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VOLUME XLIII
UNIVERSITTY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1941
NUMBER 6
Frosh to Vote
On Card Issue
Jhursday Eve
By-laws will be considered and
adopted and officers will be nom
inated for the Class of 1945
Thursday evening, when the new
group meets in the music audi
torium at 7:30 p.m., Lou Torge
son, ASUO president, said
in explaining plans for the or
ganization of the freshman class.
Under by-laws will come the
touchy class-card question, that
kept last year’s freshmen at log
gerheads all year. The present
constitution, adopted by the frosh
last Thursday night, provides that
all freshmen shall be members if
they “possess a membership card
HI the Class of 1945.”
No Price
There is, however, no price
stipulation in the constitution. If
the frosh so rule Thursday night,
the cards may be free, or they
may cost $20, Torgeson said. The
class may decide to adopt the 10
cent class card plan, now being
used by other University classes.
They may use the 50-cent plan
now used by the Class of 1944, or
they may rule that the cards will
be free.
A door-list will be used Thurs
day night to check the qualifica
tions of persons attending the
Meeting, Jim Frost, ASUO first
vice-president said last night.
Cards will be distributed later for
identification purposes after the
means of distributing them is de
termined?
Frost said last night that he
thought officers would be nom
inated, with elections set for
some time the following week.
The constitution was adopted
by the freshmen last Thursday
night at a meeting in the music
auditorium. Events in the meet
ing made campus politicians
mindful of the stormy sessions of
the Class of 1944 last year.
Speakers Requested
All university men interested
in symposium debate who would
like further iipformation are asked
to see Professor W. A. Dahlberg
at Friendly hall before the end of
this week. Tryouts for a place on
the symposium debate squad will
be held Tuesday, October 7, at
7:30 in room 107, Friendly hall.
Pare Your Corns, Bud;
Derby Comes Saturday
By MARJORIE MAJOR
Saturday night the “bunion derby,” wackiest of Oregon
traditions, will again disillusion and inspire Webfoot piggers.
This annual “hike” and sport dance will again break the
last melting barriers of ice between pledge and pledge, duck
and duckette.
The hilarious affair will be held as an open house in which
all sororities, girl’s dormitories,
and co-ops will participate. As is
traditional, boys will make the
rounds of the houses, dancing at
each house 10 minutes.
Sports clothes (skirts and
sweaters, low heels, wool dresses,
etc.) will be in order for girls.
Boys should dress accordingly.
The “bunion” trek begins at 7
p.m. and continues until mid
night when the last weary coed
rubs her crushed feet in relief
and limps to bed.
Data Later
Music will be from records,
and the derby itself is under the
auspices of heads of houses. Or
der of procedure will be an
nounced later for the conven
ience of the boys.
Orides, independent women, will
be at home at Gerlinger hall. All
Oregon students are invited to
attend without charge.
Frazier Selects
Tentative Staff
Emerald reporters for the be
ginning of fall term were an
nounced last night by Bob Fra
zier, Emerald news editor. Pres
ent appointments are only tenta
tive, Frazier explained, adding
that changes would be made in
the near future if persons now in
positions failed to “produce the
goods.”
Reporters are: Rylla Hattan,
Jack Billings, Ruth Jordan, Au
drey Holliday, Marjorie Major,
Margaret Brooke, Elaine Dahl,
Joanne Dolph, Doris Jones, Shir
ley McLeod, Jim Watson, Yvonne
Torgler, Erwin Snyder, Veva Pe
terson, Barbara Lamb, Fritz Tim
men, Bob Fowells, Don Stephens,
Ted Goodwin, Elsie Brownell,
Janet Wagstaff, A1 Larsen, Jean
Spearow, and Mildred Wilson.
Jerry McCrosky
Follows Father
At Co-op Counter
By JACK BILLINGS
Jerry McCrosky, freshman
from Portland, lays claim to be
ing a second generation student
clerk at the Co-op store. His fa
ther, Lyle M. McClosky, now a
practicing attorney in Portland,
was a member of the executive
v (Please turn to page eight)
All-American Editor Now
Wilbur Bishop, editor of the Oregana, received word yesterday
that his 1940-41 yearbook has been judged All-American by the
Collegiate Press association. Bishop and a new staff are already at
work on the 1941-42 edition.
Latest Figures Indicate
Males Outnumber Coeds
Students Borrow Less,
Oregon students borrowed near
ly one-third less from the Uni
versity administration during the
first two days of registration, it
was revealed by Virgil D. Earl,
dean of men, today.
Grace Moore Will Sing Here October 10
Friday, October 10, will be the beginning of a colorful and brilliant
^oncert season when Grace Moore, Metropolitan star, sings in Mc
Arthur court for the first of this year’s series of the Greater Artists.
Students should get their exchange tickets from Ed Walker at the
ticket office of the Igloo any time after October 2.
Coke Flood
Downstairs coke machines, so refreshing during the intermissions
of past concerts, have been augmented by dispensers upstairs. This
new arrangement will help to eliminate some of the congestion
during intermission, activities officials hope.
Clogs Out
Of especial interest to coeds is the suggestion issued by Activities
Manager Dick Williams, banning wooden shoes on the feet of feminine
concert goers. This suggestion is made owing to the fact that towns
people have complained to the office about their noise and echoing
“clug-clug.”
Williams also suggested that girls may be required to check their
wooden shoes a! the door, with no guarantee of a safe return.
Among the other Greater Artist attractions listed for the remainder
of the year is included the world-renowned violinist Yehudi Menuhin,
noted especially for his popular recordings of classic works with the
equally feted pianist, Arthur Rubenstein, scheduled to appear on
JBecember 1.
Josef Hofman, master of the piano, will be another major drawing
card at McArthur court on January 7, during the winter term. Fourth
on this year’s list will be the far-famed conductor, Thomas Beechem,
taking the rostrum before the Seattle symphony on February 23.
Number 1
First star of the 1941-42 Great
er Artists Concert series will be
Grace Moore. She will appear Oc
tober 10.
Reports that there are now
more women than men on the
University campus were proved
false Tuesday evening when C.
L. Constance, assistant registrar,
released the latest available fig
ures on University registration.
Men students now on the cam
pus, as of Monday night, total
1716, against 1308 women. Tues
day night there were a total of
3155 registered. Figures as to
how many of these were men and
how many women were not avail
able, however.
At this time last year 3361 stu
dents had registered. However,
Constance said, 119 students reg
istered after the first week of
classes, so a gradual increase may
be expected for nearly a month.
Even these figures, however,
indicate a drop in enrollment of
men students and an increase in
the number of women students.
This change may be partly ex
plained by the number of men of
college age who did not return
because of the draft, fear of the
draft, or work in defense indus
tries. A greater number of women
were expected, however, because
of the abundance of ready cash
in many Oregon families, due in
part to the present defense boom
and the increase in employment.
Tryouts for the women’s sym
posium debate team will be held
in room 106, Friendly hall, Tues
day, October 7, at 7:30 p.m. Any
one interested may try out.
Oregana Wins
All-American
Honors Again
By JEAN SPEAROW
All-American again! This rat
ing has just been bestowed
upon the 194,1 Oregana, by the
National Scholastic Press asso
ciation, along with hearty con
gratulations from the judges to
the editor, Wilbur Bishop, and
three-time business manager,
Dick Williams.
With 965 points out of a possi
ble 1,000, the Oregana stood sec
ond in a field of 239 college year
books entered in the contest,
making it three straight All
American ratings in a row. In
1936 and 1936 the Oregana won
All-American honors, letting up
only slightly in ’38 to take first
class honor rating.
Layouts were judged superior,
the comment on this phase of
the publication was: “Every
thing considered, the best this
veteran observer has ever seen in
a college annual. Excellent va
riety with almost enough re
straint.”
Superior, the highest rating al
lowed, was also awarded to the
sport section. Comment on the
book in general made by one of
the judges calls special attention
to the excellent coordination of
the material in the book.
“It is splendid because of
grand, ‘general plan, concept, and
design, and because of the finest
and most steadily sustained job
of putting together type elements
I have ever seen done by stu
dents.”
With this year’s Oregana be
ing edited by the same little bun
dle of efficient dynamite who ed
ited last year’s superior book,
students may reasonably look for
a repeat performance of a year
book which cannot be equalled,
Emerson Page, business mana
ger said.
Homecoming Petitions
Due Friday Afternoon
Homecoming chairman peti
tions should be handed in to Lou
Torgeson, ASUO president, or
Bette Morfitt, ASUO secretary,
before 5 p.m., Friday, October 3.
Early in the week, after being
chosen by the executive commit
tee, the chairman will start to
assemble ideas and select his co
workers for the annual celebra
tion November 28, 29, and 30 t.hlw
year.
The Oregon-Oregon State foot
ball game is scheduled for Satur
day, November 29.
Male Order Sales
Those who sell clothes to the
women
Jump high in the air and rejoice,
And shout out the female enroll
ment
With a loud and a turbulent voice.
I’m afraid the modistes are due
for a shock.
They should know that their sales
will depend
Not at all on the number of
women,
But on the 12 per cent drop in
the men.
—J.W.S.
Master dance will not meet to
night but will have its regular
meeting at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday,
October 8, in the dance studio.