registration Rise
Mag Match Record
The rapid rise in registration to
tals in the past five days may fore
cast a near-duplication of last year’s
all-time high which numbered 3459,
according to C. L. Constance,
assistant registrar for the Univer
sity.
Vacationing students who didn’t
mind the late fee accounted for the
low registration on the first day
when the total mark barely strug
gled up to 2678. In the last five days
the number of students registered
shot up to 3254, an increase of 576
or over one hundred a day.
With 76 registrations recorded
yesterday and ten days left before
the official signup closes Univer
sity authorities look for posisble
shattered marks.
Emerald Ad Staff
Shows Vacancies
For students desiring positions
in the Emerald business depart
ment other than in local advertis
ing, a number of vacancies still ex
ist in the national and classified
advertising departments, layout
production, and office and promo
tional staffs. The promotional di
vision handles news, photography,
and display.
Applications will be received all
this week. Those interested should
telephone or see Jim Frost, busi
ness manager, in room 5, journal
ism.
Thomas Substitutes
For Absentee Grad
Bill Clemes has withdrawn as
graduate assistant in social science
survey for a year. Richard Thom
as, formerly graduate assistant in
the sociology department is taking
his place until he returns.
Thomas took his undergraduate
work at Linfield college.
Registration
Fees Too Much;
Infirmary Full
The campus infirmary resem
bles Grand Central Station these
clays, with everyone running
about attending to the various
patients. Infirmary stock is go
ing up with a total of 23 patients
registered, and more beds are
being put up.
Those who are listed include:
Billie Wade, Bernice Wheeler,
Dorothy Gelman, Betty Boe,
Eadie Bush, Jane Axtell, Celes
ta Booth, Marion Isted, Thelma
Nelson, Ruth Merritt, Mary
Beltz, Evei LeMasters, Marth
ella Glover, Verne Sellin, Wal
lace Clark, Gerald Bowerly, Jim
Hoover, Bob Moller, Harry Berg
tholdt. Bob Lovell, Ernie Wilson,
Ed Leonard, and John O'Brien.
ANNUAL...
Presses to Roll
For Oregana's
Opening Section
Bishop Announces
Changes in Staff
For 1941 Yearbook
Announcing midyear staff revi
sions and summarizing the progress
of the Oregana to date, Wilbur
Bishop, editor, revealed yesterday
that all copy for the opening sec
tion, which includes the first 16
pages, will be ready to run on the
press within a week.
"The duograph proofs for the
opening section are just about the
most beautiful I have ever seen,”
Bishop stated. "The photography,
which was done by J. Warren Teeter,
Oregana staff photographer, is ex
ceptionally good.”
Staff Changes
Bishop also announced that
mounting work on the living organ
ization copy will start January 16
with the first deadline a week later.
The living organization section this
year is to include a picture of the
president of the house, a candid
shot of members and a snap of the
building itself.
Five changes have been made in
the staff so far, according to the
editor. Doris Murphy has resigned
as co-executive secretary, because
of too much outside work, and
Eleanor Beck will continue in the
position alone. Jim Thayer has been
named assistant to the managing
editor and is to be in charge of
photography arrangements for the
president and candid camera shots
of living organizations.
Executive Editor Named
Eleanor Engdahl was put in
charge of fraternity and sorority
writing. The writing of copy for the
music school was assigned to Helen
Johnson who has recently finished
copy for the school of education.
Johnny Kahananui, editor of the
student government section, will
also write copy for the journalism
school. .
Pat Erickson, Clair Lyon and Ken
Christianson were given the title of
executive editors.
Emerald Will Survey
Clothing of UO Male
For Advertising Poll
As part of a survey of the cloth
ing purchased by the University
of Oregon male student, represen
tatives will call on the men’s liv
ing organizations Thursday, it
was announced yesterday from the
educational activities office. The
survey is called the Oregon Emer
ald survey of clothing purchased
by the University of Oregon male
and the material compiled will be
used in a national advertising cam
paign.
The representative calling
Thursday will interview a person
from each organization and the
information will then be classified
for a complete check-up and ar
ranged in survey form.
Stevens Institute of Technology
recently sent 119 seniors on a 2000
mile industrial inspection tour.
2 CENTS WORTH ...
Members
Hold Open
Discussion
Luoma Presents
Figures on Drop
In Class Activity
Two Issues under fire during the
entire fall term, unified class char
ters and unrestricted voting priv
ileges, were reviewed yesterday af
ternoon at the first meeting of the
newly-formed constitution commit
tee of the ASUO.
Led by John Hay, law school
president, the group included “Tig
er" Payne, ASUO president; Roy
Vernstrom, Betty Buchanan,
George Luoma, Bud Vandeneynde,
Chuck Woodruff, Lou Torgeson,
and Jim Burness, and Frances Cox
and Gloria Difford of the ASUO
office.
The committee heard representa
tives pro and con present argu
ments. George Luoma, assistant
educational activities manager,
gave figures from last year showing
that class membership participa
tion decreased as the year of the
class increased.
All members were asked to pre
sent opinions on the need of paying
for class membership.
President Payne was present at
the first meeting to explain the pur
poses and functions of the com
mittee.
AVIATION...
United Air Lines
Opens Contest
Four Scholarships
At Boeing School
Awarded Winners
The annual United Air Lines
competition for four scholarships
at the Boeing School of Aeronau
tics, Oakland, California, is now
open to male, undergraduate stu
dents in good standing. Candidates
for the scholarships, which total
$9000, must be between 18 and 20
years and in excellent physical con
dition, and must submit treatises
of not more than 3500 words on
“some forward looking technical
or non-technical aeronautical sub
ject.” Deadline for the contest is
March 7, 1941.
The scholarships will be a choice
between certain non-flying courses,
plus 10 hours of instrument flight
training in a Link trainer, and 20
hours of dual and solo flight in
struction. Upon completion of the
first quarter’s work the scholar
ship winner showing the best ap
titude will be selected to complete
the school’s airline pilot flying in
struction of 285 hours, valued at
$3425.
Lieutenant Halsey
Leaves ROTC Staff
For Active Service
First Lieutenant Halsey, instruc
tor in military science, left recent
ly for March field, California,
where he will go on active duty in
the army air corps. He has been
instructing classes in ROTC here
for the past three years.
“He was certainly well-liked by
all of the boys who knew him,’’
said Colonel Lyons in discussing
his departure.
Sergeant Malburn D. Mudd of
the 7th Infantry at Vancouver
barracks will take Lieutenant Hal
sey’s place.
W estminster Asks
All to 'Town Hall'
It's “Town Hall” tonight at
Westminster house. Members of
the YMCA and the campus Pres
byterian church group invite any
one to drop around at Westmin
ster who is interested in listening
to the “Town Hall” radio program
starting at 6:30 and to discuss the
program topic for a few minutes
after the program concludes.
Another item of business will be
for the group to decide for or
against affiliating with the Na
tional Town Hall Meeting of the
Air in order to get advance infor
mation on the weekly discussion
program, announces Paul Sutley,
director of the YMCA’s campus
affairs.