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CAMPUS P Q <^)dern Movies Get Once-over— See Page 7 Army Invades igloo Tonight— See Page 4 VOLUME XLIV UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1943 NUMBER 71 'Smiles’ Girl Strugale Bars PastTitle-ists Absolutely the last queen to be chosen this month will be the Smiles a Million Girl, official glamour greeter for Dads’ week end', Nelda Rohrback, chairman of the Smiles a Million Girl con test announced Tuesday. Rules for the contest state that no girl who- has previously been a queen of any event on the cam pus may enter. Each girls’ living organization will have one en trant. She may be from any class. Dads’ Decision The judging will be impartial,, Miss Rohrback stated. An unbi ased board of four Oregon dads headed by Fred Stickels, chair man of the local dads’ organiza tion, will make the decision. Runners-up in the contest will J^eive the official title of Smiles (50,000 girls. They will accom pany the Smiles a Million Girl when she greets the dads, attends the luncheon, game, and other features of the Dads’ celebration. Quick Decision Contestants’ and judges names will be announced in Saturday’s Emerald. Judging will take place Saturday. There will be no first and second eliminations. An im mediate decision will be made Saturday, according to Miss Rohrback. This is to save time and trouble for everyone con cerned. An announcement concerning" what entrants should wear and where they will meet will appear in the Emerald later this week. Dads’ Day weekend is Febru a^ 13-14, however, mothers are l^i.ted to come, too. Solve Cor kin’s Code ’ Plead Worried Webfoots By FRED BECKWITH A perplexing problem has hit the campus of late, and the solving of it has occupied the time, energy and collective men tal processes of at least 1,000 Oregon students. And one young man, age 33, is responsible for throwing this mania of mystery on the Eugene locale and its citizenry. Wright Speaks On Vichy Policy “French Foreign Policy from Versailles to Vichy” will be the subject of a lecture by Dr. Gor don Wright, assistant professor of history, Thursday evening at 7:30 in the faculty room in Friendly hall. One of the series of lectures sponsored by the University Lec tures committee of the faculty, the talk will cover the period of French foreign policy from World War I up to the Vichy regime. Dr. Wright will weigh the poli cies of changing French admin istrations and politicians from 1918 to the present. He will dis cuss important changes in French politics and policies and the hand ling of French affairs and for eign relations by various politi cians. He will also speak of the manner in which that country’s foreign diplomacy has been for mulated through the last twenty years. Dr. Wright’s recent book “Ray (Please turn to page three) ’43 Book Drive Ups Anchor; Libe Named County Center By DOROTHY ROGERS Our men want books! The 1943 Victory Book Campaign to give more and better books to the fighting men, is now un der way with the University library as the official Lane County collecting center, announces W. C. Warren, acting librarian. Books collected from this campaign go to our fighting men \vherever they may be, to USO centers, and to the American merchant marine library associa tion. In the event of an over-sup ply, the books will be distributed *lefense areas where increased julation has taxed the local li braries. “Any book you want to keep is a good one to give,” say the Ar my and Navy special services of ficers. This year the campaign offic ials stress quality first, then quan tity. They feel that Americans do not want to make insignificant sacrifices, but that they want to be sure that these sacrifices are worthwhile. Current best sellers, more re cently published (1930 to date), popular fiction and non-fiction, technical books since 1935, hum Kis books, and the popular pock ditions are on the preferred list. All books must be in good physical condition. In 1942 the public contributed more than eleven million books to (Please turn to /’aye eiyht) Lt. Carr, '42, Missing In South Pacific Battle One of MacArthur’s fliers in Australia, Second Lieutenant Henry G. Carr, ex-'42, has been reported missing in action since December 2. Lieutenant Carr at tended the University for two years, majoring in business ad ministration. He lived in Kirk wood co-op and later pledged Delta Tau Delta. He was a grad uate of Jefferson high school in Portland. After being commissioned at Mather field in SSicramento, he took his advanced flying course at Davis Monthan field, Tucson, Arizona. He has been in the Aus tralia area since August 7. Lieutenant Carr is survived by his mother, Mrs. Eva McDonald, who lives at 267 N. Tillamook street in Portland, and by his aunt, Mrs. Agnes Johnson, 861 N. Holland street. mat young man is syndicate comic strip artist Milton Caniff. His unsolvable “brain-child” is the mysterious situation sur rounding a code, which one of his fictitious characters has con cocted—Flip Corkin’s message for help to his army headquar ters. The process of decoding this minute message has occupied the time and attention of Greeks and independents alike. Mathematics and physics books have acquired their second coatings of dust. Pre-t5realitast Kush It all begins at 7 in the morn ing when that metropolitan news paper arrives. There is a mad scramble for the funny papers, which are often mutilated in the sweeping rush. Even the lure of Dick Tracy and Superman is for gotten in the frenzied search for “Terry and the Pirates.” The questions fly thick and fast. “Have they solved it yet?” Ideas, Please “Say, I've got a new angle.” "Pardon me, Mabel, but can’t you figure a way out to this code ?” And so it gees. The conversa tion concerning Flip Corkin’s lit erary masterpiece continues on at breakfast table. Even on the way to the 8 o’clock morning classes, one can hear snatches of conver sation regarding the secret code and its even more secret contents. Even the editors of the Oregana and the Emerald have caught the fever. This Is It Caniff has been building this sequence for almost two weeks. It seems likely, as likely as any (Please turn to page eight) Bills for Dad “Send ’em home today” is the slogan of the Dads' Day committee, and all students are urged to send handbills adver tising Dads’ Day, to their par ents as soon as possible in or der to give parents sufficient time to make reservations for the trip to Eugene for Febru ary 13 and 14. Any organization or student who has not received hand bills may get them at the Co-op store where a supply is avail able in a special container de signed and constructed by Clell Crane, art director of the. Dads’ Day program. Frosh-Soph Brawl Henderson and Teddy Loud Each are leading quite a crowd Exerting their authorities In a matter of priorities. Instead of fighting all about Why not take the leaders out To some big place or other, And let them try to pants each other. —J.W.S, Houses Make Bond Pledges AsPost-WarScholarship Aid University students are ready to aid their armed forces in every way possible, and they have proven it this term by pledging to purchase war bonds which will make education possible for the returning service men and women, as well as be of help in winning the war. The scholarship plan, under the direction of Oge Young-, calls for funds donated by various organizations to buy bonds, OGE YOUNG . . „ . . . make education possible. BritchesSplit; Fresh Rouse Soph Wrath The freshman-sophomore pants feud, which has been gaining momentum since the beginning' of the term, reached a climax last night as a representative group of sophomores, seeking to enforce their right to exclusive use of the traditional blue jeans, came to terms with as many of the leaders of the freshman “re volt” as could be located. Previously, sophomores and up perclassmen in most living or ganizations had curbed the ef forts of any freshman uprisers. Brought to a Head Although a number of fresh men have worn the disputed blue jeans since the beginning of win ter term, the matter was brought to a head yesterday when most of the male freshmen united in wearing blue jeans to classes. According to Hank Doeneka freshman class president, the freshmen were to wear jeans for one day only. “My purpose in wearing the jeans was only to achieve class unity.” stated Doeneka, “and not for the purpose of breaking any tradition. As far as I am con cerned, what we set out to ac complish has been accomplished. Both freshmen and sophomores have achieved greater unit and class spirit.” Survey A telephone survey conducted by the Emerald indicated that a majority of the campus fresh men agreed with Doeneka on the subject of whether they would continue to wear the disputed pants. According to freshman rep resentatives of the fraternities (Continued on fayc eight) as an aid to members of our armed forces when they return from the war. House Pledges Pledges from women's organi zations are as follows: Alpha Chi Omega, bond a term; Alpha Delta Pi, bond a term; Al pha Omicron Pi, bond a month; Alpha Pi, a scholarship ($120); Alpha Xi Delta, bond a term: Del ta Delta Delta, $10 a month; Del ta Gamma, bond a term; Hend ricks hall, bond a month; girls’ co ops (combined) bond a term; Kap pa Alpha Theta, bond a term; Kap pa Kappa Gamma, bond a term; Orides, bond a term; Pi Beta Phi, bond next term; Sigma Kappa, bond a month; and Susan Camp bell, bond a term. Pledges from the men's organi zations are as follows;. . Alpha hall, bond this term; Del ta Upsilon, bond a month; Phi Delta Theta, bond a month; Pi Kappa Alpha, bond a term; Sigma Alpha Epsilon, bond a month; Sigma Alpha Mu, bond a term; Sigma Chi, bond a month; Sigma hall, bond next term; and Sigma Phi Epsilon, bond a term. Committee Undecided Other organizations have not vet. reached a decision concerning tile pledges for service scholar ships. Yvonne Torgler is in charge of the committee that is contact ing the organizations and Gerti Hansen, Leslie Brockelbank, Al va Grandquist, and Edith Newton are assisting her. An organization will give the scholarship fund $1S.75 to buy a $25 bond, which will be purchased in the name of the scholarship fund in order to avoid much un necessary bookkeeping in regard to the transfer of bonds. Kwama Welcome Features Defense A "get acquainted” theme ia planned for the annual Kwama assembly, to be presented Thurs day at 4:05 p.m. by the sopho more women's service honorary. Open to all women students, the meeting will especially feature a welcome for freshman girls, Joan Dolph, co-chairman for the assembly, revealed Tuesday eve ning. The program will be held in the men's lounge of Gerlinger hall. "Paging Hitlerina Hepcat,” a. short skit, will stress defense preparations on the campus, at the same time providing a humor ous angle, Joan declared. During the play, "Hitlerina,” a slightly eccentric frosh, furnishes plenty of laughs and some novel ideas for reorganizing the campus to meet war emergencies. A special greeting to all fresh man girls will be given by Phyllis (Please turn to page eight)