VOLUME XLVII
UNIVERSITY
OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, OCTOBE1
Number 21
18.1945
Advanced ROTC Courses
May Reopen Winter Term
Upperclass Interest Will Be
Determining Factor of Reactivation
The beginning of winter term may see the reactivation of the
advanced ROTC course, provided a sufficient number of merl
will enroll, Dr. Harry K. Newburn, president of the University,
announced yesterday. Men interested in this program are asked
to contact Major W. S. Averill, head of the military science de
partment, immediately
Brig. General Edward W.
Smith, executive officer for the
Reserve and the ROTC, re
cently notified Dr. Newburn
of the plans of the war depart
ment establishing the course.
To be effective until the perm
anent postwar ROTC can be
established when Congress deter
mines the size and composition of
the regular army, the object is to
produce college-trained junior re
serve officers to meet the needs
of the army during the postwar
years and to preserve and expand
the ROTC organization in antici
pation of postwar reserve officer
requirements.
Brass Assured
Guaranteed a second lieutenancy
at the successful completion of this
course, students must meet the
following requirements before they
may enroll.
•^The students must:
1. Be regularly enrolled in the
University.
2. Be between the ages of 19
and 26 at the time of admission
into the program.
3. Meet the physical require
ments demanded for regular army
officers.
4. Have an AGTC rate of 110
or better.
5. Be following a course that
will run for at least two more
years.
6. Have completed a Basic
ROTC course, or have completed
one year in the army, navy, ma
rine corps, or coast guard in active
service.
7. Agree to a complete two-year
advanced course, unless sooner re
lieved.
8. At terminantion of the course,
accept a second lieutenancy.
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Sophomore Officers
There will be a meeting of all
sophomore class officers this
evening at 7 o’clock in the Side.
Union Building
Plans Related
The history and future of the
Oregon student union building
was discussed at the first meeting
of the Oregon Mothers Wednesday
afternoon at Gerlinger hall. Wally
Johnson, chairman of the student
union committee, told the group
that plans for erecting this much
needed building are reaching com
pletion.
He pointed out that the student
union building will be “a center
of student life on the campus, will
be a means of uniting students and
will be a meeting place for stu
dents and alumni alike.” John
MacGregor, ASUO president in
1923, instigated the project and in
1925 an amendment was made to
the constitution providing for the
payment by each student -of a $5
building fee. “However,” Johnson
stated, “the fees seem to have been
used for every purpose except the
one for which it was intended.”
Lack of interest and activity
marked the passage of more than
ten years, but in 1938 ASUO Pres
ident Barney Hall organized a com
mittee to plan the financing of the
building. “The late Dr. Erb,” said
Johnson, “deserves a great deal of
thanks and credit for making the
State Board of Higher Education
aware of our need.”
“The first unit,” he explained, is
a $900,000 project, $200,000 of
which will be supplied by gifts,
$100,000 by cash on hand and the
rest by a bond issue.” Johnson dis
played the pictures which had been
collected by Dr. W. V. Norris dur
ing his tour of the country last
year, when he inspected a number
of similar buildings. Also last
year, he explained, a survey was
made on the campus to find out
what students wanted in their un
ion building.
“The initial building plans are
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Oregana Page Planned
For Unaffilated Men
In order that all the men liv
ing ^off the campus can get their
picture in the Oregana it has
been announced by Jean Yoder
that a separate page has been
set aside for this purpose.
Since it is impossible to con
tact all these men Fred Samian
shall be at the College Side Inn
Friday afternoon, October 19, to
make photographic appoint
ments for these men. A charge
of $1 will be made to cover the
cost of the page.
There are many men unaffil
iated with campus organizations
and according to the Oregana
staff if they do not sign up Fri
day afternoon at the “Side”
their pictures shall not appear
in this year’s Oregana.
Pre-Game Rally Set
For Hopeful Ducks
Oregon’s spirit, never dampened,
will rise to a peak Friday at 7 p.m.
in front of the library when
Mickie Davies and the rally squad
lead the hopeful ducks through
another night-before-the-game
rally to organize cheers for the
Washington-Oregon game.
Traditional card stunts, dropped
from the rallies several years ago,
will be resumed. With this an
nouncement Mickie urged all liv
ing organizations and off campus
residences to sponsor 100 percent
attendance so that everyone will
receive correct instructions to
make the fete a success.
Three groups will be started at
6:30 from the Tri Delt house,
Sigma Kappa and Alpha Phi,
cheering lustily as they gather up
remaining students on the way.
Open House Last Night
Three campus living organiza
tions held open house last night
from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Rebec house used a “Fall” theme,
according to Lois Hemmy, social
chairman. Nancy Sampson was in
charge of arrangements for the
Pi Beta Phi open house, and Jean
Canfield planned the entertain
ment for Hendricks hall.
Exec Council
All applicants for Homecom
| ing chairman and sophomore
representative will meet with
the ASUO executive council at
4 this afternoon.
Surprises Await Peruvian Coed
By BETTY BUSHMAN
A diminutive 21-year-old Peru
vian exchange student, Rosa Maria
Burga, is making her home at the
Delta Gamma house. “Dolly,” as
she likes to be called, arrived in
Eugene Monday to take up the
scholarship given by the Interna
tional Education institute and the
University of Oregon in coopera
tion with the Delta Gamma soror
ity.
The past week has been an ex
citing one for Dolly. On October 9,
she boarded the Pan-American
Clipper for her first trip to the
United States. “My first thrill
-^ame when we landed in Balboa,
Canal Zone,” she said in excellent
English which she has spoken
since she was eight-years-old, “and
I was allowed to go on board the
aircraft carrier Enterprise which
was anchored there.”
Plane Trip
From Balboa, the clipper flew to
Mexico City, and then to Los
Angeles where she got her second
surprise. “I thought Los Angeles
was a small town,” she laughed,
“but at night it looked like a giant
Christmas tree.”
Perhaps confusing Eugene with
Los Angeles, Dolly remarked that
she had expected to find this col
lege town much larger. "I like
small towns, though,” she hastily
added, “everyone is so friendly.”
Education Major
The bright-eyed education major
has also discovered that things
are not as the movies depict them.
“I didn’t think that American
girls could be so pretty,” she ex
claimed, “but I'm convinced that
you are really pretty girls with or
without makeup.”
' “What impressed me most is
that I thought you girls were
really mad about boys, but you
just don’t seem to care about
them.” Dolly believes this is an
excellent attitude because “you
know these boys just think they
are so scarce.”
Loves Food
An ardent lover of scrambled
eggs, with hot-dogs a close second
choice, Dolly doesn’t think she will
miss all the enchiladas and tortil
las. In fact, the first thing she
asked for when she arrived Mon
day morning was a hot-dog, even
though it was 5:30 a.m.
With the ambition of becoming
a kindergarten teacher, Dolly left
her job as 'a secretary for the
Royal Bank of Canada in Lima to
accept the UO scholarship.
Mei to Appear
At Mac Today
To be introduced to the ASUO
today at 11 o'clock in McArthur
court is a world traveler .and emi
nent educator, Dr. Y. C. Mei, act
ing president of Yenching univer
sity in Chengtu, China. Dr. Mei's
topic is “America and China in the
Asiatic Era.”
Soon to return to his university,
Dr. Mei is stopping on the west
coast for a short time to see this
part of the country and its educa
tional institutions.
Yenching university was moved
to Chengtu from Peiping, after the
original location was endangered
by the Japanese during the war.
Although the actual university
president was taken Jap prisoner,
Dr. Mei and remaining faculty
members were able to reestablish
the institution.
Dr. Mei received his education
at the Worcester Polytechnic insti
tute in Massachusetts, after which
he became professor of physics at
Tsing Hua university, where he re
mained for 14 years. He was ap
pointed university president in No
vember, 1931.
The noted physicist was director
of the Chinese Educational mission
for two years, a position which
kept him in the United States.
FLASH!!!
Campu social chairman Louise
Goodwin and members of the
rally squad request that all
girls wear white blouses to the
game Saturday. This is to pro
vide a uniform background for
card tricks which will be dis
played in the grandstand. These
tricks will be explained at the
rally Friday evening. It is im
portant that houses comply 100
percent.
Talent Needed
In AWS Show
The .major women's event of
the year sponsored by AWS, Coed
Capers, ia scheduled for winter
term, and petitions are requested
now for the various committees
and skits. Each living' organiza
tion will select a candidate for
"Dream Gill" to be chosen at the
event, and every group will plan a
representative costume dre3s to be
worn at the Capers.
An over-all Coed Caper chair
man will be chosen from upper
classmen petitions. Women stu
dents may petition for chairman
ships of the class skits, the activ
ity skit, and for various committee
work. A general chairman will be
needed for the Dream Girl contest.
Other committees to be petitioned
for chairmen are the general pro
perties committee, make-up, publi
city, decorations, refreshments,
finance, tickets, entertainment,
and the costume committee for the
living organizations. Students may
also petition for mistress of cere
mony, of which there are two re
quested.
AWS President Signe Eklund
urges all students to petition for
these various committees. Com
mittee members to work with the
various chairmen will be in moot
cases chosen from the petitioners.
The Coed Capers is a women’s
event for women, in which every
woman participates and no men
are allowed to enter.
Dr. Mei Praises Countrymen
For Education Despite War
Yenching University Head Will Speak
On America and China in Asiatic Era
By WINIFRED ROMTVEDT
Because Chinese universities
kept on despite the war, China will
have trained personnel to help in
its rebuilding, Dr. Y. P. Mei, act
ing president of Yenching univer
sity, said in an interview Wednes
day night. Dr. Mei will speak at
the University assembly today at
11 on “America and China in the
Asiatic Era.”
Seated on a comfortable lounge
in Alumni hall, Dr. Mei told how
his university moved inland after
I Pearl Harbor and he praised his
"plucky” Chinese students. After
the interview, the Chinese scholar
went to the home of a former
acquaintance, Miss Mabel Wood,
head of the department of home
economics, for a dinner party in
his honor. Miss Wood met Dr. Mei
when she was teaching in Peiping,
where Yenching university is
located.
Never Quit
“The Japanese did not actually
put any educational institution out
of business,” Dr. Mei said. “We
moved, we walked, we migrated.
We wouldn't take all of it lying
down.”
Within eight hours after Pearl
Harbor the university at Peiping
had started its westward move
ment. The president, Dr. Leighton
Stuart, an American born in China
and educated in the United States,
was confined in a small house with
two other political prisoners.
Foreign faculty members were in
terned as enemy aliens, but part
of the Chinese were released.
Dr. Mei said that Yenching uni
versity was started at Changtu in.
the spring of 1942, a few months
being required to get faculty anil
students together. At present the
university has two campuses;
Yenching reopened at Peiping on.
October 10, the Chinese Fourth of
July; the western refugee branch
will continue only until this spring’.
Dr. Mei will leave the United
States at Christmas to complete
his work at Changtu.
School Spirit
The young Chinese scholar, who
has black hair and wears black
rimmed glasses,' said that his uni
versity is the “best in the world.”
At government request, the school
has enlarged to 1200 students by
installing double decker beds. It
is a residential school. Only by
crowding, were they able to ac
commodate 400 at Changtu.
The campus at Peiping is built
in an "old, old garden, about 400
or 500 years old,” Dr. Mei reports.
“It was in quite a state of dis
repair, with many lakes, rockeries
and trees. For the buildings a new
architectural style was used com
bining. Chinese beauty with mod
ern design. Outside there were
curved corners, red pillars and
decorations on the eaves, and in
side all modern facilities were
used.” Dr. Mei estimates that
there are 60 or 70 acres in the
ground.
Women Too
“When we closed at Peiping,”
remarked Dr. Mei, “one-third of
our 'students were able to make
that long, arduous, risky trip to
Changtu. The girls were light up
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