VOLUME XLV NUMBER 113
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1944
Many Moms, Dads Expected
To Attend Junior Festivities
Scheduled for May 5, 6, 7
A large number of Oregon Moms and Dads have responded
affirmatively to the invitations of their coed daughters and
joe college sons to visit the campus this weekend, according to
Gloria Malloy, mother’s chairman. She reminded students that
last-minute invitations should be mailed early this week so
that the visitors may arrive in time for the events beginning
x’ i may .
“We feel sure that your parents
will enjoy coming to the Univer
sity and we have planned a mem
<1>rable weekend especially for
them,” Miss Malloy maintained,
“so be sure to write or phone your
Mom and Dad today if you have
not already done so.”
The committee urges all living
organizations to cooperate in ex
tending the welcome to the visitors
by displaying large "Hello Mom”
signs in front of the houses. This
year the customary practice of
awarding a prize to the house with
the best sign is being canceled due
to the war, but it is hoped that the
usual enthusiasm will be carried
on without the incentive of com
petition.
The following program, espe
cially for the mothers, is to be
held in conjunction with Junior
.Weekend events:
Registration
Headquarters- first floor of
Johnson hall. Uriday registration
is from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday late
comers may register from 9:30
a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Friday, May 5
2:30 p.m. — Mothers executive
board meets in the men’s lounge in
Gerlinger hall.
6—Dinner with sons and daugh
ters in the student living organ
izations.
Saturday, May 6
^ 10:00 a.m. — Annual business
meeting of the Oregon Mothers.
Guild theater in Johnson hall.
12:00 noon—Luncheon with sons
and daughters in the living organ
izations.
3:00 to 5:00 — Tea for Oregon
Mothers. Sponsored by the associ
ated women students, Young Wom
en’s Christian association, Eugene
Mothers club. In Alumni hall, Ger
linger.
9:00 — All mothers who would
like to watch the Junior Prom at
McArthur court will find a section
reserved for them in the balcony
and punch will be served there.
Sunday, May 7
■£:30 a.m. — Meeting of Oregon
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Chi Omega Hours
Top Week’s Work
With the spring sunshine keep
ing many would-be Red Cros3
workers away from Gerlinger last
week, the total hours of bandage
rolling reported was not up to par,
but Chi Omega turned out for
28 y2 hours of work and wins top
rating for them. Alpha Omicron
Pi, three times first place winner,
%fcame in second with 18 hours while
Alpha Delta Pi with 15 *4 hours
and Gamma Phi Beta, 14’t, were
almost tied for third place honors.
This week’s schedule, released
by Dorothy Rasmussen of the Red
Cross board: Tuesday, Kappa Kap
pa Gamma and Laurel lodge;
Thursday, Lombardy lodge and Pi
Beta Phi; Saturday, Rebec house
and Sigma Kappa.
Carol Wicke, Red Cross chair
man, reminded coeds that despite
suntan weather here, the armed
forces have not stopped fighting
and men are still in need of surg
ical dressings. With the forthcom
ing invasion and new assaults on
all fronts, all girls are urged to
respond to the Red Cross call for
.Workers,
"0" to Paddle
Rule Breakers
All this week traditions annually
a part of Junior Weekend will be
enforced, with vigor, by members
of the Order of the “O.” Herb
Hoffman, president of the group,
announced Monday that those who
have not been careful in following
Junior Weekend traditions will be
penalized for failing to obey the
rules.
No rooters lids are necessary for
freshman men because they are al
most impossible to buy. Class
pants, however, are to be strictly
enforced and offenders will be
hacked at 4 on the steps of Fenton.
Class pants are as follows: fresh
men, jeans, tin pants, and denims;
sophomores, jeans and moleskins;
jpperclassmen, cords. All boys
tvho are not upperclassmen and
who are caught wearing cords will
be severely dealt with, Hoffman
said.
Freshman girls must wear green
ribbons all week, Sally Spiess,
diairman of traditions, reminded
the coeds. Girls who “don't obey
tlie rules” will be thoroughly
lunked at the campus picnic Sat
jrday. It was announced that a
lumber of girls’ names went down
m the Order of the “O” list Mon
lay for failing to wear ribbons.
In addition to these rules, no
smoking or walking on the lawn
s allowed on the old campus and
this rule applies to both upper and
ower classmen. All students on
3ello walk, Villard hall to Fenton
rail, are required to speak to any
one they meet.
Early warning has been sent out
to remind girls that they are not
to talk to fellow's during the cam
pus picnic and that white shoes
mist not be worn to that function.
Culprits will be punished by dunk
ng.
Weekend Heads to Meet
The heads of all committees for
Mothers' Weekend and the Junior
Weekend directorate are requested
to be present at a general direc
torate meeting at 4 this afternoon
in the dean of women’s office.
Busy Weekend Ahead
For Students, Visitors
A full program awaits students and visitors to
the campus this weekend, when the junior class,
under the co-chairmanship of Anne Craven and
Edith Newton, presents the 1944 Junior Weekend,
“Mother Goose Goes to War.’’ Almost every hour
of the three days, Friday through Sunday, is filled
with entertainment.
The program begins Friday afternoon at 1, when'
a chemistry exhibit will be on display in McClure
hall. The exhibit will be available to the public
until 3. From 3 to 5 Friday in Gerlinger pool, “The
Story of a Lifeguardess’’ will be presented by Am
phibians, women’s swimming honorary.
From 8 o'clock until 10 Friday night comes the
All-Campus Sing. Competition between the 19 con
testing houses will be keen, for long hours of care
ful practice has been done. Marie Rogndahl, Ore
gons Hour of Charm district winner, will sing, and
skits will be presented by various members of the
student body. The name of the winning house will
be engraved on the All-Campus Sing cup.
Saturday’s program begins at 3 o'clock with a
dance on the library terrace. The day of fun then
goes into the campus picnic, which has hern time<f
from 5 to 7 so that army students may enjoy
fun. Queen Anita and her court will be formally
presented to their subjects and crowned at the pic«
nic. Mortar Board, senior women’s honorary, will
tap its new members, as will Askiepiads, menu*
medical fraternity, and Friars, senior men's hosiu
orary.
The crowning point of the weekend the tra-«
ditional Junior Prom—follows the picnic. It is sehedU
tiled to run front 9 until 12, Saturday night, at the
Igloo. Tickets per couple are SI.50, plus tax. A.
special section of seats in the balcony will be resi
served for parents on the campus for the weekend.
Sunday afternoon will see the close of Junior*
Weekend, with the presentation of the musical pro
gram, Sunlight Serenade, in the bowl to the rear*
of the music school. The serenade begins at 3 ami
will be concluded at 4:30.
With a full program, and an entertaining one, tho
co-chairmen promise that Junior Weekend this year,
in spite of wartime difficulties and the shortage oK
manpower, will be exciting-, and in keeping vviti%
the traditions of former peaceful years.
Five Coeds
Enter Race
Five' senior women have an
nounced their intention to compete
for the annual Failing-Beekman
Jewett oratorical contest to be held
May 27, Mr. W. A. Dahlberg, di
rector of the speech and dramatic
arts division, announced Monday.
The five include Nancy Ames,
1943-44 student body president;
Thelma Nelson, education major;
Edith Onthank, architecture and
allied arts; Helen Johnson, 1943-44
editor of the Oregana; and Joanne
Nichols, associate editor of the
Emerald.
Final manuscripts are to be sub
mitted not later than May 15, and
the contest is not yet closed. The
orations must be at least 15 min
utes in length.
Prizes in the contest amount to
$300. The first prize, or Failing
award, will be $150, the second, or
Beekman award, is for $100, and
the third, or Jewett award, is
for $50.
Oreganas to Make Campus
Debut Wednesday in Igloo
Distributed early this year, Oreganas will be handed out from
10 to 5 Wednesday and Thursday in the south end of McArthur
court (dressing rooms for visiting artists). In order to get:
their copy, students should bring some identification with
them, Edith Newton, 1943-44 business manager, said Monday.
New members of Phi Theta Upsilon, junior women’s service
Prim e Minister
Search Con tin ues
The court of Junior Weekend is
still lacking a prime minister. So
again the call goes out for repre
sentatives of the air corps flights,
the pre-med students, Campbell
co-op, and Stciwer hall to he, at
the men’s lounge of Gerlinger hall
at 5 p.m. Tuesday.
Men who have already appeared
before the judges need not be pres
ent.
Queen Anita and her court will
serve as judges in the choice of
finalists. They will pick the five
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Marine Herof Oregon Grad[ Cited
CITED FOR MERITORIOUS CONDUCT . . .
. . . Marine Private First Class Earle W. Curtis, Oregon alumnus, is
shown above as he received a letter of commendation from Lieutenant
Colonel Max Cox, USMC, commanding the training regiment at the
marine corps base, San Diego.
Marine Private First Class Earle
Watt Curtis, who was graduated
from the University in 1940, has
been awarded a letter and ribbon
of coprmendation for his heroic ef
forts during what the United
State marine corps descripes as
"one night of hell on Tarawa."
A field telephone man, Private
First Class Curtis was cited by
Rear Admiral Chester W. Nim
itz, USN, as follows:
"For meritorious conduct during
action against enemy Japanese
forces in Tarawa, Gilbert islands,
November 22, 1943. While serving
as a lineman witlf an assault com
pany on the night of 22 November,
he kept the- communication lines in
repairs throughout the night and
by doing so enabled his battalion
commander to more thoroughly di
rect and coordinate the defense ac
tion of the company to which he
was attached with the supporting
weapons and personnel available.
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Honorary, wiu cusuiDute ure year
book.
There are a few books left and
anyone who has not bought ora
yet and wishes a copy should gi>
to the educational activities office
in McArthur court. The Oregara
will be mailed to those students*
who have purchased one but am
no longer in school.
Miss Newton, who will edit Cba
1944-45 book, and Marge Cowlin,
new business manager, announce
the following appointments: On*
the editorial staff, Betty Town,
former assistant managing editor,
managing editor in charge of ar
ranging pictures; Betty Lu Sieg
man, former co-chairman of tbo
schools edition, associate editor h\
charge of writing copy; Nancy;
Brownell, associate editor thi:j
year, associate editor in charge of?
mounting pictures; and Dorothy,
Rasmussen, executive secretary.
Miss Rasmussen served as Mis*
Newton’s executive secretary this*
J'ear in the business office.
On the business side, Annanuvf*
Winship is the new advertising'
manager. She served on the ad
vertising staff this year. Lew
Weber, who served on the layout
and advertising staffs, will be lay
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Theta Sigma Phis Plot
To Overthrow Emerald
Rumors have it that Wednesday
morning’s Emerald will not “be thq
same.” It seems that tnt,n)bers of
Theta Sigma Phi, national wom
en's journalism honorary, have dc-«
eided to take things in hand! antf
put out an extra special editioni vt
the Oregon Daily Emerald. Editor*
in-ehief will be Jean Wallace, sen-*
ior in journalism. She refused tot
divulge any hints as to style oit
plans for the paper. .