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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 16, 1942)
• • • Sc/Uke. <Jfean4. New Calls for Campus Men By BILL, HAIGHT Secretary of War Stimson has announced the United States army will be increased to 3,600,000 men, double the number now in service. The new order will probably cut heavily into the students on this campus. For example, a part of the vastness of the program may be better understood when one looks at the figures of the numbers of officers needed to train this greatly expanded army. At least 75,000 new officers are necessary and unquestion ably many of these are going to come from advanced ROTC units. The air corps must be doubled or even tripled and the army wants \ men from 16 to 26, married or single. Already the University of Oregon students have responded heavily to the country’s needs and in the next few months many more of them must join the fight ing forces. The executive order increasing the military man power of the nation is comforting for the fu ture but holds little hope for the immediate ominous news from the Far Eastern operations. Embattled Singapore is issuing typically British communiques indicating the colonials are re treating with high valor before the ^individual and ruthless as ■feult of the Japanese. Eight of the nine Malayan § state are now. under military I domination of the Japanese army. Johore, the ninth, approximately | 100 miles north of Singapore is today in questionable circum stances. The Japanese claim they have overrun the state while the British maintain the lines are still holding. Tomorrow will tell. By land, sea and air the Jap anese are drubbing the Asiatic defenses. Bad weather has kept their planes away from the main citadel. However, reports on Ku ala Lumpur would incline one to believe the Japanese have com plete control of the air. The Brit ish reports include statements that the rubber capital was al most completely demolished by air attacks. So far apparently the actions in the Indies and Malaya have not cost the Americans many men. We have some stationed in the Philippines gallantly holding out but the battle south of there seems to consist mainly of Aus tralians, New Zealanders and the stubborn Dutch. Despite the fact we at the pres ent are not losing many men a brief look at the American im ports from the Dutch East In dies points out we are going to pay and pay heavily for this Jap anese assault. In 1940 we imported $188,233, 969 worth of rubber and paid $104,765,526 for our tin to Brit ish owned sources of supply. This seriously affects the British balance of payments with the United States. Her $300,000,000 loss means that wTe will have to extend our lease-lend aid to take up this slack. Cuff stuff: The famous Brit ish “thin red line” is beginning to look more like a dot and dash line. Juniors Can Graduate Under Reserve Ruling In a letter received yesterday by Dr. Donald M. Erb, University president, the navy department states that juniors now in col leges who enlist in the naval re serves will not be called to active duty during the summer of 1942 if they are enrolled for classes at the University during the sum mer session. The original announcement of the navy was to the effect that men in their junior year "may complete their education and graduate in 1943 before being or dered to active duty other than during the period their college is closed in the summer of 1942.” The new interpretation of the regulation just received by the University now makes it possible) for juniors who enlist now to con tinue their education during the summer of 1942 and not be called to active duty until they gradu ate. At Second Glance (Continued from pat/c two) arrived. With a few tapers here and there, the all-clear signal was sounded at 7:30. . . . Gain ing prominence is the Onyx club, seemingly a home for stray ATOs and Thetakis . . . Just a mention of "Tige” Payne’s name, so he won’t feel like a forgotten man; no Emerald headlines or nothing . . . We thought we saw something missing when we came back after Christmas; it was Theta Elaine McFarlane from Fiji Reid Farrell's side. . . . Mean while, ATO’s Chuck Powers re turns to the campus fold after a term’s absence. Now that Hallock is gone - Parent-Teacher Unity Stressed That parents and teachers should cooperate to develop the child's character was stressed by Dean James R. Jewell of the school of education in a talk be fore the Condon PTA Tuesday night at 7:30. The speaker's sub ject was “Education: Whose Re sponsibility?’’ Dean Jewell mentioned that too often both parent and teacher blame on one another for unsatis factory character development. He suggested that this bickering be replaced by cooperation—that parents and teachers should unite to work out: (1) A series of hab its, and (2) a series of attitudes which need to be amended in the child. In this way, education can com bine with home life to make the child a useful citizen, it was stat ed. Wesley Adds Two Two changes in the cabinet of Wesley foundation have been made this term. Rev. Charles E. Funk reported today. Bob Hall is the new secretary and Genevieve Working is chairman of the rec reation commission. again, with his Sammy Kaye records, we can put Kostelanetz back on with this tidbit: “Bottle neck” Hickory, dickory, dock. Two mice ran up the clock. The clock struck And they couldn’t get supplies in for a week. DON'T MISS BURCH'S Semi-Annual CLEARANCE FOR WOMEN: Nationally famous lines at rock-bottom prices SPORT SHOES DRESS SHOES SCHOOL SHOES $1.98 to 8.98 Values to 12.50 FOR MEN . . . Florshoim . . . Crosby Square Regular stock shoes — values to $12.00. 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