YMCA Celebrates
100th Birthday
. . . See col. 2
Oregon
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, SATURDAY, FEB. 17, 1045
Sinnott Gives k \
Dutch Situation
. . . See page 2
VOLUME XLVI
NUMBER
Play Group Offers
Old Hellenic Tragedy
With its next offering, “The Trojan Women,’’ by the ancient
Greek tragedian Euripedes, the University theater begins its
program of revivals from the great dramas of the past, Ottilie
TTSeybolt, director, has announced.
A cast of nearly 60 people is being used in this presentation
which will be given March 7, 8, 9, and 10 on the Guild hall
stage. An abridged version of the
Gilbert Murray translation is be
ing used.
Euripedes, born 480 B.C. on the
island of Salamis, near Athens,
has been chosen for the first dra
matic writer because his dramas,
although they present the most im
portant characteristics of Greek
tragedy, have a modern spirit. This
is especially true of “The Trojan
Women,’’ for Euripedes is con
certed with the tragedy of war as
it affects those who remain after
the battle, especially the women
who are being carried away, even
as in the present conflict, to slave
for their conquerors.
“The Trojan Women” was first
performed at a dramatic festival
in 415 E.C. According to the trans
lator it was the first great expres
sion in European literature of the
spirit of pity for mankind. The
comment has been made that this
play is as modern to us as it was
to the Athenians because the ter
rors of war have not changed in
3000 years.
Verdi Records
To Be Featured
Instrumental, vocal, and ballet
music selections from Verdi’s fam
ous opera “Aida” will be featured
in the weekly recorded music con
cert Sunday from 4 to 5 p.m. in
the browsing room of the library.
Sponsored by Mu Phi • Epsilon
alumnae, and presented by Mrs.
L. H. Young, the concert will be
devoted to the following selections
Italian opera: “Heavenly
Aida,” “Yes, Death and Battle,”
"May Laurels Crown Thy Brow,"
“Love’s Fatal Power,” “Dance of
the Priestesses,” “To Thee God
Favored Mortal,” “Come Bind Thy
Flowing Tresses ’Round,” “Glory
tc Isis,” “Ballet,” “He Will Ere
Long, Be Here,” “O Skies Ceru
lean,” “Ah Me, Death’s Hand Ap
proaches,” “Priests of Heaven, a
Crime Ye’ev Enacted,” “To Die So
Pure and Lovely.”
Hostesses for the program are:
Mrs. Robert Prescott, Mu Phi Ep
silon patronesses; Mrs. Sam
Jameson, Mu Phi Epsilon alur n ,
Mu Phi Epsilon actives, Jo A:me
Whitson; house librarians, Dorothy
Boiler; library staff, Miss Martha
A.^Foster.
Seniors Postpone
Class Study Vote
Immediate action regarding a
plan introduced last spring by Paul
1 Lum for adopting a sociological
study of the past, present, and fu
ture of the present senior class was
postponed until next Tuesday
night. It is hoped that at that time
the 35 seniors necessary for a quo
ruin. will be present.
President Marty Beard an
nounced that $50 has been voted
into a permanent revolving fund
(Please turn to page four)
Bundles of Scrap to
Be Taken Sunday
Bundles of waste paper col
lected within campus living" or
ganizations must he on side
walks Sunday in order ito be
picked up in the current drive.
Collections will he made by the
Lane county salvage committee.
Bibbits Strong, chairman of
waste paper drives for the war
board, urges house war board
chairmen to turn in every bit of
scrap paper,
Russian Drive
Will End Today
Sixty-three thousand destitute Russians will be substantially^
relieved if the students of the University of Oregon and rest-*
dents of Eugene contribute generously to the clothes drive that!
ends today. Anything and everything is needed and wantedi
badly.
Its the sweater here and old pair of shoes there that will*
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON “Y” LOUNGE
During the past years the University YMCA chapter has kept pace with the national “Y” program in its
service to the young people of the state. Oregon’s recently completed YMCA lounge, with all the facilities
of home, is a good example of what can he done under intelligent and vigorous leadership.
YMCA Centennial
Heralds Opening of Second
Century of Youth Activities
By JOHN J. CRAIG
On June 6, 1944, the Young Men’s Christian association
began its second century of service to young people through
out the world. Usually when an organization reaches its 100th
anniversary it is entitled to quite a celebration, but war re
structions have curtailed any such action. However, the anni
versary was not permitted to pass
unnoticed. A report of the YMCA’s
national public relations for the
past years was issued, which
traced the development and the
progress of the “Y” since 1844;
YMCA chapters all over the coun
try held summer courses in col
°ges throughout the United States.
..ne “YM” took an active part in
the USO program and contributed
to the national war fund.
“We have at the students’ dis
posal an excellent lounge, ping
pong tables, a pool table, council
rooms, and many other facilities—
it is unfortunate that more stu
dents do not take advantage c.f
what we have for them,’’ said
Adolph F. Holrner, campus di
rector.
In the near future the city “Y”
organization will move its main
offices to the second floor of the
Almack building in Eugene, and
the campus organization will re
main as a separate but essential
unit of Lane county's and Eugene’s
“Y” program.
Moore and his “Y” executive
board have planned, for months to
come, a very active program which
includes: Joint YMCA — YWCA
(Please turn to page four)
(
Night Prowler
Causes Alarm
Aroused to action by recent mo
lesting of two women students,
girls living on the campus are
planning to circulate a petition de
manding that steps be taken by
Eugene police to provide adequate
protection.
According to a news story in
Friday’s Register-Guard, one coed
was accosted in the vicinity of
Chi Omega house Tuesday night
by a nude man. The girl was un
harmed but badly frightened.
Friday morning between mid
night and 1 a.m. another woman
was stopped on the sidewalk on
Alder between Seventeenth and
Eighteenth avenues by a man who
clamped his hand over her mouth.
I The headlights of an oncoming car
caused the attacker to release her
| and the woman’s screams wakened
Sigma Kappa and Alpha Omicron
Pi girls. Police were called imme
diately but failed to locate the
man.
(Please turn to page Jour)
Today's World
CA R RIER-BASED BOMBERS
have carried the devastating
raids against Tokyo into the sec
ond straight day. At the same
time two .Fima, air base island
750 miles south of Tokyo, was
being heavily hombcd, possibly
as a prelude to invasion.
« * *
ALMOST ALL of Germany is
now reportedly under virtual
martial law while Marshal Ko
nev’s first Ukranian army ad
vanced 17 miles along the west
hank of Germany's shattered
Oder river line and linked forces
with Marshal Zhukov’s first
white Russian army threatening
Berlin from the east.
* * *
THE GEORGE BILL which
would divorce the RFC from the
commerce department, Friday
passed the house of representa
tives.
give these people the clothingi
they need so desperately.” sai<H
Ken Geiger, drive co-chairman.
Governor Earl Snell, honor
ary chairman, and the co-chair
men of the drive in this local
ity, Geiger and Lloyd Bis sell,
announced this week that alH
other schools have gone over!
the top in the-current drive.
Organizations backing the
drive include the American Le
gion, Oregon school system,
and the Oregon defense coun
cil.
Pickup Today
Trucks will be around to all
campus living organizations
this afternoon to pick up con
tributions, and everyone is
urged to have the clothes ready
at an early hour. The trucks
will transport the clothing to
(Please turn to [’one jour)
Houses to Hold
'Trade' Dinners
"Get acquainted" exchange din*
ners will be held this coming Wed*
nesday, February 21. The previous
ly inactive social chairmen's or
ganization is sponsoring these din
ners, and it is hoped that t.ho
houses will turn out 100 per cent.
The houses will decide how marry
girls will be exchanged, so that
there will be an equal number from
; each house. The following hens* t
I are having the exchange dinners
this coming Wednesday:
Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha hall.
Alpha Delta Pi, Mary Spiller.
Alpha Gamma Delta, Chi Omega
Alpha Omicron Pi, Susan Carap
i bell hall.
Alpha Phi, Alpha Xi Delta and
Rebec house.
Delta Delta Delta, Kappa Alpb*
Theta.
Gamma hall, Hilyard house. '
Delta Gamma, Zeta hall.
Gamma Phi Beta, Kappa Kappa,
Gamma.
Highland house, Hendricks halt.
Pi Beta Phi, Sigma Kappa,
Sigma hall, Susan Campbell.
University house, Hendricta
half.
O. L. Barrett Art Exhibit
Called 'Magnificent’
By MAYBE BROWNLEE
''It's too bad that he had to die
before wc realized how good he
was. It really is a magnificent ex
hibit,” said Dean E. F. Lawrence,
concerning the Barrett memorial
exhibit now on display at the little
art gallery. O. L. Barrett was the
associate professor of sculpture at
the U. of O. school of architecture
and allied arts from 1927 until his
death in the summer of 1943, and
his memorial exhibit are examples
of his early as well as his later*
works.
Preliminary sketches and photo
graphs of his works are arrange rl
chronologically from left to right
on the walls, and the early piee<
can be distinguished because of
their realism; the lines become
more sculptured, more individual,
and full of character, as Bariett'
progresses. There is a photograph
of a commissioned work that .is*
(Please turn to page Jour)