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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 10, 1943)
VOLUME XLV NUMBER 30 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1943 Rrst Shift of Swing Mixers Punch Time Clock Tonight The campus swing mixer, now assured of a place on the social calendar, after receiving official sanction of the student affairs com mittee, comes back tonight. The feminine members of the student body .will follow the plan used in war industries and meet the men in •'shifts," according to Jean Page, chairman of the student coordinat ing committee. With an estimated 650 men participating in the mixers, the coeds— 1,200 strong, have been divided into two groups designated as A and B. Each women’s house will hold a mixer every other week and civilian and army men may attend each week. Tonight the A group has priority and the men will go to the houses in that group at 9:30 p.m. to dance to records until 10:15. Tonight’s Mixer on the A List RCLjp and civilian men.Gamma Phi Beta, Chi Psi Company A....Alpha Phi, Hawthorne lodge, Hilyard house, Rebec house Company B.Alpha Xi Delta, Laurel lodge Company C .Lombardy lodge, Chi Omega Air corps .Kappa Kappa Gamma, Kappa Alpha Theta. Alder lodge Lee Wimberly will be in charge of the ROTC and civilian groups. Cy Berstein will head the air corps, Bud Pence, Company A, Don Ditt rnan„ company B, and Ben Zenda, company C. Varied Fortunes of War Bring Tragedy, Miracle By BETTY LU SIEGMAN Both tragedy and a miracle struck recently while two former Oregon Phi Delts, Private Owen “Happy” Day and Ensign Ernest Ingold, miles apart, were in action. “Plappy” as he was known best on the campus, was on man euvers in Fort Knox, Kentucky, when he was killed last week. When it was his turn to fire the guns Happy walked in front of a tank, the machine gun of which fired from being overheated mc.rn ot him m the back ot the rea-^. Killed Instantly Happy was killed instantly. No one was behind the gun which ?hot him, and it was completely and accident. As he walked in front of it someone yelled at him ;o duck, but it was too late. Private Day would have left ivitbin a. few days to join the rest of his former Oregon classmates, fhe junior ROTC group who re turned to the campus for fur ther training. Buried in Los Angeles He had been selected for offi cers’ training school, would have gone there after his training pe riod here on the campus. l#/Vi letter received by one of hisrrLriends it told how he had ivon all of the awards in a re cent Ft. Knox track meet. Happy was buried at Forrest (Phase turn to page four) Capering Coeds To Choose Queen Coeds were reminded Tuesday that Coed Capers tickets will be the only ballots accepted in vot ing for Oregon’s Dream Girl, who will be selected Friday, Novem ber 19. Tickets are on sale in all the girls’ living organizations, and the various house representatives are in charge of them. The tick ets are 25 cents, and serve for the dual purpose of admission to the annuar feminine frolic and as VOifcs for the Dream Girl. Six finalists in the contest were chosen by judges Saturday afternoon. Their identity will re main secret until the night of the Capers, when pictures will be placed at the entrance. Boxes un der the pictures will serve as re ceptacles for the tickets. The winner of the contest will be an nounced at the Capers, and her picture will be sent to Oregon men in the armed services. Judges who selected the six finalists in the contest were An drew Vincent, professor of draw ing and painting; Gerd Hansen, general chairman of Coed Capers; Sue Sawyer; Mickey Campbell; Pvt. Everett Riley, from the for eign area and language students; and Bob Smith, civilian sopho more. Great Day For Piggers Here at Last It's a great day for the pig gers! This morning at 10 o’clock the Co-op will begin distributing the eagerly-awaited Piggers’ Guide. From that time until 5 p.m. cop ies of the student directory will be given out to those who have already ordered them, Carol Greening, editor, announced. For the benefit of the soldiers a special distribution time has been set aside. From 12:30 to 1 today they may pick up their guides at the Co-op. Additional copies for those who did not order a Piggers’ Guide may be purchased at the usual price of 25 cents at the Co-op book counter. Coming at the last minute is a change in the Hillcrest lodge telephone number. The number is 3710 temporarily, but within the near future will be changed to 1920. No Peace, No Holiday For Armistice Day Armistice day, once memorial ized as a day symbolizing peace, will be observed by parades and displays of patriotism in Eugene, but classes will continue as us ual, Earl M. Pallett, executive secretary of the University, said. There will be no edition of the Emerald published Friday. Thurs day night, night staff members and city desk workers should not report. The Emerald will be pub lished as usual Saturday morn ing. War Board to Meet For Group Picture Committee chairmen of the campus war board will meet at 1 p.m. today in the board office in McArthur court, an nounces Jean Frideger, war board head. Pictures of the group will be taken at this time. WSSF Reports $575 Collected A total of 5575, over 5200 more than was collected last year, was counted at the final reports of the World Student Service fund drive yesterday, Dorothy Rogers, chairman, announced. The drive, which lasted from October 26 to November 9, covered all the hous es on the campus. Final reports of faculty and church organiza tions must be in by Friday. The funds will be turned in to the Eugene War chest, and for warded to the National World Student Service fund. OSC Beaver Now Leading Fugitive Life Oregon State students are con foozed but not amoozed. Their prized Beaver is missing, ab ducted in broad day light by a bold Oregon warrior. Corre sponding to the U of O. victory bell, the Beaver now leads a fu gitive life. Last week Bob McDonald, Uni versity yell leader, decided to bring to life some of the old fight in’ spirit, between Oregon and the “cow college.” So, using up his last "A” coupon, he visited Cor vallis, found said statue, and meeting no resistance, wasted no time in leaving, with the critter in tow. Barrelling back to Eugene, he blew three tires, but kept on, all the time trying to elude his sup posed pursuers. He arrived on the campus on the rims of his wheels only to discover that no one even knew he had the blamed thing. Whereabouts of the animal, of course, are unknown, but its col oring is now more in keeping with its environment. The mighty Beaver, painted a glowing yel low and green, is somewhere in Eugene, or points south. Politics Slated for Friday Night Forum Led by Mr. Franchere “National politics and the stu dents’ .attitude toward them" will be discussed at the all-stu dent forum scheduled for Friday night at 7:30 in Alumni hall of Gerlinger. Hoyt G. Franchere, English instructor, will open the meeting with a short back ground speech and a few comments and then will open the subject to all who wish to participatee. 1 Judging from the enthusiasm shown at the last discussion con cerning Russia, and since many students will vote in the next election, this meeting should be a lively one, according to Profes sor Franchere. The discussion is open to all army and civilian students in terested in exchanging views. A mixed group of more than 40 students turned the topic at the first meeting in October into a heated debate. Although no definite conclusion was reached, it was generally decided that greater consideration for Soviet policies, China, and the Balkans will be necessary for smooth co operation of the Allies in the fu ture. Organizations Help War Book Campaign COMMISSIONED . . . . . . as a second lieutenant in the marine corps recently was Don ald H. Campbell, former track star at Oregon. WAA Sponsors Coed Fun Night Friday night Gerlinger gym will open wide its doors to all women of the campus for a fun night lasting from 7:30 to 9:30. Sponsored by WAA, the eve ning’s entertainment will include all sports. “It’s a new idea,” said Bcv Goetz, WAA prexy, “but we are confident it will go over in a big way. It has been planned as a solution to empty Friday nights.” Ping pong tables will be set up, and shuffleboard equipment will be on hand. The swimming pool will be open, and anyone wishing to go swimming may bring his own suit. In the main gym volleyball games are to be played, and nets will be set up in the outside gym for badminton. Girls are request ed to bring their own badminton racquets and birds. As an added attraction re freshments in the line of apples, doughnuts, and cokes will be on sale during the entire evening. r>;u'iv eui \\ un a. uwm, saya Mary Bush, chairman of the war sponsored book drive. Miss Bush stressed the fact that the sol diers at Camp Adair needed books of all kinds, including technical books such as mathematics and physics and good up-to-date fic tion books. “We arc not setting any quo ta," Miss Bush said. “But we are hoping that every house will get in and back the drive. The Alpha Phis collected some 300 books in their neighborhood.'’ Members of Kwama are in charge of the collections in the various houses and a box will bo placed in the Co-op for contribu tions. House representatives are as follows: Alpha Chi Omega and Glides, Dolores Hewett; Alpha Delta Pi, Lois Winsley; Alpha Gamma Del ta and University house, Nancy Brownell; Alpha Phi, Lombardy lodge and' Mill lodge, Patty Van Hoosear; Alpha Omicron Pi and Highland house, Altha Paul; Al pha Xi Delta and Kappa Kappa. Gamma, Mary Bush; Chi Omega and Alder lodge, June Johnson. Delta Delta Delta, Birch lodge, and Hillcrest lodge, Signe Ek lund; Delta Gamma, Mary Sher man; Gamma Phi Beta and Hawthorne lodge, Virginia Wright; Kappa Alpha Theta* Phyllis Evans; Pi Beta Phi and Hilyard house, Barbara Mc Clung; Sigma Kappa and Casa blanca lodge, Mary Corrigan ;i Laurel lodge, Anita Young. Stamp Sales Get Support Of Diners Dime-digging dinners continued to uphold the war stamp drive on the campus with nine house?* going 100 per cent in support of the dinners this week, Mary Bentley, chairman of the war stamp promotion drive, an nounced'. Women's living organization?* joining in the plan 100 per cent, were Sigma Kappa, Alpha Gam (Please turn to page hvc) All Campus Blacks Out Tonight As Houses Hold Air Raid Drill Campus air raid inspection will begin tonight when each living' organization conducts a blackout at 10:30, announced Mary Jane Dunn, head of campus air raid defense. “Each house has a blackout room on its main floor which must be blacked out in 50 seconds," said Miss Dunn. There will be a Jim light inside each blackout room and that loom equipped with blael.ent curtains, she added. All the members of the houses must be in their blackout : corns within the 50-second period, she explained. The raid will last for five minutes. “Equipment for each house includes two shovels, three buckets, an ax, and one bucket of sand on each floor,” said the air raid chair man. Girls who are in charge of the air raid inspection of certain houses are as follows: Carol Wicke, Alpha Gamma Delta, Alpha Delta Pi, Delta Gamma, Alpha Omicron Pi, and Sigma Kappa; Mary Bentley, Alpha Chi Omega, Chi Omega, Kappa Alpha Theta, Kappa Kappa: Gamma, Pi Beta Phi, Alder lodge, Alpha Xi Delta, and Hawthorne lodge. Bibbitts Strong, Gamma Phi Beta, Alpha Phi, Lombardy lodge, Mill lodge, Laurel lodge; Mary Jane Dunn, Hillcrest lodge, Eirch ledge,. Casablanca lodge, and Delta Delta Delta.