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VOLUME XLIII
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1942
NUMBER 110
(J'lioto btf TCennell-Euis)
KENT STITZER . . .
. . . meets death in South America
Kent Stitzer
Flies to Death
-%A U. S. Army plane bore Lt.
Kent Stitzer, former Emerald
news editor, to his death last
week, according to word received
by his relatives.
Lieutenant Stitzer was killed in
a crash “(somewhere in South
America,” an army regret re
vealed.
A graduate of the University,
he had climbed to a top Emerald
position in less than a year, after
transferring here from Drake uni
versity in Des Moines, Iowa. Only
a few months ago he left a bride
of three ' weeks, Julie Saylor, of
Moines, to enter active duty
as a second lieutenant in the
Army Air Corps.
Only 22
The young lieutenant, only 22,
had enlisted in the flying pro
gram last spring term when an
examining board visited the cam
pus. He received his preliminary
training at Tulare, California.
Lieutenant Stitzer entered the
University of Oregon as a junior,
having held an editorial position
on the Drake university daily.
Within a term he was a city ed
itor and at the end of his first
year was appointed news editor.
Reputation
As news editor he gained a wide
?kputation for tireless industry
and technical perfection. For a
journalism thesis he compiled a
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Oregon Student
Dies in Crash
Byron Ford Vandenberg, a
sophomore in business adminis
tration here last year, was killed
in a plane crash on the Mojave
desert in California April 9, ac
cording to a report received here
by the Sigma Chi fraternity.
Vandenberg, known as “Byne,”
transferred here from Sacramen
to junior college in 1939 and be
came a member of Sigma Chi.
In the middle of spring term
last year, Vandenberg left school
to enter the air corps at Sacra
prento.
V-7 Try Outs
Must Contact
Kossack Soon
Students who qualified for V-7
enlistment at examinations yes
terday must see C. F. Kossack,
campus adviser for defense clas
sifications, at 107 Deady today.
“The board expects a telegram
any day from the thirteenth naval
district headquarters in Seattle
closing enlistment,” Dr. Kossack
said.
150 Men
Approximately 150 men met
with the special examining board,
headed by Lt. Comm. J. G.
Thwing yesterday.
To be eligible students must
have junior or senior standing
with at least 93 term hours of
credit. Acceptance leads to a
commission as deck officer in
the navy.
Snowball Rally
A snowball rally will lead off
the opening-day ceremonies be
fore today’s baseball game with
Washington State college. The
rally wili start at the College
Side at 2 p.m. and wind past
each campus living organiza
tion.
First-year Iettermen will
meet at the Side at 2.
Campus Feed
ChiefsNamed
An initial salvo in the actual
fireworks of Junior Weekend
was fired Wednesday when John
Busterud, chairman, appointed
Carolyn Holmes and Marge Dib
ble, both juniors in sociology, as
co-chairmen of the campus lunch
eon. Initial plans for the under
the-trees affair were immediate
ly announced by the newly ap
pointed chairmen.
Menu for the lunch at which
members of honoraries are tapped
and tradition offenders are
dunked will be similar to last
year’s, said the chairmen, with
hot dogs served instead of the
usual sandwiches. A four-line
serving line will be used and wait
ing will be eliminated by serving
the platees completely filled.
Tickets
Tickets for the luncheon will
be given to house managers this
Friday and Saturday and they
will also be distributed at regis
tration to mothers present for
the annual Mothers' Day held in
conjunction with the Weekend.
Members of the luncheon com
mittee are Florence Cooley, food
purchasing; Leonard Farr, tick
ets; Bob Tilson, construction; Ab
bie Jane White, queen’s stand;
and Mary Louise Vincent, clean
up. Decorating the stage in the
“Red, White, and Blue” manner
will be Donald Shirley. Music will
be furriched by Earl Scott’s or
chestra.
R ugs Up;N icklesRea dy;
Campus Hop on Tap
NICKEL HOPPERS . . .
. . . Dorothy Clear anti Les Anderson, smoothies; Virginia Wells and
Russ Hudson, jitterbugs.
*7he. Rabin Blestd
Noted Duo-Piano Team
Gives Concert Monday
Something- close to magic makes for the rhythmical and
emotional affinity of the playing- of the Vronsky and Babin
duo-piano team, which appears in concert here next Monday
evening.
One reviewer of a Pennsylvania concert added that “this
magic of these two people as they sit at two keyboards and
omg hi a, voice, is some
thing that cannot be explained.”
The young couple, in private
life Mr. and Mrs. Babin, were in
troduced to this country in 1937.
After "thrilling Baltimoreans,"
as the News-Post critic of that
city wrote, they visited Philadel
phia, creating such interest there
as to warrant another engage
ment a few weeks later. They
made four guest appearances on
nation-wide hookups that season,
plus two concerts in New York.
Succeeding seasons have estab
lished their standing," and the
Babins have since taken up citi
zenship papers and now make
their home in Santa Fe, New Mex
ico.
Russian born, they are g'reatly
appreciative of American liber
ties. "In Europe,” Mr. Babin says,
"man is composed of three parts:
body, soul, and passport.”
Orides Join Hop
Orides will take a place in a
Nickel Hop for the first time this
school year, when the indepen
dent girls gather at the YWCA
house tonight to do their share of
dancing.
The girls will meet at 6 o’clock
n Gerlinger. Campus clothes will
be in order.
Gamma Phis Pledge
Barbara Hampson, of Medford,
has been pledged to Gamma Phi
Beta, according to reports from
the office of the dean of women.
I'm Agin' It
This cancellation of desserts
In my opinion is the nertz.
I really do not give a darn,
I would not sign up anyway.
But when they say I cannot go,
I guess I’ve gotta have my say.
I really think it is the nertz,
This cancellation of desserts.
—J. W. S.
DUO-PIANOS . . .
. . . by Vronsky ami Babin will be
heard in McArthur court.
Women Open
Doors at 6
Tonight's the night when rugn
will be rolled up, records will bo
brought out, and Oregon men,
and women will forget the wae
for a few hours as they dance afc
the Nickel Hop, sponsored by
AWS.
The majority of houses arc
planning early dinners so they
will be ready to scoop in the
nickels when doorbells start ring
ing at 6 o'clock and hordes of
males descend upon them.
5e—15 Minutes
Admission is five cents for each
15-minute period, at the end of
which time house representatives
will blink the lights and the men
must pay another nickel or move
on to another living group. Fel
lows are urged to come at the bc
ginning-ftf these periods rather
than in between times as there
will be less confusion.
The spring term atmosphere
will be further enhanced by the
wearing of informal dress, say
co-chairmen Virginia Wells and
Dorothy Clear. They suggest,
skirts and blouses, or wash
■dresses, and flats for women,
while men should be comfortable
in slacks and shirts, or sport->
jackets.
Prize
The coveted prize of a $5 requi
sition for records will be awa: di
ed the house having the largest
percentage of men present dur
ing the three hours of dancing.
Co-chairmen will count the pro
ceeds from each women’s organ
ization immediately after the
“Hop" ends, and it is hoped that
the results may be announced r\
tomorrow’s Emerald.
Prize Contest
StartsMay3G
The Failing-Beekman orator
ieal contest for seniors, offering
prizes of 5150 and $100, is sched
uled for Saturday, May 30, at
8 p.m.
The contest^ open to all mem
bers of the graduating class. Con
testants must deliver original ora
tions with subject matter of their*
own choice. Orations are lim^rl
to 1500 words.
■All contestants must signify
their intention of entering tho
contest by filing the subject oil
their oration before noon, Friday,
May 16.
Contestants are urged to con-i
suit members of the speech di
vision for further information,
according to J. L. Casteel, direct
or of the speech division.