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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 29, 1943)
{Aid-November to.See Start Of Duck Basketball Season tllC J.c'tfcO-**1* basketball season is to be played about the middle Of November, Coach Howard Hobson said yes terday. To start the ball rolling toward the first game a meeting is being held by Coach Hobson on Monday, October 4 in room 122 of the physical education building at 4 p.m. Those who are interested in turning out for the sport should be there. The schedule for the confer ence is well on its way and there numerous non-conference games scneauiea. The schedule is a full one and will give the boys a good chance to show what they can do. Hobson said he wanted as large a turnout as possible for the meeting so he can pick the best material. The prospects for the squad are limited to those who are unfit for military service be cause of some minor physical de fect and also those too young to be in. The practice will start imme diately, October 6. Special Arrangements Made For Soldiers Stationed Here According to latest informa tion, Major W. S. Averill will as sume the duties of ROTC and ASTU commandant effective Oc tober first. Under him as com pany commanders in the AST program at the University are Captains F. W. Beckman, com pany A, and Warren W. Patter son, company B, and Lieutenant U^H. Neer, company C. Major Averill has been commander of company A since its organization last June and is replacing Colo nel Charles L. Sampson who re tires this month. Company A is quartered in John Straub hall, formerly the men’s dormitory, and is made up Summer War Board Entertains Soldiers Functioning on through the summer, the war board of the University was busy with the entertainment of soldiers on the ca$f:pus as a leading activity. Several of these dances were giv en on Saturday nights in McAr thur court with Beverly Padg ham and Marge Curtis acting as chairmen and carrying on the war board work for Jean Frideg er, war board chairman. Since she was not on the campus dur ing the summer. Plans for fall term activities of the war board have not been definitely revealed, but it is known that Red Cross work, bond and stamp sales, as well as scrap collections will be carried onj»Jl over the campus. Wesley university has estab lished a navy pre-flight school. of 371 basic I and II engineers. Most of these men have just come to the unit this fall, the oth ers having been here since last June. The remaining basic II and the basic III engineers are in three fraternity houses: Sigma Chi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Phi Delta Theta. Chemistry, phy sics and mathematics form the basis of study for the engineer ing course. The Army has also taken over Susan Campbell hall to quarter the 225 Foreign Area and Lan guage men. These men are study ing the language, customs and geography of Portugal, Spain, Norway, Russia, and Italy. YW Breakfast Greets Frosh Freshman women are being welcomed and introduced to the University YWCA at the annual Freshman breakfast Sunday morning. Mrs. E. E. DeCou, YWCA executive secretary, and Beverley Fadgham, YWCA presi dent, have invited all freshman women to attend. In the usual tradition, the breakfast will be served from 9 to 10:45, just before Sunday morning church services. The YWCA cabinet will be present to tell the girls about the activities of the group. Joan Dolph, mem bership chairman, and Betty Ben nett, tea chairman, are in charge of the arrangements. Mrs. F. M. Hunter, Mrs. Donald Erb, Mrs. Hazel Schwering, dean of women, Mrs. Alice Macduff, assistant dean of women, Mrs. William Jones, chairman of the board, and other board members will assist in the receiving line and with the pouring. Shirley Baldwin Joins Women Marines Shirley Jean Baldwin, Univer sity musician and Eugene citi zen, enlisted in the marine corps women’s reserve at Portland in September. Private Baldwin is a clarinet ist with 12 years of playing ex perience. She hopes to play in the newly organized women’s re serve band at Camp Lejeune, N. C. On the campus she ma jored in business administration. SUBSCRIBE Oregon H'Emerald For the Men and Women of the Armed Forces $3.00 for One Year Send names, address and remittance to EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES OFFICE University of Oregon Have a Coca-Cola = Howdy, Neighbor It’s natural for popular names to acquire friendly abbreviations. That’s why you hear Coca-Cola called “Coke”. from Arizona to Australia At home or abroad, when the American soldier says Have a '‘Coke" to a stranger, he’s made a new buddy. From Minneap olis to Melbourne, Coca-Cola stands for the pause that refreshes —has become the mark of the good neighbor: BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY SPRINGFIELD COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY 6)1943 Tho C-C Co.. More Drama Posts Filled By Robinson Vacancies left by the depar ture of Mrs. Ottilie Seybolt for Columbia university will be filled by Horace Robinson, pro fessor of speech and dramatics, and two new members of the faculty, Robert Clark and Mrs. O. L. Barrett. Mrs. Seybolt left Monday for her sabbatical leave. Clark will handle her inter pretation classes, Mrs. Barrett those in speaking voice, and Pro fessor Robinson the productions. Three major productions have been planned thus far. More will be given if casting problems per mit .Tryouts are to be on an all University basis. No season tickets will be sold due to the uncertainty of the of ferings. A new physics laboratory has been donated to Fairleigh Dick enson junior college. 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