Mail Service
Requests Help
Offering 76 cents'an hour for
work over the Christmas holi
days in distribution of letters
and parcel post, the Railway
Mail service of Portland recently
sent a letter to the registrar’s of
fice requesting .students to relieve
the labor shortag-eby applying
for jobs. ,-y.
Competent women, as well as
men, will be employed, according
to C. W. Henderson, chief clerk.
Students 16 years-of age or over
will also be hired, providing they
obtain a release from the state
labor bureau, 1130 Third avenue,
Portland'. >
Most of the workers will be as
J ned to duty in or around the
Portland area, but a few will be
given runs to the company’s line
in Spokane, Washifigton, Baker,
Oregon, and Dunsrfiuir, Califor
nia.
“Prompt moving of Christmas
mail is a patriotic duty in help
ing to keep up the morale of
our fighting forces,” Henderson
stressed.
Although the organization is
not a part of the official Port
land post office, students may
contact the Railway Mail serv
ice in 207 post office building,
Broadway and Glisan, Portland.
Committee Reverses
(Continued from page one)
posal for extension of dating
hours New Year’s eve presented
*the student affairs committee.
The committee also voted to al
low two honoraries to hold ini
tiations next week since they had
scheduled their dates before the
calendar was changed to agree
with the shortened term.
Phi Beta Kappa’ and Pi Lamb
da Theta are the two organiza
tions that hav.e special permission
to hold initiation.
Praise the Lord
(Continued from page one)
direction of Eugene Cecchini,
sophomore in business adminis
tration, the choir will sing “Holy,
Holy, Holy,” “America the Beau
tiful,” and “Hymn of Thanksgiv
ing.” ’•>
Dan Potter, sophomore in lib
eral arts, is in charge of special
j»usic by the musifc school. This
^Pill be furnished by Phyllis Tay
lor, sophomore' in. music, and
Edna Fisher, sophopiore in music.
Flora Kibler, sophomore in lib
eral arts, will give; a reading of
the Scripture. Rev. H. F. Kuehn,
director of Wesley Foundation,
will give the prayer, and Rev.
Williston Wirt of the Congrega
tional church will give the bene
diction.
Longest biography in Who's
Who is that of Nicholas Murray
Butler, president -of Columbia
university—129 lines.
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MRS. GENEVIEVE TURNIPSEED . . .
. . . wipes off the grand piano in the main lobby of John Straub
Memorial hall after a shower had been left running in Sigma hall,
flooding floors and leaking through the ceiling on to the piano and
other furniture.
Libe Loses Assistant
Miss Mary Ward Rutherford,
browsing room librarian, has re
ceived an appointment as senior
assistant librarian at Fort Wor
den, Washington, according to
Willis Warren, head librarian.
She will take up her duties about
December 7, also becoming su
pervisor of the Fort Casey and
Flagler, Washington, libraries.
Miss Rutherford first worked
at the library as a student as
sistant in 1926, Since 1929 she
has been a full-time employee
holding the positions of reserve
assistant and browsing room li
brarian.
Seventeen - year - old Shirley
Haines is not attending the Uni
versity of Maine. She had intend
ed to enroll, but when her brother
enlisted in the service she volun
teered to drive a tractor on her
father’s farm.
Gas Rationing Set
While the nation prepares for
the rationing of gasoline begin
ning December 1, congress is
seeking to bring about a six
months’ delay to see what vol
unteer tire saving will accom
plish.
Nevertheless Rubber Adminis
trator William M. Jeffers de
clared that the rationing program
stands and will start as sched
uled December 1.
Secretary of State Earl Snell
reports that the consumption of
gasoline in Oregon during the
last 10 months has fallen 10 per
cent.
Addition of 34,000 volumes to
University of Texas library dur
ing 1941-42 has brought the li
brary’s total to nearly 700,00C
volumes.
Ice skating is popular witl
girls at Texas Christian.
UO Sees Time March'
An interesting exhibit on the
development of a Time magazine
story is on display in the main
hall of the journalism building.
Each step from the first lengthy
research reports through Time's
famous group journalism writing
to the final printing and cover
makeup is illustrated with the
original copy.
The display is being exhibited
on the Oregon campus through
the courtesy of the educational
bureau of Time's bureau of spe
cial services, according to Jeff
Kitchen, Time’s subscription rep
resentative on the campus.
It will be at the University for
approximately two weeks and
will next go to San Francisco.
Dr. Donald J. Cowling, presi
dent of Carleton college, is Min
nesota chairman of the USO war
fund campaign.
Law School Graduate
Promoted to Major
Word has reached the Univer
sity of the promotion of 29-year
old Captain Sidney A. Milligan to
the rank of major in the army air
fcorps at the Gardner Field basic
flying school. He is an Oregon
graduate of '38.
Major Milligan was commis
sioned a second lieutenant here
in the ROTC in 1937. Since July,
1941, he has been stationed at
Gardner Field where he was pro
moted to a captaincy.
At the University Milligan was
president of the law school stud
ent body, and captain and coach
of the Northern division cham
pionship winning golf team. Aft
er graduation he practiced law
at Cottage Grove.
Bruce Griffing, Iowa State, was
awarded a Roosevelt fellowship.
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ROTC
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