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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.
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