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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 3, 1942)
rv Literary Page; £ jdent Contributors— See Page 3 Oregon MEMLD Former Webfoot Bob White!y Writes—* See Page 2 VOLUME XLIV UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1942 NUMBER 29 Daily Hacks’ to Reward Zcoffers of Traditions Homecoming traditions not to be broken this week except at danger of hacking by the order of O at sessions being held daily on the steps of the law school include: 1. Appearance of all freshmen in green and yellow rooters’ lips at all times except in buildings. *■ 2. No smoking on any part of the old campus—in or out of buildings. 3. Appearance of all freshman women in green hair ribbons at all times. 4. Greeting everyone met on Hello Walk between Villard and Fenton halls. Violators will be reckoned with at 12:30 daily when the Order of the O meets. With Homecoming just three days away, the directorate, under the supervision of Pat Cloud, chairman, are “stoking the fire” for the eventful weekend. Latest Homecoming news releasd by the chairmen is head lined by an announcement of Pat Palmer, hospitality chair man, that there will be a meeting of the four registration cnairman, anci tour hostesses with Elmer Fansett, alumni sec retary, Thursday at 4 p.m. in the alumni office. Final plans for all details of registration will be dis cussed. Classes Friday “Contrary to last year’s pol icy, there will be classes all day Friday for all students, except those who are working on Home coming plans,” stated Cloud. Seniors Decorate ^ he yellow and gree of Ore gon and blue and gold of UCLA will cover the goal posts and lights Saturday when the senior class, under the direction of Bob Jones and Eleanor Engdahl, com plete the decoration of the foot ball field. A figure of a Duck and Bruin will cover the light posts across the field from the west grandstand. Servicemen Dedication Between halves a dedication to those alums who have died in service will be presented by Scabbard and Blade, according to Bud Wimberly. The band will play the military hymns as the rooters form their respective emblems. (Please turn to page seven) Radio Show To Air Rally "Homecoming- for 1942 will start with the biggest rally and radio program the University has ever had," Ferd Beckwith, chairman of the Friday night program, said Monday night. A snow ball rally will get the celebration under way and the student body and alums will gath er in McArthur court at 7:30, ac cording to present plans. Hour Broadcast At 8 p.m. the rally will go on the air for an hour broadcast over at least three stations, with Earl Russell as master of cere monies. Featuring the theme, "The Home Fires Are Burning,” variety will be the key note, according to Beckwith. Several outstand ing guests will appear on the program. Mjusic, Laughs Music will play a large part in the show, and at least one (Please turn to page eight) w jsm&c. &(. OLD AND NEW . . . . . . Homecoming chairmen are shown here . . . Russ Hudson headed last year’s fete while Pat Cloud, left, is 1942 head. FinalDecision Favors Silks For Dorsey ' Short silk dresses for women and dark suits for men will be proper attire at the Tommy Dor sey Homecoming dance Saturday night, was the decision reached Monday by a special committee organized to settle the much-de bated question. Marge Dibble, president of the Associated Women students, Les Anderson, ASUO president, Mary Bentley, campus social chairman, and Dick Williams, educational activities director, composed the committee that made the final decision after much comment had arisen from the earlier statement that the affair would be formal. Miss Bentley made the an nouncement in favor of short silks yesterday and said the com mittee hopes this will prove sat isfactory to everyone concerned. Students objected to the for mal plan, on grounds of the large crowd, inconvenience to alums, extra expense and' the general at mosphere of Homecoming. DR. DONALD ERB . . . . . . University president, who re turned to the campus yesterday after an extensive business trip in the east. Dr. Erb Finishes Eastern Tour Dr. Donald M. Erb, president of the University, returned to the campus Monday on the noon train after a three-week business trip in the east. Leaving October 13, Dr. Erb went first to New York for busi ness appointments and the meet ing of a group of Oregon alum ni living in New York. In Chicago Dr. Erb attended the annual meting of the Na tional Association of Stats' Uni versities and in Louisville, Ken tucky, attended the meetings of the Association of American Medical Colleges. Wednesday Dr. Erb will ad dress the Portland East Side Commercial club at a luncheon. His subject will be “How Much Is Expendable ?” Friday he will speak in Dallas on the subject “Needs of Higher Education.” Committee Asks Students To‘Buy a Pack for a Buddy' Collection of 3000 packages of cigarettes for soldiers at Camp Adair began today and will continue through Wednes day and Thursday, it was announced by Rohda Harkson, chairman of the campus USO. “In order to reach the proposed goal it will be necessary for 1000 packs to be turned in each day of the drive,” said Canoe Fete, ’43 War’s Casualty, The Canoe Fete 1913 fell casu alty to war at a meeting' of the educational activities board in Friendly hall Monday night. The board decision followed recommendation of a committee of three appointed to investigate possibilities. Main ground for the decision was: Required construc tion, grading, bridge building, stands construction would cost $2000- - if it received WPB okay. Righting Problem A problem of lighting, which might be impossible to install be cause of the war, also received consideration. —©twice of an alternate program* for the fete rests with the junior class following recommendation of the committee. Richard C. Wil liams, chairman, presented the report on behalf of himself, ASUO President Les Anderson, and Junior Class President Rodge Dick. All-Campus Sing Possibility that the all-campus sing might be moved to the Fri day night of Junior Weekend has been discussed, but no official ac tion has been taken. Tlic junior class will study this and other proposals before re porting to the board with recom mendations December 1. The Canoe Fete was replaced last year by the all-campus pro duction of “Of Thee I Sing,” writ ten by George Kaufman and Moss Hart. Leads were played by Larry Celsi and Mary Staton Krenk. Miss Harkson. "This means that if each student buys at least one package expected of him the quota will be reached," she added. Collection Boxes This morning Bill Hugg'ins an<T Jim Parsons, newly appointed committee members, will check on the cigarette collection boxe3 of all men’s living organizations,. Peggy Wright and Flora Kibler, also on the USO staff, will check those of all women's living- or ganizations. Boxes are located at the Col lege Side, Taylor’s, YMCA, YWCA, the Co-op, and Gerlingcr hall as well as in all living or ganizations. A large sign with the slogan, "Buy a Pack for a Buddy," dis tinguishes each collection center. All Should Contribute ^^OMj.'epresentative from each "TiTmTg’Tirganizations on the cam pus has been appointed to be le sponsible for donations from hi.? or her respective house. All rep-' resentatives have been asked to contact Betty Bevii or Florence Hamilton, USO committee mem bers, before 7 p.m. each night of the drive to report the progress being made. According to Miss Harkson, if. is especially hoped that all inde pendent students, especially those not affiliated with any particu lar group, will make an effort to contribute to the drive. Last Chance Saturday Marion Schaefer has been ap pointed to the main USO com mittee, with Florence Hamilton and Betty Bevii. At the end of the drive the to tal collection will be taken to th» USO headquarters where the final count will be taken. (Please turn to page eight) US Doesn’t Need Kiska, ’ Believes UO Ex-student Failure of the United States to recapture Kiska, in the Aleutian island group, from the Japanese is not a tactical blunder, but a shrewd piece of strategy, in the opinion of Lieut. Gerald Johnson, army fighter pilot, who addressed journalism students at the University Monday. Lieut. Johnson has just returned to Eugene, where he Dear Mary Bentley: Mary, Mary Quite contrary, Hew do our dances go ? Cute short silks And all their ilks, Or formats all in a row. We're pretty mild, And don't get riled, So easily you’ll find, But dang it, Mary, Quite contrary, Please' make up your mind. —J.W.S. graduated from high school and attended the University, after four months of active duty at Anchorage and Kodiak, Alaskan bases. He is visiting his parents!, Mr and Mrs. H. V. Johnson of 972 West Broadway. Explaining his statement about Kiska’s importance, Johnson de-* dared, "Kiska hasn’t any real military value. It just isn’t worth the price we would have to pay; to retake it from the Japs." Ht> added, ‘‘The Aleutians are well under our control." Since the first United States raid on Kiska, September )4, which caught the Japs totally un (Please turn to page eight)