VOLUME XLIII
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1942
NUMBER 68
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Two five-week summer ses
sions, each giving the same credit
as the former six-week session,
will constitute Oregon’s thirty
ei^Tth annual summer program,
the University summer sessions
board decided yesterday.
Beginning at 7:30 in t'ne morn
ing, classes will continue for a
full hour each, until noon, Dr.
Dan E. Clark, director of summer,
sessions, announced.
Registration
Registration for the first five
week session will be Saturday,
June 13, and classes will begin
Monday, June 15. On July 20,
classes will begin for the second
session. In past years the summer
sessions began about two weeks
later and included the regular
six-week term followed by a four
week post term.
The fee for the sessions will be
$25 and there will be no out-of
state charge made. Students may
of the sessions, available courses
will be enlarged enabling many
University Living Organizations
Pledge $1000 Monthly Quota
Houses Give
Funds to Aid
War Effort
More than $1,000 each month
will be employed to purchase de
fense bonds by campus living or
ganizations, Russ Hudson, head
of the funds division of the stu
dent defense committee, •an
nounced last night.
Besides this monthly pledge,
Hudson said, more than $12,000
has been pledged outright. “Co
operation was 100 per cent,’’ he
saut.
Monthly Bond
Most houses have pledged
themselves to purchase a $25
bond each month, he explained.
This bond will cost them $18.75.
Funds to purchase these bonds
will come from current income
for entertainment.
“This means,” Hudson empha
sized, “That these houses will
take money from their record and
entertainment funds, fines, and
other incidental incomes to pur
chase the bonds.”
Lump Sums
Outright pledges have ranged
from $6,000 to $6.50. Greek
houses, dorms, and co-ops have
all contributed to the fund, Hud
son reported. “There have been
no slackers.”
Solicitors for the bond drive
follow:
Hudson, Lou Torgeson, Bob
Cherney, Earl Maynard, Martin
Schedler, and Cullen Murphy.
Nina Federova Talks
At Benefit Tea Today
Today, from 3 to 5 p.m., a Red
Cross tea will be given in the
alumni room, Gerlinger, at which
Nina Federova, author of “The
Family,” will give a short talk.
Also on the program, starting at
■W, will be the reading by Mrs.
W. H. Dutton of a selection from
Nina Federova’s new book, "The
Children,” a short talk by Doro
thea Davenport, and incidental
music.
UNDER PAR
—Photo by Don Jones
The youngest freshman at Oregon, Patricia Evelyn Howe, is shown
coming out of the Co-op door. Miss Howe is fifteen years old. She
expects to graduate before she is twenty-one from medical school. She
comes from Louisiana.
Youngest Student A dmits
That Age Is Teasing Point
By MARGIE ROBINSON
Brown eyes popping- merrily, Patricia Evelyn Howe admitted
that she is teased a lot about her age. Students look at her
amazed when she tells them she is only 15; gasp, “Say that
again,’’ and “You’re not fooling?’’ For Patricia, a freshman
in premedics, is the youngest person enrolled at the University.
The average student spends 12 years in school, but Pat
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Movies Show
Coast Guard
Advantages
(See picture page 8)
Motion pictures depicting op
portunities with the U. coast
guard will be shown in ihe lec
ture room of the P. E. building
this afternoon at 4 o’clock when
Robert H. Prause, lieutenant jun
ior grade, U. S. coast guard,
meets with men interested in ap
plying for officer training in this
branch of the service.
Lieutenant Prause will describe
the coast guard not only as a
war time field but will tell of the
career advantages it offers.
This program is a preliminary
to the 1942 competitive examina
tions to be given May 13. Due
to the war and rushing of grad
uations at the academy, Lieuten
ant Prause states that more than
the usual number of appointments
will be made this year.
Examinations, which are open
to men between the ages of 17
and 22 years, lead to appoint
ments training men for commis
sions in the service. The training
is strict, but, as the pictures will
show, there is adventure in the
guard. It is called upon to open
ice-bound harbors, break channels
for ships caught in rapidly form
ing ice, patrol the Bering sea, and
tender relief in time of disaster.
New Men Pledge
Five campus living- organiza
tion recently added six men to
fraternity pledge rolls. Those
pledged: Theta Chi, Darrell
Thompson; Sigma Chi, Frederick
A. Franke, Jr. and James R.
Ebert; Delta Upsilon, Robert J.
Dryden; Sigma Phi Epsilon, Don
ald G. Smith; and Delta Tau Del
ta, Jean E. Dutton.
'Nother Limrik
There was a young lady from
Prague
Who constantly put on the dague.
But she messed her complexion
By too much confection
Now she only goes out in a fague.
lower division students to tako
courses filling their group re
quirements. It was expressly men*
carry the usual load limit of nine
hours.
More Courses
In addition to the lengthening'
tioned that courses in pre-med
and pre-nursing would be en
larged because of the need for
persons with medical training.
The year has been shortened
to allow spring term to end late
in May, with commencement ex
ercizes scheduled for May 31.
Dr. Earl 1ST. Pallett, executive
secretary and registrar, last week
mentioned the possibility of a
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Dad s Contest
Winners Get
‘42 Oreganas
Prizes for the Dads' day letter*
contest, which closes at 5 pm.
Thursday, will be two 1042 Ore
ganas, according to Jack Lan
sing's Tuesday announcement. An
Oregana will be given to the man
and woman writing the best let
ters inviting their dad to the an
nual celebration.
The letters should be about 250
words long and be of such a na
ture as to apply in average cases.
Mention should be made in the
letters of the events which wi’l
be going on during the weekend.
Ball Game
One of these events will be the
basketball game between Oregon
and Oregon State. The Oregon
Washington swimming meet will
also take place during the fes
tivities.
A luncheon will be given at
John Straub Memorial hall where
the Valentine girl, Dorothy Wal
tliers, will be presented to the*
Dads. Miss Walthers will meet all
incoming trains during the week
end bringing Oregon-bound dads.
Vote at Side
Letters should be placed in a
box at. the Side.
Additional events of the week
end which could be mentioned in
the letters are a musical program
to be given in the music audi
torium and a play in the Uni
versity theater. Campus living or
ganizations will hold open house
during the weekend for the dads.
Cups will be presented to the
men and women’s houses whicin
register the largest number of
dads. A cup will also be given to
the house which has the largest
number of dads of freshman stu
dents present.
Social Calendar
Any groups desiring revisions
in the social schedule may be ac
commodated by making request
immediately at the dean of wo
men’s office, the student affairs
committee has decided. This ac
tion is in view of changes to bo
made in winter term’s closed
weekends and in spring term’s
opening weeks.
“Winter quarter won’t be much
affected.” said Karl W. Onthank,
dean of personnel, ‘‘but spring
will.”
The committee calls attention
of social chairmen to the long
standing regulation that dance
petitions must be in and complet
ed on the Monday before the af
fair is to be held.