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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 21, 1944)
UO Team Wins Hockey Tournament ^ —See Page 4 VOLUME XLVI UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, NOV. 21, 1944 Thanksgiving Day Vespers Program —See Page 3) NUMBER Names of ‘Senior Six’ Revealed Mystery Surrounds UO Dream Girl Contestants Snow Ball Rally Starts Bond Drive With the steps of Johnson hall serving as a stage, students glinfpsed for the first time “Bonds Away Girl” candidates who were presented last night by Ed Allen and Bob Moran, co-chairmen of the 6th War Loan drive. The program at Johnson hall came as a climax to the snowball rally led by the yell squad, starting from Delta Delta Delta, Gamma Phi Beta, and Sigma Kappa houses. The first day of the war bond drive on the campus resulted in the purchase of bonds totaling $2400 in the Co-op and the First National bank of Eugene. ISSlly Frame, Pi Beta Phi’s candidate for “Bonds Away Girl,” topped the list by begin ning the race with 77500 votes. Each vote represents one cent in war loan investments. Nancy Rivenburgh, Kappa Al pha Theta, ran second with 52, (Plcase turn to page three) Holland Sky Blitz Starts Movie Bill “Sky Blitz,” “Rubber,” and “South of the Border with Disney,” will be shown Wednesday night in 207 Chapman hall as the weekly movip feature sponsored by the educational activities office, and free to all students. The show will run from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m., and is continuous. Students may enter and leave at any time they wish. The film, “Sky Blitz,” was cap tured from the Germans and shows the attack on an unidenti fied city in Holland. The second feature is an army film which shows the use the army makes of lubber. “South of the Border with Disney,” technicolor shots of life, color, and scenery in Mexico, was made during the time Walt Disney and his company were doing re search for “Saludos Amigos.” Dr.-Morris Discusses Inter-American Affairs Dr. Victor P. Morris, dean of the school of business administration, met with service clubs in Rose burg, Ashland, and Albany, Ore gon, over the weekend to discuss inter-American affairs. Late Permission Still Undecided The resolution that late per mission be extended until 1 a.m. Saturday nights henceforth was passed at the student affairs meeting yesterday. President Orlgndo J. Hollis has not yet consented to the action and final confirmation awaits his decision. Oregon’s Dream Girl, to be introduced at the annual Coed Capers and featured in the next servicemen’s edition of the Em erald, will be chosen from can didates named by each wom en’s living organization. All houses must submit the name of their representative in the contest to Marjorie Skordahl at the Chi Omega house not later than Saturday, November 25, Beverly Carroll and Mar jorie Skordahl, co-chairmen of the Dream Girl contest an nounced today. The candidate must be a fresh man, and the house sponsoring- her should keep secret the identity of the person who is selected, Miss Skordahl said. Candidates for the position will be announced in the Emerald November 29. Pictures of each of the contest ants must be handed in to Miss Skordahl by November 30, and must not be larger than 4 by 6 inches. Photographs of all the con testants will be displayed in the Co-op January 4. bix finalists from this group will be picked by a group of judges con sisting of members of the faculty, and senior members of the AWS council. These six finalists will not be known until the night of Coed Capers, when students will select the winner by casting their admis sion tickets as votes. Besides being introduced as at Capers, the freshman chosen as “Oregon’s Dream Girl” will be hon ored with a special date for the annual Mortar Board ball, and will broadcast on the University hour over KOAC sometime in January, Nine Praised \ By Red Cross The names of the nine Univer sity women who have merited spe cial recognition as “perfect surg ical dressing makers” have been posted on a chart at the Red Cross center, according to Doro thy Rasmussen, bandage rolling chairman. Mariiyn May, Margaret Murphy, Debbi Belknap, Gerry Fett, Getty Kofstad, Mrs. Mary J. Sargant, Shirley Van Cleve, Joan (Please turn to page three) Bird Offered At ISA Dance A prime piece of poultry named McGillicuddy will be guest of hon or at the ISA Turkey Strut in Gerlinger hall, Wednesday at 9 p.m. McGillicuddy has graciously consented to go home after the dance with members of one of the campus living organizations. If suf ficiently strong methods of per suasion are employed, it is pos sible that this roast-ripe bird may be induced to participate in the Thanksgiving dinner of his host. It was originally intended to have an old fashioned turkey shoot to determine which house would receive the privilege of providing hospitality for the young fowl. Be i cause of the extremely pervious ! quality of the Gerlinger windows as far as bullets are concerned, however, the plans have been amended and McGillicuddy will be given to a house representative. Living organizations must have at least ten members present to be eligible for the turkey. “Come as you are, bring who or (Please turn to page three) Today’s World METZ AND BELFORT, two greatest bastions in western Eu rope, have fallen to Allied forces. The French 1st army plunged past Belfort to throw a bridge over the Rhine and seize control of 35 miles along its west bank. U. S. 3rd ARMY troops are driving six miles into the German Saar, while American 1st and 9th armies with the British 2nd army are still hacking their way through the forest east of Aachen. * * * CHINESE GENERALISSIMO Cliiang Kai-Sliek ousted six top rankifig cabinet ministers yester day, including the minister of war and the minister of finance, Mine. Chiang’s brother-in-law. ADMIRAL NIMITZ announced that Sunday’s raid by American carrier planes on Manila netted 118 Jap planes and set fire to two large cargo ships and one big oiler. LT. CLAYTON JAMES Former University of Oregon student was reported killed in ac tion in Italy October 17. He was serving- with the 5th army, lead ing an infantry heavy machine gun platoon in the 85th “Custer” divi sion. A short while before, he was cited in press dispatches for lead ing his men out of a German trap without loss, by effective direction of firing. Courtesy liuticnc Renister-Cuard Student Union To Consider Building Plans Present plans and possible addi tions for the Erb Memorial build ing scheduled for construction on the campus after the war will he discussed when Dr. W. V. Norris, acting head of the physics depa t ment, meets with student union committee members, Wednesday in 6 Friendly at 4 p.m. Dr. Norris, recently returned from an extensive tour of univer sities from coast to coast, will describe the student union build ings which impressed him most and will offer suggestions and answers to questions concerning the Uni versity’s coming project. Gene Conklin, chairman, asks that all members and representatievs be present. Library to Close The library will close at <5 p.m. Wednesday and will remain closed ail day Thursday, Thanks giving day. Books may be taken from the reserve book room at 5:35 Wednesday and will be due at the library at 9 a.m. Friday. Mexico Fosters Open Political Thought By NORRIS YATES Communistic murals on the wall of the national capitol? Impossible.” That is what almost everyone would probably say, especially if the building in question was the state house of a country which is often thought of as a dictatorship. And yet Mexico, where this sight may be seen, can undoubtedly give America acvcmi pi/intcio uu ueeuoin ox speech and expression. When Paul Callahan, graduate assistant in social science, and I toured Mexico City this freedom was one of the more noteworthy of the things that "gave us pause.”! Newspapermen, university, profes sors, and artists are among those who openly and often violently ex press opinions which would be con sidered treasonable in most coun tries and which might not escape j retribution even in this. Radical j newsletters and magazines flour j ish, most of them published on a shoestring. “That’s why the gov I ernment doesn't worry,” a loqna I cious guide told us. “None of the dissenters ever have enough money to do any harm.” We further ascertained that only a minority of the population can read the newspapers anyway, though the literacy rate is going up by leaps and bounds. Those inter ested in art are also, we judged, (Please turn to payc three) Kathryn Anderson Tops GPA Oregon Alpha chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, national hon orary scholastic fraternity, last; evening elected the Senior Six from among 17 outstanding members of the class of 19^*5 with grade point averages iu advance of 3.50, ,and elected officers for the year. The six seniors, selected for scholar ship and intellectual promise and achievement, are: SHIRLEY KATHRYN AN DERSON, of Eugene, mathe matics major; VIVIAN MARCELLA AN DERSON, Tillamook, business administration; WILLIAM HOWARD BUELL, Lakeview, English; RUTH KAY COLLINS, Fres no, California, journalism; SHIRLEY DRUSILLA JOHN SON, Portland, architecture and allied arts; CHARLES S. POLITZ, Port land, journalism. The six will be initiated befoi t> the end of,fall term, the exact time and place yet to be set. Leader in the GPA was Shirley Kathryn Anderson, with 3.96, cumulative, the highest of any sen ior in the University. After 17 years of distinguished service as secretary-treasurer, Miss Mary E. Kent, office manager of (Please tin'll to t'atje three) Seal Salesmen Set $350 Goal The 1944 Christmas seal drive quota has been set for $350, ac cording to Maryanne Hansen, chairman. The campus drive, which is directly under the supervision of the Lane county health association, will extend from November 27 to December 2. “We hope to attain this year’s quota through the aid of the repr - sentatives in the living organiza tions and the sales booth located in. the Co-op,” Miss Hansen declared. The following student commit tees are in charge of the driv : representatives, Claire Serin g, Phyllis Annala; booth, Elizabeth Powers, Alice May Robertson; posters, Lucille Bellinger, Barbara. Spangler; publicity, Dorothy Con rad. Living organization representa tives are as follows: Marylu Dia mond, Alpha Chi Omega; Delon ?? Hay, Alpha Delta Pi; Norma Bi gore, Alpha Gamma Delta; Evan geline Moshofsky, Alpha hall; Ba - bara Dorris, Alpha Omicron Pi; Clair Sering, Alpha Phi; Virginia, Bonebrake, Alpha Xi Delta; Pat Hanley, Chi Omega; Barbara. Spangler, Delta Delta Delta; Mari lyn Stratton, Delta Gamma; Bon nie Bolyn, Gamma Phi Beta; Eva. Taylor, Hendricks hall; Evelyn Diamont, Highland house. Ann Burgess, Kappa Alpha Tin • ta; Elizabeth Powers, Kappa Kap (Plcasc turn to patje three)
