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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 16, 1943)
VOLUME XLV NUMBER 33 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1943 Coed Capers’ Sales Sliding Ticket sales for Coed Capers have not been as big as was ex pected, Mary McCandless, chair man of ticket sales, announced after first receipts were turned in. Girls going home for the week «'•' j, since it is the last open weekend before exams, was her explanation for the small num ber. Capers directors are plan ning on a large turnout of girls, however. -J^rom sales in houses on the campus, $47 was turned in yes terday. All money must be in by Thursday night, Miss McCandless said. It will be possible to buy tickets Friday at the door, but all girls are urged to buy them from their house representatives so that the houses will receive credit for them. Approximately $20 has been turned in from sales to alums and organizations in town. Minister Talks On Disloyal Japanese Wednesday, p. m. “Loyal and Disloyal Japanese” will be the topic which the Rev. Mr. Wesley Nicholson, of the Fi^ % Congregational church, will g-4 ss at the joint AAUW and YiVCA-sponsored program Wed nesday afternoon at 4. Mr. Nich olson was a member of the Pasa dena Civilian Defense committee at the time the American Japan ese were transferred to campus, and he is a member of the na tional committee of the Congre gational church on the relocation of the Japanese. >Carolyn Hines of the AAUW and Betty Butler of the YWCA are in charge of the program. A surprise under a cover dish awaits all who come for the Sup per club meeting at 5:30 Wed nesday. Pat McFadden of the Sunper club and Leslie Brockel of the World Fellowship cKumittee will plan the evening. Those coming to the forum are invited to stay for supper, and all faculty members are also wel come, advised Mrs. E. E. DeCou, executive secretary. Cabinet members of the YWCA meet this afteernoon at 4 in the bungalow. Soldiers-Students Hear Post-War Discussion Dr. Lawrence Bee, assistant professor of sociology, was the guest speaker at the YMCA breakfast given for the soldier students at the “Y” bungalow Sunday. v Dr. Bee stressed the fact that people must prepare themselves for a post-war adjustment, stat ing that “twentieth century free dom has run its course; we shall be confronted with the necessity of building a mature liberalism to be a part of a larger institu tional life and world community.’’ Following Dr. Bee’s talk a for um was held by Robert E. Cush man, head of the religion depart ment. Soldiers participating in the discussion suggested ideas and plans in answer to the ques tion, “What Can the ‘Y’ offer the soldier?” A Friday night mixer and Sunday afternoon for ums were the preference of the majority with mention being J^ade of Christmas hospitality for those who will be on the campus over the Christmas holidays. At the next meeting of the ad visory board, Wednesday at 4:30, the possibility of carrying out the plans will be discussed and def inite plans will be decided upon. Methodist War-Time Meet Planned Here Planned around the theme, “To Serve the Present Age,’’ the state conference of the Methodist Student movement will be held at the First Methodist church November 19, 20, and 21. The general session will begin at 4 Saturday afternoon, with the'leadership training session opening at 6:30 Friday night. The program has been arranged so that military personnel may join the conference as soon as possible on Saturday. Discussion Five Confess Part In Mutilation of Memorial Union Five boys voluntarily went to the dean of men’s office Monday morning and confessed they had painted the green and .yellow ''0”s on the Oregon State college memorial union building. This action climaxed a week of raids and counter-raids begun when University students stole the Oregon State beaver in broad daylight and brought it to the Oregon campus. The OSC stu dents retaliated by making a trip to Eugene Wednesday night with the primary purpose of recover ing the beaver and as a sideline planned to paint the “O" on Skin ner's butte a brilliant orange. Although they were unable to carry out either plan that night, the “O” has mysteriously changed colors and is now orange. Saturday morning found green and yellow “0”s painted on the memorial union at OSC. At the latest reports, a Uni versity-truck arrived at Casablan ca lodge and removed the travel weary Beaver. Final destination of the mascot is the OSC campus, transported there by the Univer sity truck. Museum Gets Burmese Items Newest addition to the museum of natural history is the E. H. East, M.D., memorial collection from the primitive Chin hill tribes of northwestern Burma. It was given by Alan East, director of psychiatric social work at the University of Oregon medical school, Dr. L. S. Cressman, di rector of the museum of natural history, announced. The gift is from the estate of Mr. East’s mother, who wanted the collection to be left to the University, Dr. Cressman said. The materials were collected from 1900 to 1912 by Mr. East's father, Dr. E. H. East, medical missionary among these people. The collection consists of cos tumes, mainly native clothes wov en on primitive instruments but of very fine weave, a large rain hat, and a rain cape made of wide strips of a jungle plant. Native weapons, a headhunter's knife and a skull, undoubtedly a head hunter’s trophy, samples of ag ricultursj implements, musical instruments of bamboo and wood, and quite a number of miscel laneous specimens. Solution We could settle all this trouble now, And the campus would remain tame, If Oregon and OSC’s Colors were the same. . —'W.R.L. groups will attempt to explore technique, methods and skills in worship, world mindedness, and recreation, as they relate to the war time campus. Students Head Groups Stella Spears of Oregon State college, Leslie Brockelbank, jun ior in liberal arts at the Univer sity, and Paul Jaquith of Willam ette university will lead the dis cussion groups. "Summer Youth Projects" will be the theme of the Saturday noon luncheon, and the “World Mindedfless” banquet is scheduled for that evening. Speaker from Tennessee Dr. James Chubb of Nashville, Tennessee, will be the guest speaker at the conference. Dr. L. O. Griffith, director of Wesley foundation in Eugene, and Dr. Jesse Bunch, director of Wesley foundation in Corvallis, will lead (Please turn to I'd go two) Odeon to Feature Drama, Music, Art Odeon, an all-campus showing of creative endeavors in the fields of music, art, drama, let ters, and designing, is being or ganized this year, according to W. A. Dahlberg, director of speech and dramatic arts and head of the program last year. All members of the faculty and students who are interested in any of the fields of art should attend a meeting Friday at 5 p.m. in room 107 of Friendly hall at which time plans for presenting Odeon again this year will be discussed. Odeon made its first appear ance on the campus last year. The purpose of the program was to show the reason for the exist ence of a liberal arts college. DR. DONALD ERR . . . . . . University president, who was hack in his office Monday after a. trip east during- which he at tended a meeting of the National Association of State Universities in Chicago; he also went to New York to attend various meetings and conventions with foundation heads oil University business, and attended a meeting of the asso ciation of American Medical col leges in Cleveland. Red Cross Needs More Leaders Oregon girls now have an op portunity to become instructors in Red Cross bandage rolling, ac cording to Carol Wicke, head of the Red Cross committee. To qualify as an instructor, a girl with ten hours of bandage roll ing may add five more hours this term and take a refresher course. If a girl has no hours to her credit she may earn 15 hours this term and take the refresher course. Instructors must wear a. white uniform or a white blouse and skirt. Regular workers are re quired to wear cotton dresses and bandanas of any color. Any one interested may become an instructor and there is no limit to the number of instructors from a single house, Miss Wicke stated. Located on the third floor of Gerlinger, the Red Cross is open from 3 to 5 p.m. on Tuesdays (Please turn to page Jour) Farce Opens Theater Season; Cast Features Student Artists The University, theater season will open November 26 with the production “Out of the Frying Pan," a farce by Francis Swann. Horace W. Robinson, acting head of University drama depart ment, is directing the play which concerns a group of stage-struck young people trying to get a break in show business. They rent an apartment directly above that of the producer whom they are trying to impress. The plot employs an hilarious play-within-a-play con struction. The cast includes Gordon Halstad, Portland, in the part of George Bodell; Ed Mickel, Eugene, No n or, Reese; Dorothy Rosenburg, Eugene, Mrs. Garnet; Bob Formas Portland, Tony Dennison; Jean McClanalhan, Silverton. Muriel Fc ‘or; Dorothy Weygant, Portland, Kate Ault; Sue Welch, Port. .•!, ’targe Benson: Pat McCormack, Banks; Dottie Coburn; and Dr. Rob t Horn, associate professor of English, as Mr. Coburn. Former Star Dorothy Weygant was prominent in the spring term play, “My Sister Eileen," and D; 1.work with the Very Little thea ter. Katherine. Ke.11 m with tin direction, has also played in Very .< , • his-; and has been active in campus dramatics. The play, "Gel o. Crying Pan. ” has been filmed under the title, “Young and Willing,” and recently ran on Broadway. Production will be on two weekends, “November 26, 27 and De cember 3, 4. Tickets will be available by Monday, November 22 at 101 Johnson hall from 10 to 12, and from 1 to 5 p.m. Delts Ahead In Book Drive With approximately 1900 books collected in the book drive, Mary Bush, chairman of the war boa’ l sponsored drive, said Monday that she was very pleased with the way the living organizations on the campus had backed the drive. The four houses that came out on top in the drive were: Delta Delta Delta, 1100 Alpha Phi, 050 Alpha Delta Pi. 70 Id Beta Phi, -15 Any houses that have not turned in their contributions should take them to the war board office in the Igloo by Wed nesday noon. Miss Bush said. The books, collected in an all campus drive lasting- from Mon day through Saturday noon of last week, will be taken to Camp Adair Wednesday afternoon, Mis ' Bush stated. Onthank Cites Personnel Need The demand for graduates trained as personnel technician;! and administrators greatly ex ceeds the supply, Karl W. On thank, dean of personnel, an nounced recently. As an example, he cited the re cent appointment of Spencer Carlson, Oregon graduate of 15)3'j, as personnel manager of the Seat tle office of Pan-American air ways. Carlson left a good posi tion in personnel work for the government to take this job. Ho will have charge of the classifi cation of employees in this rap idly expanding division of Pan American airways, as well an handling of tests and inter views of the new applicants foe positions and other work normal ly done in a personnel office. War Created The war has created an unpre cedented demand for personnel workers, and one of the primary requirements for a quick and vic torious conclusion of the war jo the best possible distribution of manpower, Onthank said. Fc • this purpose, the personnel worki cr is a valuable asset. Chances for rapid advance ment for young men and women of ability and adequate training are excellent, he said. For those who make good', there will be n > lack of opportunities for perma nent post-war professional ca reers. Personnel workers are em ployed in a wide variety of prac tical situations. No single pre gram can possibly prepare stu dents for all of them. According to Onthank, the University lias oj-ganized several flexible pro grams, so that the student may plan a pattern of training suite 1 to the particular type of work ;„i which, he is interested. (Please turn to page two) Sporfs Editor for Oregano Appointed Evans Cantrell, freshman i liberal arts, has been appoint- l sports editor of the 1943-44 Ore gana, according- to Helen John son, editor. Cantrell came to the carr.n-i-i from Portland, where he , sports editor for The Wash: \g tonian, Washington high sc’ l paper. At the present he is c ol lecting data on the major n4.h letic activities last spring, l the rest of his job will be to err - pile news and pictures o' 'bo gridiron and casaba events. C this fall and winter.