VOLUME XLV NUMBER 94 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1944 U.S. Red Cross Quota Raised j>eggy Magill, League Head, To Go to Meet Peggy Magill, chairman of the campus Total Victory league, will attend the Northwest International Relations conference, March 24-25, to be held at Holy Name college, Spokane, Washington, as the rep resentative from the University of Oregon. Miss Magill will present to the convention an invitation, offering «rthe use of the facilities of the Uni versity for the 1945 conference, ex tended by Dr. Victor P. Morris, faculty adviser and chairman of the international affairs committee. The 1940 convention was held here on the campus and received con siderable attention at that time. Advance notices on the confer ence stated that speakers on inter national problems, round table dis cussions, and representatives from the Carnegie Endowment will be on the program. Miss Magill ex pressed the hope that she would be able to bring back many good ideas to help our own campus _j3iovement and also that the Total Victory league would be of interest to other representatives. Miss Magill organized the league during winter term under the spon sorship of Dean Morris and the late Dean Eric W. Allen. She de fined it as “a group primarily or ganized to learn about postwar problems and to help prepare for action to be taken on them after the victory is won. The league has no connection with the Peace Now movement.” Concerning the Total Victory league, George Turnbull, acting dean of the school of journalism, -^£.aid, “Dean Allen interested me in this movement several weeks ago. I shall be happy, both for the sake of the idea itself and because it was so close to the dean’s heart, to give it all the support I can.” March 31 Opening Date Of 'Great God Brown’ “House light down" will be the signal Friday, March 31, for the opening night of Eugene O’Neill’s powerful drama “The Great God Brown” starring Frank Krasnow Sky with an outstanding Theater ^S^iild cast, including Louis Vogler and newcomers, Mary Ellen Foland and Jeanne Briggs. The story of a visionless, penny god who lives and destroys himself in the desire to possess the powers Of love and life of his friend, “The Great God Brown,” is an unusual production of an unusual play. Special stage sets, music and lighting are being combined with outstanding Guild hall talent to make this spring term production exceptional entertainment. The University box office, lo cated in Johnson hall, will be open ^beginning March 28, at 10 a.m The admission price is 60 cents, Seats may also be reserved bj phoning 3300, extension 216. Hor ace Robinson, acting head of the drama department, is directing the production. STUDENT UNION LEADERS . . . . . . Ann Leo anti Gene Conklin have the movement for a Union building on the campus well under way. Student Union Plans Get Rolling; Class Committees Hear Reports Two of the class Student Union committees went into action Monday with the announcement that the freshman committee is planning to contact all living organizations this week to compile a list of ideas for facilities, and that the junior com mittee will contact heads of schools to find out their present Dorm Repair In Progress Carpenters are refinishing and hanging doors in Susan Campbell hall preparatory to the return of the building to a girls’ dormitory next year. The present plan is to convert all units to civilian use starting fall term, said Mrs. Gene vieve Turnipseed, director of dormi tories, today. As many units as needed for civilian men will be open in John Straub. At present Sherry Ross is occupied by 53 medical and dental students and Sigma hall is the orderly room. Hendricks will house the air corps until May 30. Cost of repairing damage from the fire will be from $3500 to $3000. Carpenters and painters are refinisliing floors and re pairing the basement. The army has moved all its equipment out. Bathtubs, replaced by showers for (Please turn to page four) Short Story Contest Winners to be Listed Judges of the Marshall-Case Haycox short story contest will ! probably announce the winners in three weeks, said W. F. G. Thach er, professor of English and ad vertising, who is in charge of the contest. Ten entries are being considered. The contest ended March 20. The contest offers three prizes ! aggregating $100. They will prob 1 ably be for $50, $30, and $20 each. Judges are Miss Juliette Gibson, instructor in creative writing and journalism at Eugene high school, Glenn Hasselrooth, reporter for the Register-Guard, and Mrs. Arthur Hunter, daughter-in-law of Chan cellor Hunter. iacnmes. At a meeting of the all-campus committee and committee chair men of the class committees, re ports were made on the proposed activities of the two classes. Wallace Johnson, chairman of the freshman committee, stated that his committee would give an account of the history, purpose, plans, and a list of facilities now planned for a Student Union build ing to the living organizations. The various houses will be asked to have forums to discuss facilities and to turn in to the committee a list of those they desire. The junior committee, headed by Florence Hintzen, will contact the heads of schools and other organ izations to find out what facilities they have and what they need. A sophomore committee meeting will be held Wednesday at 4 p.m. in the Student Union office. Membership Drive Commences Today This year, undertaking the greatest task in its history, thot Red Cross is asking $200,000,000 from the people of America; $1000 from University students. According to the campus drivo co-chairmen, Mary K. Minor and Dorothy Rasmussen, more than the usual minimum $1 membership fee should be expected Athletic Rumors Denied by Hollis “Xo final or official action concerning basketball for ncvt year has been taken, either by the athletic board or by myself," Acting President Orlando J. Hol lis said Tuesday. This statement was made in answer to a rumor in Greg's Gossip in the Portland Oregonian Tuesday that all Uni versity coaches have been asked to go on an indefinite leave of absenee starting' July I. Such action regarding salaries and personnel could not have been made because the budget has not yet been presented, Mr. Hollis ex plained. The athletic budget, how ever, will be presented at the next meeting of the athletic board on Monday, March 27. Although basketball next year | cannot be assured because of the uncertain number of civilian men, the acting president remarked, "no ; one has been placed on a leave of absence yet.” The only regular coaches now on the faculty are Howard A. Hobson and J. A. Warren. An athletic, manager, A. B. Cornell, is also maintained at present. irom every student. Contributions of any size fro. v single pennies on are welcome, the chairman stressed, and small Red* [Cross flag pins will be given to all who contribute. The campaign starting today will continue until next Wednesday, following which* the war board will award a cup la the house turning in the largest support. Second prize is $2.50' worth of records. Aiding the chairmen in the drive are: Bette Hayes, phone commit tee; Dotis Chapler, posters; Rose ann Leckie, collection; and Mar guerite Wittwer, publicity. During the war emergency the. Red Cross centers its attention ora services for the men overseas: hospitalization, blood plasma, med - ical supplies, food and medicines to prisoners of war, postal service, and assistance to disabled men anti their families. Foreign war relief for our allie** and stricken neutrals is provided. Disaster and emergency relief sta tions are maintained for civilian war aid, and on the home front they usual health, education, and safety measures are stressed. The following Red Cross repre sentatives will contact members cf their respective houses: Doris Hol land, Alpha Chi Omega; Card (I'lcasc turn to page four) Canada Made Tougher* By War. Sage Asserts By MARGUERITE WITTWER “Canada is coming out of this war a tougher, harder working na tion,’’ said Dr. Walter N. Sage, head of the history department at the University of British Columbia, in his lecture before a large group of faculty members and students last night in conjunction with the regular University lectures scries. “We are in our fifth year of war; we are beginning to feel it, but we are not kicking and, God willing, we will be there when it ends. Canada’s future is intimately bound up with the settlement after this war; we have a lot to lose if this settlement contains the seeds of another; a third or fourth world war. It is not going to happen Artist Fred Gong Visits UO; Newly-Made Second Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Fred Gong, outstanding Oregon artist who enlisted in the army air corps after his freshman year here, returned for a brief visit to the campus and his faculty friends Monday. Dapper, smiling Fred Gong brought national attention to Oregon when he won the $1000 first prize in the 1940-41 Youth Forum contest sponsored by tne American magazine. His winning mural entitled “What my com munity contributes to the nation,” depicted the three main industries of the Willamette valley—fishing, agriculture, and lumber .The spirit of the Oregon Trail was represent ed by a pioneer covered wagon seen in the clouds above a back ground of the Three Sisters moun tains and the Columbia river Bon neville dam. The mural was painted under the direction of Mrs. Ruth Halversen | while Gong was a student at Lin coln high school, Portland. A trip to New York with visits to Wash ington D.C, and other places of artistic and historic interest with all expenses paid was given to Mrs. Halversen and young Gong. Returning to Oregon, Fred Gong registered in the art school and soon became recognized On the campus for his abilities; he was elected a member of Sigma Delta Chi, men’s journalistic honorary, and became art editor of the Ore (Please turn to page four) again if men of goodwill through out tlio world can find the solution. "One solution would be to fol low the Golden Rule on a basis ol' give and take. All we ask for is a chance to live in a peaceable world where our grandsons will not have to do what our sons are doing now. It is up to you and me to do some thinking and praying. It demand'll courage. It demands faith and love of mankind, and a dream of univer sal brotherhood.” Dr. Sage emphasized the fact that Canada is not, as commonly, (I'lcasc luni to page three) French Film Set For UO Thursday ; Slated to be shown on the cam— i pus Thursday evening is "Day : Break,” titled in French, "Le Join* 1 Se Leve,” the last film auCpessr ■ produced in pre-war France. The* picture stars Jean Gabin, popular in French and American film pro ; duction, now serving with Freo French naval forces. As announced by Miss Augusta Nelson, instructor in Romance | languages who is in charge oil plans for the presentation, the film* will be shown with subtitles for the convenience of non-French speaking members of th audience. Sponsored by Pi Delta Phi, ! French honorary society, and this* department of Romance languages, tlie picture is the first French-pro •duced movie offered on-th caoipu> this year. The film is scheduled for one showing, Miss Nelson stated, and will begin Thursday evening at 7:30 in 207 Chapman. Tickets, priced at 30 cents, are on sale ir* Romance language department of-* ficos in Friendly hall. „