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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 31, 1943)
Nurses Aides Fight On Home Front— See Page 2 booby's Hoopsters Set for Washington See Page 4 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1943 VOLUME XLV NUMBER 45 Dads to Reign Over Campus During Annual Meeting Oregon dads will have their day, and that day is not far *^way, Bob Hemphill, sophomore in liberal arts and chairman of the 1944 Dad’s day program announced Thursday night when he and his complete committee met for the first time to discuss plans for the streamlined war edition of Dads day which has been set for January 22. Hemphill announced the chairmen of committees who will work on the annual Dad’s day program. Jean Taylor, junior in journalism, will be in charge of housing; Arliss Boone, for entertainment; Marian junior in journalism, will arrange Schaefer, junior in business ad ministration, will be in charge of registration; and Edith Newton, junior in journalism, will be in ^harge of publicity. Since it has been requested that travel be kept at a mini mum during this critical war period no great pressure will be put on Oregon dads for attend ance at this years Dad’s day program. However, every stu dent is urged to write to his father asking him to attend if it is possible. Despite the problems of ration ing, the faculty committee of the program has worked out a com plete plan whereby a luncheon ,^for dads and students will be held as usual with a special speaker of interest to everyone. Complete details of this plan will be present ed in a later Emerald. Because of the transportation problem which makes it so dif ficult for some fathers to attend the program and since it is the desire of the committee to put no strain on train and bus travel, it was decided that the various cups usually awarded to the organiza tions with the most fathers at tending will not be given this year. The cups will be put in the dean of men’s office until it is -^•Appropriate to award them again. Libe to Close For Services ; University libraries and muse ums will be closed Sunday for the public memorial service for Dr. Donald M. Erb, late president of the University, who died last week after a sudden attack of pneumonia. The University library, archi tecture library, and law library -4Will be closed from 3:45 to 5 p. m. The museum of natural history will close at 3:45 p. m. for the remainder of the day. The muse um will open at 2, its regular op ening 'hour. The museum of art and the museum library will be closed all day. Services will begin at 4 p. m. in McArthur court. Mrs. Beatrice Walton Sackett, vice-president of the board of higher education, and Nancy Ames, ASUO presi dent, will speak and a poem by Ernest G. Moll, associate profes ^ sor of English, will be read. There will be no procession, and academic costume will not be worn. The entire eastern section on the main floor of the audi torium will be reserved for mem bers of the faculty and their Wives. Dance Slated for New Year s Day Air corps men and their girl friends will see the New Year in and the old year out tonight at Hendrick’s hall at the air corps' first dance of the term. ■? The music will come from re cords, rather than the soldier or chestra because several engineers play in the orchestra and, unlike the air corps men, they have no holiday for New Year's eve or day. Dancing is to start at 9 o’clock and continue as long as the coeds’ one o’clock permission will allow. A committee is working on dec orations for the affair. Flu Epidemic Light at UO Influenza reached its peak on the campus during the Christmas vacation when from 43 to 46 trainees were confined in the in firmary daily for ten days. On Christmas day the number was down to eight patients. Of the 21 ,36 have influenza and two are ill patients now in the infirmary with pneumonia. According to Dr. Marian G. Hayes Miller, assistant University physician, the epidemic is mild on the campus, just as it is else where so far this winter. Even during the peak the facilities were not over-taxed, but a serious prob lem as to nursing, the biggest need in such a disease, would have arisen without the assistance of nurses’ aides, Dr. Miller said. The following eight civilian students are patients: Irene Gresham, Lillian Hedman, Sally Ann Barr, Lois Tomer, Marie Forfily, Mary Jo Warrens, Gloria Marchi, and Sam Miller. Army patients are as follows: John Secord, Corporal Frank Ferraro, F. W. Peterson, Corporal David Brekke, Scott Foster, Rob ert Hoffman, Robert Rowse, Paid Sutcliffe. Jerry Sutherland, Quentin Sidesinger, John Biffing ton, Ray Kruschke, and Burton Decker. Libe Head Announces New Hour Schedule New library hours have been announced by W. C. Warren, act ing' librarian. Circulation and reference rooms; 8 a. m. to 10 p. rn., Monday through Friday; 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. Saturday; and 2 p. m. to 9 p. m., .Sunday. Reserve division: 8:30 a. m. to 10 p. m., Monday through Thurs day; 8:30 a. m. to 5 p. m., Friday ■and Saturday; and 2 p. m. to 9 !p. m., Sunday. The open shelf reserve will be closed from 12 to 1 p. m. and 5 to 7 p. m. Monday through Thursday. Piatigorsky . . . ... violoncellist who will appear in McArthur court January 19. Famous Cellist To Appear Here The "Big Three” concert artists who have been engaged to play at McArthur court this term and vocal. Gregor Piatigorsky, world renowned violin cellist, will ap pear here Wednesday, January 19 at 8:15 p. m. Ezio Pinza and his violin are scheduled for March 20, and the South American so prono Bidu Sayao will come in April. Piatigorsky, who before he was 15 years old was billed as the first ’cellist at the Imperial Opera in Moscow, played his first Amer ican engagement in Obelrin, Ohio, in 1929, folowed by appearances with the Philadelphia Orchestra under Stokowski, and then with the New York Philharmonic un der Mengelberg. This season marks the 15th consecutive Amer ican tour for the Russian-Ameri can musician. He has given over 600 recitals and has appeared al most 150 times as soloist with or chestra. “His playing," wrote the mag azine Newsweek, "has brought about a 'cello renaissance.” On tour Piatigorsky uses his fabulous 'cello made by Domenico Montagnana in the year 1739, and one of the most valuable in the world. Winter Term To class and to lab Go the freshmen in flocks While seniors are starting To drop eight o’clocks. —W.R.U Fisher Ork Engaged ToPiay at Senior BaSE Bill Fisher's band has been signed up to play for the Senior Ball, Saturday, January 8, at McArthur court, general chair man Charline Pelly announced Thursday. The 10-piece outfit hails from Portland and is currently playing over the NBC network. Miss Pelly stated that Mary Wright will replace Kay Jenkins as ticket chairman for the affair, since Miss Jenkins did not return to school this term. Tickets go on sale this week Hey, Sherlock! Mystery surrounds the arrival of a V-mail Christmas card which came to the University postoffice shortly before Christmas. The ad dress showing through the win dow in the envelope said: "To the Prettiest Girls on the Campus University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon. U. S. A.” The postmaster, A. H. Tyson, was puzzled. He opened the letter. Inside was a cleverly-drawn Christmas card from India, reg ulation V-mail size, showing an elephant with an occupied howdah on his back. Written on the card is "Send me a photo for Christmas—I am [tired of looking at native girls!— Henry.” Further down is "All American girls are beautiful, (after two years here.)" The postmaster decided the Emerald would be the best place for the card to go, in order that Oregon coeds might know what the soldiers overseas are think ing. Queer angle to the situation is that an Emerald check revealed that no H. H. Roloff, sender of the card, had ever been registered at the University. But adequate arrangements are being made by the Emerald to send Henry some appropriate pic tures. Of girls. Winter Rushees Total Ninety-Five . Ninety-five women are going through winter term rushing, files in the clean of women's office show. This number is unusually large for winter term, according to Mrs. Alice B. MacDuff, assist ant dean of women. Although some rushees are reported drop (Please turn to page lour) Katherine Korn Takes Lead In Guild's Dark Victory' , By JEAN LAWRENCE Kay Korn, junior in English and well known in University drama life, has been selected to portray Judith, the leading women’s role, in the coming University theater presentation of “Dark Victory’’. Dorothea Thomas, junior in lib eral arts and also active in drama, will portray the amusing, sophist icated, staunch friend of Judith. Bob Forman and Lewis Bogler, straight from “Out of the Frying Pan" will play Bill Ewing, of cafe society, and Leslie Clark, an in ebriated stock-broker respective ly The original stage play of “Dark Victory’ starred Tallalah Bankhead in the part of Judith. Several years ago it was made into a movie with Bette Davis in the lead role. "Dark Victory" is a drama pre senting a young society girl, Judith, who is suffering from a mortal brain affliction, and a brilliant but unsatisfied brain sur geon. The story is woven about their meeting, ,their love, and their final victory over her in evitable death and the shattering of their happiness. Further characters will be de cided upon next Tuesday evening at 7:30 in Guild hall. Director Horace Robinson, acting head of the drama department, will* be assisted by Margie Robinson, senior in journalism, Opening date for the play has •been set as January 21, in the form of a formal dress rehearsal for Dad's day. Later perform ances will probably be staged in the following week. ana may be purchased from re presentatives in each civilian men’s living organization as well as in each unit of army men. There will be no programs given out at the ball, but the ticket® have been especially designed and printed to take their place and will serve as mementos for the coed scrapbooks, Hiss Polly said. Chairman of committees for the dance met at the Side yesterday include: Edith Onthank and Sue Sawyer, decorations; . Mary Wright, tickets; Miki Campbell, promotion; Mary Jane Dunn, pa trons and patronesses; Shirley Huntington, cleanup and Marge Curtis, publicity. 1412 Enrol lees Sign For Term By Thursday evening, 1412 students had registered for win ter term, and over 1500 had ob tained registration material, ac cording to Clifford L. Constance, assistant registrar. This is a per cent drop from last, year’s winter term registration. Statistics obtained from the registrar’s office showed that in 1917 there were 413 men and 54S women at the University of Ore gon. This was the lowest drop in men students during the first World War. In 1941-42, the term during which the United States declared war, there were 2135 men and 1549 women students registered. In contrast, there were 207 men and 1021 women who registered last Tuesday. Late registration will continue today at Johnson hall. Students registering late should go to the (second floor of Johnson to get registration material and pay their fees. Polk Fellowship To Aid Russian Library Students A Frank L. Polk fellowship has been established by the Russian Student fund to be used at the school of library service at Colum bia university, according to an announcement received by the University of Oregon library. The fellowship may be granted to a student of Russian origin who has consistently demonstrated fin "inspiring" example of effort to make maximum use of his anil ity as well as friendly readiness to assist other students through out the period of his study," the letter stated. Excellence of marks will not bo a primary consideration. “Serious ness of purpose, real ability and personality will be the first re-« quirements.” Either men or women studentst may receive the fellowship.