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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1941)
Oregana Work To Begin Now Editor Chooses 11 For Exec Board; Layouts Planned Getting a jump ahead of the volume of Oregana work which will overtake them next year, 26 students, recently selected by Wilbur Bishop, past and future editor, are already busy formulat ing plans for the 1942 yearbook. Composed of 11 experienced workers, the Oregana executive board for spring term is planning the page layouts and the general “personality” of next year’s an nual, Bishop revealed. Other members of the spring term staff ,i are working on a style sheet to be used in future copy writing. Executive board members, as announced by Bishop, are: Elea nor Beck, Wes Sullivan, Betty Anunsen, Clair Lyon;- Neil Koch, Betty Kincaid, Helen Johnson, Bill Roth, Maxine Tripp, Nisma Banta, and Johnny Kahananui. The sports staff, headed by Johnny Kahananui, includes Fred Treadgohl, Wally Hunter, Bernie Engel, and Tommy Mayes. Students who comprise the working staff for spring term are Norma Baker, Margaret John ston, Jeanne Routt, Dorothy Routt, Chuck Powers, Bob Hern don, Don Butzin, Jeff Kitchen, ; Bill Lawrence, and Allen Smith. Builders Receive Morse Decision A pending labor dispute be tween the Portland chapter of the Associated General Contrac tors of America and the Allied Heavy Construction crafts was settled in an arbitration award handed down recently by Wayne L. Morse, dean of the University law school, and special arbitra tor selected by parties to decide the case. The decision holds that the Gil pin Construction company is ob ligated as a subcontractor to pay the minimum wages set forth in the Portland shipyard contract. Dr. Morse observed that pay ment of lower wages to employees by subcontractors while other employees were receiving higher pay for similar work would lead to dissatisfaction and danger to cooperative effort in the inter ests of national defense. Leading Scientist Plans Oregon Visit Dr. John C. Merriam, retired president of Carnegie Institute in Washington, and one of the lead ing scientists in the country, will be in Eugene some time in June to discuss research problems in Oregon, according to Warren D. Smith, head of the geology de partment. Dr. Merriam formerly spent some time studying the fossils in the John Day region, and pub lished material on them. He has just returned from South Amer ica, where he attended a meeting of the Pan-American Science congress of which he is president. According to Dr. Smith, Dr. Merriam will probably give a public lecture during his visit here. He plans to spend one month each year in Oregon in the fu- , ture. I Dispenser Overworks Coke bottles must have grown tired of confinement Friday afternoon in McArthur court’s dispenser and forthwith began to Ex-Student's Body Found in Columbia A body found in the Columbia river recently has been identi fied as that of Robert L. Rugh, 23, honor student at Oregon from 1934 to 1936. Rugh, who disappeared three months ago, had attended Brown university in Rhode Island and then Oregon State college, but ill health necessitated his dropping from school. In the fall of last year he again returned to Oregon State 'to do graduate work, and was again forced to discontinue because of poor health. An engineering major, Rugh belonged to two national honor aries: Phi Mu Epsilon, mathemat ics honorary, and Sigma Tau, en gineering honorary. Rugh was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Loyall Rugh of Eugene. NYA Assignments Come Due Mag 15 . The second payroll month ends Thursday, May 15. All assign ments must be worked up to date by that time, Peggy Jane Peebler, NYA secretary, announced Mon day. No hours may be held over un til the next month, and because of the fact that the last payroll month will run only from May 16 to June 7, it is suggested that students work some of their hours ahead, not to exceed 57 hours. All hours for the term must be worked on or before June 7. Students who cannot get their hours in this month are asked to turn them back to Miss Peebler as soon as possible. NYA cards must be in the NYA office in Johnson hall by 5 p.m., May 16. pop out of the machine as fas as onlookers could scoop them up. Bystanders Lou Torgeson and Gene Brown took advantage of the situation to demonstrate re sistance to temptation. They took the bottles into the ASUO office for safekeeping. )£o eaMflotut/it/ W\ I.ovcly, 19-jewel Lady Elgin. 1-1K rose gold tilled. $50.00 19 JEWELS IDEAL FOR GRADUATIONS! Thrijl heron Commencement Day with an exquisite Lady Elgin. Superbly styled attractively priced ... and bearing the Observ atory Certificate for timekeeping ability proved in a great observa tory Select one here today. BRISTOWS JEWELRY G20 Willamette ROTC Drills Open To General Public More drill periods are open to the public, according to Cap tain F. I. Agule of the University military science department. The remaining Thursday regimental drills will be May 15, 22, and 29. The military department ex tends a welcome to anyone wish ing to see the maneuvers. The time: 1:15 to 3 p.m.. The place: the drill field between McArthur court and Hayward field. The drill on May 29 will include the presentation of awards, the nam ing of the honor graduate, and the final parade. The department announces that there will be no competition with Oregon State this year. AWS,WAA, YW Plan Rushing Tea Senior women from all Eugene, Springfield, and Junction City high school will be honor guests at an AWS, WAA, and YWCA tea May 20 in Gerlinger hall. The purpose of the tea is to acquaint the guests with Uni versity of Oregon women and their activities, Barbara Hamp son, general chairman, explained. The publicity committee will speak at short assemblies in each high school early next week to extend a personal invitation to the girls, to explain University women’s activities, and to discuss campus life. Committees are: Gertrude Pu ziss and Zola Dykman, invita tions; Irene Bloomer, decorations; Frances McCarty, refreshments; Marge Curtis, cleanup; Kathleen Brady, reception; Betty Jane Biggs (chairman), Marge Dibble, Nancy Riesch, and Mary Louise Vincent, publicity. AWS, YW Install Heads at Banquet The formalities of installing new AWS officers came to a close recently with a banquet for entering and retiring officers at the Chi Omega house. Also hon ored were new leaders of the YWCA. AWS officers honored at the banquet were Elizabeth Steed, president; Maxine Hansen, vice president; Marge Dibble, secre tary; Marge Curtis, sergeant at arms. YWCA leaders feted were Lois Nordling, president; Bobsie Roehm, vice-president; Abbie Jane White, secretary; Betty Pratt, treasurer. Guests were Mrs. Frederick M. Hunter, Mrs. Donald M. Erb, Mrs. Hazel P. Schwering, Mrs. Alice B. Macduff, and Mrs. Elizabeth DeCou. College Faculties Write Geography Book of Oregon More than 30 members of the faculties of the University, Ore gon State, and other colleges of the Oregon state system of high er education have recently com pleted a cooperative volume en titled “Physical and Economic Geography of Oregon.” The book has been reviewed in the Geographical Review, publi cation of the American Geograph ical Society of New York. Unique feature of the volume is that each of its 17 chapters has been written by one or more specialists thoroughly familiar with the topic and the region. A large number of maps, dia grams, and photographs are in cluded. Inquiries have come from all parts of the United States asking for copies of the book. Mortar Board Dates on Tap May 17 Turnabout Tickets Go on Sale For $1 Tomorrow Good dates for the girl-date boy Mortar Board ball are still available for the asking, it was announced by Joanne Riesch, dance chairman, today. Tickets for the formal ball, which is to be held in McArthur court Saturday, May 17, went on sale for $1 in all coed living organizations Saturday. riucccua ixum cue uculiuc win be used for scholarships to de serving women on the campus, Barbara Warner, Mortar Board president, said. Several such scholarships were awarded this year and the organization plans to offer others next year. One of the highlights of the dance, which is to honor the new Mortar Board pledges tapped at the Junior Weekend luncheon, will be the selection of the new Kwamas by the sophomore wom en’s honorary society. Art Holman and his band have been signed to play for the dance. 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