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Pan-American Relations Discussed by Dr. Tavares By EDITH NEWTON Inter-American relations should be on a more personal basis to make the good will policy between the Americas a success, Dr. Hernane Tavares de Sa, visitor from Brazil, told students Tuesday when he spoke at an all-campus assembly. For the past nine months Dr. Tavares has been visiting schools in all parts of the United States to study classes and laboratories in preparation of a report he will make to the Bra zilian government concerning education. Dr. Tavares will speak this morning to the 9 o’clock class in ^editing of Dean Eric W. Allen of .the journalism school. According to Dr. Tavares “The United States discovered South America in the 1940’s—400 years behind.’’ Divorcee Many concepts the America’s have about each other are from movies, Dr. Tavares explained when he told of a Brazilian fam ily who expected an American girl who was coming to visit to have been divorced several times. Students and professors should he the leaders in the attempt to establish better relations, he pro fessor from Brazil said. By living in South America for a year, people in the United States can have a better under standing of their southern neigh bors and learn more about the country than any amount of study nr reading could teach them, he said. More Serious North American students have begun to take a more serious at titude towards great world prob lems in the last six months, Dr. Tavares told his large audience in McArthur court. “In this sense I believe the war is doing a great deal of good,” Dr. Tavares continued about the effect of the war on students. From the University of Sao Paula where Dr. Tavares is a professor of biology he brought a message the students had pre pared and sent with him to be read at each of the 75 schools he will visit while here. Good Will The message, translated from Portuguese to English, reads, “We Brazilian students of the Univer sity of Sao Paula send this mes sage of good will to our .fellow students in the universities of the United States. “We believe in the united front of the American republics. “We believe that such a front must rest on the cooperation and friendship between our two coun tries. “And we know of no stronger foundation for this friendship than the understanding and com radeship between the young men and women of our universities. It would grow with us, and keep our two- nations together in the years to come. “To such an understanding and comradeship we pledge our selves.’’ The parchment scroll Dr. Ta vares brought from his school in Brazil will be on display today in the circulation room of the li brary. The message was on parch ment decorated with ribbons of the Sao Paula school’s colors, the same as Oregon’s green and yel low. Dr. Tavares was introduced by Dr. Victor P. Morris, dean of the school of business administration. His speech was preceded by a violin number by Elizabeth Walk er, accompanied by Phyllis Gray. Red Cross Opens Volunteer Rolls The Nurses Aide program is getting under way this week in Eugene, with interviews being conducted at the Red Cross head quarters, 33 West 8th. All women between the ages of 18 and 50 who wish to volunteer time to assist the regular nurses at the Sacred Heart hospital, are asked to registed Wednesday and Thurs dayday between 1 and 4 p.m. at the Red Cross headquarters down town. Girls are needed to take care of children while the town moth ers are doing this volunteer nurs ing. Any girl available and anxious to do her part, should register with Janet Smith, the campus employment secretary. This was also stressed by Miss Margaret Woodruff, nursing con sultant for the Red Cross nurs ing service of Oregon, here on an official visit. “We hope,” said Miss Wood ruff, “that as many girls as pos sible and who are interested will go into regular nurses’ training, or will become nurses’ aides dur ing their summer vacations. For the armed forces have asked for 3000 trained nurses to be turned out every month. A largo order, and students can help by taking care of children so the mothers can become nurses’ aides, releas ing regular nurses for active war duty. There is a job for everyone in America who is mentally and physically sound, from baby to 106," concluded Miss Woodruff. VERY DRESS-UP but Comfortable enough to stand the pummelling of those "I'Otim.KSS V’AUSES" S2S W illamette "Oregon Alumni Owned and Run" DUs, AOPis Face Camera Today Two houses, Delta Upsilon and Alpha Omicron Pi, will be photographed today for the Oregana pictures at the Ken nell-Ei'lis studios. Pot and Quill Contest Opens Opening of the annual mem bership contest sponsored by Pot and Quill, women’s creative writ ing honorary, was announced Tuesday by Audrey Lynds, presi dent. Contributions of short sto ries, plays cr poetry may be en tered in the contest which offers a $5 first prize and other prizes of club membership. Miss Lynds said boxes will be placed in the news room of the Emerald and in the downstairs lobby of the library for manu scripts. Contributions must be typed and the name of the writer should not appear on the story. Instead a sealed envelope bear ing the title of the story, with the author’s name on a slip of paper inside should be fastened to the manuscript. La'st year’s winner was Mary Louise Vincent, and Marjorie Ma jor won the Pot and Quill prize in 1940. Contest closing date has not yet been definitely set, Miss Lynds revealed, but will be some time in mid-November. Manuscripts may also be given to active members of Pot and Quill. On the campus at present are Ann Reynolds, Helen Johnson, Emily Tyree, Norma Trevorrow, Marjorie Major, Jane Ward, Mary Louise Vincent, Muriel Stevens, Barbara Hampson and Mildred Wilson. All-America (Continued from page one) previous year and was therefor prepared for his 1942 job. Bishop is new a cadet in the army air corps at Santa Ana, California. J. Wesley Sullivan, 1943 editor, announced Tuesday, “The trend of UO yearbooks has been build ing up for the last seven years. Its style seems to especially cov er the University of Oregon. Credit is due to all who helped establish this style to which we will tend to conform in the 1943 book.” Nut Attract (Continued from page one) hundreds of pounds of nuts are going- to waste for lack of pick ers, they “piled cut,” primped a little so as not to be caught at a disadvantage—even by a filbert, and began thinking of the job at hand. “Ai-e THOSE filberts, ex claimed one of the not too agri cultural members of the victory pickin' party. Mr. Clem Howels, owner of the nut farm, cleared up the all-im portant puzzle by pointing out which were nuts and which were just old stones. With their objective now clear ly in mind, the girls each took an empty five-gallon can, picked out a “special tree of their own,” squatted on burlap sacks, and be gan picking like veterans of many a filbert harvest. City and University officials expressed' the hope that other campus organizations would take up the idea and thus avert an un necessary waste of the valuable nuts. Most of the girls said that they were buying defense stamps with the money they earned. Eleven weekly programs for classroom listening are being broadcast over station WHA. 'Join Reserve-Con tinue 0 School’ Says Lt Davis The following statement was issued Tuesday by Lt. R. G. Davis, recruiting officer for the enlisted reserve corps: “Any student who has reason to believe that he will be drafted in the next few months, and wishes to remain in school as long as possible, should enlist in a reserve program imme diately because: 1. “It is impossible to enlist in any reserve after receiving your induction papers. 2. “The selective service quo tas are being increased each month. 3. “Draft boards are calling ad ditional men each month to fill their quotas and to replace men who have enlisted in the various reserve corps.” A joint procurement board of the army, navy, marines and coast guard will be on the campus for preliminary enlist ment in the reserve corps, October 27 through 29. See story page I also. In several cases students who had previously been told by their draft boards that they were not likely to be called till December or January have already been in ducted. This is because the men previously chosen to be called in October have either joined a re serve corps or voluntarily enlist ed in the armed forces. This, along with the fact that the draft boards have larger quotas to fill, necessitates their calling those men whom they originally had scheduled for October. Example Lt. Davis cited an example of this when two students who had received their induction papers, came to him and tried to enroll in the reserves. It was explained to them that the laws of the selec tive service act forbid joining any reserve after being called. These men had no alternative to turn to and were forced to go into the service without completing one term of school. Davis advises all men who find themselves about to be drafted to enroll in a reserve corps immediately, if they wi0 ) to stay in school for at least one term. PiLambdaTheta Holds Meeting The Oregon chapter of Pi Lambda Theta, women’s educa tional honorary, held its first meeting of the year Monday eve ning for the presentation of names of new candidates and to outline the year’s program. The candidates whose names were considered will be voted upon at the November meeting. War and educational stand ards will be the topics for discuav sion during the year. This will Hi elude such questions as calis thenics versus more creative sports in physical education and emergency teaching certificates for the teacher shortage. It is expected that later in the year open meetings will be held for all thse interested. Miss Dorothy Sherman, in structor of education, is president of the group, and Miss Leona Ty ler, instructor in psychology, is program chairman. “Coca-Cola is the answer to thirst that adds refreshment. Your own experience tells you just what to expect. 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