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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 6, 1944)
VOLUME XLV NUMBER 95 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY. APRIL 6. 1944 Amphibian Show Set For Junior Weekend Plans have been under way several weeks now for the Am phibian swimming program, to begin the Junior Weekend festivities Friday, May 5, from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Gerlinger pool. ....“The enthusiasm and hard work shown by the Amphibians the past few weeks promises an entertaining evening for both Amphibian members and their guests,” remarked Dorotha E. .iuwi c, lucuutLUi ill puyMUcli tJU' l cation and adviser to the group. This decision was reached last night at a business meeting where 23 active members held formal ini tiation for six pledges, presenting SfeWn with the official “A” pin and a corsage. The Amphibian swimming pro gram is under the direction of co ordinating chairmen Doris Trask, practice groups; Pat Ferguson, art and property groups; and Char leen Browne, work and planning groups. Activity program committee for guests includes: Bobbie Edwards, chairman, Jean Sutherland, Jeanne Fitzgerald, Allison Hales, and Rosemary Alber. Wanda Lu Payne, chairman, and Bette Hinds are in charge of refreshments. Handling Ushering will be June Roger.', chairman, Milo Woodward, and -‘S'fa Anderson. Betty Bush is chairman of the properties com mittee, assisted by Janece Thomp son. In charge of programs is Mary Lu Welsh, with Marie Morgan and Maurine Straub as aides. Publicity (Please turn to f'agc four) Willis C. Warren Sworn into Navy Acting Librarian Willis C. War ren will leave Wednesday, April 12, for the University of Arizona at Tuscon to attend navy officer indoctrination school. Mr. Warren was sworn in as a lieutenant, jun ior grade, in Portland on March 13. He does not know yet exactly what his work as a deck officer will be. His successor at the library has not been officially named; that an nouncement will come next week. Mr. Warren has been acting li brarian since August. 1942. Before that time, 1930 to 1934, and since 1935, he has served in various ca pacities on the campus. He re ceived his B.A. degree from the University in 1930, and his M.A. in 1934. In 1935 he received his certificate of librarianship from the University of California. His family will remain in Eu gene. Scholarships, Grants-in-Aid Available for War Workers Opportunities for professional training with expenses paid or with partial financial assistance through scholarships and grants ■jfctiid are being- offered in many essential war time occupations, according to a letter published by the Western Personnel service re ceived by the personnel depart ment. Federal funds are available through the U. S. Cadet Nurse corps for girls desiring to start or complete their training for profes sional nursing or for those who wish to take post-graduate study in special nursing fields. Under this program young women, 17 to 35, may receive their tuition, fees, maintenance, and uniforms, plus monthly allowances from $15 to $30 according to length of train ing time. In return for this training, mem bers of the corps agree to remain in nursing for the duration of the war. A list of 1,300 accredited schools of nursing through which application may be made is avail able from the National Nursing Council for War Service, 1790 Broadway, New York City. The American Red Cross offers two scholarship programs to grad uate students. The first scholarship is for second year graduate social work students interested in spe cializing in psychiatric or medical social work and willing to accept after nine months of graduate training, positions with the Red (Please turn to page four) Greeks> independents Wait For Nominations By ANNE CRAVEN Independent and Greek leaders have adopted a policy of watchful waiting after bombshelling the campus with news of selection of candidates over a week ago, and almost three weeks before the date of nominations. Greek leaders met earlier than usual "to get the nominations over with’’ and then sat back waiting for the ISA list, only to be jolted out of their __,__ Men to Assemble An assembly 01 all men stu dents of the University will be held at 5 p.m. today at Steiner hall, at which time certain mat ters of especial interest to the male portion of the student body will be discussed. It is urged that as many men as possible attend I this meeting. Odeon Rehearsal Set for Saturday All contributors to Odeon, all readers, prospective readers, per formers, and committee members, are asked to attend a rehearsal of the whole program in the music auditorium at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 8. The actual performance will take place that evening at S and will consist of a. program of original short stories, poems, essays, dance performances, and musical com positions which will last between an hour and'a half and two hours, after which the audience will ad journ to Gerlinger to witness the art exhibits. j Refreshments will be served at | Gerlinger by Phi Theta Upsilon, ! junior women's service honorary. Courtesy Kegister-Ciuard ODEON PLANNERS . . . . . . are busy organizing the annual creative arts show to be held April 8. From left to right, Eleanor DeYoung, Freda Dahlin, Jim Bartell, Nancy Scott, Edith Onthank, Claudine Biggs, and General Chair man Norris Yates. seats a few days later with the announcement that Audrey Holli day, a member of the Greek bloc, had chosen to run without back ing. Following Ibis, ISA members got on the band wagon by choos ing their nominees, and failing to find someone to run for number one spot, announced that the inde pendents would endorse Holliday. Now both sides, with nothing else to do, are just marking time until the nomination assembly, to be held April 13. All declarations of intention to run and certificates of eligibility must be turned in to Nancy Ames, ASUO president,'or the educational activities office in McArthur court before midnight, Monday. Last year, the ASUO and class nominations were made at separate places and times but this year’s policy has not been announced yet. Ten of the 28 houses on the cam pus are not represented among the list of candidates, yvhile Kappa Kappa Gamma, Highland house, and Orides are the only houses that have more than one person up for office, so far. The lineups arc as follows: ASUO president, (Please turn to f’ae/c four) Rebec Improves After Operation Dr. George Rebec, professor emeritus of philosophy, is improv ing and getting stronger after an operation due to phlebitis, Mrs. Clara L. Fitch, secretary of the graduate division, learned this week. Her information came from Dr. John F. Bovard, a good friend of Dr. Rebec, and former dean of the school of education here. Dr. Bovard is now on the faculty of UCLA, and has been able to see the retired University man ev ery day at the White Memorial hospital in Los Angeles. "He has amazing ability to take it, considering his age and previous (Please turn to page four) Red Cross Dressing Room Moved Again The Red Cross surgical dressing room, which has been moved to what was formerly the soldiers’ lccreation room on the third floor of Gerlinger across the hall from the old room, will be open again on Saturday from 9 to 12. Carol Wicke, hea,d of the Red Cross, urged all coeds on the campus to make that date their response to the call for service. Miss Wicke also announced that the executive committee of the newly-organized campus unit will meet tonight, 6:30, in the new Red Cross room. Assembly at 4 Features War Experiences Author, foreign correspondent, teacher, Mrs. Lise Lindbaetr, speaker at today's assembly, ha** been a foreign correspondent sinc e, she was t!) years old. Her talk wit! consist mainly of her experience.*! in covering world-wide events sue A as the burning of the Reichstag, league of Nation conventions, anrl tile fall of Paris. The assembly "ill be held at 4 this afternoon in 205 Chapman. A native of Norway, Mrs. Lind back came to the University to teach Norwegian to foreign area and language students. She has written several books on Norway and is now working on one describ ing tire life and work of Nor wegians in this country, especially in war work. Members of Theta Sigma Phi, women’s national journalism hon orary, are sponsoring the assem bly. Penny Nichols, president of the group, stressed tl'at this is an all-campus assembly, and not nec essarily just for journalism stu dents. Religion Group Chooses Head Maureen Conklin, sophomore m arehiteeture unit allied arts, w;w elected president of the University student religious council at their last meeting. Lois Clause, junior in Knglish, was chosen vice-presi dent, which puts her in charge of the University vesper services held monthly. Other officers elected for thin campus-wide coordinating council for religious activities are treas urer, Lucille R. Bryant, junior in business administration, and .secre tary, Betty Lou Cramer, ^pnior in liberal arts. Retiring officers are Eleanor L. Scott, president, Bctty-Jean Tay lor, secretary, and Alyce M. Pep ion, treasurer. Their work during the past year had included tho sponsorship and promotion of tho University vesper choir under tho direction of Helen Luvaas and tho vesper services. They have also promoted the World Student Ser vice fund and other inter-faith co~> operative enterprises. Arrangement and promotion t.f the annual Easter sunrise servicer is another activity in which tho council takes part. The servtro this year will he held in McArthur court at 6:45 Sunday. Names for Princesses Due Tomorrow Noon Names of alt candidates for Junior Weekend princesses must he turned in to Carol Wicke at the Alpha Delta Pi house by noon Friday. Girls must be mem bers of the junior class and have a GPA of ‘LOO to be eligible for candidacy.