Army Requires Math Training By RUTH KAY COLLINS Where in the course of four years are youth to find mathe matical problems which will extend their intellectual horizons and stretch their mental muscles?” asked Admiral C. W. Nim itz, commander in chief of the Pacific fleet, in a letter writ ten last November to Professor Louis I. Bredvold of the Uni versity of Michigan. Professor Bredvold, who is a member of me university advisory commit tee on military affairs, requested facts and figures from the train ing division of the Bureau of Navigation in Washington, D. C., to illustrate the need of mathe matical training in American high schools and colleges to aid the national defense effort. From the data compiled by the bureau, come the following fig ures illustrating that other than engineering students, few col lege men are sufficiently trained in math to qualify for officer's training in the navy: fcxam 1 “A carefully prepared selec tive examination was given to 4,200 entering freshmen at 27 of the leading universities and col leges of the United States.” Of these— 68 per cent of the men were unable to pass the arithmetical reasoning contest. 63 per cent failed the whole test, which included also arithmetical combinations, vocabulary and spatial relations. Not Close The majority of failures were not merely borderline, but were far below passing grade. Of the V4.200 entering freshmen who wished to enter the Naval Re serve Officers’ Training Corps, only 10 per cent had already tak en elementary trigonometry in high schools. Only 23 per cent had taken more than one and a half years of mathematics in high schools. The report by the bureau of navigation showed that this lack of fundamental education is a ihajor obstacle in the selection and training of midhipmen for com missioning as ensigns, V-7. Rejected “Of 8,000 applicants—all col lege graduatees—some 3,000 had to be rejected because they had no math or insufficient math at college nor had they ever taken plane trigonometry,” the bureau writes. Because of a deficiency in the early educations of the men in volved, it was found' necessary to lower the standards in 50 per cetit of the admissions at one of the training stations. The require ments had to be lowered in the field of arithmetical attainment in order that the necessary num ber of men might be enrolled. Follow Your Campus Chums JOHNSON’S for Super Creamed Ice Cream y. Block West McDonald Theater 54 W. 10th Yasui Losing Curfew Battle Minoru Yasui, American-born Japanese graduate of the Univer sity, is fast losing his battle to prove the unconstitutionality of the alien curfew laws. He was in dicted last Wednesday by the fed eral grand jury on charge of vio lating the alien curfew. It was the first indictment on this charge returned in the Unit ed States, according to United States Attorney Carl C. Donaugh. He forecast that the prosecution would result in a test case, if con tested. Yasui deliberately violated the curfew and then gave himself up to the police, announcing that he planned to test the validity of the curfew order. Donaugh said that penalties provided fines up to $5000 and imprisonment up to a year, or both, under the act. The indictment against Yasui was one of 13 returned by the se cret body. Eleven of the 13 were open and 2 were secret. Ensign Tells (Continued front page one) members of the University de fense council met with the naval officer in the faculty club to dis cuss deferment possibilities. Dr. Kossack may be reached at his office, 107 Deady hall. QcUHflMl Qcdz*uHaA The Badminton club will not meet for the remainder of spring term. Fencing club meetings have been postponed for the remainder of spring term. Sigma Delta Chi will meet today at 4 p.m. in 105 Journalism rather than Monday as was an nounced yesterday. Oregon H Emerald Ray 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 Wagstaff Mildred Wilson Marjorie Young Barbara Younger Advertising Staff: Barbara Thomson, day mgr. Betty Edward Dorothy Bruhn Edie Newton Day Staff: Leslie Brocklebank Night Staff: Ted Bush, night editor Shirley Davis Marjorie Young Bette Armstrong Copy Desk: Joanne Nichols, city editor Bill Stratton, assistant Betty Ann Stevens Marjorie Young Barbara Younger Mona MacAuley June Paddock Anne Craven Chuck Politz Ted Bush Jim Watson G. Duncan Wimpress Three New Greeks Latest additions to fraternity rolls are: Robert Ruber, Delta Upsilon; Herbert Grant, Delta Tau Delta; and Willis E. Elliott, Sigma Alpha Epsilon. It's Fun to Plag BADMINTON Every House Should Have a Set Save at Ward's OFFICIAL SET Everyone can play Badminton! Ifem don't have to have a prepared court. Bet consists of 2 official weight rackets—2 shuttlecocks—20-foot net" with set of poles and rules. Why not the whole House pitch in-together and get one? Yes, extra rackets and shut tlecocks available at Ward’s, too. Shop them today and Save at Ward's! Other Sets as Low as $3.29 1059 Willamette Telephone 4200 Cash Prizes To Top Off Libe Day Cash prizes for the best per sonal libraries maintained by Oregon students will be awarded by the University library on its sixth annual library day, May 2. The contest, which is open to both graduate and undergradu ate students, offers two prizes of $10 and $5, respectively, for each group. Students entering the contest must make their entries by noon of April 29 at the librarian’s of fice. The number of books to be displayed must not exceed 50. Judging Points Judges will consider personal taste used in the selection of the books and the care with which a special interest has been fol lowed; the usefulness of the col lection as a whole to the owner; and its value as a nucleus of a library for future years. Copies of the complete rules and all the points on which the judges will base their decisions may be obtained at the library. Oregon Grads Featured In Magazine Articles Two prominent University al umni have been featured in na tional magazines within the last week, it was learned here yester day. They are Lester Steers, •world champion high jumper, now living in Portland, and Vivien. Kellems, president and founder of the Kellems products company, and one of the few women manu facturers in the nation. The magazine that featured Steers was Colliers, which con tained an article, tracing his early athletic training up until the time when he broke the world's high jump record as a sophomore at the University. Steers is now em ployed by the Oregon shipbuild ing corporation and has dropped his high jumping for the “dura tion of the war.” Miss Kellems, one of the fore most women manufacturers in the nation, was featured in a Satur day Evening Post story. Her out standing business career was de scribed at great length. As pres ident of the Kellems product com pany, manufacturers of electrical cable grips, Miss Kellems is play ing an important part in the na tion’s defense effort. A proposed college of veter inary medicine at the University of California has been deferred until after the close of the war. A tiny pin-hole in a telephone cable can admit moisture, causing short circuits and service inter ruptions. But Bell System men have fouud away of beating this trouble to the punch. They charge the cable with dry nitrogen under pressure. Then should a leak develop, the escaping gas keeps moisture out. Instruments on the cable detect the drop in pressure ... sound an alarm at a nearby station.. .indicate the approximate location of the break. A repair crew is quickly on its way. To maintain and improve America’s all-important telephone service, men of the Bell System are con stantly searching for the better way. Pioneering minds find real opportunity in telephone work.