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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 25, 1942)
Beckwith Shakes Jap's Hand— JLe Page 2 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1942 Oregon's Gridiron ^ison Reviewed— See Page 5 -1—■ NUMBER 44 VOLUME XLIV <71iu.mJpL jbauut! THAT’S HOW WE FEEL . . . . . . says the Thanks-for-Giving dance committee as they turn thumbs down on pictures of Tojo and Hitler . . . back row, left to right, are: A1 Larse i, Bill Lilly, Oge Young, and Ox Wilson; front row: Don Broderick, Marge Curtis, Norma Trevomroy- Betty Bevrt; and Chuck Roth . . . Hitler’s carica ture is by Nelson Sandgren, Tojo’s by Allan Wang. Photo by Bin Goldstein Thanks-for-Giving Program Rings Down Social Curtain Brightening Thanksgiving eve tonight, the Thanks-for-Giving ^ nee, which is the last campus social affair this term, will be held from 9 until 12 midnight in Gerlinger hall, according to A1 Larsen, chairman of the dance. An all-star campus orchestra led by Ray Dickson and made up of some of the University’s best band players will be featured, it was announced by G. Duncan .Wimpress, who was responsible for securing an orchestra. Campus Clothes Campus clothes as previously stated, are in order, according to Norma Trevorrcw, co-chairman of publicity for the occasion. “Selected soldiers and their dates from the Eugene branch of the USO will be guests,” said Miss Trevorrow. Entertainment There will be entertainment during intermission, according to Ox Wilson, who is in charge of this part of the dance. Oregano Pics Deadlined Deadline for individual pic tures for the Oregana has been set for Wednesday night, No vember 25. Those who missed having their pictures taken at the regular time may have them taken at Kennell-Ellis studios at 962 Willamette street. Independent make-ups are I scheduled for today. Any per son who has not yet had his picture taken for the Oregana may make this up at any time Without appointment. Admission is 25 cents per cou ple plus the donation of either USO or salvage articles. If USO items are given, the following kinds and amounts are required: one deck of playing cards, 20 marbles for Chinese checkers, new dance records, one new book of popular edition, cne set of dcminoes, one sewing kit, three new magazines, four combs, four packs of razors, four new handkerchiefs, or two pieces of new sheet music. Salvage Articles Included' in the required sal vage articles are the following (Please turn to page six) AWS Auction Is Postponed It was ... it wasn't . . . then it was, again. At 3:15 the skies opened up and poured, causing Florence Hamilton, chairman of the erst while AWS auction, to wear an even more harried expression. At 3:50 the mist still showed no signs of letting up, so Florence wearily postponed the annual fall term sale of lost and found ar ticles until next year. Chairmen and auctioneers left their posts in front of the Side. At 4 the sun coyly made an appearance. Ted Loud, superman yell king, still suffering from the strain of last Saturday’s football debauch ery, and preparing for a physical (Please turn to fage three) Dr. V. P. Morris to Speak At Thursday Assembly Campus living organizations will pair off Thursday morn ing to attend the school’s first all-University Thanksgiving Day service. Sponsored by the University YMCA, the worship service will start at 11 a.m. in McArthur court. The executive com mittee has asked that all students attend the service and urges cooperation from men’s and women’s organizations. So cial chairmen are responsible for contacting the houses with which they are paired. The men will call for women’s groups at 10:45 and it is sug gested that house presidents have members up by 9:30 a.m. “A Thankful People” will be the title of the sermon to be de livered by Dr. Victor P. Morris, dean of the school of business ad ministration. Members of Alpha Tau Omega and Pi Beta Phi will act as choir under the direction of Eugene Cecchini, sophomore in business administration. The school of music will supply spec ial numbers according to Dan Potter, sophomore in liberal arts and a member of the committee. Jim Thayer, junior in journal ism, is heading the committee to (Please turn to page three) Student Defense File Lists War Aid Assets Salvage Pickup Set for Friday Fats and greases will be col lected Friday afternoon as the University’s first pickup of sal vage material is made by the salvage committee from various corners of the campus which have been chosen as convenient loca tions for living organizations to leave their scrap material. At a meeting Tuesday after noon Bill Lilly and Marge Cur tis, co-chairmen of the salvage drive, met with all house repre sentatives to explain their duties and discuss the time of the first pickup. Truck Collects Friday afternoon about 3 o'clock was chosen as the time when fats and greases will be col lected by a truck stopping at various places on the campus Each house representative will be responsible for getting the grease and fats from his house to the appointed corner for pick up. Pickup Points Pickup points will be: Pi Beta Phi corner: Pi Beta Phi, Phi Delta Theta, Alpha Chi Omega, Zeta Tau Alpha. Kappa Alpha Theta corner: Kappa Alpha Theta; Pi Kappa Alpha, Chi Omega, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Canard club. Alpha Omicron Pi corner: Al pha Omicron Pi, Alpha Gamma Delta, Delta Gamma, Sigma Kap pa. Sigma Chi corner: Sigma Chi, Alpha Xi Delta, Phi Gamma Del (Pleasc turn to page ciglil) A University card file, which! will list students’ potential abil ities and past experiences essen tial to the war effort, will bo started next term, according to Aaron Jones, war council chair man of the ISA, who was ap pointed Tuesday by Len Barde, chairman of the campus war board, to head the file commit tee. Appointed as assistants to Jones were Keith Claycomb and Jane Webster, and Don Byers. Dr. Pallett Approves “It will be beneficial to have this publicity on cards, so it won’t be necessary for students to as?i questions during registration,” said Dr. Earl M. Pallett, Univer sity registrar. Both Dr. Pallett and Mr. Clif ford L. Constance, assistant reg istrar, cooperated in granting permission for this filing- of cards to take place during registration, according to Norman TrevorroW, publicity director of campus de fense. Card Queries During- registration winter term each student will be given a card containing the following questions: Have you a first aid card, chauffeur’s license, or car; how much filter center experience, typing experience, and fireman ex perience do you have; have you been taught the correct method of fighting incendiary bombs; how much training have you had in nutrition; and would you be willing to work if needed in an emergency ? All cards will be collected1 and filed by the ISA. They will be, kept in the war council office at the YMCA, and will be used for reference by anyone in fteed of such information, according- to the publicity director. Vandals Ravage UO Dorms; Piano, Furniture Wrecked A mild form of havoc raced through the corridors of John Straub Memorial hall last night as vandals entered each of the men s dormitories, stealing phonograph records, overturn ing furniture, and scattering trophies, playing cards and pa per through the lobbies. Several showers were started and left running. A shower in Zeta hall overflowed and leaked down into the main lobby, soaking a grand piano, and wetting the furniture. Furniture cio olclv. rvvn agcxiiiOb Lilt; UUUIS Ui Sherry Ross, Zeta and Sigma halls locking out the-hall mem bers and records were stolen from several of the living organ izations. First to Discover Frank King, Sigma hall spon sor, was the first to discover the running shower when a short caused the fire alarm to ring. En tering the corridor, he found water ankle deep on the floor and heard the shower. He and another hall member entered the steam-filled shower room and turned off the water. He then mopped the floor and returned to his room. A member of Gamma hall, go ing into the main lobby to make a phone call, discovered the v/ater leaking down onto the piano and the furniture and told his spon sor, Coe Roberts. Roberts imme diately informed Mrs. Genevieve (ITurnipseecI, director of the dor mitories, who called Dean Virgil Earl. Meetings Dean Earl went immediately to the hall and called the spon sors of the several halls togeth er. Immediately after, each hall (Phase turn to page eight) New Year's Eve No. 5 Dear student affairs committee When you meet today, please bring Out a vote for that later permis sion, And let us have our fling. The women should be with their men-folk When the bells at midnight ring, And besides I’m ’bout out of ideaa For pomes on the doggono thing. —J.W.S.