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PC u. OF ORE. ^fenny Parade Hits Road Saturday— See Page 2 Oregon IM Volleyball Gets Under Way— See Page 4 i VOLUME XLIV UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1942 NUMBER 31 Penny ParadeMarchesatGameSaturday; SDX-Emerald Co-sponsor Service Flap s Destined for Local Men USO to Hold Festivities Contrary to public opinion, only a small percentage of the cigarettes collected for the USO drive will be sent to Camp Adair, Rohda Harkson, chairman of the drive, said today. They will be given to draftees from Eugene and the immedi ate vicinity, she explained. Draft parties for the men leaving will be given to encourage For Draftees them and let them know that the students are behind them, site f d. November 7 has been sched :d for the first of tine parties, when 30 draftees will leave. All collection boxes now in campus living organizations will be collected tonight at 6 o’clock and taken to USO headquarters, ROHDA HARKSON . . . .. . chairman of the UO cigarette drive, who is urging all students to “Buy a Pack for a Buddy.” where they will be counted. The total number of cigarettes for the three days will be published Sat urday morning with a list of the houses that have gone 100 per cent. Dancers Give Saturday evening Miss Harkson ■ ’ll place a consignment of cig ftettes on sale during the Home coming dance. It will be the last donation box of the drive. Miss Harkson explained that (Please turn to page eight) Publisher Ellsworth Goes to Washington Harrison Ellsworth, Roseburg newspaper publisher, was elected to the house of representatives on the Republican ticket in the election Tuesday. The successful candidate is an Oregon alum. Ellsworth was elected from the V-'wly-ereated fourth Congres k anal district which gives Oregon Six seats in congress. In 1922 he was graduated from the University. He majored in journalism and was active in campus affairs, being business manager of the Emerald. Y Campaigns For New Men At a luncheon Wednesday noon the YMCA advisory board in formed 13 delegates to the men’s living groups on the campus of their duties during- the organiza tion’s November membership drive. Pete Howard, president of the advisory board, presided. Delegates chosen were Harry Sturges, Jack Malcolm, Hal Dall ke, A1 Howard, Bob Mickey, Fred Rugh, Malcolm McCallum, Ken Lomax, Bert Dotson, Ralph Dot son, Ralph Johnson, Dan Potter, Harry Johnson, and Ivan Kirsch man. These delegates will visit the houses assigned to them and announce the drive to the mem bers. Agents will be appointed in each house to distribute YMCA material and receive member ships. In addition to the drive being carried on in the living groups, Hal Dallke, chairman of the drive, has announced that Ted Rut ledge will be in charge of poster publicity. Friday’s Rally ToHonor Alums University life as it was in 3 900 ,1916, 1928 and now in 1942 will inspire part of the combined radio-rally show Friday night when Earle Russell takes over as master of ceremonies and stu dents get a view of the campus ■in retrospect. To carry out the backward look students and alums will be en tertained by a special quintet singing popular songs of the past, according to Fred Beckwith, chairman of the radio-rally. Athletics Sports will take a featured place on the program beginning at 7:20 p.m. with the Saturday game getting its due share of pub licity as Coach John Warren and Assistant Coach Manny Vezie take the spotlight. Several Ore gon varsity players will see ac tion in the show, as well as some of the UCLA Bruins and their coach, Babe Horrell. H. Gregory, sports editor of the Oregonian, may appear on the broadcasts. In case he is unable to be present, the two Associ ated sports announcers who will give the radio account of the game Saturday will take part in the show. Lively Script Script writers Ted Harmon, Joe Miller, Keith Hoppes and Bob Mundt were still busy late Wed nesday night putting the final touches on the radio-rally which promises to be one of the most (Please turn to page eight) Houses to Meet Own Alums; No Special Bus Available By ROBERTA BOYD Because of lack of transportation facilities, all houses are urged to meet their own alums, according to an announce ment Wednesday by Pat Palmer, hospitality chairman. It is impossible to get a special bus to meet all the trains with the tire shortage. A schedule of arriving; trains is as follows Friday—4:57 from the south, 8:38 p.m. north, 11:34 p.m. north. Saturday—1:23 a.m. north, 1:48 a.m. north, 4:09 a.m. south, 9:40 a.m. south, 12:13 p.m. south, 12:35 p.m. north. Begin Friday Homecoming festivities will begin Friday with a speech by Chairman Pat Cloud at the Cham ber of Commerce luncheon. (Please turn to page eight). Prejudice ■I'm not quite all out for this cig » arette drive, My reason is not one of malice, It’s just that I don’t like the thought of my fags Ending up on the streets of Cor vallis. —J.W.S. Emerald Says 'Sorry' The Emerald presents Its apologies to Bill Goldstein, Emerald photographer, for neg lecting to give him by-line credit for photographs pub lishf^l rprentlv Kwamas Close Orders For Pom Pons Tonight The deadline for buyers ox pom pons has been set for to night, according to Clint Paine, rally squad chairman. Orders are being taken in all women's living organizations by Kwamas. Pom pons will be delivered by rally squad members Friday. Honoraries Collect Coppers; Flag Adds Star for Each Hero By G. DUNCAN WIMPRESS With a gold-starred service flag as their final objective, Sigma Delta Chi, men’s professional journalism honorary, will join hands with the Emerald to sponsor a "Parade of Pen nies" at the Homecoming game Saturday afternoon. Milk bottles will be passed through the stands before the kickoff and spectators are asked to contribute pennies to the flag fund. Soldiers' Fag Drive Hits Thousand Mark Last count on the number of packages of cigarettes turned into the “Fag Drive” totaled 1120 Wednesday night, accord ing to Norma Trevorrow, pub licity director for the campus war effort. Goal to be reached Thursday, the last day of the drive, is 3000 packs. Noted Chinese Schedules Talk Dr. Zing Yank Kuo, Chinese scientist and educator, will be guest speaker at an assembly scheduled for Thursday, Novem ber 12, in McArthur court, with all students, faculty members and townspeople invited. Arriving in Eugene Wednesday evening, November 11, the Chi nese doctor will be on the cam pus Thursday and Friday for his main all-campus assembly and several lectures to clubs and lo cal organizations. Recently returned from China and a short visit :r. England, Dr. Kuo is now traveling in the Unit ed States cn a lecture tour. While in England the professor of ps> cnology delivered a series of lec tures to leading English universi ties at the invitation of the Uni versities of China committee in London. The flag- will hang in front cf Johnson hall and a gold star will be added for each alum killed ia action during the war. Mortar Board, senior women's honorary, Phi Theta Upsilon, jun ior wionjkgi’s honorary, Druidrr, junior men’s honorary, Kwaraa, sophomore women’s honorary, and Skull and Dagger, sopho more men’s honorary, will pass the milk bottles and take chargrt of collecting the pennies. Chairmen Russ Hudson, Sigma Delta Chi president, and R,ay Schrick, Em erald editor, are general co-chair men of the drive. Any extra funds which may re main after the flag is bought will go into the Service Scholarship fund for students who will re turn to school after the war. Meet at 1:30 Members of the five honorarieu are asked to- meet on their re spective sides of the field at 1:3i> Saturday afternoon, each' equipped with a milk bottle: Druids, Kwamas and Skull and Dagger men will meet on the west side at gate three while Phi Thetas and Mortarboards will meet at gate twelve on the east, side. The milk bottles will be passed just before game time. The service flag will have a white center surrounded by a red border which in turn is surround ed by a blue border. The gold stars will be mounted on tlm white background. Navy, Marine, Air Corps Opens Offices Today Procurement boards representing the navy, marines, and army air corps opened offices today on the campus for a short stay during which men will be enlisted in the reserve classes of the service arms the boards represent. The army enlisted reserve maintains a permanent office in room 2, commerce. Navy and Marines Men who are interested in the navy or marine reserves should report to room 143, physi cal education, when they have their papers completed. The com bined navy and marine board will be here for ten days, November 5 through 14, during which they will make final enlistm'ents in all classes except navy V-5. First Physical V-5 aspirants will be given a preliminary physical here and if this is successfully passed they will be sent to Seattle, expenses paid, to be finally enlisted. Army Air Corps Would-be army flyers should report to the basement of Fenton hall before next Tuesday, Novem ber 10, for their mental examin ation regardless of the condition of their papers. Brains Count The mental exam will be given at 8:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. It will take a full three hours to com plete. Enlisted Reserve Men contemplating enlistment in the enlisted reserve corps should see Lieut. Ft. G. Davis in room 2, commerce, where a per manent board is established.