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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 12, 1945)
ISA, Greeks Accept New Bloc Plans By WITTWER An unprecedented action to “keep politics clean” on the Ore gon campus, according to political observers, was launched Thursday wlien both the Independent and Greek political blocs agreed to ASUO President Audrey Holliday’s plan which provides that upper classmen will observe the “hands off” policy in the coming freshman elections. Robert Schott, Greek bloc-leader, and Alice Harter, ISA president, practised Thursday to permit fresh man representatives and ISA sen ators to conduct open nominating assemblies in order to allow the University’s first-year students freedom in selecting their candi dates and an opportunity to prac tice democratic government on the campus. It was agreed that as far as possible the candidates would be chosen without bloc pressure. Although the ISA senators had already suggested their candidate for number one position at an in dependent assembly earlier this week, Miss Harter agreed to hold another assembly Friday, January 12, at 4 p.m. in the ISA office at which renominations would be called for. At a Greek bloc meeting Thurs day it was decided to hold a nom inating meeting Monday evening, 8:30 at the Pi Beta Phi house, to which freshman representatives from all sororities would be in vited and given an opportunity to name candidates. Miss Holliday’s original plan, outlined to both campus parties Thursday, provided that all fresh men who wished to run for office nfltf submit petitions to the ASUO president, and that voting would be for these candidates without bloc or upperclassman, influence. This, according to Miss Holliday, would have meant a freshman (Please turn to page four) ^ WOMAN THE VKlORLD AROUHO’*' cot J) - C AKM “GET AWAY, OLD MAN, GET AWAY” Such sights as this will be seen tonight in Gerlinger hall at the Coeds’ annual frolic. Ducks Give Hollywood Touch to ASUO Meet Potential Hollywood talent invaded the campus and enter tained enthusiastic students at the ASUO assembly yesterday in McArthur court. .^Introduced by emcee Bob Davis, Shirley Priestly, a probable Betty Hutton, sang “Corns for My Country” and “Patty Cake Man accompanied Dy Margie F ol som. Lloyd Stapp, Oregon’s own ■'Frankie," rendered in the best swoon croon fashion, “The Very Thought of You” and the nation’s number one tune, “Don’t Fence Me In.” Making a debut, Cliff Mallicoat and his “Cliff Dwellers” gave out with “Tea for Two” and a medley of three numbers. Costumed in or chid and black ruffled skirts, five brawny men, Keith Murphy, Ken Chapman, Ed Evans, Dean Bond, and Wallace Johnson, danced a “cancan.” The famous “sweater, sarong, ju (Please turn to page lour) Alice Harter Talks, Wins $10 Prize Alice A. Harter, senior in speech and dramatic arts, took first place in an intercollegiate extemporan eous speaking contest at Willam ette university, Salem, Thursday, January 11. Five others partici pated. Her subject, for the presentation of which she received $10, was "Education in Connection with Kafte Discrimination.” W. A. Dahlberg, director of speech and drama, accompanied her to Salem. Ration Board Gets New Chairman Bernice Grandquist, junior in music, was recently appointed chairman of the ration board, an nounced Carol Wicke, war board chairman, Wednesday. The vacan cy occurred when Ann Scripter, former chairman, was declared in eligible. Margaret Murphy, assist ant chairman of the ration board, will continue in that position. A field ambulance bearing the name of the University of Oregon will be bought with money from war stamp sales this year if the goal of $2000 is reached, said Miss Wicke. Last term $573 in war stamps alor.e was bought by stu dents through tiie weekly “dime dinners." It is planned to add stamp and bond receipts from the Co-op to the dinner stamp totals this term and reach the goal in this matter. Announcement of a scrap drive during the end of this month and a paper drive in February has been made. Awarding of the Red Cross cup to the campus living organization which earned the most point} through Red Cross work is scheci (Plcase turn to page three) And theBand Played on . . . Basketball players will drib ble across the McArthur maple to the tune of marches by the University band this season, said Band Director J. J. Stehn Thurs day. Stehn reported that, in addi tion to the two players who signed up Wednesday, 11 other musicians have volunteered to appear with the group for the games scheduled in Eugene. The casaba-inspired musicians who signed Thursday are: Dick Larsen, french horn or baritone; Wally Reed, trombone; Bill Ad ams, trombone; Betty Lou Mel by, snare drums; Lois Crosier, saxophone; J. L. Earls, trom bone; . D. L. Helseth, trumpet; Bonnie Besse, saxophone or cor net; Jeanne Sim month:, piccolo. “We can use any number of any instrument,” said Director Stehn and ail students who have had some experience may sign up at the music school or at Un hand room in the KOTC building. Volunteers to play at the games are not asked to practice with the hand or to join the regular band course. Stehn plans to complete the ! books of marches to be played during the weekend and scores will be available to band mem- j hers at the beginning of next week. Aspirin, Please! Laughter- will be abundant In the Capers’ one night stand - Except for the chairmen incum bent, Who keep aspirins quite close at hand. —D.F.S. John Craig Tells Of PlansforDacfs John J. Craig, newly appoint ed Dads Day chairman, has just announced the names of students to head special com mittees for the February 11 and 12 weekend. His plans for the forthcoming annual event in clude an all-campus contest to choose a “Miss Hospitality” who will represent “the girl any dad would be glad to meet,” and a Dad-Daughter ball. The committee chairmen are as (Please turn to pat/c jour) 10-25 Cent Stamps To Sell at Dinners Beginning next Monday, "dime dinner” purchases will be expanded for those who wish to make larger purchases. House representative -• henceforth will sell 10 and 25 cent stamps for those persons who wish to start war stamp books, an nounced Jean Watson and Martha Thorsland, co-chairmen of the plan. However, the original idea of Lhe "dime dinner” will remain in tact, and representatives will sell 10 cent stamps for those who wish to continue the previous method. This new plan is to encourage students to purchase stamps of a higher bracket. House representa tives will add into their house to tals, all stamps, whether 10 or 2,0 cent, which are sold on Monday night. As usual, this total will be reported to Miss Thorsland or Miss Watson. UO Dream Girl Will Reign, as Femmes Frolic By DOROTHY GODKNECHT Tonight at 8 o’clock, cam pus women will go, sans male escorts, to Coed Capers for the traditional frolic, barred to all men. The main program of the Capers will begin in Gerlinger at 8 p.m., but the doors will be opened at 7:30, to enable those attending to cast their votes for the Oregon Dream Giil. and to see the costumes worn, by members of the various Jiv ing organizations. Members of Mortar Board, din guised as “cops” in KOTO uni forms, will police Gerlinger tc Ibo \ date with, not one, hut five men is promised the girl w ho is selected “Dream Girl” from the, five candidates tonights at Coed Capers. Five basketball stars Boh Hamilton, Jim Bartelt, John Wilkins, Ken Hays, and D« 1 Smith, were reported “all for’ the chance to take the lucky girl out to dinner on Sunday, Jan uary 21. sure no men are allowed into C n strictly feminine show, and any crashers will he expelled by tPm feminine “flatfoots.” Two Emcees Anita Fernandez and Lois Mc Conkey, as mistresses of coo monies, will keep the program packed full of laughs. Skits put t n by the classes, the women of t o faculty, and a group of activity girls will constitute the main po tion of the program. Oregon's Dream Girl will be in troduced sometime during tiio evening after the votes have been counted. The living organization carrying out the cleverest them* in costume will be awarded a prize. Mary Corrigan, chairman of tic ket sales, reports sales of tickets indicate the majority of women t.n (Please turn to t'aeic three) Today's World WHILE \ ANIi forces plunged ‘•JO miles inland on Luzon, cap turing' numerous towns ami an airdrome, Japanese broadcasts declared \merican troops had attempted a new landing at I •alum, hut were beaten off. This report is unconfirmed. * * * GREEK EL\S leaders and the Brit is 1 army Thursday signed a truce ending the 40-day-oM Greek civil war. * * * WITH THE CAPTURE of La, Koch, northern anchor of the fast-shrinking Ardennes salient and other road junctions along Nazi escape routes, the German position in the Kelgian fudge is greatly endangered and there is indication that the area is rapid ly being evacuated. * * * SECRETARY OF WAR Henry L. Stimson urges that all able bodied men between 18 and 30 must be drafted. The “work or j fight.'’ hill is scheduled to come I before the house next week.