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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 23, 1943)
DUCK TRACKS —See Page 3 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1943 PLEDGING ~v CLOSED —See Page 4 NUMBER 38 VOLUME XLV Second WSSFDrive Collects $596.10 As First Day Ends The second World Student Service fund drive rolled into high gear by the end of its first day, with $596.10 collected by 5 p. m., tfttording to statistics released by Dorothy Rogers, general ^chairman. The drive is being carried on in conjunction with the campus war chest fund in hopes of achieving the $1000 goal. The last drive brought in some $600, which, according to Miss Rogers, “is not nearly as much as the stu dents of the University of Oregon are able to contribute.” Stress 100% At a meeting of all campus rep resentatives of the drive Saturday in the YWCA it was decided to continue stressing the idea that Oregon men and coeds should con tribute 100 per cent. The drive will last two more days, ending Wednesday evening. donations should be turned into Nancy Boles, at the Kappa Kappa Gamma house. Students living on the campus will be contacted by representatives in each house. Those living off the campus in pri homes and rooming houses jbe taken care of by Phi Theta Xi^roon, junior women’s honorary. Part of War Chest As part of the war chest, the money will go not only to the stu dents who are fighting for an edu cation in lands torn by war, but also to other wartime charitable institutions. Working with Dorothy Rogers, general chairman, other officers ^ the drive are: Ann Graham, secretary; Nancy Boles, treas urer, Leslie Brockelbank, in charge of church solicitations, and Shirley Neal, in charge of faculty solicitations. The campus war chest drive, and through it the WSSF, is part of ,the Lane County war relief ' ’e, Which must raise §115,261 rder to meet its quota. Houses Pledge Bond a Month Three campus sororities, Alpha Phi, Alpha Delta Pi, and Pi Beta Phi, have pledged a war bond each month toward the service scholar ship fund, it was announced by Yvonne Torgler, head of the UO service scholarship drive. Fifteen other women’s organi zations have pledged one bond per term. They are Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha Omicron Pi, Alpha Xi Delta, Chi Omega, Delta Delta Delta, Delta Gamma, Gamma Phi Beta, Kappa Alpha Theta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Sigma Kappa, and Haw thorne, Hillcrest, Laurel, Casa "Wane a, and Birch lodges. “A few houses haven’t voted on (Please turn to paijc four) Phi Chi Thetas Initiate - Six Women Members Six new members were initiated into Phi Chi Theta, national busi ness women's honorary, last Thursday evening at a ceremony in Gerlinger hall, Elisabeth Eid, president, anhounced. Doris Holland, sophomore; Hil degarde Roselund, junior; Joy Pasmussen, senior; Lorraine Dav idson, junior; Fay Rice, junior; and Charlotte Calder, sophomore, are the new members. Mrs. Ruth M. Thompson, in structor in business administra tion, is the honorary’s faculty ad visor. BOOKS . . . . . . bought by money given to WSSF waiting to be shipped of war in Europe. Holiday Joy for Trainees Planned Prominent on the agenda for Tuesday night's session of the University war emergency coun cil are plans for Christmas holiday entertainment for the trainees whts will be too far from their own homes to spend Christmas with their families. Other business matters include further consideration of plans for the chaplaincy consultation ser vices which are offered by the council’s committee headed by Rev. Wesley G. Nicholson. The session, which begins at 7:45, will be held at Westminster House. Dr. Quirinus Breen will preside. A. m. Services; p. m. Hop On Thanksgiving Day Six More ROTC Men Come Back Six more former University stu dents have returned to the campus with the junior ROTC. They are James A. Bennison, Willis A. Caples, Wayne E. Coffee, Roger L. Dick, Aaron U. Jones, and Richard E. Moshofsky. The trainees are in Company D of the ASTU 3900 and will stay at the Kappa Sigma house. They will be studying basic engineering in the regular ASTU course. Bennison was a business admin istration major and is a member of Phi Delta Theta. He is also a. member of Skull and Dagger, Druids, Scabbard and Blade, and Friar honoraries. Moshofsky, a law major, is a member of Alpha Tau Omega, Druids, Scabbard and Blade, and Friars honoraries. He won the Koyl cup for being the outstanding junior. Dick, a law major, is a Sigma Nil fraternity member and be longs to the Druids, Skull and Daggerrand Scabbard and Blade honoraries and was junior class president. Aaron Jones, physical education major, is a member of Scabbard and Blade and was ac tive in independent activities. Wayne Coffee, law major, belongs to Scabbard and Blade; and Wil lis Caples, physical education ma jor, is a member of Phi Sigma Kappa. All six of the trainees came from Fort Knox, Kentucky where they have been at the armored forces replacement training cen ter. Thanksgiving day will be observed on the campus by a Thanksgiving day service in the morning and an ASUO-spon sored dance Thursday night. The morning service will be held in the music building from 11 to 12. according to Phyllis Horstman, chairman of the com mittee. Dr. R. E. Cushman, professor of religion, will speak and. the vesper choir under the direction of Helen Luvaas will sing two numbers. New-Formed Vesper Choir To Gather Women interested in joining the University vesper choir, an organ ization newly formed by the stu dent religious council and direct ed by Helen Luvaas, are invited to attend the rehearsal tonight at 7 at Westminster house, or to con tact the membership chairman, Dorothy Currier, at 4795-J. All former members and new members who wish to sing for the 11 o’clock Thanksgiving services at the music building and for ves per services on December 5 must be at the rehearsal tonight. The main purpose of the organ (PI ease turn to page jour) Senior Bali Petitions Due 5 p.m. Wednesday Petitions for chairman of the. Senior Ball must be submitted to Barbara Lamb, president of the class, before 5 p.m. Wednesday, Miss Lamb announced. The petition should contain a record of activities as well as a grade eligibility slip from the dean of men's office. The Ball will be held January 8. Janet Marugg, Ahlpa Chi, Picked As Oregon’s Dream Girl At Coed Capers; Tri-Delt Angels Capture Silver Globe Janet Marugg, freshman in lib eral arts, was chosen “Oregon's Dream Girl” at the annual Co?d Capers held Friday evening in Gerlinger hall. Approximately 1000 women students and 200 townspeople attended the all women assembly. The activity skit entitled, “The Masterpiece's Revolt” won the first prize for skits, an inscribed rolling pin. Honorable mention went to the seniors for their in terpretation of Carl Sandburg’s “The People—Yes.” Delta Delta Delta sorority, garbed as robots, won the first prize for costumes, an inscribed silver globe presented upside down in keeping with the slogan “When Women Reverse the Universe.” Honorable mention went to the Alder lodge women who were dressed as angels. Judges Judges were Mrs. Hazel P. Schwering, dean of women; Mrs. Alice B. Macduff, assistant dean of women; Mrs. Kathryn Barrett, instructor in speech and dramatic arts; Betty Bennett, girls’ league DREAM GIRL . . . . . Janet Marugg, freshman in liberal arts, who was ehosen to rule over Coed Capers Friday light. (Photo by Edith Newton) president of University high school; and Joyce Davis, girls’ league president of Eugene high school. A faculty skit with individual take-offs of their professional selves, was presented by Mrs. Schwering, Mfs. Macduff, Dr. Le ona E. Tyler, assistant professor of psychology; Miss Mabel Wood, head of home economics, depart ment; Dr. Marian G. Hayes Miller, assistant University physician; Dr. Helen M. Petroskey, assistant professor of physical education; Mrs. Mary f?. Huser, home eco nomics instructor; and Mrs. Kath ryn Barrett who won applause with her characterization of a cafe singer and dancer. Stooge “Pec wee” Janet Ross and Mistress of Ceremonies Shirley Huntington provided lively adlibbing between skits. Crashers Oustegl Bob Smith and Jim Lund from Eugene, crashed the performance but were caught by the Coed Cops, khaki dressed senior women. The show was stopped twice on rumor (ricasc turn to par/c four) Peter Howard is in charge of the program and Signe Eklund is con tacting the' houses. Members of Kwama will usher and give out the programs. The dance Thanksgiving' night will be held from 7 to 10:15 p. m. in Gerlinger hall. Free to all, Owen Bailey's army band will play, Vir ginia. Wright, in charge of the dance, announced, Patronesses chairman is Joan Holstad and chairman of decorations is Louis© Goodwin. Stage Production Tickets on Sale Ticket sales for the University theater production "Out of the Frying Pan” will begin this morn ing at the box office, room 104 in Johnson hall. Tickets are 55 cents including tax. The box office will be open be tween 10 and 12 noon and from l to 5 p. m. Reservations may be phoned in at 3300, extension 216. "Out of the Frying Pan” depicts the farcial condition of six stage struck teensters living in ono apartment because of financial difficulties and trying to attract the attention of a producer in the apartment directly below them. The play within a play construc tion leads to hilarious compli cations. The production will open No vember 26 and will play the 27th and December 3 and 4. ROTC Needs Hangers; War Board Sets Drive One hundred hangers are des perately needed by the junior ROTCmen. In order to alleviate this situation the campus board io sponsoring a drive to collect, tho needed hangers. Friday, the hang ers collected in each house will be picked up and taken to the sol diers. AWS War Stamp Booth Opens in Co-op Today War stamps will be sold from, an AWS war stamp booth in the Co-op starting today, Miki Camp bell, AWS president, announced Monday. The booth will be open from 8:45 a. m. to 5 p. m. and will be located at the camera counter. Mary Wright has been named chairman of the booth. Any de nomination from 10 cents to $.:* will be sold. Campus Red Cross Closes Thanksgiving The, Red Cross room will I n open Tuesday and Saturday usual but will bo closed on Thursday because of Thanks giving, according to Carol Micke, head of the lied Cross committee.
