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VOLUME XLIII
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1941
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NUMBER 30
Paper Prices
Affect Oregana
Prompted by rising paper
prices caused by priorities in the
field, the educational activities
board authorized ordering enough
^Taper for the publishing of the
1943 as well as 1942 Oregana at
its meeting Tuesday, November 4.
Appointment of Wes Sullivan,
junior in journalism, as managing
editor of the Oregana with salary
fc'as approved.
Winter term continuance of the
movie series, now being spon
sored by the educational activ
ities board, was sanctioned.
A cut in the board’s budget
was made to allow for loss of stu
dent fees through reduced regis
tration.
Members voted authorization
of speaking tours to be made by
<44?e symposium team, and ap
proved funds for Lou Torgeson,
student body president, to attend
a conference of student body
leaders at Sun Valley.
Movies Have
ComedySlant
Comedy will be the highlight
of motion pictures sponsored by
the educational activities board
today. The movies will be shown
in room 207 Chapman hall, con
tinuously after 2:10 p.m. Students
^will be admitted upon the pre
sentation of their educational ac
tivities cards.
Movies to be shown are "The
Doctor’s Secret,” filmed in 1908
by George Melies; “Gertie the
Dinosaur,” filmed in 1909 by Win
sor McCay; “His Bitter Pill,” a
Mack Sennett satire, filmed in
1916; “The Freshman,” filmed in
1925 starring,JHarold Lloyd; “The
Sex Life of the Polyp,” filmed in
1928 starring Robert Benchley;
and “The Skeleton Dance,” filmed
in 1929 by Walt Disney.
Usherettes will be Peggy John
ston, Meri Huber, Pattie Chilton,
Olga Bubenick, Barbara Brown,
Betty McFayden, Virginia Lind,
and Betty Hiller.
All Classes to Meet
Monday as Scheduled
There will be classes Monday,
November 10, according to Karl
W. Onthank, dean of personnel
administration.
Dean Onthank emphasized that
all classes will meet as scheduled
on Monday, but that Tuesday,
Armistice day, classes will not
be held. It was suggested early
this week that Monday classes
*,be moved forward to Saturday,
but this was declared impractical
in view of the fact that many stu
dents have Saturday jobs.
TRIANGLE MOON
Mrs. Ottilie Seybolt, director
of the drama division, will guide
the Theater Guild players in their
performance of “Three Cornered
Moon,” November 11. The play
portrays the antics of a moon
struck family, the Kimplegars.
'Moon' Curtain
Rises T uesday
Nitwitticism on the charming
side is the specialty of the Rim
plegars, the moonstruck family
portrayed in the coming Univer
sity Theater guild production of
“Three Cornered Moon,’’ opening
November 11.
Guild players will enliven the
characters for University audi
ences under the guidance of Mrs.
Ottilie Seybolt, director of the
drama division.
Dorothy Durkee, David Zilka,
Adrian Martin, Jean Person, Bob
Weston, Pat Howard, Charles
Boice, Dick Turner, and Marjorie
Quigley constitute the cast.
Mrs. Seybolt has been in
charge of most of the Guild pro
ductions since she came to the
campus in 1928. She was award
ed a bachelor of arts degree from
Mount Holyoke, and master of
arts from the University of Wis
consin.
Before coming to Oregon she
had been on the faculty of Vas
sar, Smith, Minnesota, and Grin
nell.
Most University students will
remember her work last year
with “Touchwood,” “George
Washington Slept Here,” and
“Tovarich.”
November 8
It seems like every doggone year
About this time I find
That one of the morning comic
strips
Disturbs my peace of mind.
The world and all is going to pot.
My mid-terms are not through.
I’ve got enough to worry about
Without Li’l Abner too.
—J.W.S.
Oregon Fires Recalled
By Recent SAM Blaze
By DUNCAN WIMPKESS
Fire!
For the fifth time in the his
tory of the University that chill
ing cry rang out early last Sat
urday morning. The tragic fire
which demolished the Sigma Al
pha Mu fraternity house and re
sulted in one death was the fifth'
mad fire to occur on the campus
since 1913 when the newly com
pleted extension building burned
to the ground.
By far the worst fire was the
$60,000 blaze July, 1922. The con
flagration began when sparks
from a nearby bonfire caught in
the wooden cupola of the old
men's gymnasium, then occupied
by the art school, spread to sev
eral University buildings and
three residences. The brick build
ing, erected in 1885 and one of
the oldest on the campus, housed
three irreplaceable art collections
and the women’s physical educa
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UO Turns Fire Conscious
After Tragedy Strikes
By JIM BANKS
Daylight Saturday morning revealed a fire-razed fraternity
house as schocked students gathered at the scene of a confla
gration that claimed the life of Mrs. Cora L. Bisset, house
keeper and cook. Realization of fire menace and its devastat
ing effects was brought home forcefully and tragically to
campus living organizations and their respective officers.
When choking clouds of smoke
woke the members of Sigma Al
pha Mu, it was too late for any
thing but immediate evacuation.
No specific cause was fixed by
Deputy Fire Marshal Jack A.
Hayes in his routine investiga
tion, but all house officers felt
the necessity for checking con
ditions in their own organizations
and removing any existing haz
ards.
Recommended by the National
Board of Fire Underwriters, a
comprehensive code is drawn up
regulating construction of all
buildings. Because of the recency
of many of the code’s stipulations,
many living organizations do not
come within the bonds of strict
legality.
Section 501 of the code, recom
mended by the national board,
sets the minimum clear floor
area of any habitable room at
60 square feet. Minimum width
of each room is set at six feet,
and ventilation must not be less
than one cubic foot of air per
minute to every square foot of
floor space to conform.
Stricter than ever are today’s
codes regulating exit markings
and lighting, including stairways
and balls. To accommodate forty
persons or less lawfully, hallways
must not be less than 36 inches
in clear width, and exit doorways
for the same number of people
must not be less than that width.
The farthest distance allowed for
exits, measured along the line of
travel, is 100 feet.
Section 607, article 7A of the
code states that added escapes
must be made of incombustible
materials, a provision that rules
out rope or wooden fire exits. Al
ways, especially in public build
ings, fire safety devices including
escapes and fire doors must be
immediately ready for emergency
use, the code expressly states.
First to be checked are obvious
hazards such as trash piles and
waste matter in dangerous loca
tions, considered as sheer neglect
by state inspectors.
Deputy Marshal Hayes report
ed that the OSC campus is being
inspected this week and the Ore
gon check-up is due in about 10
days.
Theta Sig Taps
New Recruits
Theta Sigma Phi, national wo
men's journalism hono r ary,
pledged 11 new members yester
day, announced Pat Parker,
president of the honorary.
The pledges are: Betty Jane
Biggs, Elsie Brownell, Mary Ann
Campbell, Frances Cox, Mary
Lois Dana, Ruby Jackson, Shir
ley Jacob, Corrine Nelson, Clar
ethel Roseland, Anna Mae SuUi«
van, and Mildred Wilson.
A luncheon at the Anchoragi
Thursday, November 6, at noon
has been planned by the members
of Theta Sigma Phi honoring
the new pledges.
Piggers’ Guide
On Sale Friday
“Flip the cover and find your
lover.” Cover of what ? The Pig
fers’ Guide (student directory to
the freshmen) of course.
The 1941-42 campus directory
will be available at the Co-op
Friday morning and will be on
sale until 5:30 Saturday after
noon for 25 cents.
Featuring a social calendar of
all big campus events, and a list
of all the officers of the major
campus organizations and living
organizations, the green-covered
little book will prove of immense
value to all purchasers, said Bet
ty Jane Biggs, editor.
A sketch of a "Piggin' Web
foot” by Charles Politz decorates
the front of the Guide.
“Remember spring term when
.4 young man's fancy turns to
thoughts of love and he can’t find
his Piggers’ Guide,” cautioned
Miss Biggs, “so get your copy
while they're on sale or you won’t
get one.”
Author to Tell
Russian Riddle
William Henry Chamberlain,
author and former correspondent
in the Orient for the Christian
Science Monitor, will speak to
University studenfs at a Gerlin
ger assembly on Thursday, No
vember 15.
"Mr. Chamberlain spoke here
once before in 1937,” said Karl
W. Onthank, dean of personnel
administration, Tuesday, "and I
can truthfully say it was one of
the best assemb’ies.we have ever
had.”
Mr. Chamberlain will speak on
“The Russian Enigma,” drawing
his material from many years of
personal experience in the coun
try and close association with
Russian policies and ideas.
His lecture has been arranged
by the personnel office through
William B. Feakins, Inc., New
York. He will be entertained at a
luncheon by the faculty club.
Independent
Group Given
Official OK
Sanction of the Independent
Students’ association by the stu
dent affairs committee was an
nounced yesterday by Steve
Worth, independent leader who
presented a. petition to the com
mittee asking for sanction.
First steps toward actual or
ganization of the association will
be taken tonight at 8 when presi
dents of all independent houses
meet at the College Side.
The association will provide a
program for all independents,
which will attempt to bring per
sons living outside living organ
izations closer to campus activi
ties.
Aims of the association will bo
social orientation of freshman in
dependents, participation of in
dependents in extracurricular ac
tivities. and provision for tho
"political well-being’’ of the stu
dents, Worth said.
The association will be gov
erned by an "executive commit
tee’’ and a "senate.” Executive
committeemen will be elected
from each class and from the
campus at large. Members of the
senate will be elected from each
independent living organization,
and from outside independents at
a ratio of one representative to
each 20 outside independents.
Chi Psi Lads Catch
Two Car Thieves
Members of the Chi Psi lodge
couldn't see any reason for call
ing the police last night when a
member’s car was stolen—they
just went out and caught the cul
prits themselves.
Two Seattle youths, one 14 and
the other 13, stole Ernie Walk
er’s 1937 Chevrolet coupe from
in front of the chapter house at
1018 Hilyard street, early Mon
day evening. Immediately upon
discovering their loss, the entire
fraternity gave chase and after
a nine-mile jaunt captured their
quarry when the boys ran the
car into a ditch.
The car. retrieved on the south
bound highway near Goshen, wa«»
not injured and the thieves were
turned over to local juvenile au
thorities by 7:30 last night.
Calling All Talent
All persons interested in en
tertaining during the Home
coming variety show should ap
pear for auditions at 4 p.m.
Thursday, November 6, in the
alumni room of Gerlinger half.
AWS to Revive Capers*
After Four-Year Leave
With the theme It s a Wom
an's World,” the AWS is reviving
the Coed Capers, after a four
year absence, and has set aside
Monday, November 17 for the af
fair, which will take place in Ger
iinger assembly. Special 11
o'clock permission has been
granted for this night.
Proceeds will go into the AWS
scholarship fund, $200 of which
is awarded in scholarships to Uni
versity women each year. The re
mainaer of the money will be
added to the AWS fund.
Committees, working under co
chairmen Babs DuPuy and Adelcf
Canada, are* carrying out plans
for November 17.
“Each women's living organiza
tion will come to the Capers
dressed in a certain costume,”
said Babs. “For instance, ono>
house may come as nurses, ami
another as stenographers,” sho
suggested. “AH costumes should
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