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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 6, 1942)
"Miss Brooks Field" ^oes to UO See Page 8 U. OF 0 LIBRARY Oregon Buy Your Athletic CanJpNow! Make UO 100 Per Cenf* VOLUME XLIV UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY OCTOBER 6, 1942 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, NUMBER 10 Pat Cloud Heads Homecoming War Fund Granted $IOO I EAB Passes 17-Point Bill A $100 special grant to the Ex ecutive council for use in campus defense and miscellaneous needs climaxed a 17-item agenda at a. meeting of the educational activ ities board in Friendly hall Mon day night. Sixteen points had been sched uled for the fall opening session. The grant came as an unexpect ed seventeenth item, following proposal by Student Body Presi dent Les Anderson. Anderson presented plans for ■'7s campus war board. He pointed vdt that the executive council budget as constituted at present did not allow funds to carry this program into complete effect. The board discussed and passed his motion for the $100 grant. Relations between executive council and educational activities board received further clarifica (Please turn to page three) GAX Chooses New President In an election held at the Col lege Side last Monday, Mary El len Smith was elected president of Gamma Alpha Chi, women’s * ^ tional advertising honorary, to tuil the vacancy left by the res ignation of Helen Moore. The so ciety elected Elizabeth Edmunds to fill the position of secretary left by Anita Simons. Elizabeth Edmunds was also delegated to represent the chap ter at the national convention held at the University of Missouri in Columbus, Missouri, October 29, 30, 31. She is national adver tising manager of the Emerald. ELIZABETH EDMUNDS . * . . . . has been chosen to represent Gamma Alpha Chi at a national convention in Missouri. x t That's a Laugh Bunion Derby’s gone and dead— And I complained about physical ed. —JAV.S. MAX BROWN, LEFT, AND AL LARSEN, RIGHT . . . . . . in charge of the athletic card drive for all independent ASUO members both on and off the campus, discuss their campaign to bring the number of card buyers even higher than its present record height. _ Photo by Hill Goldstein Independent Students Choose New Senators By JUNE TAYLOR The Independent Students’ association last night started its second year of, activity when students elected representa tives to participate in the ISA senate, which will meet for the first time tomorrow at 7 :30 in room 207 Chapman hall. Last year John Cavanaugh, Steve Worth, Wini Green, Derby Blonde Annoys Grad The 1942 Bunion Derby is now history, but many “Ducks” and “Drakes” are still nursing tired feet and wondering what that blonde’s name was. And then there was the bright girl who wanted to make an im pression on the obvious looking freshman lad in the corner and said, “Of course, YOU’RE not a freshman.” The answer was, “No.” “Oh, you’re a sophomore?” “No.” “Oh, you must be a junior!” “No.” “Senior?” (Gulp) “No.” The felow was taking graduate work, here for his fifth year. Oregon-Navy Movies To Be Shown Tonight Pictures of the Oregon-Navy game will be shown at 7:30 to night in 207 Chapman hall. John Warren, head football coach and Manny Vezie, assist ant coach, will show the pic tures at the first rally squad activity of the week. and Milton Small inaugurated the ISA because of a recognized need for an organized medium to bring closer harmony between the Greeks and independents. Orientation and adjustment of independent students and organ ization of independent activities, both social and political, are the main objectves of the ISA, ac cording to A1 Larsen, president. Helps Students “We want this organization to (Please turn to./’age eight) Tire Freezing Backs Dr. Erb Concurrent with the request of Dr. Donald M. Erb, University president, that students use cars only when necessary, was an or der by the office of price admin istration in Washington, D. C., freezing sale of used tires and tubes. The order now brings all rubber tires under rationing. The Baruch rubber committee recommenda tion of a 35-mile-an-hour speed limit is now in effect in Oregon and soon speed warning signs will be posted, according to the state highway commission. Exec Comm's First Huddle Produces Five Appointees By JOAN DOLPH and MARJORIE YOUNG What the executive committee did at its first meeting of the term last night: 1. Selected homecoming chairman. 2. Selected rally squad members to fill vacancies. 3. Decided on future rally activities. 4. Discussed student defense activities. Pat Cloud, senior in business administration, will fill th« ISA Discussion Opens Tonight The Independent Students Ac tivity Forum, the opportunity for independents to acquaiift them selves with their possibilities on the campus, will open Wednesday night at 7:30 in room 207, Chap man hall. Dr. Donald M. Erb, University president; A1 Larson, president of the ISA; Les Anderson, ASUO president, and Leighton Platt, president of the ISA senate, will make up the panel for the dis cussion of the independent stu dent and his activities. Jim Linsey, activity chairman of the ISA, will act as chairman of the forum. The forum, to which all inde pendent students are urged to come, will show what activities are available for independents and how to get into them, accord ing to Larson. Anderson is going to tell how the independents can get into more ASUO activities through a plan he has worked out. “This will probably be the most important meeting of the inde pendent students this year,” Lar son said last night. SDX to Hear J. Bellinger Jack Bellinger, well known journalist who recently returned from a Japanese concentration camp, will be the guest speaker today at a luncheon in McCradv's cafe, sponsored by Sigma Delta Chi, national journalism honorary. The luncheon will start as soon after 12 as it is possible to get there. Invited students should try to provide their own trans portation down town, but there will be cars leaving the journal ism building at noon. Russ Hudson, president of Sig ma Delta Chi, will introduce Bel linger, a graduate of Oregon and member of Sigma Delta Chi, who will tell of his experiences while being held by the Japs. Members of Sigma Delta Chi, Theta, Sigma Phi, the journalism faculty, and invited guests includ ing Dr. Donald M. Erb, Univer sity president; V. P. Morris, dean of the school of business admin istration; Col. Sampson, Les An derson, and Karl Onthank, dean of personnel, will attend. position of 1942 homecoming? chairman, it was announced last night. Because of war conditions af fecting the campus, the home coming budget lias been cut $llt> from last year. Regardless cf tho decrease in funds, ASUO Presi dent Les Anderson said that is the hope of this years' com mittee that we can make Home coming better than ever if n. i. bigger than ever before.” Rally Squad Killed Besides selectee Cloud, seven women and'one man were intern, viewed for the chairmanship. Tim names of Nancy Ames, Bora. PAT CLOUD . . . . . . who last night was chosen I Homecoming chairman by the student executive council. Case, Florence Cooley, Elizabeth Edmunds, Evelyn Mitchell, Maty; Ellen Smith, Mary Jane Terry, and Bill Lilly. Roberta Madden, junior, a33fl Polly Gordon, Bonnie Robin arid Briminna Wang, sophomore u, were chosen to fill the vacancies on the rally squad left open when members formerly appointed failed to return. (Please luni to page eight) Compulsory Meeting Slated for Reporters All embryonic reporters- tho Emerald editors of tomorrow • will meet tonight in 105 Journal ism building with Jack Billings, Emerald news editor'. It is com pulsory that all reporters attcndl the meeting. According to Billings, a reor ganization of beats making for greater efficiency and accuracy in news coverage, has been ar ranged. Beats will also be reas signed and reporters will be ac quainted with the Emerald “style" of writing.
