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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 13, 1943)
Oregon H Emerald KAY SCHRICK, Editor; BETTY BIGGS SCHRICK, Business Manager G. Duncan Wimpress, Managing Editor Marjorie Young, News Editor John J. Mathews, Associate Editor. Elizabeth Edmunds, Advertising Manager John Jensen, National Advertising Manager Member Associated GolIe6iate Press UPPER NEWS STAFF Fred Treadgold, Co-Sports Editor Fred Beckwith, Co-Sports Editor Roy Nelson, Art Editor Marjorie Major, Women’s Editor Janet Wagstaff, Assistant. Editor Edith Newton, Assistant News Editor Joan Dolph, Assistant News Editor UPPER BUSINESS STAFF j'any /\u>ci using managers ; Don Dill, Dwayne Heathman, Arliss Boone, Lois Clause Yvonne Torgler, Layout Manager. v,uiiiiie rumiici, viiaiKiuuu »>j dimgci. Lois Clause, Classified Manager Leslie Brockelbank, Office Manager. Represented for national advertising by' NATIONAL ADVERTISING SERVICE, INC., college publishers’ representative, 420 Madison Ave., New York—Chicago—Boston - Los Angeles—San Francisco—Portland—Seattle. Published daily during the college year except Sundays, Mondays, holidays and final e xamination periods by the Associated Students. University of Oregon. Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice. Eugene, Oregon. Palie/i Qame Politioi. . . pOLITICS entered a poker game Thursday. Cards were dealt fairly by a Heart Hop committee, but Independents didn’t like the hand they received—so they pulled a new one out of their sleeves. Greeks were little aware that the cards had been stacked against them, and that Independents could see their hand through marked cards. The Greek poker sharks played straight, with no fifth aces up their sleeves. Two of their mem bers, however, played “partners” with Independents, rather un usual for a poker game. These two assured success of the hid den card trick. Independents opened the bid, and put all their cards in the hands of Keith Claycomb. They did not have to draw to their royal flush, with the king of hearts high. Only jokers in the hand were two Knaves of Hearts, but they were bound to come out second wheu.it came to drawing in the chips. * =K * gJEVKRAL Greeks had a full house, but that was not enough. Poker-minded Independents raised by 30 chips from one house, 25 more by another, 35 more by another, and on until the pot had reached unusual proportions. The Greeks “stayed" but Independents called their bluff. The chips were on the ta ble . . . but Independent “sharks” soon pulled them into their own pockets. There had been no need for a fifth ace; the king of hearts was the important card. Independents had missed no tricks— and they pulled several—as they showed the Greeks a royal flush. There had been times before when Greeks had dealt the cards, and marked them in their favor. This time Independents pulled the trick. Politics in a poker hand can be played by two sides. 'Phe card slicker who pulls the “deal" smells no sweeter whether his color be Greek or Independent. A/<uu 94 Mte. *7ime. . . g|TUDENTS are often called upon to explain just what part they are playing' in the effort to win this war. Outsiders, people with little or no contact with higher education in gen eral or the University in particular, find it pretty hard to jus tify in their own minds the holding of tens of thousands of college men, able-bodied and seemingly ready for training, in schools where they obviously are not directly fighting-, or building fighting instruments. 'Pile fact that we who are en listed in fighting force reserves know that we are undergoing an un-uniformed period of preparation is not enough. We must be able to cite specific examples of work that is immediately helpful to the prosecution of the war in order to hold up a strong argument for our position. All too often it is true that the women on the campus are doing more to contribute directly to the great overall effort than the men. True enough, the men are readying themselves for actual battle but there are many opportunities for them to help considerably in the meantime in addition to studies. These opportunities should not be neglected if we are to be really justified in remaining off active duty. =1= * * TYPICAL example of opportunity is the chance to help ameliorate the local rail situation. Southern Facific offi cials have issued an urgent call for able-bodied men in the Eu gene area to work on the track laying and repair crews. There is right now an acute shortage of men available for this type of work, and it is imperative that lines be kept open and in good repair since the main flow of north-south transportation along the Pacific slope is through here. Vital materials on vital mis sions cannot be delayed. Now is the time for every able man in the area, especially reservists, to respond to an urgent call for help. — J. J. M. ! A BUDDY] \ MEET A BUDDY-1 By BETTY LU SIEGMAN In the spring a pigger’s fancy sadly turns from war to love —or does it? With such events as Valentine’s day, and annual Dads’ Day, the Oregon pigger is even more reminded of the changes that come with war. Besides the seven University students who left Friday for the armed forces and those who may be leaving at the encFof uie term, uregon aiumni in an branches of the armed forces are either in training or have al ready seen action. Scott Corbett, ’41, who is a captain in the marine corps, has seen action in the south Pacific, according to a letter from him to Karl W. Onthank, dean of per sonnel administration. Jim Pick ett, ex-UO student, now a lieu tenant in the navy, is training at Pensacola. Previously Lieutenant Picftett had' been on ship duty and was then transferred to fly ing duty. St. Mary’s Graduate Cadet Thomas H. Burbee Jr., ’41, is training at the naVal re serve air base in Livermore, Cal ifornia. He graduated from St. Mary’s pre-flight school Septem ber 4, 1942. N. D. Neely, '34, has been pro moted from a major to a lieu tent colonel according to a re port released February 9 from headquarters of the Seattle air defense wing IV fighter com mand, This is his third promo tion in less than a year’s time. On the campus Lieutenant Col onel Neely, who majored in busi ness administration, was an ROTC lieutenant and a member of the University rifle team. Dr. Noble Overseas Harold Noble, former associate professor of history on the cam pus, has arrived1 safely in a for eign port, according to a post card received from him by Dr. Donald M. Erb, president of the University. Noble has lived in Japan for several years and also taught there. Robert A. Staller, '41, recently completed training at the medical replacement center officer candi date school at Camp Berkeley, Texas and received his commis sion as a second lieutenant in the medical administrative corps. Before attending Oregon, Lieu tenant Staller was a student at the University of Michigan and Toledo university. His class was the eighth to graduate since the opening of the school in May, 1942. A recent announcement by the surgeon general of the army states that about 1000 candidates will be commissioned there monthly during 1943. i ox commissioned David M. Cox, ex-University student, has been commissioned a second lieutenant in the marine corps upon completion of his ba sic training at the marine corps schools, Quantico, Virginia. At present he is enrolled in reserve officers’ clr^ss training in ad vanced work. After successful completion of six months’ train ing he will be assigned to a spe cialists’ school or to a combat unit, for final training. On the campus Lieutenant Cox majored in journalism and liter ature and was a pledge of Phi Gamma Delta. Gould Promoted Philip R. Gould, '41, was re cently advanced from the rank of corporal to that of staff ser geant in the marine corps. An aviation-radio specialist. Ser geant Gould is taking advanced training at the naval air station at Corpus Christi. He received his basic training at San Diego where he was awarded the honor badge for efficiency and was one of the few men selected for special training. (Please turn to page three) LT. DAVID M. COX . . . . . . ex-Oregon student receives his gold bars as second lieuten ant in the marine corps. By BERNIECE DAVIDSON Practical Education The University of Hawaii has gone on a five-day week schedule to join an island-wide campaign aimed to relieve the acute labor shortage. Classes will be held on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Fri day and Saturday. The student is expected to spend every Wednes day doing some job to lighten the labor shortage. Ka Leo o Hawaii Rings Are Cheaper Even though fraternity pins are becoming scarce, coeds at the University o£ Washington were cautioned not to wear military insignias, unless it’s worth $300 to them. A new regulation which is being strictly enforced calls for the ban of all military insig nia on non-military persons. " U. of W. Daily. MM Eugene is in the process of making music news. It seems that Esquire, the most-thumbed magazine in the dentist’s office, is using the old college town as a test spot in their series on rec ord popularity. Disk stores and juke boxes will give the basis (the publicity gags read) for the selection of numbers appealing greatest to public taste. Local musicians may well hope that the facts of record popularity hereabouts are not tabulated or published in too accurate form; we might suffer a general em barrassment. If you don’t know what I'm driving at, check the curdling offerings on any nickel record machine other than a couple on the campus. You will be given a choice of throwing away your coin on Whoopee John Wilfahrt, the Red River Valley boys, Tasl o’Grain’s Square Dance Kings, or the Ple hal Bros, orchestra. This last is really a reet combo: musettes ---o Between The Sheets By BOY PAUL NELSON Hello, Poppa! Just thought IVl come down to the depot to meet you. May I help you with your bag, or couldn’t Momma come? Shall we take a cab? Oh, you don’t have any change? Well, it’s a nice day for a walk. How was your trip? What's new in lower 13 berth? Glad that you could ma F it down for Dads’ Day. Here’s your chance to meet Jim Thayer. Heart Hops We’re getting close to the campus. There’s the millrace That’s the Gamma Phi Beta house. They crowned the Kin^ of Hearts there Thursday after' nocn. A kid from Campbell clul got it. It sounds a little like an other “cooperative” movement similar to the Nickel Hop cup winning feat a few weeks earlier, but I understand the Tri-Delts and the Alpha Xi Delts went pretty strongly for him, too. There's the Sigma Nu house. Bob Perry lives there. He’s a transfer from UCLA and is ai Long Beach, California, boy. You* know, I knew he wasn’t from Portland when I first met him, because A1 Kasmeyer is f \ir. Portland, and he doesn’t Iook a bit ljke A1 Kasmeyer. Coke Dates Let’s go straight up to John son hall so. you can register. In cidentally, to your left is the Col lege Side, where you take your girl after almost every date for a coke. I’ve often wondered what the inside of the place looks like. There’s the law school. In its student body is a net total of three graduating seniors this year. Here we are at Johnson. I guess you have a banquet at 1 at John Stratib Memorial hall, don't you? You’ll have supper at the house at 6, and then we’ll go out to a restaurant for something to eat. Oregon battles with Oregon State at 8, and they’ll also f py a little basketball, followed by the University theater production, “The Whole Town’s Talking,” which should be an interesting bit of conversation. I hope you enjoy your stay down here, Poppa. (Editor’s Note: Nelson’s col umn is written from an infirm ary bed. There he will likely remain—through Dads’ Day.) niiifluumimiiiiiiBiitiutmiimiiinniiAiwHiiiiiiiiimiuiiiuiniiffiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiuiinHimii'^ -"I By John J. Mathews J and harmonicas, jack. You’d nev er know there’s a shellac short age from the refuse that nif^tly sends the characters at the '%-il ace Grill, and a lot of us are trembling that maybe this un holy situation will bask in the glare of national publicity. Brr. * * * Quite a few lovers of le jazz hot are beginning to catch onto a new angle that has developed since the aforementioned shellac shortage. The record stores want old disks (not laminated) to be melted down into new, and be fore you can buy a new number in most spots now, you have to turn in an old one. Well, it seems there are a lot of people these days who g? re only too happy to trade in itLir slightly worn Bennys and Basies for nice shiny new Spike Jones? offerings. The angle is for those whose love for good jazz risesj above surface noises to cull the! (Please turn to page three)