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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 22, 1941)
Author to Picturize Globe-Trots Captain Long To Show Film Friday Evening Adventurer Brings Movie of Travels In Small Sailboat Captain Dwight Long, youth ful adventurer-author, famous for his two widely-read travel books and unusual experiences, will re-tell the thrilling story of ftis 32,000-mile cruise around the world, at McArthur court Friday evening. Presenting a two-hour film, Captain Long’s lecture will begin at 7:30 p.m. and is free to *11 students on their activity cards. Leaving his studies at the Uni versity of Washington back in 1934 (he was 21 at the time) ‘Captain Long, in his 32-foot sail boat, the Idle Hour, started a journey which was to take him four and one-half years to com plete. “Seven Seas on a Shoestring,” the first book published by the captain, soon reached the “best seller” class and his latest liter ary adventure, “Sailing All Seas,” is rapidly gaining popularity. Bermuda, Jamaica, Panama, Cocos Island, Bali, and Galapago Isles, and other foreign names that conjure romance and magic m the minds of the untraveled, will be included in the captain’s speech. Intimate, unusual details and happenings in each port of call will be told by the young sol dier of fortune. Firestone Officer To Hear Hunters For Jobs Today Students interested in obtain ing work with Firestone company will have a chance to meet a company representative today when G. H. Curtis, a personnel officer from that company will be in the employment office. A general talk will be given to all Firestone job-hunters at 11 o’clock this morning. Mr. Curtis will interview applicants individ ually later. Sales, credit, and structural designing have special preference. Richard L. Sabin, Oregon Caves representative, interviewed over 35 students yesterday and will be in the employment office this morning to interview a few more. Salesmen Advised To Know County “Know Lane County” was the .advice given last night at the second meeting of the tourist school being conducted in Eugene for the benefit of sales people in preparation for the coming tour ist season. The group meets in Woodrow Wilson junior high school. Stu dents of the University who plan to work here this summer in po sitions which demand meeting tourists are invited to attend. HowardMerriam, Junctioy City, president of the Oregon Pacific Highway association, and Dr. A. T. Oberg spoke last night about the agricultural and industrial development of this county. Scholarship average of Univer sity of California sororities and women’s house clubs at Berkeley is highest in 15 years. German News Again Returns To Libe Files Interrupted by the British blockade since the invasion of the lowlands, the Deutsche All g e m e i n e Zeitung, Berlin-pub lished German newspaper, has again made its appearance in the University library mail. The paper, which arrived reg ularly at the first of the war and then again when the British re laxed their blockade in the hope of keeping Italy out of the war, had not been received for some time. Willis Warren, periodicals, librarian explained that the li brary does not subscribe to the paper, but that it had come in regularly from its Nazi-con trolled publishers. An Italian periodical, La Crit ica, has also been coming in reg ularly, despite war conditions. Wartime Disrupts Delivery of Books From London Shop The University library has just received a personal letter in re gard to a shipment of historical manuscripts which were ordered from George Harding’s Bookshop. Ltd., in London, England. The letter was written by George A. Wheeler, governing director of the shop. Mr. Wheeler explained that the shop was filling the order and would try to send it immediately. He mentioned in passing that “as you know, the war has made things a bit difficult for us here in England’’ and that the book shop staff was somewhat deplet ed. Aid raids, he said, had done considerable damage but his es tablishment had suffered only some shattered windows. Mr. Wheeler mentioned that he had two sons who were busy with the London fire-fighters. He maintained that the English peo ple have great confidence in their leaders and that with the aid which they are now getting from America they look forward to de feating Germany. Canoe Fete Tickets Go on Sale April 29 Tickets for this year's “Ara bian Nights” canoe fete will be put on sale in the activities of fice next Tuesday, April 29, George Root, educational activi ties manager, announced yester day. According to Mr. Root, no res ervations will be made by phone and those desiring tickets must call at the McArthur court of fice for them. Prices for the fete are: Reserved seats $1 and 75 cents. General admission at 5C cents. Westminster Picks Incoming Officers Leaders of the Westminster student group for the coming year were elected Sunday. They are: Kay Daugherty, president; Ruth Sprecher, vice-president; Eunice Cable, secretary; Cam Collier, treasurer; Relta Powell Nathan Edwards, morning group co-chairmen. Francis Doran, Vincent Yard urn, forum co-chairmen; Florence Edwards, worship; Erma Scott drama; Doris Jones, Edwin Mick el, music; Wendell Jensen, Dici Loomis, social chairmen; Eleanoi Seely, Sunday social chairman. Reserve Officers Give ROTC Awards The Lane county reserve offi cers association moved at its re cent meeting to present suitable awards to outstanding and sec ond-year advanced ROTC stu dents. Appropriate medals for profi ciency will be presented to each of three outstanding first year (juniors) men and a set of offi cer’s insignia will be presented to three outstanding second year men (seniors). The insignia for the senior hon or graduates will consist of a set of second lieutenant’s insignia in cluding the shoulder bars, cap or nament, and coat badges, Cap tain F. I. Agule announced. James Henry Meriwether Hen derson, graduate student at the University of Wisconsin, received a letter mailed in Washington, D. C., and bearing only his name and “U.S.A. as an address. Fete Speakers Will Star Today Contestants to Vie In 3 p.m. Contest * At Gerlinger Hall nl a inf a c f will combine in Gerlinger hall at 3 o’clock this afternoon when two men and two women are chosen as commentators for the Junior Weekend canoe fete, Jim Carney, canoe chairman, announced last night. Major parts in the contest, which is open to all students, will be given one woman and one man. Two other students will play “supplementary roles.” Continuity for the fete is now complete, Carney revealed last night, and stated that it is “load ed with humor and sparkle that will add Arabian Nights color to the mill-race scene.” Tickets have been printed and will go on sale soon, it was also Teaching Positions Equal Last Year's Opportunities for teacher placement are up to those of last year, according to Miss Ida M. Pope, placement secretary. Calls are mainly for high school posi tions, with the emphasis on ad ministrative position such as prin cipals and superintendents. Openings are mainly in Oregon, but a few calls come from Wash ington and the entire Pacific coast region. There is also a marked scarcity in the calls far placement in schools of higher education. Recently there has been a marked increase in the need for teachers who can fulfill require ments for outside activities in ad dition to regular teaching duties. 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