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
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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
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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
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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,
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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. „