Mathews Reviews
Charge Carey Band—
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Women Look Over
'Man of the Month'—
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VOLUME XLIV
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1942
NUMBER 2(>
Slate Board Adds Five Days to Vacation;
Action Cuts Thanksgiving Pause in Half
AlumServiceContestOpens;
Phi Psis Take Early Lead
The Phi Kappa Psis have start
ed the alum service contest ‘‘off
with a bang,” having uncovered
78 alums in the first preliminary
returns, according to the an
nouncement today by Uly Dorais,
chairman.
Hot on their trail with a close
second of 77, the Beta Theta
Pis are proving to be stiff com
petition, although the Phi Delta
Thetas are holding up the ‘‘good
old Oregon spirit” with 70 men
so far.
^ Other houses have turned in
Doughnut Sale
Begins Today
Dunking will be the order of
the day, but the Mill Race won’t
be the scene this time. Instead,
the traditional cup of coffee with
a doughnut will be the dunking
the campus indulges in today as
the annual YWCA doughnut sale
starts at six booths with girls
from all the living organizations
serving the five-cent sinkers.
Peggy Wright, chairman of the
sales girls, announced Wednesday
night the groups that will be in
the various booths today. At the
;^>-op, Delta Delta Delta and Al
pna Omega Pi girls will sell. Oth
er booths will be staffed with
girls from Pi Beta Phi and Chi
Omega at the left entrance of the
library; Alpha Chi Omega and
Sigma Kappa at Friendly hall;
Alpha Delta Pi and Alpha Gam
ma Delta at the right entrance
of the library; Delta Gamma and
Kappa Kappa Gamma at the com
merce building; and Kappa Al
pha Theta at the art building.
Tickets on Sale
For Dorsey Hop
Tickets for the Tommy Dor
sey Homecoming dance went
on sale today at 8:15 a.m. in
McArthur court, according to
Dick Williams, educational ac
tivities manager.
Contrary to the original plan
that all tickets would be sold
to house blocks, individual stu
dents may buy their own; but
it is preferred that each or
ganization purchase tickets for
all its members, it was an
nounced by the activities man
ager.
Admission for the annual af
fair is $2.20 per couple.
All-Out Neared
In Coed Capers
All women's living organiza
tions except three have gone 100
per cent in ticket sales for Coed
Capers, according to co-ticket
chairmen, Betty Bevil and Jene
lyn Gaston.
Funds from the male-boycotted
event of November 12 will go
toward a soldiers’ scholarship
fund, to help ex-University of
Oregon students who had to leave
school for the service return to
their studies after the war, and
AWS scholarships, awarded to
deserving girls to aid them in
staying at school.
Two special • radio programs
advertising the Capers will be
presented over KORE on the two
Thursdays before the event, at
(Please turn to page eight)
V-5 Intrigues University Men;
Army Air Corps Close Second
Two hundred and nine men were interviewed by members of the
joint procurement board of the army, navy, and marine corps Tues
(t'j-y afternoon following the assembly, according to members of the
ooard.
Navy’s V-5 “hit the jackpot” with 55 inquiries, second was the
army air corps with 45, and right on their heels was the combined
V-l, V-7 with 44. In last place was the enlisted reserve corps with
21 prospects.
Response Gratifying
Capt. R. C. Torrance, U.S.M.C., in charge of the group, said: “The
response is very gratifying and the men are the type we need.”
Other members of the board are Ensign Sidney Anderson, in
charge of V-l, V-7; Lieut. William Warren, in charge of V-5; Lieut.
Kenneth Sarasan, army air corps; and Capt. Thomas Prunty, enlisted
reserve corps.
The board will remain here until Thursday noon to make prelim
inary enlistments. They will return November 4 with a medical
board to make final enlistments in all classes except V-5, which will
be sent to Seattle for final enlistment after a preliminary physical
examination here. Of those who are sent to Seattle, according to
jt.ieutenanc vv'arren, 98 per cent pass.
Investigate
Men are urged to investigate the possibilities of the deferment
classes now because no enlistments will be made when the board
returns unless the enlistee has all his papers in order.
Failure to enlist with the board necessitates a trip to Portland
and the inconveniences of an already overworked recruiting station.
Noon Rally
Spurs Team
A send-off rally today at 11:50
will start the University football
squad on its way to Berkeley,
California, where on Saturday it
will meet the University of Cali
fornia team. The rally will take
place on the north steps of Vii
lard hall facing Eleventh street.
Coach John Warren and vari
ous members of the team are ex
pected at the rally to express
their opinions concerning the
coming clash with the California
Bears. Immediately following the
rally the team is scheduled to eat
dinner at the Anchorage, and
will leave for the station at 12:55.
The rally marks a new policy
on the campus. Train rallies, com
mon in other years, will give
place to this new type. The
chaftge has been made in connec
tion with the war effort program
to save tires and gas by curtail
ing unnecessary use of automo
biles.
Living organizations on the
campus' are expected to postpone
lunch until 12:15 in order that
members might attend the rally.
For those who plan to attend
the game at Berkeley, there will
be reserved seats for Oregon
rooters at the 50-yard line.
Classes Meet Armistice;
UO, OSC Stagger Holidays
Revised fall schedule:
1. Fall term will close Saturday, December 12.
2. Classes will meet November 11, Armistice day.
3. Classes will meet November 27, the day following
Thanksgiving.
4. Winter term will open Monday, December 28.
To meet requests of transportation companies asking tho
Movie Depicts
Blood Bank Use
Use of blood banks in the Span
ish civil war will be demonstrat
ed in "The Heart of Spain,’’ a
movie which will be shown at 4
p.m. and at S p.m. today.
‘‘The Story of Appendicitis"
and "They Choose to Live" will
also be on the program. The lat
ter tells of recent developments
in the treatment of cancer.
Asklepiads, who direct the
blood bank section of the campus
defense effort, sponsor these
movies for public information.
They will last approximately an
hour and a half. Admission is 20
cents, and tickets will be on sale
at the door.
Shack Shuffle’ Brings
Writers into Social Light
It’s one day away. Friday afternoon from 3:30 to 5:30 the
journalism building throws open its doors to its inmates for
the “Shack Shuffle.” <
Work-weary writers will tear their news noses from the
grindstone and the clattering of typewriters and the groans
of copy boys will be hushed while two hours of dancing, en
mtmsm
RUSS HUDSON . . .
. . . president of SDX, national
men’s journalism honorary, who
will co-sponsor the “Shack Rat
Shuffle” at the journalism build
ing tomorrow afternoon.
Armistice Day
Classes are scheduled for Armis
tice day
In the regular, normal, curricular
way.
We agree after viewing the state
of the nation
That there isn’t much use for en
thused celebration.
—J.W.S.
iLctiiiiixciic, cliiu uiu liuiu iui La,
Record Music
Music will be by RCA and Co
lumbia rhythm waxes and the
gay way will be bright with mu
rals by Clell Crane. Freshmen
who have never dared to enter
the sanctum of the newsroom,
much less accost a city editor for
a job will find themselves at
home in the "back rooms” of the
journalism edifice.
Hoppes and Mundt, ace come
dians, have been signed for this
one-night stand and Master of
Ceremonies Earle Russell prom
ises to fetch some fetching num
bers.
Assurance
General Chairman Janet Wag
staff, Margie Robinson and Ted
Goodwin gave comforting assur
ance that all committees are
working according to schedule
and have arranged for restoring
the shack to its normal insane
pace as soon as the spangles are
cleared away Friday.
The drys took over at the last
minute and state that the hole
things, doughnuts, will be washed
down with cider.
No announcement has been
"been made concerning who will
put out the paper for Saturday
morning.
school to close before December
15 to relieve the congested holi
day travel, these changes have,
been made in the term schedule,
Dr. Earl M. Pallett, executive
secretary of the University, said
Wednesday when he returned to
the campus' from the state board
of higher education meeting in
Portland.
Five Days Given
Fall term will close five days
earlier than originally planned,
December 12, instead of Decem
ber IS, according to the revised
plan.
Winter term will open one day,
earlier than was planned, De
cember 28, instead of December1
29, thus making the vacation five
days longer than had been,
scheduled.
Aid Companies
To further aid, transportation
companies by cutting down the
amount of travel, which is al
ready at capacity, classes will
meet on Armistice day, and also
on the Friday after Thansgiving’.
These days will also make up!
two days of the extended Christ
mas vacation.
At Corvallis, fall term will ter
minate Tuesday, December 3 5,
with winter term opening Decem
ber 29. Opening and closing date*
of the schools have been stag
gered to cut down the number of
students traveling on the same
day when going home on vaca
tion, or returning to the campus.
Traffic Trouble
Transportation systems are
crowded to capacity to meet the'
normal traffic at this time, and
by requesting students to stay on
the campus permanently until
Christmas vacation, companies
will be able to serve the country
more efficiently.
If the institution doesn't co
operate on the transportation
problem, national regulations
might be made restricting tbo
travel privileges we now have,
Dr. Pallett said.
The question of classes on Ne w
Year’s day will be decided at a
later conference, Dr. Pallett said.
Joan Dolph Heads
YWCA Musical Tea
The YWCA tea this afternoon
at 4 is being planned by Joan
Dolph, newly selected tea chair
man, who is working with Steph
anie Peterson on today’s pro
gram that will feature special
music.
Marjorie Pengra and Betty
Ann Stevens, submembership
committee members, will give a
short talk on the work they hsva
bgen doing in the associate mem-*
bership drive.