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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 20, 1944)
Jam Reappears For Breakfast —See page 2 Painting Exhibit Described See col. 3 VOLUME XLVI UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, OCT. 20, 1944 NUMBER ::i Religious Council, ASUO to Sponsor Series of Conferences; All Students Invited to Luncheon Next Week A series of conferences on “The Meaning of the Christian Faith,” Recommended by the ASUO execu tive council and sponsored by the Student Religious council, will be gin with a luncheon for all stu dents in Alumni hall Thursday October 26. According to Dr. R. E. Cushman, faculty adviser, and Marty Beard, general chairman, the purpose of the conference is not to inspire, evangelize, or to obtain commit ments. It is to present the specific State Board Will Discuss UO Problems Continuation of the canvass for a president for the University of Oregon, plans for the purchase of foreign printed books, and land purchases for the new building program are among the topics which probably will be considered at the next meeting of the state board of higher education Tues day, October 24, Chancellor Fred erick M. Hunter said this week. Another nominee for the presi dency will meet with consultant groups of the state system. He is the dean of the college of liberal arts of a large university in the midwest, Dr. Hunter said. As the war in Europe draws to a close, more books printed in for eign countries will be available. The University is particularly in terested in securing these books, according to the chancellor, and the library committee, headed by Mrs. Beatrice Walton Sackett, is expected to report on the possibil ities of such purchases. Because of an increase of 6 per cent in enrollment in institutions higher learning in the state and recent vacancies, several instruc tors ,will probably be appointed. Included in this year’s enrollment are 4,809 students. Other committees that Dr. Hunter expects to report are the unified administration committee on the unified program, and the experimental station committee, with the finance committee, on plans for improving the quality of livestock and for the further ex pansion of the stations. Reports on the progress in pur chasing land for the new building program for both the University of Oregon and Oregon State college may be given by the building, founds, and capital outlay com mittee. R. E. Kleinsorge heads this group. Committee meetings are sched uled for Monday in Portland. UP War Correspondent Caswell to Give Talk United Press War Correspondent Don Caswell will speak to the sen ior editing class at the regular class period at 9 a.m. today. Caswell, a graduate of the Uni versity, is covering the war in the Southwest Pacific. All other students or faculty $&i-mbers wishing to sit in on the class are invited, George Turnbull, acting dean of the journalism school, announced. content of the Christian religion in an orderly and formal fashion, and to let Christianity express itself through prominent representatives of it. Two weeks ago the campus re ligious council gave a dinner at the Eugene hotel to which represen tative students were invited to help organize and promote the confer ence. Invitations were sent to: Audrey Holliday, Edith Newton, Phyllis Horstman, Leslie Brocklebank, George Luoma, Harry Skerry, Joan Dolph, Marty Beard, Lois Clause, president of the council, Charles Politz, and Dr. Cushman. It was decided that the confer ence would take place October 26, ! November 2, and November 9. The program for each day includes a luncheon meeting, afternoon for um, and an evening dessert session. At the luncheons all students will meet in Alumni hall in Ger linger. The noon session will be over in time to allow students to attend their 1 o'clock classes. The evening dessert session, starting at 6:30, will conclude be Men Selected To Sell Bonds Versus OSC Ed Allen, junior in liberal arts, and Bob Moran, freshman in lib eral arts, have been appointed co chairmen of the campus 6tli war loan drive, Carol Wicke, chairman of the war board, announced Thurs day. Featuring competition with Ore gon State college, the drive is tentatively set for November 6 to 11. An ASUO exchange assembly with the U. of O.’s Corvallis rivals is being planned. Last year the University was able to contribute $230,360 to the war bond drive, but “we’ll beat that record this year,” said Miss Wicke. fore 7:45 in order to enable those attending to hear the concert given by the Eugene Civic Music associa tion at McArthur court at 8:15 p.m. Thursday. The chairmen for the series an nounced yesterday are: Joan Dolph, promotion; Charlotte Calder, luncheon, Betty Lou Cramer, after noon sessions; Leslie Brockelbank, and Sally Spies, evening sessions; and Marguerite Wittwer, publicity. Most Effort In Red Cross To Merit Cup Living organizations are to com pete against each other in lied Cross activities, it was announced Thursday by Sally Spiess, chair man of the University chapter. A point system, by which the winner of the cup will be deter mined, is being used this year. “It is tlie responsibility of every house on the campus to see that it has a large turnout at the re opening of the center in Gerlinger, on Saturday morning from 9 to 12. This is not just a local problem, but one of world consequence,” Mrs. Spiess said. A plea lias been made to the houses that they make this not just a freshman “requirement,” but a 100 per cent house activity. Inexperienced girls will be trained in surgical dressings by qualified instructors. More instruc tors are needed. Scrap Paper Collection Slated This Afternoon Making the rounds of all cam pus living organizations this after noon, a. truck will pick up bundles of scrap paper. Each house should have its con tribution ready by 3 p.m., to com pete for prizes of phonograph rec ords, and help in this vital war drive. Works of Presen t Day Painters Represented In Art School Display By M. BROWNLEE The exhibit of contemporary American painters now on display at the art school is not a survey of American painting, but is, rather, a partial reply to the common question, “What are American painters doing today?’’ The exhibit consists of representative works of 12 young American artists who are still in the stage of development. In studying these paintings, ob-. servers must understand that the works are the products of the 20th century and that most of the pictures were painted within the last decade. Thus, they are the off spring of turbulent, emotional times—times which would natur ally make an impression on the artist. Also, most of these painters are of the abstract school, which places them under no obligation to the representation dogma, nor to literal reality. Perhaps the most easily under stood would be the six works of Sidney Lampman. Greens and browns predominate, with trees end buildings in these simple land scape paintings. But next to Lamp man’s works' is a picture by Arshile Gorky, done in color crayon and pencil. Another of Gorky’s is done in crayon, pencil, and ink the ink adding extra body. Morris Graves, an Oregon native son, is represented by his ‘‘Bird and Mist” and the ‘‘Unnamed Bird.” "Bird and Mist”—a white (Please turn to page four) WAA Offers Fun, Food For UO Women Tonight Fun night, sponsored by the WAA, will be held at 7:30 tonight in Gerlinger. Girls may take part in a bridge volleyball tournament, swimming, shuffleboard, and ping pong. Cokes will be on sale. Mary Alice Lawson, president of the athletic association, will be assisted by several hostesses to make sure it is an evening of fun. Miss Oregon Contestants Vie Monday Final competition among Uni versity women for the title of Miss Lane county will begin Monday, October 23, at the McDonald thea ter, it was announced yesterday by Harold Wyatt, manager of the theater. The McDonald theater and the Eugene junior chamber of com merce are co-sponsoring the Lane county contest. Ralph Newman, Eugene business man, will be master of ceremonies at the nightly contests, which will feature five coeds each evening from Monday through Friday. The final winner will be chosen Friday evening from winners of the pre ceding nights. The five girls sched uled to appear on Monday night are: Betty Johnson, Alpha Orai cron Pi; Yvonne Prather, Delta Gamma; Sallic Carter Timmons, Gamma Phi Beta; Maxine Cady, Gamma Phi Beta; and Sue Welch, Alpha Phi. KORE, Eugene radio station, has promised that any girl entered in the contest, may have a recording made at the studio of her par ticular number. The studio has also announced that they will make an entire recording of the finalists on Friday night. Miss Lane County will be the guest of the Congress hotel in Portland during the statewide finals. She will be sent to Portland by the Eugene junior chamber of commerce. She will be entertained while there by Jack Matlack, ad vising director and manager of the Broadway theater, Portland. Independent Students Elections Today, Co-op ISA elections will be held in the Co-op today from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Candidates for freshman representative on the executive cabinet are: Gloria Smith, Bar bara Wells, Dorothy Fowler, Beverly Main, Geneva Davis, Margaret Griffiths, Betsy West, Gwen Carter, and Joe Chiara monte; for junior representative, June Fine, Catherine Crombie, Barbara Fossen, and R. Kay Hoover, Jr. Food, Kappas Bai t Bri tish Major Into Dinner Date Kappas were there first with an invitation to dinner and food being food and the Kappas being Kap pas, Major Peter Ashton lifted one straight dark eyebrow and grac iously accepted. The Kappas receded into the mob and the mob pressed forward to engulf the tall and oh-so-handsome British officer who lounged on the steps of the platform in McArthur court with an easy hands-in-the pockets - leaning - on - the - mantlc (Plcasc turn to page jour) "Hello” Ball Scheduled For Ducks Students with an eye to the 1 i ture and social tendencies are in-* vited to attend the annual “Hello’’ dance at Gerlinger hall from 9 pan. to 12, October 21. Plans for tb« dance are being formulated 'ly Kwarna and Skull and Dagger, sophomore women’s and men's honoraries, under the direction of “Butch” Leckie and Nick Wedd-o, respective presidents. The executive council has re marked that they “are very pleased that Kwarna and Skull ai «* Dagger are taking the initiative :n presenting the first all-camp. dance of the term. The result of this affair will more or less deter mine the future course in present ing dances on the campus through out the year.” Considering this fact, Webfeet are urged to attend enmasse. Music will be provided by George Carey and his five-piece orches tra, and the “Hello” theme will be carried out by the decorating com mittee. Students with date prob lems may bring them to the date committee, composed of Jean Wat son, Barbara ^Pearson, Russ Mona han, and Bob Bissett. Tickets for the dance are available at the men’s living organizations for $1.0 a couple, including tax. With five remaining members on. the campus this year. Skull amt Dagger will “tap” five more men at the dance. Mines, Weather Hinder Invasion Relates Major By MARGUERITE WITTYYER With the casual, tweedy ease of a British man-who-rides-to-houndu and the a-little-bit-shy boyish frankness that appealed to his pre dominantly feminine audience, INI a-, jor Peter Ashton described his ad ventures on D-Day and after at the ASUO assembly Thursday. Traveling in the United States under the auspices of the British information service, Major Ashton gave what Acting President Or lando John Hollis later defined ;.0 “a graphic account” of his expedi ences as a British commando in a series of anecdotes. The major joined the planning staff for D-Day last March. Ti e invasion itself, he said, was “ratio r unpleasant” with bad weather, ai the men keyed to a high pitch >!’ tensity after months of extensive training. “At one place,” he related, “v.e came across a section covered with signs in German, indicating that the area was mined. Our enginee r, were unable to discover the mine •, and later we learned that a high German officer was making an in spection tour of that area; the local commandant had been behind, time in completing his defenses and had ordered the signs put up to deceive the higher officer.” “One day I was sitting in a mud puddle (it’s a habit) having a smoke when a German sergeant came up and offered to show 1 t something. We didn’t trust the bloke but a couple of chaps and I followed him with our revolve s and he led us to the place wheo he had just shot his superior ofi i (Tlcasc turn to patje jour)