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VOLUME XLIII
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1941
NUMBER 5
Exec-Comm to Fill Two Posts
By Using Appointment Method
LOOKING FOR RECORDS
Right: Miscellaneous house
members hope for 100 per cent
purchase of athletic cards that
will bring them prizes of records.
Below: Harry Prongas and
drive heads Pete Lamb, E'eanor
Sederstrom, A1 Hunt, Jean Spear
ow, and Bud Vandeneynde hope
^or a different kind of record—
that in top sales.
Erb Opens Forum
At Westminster
Three general considerations in
building a university—the stu
dents, the staff, and the curricu
lum—were named as paramount
by University President Donald
M. Erb, who opened the weekly
forum series at Westminster
house Sunday with a brief ad
dress.
Dr. Erb declared that he was
aware of the complications in
volved in building a - university
and named some of the problems.
Questions asked by the students
led to an incidental disclosure by
Dr. Erb that the average GPA
for the University last year had
increased 2.3 or 2.4. Also he re
vealed that the number of dis
qualified students and students
on probation had increased, and
that the number of students on
the honor roll had decreased.
President Erb re-emphasized
his belief that the greatest ad
vantages of a university are the
cultural and spiritual ones. The
economic ones, though apparent
and important, are of least sig
nificance.
Requisitions Asked
Faculty members receiving
copies of the Emerald through
requisition must enter a new
requisition to the educational
activities office today, or sub
scriptions will be canceled im
mediately.
Drum Major Bids
Due Thursday Eve
Applications for the drum ma
jor and drum majorette contest
which will be the halftime stunt
at the Oregon-Idaho game Fri
day, October 3, must be handed in
to Les Anderson, head of the ral
ly committee by 4 p.m. Thursday.
The contest is sponsored by the
ASUO executive committee and
the rally committee. Two girls
and two boys will be chosen to
twirl regularly with the Univer
sity band this fall.
Balloting will take place next
week to select the contest win
ners.
John Stehn, director of the UO
band, is the originator of the
major and majorette contest.
It is possible that the chosen
drum majors and majorettes will
travel with the team to the games
played away from here.
Ancient Vintage
The frosh read their schedules,
And they laugh and they laugh
At the number of courses
That are tutored by staff.
I think they’d repent some
And wish they’d not spoke
If some one would tell them
The age of that joke.
J.W.S.
Jim Frost Gets Chair
Of First Vice-President
In Board’s Initial Act
Confronted with the problem
posts, Oregon’s ASUO executive
ed their constitutional right of
as the method by which they will
round out their group to its legal
12-man strength.
Initial action was the naming
of Jim Frost, automatically re
moved from his post of second
vice-president at the end of
spring term because of scholas
tic ineligibility, to the first-vice
presidency. Having made up the
ineligibility during the summer
months, Frost was eligible for
reappointment, and was unani
mously chosen by the committee
to fill the vacancy left by First
Vice-Prexy Bob Calkins, now a
private ..in ..the ..United.. States
army.
Besides the second vice-presi
dent’s post, there is yet to be
filled the position of sophomore
representative, held by Chuck
Woodruff until he transforred to
UCLA.
Going on record as agreeing
upon a policy of choosing men
for the two spots if possible with
the same “ideas about student
government” as those of Calkins
and Woodruff, the committee
voted to ask the student body for
application for the two posts. Ap
plications should be made with
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of three vacant chairs at key
committee Friday night accept
“appointment by the committee”
UP ONE NOTCH
Jim Frost, second vice-presi
dent of the ASUO, was last week
moved up to the first vice-presi
dent post by the executive com
mittee. He replaces Bob Calkins,
who is now in the army.
UO Registration Figures Drop
SAME OLD LINE
The game seems to be the thing
at this registration shot. Would
be enrollees linger on as workers
take time off. Registration fig
ures at 5 p.m. Saturday show a 7
per cent decrease from the same
time last year. The number of
men students has decreased 12
per cent.
Enrollment Slips 7 Per
Cent to 2935; Men
Show Decrease
University registration totals
of 2935 for Friday and Saturday
indicate a 7 per cent enrollment
drop when compared with the
3149 students registered at the
end of the same period last fall.
Reversing the normal prepond
erance of men students, this term
sees a 12 per cent drop in male
enrollment and a one per cent
climb on the feminine side to
bring the proportion down to 1656
men and 1879 women.
Registration of seniors is up 5
per cent at present and that of
sophomores is down 14 per cent.
There are 8 per cent less juniors
and the freshman class is smaller
by only three members.
Clifford L. Constance, assistant
registrar, emphasizes that some
600 students registered late last
year. Johnson hall’s second floor
was jammed Monday with lines
of students registering late. A
fine of $1 per day is assessed
latecomers; the maximum penal
ty is $5 but registration will be
permitted until Saturday noon,
October 11.
Graduate students enroll until
noon Saturday, October 6, with
out penalty.