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^JLASS nominations went just about as expected last night
and the ASUO nominations will go as expected tomorrow
night, for. Oregon politics are not decided at the nominating
assemblies, nor are they decided at the polls.
Everything ran smoothly at the nominating assemblies ex
cept for the sophomores who had a little trouble getting a
quorum. They needed at least one-fifth of the class present be
fore business could be transacted. Prexy Henderson fixed it
up at the last minute by rounding up a group of juniors fresh
from their assembly who were sipping cokes or something at
Taylor’s. They claimed they didn’t have J. C.'s.
NE upset was the nomination of Bud Putnam for senior
class No. 1 position by the Theta Ghis, but one gets to ex
pect these things from the Theta Chis. This apparently leaves
them free of both the Greek bloc and the Coalition, or at least
a minority of them.
The position left open as late as last night by the Coalition
in the junior class lineup was filled by Ted Klehment.
Les Anderson was beginning to get worried yesterday
about the necessary papers which are prerequisites to nomina
tions from the floor in the ASUO politics. He had received
only one by yesterday afternoon. The deadline was last night,
but has been extended to 5 p.m. this afternoon. All declara
tions of intention to run and certificates of eligibility must be
in by that time or candidates will have to go through all the red
tape of petitioning for late nomination.
—. J. L. B.
Only fyiuituf, fioahd,?. . .
JMA.ST year those who attended Library Day spent a great
deal of time before the prize winning book collections try
ing to find out the personalities and tastes of their collectors.
They say that you can tell a great deal by the kind of books
a man has about him all the time, not the books he reads be
cause he has to, but those he keeps for years.
Students have strange mixtures of tastes in reading. Ard
ent perusers of funny books, movie magazines—thev can also
dig their teeth into l’roust, and often do. Most of them swear
by Time, and like biography. They buv those oversize art
books and they giggle at Ogden Nash and Cornelia Otis Skin
ner.
Some ardent statistician would have a field day computing
the precious hours of sleep that are lost by the student mystery
fans who can’t put the latest “shudder’’ down. And, contrary
to the recent New York Times poll on a University student's
knowledge of history, there are a great many students here
who have something to say about Louis XIV, or the Beer Hall
I ’utsch.
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^^XY one watching a fight for the funny papers and seeing
the ingrossed gaze which students turn to mystery thrill
ers, could dismiss the whole situation with “And these are col
lege mentalities!’’
But let those same observers visit the collection displays
on Library day and they will have a more complete picture of
what students read. Superman and "The Shropshire Lad,” the
Saint and Kind Ludwig. ' -—M. M.
We dare not think that, or course, victory is ours; but we
must think that nothing else than victory dare be ours.—James
M. Landis, director, office of civilian defense.—(ACP)
Mud Q&U
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By TED GOODWIN
As the campus once again mo
bilizes for total politics and the
day of nominations draws near,
the slinging of mud by various
factions becomes even more ram
pant than in the past “25 long
years.’’
What with the bewildered Pi
Phi underclass being threatened
with excommunication by a Pi
Phi bull if they refuse to follow
the PiPhied piper, and Greeks
turning against Greeks, the po
litical front assumes grave pro
portions.
Round and Round
Even the Independents with
their former idealism fast ebbing
in favor of a so-called “Coali
tion’’ are somewhat bewildered
by the whirl that makes a good
Democratic convention look like
a cheap revival. Several kissed
off Greeks now answer here when
the roll is called over at West
minster and Papa A1 Larsen
tries to open bloc meetings.
Shades of Cavanagh!
Several prominent men on the
campus who shouldn’t give a
damn anyway are wallowing with
glee in the rumpus, forgetting
that when next year’s officers have
mounted their gravy boats, they’ll
be in an armored infantry unit.
Most of these are Greeks whose
sympathies for one reason or an
other lean toward the Indepen
dents and suffragettes. But why
mention names.
Amazons
Over at the Chi O house where
some persons of a belligerent na
ture and characteristics of a
famous South American river
hang out, the house boys don’t
know whether to laugh or put
poison in the food.
Independent girls are uncon
vinced (at this early stage) that
they should vote for a Greek
woman, even if she is female.
For what availeth it a woman if
she gain the whole world but lose
her own following, (men).
Other easons
Even the staid Thetas, usually
more than satisfied and well
heeled by the status quo are in a
small turmoil over one of the sis
ters whose affiliation with the
“other side” (there are sides,
now, you know) is more than po
litical.
Most of the men’s organiza
tions fail to see any future in en
tering the scramble because they
have their emotionless set-up
planned systematically. The men
in the dorms and co-ops are a
little dazed by the sudden flurry
of hen feathers and doubt that
they'll vote at all. They wouldn’t
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By BETTY LU SIEGMAN
“Time Out’’ will be taken for Easter this Sunday by most
of the armed forces training schools and by all of those of the
west coast flying center with special observation of the day.
Typical of the ceremony to be held is that of thousands of
officers, aviation cadets, and enlisted men of Santa Ana army
air base who will gather on the base’s vast parade ground at 4
Between
The Lines
By ROY PAUL NELSON
FOR THE LACK of anything
better to do, I would like to pre
sent a little stated problem in al
gebra which seems to expose the
royal science of mathematics as
the stinker that it is, and which
might offer some consolation
should you find that your an
swers deviate occasionally from
those in the back of the book.
Dr. Calvin Crumbaker outlined
this phenomena in his economics
class some assorted weeks back.
Because of the difficulty in lino
typing square roots and other
signs at the University press,
this must be stated in an awk
ward manner. If you have a pen
cil handy, why don’t you jot it
down as I recite it, in order that
its full effect might be appre
ciated?
We start out by assuming that
X equals Y. That’s fair enough,
isn’t it? X squared, then, would
equal XY. Agreed?
Okay, we add a minus Y
squared to both sides of the equa
tion. We have, then: X squared
minus Y squared equals XY mi
nus Y squared. Let’s factor.
(X minus Y) (X plus Y) equals
Y (X minus Y). The (X minus Y)
on both sides of the equation can
cel out, and we have X plus Y
equals Y. But in the beginning,
we had X equals Y. If X plus Y
equal Y, how can X equal Y ?
Disheartening
And they keep us in school to
take that stuff. It's enough to
drive a man to free postage.
Speaking of the service, a kid
named Billy Howlett who is in
the air corps and who attended
Portland U gives the lowdown in
a letter on what you can expect
when you are called.
“And what do we do?’’ he
writes. “We march up. And we
march down. We march. We walk.
We hike. We trot. We to the rear
march. We ambulate. We swing
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\ Eugene McKinney, '25
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Lt. Commdr. Eugene B. McKinney’s (’25) life has been
just one medal after another.
First he was awarded the navy cross for “especially meri
torious conduct” during actions with the enemy in a submarine
engagement in the southwest Pacific—then this was followed
shortly by a navy gold star in lieu of a second navy cross . . .
wun becretary or JNavy trank
Knox pinning on the award.
Unquestionably in a laurel
winning groove, Lt. Commdr.
McKinney climaxed his recent
achievements with the acquisi
tion of a Silver Star medal.
He Likes It
However, no matter how repi
tious, the pleasure of receiving'
citations has not been dimmed
for this round-faced Oregon al
umnus. The official U. S. navy
photograph, released with the
news of the latest decoration, pic
tures him with a proud half
smile showing under his little
moustache.
Rear Admiral W. L. Friedell be
stowed the recent award, which
was accompanied by a citation of
a secret nature—with a non
elassified portion published in
general terms.
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p.m. Sunday to attend Protest
ant ceremonies. Choral back
ground will be provided bjj^'he
85-voice Occidental college Smo
rus.
Merced basic army flying
school’s new $5000 band shell will
be dedicated at sunrise services,
with certain civilians from sur
rounding communities invited as
guests for the day.
Another branch of the training
center, Stockton advanced army
flying school will present their
newly-organized chapel choir in
its first public appearance as ac
companiment to John Charles
Thomas, noted concert baritone.
Oregon Alums
Recent activities ~of more Ore
gon alumni in different branches
of the armed forces include the
following:
Mike Mikulak, former Oregon
football star, is now a captain in
the army and is serving asrff o
vost marshall of -Casablanca.
Jack Wagstaff is a major in the
infantry and has recently gone
overseas. He must be about the
youngest of our men to have
reached any such rank, outside
of the air corps, according to Karl
W. Onthank, dean of personnel
administration.
Special Course
Second Lieutenant John K.
Martin has completed a special
course of training at the air
forces central instructors’ school
for bombardiers at Carlsbad, New
Mexico. He is now assigned as
an observer with air crews train
ing for combat at an operational
training unit.
Lt. Martin is regularly sta
tioned at Big Spring, Texas bom
bardier school, where he a
bombing instructor. ^
ShflVAfn.il
Clarence O. Philldbaum, ex-UO
student, was amdng three San
Francisco men who received the
gold bars of second lieutenants
at the medical administrative
corps officer candidate school
graduation at Camp Barkeley,
Texas, April 14.
David E. Manning, another ex
University student,-- also was
graduated from the medical re
placement training center at
Camp Barkeley.
More Looeys
Irvin Walrath and Chester Irv
ing Wolcott, recent UO students,
have been graduated from Ros
well army flying school at Ros
well, New Mexico and received
second lieutenants’ commissions
and their pilots’ wings. ^
Aviation Cadet James Frank
lin Calhoun, former University
student from Portland, who is
receiving navigator preflight
training at Ellington field, Texas,
is carrying on a great military
tradition.
Famous Relations
The 24-year-old cadet is relat
ed to former President Andrew
Jackson and to the soldier-states
man and “war-hawk” of his day,
Senator John C. Calhoun of South
Carolina.
After completing _the nine
week course at Ellington field,
Calhoun will go to an advanced
school where upon graduatijjie
will receive his navigator’s wings
and commission as second lieu
tenant in the army air forces. Be
fore joining the air force he was
employed as a sheet-metal me
chanic by Boeing Aircraft com
pany.