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VOLUME XLVI NUMBER -}7 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 3, 1945 106 Students Named To Honor Roll Lists The honor roll, which consists of those students who have a grade point average of at least 3.50 based on not less than 12 term hours, is composed this term of 106 students. Of these 7 have 4.00 grade point averages or all “A” grades. They are: Shirley K. Anderson, Vivian M. Anderson, Ninon G. King, Hazel I. Leonard, Adele M. Riggs, George D. Schade, and Anne T. Torrey. The remaining students on the honor roll are: Phyllis R. Annala, Fr, AAA. Louise P. Bartlett, Fr, BA. Mary Patricia Berg, Fr, LA. Ruth M. Blatchford, Fr, AAA. Ruth L. Bogen, Fr, LA. Eileen M. Brenneman, Jr, Ed. William H. Buell, Sr, Eng. l^fexine E. Cady, So, Mus. Gloria R. Campbell, Jr, Biol. Jean A. Carkin, Sr, Mus. Winifred L. Casterline, Sr, Eng. Thelma M. Chaney, Fr, LA. Arthur C. Chase, Fr, LA. Melba J. Chehak, Sr, Mus. Marjory Jean Churchill, Fr, LA. Mary V. Corrigan, Jr, Soc. Betty Lou Cramer, Sr, Hist. Ruth H. Crymes, Sf, Eng. Leola R. Deffenbacher, So, LA. Patricia J. Ellsworth, Fr, Jour. Phyllis J. Falk, Fr, LA. Floyd A. Fredrickson, Fr, LA. Regina J. Garmendia, Sr, BA. Hfiith Goldstein, So, LA. Theodosia T. Goodman, So, LA. Alysone S. Hales, Sr, BA. £seiue ivi. nan, jr, rtn. Bjorg Hansen, Fr, LA. Gerd Hansen, Sr, Eng. Maryanne Hansen, Fr, LA. Helen Hicks, Fr, LA. Roberta M. Hill, Sr, Ed. Nancy A. Hoerlein, Fr, Jour. Audrey R. Holliday, Sr, Psy. Charlotte B. Hughes, Fr, LA. Barbara E. Johns, Fr, Jour. Florence A. Johns, Fr, LA. Shirley D. Johnson, Sr, AAA. Freda Koehler, Sr, BA. Mary L. Landry, So, LA. Gene E. Leo, Sr, BA. Carolyn R. Little, Fr, LA. Greta K. Lindstedt, Sr, Biol. Virginia C. Lippman, Sr, Eng. Alice E. Lockhart, Jr, RL. Barbara Lucas, Jr, Biol. Helen M. Luvaas, Sr, Mus. Andree L. Manerud, Fr, LA. Della M. Martin, So, LA. Robert E. Mass, Fr, LA. Audrey E. Mathews, Sr, Soc. Patricia A. Metcalf, Fr, LA. Mary K. Minor, So, LA. Louise S. Montag, Jr, Jour. Douglas B. Moore, So, LA. Margaret M. Murphy, So, Ed. (Please turn to page four) TeamVToGet Pep Send-off A send-off for the University basketball team, who will depart Thursday on their annual Inland Empire trip, will highlight the all campus assembly in McArthur court at 11 a.m. Thursday. This trip will include two games with the University of Idaho, at Mos cow, on January 5 and 6, and two with Washington State, at Pull man, on January 8 and 9. The rally squad will lead a pep session to promote team spirit and student enthusiasm. Qgtails of the imminent fresh man elections will be disclosed at the assembly by ASUO President Audrey Holliday who will extend a welcome to new students of the University. Shirley Priestly, freshman in journalism, will sing “Corns for My Country,’’ and the band will play a number of selections. Council Has Opening An opening on the executive council was recently announced by Audrey Holliday, ASUO president, who requests that any senior interested in the position oi^enior representative on the council submit a petition before Friday. Today's World WHILE AMERICAN 3rd army troops broadened their salient above Bastogne, Field Marshal Karl von Rundstedt’s forces struck against the American 7th army in action showing signs of developing into another major counteroffen sive. * * * WAR MOBILIZER James F. Byrnes announced tightening of manpower controls to answer in creased calls for war production and military needs. ■ LEADER OF THE 1922 Greek revolution, Gen. Nicholas Plastiras, Tuesday assumed the job of form ing a new Greek government as acting premier under Archbishop Damaskinos. Plastiras is known to oppose the left wing ELAS group. TOKYO PROMISES that a Jap anese-manufactured robot bomb would soon give Japan domination of the skies over the Pacific ocean. A COMPLETE BRITISH fleet has arrived in Australia to enter the war against Japan. News Posh Now Open Practical experience in learning the processes of publishing a daily newspaper is offered to all old and new students who are interested in working on the Oregon Daily Em erald. All potential “shack-rats” are requested to contact someone in the news office of the Emerald (journalism building behind Mc Clure) this week. Openings are available on the reporting, copy desk, and night staffs, according to Elizabeth Haugen, managing editor. A new beat list is being made by Mar guerite Wittwer, news editor, and all reporters who have special preferences are asked to file them with the news editor before Thurs day. “There are also opportunities for assistant positions to the manag ing editor and news editor,” Miss Haugen revealed. Wednesday at 8 p.m. there will be a meeting of all editors, copy editors, and editors’ assistants in the office of the editor-in-chief, Anne Craven, first floor journalism building. Thursday at 7:30 p.m. all re porters, head writers, and all stu dents interested in Emerald activ ities i will meet in the news room with the editors and Leonard L. Jermain, graduate assistant in journalism. Free UO Movie Scheduled Tonight Continuing the practice started last term the educational activities board will sponsor a series of week ly free motion pictures to be shown in 207 Chapman. The first showing is scheduled tonight at 7:30, and all students and faculty members are invited. On the mythical marquee tonight are the following films: “Welcome to Britain” with Bob Hope and Burgess Meredith, “Movies at War,” and “Hell Bent for Elec tion,” a pro-Roosevelt political cartoon. Mrs. Golda Wickham Appointed Acting Dean 'Dream Girl* Candidates Enter Eliminations Friday Six finalists in the Oregon Dream Girl contest will be chosen Friday, January 5, at 3:45 p.m. in Alumni hall, when the 25 contestants, all members of the freshman class, will appear before a group of judges. The decisions of the judges will not be revealed, however, until the night of Coed Capers where the photographs of the six will be on display. Marjorie Skordahl and Beverly Carroll, co-chairmen in charge of the contest, urge all contestants to be present for the judging. The contestants should wear short silks. Judges will be ,Mrs. Golda Wick ham, acting dean of women, W. A. Dahlberg, professor of speech, and H. C. Franchere, assistant profes sor of English. Candidates will be judged on their poise, personality, charm, and beauty. Pictures of the six girls chosen will be posted at the Capers, and those attending will vote for the candidate of their choice by casting their admission tickets as votes. The winner will be introduced to caper goers during the evening. Contestants for the title of Ore gon Dream Girl are Laura Cham berlain, Alpha Phi; Natalie Brown, Gamma Phi Beta; Glenna Burnett, Delta Gamma; Bernice Johnson, Sigma Kappa; Mary Gregg, Kappa Kappa Gamma; Pat Davis, Chi Omega; Rosalee Killam, Gamma hall; Marjorie Fitzgerald, Hilyard; Joan Christenson, Orides; JoAnne Bush, Pi Beta Phi; Carolyn Tyler, Kappa Alpha Theta. Jeanne Merwin, Delta Delta Del ta; Louise Bartlett, Susan Camp bell; Ruth Blatchford, University house; Mildred Dedergreen, Rebec house; Barbara Jo Traxler, High land house; Marian Robson, Alpha Xi Delta; Virginia Georgeson, Al pha Chi Omega; Pat Skinner,. Al pha Gamma Delta; Barbara Wil liams, Alpha Omicron Pi; Shirley Reiten, Zeta hall; Nancy Bosturch, Omega hall; Dorothy Conrad, Sher ry Ross hall; Marilyn May, Alpha Delta Pi; and Joanne Utz, Alpha hall. 'Bull Sessions’, Reports From Proxy Offspring, Delight Dean It seems natural to Mrs. Golda Parker Wickham, newly appointed acting dean of women, to advise students. Smilingly, she recalls prolonged after hours “bull sessions” with students in her classes in senior English at Eugene high school. And, as girls’ dean at Lincoln high school in Portland, she was ner sonally acquainted with each of the 800 girls in the student body. Mrs. Wickham gives the impres sion of a person of tolerance and patience, who understands people. “My philosophy has always been that you get out of life double what you put into it; if you invest happiness, cooperation, friendli ness, and sincerity, you will re ceive those dividends plus inter est,” she said. That view of patterns of living is her advice to women entering the University. She adds that for easier orientation, freshmen should observe the rules, begin studying seriously at the beginning of the term, and work with house officers, especially scholarship chairmen. “The development of good study habits is essential,” she affirmed. Mrs. Wickham expressed the de sire to become acquainted with each woman on the campus per sonally, and she issued a special invitation to discuss any problems with the girls. She seemed especial ly concerned to help advise coeds whose grades are below average. Among her chief interests in her new position, Mrs. Wickham lists special attention to raising the house grade averages, and to re duce the number of women who drop school during the year. She approves heartily of morale-raising social functions which involve group cooperation. The new dean mentioned favorably the "big sis ter” freshman advising plan used in September to help orient incom ing girls, the idea introduced by Mick Riiey, AWS president. As a student at the University of Oregon, Mrs. Wickham, an edu cation major who took honors in that subject, worked her way through school by correcting pa pers and tutoring other students. Fishing and golf are the chief interests of Mrs. Wickham, and her husband, J. Alan Wickham, formerly superintendent of schools at Halsey, Oregon, and principal of Gilbert school in Portland. Both Wickhams are interested in drama, and they plan to travel extensive ly after the war. They have no children, but Mrs. Wickham feels that the hundreds of former stu dents who write to her regularly, many of them from battlefrouts around the world, are adequate substitutes. Crumbaker Delayed; Classes Continued Dr. Calvin Crumbaker, profes sor of economics, has been de tained in eastern Washington be cause of the serious illness of bis mother. Students enrolled in his classes will meet as usual at the first scheduled hour for announcements of assignments and texts to be made by other members of the staff. Will Serve As Adviser To Women Golda Parker (Mrs. J. Alan) Wickham, graduate of the Univer sity and former dean of women at Lincoln high school in Portland, has been appointed acting dean of women by Acting President Or lando J. Hollis. The appointment was made for the remainder of the school year, and is subject to confirmation by. the state board of higher education, at its next meeting. Before taking over the desk Jett vacant by. Mrs. Hazel Schwering, dean for 14 years, Mrs. Wickham taught senior English at Eug>: no high school. Previous to this posi tion she served as dean of worm n. at Lincoln high school in Portland. “We are very fortunate to Vo able to obtain the services of M Wickham, who will carry on while a careful canvass is made of avail able candidates for permanent ap pointment,'1 said President Hoj’i A member of “Senior Six,” Phi Beta Kappa, Pi Lambda Theta, a: d active in many campus activities’ Mrs. Wickham was graduated by the University in the class of 1931. She majored in the school of edu cation, carried special courses in guidance and personnel, and woo graduate assistant to Dr. E. C. A. Lesch of the English department in 1931-32. Before coming to tno University she was graduated from the Oregon College of Educate a at Monmouth and was assistant, instructor in mathematics at tup Monmouth institution. Mrs. Wick ham, a native of Roseburg, Oregon, also attended the-University <f Minnesota. Her husband, J. Ala a Wickham, a. University alumnus, teaches at Woodrow Wilson junh r high school in Eugene. Campus Circus Due At Saturday Dance Gcrlinger hall will turn into a Circus ballroom Saturday night ,i'i the theme for the annual seni r ball, ‘’Club 45,” is carried out. "Lots of surprise*” are prom is- *| by Joan Dolph, chairman of the' decorations committee. Bill Fisher* and his "radio band” from land will furnish music, making* this the first all-campus dance thin year to have a band from the cdy. The formal dance will begin .it 9 p.m., and end at midnight. O. o o'clock permission has been grant ed for the night by the student affair committee. Admission »■* $1.50 per couple. Tickets will be on sale all week and Saturday night at the dance. The committee chairmen for tho ball were announced Monday by, Ardis Jensen, chairman. They are: Joan Dolph, decorations; B 6 Schott, promotion; Phyllis Horst man, tickets and programs; Irene Gresham, patrons and patronessen; Katherine Dunn, entertainment;, and Bryce Thalman, clean-up.