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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 25, 1942)
Patriotic Profs Take to Hills By EDITH ONTHANK Five professors of the Univer sity of Oregon campus took to the hills this summer, in the gen erous interest of national defense. Employed by the Willamette Na tional Forest Service were Pro fessor C. G. Howard, of the law school; Paul Washke, professor of physical education; Dr. Paul B. Means, head of the depart ment of religion; Rudolph Ernst, professor of English; and Karl W. Onthank, dean of personnel administration. Begins Early It started at the first of the year, when the National Forest Service sponsored a camp boss training session. By that time the personnel of the University of Oregon had eagerly entered into various defense activities, and about ten joined this pro gram to learn the methods of fire-fighting and of supervising fire-fighting crews. Every mem ber of this group was “graduat ed” with the understanding that he would be subject to fire duty in any emergency. Not long af ter this they were considering summer work in the forests so they could be more conveniently available for fire duty than would be possible while teaching in summer session. Profs’ “Jobs” These professors were doing many different types of forestry work; Mr. Washke and Mr. How ard checked tourists in and out of the national forest areas; Dean Onthank maintained Santiam Dodge in addition to his work as Santiam road “checker”; Mr. Means and Air. Ernst were full fledged “Icok-outs.” As a Wil HELLO DUCKS! & Sundaes ® Sodas 9 Milkshakes • Sandwiches As You I.ike Them Phone 2717 THE IEM0N-0 Wtm Cor. 13th and Alder “Doc” Ireland, Prop. r lamette forest supervisor stated, “We took them as our second line of defense for their foremost duty is fire-fighting.” Enlistment of the University personnel in forestry work is be ing done for the first time in Oregon this summer. Not only do these men usually answer the de mand for summer session in structors, but ordinarily the Na tional Forest Service requires long-term employment. It was a fortunate coincidence that these professors desired to enlist in this work at the same time that a serious shortage of fire-fight ers threatened the Northwest. Because the positions of these men require much social contact, the Willamette National Forest is delighted to have employees of such evident quality. Above all, the Forest Service desires to please their patrons and help them to pleasantly comply with the ..rules of national forests. “They all like it fine,” smiled the supervisor, “and we certainly ap preciate their enthusiasm and sincere concern.” Onthank Speaks Not only are the contributions of these men greatly appreciated but they are having the time of their lives doing work which Dean Onthank described as, “a delightful vacation in the moun tains which we can so rarely en joy, while being on hand to pre vent the mighty dangerous pos sibility of Japanese incendiar ism.” Helen Angell Writes 'Continued from twi /, onr signed to me, as well as check read those that others read . . Duties Listed “I read scores of unsolicited manuscripts that would-be writ ers send in, read and check at least one book a month, condense articles, read some of the pictur esque speech mail, search always for excerpts, and may from time to time suggest original article suggestions . . . and do anything else that comes my way.” “Condensing articles is ‘blood, sweat, and tears’,” says the for mer Emerald editor, “but every facility is provided for the deep est concentration.” Miss Angell, as well as the other members of the staff, has a separate office, filled with books and beautifully decorated. "Long weekends, music while we work, afternoon tea, etc., help relax the tension,” continues Miss Angell, “because it is a job of constant criticism and judgment, and requires alertness.” Special Code For articles read at the Digest there is a special coding system used to rate its value. The four article ratings are as follows: (1) means it is a humdinger, and a “must" for the Digest; (1-) means it has certain drawbacks, 1 —1.1 SPECIAL NOTICE: Mr. and Mrs. Newt, owners of the College Side, egret to announce the “Side” will he closed on •'undays until further notice. Due to the lack of udp and food products we find it necessary to close it least one day a week, that day being Sundav. THE COLLEGE SIDE Mr. Thacher Named ADS President W. F. G. Thacher, professor of advertising and English, was early this summer elected na tional president of Alpha Delta Sigma, honorary advertising fra ternity. This recognition brings both major newspaper fraternity presidencies “home,” since E. P. Hoyt, ’23, publisher of the Ore gonian, was elected president of Sigma Delta Chi, men’s national professional journalism fratern ity, at the national convention in New Orleans last November. Alpha Delta Sigma has been active on the Oregon campus since 1924-, and is known as the W. F. G. Thacher chapter in hon or of the man who has been its adviser for the past 18 years. It was the outgrowth of the old Ad club, founded largely through the efforts of Harris Ellsworth, Rose burg publisher and member of the class of 1922. ADS sponsored the Mud Sling Swing, political “pow-wow” dance in March of this year. which the reader notes, but the article is recommended; 2 means somebody else better check the article; NU means “no use to R. D.” and the reader explains why. Miss Angell was awarded a share of the T. Neil Taylor Schol arship at commencement for her thesis on “Freedom of the Press.” Former C.O.P. Student (Continued from page nine) bination of the heat and not Until Mr. Stagg’s little gridders faded from a com enough pre-game workouts the Tiger line out-charged the Navy to block two kicks and narrowly miss on many another occasion. The Navy Is Good! Navy is good and don’t for get it. Don’t for a moment un derestimate their potential strength. But they are not infal lible. A fast hard-chargmg line can punch holes in the Pre-Flight gridders’ forward wall. An alert passing offense mixed with a varied ground attack can and will surprise the service men while a fast shifty backfield man with good blocking can break out into the open at any time. Little Pacific was dumped sad ly, 38-9, but Mr. Stagg pointed out many errors that the Univer city of Oregon can capitalize on. Oregon will have a tough time, but if they have the goods they can come out on top—and mean while don’t sell Mr. Stagg's little College of the Pacific short when they meet the University of Washington Huskies at Seattle this week-end. They might sur prise the dopesters and knock their northern foes’ ears right into the proverbial ashcan. Student Guide Sales Offered For the first time in seven years the Piggers’ Guide, student directory, will go on sale during registration Friday and Satur day at McArthur court. Copies sell for 25 cents. The new edition is scheduled for publication dur ing the first week in November. Ruth Jordon, editor-elect for this year’s Guide will not return to school this fall. She was mar ried this summer to Fritz Tim men, former Emerald associate editor, who is now in the army. Applications are open for edi tor of the directory. Jim Thayer, former Emerald business mana ger, is business manager of the 1942-43 edition. The educational activities of fice also announced that there will be no sale of class cards dur ing registration this year. Two hundred sailors are study ing in a naval radio code and com munication school at the Univer sity of Wisconsin. WELCOME WEBFOOTS War affects Radios. We still have re placement parts, but don't wait too long to get that radio repaired. We specialize in Radio Service. Factory Data on all radios assures you best results. 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