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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 16, 1942)
Commonwealth Talks Open i ne annual Commonwealth con ference which is to be held on the University campus April 16 to 17 has secured as guest speak er, Dr. George S. Wehwein, pro fessor of economics at the Uni versity of Wisconsin and national authority on land uses, Dr. E. H. Moore, professor of sociology and chairman of the conference ar ffftigements, declared yesterday. The discussion this year, the 20th annual conference of the group, will center around prob lems of the rural-urban fringe which for many cities and com munities in the state is now par ticularly important because of increasing population due to de fense projects, army conton ments, and war industries. Dr. Wehwein has been scheduled for two talks, one on land uses and the other on zoning and other public controls of the rural-urban fringe. Survey Lloyd M. Faust, assistant pro fessor of business administration at the University has made a sta tistical study of the Eugene fringe area and will make a com prehensive report on his findings to the conference. The study will serve as a basis for round table discussion for the members. Other speakers preesnt will in clude Dr. Vernon Douglas, Mar ion county health officer, Salem; Orval Etter, bureau of municipal research at the University; Harry D. Freeman, city planning com mission, Portland; Glen Jackson, Jackson county chamber of com merce, Medford; and Dean James Gilbert and Professor C. L. Huffaker, of the University fac ulty. They will all discuss finance, schools, public utilities, health and sanitation and zoning. The program for today starts. 9 a.m. Registration, lobby, Ore gon building. 10 a.m. Oregon Roadside De fense Council, 105 Oregon build ing. 12:30 p.m. Joint luncheon, with Retail Merchants institute. John Straub Memorial Hall. 2:15 p.m. Problems of the ru ral-urban fringe, 105 Oregon Guiding. Chairman: James H. Gilbert, dean of the college of so cial science. 6:15 p.m. Annual banquet. John Straub Memorial hall, presiding, Dr. Donald M. Erb, president, University of Oregon. Eastern Conference Lures Dr. Cressman It was announced here yester day, that Dr. L. S. Cressman, head of the anthropology depart ment at the University, will at tend a meeting of tfae American Philosophical society to be held ^in Philadelphia on April 23 to 25. He will leave the campus Friday, April 17. While in the East he will go to Washington, D. C., for a con ference with officials of the Car negie institution regarding his forthcoming book on archaeolog ical study in eastern Oregon. Comely Ruler CContinued from page one) Weekend directorate has been changed to 9 p.m. Monday eve nings. Candidates are: Geraldine Bar ry, Evelyn Carter, Frances Cox, Eleanor Engdahl, Louise Gordon, Milodene Goss, Dorothy Greer, Elizabeth Gregg, Pauline John f son, Elaine Lee, Lorraine Long, Carolyn Loud. Dorothy Manley, Patricia Per ry, Bette Reames, Beatrice Schum, Margaret Sleeper, Cis Steel, Lilas Todd, Helen Trask, and Mildred Wilson. VLT Show Continues The Very Little Theater pro duction, “The Guardsman,” will be given two more nights, Thursday and Friday, at 8 o’clock at the fairgrounds. Ticket reservations may be made by calling the home of Eyler Brown at 2808-K. Extension Catalog Now Available to ASUO The catalog for correspondence courses was released by the ex tension division Tuesday. The courses offered may be counted for degree work or for gradua tion. The catalog is offered to stu dents without cost. The extension division is encouraging students to arrange for the courses before they leave school, although they need not register for them until later. Among the courses are many which will be valuable to men who are planning to enter the service. Anthropology Museum Adds New Specimens Persons who have visited the museum of natural history will be pleased to know that a piece of “Old Smiley’s” bath is now a part of the collections in the museum. “Old Smiley” is the pet name for the saber tooth tiger skeleton, smilodon califor nicus, from the La Brea tar pits in Los Angeles. The tar pits have been the fatal bath of many ex tinct species of animals. Also added to the collection is a piece of mica schist from Fern Ridge dam. This mineral is sometimes known as “fool’s gold.” Early explorers in Nova Scotia loaded their ship down with this mineral thinking it to be real gold. Mica schist is a rather rare mineral. Another “fool’s gold,” iron pyrites, is more cornmon. Graduate Students Plan Saturday Picnic An outing is planned for the University graduate students for Saturday afternoon. Most of the graduate students have been no tified by mail. The group will as semble at Gerlinger at 2 p.m., April 18, with bicycles if pos sible. This outing is a continuation of a series of recreational pro grams for graduate students. Clare Pentland and Randall Aid rich, graduates in economics, and Munroe Shelley, graduate in psy chology, are arranging prepara tions. The meeting will be held in side in case of rain. Eight Appointed To Faculty Senate In Liberal Arts College Faculty of the new college of liberal arts met Friday. Result: the appointment of eight repre sentatives to the faculty senate. Chosen were James H. Gilbert, dean of the college of liberal arts; Dr. C. V. Boyer, dean of the col lege of arts and letters; Dr. R. P. Bowen, head of the Romance languages department; E. H. Moore, acting head of the soci ology department; Andrew Mour sund, head of the mathematics department; E. C. A. Lesch, as sociate professor of English; H. G. Townsend, head of the phil osophy department; and John T. Ganoe, associate professor of his tory. The liberal arts faculty voted that a committee snould be ap pointed to investigate the prob lems of teacher training and degrees in the new college. Dorm Reaches Food Decisions Dorm students and the admin istration came closer to their set tlement of the problems that have faced them concerning food when they met last week to discuss problems of the past week. Raisin pie was definitely elim inated from the dorm diet, it was agreed by all the students and Mrs. Genevieve Turnipseed, dor mitory director, and Miss Helen Goodenow, dormitory dietitian. No Soup The group decided that during the warmer weather of spring .term it is advisable to substitute something else for the soup which has been served' regularly in the past. The food committee elected Dick Bennett, sophomore in busi ness administration, chairman of the group. Edith Davis, freshman in arts and letters, was chosen to serve as secretary of all future meetings of the committee. Milk Bottles The situation concerning milk bottles not returned to the kit chen was discussed and all dorm residents are being asked to re turn milk bottles promptly to cut down on the extra expense caused by lost bottles. Also present at the meeting to represent their halls were Jack Harris, junior in arts and letters, George Pederson, fresh man in social science, Jim Wat son, freshman in science, Dorothy Larson, freshman in architecture and allied arts, and Bob Sim mons, freshman in social science. Science Group Names Conference Delegates Delegates to the annual north r west students science conference will meet at Corvallis, April 25. Monroe Shelley, chairman of the local students science group, an nounced that Randall Caswell, James Watson, Borys Melkine, and Armin Gropp have been elect ed to represent the 355 science majors at the University. The convention is held in con junction with that of the Oregon section of American physics teachers of which Dr. W. V. Nor ris of the University physics de partment is president. A prize given annually to the best student paper read at the student conference will be pre sented by the teachers’ commit tee. Men's Edition Saturday morning’s Emerald will be put out by men only, the second special edition of this year. CLASSIFIED ADS READER ADS Ten words minimum accepted. First insertion 2c per w^d. Subsequent insertions lc per word DISPLAY ADS Fiat rate 37c column inch Frequency rate (entire term) : 85c per column inch one time a 84c per column inch twice or more a week. Ad3 will be taken over the telephone on a charge basis if the advertiser is a subscriber to the phone. Mailed advertisements must have suffi cient remittance enclosed to cover definite number of insertions. Ads must be in Emerald business office no later than 6 p.m. prior to the day of insertion. • Lost ON 13th street, a small black key case, with one snap. Re turn to Evelyn D. Johnson, Susan Campbell hall. GAMMA PHI BETA sorority pin, engraved Gretchen Clinton. Finder please return to Gam ma Phi house. Reward. SIGMA ALPHA MU fraternity pin, near cemetery, engraved J. K. Phone 4G12-J, Joe Kantor. DregdnWEmehald Bay Schrick, air raid warden Reporters: Dorman Alford Bette Armstrong Margaret Brooke Elsie Brownell Ruth Kay Collins Joanne Dolph Bob Edwards Carol Greening Ruth Jordan Flora Kibler Mona MacAuley Marjorie Major Roy Nelson Edith Newton Peggy Overland Betty Ann Stevens Janet Wag staff Mildred Wilson Marjorie Young Barbara Younger Desk Staff: Janet Wagstaff, city editor. Shirley Davis Jack Billings Ray Schrick Herb Penny Kelly Snow Mary Wolf Ted Bush Office Staff: Lila Anne Watermull Yvonne Umphlette Lorraine Davidson Pat Smith Night Staff: Bob Edwards, night editor Betsy Wootton, assistant Jack O'Harra Beverly Bean Layout Staff: Norma Trevorrow Jenelyn Gaston Advertising Staff: Elaine Dahl, day manager Barbara Gunning Ruth Kay Collins Shirley Davis Pete Lamb Don Merrill Directs KOAC Dramas Tonight Don Merrill, senior in business administration, is student direc tor of two dramas being pre sented by the radio workshop over KOAC tonight from 7:30 to 8:30. “Both dramas are short,” an nounced Mr. Krenk, supervisor of the workshop, The first, “Even the Blind” is experimental, in that most of the play concerns the inner conflict of a blind wo man in love with her doctor. The struggle is between her con science and her heart.” The second play is “The Qual ity of Mercy” by Evelyn L. Kel ler. GcdetuHaA. Applications for position on the Oregana staff will be interviewed by Editor Wes Sullivan in his McArthur court office from 1 to 5 this afternoon. The Eugene natural history so ciety will meet in room 101 Con don, Friday evening, March 17, at 7:30 p.m. Phi Chi Theta, women’s busi ness honorary, will hold a meet ing today at 4 in Chapman. Interviews for camp counsel lor positions will be given today from 4 to 6 and Friday from 9 to 11 in the women’s physical ed ucation office. Movies of the YWCA and Campfire girls camps will be shown tonight at 7:30 in room 103 Deady. Everyone invited. SDX members meet today at 4 o’clock in the journalism build ing. Panhellenic meets today at 4 p.m. in the men’s lounge at Ger linger. Song leaders of the all-cam pus sing are requested to meet Dean Kratt in the music school at 4 p.m. today. 'Greaseball Grunt' Set for Friday Plans have been laid by the un organized houseboys’ association of the University for a dance Fri day night named the ‘Greaseball Grunt.” Music will be provided by Verner Minkler and a musical quiz has been added to the pro gram. The houseboys plan to buy de fense bonds with the proceeds of the dance, according to Kermit Smith, spokesman. .1 SPECIAL FOR WARD WEEK New and Old Song • "HITS" Phonograph RECORDS 12l.rSl'°° NO EXCHANGES NO REFUNDS ALL SALES FINAL Take your pick of Victor, Columbia, Bluebird, Decca and O. K. and many others. All are slightly used. Tunes by Jimmie Dorsey, Freddie Miller, Glen Miller. Wayne King, Ozzie Nelson and other favorite bands. There’s only a limited quantity'—better come early while selections are good. Special for Ward Week Only! MONTGOMERY WARD 1059 Willamette Telephone 4200