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VOLUME XLIV
_UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. EUGENE. THURSDAY,
NUMBER 119
AFRIL 29, 1943
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Rising Living Costs Result
In Higher Faculty Salary
By EDITH NEWTON
Rising costs of living caused the state board of higher
education to realize that something must be done for the faculty
of its institutions, the result being a general salary increase,
decided at the board’s meeting here this week.
On salaries of employees and staff members at the Uni
versity receiving $1200 a year, or less there will be an increase
of 25 per cent. For salaries of $1201 to $1799, a 20 per cent in
crease was granted, and a 15
per cent increase was given on
salaries of $1800 and over. Salar
ies over $1800 will receive the
increase only on $1800, or a max
imum increase of $270.
Special Funds
^The increases were made pos
^le by special funds provided by
the last legislature and will go
into effect as of April 1, 1943.
However, it is too late for the in
crease to be added to the checks
for April, hence, the checks for
May, which will be issued June 1,
will include the increase for both
April and May. This is the first
increase in salaries at the Uni
versity in 14 years.
At this April pre-budget meet
ing of the board, a plan was
agreed on which calls for a fur
ther reduction of approximately
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A Mouse Can’t
Scare the Women
University women are brave!
Even Miss Anna Thompson, as
sistant proipssor of Romance
languages, admitted that the
girls in her class were brave when
a live mouse brought nothing
more than a few gasps and gig
gles from the feminine members
of the class.
The little mouse streaked un
der the door in a 9 a.m. Spanish
class and ran across the floor be
tween the front row of chairs
and Miss Thompson's desk.
Five girls gasped, chiefly in
surprise, and recitation contin
ued, while two brave men in the
class saved the day by catching
the little animal.
Box. JIh-h-cU ftcAade . . .
Marching Masked Men
*Enacb Traditional Roles
By MILLIE W ILSON
With the solemn strains of “Pomp and Circumstance” as musical
background, the black-gowned, yellow-tasseled Mortar Boards, monk
robed Friars, and bone-festooned Asklepiads will enact their traditional
roles at Friday’s campus luncheon.
One of the top thrills of their University life is scheduled for sev
eral junior girls—slated to receive the red rose signifying pledging
to Mortar Board, senior women’s national service honorary. Selected
on the basis of service, scholarship and leadership, junior women can
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Photo by Ted Bush
THE MIGHTY THREE .
. . . are Friars, Asklepiads, and Mortar Boards, senior honoraries w ho
will tap their pledges at the campus luncheon Friday noon. Appro
priately and impressively garbed (left to right) are Bill Spies, Bob
lioler, Mildred Wilson, Mary Louise Vincent, Bud Yandeneynde, and
Ray Packouz.
ASUO Takes Bow Today
Mist’ May
Put Jinx
On Lunch
By BETTY LU SIEGMAN
Rain, rain go away—the old
jingle particularly rings true for
the all-campus luncheon honoring
mothers, which will be definitely
crossed off the list of Junior
Weekend activities if it rains
late tomorrow night, according
to Frances Johnston, chairman of
the lunch.
“If the grass is wet tonight and
more rain threatens for Friday,
the luncheon will be cancelled;
and the queen’s coronation will
be held at the all-campus sing
Friday night, instead,’’ said Miss
Johnston.
The tapping of new members
for Mortar Board, Friars, and As
klepiads would then have to be a
feature of the Junior Prom, Sat
urday night, she indicated.
Winners
A new attraction of the prom
is the appearance of the winners
of the All-Campus Sing, who will
present numbers during' intermis
sion. This has been arranged so
that mothers who are unable to
arrive in time for the sing Friday
night will at least have a chance
to hear the winners, according to
Clarence Horton, Mothers’ Week
end chairman.
Concerning controversy in sev
eral men’s living organizations
as to whether they were to make
lunches for both their mothers
and fathers, the luncheon chair
man has announced that all men's
houses as well as women’s houses
will provide food for their guests.
The- luncheon, which will open’
Mothers’ Weekeend, will be held
Friday noon on the old campus in
front of Friendly hall.
Ice Cream
The YWCA will sell ice cream
during the lunch, according to
Miss Johnston. Lunches should
be packed simply, with all foods
taking up extra bulk and con
tainers being omitted. Members
of houses may go together and
purchase drinks, such as milk,
in five gallon cans,” Miss John
ston added.
Students who need transporta
tion to the campus for their par
ents after they arrive in Eugene,
can still secure it if they contact
Bob Henderson, who is in charge
of transportation fjfr Mothers’
Weekend.
By consulting Alice B. Macduff,
assistant dean of women, students
whose parents have no place to
stay after they reach the campus
can make arrangements for liv
ing quarters.
Gowns Available
All alumnae Mortar Board
members wishing to obtain
caps and gowns for the proces
sion Friday noon are asked to
contact Mrs. Alice Macduff, as
sistant dean of women, before
5 this evening.
First Woman Since World War I
Reigns as President of ASUO
F or-the first time since the first world war the University
will be ruled by a woman as the ASUO officers for 1943-14
are installed this morning with Nancy Ames as president. The
new officers will be introduced and installed with Robert S<
Fan ell, secretary of state, as special guest at the assembly in
McArthur court at 11 a.m.
Special feature of the assembly will be the tapping of new
Singers to Vie
In 28 Choruses
Friday night in McArthur court
following the coronation of the
Junior Weekend queen 12 men’s
choruses and 16 women's groups
will participate in the annual all
campus sing contest.
The festivities will start at S
p.m., and admission will be 40
cents, Oge Young, sing chairman,
announced. Tickets may be pur
chased at the educational activi
ties office until Friday night.
Men's choruses are limited to
18 voices and women may have
up to 25.
Judges for the contest will be
Dean Melvin N. Geist, Willam
ette; Dean Emory Hobson, Pa
cific; and Miss Evelyn Gibson,
head of the voice department at
Linfield.
Following is a list of choruses
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Science Group
Meets Saturday
"Not for ‘highbrows," but de
signed to interest everyone" will
be the annual Student Science
conference scheduled here Satur
day, May 1, Armin Gropp, presi
dent for the group, declared Wed
nesday.
Held for the first time on the
University of Oregon campus, the
conference will include discus
sions in biology, chemistry, geol
ogy, mathematics, and physics.
Three certificates of merit also
to be given. Competition i^
to lower and upper classes
graduate students. Two of
awards will be made by the
American Chemical society and
the American Association of
Physics Teachers.
Attending the conference will
be -10 graduate and undergradu
ate students from Oregon higher
educational institutions. Schools
represented will be Linfield col
lege, Pacific university, Oregon
State college, and the University
of Oregon.
Program for meetings will in
clude registration from 9 to 12,
Saturday morning in Chapman
hall, a general morning session
from 10-12 a.m. in 207 Chapman,
luncheon at the Anchorage, and
afternoon sessions beginning at
1:30. Afternoon sessions for the
biological sciences will be held
in 105 Deady hall, with chemistry
sessions in 105 McClure.
members ot Phi Theta Upsilon,
junior women’s honorary. AH
sophomore women are requested
to attend the assembly for this
reason and they must sit down
stairs. Margie Curtis, president
of Phi Theta, will preside at this
part of the program.
Outgoing
Les Anderson, outgoing ASUO
president, will preside over the
complete program and introduce
Mr. Farrell who will address the
assembly. Anderson will give .a
short review of the past year.
The University band will play ot.
the opening and closing of the
event.
The officers who will be in
stalled today are Miss Ames,
ASUO president; Oge Young,
ASUO first vice-president; Jean
Page, ASUO second vice-presi
dent; Martha Jane Switzer,
ASUO secretary treasurer, Helen
Holden, executive council senior
representative; Andrew Holliday,
executive council junior represen
tative; and Charlotte Calder, ex
ecutive council sophomore repre
sentatie.
The University was ever led by
a woman for the first time in his
tory in 1917 when Jeannie Hiig
gins moved to the executive
chair after the president and first
vice-president had gone to tho
service of their country.
Legal Advisers
Defend Scandal
Rising on masse in protest
against charges advanced by the
Emerald's crime reporter, the
Asklepiads have engaged William
M. Mosbofsky. and Wayne
(Queen Bongo) Williamson, emi
nent barristers of the law school
as councils for the defense.
When the latter were inter
viewed by your reporter, they de
clined to comment further than
to say:
“Our clients emphatically deny
any association with the ease in
volving the disappearance of
Norman P. Batcher, which has
now become a public scandal."
Any similarity between the two
masked figures and our clients
is purely intentional; therefore,
obviously an attempted imperson
ation.”
Repercu.ssion
They went on to suggest that
it may be a repercussion front
the recent political feud; although
whether the two might be Greek*
or coalition supporters, and what
their interest in the infirmary
might be, the two legal advises
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