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
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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