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Webfoots Prepare For Trojan Battle— .le Page 4 PP Nelson Answers 'Suggestive' Letter— See Page 2 VOLUME XLIV UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER II, 1942 NUMBER 35 Chinese Educator Scheduled For Thursday’s Assembly An all-campus assembly Thursday at 11 a.m. will feature - Dr. Zing Yank Kuo, Chinese scientist and educator touring the United States to lecture on both scientific subjects and China. ^ While here the Chinese lecturer will speak at the Thurs SPy assembly on “China and the World Conflict,” as well as at several clubs and local organ izations. Thursday night he will be the guest speaker at the first of the faculty lecture series meet ing at 7:30 in the faculty room of Friendly hall. His subject at that time will be “The Mind of the Chinese.” Psychologist Dr. Kuo’s activities have taken him alternately to the United States and back to China. He re ceived his formal education at the University of California Where he earned B.A. and Ph.D. degrees in experimental psychol ogy More than 30 scientific articles written in English by Dr. Kuo have been published in scientific papers. He has also written in »inese some 30 more articles 1 seven books. President of University Between 1923 and 1936 the Chinese educator was a research professor of psychology in three universities and became president of the National university of Chekian in Hangchow. Dr. Kuo will arrive in Eugene tonight and be here until Satur day evening. Thursday morning he will visit an editing class, and speak at the all-campus assembly. During (Please turn In fane eiqht) Concert Series Opens Monday Next Monday at McArthur court marks the opening of the 1942-43 University concert series with Draper and Adler, . much' publicized tap and harmonica team, presenting a varied pro gram ranging from classical to modern interpretations of their respective arts. Now making their second for mal concert tour together, these two young artists are scheduled to appear in some of the most important concert halls of the United States during the next season. New Combination Paul Draper, one of the day's great dancers, and Larry Adler, Who has made a concert instru ment out of the harmonica, form « (Please turn to page eight) Oregon Alum Dies In Action Captain Harry Findley, ’40, former University of Oregon stu dent, was killed while fighting in the Solomon islands and bur ied at sea, according to word re ceived from his parents, Dr. and Mrs. H. P. Findley. He was a student in business administration and enlisted in the marines as a private in 1940. «7hile at the University he was .ven a medal for the best drill cadet by former Covernor Mar tin. Surviving Findley are his wife gnd 17-mcnths-old son. 'Rhine Watch’ Begins Friday Opening Friday, November 13, is Lillian Heilman’s “Watch on the Rhine,’’ produced this year by the University Guild theater players. Tickets will go on sale at the theater box office in Johnson hall,, announced Keith Hoppes, busi ness manager, and will continue through the closing performance next week. Single seats are 55 cents, including tax. Holders and purchasers of sea son tickets may reserve seats at the box office any time this week, Hoppes said, but are asked to do it as soon as possible because of the advance sales of single tick ets. * The box office will be open from 1 to 5 each day. Class of %3 Discusses ^600 Fund Some 25 members of the senior class met Tuesday afternoon to discuss donation of $600 to fi nance freshman classes of 1946, ’47, '48, but lack of a quorum forced delay in official action. Ray Packouz, senior class pres ident, announced that the ques tion will be taken up again Thurs day night, November 19, at 7:30 p.m. in 105 commerce, and if a quorum is present then discus sion will be completed. The $600 in class of '43 money would start a revolving fund, which would solve problems of finance for incoming freshman classes. Each incoming group would use the $200 starting with classes of ’46, '47, and ’48 and build it up through three years, then pass it on to freshmen of the next year. Senior class finances this year are such that $300 would be left in the budget even after the $600 were turned into the revolving fund, Packouz said. He reported that 50-75 mem bers must turn out at a class meeting to constitute a quorum and urged that members .show up for the session one week from Thursday night. Feminine Cops Defend Capers’ Against Men By BETTY ANN STEVENS Warning all men! Just to make it emphatic that the mas culine gender is definitely unwelcome and unwanted, all en trances to Gerlinger will be guarded by one male policeman, plus sixteen exceedingly determined and courageous senior women Thursday night from 7 to 10:30. Dean Hazel P. Schwering has stated that if any men try to crash the party this year, Coed Capers can not be held again on the campus in iuture years. Guarding the door in cords and lettermen’s sweaters, under the direction of Carolyn Holmes will be: Mary-Ellen Smith, Marge Dibble, Nancy Riesch, Corrine Nelson, “Goldie” Puziss, Abbie Jane Wh;te, Nelda Christenson, Marilyn Marshall, Jeanne Smith, Connie Averill, Florence Cooley, Barbara Hampson, Mary Ander son, Betty Biggs Schrick, and Mildre^ Wilson. Dress rehearsal for the Cap ers wil be held tonight at 9 in the women’s gym, Geriinger hall. Outlandish Garb Arriving in outlandish garb in keeping with the theme, “The Swing Shifts to Women,” all women's living organizations will have 5:30 costume dinners in a cabaret theme previous to the event. For the glory of having the most distinctive dress, a prize (Please turn to page three) War Time Why in name of heaven Must I always rise at seven? What makes it such a fix Is that it is really six. If now I rise an hour late They’re bound to say the hour is eight; When even in the sight of heaven I really know the hour is seven. So now I really rise at six And fuss and fume at such a fix. Lt. ROBERT RANKIN . . . . . . former UO student, recently awarded the silver star for “gal lantry in action’’ against the en emy in the southwest Pacific area. ISA Senate Meet There will be a meeting of the ISA senate Thursday at 4 p.m. in room 204 Chapman ac cording to an announcement by Leighton Platt, ISA president. It is imperative that all be present at that time. Disciplinary Motion Outlaws Millracing By EDITH NEWTON One more University tradition has become only a mem ory, and no longer will freshmen quake with fear as they think of the angry waters of the famous Oregon millrace. Mill-racing, that time honored custom of tossing people into the local stream, was outlawed and declared an illegal pas time .for University students by the student discipline com Reserve Units Join in Parade All men who have volunteered to march in the Armistice day parade should meet tonight at 6:45 at the corner of Fifth and Willamette to take part in the only campus participation in Ar mistice day celebrations. Classes will be held today as usual according to the decision of the state board of higher edu cation at their meeting in Port land two weeks ago. Tonight's parade is expected to be the largest Armistice day pa rade Eugene has ever staged. The parade, sponsored by the Commanders’ council, will start at 7 p.m. from Fifth and Wil lamette and progress to the civic stadium at 19th and Willamette. Other groups marching in the parade include all veteran groups and their auxiliaries, all Lane county Red Cross units, state guard units, police reserves, air wardens, and every other organ ization connected with civilian defense. Emerald Meeting All Emerald city desk work ers, including editors, must at tend an important meeting 8 p.m. Wednesday night in room 105, journalism building. The meeting will last approximate ly 45 minutes, and everyone is required to attend. mittee at its meeting- Tuesday; afternoon, according- to W. A. Dahlberg, chairman of the com mittee. Millrace trouble has been brew ing this term since several inno cent victims ended in the infirm ary after an icy dip following the short forced march that reg ularly precedes a racing. Complaints Issued • Complaints have come from the health service concerning the number of patients received be cause of racing incidents. The discipline committee pass ed the following motion to en<l the trouble: That the student discipline committee of the University of Oregon considers the practice ct mill-racing students contrary to the welfare of University stud ents. Therefore, the committee insists that the practice of null racing be stopped. Violation Penalties Penalties for breaking th committee’s rule concerning- rac ings are: 1. Whenever it is shown that an organized group violates the regulation, the group in ques tion will be denied the privilege of adding new members. 2. Whenever individual stud ents or unorganized groups of students violate this regulation, they will be subject to suspen sion from the University. The committee at its Tuesday; meeting also relieved a fraternity of a penalty imposed earlier in the year since the fraternity ha:* shown a successful reorganiza tion of its affairs. The frater nity was denied the privileges of pledging- or initiating members and was placed on social proba tion. Elman Goes Collegiate/ Wit Earns Duck’ Okay By ROBERTA BOYD If you hear a hot trumpet, see a grinning face, eyes flash ing with a definite gleam, well—that's Ziggy Elman, the vyii of the Dorsey outfit. Having known Les Anderson before, Ziggy stayed as his guest at the DU house and kept everyone “in stitches” fcr 24 hours. “How do I like this Oregon rain?” waving his arms in the breeze, “I love it—haven’t seen any rain since I left the East.” Wins Bet All dressed' up in a rooter’s lid, “I went to the game Saturday and had the time of my life. What a game,” exclaimed Elman, “I knew Oregon would win”—all smiles, having won a $65 bet be cause of it. He expects to be drafted in approximately two weeks. “I’m going in the martime commis sion and have a merry time,” he jokingly replied. A showman off stage as well as on, he clowns constantly as (Please turn to page ciyht) Leave Granted Emerald Workers Publication of the Emerald will be suspended for one day, Thursday, in order to give the staff an Armistice holiday, ac cording to Betty Biggs SchricU, business manager. The women’s page will appear Friday in stead of tomorrow. Copy desk workers, night staff, and writ ers need not report for work tonight. Desk workers will, however, meet at 8 p.m. to night in room 105, journalism. Attendance is required.