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VOLUME XLIV
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1943
NUMBER 58
.’King of Wolves’ Title Given
Top Red Ridinghood Hounds
Men preparing to participate in the Nickel Hop tonight are
now busy polishing up their best lines as well as their shoes,
according to Joan Dolph, co-chairman of the annual dance.
And the men will find it all worth while, too, since $5 worth of
records picked by the winners from the Radio Lab and the title
“King of the Wolves” will go to the group of men dancing the
most between 7 and y tonight.
To the women who dance the
most will go the cup awarded an
nually to the.winners. The name
of the winning organization will
AWS PREXY MARGE DIBBLE
. . . “Hop attracts King of
Wolves.”
be engraved on the cup, and the
cup will remain in the winner’s
possession until the next hop.
Tickets Given
The award to the men’s organi
zation dancing the most is an in
novation of this year’s hop. Each
girl will be given one ticket for
each 15 minutes of dancing during
the Hop. These tickets, eight for
each girl, will ha-sle the girl’s name
and the name of her organization
on them.
The ticket situation will be
handled this way:
Tickets To Side
1. Each time a man dances with
a girl for a full 15 minutes or
starts to dance a 15 minute per
iod, he will receive a ticket. Men
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'Eve of St Mark'
Tells War Story
The legend that on the eve of
St. Mark a ‘girl may see the
ghost of her lover if he is among
those to die in the coming year
forms the basis for the new Mex
well Anderson play, “The Eve of
St. Mark.’’
This two-act play is the story
of an American boy in the war.
It begins on the farm where he
was born and with the girl he
loves and takes him through the
training camp—with its discipline
and temptations—to a Pacific
convoy and a stand on a little
rock in the Philippines.
Amateur Production
The play was written especial
ly for amateur productions, and
following success in little theater
groups, it was tatyen to New
York for production on Broad
way.
Its run at the University, Jan
uary 27-30, will be concurrent
with its presentation on Broad
way and in other colleges and
universities.
New Frosh Officers
Results of the freshman class
election last night:
President:
Hank Doeneka—376
Jack Olin—227
Vice-President:
Virginia Wright—392
Inez Potwin—212
Secretary:
Dorothy Manville—380
Jean McReynolds—218
Treasurer:
John Helmer—389
John Malcolm—212
New 46 Officers Boast
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By BETTY LU SIEGMAN
Planning to spread freshman committee members to differ
ent organizations instead of concentrating them into one part,
Hank Doeneka, new freshman class president, announced his
political intentions after the annual frosh elections held in Vil
lard hall Thursday night.
Regarding the ever present question of his draft status,'the
new president, an SAE, said, “I am in the navy V-l, but expect
to be able to finish my tirst two
years at Oregon before being
called."
Reads Caesar
An ex-Grant high student, Doe
ineka is a science major on the
campus.
When asked if he had any spe
cial interests, Hank replied, “I
take part in intramural sports
and have one hobby—it might
sound kind of funny, though, but
it’s reading- Julius Caesar and a
certain Russian whose name is
rather unpronounceable.”
Vice-President
All that Virginia Wright, class
vice-president, could say after
the “ordeal” was over is, “I ap
preciate it so much and want ev
eryone to know that I’m really
going to do my best.”
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Ball Closes
HopCareer
By MILDRED WILSON
Saturday’s “A Midwinter
Night's Dream” is going to be
the culmination of a long list of
outstanding dances presented by
the class of ’43,” Ray Packouz,
senior class president, said proud
ly in an interview yesterday.
CLASS PREXY PACKOUZ . . .
. . . “ ’43 students climax col
lege career with Senior Ball.”
“We’ve got our plans all ready
—including the preview showing
of a great new song, “Nocturne
in Blue,” written by Senior Ray
Dickson and A1 Kasmeyer, an un
usual decorative theme centered
around the pseudo-Shakespeare
theme, George Carey’s music, and
1 o’clock permission,” Packouz
divulged enthusiastically.
Pointing out that past success
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Should Auld
Acquaintance
Be Forgot...
Usually when a man is pre
pared to nominate another man
to an important office, he is a
close friend or at least a good
acquaintance, but this, evidently,
was not the case at the freshman
class elections held Thursday
night in Villard hall.
ATO Jim Goodwin got up, made
an inspired speech, typically po
litical, about the merits of his
proposed candidate, raved about
his career as a high school po
litico and finished by touching
lightly upon his “outstanding”
record during his first term at
the University and . . . forgot his
name.
His candidate, incidentally, was
Hank Doeneka, new freshman
class president.
Alibi
The faculty looks at the grades
of the males,
And they glare at the men in
their wrath,
But I bet that the women would
be lower too
If they had to take physics and
math. — J.W.S.
Preferential Clause Ousted;
Hank Doneka to Head Frosh
By RAY SCHRICK
A solid Greek majority rallied behind Yell King Ted Loud
Thursday night to turn thumbs down on the preferential ballot
at the class of ’46 organization meeting in Villard hall.
Final vote on an amendment to insert “straight Australian
ballot’’ in Article V, Section 2, Clause 5, was 426 for, 230
against.
Authors Invited
To Try For $50
Future novelists will be given
their first chance for fame in the
annual Marshall - Case - Haycox
short story contest, according to
an announcement Wednesday by
W. F. G. Thacher, professor of
English and advertising.
First prize of $50 will be
awarded the winner with a $25
prize for second place. Last year’s
winners were Ida Judith Lesser,
first, and Ralph Kramer, second.
Rules for the contest are as
follows:
1. Open to all regularly en
rolled undergraduate students ex
cepting previous prize winners.
2. Each contestant may sub
mit one original short story.
3. No restrictions as to length
or subject.
4. Manuscripts to be submit
ted in duplicate- one copy may
be a first carbon.
5. Name of contestant must
not appear on the manuscript
but should be written on a piece
of paper enclosed in an envelope
on the face of which appears the
name of the story, and handed
in with the manuscript.
6. Manuscripts to be given to
Professor W. F. G. Thacher on
or before February 15.
The contest was first started
by Edison Marshall in 1916, and
three years ago became the Mar
shall-Case-Haycox contest. Edi
son Marshall, Robert Case, and
Ernest Haycox were former Uni
versity students.
The preferential ballot system
which Greek freshmen voted out.
is the same system which governs
ASUO elections. If it had been
approved, it woujd have permit
ted minority as well as majority
representation among class offi
cers.
Swept into office when election
time finally arrived were the four
Greek candidates:
Hank Doeneka, Sigma Alpha
Epsilon, president, 37G votes.
Virginia Wright, Gamma Phi,
vice president, 392 votes.
Dorothy Manville, Alpha Xi
Delta, secretary, 380 votes.
John Helmcr, Fiji, treasurer,
389 votes.
Nominations followed exactly
the predictions in the Thursday
morning Emerald. The four Inde
pendent nominees were:
Jack Olin, Omega hall, presi
dent, 227 votes.
Inez Potwin, Hendricks hajf,
vice president, 212 votes.
Jean McReynolds, Highland
house, secretary, 218 votes.
John Malcolm, Campbell club,
treasurer, 212 votes.
Six other Greek candidates pre
sented eligibility slips, and four
of them presented declarations of
intention to run, but according to
plans they "withdrew” without,
nomination from the floor.
The six included Mary McCan
dless, Alpha Chi Omega; Pat Ring,
Alpha Chi Omega; Curtis Lindley,
Beta; Frank Smith, Beta; Gordon
Ledingham, Phi Psi, and Don Fris
bie, Phi Psi.
The meeting was delayed and
counter-delayed by motions from
both Greek and Independent fac -
tions. It took a]most one hour and
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Loot Piles Up for Camp Adair
As Hanger Drive Continues
Stacks of hangers are already beginning to pile up in the
YMCA for the war board’s hangers for Camp Adair drive,
Betty Bevil, chairman of the drive stated today.
“The co-operation has been wonderful,” Miss Bevil stated,
“but we need a lot more. This drive has to iust boom.”
Hangers must be in the YMCA
by Saturday noon. Recognition
will be given to the house which
has the. most hangers.
Drive Heads
Betty Ann Stevens, Marian
Schaefer, Ardis Jensen, and Mary
Riley are in charge of contacting
the living organizations for the
drive.
The following people are in
charge of the drive in their re
spective living organizations:
Women's Representatives
Alpha Chi Omega, Jenelyn Gas
ton; Alpha Delta Pi, Betty Ann
Stevens; Alpha Gamma Delta,
Shirley McLeod; Alpha Omicron
Pi, Connie Fullmer; Alpha Phi,
Dorothy Brunn; Alpha Xi Delta,
Ruth Van Buskirk; Chi Omega,
Kathryn Dunn; Delta Delta Delta,
Flora Kibler; Delta Gamma, Geno
Lockman; Gamma Phi Beta, Ad
elle Zamsky.
Hendricks hall, Lillian Hedrnan,
Highland house, Audrey Holli
day; Hilyard house, Ruthe Fore
man; Kappa Alpha Theta, Mary
Riley; Kappa Kappa Gamma,
Gerd Hansen; Orides, Marge Ov
erland; Pi Beta Phi, Barbara Gar
wood; Sigma Kappa, Mary Mer
cier; Susan Campbell hall, Ardis
Jensen; University house, Violet
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