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Servicemen’s Emerald Rolls Off Press 'Letter to Servicemen' Tells of UO Life —See page 3 Oregon -SEE STORY COLUMN FOLK Fall Sports Enter Spotlight Today —See page 4 VOLUME XLVI UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, SATURDAY, NOV. 11, 1944 NUMBER 37 Whiskerino Scheduled Tonight U. OF O. BEAUTY OX THE CAMPUS— Marie Kogndahl, acclaimed last summer as the possessor of the “Undiscovered Voice of America," will be featured as finest artist at the fall concert of the Apollo club in Portland December 8 IX THE SERVICE— Sergeant-Major Charlotte Plummer will celebrate a year as director of the marine corps women's reserve band this Christmas. She recently announced her engagement to Charles Owen, marine corps band. 'Miss Lane9 Comes Back Winning a beauty and talent contest is an exciting and thrilling experience, declared Barbara Bent ley, winner of the Miss Lane Coun ty title. Miss Bentley, finalist from a field of 17 University coeds, re turned recently from Portland, where she was auditioned for the Miss Oregon title. Barbara was sent to Portland by the Eugene junior chamber of com merce, sponsors of the contest, and placed her bid for the higher title from the Broadway theater of that city, singing “Si'boney,” by Le cuona. Miss Bentley explained that three county winners appear each week on the stage of the Broad way and the final winner will be chosen from among these contest ants before November 20. The two other finalists who appeared with Miss Bentley were Jean Bolin and Janey Allen, Klamath and Jose phine counties. Barbara will sing, to the resi dents of Eugene in their forthcom ing war loan drive. Whiskerless Men Get 'Water Cure' It was a balcony scene. But the Juliets were looking on with glee (their balcony was the up stairs of the Side). The Romeos were being dunked headlong in 'a' rain barrel. Such was their fate for using a razor when they knew whiskers are a “must” at Sophomore Whiskerino time. Dodd Will Lead Evening Rites The music building will be the scene of the vesper service at 5 p.m. Sunday. Donald D. Dodd, pas tor of the Fairmount Presbyterian church will lead the meditations, and the vesper choir, under the di rection of Helen Luvaas, will sing. Mr. Dodd, assistant in chemistry, received his bachelor of arts de gree at the University of Cali fornia, and graduated from the San Francisco Theological semin ary at San Anselmo, California. The choir selections are: “Let Thy Holy Presence” by Tschesno keft; “Bless the Lord, O My Soul” by Ippolitof-Ivanof, and "Nunc Dimittis” by A. Gretchanenoff. Barbara Tripp will play the organ selections: "Piece Heroique” by Cesar Franck, “Dream” by Alex ander Kopyloff, and “Prelude in C sharp minor” by Vodorin ki. Today’s World Plunging to within 2i/2 miles of the German border, General Pat ton’s 2rd army strengthened its Moselle river bridgehead north of ! Mets. * * * The I*o valley communications center of Forli, 38 miles southeast of Bologna, has been captured by British troops. Though 35,000 fresh Jap troops i have been sent to reenforce the al j most annihilated 16th Jap division ' on Leyte, Lt. Gen. Walter Krue ger's headquarters announced that i U. S. forces continued to make j “substantial gains on a wide front.” Liuohow, the last known U. S. air base in southeast China, and the key city of Kweilin have fal len to the Japanese. * * :'fi Moscow reports that massed Bed artillery has opened bombardment on the eastern front as a prelude ton major winter offensive. GIs Will Get This Edition Today's Emerald was made up with an eye to servicemen’s in terests, and will be mailed to all former Webfeet stationed in the United States. The war board’s service corre spondence committee, under Mari lyn Olson and Dorothy Davis, is in charge of adressing and mailing this issue. The committee had hoped to publish a book of servicemen’s ad dresses, but abandoned the idea be cause of financial and other diffi culties. YWCA Members To Sell 'Twisties' “Twisties,” a pastry confection, wil be sold for 5 cents each by the YWCA Wednesday, November 15, Sallie Bosch, chairman of the sales, announced. Booths will be located in front of Friendly hall, Oregon hall, the Co-op, and the library. The sale will begin at 7:45 a.m., and will continue until 5 p.m. They will also be sold for dinner in all the living organizations. Students are urged by Miss Bosch to buy as many as they can possibly eat or afford. Money ob tained from the sale will be used for further projects. War Contest Open Five dollars will be awarded by the War Board for the most appropriate slogan of five words :>r less for the “Bonds Away Girl” contest. Slogans will in; submitted to representatives who will visit the living organ izations Tuesday noon, Novem ber 14. Late Per Given for ‘Hair Hop7 Tonight is “the” night! After a week of plotting by sophomor- n and razor boycotting by men, the annual Sophomore Whiskerino will swing into action at 9 p.m. at Gi r linger hall. Violators of the “No Shaving” rule have been publicly dunked in punishment, and tonight the Duck, with the most notable, distinctive, and sizeable chin growth will re ceive reward Tor his efforts. In ad dition to a prize, the winner will be shaved at the dance by Harry Hin ton of the Varsity barber shop. Kwama members will carry out their plans in offering hot dogs aril cokes for sale, as well as announc ing the winners of the three car tons of “leading brand” cigarets. The decoration chairmen are sum moning forces to carry out the theme of the affair in true Ore gon Whiskerino fashion. Every sophomore with an eager hand and a willing heart is urgi 1 to render his or her services this morning at Gerlinger hall in pre paration for the dance. As at the last Whiskerino, couples will dam n to the music of George Carey’s orchestra. Of special interest to Webfet. will be the fact that 1 o’clock per mission has been granted coeds by the dean of women's office. Admis sion to the Whiskerino will be $1.7,0 per couple, including tax. Symposium Head Discloses Topics The University symposium, un de rthe direction of W. D. Clark, assistant speech and dramatic arts director, has announced its topi a for the year. They are “Post War Relations Between the Unit< <1 States and Russia” and “The Unit ed Nations Plan for World Co operation.” Professor W. B. Merriam, assist ant professor of geology and geo graphy, will speak to the group at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, November '21. He will discuss the current aspeci st of Russia. Each student member has chos en a topic which he will prepa e during fall term to present on a speaking tour winter and spring terms. Speakers are: “U.S.-Russian Postwar Relations”: Winston Carl, Beverly Carroll, Carolyn Martin, Mary Landry, Wilma Foster, Glona Cartozian, Ted Shay, Patricia Ma. - Cormack, Marjorie Selvies, and S re Stater. “United Nations Plan for Woi <1 Cooperation”: Floyd Hinton, . Louise Fletcher, Alice Harter, D< i la Jones, Mary Lawson, Barbara Bozorth, Eigne Eklund, Marjory Skordahl, Carolyn Jacobs, Esther Quier, and Barbara Weisz. Last year symposium member1-; spoke to more than 8,000 people fa 65 engagements.