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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 14, 1944)
VOLUME XLV NUMBER 101 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, APRIL 14. 1944 Nominations Run According To Schedule FRESHMEN LOOK OVER . . . . records wondering which three tunes will win for the annual Fresh \ Glee Saturday. Above are Russ Monahan, co-chairman, Nancy Samp- i son, publicity, Nadyne Neet, co-chairman, and Leon Williams, president. Melody Mood to Feature Skull and Dagger Tapping Adding to the excitement of the Frosh Glee Saturday night j will be the tapping of seven Skull and Dagger pledges from j members of the freshman class. Tapping at the Glee is a tradi-i tion with the sophomore men’s honorary and this year's mem- j bers plan to uphold the tradition, according to Bob Mueller,■ Junior Queen Selection Set For 7 oday All students on the campus, in cluding air corps and pre-med stu dents, are eligible to vote today for Junior Weekend queen candidates. Polls will be open in the Co-op from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. Civilian students must present their Uni versity registration cards. Of the eight names on the bal lots, voters will mark the five they believe would make the best court to rule over Junior Weekend fes tivities. The coed receiving the most votes will be queen, while the four runners-up will complete the court. In case of a tie, the Jun ior Weekend directorate, which is composed of the top committee chairmen, will decide. (Please turn tn page jour) president. For the first time since the army band left, there will be a band to play on the campus. Leonard Ray and his seven-piece orchestra will I feature the three top tunes chosen by the students, which will be sung by Sue Welch. Ray's crew is made up of civilian men on tiro campus and promises to be one of the best, Russ Monahan, general chair man of the dance, said. All living organizations are asked by Nancy Sampson, pub licity chairman, to remember to vote on their favorite song before Friday afternoon. Each house is to handle its own voting and to be sure to have the names ready to give to a representative who will call for them Friday afternoon. At noon today a poil will be taken or the air corps and pre-med students to determine their favorites. Time for the dance has been changed to S p.m. which is more i convenient for the air corps men, | (Please turn to page tzco) Restless Coupe Goes Exploring Even automobiles are affected by an election year. At least the one owned by Margaret E. Meier. Junction City, seemed to have been. The ear couldn't stand the inactivity of being parked in front of Gerlinger hall on the campus Wednesday while its mistress was inside, became im patient in the pest political tra dition it decided to “take a walk.” The restless coupe rolled out of the circular driveway, wandered down. University street for half a block. Thereupon it felt the urge to explore the realms of nature, did a rounded right turn, and tripped on rubber tiptoes across two lawns, through a hedge, and ended up in com munion with a rather stubborn oak at 1433 University. Police who were summoned to the scene returned the travel weary car to its owner. Rewards of a globe-trotter—two broken headlights and memories to tell generations of new batteries and carburetors. Mothers' Fund Nears $5000 Nearly $2000 lias been raised by the Oregon Mother's association this year. This total is the largest amount collected in the history of that organization. The Mothers' goal for their revolving fund is $10,000; tiie present fund totals nearly $5000, $500 of which was given by the University Mothers in 1944. The University of Oregon branch sponsors three scholarships total ing $500, and an equal amount will be given to worthy students in smaller scholarships of approxi mately $50 to $75 each. Last year the scholarship money was award ed to pre-nursing students. Mrs. Ralph R. Huestis, a member of the state executive board, was enthus iastic about tiie present plan of awarding small scholarships to many people since, she stated, it often made it possible for some (Please turn to page jour) Candidates Tell Need For Student Activity j “Because of her interest in t' Phyllis Horstman, Greek candi president by Sue Sawyer: and in student government," Audr date, was nominated for the sai insop at the ASUO nominatioi Sophs Make Nominations Aside from a discussion on then' financial condition, the sophomore class meeting Thursday night was devoted to the nomination of pre viously-annonuced candidates for junior class offices. For number one position the Greeks nominated \ irginin Wright; and the independents, Esther Grif fiths. Marilyn Holden, Greek, and Charlotte Calder, independent, are candidates for the number two po sition. Miss Wright was vice-president of the freshman class and Sweet heart of Sigma Chi. This year she is a member of Kwama, the rally squad, the Emerald staff, and is sophomore representative on the ASUO council. Among Miss Griffiths’ activities are; general chairman ISA mixer, ! sophomore representative on the i ISA senate, and Student Union | committee, member of Phi Beta, ; music honorary, and vice-presi ; dent of her house. Miss Holden has served as a j member of Kwama, Phi Beta, and chairman of the sophomore dance. Last year she was chairman of (he committee which made the prize winning Homecoming poster for Hendricks hall. Chairman of the love and mar riage series, sophomore represen tative on the ASUO council, vice president of Glides, and Orides representative on the ISA senate (Please turn to pane three) Smoker Committee To Meet Today The committee in charge of the men’s smoker will meet (his afternoon at 4 in Boom 10, journalism building. Asked to be present are Charles Polity., Hoyt Franohere, Harry Skerry, Ed Allen, dim Lund, Bob .Muel ler, Gene Conklin, Boh Hamilton, Norris Yates, and Bill Buell. Greek, iSA Candidates For Two Top ASlfO Positions AUDREY HOLLIDAY, ISA PHYLLIS HORSTMAN, GREEK :, a “JEAN TAYLOR, GREEK ADELE RIGGS, ISA le many phases of student life,” date, was nominated for ASUO ’because of her wide experience ;y Holliday, ISA'backed candi ne position by Marianne Blenk ! assembly Thursday afternoon. | Barbara Younger nominate*) Jean Taylor, unavoidably detained in the infirmary with the chicken pox, as the Greek candidate for the number two spot, and Adilo Higgs, ISA nominee for that posi tion was nominated by Marjoi ie Major Goodwin. Fay Rice nominated Ruth V- n Bus kirk, Greek candidate for to third position. The rest of the nominations we o just as cut and dried with Anno iCiaven and Alysone Hales nomin (Please turn to page three) ; criticism Basis Of Lecture Tonigh Di'. Curt John Ducasse, nation ally-known educator and aesthetic critic will appear at 207 Chapman at S tonight to present the second lecture of tin spring term sen, ", entitled “The Criticism of Art ar t Literature.” Described as “a very able speak er” by Dr. Rudolph Ernst, Univi - sity lecture committee" head, Dr. Ducasse has traveled widely beta in the United States and abroad. He became a personal friend of Dr. Ernst at the University of Wash ington, where he received both 1 \ bachelor of arts and master of ai1 e degrees. The educator was born a ( France, studied there and in Eng land before coming to the United States. He received his doctor s degree in this country, at Harvard university, and is at present a pro fessor of philosophy at Brown uni-, versity, Providence. R.I. In his lecture Dr. Ducasse wd base discussion on "Questions a literary or other c itic should an swer in his consideration of art, literature, or music." The lectuio is open to the public. | Miss Krieg to Take Over Pest of Acting Librarian .VI!ss Clarice Ivneg, cataloguing librarian, has been named acting librarian lor' the remainder of the fiscal year ending June 30, Orlando John Hollis, acting ; iv.-ident of (be University, annoinn ->d Thursday; The appointment , d ject to tho aproval of tho star*' . i i . *1 j. gh er education, fills t: < ..n ancy left by Willis C. Warn;., r. ting libra rian since 1942, \v o has entered the United Stat s r. ...! reserve art a lieutenant (j.g. i e leave oi ab sence from the i uversity. Mr. Warren was gr • . I from tho University of Or e a ..ithi both a bachelor of arts . no master of arts degree, and holds ertificate m librarianship from ;h.« University of California. He 1. . - been on t he University staff frr m 1930 to I9*t.fc and since 1935 .n various capac ities. He left Wi dnesday for naval training school indoctrination at; Tucson, Arizona. Miss Krieg, a graduate of tbei University of Iowa in 1932, re ceived her bachelor of library sci ence and her master of arts fron* the University of Illinois. She cam«| to the campus in . 941.