ROTC Riflemen
l^racticefor Tilts
The ROTC rifle team, under
Major H. Blythe, director of
marksmanship at the local mili
tary department, is in the midst
of heavy practice sessions in prep
aration for coming shooting
matches, the major said Monday.
The team will fire in its first
match of the year sometime dur
ing the first week of February,
with matches continuing all
through February. Included in
these matches are inter-institu
tiojjal contests, the ninth service
c J mand match, and the tourna
ment for the Hearst trophy.
Champs and a Prayer
According to Major Blythe, the
team will enter competition with
little more than “a prayer and
the will to win.” The squad,
which has been one of the strong
est in the United States contin
ually during the last ten years,
has won more national matches
than any other college except the
University of Washington, with
whom it is now tied.
The lack of experienced men
on the team has made it neces
sary to accept men who have had
no ROTC experience. Two fresh
men who have stood out in pre
season shooting are Greg James
and Don Foster, said Major
Blythe.
Tried Marksmen
riong the veteran marksmen
will fire on the team this
year are Kieth Claycomb, Lee
Ghormley, and Bob Ellinwold.
Malcolm Almack, a letterman of
last year will be unable to com
pete this year because of eye
trouble.
In the past, Oregon has always
had one of the top rifle teams in
the country, having won the na
tional championship three times
in the last seven years. It can
claim two national individual win
ners, and four coast champions,
and has turned in the only one
man perfect score in the history
of intercollegiate competition.
WAA Prexy Calls
Ar Dinner Boss
WAA members wishing to ap
ply for chairmanship of the annual
WAA banquet, scheduled Febru
ary 18, are asked to turn in eligi
bility slips from the dean of wo
men, Goldie Puziss, WAA presi
dent, at Hendricks or Gerlinger
halls before 6 p.m. Thursday.
The letter must include a state
ment of the student’s major,
GPA, and activities. General ar
rangements for awards, speak
ers, decorations, and food will be
handled by the banquet chair
man, Miss Puziss revealed.
Officers Honored
Honoring newly-elected offi
cers of the organization, the pro
gram for the banquet will include
presentation of awards to indi
j®ials and houses for intramural
contests.
Results of the annual WAA
elections, to be held the morning
of February 18, will not be re
leased before the banquet.
Group Recognition
Group awards will be present
ed for participation in volleyball,
ping-pong, basketball, and bad
minton during fall and winter
terms, in addition to awards in
tennis and softball for the 1942
spring term. Also will be a par
ticipation plaque, to be given to
the organization showing the
most enthusiasm, cooperation,
and the sportsmanship during
A year.
^lutstanding individual recog
nition will be the senior award,
to be given to a girl with 15
checks for participation in sports.
Photo by Betty Biggs Schrick
JOHN HELMER . . .
“— your Emerald, madam."
Men Straighten Bones;
Learn 'Why Bur pees’
By DON DILL
With the male population of the University of Oregon fin
ally recovered from the physical fitness test conducted by the
physical education department, the whys and wherefores of the
test can more sanely be thought about, and some interesting
data gleaned from similar tests conducted last term.
The whirlwin run of psh-ups,
chin pull-ups, jumping, running
and the long-remembered Burpee
exercises were not miscellaneous
gym tests invented to harass the
already tired student, but are the
tried and tested brain children of
Dr. W. W. Massey, assistant pro
fessor of physical education.
All Studied
Each exercise used in the physi
cal fitness examination has been
the subject of careful research
and experimentation to determine
the effect it has upon the body.
The research, conducted by Dr.
Massey with the aid of graduate
P. E. students has extended over
four years and the result is the
streamlined, mass - production
physical measurement test now in
use.
These tests are not used by the
physical education department to
grade the student and his P. E.
ability, but are used solely to de
termine the student’s ability to
do certain general types of exer
cise. Strength, agility, endurance,
piiysical power, speed and adapta
bility are tested. By testing the
individual at the beginning of the
term, the type of physical activ
ity necessary to round out his de
velopment can be determined.
Final Test
• Tested again at the end of the
term, the amount of improvement
made by the student can be noted,
and from this the P. E. instructor
can evaluate both the student’s
work and the efficiency of the
P. E. program.
Fall term improvement percent
ages for physical - ed students
show a 35% increase in the stud
ent’s strength after a term of
gym. Agility increased an aver
age of 23%; endurance 19% ; phy
sical power, 13%; speed, 7%.
This improvement in the physi
cal prowess of the students is a
tribute to both the department of
physical education and to the men
of Oregon for their earnest desire
to attain the physical fitness re
quired for the rigors of war and
P. E.
Coat Check Room
To Open in Libe
A coat check room will be open
ed this week in the University li
brary by the independent student
association, according to Virginia
Locke, sophomore in liberal arts,
who is in charge of arrangements.
Scheduled to open today, the
room will be open Monday through
Thursday from 7:30-10 p.m., and
on Sunday from 6:30-9 p.m. Each
independent house will be respon
sible for a different night, Vir
ginia announced, with Hendricks
hall in charge Sunday; Hilyard
house, Monday; Susan Campbell,
Tuesday; University house Wed
nesday; Highland house, Thurs
day.
Lectures Open
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Rabbi Fink has been active in
civic and communal affairs. He
was former president of the
Washington state conference of
social workers, and worked on
the board of the Washington Red
Cross, and the Family Welfare
association.
Born in Goldsboro, North Car
olina, Rabbi Fink was graduated
from the University of Cincin
nati, and the Hebrew Union col
lege of Cincinnati. He did grad
uate work at the University of
Chicago.
Rabbi Fink will arrive in Eu
gene about noon today to give
FroshOfficer
Brings Papers
DespiteOdds
“Neither rain, nor sleet, nor
snow, nor dark of night shall stay
those carriers from swift com
pletion of their appointed
rounds.”
Instead of the mail carrier's
code, this could well be the slo
gan of John Helmer, Emerald
news boy. Helmer, who is treas
urer of the frosh class came in
on a bicycle when the rubber
shortage retired his predecessor.
For Helmer says the news must
go through and it does—through
Oregon mist, through falling
branches, and even the ice floes
of last week. It finally lands at
some sorority house door, and a
pin-curled coed yawns, “Why
can’t they put the Emerald closer
to the door?”
But Helmer on his trusty bi
cycle, pedals on through the cold
of the gray morning, devoted to
the Emerald, to the University
and to his dollar-a-day.
Leaders Plan
Forum Series
Discussion of problems of cur
rent interest will be held in cam
pus living organizations, accord
ing to plans made last night by
a group of campus leaders in a
meeting at the Anchorage.
Leighton Platt is chairman of
the committee, which is spon
sored by the YWCA and YMCA,
with the cooperation of the
ASUO.
All houses will be contacted
this week concerning plans for
giving students opportunity to
hold bull-sessions, with faculty
members acting as resource lead
ers.
Questions students will proba
bly discuss concern the possibil
ity of peace after this war, the
handling of home affairs while
the present generation is at the
battlefield, our economic life, and
war marriages.
Organizations desiring infor
mation concerning the discus
sions should call Leighton at
Campbell club.
Houses Pledge
(Continued from page one)
Deltas, Delta Gammas, and Ori
des. The Pi Beta Phis promised
a bond for next term.
The Delta Delta Deltas report
ed that they would give $10 for
the scholarship fund from money
they would save but cutting
down on bread and butter con
sumption in their house.
Delayed Plans
Other women’s organizations
had not held meetings since the
plan was suggested, and were un
able to disclose what they would
give to the fund.
. The Delta Upsilons and Sigma
Chis will give a bond each month.
Other men’s living organizations
have not been contacted yet.
this lecture, which promises to
be one of the best of the season
in Dr. Ernst’s opinion. The Jew
ish Chautauqua society is spon
soring the address in cooperation
with the University lecture series
committee.
The Western (Big Ten) athlet
ic conference has voted against
admitting freshmen to varsity
competition.
Brown university students’ fa
vorite fiction is "East of Fare
well,” by Howard Hunt, ’42, and
their favorite piece of non-fiction
is “Only the Stars Are Neutral,”
by Quentin Reynolds, '24.
CAMPUS
CALENDAR
SDX meets today, 4:45 in 104
Journalism.
Alpha Kappa Delta meets in
Gerlinger on third floor, 7:30 p.m.
All students having classes in
the art school will meet Wednes
day at 3 p.m. at the Anchorage,
Don Hoffman, president of Al
lied Art league, has announced.
Economy Note
Hits Dad’s Day
The belt tightened again last
night as the Dads’ Day commit
tee, mindful of the need for con
serving time and money, decided
to dispense with special station
ery for the event.
Chairman Jim Thayer an
nounced that the dads will be in
vited through the work of Chuck
Politz’ promotion committee and
by letters written by each stu
dent. Newspapers, carrying Dads’
Day publicity, and letters home
this week and next will ask
“Dad, come on down for Satur
day, February 13, and see how
the ERC lives.’’
In previous years the commit
tee had special stationery avail
able at the Co-op for students to
use for invitations.
The main talking point for stu
dents writing home will be tha
full program that should bring
loyal dads through rationing and
high water to visit sons and
daughters in what may well be
the last Dads’ day for the dura
tion.
Students will be urged to use
the same diligent persuasion when
asking their dads down as they
use at the baginning of each fis
cal month.
Oregon^ Emerald
Night staff:
John Gurley, night editor
Jan Settle
Russ Smelser
Solicitors:
Dwayne Heathman, Adv. Mgr.
Zola Quisenberry
Office:
Rannie Fletcher
City Desk:
Betty Ann Keup, City Editor
Ted Bush
John Mathews
Sidney Seymour
Adiser Tells
(Continued from page one)
maintain its own independence
and dignity.
Mr. Shepherd is a missionary of
the American Board of Commis
sioners for Foreign Missions. He
first went to China in 1917 and
has worked in that country for 20
years. He was lent by the For
eign Missions board to the New
Life Movement.
Mr. Shepherd believes that tho
only sure and lasting foundation
of the future world is in the build
ing of spiritual understanding be
tween races.
Cupid Victimizes Lead
(Continued from page one)
St. Mark” were constructed from
ideas sketched by the stage design
class. Don Shirley was in charge
of Nell West's kitchen and the
barracks at Fort Grace. Patricia
Howard handled Janet Feller’s
room; Keith Hoppes, the Moonbow
restaurant; Jim Bronson, a pier
and a field; Kay Richards, a cave;
and Marellen Wilber, Nell’s room.
Tickets for the play are on sale
at the box office in Johnson hall
from 10-12 a.m. and from 1-5 p.m.