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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 5, 1942)
Houses Meet Returning Grads (Continued from page one) Acompanying Cloud as guests of the Chamber of Commerce and > representing Homecoming host esses will be Martha Jane Switzer, official Homecoming hostess; Caroln Loud, Marian Harris, and Pat Palmer, Homecoming hospi tality chairman. Mixed Chorus The Alpha Phis and Alpha Tau Omegas have combined in one chorus to sing for the rally Fri day night, under the direction of Doris Stein. During the presenta tion of the service flag they will sing “As I Sit and Dream at Evening.” “I can absolutely guarantee su perb music during the whole ral ly” stated Leone La Duke, music chairman for the Friday night rally. The Elders Eat The patrons and patronesses will be served refreshments by a bevy of smiling Homecoming hostesses at the Tommy Dorsey swing session Saturday night, ac cording to Pat Palmer. All campus Webfoots were warned to remember Homecom ing traditions and abide by them in a statement Wednesday by Pat Cloud. O Hacks, Oh! The Order of the O has start ed its daily hacking sessions on the steps of the law school, rain or shine. All students who fail to appear one day will receive twice as many hacks the next. Bill Lilly, sign chairman, urges every house to be sure that sign contest entries are turned in by 6 p.m. Friday, November 6 with out fail. YW Soph Board Names Officers Officers of the sophomore com mission of the YWCA have been announced by Ardis Jensen, new ly elected president. Alva Gran quist was chosen vice-president, Florence Hamilton, treasurer, and Mary Riley, secretary. Members of the commission are Arliss Boone, Alpha Chi Ome ga; Florence Hamilton, Alpha Delta Pi; shirley McLeod, Alpha Gamma Delta; Connie Fullmer, Alpha Omicron Pi; Peggy Gard ner, Alpha Phi, Ruth Van Bus kirk, Alpha Xi Delta; Betty Hage, Chi Omega. Flora Kibler, Delta Delta; Nan cy McLynn, Delta Gamma; Alice Pepion, Highland house; Sally Spiess, Gamma Phi Beta; Betty Casteel, Hendricks hall; Hilde gard Rosebund, Hilyard house; Mary Riley, Kappa Alpha Theta; Bonnie Range, Kappa Kappa Gamma. Joyce Clark, Pi Beta Phi; Alva Granquist, Sigma Kappa; Ardis Jensen, Susan Campbell hall; Betty McFadden, University house; Pat Stewart, Zeta Tau Al pha; and Phyllis Gaard, Dill Pic kle club. More Men Pledge Pledging of live men was an nounced Wednesday by the dean of men’s office. Pledged were Le Roy Groshong, Theta Chi; G. Skiles Hoffman, Alpha Tail Ome ga; Cecil Drew and Keith Mc Gillivary, Phi Kappa Psi; and Henry Martin, Pi Kappa Alpha. First of his race to report for duty at the nation's first and only camp for Negro marines at New River, N. C., was H. P. Perry, former law student at Lincoln university. Georgetown university, founded in 1789, is the oldest in Washing ton, D. C. Dorsey Balcony Tickets Still Available Today There is still an ample num ber of balcony tickets for the Homecoming Tommy Dorsey dance Saturday, it was an nounced by Dick Williams, ed ucational activities manager. These are priced at $1.10 per couple and are for listening only. Pedant Sends Solid Jive Stuff Our modem jive of today is white man’s adaptation of the or iginal jazz which sprang from the negro race, according to Mr. Hoyt L. Franchere, University English literature instructor, in his talk to the AWS on “The Rise of Jazz,” given Wednesday aft ernoon in the music auditorium. According to Mr. Franchere, jazz has been “creeping up” all through the twentieth century. Itiver Boat Orchestras “The darky ‘true jazz’ was played in its beginning by negro river boat orchestras,” said the University instructor. He added that gradually some of these mu sicians moved north to Chicago where they played in south side dives. After that white men's bands began to play this type of music, but their idea of jazz was a kind of symphonized, arranged music which didn’t correspond to the negro idea of playing what ever he felt. “Slightly Academic” “In the ’20s some musicians had a change of heart, for they made an attempt to re-stabilize jazz by calling it ‘hot stuff.’ This was a soft, slushy type of music contrasted with the typical swing of the '30s and the present jazz, which is a little academic and isn’t honest or sincere,” said Mr. Franchere. The instructor played several records during the program to illustrate various types and stages through which jazz has passed. “Our modern version of it doesn’t come from the heart but is the product of a kind of me chanical pattern, while the old type is merely the expression of a simple people who may not even know how to read notes but who are honest and sincere in their desire to express that cer tain something that has been welted up inside of them,” he concluded. Workshop to Present Radio Play Thursday ‘This Precious Freedom,’’ a ra dio play by Arch Obeler, is the production of the radio workshop to be presented at 8 p.m. Thurs day. It is the story of a man who returns from his vacation to find that all his constitutional rights have been taken away. Members of the cast are Dick Cohen, Bob Gillan, Larry Holden, Fred Beckurth, Dale Miller, Hen ry Huldal, Frank Watkins, and Jean Taylor. Sound is being handled by Teddy Baird, Julie Swayne, Glo ria Mallory, and Wilma Foster. Physicals Required Recalls for students who hav» not finished taking their physical examinations are being issued this week, acocrding to a state ment made by Dr. F. N. Miller, lirector of the health service. All students who receive these lotices and have not taken a com plete physical examination will rot be permitted to register for the winter term until they do so. Former ROTC Instructor Dies Lieut. Col. Rcscius H. Back, infantry, formerly stationed at the campus ROTC, died in Eu gene Tuesday. The colonel came here in 1931 as an instructor in military sci ence and tactics. During the cam pus controversy over the question of compulsory military training he was one of President Boyer’s closest advisers and the military program was retained. Born in Massachusetts in 1894, Col. Back grew up in Vancouver, Washington, and attended Wash ington State college until he en listed in the army during world war I. He was commissioned an officer and received the decora tion of the Purple Heart. Follow ing the war he saw service in many parts of this country as well as abroad. Col. Back was an active mem ber of St. Mary’s Episcopal church. Military rites at the fu neral will be conducted by the University ROTC and American Legion. Sick Bay Harbors Alleged *Queers’ Though colds and flu cases are increasing and the pill palace is filling up certain unruly charac ters in said palace are keeping the disciples of Rip Van Winkle from their soothing occupation. The psychopathic ward the one with bars and the other conve niences reserved for violent cases is now being' occupied by Jack Billings and Stan Weber. Several new visitors were ad mitted late Tuesday evening and Wednesday namely: Benny Whisenand, Susan Schmeer, Jean Murray, Stan Weber, and Jack Landale. Others enjoying the hospitable hospital service are John Bubalo, Morton Rickart, Dick Anderson, Reynell Parkins, and Howard Gir dlestone. Patty Van Hoosier was re leased Wednesday. Friday's Rally (Continued from page one) versatile shows yet presented at the University, according to Beckwith. Students are urged not to leave when the hour radio show is over at 9 p.m. because the rally will continue for aonther 15 min utes with humor being presided over by Master of Ceremonies Russell. People attending the radio-rally are also being asked to arrive at McArthur court as soon as pos sible after the snowball rally scheduled to start at 7 p.m. Proper seating accommodations can be assured only if students arrive promptly for the program planned to start at 7:20 p.m. USO to Hold Festivities (Continued from fane one) several misunderstandings have arisen. In answer to remarks that soldiers are able to buy cigarettes for half price while we still pay the regular charge, she pointed out that everything else is given soldiers at reductions in price, making the ratio the same. Students will not be allowed to give 10 or 15 cents instead of the package because the money can not be sent to the USO head quarters. Today is the last day of the drive and the 3000-package quota will have to be reached before the collection of the boxes this evening. Miss Harlcson stressed, or at least by the Homecoming dance. The average coed wears a size 14 dress. 'Punch Needs Spike' Contributions are needed for the Lemon Punch section of the Oregana, Helen Johnson, asso ciate editor, announced today. Acceptable are jokes, short short-short stories, humorous poetry, or “literature” of a like nature. Theses and term papers on atoms and molecular theory are not requested, at present at least. Contributions should contain name of the contributor, and can be deposited at the editor's or staff office on the second floor of the journalism building. Hints Offered As Gas Ration Looms Only a week remains before registration for gasoline. These are steps to be taken before ap plying for gas: 1. Secure an application from your service station. 2. Fill it out completely. Dis pose of tires in excess of five. 3. On November 12, 13, or 14, go to your nearest designated school house (list to be published later) with application. “A” cards of four gallons a week are given for automobiles. “D” cards are given for motor cycles. Capers Drill Tonight Coed Capers general rehearsal will be held tonight at Gerlinger at 9 o’clock. All skit writers, mis tresses of ceremonies, and mem bers of the cast are requested to be present. No excuses will be ac cepted, announced Janet Ross, chairman. 'Do-Nut’ Sales Garner Profit Over $47 was cleared on the YWCA “do-nut” sale held last week, Chairman Bonnie Um phlette announced at the Tues day afternoon cabinet meeting. This amount was almost twice as much as the estimated total included in the Y budget and more than has been made before on a similar campus sale. President Abbie Jane White suggested that the local YW would be in a better position to send more delegates to the an nual Seabeck summer camp be cause the sale was so success^jx financially. “Credit should be given to- the luncheon club of the YW which helped more than any other sin gle group to make the sale a success,” Miss Umphlette de clared. The “do-nut” selling campaign was divided into two groups, the campus sale headed by Nancy Richards, and the house sale headed by Virginia Wells. The drive in the houses netted the sale of 200 dozen do-nuts and 165 dozen do-nuts were sold during the campus sale. This year the drive in the cam pus living organizations was planned on a commission basis with Y members soliciting orders from the different houses and the bakery collecting the money. “Do-nuts” still unsold after tL ij drive were later sold in SusUr Campbell hall. Prince Hubertus Loewenstein is a visiting professor at Hamline university. Furnace fires glow and smoke surges from the stacks of thousands of industrial plants producing an ever-increasing quantity of pianes, tanics, guns and other implements of war. That s the smoke that gets in the eyes of the Axis. Raw materials and completed units are loaded on long rows of freight cars, go rumbling across country in a never-ending procession, hauled by gigantic locomotives followed by trails of smoke —smoke that smarts the eyes of Hitler and Hirohito. { Smoke 'em out! —that's our job. Union Pacific, the Strategic Middle Route connecting West with East, is doing its part by "keeping 'em rolling." Thousands of . Union Pacific employees are working tirelessly — and buying War Bonds generously—for victory! Bor information concerning passenger and freight transportation, address H. E. Eouns hurv, Traffic Mgr., 751 Pittock Blk., Portland /he Taoy, i/l£4<UVe UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD /he £//ui/e<?tc /tfu/c/Ze, 7/h</&