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VOLUME XLVII
NUMBER 2
Men’s Stag
To be Held
Tonight at 7
The first “Men’s Only” stag
1 smoker of the year scheduled for
tonight in the YMCA recreation
room at 7 promises to be a bang
up U of O welcome for new and
returning men. Freshmen in parti
cular will obtain valuable sports
information and meet the men
who have made OF Oregon re
nowned as a school of champions.
“Tex” Oliver, one cf the nation’s
noted football coaches and espec
ially known to Oregon students,
vtft be on hand to present motion
pictures of some of his greatest
teams in action. In the same vein,
Gil Roberts, first string tackle
from Maine, will present Oregon’s
prospects for the season, tips on
players and a bit about the tough
competition that is bound to be
found in the opposing line-ups.
Hobby to Appear
“Hobby” Hobson, one of Ore
gon's greatest men in basketball,
will also be present and present
several fast moving reels of Ore
gon’s maple court basket busters.
A reel featuring th champion 1941
team at the University of Hawaii
will highlight “Hobby’s” appear
ance. Also on basketball, last
year’s, captain Bob “Ham” Hamil
ton, will present Oregon basketball
prospects for the coming year and
bring the schedule of opposing
teams and their probable strength
up to date.
Also to be present to meet first
hand the new men on the campus
will be Ed Allen, president of the
j^gUO; Eddie Marshall, president
of the campus executive cabinet;
and Jack Craig, president of the
Oregon Yeomen.
Men of the Skull and Dagger
will make the rounds with cokes
and smokes all evening. They also
plan on assisting in seating ar
rangements.
Committee in Charge
Committee in charge of the
nights events is composed of Ervin
Webb, chairman; Bob Johnston,
Nick Weddle, Fred Samain, and
Sam Benveniste, master of cere
monies.
Campus YMCA director, Lynn
Hutchinson, acted as committee
advisor.
EIEIXO!—President Harry K. Ncwburn (above), and his wife will
have their first social meeting' with old and new Webfoots at a recep
tion at 8 p. m. Saturday in Alumni hali in Gerlinger. In place of the
“Hello” dance, traditional when sufficient men are present cn the
campus, a student talent show will be presented at 8:S0 p. ni., with
Horace Robinson, director of educational activities, in charge. All
students are invited to both affairs.
Officials Report
Critical Housing
Situation to End
By GERTRUDE CHERNIS
While the housing situation
remains acute, relief for stu
dents living in crowded quar
ters is in sight, and attempts
are being made by the Univer
sity to secure additional ac
commodations.
Indications in August point
ed to a 20 per cent higher en
rollment, a n cl arrangements
were made to provide for the
additional students, but the
number of those intending to
return rose sharply so close to
the opening of school that it was
impossible to make immediate
arrangements for more permanent
housing.
Dr. Earl M. Pallett, University
executive secretary, pointed out
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Frafc Rushing
May Begin
With the return of men to the
University campus, fraternities
may stage a comeback, according
to Virgil D. Earl, dean of men.
“Shortly after school opens this
term, a meeting of all the frater
nity men on the campus will be
held and decisions will be made
concerning rushing and bidding,”
the dean said.
The dean observed that any
rushing at present, without further
organization, would be unfair to
the frats with smaller member
ships, and because of this, rushing
will pend the discussoin.
The status of fraternity houses
which were rented through the war
is uncertain at this time, and it is
expected that the Greek letter
houses will not be established in
typical pre-war fashion until next
fall.
tf-n&ih (leoounti Adu&ntusiei.
*■*' Editor’s note: The following
article was written by a member
of the class of 1949 as her concep
tion of Freshman Week.
By Carolyn Romtvedt
Freshman week started for me
when I and about six huge suit
cases got off the Portland bus at
8:30 p.m. Sunday. About 9:30
o’clock a taxi condescended to
haul me, about five other girls,
and my baggage to a house I had
never seen. All frosh were sup
posed to get some sleep in order
to appear bright the next day, so
after gabbing wth my roomates
until about 1:30, I tried to sleep.
With my collection of various
maps, letters, and pamphlets. I
stumbled over to McArthur court,
where I saw my first line. I stood
there alphabetically for about an
hour or two, exactly for what I
didn't know, but finally I reach
ja wire cage where an attendant
asked that I fork over a fiver, but
quick for matriculation fee. A little
later a general assembly was
called and President Newburn and
all the deans of the various schools
were introduced so we could get
an idea what school was what.
On my newly acquired schedule
it said, “Report for physical exam
ination at 2:30.’’ Oh, I was so
scared about that little phrase
because I had heard all about the
handsome young internes from the
medical school. At least I said I
was scared because that sounded
better. I was a little disappointed
because on Monday there were
only nurses, women doctors and
PE majors. They really made you
toe the line to see if you had a
curved spine or flat feet, though.
After filling out a big blue sheet
they practically had to blindfold
me and drag me over a woman or
two who jabbed me full of several
shots cf stuff to tell if I reacted
favorably. I didn’t so they just
shot me in the face a few times.
That really showed me where to
head in, I guess.
Still dazed and doped, I stag
gered over to a little window where
they presented me with a cute
little blue bathing suit and a towel.
I was dismayed to find no straight
jacket, but was finally consoled.
I stood in line so long my feet
felt exactly as if they were para
lyzed and I was sure it was infan
tile paralysis. They didn’t discover
the holes in my head that I had so
deftly concealed with my $5.98
wig. Pronouncing me AA, they said
I was capable of unlimited physi
cal endurance, which is swell when
you only have to do manual labor.
They didn’t know much about my
brains yet.
They wouldn’t let me rest long
because I had to take a placement
exam at 8 a.m. on Tuesday. It was
such fun punching in little black
dots with a little business called a
stylus. Too bad no one ever told
me what big words meant but I
got through with just a few jitters
and shakes. After a short intermis
sion they presented me with three
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Registration Total
May Climb to 2500
More than 2500 students are expected to register for fall term
classes today and Saturday, as the campus welcomes the larg
est freshman group since pre-war years. Clifford L. Constance,
assistant registrar, announced Thursday that approximately
1300 freshmen have received registration material.
The total for women students will be about 1700, the largest
figure in campus history, Mr. Constance estimated, and the
number of men enrollees is expected to double that of 1944
About 800 men will register for
fall term, at least half of them
veterans, Mr. Constance believes.
Procedure Differs
Registration procedure will dif
fer from the 1914 plan in that ad
visers will see students in their of
fices, rather than in McArthur
court. This year only the receiving
of class cards and fees, housing
check, purchase of the Oregana
and other final registration proce
dure will take place in “The Igloo,”
Mr. Constance stated.
Hours for regular registration
will be 8-12 a. m. and 1-5 p. m. on
Friday, and from 8-12 a. m. on
Saturday. During this time all
fees and registration material will
be received in McArthur court,
and advisers may be consulted in
their offices. Students forced to
change their programs when class
sections are filled must return to
advisers for the schedule change,
the registrar's office announced.
Saturday Deadline
Regular students failing to reg
ister by the Saturday deadline
must pay an additional fee begin
ning Monday, Mr. Constance stat
ed, although students may con
tinue to enroll until October 6.
Graduate registration may be
made until September 29 without
payment of a late fee.
University entrance fees in
creased this year to $37.50 with
the addition of an athletic activi
ties charge which will give all
students free admission to games
during the year.
WAA Show
Women’s Athletic association
will hold its orienttation meeting
tonight in the main gym of Ger
linger hall at 7:30. Everyone inter
ested in this year’s program is
invited to attend by Virginia
Scholl, WAA vice-president.
Gay Edwards, president of WAA
will be the mistress of ceremonies.
Entertainment for the evening in
cludes a dancing exhibition by
Orchesis.the dance honorary. Am
phibians, women’s swimming hon
orary will offer a swimming pro
gram as one of the scheduled
events.
Cabinet members will be intro
duced, and Miss Catherine Jones,
new adviser, will welcome all
freshmen and newcomers to the
University of Oregon and explain
the purpose of the athletic asso
ciation.
Miss Jones will also explain the
qualifications for membership, tell
ing women of active parts they
may play as members.
Although the one o’clock clos
ing hours on .Saturday nights
adopted last term may be re
scinded at any time, all campus
closing hours will femain as the
rules that were in effect spring
term. Ten-thirty permission is
granted on week nights, while
Friday merits 12:15 per, and
the one o’clock permission will
remain as the Saturday night
closing hour. '
Tonight
Closing Hours
Rally Squad Deadline Set
Rally squad prospects mu,-it
turn in their petitions to t>i
Allen at the educational activi
ties office before 5 p.m. Wed
nesday, Sept. 26. Only petitions
made before the deadline will
be considered, Allen announced.
Oregana Sales
Begin Today
Sales of the 1915 Oregana, the
University of Oregon yearbook,
will begin today during registra
tion at McArthur court.
“Oreganas should be ordered
now," explained Roseann Leckie,
business manager, "as the publica
tion quota will be made up imme
diately and there will be few extra
copies for late sales."
Editorial work on the Oregana
is already under way, according
to Jean Lawrence Yoder, Oregana
editor. Paging has been set at 369,
an increase of 26 pages over last
year’s book, which increase will be
primarily devoted to the return of
football, additional housing, and
the new dentistry school in Port
land. Publcation bids have already
been sent out to interested com
panies by the educational activi
ties office.
A meeting of students interested
in working on the Oregana, either
on the editorial or business staff,
will be called next week. Special
fields of work include writing of
copy, handling pictures and lay
outs, important art work, and
work in collecting ads and making'
advertising layouts. Several top
positions are open on both editorial
and business staffs.
Kwamas to Serve
Registration Food
“Food for thought’’ at registra
tion Friday and Saturday morn
ings, beginning at 8 o’clock, will
be provided by Kwama, sophomore
women’s service honorary. Ail
hungry registrants will have ai
opportunity to fill up on coffee,
doughnuts and sandwiches, priced
at five and fifteen cents.
Bobbie Fullmer is chairman of
this program and under her are
the following committees: food,
Barbara Johns, Lollie Armstrong,
Gloria Grenfell, Norma Figone,
and Barbara Hawley; finance,
Dorothy Habel, Dedo Misely aru’ ^
Helen Hicks; posters, Ann Bur
gess, Naideen Foss, Alice May
Robertson, Shirley Peters and
Janet Hicks; schedules, Bjorg Han
sen, Sue Schoenfeldt, Nila Desing
er, Robbieburr Warrens, Barbara
Borrevik and Joan Merwii,
arrangements, Pat Jordan, Kato
Snyder, Marilyn Stratton, Betty
Mack, Claire Sering, and Dorine
Radford.