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i VOLUME XLV.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, AUGUST 20,1943
U. S. Postage
PAID
Eugene, Oregon
Permit No. 131
NUMBER 1
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September 29 will find the
campus rapidly filling with fresh
men who will he coming down
for their first taste of University
life as freshman weeK, Septem
ber 27 to October 2, opens the
official school year. The rushing
period for girls interested in
Wging sororities will bring
ijpn. to the campus either Sep
« tember 25 or 26.
The week will be filled with
the problems of paying matricu
1 lation fees, checking in with the
dean of women, and following
the instructions on each fresh
man’s schedule which he will re
ceive when he pays his matricu
lation fee at the registrar’s office
on the upper floor of Johnson
hall. This schedule will include
an appointment for a physical
examination, a placement exam
ination, a photograph, a confer
^ ence with an adviser, and regis
; tration.
Special events for freshmen
% include the president’s as
t sembly Wednesday, September
v 29 at 8 p.m. in the music audi
torium, the ASUO assembly
Thursday night at 7:30, and the
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MARCHING THROUGH OREGON ...
. . . campus grounds are these members of the pre-meteorology students now stationed at the Univer
sity. On their way to an afternoon math class, tIre men are shown marching by the commerce building.
Seven Fraternities Rented As
Civilian Student 'Barracks'
With the army taking over all
the regular dormitories at the
University, the housing commit
tee has found it necessary to
make other arrangements for the
housing for civilian students. Re
sults are that fraternity houses
at the University will be used as
dormitories during the coming
year.
Photo courtesy Bill Lindley
GREETING, CHUMS ...
. . . new or old, it makes little difference to hospitable Betty Ann
Stevens, as she opens the doors wide to incoming and returning stu
dents to the University.
All men’s fraternities on the
campus have ceased to function
as active chapters of the Greek
organizations for the duration,
but several will operate as dor
mitories under the supervision of
the University housing commit
tee.
Four fraternity houses will
become girls’ dormitories, the
Theta Chi house to be known as
Hillcrest lodge and correspond
to the former Susan Campbell
hall. The Delta Tail Delta house
will house the former occu
pants of Hendricks hall and be
known as Birch lodge. Mill
lodge will be the name given
to former Chi Psi fraternity,
and Delta Upsilon, under the
name of Hawthorne lodge will
be the home of former Mary
Spiller occupants.
Operating as men’s dormitories
will be the Phi Gamma Delta
house as the new home of Sherry
Ross hall to be known as Bailey
hall; Alpha hail in the Pi Kappa
Alpha house with the new name
Spencer hall; and Gamma hall in
’44 ROTC Men’s
Return Expected
R.O.T.C. men who were juniors
at the University last year may
soon return here for study under
the supervision of the army spe
cialized training division, Colonel
C. L. Sampson, commandant of
the University R.O.T.C., recently
revealed.
Most of the 50 men expected to
return to the University are now
stationed at Camp Roberts, Cali
fornia; Camp Wells, Texas; and
Fort Knox, Kentucky. They will
be taking a course at the Univer
sity comparable to that given to
R.O.T.C. seniors in the past and
this will be augmented by pre
scribed academic curriculum.
The men are scheduled to re
turn here at the completion of
their basic training period, and as
far as the University military de
partment knows at present the
men can be expected to arrive
approximately at the same time
fall term opens.
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the Beta Theta Pi house as Pat
terson hall.
Last year’s junior class in
ROTC is expected to be housed
in the Kappa Sigma and Sigma
Nu houses.
Each fraternity now operating
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Horace Robinson Fills
Activities Head Position
Horace W. Robinson, assistant
professor of speech and dramatic
arts, will replace Richard C. Wil
liams as educational activities
manager, according to a decision
made by the educational activi
ties board.
Mr. Robinson will be acting ed
ucational activities manager, and
was appointed after Mr. Williams
enlisted in the navy June 15. He
will continue his duties with the
drama department, and may
choose an assistant for some of
his activities work.
Mr. Williams accepted a com
mission as ensign in the navy
and was sent to Bremerton,
Washington, where he is work
ing with the supply department.
lasses
tep Nearer
To Diplomas
By MARGIE ROBINSON
Effective fall term, the 522
men now engaged in military
study at the University of Ore
gon, both pre-meteorologists and
pre-engineers, will he registered
students in this institution, Dr.
Will V. Norris, head of the phy
sics department and academic di
rector of the special programs,
has announced. Academic credit,
for the classwork carried by tho
soldiers will he applicable for a
degree from any accredited col
lege.
Like any other credits earned
at Oregon, the hours completed
by the special endollees may bo
transferred to other institutions.
Upper division courses studied by
the enlisted men will give the#ft
corresponding "UD” hours, aii
are given to civilian students. v
Dr. Norris’s statement means
the “guests,” G.I. clad and G.I.
disciplined, are not visitors at
all . . . any more than are the
freshmen or new students who
register each year at the Univer
sity. The soldier-students are, in -
stead, fully-recognized Webfoots.
Their names will be filed in tho
Oregon alumni office with those
of graduates and other ex-stu
dents down through the years.
Details of the assimilation
of the military men into offi
cial enrollment in the Univer
sity have yet to be completed,
Dr. Norris said, but the process
is well under way. Naturally,
the inclusion of the soldiers
into the life of a normal col
lege will be limited by their
rigorous academic and military
routine . . . they will be per
mitted no part in inter
collegiate athletics and can
participate in social' events only
on weekends.
The influx of a regular school
year’s enrollees this fall will pre
sent a different situation for the
trainees than that of a quiet sum
mer. However, authorities antieis
pate the maintenance of the high
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Rushees Assigned to Sorority
Houses During Shortened Week
Rushing this fall on the Univer
sity campus will be under slightly
different conditions than in the
past due to the housing situation.
Since the regular dormitories are
occupied by soldier students,
rushees will be housed in the sor
ority houses from September 25
to 28.
Rushees will eat all their meals
in the house in which they are
staying, and they will be assigned
to various houses under an impar
tial system.
Open house will be held in each
sorority Sunday afternoon, and
rusjiees will be conducted from
house to house in groups super
vised by sorority alums.
Unlike the practices of the past,
no meals will be served on rush
ing uqtes, sippe the girls will take
all their meals at the house to
which they are assigned, theii*
relation to that house as far aa
staying during the rushing period
being only that of a boarder in
boarding house.
Rushees must have their card
of admission to the University be
fore they can be rushed, and tho
rush period fee is $10 for girls
planning to live in a sorority dur
ing the week.
Every girl coming to the cam
pus for rush week must be sure
to bring her ration books with
her for use that week.
Due to the shortened rush per
iod on the campus summer rush
ing is expected to be more exten
sive than usual. However, there
will be no rush teas during tho
surpmcr,