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VOLUME XLIV
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1943
NUMBER 54
Men Polish Fangs, Rest Up;
GirlsSoakFeet,PrepareLine;
Nickel Hop Looms Friday
I „ “Swing and Sway the Nickel Hop Way” is the latest word
om Mary Corrigan and Joan Dolph, co-chairmen of the an
nual dance set for January 15 to honor men in the reserves this
year.
More committee members were named Thursday when Jane
Alice Pengra, junior in education, was appointed ticket count
mg cnairman ana flora ivmier,
sophomore in liberal arts, put in
charge of the nickel counting.
Assisting Miss Pengra and
Miss Kibler will be Maxine Cady,
Bernice Granquist and Betty Lu
Siegman.
New King
Men attending the dance will
have the opportunity to bring
fame to their organization
through winning the title, “King
of the Wolves” as well as $5
worth of records from the Radio
Laboratory.
This is the prize being offered
to the men’s organization whose
^^embers dance with the most
girls during the evening. To car
ry out this plan, each girl will
be given eight cards on which she
will write her name and living
organization. Men will be given
one of these cards for each 15
minutes of dancing.
No Cutting
Men who cut in on a girl al
ready dancing don’t get a card,
so the first men to arrive at the
beginning of each period will get
the cards. Each 15 minutes of
dancing will cost the stronger
Si^ 5 cents.
Turn ’Em in
Tickets given the men must
be turned in at the College Side
before 9:30 the night of the
dance and the winning group will
be the one with the most tickets
ter capita.
To the women's organization
taking in the most money per
capita, will go the cup awarded
annually. Each year the name of
the winning organization is en
graved on the cup and that group
keeps the cup until the next
Nickel Hop.
Finance Head
Finance chairman of the dance
is Bonnie Umphlette and the or
ganization committee is headed
by Audrey Holliday. Publicity is
being written by Betty Ann Ste
vens and Edith Newton. Velita
Estey is making signs for the
Hop.
Ex-Oregana Art Editor
rades Brush for Gun
Fred Gong, art editor of the
Oregana last year, of Portland,
Oregon, has been inducted into
the army and has left for a recep
tion center. He would also have
been art editor for the Oregana
this year.
Gong was the winner of an
American magazine art contest
in 1941, when he received a prize
of $1000 and a trip to New York.
The subject of his entry was
“What My Community Contrib
utes to the Nation.”
Gong entered the University of
Oregon in 1941. He also attended
Lincoln high school in Portland.
Chi 0 Pledges
Jean Kirkwood has pledged Chi
Omega, according to reports from
the office of the dean of women.
Clint Childs
Picked toPlan
Military Ball
By RUSS HUDSON
Clinton Childs, ROTC senior,
will head plans for the annual
Military ball, it was announced
by Scabbard and Blade Captain
Pat Cloud, last night.
Sponsored jointly by Company
L, Sixth Regiment of Scabbard
and Blade, and the military de
partment, the dance will feature
the selection and decorating of
the Little Colonel and the tradi
tional spring term pledging of
Scabbard and Blade men.
“Contacts are under way with
several out - of - town bands,”
Childs said, “and we feel confi
dent that Scabbard and Blade
can bring the best of bands to
the campus for this dance. If our
plans follow through, it will be
the first off the campus band for
a dance this school year,” he add
ed.
Plans for the selection of com
mittee heads and for a weekend
meeting of the group was an
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AWS Names
Barbara Lamb, junior in jour
nalism, was selected as AWS
treasurer at a council meeting
at the College Side Thursday
night. Filling out the remainder
of the term, until new officers
are elected in February, she is
replacing Rohda Harkson, who
did not return to school this term.
Present officers of AWS are:
Marge Dibble, president: Corrine
Nelson, vice-president: Miki
Campbell, secretary; Barbara
Lamb, treasurer; and Betty Ann
Stevens, reporter.
Miss Lamb was also chosen for
the college board of Mademoiselle
magazine recently, by given as
signments in writing stories, tak
ing pictures, and designing
clothes, which may be printed in
the magazine.
Mu Phi Epsilon
Initiates 9 Girls
Mu Phi Epsilon, national music
honorary society, announces the
initiation of seven new members
last Sunday evening at 7:30 and
two new members Thursday, Jan
uary 7. Both initiations took place
in Gerlinger hall.
The new members, according
to Ruth Baker, president of Mu
Phi Epsilon, are as follows: initia
ted last Sunday were Mary G.
Bohnenkamp, Ruth J. Merritt,
Nymphia S. Lam, and Dorothy
M. Stevens, seniors; Genevieve
Graves, junior; and Jean F. Phil
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Social Deadline Set
Deadline for the recording of
all house dances and social
events in the winter term so
cial calendar is at noon today.
Treasurer
Battle of Sexes Rages
Over Corsage Question
By BETTY LU SIEGMAN /
With “no flowers” and “yes—flowers,” the general opinion
of students turned into a battle of the sexes in a campus poll
of living organizations conducted Friday afternoon on student
opinions of the senior class’s decree abolishing flowers from
their annual ball.
The majority of men’s living organizations were definitely
in favor of doing away with flowers while most women’s living
Frosh Committee
Drafts Constitution
After a winter term of disor
ganization, freshman politics gets
its first boost Monday when sev
en representative freshmen gath
er in Dr. W. C. Jones’ political
science office in 109 Oregon at
3 p.m. to draft a constitution to
be presented to the frosh for ap
proval.
Steve Worth, first vice-presi
dent of ASUO, announced these
frosh committee members Thurs
day: John Malcolm, Jean McRey
nolds, Buster Beaudon, Frank
Sardam, Ed Allen, Martha Hook,
Jack Olin.
Nickel Hop Murder
. Big feet
Off the beat.
C.C.C.
organizations Believed that tlow
ers should be allowed.
Too Expensive
As one fraternity expressed it,
“Flowers are just too expensive,
especially during wartime.”
One women’s living organiza
tion felt that corsages were not
necessary, but that it “would be
nice to have a flower for the
hair.”
Not Necessary
Another fraternity said, “We
don’t think flowers are necessary
for general campus dances, but
would prefer to have them for
house dances.”
One sorority was in favor of
having flowers because “it isn’t
often that they are needed and
the money spent for them would
probably be used for some item
of personal pleasure such as cokes
or cigarettes anyway.” As to help
ing the war effort, they thought
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Three Auctioneers Agreed—
'JustNamelt—WellSell It*
Articles Go on Block Monday
Agreeing to knock down any object that has strayed into
the University depot since September 28, 1942, AWS auction
eers G. Dune Wimpress, Emerald managing editor, Fred Beck
with, Emerald columnist, and Roy Paul Nelson, Oregana man
aging editor, will pound their respective hammers at the lost
article sale, Monday at 4 p.m., in front of the College Side and
the student body.
Money derived from the articles
will be given back to the students
in scholarship form.
MARGE DIBBLE . . .
. . everything goes—”
UO Early Birds
Get Lower Rates
On 'Ball' Ducats
Senior ball tickets will go on
sale today in all men’s living or
ganizations, according to Lois
Hulser, ticket chairman. Senior
representatives will be in charge
of house saleSj
Miss Hulser pointed out that
those who purchased tickets be
fore the dance would get a re
duced rate. Tickets purchased
today sell for $1.25 while those
bought at the door will cost $1.40.
Chairman Patsy Palmer re
ports that work on the patrons
and patronesses committee is
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c oiisium umn
Originally scheduled for No
vember 24, 1942, the auction wan
delayed weekly by constant rain,
leading to a flood of the rivers and
the lost and found department.
Since the ever-increasing hoard
totaled more than 111 items, not
counting pencils, at November 24,
the AWS officials, Peggy Wright
and Mary Riley, fervently hope
that the mists desist at least until
4:30, if only to clear out a little
storage space.
That Garter Again
A shining example of the val
ues to be sold at "gift prices” in
the black rhinestone-studded gar
ter, compared with a green satin
formal "given away" last year.
Umbrellas, rain jackets, mittens,
and bandanas of choice shades,
set off by a distinctive green and
red necktie, sound a more prac
tical note.
Frosh who like books will find
an epicurean feast of intellectual
food for thought ranging from
German grammar to business En
glish. World history, Spanish, al
gebra, science, poetry, economics,
composition, accounting, and phil
osophy make up the remaining
subject matter.
The auctioneers hope to receive
a fairer price for these works than,
was given last year. For a book
dealing with thought development,
of a child, it rated the lowest price
of the sale, one cent.
Senior Ball Corsages
There is much comment oral
In favor of the floral.
The ones with most expressions
Are the ones that have conces
sions.
—J.W.S.
Second Record Session
Features Grads Library
Glenn Russell Hasselrooth, University of Oregon graduate
in 1940, will present selections from his record library for the
second Mu Phi Epsilon patronerjr’s recorded concert. The con
cert will be held in the browsing room of the University library
from 4 to 4:45 p.m., Sunday.
Mr. Hasselrooth has schedule#
Red Cross Biggies
Convene Monday
Red Cross secretaries and board
members from 17 counties in
western Oregon will congregate
at the University Monday at 9
a.m., when the Red Cross insti
tute begins its official business of
reviewing all the activities and
regulations of the past year- in
the faculty room of Friendly hall.
Miss Kathleen Somerville, ad
ministrative assistant from the
Pacific Branch Bank of San
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three groups of compositions for
the program. In the first group
will be the prelude to Act III of
"La Traviata” by Verdi, three
scenes from various Puccini op
eras, including "Butterfly’s En
trance” from "Madame Butter
fly,” "Hour Sweet and Divine”
from “La Rondine,” and "Star;!
Were Shining” from “La Tosca.”
Second Group
The second group of selection?!
will contain the adagio from Hay
dn's Symphony number 99 and
"In the Garden” from Gold
mark's "Rustic Wedding Sym
phony.”
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