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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
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’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
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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
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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
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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
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