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PAGE 2: * Editor Recalls Herbert C. Howe PAGE 4: Ducks Battle OSC Today at 3 I i VOLUME XLIII UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1942 NUMBER 120 u. OF 0. LIBRARY CAMPUS Wintergreen Rally Heralds Weekend Sen Stor> Columns 4 and ! Platt Named Senate Head; Sophs Draw Independent students voiced t^eir opinions in another political affair on the campus and finished up showing their approval of A1 Larsen, junior in journalism, by electing him president of the in dependent students’ association. Coming in second in the all-in dependent election, Leighton Platt, junior in business, finished with the office of president of the ISA senate, a group made up of representatives of the various in dependent organizations. Besides being president of the senate, Platt will also be official vice president of the ISA. Senior 'Senior representative of the organization is Alene Gardner, junior in business, and Norman Mannheimer, sophomore in busi ness, won the place of junior rep resentative. Two of the candidates for the sophomore position tied, the elec tion board announced last night, and a run off election will have (Please turn ter page six) Dean Re-states Dinner Ruling “We are making an appeal, rather than an edict,” stated Dean Hazel P. Schwering about the ruling requiring parties of six or more having dinners down town before the Mortar Board Ball, to register, with the name of their chaperon, in the dean’s office. The appeal will not affect groups under six, as was first announced. Dinner at Houses At a heads of houses meeting Monday, it w'as suggested by Mrs. Schwering that the girls t-Ske their dates to dinner at their houses before the ball. Reports from various houses indicate that steps are being taken in this di rection. As Mortar Board is one of the biggest “money-makers” of the year, given to raise money for the Mortar Board scholarships, Mrs. Schwering feels that it also ought to be one of the nicer dances of the year. Action Now? When they barred exchange des serts, We termed it a gruesome act. ’Bout then we all expected The Inter-Frat council to act. Restrictions set on Mortar Board "^4re stiff, you must allow. The Council should, for cryin’ out loud, Take some action now. —J.W.S. Photo by Warren Teeter CAPTAIN B. F. DAVIS . . . . . . invades a new kind of enemy. Oregon’s ROTC adjutant is dive bombed by a huge swarm of vagrant honey bees as he attempts to evacuate them to their new quarters—a brand new bee hive. The “yellow horde,” which decided Monday to occupy ROTC headquarters, inflicted only three minor "wounds” on their one-man enemy during the course of operations. Little Sir Echo, Phooey!’ Exclaims Actor Lakefish By MARJORIE MAJOR “Gad, that echo comes back and just about knocks you over. This from “Of Thee I Sing’s’’ Jerry Lakefish, who plays the scene-stealing forgotten man, Throttlebottom, vice president. “The Guild hall was never like this, but when we get the audience into the Igloo it’ll be okay. This is the closest to Vttuutvmc x vc CVCI uume clIlU 11 s sure a wonderful chance,” he said. ‘‘But golly,” he exclaimed, ‘‘how can an actor be subtle in a barn like that?” Victor Moore Jerry’s part is the one made famous by and written for Victor Moore, who made a classic of it. ‘‘No, I’m not doing it like he would—I probably couldn’t any way, and you can’t be soft spoken and gentle like Moore in McAr thur court,” he explained. His interpretation is character ized by a shy manner and a high, almost nasal tone of voice. In this (Please turn to page six) .JERKY LAKEFISH .... . . . Throttlebottom in “Of Thee 1 Sing.’’ Coed Athletes Initiate Tonight The second WAA initiation will be held this evening at 7:30 in the alumni room in Gerlinger hall. Mary Jane Terry, vice-president, will conduct the ceremony. The Women’s Athletic associa tion holds an initiation winter and spring terms for the girls who earn checks for participation in intramural sports. After she becomes a member the checks earned are applied toward letters and other awards. “In order to develop more in terest in girls’ sports, the WAA cabinet members would like to have 100 per cent membership of all coeds,’’ Goldie Puziss, presi dent said. 'Sing' Tickets at Igloo General admission tickets for the downstairs of McArthur court cannot be purchased after today, according to Dick Mil Hams, educational activities di rector. Th?se tickets will be on the downstairs bleachers and will cost 85 cents. General admission tickets in the balcony are priced at 55 cents. Tickets may be pur chased at the educational activ ities office. Reserve seats are no longer available. Vci/ueiif,, the Splice . . . Weekend Spotlights Hacks, 'War', Lunch Weekend summary: ' 1. Junior Weekend rally tonight at 6 o'clock. 2. Tuesday tradition offenders named. 3. Names of frosh-soph compet itors must be turned in by noon today. 4. Tickets are now on sale for Junior Prom. 5. All-campus luncheon described. 6. Rules of Greek-Independent softball game listed. 7. Prior ities nit junior Weekend. The "Wintergreen for Presi Ident" parade, headed by Queen Elbe I, will begin winding its way around the campus tonight at 6 o'clock, starting at the ATO house, Campaign Manager Bob Whitely announced. The "Of Thee I Sing" political rally, postponed once because of rain and the second time because of Queen Elbe's Tuesday trip to Portland, will feature four road side shows. The stops will be made at strategic spots on the campus. The A'SUO rally squad will noti fy houses in each territory when Wintergreen reaches the desig nated spot to speak to his pub lic. Houses are asked by Man (Please turn to page three) n Co-op Board' Set For '43, '44 Roy Seeborg', Jim Thayer, ami Uly Dc.rais are now official menu tiers of the Co-op store board, it was revealed last night as the last ballots of the annual Co-op elec tion were counted in the student store after the election closed at, 5:30. Seeborg- will be on the board for one year as the sophomore repre sentative while Thayer and Do rais will serve on the policy-set ting board for two years as jun-' ior and senior representatives, (Ph ase turn to page eight) -—Photo by Fred May SUGAR SIGN-l'P . . . . . . started by Connie Fullmer and Carol Pageler nut their names on the dotted line before G. H. Wood. UO Signs For Sumr By EDITH NEWTON University students started making a bee line to Condon school, corner of Fifteenth and Moss streets Monday afternoon. That bee line doesn’t result in money, but it didn’t miss it far, since it does bring forth a supply of sugar for students who still like their coffee with two lumps and enjoy syrup on their hot cakes. Every student over IS years of age is expected to register for himself if he is living away from, home even if they do not use su gar since the form filled in now may serve as registration for other items that may be rationed later. Under 18 Students under eighteen must be registered by one of their par ents or their legal guardian if they are not living at homo where they can be registered'witH the family unit. (Please turn to /'age six)