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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 30, 1942)
L I DRARY ca:pu.3 ^"rain Delays Cause Cal Students Grief— See Page 2 Tijis Carjtjtjre Fell SM Honors— Sec Page 4 VOLUME XLIV UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. EUGENE. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30. 1943 NUMBER 48 Go Ahead Signal Given To Prospective Pledges As Winter Rushing Starts Any girl who went through rushing during fall term is eligible for rushing this term, provided she signifies her inten sion to do so to the dean of women, according, to Margaret Ann Jackson, Penhellemc president. Kush week starts today, with luncheon and dinner invitations throughout the week, ending Sat urday, and bid's to be given out Sunday at 9 a.m. Owing to study table, dinners will not last later than 7:15. No preference night will be held. Turnout for rushing is slight, with approximately forty girls registered so far. Concert Series Brings Opera First attraction scheduled for rinter term in the University's reater Artist concert series is Mozart’s comedy opera, “The Marriage of Figaro,” which will be presented in an idiomatic Eng lish translation by the Nine o’clock Opera company February 15. The Nine o’clock company is a group of American singing-actors whose first transcontinental tour of 75 appearances last season created a sensation in the concert world. Modern Version The opera is presented in mod ern dress and has done more to popularize opera in America than anything in years, according to opera critics. The performance is sung by the contemporary English libret tist and critic, Edward Dent. By ►substituting a narrator in the mnanner of “Our Town” for the usual operatic sets, the Figaro troupe can “travel light” and bring this famous masterpiece to places where opera was only a name before. It is based on the belief that if a good' script and an artful narratoi»are substituted for the usual scenery, the audi (Please turn to page eight) Graduate Registration Closes Saturday Noon Graduate students can regis ter at the graduate office in Johnson hall until noon Satur day, Mrs. Clara Fitch, secre tary of the graduate division, announced Tuesday. Her office in room 202 of Johnson will be open during the noon hour ev ery day until Saturday, Mrs. Fitch said, and graduate stu dents who do not have any oth er time may register between 12 and 1 p.m. any day. ‘Hop’ Chairman Petitions Called Deadline for petitions for co chairmanship of the 1943 Nickel Hop to be held January 15 has been set for noon today, Marge Dibble, Associated Women Stu dents president said Tuesday night. All petitions must he given to Miss Dibble at the Kap pa Alpha Theta house before noon today. One freshman and one sopho more will be chosen to work to gether as chairmen of the annual dance held in all women’s living organizations. All houses have been contacted concerning positions open for freshmen and sophomores for the mid-January dance. Petitions for the chairmanship should contain the student's name, grade point, year in school, past activities in both University and high school, and special sug gestions for the dance. All petitions will be considered by the AWS cabinet at their meeting Thursday and the co chairmen of the 1943 dance will be appointed that day. ’House Movers’ Must Report Lest Pictures Go Astray Any student who has made a change in his living organi zation during the past term and wishes his picture to appear • in the Oregana under a different house should let Kennell ^Ellis know immediately, according to Wes Sullivan, Oregana editor. Infirmary Dry Kin da Sad Though the infirmary is warm and dry—comfortable -it isn't a very pleasant place to spend the first few days at the beginning of the term. What with the army machine closing in and assign ments piling up, it offers a very damp and gloomy outlook to oc cupants. Such is the position of ^ill Farrell and Charles Ma, who have the doubtful distinction of toeing among the first winter term patients. Sharing the aforesaid honors is Si Sidesinger who was dis missed Tuesday. For those who have not al ready had their picture taken, it is too late for them to be in the 1942-43 book unless these stu dents had pictures taken at Ken nell-Ellis last year, Sullivan an nounced Tuesday. Part of the yearbook, that of the second coloring; of living; or ganizations, is already being printed. Deadline for the four color pictures was Tuesday. Several new' appointments on the staff will be announced soon, the editor continued. Position of art editor is open; since Fred Gong, art editor both last year and this year, has been drafted. One of the differences of this year’s book is the one-page for malized frontispiece contrasting w'ith last year's two-page piece. Browsing Room Concert Slated Concerts of fine recorded mu sic, henceforth to be a regular Sunday afternoon feature in the browsing room of the University library, will begin January 3. Mu sic for the initial concert will be provided from the record library of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Stafford. The concert will last from 4 to 4 :45 p.m. This is the first time that pub lic concerts of recorded classical « music have been presented at the University. The concerts are sponsored by the patroness group of Mu Phi Epsilon, music honor ary. Everyone is invited to attend. The purpose of these concerts is to provide students and others who enjoy good music with the opportunity of hearing some of the best music the world has to offer. A “request box" will be placed in the browsing room of the li brary in w'hich requests for fu ture concerts may be placed. The patroness group will make an at tempt to fulfill all requests. Anyone wishing to participate in the concerts by loaning records may do so. 2023Winter Enrollees Bring DuckDecrease of 24 PerCent More Late Registrants Due VVith the earliest registration in the history of the Univer sity plus the problem of delayed trains making it necessary for many students to register late, Tuesday’s registration at John son hall brought the total number enrolled for winter term to -uzo students. Meeting Scheduled For Emerald Prospects Students without previous experience on the Emerald who wish to join the staff are espe cially asked to attend the meet ing at 8 pan., tonight, in room 105 journalism building. This meeting is compulsory for Em erald workers including report ers, copy desk, and night staff workers. Chances for promotion will he especially fine this year due to the shortage of workers, therefore any students who think they would like to work on the Emerald should attend the meeting. Wooden Guns ’ Arrive For Military Trainees A shipment of 475 new “victory trainer rifles” was received by the military department during Christmas vacation. The new guns, although containing a greater proportion of wood and unable to fire, are basically the same as those used in pre vious years. COL. C. L. SAMPSON . . . . . . receives ‘wooden guns’ to ho used in teaching manual of arms to students in ItOTC classes. No Wooden Nickels Our pennies should he put, to ease the situation, In circulation. All 1 have to do, in order to dis patch ’em, Is to match ’em. —J.W.S. Because the old rifles were taken over by the army earlier this year the department has been unable to give any instruc tion in rifle work. The new rifles will enable instructors to teach the manual of arms as they have in other years. There are sufficient guns to enable every man to be armed at all drills. The new “victory train ers” will be issued for the first time tomorrow at McArthur court during freshman ROTC drill. This is a decrease of 24 per cent in comparison with last win ter term when 2653 students reg istered. Students registering late are charged a fee of $1 for each day they are late until a maxi mum fee of ?5 is reached. Figures from Monday’s regis tration showed 150 more men than women enrolled in the Uni versity. Clifford L. Constance, assist ant registrar, said Tuesday that he expects late registration to be heavy until next week. ARC Wants Nurse Aids In answer to inquiries made concerning a student nurses’ aid program, the Red Cross has an nounced that if enough girls are interested in taking the course, a serious attempt will be made t > obtain an instructor.* Classes would probably be held two hour's' two nights a week, and would consist of 35 class hours and 45 hospital training hours. After completion of this course, girls will be able to help the reg ular nurses in the Eugene hospi tal and can be transferred to hos pitals in their home towns dur ing the summer vacation. This course is expected to be especially popular this year be cause of the war. In previous yeai's the need or demand for such a course has never been so acute. All girls interested are asked to get in touch with Virginia Locke, telephone 962 Wednesday and Thursday between 5 and ft p.m. WSSF Participation Tops Previous Year’s Figures By EDITH NEWTON Student participation in the annual World Student Service Fund drive on the campus was almost 50 per cent better than last year, Oge Young, co-chairman of the drive, said Tuesday night when he revealed that approximately $236 was contribut ed to the campaign. New Year's Eve Party Set for YW House All students are invited to the YWCA open house New Year's eve at the Bungalow when the YW will entertain between 8:30 and 10:30 with folk dancing, popping corn in the fireplace, and general celebration, according to Abbie Jane White, president of the YW. Joan Dolph, sophomore in jour nalism, is chairman of the New Year’s eve celebration. Further plans for the affair will be an nounced later this week. The affair is scheduled to be very informal with campus clothes in order, and students may come either with dates or stag. Rolland Gabel, financial chair man of the drive, gave the final report on the money collected in the drive which took place on the campus December 1, 2, and 3. Money collected at the Thanks giving assembly for the WSSb' amounted to approximately $30. Other amounts, in round figures, were $20 collected at the assem bly featuring Mr. Homer Loh, Chinese war refugee student, $2.3 from the faculty, $16 from local churches, and $145 from the cam pus tag sale. Drive Chairmen Martha Jane Switzer and Oge Young were chairmen of the drive to raise money for the fund which aids war victims and is doing much at this time to aid prisoners (Please turn to page eight)