ROTC Drills
'Under Blythe
For Display
A crack infantry company of
ROTC students has been organ
ized under the leadership of Cap
tain Harvey Blythe of the mili
tary department and Cadet Cap
tain Ted Lindley to perfect exhi
bition stunts for public display.
Meeting every Tuesday night
from 7 to 9 in addition to the
regular Thursday drill session,
V* the company has achieved a high
degree of perfection in regulation
army drill and is working on
fancy maneuvers for half-time
stunts at games.
Captain Blythe, in the first
meeting of the company, told the
men that they must show rapid
progress, enthusiasm, and a will
ingness to put in extra work.
Some 90 freshmen and sopho
mores responded and are now
hard at work preparing for a
parade in Portland Armistice
day.
All members of the company
have been sized for white gloves
and special shoes which will ar
rive soon, according to Captain
Blythe. The first practice ses
sions have been spent in learning
the 23 movements of the silent
manual. This includes the posi
tions of the rifle and the various
facings. No orders are given after
the first command and all move
ments will be executed to music.
Business administration and
secretarial science have the heav
iest freshman registration at
Westminster college.
Fordham university, celebrat
ing its centennial year, has init
iated a centenary fund drive for
r $1,360,000.
WASN’T SHE GOOD?
Robt. Young. Ann Southern
Eleanor Powell in
'Lady Be Good'
— also —
Arthur Kenedy in
'Knockout'
SEE THIS ONE
ORSON WELLS
in
'CITIZEN
KANE'
TWO REAL SHOWS
'That Uncertain
Feeling'
with Melvyn Douglas
— also —
Lionel Barrymore and
Edward Arnold in
'The Penalty'
MOVED OVER!
IRENE DUNN and
ROBERT MONTGOMERY
in
i 'UNFINISHED
BUSINESS'
- BULLSEYE!
P Molly Maison, who occupies
I first place on the Oregon women’s
rifle team, can hit the ten-ring
with the best of the male sharp
shooters. Miss Maison spent last
& summer at Fort Iionning with her
father. 1’hoto by Cecil Snyder.
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Siv::;. ' Vi!'- .4BWIS
Blackout Gives
Army Training
The blackout of northwestern
Oregon Friday evening is only
one of a series of maneuvers and
operations designed to strengthen
the defense of this region, Her
schel R. Taylor, chairman of the
Lane county defense council, ex
plained in an interview for the
Emerald yesterday.
The scheduled maneuvers, Mr.
Taylor explained, are just the be
ginning of extensive defense
training to help the regular mili
tary organizations in case of an
emergency. A school for training
reserve police, air raid wardens,
and plane detection observers has
already begun and will continue
with a permanent organization.
This blackout will extend from
Roseburg to Portland and from
the Cascades to the coast. Au
thorities are awaiting final in
structions concerning traffic on
Highway 99, but all other traffic
in this area will be suspended
during the period of darkness.
As for the Eugene blackout
proper, Mr. Taylor announced
that warning whistles will sound
some time after 8:30 and within
18 minutes the city will be dark.
A squadron of bombers from a
base in California will fly over
en route to Portland and observe
the efficiency of the blackout.
The town will be in darkness
from 15 to 30 minutes when the
all-clear signal will be sounded
and traffic may resume. Air. Tay
lor announced that anyone driv
ing a car during the blackout will
be arrested and fined for reckless
driving.
Everyone is urged to remain in
or near his home during this time
to prevent prowling. Police will
be prepared to execute their duty
but cannot be responsible for ac
cidents as a result of carelessness
on the part of individual citizens.
“The blackout scheduled for
October 31 can be successfully
conducted only with the fullest
cooperation of townspeople. We
don’t intend to enforce the black
out—we want the public to feel
that it is a privilege to aid na
tional defense by providing this
vital experience for the boys in
the service,” Mr. Taylor declared.
Mr. Taylor added, however,
that there would be some 200
special officers to discourage
pranksters and unscrupulous per
sons.
The officers will be identified
by cards signed by the governor
to prevent anyone from posing as
an officer to gain entrance dur
ing the blackout. The special offi
cers will be authorized to make
arrests and report the names of
offenders.
Oregon’s Annie Oakley
Rivals Cadet Accuracy
By JEAN FRIDEGER
Pretty crackshooter Molly Jean Maison is "in the a my
now, at least in Captain Blythe's ROTC army of girl rifle
shots.
Living at Fort Benning, Georgia, last summer where her
father, Lieut.- Col. H. G. Maison was stationed. Molly th nks
army life is great.
“June week" at Annapolis was
another thrill. Molly's brother
Mack is a sophomore at the naval
academy. Three large parades to
introduce the color girl and take
movies were only part of the
week's excitement.
Rowing races on the river,
games, three dances with cadets
in full dress added that certain
something. “Even though Anna
polis cadets are the best looking
in the nation, Oregon fellows still
rate tops with me,” reassured the
rifle ace.
CAMP FIRE BOYS
Senior ROTC students studying military cooking go into the
fine points of a muffin as explained by Miss Mabel Wood, head of the
home economics department. From left are: Ted Findley, Bob Blin
kenstaff, Don Warren, Bill Kirkpatrick, Duane Carlson, Don Fendall,
Miss Wood, and Jim Russell. Photo by Leo Molatore.
ROTC Men to Prepare
Since graduating ROTC students are called into immediate
service and many of them go on duty as mess officers, the Uni
versity is offering a course in dietetics and military cocking
for advanced students.
The course includes cookery, taught by Miss Mabel Wood,
head of the home econpmies department, and military account
mg taught by Major W. E. Read,
assistant professor of military
science. Each term the class will
go on a field trip including a
visit to a meat packing house and
a practical demonstration of
cooking under army camp condi
tions.
This term 11 students are en
rolled in the course. During the
year, all the advanced ROTC stu
dents will take the one term three
hour course.
Once a term the cooking class
will hear a lecture by an army
veterinarian. Major Read said
that this is not to be confused
with the old time “horse doctor”
because in the present army or
ganization, the veterinarian is a
meat and food inspector.
The text is the regulation
training manual or army cook
book, “The Army Cook.”
In addition to a knowdedge of
cooking, the officers must be able
to keep accurate inventories and
records of mess supplies. Major
Read said that the duty of mess
officer is one of the first active
duties many new officers under
take and is one that takes plenty
of careful work on the officer's
part.
New York university has
formed a separate department of
higher education, which will train
graduate students to teach in
colleges and universities.
When asked whether she tad
been shooting a rifle for years
she replied. "The ROTC die
class was my first attempt ex
cept for mechanical duck prac
tice at carnivals."
A set of ten targets whict
proudly shows with acci rate
bulls-eye shooting makes he! the
top-notcher in the elementary
rifle classes.
Before returning to Oregon,
Molly spent several week • in
Washington, D.C., then New Or
leans where she tasted dozer:- of
varieties of shrimp and other
Creole dishes. "Riding the /Ion
keys along the narrow G and
Canyon trails was one of my
most anxious moments," si r ed
Molly. "The donkeys were nice
alone, but when you see bow
narrow the trails are, that’s too
much," declared the sharpshooter.
UO Theatre Box Office
Opens Wednesday
The University theater box of
fice opens today at 9 o’clock lor
the production "Three Cornered
Moon." Those who wish to pur
chase season tickets or red ced
late tickets allowed on season
tickets should do so at once if
they wish the best seats.
The box office sale will be con
ducted during two periods, the
first from Wednesday to Satur
day at 12 o'clock noon, and the
second to be announced late .
The opening today is in ad
vance of the general seat sales.
The office. 104 Johnson, will be
open from 9 to 12 in the morning
and from 1 to 5 in the afternoon.
Students are invited to inves
tigate the seating chart so that
they will be familiar with Guild
hall. Attendants at the box of
fice will supply the information.
CAN AMERICAN YOUTH
collaborate with
European Youth?
On What Educational Basis?
CAN AMERICAN
DEMOCRACY FAIL
As European Democracies
Failed ?
Read "THE ALTERNATIVE"
By LEON COTNAREANU
former publisher of Le Figaro,
Paris
Published by
DODD MED & COMPANY
432 Fourth Avenue
New York, N. Y.
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