Oregon
VOLUME XLVI NUMBER 88
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1945
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Women to Elect Officers Today
Men Who Ski
Invited to Join
Rescue Group
The Willamette Valley Ski pa
trol, a group of Eugene men or
ganized last fall at the suggestion
of the fourth interceptor command,
will meet tonight in 207 Chapman
at 7:30.
Formed as a rescue group to
look after wrecked .planes in this
locale, the ski patrol has been ski
ing every Sunday since they were
organized. Army transportation is
provided for those in the group.
request that anyone interested
in working with this group come
to the meeting has been made by
Kenneth L. Shumaker, University
director of lower division courses.
Qualifications in first aid must
be met by the applicant.
Today’s World
FILTERING THROUGH a
western front news blackout have
come reports that German forces
■flic retreating before the blows
of four Allied armies. The U. S.
first army charged from three
bridgeheads across the Erft riv
er Wednesday to within 614
miles of Cologne.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT,
on his return to the Emited,
States, expressed optimism in
the decisions of the Yalta con
ference. He will give his report
to congress at 12:30 EYVT today.
PREMIER GENERAL Nicolae
Radescu of Romania resigned
Wednesday under heavy pressure
from the leftist national demo
cratic front.
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^ GEN. DOUGLAS MacAR
i'HUR announced Thursday
(Manila time) that Manila bay
has been opened to American
shipping as the result of the
conquest of Corregidor island.
Infirmary Communique
Lists Eight New Patients
According to a recent communi
que from an official source, there
are eight patients now taking it
easy in the infirmary. They are
Jean Ballentyne, Marjorie Cowlen,
Aleanor Merrifield, Travis Olsson,
Patricia Moffat, Helen Steele, Lu
cille Bellinger, and Raymond Arm
strong. They will welcome visitors
at any time from 2^0 4 p.m. and
from 7 to 8 p.m.
KNIT AND PURL,
Campus living organizations are meeting a plea for the Red Cross
for knitted afghans. Here Jean Jones, Betty Householder, Barbara
Munteanu and Pat Davis are shown doing their part.
Assembly to uioose
AWS, WAA, YWCA
AWS, WAA, and YWCA offi-!
cers will bo elected by all Univer- |
sity women students today, at 11 j
a.m., in the Gerlinger gym. Voting
by the three organizations will be !
preferential. Formerly, the associ- !
ated women students put up vice
presidential candidates but with |
the preferential ballot more candi- 1
dates will be chosen for president |
and the one with the second high
est number of votes, automatically, j
will become vice-president.
For AWS the slate has been pro- j
pared by senior members of the;
council and additional nominations j
may be made from the floor. Presi
dent Mary Riley requests all senior
council members to stay after the'
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assembly and count votes.
Outgoing AWS officers ate 3
Mary Riley, president; Ardis Jen-*
sen, vice-president; Signe Eklumt^
secretary; Mary McCandless, t.re.t-*
surer; Margery Skordahl. report-*
er, and Beverly Carrol, sergeant.-*
at-arms.
YWCA
“In voting for YWCA officer*
you do have to be a member of
the organization, but. you do noil
need to have your memberships
card with you,” announced J*»
Dolph, president of the "Y.” Tbim
supposed regulation has prevent* *1
some students from voting in prc
vious years. Officers of the 1944-4;*
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Supreme Court Justice
To Discuss Personalities
Speaking on interesting personalities in the law. Justice
George Rossman of the Oregon supreme court will be the fifth,
speaker for the University lecture series when he appears cn
the campus tonight at 7:30 in room 12, Friendly hall.
“Justice Rossman is an outstanding legal scholar and has a
Red Cross Cup
To be Awarded
Saturday Night
Mary Kay Minor, collections
chairman, announced Wednesday
that Red Cross contributions on
the campus had reached $280.94.
All living organizations now have
two days in which to make further
collections and Saturday night the
cup will be awarded to the group
with the highest average gift per
person. Miss Minor urges all rep
resentatives to notify her daily con
cerning the amount of their solici
tations.
Phyllis Donavan, chairman of
the drive, expressed the hope that
the goal of $1200 may well be
topped by Friday since so many
students will be receiving allow
ances March 1. She further stated
that contributions will surely be
forthcoming in view of the fact
that almost every student knows
some service man who either has
been aided by the Red Cross or
might have need of its services in
the future.
UO Men Helped
The World Student Service fund
drive conducted ,on this campus
last fall would have been purpose
less were it not for the Interna
tional Red Cross which is success
fully delivering the educational
supplies which the WSSF pur
chased. Second Lt. R. P. Cable,
Second Lt. A. E. DeBoise, and
John Lindner, former U. of O.
students and now prisoners of war
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Kerensky Traces Russian Revolution
Says Freedom Not Absolute Dream
By MARJORIE McNEEL
Speaking before history classes
on the campus Wednesday, Alex
ander Kerensky, head of the pro
visional Russian government after
the revolution of 1917, expressed
optimism for the future of Russia
and of the world.
Jftrensky pointed out that the
I restoration of freedom in Russia is
not an absolute dream. “I will nev
er accept the idea that by terror,
tremendous power in the hands ot
a few, it is possible to kill the
spirit of the people,” he said.
Kerensky traced the history and
underlying causes of the Russian
revolution. He told of the liberal
movement, based on the idea of
human freedom, which had grown
steadily in Russia from the middle
of the 19th century, culminating in
the 1917 revolution.
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KAY KORN
From “Dark Victory” to “The Trojan Women,” Miss Korn is covering
a lot of territory and she’ll end in being murdered, according to
the play.
Modern Greek Baffled
By Metrical Problems
Two major problems disturb Kay Korn, senior in French,
in her portrayal of Andromache, one of the four leading parts
in “The Trojan Women,” opening in Guild hall March 7.
“Will somebody,” asks Kay, “please tell me what you do
with a three year old child named Astyanaz?” The reference
is to the son of Andromache, whot
after his father’s death, is the only
remaining Trojan heir. The part of
this tragic young Trojan who is
murdered by the Greeks to prevent
a future Trojan dynasty, has not
yet been cast.
Things Are Tough
Kay’s second problem concerns
her lines. "How does one ad lib in
iambic pentameter and couplets?”
The nature of the lines makes word
for word memorizing a necessity,
says Kay.
Andromache, to place her his
torically, is the daughter-in-law of
Hecuba, and the wife of Hector
who. in the play, has just been de
feated and killed in battle by the
Greeks. Her scene in "The Trojan
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Banquet Acceptances
Due by Five Today
Those persons planning to at
tend Matrix Table, annual formal
banquet given by members of
Tlieta Sigma Phi, women's profes
sional journalism honorary, should
acknowledge their acceptance
through Dean George Turnbull’s
office in the journalism building
: by o p.m. today, Louise Montag,
chairman of the dinner, said Wed
■ nesday.
Among University women in
i vited to the banquet are two out
] standing upper classmen majoring
jin liberal arts chosen from each liv
| ing organization.
distinguished record on the bene h.
of tlie supreme court,” Orlando
John Hollis, acting president of t he
University said, when commenting
on the lecturer’s campus appear
ance.
"He has addressed groups n
the campus before, and has alway.'i
given an interesting and well-pre
pared speech. In addition to hit*
duties on the supreme court, he has
a keen interest in current develop
ments in the field of law, being
particularly active in the American
Law institute during its recent'
project of restating the law.”
Among the personalities whom
lie will discuss will be Coke ami
Bacon, 16th century lawyers in
England, and the conflict between
the two on courts of equity ami
courts of law. This lecture is in*
tended for laymen, and all stu
dents and faculty are invited to
attend.
The lecture is under the joint
sponsorship of the law school stu
dent body and the University lec
ture committee.
YW Officer Plans
Union With YAACA
Miss Eleanor French, executive*'
secretary of the student divisk a
of the national YWCA, will speak
on “The Time’s Demand," today;
at 4 p.m. at the “Y” bungalow.
Miss French will elaborate upt a
Christian faith, racial equality,
full employment, world organize-'
tion, political effectiveness, and ; ■ ■*
ligion in higher education.
The YWCA officer has been
touring the middle west and Pa
cific states in a campaign to unite
the YWCA and YMCA. Her work
for the “Y” began five year’s ago
on the Ohio State campus as local
secretary. Later she served as na
tional personnel secretary.
Postwar plans on the campus
were discussed Wednesday night at
the Chi Omega house, where a
dessert was held in Miss French A
honor. Members of the YMCA and
YWCA board attended. At noon
she was a guest of the YWCA
luncheon club.
Members of the YMCA and
YWCA, as well as non-member a
’are invited to hear the talk. I