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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 29, 1941)
l&tHuceititm 1941 UO Committee Aids In National Defense , By TED GOODWIN At the request of President Donald Erb a committee was organized, last year to investigate ways in which the University can aid in national defense^ The members, H. R. Taylor, C. B. Beal, A. E. Caswell, C. M. Hulten, R. M. Lyon, W. B. Riddlesbarger, W. D. Smith, and Miss Mabel Wood, submitted a report on University courses Nine 'Dodos’ Pass Exams, Await Papers Remarking that “This is one of the highest percentages to pass so far,” Lieut. M. A. Bywa ter, air corps, announced Tuesday that 9 out of 15 applicants for ap pointment as flying cadets passed the examinations and await final papers to begin their training. To date, 30 have applied, but 15 examinations are not com pleted. The examining board will be i session again today down stairs in McArthur court from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Report Today Lieutenant Bywater urges stu dents interested in taking the ex aminations to report at the ex amination room before noon or not later than 1 o’clock. They must be ready to leave by 4, he stated. Students passing the tests suc cessfully are: Gordon H. Hale, Eugene; Richard T. Miller, Eu gene; John T. Truesdell, Canyon City. Justin G. Knowlton, Eu gene; Richard L. Vannice. Amity; Fred A. Phillips, Baker; Barney M. Loomis, Moscow, Idaho; and Herschel C. Patton, Uvalde, Tex as. all for pilot training. Navigator VY u ren H. Treece, Portland, pas-ed the examinations and will be trained as an aerial navigator. Requirements for appoint ment as flying cadet state that the ,‘-Indent must have completed two years of college by January 1 P'42, must be unmarried, in exc* lent health, of good charac te; and be between 20 and 27 years of age. A farmer’s son is more likely to follow his father’s occupation that the son of a man in some oth c kind of work, according to a survey at Cornell university. significant in defense. Colonel Lyon recommended various courses of value for men about to enter military service and the committee published a bulletin to aid men students in registration last year. This bulle tin was revised and used again this fall. Respite Students enrolling in the Uni versity and called to service dur ing the year will be permitted to remain in school until July 1. Since any young man between 16 and 21 may be called in the near future, the committee has rec ommended certain courses that are valuable to military work. For those students who show exceptional qualities and pass the rigid requirements for advanced ROTC, it is possible to graduate from the University with a com mission as second lieutenant of infantry in the U. S. army. Pilot Training Civilian pilot training provides valuable background for flying and students having this training find it a stepping stone to a suc cessful appointment as flying ca det in the air corps. Art and architecture cannot be minimized in their importance to the armed forces. A great num ber of draftsmen, map makers, camouflage artists, architectural engineers, and surveyors are needed. These courses have a larger enrollment than before and are placing special emphasis on significant defense angles. Medical Medical and dentistry students should immediately find a place in defense. The army has a short age of surgeons, dentists, and other types of specialist. In addition to the work of the committee in suggesting courses helpful in defense, it has been exchanging correspondence with the defense boards at Harvard, William and Mary, U. S. office of education and many other col leges and universities throughout the nation. Dr. Comer S. Woodward, pro fessor of sociology at Emory uni versity. has a collection of over 100 miniature donkeys. Bette/i Po^dhalti at BilUosp,4, Quality service by an expert staff. Courtesy Parking Service Bishops Studio 1 (>i> !]. litli Aw. Kuaeno A.u.. THAT THURSDAY STRETCH Officers put Oregon’s KOTC units through their paces at the weekly drill session. The Univer sity’s quota has been increased by 50 per cent this year over that of previous years. Over 950 fresh men and sophomores have enrolled in- the first and second year basic course.—Courtesy The Journal. Military Science Department Opens With New Ideas/ Cadets’ Interest This year the military science department opened with a lot of new ideas and on a larger scale than ever before. Colonel R. M. Lyon, head of the department, announced that there are more than 950 freshmen and sophomores enrolled in the lower-division basic course and that only 78 students were ex empted' this year. Interest High Because of the increased in terest in military training, both in the University and the country as a whole, the war department authorized a 50 per cent increase in the advanced course, junior and senior classes. There are now 149 juniors and seniors en rolled in this course leading to a commission as second' lieuten ant of infantry. The classes have been aug mented by training films released through the war department for showings during the year and lectures are being tied in with timely present day conditions to provide a valuable background for future officers. In their labs the students tear down and assemble the more common infantry weapons to ac quire familiarity with their op eration. In addition to regular class and field work, several advanced course students have volunteered their services in cooperation with local defense authorities during Hie blackout Friday. UO Health Service Gives All-Out Aid to Blackout By JANET WAGSTAFF The Student Health Service plans to make available the full extent of its facilities for use during’ the blackout on the evening of Friday, October 31, according to an an nouncement made by Dr. Fred N. Miller, head of the health service. Emergency work will be available not only to students but to anyone in the neighborhood of the University. All doctors on the staff will report at the Health Service one hour before the scheduled starting time and remain for an hour after the blackout ends. Extra nurses will also be added, and there are rooms in the dispensary and hospital which can be entirely closed from the outside so that adequate lighting facilities will be available^ Dr. Miller requests that no students ask for medical at tention which can be delayed until the regular dispensary hours the next morning, and that the telephone line be left free of personal calls during the blackout so that it may be used for emergencies. He also asks that emer gencies, insofar as possible, be brought into the hospital, so that doctors may remain at their posts in the service where facilities are at hand. To President Erb’s statement urging students to con form with the blackout regulations Dr. Miller added a word of caution: “It might be well to advise that each house appoint a committee, or at least some one person for making plans for the blackout. 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