UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. EUGENE
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17. 1943
VOLUME XLIV
NUMBER SI
Photo by Lyle Nelson
THREE DIVISIONS OF ODEON . . .
. . . are displayed here as Eugene Bennett, left, M -rlin Dow, Marjorie Campbell, VV. A. Dahlberg, gen
eral chairman, and Barbara Hampson look over several musical, sculpturing, and written contributions
to the event.
Marines Add
bff icer Class;
Called July I
Students who have reached 17
but not 18 may be enlisted in clas
III (d), marine corps reserve, for
assignment to the candidates’
class for commission provided
they are fully qualified, according
to word received Tuesday by Dr.
C. F. Kossack, campus armed
forces representative.
All such enlistments must be
completed before March 15, the
communicatfon"'stated. Students
interested are advised to see Dr.
Kossack soon.
At present the marine corps
♦ templates assigning all class
m (d), inactive reservists, to ac
tive duty July 1, as privates with
pay and allowances. They will
then be sent to a group of select
ed colleges and universities
throughout the country to con
tinue their college education fol
lowing a. curriculum approved oy
the marine corps.
Students in this reserve have
been asked for information re
garding the nearest railroad or
bus accommodations. This did
not mean that they were to leave
immediately. The information
was required for the purpose of
issuing the necessary transporta
tion when assigned to active duty
on the tentative date of July 1,
1943.
Popular Farce
Reopens Today
“The Whole Town’s Talking”
reopens tonight at 8 at the Uni
versity theater following a suc
cessful opening last Friday night
and a performance for the dads
last Saturday.
The play is a farce woven
around the efforts of the in
genue’s father to marry her to his
business partner, a small town
boy who can’t understand why
isn’t attractive to women
Jce he was such a pretty baby.
Matters are complicated by the
entrance of a hand-kissing play
boy, and the glamourous movie
star, Letty Lythe, and her direc
tor.
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Outstanding Writings
Featured at Art Show
Odeon became the great mediator last night by announcing
the names of persons from both fields of writing, journalism
and literature, whose manuscrips will be read and displayed
Monday, February 22.
For years the University has been turning out men and
women with marked ability in both fields of writing. There are
several hip- names in literature -«--————-—»—*—
htvciai uig names m iiieraLure
today who got their start on the
Emerald copy desk. Other writ
ers that have flung their fame far
began in Villard hall with the
English department.
This year Odeon brings the
two fields under a one night spot
light and the writings judged
most outstanding will be read as
part of the creative arts show
set for next Monday.
Literary Achievement
Odeon’s talent scouts named
the following contributors of lit
erature: Poetry: Peggy Overland,
G. Duncan Wimpress, Claudine
Biggs, Mildred Wilson, Cecil Sar
geant, Marjorie Major, and Bar
bara Hampson. These poems will
be read aloud.
Two short stories were selected
to be read at the occasion: Wim
press’ “The Journey," and Miss
Hampson’s “I’ve Never Stopped
Looking.”
In the essay writing field, Mar
jorie Major’s fall term Jewett
winning speech, “We’re So Sorry,
Dr. Kuo,” Sue St. Pierre’s “Shad
ow Jockey,” and “The Crest of
the Flood,” by Ray Dickson, rat
ed top spots.
Editorial Page
In journalism, the following
clippings will be read as represen
tative of the best in the Emerald:
Editorial by Ray Schrick, “The
War of Nerves,” A1 Larsen’s fea
ture, “Are College Students
Tops?” and Janet Wagstaff’s
“Poet E. G. Moll Scores New
Hits.” One of Chuck Politz' col
umns, "Nuf Sed” will also be
read.
On display but not read, manu
scripts by these literary figures
will be featured: Merlin Dew,
Ruth Collins, Sally Clarke, Bert
Moore, Mary Arkely, Darleane
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Shirts
Why is it a fad that new shirts
Should be so darn stiff that it
hurts ?
And when they get soft, I do
swear,
They’re always too dirty to wear.
. .
Army Issues Call to Colors;
Fledgling Flyer Deferments
Terminate With Term’s End
Air corps enlisted reserves who enlisted for subsequent ap
pointment as aviation cadets will find their deferred status
ended at the completion of the present term, according to a
notice received here Tuesday by Dr. Carl F. Kossack, armed
services representative.
UO Awaiting
Army Word
The University of Oregon is
still waiting further news from
the war manpower commission
as to its appointment to train
army men in specialized training
courses. A statement issued yes
terday afternoon from Dr. Erb's
office reported that no news had
been received since the initial
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The complete notice, which will
affect about 100 men in the army
air corps, reads as follows:
"It is directed that the deferred
status cf students in the air corpn
enlisted reserve who enlisted for
subsequent appointment as avia
tion cadets be terminated at the
end of the college semester, term
or quarter, in which they were en
rolled on December 31, 1942, am!
that they be called to active duty
at the same time as other air
corps enlisted reserves."
Dr. Kossack Interprets this to
mean that at the end of the term,
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GERTRUDE PUZISS . . .
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ABBIE JANE WHITE . . .
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MARGE DIBBLE . . .
. . . A\\S President
New Location
Still Unfilled;
Help Needed
By ARLISS BOONE
Because 180,000,000 surgical
dressings must be finished for
the government by the end of
March, a new location was found
so that work could be done more
quickly.
Yesterday morning the new
University Red Cross room
opened in the store next to the
College Side. The only workers
during the afternoon were 18 Sig
ma Alpha Mu men who did a
fine job in turning out bandages.
Men Invited
The new room will accommo
date 250 men and women each
day. Although each girl is ex
pected to put in one afternoon’s
work each week, men are wel
come to help.
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Women Leaders Pass Gavels
After Thursday’s Plebiscite
Marge Dibble, AWS proxy,
Goldie Puziss, WAA, and Abbie
Jane White, YWCA, will relin
quish their gavels Thursday to
next year’s officers who will be
elected Thursday in an all-coed
assembly in Gerlinger hall at 11
Names of candidates for of
fice will be kept secret until the
actual assembly. No one, not even
the office-seekers themselves,
will know who has been nomin
ated before the actual elections.
Nominations from the floor will
be allowed.
Ballots will be collected at the
door, where Phi Thetas, and Kwa
mas, women’s service honorary
organizations, will check the
qualification of each voter by the
piggers’ guide. No one will be
allowed to leave and return again
during the voting.
Following the assembly, the
AWS and YWCA officers will bo
announced as soon as the votes
are counted, while the WAA offi
cers will be announced at their
annual banquet Thursday night.
Mrs. Betty Herring, WAAC
representative, will make an an
nouncement at the assembly.
WAAC Officer Arrives
Mrs. Betty Herring, recruit
ing officer of (he WAACs, an
nounces that she is on the cam
pus available for conference on
Wednesday from 10:30 lo 12 and
from 3 to 5; on Thursday from
1:30 to 4:30. Phone the dean
of women's office for appoint
ment.
Mrs. Herring will be at the
Eugene hotel for evening ap
pointments.