ADS Eats SDX Dust; Newshoursds Take Tilt —See Page 4 VOLUME XLIV UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1943 Girls' Dorm Houses Meteorology Force —See Column NUMBER 127 W s*> ! Final Call forTobacco Money Sounds; Forces Overseas lo get American Cigarettes By MARGARET McGEE Collection of money to send packs of American cigarettes to service men overseas will be climaxed today in campus liv ing organizations with a final call for donations, Barbara Younger, co-chairman for the drive, declared Tuesday evening. Contributions are requested from all members of living organizations plus Orides and the Yeomen, with the dead line ior collections set tor this afternoon. Students managing the drive wished to make it clear that dona tions are to be made in money and not in cigarettes. Ad Honorary Gamma Alpha Chi, women’s advertising honorary, is in charge of the campaign that is being car ried on in connection with the all campus War Board. Co-chairmen for the drive are Miss Younger, * Charline Felly, sophomore in ral arts. After collection, funds will be sent to the Raleigh tobacco com pany, Miss Younger explained, where for every 4% cents donat ed, the company will send one pack of cigarettes to men over seas. With each carton of 200 packs will be sent a card, bearing the name, “University of Oregon.” Scarcity The scarcity of good American cigarettes overseas was express ed recently in a cable from the commanding officer in Australia, who declared, “This command ap (Please turn to page three) Oregana Heads flamed at Banquet Major editorial staff positions for next year’s Oregana were an nounced Tuesday night by Helen Johnson, new editor of the year book, at the traditional staff banquet held at the Osburn hotel Tuesday. They include the following: Joan Dolph and Adele Riggs, co associate editors; Nancy Brown ell, managing editor; Donna Wil liams, executive secretary; Betty Ann Keup, promotion manager; Flora Kibler and June Hitchcock, assistant managing editors; Jen elyn Gaston, art editor; Fred Treadgold, sports editor; Bar bara Lamb and Ruth Van Buskirk, co-living organization editors; Charline Pelly, activities $j^tor: and Betty Lu Siegman, schools editor. Achievement Jeff Kitchen, retiring business manager, presented certificates of achievement to members of the business staff, while Roy Paul Nelson, retiring managing editor, presented them to mem bers of the editorial staff. Entertainment was provided by Flora Kibler who sang, “In the Usual Way,” and by the house cf characters members Roy Nelson, Jack Billings, and “Scot ty” Mindolovich, assisted by Charles Politz and Adele Riggs; singing, "There’s a Star Span (|^d Banner Waving Somewhere in F Sharp.” Special guests invited to the affair were: J. Warren Teter, Betty Biggs Schrick, Elsie Brown ell S' ”'.van, Jack Billings, Helen Angell, Les Anderson, and Dick Williams. Miss Torgler 'Aid For Vets’ Group Head Yvonne Torgler, junior in ar chitecture and allied arts, will lead the campus committee on scholarships for returning serv ice men and women next year, replacing Oge Young, chairman of the committee during the year. Work on the fund' has been continued through this term with living organizations contributing bonds and Co-op receipts, and the Oregon Dad's committee doing special work to add to the fund. Reports of the committee com posed of Alva Granquist, Leslie Brockelbank, Gerd Hansen, and Edith Newton reveal that living organizations are generously giv ing bonds this term to the fund. Each group listed below is giv ing $18.75 to the fund to be in vested in a war bond. Deadline for turning in the money for these bonds, which is to be turned in at the educational ac tivities office is May 15. Each of the following organi zations have pledged to give $18.75 for a bond this term: Sher ry Ross ha’’ Susan Campbell hall, Orides, the three women’s co-ops together, Alpha Tau Ome ga, Phi Gamma Delta, Sigma Al pha Epsilon, Sigma Alpha Mu. Sigma Phi Epsilon, Theta Chi, Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Gamma Delta” Alpha Omicron Pi, Alpha Xi Delta, Del ta Gamma, Gamma Phi Beta, Kappa Alpha Theta, Kappa Kap pa Gamma, Pi Beta Phi, and Sig ma Kappa. Hendricks hall has pledged to give a bond every month and the Alpha Phis plan to give one full scholarship which is $120. Delta Delta Delta has decided to give to the fund', but the exact amount has not been decided. Co-op receipts were turned in at the Co-op store or in the in dividual living organizations, and the refunds was placed in the scholarship fund. Oreganas Unloaded At Co-op 8 A.M. Saturday Oreganas will be distribut ed from the Co-op store start ing May 21 at 8 a.m. The book will also be given out Satur day at the Co-op until noon when the store closes. The 1943 edition of the Ore gana was previewed by the staff last night at their annual banquet, but the book will not be generally distributed until May 21. AirForcesLand inDorm LEX BARDE . . . . . . leaves his post on the cam pus war board to some successor who will be appointed at a meet ing of the executive council Thursday afternoon. Applicants will be interviewed in person at the meeting. War Board Petitions Petitions for chairmanship of the campus war board must be submitted to Jean Page at Susan Campbell hall, before 4 this afternoon. Xo petitions will be accepted after that time. Twin Exercises Set for Seniors The 66th annual commence ment at the University will be held Sunday, May 30, according to an announcement from Dr. Donald M. Erb, president of the University. Both baccalaureate services and commencement ex ercises have been scheduled for the same day, according to the custom of recent years. The twin exercises will be held in McArthur court on May 30, Dr. James H. Gilbert, dean of the college of liberal arts, and chair man of the commencement pro gram announced. Dr. Wirt Dr. Williston D. Wirt, minister of the First Congregational church, now an army chaplain at Mather field, Sacramento, Cali fornia, will return to Eugene to give the baccalaureate sermon Sunday morning. In the evening Dr. Erb will speak on "War Also Teaches,” as his subject for the commencement address. Dr. Gilbert indicated that close to 650 students have made ap plication for graduation. After term examinations about 600 are expected, to have the necessary qualifications. A war-time twist has added to this year's com mencement with many graduat ing seniors receiving degrees who are now in the armed forces and war work. Their awards will be made in absentia. ADPi Tops Houses Working harder at the campus Red Cross this week than any other organization, Alpha Delta Pi folded 49 hours worth of band ages. Gamma Phi Beta placed second, with 35U hours, and Al pha Chi Omega came in third, with 17 U hours. Men Find Dorm Atmosphere Contrast to Utah Dry Dust By JACK L. BILLINGS Early Tuesday afternoon about 30 pre-meteorology students arrived at the University, unloaded their barracks bags, End lined up for their new commanding officer, Lieut. Charles D. Cable, who returned Tuesday morning from California, where he was conferring with army air corps officials about tbcv contract with the University, ISA Elections Set for Friday Top independent leaders for next year will be determined Fri day, following the opening of an nual independent student elec tions in the men’s lounge, Ger linger hall. Polls will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 Friday evening, with all independent students eli gible 'to' vote in the election. Nominations, made Tuesday at a meeting in 207 Chapman hall, include: representative at large. Chuck Politz, Jane Webster, Do ris Jones, and Marie Nichols. Students are asked to vote for two candidates for t.'his position, as the ISA presidency will go to the highest nominee, and vice presidency going to the runner up. Senior Candidates for senior represen tative, nominated Tuesday, are Marianne Blenkinsop and Mar garet Sehon. Nominated for jun ior representative were Betty McRadden, Jean Mellies and ■Adele Riggs. Three freshman women students chosen to run for a position as sophomore rep resentative are Doris Horton, ■Betty Lawrence, and Inez Pot win. Any independent student wish ing" to run for an office and not having been nominated, may submit a slip of eligibility for the desired office to either Leighton Platt, Campbell club; or to A1 Larsen at Westminster house, any time before 12 this evening. After the roll call the students were assigned to their rooms in the girls’ dormitory which the training detachment had previ ously taken over. Bug-eyed with amazement, they looked over their roomy quarters, their wide beds, the carpets. They walked ckvvn into their "day-room,” formerly the girls’ living toom. Said one boy (like the others at least a high school graduates with a "B” average), "This is a heaven on earth.” They had judt left Kern Field, Utah, where dwft and heat take the place of Ore gon's grass and cool breezes. Veteran. The first student to arrive ws» a veteran by this time. He p into Eugene last Friday night at the height of Mortar Board. Hit* name is Private Paul Madiger of Indianapolis, Indiana, by way of Fort George Wright, Washing ton (near Spokane). The consensus seemed to bo that Oregon and the University of Oregon were "plenty O.K.” The boys came from all sections of tho country—one from Buffalo, ono from NYU in New York City, ono a Sigma Nu from Minnesota, oth ers from Tennessee, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Syracuse, and Hobo ken. One was already to go • t - n had a physics book under his ana when he climbed down from “ o truck that brought the boys ip from the station. Come'n Get It Later on some of them remem bered that they hadn’t had their lunch yet and began to ask how long it was before dinner or "chow” or "mess,” depending on their degree of army saturation. But first of all they plied the ;<r (Please turn to page three) Sally Spiess Red Cross Prexy As Gavel Changes Hands By C AROL C OOK Succeeding' Carolyn Holmes as campus Red Cross chairman, Sal ly Spie.ss, sophomore in liberal arts, will assume the generalship of the campus projects, and au tomatically step into a voting po sition on the campus war board. In the past year Miss Holmes as instigator and organizer of the campus Red Cross projects, saw the completion of 25,000 sur gical dressings. Under her lead ership, the surgical dressing unit was expanded, and moved from Chapman hall into the empty store next door to the College Side. Winter term the monthly quo ta for bandages was raised by Miss Holmes from 2,000 to 8,000. Since then 10,000 additional band ages have been folded. With the expansion of the sur gieal dressing unit, the sev, njr unit, under the direction of Fti itf*. Van Euskirk, still in Chapman hall, continued its sewing o jects. Helping Miss Holmes through out the year were Mary MoCanrf less, executive secretary, ; ;ul 'Carol Wicke, Patricia Lynch, Virginia Locke, Pat Warren, E:< t sy Wooton, Mrs. Spiess, Kathy, Dunn, Marty Wood. Jeanno Smith. Emily Tyree, June Grantz. Marian Schaefer, Eetty Ann Keup, Gerd Hansen, Leslie Brocte elbank, Marian Clark, Juno Johnson, Carol Wicke, Charknp Pelley, Doris Hoiland, and Fh r ence Cooley. Mrs. Spiess, who has super vised the house schedules, ,/aa appointed to her position by tho campus war board on the rec ommendation of Miss Holmes, i