VOLUME XLIV “ _UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, NUMBER 1943 103 WAVES . . . . . . Ensign Mary Harper and Yeoman Third Class Dorothy Duncan, who will be on the campus Wednesday and Thursday to talk to pros pective WAVES. All Campus Assembly Will Hear WAVE Ensign The University of Oregon will play host to the WAVES Wednesday and Thursday when Ensign Mary Elizabeth Har per arrives on the campus to oblige interviewers at Gerlinger hall between 1 and 5 p.m. Miss Harper will address an all campus gathering at McArthur court Thursday a.m. coincid ing with other campus speaking engagements during the day. Judges Pick Five For Queen Finals Sixteen contestants were nar rowed down to five Tuesday at the meeting of the judges of the Junior Weekend queen contest. Names of the five finalists are being withheld until elections Jtfday. ”l’he elections, which will be by general ASUO ballet, will be held from 9 to 12 Friday morning in the Co-op. Judges of the contest were: Marjorie Reynolds, reserve li brarian; Adele Griffith, cashier at the Co-op; Richard C. Wil liams, educational activities man ager; Mr. K. J. O’Connell, assist ant professor of law and junior class adviser; and Roger Dick, junior class president. The following are candidates for Junior Weekend queeen: t Frances Johnson, Dawn Trask, Norma Baker, Beryl Robertson, (Mi-y Jenkins, Joan Woodward, jreggy Magill, Betty Christensen, Josephine Reginato, Mary Wright, Susan Sawyer, Mary Bentley, Dolores Wheeler, Nancy Ames, Patricia Martin, Marie Nichols, and Dorothy Jean Car ter. /XillVIUg W l L1JL iiaipci. will be Yeoman Dorothy Dun can of the WAVES procure ment office and a navy med ical officer. An effort will be made to contact all women interested in the WAVES and SPARS. Miss Harper will concentrate on meeting girls on the campus while Yeoman Dun can will give interviews and ac cept applications at the navy re cruiting office in downtown Eu gene. Ensign Harper and Yeoman Duncan were the first Oregon WAVES to finish their basic training and obtain appointments in their home state. Both women, who gave up well established professional posi tions in the business world to en list in the WAVES, will center their WAVES and SPARS re cruiting campaign around the ur gent theme of women replacing men for fighting duty at sea. The navy has hinted in subtle tones that there is a great need for the immediate enlistment of women in the navy auxiliaries. Highlight of the campus visit will be the WAVES assembly in McArthur court Thursday at 11 a.m. Ensign Harper will explain to the student body the making of the WAVES and the task that confronts every enlistee upon graduation. Frosh, Rush Weeks Slated For Merger Streamlining- the schedule for the next school year from the start, it has been announced by the president’s office that rush week next year will be combined with Freshman Week beginning on September 27, 1943. Actual registration for fall term will take place Friday and Saturday, October 1 and 2. The chief reasons for this ac tion, which eliminates the pre Freshman Week rushing period of the past and greatly shortens the period devoted to rushing, have to do with the necessity for conserving student time in view of the demands of the war, ac cording to the announcement made following a meeting of the Freshman week committee. In former years it has been necessary for fraternity and so rority members to appear on the campus at least by September 15, and in some cases earlier, in or der to prepare living organiza tions for the rushing program. By combining the rushing pro gram with Freshman Week, more than a week will be saved for all students engaged in war work of one form or another. Specifically, rushing will be gin on Monday morning, Septem ber 27, and will close on Wednes day noon, September 29. On these days new students will also be paying their matriculation fees and clearing their entrance cre dentials in the registrar’s office. On Wednesday and Thursday, September 29 and 30, placement and physical examinations will be given to new students. Actual registration for all students will take place October 1 and 2. French Violinist Enjoys Audience Ever since his first tour of the United States, Zino Francescatti, French violinist, (pronounced Zee-no Frahn-ces-kah-tee) has been especially enthusiastic about this country and practically ev erything in it. He will conclude the University Greater Artist concert series in McArthur court at 8 p.m. Thursday. “Les Etats Unis sont magnifi que! Everything, everybody- the people, the climate, the food, the cigarettes—is wonderful,” says Francescatti. An avid student of English, Francescatti reads the papers carefully every morning in order to improve his knowledge of the language and has bought a radio for the same purpose. As to play ing for the radio himself, he does not like it unless there is an audi (Please turn to page eight) Manyana, Etc. He was young He was strong He was 3.4 tco, A whiz In a quiz And he pledged Sigma Nu, But he’s happy no more He’s back on firm ground, He’s a jerk in the Ere And Fort Lewis bound. ■—B.L. War Bound ERC Sent-off WithAssemb!y,RallyShows; SAM’s Win Sign Contest By ANNE CRAVEN Fifteen hundred rallying students met in McArthur court Tuesday evening to say goodbye to the 208 army enlisted re serve corps men of the University who left Eugene a few hours ago for Fort Lewis, Washington. An Army Day assembly was held in the afternoon. N Led by members of the rally squad. Skull and Dagger, and Kwama, three snowball rallies starting at the Chi Psi house, (1'hoto by i“rcnncll-Ellis) BIEL LIXDLEV . . . . . . now news editor of the Em erald, appointed Monday by Jack L. Hillings, editor. Jewett Readers Vie for Prizes Preliminary eliminations were held Tuesday afternoon in the W. F. Jewett poetry reading con test. Seven Students were chosen from the 16 contestants to enter the final contest. Norma Baker, Caroline Brock way, Ray Dickson, Mary Phyllis Plowman, Edwin Mickel, Doris lee Riley, and Betsey Steffen were picked by the judges to compete in the finals. The contest was established five years ago to bring out the possibilities of oral poetry. Prizes of $15, $10, and $5 are offered for superior, excellent, and good rat ings. Contestants are required to read two selections of their own choosing, and to read at sight a selection provided by the com mittee. Judges for the preliminary con test were W. A. Dahlberg, R. B. Huber, K. S. Wood, and K. E. Montgomery. All are members of the speech department. The final contest will be held tonight, April 7, in the speech department offices at 7:30 p.m. -■V 11.1 nouse, ana me men s ciorm, picked up the students from all the living; organizations, and met with the University band on the library lawn. After a. few yells they went on to McArthur court for the main part of the rally Tom Hazzard led the yells on the library lawn. Varied Program Les Anderson introduced Kay Dickson, master of ceremonies for the program in McArthur court. Yells were led by Ted Loud. Helen Holden danced, accompan ied by Marilyn Holden. The “Four Knights and a Dream"— Charlotte Gething, Eugene Ced chini, Don Bridenstine, Frank Sardam, and Paul Beard—sang "Sweet Sue," “Daybreak,” and “St. Louis Blues." Norma Baker put on a “Baby Snooks" act. She also accompanied Keith Hoppes in his burlesque skit of “Frankie and Johnnie" and “See What the Boys in the Back Room Will Have." The Pi Phi trio sang "Song for the ERG,” written, by Helen Jane Kerr. Members of the trio are: Mary Jane Sim mons, Mary Jean Bohnenkamp, and Marjorie Knoles. Miss Kerr accompanied them on the piano. A skit called “Feet’s Too Big" was put on with Jerry Olson fak ing the clarinet, Ted Loud tiro singing, and Ray Dickson the pi ano. "Over There" “Ti.e Four Knights and a Dream” closed the program by singing "Over There" which was taken up by the band and th,o students. The rally squad led a serpentine out of McArthur court. The SAM house won the sign contest, fudges for the contest were members of the committee in charge of the rally program: Len Barde, chairman of the cam pus war board; Les Anderson* ASUO president; Betty Kincaid, member of the rally squad; ami Jack L. Billings, Emerald editor. At the Army Day assembly at 2 p.m. in McArthur court, Colo nel Carlton E. Spencer, assistant state selective service director and featured speaker, told tho ERC men in the audience that although they would be compelled to become temporary "cogs in the military machine,” they can: (Please hint to page eight) 1 1 ZIN’O FRANCESCATTI . . . . . . violinist who will play in (he last of the Greater Artist conceit series for this year.