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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1941)
Panode of 6{U*uo*t By Associated Collegiate Press THE CASE FOR STUDENT DEFERMENT The cause of the draft-eligible college student is the subject of a public announcement by the presidents of Macalester and St. Thomas colleges, and Hamline university, all in St. Paul. Addressing the general public ffnd local draft boards, Dr. Charles J. Turck of Macalester, the Rev. James Moynihan of St. Thomas, and Dr. Charles Nelson Pace of Hamline ask that college students be given every deferment consideration by selective service boards. Their joint statement follows in part: “The national committee of education and defense secured from the national headquarters of the selective service system an amendment, with the full effect of law, providing for the post ponement of induction for any person for whom in the judgment of the local board immediate in duction would create an unusual individual hardship. “While this amendment is elat ed in general terms, it provides the basis for preventing the in terruption of a student’s educa tion during a semester or college year. “It has been ofticially inter preted to include as a cause of such hardship ... ‘to complete a course of training or instruction.’ “President Roosevelt recently said: ‘America will always need men and women with college training. Government and indus 4ry alike need skilled technicians today . . .’ “We hope selective service boards will be willing to grant students the opportunity of com pleting the semester’s work or the year’s work on which they have embarked. “These students are not claim ing exemption from selective ser vice but merely a postponement of a few months. “In calling this matter to the attention of the public and local boards, we believe we are acting for the best interests of the coun try and in pursuance of a re vest addressed to us by Dr. Francis J. Brown of the sub-com mittee on military affairs of the national committee on education and defense.” The joint statement elicted a prompt “no” answer from Brig. Gen. J. E. Nelson, Minnesota se lective service director, who said that blanket deferment of college students is not possible under the selective service law. "Deferments can be granted only for students in those fields in which there is a recognized shortage, such as medicine. “However, individual draft boards will give every considera tion for a stay of induction to ‘•'permit individual students to complete a quarter or a semester of school work. First Assembly Will Bring Erb, ASUO Chiefs Promptly at 11 o’clock Thurs day morning in Gerlinger hall the first ASUO rally-assembly for all students will start off the season with a bang. Main speaker on the program will be President Donald M. Erb who will give the freshmen a few pointers on a suc cessful academic career. ASUO President Lou Torgeson will also give a talk directed to the new students. Earle Russell, yell king, has planned to devote the rest of the program to introducing several new yells to the student body in preparation for the coming games. HMe also promises some lively humor, the exact nature of which is as yet undisclosed. All students are urged to be on hand early so that the complete program may be presented in the time allowed. This is freshman orientation at the University of Indiana—70 upperclass women are selected by the dean of women to make “pop calls” on the freshmen coeds in the dorm. Dates are then made for each of the junior-senior councillors to meet their “charges” later in the week for individual advice and attention. * * * Pacific coast motorists know Jeanne Hetherington of Oakland, CLASSIFIED ADS READER ADS Ten words minimum accepted. First insertion 2c per word. Subsequent insertions Xc per word. DISPLAY ADS Flate rate 37c column incb. Frequency rate (entire term) : 35c per column inch one time a week, 34c per column inch twice or more a week. Ads will be taken over the telephone on a charge basis if the advertiser is a subscriber to the phone. Mailed advertisements must have suffi cient remittance enclosed to cover definite number of insertions. Ads must be in Emerald business office no later than 6 p.m. prior to the day of insertion. • Wanted WANTED to buy, for cash, Chev rolet coach, sedan or 5-passen ger coupe. Phone 1725. • Board BREAKFAST and dinner for women students. Campus loca tion. Phone 3814. • Help Wanted PERSONABLE young man; ex perience with billiard tables preferred — work evenings — Phone 4322 Wed. between 1:00 and 1:30. SEE Those Home Games But ,LISETN to the Games Away See those home games, but be sure to listen to the games away. Have your radio fixed no wso as to have good re ception this year. Dotson Radio Service Phone 202 11th & Oak Cal., as “Vacation Girl of 1941.” To Oregon State she is a campus activity girl—secretary of the junior class and drama performer. * * * Amongst the thousands of stu dents crowding the University of California campus there are 118 Smiths, 62 Jones, and 59 Browns. Also enrolled are Soohoo and Phoonphibhutane, who have no competition for names on the en rollment list. % Us * A former eight apartment resi dence was purchased .by the UCLA co-operative housing asso ciation and converted into a 52 room house with modern kitchen and dining room. All rooms are already full and a huge waiting list is on the manager’s desk, re ports the California Daily Bruin. Gone will be the cry “ham burger with” in the University of Nebraska’s student union build ing. Under new management this year, the cafeteria there will of fer a three-meal-a-day budget for 70 cents per. To those students hovering on the “awkward age,” the Louisi ana State university has prom ised to refund any part of the fee that is unused if they are “caught in the draft.” Freshman coeds at Massachu setts State college have been ad vised to “wear a girdle unless you're a veritable sylph—the day of the hip-swinging siren coed is gone.” And girls— “Don’t believe an eighth of what you hear.” t WTil l Radio ...CowM^etc* # Four*o«W"«,ub* # Buttl-'*» 0#,'°U # DynamU *Peaker' | With bakery P°ck' 18-95 ““' ltDC forwW-W'’9 3-y/aY ^ y^_y^ Value Sensation 5-Tube Mantel! In Walnut Plastic . . . Compare up to $9.95! Just plug it in and play! This amazing radio has built-in aerial! A S-tube super-het includ ing rectifier! Dynamic speaker! Underwriter approved! In ivory, $1 more. See it today! THE WORLD’S LARGEST RETAILER OF RADIOS MONTGOMERY WARD . . • ''£ .-'k-.v ; -.•C# i - • I 1059 Willamette Phone 3220