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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 23, 1943)
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, _TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1943 VOLUME XLIV NUMBER 85 Men Select Favorite Coeds I In War Bonds Cover Girl Hollywood stars on bond tours have nothing on this year’s Emerald Cover Girl who will not only adorn the cover of the first Spring edition of the Emerald but will be a candi date for queen of the national^ collegiate bond contest, the winner of which will receive a $50 war bond. Each men s living organization ; will put up one candidate from a girls’ house and each one cent spent for war bonds will count as a vote. All voting must be done at the Coop where bonds and stamps will be on sale. 1875 Initial Votes Needed The names and pictures of the contestants and pledges for war Jpnds must be turned into the Wmerald business office by 3 p.m. Wednesday. Each girl that .enters must have 1875 initial Votes. Houses monthly bonds can be used. Only bonds and stamps purchased Tuesday, February 211 to March 10 will count. Two girls only from the same house may be put up and no two men's houses may choose the same contestant. Any Class Eligible Candidates can be from any class, but must be able to furnish (Please turn to page three) Stay Granted ROTC Juniors In a telephone call to Fort Douglas, Utah, Carl F. Kossack, University reserve adviser, learned Saturday that the Ninth corps headquarters plans to leave junior ROTC students here in their present status until May 28, 1943. Dr. Kossack emphasized' that no accurate statements can be made as yet concerning other ERC students but stated that he will have available up-to-date in formation to publish later this week. It is still possible that the army may change the status of (Please turn to page three) Missionary from Orient #7o Lecture Thursday Speaking from 36 years of experience in the Orient, Dr. E. Stanley Jones, Methodist Episcopal missionary, will address a general assembly of students and faculty members at 11 a.m., Thursday, in McArthur court on “Our Individual and Collective Destinies.” Dr. Jones will be in Eugene from February 24 to 26, un der the sponsorship of the Oregon Council of Churches. He Journalists Offer New Three Year Speed-up Course A complete journalism course in three years is now available to Oregon high school graduates fcid other qualified persons at the University of Oregon, an nounced Eric W. Allen, dean of the school of journalism. The speed-up program is being inaugurated in an effor to meet the shortage of newspaper re porters, editors, and photogra phers in the state. The supply for these men has exceeded the de (Please turn to page eight) Odeon Story Tomorrow Since the first annual Odeon held a packed music building audience for two and one-lialf hours and then lured 400 to khe art exhibit and modern ^dance program in Gerlinger, the late hour (midnight) did not permit the complete review to reach the Emerald in time for the city edition. The story will appear tomorrow. win aaaress civic ana religious organizations during his stay, us ing as a general theme, “Christ Is the Answer.” Beginning his missionary work in 1907, Dr. Jones took the pas torship of the English church in Lucknow, India, where he served for 10 years. Since that time he iraveled throughout the Orient, teaching in India, Japan, Korea, Burma, China, and Malaya. While he was pastor at Luck now, Dr. Jones met the present Mrs. Jones, who was teaching at Isabella Thebrun college in that city. Mrs. Jones is only woman and Christian member of a dis trict board in India that is re sponsible for the schools, roads, and taxes of nearly two million people. She joined the board at the request of the other members, all Mohammedan or Hindu men. Born in Clarksville, Maryland, Dr. Jones studied at City Coll ege, Baltimore and in Asbury college. He holds honorary de grees from Duke and Syracuse university. Ode to Odeon Mr. Odeon, Again put your play on. In case you don’t know, We think you show. —J.W.S. _________ PWo V»v Betty Bices Scb* i V BEVERLY PADGHAM (left), MARILYN CAMPBELL and JANET ROSS ... . . . new heads of 1 \\ ( A, AW S, and WAA respectively, congratulate each other on their recent elec tions. . . .All three took office following the coed elections last Thursday afternoon. lop GampMA, B 'MJGG'l Azyvee Gao-pe'latioH. Keqwate Alex.t OjeGA By BETTY LU SIEGMAN Oregon’s 1943-44 year will be cne of close cooperation between campus women’s organizations with the war effort, agreed the University's three top BWOCs, newly-elected Marilyn Campbell, AWS president; Janet Ross, WAA president; and Beverly Padgham, YWCA president.. “Plans for the AWS for next year seem to be centered around the encouragement of all girls in war work and the changes that go with a war-time world,” ex plained Marilyn “Micky” Camp bell. She continued, “When I first learned of my election, I was try ing to read a mystery book. I was so excited, because it was such a complete surprise. Even my nomination was rather unbe lievable.” When asked what she plans to do this summer the AWS prexy continued, "I want to get a job and make some money. I think I have a good' chance to f.n.l (Please turn to pai/e cijht) Gamma Phis Head List In Red Cross Work In the weekly calculations of the number of hours spent at the University Red Cross Gam ma Phi Beta headed the list with 53 hours. Second is Chi Omega with 46Yi hours, and third Alpha Chi Omega with 34‘/2 hours. Sixth place should be given mention because the Sigma Al pha Mus were added to the list with 1!) hours to their credit. WAAC Calls UO Coeds Girls interested in joining the women’s auxiliary army corps should see Miss Mabel Wood, pro fessor of home economics and campus representative for the WAACs. Mrs. Betty Herring, WAAC recruiting officer who has been on the campus for the past week talking to various living or ganizations and to girls interest ed in the WAACs, has been called into active service. Miss Wood is the regular cam pus representative appointed by President Erb and all the infor mation concerning the WAACs was left in her hands by Mrs. Herring. After talking to Miss Wood, the applicant should go to the (Please turn to page ciyht) Give Books You LikeTheBest Say Officials In Service Drive “Give more books and give good books,” say officials as they swing into the last two weeks of the Victory Book cam paign ending on March 5. Nearly 32,000 hooks have been distributed to service men stationed in Oregon. All camps and stations in the state have received books, but more are needed! .books collected by libraries in the state outside Multnomah county, are sent to the Oregon branch of the ninth service com mand library in Salem where they are sorted and made ready for immediate use. Orders are filled by shipments and cover a wide range of reading interests. Many books are sent out -in trav eling libraries of 40 books each to small detachments stationed in remote isolated areas. “Your books are for our boys,” says Mrs. Ruth K. Stratton, Ore gon director of the campaign. “Look over your books, skip those you don’t care for, and pick out the books you like best. Take those to ycur collection center.” The University library has col lected over 250 books, according to W. C. Warren, acting librarian, but many more are needed. Any book you really want to keep is a good one to give. Books are to be put in the box labeled Victory / Book Campaign in front of the circulation desk in the library. Phi Sigs Bar Door, Close for Duration War hit the campus a new way this week as the Phi Sigma aKp pa fraternity made a public an nouncement of the fact that they are suspending operations of the active chapter on this camp.:a fcr the duration of the war. Meals will be discontinued in the house February 28 to avo M complications relative to the ra tioning program which beg::. > March 1, according to the an nouncement from the chapter. The chapter house will be close.1 at the end of winter term. Protect Interests "This move has been taken in order to- protect the interests of the active chapter, the alumni association, and the merchants of Eugene,” the announcement rea h “It’s not that we’re broke; (Plciisc turn to poijc ciylit)