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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (March 31, 1942)
Leaders Voice ASUO Views The function of campus politics will be discussed in the third of the student forum series Thursday at 7 p.m. in 207 Chapman hall. The entire student body is invited to hear both sides of controversial questions concerning the spoils system, applica Series Shows CCC Pictures ••>!. ]i\ fH; Hi u fj-.,. ; *, Three films, distributed by the "United States government, will be shown today in 207 Chapman hall. The films deal with, the mer chant marine, the CCCJ, apd the TVA, and are fully equipped for sound. The educational activities office will gauge student atten dance before contracting more films in this series. Showing time will be from 4 5:30 and from 7:30-9:45 in the evening. The merchant marine film depicts the training essen tial for individual men which combined will send a cargo across the ocepn, r:.: . u,, The GCG movie pictures the work which this division is doing in national defence. The services which the TVA is rendering to de fense is explained in the third film. All three . were released in Coeds Reject (Continued from pane one) Rejiee'EtOrt' by the girls’ houses was due largely to a belief that the step Was" unwise because of the' uncertainty of present condi tions, It was pointed out that en rolment of the, men had de creased greatly this year, and that there was possibility of still further decrease , in the member ship of thq men’s co-ops next year. economic /vuvaniuge This would modify the eco nomic advantage of increased buying power and might make it necessary for one or more of the men’s units to close. Any finan cial problems brought about by such an occurrence would fall on the united group. ■ Dean Onthank, head of the housing committee, which has to pass on any important action taken by any University living group, said that he believed uni fication would benefit potential creditors of the association more than either of thee two existing associations. He was of the opin ion that, should the men’s group get into financial difficulties, due to emergency conditions, the coed cooperatives would be in a better position to help them by remain ing separate. Miss Smith's Views Miss Janet Smith, employment secretary, who assisted in found ing th# coed cooperative, was also of the opinion that the girls should not jeopardize their pres ent stability by entering into an amalgamation. Individual house votes cast by the members were as follows: Coed Cooperatives: University house—28 against, 2 for; High land house—13 against, 10 for; Hilyard house 17 against, 24 for. In the men's co-ops, Kirkwood east a unanimous vote of 27 members for the plan. Canard club voted 24 to 1 for amalgama tion. Campbell club voted 38 to 1 in favor. Knox college, the original "Old Siwash,” has been selected as the location for a series of "Old Si wash" motion pictures. tions tor positions in student body offices, and means of acquaint ing the student body with its leaders, as representatives from the Greeks and Independents voice their respective viewpoints. Speaking for the Independents will be Steve Worth, Gerald Heustis, and Milton Small. Upholding the Greeks will be Pat Cloud, Lou Torgeson, Bob Lovell, and Gene Brown. Jobs Open Cloud Says Over 200 jobs for Junior Week end are now open, Pat Cloud, president of the junior class, an nounced today. The cooperation of every junior member in filling these jobs was urged by Cloud. Juniors wishing to fill the jobs should get in touch with John Busterud, chairman of Junior Weekend, by phone. When juniors buy their class cards this week there will be blank forms to fill out which will enable them to state their experience and posi tion they desire for the Week end. Class cards and eligibility slips must be secured by those desir ing to work in these positions. These credentials may be secured from the dean of men or dean of women’s offices. Sale of class cards will close Thursday. Cloud reminded junior mem bers that the Weekend is a jun ior class function and full co operation of all members must be secured. ASUO Sets (Continued from page one) required papers as early as possi ble,” said Frost, "and not wait until the last minute.” "Dark horses, ” who do not wish to be nominated at the gen eral election, must, according to the constitution present their necessary papers with a petition signed by 50 members of the stu dent body, to Frost before mid night, Thursday, April 9. Lou Torgeson, ASUO president, made known last night that Frost had been designated as en tirely responsible for the election requirements. All papers and pe titions should be sealed in an en velope and addressed to Frost. The general student body and class elections will be held the following Tuesday, April 14. Min Yasui (Continued from page one) sui was a Phi Beta Kappa. He was the first student of Japanese descent to be admitted to the state bar and practice in Oregon. In an issue of Old Ore gon, alumni magazine, Mr. Yasui wrote an article on Yasuki Mat suoka, former Japanese foreign minister and graduate of the Uni versity many years before. By turning himself over to the authorities, Mr. Yasui plans to use his case as a test to determ ine the legality in court of this federal law. The penalties for vio lation of the law, passed by con gress March 21, are fines ranging up to $5000 and imprisonment up to one year, or both. Coeds Still In Minority By JANET WAGSTAFF Figures of the first week of registration, during which the majority of students enroll, show a decrease of 18 per cent from last year. There are 2,665 en rolled at present. However, the total of the year’s registration, made up of all who have attended Oregon during the year 1941-42 shows only an eight per cent drop from last year; 3,659 is the total. Men Hold Out A breakdown of the statistics indicate that spring term at the Emerald campus won’t be a man less one. Male enrollment still holds a lead over feminine, though losing ground. There are 223 more men than women at tending at present. The percentage of decrease from last year is: male, 26 per cent; feminine, six per cent. A proportionate drop is expected next year by registration offi cials. According to classes, the break down still shows an increase in junior registration of 22 per cent. Other classes present decreases. The senior class lost 31 per cent from last year at the same time; now has a membership of 361. Sophomores fell 25 per cent and now number 959. Freshmen en rollment only dropped five per cent; it now totals 839. As to schools the physical edu cation school fell 46 per cent in enrollment from last year at this time. There are now 104 regis tered as PE majors. The law school presented a loss of 28 per cent, with 149 enrolled. Architec ture and allied arts with 257 reg istered as majors dropped 20 per cent. B.A. and journalism each decreased 18 per cent. There are now only 93 regis tered as education majors, a de crease of 14 per cent from last year. “It looks better now than we thought it would,” said C. L. Con stance, assistant registrar. "We feel more optimistic as to the fu ture.” Russell to Announce Yell dukes who will assist Earle Russell, yell king, next year will be announced this week. (JO Faculty Take Leads^ In Guardsman Comedy The leads in “The Guardsman,” Ferenc Molmar comedy to be pre sented at the Very Little Theater playhouse at the fairgrounds April 15 to 17, will be taken by two youthful members of the Uni versity of Oregon faculty, Mar vin Krenk and Saverina Grazi ano Smith. Krenk, instructor in speech on the campus and director of the dramatic show over KOAC each Thursday night, takes the title part, that of a distrusting actor who fears his wife’s possible in fidelity and puts her to the test by disguising himself as the Rus sian Prince Wassily Samsonoff. Mrs. Smith is cast as the love ly and restless actress-wife, who gets tired of the uneventfulness of life with her husband and be comes more than intrigued by the advances of the thick-accent ed nobleman with the charming manners. On the campus, Mrs. Smith is instructor of art educa tion and teacher of the class in fashion designing. 't' One of the main roles in the production will be taken by El vin Overton, visiting professor of law, who will be seen as Bernard, the critic. Gerda Brown, book keeper at the Co-op, is directing the comedy. ’Petrified Lightning’ Received at Museum The museum of natural history in Condon hall received two in teresting specimens recently. One is fulgurite, sometimes called petrified lightning. Lightning sometimes strikes sand and melts it into a glass tube. The second specimen is a piece of Lake Su perior agate highly polished. The Lake Superior agate is known as one of the most beau tiful types of agate found any where in the world. In the same case as the two new specimens is a picture of a bird made of polished minerals set in black marble. The picture required in finite patience for the Mexican craftsman to assemble the bright ly colored minerals. The postoffice deartment this winter will issue a special one cent stamp honoring Harvard’s famous president, Charles Eliot. Believe It or Not DON'T GUESS CALL JESS GODLOVE The Plumber 31 Hast 7th Ph. 547 'MARY AND JOHN' MAKE A RECORD. .. of your own voice to send home as a letter. Ask Dad for money on a record instead of a letter.' Let your boy friend in the army hear your voice, too. Your family or sweetheart will be thrilled to hear your voice again. 6^-Inch Record—Both Sides—35c C & S ELECTRIC 1070 Willamette St. rWUUma*i Candy NATIONALLY FAMOUS EASTER WRAPPED $1.10 — $1.50 Mr*. J. Q. McDonald’s Kitchen Made Candy Awarded 44 Gold Medals for Purity 1 lb. 79c Fresh Shipment Just Received PENNY-WISE DRUG 40 E. Broadway. Phone 2042. Mathematicians Go to Vancouver Dr. C. F. Kossack, intstractor in mathematics, and Dr. K. S. Ghent, assistant professor of mathematics, will attend the Pa cific Northwest Mathejnatic's meeting' at the University of Brit ish Columbia in Vancouver Sat urday, April 4. Dr. Kossack will present a paper on "The Logistic Growth Curve.” MR. & MRS.; NEWT SIDE PATTER Pat Tayl»r - - ■ And- what did you -thing of the big, fat, fancy, -Sunday Supplement?' Chintzey, yes ? . . . Foo Dolt's Jim €)»**«*» shows-us no-losa-thaii-bustle;' - fust- squiring• Alpha.-Phi fia&s" -Read, n ex test-we see him-with Theta’s Jo Supple r . -Hear ■ tell the RAG's and the-KKG’s both cotcbcct- themselves- » • • MBUHr COBttfc^thtS iptedgiS^r: ■they- -cach-s pledged- very tall gi ris ■»-DG’s^ Je»n= Taiboy - ia bade; 1 so* is- Kappafs ~ Naney "DnttMij- and- when it- comes -to - the armed- servieesr Nancy -has a boy friend who is-'taki-ng-his basic training ia -the-aar-corps, a brother who' is a lieutenant in the. air corps and is now in Australia, and a father who is ley Gravely- stopped -by-our lookout out station -to-say-that Alpha Phi Betty Edwards took Dick BodweHV Phi - Delt pin after- being out- with-him ■ 4 hours-. . . By crackie, -things like that-didn’t happen when we were a girt . . . You hadda wait six hours at least ... Fie . . . Guess everyone knows that B. Jo Shown of Alpha Phi-on the-Mud-Flats has a lovely em erald from “Stub” who's air plane driving at Corpus Chris tie, and Pi Phi’s Mary Jane Wormser, of the ever lovin’ lawr school has a ring that is luscious and guhgeous and sim ply smacks of dinero, of scratch, of foldin’ money, of that old stuff . . . Whell, when you-all need a bracer so you can rise to youis hands and knees and get to your morning clawses, come into the Side for a cuppacavv I fee . . . And come the late shift. Will we see you on it?