Out of the Chaos-Peace; Out of Rehearsals— Sing’ Out of the usual muddle and seemingly impossible collec tioa of scenes and actors. Director Horace Robinson is slowly and surely bringing the “Of Thee I Sing'' rehearsals into the home stretch. With two rehearsals remaining, last night’s practice, the tided, was fraught with the irksome worries of Larry Celsi’s soye innjiL an a mary iviens. s sniffles, with the last step of the military routine and several flat notes from the chorus. Typical of the difficulties faced the wail through the microphone of Jim Bronson, who was wearing one of Dean Earl’s suits (without podding >, ‘’Oh gosh, I can't keep these pants on!" Bright Spot Already a bright spot in the Show, the team of Helen Holden and Ray Dickson taps a mean rhythm on the as-yet-undraped stage boards. Glamor in mass production is exemplified by the various beauty and dancing cho» runes, headed by Aldine Gates with a thick-as-honey accent as the luscious Diana Devereaux. A spectacle was Director Robinson, who hopped about the stage a la Orson Welles, illustrating the best way to put punch into a cor muffin counterpoint nlum ber. Two expensive touches, a news reel. sequence and an elevator wh eh will raise the triumphant Mr,-. Wintergreen and child in the smash finale will get their chris tenings in coining rehearsals. JBaid Head Jerry Lakefish wandered about mumbling to himself with a tem porary bald head. For the first tiitw last night, the complete mob scene in Madison Square Garden wa, - run through with a yelling, stamping' crowd on,.the balcony .stage, watching a wrestling match during campaign speeches. Dirk Ashconi and Floyd Rhea I>la,\ the diverting maulers. i. ave and drooling long gray beards, tiie nine supreme court judges scrambled from the bal cony stage when Robinson called out, ‘ Okay, take five . . ." Aiklepiads to Initiate 15 at Gerlinger Friday A.sklepiads, campus pre-med lioyotary, will initiate 15 into its group May 8 at Gerlinger hall at Jj pm. Dr. Irvin R. Fox, Eugene physician, will address the group at. the banquet which is to be held at Seymours at 6:30. Alumni of the honorary who are attending the Portland Medical school will tie present for the initiation. Pledges to Aiklepiads, who can lie recognized by the bone worn around their neck, are Richard Junes, Holland Merrifield, Timmy P.initon. Donald Brinton, Thomas Ilo^lon. Lloyd S Durkin. Robert Jackson, Lewis V. Terral, Gerald Chirk, Douglas Milligan Delbert Dictkaon, Stanley Robinson, Paul W Ution, and Frank Herman. The group is planning to organize the enuipus for donations for a blood bank. Donald Brinton is in charge of the movement and all living groups wiil be contacted. No Moleskins Pantless Frosh? What will this year’s freshman Clans do when Junior Weekend roll,, around'' Moleskinless'’ The local haberdashers report t uii the traditional moleskins c moot be purchased because of jirvuiities. It has been the cus loi,i for freshman boys to change from tin pants to moleskins at Junior Weekend: now they will I c,e classmen or the frosh boys I i not been announced. OHEnnNWEMERALD Herb Penny air raid warden. Kay 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 Night Staff: Shirley Davis, night editor John Gurley Marjorie Young Jack O’Harra City Desk Staff: G. Dune Wimpress, city editor Marge Pierce Bill Buell Barbara Younger Advertising Staff: Russ Smelser, day manager Harriet Noyes Bob Nagel Bob Bryant Office Staff: Edith Newton Elizabeth Eid Susan Slater Phyllis Hortsman Mona MacAttley Marjorie Major Roy Nelson Edith Newton Reggy Overland Betty Atm Stevens Janet Wagstaff Mildred Wilson Marjorie Yotmg Barbara Younger Five Students Dance in Gerlinger Recital Five University students will be featured during the master dance recital next Thursday and Friday in specialty numbers at Gerlinger hall. The theme Of the dance is “Variations on a Yankee Theme." The Thursday showing at 8:15 p.m. is reserved especially for faculty and University students. The Friday showing at the same time is for mothers and children. Spectators are asked to sit down stairs. Specialty dancers are Tom Hardy, “Open Road”; Merlin Dow, “Rodeo”; Bob Forsythe, “Comics”; Elise Older, “Ra Ra"; Barbara Scott, “Small Fry." Platt Named (Continued from page one) to be held some time next week. The exact time and place will be announced later in the Emerald. Marion Schaefer, freshman in business, and Audrey Holliday, freshman in social science, were the two girls who tied for the po litical job. These five officers listed above make up the cabinet of which A1 Larson will act as head. House Leaders The various houses will choose their senators for the ISA assem bly in the near future, according to Platt who will head the group. Old and new senators will meet sometime soon after the new members are elected by their or ganizations and Platt will be in stalled by Milton Small, outgoing vice-president. Time and place of this meeting will be chosen later by Small and announced in the Emerald. While still being congratulated Larsen last night said, "With the steadily increasing interest of the independents in all-student af fairs it seems very possible that next year we'll be able to help work towards a campus situation that will bo equally advantageous for all students." An athletic field at the College of Scholastics, Duluth, Minn., covers oue-third of the 160-acre campus. Artists Come; Eugene Plays Musical Host For the first time the regional division of the national school music competition festival will be held in Eugene. Eugeen, in fact, is the only city in Oregon, except Portland, ever'selected for t^is^honor. May 15-16 are the dates se lected for the contest: expected entrants will include approxi mately 15 bands, 10 orchestras. 10 choruses, 300 soloists on vari ous instruments and vocalists, and many small ensembles and glee clubs. Previous Contests Previous regional contests have been in Seattle, Spokane, Port land. and Tacoma. The contest ants will be lodged in local ho feTs, fraternities, sororities, and dormitories. All entrants have previously received top ratings in the various district contests held in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. Solos and small ensembles will play in Gerlinger hall and the music school. Choruses, bands and orchestras will play in Mc Arthur court. ™ Judges Judges for the contest will in clude several members of the school of music faculty, and several out-of-town men. Local judges are: Dr. Theodore Kratt, dean of the music school; Rex Un derwood, professor of music; Sig urd Nilssen, professor of voice; Miss Maude Garnett, associate professor of music. Contestants will be rated su perior, excellent, good, fair, or un satisfactory, according to national rules. Ratings give nat the Eu gene contest are national ratings and are given on the same basis as rating given in Middle West ern and Eastern contests. Delta Sig Initiation Delta Sigma Rho, national for ensic honorary, will hold its an nual initiation Wednesday, May C, in the AWS room of Gerlinger hall. Following the initiation at 5 p.m., the new and old members will have dinner at the Anchor age. Those being initiated are Earl Holmer, Merlin Nelson. Lois Bechdolt, Michi Yasui, Jane Hooker, and Elva Jane South. 'Little Sir Echo' (Continued from page one) part he does the first singing in his long succession (about 20) of plays while at the University. Saturday night’s performance will be his last on the campus. Roll Call “You see, this scene where T sing is really the senate roll call," he added, “and it’s a swell chance for comery.” The set> for this scene is Jerry's own design. As Throttlebottom, the man who is conspicuous by his ab sence, Jerry will wear the most inexpensive costume in the show. After several days' prowling about in second hand stores, he came with a dusty old business suit, a musty hat, and a high starched collar. “I borrowed the suit and hat, so the whole cos tume cost me about a dollar, I got a pair of shoes that button for 75 cents," he smiled. Own Make-Up As usual, he will do his own make-up. attempting a full-faced effect. "You see, Throttlebottom is about GO, and a bit plump,” he explained. Superstitious, as most actors are, Jerry is suffering from an unusually acute attack of stage fright. “I don't know. I guess it's because the allow is so big. And then, there's that echo. . . ." UO Signs for Sugar (Continued from page one) By registering, students who reported they had no sugar in their possession, were given their first war ration book which is actually a card with 28 white stamps attached to it. Each one of the first four stamps entitles its owner to one pound of sugar. The office of price administra tion may later announce another amount of sugar that each stamp will permit its holder to pur chase. Dorm Students Dorm students will not have to use their rationing cards for su gar at present since the dormi tory is classed as an institution and is allowed one-half of the to tal sugar they used in May and June of last year for each of those two months this year. This year the dormitories will get 800 pounds of sugar in May and June, according to Mrs. Genevieve Tur nipseed, director of dormitories. Fraternities and sororities do not come under the classification of institutions and each individ ual living in these organizations will have to use his own stamps to secure sugar during the ra tioning period. No Proxies Persons not living in a family unit and related by blood, mar riage or adoption cannot register for each other. Registration will close at 8 o’clock Thursday evening. Any one who has failed to register by that time must wait two weeks before applying to his local ra tioning board for a ration book. Condon School Condon school will be open to day and tomorrow from 2:30 in the afternoon to 8 o’clock in the evening for people wishing to register. Two shifts of 20 people are kept busy by the continuous stream of people coming to the school to register. Approximate ly 3,500 people are expected to register at the local school be fore Thursday night. Limited Each stamp on the rationing card will be valid only during a certain time set by the govern ment and cannot be saved to use later. The stamps may be used only by or for the person named and described in the ration book and stamps must be taken from the book in the presence of the storekeeper, his employee, or the person who makes the delivery if the sugar is delivered. If a rationing book is lost, mu tilated or destroyed it should be reported immediateely to the lo cal rationing board. Registration When persons are registered they are requested to fill in their full name, address, height, weight, color of eyes, age and sex. The number of pounds of sugar hand at time of registration is considered and if this amount totals more than two pounds per person in a household stamps equal to the amount over two pounds are removed from the* card. Not Too Acute The government has announced that the shortage of sugar is not yet so acute that sugar must be entirely restricted, but the short age has become sufficient to make a control necessary on consump tion of sugar for non-war pur poses. In the past, 27 per cent of the American sugar supply has corrrtr from the Philippine islands, and 35 per cent came from the West Indies. Home grown sugar, which now makes up all America is like ly to have available, made up 38 per cent of the total sugar usual ly used here. Physics Assistants Dr. A. E. Caswell, head of the physics department and dean of the lower division, has announced the following' graduate assistants for the coming year: Lyman A. Webb, graduate assistant for physics; John Roland, gradual: assistant in mathematics; and Mildred Riechers, graduate as sistant in zoology. SPRING IS HERE Be sure your Brakes and Battery are okay. See CLARK BATTERY & ELECTRIC CCL 1042 Oak Phone 8d t lERTHERCOIM The boys and girls graduating this year, are going into active life in many branches of business, war work, and advanced, more technical study. They'll be getting jobs out of town, and traveling around quite a lot—so give the most practical gift: fine luggage. We of fer several specially priced pieces, smart, sturdy and spacious. Gifts from $3 up. . . . Preston & Hales Willamette Street. Phone 665.