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VOLUME XLV NUMBER 72 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1944 JThree Elections Slated For ThursdayFeb. 17 Elections for AWS, WAA, and YWCA will be held a week from Thursday, February 17, rather than this Thursday as was announced in yesterday’s Emerald. Nominees will be presented at the time of elections at 11a. in. in the main gym of Gerlinger. Outgoing AWS officers are: president, Marilyn Campbell; vice president, Kay Jenkins; secretary, Mary Riley; treasurer, Phyllis Horst man; reporter, Betty Lu Siegman; sergeant at arms, Phyllis Evans. President Beverly Padgham; vice president, Francis Orom; and treasurer, Yvonne Umphlette are WAA outgoing officers. Outgoing YWCA officers are: president, Beverly Goetz; vice presi dent, Martha Jane Switzer; secretary, Doone Eceles; treasurer, Marian Schaefer. 'Buddhist Monks Impressed By AWS Speaker’s Message Carrying out the theme of a woman’s part in the war, Mrs. Stuart Strong, Portland, dean at Mills college, will speak on "Women and Democracy” at the AWS assembly, Tuesday, Feb ruary 15, at 4 p. m. in the music auditorium. Mrs. Strong had the opportunity to travel extensively in Japan in 1935 when she accompanied a group of deans there on a “good will” tour. At one time while there she was asked to talk on Christianity and its effect on the American people before an austere assembly of monks in a Buddhist temple. “Although she had no time in which to prepare any speech, Mrs. Strong came through with a very impressive message,” remembers Mrs. Alice Macduff, who went on the same trip. Marine Sergeants Adaline Franks and L. L. Pittenger will provide the military aspect con cerning women as marines, the training necessary, and the affilia tion of the two branches of serv ice. Mortar Board will present a Special guests will be AWS cab inet members from Oregon State who will give an account of some of the activities they have spon sored this year. Although this as sembly was originally scheduled for Thursday of this week, several conflicts have made it necessary . to change the date to Tuesday, February 15. A large turnout is ex pected since this is the only assem bly to be held winter term. Student Union Group Will Meet Today At 4 A special meeting of the Stu dent Union building committee will be h'dd at 4 p. m. today in the new SU office in 101 John son. Gone Conklin, chairman of the conjmitte, urges all members to attend. Petitions for members of the various eiass committees are due at 5 p. m. Thursday. They should be turned in to Marty Beard at the Alpha Delta Pi house. WAA to Initiate Winter term WAA initiation will take place Thursday evening, Feb ruary 17, at 7:30 p. m. in Geriinger ball, Beverly Goetz, president of WAA, announced Tuesday. Dr. Tyler, of the psychology de partment, has been invited to speak following the initiation ceremony. A participation placque, award ed to a living organization on the basis of participation and sports manship in the intramural tourna ments, will be presented by Helen #£ti oskey, adviser of WAA. Junior and senior athletic awards Will also' be presented. All present members of WAA Should attend, Miss Goetz an nounced. Chi Omega Tops Bandage Rollers Chi Omega, with 28 hours of work chalked up, topped the list of houses who made surgical dress ings for the Red Cross last week. Laurel lodge, 21, and Alpha Delta Pi, 20 hours, were runners up for the honors, according to Carol Wicke, head of the Red Cross. Three Alpha Delta Pis, Evelyn Stephens, Charlotte Wicke, and Jeanne Harris, completed the re fresher course last week and are now qualified as instructors. The house schedule this week will be: Wednesday, Delta Gamma, Gamma Phi Beta; Thursday, Haw thorne lodge, Highland house; Fri day, Hillcrest lodge, Hilyard house; Saturday, Kappa Alpha Theta, Kappa Kappa Gamma. Miss Wicke announced a new opportunity for houses to earn more Red Cross credit. Graduate Nurses Aides who are now working at the infirmary or at either of the Eugene hospitals should report their hours of service to their house Red Cross representatives. In order to get house credit for those hours the representatives must turn in the amount to Carol Wicke at the ADPi house by noon, Mondays. A pair of white mittens were left in the Red Cross room at Gerlinger by some worker, and may he ob tained from Miss Wicke by the owner. Freshman Fireside Featured Thursday Featuring- refreshments, com munity singing and games, a Freshman Fireside will be held at [the YWCA bungalow from 6:30 to 7:30 Thursday, according to Char leen Browne, secretary-treasurer of the Frosh commission. A program is being planned by the Commission with the help of (Please turn to page three) Juniors Selected (Photo by KenneU’EUis) JUNIOR WEEKEND . . . . . . Co-chairmen Edith Newton, top, and Anne Craven, who an nounced committees Tuesday for the annual spring' term affair. Kappas Will Present Graduate Scholarship A $500 scholarship is offered by Kappa Kappa Gamma at any col lege or university where a chapter is maintained in the United States or Canada. The candidate does not have to be a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma to be eligible for this scholarship in the field of graduate work which usually con sists of science, art, or human re lations. Western Reserve university is offering a $1000 scholarship for . (Please turn to page Hvo) Committee Head Appointments Made by Weekend Chairmen Junior weekend plans are taking shape as committee heads were appointed to handle the various functions annually held on that weekend. Committee chairmen as announced by Edith Newton and! Anne Craven, co-chairmen, are as follows: Matrix Table Invites Guests Two outstanding upper-class girls in liberal arts from each house are selected to attend Mat rix table, anual dinner given by Theta Sigma Phi, national wom en's journalism honorary. The dinner this year will be held February 11 in the Osborn hotel with Mrs. Helen Hedrick of Med ford as guest speaker. Those invited from the living organizations are as follows: Al pha Omicron Pi, Yvonne Torgler, Connie Mullmer; Alpha Xi Delta, Ruth Van Buskirlt, Lois Whealy; Birch lodge, Joyce Scott. Chi Omega, Kathy Dun, Dorothy Routt; Delta Delta Delta, Flora Kibler, Nancy Hallock; Delta Gamma, Phyllis Horstman, Eliza beth Edmunds; Highland house, Phyllis Amacher, Dorothy Jean Carter; Kappa Alpha Theta, Virginia Campbell, Sue Sawyer; Sigma Kappa, Audrey Holliday, Margaret Ambler; Alpha Delta - Pi, Lois Clause, Genevieve Graves; Gamma Phi Beta,, Suzan Huffaker, Anita Fernandez; Hilyard house, Betty Thorpe, Adele Riggs; Alpha Gam ma Delta, Phyllis Taylor; Alpha Phi, Carol Smith, Virginia Spear; Pi Beta Phi, Peggy Skerry, Elizabeth Schaefers; Laurel lodge, Shirley Parker, Marilyn Sharp; Alpha Chi Omega, Miki Campbell; Fniversity house, Greta Lindstedt, Thelma Nelson; Kappa Kappa Gamma, Martha Jane Switzer, Mary Bentley; Hawthorne lodge, Marjorie Shearn, Dorothy Miller. Aii-uampus snig, A111SS tOCDC^ ■journalism; sunlight serenade, Connie Fullmer, liberal arts; ter race dance, Marian Schaefer, busi ness administration: campus lunch eon, Flora Kibler, liberal arts; Junior Prom, Phyllis Horstnian, liberal arts; publicity, Marjorid Young and Jean Taylor, journal ism. Finances, Gerd Hansen, liberal arts; executive secretary, Mary Ellen Foland, liberal arts; them© contest, Blanche Svoboda, liberal arts; selection of queen, Card Wicke, liberal arts; interclass com petition, Jack Cairns, liberal arty. Junior Festival Events Pruned A recommendation that Junior* Weekend be confined to traditional events this year—with such diver sities as may seem feasible—was voted by members of the edmesi tional activities board at their monthly meeting, Monday. Tins group heard various proposals for* the Weekend and discussed pre liminary plans. Saturday noon, March 25, way announced as the final date to turn in petitions for business editors of the Emerald and Oregana. Peti tions for editors of the two publi cations must be turned in by noon, Saturday, April 1, Horace Rc bin son, chairman of the board, an nounced. The board heard the monthly fi nancial report, reports on Emerald advertising, the progress of the Oregana, and a report on the con cert series. Please turn to page izve) Governor Snell to Speak at Oregon Secretary Conclave Earl Snell, governor of Oregon, will be the opening speaker at the Oregon Commercial Secretaries association meeting to be held February 14 and 15 in the Guild theater. Johnson hall. Oregon chamber of commerce secretaries and their respect ive presidents will attend the session beginning at 10 Monday Van de Velde, Former Belgian Consular Agent, Expresses His Liking for Aiexico in Lecture “When you live 20 years ir; a country 5-ou either get to hate the people or love them. I still love them”. Gray-haired Paul Van de Velde, former Belgian consular agent in Oaxaca, Mexico, so intro duced the people of the neighbor republic Monday evening to more than 200 listeners who overflowed the usual Sigma XI lecture room in Condon hall until the talk was moved to a larger room in Chap-, man. With a series of realistic sketch es and amusing incidents the speaker presented to University students, faculty and townspeople “The Customs ar.d Folklore of Mexico’k as he observed them dur ing an almost twenty year stay in that country. “Sixty-four different races make j up Indian Mexico," Van de Velde explained, giving a short back-: ground to slides shown later in the evening,. “Together with these are mixed the Spaniards and oth ers who took over the country.” Mexicans are Catholics in the sense that they have adapted pag anism to Catholicism, was the opinion of the lecturer, lie recalled the incident of a young priest who boasted a large congregation of Zapotccan Indians, only to discov (Please turn to page four) day at noon. Orlando J. Hollis, acting presi dent of the University, will wel come the association ,and Dr. Vic tor P. Morris, dean of business ad ministraton and chairman of the Oregon post-war readjustment and development committee, will report on the progress and plans, of that committee. Some of the talks scheduled for the opening day session will be on the farm settlement problems of Oregon by Ervin L. Peterson, di rector of the Oregon staiSe de partment of agriculture; traffic safety by Robert S. Farrell Jr., secretary of state, and Sid King, i Please turn to [aye tzee)