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VOLUME XLV NUMBER 83 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. EUGENE, TUESDAY. MARCH 21, 1944 | JMatUesi Qaaie an the Jlaale Mother Goose in War Theme Chosen for Junior Weekend By JEAN TAYLOR "Mother Goose Goes to War” this year, as all of the Uni versity of Oregon campus begins preparations for its celebra tion of a wartime Junior Weekend. The secret was out Monday when Anne Craven and Edith jNewton, co-chairmen of Junior Weekend, announced that Charles Politz, junior in journalism, and Bill Buell, iunior m liberal arts, had conceived the winning theme for the 1944 Junior Weekend. The $5 prize was award ed them for their effort and its results. “Mother Goose Goes to War" will be used as the theme through out the weekend, according to Miss Newton. Plans are getting under way this week for a program which will approximate that of other years. The fourth annual All-Campus Sing, under the chairmanship of Arliss Boone, junior in journal ism, is scheduled for Friday night, May 5. In addition to the usual singing competition among the choruses of the var ious living organizations, Miss Boone has announced that there will also be presented a program of skits provided by both civilian an»J'army students. The Terrace Dance, a part of Junior Weekend which was not held last year, will be revived, to be held Saturday afternoon. Mar ion Schaefer, business administra tion, will head the committee in charge. The terrace in front of the library will be the dance floor, and the dance, according to Miss Schaefer, will run from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Saturday. Following the Terrace Dance will be the Campus Picnic on the old campus, under the chairmanship of Flora Kibler, liberal arts. The pic nic will be held from about 5 to 7, during which time this year's Jun ior Weekend queen and her court will be formally presented. The coronation of the queen will be held at that time. (Please turn to page tzoo) Allen's Influence Recalled By Hoyt In a quiet and reverent atmos phere, a few words honoring the memory of Dean Erie W. Allen of the journalism school were spoken at ’H^raorial services in the music auditorium Sunday afternoon. “We, of the press of Oregon, feel that Eric Allen is partieularly ours, by training in his early years and in thinking in his later years. Ho believed in newspapers and ever was anxious to improve them. Ore gon journalism is undoubtedly bet ter for his having lived, and for his having lived in Oregon,’’ said Palmer Hoyt, managing editor of The Oregonian, who represented the press of the state. Speaking for the faculty, W. F. G. Thacher, professor of English and advertising, told of the dean’s more in relation to those among whom he lived. During the 30 years since he came here and founded the school of journalism, the newspaper conference was es tablished, and as the first gradu ates began to join professional ranks, there came final convincing evidence of the success of the school. He was a great student, an idealist, but not a dreamer. He was a moralist and reformer, in tensely committed to society, said Mr. Thacher. The Allens were an unpreten tious family. They lived their lives, rqjpred their children, and left their imprints on us, pointed out Wjlliam Tugman, managing editor of the Register-Guard, who repre sented the community. He was re sponsible indirectly for many civic (Please turn to page lour) Song Titles Due Friday Titles of songs to be sung by living organizations at the fourth annual All-Campus Sing to be pre sented May 5 during Junior Week end must be turned in to Arliss Boone, chairman of the sing, at Alpha Chi Omega before Friday at | 5, it was announced today. Miss Boone asked that the songs be as nearly as possible in keeping | with the theme "Mother Goose : Goes to War.” She cautioned that ' living organizations should begin j working on their songs as soon as j possible. i This year, aside from the enter | tainment provided by the musical ! competition between houses, spe j cial enjoyment will be offered par | ents and friends visiting the Uni | versity for the weekend. The inno I \ at ion which Miss Boone plans for the Sing, will be student-presented skits. Anyone, including soldier-stu dents who will be on the campus at the time of Junior Weekend, who has a skit which he wTould like to present should contact Arliss Boone, 1307, as soon as possible. The skits may be of any type, running from 10 to 25 minutes, Miss Boone said. She urges that groups or individuals contact her soon, so that defiinte plans for the All-Campus Sing may get under way. Social Leaders to Meet All social chairmen will meet at 4 p.m. this afternoon in the alumni room, Gerlinger, Mrs. Alice MacDuff announced. OceanHitch Suggests Tra Hitchhiking on six different si tral Pacific ocean trying to find shot down at Kwajalein, Ensign gon’s football team in 1942 anc is in favor of a traffic contrc theater between Pearl Harbor ENSIGN CLYDE J. LEE Phyllis Horstman New Secretary of ASUO Phyllis Horstman, former junior class representative of the ASUO executive council, was unanimously appointed as secretary of the council Monday, Nancy Ames, ASUO president, announced. Miss Horstman will succeed Martha Jane Switzer, who was graduated last term and re signed her position. This advancement of Miss Horstman to the number four position in the council leaves open the position of junior representative and petitions for this office are now PHYLLIS HOKSTMAN Mt. Holyoke Instructor To Speak Thursday Oleda Schrottsky, former in structor in dramatics at Mount Holyoke college, will speak Thurs day at the. AWS assembly in alum ni hall, Gerlinger, at 3 p.m. Miss Schrottsky is a member of the New York story telling club, and served as president of this organ ization at one time. (Please turn to page four) Hiker,Alum, ffic Control lips in five days across the Cen his “home” carrier after being Clyde J. Lee, a member of Ore a navy torpedo bomber pilot, 1 policeman in the busy war and Truk. Ensign Lee has just returned to the mainland for a leave after 10 months of bombing Japs at Marcus island, Wake, Tarawa, Kwajalein, Truk, and Saipan. He is a member of Aircraft Carrier Air group "X" whose fighters set a record at Rabaul of downing 55 Jap planes with a loss of only one United States plane in a single day's work. This is believed to be a record. When Lee experienced his en counter with anti-aircraft fire he was piloting a three-man plane over Roi atoll. “We had just made our bomb ing run,’’ lie related. “Something hit us; flak I guess. The engine sputtered and oil poured out. I told my two crew members we'd have to land in the ocean. They weren't bothered a bit, so down we went. It was my first water landing and anything could have happened, but I was lucky. The ship landed on the crest of a wave on the downhill and we stayed afloat until a destroyer picked us up. Incidentally, it was the 500th iesoue that DD had made, they told us.” (Please turn to fage four) ■ open. To be eligible, a .student most have two terms at the University, 74 hours of credit, and an eligibil ity slip from the dean of men or women. Petitions should be given to Jean Page, first vice president of the council, at the Pi Beta Phi house by Thursday noon. During her freshman year, Miss Horstman was a member of the freshman student union committee and ticket chairman of the Frosh Glee. She was president of Kwama, sophomore women's service honor ary, ticket chairman for the sopho more Whiskerino, co-chairman of the Co-op receipt committee of the campus war board, and co-chair man of the Christmas Seal commit tee during her sophomore year. This year she is a member of j Phi Theta Upsilon, junior women’s service honorary, chairman of the hospitality committee of the war board, chairman of the Junior Prom, outgoing treasurer of AWS, a member of the campus coordinat ing board, and she chairmaned sev eral campus drives. Her appoint ment leads to speculation as to whether she will be a candidate for a 1944-45 ASUO position. Wednesday night open house will be continued, according to the vote of the council. Each Wednes day five houses will be open to sol diers and civilians, beginning with the first, five houses listed in the student director, Alder lodge, Al pha Chi Omega, Alpha Delta, Pi, Alpha Gamma Delta, and Alpha Omicron Pi. (Please turn to page {our) Dr. Smith Goes To Washington With a background of nearly 12 years in the Philippines and travel in the orient, Dr. Warren D. Smith, head of the University geology and geography department, is go ing to Washington, D.C., this sum mer as research analyst in the Far Eastern section of the office of strategist services. Dr. Smith doesn't know exactly what his work will be, except that it will concern the Far East. Due to report the first of June, he ex pects to stay until October 1. “Whether I stay on depends on ■ developments in the Far East and other things," said Dr. Smith, “but i I expect to come back." Depending i on transportation, his daughter, ! Phoebe, a junior and Pi Phi on the I campus, may accompany him to! visit relatives. In 1905 Dr. Smith went to the Philippines, where he was geol ogist for the Philippine govern ment and chief of mines, bureau of science. According to Dr. Smith, this bureau was the largest institu tion for tropical research in the Orient, and perhaps in the world. It carried on all scientific work for the government. Half of his work | took him all over the islands. . . (Please turn to page two) Campus Goal $looo in Drive With a $1000 goal set for tto 1941 Red Cross membership dri\o and a cup to be kept until 194 to be awarded to the house twin inf;- in. the most money, the campon campaign begins Wednesday, ac cording to Dorothy Rasmussen, general chairman. Records of any kind totaling 3,1 we be awarded to the house con • tributing the second larges t. amount and another week of close neck-and-neck competition betwee n the living organisations is fore seen by the chairmen. Kwamas will man tables placed at strategic positions on the cam pus from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thurs day and Friday and contribution s will be taken there. In order to catch any odd change, jars will be found in the Side, Taylor’s and the Co-op. All house Red Cross representa tives are to meet in the Red Cron room in Gerlinger at 4 today for final instructions. Daily reports from the representatives are to bo telephoned to Mary K. Minor, 290“, and the amounts collected from each house will be listed in tho Emerald each day. A large poster in the Co-op will display day-to day recordings of the house result*. Everyone contributing 10 cenl'b or more will be given small flag* pins; Rod Cross membership card*4 arc given for contributions of i. dollar or more. The annual mem bership drive will last until Wed nesday, March 29. Sinatra Type Not For Pinza By LOUISE MONTAG "Sinatra? Never heard Sinatra! ' exclaimed Ezio Pinza, strapping1 six-foot opera basso, in an inter view after his concert Monday; night in McArthur court. In Philadelphia ho had a. stage door encounter which suggested1 the Sinatra type. As he came out after an appearance a lady marine kissed him heartily. He termed it “silly.” “Women are my hobby, but I never sing thinking to impress' women. I can’t sing with that in tention,” he commented with a gleam in his eye. He doesn't think of women where he sings, he protested, but about what he’s singing. When the song V about women? Then he thinks' about the music, he said. The biggest wolf in opera is Don Giovanni in that opera, remarked the handsome Italian after his ac companist explained that a wolf was a Casanova. Does he like tho rde ? “Very much!” he replied^ with enthusiasm. “Don Giovanni (Fleose hint to page tzvo)