VOLUME XLIII NUMBER 13
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1041
Exec Comm Names Russ Hudson
Alumni Fete Chairman; Arbuckle
Appointed Rally Squad Member
By HERB PENNY
Selected as Homecoming- chairman by the executive com
mittee at 6:15 Thursday evening was Russ Hudson, junior in
BA and winner last year of the title of “Typical Joe College.’’
Hudson is now considering plans for the 1941 alumni fete and
will probably announce appointments on the Homecoming
committee next week.
Also named by the executive committee Thursday was
Seorge Arbuckle as senior member of the rally squad. Arbuckle
IFC Will Back
Sign Contest
At Homecoming
The interfraternity council
will back the Homecoming sign
contest, as it has in previous
years, but will leave the ques
tion of a noise parade up to the
heads of houses, A1 Hunt, secre
tary, announced last night, fol
lowing an IFC meeting.
Attempting to clarify what he
called a “general misunderstand
ing’’ concerning the attitude of
the IFC toward this year’s Home
coming, Hunt said that the coun
cil had never refused to partici
pate in the sign contest, and that
their asking for a $25 expense ac
count from the educational activ
ities department, was a “request,
not a demand.”
ASUO President Lou Torge
son will call a meeting of the
heads of houses, representing
tooth men’s and women’s groups,
C^peek and independent, and refer
the noise parade decision to
them, Hunt said, adding that the
IFC would abide by their deci
sion.
. If, however, the heads of hous
es agrees upon a “better idea”
the council will back them on
that, he said.
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Hunt' mentioned complaints in
past years from local hospitals,
and from Eugene residents as ob
jections to the noise parade. He
also cited the necessity of houses
going to Portland, often at con
siderable expense, to collect
scrap iron, locomotives, and oth
emnaterials for the parade.
suceeds Ray Dickson who is now
In the navy.
“The set-up should be perfect
for having a Homecoming week
end that will be an attraction for
all alums,’’ said Hudson. “This
year the campus women will bo
given a greater chance to par
ticipate in the arrangements than
previously.”
A tentative plan given by Hud
son was the selection of a Home
coming hostess to be in charge of
greeting alumni. “We will at
tempt to have as many Oregon
women as possible assist her in
this job,” declared the newly-ap
pointed chairman.
“This year we will try to con
tact every alumnus in the state,”
said Hudson. “The Oregon-Ore
gon State game should be a big
attraction in drawing a large
crowd,” he stated, “and we will
’.Again use individual Homecom
ing letters to be sent by the stu
dents to reach alumni.” Hudson
also outlined a plan to have rec
ords made at the University
which can be given over the air
ipn the various radio stations of
the state.
Hudson is a member of the
rally squad, secretary of Sigma
Delta Chi, national journalistic
fraternity, and has worked as a
reporter for the Emerald. He is
the first junior who has been ap
pointed Homecoming chairman
for more than two years.
“I am very pleased at being
named to this pisition,” said Hud
son, “and will try to make thi3
Homecoming celebration surpass
those of previous years.”
Leonard Terrone, one of the
world’s greatest fencers three
decades ago, is in his thirty
eighth season as coach of the
University of Pennsylvania fenc
ing team.
Young British Sailors Tell
OfWarspite Engagement
By JIM BANKS
Bomb attacks and enemy shell fire are part ®f a day’s work
for Reginald A. Rainbow and Herbert S. Amos of the British
battleship Warspite now drydocked at Bremerton, Washington.
A direct hit amidships by a 1200-pound aerial bomb and
another near miss at the port bow necesitated a temporary
delay for repairs, the boys admit, but insist the Warspite was
never out of commission and made port under her own power
at lull speed ahead.
""^Reginald from Northampton,
England, will soon be 18. Herbert,
from Dover, is just that age.
Guests of Mr. Carl Curlec of
the Albany chamber of com
merce, the youthful crew mem
bers of England’s Mediterranean
flagship are on two-week’s leave.
Last night they were dinner
guests on the Oregon campus.
Typically British in speech,
neither of the boys displayed an
over-dose of supposedly typical
British reserve.
“We enlisted at 15,” Reginald
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Allen Speaks Today
On European Trials
SHE SINGS TONIGHT
Grace Moore, first attraction of the 1941-42 Greater Artists Con
cert series, will sing in McArthur court tonight.
Grace Moore Says Brawn
Overemphasized in US
By JEAN SPEAROW
“There is too much accent on muscle and too little on culture,”
oserved Grace Moore, sunny-haired songstress, as she compared
American young people to the same age-group in South America
where she just finished a highly successful concert tour.
“Young people between twenty and thirty in South America are^
vitally interested in broadening their cultural horizon,” she saidf
“Whenever a new personality appears in the field of art or politics
they are eager to investigate this new addition to their culture
pattern.
“It seems too bad, but the
young people of the United States
are losing their natural charm.
There is too much wise cracking,
too much slang being slung.” Miss
Moore giggled appreciatively at
her own choice of words, and
then repeated them with obvious
amusement.
Dominant
Her dominant personality filled
the small hotel room as she sat
on a severe straight-backed
chair with each small, black,
low-heeled shoe planted solidly
on the carpet parallel with the
legs of the chair.
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Pastoral Note
When fall, the hold of summer
cleaves.
'I like to lie ’mid fall leaves.
J
I love to hear the shuffling sound
They make when e're I wander
’round.
I like to play with one by one
From early morn to setting sun.
“I wonder who you are?” you
say.
Why, I rake the leaves for NYA.
—J.W.S.
Former Student
Set to Explain
Nazi Troubles
By JACK BILLINGS
Jay Allen, former Univer
sity student and Emerald re
porter, returns to tell a story
of European adventure this?
morning when he addresses a
10 o’clock assembly at Ger
linger hall on “My Troubl©
with Hitler.’’
The world-famous reporter
and lecturer spoke last night
at Marshfield under the spon
sorship of Sheldon W. Sackett.
editor of the Coos Bay Times,
and is to be driven to Eugene this
morning by Mr. Sackett in time
for the assembly.
Last March 17 Mr. Allen was
arrested by Nazi soldiers while
attempting to cross the boundary
between German-occupied an**
Free France without a military .
permit. He was jailed in the
French prison at Chalons until all
the news value had drained from
his dangerously-gathered infor
mation.
Released
He was released by Nazi offi
cials but was expelled from
France. Allen has since been tour- *
ing the U. S. lecturing on his ex
periences during this war and in
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Judges Defer
Election Probe
Action on a protest to tho
ASUO judiciary committee ask
ing whether or not sophomore,
junior, and senior class officer
elections last spring were legal,
was deferred Thursday until 4
p.m. Monday.
The committee, meeting Thurs
day afternoon, discussed the
more pressing question of fresh
man nominations, but delayed ac
tion on the older class officer
question.
Class officer elections last May
passed almost without notice, be
cause of the stir over the ASUO
campaign, which culminated in
the elections being declared ille
gal by the ASUO judiciary com
mittee, and the need for second
elections. Class elections were
not held over.
Initial Term Social Calendar Lists Duck Activities
The fall term social calendar,
giving the complete schedule of
dates of all campus events, house
dances, and activities, scheduled
by honoraries, houses and other
-University groups was released
Thursday from the office of the
^pan of women.
It follows:
Friday, October 10—
Jay Allen assembly—10 a.m.
Grace Moore concert.
Sigma Chi radio dance.
Monday, October 13—
Assembly, 11 a.m., Clarence
Sreit.
Wednesday, October 15—
Kwama assembly.
Thursday, October 16—
Fhi Chi Theta tea.
Friday, October 11—
China relief.
Saturday, October 18—
Oregon vs. Cal.—Portland.
Sunday, October 19—
Oregon Mothers’ tea—men’s
lounge—3 p.m.
Tuesday, October 21—
Kappa Kappa Gamma tea for
freshmen.
Thursday, October 23—
YWCA advisers board tea.
Friday, October 24—
Press conference.
Phi Sigma Kappa.
Canard club—House dance.
Frosh mix—Phi Theta.
Saturday, October 25—
Press conference.
Pi Beta Phi house dance.
Sigma Phi Epsilon — radio
dance.
Friday, October 31
Sigma Phi Epsilon — pledge
dance.
Delta Gamma pledge dance.
Saturday, November 1—
WSC football.
Sopho Whiskerino or Soph In
formal.
Mid Terms 3-6—
Law school dance.
Friday, November 7—
Chi Omega.
Alpha Xi Delta house dance
Alpha Chi Omega.
Saturday, November 8—
Chi Psi.
Sigma Nil
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