Faculty Starts fj^rap Metal Drive See Column 1 Athle^|c Card Sale Hits 2100; See Page 8 VOLUME XLIV UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8. 1942 NUMBER 12 FACULTY OPENS UO SCRAP DRIVE University faculty members have scheduled a scrap drive of their own today in accordance with the recent war produc ^n board order for more scrap material. The campaign was first announced in a faculty bulletin last Tuesday, asking all deans, department heads, and fac ulty members to contribute scrap rubber, copper, brass, iron, ana metais or an Kinas which they don’t want, need, or can use. Starting at 1 p.m., University trucks will visit each building on the campus to pick up all scrap. Departments have been asked to leave this material in the main hall of the first floor in each building. Contrary to the faculty drive for junk of all kinds, the student collection, set for Sunday, Octo ber 8, is for scrap iron only. Part of Eugene Drive The campaign has been ar ranged and approved by Eugene headquarters and is part of the Eugene drive. More information about both ves will be available after the University defense council meet3 tonight. Dr. Howard R. Taylor, chairman of the council, will pre side. Visitor Confers On State Parks Dr. John C. Merriam, retired president of the Carnegie Institu tion of Washington, D. C., will arrive on the campus of the Uni versity today to spend two weeks conferring with members of the science faculty. Dr. Merriam’s particular point of discussion will be with the f^mmittee on educational prob lems of parks 1 in Oregon.**Dr. Ralph Leighton, dean of the school of physical education, is chairman of this committee. Drs. Luther S. Cressman and Warren D. Smith, heads of the anthro pology departments, respectively, are also members of the com mittee. Dr. Merriam is to be honor guest and speaker at a banquet given by the Oregon Roadside Defense council, in the Univer sity club, Portland, October 15. Dr. Merriam is recognized as one of the leading paleontolo gists in the United States. He did extensive research work in paleontology in the John Day country of eastern Oregon be fore 1900. SIGERD NILSSEN . . . • • . TJO voice professor who will present a rec'tal October 13 in the Music school auditorium. Repeated Blasts Short blasts, repeated every five seconds for two minutes, will be the official air raid warning signal. A long steady blast approximately a minute long will be tiie all-clear sig nal. Independents Hear Dr. Erb The secret of success in Uni versity life was offered to Inde pendent students at the ISA meeting last night in Chapman hall, by student leaders who an nounced, “all you need is initia tive.” Dr. Donald M. Erb, University president; Les Anderson, student body president; A1 Larsen, ISA president; and Leighton Platt, vice-president of ISA, conducted a forum on ISA affairs, slanted particularly toward freshmen un familiar with the organization. President Erb spoke to com mend the ISA in its goal of en couraging students to participate in activities, commenting, “No student should ever devote all his time to work on studies.” He em phasized that activities do have educational value also. Les Anderson complemented Dr. Erb's remarks with informa tion regarding such activities as the canoe fete, the war board chairmanship, and athletic man (Please turn to page three) Ducks, Huskies to Join In Portland Band Rally Combining business with their football pleasure trip, Oregon’s yell king, rally squad, and student body will take over Portland's Victory Center Saturday from 12 to 12:30 and present a bond-selling pre-Husky rally. Lemon and Green rooters will gather at 11:30 a.m. at the park blocks to parade behind the band to their meeting place opposite the Portland hotel. Okay for Webfoot fans to take over the Rose City’s bur.ting decorated platform came Wednesday from Wilbur Carl, head of Port land’s bond drive. Student Talent Slated During the short half hour program Rally Chairman Clint Paine is planning a student talen program. Interested students are asked to contact him immediately for a spot on the show. As speakers of the day, ASUO President Les Anderson will wel come Webfoots and Huskies alike to Portland’s bond drive and to the bi-annual football battle at Multnomah stadium. Mayor to Speak Mayr Earl Riley of Portland has also been invited to speak at the rally. Other features of the program will be the introduction of the trio of drum majorettes, three-season veteran Mary Anderson and the baton-twirling twins, Gale and Dale Motley. Masters of Ceremony Yell King Earl Russell will alternate with Gerald Fowler, Victory Center program director, as master of ceremonies. John Stehn and the University of Oregon band will also be on the bond-selling pro gram platform. The Webfoots will gather at Jantzen beach following the game to dance to the strains of Glenn Henry and his “modern swing’’ orchestra. Henry’s band features Betty Jean Davis and an instru mental group under the name of Glenn Trio. Campus Social Calendar Reshaped for Duration John Warren Shows Team At II in Igloo Oregon's student body will see for itself how its gridiron fight ing men will stack up against the Huskies Saturday at the Multno mah stadium in Portland when John Warren introduces his team at the 11 o’clock assembly today in Mcrthur court. Coach Warren will take the hour-long program spotlight with his first address as head coach of Oregon's football squad. He will present his 1943 Webfoot players. Several players will be called on to tell the chances the Huskies have Saturday. Band Numbers John Stehn and the University band will honor the Lemon and Green team with “Mighty Ore gon" and the pledge song. Yell King Earl Russell has planned some new yells and cheering section stunts which the student body will practice in preparation for the Saturday game. Top Interest Other highlights of the pro gram include: ASTJO President Les Anderson, on behalf of the student body, wishing the team luck against the Washington squad, a song by the Pi Phi trio, a stunt put on by the rally squad and the introduction of the mem bers by its Chairman, Clint Paine. By EDITH NEWTON At the last meeting of the student affairs committee it wa3 decided that : 1. The number of students working on an all-campu3 dance will be limited to ten. 2. Decorations for all-campus dances will be limited to the simplest and to local resources. 3. The dates for Junior Weekend will be April 30. May 1, and 2. Pom-Pom Deadline Last orders on pom-poms for the Saturday frame against the. Washington Huskies will be taken in women’s living organ ization at noon today. Final deliveries will' be made this evening. Penalty Hits Misconduct For conduct unbecoming Uni versity students and calculated to reflect on University students a campus fraternity was. denied indefinitely the privilege of rush ing and pledging new members, according to a decision of the discipline committee made at their meeting Tuesday, W. A. Dalilberg, chairman of the com mittee, announced Wednesday. The committee also adopted a rule which forbids walkouts with penalty for violation being pro bation of both pledging and so cial activities for one year. The committee is convinced that this is not a year for stu dents to act in ways which will appear to the public that they are not making the most out of the privilege of being University students, according to Mr. Dahl berg, chairman, Pat Cloud, Dean Virgil D. Earl, A. L. Lomax, Phil Lowry, J. T. Ganoe, Dean Karl Onthank, Dean Hazel Schwering, L. K. Shumaker, and Astrid Wil liams. Do Not Disturb Before the war we’d sit and snore In classes by the score and score While on the profs would rant and roar. On air watch now our profs are thrown So sleep and such they must post pone, And so in class they yawn and drone. Come all you strong and stal wart swain. Let us espy that aeroplane So with conscience free from pain We can sleep in class again. —J.W.S. OKEGANA PICTURES Oregana pictures will be tak en today of the Alpha Tau Omega house. A 50-cent fee is charged for the original pho to, with additional charges for extras. 4. The only all-campus dance* will be Homecoming, the Military ball, Mortar Board ball, and th - class dances. 5. Sunday through Thursday nights will be closed to all social events except Wednesday nigh t. “foodless pauses” which, will end promptly at 7:15. 6. The tentative dates for tho major dances of the year we n set. Time Saved Through limiting the numbf f of people on dance committei ■« and the amount of decorations, the student affairs committee be lieves much time can be saved. By setting Junior Weekend i week earlier than usual it will bo possible to get the three majc • spring term dances in ahead the closed period of the shorten 1 ter mand will also provide mo: o time between Junior Weeken l and examinations. Major Dances Scrapped Three major dances are omit ted from the new social schedule, namely, Winter Wonderland, Sig ma Delta Chi and Alpha Delta Sigma. Closing of social events on nights from Sunday to Thursday will not influence intramural sports or events scheduled by tlv educational ectivities concert sc ries. This was actually a. re statement by the committee of an existing University rule. Dat ing is not influenced by the clos ing of social events. However, tho mid-week foodless pauses must end by 7:15, according to the committee, instead of stretching into the 7:30 study time. Dates Set Tentative dates set for the all campus dances are Sophomoro (Please turn to page three) Kitchen Names Oregana Aides Major business staff appoint* ments for the 1943 Oregana \vei» announced Wednesday by Jef" Kitchen, business manager of tho' annual. Jim Prior will handle organiza tion collection, Edith Newton and Barbara Younger, advertising;! Mary Ellen Smith, layout; Doro thy Routt, collections; and Jams, Part.ipilo, office staff. Those who still wish to sign up for work on the business staif should see Kitchen in the Ore gana business offices in McAr thur court between 3 and 5 p.m, Mondays through Thursdays. Members lasted New staff members includet Maurine Staub, Marion Harris* Joan Maxwell, Carol Tengwald, Betty Jones, Don Bennett, Mai* (Please turn to page three)