Emerald VOLUME XLVI NUMBER 79 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, FEB. 16, 1945 War Board Activities Keep Campus Alert Han Paper Drive, 'Coke Day’ Seek $1950 to Buy Ambulance Admitting that the opportunity to help the war effort is not great on the U. of O. campus, the war board met yesterday to discuss what is being done, and additional things which stu dents may do to back the drive to victory. Next Sunday, February 18, the only scrap paper drive of the term will be held under the chairmanship of Bibbits Strong. New Activities Program Begun At the initial meeting of the freshman council, February 13, a new method of cataloging and pro moting extracurricular activities was explained to a large part of the freshman class by Martha Thorsland, Kwama president. Under the supervision of the sophomore women’s service hon orary, members of the class of 1948 signed their names under the var ious activity divisions. Chief Co ordinator Marge Skordahl has placed the names on a permanent file subject to the call of commit tee chairmen and activity heads. Divisions and Kwamas in charge include: Jean Lawrence and Na dyne Neet, publications, Emerald and Oregana; Marilyn Sage and Pat Metcalf, preparation and clean up work; Marge Allingham and Bea King, general production work which includes house-to-house an nouncements, program-folding, and box office arrangements; Eliza beth Gilmore and Jean Watson, telephone committee work; Marge Cowlin and Barbara Pearson, en tertainment and assembly work, in- j ceding faculty and alumni func tions; Elsie Ball and Beverly Car roll, stenographic and office help; Roseann Leckie and Jada Fancher, publicity and advertising work, which includes signs and posters; and Dorothy Rasmussen and Ann Scripter, work at the alumni office and Panhellenic. All freshman who were unable to attend the Tuesday meeting and who are interested in working un der any of these departments are urged to call the division heads listed above and submit their names. Freshmen will be impar tially called upon to do the type of work for which they signed and will be rated as to how efficiently the task assigned was completed. Phi Theta Initiates Plan for Independents; Encourage Activities An attempt to arouse more in terest in activities by the Indepen dent students is being made by Phi Theta, junior women’s honor ary, announced Signe Eckluna, president, Thursday. Dorothy God knecht, Janet Douglas, Dottie Lou Simonsen, and Charlotte Calder have been giving informal talks at the dormitories explaining how petHfions are handled for various activities, what the honoraries are, and in particular encouraging In (Please turn to page four) Bundles from all campus living organizations will be picked up by the Lane county salvage commit tee. With every purchase, with the exception of meals, at the College Side inn Wednesday, February 21, a 10 cent war stamp will be sold. Arrangements for this “Coke Day” are being made with the manager of the Side by Martha Thorsland. Dime Dinners This is only one opportunity to buy war stamps toward the cam pus goal of $1950 for an army field ambulance. Bonds and stamps pur chased at the Co-op and at games and other public events from members of the corps of freshman girls all apply toward the goal. However, most purchases so far have been made at Monday night “dime dinners,” which are becom (Please turn to page four) ODE Hunts Face, Most Photographic The Emerald’s contest to find the most photogenic woman on the campus is an annual spring event. Annamae Winship, Emerald busi ness manager in charge of the con test, requests that all living organ izations choose their candidates for the honor and photographs of each coed nominated must be turned in to the Emerald business office, journalism building, by February 21. ; The purpose of the contest is to determine the most easily photo graphed woman, personality and activities being irrelevant. A full page cut of the winner will be pub lished on the front page of an issue of the paper later this term. Wom en who receive honorable mention rating will be photographed for advertising for downtown stores. Living organizations should tele phone the names of their candi dates to extension 354 as soon as possible. Say O-day-on, * If You Mention Student Show The name is Odeon. It is pronounced “o-day-on” and is the original Greek term for musical theaters. And that is what it is on the Oregon campus, except that it has been given an added twist and polish and handed out as a student creative art and talent show. The term Odeon has floated around the Today’s World THE FIRST GREAT seaborne assault1 against the Japanese homeland Friday (Japanese time) struck Tokyo and its in dustrial environs in a raid by more than 1200 U. S. carrier based aircraft. The daring foray by Vice Admiral Mitscher’s task force was a direct challenge to the Jap fleet. * * * THE EIGHTH DAY of the northern front offensive brought Canadian troops to the west bank of the Rhine opposite Em merich. Action on the southern part of the front has been brought to a stand-still by floods. t SOVIET TROOPS have brok en across the Neisse river on both sides of Forst, strategic rail hub 62 miles southwest of Berlin, to tear into the southern flank of the capital’s defense. CONTINENTAL DISPATCH ES , indicate that President Roosevelt may investigate ar rangements for the relief of French civilians when he ar rives in France. “Heaven Can Wait’’ will be presented tonight and Saturday night in Gerlinger hall. See story on page 4. [campus ever since it was first be gun two years ago by a group of enthusiastic creative minded stu dents and there are still many who have little knowledge of the sub ject. Peggy Overland, student chair man of the committee in charge of the affair, emphasized the follow ing points concerning it: Odeon is an annual show devoted to presenting student creative en deavor. It was scheduled for April 23 and will be produced in the mu sic building. Since Odeon is pri marily concerned with original work in the fields of music, art, drama, letters, and designing, it has been rumored that any such display of the “finer things of life” would be limited to an audience of the aesthetically-minded. However, that impression is erroneous. Odeon is presented for the entertainment of the entire stu dent body and faculty, according to Miss Overland. Contributions Wanted Odeon is also free to the public; there will be no charge for ad mittance, but tickets will be re quired. These tickets will be avail able at the Co-op soon. Contributions of art, essays, (Please turn to page four) Dance Cancelled Due to the scheduled house dances of Omega and Gamma halls, there will be no interdorm dance tonight. Marie Rogndahl to Star With Gleemen As guest soloist for the 36th semi-annual concert of the Eu gene Gleemen, Marie Rogndahl, who appeared on the Hci.r of Charm program last summer as the "Undiscovered Vci o of America," will sing tonight in McArthur court at S p.m. This event will mark the only formal concert appearance ;n Eugene of Miss Rogndahl, blonde coloratura sopirano, a senici? VOICE OF CHARM In her first public appearance in Eugene since her return from New York, blonde, silver-throated Marie Kognduhl will appear with the Eu gene Gleemen, who make their 3(ith appearance to "home” audi ences tonight. Rabbi Compares Democratic Way With Judaism "American democracy is a child of tile Bible," stated Rabbi Joseph Giten of the University of Cali fornia, in his lecture on Judaism and democracy Thursday evening in Friendly hall. This was the fourth in a series of University lectures arranged by Dr. Rudolf Ernst. Rabbi Giten discussed religion in relation to democracy and declared that "the ideals of Judaism and the ideals of democracy are syn onomous; democracy is only a political name for the ideals of religion because this form of gov ernment is moral before it is political.” The essence of Judaism and dem ocracy are the same, he said, be cause first, Judaism inspires dem ocracy with the sovereignty of God. A nation denying God ad monishes the supremecy of the state; second, Judaism and dem ocracy believe in the brotherhood of men; third, Judaism emphasizes the spirituality of men, and fourth, it stresses the equality of men. Journalism Women To Eat, March 2 Annual Matrix Table, formal dinner given by members of Theta Sigma, Phi, national professional and honorary fraternity for women in journalism, will be held March 2, at the Osburn hotel, Louise Mon tag, general chairman of the din ner, said Thursday. Featured speaker for the occa sion will be Mrs. Vere Keeland, Portland radio woman. Two outstanding upperclassmen in arts and letters will be selected f:c>m each house and invited as special guests along with members of Pot and Quill, Theta Sigma Phi, and alumni. (Please turn to pa