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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 26, 1943)
VOLUME XLV NUMBER 19 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDHBODaV, OCTOBER S, 1943 Army-Ducks Dunk Cavalry 33-12; Rainstorm Accompanies Grid Victory £ their second game of the Dn Sunday afternoon on Hay ward field the ASTU squad beat the 104th Cavalry from Marsh field by a score of 33-12. Despite a heavy rainfall, nearly 1500 fans were there to cheer the army Ducks. The Cavalry kick-off to the ASTU men was short. Taking ad vantage of this break a few plays later, Wisner completed a pass to Trucano for a decided gain and on the next play carried the ball around right end for an eight-yard dash and the first Duck touchdown. Kulesh came in for Wisner and booted the ex tra point. nUThe second quarter saw the Cavalry pull a tricky lateral to Johnsombaugh and then to Yohn who ran 41 yards for the Caval ry’s first touch down. The kick for the extra point was blocked. After blocking a kick deep in Cavalry territory, the Ducks scored another touchdown when Johnson on the third play went through center on a quarterback sneak. Kulesh again made the extra point. Shafer and Greenberg each made a Duck touchdown in the fourth quarter on wide right end reverses. The try for the extra point was no good either time. The Cavalry staged a come back with Johnsombaugh throw ing a series of passes that clicked all down the field. One to Swen son on the two-yard line brought the visitors’ score to 12. The try for point was again blocked so that the score stood 26 to 12. With 18 seconds remaining af ter the kickoff, Worth ran 20 yards for an end around play for a touchdown on the first play. Kulesh made the extra point and the game ended with the Ducks coming out on top, 33 to 12. Final statistics showed that the ASTU men outplayed the Cavalry all the way. They had 14 first downs to the Cavalry's 3, 38 yards on punts to 25 for the Cav alry, and made 3 out of 10 passes while the Cavalry completed 5 out of 15. Frosh Dream Girl to Rule Over Opers; Tickets Mean Votes “Oregon’s Dream Girl” will be the title of the freshman girl selected as queen of the Coed Capers, Gerd Hansen, general chairman, announced Monday. The Dream Girl will be chosen from six finalists in the contest, which will begin tomorrow with nominations of one girl from each house. Each Coed Capers ticket will entitle the holder to one vote, Miss Hansen said. A picture of the Dream Girl will be mailed to all Oregon alums now in the a*ned services. Houses are asked to elect a freshman girl to take part in the contest and to have the names turned in to Mary Bush, phone 204, by 4 p.m. Tuesday. It was decided definitely Mon day to have the Capers in Ger l:_ ~er hall, traditional site of the \ Coed Capers will be held November 19, beginning at 7 p.m. and lasting until about 11. U0 Inaugurates Post-War Plans A rehabilitation program has been inaugurated by the Univer sity for the purpose of taking care of all returning service men and women who wish to continue their education, it was learned recently from Donald M. Erb, president of the University. Committee The rehabilitation committee Which Dr. Erb has appointed consists of the following mem bers: Dr. Ralph W. Leighton, dean of the school of physical ecj^ication, chairman; Andrew Vincent, professor of drawing and painting; Virgil D. Earl, dean of men; Dr. W. C. Jones, profes sor of political science and pub lic administration; Dr. E. H. Moore, head of the sociology de partment; A. B. Stillman, profes sor of business administration; and Dr. P. A. Killgallon, associate professor of education, technical adviser. The purpose of this com mittee will be to correlate the work of the University with oth er agencies such as the veterans’ administration, the state depart Jatent of rehabilitation service and the Eugene vocational school which -are interested in the same problem. Killgallon Represents Dr. Killgallon will represent the committee in conferences with (Please turn to page four) WAA Installs; Makes Plans Beverly Goetz was installed as president and Marian Schaefer as treasurer of the women’s ath letic association at a meeting last night. The two officers were elected Friday after the WAA executive council accepted the resignation of Janet Ross and Margaret Cordon. Tentative plans for an activity night for coeds were discussed at the meeting. The constitution is being revamped and the financial situation straightened out, Miss Goetz said. “Organization was held up un til we could elect new officers, but now we can go full speed ahead with our plans,” Miss Goetz added. Other WAA activities in clude the handling of the intra mural sports such as volleyball, basketball, softball, tennis, bad minton, and ■Jjinjfpong. Oregon Mother’s Day Date Fixed by Board As in previous years, Mothers’ Day will be held at the same time as Junior Weekend, it was decid ed at a recent executive board meeting of the Oregon Mothers’ club. Junior Weekend has been set for May 5, 6, and 7. It was also decided at the meet ing to continue raising money for the scholarship fund1. Three ma jor scholarships were given this year, one for $200 and two for $150. In addition 10 scholarships of from $50 to $100 each were given to pre-nursing students. The club also has a fund total ing $4000 as an emergency loan fund which is handled through the regular student loan funds. i Newshound Meeting Set For Tonight Reporters on the Emerald will attend a meeting tonight at 7:30 in the sports room of the jour nalism building, according to Anne Craven, acting news editor. All people on special assign ment or on beats are required to attend, and any person wishing to begin work on the reporting staff should also attend this meeting, Miss Craven said. Beats which have not yet been filled will be assigned. Anyone not able to attend the meeting should call Miss Craven for a special ap pointment. Attention! The following people should attend: Elizabeth Haugen, Caro lyn Jacobs, Dorothy Klees, Jerry Bercovitz, Winifred Romtvedt, Molly Connell, Margaret McGee, Pat Maloney. Margaret Lavin, Marjory Al lingham, Eleanor Anderson, Wil ma Foster, Margie Skordahl, Joan Dolph, Mudge Brooke, Nor ris Yates, Peggy Overland, Court (ricasc turn to ('age three) Gamma Phi Fire Damages Floor The old story of the man'wlio was too near the trees to see the forest turned up with a new angle Monday noon when the Gamma Phi Beta house caught fire and girls who were upstairs at the time never realized what was going on. The alarm was first given by a deaf-mute woman who was bringing up the laundry. She wildly waved her arms, trying to convey the meaning of her fright until smoke billowed up and removed all doubt. An over heated furnace set fire to part of the floor and it burned through, damaging a radiator. Two pieces of fire apparatus answered the call. Firemen car ried up a hose which they got tangled up in the doorway while frightened girls looked on. When the fire was extinguished and or der restored downstairs, damage was estimated at less than $50. After the fire was over, five girls who had been upstairs came out with the $64 question: “Gee, what has been going on?” WSSF Assembly Opens Drive Here; Miss Webb to Talk Opening the World Student Service fund drive on the cam pus will be Sarah Webb, national representative, who will speak to an all-campus assembly Wednesday at 4 p.m. in the music building. Her subject will be "University students and teachers in prison camps.” Dorothy Rogers, sophomore in liberal arts, has been ap pointed chairman of the campus drive, according to an announce Sunday Games Condemned by Clerical Heads Oregon was the center of an attack levelled by the Medford Ministerial association. The form of the attack was a severe criti cism issued in a resolution de ploring the fact that the institu tion allowed a Sunday football game on the campus. Officials here* who read the accusation with regret, generally expressed the view that there had been "misunderstanding,” since the army and not the University, scheduled the game. The Medford resolution, refer ring to the game played here Sunday afternoon between the campus ASTU Army Ducks and the 104th Cavalry from Marsh field, declared, in part: "We vigorously challenge this action as a breach of trust vest ed in them (campus authorities) by the state. We protest against the use of our state-owned cam pus for desecration of a tenet that is in direct violation of a command of God: ‘Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.” The ministers directed that a copy of the resolution be for warded to Dr. F. M. Hunter, chancellor of higher education in the state, and Dr. Donald M. Erb, University president, as well as to the newspapers. However, both Dr. Hunter and Dr. Erb are at present in the East on business. It Was the Army Questioned as to the grounds for such an attack, John A. War ren, University ,football coach said the army authorities, not the University, scheduled the game. “The University had nothing to do with it,” he said. Warren did not care to make any further comment regarding the Medford resolution. Dr. Earl M. Pallett, executive secretary, speaking in the absence of Dr. Erb and Dr. Hunter, made the following statement: “The University of Oregon never has played a football game on its campus on Sunday. Fur thermore, there is no intention of ever doing so. The University of Oregon has on its campus, 1000 army students under con tract. Under this contract, it is necessary to provide instruction, housing and messing, medical ser (Please turn tn page three) Fulton’s Final Recital Starts Concert Series Everett Fulton, 17-year-old pi anist, and Jane Thacher, profes sor of piano at the University, will present a two-piano concert in the music auditorium Thurs day evening at 8 p.m. This will open the fall term concert series given by the school of music. Fulton will make his final pub lic appearance Thursday evening. The following day he will enter naval training at Colorado col lege. He has given two recitals at (Tlcasc turn to page three) ( ment by Eleanor Scott, chair man of the student religions council. December 3 is the dead line for contributions. The fund is established to help* students who are prisoners of war, refugees, internees, or dis possessed. Last year Oregon con tributed about $350. $200,000 Goal *■ Hoping to raise $200,000, Iho amount will be divided as fol lows: 33 per cent to China, 25 per cent to Europe and the Far East, 22 per cent to Canada and the United States, and 16 per cent for educational and organi zation purposes. The organization cooperate* with such groups as the Chinese Student Christian association and the Federation of Jewish Stu dents. Miss Webb has been actively connected with the organization for the past six years. She served as assistant in the department of religion and philosophy at Ste vens college. New Teachers Meet Approval Appointment of the following teachers was approved at the Oregon State System of Higher Education board meeting in Portland October 19: Mrs. Kath ryn S. Barrett, instructor in. speech and dramatic arts; Thom as E. Moore, instructor in Eng lish; Mrs. Rose Combellack, in structor in English; Lucile Clif ton, instructor in English; Mrs. Ruth Franchere, instructor in English; Captain Francis W. Beckman, associate professor or military science; Dr. Augusta Charlotte. Nelson, instructor in Romance languages; and Mr. E. O. Nichols. The board also approved the retirement of Miss Florence T>. Alden, professor of physical edu cation. Qualifying Tests Offered to Civvies The seconcf army-navy qualify ing test for civilians will be hold November 9 in Villard hall at 9 am. under the supervision of the psychology department. The test, will give an opportunity to state a choice of service, and will be used in selecting members of the army specialized training po gram and the navy college pro gram. Candidates must be between 17 and 21 years of age, have a high school diploma, or be grad uated by March 1, 1944. Army and navy candidates will take (Please turn lo pa<;c jour) What, No Anchor? The Cavalry boys were a pretty fair team But they know now what strong defense means, And may we suggest that before their next game They remove those horseshoes from their jeans. —W.R.L. )