University
President Leaves
For East—Column 3
Noise Parade
Tradition Returns
To University
VOLUME XLIV
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1942
NUMBER 14
NoiseFiesta toBoom Again for Drive
Doctor to Tell
MS-Brazilian
Relationships
Students who wonder what’ for
eign visitors think of our coun
try when they come from South
America will have their ques
tion answered this morning when
Dr. Hernane Tavares de Sa
speaks at an all-campus assem
bly in McArthur court at 11
o'clock.
All 11 o’clock classes will be
excused today and will meet
at 11 o’clock Thursday.
Studies vs. Schools
“A Brazilian Discovers the
United States’’ is the title of Dr.
Tavares’ speech. Dr. Victor P.
Morris, faculty chairman of the
International Relations commit
will introduce Dr. Tavares in
the absence of Dr. Donald M.
Erb, University president.
Dr. Tavares is making a tour
Of the United States to study
classes and laboratories in
schools here, and to lecture on
subjecsljp* -concerning Brazilian
American relations. His tour is
sponsored by the Institute of In
ternational Education and West
minster college at Pulton, Mis
souri.
Lectures Scheduled
Last night Dr. Tavares spoke
at a meeting sponsored by Phi
Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi. At
noon today he will address the
Eugene Rotary club at a lunch
eon at the Osburn hotel.
Wednesday the Brazilian will
give a lecture under the auspices
the University scholarly lec
hes committee of the faculty.
Dr. Rudolf F. Ernst, chairman of
the program committee, will pre
side at the meeting in the faculty
room of Friendly hall.
Tri Delts Slate
Freshman Tea
Members and pledges of Delta
Delta Delta will entertain all
freshman girls at a tea today
from four to six p.m.
Time schedule for organizations
is as follows: 4 to 4:30, Alpha Chi
Omega, Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha
Gamma Delta, Alpha Omicron Pi,
and Alpha Phi: 4:30 to 5, Alpha
Delta, Chi Omega, Delta Gam
ma, Gamma Phi Beta, and Ori
(Please turn to page three)
Weekend Comment
If your friends aren't back from
Portland yet
Don't get weak and nervous.
They’re probably in a restaurant,
Still waiting for some service.
—J.W.S.
Crowd Ban Lifted
The army order restricting
Crowds of over 5000 on the west
coast has now, in effect, been
eliminated, according to a state
ment by Secretary of War Stim
.*• n, made public by Senator Mc
Nary of Oregon. The regulation
requires official approval of such
gatherings, but it has been
waived so many times that it is
practically void.
Courtesy Old Oregon.
1'O‘s TRADITIONAL NOISE PARADE . . .
. . . will be held this Saturday. Contrary to the one from a former
year shown above, this year's parade will be held without any motor
drawn vehieles in accordance with the national war effort. All liv
ing organizations are invited to join the parade and to bring their
noise-makers and scrap metal. Man-drawn wagons are permissible.
Dr. Erb Travels East _.
For Alum, NASU Meets
(See picture, page 3)
Dr. Donald M. Erb, University president, left the cam
pus this week and will leave Portland by train today for a
three weeks business trip in the East.
Dr. Erb will go first to New York for some business ap
pointments there and to attend the meeting on October 19 of
Oregon alumni living in New York. Dr. Allen Eaton, director
Women Picked
For Coed Event
Heads of committees for Coed
Capers have been selected, and
are “beginning to get organized,”
according to Janet Ross, chair
man of the woman’s all-campus
event, to be held November 12 at
Gerlinger.
Committee heads are as fol
lows: decorations, Miki Camp
bell; finance, Florence Colley;
properties, Mary Jane Terry and
Mary Riley; cleanup, Bernice
Granquist; publicity, Betty Ann
Stevens; concessions, Lora Case
and Nelda Rohrback; tickets,
Jenelyn Gaston and Betty Bevil;
heads of houses—costumes, Alva
Granquist; patronesses, Martha
Jane Switzer and Carol Smith;
advertising, Mary Bentley and
Kay Jenkins. Girls in individual
skits will be selecter later,
Oregana Pics Today:
Officers and Tri Delts
Pictures of class officers for
the Oregana will be taken today
in the photograph studios in the
basement of Johnson hall, J. Wes
ley Sullivan, editor, announced.
Sophomore officers wTl report
at 3 p.m., juniors at 3:30, and
seniors at 4 p.m. Class officer
pictures will be cancelled in case
of rain, Sullivan stressed.
Pictures of the Delta Delta
Delta house will be taken down
town today in the Kennell-Ellis
studios. Procedure will be the
same as for other houses, and
rain will not cancel the pictures.
oi the department oi arts ana
social works of the Russell Sage
Foundation, in charge of the
meeting.
To Washington
On October 20 Dr. Erb will go
to Washington, D. C., and on the
22nd, 23rd, and 24th of this
month he will attend the annual
meeting of the National Asso
ciation of State Universities in
Chicago.
In Louisville, Ky., Dr. Erb will
attend the meetings of the As
sociation of American Medical
Colleges on October 26 and 27.
He will return to the campus No
vember 2.
Mr. Schenk on Trip
Harry M. Schenk, assistant
professor of journalism, will go
as far as Chicago with Dr. Erb.
While there he will attend the
Newspaper Associations Mana
(Please turn io page three)
PledgesNote;
Flit No More
Positively no more stealing of
silverware, makeup, and vital
parts of electric light systems . . .
no more locking up of worthy
members on sleeping porches . . .
no more smearing of sticky sub
stances on important furniture
. . . i.e., no more walkouts by
women’s living organizations was
the edict of heads of houses Mon
day afternoon. Housemothers,
who also met, heartily supported
the measure.
Violators of the edict will go
before the disciplinary committee,
and rushing and pledging priv
ileges will be taken away for a
year.
University All Out for Metal
In Last Parade for Duration
By BETTY LU SIEGMAN
The traditional glory of an Oregon noise parade will re
turn to the campus for a one-day stand, the last for the dura
tion, Saturday in an all-University drive to raise scrap iron
and steel for the nation's fighting forces.
Plans for the noise parade received okay of Dean of Men
Virgil D. Earl Monday and were announced by Sigma Delta
Navy Draws
Paul Washke
(See picture, page 3)
Paul R. Washke, professor of
physical education at the Uni
versity for the past 13 years,
left Monday evening for the Uni
versity of Arizona, where he will
become a naval lieutenant (s.g.i,
upon the completion of an exten
sive training course.
Working under the Gene Tun
ney program of physical fitness,
Washke expects to be an admin
istrative assistant under some
branch of the navy’s physical pro
gram*
Mrs. Washke did not accom
pany him to Tucson but will await
the. arrival of more definite plans
before she joins her husband.
While at the University, Wash
ke was organizer and director of
the intramural program, and an
outstanding figure in national
societies of physical education.
Faculty Series
Opens Season
Sigurd Nilsson, bass baritone,
will open the faculty scries of
recitals tonight at 8:30 in the
school of music auditorium. Mr.
Nilssen has been a professor of
voice at the University since 1940.
He is a graduate of the Whit
man Conservatory of Music.
Featured on the program will
be the University string quartet,
who will accompany Mr. Nilssen
in the song “Vaaren” by Grieg.
Quartet arrangements are by
Rex Underwood, director of the
University orchestra.
To begin his. concert Mr. Nils
son has chosen a group of 17th
century English airs, among
which is “I Attempt From Love’s
Sickness to Fly," by Purcell. He
also since "Si, Tra i Ceppi,” from
the opera “Berenice,” by Handel;
several songs by Schumann and
Hugo Wolf, “Don Juan’s Sere
nade,” by Tschaikovsky; a group
of Noiwegian folk songs, and sev
eral selections by modern com
posers. Margaret Steinmetz will
accompany Mr. Nilssen at the pi
ano. The concert is free to all.
'Hobby' Needs Talent;
Asks for Hoopsters
All men interested in var
sity basketball are requested
by Coach Howard “Hobby”
Hobson to meet Thursday eve
ning at 7:15 in room 101 in the
physical education building.
There will be a short meeting
followed by a basketball mov
ing picture. Freshman hoopmen
are meeting every afternoon at
4:30 in McArthur court, any
new material will be welcomed.
Chi, national professional journal
istic fraternity, and the Emerald,
co-sponsors of the campus drive.
Ex-Homecoming Tradition
Long a. Homecoming tradition,
the noise parade was dropped last
year. The spirit of noise will re
new under the cry “all out" for
scrap iron and scrap steel in the
newly opened "home front.”
All men’s and women's organ
izations will be paired for the
Saturday parade, run in coopera
tion with a city-wide celebration,
and prizes will be awarded to the
pairs making the most noise.
UO Drive Saturday
The regular scrap drive day is
Sunday for Eugene-at-large aa
well as the University campus,,>
but most of the Oregon scrap is,
expected to be turned in to a city
pile following the Saturday pa
rade.
Today at noon Kwaina,
sophomore women’s service
honorary, and Sluill and Dag
ger, sophomore men's service
honorary, will go around to ev
ery living organization on •t he
campus to explain about the
individual houses’ part in the
scrap iron drive. j
Motors Not Allowed
Representatives of the various
living organizations will draw for
the house that they will be paired
with, at 4 p.m. on Wednesday.
Horses, wagons, carts, or any
thing else along this line may bo
used for transportation, but no
motors or motorized vehicles will
be allowed.
Until last year noise parades
had been an annual feature of
UO homecoming. ^
Registration
Nears 3,000
The second week of late regis
tration increased the University
population 110 students and
brought the total number to
2,925, or 14 per cent below the
number enrolled last year during’
fall term, according to figures
from the office of Clifford Con
stance, assistant registrar.
There are 10 more freshmen, on
the campus this year than were
enrolled in the class of '45 at this
time last year. All other classes
have shown a decrease with 21
per cent fewer sophomores this
year, 28 per cent fewer juniois,
and 13 per cent fewer seniors.
Men are still outnumbering
women at Oregon by moio
than 7 per cent, with the males
exactly 387 ahead of the girls.
Social Events Deadline
Set for 5 Wednesday
Deadline for the recording of
all social events in the office
of the dean of women has been
set at Wednesday afternoon at
5. This includes house dance*
desserts, but not firesides.