Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 27, 1945)
Fall Term Registration Reaches New 2453 Mark The registrar’s office reported Wednesday, that to date a to tal of 2453 students enrolled for regular classes at the University of Oregon. This includes a total of 734 men and 1719 women over last year’s total of 314 men and 1350 women. Of this year’s total 1125 are freshmen, 846 sophomores, 168 juniors and 197 seniors. BEVERLY CARROLL, secre tary of AWS, heads -the Radios for Blind Veterans campaign, which is being conducted on the campus. Each house is trying to sponsor a $25-dollar radio. Dorm Leads Donations Susan Campbell hall is leading 1 lie campus with contributions for the radios for blind veterans funds, with $57.50, Beverly Carroll, chair man, announced Wednesday. Delta Delta Delta and 1*1 Beta I’hi are tied for second place with $50, (famma l*hl Beta is third with $45, and Alpha Delta 1’i is running fourth, with $43. The drive, stated Miss Carroll, is to raise the needed funds to pur chase radios for blind veterans who have few other modes of en tertainment, save listening. Other houses, besides the three leaders, who have contributed to date are as follows: Delta Zeta, $42; Alpha Xi Delta, $24; Sigma Kappa, $31.95; Chi Omega, $25; Hendricks hall, $27.50; Alpha hail, $20.50; Kappa Kappa Gamma. $25.40; Alpha Gamma Delta, $21.50; Zeta Tau Alpha, $15.50; Delta Gamma, $25; Alpha Omi cron Pi, $19; women's coopera tive houses, $25; Alpha Phi, $28.14; Alpha Chi Omega, $15; Kappa Alpha Theta, $5. Anyone not affiliated with any campus living organization may give to this fund at the Co-op Thursday afternoon between 3 and 5 p.m. To date $22.73 lias been collected there. The drive ends Friday night, and all students are urged to turn their money in to either the house representatives or the co-op. Free Movies (Continued fyom page one) from World War IT. Pictured also, are scenes of guerrilla warfare, sir battles, and everyday life in Moscow. Benehly Comedy A Robert Benchley comedy and a musical feature are added as ex tra attractions. The movies are open to all stu dents, facility members and towns people who are interested. They are usually held every Wednes day night, but due to the concert last night, were postponed. A woman is a strange animal who can tear through an 18 inch aisle,in a crowded store, and then go home and knock the doors off a 12 foot garage. me graduate students increased exactly double from last years total from 14 to 28. Among the schools,, the. .school of law showed the most surprising increase from last year’s total of 39 to this year’s of 101 with the school of business administration increasing from last years 198 to this years 386. Liberal Arts shows an increase from last years 900 to this years 1142. The school of Architecture in creased from 188 to 325 students while Journalism increased from 145 to 192 students. The old stu dents slightly out-balance the new students as there are 1212 new students and 121 old students. This is no indication of the final en rollment and there is still a volume of late registration being handled. The enrollment of girls will exceed the boys by a ratio of about 2 to 1, which should be a very happy medium for the boys but a matter of lamentation for the girls. The winter term should bring a sizeable increase in enroll ment in boys with hopes of the enrollment being back to normal by the fall term of 1946-47. New Teachers Appointed For English Comp. The appointment of eight addi tional instructors in English com position, necessitated by the regis tration of more than 1000 stu dents in that course, was announ ced recently by the English de partment. The appointment of three instructors is pending the approval of the state board of higher education. Five graduate assistants in English have been named. The instructors appointed are Clinton Vincent, Mrs. Rose Com bellack, and Miss Kate Buchanan. Having received his bachelor of arts and master of arts degrees from Oregon, Mr. Vincent acted as graduate assistant for two years prior to serving two years in the merchant marine. Mrs. Com bellack was instructor in English at the University from 1943 to 1944. Another graduate of the University, Miss Buchanan comes to her positions after serving as supervisor of women's housing of the E. I. DuPont project at Han ford, Wash. Nancy Ames, class of '44, and ASUO president during her senior year, along with John Forges Speer, class of '40, June Haig Simons, class of '39, Thelma Caro line Nelson, class of '44, and Joseph Burke Roche, from San Diego State college, are the five graduate assistants. YW TO Give (Continued from (age one) Song. But after a year of college, principally after a year of curric ular college activities, Clara finds herself struggling through a much needed “physical” under the direc tion of Helen Hicks. Learns to Relax At the end of her sophomore year, however, Miss Alpha-delta has learned to resign herself and relax to the tune of the “Hawaiian War Chant" sung softly by the Chi O trio. After having peered into the fu ture, all girls who happen to catch a glimpse of themselves holding a , MEET THE BOSS—The president’s reception, held last Saturday night, afforded the first oppor tunity for underclassmen to meet Dr. Harry Newburn, the University’s new head. Pictured, left to right, greeting a student are Ed Allen, ASUO president, Dr. Newburn, Mrs. Newburn, Karl Onthank, dean of personnel administration, Mrs. Golda Wickham, dean of women, and A irgil Earl, dean of Today's World EMPEROR HIROHITO called upon General Douglas MacAr thur and the American embassy in Tokyo and talked, through an interpreter, for more than an hour with the supreme allied commander lor Japan. * * * UNION LEADERS OF NEW YORK CITY’S striking opera tors and building service work-.. ers suddenly called off a meeting at which they had in tended to consider extending the stoppage of the strike to city wide scope. R E B E L L I O U S AN NAMITE natives fought with fire and guns in Sigon as the open revolt against the return of French colonial rule went into its third day. A NATION-WIDE STRIKE of oil workers which might af fect 250,000 workers was author ized while 350,000 were idle in labor disputes across the nation. * * * SENTIMENT FOR SHARING the atomic bomb secret grew in Washington Wednesday. Mostly it came from a group of scien tists not from among the men who developed the city-shatter ing monster. THE SPANISH PEOPLE WERE WARNED by the United States department Wednesday that they cannot expect any help from the United States until they rid themselves of General Francisco Franco and his fascist rigime. PRESIDENT TRUMAN sign ed into law legislation abolish ing wartime and putting the na tion’s clocks back to standard time effective 2 a. m. Sunday, Sept. 30. “Y” position will be given the op portunity to sign up for “Y” ac tivities. During the evening Dean Golda P. Wickham, Lois Greenwood, “Y” executive secretary, Mary Corri gan, “Y” president, and the YWCA cabinet, will be introduced. mrann "WILSON Alexander Knox Ruth Nelson Drowsing Nov/ Passe In Library Brov/sing Room Open for recreational reading, the browsing room of the li brary contains several large collections of books, and is open daily from 1 :30 to 5 :30. Evening hours will be announced later. Note-taking, letter writing, and drowsing are the only “don'ts” for the room. Several ink stains have already appeared on the fur niture and rugs. Ink may be used in other rooms of the library. Furniture for the browsing room, purchased from gifts, was planned to blend with colors*in the room and was made to order. Book Collections Book collections include those from several private libraries, and many volumes were donated by University organizations, including Mu Phi Epsilon, Mortar board, Phi Theta Upsilon, and the 1944 senior class. Few books for the room were purchased by the li brary. “We want the students to feel welcome to use the browsing room whenever they wish,” explained Miss Bernice Pdce, head librarian. “Our only rules are for the pro tection of the room, so that it may be used for many more years.” House library collections were started several years ago by the inter-fraternity council, and the Panhellenic council and Heads of Rouses have kept it going. Purpose is to send to" each living organiza tion a collection of books, which it keeps one month, before they are sent on to another house. A csA lection of pictures is also being .ised in this manner. The little old woman bent over )ver the cherub in the cradle. “O-o-o. You look so sweet, I :ould eat you.” Baby—‘‘The heck you could, you ion’t have any teeth.” ‘‘Haven’t I met you before, my charming young lady?” “Well, your phrase seems fa niliar.” Treat Yourself To Curb That Between Meal Emptiness Drop In and Buy from University Grocery Phone 1597 790 Eleventh