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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 26, 1942)
VOLUME XLIV NUMBER 45 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER-26. 1942 --19^2. Stifle Photo by Bill Goldstein BOB BUCHWACH . . . . . . shows what the patriotic student buys this y.'ar instead of turkey . . . the four defense bonds are Bob’s own. Proteins Baffle Campus Cooks Must Shuffle Menus As Meat Scarcity Grows By JUNE TAYLOR Stuffed turkey and cranberries on today’s Thanksgiving menu still mean no more to the majority of University stud ents than they did to the early pilgrims when game was avail able for the mere shooting, a meat shortage poll taken Wed nesday shows. A large percentage of living organizations are not as yet seriously affected by the impending scarcity. co-ops t ompiy Women's cooperative groups are the only organizations ob serving two meatless days a week, along with a few frater nities and sororities. The dorms, ^en’s co-ops, and most of the Greek-letter societies, however, did not have even one meatless day during the term, aside from the traditional fish on Friday. Mrs. Genevieve Turnipseed, di rector of dormitories, comment ed, “There is no more beef, and pork and veal are erratic and not always available in sufficient quantity. We have had to change the menus often, but hope to continue having meat, even if its only a little.” Next Term ? She added that this may be (Please turn to page eight) thanksgiving Thot You all can be grateful For what you prefer, But I'm giving my thanks For that one o'clock per. —J.W.S. Last Call Given To DO Enlistees The navy-marine corps joint procurement board which, will be on the campus December 3 and 4 will enlist only men who have had their preliminary enlistment papers checked by Dr. Carl F. Kossack, campus armed forces adviser. Men are reminded to have their papers checked early because if there are errors it will be impos sible to remedy them before the board leaves. Parental consent papers for enlistment in the marine corps are now available at Dr. Kossack’s office. All eligible men are advised to take advantage of the opportun ity for enlistment on the campus because of the closing of all re serve classes to all but incoming (Please turn to payc ciyht) Ducks to Aid T.B. Seal Sale Going on sale for the campus Monday will be the annual Christ mas seals, said Hal Brevig, sopho more in business administration, chairman of the drive. Because this is a war year, he said, there is an even greater possibility cf tuberculosis and other diseases to spread. Three fourths of the money collected will be put toward preventing the increase and curing cases al ready started. It will go directly to the Eugene chapter of the American Tuberculosis associa tion, and thence to needed points. Brevig has appointed Phyllis Horstman, president cf Kwamas, and Bill Huggins, president of Skull and Dagger, to head the committee in charge of the liv ing organizations. There is a possibility that a booth may be established in the Co-op for sales to Eugene stu dents and faculty. Feteiess Juniors Grope for ideas With one term almost com pleted, plans for Junior Week end are in their earliest stages, according to an announcement by Roger Dick, junior class presi dent. As the canoe fete will not be held this year, a committee com (Plcasc turn to page eight) Committee Reverses New Year’s Decision By EDITH NEWTON As the bells at midnight ring in 1943, University students can sing Auld Lang Syne with proper sentiment and celebrate the New Year in the usual manner, with closing hours set for 1 a.m., as a result of action taken Tuesday by the student affairs committee. When the chancellor's execu Praise the Lord, Pass the Turkey Thanksgiving day celebrations here will start at 11 this morning as students, paired off by living organizations, go to McArthur court for the first all-campus Thanksgiving day service and hear Dr. Victor P. Morris, dean of the school of business admin istration, deliver a sermon on “A Thankful People.1’ The program, under the spon sorship of the University YMCA and ASUO, and with Jim Thayer, junior in journalism, acting as chairman, will feature a special choir of Pi Beta Phi and Alpha Tau Omega members. Under the (Please turn to payc three) Men, Women Paired For Holiday Services Houses will be paired for worship services in McArthur court Thanksgiving’ morning at 11 a.m. The men will call for women’s groups at 10:45. Following is the list of or ganizations and their partners: Alpha Chi Omega, Phi Psi; Alpha Delta Pi, Chi Psi; Alpha Gamma Delta, Kirkwood Co-op & Campbell club; Alpha Omi cron Pi, A TO; Alpha Phi, Sig ma Nu; Alpha Xi Delta, SAE; Chi Omega, Delta Tau Delta; Delta Delta Delta, Theta Chi; Delta Gamma, Phi Gamma Del ta; Gamma Phi Beta, Kappa Sigma. Hendricks hail-Mary Spiller, Sigma Alpha Mu; Highland house, I’i Kappa Alpha; Hil yard house, Signia Chi; Kappa Alpha Theta, Sigma Phi Epsi lon; Kappa Kappa Gamma, Phi Delta Theta; Orides, Can ard club and Yeomen; I’i Beta Phi, Beta Tiieta Pi; Sigma Kappa, Phi Sigma Kappa; Su san Campbell, Alpha, Gamma, Omega halls; University house, Delta ITpsilon; Zeta Tau Alpha, Sherry Ross, Sigma, Zeta halls. tivo committee scheduled elassej* for New Year's day the closing hour for New Year’s eve was automatically set at 10:30. Petitions Announcement from Karl On thank. chairman of the student affairs committee, that petitions for later permission would be considered brought, action front the executive council, The exec, comm voted at their last meeting to recommend 1 a.m. closing hours New Year’s eve in stead of 10:30 p.m. permission to the student affairs committee. Campus Leaders Les Anderson, ASUO president, Marge Dibble, AWS president, and Kay Schrick, Emerald editor, were present at the student af fairs committee's meeting Wed nesday to present their petition for later permission under the unusual circumstances caused by students being present on the campus New Year's eve. With only one dissenting vote, the student affairs committee passed the recommendation call ing for later permission for tho night which the executive conf mittee had pointed out early, hours for closing- would not con tribute materially to the war ef fort or to special study. This was the first official pro (Please turn to page three) Bridle, Bit Replace Tire, Gas Shortage People will no longer be able to talk about “the good old days” as though they were a thing- <?” the past, because of the activi ties of campus Webfoots, accord ing- to- a recent article in the De trait Free Star. HORSE AND BUGGY DAYS RETURN FOR STUDENTS “Eugene, Ore.— (UP)Univer sity of Oregon students faced with President Donald M. Erb’sj decree against automobiles on the campus have gone back to the horse and buggy. Farmers, it is reported, arc swamped with requests from borrowers who gaily drive about town escorting dates in the old fashioned way.” I SHERRY ROSS HALL ... . . . shown after vanclals had barricaded the doors against hall mem bers and turned over furniture, broken lamps and stolen phonograph records.