Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, January 19, 1943, Page 8, Image 8

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Lecture Series
Topics Selected
Lectures on four themes of cur
rent interest will head the list of
talks to be sponsored during win
ter term by the University lec
ture committee, Dr. Pt. H. Ernst,
University English department,
rvealed Monday.
First on the 193 schedule will
be a talk January 27 by Rabbi
Adolph H. Fink of Spokane. Be
ginning at 7:30 Wednesday eve
ning, Mr. Fink will lecture on
“Major Trends in Judaism.”
Dr. Wright Speaks
Dr. Gordon Wright, assistant
professor of history, will speak
on “French Foreign Policy from
Versailles to Vichy” Thursday,
February 4, at 7:30 p.m.
“Our Local Race Problem—
The American Indian” will be
the subject of a,.talk to be pre
sented February 11 by Dr. H. G.
Barnett, University anthropology
department.
Lecture on Gibbs
On Wednesday evening, Febru
ary 17, Dr. Pierre Van Ryssel
berghe, associate professor of
chemistry, will lecture on
“Gibbs, America’s Greatest Sci
entist.”
Especially designed for stu
dent interest, the winter term se
ries may also include a lecture
by Ernest Block. The interna
tionally famous composer, living
at Agate Beach, Oregon, is slat
ed to appear some time during
the latter part of February.
Honorary Sponsors
The lecture committee will also
present jointly with Sigma Xi,
chemical honorary, a talk by Dr.
D. W. Bronk, neurologist from
the University of Pennsylvania.
Scheduled February 24, the dis
cussion will deal with the physi
cal structure and biological ac
tion of nerve cells.
Lectures are open to the public
and will be held in the faculty
loom of Friendly hall.
Dads' Day Posts
(Continued from page one)
bringing guests from the depot
to the campus.
Secretary Named
Executive secretary for the
program will be Harriet Hender
son. Publicity will be handled by
Ted Goodwin and Edith Newton.
All committee members met
with Karl Onthank, dean of per
sonnel and executive secretary of
the Dads’ club, last week to dis
cuss plans and hear Dean On
thank explain the set-up and out
line the duties of the chairmen of
the various committees.
Dean Onthank emphasized that
the program will be carried on
with the least waste of student
time and as inexpensively as pos
sible.
Another Reserve Group
(Continued from page one)
above, plus completion of courses
in differential and integral calcu
lus as well as one year of college
physics. He must have complet
ed two years of college study be
fore application for this training.
The training leads to a com
mission as second lieutenant in
the army air forces with active
duty for the duration and six
months, unless released sooner.
Students receive $75 per month
and $2.25 per day during the ad
anced training and $50 per month
and $2.75 per day during the basic
and pre-meteorology training.
All tuition is paid by the gov
ernment and clothing is furnished.
Classes Inaugurated
In Catholic Teachings
Father V. F. Christoph, S.J.,
will conduct an instruction and
inquiry class for University stu
dents interested in learning some
thing about the Catholic church
YW Opens Winter Term
Membership Drive
The winter term membership
drive for the YWCA will end
Wednesday night, Audrey Hol
liday, chairman of the drive, an
nounced this week. Special ob
ject of the present drive has been
to reach independent students,
especially those who live off the
campus.
New members of the Y and the
membership committee will be
entertained at a dinner at the Y
bungalow Thursday night at 5:30.
This will celebrate the conclu
sion of the drive.
and its teachings. These classes
will be held on Tuesday and
Thursday evenings from 7 to 8
p.m., on the second floor of Ger
linger hall.
Father Christoph has recently
arrived from Gonzaga and Seat
tle colleges where he taught cours
es in psychology and sociology,
and he has inaugurated these
same classes for the nurses’ train
ing course at Sacred Heart hos
pital.
Women Open
’43 IM Season
Kappa Alpha Theta and Sigma
Kappa opened the girls' intramu
ral basketball season with victor
ies over Alpha Chi Omega and
Susan Campbell.
The Thetas showed smooth
team work for so early in the
season as they came out cn the
better end of a 1-7 count. The for
ward combination of Jean Morri
son, Helen June Kerr and Phyll
Root worked together with re
markable ease and smoothness.
They all have accurate shots,
making it plenty difficult for op
posing guards.
High point honors went to Jean
Morrison of Theta who netted 14
tallies. Sue St. Pierre of the vic
tors stood out at guard for the
victors.
Sigma Kappa's contest was
won by forfeit from the usually
strong Susan Campbell.
Tonight’s games pit Chi Ome
ga against Pi Beta Phi in the in
door gymnasium and Highland
Oregana Prices Upped
Oregana prices will be upped
this week to $5.50 from the
present rate of $5, Jeff Kitchen,
Oregana business manager an
nounced Monday. The price raise
will go into effect Thursday,
January 21.
Only a few copies of the an
nua! yet remain on the shelves,
Kitchen declared. These may be
_purchased in the Oregana of
fice between 3:15 and 4:15 p.m.
Houses Asked to Help
(Continued, from page one)
will take it to the educational
activities office where the bonds
will be bought. The money will
be used as a gift to service men
and women who will return to
the campus after the war.
The plan has been presented
to the house managers associa
tion, where it was favorably re
ceived. Young stated that he
would explain the plan at the
next heads of houses meetings.
Hoopers vs. Hendricks in the out
door gym. Games will begin at
5 p.m.
AP Scribe Relat^
Tales of Pacific
News straight from the actual
scene of battle will be heard by
students and faculty members
Thursday when Wendell Webb,
Associated Press reporter, speaks
at an assembly in McArthur court.
Webb was at Midway during
the heavy battle there and has
only recently returned to the
United States. Before the out
break of hostilities in the Pacific
he had been night editor in Port
land for the Associated Press.
From Iowa
Webb came to Oregon from
Iowa and started work here on a
McMinnville paper. He was la^|
the managing editor of the Coos
Bay Times.
Arriving here Wednesday from
San Francisco, Webb will attend
the annual state editor's confer
ence being held here January 22
and 23, and will be the guest
speaker at the faculty sponsored
assembly. While here the war re
porter will be entertained by Sig
ma Delta Chi, men’s journalism
honorary. *
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