Oregon VOLUME XLIV NUMBER 4G UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1942 CAMPUS PC fv/ew Military Reserve Advisers Listed See page 4 Photo by Pill Goldstein SANTA GOES MILITARY . . . . . . as lie travels his route this year garbed in now-common soldier’s khaki . . . Jack Riback portrays Mr. C. for the benefit of the Emer ald photographer. War Refugee to Address Term s Last Assembly By EDITH NEWTON Students and faculty members will have an opportunity to learn what problems other students are facing in the war situation when Mr. Homer Loh (pronounced Law), himself a war refugee student, speaks this morning at an all-campus assembly scheduled for 11 o’clock in McArthur court. Mr. Loh’s talk will be given in connection with the World Stu dent Service Fund drive which will reach its climax Friday. Sub ject of the assembly will be “Stu dents and the War,” and will deal with the problems students face in connection with the war in all countries. Mr. Loh has had experience as ^■iar refugee student and should b^^vell fitted to serve as a rep resentative of the student war re lief fund. He holds an LL.B. de gree from Soochow university and since coming to this country (Please turn to page twelve) Libe Hours Unchanged No change in library hours has been scheduled for the final examination period, according to an announcement made this week, by Willis Warren, li brarian. Pamphlets Tell Women of Jobs By BETTY ANN STEVENS To help college women equipped with professional training find a field in war work at their level of responsibility, Heads of Hous es are distributing a pamphlet of vital interest at their meeting to day at Mrs. Macduff’s apart ment, according to Nelda Chris tenson, president. The pamphlets will also be on hand at the Co-op. Written by Karl W. Onthank, dean of personnel administration, solely to aid women in their war time job problems, the pamphlet deals with fields of work and the demand, typical jobs, University (Please turn to page ten) Photo by Bill Goldstein A TYPICAL SCENE . . . . . . at almost any campus living- organization this week are students decorating the traditional Christmas tree . . . Here Barbara McC'lung, left, Peggy Skerry, Pat MeClintock, and Joan Hemingway start in on the Pi Phi tree. Burning Midnight Oil Common Prior to Next Week’s Exams Politicos Gird ForNewTerm Under Worth Politics will take the spotlight early in winter term as the freshman class organization gets underway with the senior class acting as sponsor of the new stu dents and Steve Worth, vice president of the ASUO, acting as adviser. This is the first year freshmen have not organized' their class during fall term. Under the plan being initiated this year the class has done nothing political during fall term. Seven freshmen have been cho sen to act as the organization committee for the class. John Malcolm, Martha Hoch, and Frank Sardorn will work on the committee to draw up a consti tution for the class. Freshmen who will arrange for a meeting of their class to be held on either January 5, 6, or 7 are Buster Beaudoin, John Rey nolds, and Ed Allen. Winter Term Registration Predicted to Drop Sharply With only one weekend before finals, and only one date allowed for girls this weekend, books will begin to get a real workout as students burn the proverbial midnight oil and pre pare for finals that are scheduled for Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of next week. Emerald Gets New Ad Head Appointment of Elizabeth Ed munds, junior in business admin istration, as advertising- manager of the Emerald for winter term, was approved by the educational activities board Tuesday night following recommendation of Betty Biggs Schrick, business manager. Printing schedule for the Em erald was extended through May 7, with one special issue after that date. Original budget for 1942-43 would have cut 18 issues this year, but the additions bring this year’s schedule within two editions of last year's total. (Please turn to pane three) Most Ducks Plan Trip Home, Wish They Could Fly Back By COURTNEY SWANDER Students going home for the Christmas vacation begin ning the afternoon of December 12 will be faced with trans portation problems different than have ever been seen before. An announcement by the railroads said that after December 15 and until January 5 coach fares will be cancelled. Here is the situation in brief: Tuesday, December 8, has been set as the last possible day to withdraw from a course. A pass ing grade is necessary in any subject that is to be dropped. Closing hours this weekend are 10:30 Friday night, 12:15 Satur day night, and 10:30 Sunday night. Each girl may have one date during the weekend. Registration for winter term will be held Monday, December 28, in McArthur court. Late reg istration fees will be charged be ginning' Tuesday, December 29, the day classes start for winter' term. The late registration fee in 81 for each day of delayed regis tration. This will be the first time stu dents have been on the campus at New Years. Classes will be held on New Year's day, but 1. o’clock permission has been set for New Year’s eve. (Please him to l<age tiocl'A) Tri-Delts Pledge Margaret Garth, freshman in liberal arts, has been pledged by Delta Delta Delta, according to releases from the office of the dean of women. ADPis Nab Laurels The Alpha Delta l’i house won the weekly Red Cross work contest with a record breaking total of 34 Yi hours. Total of all hours for this week was 100i/2. 1. There will be little automo bile travel at that time, even less on trips. Those who saved enough gas to go home will be left stranded there. Those planning to go home “on the thumb” will find slim pickings. 2. The bus. There will be no special buses or trains because of the ODT curtailment. The buses are already running to capacity and it seems that it will be first come first served. 3. The train. Reports from the railroads state that there are around 1,600,000 men in the arm ed forces riding the trains every month. This will be increased by (Please turn to page three) Christmas Carols (Reprinted by request) We read the papers Sigh, and then, Sing “Peace on earth, Good will to mea* ' :u: : ,rrt£&fr*5«r£g.np Photo by Bill Goldstein TWO MINT TES TO TWELVE . . . . . . and three hopeful Kappas aw»it an anticipated visit from a stou;. gentleman with a long while heard . . . Mary Hush, Janet Roberts, and Ann Winkler wait, prepared, for the ideal 1912 Christmas gift—• a Man!