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Again Limited Spring Sports . .. see page 4 MEMLD Shaekrats Name King, Queen . . . see col. 4 VOLUME XLVI UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1945 NUMBER 96 Dr. Landros Will Discuss World Peace A chance to air opinions and gain additional information on the fjjgji Francisco conference will be given students at the Westminster house forum at 6:30 p.m. Sunday. At that time Dr. Edna Landros, head of the classics department, will lead an informal discussion on the problems of the conference. Dr. Landros, a member of the United Nations association, an affiliate of the Carnegie peace en dowment, will, as a background for the discussion of the confer ence, briefly sketch the accom plishments of Dumbarton Oaks, and also mention the agreements reached at Bretton Woods. Her in formation on this last point will come from a U. S. treasury repre sentative whom she recently inter viewed in Portland on the banking system discussed at Bretton Woods. Some of the problems to be dis cussed are: the zoning system to be used in Germany; the treatment to be accorded the German general staff; the attitude of the United Nations in the Greek situation, and the Polish question; the voting system of the security council; an outline of the Dumbarton Oaks proposal; and the attitude adopted by congress in the current dis cussion. A social half-hour will precede the discussion, to which all stu dents are invited to attend and participate. San Francisco Ballet Troupe Will Perform in Igloo Tuesday JOCELYN VOLLMAR and ONNA WHITE Both of these young Ameriean ballerinas agree that though the life of a dancer seems a “hard lot” at times, no real artist would change her lot if she could. The two pictured above will be seen by campus and Eugene audiences Tuesday, April 10, when they appear with the San Francisco ballet at McArthur court. FINAL TRYOUTS Tryouts for this season's final University 'Theater production will be held next Wednesday at 7 p.m. in room 4, Johnson hall. Plays under consideration in clude two Shakespearian com edies for possible out-of-door production and a modern Irish comedy. Mrs. Ottilie Seybolt, di rector, wishes all those interest ed to check in for tryouts even if it is impossible to stay for the entire tryout period. Shackrat King and Queen Rule Journalism Festivity; Turnbull Orates for Prize By BETTY STEWART and WINIFRED ROMTVEDT Triumphantly mounting their coronation platform, Jeanne "^immonds, Shackrat renowned as the Pennsylvania kid, pos sessor of the blooming personality, and dauntless newshound, and Shubert Fendrick, Shackrat renowned as book reviewer unorthodox, personality boy supreme, and navy recruit (yes, he really passed) seated them selves on thrones of green and gold, and were crowned “Queen and King of the Shackrats” by George (Milk-booster) Turnbull. The journalistic dignitaries of Eugene and the University of Ore gon breathlessly watched as crowns made of lead slugs and Emerald mastheads were placed on the slippery black crop of Fend rick and the — ' Miss Simmond the handiwork . -. ng ^<h Marguerite Witlw r. Even the most seasoned journalist present was amazed at the beauty of the two white orchids which were pinned on Queen Simmonds. A hula dance by Erna Gawehn started the party moving; Crooner Phyl Perkins sang, and Business Manager Annamac Winship drank a coke in 17 seconds to win a giant cigar. She competed against Edi tor Anne Craven and Oregana Edi tor Edith Newton. Speaking extemporaneously on selected short subjects, Mr. Turn bull, acting dean of the school of journalism, George Hart, city edi tffWof the Eugene Register-Guard, Carl Webb, managin' in ibe Oregon Newspaper Publisher sociation, (Please turn to ! Oregon Voters Must Decide New Programs VotOTS r> nfofo r\-G v> will have the respons ■special election June 22 of ueter mining whether or not the state system of higher education will get $4,000,000 for new buildings at the University, the state college, and the colleges of education. This matter was referred to them by the state legislature, which ad journed in March, and would pro vide a 5-mill, 2-year property tax. The property levy, also to raise $6,000,000 for new state institu tion buildings, would be cancelled by $10,000,000 in surplus income tax revenues, as are other state taxes. If voters improve the measure the school system’s 10-year build ing program of $5,000,000 may be carried out. The additional $1,000, 000 was provided in the governor’s (Please turn to page four) Today's World TWO AMERICAN and one British army rammed through nazi defenses along a 100-mile front to plunge within 17 miles of Hannover, 136 miles west of Berlin, and simultaneously flanked the great North sea port of Bremen in a drive across the north German plain. * * * BARON KANTARO SUZUKI struggled to form a “strong w'ar cabinet” for Japan to meet the threat of Russian entrance into the Pacific war. * * * TWO RUSSIAN armies sought to close a giant pincers around Vienna as tank-led Soviet storm units knifed through a nazi de fense belt at the southern city limits of the great city. * * # JAPANESE PLANES opened an assault against two U. S. car rier task forces off Okinawa island which has already cost them the loss of up to 161 planes. THE GOVERNMENT is ready to seize some 300 soft coal mines in eight states to end a “wild cat” strike that had cut produc tion 35 per cent and threatened output of war-vital steel. Stanford Chemist To Speak Thursday Dr. Frederick Otto Koenig, pro fessor of chemistry from Stanford university, will be the guest speak er at a public lecture Thursday, April 12, in room 207 Chapman at 7:30 p.m. His subject at the lec ture, sponsored jointly by the Uni versity lectures committee and the University chapter of Sigma Xi, is “Origins of the Experimental Method.’’ Dr. Koenig will also speak at the joint meeting of the American Chemical society and the Pacific Northwest section of the Electro chemical society at Oregon State college April 16, which several members of the University chem istry department will attend. He will also talk at the chemistry seminar in McClure hall at 4 p.m. April 17. Anyone Lose A Shirt, Etc. ? Strange tilings happen around the lost and found department, but one of the strangest occur red a short time ago. A complete suit of men's clothing was found and turned in to the department. Included in the collection were: trousers, shoes, socks, necktie, shirt, etc. Also found the same afternoon was the purple skirt of some Oregon coed. The lost and found department wishes to warn the owners of these objects that they should call for them soon as the depart ment will hold a sale in about two weeks to dispose of many of the lost items in the depart ment’s collection. Director for the San Francisco ballet, coming- Tuesday, April 10, to McArthur court, William Chris tensen, at one time headed a ballet troupe in Portland, performing at the Rose Festival, theaters, and at. other affairs there. The San Francisco ballet, under Mr. Chris tensen, was founded over seven years ago as an outgrowth of the San Francisco Opera company. This will be the ballet's first stop of their regularly-scheduled annual national tour of the coun try, and they will offer three dis tinct numbers in their perform ance. The first will be the second act of the beautiful "Swan Lake,” with music by Tschaikowsky. Tho second number to be given is tho perennial favorite “In Old Vienna." with music by Johann Strauss. The concluding number on the program will be the popular "Nutcracker (Please turn to page four) Franklin High Post Wins Statewide Paper Contest Winner of the coveted Arnold Bennett Hall cup for the best all-around high school paper for 1945 was the Franklin High Post, Franklin high school, Portland. The winner of the Guard cup for the best paper in a school of over 500 pupils went to the Salem Clarion, Salem high school, Salem, while the hon orable mention went to the Cardinal, Lincoln high school, Portland; the Washingtonian, Washington high school, Port UO Speakers To Tour State To discuss postwar relations with Russia, three symposium team members, Pat McCormack, Karen Martin, Winston Carl, will appear at the Pioneer Methodist church in Portland and the Methodist church at St. John’s, April 18. Monday they will talk before students at Hillsboro union high school and members of the Hillsboro PTA. Also on Monday Bob Naper, Bar bara Bozorth, and Carolyn Jacobs will discuss the Dumbarton Oaks plan for world peace at the Salem Junior Women’s club. Miss Martin, Miss McCormack, and Carl spoke'Friday before the Pro-America Women’s club of Eu gene; and Miss Bozorth and Naper, before the Dunn school PTA of Eugene. Speech Tournament Among judges at the annual speech tournament of the Oregon high school speech league at Ore gon State college April 12, 13, and 14, will be W. A. Dahlberg, asso (Plcase turn to page four) Tea for Housemothers Scheduled Next Week The housemothers of the campus will hold their first meeting of the term Monday at 1:15 p.m. in Ger linger hall. At 4 p.m. the new house presidents will meet for a heads of houses meeting at the Chi Omega house. Officers will be elected and plans will begin for the term. Following the short meeting, a tea will be given by the house heads in honor of the housemoth ers, who will join the group at 4 :30 p.m. -land, and the Pine Murmurs, Bend high school, Bend. Winner of other cups in the 1945 Oregon high school press contest included the Eugene Register Guard cup for the best paper in a. school of less than 500 which was won by the Lantern of Pendleton, high school. Honorable mention went to the Beaverton Hummer, Beaverton high school, and the Bud, Parkrose high school. The Eric W. Allen cup for the best mimeographed paper (weekly and bi-weekly) went to the Hi Lit, Scappoose high school, and the honorable mention went to the Carlton High-Life, Carlton high, school, last year’s winner of this award; and The Polygraph, Girls Polytechnic school, Portland. The Association cup for the best mim eographed paper (monthly) was won by the McKenzie Echo, Mc Kenzie, Oregon who won the award last year also. And the honorable mention went to Ink Drops, Yam hill union high school. Dinner to Celebrate Sorority Anniversary With Chi Omega chapters all over the nation, the University of Oregon Psi Alpha chapter will cele brate their 50th anniversary at 6:30 tonight at the Osburn hotel with a dinner. Psi Alpha’s past president, Pa tricia Smith, will be toastmistress. Honored guests and speakers are Dr. Victor Morris and Mrs. Chap man, Chi Omega alumnae. Duet Remains Indisposed “O so lo pill-ow” is the song that the patients now residing in the “Pill Palace," otherwise known as the infirmary, are raising. Those students now number two, Alice English and Leon Williams. Ger aldine Wiley was released yester day.