'Bunion Derby'
Is Another Veteran
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VOLUME XLVI
Will You Be
'Miss Oregon'?
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NUMBER .13
REPUBLICANS FOR OREGON
The cabinet members of the Young; Republicans' club are the group in
charge of the parade to welcome Bricker and to promote the revival
of Oregon spirit on the campus. Front row, left to right: Harry Skerry,
chairman; Jean Taylor, Barbara Pearson, Bob Smith. Back row:
Marguerite YVittwer, Barbara Younger, Lois McConkey.
Parade to Welcome Bricker
Features Torches, Rallyists
By MARGUERITE WITTWER
Torches, the rally squad, signs,
cars of excited coeds, the whole
campus breaking out in an epi
demic of Oregon rah rah—all this
is on tap for the rally parade to
welcome Gov. John W. Bricker,
vice-presidential candidate, Thurs
day.
Wednesday or Thursday noon
the rally squad, led by Joann Hoi
sted, will announce the parade at
ea'cli house on the campus and dis
tribute posters. Thursday at 6:45
Bricker’s train is scheduled to ar
rive from Portland. All students
on the campus, after an early din
ner through the cooperation of the
housemothers, will go with their
living organizations and meet in a
mob rally at the Southern Pacific
depot at 6:30. Torches and signs
are to be distributed at the station.
After the train arrives, the par
ade will form at the bottom of
Willamette street, led by the rally
squad, the Springfield band, and
including as many cars as may be
secured. The parade will proceed
up Willamette street and collect
townspeople and high school stu
dents along the way from the sta
tion to McArthur court where
Bricker will speak. Campus clothes
will be worn.
“Bricker is a nationally promi
nent man,” Harry Skerry, chair
man, told representatives of cam
pus living organizations at the
meeting yesterday, “and it is quite
an honor to have him a guest of
the campus,” he . continued.
“Whether we are Republicans or
Democrats, we should turn out to
put this thing over. There will be
representatives from the national
press associations present and pho
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Registration Closed
400 Men Join ASUO
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Freshman Lament
Best you wear your tin pants, lad,
As the freshmen did of old,
Or you’ll find your case is sad,
And the millrace rather cold.
—D.F.S.
Candles to Light
Way at YW Event
A candlelight processional will
welcome the nearly 600 new mem
bers of the YWCA Wednesday, ac
cording to Virginia Beattie, in
charge of the occasion.
All old and new members of the
“YW” are requested to meet be
hind the Oriental Art museum on
the side nearest Susan Campbell
hall. The induction ceremony will
take place there, details being
withheld until following the event.
After the ceremony the YWCA
cabinet will invite all the girls to
gather around the open fireplace
in the “YW” bungalow for hot
chocolate and an informal bull ses
sion. The fireside meeting, speci
fied Miss Beattie, will not be held 1
in the spirit of a business meeting
or final diseusson of “Y” plans,!
bar will simply be an opportunity
for the new members to meet each
other and talk personally to mem
bers of the cabinet.
Students and professors can now
heave a sigh of relief and settle
back into the quiet, peaceful rou
tine of regular classes at regular
hours, ror registration is officially
over. No more delayed or missing
cards or additions to already over
flowing classrooms—but they wen t
be missed, according to registra
tion-weary instructors.
Official figures lis: 400 men.
For the 194calendar year
the registrar’s office reports a ten
per cent increase in the : umber of I
students over last year, / with a
total of 1899 students to last year’s '
1720. This year the University has
2i> army trainees, while last year
there were 950.
Leading again this year in the
classses are the freshnAen with
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Program Plans
Need Approval
Plans for an all-campus show,
whether it he as a part of the
Junior Weekend program or not,
must he submitted and approved
hy the educational activities board
before their November meeting,
Horace W. Robinson, acting direc
tor said Monday.
This is in order that the expense
budget and detailed plans for man
agement, casting and other details
may be investigated and fully
worked out.
Senior Petitions
Must Be Submitted
By Thursday Noon
The position of senior repre
sentative on the executive coun
cil is open, and petitions for the
office must be turned in to Jean
Taylor at Alpha Phi before
Thursday noon.
Applicants must have senior
standing, and should have some
experience, in student affairs, al
though such experience is not
mandatory. The position has
been left open by the resignation
of Anne Craven, who has taken
over the editorship of The Em
erald.
Mortar Board
Conjures Fun
For Halloween
The first all-campus party of
the year was announced Monday
night when Gerd Hansen, president
of Mortar Board, revealed that the
senior women's honorary is mak
ing plans to entertain with a Hal
lowe'en party October 27.
Present plans call for a combined
carnival and dance probably to be
given in Gerlinger hall. Every liv
ing organization will have a chance
to present talent or put up a booth
or side show at the event which
couples will be admitted.
Miss Hansen has requested that
each house elect a chairman to
represent the organization, and the
names of these people will be called
for next Monday noon.
Booths are expected to bring
forth fortune tellers, dart games,
nail driving contests, beauty par
lors, and sideshows, while dancing
'"'U occupy the center of the floor.
Honoraries will sell candied ap
ples, cider and doughnuts.
A snowball rally with the rally
squad in charge is being planned to
deliver guests to the party which
will be a no-date affair, but
couples will be admitter.
At present no chairmen have
been announced for the event.
"Igloo” Secured
For Candidates’
Talk Wednesday
The non-partisan forum of U. S.
senate candidates, sponsored by
the Lane County League of Women
Voters, will be held in McArthur
court at 8 Wednesday night in
stead of in 207 Chapman as orig
inally planned. The change was re
quested by several groups of stu
dents because of high campus in
terest in the event.
Wayne L. Morse, Republican, and
Edgar Smith, Democrat, candidates
for the six-year senate term, and
Willis Mahoney, Democratic nom
inee for the four-year term, will
each discuss for twenty minutes
the questions presented to them by
the league. Guy Cordon, Republi
next with 599; then seniors with
161, and juniors last with 119.
902 for a total; sophomores are
can candidate for the four-year
term, will not be present but has
arranged for his answers to. be
read.
The campus Young Democrats
and Young Republicans clubs have
both assisted the League of Wom
en Voters in arranging for anu pro
moting the event.
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Noble Will Discuss
Pacific Situation
In Student Interview
Dr. Harold J. Noble, professor of
history, who has returned to the
campus as a major in the United
State marine corps after an ab
sence of two years, will be inter
viewed over KOAC at 8:15 tonight
by Jean Taylor and Barbara
Younger, members of the senior
class in editing in the school of
journalism.
Dr. Noble’s interview, on the
subject of the situation in the Pa
cific, is the first of a series of
broadcasts put on by the school of
journalism under the direction of
George Turnbull, acting dean, and
Dr. Kenneth S. Wood, instructor
in the radio division of the Eng
lish department.
The new series of programs will
be launched tonight at 7:30 with
the campus recital given by stu
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Title Entrants
Must Submit
Names Soon
Lane county’s candidate for
Miss Oregon of 1944 may come
from the ranks of the University
coeds. The Eugene Chamber of
Commerce has announced that con
testants must be between the ages
of 18 and 26, possess some talent
along musical or dramatic lines,
and be a resident of the county at
the present time. Each living or
ganization must elect their en
trants and turn in their names,
and photos if available, to The Em
erald office by noon on Thursday,
October 12. More than one con
testant may be entered by any
house.
Final elimination will be held
at the McDonald theater from Oc
tober 14 to 17. The winner will
later appear at a rally in Portland
where Miss Oregon will be selected.
The candidate who becomes Miss
Lane County is assured of many
interesting times at various state
functions and affairs.
Derby Goers
Will Cavort
After a year’s leave of absence,
Oregon famed Bunion Derby will
stage a comeback "to spite the
war and man difficulty.” With all
the pomp and spirit of forme?'
years, the Derby is planned for
either the latter part of this week
or Wednesday evening of next. As
before the traditional travel dance
will be sponsored by the ASUO and
is subject to activities committee
approval.
For enlightenment of the cam
pus newies, the Bunion Derby was,
up to last year, an annual all-cam
pus dance. Each coed house or
ganization holds a dance in the
various houses to which the men
of Oregon go, stay, dance, and go
again much on the order of Wed
nesday night mixers of last year.
“College Joe's Banknight,” is the
title which has been discussed for j
this year’s affair among certain j
circles.
Oreganc Pix
Oregana pictures scheduled
for today are Delta Gamma and
University house. Students in
these houses may go anytime
during the day to the Kennell
Ellis studio.
Hoopsters
Open Season
Tomorrow
Basketball at Oregon, with ova
returning veteran, gets its initial
sendoff Wednesday afternoon with
a hoop squad meeting schedul. d
for 4 o'clock in Room 101, physic .ij
education building.
As yet, basketball is the only
varsity sport that the University
is scheduled to sponsor, and a large
crew of boys are expected to defi
nitely show their interest in the
casaba sport. All men students arc
urged to attend and participate u
there is a large and open field pi e
senting itself to hopeful conte.'- -
ants. A large turnout is desired. -\3
the school faces'a tough conferem e
schedule, Coach John Warren ) c
vcaled.
The basketball program will .get
underway with a league of piny
among the varsity enthusiasts.
Those boys competing for team po
sitions will be divided into tean n
and a conference slate will be run
off among the various squads.
ISA Senate Plans
Meeting Tonight
The ISA senate will meet >f.
?:30 tonight in room 4 or 5 Com
merce. The meeting- will he op. n
:o .ill independent student*. Thou©
not affiliated with living organic.
tions arc especially urged to at
tend by Senate President Gene
Conklin.
The ISA executive cabinet which
set the date for the year’s first
senate session at a special meet
ing Saturday morning, also decid. d
to keep the ISA office open fr. ,n
S to 4 p.m., Monday through Fri
day. Independents with social, po
litical, or activity problems are in
vited to come to the office for con
sultation during these hours.
Familiar Faces
Seen on Campus
Several uniformed figures, I'ai >
iliar on the campus last year, we. ft
seen again this weekend. From the
ASTP unit here last fall and wio
ter term were Tye Simpson,
Charles Rydell, and Karl Shirley.
These three returned Monday to
the air base at Walla Walla, Wash
ington.
Jim Dixon, Elwin Lindsey, ar d
Max Smith who spent the year
here as air corps pre-meteorology
trainees, were here for the wee -
end from the air base at Boise,
Idaho.
Another former ASTP man, Jot i
Cloudfoot, now a corporal, was a
visitor from the air base at Eu
phrata, Washington,