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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1943)
VOLUME XLV UXIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1. 1943 NUMBER 3 A SOLDIER-STUDENT, right, presents his rifle for inspection as Major William S. Averill ob serves the training of young men who are regarded as potential of ficer candidates. Under the ex pert instruction of professors of the school of military science‘and tactics, these students drill' on the University ROTC field. MAJOR WILLIAM S. AVER ILL, left, whose appointment as professor of military science and tactics for the University and commandant of the ASTU sta tioned on the campus was con firmed today by headquarters of the ninth service command. Ma jor Averill will assume the post upon the retirement of Colonel Charles L. Sampson today. ^Sororities Pledge 222 Coeds As Rush Week Ends Mere Rush week at the University came to a conclusion Wednes day with the pledging of 222 women. Alpha Chi Omega led the sororities with 24 pledges. Pi Beta Phi followed with 22 and Kappa Alpha Theta pledged 20. Delta Delta Delta and Gamma Beta tie for fourth place with 19 each. ^ -^Rushing this fall fell 11 per cent short of the number of women students pledged last year. Of the 375 women who ASUOCardsGo On Sale Today Athletic cards will go on sale Friday and Saturday of this week, Gerd Hansen, chairman of the drive, revealed Thursday. The cards will be good for ad mittance to all basketball games, both fall and winter terms. Good games are anticipated because many tall men have signed up to £ on the varsity team. - No Discount It was erroneously announced ^Wednesday that a discount of $1 would be allowed on Oregana jlWirchases, if the student pur chases an athletic card. This has been true in the past of the $9 cards, but it is impossible this year because of the small price of the cards. An estimated $10 in value will be received on the pur chase of the $4.40 ticket, Miss Hansen stated. Prizes of $10 in records will go to the five houses first buying basketball cards 100 per cent; and $5 in records to the next five. Records will be those chosen by the houses winning them. Representatives Listed Representatives from the vari ous houses are Jenelyn Gaston, alpha Chi Omega; Marty Beard, Alpha Delta Pi; Joan Schenk, Al pha Gamma Delta; Connie Full mer, Alpha Omicron Pi; Jean Taylor, Alpha Phi; Ruth Van Buskirk, Alpha Xi Delta; Kath ryn Dunn, Chi Omega. Jean Frideger, Delta Delta Delta; Betty Sherman, Delta Gamma; Betty Bennett, Gamma Phi; Mick Riley, Kappa Alpha Theta; Alysone Hales, Kappa Kappa Gamma; Marian Schaefer; Mary Corrigan, Sigma Kappa. Velita Estey has been appoint ed in chai’ge of cooperative sales and Joanne Dolph in charge of sororities. Head of sales in dor mitories and to men are yet to be appointed. Edith Newton has been chosen to head sales of in dependent women living out. Marjorie Young is in® charge of publicity. signed up ror rusn ween ion dropped out. Sororities will con tinue to pledge during the win ter term, with formal rush weeks planned for the beginning of win ter and spring terms. Following is the complete list of pledges by their houses: Alpha Chi Omega Barbara Ayer, Beverly Ayer, M. Louise Brundage, Ruth Bley, Regina Carmendia, Luanna Hol lis, Charlotte Kaufman, Janet Marugg, Lo Dell Lamson, Betty Anne Laymen, Helen Maxim, Lil lian Mitchell, Patricia Metcalf, Marie Nichols, Marilyn Olson, Beverly Paladini, Shirley Peil, Barbara Joann Putnam, Bette Jeanne Renning, Janice Seymour, Margery Slayter, Jean Wallace, and Marian Walstrom. Alpha Delta Pi Margaret Ball, Phyllis Dono van, Betty Emery, Yvonne Ed wards, Carmen Green, Jean Lou ise Hall, Ruth Hansen, Jean Har ris, Jeanne Howard, Marjorie Johnson, Betty jLamljert, Jane Leedon, Jacqueline Mackenzie, Betty Rose, Ann Scripter, and Anna Dean Weigand. Alpha Gamma Delta Bettie Clayton, Vera Fair, Lou ise Fletcher, Margaret Hughes, Shirley Keck, Jean Lawrence, Rose Zena F. Lata, Pat Mahany, Marie Medley, Ann Potter, Eliz abeth J. Thompson, Bobby Ton eray, Betty Towe, Leona Marie Weber. Pattie Wilkins, and Hel ene Winship. Alpha Omicron Pi Edith Allen, Eleanor Anderson, Jean Alice Carkin, Marian Gep hart, Mary Lee Elliott, Amelia Ann Krueger, Lloyd Goldsboro, Jean Mellies, Nadyne Neet, Es ther Quier, and Barbara Rad more. Alpha Phi Jean Bauer, Beverly Carroll, Eileen Casey, Miriam Hoover, Mary Jane McClelland, Roseann Leckie, Betty Sailor, Sue W’elch, Dorothy J. Hayes, Virginia F. Hayes, Virginia F. Hayes, Jean Walters, Carolyn Wells, Annabel McArthur, Margaret Faubion, and Charlotte Guthrie. Alpha Xi Delta Evelyn Jane Missof, Frances (Please tfini to page fo}ir) Soldiers, CiviliansJto Swing Out Hello Dance Saturday Night By ANNE CRAVEN Civilian and soldier students will have a chance to meet each other and University officials for the first time at the traditional Hello dance to be held Saturday night from 8 to 12 in McArthur court. The president's reception, at which students will meet University officials will be held before the dance. Instead of the usual stag affair, dates will be arranged through a dating bureau. Around 450 boys have signed up and the lists including their names, ages, and heights have already been turned in. The names will be divided among the girls’ houses in proportion to the size of the house. Independents Girls who do not live in a. living organization and wish to go to the dance should get in touch with Shirley Huggins, secretary of Orides. They may leave their names at Mrs. Siefert's office' or con tact Miss Huggins personally. These names should be turned in by 5 p.m. tonight. The girls will meet in the men's lounge in Gerlinger hall where tin* men will come after them. The lists of men allotted to each house will he given to the social chairmen of the living organiza tions tomorrow afternoon. After the girls pick their date, two copies of the list should be made, one for the soldiers and one for the girls' houses. The list for the soldiers must be in the dean, of women’s office Saturday morning by 9 o’clock. The men will call for their dates at the respective house* and take them home. Committee Named Marty Beard, junior in liberal arts, is chairman of the decoration committee, and Mary Corrigan, sophomore, in journalism, is chairman of the dating bureau. Short silks are the order of the day with the exception of members of Phi Theta Upsilon and Kwaraa who will wear their uniforms. As it was impossible to get an orchestra, records) will be used with the public address system. Jean Page is in charge of the music and records. Meeting Scheduled For Emerald Staff All students who want to work on the Emerald, business or editorial staffs, will meet Tuesday, October 5, at 7:30 p.m. in room 105 of the jour nalism building. An open meeting and oppor tunity for personal interviews have been arranged. Freshmen at the University are particu larly urged to attend this meet ing in order to get acquainted with Emerald opportunities. War Board to Fill Vacancies Activities of the year, includ ing appointments to fill board va cancies will be discussed at a campus war board meeting next week, Jean Frideger, chairman of the board, said Thursday. The positions of Red Cross chairman, blood bank chairman and hospitality commjttee chair man aFe still open for appoint ment. The hospitality chairman will work in coordination with the soldiers on the campus in con nection with dances and other forms of entertainment fdt’ the soldier-students. Drive, Scheduled The War Board is going to make a special drive this year to get the girls to donate blood to the Red Cross, Miss Frideger said. As last year weekly scrap drives will be held. Further information as to the positions to be filled and the time and place for interviewing appli cants will be published in a later edition of the. Emerald. Members Return Members who were appointed last year and are back to assume their positions are: Marge Curtis, senior in journalism, and Bibbits Strong, sophomore in architec ture and allied arts, as co-chair man of the salvage committee; Barbara Younger, junior in jour nalism, as publicity chairman. Beverly Padgham in charge of promoting bond and stamp pales; Ruth Collins, junior in journal ism, as agriculture aid chair man; Yvonne Torgler, senior in architecture and allied arts, as chairman of the scholarship fund; and Jenelyn Gaston, junior in ar chitecture and allied arts, as chairman of the service corre spondence committee. 384 Old Students Sign For Registration at UO Although only 384 old students had checked in and gotten their registration material by 4 p.m. Thursday, Clifford L. Con stance, assistant registrar, predicted the total enrollment of civilian students would be approximately 1500. At this time last year, 827 old students had gotten their ma terial. This is more than twice as many as the number this year. However, Mr. Constance stated that “due to the surprisingly Coordinating Body Slated An official student coordinat ing committee has been ap proved by the ASUO executive council as a clearing house for all social activities involving army and civilian students at the University. This committee will be led by Jean Page, first vice-president of the executive council. The committee includes one representative from the execu tive council, one from the service honoraries, one from, the men, and four men selected by the army groups to represent them. Honoraries Represented Barbara Younger represents Phi Theta, junior women’s hon orary, Mary Corrigan represents Kwama, sophomore women’s honorary, and Babe Wimberly, freshman, represents the men on the campus. Final selection of sericemen has not been completed. These men will come from the engin eers, Co. A, Co. B, and Co. C. Coordinating Body All ideas and plans for social events, which are to be given by either the servicemen or the civ ilian student body, will be coor dinated through this committee. The committee's final selections and arrangements are subject to vote of the executive council. The ASUO council also decid ed that one army student will be elected to serve as a non-voting member. The original plan for a coor dinating committee was formu lated last spring by Marge Dib ble, former president of AWS, Carolyn Holmes, foi’mer first vice-president of the ASUO, and Jack Robinson, former junior representative of the ASUO. large number of new women stu dents there will probably be a to tal enrollment of 1500 students this year.” This number is ex actly half the total number en rolled last year. Registration will take place from S to 12 a.m. ad 1 to 5 p.m. today and 8 to 12 a.m. Saturday. Advisers for lower division stu dents will be in McArthur court both days. Routine to be followed in reg istering will be found on the front of the schedule book. Women's Honor Societies Have Vacant Posts Kwania, sophomore women’s service honorary, starts the year with all but two of its member a> present, Phyllis Evans, president of the group reveals. Maxine Hughes, one of the absentees, has not notified the group whether or not she will return to school, and Betty Lawrence will not return. New members will be chosen to fill the vacancies early next week, Miss Evans said. Seven members of Phi Theta Upsilon, junior women’s service honorary have not come back to the campus, according to Presi dent Audrey Holliday. They ari; Virginia Wells, Florence Hamil ton, Peggy Wright, Marion Har ris, Betty Bevil, and Sally Spies, who may enroll winter term. The group will select girls to complete its membership in the near future, Miss Holliday said. REGISTRATION All coeds, attention, This statement is true, You cannot sign up For A.S.T.U. , , . W.R-W .). <1