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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 23, 1943)
Y.OLUME XLV "’UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1943 NUMBER 18 AST earn Plays Cavalry Sunday WAA Elects Beverly Goetz, Marian Schaefer to Fill Posts Beverly Goetz and Marian Schaefer were elected president and treasurer respectively of the Women’s Athletic association in yesterday’s election held at the Co-op. Both girls were nominated by the WAA council to fill the vacancies left by Janet Ross and Margaret Cordon, who re signed early last week. There were no contending candidates and a total of 31 votes were cast. After final count had been taken Martha Jane Switzer, vice president, said, “Now that new officers of the WAA have been elected, the organization will be able to carry on its plan for the year. The program planned for this year has been held up until the organization was completed.” A general meeting of the WAA hr ~~ een called for next Tuesday • ‘<_ aX *5 p.m. Original Event Phi Theta Plan tlow starting to percolate are plans for a completely different all-girl assembly, Marty Beard, chairman of the Phi Theta Up silon-sponsored event, announced Friday. To be held at precisely 7:35% p.m., Gerlinger, on Friday, No vember 5, it will feature “some entirely out of this world,” sF0VJaid: Heads of committees, as ap pointed at a Thursday night meeting are: publicity, Kathy Dunn; skit, Adele Riggs; variety numbers, Jean Fitzgerald; prop ertijs, Velita Estey; costumes, Arliss Boone and Margery Pen gra; clean-up, Mary Riley; and faculty, Carol Wicke. Coed Affair To Ban Men “When Women Reverse the Universe” was chosen last night as the theme of Coed Capers, Gerd Hansen, chairman, an nounced. Reversals will begin on Novem ber 19, when the coeds caper at their annual frolic. This time a patriotic motive is behind the af fair, because money from the Ca pers will go toward the purchase of a bomber. General theme of the Capers, “Women of the Future,” will be carried out by the various houses in their costumes for the evening. Tickets will be sold for 25 cents, and representatives will be cho sen and announced later. Besides being sold in the cam pus living organization, tickets will also be sold to high school girls and to Eugene women down town. The place for the Capers will be chosen later, Miss Hansen said. Last year, Paul McFadden, a freshman at the University, was dressed in girl’s clothes and man (Please turn to page four) Bell Yells To Herald Army Wins Spectators at the Cavalry vs. army-duck football game Sunday will again see Oregon’s victory bell waiting to toll out success to the team. The bell will be brought out onto the field by way of yell lead er, Bob McDonald’s yellow jalopy and will be guarded during the game by Herb Butler and Chuck Housworth. Members of the rally squad hinted at several surprise yells including a number of group yells in which all members of the rally squad will participate. New megaphones have been ordered for the three yell leaders and- it Is hoped that by Sunday’s game they will be here. The pub lic address system will be hooked up on the students’ side for an nouncing of yells to the cheering section. Oregon’s old swing yell will be used as well as the new ones. Any Veins In Elbows? Donate Blood To Bank To handle blood donations as efficiently as possible, living or ganizations have been divided into groups, and each group as signed a definite time to appear. October 18 to November 16 has been set for Chi Omega, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Kappa Alpha Theta, Gamma Phi Beta, and Hilyard house, Beverly Goetz, in charge of the blood bank commit tee, announced. “Typers,” those who have never (Please turn to page four) Green Gridders Gut In Oregon Weather By DAVID PIERCE Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock, the ASTU football Ducks again take the field. This time the op ponent is a black-horse squad from the Marshfield cavalry. The “Brainbusters” are out to make' up for an inglorious 25-6 defeat at the hands of the Willamette Navycats last week. The game is again to be played on Hayward field. The army team is. fitted out. with some new "spread” forma tions and a batch of new plays Alfred L. Lomax Returns From N.Y. Prop Conference Government control of mari time shipping was discussed at the annual conference of the na tional Propeller club in New York October 14 and 15, according to Alfred L. Lomax, professor of business administration, who re turned to the campus Wednes day after attending the meeting. The effort of the convention was directed toward discussing some of the more pressing ques tions advanced by shipping men in this country concerning the status of the shipping industry in the post-war world, Lomax said. Other subjects taken up by panels at the conference included finance, relationship between air and sea transportation, and ma rine insurance. The Propeller club is an or ganization of shipping men who work to promote interest in the merchant marine. An education al program sponsored by ttys group includes branches, termed “student ports,” (established in 23 universities in the United ocean transportation, foreign trade and related subjects. Lo max is vice-president of the stu dent ports and attends the na tional conventions each year. Prominent among post-war (Please turn to page three) which ought to lend power to the yellow and green offensive. Of course, the team has been doing its daily dozen this week in spite of the consistent rains. It may prove interesting to see the team on a wet field after last week’s fairly dry turf. * Rain Ruins Passing Rain would definitely hamper the Duck passing offensive. Last week, Jay Wisner did most of the passing. Some was brilliant, a couple meant that lone score; some resulted in navy touch downs. Since then, though, Wis ner has had time to sharpen his sights on the bullseye and may do some good work toward scor ing again. “Jumping Joe” Kulesh, who sparked last week’s offensive, will not start this game. No doubt he will lend his speed and maneuverability to the Ducks sometime during the game, how ever. “Hold That Line!” Oregon’s hope lies In Its pow erful forward wall. This still is the backbone of the team. Many a game has been won or lost by a few feet of scrimmage. The big issue of Sunday’s game promises to be who can “git thar fustest with the mostest.” The ASTU starting line-up will be: Vandor, RE Walker, RT Flynn, RG Bruce, C Bianco, LG Pederson, LT Friang, LE Trucano, QB Valesano, HB Schaefer, HB Lober, FB Play Group Will Hold Special Meet Monday At 7:80 p.m. Monday a spe cial meeting of the theater gronp will be held in Guild hall. The purpose of the meeting will be to reconsider action on the fall term play, and to get cast ing organized. Charlotte Wicke and Doris Trask White Multitude Astounds Wahines By BETTY ANN STEVENS “Yes, we speak pidgin,’’ admitted smiling Doris Trask and Charlotte Wicke, newly-arrived Hawai ian-born freshmen, who started classes Monday. “When we steamed into San Francisco one Hawai ian said, ‘Ai, thees America? Sahm goo-od kind, eh They wiggled happily and lapsed into giggles. “We’ve never seen so many white people before at once in all our lives,” glowing, rounded Doris exclaimed with soft precision. “That’s the best part of being up here . . . being with our own kind for a while.” Sisters Dawn Trask and Carol Wicke, senior in English and junior in liberal arts, respectively, who they had not seen for over two years, are included in “our own kind.” Charlotte grinned delightedly, “It was wonderful! We clanked on glasses and made lipstick marks on each other’s faces.’’ The “wahines” left the island of Maui for Hono lulu August 8. The convoy that was to take them to San Francisco, where they would meet Carol, be fore September 15 was two months late in arriving. “We finally left September 29, after 48 hours no tice. Our ship was the flag ship, and all the women and children came troop class ... You pay less money and sleep in bunks. There were 36 in Char lotte’s lounge and 75 in mine . . . space about the size of an ordinary living room.” Preservers They wore life-preservers and slacks for the nine-day trip, which in peace-time would take four days. “That was good time, though,” Charlotte add ed. "It takes from 12 to 16 days sometimes.” “Danger?’’ Doris looked dubious. “We had a general alert, and the convoy circled way back and dropped some depth charges.” Charlotte interpolated, “Yes, and when Doris asked if it were practice they said, ‘We don’t prac tice nowadays’.” About war-time life in the Islands, they both agree that the old, "lei-zy” atmosphere is gone, ‘‘partly because of secret departures.” The “luau” (Hawaiian feast) is also a thing of the past “except for special occasions, because of a shortage of fish and poi.” “They’re fun!” exclaimed Doris, rolling her eyes. “You take a pig and potatoes and stuff the pig with hot stones, then put him in the ground.” To a question about school Charlotte replied, "Well, there were six haoles (whites) in our of 170 in our graduating class, only one went into the army. The rest were Japanese, Filipino, Chinese, Korean, Hawaiian, Portuguese, and mixed breeds.” She paused, “Oh, yes, we had four days of school from 8:30 to 7, and on Friday everyone went out and worked in the cane and pineapple fields.’’ “Japs ? You never know what they’re thinking,” said Doris. “They’re such dead-pans. Some of our best pals are Japanese, though . . . Yamaguchi, Osa koda, Tanaki. They’re so much in majority.” Although 90 miles away from Pearl Harbor, they have experienced several Jap-scares. Doris screwed up her face expressively, “Right now I get cold shivers when I think.” Bang When a Jap submarine sneaked into the Maui harbor at dusk on December 15, Doris was able to view it from her home on the heights. Charlotte, (Please turn to page four)