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VOLUME XLIII
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1942
NUMBER 40
Campus Joins in Defense
Reed Professor
Tells of Nazis
Dr. Frank Munk, writer, economist, educator, and lecturer,
will tell what he knows about “Hitler’s Slave Emnire from
the Inside” Thursday, January 8, at 11 a.m. in Gerlinger hall.
Dr. Munk, an authority on problems of totalitarian eco
nomics, will give his views on the economic and social condi
tions after the war. He will attempt to clarify the present
State Board
To Consider
Short Term
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Possibilities of shortening the
course of instruction at the Uni
versity and other institutions
under the state system of higher
^education will be considered by
the members of the state board
of higher education defense coun
cil, the presidents of the colleges
of education and the associate
dean of the medical school in a.
meeting Monday evening, Janu
ary 25 in Portland, Dr. Frederick
M. Hunter, chancellor, has an
nounced.
New Schedules
The proposed sijf-day week,
eight-hour days, and four-quar
ter year will be discussed by the
group. Special emergency short
courses for defense work also will
be considered, Dr. Hunter has in
dicated.
The head of each institution
has been asked to prepare a re
port appraising the effect of such
plans. Reports on the progress of
each institution in the defense
program will also be made.
Stanford Meeting
Most of these proposals were
put forth at a meeting of the
Ninth corps area commission on
college and university war prob
lems on Monday, December 29.
The meeting took place at Stan
ford university. Dr. Earl M. Pal
lett, registrar and executive sec
retary, has been vice-president
of the commission since early last
year.
Dr. Pallett, with Dr. Ray Ly
man Wilbur, president of Stan
ford, who is president of the com
mission, and several other out
standing Pacific coast university
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Oregana Editor Sets
Photograph Deadline
Saturday, January 10, will be
the last day that individual pic
tures for the Oregana may be
t#ken at Kennell-Ellis* studios,
according to Wilbur Bishop, edi
tor of the annual.
This would include photographs
of seniors, honorary and house
members, and other groups using
f individual pictures.
Students may go to the Ken
nell-Ellis studios any time be
tween now and Saturday evening
to have their pictures taken,
Bishop said.
world conflict in terms of democ
racy, cooperation of nations, and
freedom of the seas versus Nazi
domination, totalitarianism, and
regimentation.
Trade Authority
He is a recognized authority on
international trade relations and
has done some very recent re
search into the implications of
the present emergency. He re
putedly understands Nazi aims
and plans for eventual control of
all nations and the destruction
of- their economic and political
systems, with a view to subjec
tion to German control.
Dr. Munk was born in Bohemia,
Czechoslovakia, and received his
doctor’s degree at the1 Prague
university school of commerce.
He was a leader in the student
and youth organizations in his
country, and chairman of the
University League of Nations
federation, and the National Un
ion of Czechoslovakia students.
Refugee
After the German invasion of
his homeland, Dr. Munk escaped
from Prague in 1939, and since
has been a member of the faculty
of Reed college in Portland. He
is also active in the Northwest
Institute of International Rela
tions.
Classes Dropped
Dr. Louis A. Wood, professor
of economics, is seriously ill and
will not be able to meet his class
es the first part of the new term.
His most specialized classes,
therefore, have been dropped, re
ports Dr. James H. Gilbert, head
of the economics department.
These subjects include organized
labor, economics 426, and mod
ern theories of social reform, eco
nomics 450.
TO HEAR THE WIZARD
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The Polish born wizard of the piano, Josef Hefnlann, will play
before a University audience Wednesday in McArthur court. Mr.
Hofmann made his American debut at the age of ten in the New York
Metropolitan opera house. He has been acclaimed as the foremost
pianist.of his time.
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Polish-born Pianist Opens
Winter Term Artist Series
Josef Hofmann, the Polish-born wizard of the ivory key
board, whose genius was nurtured by that other titan of his
day, Anton Rubenstein, will appear at McArthur court Wed
nesday evening at 8 o’clock, the third Greater Artist to be pre
sented this year by the educaional activities board.
Happy New Year
I query and. wonder
Who the fellow could be
Who forgot to dismantle
Our Christmas tree.
—J.W.S.
Six Homeless Puppies
Presented to Sororities
It rained dogs Sunday night. It must have, because six campus
sororities answered their doorbells that evening, to find a small
white, and mournful puppy had been left sitting on the doorstep.
Around the neck of each “pledge” was a ribbon, with a tag at
tached reading: “I was born on Armistice day. Please give me a good
home.
From Theta’s Marge Dibble
came the sad story of a small
dog who wrought general havoc
with her couch and textbooks,
then mysteriously disappeared—
no one knows where.
“We still have ours,” said Tri
Delt Helen Angell. “He’s living
in my room and we don’t know
what to do with him. Does any
tooy want a dog?”
The AOPi’s gave theirs to the
fAEs, where he could be assured
a good home.
Eugenia Robertson, Gamma
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I hi, took theirs home with her
temporarily, as did Leith Brown,
Delta Gamma. Permanent homes
are wanted for both these dogs,
a'so.
The house mother of the Sigma
Kappa house took their dog to
the dog and cat hospital, where
attendants said the pup would be
given a home and treated kindly.
All the dogs were white or
black and white, and said by the
girls to be about two months old
and "cute.” The donor remains
unknown.
Josef Hofmann dresses like a
lawyer, hikes like a boy scout,
handles machinery like a Scotch
marine engineer, and deals rum
my like one of the boys in the
back room, for all that he plays
like an angel,” said Keith Ker
man of the New York World
Telegram.
Sixty-five years ago in Pod
gorze, Poland, Hofman had the
good fortune to be born into a
musical family. His genius was,
therefore, recognized early and
by the time he was ten. years old
w'as making his American debut
in the New York Metropolitan
opera house.
Since that time Hofmann’s ca
reer has been one of uninterrupt
ed triumphs, and the world has
continued to acclaim him as the
foremost pianist of his time.
Admission to the concert will
be by presentation of an educa
tional activities card. No ex
change tickets are required.
Dr. Erb Forum Speaker
Dr. Donald M. Erb, University
president, will speak at the West
minster church forum in Port
land, scheduled for 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, January 8. The speech
will be presented at a dinner of
the foj-um group.
Six Students
Head Group,
Aid Faculty
By JACK BILLINGS
Appointment of a six-man de
fense committee to work with
faculty groups was announced
Monday by ASUO President Lou
Torgeson. Members of the new
committee will form a nucleus
for a much larger defense com
mittee which will be chosen later.
v Committee members are, be
sides Torgeson, Steve Worth,
Marge Dibble, Hay Schrick, Ann
Reynolds, and Martin Schedler,
chairman.
“A city within a city!”
This describes the University
in the words of Dr. Earl M. Pal
lett, executive secretary, who i-j
air-raid warden and coordinator
of campus defense. Acting fov
President Donald M. Erb, Dr.
Pallett has formulated a plan
which will make the University
practically self-sufficient in time
of an actual air raid.
While Eugene is not in a de
fense area and therefore much
less likely to be attacked than
many schools on the Pacific
coast, University officials are
taking ' Avfery precaution for the
protection of students and prop
erty, Dr. Pallet pointed out.
Committee Members
Working with Dr. Pallett is a
committee of faculty members,
each of whom has d skeletor
crew. Other mern'bCrs of the com
mittee follow
J. O. Lindstrom, business man
ager of the University, in charge
of the protective and necessities*
division; Dr. Will V. Norris, pro
fessor of physics, communica
tions and utilities division; Dr.
R. W. Leighton, dean of the
school of physical education, med
ical disaster division; Karl W.
Onthank, dean of personnel, stu
dent personnel; and Cecil C. Sny
der, acting head of the news bu
reau, publicity.
Campus Divided
The campus has been broken
down into eight districts with
two members of the faculty act
ing as assistant wardens for each
district. Special police, fire fight
ers, first aid workers and others
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Business Staff
Meets Tonight
Old and prospective members
of the Emerald business staff will
meet tonight at 7:30 in 105 jour
nalism, according to Fred O. May,
business manager.
Work is available in local, na
tional, and classified advertising,
as wellaS ldyobf,' selling, and of
fice woi*k. The staff will be or
ganized fair the winter term at
this meeting.
Betty Jane Biggs, acting ad
vertising manager, Lars Bob Gil
son, newly-appointed circulation
manager, and Elizabeth Edmunds,
newly-appointed national adver
tising manager, will speak.