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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
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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
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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
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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.