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VOLUME XLIV ' NUMBER 84 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. EUGENE, SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 20, 1943 I'huto by Don Dill MRS. BETTY HERRING . . . . . . Recruiting representative for WAAC-s tells Coeds Jean Mo Reynolds, Anne Craven, and Dorothy Jean Carter of opportunities for women in the army. Coeds Eligible for Army Reserve, Inactive Duty By ANNE CRAVEN Reserves have now been opened for girls aged 21, or who will be 21 before fall, in the women’s auxiliary army corps, Mrs. Betty Herring, WAAC representative in Eugene, reveal ed Friday. .Girls joining this reserve corps are then placed on the inactive duty list until they complete their school year. college women are being urged 5 join now because of excellent chances for quick advancement. The November executive order Which authorized an expansion of approximately six times the WAAC’s original size has con siderably increased the need for officers. After her four weeks basic training, if she wishes, the WAAC may take an aptitude test similar to the one taken before entering the WAACs, but much harder, and on qualifying is sent to officer candidate school. Benefits Gained Mrs. Herring stressed the fact that not only does a WAAC get valuable training in many lines of work, but by -joining the WAACs a girl has an opportun ity to help in the war effort. Pay for a member of the V/AACs begins at $50 for the uxiliary (same as a private in the army) and goes up to $138 for chief leader (master serg eant) for non-commissioned offi cers. The commissioned officers (Please turn to [’age eight) Classics Top Libe Concert The first two movements of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 in C minor, and the choral finale to the Symphony No. 9 will be featured on the Mu Phi Epsilon recorded concert in the library browsing room Sunday at 4 p.m. Rimsky - Korsakov’s suite, “Scheherazade,” will be played' ^fter the regular program for those who care to remain. All numbers on this week’s program Will be played by special request. Donald W. Treadgold, senior in history, is in charge of the concert. Hostesses for this week's con cert will be Mrs. Howard Hall from the Mu Phi Epsilon group, Mrs. John Stehn from the Mu Phi alumnae group. Miss Leone LaDuke from the Mu Phi active group, and Miss Clarice Krieg from the library staff. How Times tlave Changed _ix or seven years ago I'd have called a guy a boob Who'd said I’d look around for hours For a worn-out toothpaste tube. —J.W.S. WAAC Relates World Travels She has traveled where no white woman has ever been be fore. She has visited Japan. She has lived in Vienna, leaving only two months before the anschluss. She has lived in China and, what’s more, can speak Chinese. These are a few of the things that Mrs. Betty Herring, WAAC recruiting officer, has done. For six years she lived in China doing medical work. While there, she traveled into the interior of China, where no other white wo man has ever been. "Chinese is the most difficult language of all to learn,” she said in an inter view Friday. "I learned it only by studying constantly for two years. I joined the WAACs be cause I felt I might be of some service in that capacity.” Real Scholars Mrs. Herring entertained ex change students from American colleges at her home near Can ton. Comparing Chinese and American students, Mrs. Her ring said that Chinese students are more the scholars. "It has (Please turn to />age three) Houses Present Cans For Defense Tin cans, 600 pounds of them, were collected from the living or ganizations Friday, Marge Cur tis, co-chairman of the salvage drive committee of the war board, said Friday. Because the truck was piled high, it was impossible to get to all the living organizations, but these will be collected first next Friday. An effort will be made to reach all the houses Friday, as it will probably be the last drive until next term. Hendricks hall with 21 boxes and the Gamma Phi Beta house with approximately 70 pounds made the best showing, Marge said. The average was about five or six boxes per house. The tin cans are being stored in a garage behind Sigma Alpha Mu house until Portland calls for them, probably some time next term. Students Hear Dr. E. S. Jones By JUNE TAYLOR. Dr. E. Stanley Jones, noted In dian missionary, will appear be fore University students twice during his stay at Eugene from February 24 to 26, first at a gen eral assembly at McArthur court, Thursday at 11, and then at a student inter-faith banquet in Gerlinger hall at 5:30, Thursday. Mr. Jones will be in Eugene from Wednesday through Friday, addressing civic and religious or ganizations on the general theme, “Christ Is the Answer” as the speaker for the Oregon Council of Churches. Busy Time He will speak at a general community assembly on each of the three days of his stay at the First Christian church. In ad dition he will address the Eugene service clubs at a men's lunch eon at the Osburn hotel. He will appear before a Eugene high school assembly on Friday as well as a women's mass meeting at the First Christian church. As a missionary from the Methodist Episcopal church, Mr. Jones has been working in the East since 1907, teaching in In dia, Japan, Korea, Burma, Chi na, and Malaya. He has still found time to write 11 books, (Please turn to page eight) Webfoots’ Final Period Rally Squelches Staters, 42-38 By STAN PIERSON Sparked by two second stringers, Oregon's varsity basket ball team came from behind to take a tight 42 to 38 decision from Oregon State in Corvallis last night. Pushing the Orangemen all the way. Ducks trailed at half time 23 to 21. Coach Hobson’s zone defense began function ing as the second half started and the Oregon five battled their Night Thief Raids SAMs By JILL AMES Three wallets, a watch, and a considerable sum of money were stolen early yesterday morning when a burglar apparently walk ed in the front door of the Sig ma Alpha Mu house and system atically robbed nearly every member of cash or valuables. The theft was discovered at about 8 a.m. Friday when Harry Glickman, sophomore, missed his wallet containing cash and valu able papers. Thinking he had lost it downtown, he was about to start a search when a check with other members disclosed the theft. Registration Cards Gone Burglary, Glickman said, prob (Please turn to page eight) Curtain Will Rise on Odeon’s First Annual Show Monday By TED GOODWIN With more than 100 students and faculty participating, Odeon, a movement to stimulate interest in creative arts on this campus, will hold its first annual show Monday night, February 22, in the music auditorium at 8 o’clock. All contributions of art, essays, music, plays, poems, stories, fash ions, and editorials, were made by undergraduate students of the University. A committee of stu dents and faculty members judged the contributions and those found most outstanding will be read, played, performed, or displayed, depending on the nature of the work. Refreshments Phi Theta Upsilon and Kwama, junior and sophomore activity girls, will usher at the music building for the first part of the program and serve refreshments in the Gerlinger sun porch where the modern dance and art exhib its will be presented. Frances McCarty, senior in business, is in charge of ushering, serving, and tickets. Tickets good for two persons will be given to all students asking for them at the Co-op Monday from 10 to 12 and from 2 to 5. Kwama will dis tribute the tickets free, while they last. Only one ticket will be, given to a person. Critics An oversight on the program caused the omission of Betty Ann Stevens, who submitted literature (Please turn to page right) way out into a lead which, al though contested strongly all the way, was never overtaken. A1 Popick and Bob Wren with 12 and 10 points respectively, ac counted for half the Duck stcoro, while Lew Beck remained as the number one State point gather er with 9. Webfoot Fouls Webfoot fouls in the early stages of the game enabled the Beavers to get off to a lead which mounted to 8-4 in the first four minutes. Popick sank the first, of his evening's field goals to put the Green and Lemon back in the running, and Wiley’s free throw made it 8-7. More Oregon fouls stretched the lead further as Staters Bill Taitt, Lew- Beck and Don Cecil made foul shots. Oregon Captain Don Kirsch momentarily came to the rescue with a field goal from ’way out, but this was quickly eclipsed by Taitt's one handed pusher. Glen Warren fol lowed this with a tip-in of a re bound and upped the count to 17 11. This proved to be the widest (Please tin u to page four) Businessmen Predict Basketball Results Eugene merchants have again been invited to predict the score, of the basketball’ game Saturday night. Their predic tions appear in the advertise ments in this issue. King Arthur’ Will Open Choral Union Concert By BOSS YATES “King Arthur,” drama in blank verse "relieved by lyrical num bers specially devised for music,” as a writer of the 17th century phrased it, will be presented as the first number on the choral union’s concert March 1 in Mc Arthur court. The entire work will not be sung-, as the original score was never printed until many of the numbers were lost. Although the music was composed by Purcell and received commendation on its first performances, it was ne glected until after Purcell’s (Jeath. Dryden and Purcell The work is not suited for pre sentation on the dramatic stage, according to Dr. Theodore Kratt, dean of the school of music, who will direct the performance, but it makes an excellent concert work when, presented by a largo and well-trained group of voices. The lyrics for the opera were written by John Dryden, Eng lish poet, and were published in 1691. The heading read, “King Arthur, or the British Worthy. A Dramatick Opera. Perform'd at the Queen’s Theater by their Maj esties’ servants.” Early Criticism Dryden wrote of the music aft er the first performance, “There is nothing better than what I in tended but the music, which has since arrived to a greater per fection in England than ever for merly, especially passing through the artful hands of Mr. Purcell, who has composed it with so (Please turn lo paye eiylilj