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NUMBER 98
McArthur Court for Ball
Hope of Houseboys; 3 New
’Favorite Dishes’ Selected
Campus houseboys are still musing over the possibility of
holding their dance in McArthur court, in order to display the
U. S. marine band of Klamath Falls to the best advantage, and
at the same time provide enough dancing space for the large
crowd that is expected to attend their “Butler’s Ball.”
Captain C. J. Heine, band officer at Klamath Falls, has re
quested that a large band platform •
be provided so that his two pian
ists may have sufficient room to
perform. Because of its compact
ness and performance the Klamath
Falls band was named in a recent
issue of ‘Downbeat” as one of the
most outstanding bands on the Pa
cific coast.
Contest selections for the “house
boy’s favorite dish’’ are gathering
momentum on the eastern section
oHthe campus and several addi
tional candidates have been named
by their admiring hashers: the
“disli juggling six” of the Gamma
Phi Beta picked Roberta Bowman;
the “suds slinging” five of Alpha
Delta Pi tapped Dorothy Maddox;
and the “hard working” boys of
Delta Gamma chose Jean McDon
ald to close out today’s selections.
“Favorite dish” selections may
be recognized on the campus by
the prominent red and white pledge
ribbons which they wear as the
result of being chosen by their
Ij^useboys.
Morrie Mink, general chairman
of the Butler’s Ball, announced
that all women’s living organiza
tions which do not have hashers
or dishwashers, should choose their
contestants on the basis of merit,
personality, and beauty. These se
lections should be relayed to the
“Butler’s Ball” committee as soon
as possible.
Today’s World
AMERICAN NINTH TROOPS
captured Hannover and spurted
in the race for Berlin as its ar
mored columns sped beyond
Brunswick, only 103 miles from
he German capital.
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RUSSIAN FORCES beyond
Vienna headed for Munich and
Prague in an attempt to link up
with the allies in the west as
Soviet storm units within the
Austrian capital battled the Ger
mans for the last few blocks.
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THE BRITISH 8TH ARMY
has crossed the Senio river in a
campaign to destroy as much as
possible of the opposing German
army before it can withdraw
into Germany’s southern moun
tain fortress.
ALLIED AIRMEN, battling
-glassed attacks by German jet
propelled fighters, destroyed 39“
enemy planes over Europe in the
greatest single day’s blow at the
German air force.
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THE IT. S. 24th corps were
“held to small gains” on Okin
awa in its drive toward the capi
tal city of Naha.
Drop Classes Date
Under the enforcement of a
faculty - legislated ruling, stu
dents are reminded that they
may not add classes to their
sfijjedules after this week.
Though classes may he dropped
after April 14, students may not
register in a new class.
Last Cai! for Petitions
Petitions for chairmen in the
campus seventh war loan drive
must be turned in by 4 p.m. to
day to Carol Wioke at the Alpha
Delta Pi house, or at the war
board office in McArthur court.
Positions are open for a chair
man of the drive, and the pub
licity, finance, coke day, and
auction committees.
Petitions for editor of the Ore
nter, student handbook, and the
Oregon federation should be
turned in to Audrey Holliday,
ASUO president, by Thursday.
Final Lecture to Feature
Stanford Chemist on Origin
Of Experimental Method
Ending the year’s faculty lectures, deemed by Dr. Rudolph
Ernst, chairman, as the most successful series. Dr. F. O,
Koenig, professor of chemistry at Stanford university, will
speak on ‘ Origins of Experimental Method" at 7 :30 p.m. Thurs
day in 207 Chapman hall. The lecture is under the joint spon
sorship of Sigma Xi and the University lectures committee.
Music Students
Plan Program
For Assembly
A variety program of musi<
furnished by students from tin
University of Oregon school o:
music under the direction o:
George Hopkins, professor o:
piano, will be the feature of th(
all-campus assembly at McArthui
court Thursday, April 12, at 1]
a.m.
The program, as announced bj
Mr. Hopkins, will include: “Marcl
Prelude” by the University banc
with John Stehn as conductor
Marilyn Miller, Portland soprano
singing ‘‘Who’ll Buy My Lavender,’
by Edward German, and “Let M;y
Song Fill Your Heart,” by Ernest
Charles. Accompanist will be Pa
tricia Metcalf.
Louise Robson and Betty Jean
Taylor will give two-piano com
positions, Bach's Fugue No. 1 from
“The Art of Fugue” and Cope
land’s “Danzon Cubano.” Jean
Carkin Sanesi, contralto, will sing
several selections; a string quartet
with Bob Gilmore, Marilyn Olsen,
violinists, Marion Saltness, violist,
and Joyce Whittle, cellist, will
play.
Featured in this first all-campus
assembly of spring term will be
Johnette King, pianist, who will
appear as soloist with the Univer
sity band. She will play David Ben
nett’s “Reparte.”
Oriental Films Form
Basis for Discussion
A Chinese film entitled “The 400
Million” and three films on Japan
called “The Land,” “The People,”
and “Dream of an Empire” will be
presented in 207 Chapman hall to
night at 7:30 and 9.
These Oriental films were spe
cially prepared as a basis for dis
cussion groups in history and so
cial relations. At 9 p.m., after the
first showing, W. S. Baldinger,
associate professor of art, will con
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KING AND QUEEN
Jeanne Simmonds and Shubert Fendricks are shown shortly after they
were crowned king and queen of the Sliackrats Friday night at the
Shackrat party. Miss Simmonds is wearing two white orchids sent
to the Emerald by the “Breakfast in Hollywood” radio show. In true
journalistic style, the crowns are fashioned of shiny lead slugs and
an Emerald masthead.
Psychopathies Invade Campus
According to EmeraldReporter
By SHUBERT FENDRICK
Now and again you hear some
ignorant person ask, “What is the
shack, and what are Shackrats?”
Such ignorance is appalling. In an
attempt to increase the literacy of
these sigularly uninformed stu
dents, and to enhance the knowl
edge of non-Shackrats, we hereby
present the following information:
The Shack is that very impres
sive building behind Friendly on
University street. Behind its walls
roam the greatest collection of
psychopathic cases ever loosed in
one building.
In the main floor cell block are
some very interesting cases. One
of the outstanding is that of out
managing editor, Marguerite Witt
wer, lovingly known as Little
Beaver to her fellow inmates. At
any time of the day or night she
can be found in the news office,
wearing a pair of checked peddle
pushers (victory pants). Another
interesting inhabitant of this of
fice is Winnie Romtvedt, our be
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While in Oregon Dr. Koenig will
give three other talks. Friday he
will appear at Reed college in Port
land to talk on “Alexander Wilson
and John James Audubon, Their
Significance for the History of Sci
ence in America.” His talk at Ore
gon state college at 4 p.m. Mon
day, April 16, will deal with “Some
Current Misconceptions in Electro
chemistry.” Returning to this cam
pus Tuesday, he will talk on “Some
Observations on Liquid - Liquid
Junctions Involving Colloidal Elec
trolytes” before the chemistry
seminar at 4:15 p.m. in 103 Mc
Clure hall.
The occasion for his talk at Cor
vallis is a meeting of the Oregon
section of the American Chemical
society and the Pacific Northwest
section of the Electro-chemical so
ciety. Dr. F. P. Zscheile of the Uni
versity of Chicago will be another
guest speaker. Dr. Pierre Van
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Sigma Xi Offers
Research Prize
To Science Grads
A graduate reesarch price of $25
is offered by the University chap
ter of Sigma Xi, science honorary,
to a graduate student who has
completed an outstanding piece of
scientific research during one of
the last two academic years. The
award is offered to students in one
of the seven science departments
of the University: anthropology,
biology, chemistry, geology and
geography, mathematics, physics,
and psychology.
Nominations must be in before
Saturday, April ,14, to Dr. Pierre
Van Rysselberghe, chairman of the
committee of award, McClure hall.
U 0 Radio Programs Feature
'Economics and Dictatorship’
“Will Economic Planning Lead to Dictatorship?” will be
the topic discussed by a panel during three weekly University
hour proprams. bepinning Thursday night at 7:30 over KOAC.
The basic problem for these discussions is found in “Road to
Serfdom” by Frederick Hayek. Participating will be Dr. Calvin
<7<4e CamfuiA. aud tlte It/osUd . . .
File of Vital War Information Available at Libe
By DOROTHY FOWLER
Vast quantities of up-to-the
minute information in the form of
pamphlets and bulletins is avail
able to University students in the
seldom-publicized key center of in
formation and training located in
the reference room of the library.
In early 1942 the University of
Oregon was asked by the United
State office of education's civilian
morale service to serve as one of
140 key centers of information and
training to be organized in colleges
and universities throughout the
United States.
The plan was to establish one
key center in each state with less
than one and one-half million popu
lation, and to establish in states
with a larger population one center
for each million residents.
Various information centers such
as OWI and the government print
ing office send their literature
regularly,' as do information ser
vices of foreign countries.
On the UO campus the center
was formed under the direction of
Dr. Hugh Wood, now on leave of
absence for war service. Since Dr.
Wood’s departure, Eiizabetli Find
ly, senior assistant in the refer
ence department of the library, has
been in charge of the material.
Miss Findly places some of the
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All members of the ISA senate
and delegates to the caucus meet
in 105 commerce tonight at 7:80.
urumoaKer, protessor or econom
ics, Jesse H. Bond, professor of
business administration, and W. B.
Merriam, assistant professor of
geology and geography.
Featured musician for the Thurs
day program will be Edna Fisher,
pianist, senior in music. Her pro
gram will consist of “Arabesque”
by Debussy, “Melodie" by Gluck
Sgambati, “Sonatine” by Ravel,
and “Rhapsody in F-sharp minor”
by Dohnanyi.
In the Tuesday program spon
sored by the University, Anne
Craven and Jack Craig, journalism
students, dramatized the life of
Joseph Pulitzer, famous editor of
the New York World. Pulitzer en
dowed the Columbia school of
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