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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 2, 1943)
VOLUME XLV NUMBER 41 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1943 “MERRY CHRISTMAS” . . . ». . say six Alpha Phi coeds, trimming their tree before the exam week rush starts. The decorators include: seated; left to right, Nancy Gloor, BMr Clark, and Dorothy Hopping; standing, left to right: Virginia HaJIL-s, Jean Bryce, and Phyllis Wisting. Pushing into the home stretch towards its goal of $1,000 by thSTend of this week, the second World Student Service fund drive has now rolled up a total of $750, according to Nancy Boles, treasurer of the campaign. “We have more contributions still coming in,” Miss Boles declared. “We are encouraged by the way the students are re sponding, but some of those who have not yet contributed must cii»jprown m their pockets it we j make our quota.” The drive has been carried on through the representatives of each house on the campus and through the activities of Phi The ta Upsilon, junior women’s hon orary, and Kwama, sophomore women's service honorary, in con tac^i^g- students who live in pri vate residences. All other dona tions should be turned in to Dor othy Rogers, general chairman, at the ADPi house, or to Miss Boles, at the Kappa Kappa Gam ma house. War Chest Drive The WSSF is now part of the campus war chest drive, and as such its money is used, not only to aid the struggling students of other lands, but also to help sup port numerous charitable activi ties and soldiers’ aid organiza tions here at home. ‘‘You will be able to view the work of your own money any tiSfe- you choose,” stated Miss Rogers. The Lane county war relief drive, of which the campus war chest is part, has been assigned a quota of $115,261. Officials of the drive were pleased to hear of the progress made by the WSSF campaign on the campus, and O. A. Houglum, of the Eugene war rest declared that, “If these col lege men and coeds can show us the way, we ‘towners’ certainly ought to be able to shake our selves up and follow.” ^The final figures for the drive will probably be turned in by Sat urday evening. ISA Senate Meet The ISA senate will' meet at 4 p.m. today in the men's lounge in Gerlinger hall. All members must he present. Senior Ball Set For January 8 Plans for the 1944 Senior Ball are underway and arrangements are being made for a Portland band to play for the event, ac cording to Chuck Pelly, chair man. The dance is scheduled for Saturday, January « in McAr thur court and will mark the first social gathering of winter term. Campus social chairman, Mary Wright, has declared it formal. Bill Fisher’s band from Port land may furnish music for the dance but this is not definite, Miss Pelly said'. Barbara Lamb, senior class president, is working with her in connection with the orchestra and other committees are as follows: decorations, Sue Sawyer and Edith Onthank; tick ets, Kay Jenkins; publicity, Marge Curtis. The remaining commit tee members will be chosen today or tomorrow. As yet a theme for the ball has not been found and anyone in terested may submit their ideas for an appropriate theme to either Miss Sawyer or Miss On thank by Wednesday, December 8. Dads' Day Petitions Due Petitions for chairmanship of the Dads’ Day Weekend com mittee must he turned in by noon today to Jean Page, sec ond vice-president of the ASUO, at the Pi Phi house. All petitioners will meet with tne executive council at 4:30 today in room 1, Johnson hall. Qain'j, otta-m Gkxiltu*zl? . . . Rail travellers Must Reserve Space Today Students planning to travel home for the Christ mas vacation will face the most serious transporta tion problems since the war began. Unless tickets are purchased and reservations are made today there is little chance for those who wait to get home. Today Last Day Southern Pacific passenger officials visiting Eu gene Wednesday declared that both coach and Pull man reservations must be made today. Trains are now running to capacity and the extra load result ing from holiday travel must be known in advance. All University dormitories and most other cam pus living organizations will be closed after Decem ber 16, making it necessary for students to go home or to find other arrangements to stay in Eugene. If many students stay on the campus some means of houseing will be arranged for them, Dean Hazel P. Schwering said. Coach and Pullman Most trains require reservations for both coach and Pullman space, and students travelling by rail are advised to complete their travelling arrange ments today in order that an effort can be made to provide space for them and connections with other railroads made possible. Students leaving for Christmas will be able to get home, but many may have to shift their date of departure from one day to another and their train or bus to a different time. Railroad passes will be invalidated for a period immediately preceding Christmas until after the New Year. No Reservations Busses operating from Eugene require no reser vations, but local Pacific Greyhound agents report that buses are usually filled to capacity and anv groat increase in travel can not be carried upon short notice. Passengers are urged to take as little baggage as possible. The transportation situation is expected to be so serious at Christmas time that soldiers from Camp Adair and Camp White are having their holiday furloughs cut a day or more in order to provide space for students to return to the University on De cember 28. Approximately 500 furloughs have been shortened for the convenienegof civilian Uni versity students. Final Vesper Song Service Next Sunday Miss Helen Luvaas will be featured on the organ at the pre sentation of the second and last Vesper choir program for this term, Sunday, December 5, at 5 p.m. in the music building audi torium. Dr. Cushman, professor of re ligion on the campus, will read the Christmas story and the choir will take the. theme from there in song. Members of the Mu Phi Epsilon music honorary will as sist in the Vespers as usherettes. The program is as follows: or gan prelude, pastoral symphony from Handel’s “Messiah,” Helen Luvaas; Christmas scripture, Dr. R. E. Cushman; "Veni Redemp tro Gentium,” Vesper choir; “While by Our Sleeping Flock We Lay,” Vesper choir; “The Cherry Tree Carol,” Rollin Calkin; “The Coventry Carol,” Shirley Stearns and Vesper choir; Organ Medi tation, Helen Luvaas; “Carol of the Bells,” Vesper choir; “Away in a Manger,” Edwin Mickel and Vesper choir, Postlude, “Gloria in Excelsis Deo'.” Dr. Gordon Wright to Leave To Accept Government Post Dr. Gordon Wright, assistant professor of history at the University since 1938, has applied for a wartime leave of ab sence to accept a position as divisional assistant in the depart ment of state at Washington, D. C. He will leave for the na tion's capital December 27, accompanied by Mrs. Wright and their two small sons. “Someone will be brought in to take over my classes,” Dr. TB Seal Sales Reach Goal of $300 Today Christmas seal sales will have reached the goal of $300 by the end of the drive this evening, ac cording to Beverly Carroll, chair man. Alpha Phi leads the dona tions with $26.50 worth sold, and Lombardy lodge is second with $20.50. Highland house has sold $10, and all other houses will have reached that amount by to night, Miss Carroll said. Last year sales were $165. The booth in the Co-op will be open all day today, for the bene fit of soldiers and anyone else who hasn’t bought seals yet. Freshman girls have operated the booth this week. Concert Features UO Pianist; Camp Adair Men Wiil Appear Aurora Potter Underwood, University pianist, will be feat ured on the program of the University of Oregon symphony orchestra concert this evening at 8 in the music building. Mrs. Underwood will present Tschaikowsky’s “Concerto for the Piano and Orchestra in B-flat minor,” first movement. The con cert is a benefit for the USO and no tickets are being sold, but a silver offering will be taken. A special highlight of the evening will be the first perform ante in me Murinwesi oi me number “Fantasia on a Theme,” by Thomas Tallis, arranged by Vaughan Williams, a number for double string orchestra. Specialty Number Another specialty number will be a half-hour entertainment by three guest artists from Cam7 Adair. Pvt. Chico Salaztr JB tume will present several Mexi can numbers. Cpl. Fordyce Wal do, baritone, will sing, accom panied by Capt. Kenneth Burns who will also give some piano numbers. The “Victory Concert,’’ so named because it features music (Please turn to paye eleven) vvngm. s La Leu Liming a uriei in terview, “but otherwise it will be a case of various faculty mem bers filling in for me.” History Knowledge Dr. Wright's knowledge of European history, conditions, and languages attracted the at tention of the state department. A native of Lyndon, Washing ton, Dr. Wright took his 6.A. de gree at Whitman college, Walla Walla, in 1933, and his doctor's degree at Stanford in 1939. He> came to the University directly from Stanford. The author of several histori cal articles and monographs, Dr. Wright has also written a full length book, “Raymond Poincare and the French ’ Presidency’' which was published in 1942. Expects to Kerurn “I expect to return to the Uni versity after the war,” Dr. Wright said, adding that he might be drafted before long. He declined to make any state ment on his new position. -— I Concert Series Presents Quartet Only 300 seats will be available to students for the Roth string quartet ensemble concert to be presented Wednesday evening, December 8, at 8 p.m. in the mu sic building, Horace W. Robinson, educational activities director, announced Tuesday. Tickets may be obtained after 1 p.m. today at the educational activities office in McArthur court. Students may obtain tick ets by submitting their registra tion card on payment of 25 cents. Please turn to fatje twelve)