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EDITS: Dads Feel Need For 'Sessions' With Students SPORTS: Hank Anderson's 'Jumpaway' Shot Seems Uncanny — NUMBER 77 VOLUME XLII UNIVERSITY OP OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 11, 1941 LAST LAP Majority Frosh Class Will Vote Wednesday For Council Members Ten Pass Eligibility Test; Election Board Consists of John Cavanagh, Lyle Nelson, Marvin Erenk, Ann Reynolds; Polls in 'Y' By BOB FRAZIER Polls will be open from 9 a. m. until 3 p. m. Wednesday in the YMCA hut for elections to the six-man council which will govern activities of the majority class of 1944. John Cavanagh, first vice-president of the student body; Lyle Nelson, editor of the Emerald; Marvin Krenk, speech instructor and class adviser; and Ann Reynolds, member of the class, will constitute the election board. Candidates running for council positions are: Beverly Padgham, SPLASH... Icy Dunking Due r Heart Hop King After Crowning Women to Choose 'Lucky' Candidate Tomorrow at Side By ANN CARR An extremely effective dunking will be given the new King of Hearts. He will be elected Wednes day in front of the College Side by all coeds having tickets to the Heart Hop. The lucky man will be crowned at the Alpha Chi Omega house at 4:30 on Thursday. Immediately thereafter “friends” will escort him to the icy waters of the mill race, where, as Stan Staiger, for mer King of Hearts states, he will be “very effectively doused to gleaming glory.” Butch Naive! “Butch” Thompson, one of last year’s Knaves of Hearts, explained rather naively, “I was taken very much by surprise, and considered it an honor, even though I did feel sort of foolish.” From the 27 candidates repre senting all men’s living organiza tions, now up for election, one will be chosen as king, and the two runners-up will be branded n° the Knaves of Hearts. Typical Again The purpose of the election to choose the typical sophomo c man-about-campus. The girl-date-boy “Hop,” 1.; j be held at the Kappa Kappa Gam a ma, Pi Beta Phi, Chi Omega, and r Alpha Chi Omega houses, from 3:30 to 5:30 on Thursday. Tickets ate now on sale at all women’s liv ing organizations. Marjorie Major Gets Pot, Quill $5 Prize Marjorie Major, freshman in journalism, has been awarded the Pot and Quill membership prize of $5, it was announced recently by Jane Dachtelberg, president. Miss Majors’ contributions of poetry and stories were judged best of those handed in during the contest. Five other women were awarded mem bership in the club. Pat Erickson and Catherine Fitz * gerald were also granted member ship to the creative writing honor ary. on basis of late contributions, which were read to both old and new members after the initiation Tuesday evening. New members of Pot and Quill are: Marjorie Major, Gladys Shal ley, Virginia Bryant, Barbara Schmieding, Ann Reynolds, Helen Johnson, Pat Erickson, and Cath erine Fitzgerald. Graham Addresses Sociology Honorary Alva Graham, graduate assist ant in education, spoke at a meet ing of Alpha Kappa Delta, sociol ogy honorary, Thursday evening. At a short business meeting fol lowing the talk, eight students were elected into membership of the honorary. They are Constance <' Finley, Alice Joy Frizzell, Leila Nelson, Dorothy Retzlaff, Julia Rasor, Betty Sibley, Elizabeth Steed, and Richard Thomas. Tom Burbee, Bill Moshoisky, uiy Delias, Elaine Quinn, Dick Shel ton, Grace Babbitt, Chuck Wood field, Ted Goodwin, and Chuck Woodruff. Test Given These candidates were nominat ed at an assembly Wednesday night in Villard. After nomination they passed an eligibility test over campus government and parlia mentary law,' in accordance with the class constitution. Jim Burness, president of the official class, who was nominated Wednesday did not take the tests. Two others failed to pass, leaving these ten nominees still in the race. Success The six-man council type of gov ernment has been used very suc cessfully in the south and middle west and has been found particular favor at the University of Minne sota, according to Chuck Woodruff and Uly Dorais, who helped draw up the class constitution. The majority class was organ ized early winter term, after a split with the official group over the class card question. Under the constitution of the new class, no fees or expenses of any kind must be paid by members for the voting privilege. The ten candidates are all independents. Oregana Deadline Speeds Staff Work The organization section of the Oregana has been completed and ent to the engravers, according to Tltaur Bishop, editor. With an eye -> the approaching final deadline of March 1, the whole staff is speeding up its work tempo to get the material in on time, the editor said. “At the present time we’re con centrating cn the school’s section and taking a number of pictures,” Bishop revealed. Informal snaps of outstanding seniors will be included in this edi tion of the yearbook, according to Bishop. The seniors are being chosen by the deans of the various schools. “The informal poses will, of course, be in addition to the formal studio pictures,” the. editor ex plained. The remaining group of impor tant pictures to be taken care of this week will be those of the ad ministrative officers, Bishop con cluded. Campus Calendar Sigma Delta Chi will meet this afternoon at 4 in room 104 of the journalism building. The Fencing club will hold an important, meeting tonight at 7 p.m. Tabard Inn will meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the home of George Root, 1369% Emerald. Fencing club will mejt in Ger linger tonight at 7 o’clock. Mem bers are requested to attend to discuss plans for the match with Idaho and the entertainment of the visitors. Business will be han dled so that members may attend the concert. Bishop William P. Remington will give Episcopal Holy Commun ion Wednesday from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. in Gerlinger. Breakfast fol lowing for 10 cents. i OBSERVATION Eye-Witness To Tell Story Of Blitzkrieg Carl Richards Will Describe Current Events in Europe The fall of France will be the subject discussed by Carl Richards, one-time customs foreign agent, who will speak today at 2 o’clock in the faculty room of Friendly hall. The last ten years of Mr. Rich ard’s life have been spent in France. He was in Paris during the events which led to the blitz krieg and seizure of that city and of France. He witnessed the evac uation of British troops from Dun kirk. His personal experiences and observations during this period of the fall of France will form the subject matter for his lecture this afternoon. Richards is in town attending the meeting of the coordination group of treasury enforcement agencies. All students and faculty mem bers are invited to hear him talk. PLENTIFUL... Dads Weekend Draws Throng Attendance Award Goes to Phi Delts; Pi Beta Phi Second University dads, 350 strong, re sponded to the call of their sons and daughters last weekend to participate in special dedication ceremonies for Oregon's new $25, 000 campus gates and to attend an all-around program of entertain ment planned in their honor for Deds’ weekend. ' The unofficial total reached well above this mark, Karl W. Onthank, dean of personnel, announced last night, as he revealed that 197 boys' and 153 girls’ fathers visited the campus. Phi Delts Tops Phi Delta Theta fraternity re ceived the A. W. Norblad trophy for having the most “pops” down. Second place, the Paul T. Shaw trophy, went to Pi Beta Phi soror ity, and Sigma hall was presented with the O. L. Laurgaard award for most freshman dads. Earlier Saturday afternoon at presentation ceremonies, several thousand students, officials, and fathers attended dedication of Ore gon’s $25,000 campus gates, do nated by the dads. Officers Dads’ officers who presided at official meetings were Joseph Riesch, Portland, president; Wil liam M. Tugman, Eugene, vice president; and Ed F. Averill, Port land secretary. Elected in 1940, they now enter the second of a two-year term in office. Executive committee members re-elected for a two-year term were James H. McMenamin, Port land; and Dr. R. W. Hendershott, Bend. Beginning two-year terms on the same committee are Dean Vincent, Portland; Thomas R. Hud son, The Dalles; and George C. Huggins, Marshfield. Greek Fund Drive For Poor Civilians To Invade Campus A drive for funds to aid Greek civilians and needy will be started on the campus in a very short time, Eugene officers of the drive announced today. The campus drive will be handled by several student leaders appointed by the Lane county committee. Any student in terested in working on the drive should contact Harry D. Paulus, chairman of the Eugene drive com mittee. The funds gained from the drive will go to the aid of civilians and needy people in Greece and will not in any way be turned over to mil itary uses, the committee chairmen said yesterday The drive is part of a national campaign and has the support in Eugene of the local chamber of commerce. 'Blue Monday' Sees Boom Day For Infirmary Blue Monday at the infirmary —and it certainly looks like it. “Ye Olde Potty Flower Shoppe” is doing a blooming business under the management of Phyl Dube. The nurses threat en to move her out of the ward into the hall, and just spend their time taking care of the flowers. A total of 17 patients and Dube are on the roster. They in clude: Kristia McMahon, Nola Lee, Doris Shoemaker, Lorreene Marguth, Jean Eckley, Pat Sut ton, Dube, Francis Clingan, A1 Asher, Dale Kaegi, Ross Wither, Bill Lyon, Don (Lover) Swink, Lloyd Beggs, Bill Brandshaw, A1 McNaught, Barbara Ward, and Jane McCurdy. PROMOTIONS... Two Sergeants Made Captains For Active Dutg Army Calls Local ROTC Instructors H. Blythe, F. Agule By DON ROSS A telegram was received Mon day promoting Harvey Blythe and F. I. Agule of the University ROTC to captains in the United States army reserve. Their promo tions raised them from the rank of first lieutenants in the reserve. Captain Agule has been on Ore gon’s ROTC staff for 21 years. Col onel Lyon said: "Professors may come and professors may go, but Captain Agule has been going on for ever. He has been on the of fice staff of the ROTC department for so long that it will be strange not to see him at his customary desk.” Captain Blythe has been helping the would-be soldiers over the hard knocks of army training on the Webfoot campus for the past nine years. In addition to his instruc tion duties on theories of modern warfare he has been instructing the rifle teams. Teams turned out by Captain Blythe have won many trophies. The two promoted officers will eventually be replaced with ser geants from the main office in Portland. Each sergeant takes his turn in advancing to a commission. The promotions received Monday were two of many sent out over the Northwest. "It is an honor to be able to an nounce these promotions to well deserving officers,” stated Colonel Lyon, head of the ROTC depart ment. Student Union Group Meets Today at Side Plans for a student union assem bly will be made today when the frosh student union committee meets at 4 o’clock in the Side, ac cording to Oglesby Young, com mittee chairman. Sub-committees will also be ap pointed. First definite suggestion of a student union assembly came Fri day when all three student union groups met north of the Y hut on one of the proposed building sites to discuss means of getting the problem before the student body. Members of the frosh committee are, besides Young: Mary Bentley, Bettie Norwood, Ann Reynolds, Joan Taylor, Lora Case, Dorothy Stewart, Rylla Hattan, Elaine Quinn. Beverly Padgham, A1 Cel lars, Harry Miller, Bob Frazier, Uly Dorais, Chuck Roffe, Phil Burco, and David Casey. Open Pome to 'Hobby' This new strategy that friend Hobson’s worked out Is oke, but we wish that he’d alter his plans. We don’t care how hard it is on the team, But we wish that it wasn’t so hard on the fans. —J.W.S. MORE... Doctor Slated As Lecturer On Wednesday Portland Surgeon Second to Speak On Love-Marriage By A DELE SAY Dr. Jessie Laird Brodie, Portland physician and surgeon, will speak to Oregon men and women in sep arate assemblies in Gerlinger hall Wednesday on the “Physiological Aspects of Marriage,” as the sec ond speaker in the love and mar riage series, which was opened last Thursday by Dr. J. Hudson Bal lard. Her lecture for girls will begin at 4 o'clock and for boys at 7 o'clock that evening. Dr. Brodie, a married woman who has three children, received her BA from Reed college in Port land and her MA and MD from the University of Oregon. She has taught biology, been examining physician for the Portland public schools and physician to women at Reed college. Chairman She is now chairman of social hygiene on the Portland and Ore gon League of Women’s Voters' Board, belongs to several medical societies, and is the author of re search papers on nutrition. Both Dr. Ballard's lecture and Dr. Brodie’s will be discussed in living organizations February 14 Faculty Among faculty members to con duct discussion groups will be Dean of Personnel Karl W. On thank and Dean of Women Hazel Schwering. Group leaders will be dinner guests at the living organ izations the night of February 18. Billie Christensen is student chairman of the love and marriage series and Dean Karl W. Onthank is adviser. NEW HEADS ... Johnston Names Alumni Leaders Directors Picked For Three Years; Terms Expiring New leaders of University of Oregon alumni in their respective localities were named Monday by Hollis Johnston, Portland archi tect, president. Those appointed for three years with term ending December 31, 1943, are James T. Donald, Baker county; Robert W. Lucas, Clatsop; Robert Pollock, Columbia; Elton A. Schroeder, Coos; Jtemey M. Cox, Crook; Grant J. Williams, Curry; Dr. H. C. Staples, Des chutes; Genevieve Dunlop, Gilliam; and Orval D. Yokum, Grant. Those with term ending Decem ber 31, 1942 are Mrs. Boyd Over hulse, Jefferson; and Dr. Clarence W. Keene, Marion. Those with term ending December 31 of this year are Francis B. Nickerson, Morrow, and M. Keith Wilson, Wallowa. Reappointed for three years, term ending December 31, 1943, were Walter T. Dugan, Benton; Peter Laurs, Clackamus; and Har ris Ellsworth, Douglas. Others with terms ending December 31, 1942, are Douglas Mullarkey, Har ney; John N. Mohr, Hood River; ‘Otto Frohnmayer, Jackson; Dr. Clairel L. Ogle, Josephine; John H. Huston, Klamath; Forrest E. Coop er, Lake, also vice-president of the association; Ben F. Dorris, Lane; Lawrence Hull, Lincoln; Ralph Cronise, Lnin; Earl Blackaby, Mal huer. Directors with terms ending De cember 31, 1941, are Donald B. McCormick, Multnomah; Dr. Asa B. Starbuck, Polk; T. Lester John son, Sherman; Chester O. Knowl ton, Tillamook; Charles Erwin, Umatilla; Raymond O. Williams, Union; George Stadelman, Wasco; Gilbert Schultz, Washington; John F. Putnam, Wheeler; Bernard Mc Phillips, Yamhill. Elmer C. Fansett, Eugene, sec retary-treasurer, is also director of the association. UOTo Hear Swaxthout In Song Fest Tonight __ A VOICE AS BEAUTIFUL •vrrrrm I Gladys Swarthout, famed singer of Metropolitan Opera, radio, and screen, will appear before University of Oregon students in McArthur court tonight at 8 o’clock. This picture lends support to the report that the coloratura soprano is one of the most beautiful women on the stage today. i POSTGRADUATE... Alumni to Hear UO Faculty Men Clarence Codding Arranges Events For Portland Meet In line with the alumni school program being developed in other colleges, the Oregon alumni in Portland will give their members something beside roast pork and after-dinner speeches at their an nual meeting in Portland Thurs day, April 10, in Neighbors of Woddcraft hall. The program-meeting, "A Day With Old Oregon,” being planned by Elmer Fansett, secretary of the alumni association, will begin with discusison groups in the early af ternoon at which members of the Oregon faculty will speak. The annual banquet will be held later in the evening. Faculty Speaks Oregon members of the faculty who will speak and the topics they will discuss include: Dean James H. Gilbert, “Convertible Money Converted;” Professor H. J. Noble, “Japan’s Greater East Asia:” Dean Victor P. Morris, "America’s Role in World Affairs;” Professor Gor don Wright, “The Fate of French Democracy;” Dean Wayne L. Morse, “Labor’s Stake in Labor’s Legislation;” Professor Ernest G. Moll, “A Poet Looks at Australia.” Election of officers for the com ing year will take place at the meeting. Dean Theodore Kratt will act as master of ceremonies for the banquet, and will present a full program from the Oregon school of music. The general chairman of the affair is Clarence Codding, '35. Pianist Will Appear On KOAC Program Aurora Potter Underwood, pian ist, will continue her series of fac ulty programs over station KOAC, Corvallis, at 8 o’clock tonight. One of her selections will be “Tocatta in Phrygian Mode” by Johanson. Howard Jones, cellist, accompanied by Stanley Brown will play at 8:30 Tuesday. Among his numbers will be “Bouree” by Handel and “Barcarolle” by Spendiarow. Two Oregon Cadets Advancing to Wings Two flying cadets from the Uni versity of Oregon soon will be wearing wings. They are Francis E. Nestor, Seattle, Washington, ’40, BS, football, Sigma Nu; and Harry T. Finnell, Portland, '40. Installment Due The second and last install ment on athletic cards will be due Thursday, the business of fice announced Monday. The $3 installment may be paid at window 3 or 4 Johnson, from 8 a.m. to 12 noon, and from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. I. STAR GAZING... Shapely to Talk On Astronomy Harvard Director Will Lecture Here Thursday Night Dr. Harlow Shapely, interna tionally-known astronomer and director of the Harvard university observatory, will speak here Thurs day, February 13, at 8 p. m. in the school of music auditorium, an nounced Kenneth S. Ghent, assist ant professor of mathematics. The lecture, under the joint sponsorship of Sigma Xi, nation al science honorary, and the Uni versity Lecture series, will con tain information on the newest developments in the field of astron omy. Dr. Shapely, rated by “Ameri can Men of Science” as the third ranking astronomer in the U. S., Is a member of many noted science organizations — among them the National Academy. He has won medals from the University of Brussels, the Royal Astronomical fiociety, and other international groups, and has been connected with the Mt. Wilson Observatory !n California, the Harris Founda tion at Nortwestern University, and the Carnegie Institute. Professor Shapely has done in tensive research work in the study of galaxies and their relation to the structure of the universe, and will present the results of his work Thursday. The subject of his talk is “In Defense of the Universe." Alice Giustina Gets Top Score in CPT Tops in the final civilian pilot training written examinations giv en recently was Alice Giustina, junior in arts and letters, with an average score of 94. Miss Giustina was one of 5 girls in a class of 48 members. Forty of the 44 students who took the two-part examination in meteorology, navigation, and civil air regulations passed the entire ex amination, while the others passed half. This is better than any for mer civilian pilot training class has done. 'Carmen' Aria May Be Sung Bg Met Star Hodges Will Give Two Piano Pieces In Igloo Program By MILDRED WILSON Presenting a program as versa tile as her personality and career, Miss Gladys Swarthout, mezzo-so prano, will appear before Univer sity students tonight at 8 o'clock in McArthur court. Sponsored by the educational activities board, Miss Swarthout’s concert will be free to all University students on their activities cards. Record Performances on the stage of the Metropolitan opera, concert appearances, national radio broad casts and several motion pictures have occupied the time of Miss Swarthout since her first appear ance, at the age of 13, as a choir singer. Lester Hodges will accompany the singer tonight at the piano and is scheduled for two solo num bers immediately after the inter mission. He will play "The Con vent" by Borodin and a march from “The Love of Three Orang es,” by Prokofieff. Encore It is predicted that Miss Swarth out wil lencore with an aria from "Carmen,” her unprecedented suc cess of last summer’s Hollywood Bowl concerts. Miss Swarthout's program is as follows: I. Spring.Handel Come Again Sweet Love.Dowland Dido's Lament from “Dido and Aeneas” . Purcell Hist, Hist. Dr. Arnold II. Aria: Connais tu le pays from “Mignon” . Thomas III. Three Songs of the Auvergne (in dialect)—arr. by J. Canteloube. a. Passo pel Prat (Come by the Fields). b. Malarous qu’o uno fenno (Un happy He Who Has a Wife). c. Brezairola—(Lullaby). Intermission IV. Mr. Lester Hodges, pianist Command. Charles Kingsford (Written for Miss Swarthout) Velvet Shoes. ...Randall Thompson The Ragpicker.John Sacco (Written for Miss Swarthout). Into the Night.Clara Edwards The Pasture.Charles Naginski Miranda. Richard Hageman Co-ops Will Choose Own Requirements Each men’s cooperative house on the campus has the right to set up its own scholarship requirements for new members, it was decided at a meeting of the board of di rectors of the cooperative asso ciation recently at Canard club. Members of the board held that each house was within its rights to set up minimum scholarship re quirements for associate members who have not yet been accepted into active house membership. Disputed membership of several associate members of Campbell co-op was cleared up when it was decided that men who entered the house last fall term were not le gally enrolled, and therefore were not officially accepted. These men will become legal members next term, it was decided. Representatives from the three men’s cooperatives comprise the board. Professor Samuel H. Jame son of the sociology department is faculty adviser. The Oregon State System of Higher Education announces its annual awards in aid of graduate study. Information for those in terested may be obtained at the graduate office in Johnson.