Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, August 16, 1945, Image 12

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Newspaper Page TextNormal Life Is Veteran Counselor’s Advice to Vets Returning to School Advice to prospective veteran students at the University of Or egon can be summed up in the words of Emmett F. McGraw, bead of the veterans administra tion guidance center located in the piiysical education building on the campus: “Come down and live a normal life just like other stu dents.” The purpose of this center is to assist any veteran with his prob lems. This includes selection of a training program and an employ AT COLLEGE You'll go to class in them— You'll dance in them— You'll play in them— So why not get the very best in shoes at 1050 Willamette Phone 96S ment objective. Tests, both men tal and manual, accomplish this goal. The office is also concerned with the granting of benefits to veterans under the G.I. Bill of Rights and Public Law 16. There is no way of accurately determining the number of veter ans that will be in school this com ing year. Last year there were 194 at the peak, and the forecast for 1945-46 is approximately 600, or three times as many. The biggest problem of veterans faces those who are married. Housing for them and their fam ilies is very hard to find. All vet erans sometimes find the first term a little tough because of the difficulty of learning to study, but soon they pick up the habit again. Most veterans who have already started school under a government program have adjusted themselves into the social and academic life. They have taken their part in extra-curricular activities and the social aspects of college life the same as the regular students. This seems to be the best recipe for the success of the veteran in school. Thacher Takes Army Position W. F. GT. Thacher, professor of advertising and Euglish, has left for England to become a member of the faculty of the Army Uni versity Study center at or near Oxford university. He will teach advertising to members of the armed forces at one of the two schools being set up by the army in England and Paris. While not actually in the army, he will be in uniform and will have a “simulated” rank. The University has granted him a leave of absence. During the first World War, Mr. Thacher was assigned to the S.A. T. C. army training camp at the University as personnel adjutant. He was also chief of staff of the unofficial ROTC conducted by Col. John Leader earlier in the war. He has taught for 31 years at Oregon. Mrs. Thacher, who has been a professor of piano for 30 years on the campus, also has been granted a leave from her work, and she and their son, Ricky, will spend the winter in Los Angeles. Oregon picnic, Jantzen Beaclj>^ August 20. Hi, Ducks! Follow the example of so many Oregon stu dents, come in as soon as you reach the campus and let us take care of all your banking worries. For years we have been caring for the banking needs of students who take advantage of our many services. I Checking Accounts • Travelers' Checks • War Bonds EUGENE BRANCH of the UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK of PORTLAND EUGENE, OREGON MEMBER F. D. I. C. College life is not all classes and studying — OREGON students find shows the an swer to study problems. Each morning OREGON students find the shows playing at their favorite theatre. HEIlig