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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 12, 1943)
VOLUME XLIV NUMBER 78 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 1,2, 1943 Army Calls Meteorologists Weathermen First to Go,* Program Still Open to Ducks Seven University students, formerly enlisted in the ERC, leave today to begin preliminary training in the army’s new meteorology program. Because of war department rulings, neither the students’ names nor their destination may be re vealed as yet, but it is reported that their twelve months’ pre liminary training period will begin Monday. Alter the first 12 months, dur ing which they will be listed as privates in the army air corps, the students, if qualified, will con tinue on as air cadets to eight months of more advanced train ing. At the end of this period they will be commissioned second lieu tenants in the air corps. The next group of students in the basic or “C” division will not 1^ called for meteorology train until May, but the program is still open for applications. Appli cations are also still being accept ed for the “B” or central group and for the “A” or advanced group. Two years of college math and a year of college science is neces sary for the “B” group and more advanced training is needed for the “A” section. Full particulars for all three programs may be se cured at the office of Dr. Carl F. Kossack, campus armed forces representative. Application blanks may also be obtained at Dr. Kossack’s office and students applying will need their birth certificate, a picture, three letters of recommendation, and a transcript of their schooling thus far to send in with their ap plication letter. Library, Art Museum The library and the art mu seum will be open both Satur day and Sunday from 2-5 p.m. in honor of visiting dads. Subscribers to Get Emerald Again Soon Mailed subscriptions to the Emerald will soon be received on schedule again, according to Bet ty Biggs Schrick, business man ager. Several copies were held up for some time because of lack of a mailing clerk. The new mailing clerk will send back copies of the Emerald to subscribers in order that they might keep their files complete. Jewett Fund Pays Off to 8 In Speech Tilt The payoff in the second Jew ett speech contest last night was big'. Everybody won. Of the eight contestants, Es ther Quier, Alice Harter and Jack McCliment rang up $18.75 each for speeches the five judges considered “superior.” David Waite, Dorothy Wey gandt, and Marjorie Major deliv ered “excellent” speeches to the tune of $10 each. Harold Rhea and Ted Loud were rewarded $5 for their “good” speeches. Judges The judges: Willis Warren, acting librarian; Ken Shumaker, lower division adviser. Charles Howard, professor of law; John Ganoe, associate professor of history; and George Turnbull, professor of journalism. Law Professor Charles How ard, in one of the four-minute question periods following a speech, glowered at “Planning for (Please turn to page six) Turkey Meal Planned For Big Dads’ Weekend Tomorrow belongs to Dad. He will arrive some time in the morning and register at Johnson hall. A variety of planned entertainment will await him. Jim Thayer, general chairman, names some of the things Dad will find to keep him busy in addition to visiting son or Hilarious Operatic Assembly To Hit Campus with Mozart By BETTY LU SIEGMAN An operatic troupe which gets as many laughs as a small Broadway revue, which travels by bus and carries all of its props in a suitcase, and which won the highest musical praise from 75 American cities last season will arrive on the campus Monday to present their way English production of Mozart’s “Marriage of Figaro.” The presentation, which is the second in the University’s 1942-43 Greater Artist concert series, at McArthur court, proves that op cjn. can be enjoyed for high eom 1A and great music at the same time. Opera Alive The Nine o’clock opera troupe based its production on the belief that good opera, like good thea ter, must be alive, not a mummi fied tradition. The Italians have always heard their Wagner in Ital ian and the Germans have learned Verdi in German. It was about time, decided these enthusiastic young singing-actors, that Ameri cans had a chance to hear opera in their own language. The re sults, a fabulously successful transcontinental tour last season, more than justified that belief. AfLinong the seven members of tne cast, who are all Americans, George Britton plays the part of the aristocratic Count Almaviva, who is torn between a jealous af fection for his wife and a weak (Plcase turn to page six) Tin Yield Looms; Drive Rolls Again An even greater amount of tin cans is expected in the scrap drive today, than was received in the last drive, Marge Curtis and Art Damschen, co-chairmen of the sal vage committee of the war board declared Thursday. The reason given for the great er yield is that the competitive spirit among living organizations will produce greater cooperation. The name of the organization which contributed the most tin cans will be published in the Em erald. The cans must be flattened and the labels removed. They should be placed in a well covered box with the name of the living or ganization on the outside. If this is not done, they will not be ac cepted. They will be placed at the usual salvage pickup depots. daughter tor what may well be the last Dads’ Day for the dura tion. Turkey Saturday at 1 an expected 500 clads will surround the table in the dining room of the men’s dorm for a turkey luncheon. Following the Point Ration meal, James Ab be, veteran newsman and world traveler will talk. Promoter Chuck Politz interviewed Abbe early this week and promises the dads a treat. Reserved seats have been sold for dads attending the Oregon OSC game Saturday night. Play The Guild theater Saturday aft er the game will produce “The Whole Town’s Talking," a Horace Robinson directed comedy. This is especially for Dads but seats may be reserved for anyone at 55 cents each. Sunday dinners at the various living organizations will be fol lowed by a recorded musical con cert in the browsing room of the library. Cups Three cups will be given to the living organizations entertaining the most dads, second most dads, and the most freshman dads. These awards will be made on a percentage basis. A house regis tering 15 dads if there are 60 in (Please turn to page seven) Millraced Monarch The Hop is done. I shouldn't stress A technical point—but then Before they dunked the King of Hearts Did they ask the Dean of Men ? —J. W. S. L I » u. OF ORE. PQ - t miru'sv r.ujrcnc Kegistcv-Vii » COED “AUCTIONETTES” . . . . . . who helped sell $1,500 in war bonds to buy a bomber. Front tejTt-: Brimmina Yrang, Mickey Mitchell, Roberta Madden, Anita Fernandez*, and Betty Schrick. Back left: Yern Hawn, aueioneer; Dr. Willlston Wirt, Carl Dueill, and George Flint, committeemen. Fijis, AXO’s Buy Bonds, Swell Bomber Fund $7000 By MARGARET McGEE War bonds totalling $7,000 were purchased Thursday noon by two campus living organizations, as the Lane county “buy a bomber” fund swelled to $55,550 inductions held Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday by three Eugene service clubs. To radio audiences listening over station KORE, Thursday, Auc tioneer Vern Hawn announced among purchasers as the Active Houses Collect Co-op Receipts Every campus organization is showing plenty of cooperation, and more than $2000 worth of Co-op store receipts have been turned in for the benefit of the pcst-war scholarship plan, Oge Young, chairman of the fund that will aid returning service men in continuing their education, said Thursday night. The Co-op receipts will be held by the committee until next spring when they can be cashed in at the Co-op store. Every so rority and most of the fraterni ties have participated in collect ing the Co-op slips. ATOs Add lo Fund The Alpha Tau Omega mem bers have also decided to- give a bond each term to the scholar (Please turn to paeie sezen) Red Cross Takes Fresh Location Campus Red Cross work will be moved from Chapman hall to the store next to the College Side in order to facilitate a greater output of surgical dressings, an nounced Caroline Holmes, chair man. The new location, which is rent free, was found through the ef forts of Cr L. Kelly, professor of business administration, and will be open every day from 3 to 5 p.m. Contest Supervisor The rooms in Chapman hall will be used as usual on Fridays and Saturdays. Miss Holmes would like to get in touch with all surgical dress ing supervisors some time today between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. to make a record of their free hours during each week day afternoon. Friday in Chapman Friday all work will be done in Chapman hall while the equip ment is being moved to its new location. Saturday the new store wi’l open and will be kept open until the end of the term.. club sale, Phi Gamma Delta fra ternity, $5,000: and Alpha Chi Omega sorority, $2,000. Voicing a challenge to Kiwania club, with a luncheon-auction scheduled Monday, February 5, members of Active club placed the total for Thursday at $32,000. This amount more than doubled receipts for either Tuesday or Wednesday. “Firebird” The "Lane County Firebird” will be the personal gift of county residents to the war effort. Tito drive for funds will continue i n til the middle of March. Featured at the luncheons is Captain Jack, Rotary chib's famed bantam rooster, which helped to sell $75,000 in bonds at Klamath. (Please turn ter page seven) Odeon Exhibit Spurs interest By TED GOODWIN An idea that began in the minds of a few students and fac ulty members some weeks ago io rapidly nearing reality. States wide interest has followed the first announcement of Odeon, University creative talent show set for February 22. "Odeon, pronounced Odayon, like rodeo, has been consistently mispronounced,” griped Barbara Hampson, one of the formulators of the talent scouting and dis playing festival. Bar rjuet, Entertainment Following an invitational ban quet. contributors to the various fields of creative endeavor wilt be entertained by leadings of prose and poetry, a student-writ ten play, musical composition, paintings and sculpture. All en tries will be original student work, it was emphasized. The play chosen for this recog nition was written by Virginia Lippman, sophomore for Mis. Alice Ernst’s playwriting class, “The Family Portrait” shows lot of fire for a one-act drama, according to contemporary writer Hampson, a sharp critic. Plastic Torso Honorable mention was given by the student-faculty committio (Please turn to page three)