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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 29, 1942)
Five Star’ ^PlansMade For Winter By MARY AEDERSON me waa council nas a nve star” program on tap for winter term. The first event of the sea son is initiation of girls eligible for membership, January 7, Thursday afternoon from 4 to 6 p.m. Gertrude Puziss, president of WAA, announces that a big program is in the making, with Martha Jane Switzer in charge. Mary Jane Terry is planning actual initiation, while Miss Jwitzer and her committee are planning the program. Master Dance will give a short demon stration. Recognition will be giv en to coeds in the past volleyball tourney, which was won by High land house.' Other events are not being disclosed. Committee Members Working on the committee with Miss Switzer are June Walker, Dorothy Richards, head of volley ball, Doone Eccles, and Mary Al derson, Master Dance represen tative. One of the purposes of this program is to give WAA mem bers a chance to become better acquainted. The committee has not revealed the means they will use to do this but it should be novel to this campus. Girls eligible for membership ^11 be notified. Qualifications are that girls must earn one WAA check and must pay a $1 fee. Checks are earned by par ticipation in all but one of her team's games and at least three practices in the sport. Member ship in Amphibians or Master Dance entitles a girl to a half check per term. Highland Shows With Dorothy Richards of Highland house doing a com mendable job as head of volley ball, WAA officially closed its fall term activities with the all-star game. Highland house edged Su san Campbell out of the title, 24-23 to win the championship. Orides and Hilyard were semi finalists. Houses having extra large turnouts and remarkable spirit >ere Kappa Kappa Gamma, Kappa Alpha Theta, and Hen dricks hall. Intramural hockey was ham pered by the weather, but was carried on the best it could. Mari anne Blenkinsop acted as field manager for hockey this season. Amphibians have been having their weekly meetings. Miss Pe troskey is their new adviser and has been working with the “Am phibs” on form. Jeanette Neilson, president, announces the follow ing new members: Betty Crabb, Elmyra Craige, Betty Lou Cra mer, Bobbie Edwards, Jean Fitz gerald, Ann Graham, Lynn Ort man, Olivia Podmore, Mary Riley, Maurine Staub, Norma Van Ma tre, Dot Wiederhold, and Lois Wrisley. 1 A noticeable increase in num ber of students from outside the continental United States is re ported by the Catholic University Of America. CAMPUS CALENDAR Episcopal communion service will be held at 7 a.m. Wednesday morning in Gerlinger hall. Oregon ^Emerald Night Staff: Dorothy Stevens, night editor Shirley Davis Vic Huffaker Bill Stratton City Desk Staff: Kelly Snow, city editor Ross Yates Anne Craven Fred Kuhl Jon Snillib Marjorie Young Betty Lu Siegman G. Duncan Wimpress Ted Bush Dick Dons Uniform; Navy Blues New Style Ensign John Dick, ’41, who won all-American laurels in leading the 1940 University of Oregon basketball team to the national championship, has donned his uni form again; but this time it is the blue suit of the navy, according to a report from the navy center in Corpus Christi, Texas. He enlisted in the navy Janu ary 30, 1942, and was commission ed an ensign in the naval air corps. He is now on duty in the instructors’ school at Corpus Christi. While on the campus Dick won places on both the all-conference and all-American teams, played three years of varsity baseball, was elected president of the ASUO and president of his class before receiving his B.S. in law. UO Attracts War-Bored Housewife After an absence from regular school of approximately 33 years, Mrs. George Giustina has enroll ed as a student at the University this year. Her daughters, Mad elena, Dorothea and Alice, had previously attended the Univer sity. She had, however, taken a few courses in music- and paint ing before her formal enrollment. Mrs. Giustina does all the house work for Dorothea and Alice, her two children living with her, as well as for her husband and her self, in addition to studying for 17 hours. Still she made a 3 point last term-, and admits, “I’m proud of it. Dr. Taylor told me it isn’t so easy to learn after you are 20.” Reason As an immediate reason for entering school, she said, “I hated to sit at home and brood about the war.” She also revealed that she intends to write a book at the end of her four years. Basing it on the life of an Oregon pioneer woman who was a personal friend of her family, she hopes to de scribe the history and develop ment of the Oregon lumber in dustry in relation to the woman, whose name she refused to dis close. Intends to Finish Staunchly declaring she "in deed intends to finish all four years even though my children didn’t” Mrs. Giustina admits she “loves” school. As a final stamp of her approv al of all things Oregonian, Mrs. Giustina stated, “I find a genu ine absence of the smart alecks I used to think went to college; in fact, all the students seem to be trying awfully hard.” AGAIN! NOW, AS AT THE OPENING OE EVERY TERM DURING THE PAST TWENTY - TWO YEARS, THE ‘-CO-OP” IS READY. FACULTY MEMBERS HAVE ' BEEN CONSULTED,STOCKS HAVE BEEN CHECKED, BOOKS AND SUPPLIES HAVE BEEN ORDERED AND RE CEIVED. “CO-OP” PRICES ARE LOW SAVE CASH REGISTER TICKETS FOR YOUR SHARE IN THE PROFITS! AND, BY-THE-WAY, OUR RENTAL LIBRARY HAS THE NEW BOOKS! 3c and 5c Per Day or $1.00 the Term U niiuersitij wCQ-OP” (leoiied Schedule. The revised calendar for the school year 1942-43 appears below. Changes from the original schedule were made by the Chancellor’s executive committee. WINTER TERM December 28, Monday .Registration December 29, Tuesday.Classes begin January 9, Saturday Last day for addition of new courses or new registrations. March 5, Friday .Classes end March 6-10, inch, Saturday to Wednesday.Final examinations SPRING TERM March 16, Tuesday.Registration March 17, Wednesday .Classes begin March 27, Saturday — Last day for addition of new courses or new registrations. May 21, Friday . Classes end May 24-28, inch, Monday to Friday.Final examinations May 29, Saturday. Alumni Day May 30, Sunday . Baccalaureate and Commencement Day NYA Work Available During Winter Term All students interested in NYA work for winter term should file an application as soon as possi ble if they have not already done so, Mrs. D. M. Hunter, secretary of the personnel office, announced recently. Students can get application forms in Dean Onthank's office and must mail them home for their parent’s signature. Students who have done NYA work in the past are not required to file a new application. Portland Laws The city of Portland’s 70,000 odd laws dating from the “horse and-buggy days” have been com pletely codified into 21 codes fill ing 2735 pages. The project was undertaken in 1939 by the bureau of municipal research and service of the University of Oregon, as sisted by the League of Oregon Cities, and the WPA. The work was carried on in the Failing building and employed four proofreaders, ten typists, two lawyers, six clerks, eight index ers, and two supervisors, for a period of 31 months. Western Electric field telephones "Get the message through!”—that’s the tradition of the Army Signal Corps. And on every battle front you’ll find field telephones, wire and switchboards right in there helping! Radio telephone sets ride into battle in Army planes and tanks — in PT boats and Coast Guard craft. On larger naval vessels, battle announcing systems and telephones deliver fighting words instantly. Turning out vast quantities of such equipment is the war job of Western Electric—maker of Bell Telephones. Western Electric ARSENAL OF COMMUNICATIONS
