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MERALD VOLUME XLVI NUMBER 99 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1945 - Kwamas to Number 30; Will be Tapped May 17 Thirty white Kwama sweaters, rather than the present 19, will appear on the campus next year, it was announced Wed nesday by Audrey Holliday, ASUO president. At the same time, Phi Theta Upsilon, junior women’s service honorary, will be diminished from 29 to 20 members. The change in total membership has been made to interest more freshmen in participating in activ ities and thus become eligible for Kwama in their sophomore year. This will relieve the work load for Phi Thetas. A second plan will separate the duties of the two groups to give the Kwamas more service duties such as ushering. The Phi Thetas will then devote more of their time to orienting and advising fresh man women. The junior honorary will also act in encouraging schol arship. The tapping of next year’s Kwa mas will take place at the ASUO nominating assembly May 17. Phi Theta Upsilon will tap its new members at the election banquet May 24. As in the past, the responsibility of choosing new members rests with outgoing members. Oregon Tops Bond Quota Oregon’s goal of $1,950 in war bonds and stamps to buy an army field ambulance was reached Mon day night when coeds in living or ganizations spent $142.60 for war stamps. Total sales since the goal was set amount to $2,033.52. Results of the sales of Monday night are: Alpha Chi Omega, $4.80; (Please turn to page jour) Today’s World THE AMERICAN NINTH army’s second armored division roared up the Elbe in Madge burg, 61 miles from Berlin, and front dispatches said the allied assault on the Reich capital’s last river lines in the west al ready had begun. * * * RUSSIAN FORCES completed the encirclement of Vienna and compressed the doomed nazi gar rison into t^c of the Austria; ^ AMERICAN TROOPS have beaten off a series of Japanese counter-attacks on south e r n Okinawa, invaded three more islands, and seized two former Nipponese naval stations. THE BRITISH AIR MIN ISTRY announced that the 10, 000-ton Admiral Sclieer, one of Germany’s two remaining pocket battleships, had been sunk at Keil by RAF bombers. CONGRESS TOOK its first steps toward demobilization leg islation as the army revealed {tfceins to send virtually all phys ically fit troops in this country overseas as soon as they can be replaced. Emerald Staff to Meet A spring term organizational meeting for Emerald reporters, headwriters and night staff workers will be held at 7:30 to night in 105 journalism building. Winter term workers and stu dents interested in gaining news paper experience should attend, urged Marguerite Wittwer, man aging editor; Winifred Romt vedt, news editor, and Shirley Peters, night editor. Staff members for reporting, headwriting, and work at the press are needed by the Emerald. Music Theme For Assembly Today at Igloo First all-campus assembly of spring term, to be held at 11 a.m. in McArthur court, will feature a variety program of music furnished by University students directed by George Hopkins, professor of piano. The University band, conducted by John Stehn, will play “March Prelude,” and Johnette King, play ing Bennett’s “Reparte,” will ap pear as piano soloist with the group. Marilyn Miller will sing “Who’ll Buy My Lavender” and “Let My Song Fill Your Heart,” accompanied by Patricia Metcalf. Louise Robson and Betty Jean Tay lor will give two-piano composi tions; Jean Carkin Sanesi will sing several selections, and a string quarter composed of Bob Gilmore, Marilyn Olsen, Marion Saltness, and Joyce Whittle will present sev eral numbers. Freshmen Chosen To Aid War Board In accordance with a policy in augurated bV Carol Wirlro war board chairman, eshman iepreseatatives to the war boaiu were recently chosen by the living organizations, to start their duties spring term instead of fall term. This will eliminate difficulties in beginning war board activities next fall. The representatives for spring term are as follows: Nadine Foss, Alpha Chi Omega; Betty Mack, Alpha Delta Pi; Norma Figone, Alpha Gamma Delta; Bobbie Full mer, Alpha Omicron Pi; Barbara Hessemer, Alpha Phi; Lois Croner, Alpha Xi Delta; Shirley McGuirk, Chi Omega; Joanne Merwin, Delta Delta Delta; Dona Chapman, Delta Gamma. Joan Preble, Gamma Phi Beta; Margaret Metcalf, Kappa Alpha Theta; Margaret Brosman, Kappa (Please turn to page four) Season’s Last Lecture to be Given Tonight In the last faculty lecture of the year, Dr. F. O. Koenig, professor of chemistry at Stanford university, will speak tonight at 7:30 in 207 Chapman hall on “Origins of Ex perimental Method.” Sigma Xi and the University lectures committee are joint sponsors. Dr. Koenig is scheduled to speak also at Reed college in Portland on Friday, and at Oregon State col lege Monday at a meeting of the Oregon section of the American Chemical society and the Pacific Northwest section of the Electro Chemical society. Returning to this campus Tues day, Dr. Koenig 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. Dr. Koenig received his bachelor of arts degree from Harvard in 1922, and spent the next seven years at the University of Munich in Germany, where he received his Ph.D. in 1929. He has been at Stan ford since 1931. Mrs. Koenig, who also received her Ph.D. in physical chemistry from the University of Munich, will accompany her hus band here. Publication Managers Will be Chosen Friday Editing the Emerald for the 1945-46 school year will be Louise Montag, junior in journalism. The appointment, sub ject to approval of the ASUO executive council, was made Wednesday at the educational activities board meeting. Miss Montag has worked three years on the paper as a Three More'Dishes’ Stirred into Ragout Campus houseboys came through with three more selections for their “favorite dish.” The following peo ple were chosen: Lois Donham by the boys of Kappa Kappa Gamma; Lila Nevin by the dish jockies of Delta Delta Delta; and Edith Allen by the kitcheneers of Alpha Omi cron Pi. All “favorite dish” selections will be judged in advance, and the finalist will be announced at the Butler's Ball on April 21. Applications for Aptitude Tests Due Immediately Only six students have turned in applications for the premedical ap titude test to be given Friday, April 13, Dr. H. B. Yocom, head of the biology department, an nounced Wednesday. This test, sponsored by the Association of American Medical colleges, is a requisite for admission to a med ical school. All pre-medical stu dents who will apply for entrance to medical schools during 1945 or the spring of 1946 must take this test, and should send their appli cations to Dr. Yocom immediately. The test will ascertain the stu dent’s potential ability in medical schools and will measure his gen eral information and scientific background, enabling the commit tee to draw accurate conclusions from a given set of data. Technique and Variety Of S. F. Ballet Reviewed By MARILYN MAY Dance technique, costuming, and variety of ballets presented by the San Francisco Ballet company highly impressed a capac ity crowd of town people and University students at McArthur court, Tuesday night. William Christensen, ballet master and choreographers, was largely re sponsible for the success of this troupe. Rude and sophisticated Vienna was interpreted by the ballet, “In Old Vienna,” which was the most popular with the Eugene audience. Comedy was the predominate fac tor of the first scene. At a side walk cafe, a waiter, three haughty ladies, and Can-Can dancers added to the colorful confusion. Onna White, highly acclaimed for her role as the ballerina of the second act of this ballet, personi fied charm and ballet perfection. The beautiful costuming gave this scene the richness of old Vienna. Russian Dancers Acclaimed The Russian dancers brought wild acclaim from the audience as they gleefully performed their complicated dance in the “Nut cracker Suite” by Tschaikowsk.y. The technique displayed in the sev en dances of the short ballet was memorable. Gisella Caccialanza proved her rightful place as prima ballerina of the ballet company in the “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy.” The audience marvelled at the gracefulness of all the per formers and gave them a great ovation. One of the most famous ballets, “Swan Lake,” second act, showed the impressionistic ability of this company to tell the story through the medium of ballet. The Pas de Deux by William Christensen and Gisella Caccialanza displayed his ability not only as ballet master but also as the principal male dancer of the troupe. Miss Caccia lanza portrayed the Queen of Swans with enviable grace and beauty. The filmy silver and white three-quarter length costumes of the ensemble lent an etheareal quality to the scene. One of the highlights of this performance was the interpretation of the evil magi cian by Bob Hansen. Musical Background Duo-pianists, Fritz Berens, mus ical director, and Reina Schivo, provided the musical background for the ballets. The San Francisco Ballet com pany brought a new type of enter tainment to the University of Ore gon. The response of the audience was proof of the popularity of ballet. Junior Queen INancy Chapman will be the candidate from Hilyard house for Junior Weekend queen. reporter, night staff and copy desk worker, and this year holds the post of associate editor. Only other applicant for the position was Marguerite Witt wer, sophomore in journalism and Emerald managing editor. The business managers of the Oregana and Emerald will be selected at a board meeting Friday, April 13. Odeon Plays Due April 2l Any student who is anxious to have an original one-act play he has written produced at the third annual Odeon, student creative-art show on Monday, April 23, must hand it in to Peggy Overland, chairman, by the end of this week. Because of the difficulty connect ed with staging a play in the audi torium of the music building, and because of the time element in volved, any play submitted must follow certain rules, Miss Overland declared. It must not exceed 25 minutes. The scenery must require little or no staging due to the obstacles involved in setting up props on the stage of the music auditorium. There should be few characters. Second Attempt This is the second time that an attempt is being made to present a play on the program of Odeon, Miss Overland said. Due to sev-< eral difficulties, partly arising from war conditions, a play was not in cluded on the 1944 program. In 1943, a one-act play, “Family Por traits’’ by Virginia Lippman, was produced. It received acclaim from students and faculty members, and from guest critics present, Miss Overland said. Any student whose play is chosen to be presented has the opportunity to receive con structive criticism from Oregon people who have achieved fame in the creative art fields. Only one copy "of the play will be necessary. The student whose work is chosen must be prepared to meet with the cast and the di rector and to work with them on the production. P. E. Club Installs New Officers Wednesday Installation of new officers of the women’s physical education club took place in the AWS room of Gerlinger Wednesday night. Marjorie Priest gave the oath of office in a candlelight ceremony, and corsages were presented to the new officers. Those installed are: Ruth Ship ler, president; Beverly Bennett, vice-president; Wanda Lou Payne, secretary; Esther Paronen, senior representative; June Carnes, junior representative; and Marilyn Scr vas, sophomore representative. Two Enter Infirmary New patients at the infirmary are Arthur McNamara and Rich ard R. Smith. Virginia Gaggs has been released and Alice English remains confined.