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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1942)
VOLUME XLIV UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1942 NUMBER 7 Defense Setup Changes Made By BETTY LOU SIEGMAN A plan for reorganizing the student defense council was announced Wednesday by Les Anderson, ASUO president. Under the plan the whole student defense organization will be centralized under the executive council of the University. A chairman will be appointed by the council who will be in complete charge of the organization. Under him will be three important departments—finance, Avar council, and publicity infor piation—which will cooperate With the different sections of the board. Section Sponsors Each of these sections, all of which will be sponsored by vari ous campus groups, such as serv ic^.honoraries, living organiza ti^r, etc., will handle one of the following items: blood bank, sol diers’ scholarship, campus de fense, army and navy relief, liv ing organizations’ defense, bond sales, etc. “Petitions will be accepted for chairmanship of the board and should be turned in to the educa tional activities office before next Monday at 5 p.m.,1’ said Les An derson. Each application will be care fully considered by the execu tive council, and some time next week the appointment will be made. Defense Changes This year’s plan for a student defense council differs from last year’s in that all sections will work under one head and will, tb«efore, be in closer harmony. (Please turn to page eight) Rally Squad Spots Open Today at 5 p.m. is the deadline for all applications for rally po sitions and Homecoming chair man. One junior and three sopho more women's positions are in cluded on the rally squad, while the Homecoming chairmanship is open to either men or women. Included in the qualifications, which must be listed in all appli cations, is one year of college. These should be turned in to Carolyn Holmes, secretary of the ASUO, or to the educational ac tivities office. Physics Lab Filled The new physics laboratory, built last year, is now in use and is filled to capacity. Twenty-two sections in laboratory work are now in session. The department is so crowded that D. S. Dedrick, assistant professor, and Charles H. Secoy, instructor, from the chemistry department have been transferred to the physics de partment. Progressive 'Struggle’ Set for Saturday Night Bunions and hearts will rise high Saturday as campus houses open the doors and dust off the welcome mats for the annual Bunion Derby. This year’s derby will start at 7 p.m. and continue until 12 p.m., with students spending ten minutes at each house. The men’s living organizations will begin at the house opposite their names on the list and will continue through the houses in the order listed. When they reach the end they are referred to the be ginning of the list. In order to keep everything going smoothly the ten minutes wait should be recognized. (ten minute wait) . Gamma Phi Bet. Alpha Phi . Hillyard House .. (t*”» minute wait) . A-^-ia Xi Delta . Chi Omega . Kappa Kappa Gamma . (ten minute wait) . Pi Beta Phi . Alpha Chi Omega . Kappa Alpha Theta . Emerald Hall . Delta Gamma . Alpha Gamma Delta . (ten minute wait) . Alpha Delta Pi . Alpha Omicron Pi . Sigma Kappa . (ten minute wait) . Hendricks Hall . Zeta Tau Alpha .-. Susan Campbell Hall . (. ± minute wait) . University House .. Orides (second floor Gerlinger) (ten minute wait) . Delta Delta Delta . Highland House . . Alpha Hall . Alpha Tau Omega . Beta Theta Pi . Campbell Co-op . Canard Club .*. Chi Psi .Delta Tau Delta . Delta Upsilon . Gamma Hall . Kappa Sigma . Kirkwood Co-op . Law Students . Omega Hall . Phi Delta Theta . Phi Gamma Delta . Abba Dabba . Phi Kappa Psi . Phi Sigma Kappa . Pi Kappa Alpha . Sherry Ross Hall Sigma Alpha Epsilon . Sigma Alpha Mu . Sigma Chi . Sigma Hall . Sigma Nu . Sigma Phi Epsilon . Theta Chi . Yeomen . Zeta Hall Church Groups Sponsor Parties By FLORA KIBLER All churches and religious sponsored groups on the campus under the sponsorship of the stu dent religious council are plan ning individual informal social programs Friday night for all University students, old or new. No Social Events Their purpose is to associate the student with the church of his choice early in the year. No other social events are scheduled for Friday. The Baptist church is planning a scavenger hunt in approved style. Students will meet at the church, corner of Broadway and High streets to get their instruc ions. After the hunt, refresh ments will be served at the church. The First Christian church will start at 7:30 with a reception and program, followed by an infor mal period with games and re freshments. St. Mary's Catholic church plans a reception and dance un der the sponsorship of Newman club, the Catholic student group on the campus. They will meet in the hall west of the church at 8 p.m. St. Mary's Episcopal has worked hard on a program in cluding dancing, bridge, ping pong and refreshments. They will meet in the parish house at 8:30. Wesley House groups will meet at the Methodist church for an informal party. Their theme is "Back to School Days." They start at 8. Westminster House, too, has planned an open house party. There will be games and dancing, food and fun. All groups invite students of any denomination. OreganaStaff Meets Today Prospective Oregana editorial and business staff workers will flock to the Oregana’s “office warming” in the annual’s llew of fices on the second floor of the journalism building tonight at 7 to talk with this year’s staff heads, see production plans for the 1943 annual, and generally familiarize themselves with the new “layout.” Wes Sullivan, Oregana editor, and Jeff Kitchen, business man ager, will intei’view workers-to be and explain the processes by which the “infant” Oreganas at tain full grown maturity. Displays Displays have been prepared on early and recent Oreganas, last year’s Pacific coast college yearbooks, page layouts, and sample annual covers. The offices and halls will be decorated with murals and car toons in the style of “Leonardo de Vinci and George Petty” by Dan Mindolovich, Clell Crane, Bob Bacon, and Roy Nelson. Mindolovich, a freshman on the campus, is tentatively scheduled to present a short talk, featuring comic sketches on phases of Ore (Please turn to page eight) DR. DONALD M. ERB . . . . . . president of the University, above, and Les Anderson, ASUO president, below, will both speak at the all-campus assembly in the Igloo today. Late Registration Sets Record; 2683 Enroll Late registration continued and more than twice as many stu dents enrolled Wednesday than on the corresponding day of last year, bringing the total to 2683 students registered. With today's increase regis tration is now lagging 16 per cent behind last year’s 3191 en rolled students. Petition Form Explained Yes, there is an art or rather a “way” to file a petition for an office on the University campus. This includes compiling about one page of material dealing with one's past experience and quali fications for the position. The latter point is most important if the person hopes to be "in the running.” Then the petition should be filed at the proper place or with the right person; and last, but not least, it should be turned in before the deadline. War Topic Headlines First Talk To the many Oregon students who in their more serious mo ments have been considering? what they really should be do ing this year in regard to th«* war effort. President Donald 3A. Erb's speech at U this morning in McArthur court will be an an swer. "War and the University Stu dent" is the subject on which. President Erb will speak on in the first general assembly .,f. which he has been the ma n speaker since the Pearl Harb »• assembly in December. War Effort He will discuss how the Uni versity is trying to tie itself 'into, the war effort, and what is ex pected of the students, girls a:i well as boys, during the coming year. The ASUO rally originally,, planned for today has been post poned until next week since Coach John Warren could not be he a to speak this morning. Anderson Speaks Les Anderson will introduce President Erb and make a short speech concerning how the or ganization of the associated stu dents will be effected by the war, and the work of the campus de fense organizations. Oregana Heads Extend Sales Due to an unusually large latu registration of new student a,, Oreganas will remain on salrt both today and Friday at the*.' booth on the second floor of John son hall. Because of a conflict of classes of business staff personnel yester day, several students could' not be taken care of. The unexpectedly large a:!-' vance sales of Oreganas has mad© it impossible to promise annuals to those who do not purchase them today or tomorrow, Jeff,, Kitchen, business manager, stat ed. Wartime registration condi-* tions make this move necessary.. Both old and new students may;' buy their books in the ensuing; extension of the deadline. John son hall business offices close at! 3 p.m. Yeomen Schedule Independent Meet All new and returning men 'i\ living organizations are invite*? to atteend an open meeting of the Yeomen next Monday at 7:30t p.m., October 3. The meeting wiH be held in the men's lounge of Gerlinger hall. Physics Studes Note The millrace keeps rising and falling so queer Where it is we’ve no assurance. I wonder if that's what everyone! means Ey alternating currents. ( —J.W.S. i