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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 6, 1943)
■tlUlUlWmlillllllll.ilil'ililllitU.ulll WAA NEWS TBy MARY ALDERSON • A mass meeting in Gerlinger fcali will be held Thursday, Jan uary- 7 at 4 p.m. for the dual pur pose of initiating new members in to the Women's Athletic Associa tion and introducing the WAA program for this term. Martha Jane Switzer is in charge of the event. Brief reports will be given by the representatives of WAA ac tivities last term. Dorothy Rich ards will review the volleyball season; Margaret Shipler will give a resume of hockey activities; Marianne Lackey, Amphibians; and Mary Alderson, Master Dance. Ail-Star Team Recognition will be given the girls making the all-star volley ball team at the assembly. Girls eligible for WAA mem bership will be notified previous to the program. Membership in WAA gives one an opportunity to participate in intramurals, to re ceive certificates for participation checks, and to take an active part in the administration of the or gan,.ration. An expanded program is being planned and a new con stitution is in the making. Table Tennis Skits introducing the winter term's activities will be given. Go t trude Kay, last year’s tennis tournament manager, is planning a table tennis tourney and will tel! more about it at the assem bly. A preview of all club activi ties will be given by their WAA representatives. The program will he concluded by a dance demonstration by the Master Dance club. Fitness Gasses at UO Open to Eugene Women ■ Pi ysical fitness classes for women will be held again during Hie winter term at the women’s gymnasium on the University of Oregon campus, according to Florence D. Alden, director of the Fug me city playgrounds and rec reation commission. Classes will be held every Tues day for ten weeks at 7:30 p.m. The first meeting was January 5. Cost for the course is $2.50. An enrollment of 50 members must be reached in order to cover ex penses. Winter Program The program for winter term Includes swimming, dancing, body building through rhythmic work, and various athletic games. All equipment for games is furnished except for badminton. Personal equipment is provided with the exception of shoes and bathing caps. Fast term over 100 enrolled in the course. Information concern ing the course may be obtained by calling 3300, local 262. Richard Larkin Visits Campus; Ensign Now Knsign Richard Larkin is on the campus again for a two-dav visit with friends before reporting for active duty in California. Be fore his graduation last June. Fin sign Larkin was president of Phi Gamma Delta and was active in the interfraternity council for two years. Larkin was in the naval V-7 program at the University and cor doted his officers' training at Not. e Dame and Northwestern. H - - ('reived ins commission upon gr.i--uai: ui December 24. t isign Larkin will report for did VWdn >sday. Browsing Room Due for Concert Selections from the library of Glen Russell Hasselrooth, ’40, will be presented at the second recorded concert in the library browsing room, Sunday, January 10, from 4 to 4:45, sponsored by Mu Phi Epsilon, music honorary. Three groups of numbers will be given, the first by Verdi and Puccini. The second will include a Hayden composition and one of Goldmark’s, while special re quest make up the third group, featuring Wagner and Grieg. One hundred and twenty-five students, members of the faculty, and townspeople, attended last Sunday’s concerts, sitting on the floor and on chairs brought from other parts of the library to ac commodate crowds which over flowed into the hall. Next Sunday, however, there will be sitting room since additional space has been provided for additional crowds.’ ROTC Non-Coms May Wear Chevrons in '43 A change of policy in the mili tary department now allows non commissioned ROTC officers a3 well as the commissioned officers to wear chevrons or insignia de noting rank on uniforms. Commissioned officers may ob tain insignia from the assistant property custodian at the ROTC barracks and non-coms may get chevrons at the Co-op. Enrollment at Catholic Univer sity of America has reached 1875. Student Influx Reaches 2400 After a week of heavy late reg istration, figures from the regis trar’s office showed that there are 18 per cent less students enrolled this term than a year ago with the total of 2342 reached last week, More late students arriv ing Monday brought the total to over 2400. Those enrolling Mon day were not included in the 18 per cent loss. Breakdown of the registration figures for the first week revealed that there are 879 freshmen, 801 sophomores, 212 juniors, 371 sen iors and 57 graduate students en rolled at the University. Freshmen High The freshman class, definitely in the majority, is only 2 per cent lower than it was last winter term, while the junior class has suffered a decrease of 43 per cent in comparison with last year. There are 21 per cent fewer men and 14 per cent fewer w&men than last year with 1263 men and 1079 women enrolled. Three students have already withdrawn this term. Two of these were for military service. Announce Engagement Announcement of the engage ment of Clara McCormick to Ivan Bold was made Monday night at the Alpha Xi Delta house. Wedding plans are for February. Both are former Ore gon students, Mr. Bold being a transfer from OSC where he was a member of Delta Sigma Phi. Prize Voted To Pauline* Letters are still coming to Don Jones, sophomore in business ad ministration, concerning the pic tures published recently in Life magazine of Paul McFaddin, Co ed Capers crasher, which Jones took. The latest letter contained news that "Pauline” had been voted by the 816th battalion of the Army Signal Corps in New York as the girl they would like most to be stranded with on a desert island. Men’s Activity Course Offers Varied Athletics An activity course for men will be offered this term at the men’s gymnasium according to Florence D. Alden, director of the Eugene city playgrounds and recreation commission. This is the second term this course has been of fered. Facilities for the men’s course include basketball, volleyball, hand ball, boxing, wrestling, bad minton, and apparatus and tum bling. All equipment is furnished except shoes and badminton rackets and cocks. The course meets every Thurs day at 7:30 p.m., beginning Jan uary 7, Enrollment for the first day will begin at 7 p.m. Cost for the classes is $2.50. An enroll ment of 40 must be reached to clear expenses. The University of Michigan’s physical hardening program has been made compulsory for all Top ROTC Men Win Gold Stars« Col. C. L. Sampson, head of the military department, announced Monday the names of the five students from each of last year's freshman, sophomore, and junior classes who received gold star awards for the year 1941-42. The stars are awarded to those stud ents having the highest standing in their respective military class es. From the class of '43 were cho sen Lee F. Ghormley, Malcolm D. Almack, Harrison Peck, Bill Malt man, and Thomas R. Hudson. The class of ’44 winners were Warren H. Charleston, William E. Farrell, Richard F. Igl, John W. Harms, ^ and Oglesby H. Young. The class of ’45 members who were chosen were Donald L. England, Fritz H. Giesecke, Hershel R. Taylor, Al bert E. Roberts, and Glenn H, Lay. Infantry Commissions Two ROTC Graduates The military department has received word that William D. MacGibbon and J. David Zilka, who were graduated from the University of Oregon at the end of fall term, received appoint ments as second lieutenants in the infantry reserve December 18, 1942. While at school both men were enrolled in the advanced ROTC course. It was reported that these offi-jJ cers have been ordered to active^® duty at Camp Roberts, California, beginning January 2, 1943. and Remember those Fighting Boys With An Emerald Rest of Year $2°° T-m $1.25 • We are sending Emeralds to Australia and Hawaii. Why not start a gift subscription today to someone "over there"! Oregon® Emerald