Oregon
VOLUME XLVI
UNIVERSITY
NUMBER 122
OF OREGON, EUGENE, SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1945
Oregon Women
Win Prizes in
KOG Contest
Winners of the “Don’t Buri
Fern’’ picture contest, a part o
the Keep Oregon Green fire pre
vention campaign, are Dorothy
Godknecht, first prize of $5, Loii
Ev^fns, second prize of $5, anc
Margaret McGee, honorable men
tion, it was announced Friday
night by Carl Webb, instructor if
graphic journalism class. The win
ners, all juniors in journalism, ar<
members of his class.
In Miss Godknecht’s picture, lit
tie Janet Coleman is seated on e
log with a hammer and “Don’1
Burn Fern” sign, questioning where
to post it. Her prize was given bj
the KOG committee. In Miss Ev
an’s picture, Audrey Berdine
sophomore in liberal arts, is showr
porting out the small trees in s
fern patch which would be burned
with the fern. The prize for this
shot was given by the Willamette
Valley Lumbermen’s association.
Judged by George Hart and Roch
Brashaw of the Eugene Register
Guard staff, the contest was pro
moted by Arthur Priaulx, publicity
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Contest Entries
Due at Noon Today
Entries in the two poetry con
tests, the $25 Julia Burgess award
and the $15 Walter Evans Kidd
award, must be submitted to the
English department office, 104 Vil
lard, by noon today.
Only upper division students can
enter the Julia Burgess competi
tion, while the Walter Evans Kidd
competition is open only to lower
division students. Any type of
poem is acceptable, but short
lyrics must be submitted in tripli
cate. The author’s name must not
appear on the manuscript, but
should be in a sealed envelope on
which are typed the titles of poems
which are submitted.
Judges for the contests will be
^ice H. Ernst, associate professor
of English; Thomas F. Mundle, in
structor in English, and Ernest G.
Moll, professor of English.
Today’s World
MINES STREWN by Super
fortresses in every major port of
Japan furnished new hazards for
the imperial navy, already pared
to a fraction of pre-war strength
by U. S. naval might.
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NAZI FANATICS who fought
on in Czechoslovakia in defiance
of German unconditional sur
render were reported in flight
toward American lines as three
Soviet armies tiireatened to trap
them.
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MILLIONS OF WORKERS
Who have long been frozen in
their jobs will soon be free to
seek employment under a re
L taxation of manpower controls
r announced by the war manpower
I commission.
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THE UNITED NATIONS con
ference appeared to be develop
jing a strong bloc of small ha
ft ions determined to win them
selvtft greater authority over the
proposed use of force to prevent
future wars.
MARIE ROGNDAHL, (above) and MARGARET ZIMMERMAN
(below) are starring-, with an all-star supporting cast, in the
concert of operatic music to be presented May 14 and 15 by
Sigurd Nilssen, professor of voice.
(Courtesy Register-Guard)
UO Bond Drive
Short *59,000;
Sales End Today
By MARILYN SAGE
With approximately $59,000 to
be raised to meet the quota set for
the University, the 7th war loan
drive will end at noon today with
the closing- of the Co-op store. To
tal sales and bond pledges so far
have amounted to $49,000. All out
side soliciting of business houses
in Eugene and elsewhere was ruled
out at the beginning of the drive,
which accounts for the difference
in sales between the seventh war
loan and previous bond drives on
the campus.
However small, there is a possi
bility that the sales goal may still
be reached. Thus, every student is
urged to purchase as many bonds
and stamps as possible today be
fore 12 o’clock. The $108,000 quota
must be met if the University ot
Oregon is to retain its honors for
all-out participation in United
States loan drives.
Drive Totals
Due to the efforts of Chairman
Bernice Granquist and her com
mittees, total bond sales for May
8, 9,, 10, and 11 have been $725,
550, $3,770, and $23,650. According
to Phyl Donovan, finance chair
man, the Wednesday auction net
ted $272.75, “coke day” resulted in
the sale of $77.30 in war stamps,
and the total for spring term dime
dinners was $783.15. Pledges signed
by the audience at the all-county
rally in McArthur coutr amounted
to $19,864.
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o.io p.m. ana no admission is
charged.
The program, including music
from operas by Massenet, Verdi,
Puccini and Gounod, will be high
lighted by the presentation of
scenes from "Romeo et Juliette”
by Gounod. Singing the lead role
will be Marie Rogndahl, coloratura
soprano, winner of the General
Electric national radio contest,
"The Undiscovered Voice of Am
erica” last summer, as Juliette; and
Barbara Bentley, mezzo-soprano,
"Miss Lane County,” will take the
part of Romeo. Phyllis Perkins,
mezzo-soprano, will sing the part
of Gertrude, while the role of Friar
Laurence will be sung by Mr. Nils
sen.
Soprano Returns
Margaret Zimmerman, dramatic
soprano and graduate of ’44 who
has just returned from 8 months
study in New York, will be pre
sented in Massanet’s "Herodiade,”
which, though based on the well
known scriptural story, differs
quite widely from "Salome.” Other
dramatic sopranos are Patricia Jor
dan, Iris Duva, and Shirley Stearns,
singing, respectively, from "II Tro
vatore,” “Don Carlos,” and “Le
Reine De Saba.”
Two lyric sopranos, Rose Zena
Latta and Yvonna Prather, will
sing songs of "La Boheme”. Ac
companists are Betty Jean Taylor,
Sylvia Killman, Betty Jane Ben
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Faculty to Meet Monday
The University of Oregon chap
ter of American Association of
University Professors will hold a
spring meeting Monday, May 14
at 7:15 p.m. at the Faculty club.
Dr. Samuel H. Jameson, secretary,
has urged that all members attend,
as officers will be elected and com
mittee reports will be given.
Fasculine Mashions
Editor’s note: This is hefinitely a dangover from Friday’s men’s
edition. Funning; rashion columns on the pront fage of the Em
erald is against tradition. But who cares about tradition; we
thought this was a food gashion column so we are printing it.
By DONALD T. WEBFOOT
It is interesting and proper to note on this beautiful Friday
morning that the only bits of uniformity generally observable
on the exteriors of our University men are vermillion eyeballs.
Otherwise, there i.f a preponderance of individuality expressed
in campus dress among the male species.
Alumnwl Jloa-ki at On-e^o-tt...
Student Union Instigator Still Hoping
By JEANNE SIMMONDS
Still plugging his favorite col
lege day theme—that of a student
union building for the University
of Oregon - Lt. Col. John Mac
Gregor, USA, returned to visit his
campus friends yesterday while
passing through Eugene on his
way to Portland. Col. MacGregor,
who was graduated from the Uni
versity in 1923, was president of
the student body in that year, and
v/as instrumental in introducing
the student union plan to the cam
pus.
Now chief of the legal branch of
the chemical warfare service, he
is still an ardent advocate of the
building, and is doing all in his
power to accomplish its creation.
“I hope and know that the cam
paign will be carried through to its
successful conclusion,” he said en
thusiastically.
A New York City lawyer in civil
ian life, Col. MacGregor entered
the army and was commissioned a
major in 1942. Promoted to his
present rank about a year ago, he
now commands a staff of 30 law
yers, stationed all over the coun
try. Their jobs include all the legal
work connected with chemical war
fare—jobs such as drawing con
tracts for procurement.
Gas and Flame
Chemical warfare, the colonel
pointed out, includes not only the
toxic (poisonous) gases, but also
involves the originating and ap
proving on incendiary bombs,
flame-throwers, and new arms of
war, such as the new 4.2 mortar.
The latter he described as "one of
the most versatile weapons of the
war.”
Although his present work re
quires him to travel a great deal,
Col. MacGregor has not been in
the northwest for two years, and
he commented on the almost un
believably green grass, seemingly
greener than ever because of his
recent tour in Utah.
World War I Vet
He was a wireless operator in
the last war, and entered the Uni
versity as a veteran of overseas
duty. A member of Alpha Tau
Omega fraternity, Col. MacGregor
was also a Friar. He was president
of the Eugene Craftsman club in
his final year at school.
Col. MacGregor sold the student
union plan so thoroughly to the
class of ’23 that each member
pledged $100 to the building fund.
Though most of the class have ful
filled their pledges already, Col.
MacGregor suggests a definite
move to bring all funds in. “I
think if a campaign were organ
ized, the old pledges would be paid
willingly, if a guarantee would
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Marie Rogndahl to Star
In Concert May 14,15
Under the direction of Sigurd Nilssen, professor of voice iri
the school of music, a group of nine voice students will present'
a program of operatic music Monday and Tuesday evenings.
May 14 and 15. Monday’.? performance will be particularly
for students and faculty members, while Tuesday's will be
expressly for townspeople. Both performances, which will be
in the University school of music auditorium, will begin at
xt it is agreeable with Miss HolII*
day, we will first allude to the
questionably fashionable attire of
various students, in order to estab
lish a criterion of appropriateness
on which to base further comment.
At present, with a few T-shirts,
and an aging assortment of suits,
shirts, and shoes, the boys seem to
do very well in maintaining that
well known mark of distinction
that has so often brought forth
discriminatory comments from the
unprejudiced concerning the super
iority of Oregon men in their sar
torial attire.
For immaculateness and perfec
tion in dress check Robert Schott
(except for the suede shoes), Dick
Wilkins, Terry Carrol, Bob Prow
ell, and many others any Saturday
night -before too late in the even
ing. People are still asking, how
ever, why Gene Cecchini doesn’t
give his black suit to some deserv
ing Mexican, who could do it jus
tice.
Turning to the faculty, we could
devote the rest of this space to
the remarkable creations sponsored
by Dr. Edward Leach, of the Eng
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