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VOLUME XLII UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1941 NUMBER 55 U. OF 0. LIBRARY CAMPUS DEAR POP Dads’ Day Letter Contest Launched Winning Students to Receive Oreganas Autographed by President Erb? Webfoots Will Send Prize Invitations to Dads A contest designed to find the perfect all-around letter to urge Oregon fathers to the campus February 7, 8, and 9 for the annual Dads’ day ceremonies was launched yesterday at a meeting of the Dads' day committee. The University boy and girl writing the best letters will each receive a 1941 Oregana, autographed by President Donald M. Erb. Winning 'BOBCAT' PLANS ... Senior Ball Sales Drive to Start Today in Houses _ / First Formal of '41 Brains Campaign With 500 Ducats Tickets for the senior ball went on sale 500 strong- today in campus living organizations. The tickets for the dance will sell for $2 at the gate, $1 for singles, $1.50 to sen iors who have class cards, and $1.75 for pre-dance sales. The first formal of the year, the dance will bring Bob Crosby and his 20-piece Dixie swing band to the campus directly from Califor nia. Seniors plan something extra in decorations for the dance, their last social function as the class of ’41, and hace contracted the Allied Arts studios of Portland to con vert the Igloo into a suitable place for their final fling. In order to take advantage of the reduced rate, seniors with class cards must purchase tickets at the Educational Activities office in McArthur court. 'Y' Advisoru Board Named by Cabinet Two members of the faculty, two students, and two Eugene citi zens were nominated by the YMCA student executive cabinet Wednes day to be members of the “Y’s” j advisory board which has as its! main business determining the budget of the organization. Assistant Professor Gordon { Wright of the history department, and Carl F. Kossack, instructor in mathematics, Dan Bacot, vice president of the “Y,” Bob Carlson, life philosophy commission chair man of the group, Hart Larsen, and Melvin O. Dahl were the nom inees. The last two named are prominent Eugene business men. Also announced at the meeting was the appointment of Bob Lovell as worship chairman of YMCA here. Milt Small, Leonard Farr, Bacot, and Lovell were chosen to represent the organization on the University student religious coun cil. Paul Sutley, director, an nounced that John Stevenson would make an appearance on the campus this year, representing the national student volunteer mis sionary movement. Freshmen will elect officers for * the frosh YMCA commission at its next meeting, Wednesday, Jan uary 15, states Paul Sutley, direc tor of the campus “Y.” Dr. B. Earle spoke at the com mission’s first meeting Wednesday night, presenting the first of a series of reports on several de nominations of churches. Dr. Parker, Methodist pastor in Eu gene, told the group of the or ganization and purposes of his church. More of these explanatory meetings will be held regularly throughout the term, Mr. Sutley reports. ( Placement Exam Set The placement examination for all undergraduates entering this term who have not taken the test at another school of the state system will be given Saturday morning, January 11, at 9 o’clock in 207 Chapman. The examination is required for matriculation. letters will probably be printed in the Emerald, it was announced. Deadline for the contest has been tentatively set at January 25. Copies of winning letters will be printed and distributed to campus living organizations, whose mem bers will send them home as invi tations to their dads to attend the ceremonies. The committee asks that letters be general and informative. They suggest that contestants play up the features of the weekend, such as the dedication of the gates, the banquet and the Oregon State bas ketball game. Highlight of the weekend will be the dedication of the gates on Eleventh street at the west end of the campus, according to Stan Staiger, Dads’ day chairman. There will probably be a parade through the gates, south to Thir teenth street. Plans are now under way for the dads’ banquet to be held Saturday, February 8, probably in Gerlinger. Staiger said that Jim Rathbun, Order of the "O” president, is try ing to arrange the banquet so that fathers of lettermen may all sit together. ORATRESSES... Coeds Present First Symposium Elva Jane South, Jane Hooker Talk At Junction City Two members of the women’s symposium group, Elva Jane South and Jane Hooker, made the initial symposium appearance of the current season Monday in a dem onstration symposium before the student body at the Junction City union high school. The discussion, based upon research done by the entire group fall term, was en titled “These Modern Women.” “Seventy per cent of the national wealth, 85 per cent of the private wealth and 72 per cent of the buy ing power of the nation is con trolled by women,” Miss Hooker said. She went on to say, “the num ber of women criminals has tripled in the last ten years, while the number of women who have com mitted suicide is twice that of ten years ago.” Miss South presented the other side of the picture. She pointed out that women are indispensable to our modern business, social and professional life. She believes that thousands of women are making important contributions to the world today. After a series of appearances in the Willamette valley, members of the group are scheduled for pro grams in various communities of the state. A round-table discus sion will be broadcast from radio station KBND in Bend later this term. Sour Grapes No. 4 We’ve got some simple statistics We’d like for you to see Perhaps 'twill set you wondering How a certain event can be. At the nickel hop there were eight times When a guy was asked for dough. If 40 cents was all he could pay How can this event be so ? I wish I could find a math teach er Who could tell me just plain pal to pal How in the dickens the Pi Phis could rate 53 cents per gal. —J.W.S. TOP HOPPERS". ■. Pi Phis Take Winning Cup In Nickel Hop Thetas Run Close Second; Kappas Win Third Place After a close race last night, the Pi Beta Phis, two times the win ner of the Nickel Hop cup in the past, again won back their honor with an average of 53 cents to a girl. Kappa Alpha Theta, last year’s winner came in second with an av erage of 44 cents to the girl, and Kappa Kappa Gamma dre\v third place with a rate of 41 cents to a girl. Total $213.34 The total profit of the hop was $213.34, according to the dean of women’s office. It will immediate ly go into the AWS scholarship fund. Betty Buchanan, president of the AWS, announced yesterday that probably there would be a formal presentation of the cup to the Pi Phis during their dinner hour. Last year’s silver loving cup which has been in the possession of the Kappa Alpha Thetas is now down at J. A. Hoffman’s jewelers, being engraved with the name of this year’s winner, beneath the name of last year's winner, Kappa Alpha Theta. Pi Phis Get Cup The cup will now remain in the possession of Pi Beta Phi until next year’s Nickel Hop when it will again be in the midst of com petition. If the Pi Phis win it again next year they will keep it another year, if not the name of next year's winner will be engraved beneath their name, and the cup will be transferred to the winner’s house. Tentative Schedule For ROTC Reported Until further notice the military classes meeting for drill on Thurs day afternoon will form according to the following schedule: Companies A, B, and C will form regularly with rifles on the drill field, weather permitting. In inclement weather A com pany will form with rifles in the drill shed; B company will meet with rifles in the unfinished por tion of the PE building; and C company will gather with their rifles in the west stadium. Meanwhile companies E, F, and G will assemble as follows: fresh men in Villard hall, sophomores in room 101 PE building, juniors in room 2 in the ROTC building, and the seniors in Villard hall. At 1:50 p.m. the freshmen of companies A, B, and C will be marched to Villard hall. The remaining mem bers of these companies will report to the above mentioned places. From now on the junior ROTC officers will report in their new fully equipped uniforms which were recently delivered. The new uniforms have been changed to comply with new war specifica tions by changing to a by-3wing back. Infirmary Sign Shoos Visitors; Sick List Grows The “No Visiting” sign is still posted at the campus infirmary and the tough thing about it is that they mean exactly what they say. You can’t even go to the open doors to try and get a bit of news. It seems that the pill palace is darned near full again, so that's their ruling— and boy, do they stick to it! About the only person that you could possibly see is Miss Florence Schweitzer, who really treats all visitors royally—that is if you haven't got a cold. Among those present: Don Selby, Billie Wade, Bernice Wheeler, Dorothy Gelman, Edna Trout, Betty Boe, Jane Axtell, Eadie Bush, Marty Glover, Elbe Engdahl, Thelma Nelson, Ruth Merritt, Mary Beltz, Gerald Bow erly, Verne Sellin, Ted Goodwin, Ted Philip, Les Ready, Jim Hoo ver, Bob Roberts, Harry Berg tholdt, Bob Lovell, Ernie Wilson, Ed Leonard, and John O'Brien. TOMORROW... 'Oscar' to Star At WAA Dance Saturday Night Snow Hero to Rule Over 'Wonderland' At Gerlinger Hop Oregon’s number one "hero” will be among ttu first arrivals at the WAA “Winter Wonderland” dance to be held in Gerlinger Saturday night. The “star” of the informal I hop will be “six foot two and eyes of blue.” Oscar is his name—but don’t get excited, girls! His heart is as cold as ice, for Oscar is a snowman! His gigantic composition creat ed quite a problem for the WAA girls, for Oregon mist has been a great deal more abundant than Oregon snow. But with that “nev er-say-die” spirit, the committee has conquered this obstacle, and Oscar Snowman is now in his pri vate box on the stage, ready for the dancers to arrive. Doors will open at 9, and Eddie Gipson’s men will be tuned up and ready to play at that time. KORE Broadcasts 'Cossack' Records On Request Program Anyone desiring to hear a pre view of the famous Don Cossack chorus, which will appear on the stage of McArthur court next Tuesday night, may call and re quest any of the four Cossack re cordings which are on file at the Eugene radio station KORE, it was announced from the educa tional activities department. Numbers available at the studio are “The Volga Boatman,” “In Der Kirche,” and excerpts from the “Overture 1812" and from the “Coronation Scene.” Request pro grams are scheduled as follows: 6 to 7:45 a.m., 1:45 to 3, and from midnight to 1 a.m. KORE is reached by calling number 3. “Are those sun spots?" asked the beginning student in physical science survey Wednesday, as she looked through the Evergreen ob servatory telescope for the first time—at the moon . QUEENS VIE Valentine Girl Candidates 'Watch Birdie' Other Nominees To Come Before Camera Today Forty-four coeds, one of whom will represent the University of Oregon in the section of "Ideal Valentine Girls" of major colleges and universities in Life magazine, stepped before the camera at the news bureau yesterday. Over 90 pictures were taken of the candi dates. These pictures will serve as the basis for the selection of the six or seven finalists today by a cam pus committee of seven photo graphic experts. A few of the can didates who could not come yes terday will be photographed early today and will have their pictures included in the final selection. The finalists will be named in tomorrow’s Emerald. They will be called for additional photographs upon which the final decision of the committee will be based. Most of the committee was pres ent at the news bureau yesterday. The unanimous opinion of the group, as expressed by Alumni Secretary Elmer Fansett, was: "The University of Oregon really has some pretty girls.” PREPARE TO AID UO to Contribute To War Relief AlLCampus Drive To Raise Money To Start January 25 An all-campus drive to raise money for the World’s Student Service fund will start about Jan uary 28, according to Co-chairmen Janet Morris and Bob Lovell. Campaign procedure to raise nickles and dimes from Oregon students for impoverished war vic tims in Europe and China was mapped out at the first meeting of the fund promotion committee yesterday in Gerlinger. To Save Leadership The money donated by the Web foot campus will help to accom plish five purposes, the chairman stated. It will assist in the salvag ing of student leadership in the East and in Europe. It will help train this leadership now and after the war. It will promote Christian fellowship, spread good will among the students of the world, and lay the foundation for post-war coop eration among the nations of the world. Committee members working on the drive include: Donna Ray, ex excutive secretary; Pat Salisbury, education; Betty Workman, pro motion; Ray Schrick and Betty Jane Biggs, publicity; Bob Calk ins and Lois Nordling, general fi nance; Ray Packouz, John Bust erud, Gordon Wright, Dr. J. R. Bran ton, faculty solocitations; Ruth Hartley and Les Anderson, tag day sale; Tiger Payne and Barbara Pierce, dessertless dinner; Phyllis Sanders, Jim Schiller, din ner; Margaret DeCou, high school groups and church leagues; Gene vieve Working, college religions. READY TO GREET THE PUBLISHERS Photo by Jimmie Leonard Miss I.ynette Davis, school of journalism secretary, asks Charles M. Hulten, assistant professor of journalism, to take a look at the program of the Oregon Press conference, which begins here today. The meet, sponsored by the school of journalism, ends tomorrow night. In the picture are, from left: Harry Schenk, assistant professor of journalism and manager of the Oregon Newspaper Publishers’ association; Mr. Hulten; Krle W. Allen, dean of the school of journalism, and Miss Davis. Publishers Convene On IJO Campus Today MONEY RAISERS ... Oregana Names Business Staff Official Appointees Receive Positions From Williams The appointment of an Ore gana business staff, the first to be officially formed this year, was announced yesterday by Dick Wil liams, business manager. Although all the new appointees worked with Williams last term this is the first time they have held a speci fic title or position. Doug David and Emerson Page were named co-advertising man agers of the Oregana and Bill On will work with them on the puo licity side. The position of circula tion manager was awarded to Ed Blumenthal. Three girls, Jean Routt, Bette Workman, and Joan Goodrum will work on collections. “After January 17 the yearbook will cost $5.50 and there will be no assurance, after that time, of any student’s securing a copy,” Williams said. The Oregana may be ordered either at Johnson hall or the Ore gana office in McArthur court. Three Flyers Take Last CPT Test Flight Three additional civilian pilot training flyers under the CAA have taken their final test flight and have completed the necessary number of solo hours for a private pilot’s license, according to the campus CAA office. Those who passed the flight tests were Alice Giustina, student of Joe Harrell; Bill Sorenson, student of Steve Hathaway; and Amie Thyng, student of Chet McLean. Fourteen Oregon students had soloed pre viously. Press Conclave Draws UO Grads Among the Oregon newspaper men, arriving here for the 23rd annual Press Conference, are many University of Oregon graduates who have “made good" in the field of journalism. Returning press men include Rex Tussing, city editor of the Grants Pass Courier. Rex was associate editor of the Emerald in his senior year, 1930-31, under Ed itor Vinton Hall. He was the first winner of the Turnbull-Hall plaque, awarded yearly to the outstanding senior on the Emerald staff. Merle R. Chessman, editor of the Astorian-Budget, 1£^9 grad, is i here, with his son-in-law, Bob Lu : cas, city editor, who was editor of 1 the Emerald in 1935-36. AP Men Here Joe P. Pigney, who wa3 sports editor of the Emerald in 1928-29, and is now on the staff of the As sociated Press in Portland, is here with his chief, Floyd W. Lansdon. Henry N. Fowler, editor of the Emerald 26 years ago and now as sociate editor of the Bend Bulletin and member of the board of direc tors of the Oregon Newspaper Publishers’ association, arrived yesterday in time for the directors’ meeting. Last Year’s Head Mr. and Mrs. Harris Ellsworth of the Roseburg News-Review, who were together on the business side of the Emerald and the Lem on Punch, in the early 1920's, are here for the conference. Harris was the first field manager of the Ore gon Newspaper Publishers’ asso ciation and was president of the Oregon Press conference last year. Helen Dougherty, now Mrs. Ells worth, was his best ad-solicitor in those campus publication days. Giles L. French, who years ago, about the turn of the 1920’s, used to be one of the denizens of Friendly hall, then a men’s hall of } residence, is here as publisher of the Sherman County Journal at Moro and president of the ONPA. Mr. French recently was re-elected | to the house of representatives in the Oregon legislature. He is a cousin of Dr. D. R. French of the economics faculty. ’40 Grad to Come Larry Quinlin, journalism grad uate of last year, who for several months was a member of the Reg ister-Guard staff and is now on the Lebanon Express, is expected to arrive Saturday morning as a representative of the Lebanon pa per. Homer Graham, editor of the Port Orford Post, and Mrs. Gra ham (Jessie Eileen Heider) are here for the conference. Married; in the late summer of 1939, their; graduation year, they started a twice-a-week paper in Sitka, Alas ka, and for the last half-year have been getting out a good-looking' country paper at Port Orford. GOING TO PRESS TODAY ... Oregon Journalists Descend on Eugene For Annual Conclave Registration Starts at 9:15 in Journalism Building; Members to Attend WSC Game Following Banquet at Osburn Hotel Bv NEVA HAIGHT Registration for the 23rd annual Oregon Press conference will start today at 9:15 a.m. in the school of journalism. Representatives from all over the state had already begun to arrive yesterday with the open ing of the conference by a meeting of the board of directors and budget committee of the Oregon Newspaper Publishers' association at 3 p.m. at tne Eugene notei. Richard B. Dudman of Palo Al to, Cal., associate in The Front Door Ballot Box, was the first of the speakers to arrive in Eugene. Mr. Dudman is substituting for his associate, Dan E. Clark IT, who was called to Baltimore to install thei- system of opinion testing in the Baltimore News-Post. He will speak on “Testing Trends in Pub lic Opinion,” at the morning ses sion of thg conference. Luncheon at Anchorage After a luncheon at the Anchor age, at which Charles M. Hulten, assistant professor of journalism, will act as toastmaster, the after noon session will begin. A good part of the session will be taken up in a discussion panel on, “The Press and Public Opinion: What Does the Public Want? What Should the Newspaper Give?” Participating in the discussion wdl be: Frank Jenkins, publisher, edi tor, and manager of the Klamath News and Herald, chairman; mem bers—Giles L. French, publisher of the Sherman County Journal; Pal mer Hoyt, publisher of the Ore gonian; Sheldon F. Sackett, pub lisher of the Coos Bay Times; Don ald J. Sterling, managing editor of the Oregon Journal; William M. Tugman, managing editor of the Eugene Register-Guard. Morse on Labor Standards The annual banquet will be held at the Hotel Osburn at 5:30 p.m. and the program will include a talk by Dean Wayne L. Morse, of the law school on “The Adminis trative Features of the Fair Labor Standards Act,” and a compli mentary request appearance of the Eugene Gleemen, led by John Stark Evans. Dean Eric W. Allen of the school of journalism will be toastmaster Tonight, as a special added at traction, the conference members will be the guests of the ASUO at the WSC - Oregon basketball game at 8 p.m. in McArthur court. Faculty Holds Tea Faculty women’s tea was held Wednesday afternoon in Gerlinger hall. About 125 women attended. Mrs. Ralph Huestis, wife of Pro fessor Huestis of the zoology de partment, was in charge of the re freshments. GRATIS Band to Present Concert Sunday Free Performance In Music School Set for 3 o'clock The University of Oregon band, which will play a free concert in the music auditorium Sunday af ternoon at 3 o’clock, now boasts more than 500 members, it was an nounced Friday afternoon by John H. Stehn, conductor. Although a large percentage of these players are newcomers to the ranks this year, all have had pre vious experience in at least one band or orchestra, Mr. Stehn said. Since opening of school last fall the group has had considerable practice, both in rehearsals and at the games, and the first concert performance of the 1940-41 school year should find the band in good form. Registration Totals 3338 at Last Count Eighty-four students registered yesterday to bring the total to date to 3338, comparing with the 3369 enrolled at the corresponding time last year. Deadline for registration or the addition of new courses is noon Saturday. January 18. Complete totals and a breakdown showing the various sex and age groups will be released by the registrar’s office after the books close. New Pledges Listed Recent pledgings announced by the Dean of Men’s office include: Bill Bortels, Cottage Grove, Alpha Tau Omega; David Holmes Jr., Medford, and Richard C. Bodwell, Spokane, Phi Delta Theta; Stanley Skillicorn, San Jose, and George S. Ross, Hillsborough, Cal., Sigma Nu; Ralph Tarola, Portland, and Pat O’Regan, Seattle, Sigma Al pha Epsilon.