Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, March 24, 1944, Image 1

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    VOLUME XLV NUMBER S6
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. EUGENE, FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1944
Two More Houses Go All Out
For Red Cross Membership
The 1944 Red Cross membership drive gathered momenturr
yesterday when two more houses added to Tuesday’s four re
ported 100 per cent membership: Alpha Delta Pi with $48.50
and Alpha Omicron Pi, $43.80.
According to co-chairmen Dorothy Rasmussen and Mary K
Minor, nine more houses turned in the results of Wednesday's
v.win.^LlUilO . uauici ifiJ-.UW,
Hillcrest lodge, $20; Birch lodge,
$17.75; Hilyard house, $15; Alpha
Gamma Delta, $15; Casablanca,
$13; Chi Omega, $10; Kappa Alpha
Theta, $10; Highland house, $5.50.
The fact that the competition is
being judged on a percentage basis
was stressed by the chairmen. The
house, no matter how small, whose
members contribute the most
money individually will receive the
first prize cup awarded by the war
board. Second prize of records
totaling $2.50 will go to the next
house, also rated on a percentage
basis.
Dorothy Rasmussen reported
that today is the last day when
the Iiwamas will be stationed at
tables before the Side and in the
Co-op to receive contributions
there. All students not living on
the campus should avail themselves
of their last opportunity to sup
port the campus drive by making
their donations at the Kwama ta
bles today. For the convenience of
men living off the campus a box
has been placed in the YMCA
buildings for their contributions.
Emphasizing again the exten
siveness of the services rendered
by the Red Cross and the import
ance of generous support of this
war fund campaign, the officers of
the campus drive remind the stu
dents that in wartime the Red
Cross must do for the individual
soldier what his own family and
friends would do personally. “The
best way to reach your service
man with your help is through the
Red Cross. Wherever he is, the
Red Cross is at his side and your
contributions will give him the
food, medicine, cigarettes, blood
plasma, and morale building en
tertainment he asks for.”
It is not only the soldiers and
sailors on actual duty that receive
aid from the Red Cross, however.
When disaster strikes on the home
front the 3756 chapters of the or
ganization are ready to assist in
rescue and medical care and pro
vide food, shelter, clothing, and re
habilitation. Last year when scores
of families in Eugene’s neighbor
community. Springfield, were left
homeless and destitute after the
Willamette river flooded their dis
trict, the Red Cross was ready
With blankets, warm food, and med
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JEANNE BRIGGS . . .
. . . will play Cybel in the Great
God Brown, to be presented by
the University theater this term.
MARY ELLEN FOLLAND . . .
. . . will play the other feminine
lead in the Great God Brown, the
part of Margaret.
Postwar Rehabilitation Discussed
By Miss Schrottsky for Assembly
“One of the greatest problems will be the rehabilitation of
the home,” stated Oleda Schrottsky, leader in the national
dramatic department of the Girl Scouts, in her speech at the
AWS assembly yesterday.
Miss Schrottsky discussed problems coeds will have to face
^Gtv and after the war. She cited examples of homes wheie
Public Administration
Fellowship Offered
Dr. F. M. Davenport and Dr.
Henry Reining of the National In
stitute of Public Affairs will be on
the campus March 28 to interview
applicants for their annual fellow
ship, Karl W. Onthank, dean of
personnel, announced Thursday.
The fellowships of the National
Institute of Public Affairs, ap
proximately 40 of which are given
each year, provides for a year’s
internship in public administration
work in Washington, D.C.
Jeff Kitchen, former business
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com parexiLa aic wuimua >u v**
fense industries and the children
are left more or less to shift for
themselves. “We have so little
time today for the little niceties
of life."
Schools, she commented, are un
able to adequately provide a back
ground upon which children could
base their living. The speaker de
scribed a school in Willow Run
which she visited as an example,
There were 900 pupils and onlv
20 teachers. The principle of the
school had assured her that t.hr
influence of the Boy and Girl Seoul
organizations was extremely im
portant. “Today, more than evei
before, we need scout leaders,'
asserted Miss Schrottsky.
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Conklin Fills Post
Gene Conklin, chairman of
j the all-campus Student Union
I committee, was elected by a
majority vote of the ASUO ex
ecutive council Thursday to fill
the junior representative spot
on the council. Conklin fills the
post left vacant when Phyllis
] Horstman was upped to the
' position of secretary of the
council on the graduation of
! Martha Jane Switzer.
Conklin was tapped for Friars,
senior men’s honorary, at the
sophomore Whiskerino. This is his
first year on the campus. In 1941
he attended George Washington
university in Washington, D.C., and
at the same time worked in the
bill clerk’s office in the house of
representatives.
Conklin’s sophomore year was
spent at Eastern Oregon College
of Education where he was busi
GENE CONKLIN
ness manager of the associate*#
students and a member of Theta
Delta Phi, national honorary so
ciety. He has also been active in
junior Chambers of Commerce at
La Grande and Wallowa, Oregon.
The ASUO nominating assembly
date was set for Thursday, Apiil
IS at 1 pan. Elections for ASU*>
and class officers will i*' held o.*
April 18 and installation will be <»«*
April '10.
Petitions Due Saturday
Petitions for the positions ot
Oregana and Emerald business
managers are due Saturday, March
25. They should be turned in at.
the educational activities office by
noon Saturday.
The board will decide on the ap-»
plications April 3.
Petitions for editorship of tho
publications are due April 1.
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Committee Chairmen Chosen
For All-Campus Sing Contest
Committee heads for the All-Campus Sing to .be presented
during Junior Weekend have been announced by Arliss Boone,
1 chairman of the sing.
j Marty Beard, junior in liberal arts, is chairman of ushering
! and seating arrangements for the Sing. Anyone wishing to work
[ with her on this committee should contact her at Alpha Delta
Spring Term Heralds
New YMCA Activities
The University YMCA showed
signs of new life and activity as
the new student advisory cabinet
held its first meeting of the spring
term yesterday morning in the
YMCA committee room.
Presided over by Acting Presi
dent Donald Jeppesen, freshman in
liberal arts, the meeting ran into
a two-hour discussion of “Y” post
war planning, present “Y” condi
tions and various activity projects
to be undertaken. Discussion of
membership enlargement occupied
a notable part of the meeting.
Harry Granger, freshman in lib
eral arts and acting secretary, and
Dick Peters, also freshman in lib
eral arts, were appointed to make
membership plans. Ervin Webb,
freshman in liberal arts, was ap
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Pi house.
Chairman of the men's section
of the program, men’s songs and
those skits to be presented by
either men students or soldiers, is
Rollin Wood. Wood announced to
day that all men wishing to par
ticipate in the Sing, or to appear
in skits, can reach him at Campbell
club.
Among the students who are
working on skits in preparation
for presentation of them during
Junior Weekend are Joan Dolpb,
junior in journalism, Betty Ann
■Stevens, junior in journalism, and
Jean Templeton, sophomore in
drama.
Miss Boone asks that anyone
wishing to work on any commit
tee for the. All-Campus Sing con
tact her at 130“.
Houses which have not turned in
their song titles for the Sing,
should do so at once, as the dead
line is Friday at 5 o'clock, Miss
Boone cautioned.
Marie Rogndahl,Now Finalist,
Wins Audition on Hour of Charm
A finalist among; regional win
ners, Marie Kogndahl will leave
; Sunday for Albany, New York,
where she will sing; on the Hour
j of Charm broadcast of Sunday,
April 2. Finalists were chosen
] from records of the voices of 13
; regional winners in General Elec
tric’s Hour of Charm contest for
i the “Undiscovered Voice of Amer
: ica.” The. recording of Miss Ilogn
dahi’s voice was made when she
j sang at the regional contest in
! Portland last month.
Miss Rogndahl will be accom
panied cast by her chaperon, Miss
; Maude Garnett, an associate pro
j fessor in the music school, and her
mother, Mrs. Inga. Rognciahl of
Portland. Expenses for herself and
her chaperon will be paid by the
sponsors of the contest.
After a sendoff and flowers from
the Eugene chamber of commerce
Friday night at a luncheon at the
Eugene hotel, Miss Rogndahl will
leave Saturday morning for Port
land. At 1 p.m. she will appear at
the Victory center there. Later she
will be a guest at a. luncheon given
by H. Q. Cox, assistant manager
| of KGW.
Saturday night tlic blonde so
prano will take part in a broadcast,
previewing the Four Freedoms,
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Trap Laid for Writer
Bowing (o the inevitable, the>
Emerald is sending out a call
for sports writers with an eye to
finding an assistant sports edi
tor. Anyone interested should
write a sports column, something
on the order of Duck Tracks,
concerning either men’s or w om
en's sports or both and turn it
in to the Emerald news editor.
South of Border
Picture Scheduled
Adventure of an American busi
nessman "south of the border'
will provide laughs and action at.
the scheduled presentation of "Do
New York a Huipanguillo," a Mex
ican-produced film to be shown at
the Mayflower theater Tuesday,
March 2S. Announced by Mrs.
Ethel B. Nichols as "a recent filir*
hit in Mexico,” the picture has also
been shown with success in parte*
of the United States.
Third Mexican production to ap
pear within recent months, “Hin
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Negotiation of Army
Contract Completed
Negotiations for the settlement
of last term’s army contract wilt*
the University of Oiegon wero
completed yesterday, according' to
Dr. Will V. Norris, academic direc
tor of the soldier program.
Lieutenant Colonel Irwin Claw
son, field artillery from Fort Doug
las represented the army in tbo
negotiations, aided by Major W. S.
Averill, commandant of the ASTP.
Representing the University
were J. O. Lindstrom, business#
manager; Dr. Earl M. Pallett, ex
ecutive secretary and registrar;
H. A, Bork, comptroller and acting
budget officer; Paul Waldren, busi
ness manager of Oregon State col
lege; Dr. C. D. Byrne, secretary cl
the state board of higher educa
tion, and Dr. Norris. Others wei»
called in during the negotiation?#
to represent special phases of tin#
contract.
Messing, housing, instruction,
medical aid, and physical education?
expenses concerned the remainder
of the settlement.