Y'tal War, Peace Job
Offers Chance to Coeds
By BETTY LU SIEGMAN
There is a great need for nurses at present, particularly
those who have had some college training, according to Karl
W. Onthank, dean of personnel administration, who suggests
the tremendous opportunities and importance of this career
to Oregon coeds.
With larger numbers of doctors being called into service
there is especially a greater demand for nurses on both the
home and battle fronts.
The common agreement today
is that nursing is a high class pre
fession rather than the undistin
guished job by which it was char
r'J’rized many years ago.
Nursing Head Named
Miss Leona E. Tyler, assistant
professor of psychology, has been
named by Elnora E. Thomson,
head of the nursing education de
partment in Portland, as councilor
to girls on the Oregon campus
who are considering entering
nursing, according to Dean On
thank.
Miss Ruth Wheelock, associate
professor of nursing education at
Portland, is the adviser for girls
already enrolled in the nursing
course. She will be on the cam
pus one day each week to fill this
position.
, Two Types
Nursing schools are of two
types: Collegiate schools, whose
programs are geared to a college
level and prepare students for the
lj^ger opportunities of service
4k responsibility in the field of
nursing, (college students are en
couraged to select a school of
this type); and hospital schools,
where students receive their
training while working and learn
ing in a hospital.
The University of Oregon, of
the former type, holds member
ship in the Association of Colle
giate Schools of Nursing and is
approved by the National Organ
ization for* Public Health Nurs
ing.
Basic Two Years
Students at the University who
are majoring in nursing education
are required to devote two years
to general and basic subjects in
preparation for professional work
at the medical school and in hos
pitals.
according to the Nursing In
-Wmation Bureau, the preferred
age is 20 to 25; the acceptable
age range is 18 to 35. Some uni
versity schools of nursing, offer
ing a combination four or five
year program leading to the nurs
ing diploma and the college de
gree, admit qualified high school
graduates at the age of 17.
Covers Three Years
The general nursing course us
ually covers a period of three
years. It includes 1,200-1,300
hours of organized instruction
and 4,400-5,000 hours of super
vised nursing practice.
Hours of instruction are appor
tioned between the following sub
jects: biological and physical sci
ences, social sciences, medical sci
ences, and nursing and allied arts.
“For yours is one of the very
Av professions in all the i£orld
of doubt and struggle which tran
scend the conflict and evoke re
spect and gratitude from all men
everywhere,’1 said Walter Lipp
mann in an address to nurses in
1941, truly characterizing the
nursing profession.
Demand Great
The demand for well qualified
nurses is so great that graduates
of good schools of nursing are as
sured positions, once they have
their licenses to practice. Nurs
ing is primarily a woman’s pro
fession; and in it women, with no
appreciable competition from
men, hold most of the strategic
(jftsitions.
According to the Information
bureau, college women who dem
onstrate professional competence
combined with initiative, courage
and interest, can find a deeply
satisfying career in nursing.
Many of the responsible positions
are open only to nurses who have
a college degree and who in addi
tion have specialized in some
clinical phase of the profession,
such as psychiatric, orthopedic,
or obstetric nursing; or have com
pleted special advanced programs
of study in teaching, supervision,
or administration in their field
of concentration, such as insti
tutional nursing, public health
nursing, or nursing education.
Tuition Varies
Tuition fees range from noth
ing to $2,000. The higher fees are
usually charges by schools con
nected with colleges and universi
ties. The average tuition fee of
hospital schools for the country
as a whole, is only $75 for the en
tire three-year program.
Scholarships are granted by a
number of nursing schools and
funds have also been appropriat
ed by the federal government
which enable schools to remit tui
tion fees for some deserving stu
dents.
Civil Service
Stressing that the nursing ser
vice provided by both professional
and auxiliary workers is vital to
winning the war, the national in
formation bureau has stated sev
eral types of the profession in
cluding the following:
Civil service positions, includ
ing those in U. S. public health
service, veterans administration,
and bureau of Indian affairs; mili
tary positions, such as army and
navy nurse corps; nursing educa
tion, made up of instructors in
nursing arts, science, and clinical
service; and public health, com
prising state, county, local, or
voluntary agencies; and hospital
and institutional nursing, made
up of general or special hospitals
and institutions for convalescents.
Auxiliary nursing, those w'ho
make their contribution by the
care of patients on the home front
and are ineligible for appointment
to the Army or Navy Nurse corps,
volunteer nurse’s aides, who per
form necessary services chiefly
in hospitals or clinics by assisting
the regular doctors and nurses,
other volunteer workers, such as
those who have had Red Cross
training in home nursing.
Salaries range all the way from
$825 with maintenance in the low
er positions to $7,500 in advanced
work.
Those who are encouraged to
prepare for this vital profession
are young women who have a
liking for people, are alert and
dependable, have inquiring minds,
and a sense of adventure as well
as a spirit of service.
AD Pi Rates Top
For Red Cross
Alpha Delta Pi contributed 200
working hours winter term- to
the campus Red Cross, beating
out the Alpha Chi Omegas for
first place by 39 hours. The
ADPis will be given a plaque for
their work.
Individual girls as well as liv
ing organizations are awarded
for outstanding contributions.
Charlene Pelley, Doris Hoiland,
Florence Cooley, Carol Wicke,
Barbara Barlos, Jeanne Smith,
Marty Beard, Katherine Dunn,
Emily Tyree, Patti Lynch, Sally
Spiess, Leslie Brockelbank, Mrs.
Lela Fenton (University house
housemother) and Carolyn
Holmes have earned veils for 18
hours service. Carol Wicke and
Carolyn Holmes have been award
ed production buttons for 72
hours work.
Winter term records of living
organizations are: Alpha Delta
Pi, 200 hours; Alpha Chi Omega,
161; Gamma Phi Beta, 120; Kap
pa Alpha Theta, 117; Chi Omega,
92; Hendricks hall, 74; Univer
sity house, 70; Delta Gamma, 42;
Orides, 41; Pi Beta Phi, 40; Kap
pa Kappa Gamma, 33; Highland
house, 33; Susan Campbell hall,
30; Hilyard house, 26; Sigma
Kappa, 22; Sigma Alpha Mu, 19;
Alpha Xi Delta, 16; Delta Delta
Delta, 16; Alpha Omicron Pi, 11;
Alpha Phi, 11.
Alpha Phi has begun this term
by contributing nine hours.
Peace Aims Discussed
By UO Speakers
“What Should Be Done at the
Next Peace Table’’ was discussed
at 7:30 last night by Alice Har
ter and Jack Robinson, in an ap
pearance before the Women’s
(guild of the local Episcopal
church.
Another group of symposium
members are slated to speak be
fore the Newberg chamber of
commerce March 29 and the Can
by high "school on March 30. The
subject is “How May We Lighten
the Shock of Transforming a
War Economy to a Peace Econ
omy.” Esther Quier and Jim
Thayer are the speakers.
Nuf Sed
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floor, and that we were starting
on our toe nails.
They shifted to talking about
girls.
“Do you like girls?” they said
straining in their well-corseted
corsets.
“Hell yes,” we said.
“We mean ‘heck yes’,” we said.
“Well kinda . . . well some of
them.
The hostess’ daughter entered.
She was not one of them.
She -was spoiled, self-important,
and 16, with big legs and a
“bored with this meat-rationing”
look on her ^>ale, large featured
face. +
She was unattractive.
She was about ready to grad
SEASON CLOSING DATE
March 31st
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Sat. and Sun. Morning
10:15 to 12:30
Any organization 'may
rent the arena for a pri
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between 10-12 p.m. f^r
only $20.
West 6th Ave., Eugene
Figure bkating dub meets bun., 5 :dO-7 :IXJ p.m.
Free instruction. Beginners and advanced.
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Former UO Student
Dies in California
Word was received this week
of the death of Jess Hawley, for
mer University student and re
cently superintendent of schools
at Fillmore, California. Mr. Haw
ley received his BA degree from
the Santa Barbara state teach
ers’ college, later earning his MA
at the University of Oregon.
He had also completed all
course work to obtain a degree
of doctor of education at this in
stitution. Hawley was a member
iof the Masonic lodge. His wife
was the former Helene Du Prait.
uate from high school, and had
thought about coming to Oregon.
We patriotically uttered several
nationalistic phrases. She now is
going to the College of the Pa
cific.
Our aunt sed it was about time
to go “didn’t we think?” We
THOUGHT.
So we kissed' the dog, petted
Stella (that was the girl) on the
head.
So we left, Goo’bye.
CAMPUS
CALENDAR
Episcopal communion services
will be held Wednesday morning
at 7 in the men’s lounge of Ger
linger hall. Breakfast will be
served immediately following.
Amphibian tryouts will be held
Wednesday evening at 7:30 and
Saturday morning at 10:30 in
Gerlinger hall. For further in
formation, call Milo Woodward
at Hendricks hall.
An important meeting will be
held for all Amphibian members
at the women’s pool this after
noon at 4.
Mrs. Helen Leonard, girl scout
executive, will be in the Osburu
hotel this afternoon between 1
and 5 to interview all girls inter
ested in being camp counselors
next summer.
There will he a meeting of the
Westminster house council at the
house at 5 p.m. today.
All YWCA cabinet members
are requested to be at the Gamma
Phi house today at 4:45. Short
silks will be worn.
Dr. R. P. Bowen, head of the
honors committee, requests all
students intending to take hon
ors to see him in 116 Friendly
hall, “immediately.”
Bernard Hubbard, Santa Clara
university’s Glacier priest, thinks
it would be a mistake to force
the Japanese out of Kiska right
now, since Kiska is “a rat trap.”
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