Oregon daily emerald., January 23, 1943, Page 7, Image 7

IF A BUMM
iMEKT A BUDBY"
This is total war. Snowballs are flying on the campus, bullets
are flying on the battlefields—marking a contrast in the life
which Oregon alumni now in the armed forces once led and
that which they are undergoing now.
Corporal Ray D. Holcomb, ’40, now on overseas duty, was
a member of an American bomber crew which took part in a
recent raid on the Vunakananau field near Rabaul, New Britain.
wnen ne leic ior Australia last
May, he was a private W'ith the
11th bombing squadron of the
my air corps.
On Active Duty
After seeing active service both
in Africa and Australia, First
Lieut. Sheldon Paul Purdy Jr., ’43,
is now stationed at Long Beach,
California, with the 28th ferrying
squadron. Lieut, (j.g.) Simonelli,
’41, who is now home on furlough,
has been on active duty for several
months with the United States
navy.
Kathryn Dunn, sophomore in
liberal arts, is the only remaining
member of her family attending
the University, since her four
brothers, three of whom are Ore
gon alumni, have all entered the
service. Bill Dunn, ’39, is at offi
cers’ training school in the army
quartermaster corps at Camp Lee,
Petersburg, Virginia. He will be
«mmissioned as a second lieu
nant February 12.
Three Brothers
Jack Dunn, ’40, whose position
in the service is a military secret,
is stationed in Portland. Ralph
Dunn, ex-’42, is a second lieuten
ant at Camp Roberts, California.
On the campus, all three brothers
were members of Alpha . Tau
Omega.
Lieut. Walter Benson, ’28, has
been named to the staff of the
newly-established Naval Flight
Preparatory school at Colgate
university as commanding officer
of Company B, composed of 100
men. The school is one of 20 estab
lished at leading colleges through
out the country to give initial
training to 600 aviation cadets
every three months.
Aviation Cadet
^vollowing his graduation from
college, Lieut. Benson was with
the Associated Gas and Electric
company as securities salesman
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with headquarters in New York
City. He then became district
manager and later became divi
sional manager of the Scott Paper
company in Chester, Pennsylvania,
for eight years, before entering
the third class graduated at the
the navy base last June. A member
of indoctrination school at the
naval air station, Quonset Point,
Rhode Iisland, he is also a member
of the Third Naval District’s avia
tion cadet selection board.
Tommy Wright, '43, who visited
on the campus during the past
week, has left for Texas where he
is stationed with the army tank
destruction division. Wright, who
is a former sports editor on the
Emerald as well as author of a
column, “Wright or Wrong,’’ ex
pects to be sent overseas soon.
Further Training
Formerly with the traffic de
partment of the Moore-MeCor
mack Steamship company in San
Francisco, Corporal Linden H
Bramwell, ’41, is now stationed
somewhere in the Hawaiian is
lands.
Robert L. McChesney, '42, who
is a private in the army signal
corps at Camp Murphy, Florida, is
acting company commander of his
division. He is the son of A. C.
McChesney of Springfield. Second.
Lieut. Wallace R. McCIung, ’42,
who received his commission upon
graduation from the army air
force school at Miami Beach,
Florida, was assigned to the ad
ministrative and supply service
and has been sent to Jefferson
Barracks, Missouri, for further
training.
Dr, Smith Will Lead
Westminster Forum
Dr. W. D. Smith, head of the
University geology and geogra
phy department, will lead the
regular Sunday forum discussion
at Westminster house at 6:30
p.m.
His topic will be “What are
we fighting for?” As a guide to
the forum he will use a question
naire recently published by the
YWCA.
A social half hour will precede
the forum. A1 Larsen is chairman
of the forum committee and will
preside at the meeting.
Are you puzzled what to
give the recent bride ? We
have a grand selection of
beautiful, practical gifts.
F o s t o r i a Glassware,
China - Spode Dinner
ware, some Silverware,
Roseville Pottery, in
numerable other suitable
items.
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160 E. Broadway
Petition Deadline Set
For Banquet Head
Petitions for chairmanship of
the annual. WAA banquet, Febru
ary IS, must be turned in t o
Goldie Puziss. WAA prexy, at
Hendricks hall before Thursday,
January 2S.
The banquet, will honor the
newly-elected officers and awards
to individuals and houses for in
tramural contests will be pre
sented.
Petitions must be accompanied
by eligibility slips obtained from
the office c.f Hazel P. Schwering,
dean of women in Gerlinger hall.
Eligibility slips must include the
student’s major, GPA and other
activities.
Campus Kids
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brave in the face of Thursday
night's storm and ventured out
in bathing trunks to have a snow
ball fight with the Chi Omegas.
Members and pledges had a bat
tle Friday night, but it was a
draw and everyone got cold, ac
cording to inside reports.
No broken windows, and few
snowball fights was the report
of the Beta Theta Pis who spent
most of their time skiing and had
time for little else.
The Delta Delta Delta girls
found themselves blockaded
when Theta Chi men rolled two
huge snowballs in front of their
door so the girls couldn't get out
except through the back exit.
A dozen midwest universities
have been designated to train
cooks and bakers for the navy.
Minehart Relates Radio
Minus Hollywood Spice
By BILL LINDLEY
All the glamour in radio which students concoct in their
minds from a movie scene showing an announcer standing fee
fore a microphone is non-existent, according to Bill Minehart.
And Minehart should know, for as one of the three stuc-cnt
announcers for Eugene's radio station KORE, he has been
before microphones for a total of more than 500 hours.
"I get tired of both students
and' professors constantly saying.
Radio must be so fascinating’,'’
he says. ''Radio is nothing but
hard work, as any announcer can
tell you. How Hollywood makes
a glamorous business of it is hard
to imagine.'’
On the Spot
The difficulties of an announc
er in a typical broadcast period
are numerous. First there may be
a. transcription program with, a
transcribed announcement at the
station break. Between records
the announcer has to make "spot'’
announcements, arrange for news
broadcasts, and file used records
back in their proper place.
“News broadcasts are a lot of
fun," Minehart asserts, with sat
ire prominent in his voice. "We
have to run into the news room
and get te stories off the tele
type as they come in, and if there
isn't enough copy left from the
last broadcast we have to ad lib
—with long pauses."
"The Journal?”
Minehart's most embarrassing
moment came during his first
week with the local station. Hc
had just faded out a program
from the Mutual network, and
calmly said into the rrke:
"KOIN, Eugene.”
Minehart has no favorite pro
gram. He likes most dance bancs,
high school shows, and the Voice
of Prophecy. “X get sort of fared
of six hours of church programs
on Sunday,” he said, "but by mid
night Sunday I am certainly as
close to being a good Christ.au
as I ever will be.”
Although it may be a "tough
life,” Minehart intends to stock to
radio, and eventually expects to
combine his vocation (radio) vdth
his profession (journalism) ;scd
become a radio news commenta
tor.
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