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LIBRARY U. OF ORE VOLUME XLIII NUMBER 124 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1942 SDX Honors iric W. Allen On 31st Year In honor of Dean Eric W. Al len of the journalism school who is beginning his thirty-first year at Oregon, Sigma Delta Chi, na tional professional journalism fraternity, will have a banquet tonight at 6:30 at the Anchorage. Dean Allen has for 23 years been dean of the journalism school here. At the banquet a presentation to the dean will be made by Buck Buchwach, retiring president of the Oregon Omicron, chapter of Sigma Delta Chi. The affair will be preceded by an initiation cere mony at Gerlinger hall. At the ceremony Fritz Timmen, Emer ald associate editor, will be added to the Oregon chapter. Main Address The main address will be given by Dean Allen. Karl Onthank, one of the founders of the Omi cron chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, will give a few brief remarks. At the banquet will be promi nent Eugene and Oregon jour nalists and members of Theta Sigma Phi, women’s journalistic honorary, as well as members of Sigma Delta Chi. Army Board Here Today First stage of qualification for army air corps training will be entered by interested men today as the traveling cadet examining beard opens at 8:30 a.m. in the men's physical education build ing. James C. Stovall, faculty air force adviser, announced that all students going up for examina tion should bring with them three application blanks, three letters of recommendation and birth certificates. He advised that if these documents were not im mediately available the screen ing and physical tests may still be taken. Application blanks are avail (Please turn to page eight) Morse Investigates Lumber, Visits UO - By MILDRED WILSON Temporarily back on the campus, Dean Wayne L. Morse, now on spring leave of absence from his position as head of the law school, revealed in an interview that he plans to leave I^Jgene Thursday and go “straight back to Washington, D. C.’’ Brisk and efficient Dean Morse, member of the national war labor board, answered the question: “What is your specific BEAN MORSE . . . . . . in again, out again. business out west?” with “I am investigating lumber cases here and gathering information about them for the board. I will report to the board next Tuesday.” He explained that this inves tigation was in connection with a report made by a commission affiliated with the old mediation board which was replaced by the new war labor board. Dean Morse was a member of the original commission which has now been certified to the new board, and is continuing to investigate Pa cific Northwest lumber labor problems. General Set-up As to the general situation on the labor front Dean Morse re ported, ‘‘The production program is proceeding in a very satisfac tory manner because of fine co operative relationships existing between American labor and (Please turn to page eight) Writer Returns To Alma Mater Commencement exercises for this year will have as honor guest, Edison Marshall, eminent novelist, world traveller and for mer student at the University. He will be here during the exercises in the weekend of May 29-31, it was announed last Monday. Mr. Marshall has been invited to speak at th<j Pauline Potter Homer tea at the University li brary on Friday afternoon, May 29. That evening he will be feted at the reunion dinner of Ye Tab ard Inn, creative writing honor ary on the campus, of which he was one of the founders. Class of '17 , He was a member of the class of 1917 at the University but his college education was interrupted by World War I. In 1918 he en dowed the Edison Marshall short story contest at the University. Three years ago the contest was expanded and now includes the names of Ernest Haycox and Robert,prmond Case. Exploration and big game hunting have taken Mr. Marshall to many parts of the world in cluding such places as Alaska, Siberia., Indo-China, Central Af rica, and India. Much of the ma terial gathered on these trips has been used as background for his serials which have appeared in Cosmopolitan and Good House keeping. Serious Novels However he is preeminently a short story writer. He received the O'Henry memorial prize for short story in 1921. Recently he has turned to more serious his torical novels. “Benjamin Blake,” a recent first seller of the nation, was published in 1941, chosen by the Literary Guild as a book-of the-month, and was considered the best novel in its class that year. It was recently made into a film, entitled, "Son of Fury.” While Mr. Marshall now lives in Augusta. Georgia, he still con siders Oregon as his home, mak ing frequent trips here to visit friends at the University and throughout the state. His home was originally at Medford. GEORGE ROOT . . . . . . is Hollywood bound. Root Given Scenario Job George G. Root. Jr., until last year educational activities man ager at. the University, wao awarded a scholarship at ;-0t t Century-Fox film studio, accord ing to word received from the graduate school of journalism of Columbia university. Root was one of 11 graduates students in the Columbia. school, of journalism to receive traveling scholarships, it was declared by Dean Carl W. Ackerman of Columbia. Vocation Root arrived in Portland b plane last Sunday night for two-week vacation with his par ents before reporting to studio in Hollywood. (Please turn to t'ooc ciflht) V K CPT Men Work, Fly, Enjoy Life “The boys are having the time of their life. None of them are walking lower than three feet off the ground,” reported J. C. Stovall, civilian pilot training co ordinator, who has just returned from a visit to the Klamath Falls CPT flight training base. Although they are leaving plen ty of room for a good time, most of the boys are now employed in half or full time jobs in Klamath Falls, Mr. Stovall said. Trainees are holding down jobs in dairies, box factories, laying cement and even acting as theater doormen. Ccoperatin “Klamath Falls employers have been very cooperative in allowing students to split their shifts to allow time for flying'," Coordin ator Stovall commented. . Embryo flyers are new quar tered in private Klamath Falls homes but will move into their large community hall, recently part of a fair exhibition, as soon as plumbing is installed. 00 Men Nearly 60 University of Ore gon men are now getting the flight training part of the CPT program at Klamath Falls. Pri mary students fly cub planes and secondary men are being trained in Fairchild monoplanes. “They’ve endured all sorts of weather but kept flying any way,” Mr. Stovall revealed. Ho estimates that all the student?* will have soloed' by the end oi’ this week. Secondary Class Thirteen bird-men have made* their initial solo already. Those; in the secondary class flying alone are: Hall Simons. Orville Varty, John Cordell, George Evans, Stephen Worth, and Dick Vannice. Primary students who have tiled their wings alone are: Da vid Casey, Vernon Perkins, Wil liam Krause, Jr., Eldon Lee, Bill Hopper, Don Wilson, and War ren Treece. Gleemen Concert Set 'For May 17 in Igloo The Eugene Gleemen will pre sent their spring concert on Sun day, May 17, at 8 p.m. in Mc Arthur court. May 17 is also Norway’s In dependence day, and in honor of the occasion the Sons of Norway have requested that Edvard Grieg’s “Landsighting” be sung. The incidental baritone solo in this song will be sung by Paul Scheuerman of Portland. Director John Stark Evans, professor of music, will direct the group, Dr. Earl Pallett, executive secretary and registrar, and president of the group, announced. "V A freewill offering will be tak en, in place of the usual admis sion fee. The proceeds of this of fering will go to establish a fund which will be administered by a committee of Gleemen and asso ciated members. This fund will purchase small comforts and necessities for troops and war workers in Eu gene. It will not go out of the city. The offering will be taken by uniformed members of the Wo men's Ambulance corps, under the direction of Lucille Dyott, and uniformed filter center corps workers, led by Mrs. John Stark Evans. Mortar Board No. 1 All the men’s houses were given a sign Telling about Mortar Board. I s’pcse they want men now to go through the feeling That comes when you’re simply ignored. —J.W.S. ( • uvtf*>y .\ew-i EUGENE GLEEMEN . . . . . . coming Sunday, are shown at a previous Igloo program.