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VOLUME XLIII UNIVERSITY OF OREGON EUGENE, THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1942 NUMBER 128 Yell King Will Serve On New Exec-Comm In Rally Matters Only Tlie Yell King- will serve as an ex-officio member of the Executive Council only in matters affecting- rally activities, the Council decided last night in approving a new ASUO constitution which will be presented for student okay next fall. The decision altered previous vote on a clause which would have included the Yell King as a Council member, ex-officio, in mi emails, memuers agreed unan imously that he should be given voice only when rally activities are discussed. Oglesby Young, sopnomore m law, was appointed chairman of athletic card drive sales for next r*y^r at the same meeting. He J was chosen from a field of three candidates who petitioned for the job. Will Direct Young will direct complete or ganization of the card drive, which will open at fall registra tion. Year-round athletic cards will be sold at the samg $9 rate as was in effect this year. Other candidates for the chairmanship were Gordon Childs and Bill Far rell. Varsity awards in track, golf, and tennis, and freshman awards in Wpaqfc, golf, tennis, and base ball ^were also approved by the following recommendation of the respective coaches. Approved Those approved included: Varsity track, Donald Wilson, Francis Tuckwiler, Stanley Ray, Ralph Kramer, Zenas Butler, Rob ert Newland, Homer Thomas, Warren Finke, Fred Foster, Ed win Reiner, Wilfred Ross, and (Please turn to page sixteen) REVIEWING KOTC . . . . . . today will be Charles A. Sprague, governor of Oregon. —Courtesy Eugene News Presidents Meet All fraternity and sorority presidents and rushing chair men will meet in the faculty room of Friendly hall at 4 p.m. Friday. PgAA. In Peitisua! . . . adets Parade For Governor The final R.O.T.C. military re view of the term will take place on Howe field today, with Gov ernor Charles A. Sprague partici pating. Governor Sprague, accompanied by Chancellor Frederick M. Hunt er; Dr. Donald M. Erb, president of the University; Col. Robert M. Lyon, former professor of military science and tactics, and Col. Charles L. Sampson, the present commandant, will receive the re view. Form The R.O.T.C. cadets will begin forming at 1 p.m., following the ceremony of “escort of the col ors.” The governor will receive the review at 1:25 p.m. Following an inspection of the corps, a ceremony for "presenta tion of commissions and awards” will be ca,rried out. The governor will make an address, at the con clusion of which the corps of ca dets will pass in review. About 850 R.O.T.C. students will be in the ranks. Three awarding ceremonies will take place during the re view. Five members of the Ore gon ROTC rifle team will be awarded the William Randolph’s Hearst national intercollegiate * rifle contest trophy and individ ual medals by Chancellor Hunter. Members of the graduating class will be presented with lieuten (Please turn to page four) Schrick, Biggs Appoint 1942 EmeraldStaff Appointment of editorial and business staff members for next year's Emerald were announced at a banquet Monday night by Kay Schrick, 1942-43 editor, and Betty Jane Biggs, business man ■ ager. New editorial staff members are Herb Penny, managing editor; Ted Bush, John Mathews, and Duncan Wimpress, associate ed itors; Jack Billings, news editor, Joanne Dolph and Marjorie Young, assistant news editors; Janet Wag staff, assistant editor; Corrino Nelson, literary editor; Mildred Wilson, feature editor; Joanne Nichols, librarian and .special as signment reporter; Hoy Nelson, cartoonist; Don Jones and Herb Ezell, photographers; Lee Flat berg, sports editor; and Fred Treadgold and Erling Erlandson, assistant sports editors. Members of the editorial board will be Schrick, Wesley Sullivan, Betty Jane Biggs, Bush, Mathews, Wimpress, Billings, Janet Wag staff, and Joanne Nichols. Women's page editor is Marjorie Major; assistant women's editors, Betty Ann Stevens and Barbara Lamb; desk editors, Bush, Math (Please turn lt> /’aye eleven) Emerald Captures All-American For the fifth consecutive year, the Oregon Daily Emerald was awarded a rating of All-Amer ican by the. National Scholastic Press association, it was an nounced Monday evening at the Emerald banquet. The rating was based on news values and sources, news writing, headlines and ty pography, and special depart ments. All-American is an award giv en tc seven of the top student daily publications in the nation this year. The Emerald was the only college daily in the north west to receive such a rating, ac cording to the national board of judges for college newspapers. Editor Helen Angell and Man aging Editor Ray Schrick headed the publication which won this rating for the fifth time. The honor was first held here in 1937-38 when LeRoy Mattingly won the distinction of being Pace Maker. Editor in 1938-39, when the Emerald won All-American for the second time, was Paul Deutschmann. Bud Jermain in. 1939-40, and Lyle Nelson in 1940 41, also edited an All-American Emerald. Specific comments by th' judges on the work in the Em erald follow: ‘‘Crisp, straightfor * ward news handling," ‘‘Editori als are very well done - there is an excellent variety of topics,” “Uniformly high degree of life in paper.” Oregon Students Slap Japs by Proxy Two Fliers Help in Raid Two University of Oregon men were with the group that came out of the sky April 18 to shower Tokyo with bombs. Lieutenant Robert S. Clever and Lieutenant Robert G. Em mens were the University men wh^ participated in the attack. Each has been awarded the dis tinguished service cross. The attack was the first in the current war on the capital of the Japanese empire. Brig. Gen. James H. Doolittle led his 79 men in the raid from a base which is still a military secret. The men who participated in the attack had been stationed at tb? Pendleton air base until re cently, and, while on his way there, Lieutenant Clever stopped off at the University to visit for two days. (Please turn to paeje four) Swan Song Finals are a funny time When against the nature of the rlime, People reuse from out their slum bers And study in enormous numbers, And thwarted Tennyson’s like me A'quit a'writing poetry. —J.W.S. LIEUTENANTS ROBERT G. EMMENS AND ROBERT S. C LEVER . . . . . . are two Oregon men who dropped bombs with Jimmy Doolittle over Japan on an air mission April 18. — O-srtto J>v.ge»ie Register-Cnard