VOLUME XLV NUMBER 53
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. EUGENE, THURSDAY. JANUARY 13. 1944
Exec Council to Name
Senior Rep Today
One of the two senior representative positions on the ex
ecutive council will be filled at a meeting of the council this
afternoon, Nancy Ames, ASUO president, announced Wednes
day.
Petitions for this office must be turned in to Jean Page,
second vice-president, by noon today. The position is open to
seniors ana tne petition snoiua be
accompanied by a record of activ
ities and an eligibility slip from
dean of men or women's of
fice.
Harry Skerry, vice president,
will also make a report on fresh
man elections and a discussion
will be held on whether or not
preferential voting will be used.
This system has been used in pre
vious years. A definite time will
also be set for the elections.
The position of senior repre
sentative was left vacant by the
resignation of Helen Holden Man
ning, who did not return to the
campus this term.
Wew Forum
Series Begun
"Liberal Thought Must Not Be
a War Casualty—What the Ore
gon Student Can Do" has been
chosen as the subject of the new
ASUO forum series beginning
Friday night from 7:30 to 9:30
in the Red Cross room on the
third floor of Gerlinger.
Opening the series tomorrow
night. Dr. Quirinus Breen, assist
ant professor of social science
and history, will lead the inform
discussion following his talk.
The over-all topic of the series is
the Oregon Education System.
Students are urged to bring
questions which they would like
answered and to contribute to the
discussion. The series is being
planned to include four forums
with speakers representing differ
ent schools in the University, and
will probably be given on the
coming consecutive Fridays.
Infirmary Space
#ow Restricted
To Seriously III
By WINIFRED ROMTYEDT
Your roommate says she is ill.
Shall she go to the infirmary?
Tell her “no” if she has only a
slight cold and wants an excuse to
stay out of class, according to
Dr. Fred Miller, health service
physician. If she hs a had cold,
she’d beter go to the infirmary,
but she must not be surprised if
she is only given medicine and
told to stay in bed at home, he
added.
Ji she is really ill and has a tem
perature a place will be found for
her in the infirmary. But why is
the victim of a bad cold told to
stay at home? According to Dr.
Miller, there is never an unlimit
ed amount of space. The infirmary
contains 26 beds in ten rooms on
the second floor. When only one
patient is ill with a contagious
disease, the other beds in his room
cannot be used. The capacity is
further reduced by the need for
an emergency reserve.
The army has a contract with
the health service requiring the
^hospitalization of all army train
ees who are ill, but no such pro
vision has been made for civilians,
and there are not enough beds.
When there were too many army
patients for the hospital floor, the
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rase.
Ducks Seek
BeaverPelt
Oregon will meet Oregon
State, Saturday, in a basketball
game that will be the big fea
ture of Homecoming this year.
The Oregon casaba team, after
finishing the last workout of the
week, is all set to turn back the
Staters when they arrive on the
campus Saturday. The injuries
suffered by Borrevik and Hamil
ton have healed, and although
Hamilton did not take part in last
night’s practice game, he will be
ready to see action in the coming
series. Bill Mayther, a former
Spokane star, will be ready to
serve by game time.
Although Oregon State has lost
many players to the armed forces
they have so far this season al
ways had a strong team on the
floor.
Record Order Spurs
Friday Paper Drive
Boogie-woogie, smooth swing,
or something classical—take your
choice, for the war board is
awarding six records to the house
who turns in the most paper in the
scrap drive Friday afternoon.
Florence Hintzen and Bibbitts
Strong, co-chairmen of the sal
vage committee, urge all living
organizations to ransack their at
tics and basements for the piles
of old newspapers and magazines
that are gahering dust there.
"Paper is vital to the defense ef
fort and in the manufacture of
war materials,” they stated. Each
house should tie their paper.into
convenient sized bundles and
place it out of the rain until it is
collected Friday.
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Combellack to Speak
On Homer Tonight
F. M. Combellack, assistant pro
fessor of German and Latin, who
returned this fall from a year's
leave of absence at Harvard uni
versity, will speak on "Who
Heard Homer?” at the second
lecture of the University lecture
series tonight at 7:30 in 107 Vil
lard hall.
Junior V/eekend
Talent Solicited
To help produce an all campus
program for Junior weekend ev
ery student with talent for a
campus show or ability to write
script for such a play is asked
to contact the Emerald sometime
this week.
Plans are being formulated to
present a campus written and
student produced show. Especially
wanted are singers, dancers, act
ors, and script writers. Any stu
dent with ability and willingness
to work in any of these lines
should call the Emerald at cam
pus extension 353 and make an
appointment for an interview.
Junior weekend is scheduled for
May 6, but plans for any show
to be given at that time must
be complete far in advance of the
affair.
Hop Champs Gain
'Public Wolf’ Title
“Public Wolves Number One”
is the title to be given the men's
organization having the most par
ticipants in the annual Nickel
Hop Saturday night. In addition
to this, co-chairmen Gloria Malloy
and Jean Watson have announced
that a prize of $5 worth of records
from the Radio Lab will be award
ed to the "Public Wolves.” .
The Hop is scheduled to start
at 5:45 in all women's living or
ganizations and will last until
7:45. All men on the campus, in
khaki or civilian clothes, may cir
culate among the 25 girls houses,
or limit their visits to one or two
favorites. The womens house turn
ing in the most money at the end
of the dance will receive a cup
which will remain in the winning
house until next year's dance.
The rules for the Hop arc: Five
cents will be charged for each
three dances, and fellows can
choose their own partners when
they pay for their dances. Prom
ising fun for all, the slogan “Half
a dime for a wonderful time” was
chosen.
Proceeds from the Hop will be
turned over to the AWS scholar
ship fund. Campus clothes will be
worn.
Hop Scotch
For a nickel a throw
You can dance with a dream,
But will any be left
For the pinball machine ?
—W.R.L.
Twenty-One Candidates Vie
For 'Bonds Away Girl’ Title
Twenty one candidates have entered the race for the title
of "Bonds Away Girl," according to Jean Frideger, campus war
board chairman. The winner will be selected by a committee
from the five girls with the largest number of votes and will be
introduced at the Oregon-Washington game January 22.
Any house that has not bought the $25 bond to be contrl
Death Cancels
Clare Luce Talk
Due to the death of her daught
er, Ann Clare Brockaw, Clare
Boothe Luce, congresswoman
from Connecticut, will not speak
at McArthur Court next Monday
as was previously scheduled. Miss
Brockaw was fatally injured in an
automobile accident near the
Stanford university campus at
Palo Alto, California, Tuesday.
She was returning to Stanford
after a visit with her mother at
San Francisco, where she. had ac
companied her from Los Angeles
on Monday. She was riding with
a schoolmate when their car and
one driven by Kurt Bergcl, an in
stiiefor in an army specialist
training unit at Stanford, collided
at an intersection.
In an attempt to avert the col
lision both drivers swerved. The
car in which Miss Brockaw was
riding struck a tree and she was
hurled from the car, her head
striking the tree. She was dead
on arrival at a hospital.
Mrs. Luce, author and former
actress, was near collapse from
shock, her companion, Virginia
Blood, of Connecticut said. Her
husband, Henry Luce, editor of
Time, Life and Fortune maga
zines, was en route to Palo Alto
from New York, Tuesday night.
Miss Broekaw’s body will be
taken to New York for interment.
Navy V-5 Enlistments
Set for Today at 11
Boys between the ages of 17
and IS who are interested in the
Navy V-5 program will meet to
day at 11a. m. in Chapman hall.
A navy technicolor film entitled
"Eagles of the Navy" will be
shown and any student who wish
es to make application for V-5 will
have the opportunity to take both
the mental aptitude examination
and the preliminary physical ex
amination after the meeting.
G! Boogie Beaters Jam Solid Jive That's 'In the Groove’
For ISA Canteen Mixer 'Hep Cat Session’ Saturday Night
Catch that rhythm? And on
the downbeat, a pause—into the
pause steps a voice—■
Introducing', individually, the
members of Owen Bailey’s famous
all-GI boogie-beaters. Coming out
of hiding for their first appear
ance of the term, they will play
for the ISA Canteen Mixer Satur
day night at Gerlinger hall, fol
lowing the basketball game.
Over there in the sax section
are Ace Felberg, Jack Blumen
thaul, James Scurlock, Gail Mey
ers, and Pat Hagemeyer. Coming
in strong on trumpets are Bob
Stotler, “Hotlips’’ Getchel, and
John Sheviak. Carrying the trom
bones are Walter Hays, Fred
Peterson, and Owen Bailey. Beat
ing out the rhythm are Ralph
Sutton and “Whitey’’ White. The
one exception to ‘‘all-GI'’ is scin
tillating Sue Welch, the vocalist.
Feeling an urge to get at their
instruments, despite the rigors
and restriction of ASTU programs,
they take Sunday morning's and
whatever other odd time they can
fire for Saturday night are
The idea for a band was born
when the fellows arrived on the
campus last fall. Bailey heard
horns booming out and snatches
of different arrangements from
all corners of the campus, so he
got them together. Everyone of
the band members has played pro
fessionally before coming to the
army, and since their organization,
they have had hundreds of re
quests to play at all kinds of
events. They now have a library of
more than 100 numbers.
Some of the arrangements on
fier for Saturday night are
Woody Herman's new "Ten-Day
Furlough”, "My Ideal”, "Shoo
shoo, Baby”, “No Love, No Noth
in’ Specialties are Stotler on
Harry James "You Made Me Love
You” and Felberg, playing Mill
er's "String of Pearls”.
bated to the memorial fund as an
entrance fee in the contest, must
turn the receipt and the bond in to
the educational activities office*
by 5 p. m. today, Phyllis Horst
man, general chairman an
nounced. The fund was set up
by Scabbard and Blade, military
honorary, the senior class of 1943,
and the interfraternity council
and was "created for purchasing,
engraving, and installing a suit
able memorial to all students of
the University of Oregon who
have given their lives in the serv
ice of the United States of Amer
ica in the present world war.'’
Beginning January 14 and last
ing until January 22, the campus
drive is in conjunction with tho
national fourth war loan drive, of
Which Oregon's goal is $99,000,
©00.
In order to count fof a candi
date, the bond must be purchased
at the Co-op where a receipt will
be given the purchaser. This re
ceipt should be taken to the ed
ucational activities office where
the votes, 25 for each 525 bond,
will be tallied.
Living organizations and indi
vidual students may purchase
bonds and cast their votes. Men
should also sign up for the amount
of their bond or bonds as a prize
will be awarded to the man who
buys the largest bond.
students are urged to write to
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Episcopal
Meet Saturday
The University Episcopal Can
terbury club will be the hosts at
the Diocesan Youth conference,
the first of its kind ever to bo
held in Oregon, this weekend, Jan
uary 14, 15 16, Miss Caroline
Hind s, student-director, an
nounced Wedensday.
Theme of the conference >»
‘ Personal Religion." Topic of the
various speakers are "Finding
My Religion," “Taking My Re
ligion To College,” "Sharing My
Religion," “What Young People
Are Thinking Today,” and “Do We
Know Where Wc Are?”
Delegates and student repre
sentatives from all the Oregon
colleges are expected to be pres
ent for the three day f- tivities.
Starting the convention . tivlttcs
will be a fireside gat!. ' g Fri
day evening to repre
sentatives with each < . r><\
discuss religious pn ' ' . Sat
urday and Sunday Jr. "..Ms .-..re
planned to include : ' .... I pre
ceding the Oregon- “ g State
basketball game, after . . ' i .l. •'cn
ferencees will attend t’. game.
A corporate Com:. Am :• rvice
is planned for Sund ry mon ing.
Mi.>s Beverly < ’ n: •>•, West
Coast representative of Canter
bury clubs on the Nath m 1 Youth
commission, will 1 turday
morning at ten and in the eve
ning at four on, “The United
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