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Cover Girl Issue
Friday Morning
VOLUME XLIV
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1943
NUMBER 89
Judges Pick
Cover Girl
Prom Leaders
One of six Emerald Cover Girl
finalists—Virginia Howard, Mary
Jane Dunn, Lora Case, Frances
Johnson, Shirley Hicks, and Mary
Arkley—will hold- the spotlight
in Friday’s Emerald after being
judged “most photogenic’’ by
four persons from the school of
journalism.
A total of $11,996.36 in war
bonds was netted by the contest,
one vote being given for each one
cent spent for war bonds or
stamps.
Miss Howard, sponsored by
Pbi Gamma Delta, received the
most votes amounting to 372,110,
with runners-up Miss Dunn, Sig
ma Alpha Mu candidate, 371,231;
Case, Theta Chi, 178,125;
l*s Johnson, Sigma Alpha Ep
silon, 112,875; Miss Hicks, Delta
Upsilon, 99,813; and Miss Arkley,
Beta Theta Pi, 74,050.
“The cover girl, who will be
selected for photogenic facial
beauty, will be entered in the na
tional collegiate bond queen con
test,’’ said Betty Biggs Schrick,
Emerald business manager.
Whoever this person is must
be certified to Associated Colle
giate Press, having the following
requirements fulfilled: Send an
8x10 portrait of the winner and
send a complete list of all entries
in the local contest with the num
ber of votes cast for each signed
by the editor and business mana
ger of the college paper.
Semi-finalists (5 per cent of
total entries) will be selected
group of professional pho
tographers on the basis of pho
togenic qualities displayed in the
photograph submitted, according
to contest rules from Associated
Collegiate Press.
The Bond Queen will be select
ed from this field by the same
judges, and she will be presented
with a $50 war bond by ACP and
Collegiate Digest. Pictures of the
semi-finalists will appear in Col
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Crystal Ball Fails
To Disclose New
Registration Totals
Assistant Registrar Clifford L.
Constance absolutely refuses to
act as the University's fortune
teller for another term.
“We are waiting with our fin
gers crossed,’’ he says, “to see
What the registration this time
will be.’’
In the past, Mr. Constance has
Usually come near the registra
tion figure, but last term he guess
ed before the reserves were or
ganized and the draft boards got
anxious. This term he is keeping
mum.
However, he admits that there
are very few new students enter
ing, and that registration should
below the winter term's final
nmrk of 2,593.
Registration begins today and
officially continues until March
27. The fine for late registration
is one dollar for each day the
registrant is late, with a maxi
mum fee of five dollars.
DR. PHILLIP A. PARSONS
. . . dill not return from his spring
vacation.
Dr. PAParsons
Dies in Florence
University faculty members’ to
day paid tribute to Dr. Phillip A.
Parsons, who died at his summer
home at Florence Sunday, March
14.
Said Dr. James H. Gilbert, dean
of the college of liberal arts: “He
was a teacher of recogni#ed abil
ity, with a breadth of viewpoint
and a certain inspirational qual
ity that left a lasting impression
on his students. The community
and the state will deeply feel his
loss.”
Dean Allen Pays Tribute
Dean Eric W. Allen of tihe
school of journalism made this
comment: “Dr. Parsons’ strong
est interest was in the develop
ment of the rural community. He
believed the development of rural
life might counteract the unde
sirable tendency of population to
concentrate in the cities. He was
a thoroughly good man.”
Dr. Samuel H. Jameson, pro
fessor of sociology, said of Dr.
Parsons: “We have lost a man
of intense feeling for the future
of mankind. He was hopeful amid
the darkest clouds, optimistic in
spite of current pessimism. Fer
tile in imagination, practical in
procedure, cautious in utterance,
Dr. Parsons will be long remem
bered not only by his colleagues
•at the University but throughout
Oregon for the clarity of his vis
ion and for his sincere endeavors
for the betterment of society. His
work with the state planning
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Omega Hail Damaged
By Vacation Blaze
Vacation fires again struck the
Oregon campus last week, al
though in a much milder form
tljan usual.
Saturday night six boys stay
ing over vacation at Omega hall
noticed smoke seeping down the
hallways, and quickly summoned
the local fire department.
When two fire engines arrived,
it was discovered that a cigar
ette had fallen onto a rug, burn
ed through it, and burned the
linoleum underneath. No water
was used by local smoke-chasers,
who merely threw the rug out of*
the window.
Damage was estimated at $2.50
to $3.00 by Mrs. Genevieve Tur
nipseed, director of dormitories.
Dr. Kossack Reports NoChanges
In Reserve Status of UO Men
Bureaucrat
ResignsJob
Lyle Nelson, acting director of
the LTniversity news bureau, left
Eugene Tuesday, March 9, to
drive to Washington, D. C.,
where he will work as civilian
editor of publications from the
army’s ordnance department.
George Turnbull, journalism
Lyle Nelson
I prolessor, will
j handle the news
burea u part
time in place of
Nelson. Mr.
! Turnbull will
also continue to
| teach reporting,
elementary
journalism, and
copy editing
lauyj. atui y uaaota.
While a student in journalism
at the University, Nelson was
editor of Old Oregon and The
Emerald from 1940 to 1941, suc
ceeded by Helen Angell. He won
the Koyl cup for the most out
standing junior man in 1940 and
acted as president of Sigma Delta
Chi, men’s journalism honoray in
1941. He was a member of Sig
ma Chi.
After working on The Oregon
Journal in Portland, Nelson re
turned to the University for his
master’s degree and then took
over the news bureau in Septem
ber, 1942. He succeeded Cecil
Snyder, acting director, who re
placed George Godfrey, when
Godfrey was called: into the
armed forces.
Mrs. Nelson, the former Co
rinne Wigner, accompanied her
husband to Washington where
they will live for the duration.
She is a senior, president of Mor
tar Board, senior women’s scho
lastic honorary, and past presi
dent of Orides, independent wo
men’s organization.
Ted Goodwin
Wins Contest
For his dramatic war story,
"The Defense of Tivorsk,” Ted
Goodwin, junior in journalism, has
been awarded the annual Mar
shall-Case-Haycox first prize of
550.
A second prize of $35 in the
short story contest went to Nor
ris Yates, former sophomore in
journalism, now a private in the
army. Goodwin’s story will ap
pear on the literary page of this
issue.
Charles Cunningham, sopho
more in liberal arts, took §15 third
prize for his story, "Cost Plus.”
Honorable mention went to Mor
ton Reichart for his story, "Those
Things I Left.”
Judges for the contest were:
Mrs. Donald M. Erb, Dr. Frank
Black, and Mr. W. B. Gard.
Professor W. F. G. Thacher,
professor in short story writing,
said he thought the entries this
year were the best yet turned in.
ERC Students Must Return
April I for Army Induction
Recent reports in other papers on the status of students in
the enlisted reserve corps were compiled from conflicting re
ports and are not to be taken seriously, according to informa
tion received yesterday from Dr. Carl F. Kossack, campus mili
tary reserve adviser.
Winter Grades
Ready Today
Winter term grades should be
on all dexigraphs this morning,
according to Clifford L. Con
stance, assistant registrar.
The staff in the registrar’s of
fice worked' three nights and all
day Sunday recording grades for
students. Honor roll and house
grades will be delayed until a
later date.
Grade reports to parents have
already been partially mailed,
and all reports should be in the
mail by this afternoon.
Although the registrar’s of
fice has been rushed, and no final
reports are ready, Constance says
he noticed a large number of
failures in mathematics, and
many in physics. This was un
doubtedly due to the large num
ber of students who registered
for the courses without sufficient
preparation.
Scribes Petition
For Editorships
Deadlines on filing petitions
for major positions on the Emer
ald and the Oregana were an
nounced by Dr. Earl M. Pallett,
chairman of the educational ac
tivities board.
Petitions should include the
applicant’s qualifications and the
general policy the applicant will
follow should he be appointed.
Twenty minute interviews will
be conducted1 with.applicants by
the board a few days after peti
tions are filed.
Petitions are due for the posi
tions of business manager for
the Emerald and the Oregana at
noon, Saturday, March 27. Can
didates will be interviewed Thurs
day, April 1, at 3 p.m.
Prospective editors of the Em
erald and the Oregana must file
petitions by 5 p.m. Thursday,
April 1. Applicants for these po
sitions will be interviewed at the
regular meeting of the education
al activities board! Monday, April
5, at 7:30 p.m.
Interviews start 15 minutes af
ter the meeting begins. Candi
dates will be taken in alphabeti
cal order, Dr. Pallett said.
Other positions on both the
Emerald and the Oregana are
appointive. Appointments will be
made later in the spring term by
editors and business managers of
the publications.
Assemble April I
Latest information from army
authorities indicates that th- ee
students will, with the ex,cep
tion of those assigned to special
courses such as pre-medics, ad
vanced’ ROTC, and meteorology,
he called- through the University
and are to assemble on the cam
pus on or about April 1. They will
then leave as a group for their
reception center, probably Fort
Lewis.
It is not necessary, Dr. Kon
sack explained, for these students
to register in the University
spring term; they will, however,
be required to report to the Uni
versity on the day of their in
duction. Each student enlisted ir»
this reserve will receive individ
ual orders informing him of the
exact day he is to report.
Address Available
“Students not returning- or riot
registering in school for spring
term should, nevertheless, li«
available at an address known to
the government and should not
So on any long trips during the
next few weeks,-’ Dr. Kossack
said last night.
Navy end marine reserves will
be allowed to continue through
next term, accord'.' g to present
r. liable information. These stu
dents will be called on or about
duh i and assigned to special
college training programs at eth
er universities.
Air Corps 2Vserve
Army air corps reserves win
be called according to the needs
of the service, Dr. Kossack an
nounced, These students should
re-register for next term.
“We are continuing to check
the scholastic record of students
in all reserves,” said Dr. Kossack,
"and those who made under a. 2 ftO
for winter term will soon f>o
called in to the military adviser’s
office for an interview to deter
mine whether or not he she iM
continue in school.”
Ode to a
Substitute Poet
Moon, Spoon, June, Croon—
J.W.S. is on His Honeymoon.
—J. E. B.
Housing Regulations
Students who do not live will*
an organized living group or
with parents in Eugene should
clear with the housing secre
tary immediately, Airs. Evan
geline Morris, housing vec ro
tary, said Monday. This may
he done at McArthur Court
during registration, or at tho
office in Johnson hall after
registration.