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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 18, 1944)
VOLUME XLVI NUMBER 19 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY. OCT.'18, L944 J Grimm; Veteran, Wins Exec Council Position; ASUO Budget $1300 The ASUO executive council by a vote of 6-3 Tuesday night appointed Joe Grimm, returned veteran, to the position of senior representative to the council. Grimm’s selection was aimed at better assimilation of the veterans on the campus. He is proctor at the dormitory in the Kappa Sigma house. Other candidates for the nosition werp Bob Schott, Paul Lum, and Blanche Cook. A budget of $150 was voted to the campus war board for the year’s activities. Audrey Holliday, ASUO presi dent, announced that ASUO funds totaled S1393.20, the receipts from the card drive and other miscel laneous items. An exchange assembly and com petition war bond drive with Ore gon State college was discussed and plans were begun. Drama Groups Offer Students Play Markets New opportunities are open this year to students wishing to try their hand at playwriting, accord ing to Mrs. Alice H. Ernst, asso ciate professor of English. For some years an interchange between acting and writing classes of the University has provided a chance for tryout of acceptable work by fellow student actors. Fol lowing in this tradition, a call has again been issued by Horace Rob inson, assistant professor of drama, for character sketches, musical comedy skits and other manu scripts suited for use in such classes as the technique of acting, Mrs. Ernst said. New to the campus this year is the invitation extended to mem bers of the playwriting class by the Portland Civic theater. The or ganization requests plays for child ren, either full length or one act, and suitable for use in their Child ren’s theater. In addition to pro duction, the usual royalty rates are offered for plays selected. A contest for one-act plays is also offered this year by the Eu gene Very Little theater, Mrs. Ernst said. It is designed to co ordinate with the campus play i wijting class, although it is also | open to any resident of Lane ; county. Further details will be an i nounced later. YWCA! Introduces 'Activator’ Group To Organization Newly-appointed officers of the YWCA-Activators will be intro duced tonight at 7:30 at a meeting of the freshman and sophomore women in the YWCA bungalow, it was announced yesterday by Char ley Davidson, president of the group. These officers are: Lodell Lamson, vice-president; Martha Bucknell, secretary, and June Rogers, treasurer. The Y-Activators, formerly two separate organizations known as the freshman and sophomore com missions, will be presented to Miss Helen Flack, national adviser for city groups. Then Miss Flack will speak to the girls on: “An Overall Picture of the Y.” Miss Flack will be entertained at dessert preceding the meeting by the upper class YWCA cabinet. Mrs. Davidson pointed out that, cqj|#rary to last year's system of representation by a limited num ber from the houses, all freshman and sophomore women are urged to attend in person. Luncheon Series at Side Scheduled for Educator Members of the University fac ulty are arranging a series :.{ luncheons honoring Dr. J. C. Mer riam, formerly president for 20 years of the Carnegie institute, ac cording to Dr. Quirinus Breen, pro fessor of social, science. The first of the series of lunch eons will be held .this Thursday at the College Side inn dining room. The speaker on this occasion is Mr. J. C. Sullivan, professor of philos ophy, whose subject will be “The Behemoth.” It is anticipated that the mem bership of the groups attending will vary with succeeding lunch eons. Men Disclose Secret; Smoker Set Tonight With the announcement of the fact that the BINFSAOMUO mass meeting set for tonight at 8 is to be a men’s smoker in McArthur court sponsored by all male stu dents on the campus, the purpose of the organization stood revealed last night. Four evenly-matched bouts, a wrestling match, and a variety of other entertainment have been lined up, it was disclosed. Skits, music, and individual stunts will form a large part of the program. Eats and cigarettes will be on sale during the whole show, with Skull and Dagger, sophomore men’s hon orary, taking charge of the vend ing. The fights will be highlighted by the main event, an encounter be tween Bob Caviness, rugged 185 pounder from McMinnville, and Bob Runyan, 188-pound eastern Oregon mittman. Both men are re puted to be right handy with the gloves, and stiff punchers, so the bout is certain to be a lively one, whatever the outcome. Enough sluggers are present in the sup porting card to make the prob ability of several KO's a likely one. The remaining bouts ar»: Ray Morrison, 153, Portland (indepen dent), vs. Dick Stonebreaker, 151, Waldport (Robinson’s); Hal Taid, 170, Marshfield (unaffiliated), vs. Bert Bowman, 168, Portland (Al der lodge); and Dan Talgham, it,', Portland (Alder lodge), vs. S-rl Ainsworth, 15S, Grants Pass (Kap pa Sigma). The wrestling match will pit Kenneth Geiger, 188, Eugene (St> i wer hall), against Steve Dipp* I 1S5, Medford (unaffiliated). An admission charge of 20 cenlo will be made. The money will bo used to pay for the use of Mc Arthur court and the necessary] equipment. The meaning of the letters BIN* FSAOMUO will be revealed som-x time during the evening, it waa learned. It is once'again emphasized that the smoker is for men only. Commando, Major Ashton, Will Bring 'D-Day to Assembly The record of Major Frank Peter Ashton, 27, who will speak at 11 a.m. Thursday at McArthur court to students of the University, includes action as a commando in Algiers, a landing at Sicily, and a position as adviser to Lord Mountbatten in Southeast Asia. He will speak on “D-Day and After with the Library Displays Philippine, South Pacific Articles A collection of articles featuring the South Pacific area and the Philippine islands is now on dis play until November 1 in the cir culation department of the library. The display points out books avail able to students, by illustrating sections of the books. Two cases contain items of the South Pacific, and the other two feature the Philippine islands. In the South Pacific section are many interesting items such as tapa cloth, seed and shell necklaces, war clubs and a grass skirt. These items were loaned for this display by people outside of the Univer sity. One interesting item is a shell necklace made of small sea shells picked up on the beaches of Guad alcanal and donated by Milan Boni face of the Seabees. In the Philippine display are ar ticles loaned by Dr. W. D. Smith of the museum of natural history from his memorial collection to his wife. This display features such articles as swords, native shoes, and baskets. The next exhibit will consist of articles from Alaska and will be esembled by Miss Randall, chair man of the display cases, after November 1. Hopkins to Present Recital October 24 George Hopkins, professor of piano at the University of Oregon and a popular soloist, will give his first recital of the season Tuesday, October 24, at the auditorium of the school of music. The program will feature num bers by Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, and Debussy as well as several of Mr. Hopkins’ compositions. The recital is open to the public. rsrmsn f orces. Before the war, Major Ashton planned to be a doctor. But when the war broke out, he entered the army as a Royal artillery captain and was transferred to the com mandos. After landing at Algiers, he fought through the Tunisian cam paign with the 78th division. In the Sicily landing Major Ashton was on a warship which received a direct bomb hit and sunk under him. He became a major in 1943 and because of his extensive training and experience on land and sea, he was sent to serve on the South east Asia command staff as naval bombardment adviser to Mount batten. There he had a major part in forming the present naval bom bardment unit of the command. Also scheduled for Thursday's University assembly arc some mus ical selections which have not been announced. Mu Phi Patronesses Sponsor Luncheon The Mu Phi Epsilon. Patronesses association of Eugene plans a luncheon at 1 o’clock today, at the home of Mrs. Clarence A. Chase, and about sixty guests are ex pected. Mrs. Nelson Macduff, assistant dean of women and presi dent of the organization, Mrs. Charles D. Thompson, Mrs. Henry H. Norton, Mrs. Theodore Kratt, and Mrs. Richard P. Dickson form the committee in charge of the luncheon. Miss Maude Garnett is the program chairman, and Mrs. Francis S. Newsome and Miss Mabel Wood arc in charge of the phone reservations. Highlight of the luncheon will be a talk by Dr. Arnold Elston of the University school of music. Student Union to Meet Members of all Student Union committees are requested to be present Thursday afternoon at 4 in Room 1, Johnson hall for a meeting called by Gene Conklin, Student Union chairman. Kwama Will Tap Kwama, sophomore women's honorary, will tap a new mem ber during; the dinner hour to day, Roseanne Leekie, president, announced. Phyllis Evans Chooses Aids, Plans Capers Committee chairmen for the an nual Coed Capers, all-feminine frolic scheduled for January 12, have been announced by Phyllis Evans, general chairman. An award of $5 will be made to the living organization or individ ual submitting the best theme for the frolic, Miss Evans announced. Themes should be suitable to carry cut in costumes and skits, and should be turned in to Miss Evans at the Theta house not later than Wednesday, October 25. Mary McCandless and Anita Fernandez have been named co mistresses of ceremonies. Other committee chairmen are Virginia Tomkins and Norma Davidson, decorations; Beatrice King and Bernice Granquist, finance; Jean W atson and Patricia Metcalf, prop erties; Dorothy Godknecht, Mar jorie Cowlin, and Marilyn Holden, publicity; Anita Young and Ann Scripter, concessions; Mary Corri gan, Sue Simons, and Florence Hintzcn, tickets; Charlotte Calder, patronesses; Bibbits Strong ai.d Janet Douglas, advertising; Eliza beth Gilmore and Dorothy Ras mussen, clean-up; Beverly Carroll and Margery Skordahl, Dream Girl; Alice Mae Robertson, cos tumes; Joan Dolph, activity skit; Barbara Johns, freshman skit; Janette Williams and Dagmar Shanks, sophomore skit; Signe Ek lund, junior skit; Dorothy Brubn, senior skit; Roseanne Leckie, en tertainment; and Jean Jones, sen ior cops. All committee chairmen will meet this Thursday afternoon at 4 o’clock at the Theta house. Aspirin, Please! That’s not a potrait of a rock, That’s not a plumbing fixture, Prepare yourself—here comes a shock! That’s my Oregana picture! —D.F.S. Paper Drive Begins Friday; Prize Offered The first fall paper campaign under the auspices of the Univer sity war board, is now underway, Bibbits Strong, co-chairman of the salvage committee, announced Tuesday. As an incentive for all campus student support in thia canvass, the war board will award a prize, as yet undisclosed, to the house contributing the most paper to the drive. All campus living organizations should begin saving newspape r and magazines immediately. Un wanted paper can be collected from private homes by ambitious coeds Miss Strong suggested. All paper must be tied into convenient bun dles in order to be of value. The drive will start immediately and on Friday, October 20, at 4 a! truck will be sent to all houses to pick up the bundles. Those hous- n not covered on Friday will be visited Saturday. The cooperation of the boy’s living organizations as well as dormitories and sorority houses, is solicited in this car.if paign. Phi Theta Taps New Members Tuesday Night Phi Theta Upsilon, junior worn-* en’s service honorary, tapped sis new members during dinner Tues day night, Signe Eklund, president, has announced. The pledges are: Betty Butler, Dorothy Frideger, Louise Goodwin, Dorothy Simonsen, Joanne Hol stad, and Betty Bennett. Miss But ler, Miss Frideger, and Miss Hc.l stad are liberal arts majors; Mins Goodwin and Miss Simonsen, archi tecture and allied arts; and Miss Bennett, music. Actors, Writers Needed; UO Production Planned Anyone interested in writing, staging or acting in an all campus show should meet in the student body president’s office Friday at 4 p.m. The production will be staged the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, Audrey Holliday, ASUO president, an nounced.