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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 4, 1946)
Emerald Staff Slates Meeting For New Workers Looking forward to the daily publication of Emeralds rating All-American honors this term the staff of the University daily faces a shortage of workers in all news departments. Returning students, especially those with newspaper experience, and new students interestd in gaining valuable practical exper ience will be given the opportunity to join the Emerald staff at meet ings for different departments scheduled early next week. Suffering a serious shortage of manpower, the sports staff, at present headed by Sports Editor Leonard Turnbull, will meet with all students interested in writing sports news stories, articles, and features, at 7:15 p.m. Wednesday, January 9, in the sports room, journalism building. Copydesk editors and all stu dents interested in learning to write headlines, copyreadin^, and rewriting, will meet with Manag ing Editor Marguerite Wittwer in the news room, journalism build ing, 7 p.m. Tuesday, January 8, News Editor Jeanne Simmonds will meet with all old reporters Today’s World PRESIDENT TRURJAN sharply berated Congress for “needless delay” on reconversion legislation and called upon the people to de mand prompt action because “time is running out.” A STRIKE AFFECTING 17,400 Western Electric company em ployes in New York city and New Jersey began, bringing a threat of a shut-down in national tele phone service. THE DEPARTMENT OF Agri culture announced that butter may be harder to find in some parts of the country during the first quar ter of the year than at any time since early in the war when heavy military buying depleted supplies. IN CHINA, COMMUNISTS ac cepted Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek’s offer to call in General George C. Marshall as mediator in China’s civil strife. GENERAL MacARTHUR order ed the Japanese government to clean its political house and to purge from public office and gov ernment service those persons who lead Japan into war. and prospective reporters in the news room, 7 p.m., Thursday, January 10. It is emphasized by all members of the editorial staff that only students willing to devote several hours w’eekly to Emerald work need apply for positions on the staff. REMOVABLE~ CARD CASE SECRET POCKET DETACHABLE COIN PURSE « ONE PIECE «** COVER SNAP FASTENER CLOSING . JENSON'S DRUG 917 Willamette Phone 2742 Dr. Kratt Writes Of Teaching Gl's Telling of .his experiences in teaching the GIs in the American college at Shrivenham, England, Dr. Theodore Kratt, forrperly dean of the University school of music, wrote a letter recently to John Stehn, acting dean of the school of music. Said Dean Kratt, “Our first term closed on September 26, with an impressive convocation held out of doors in military style. We are now well into the second term and have over 4,000 officers and en listed men enrolled. Choral Union Still “In addition to certain adminis trative responsibilities, I am again teaching two large classes in ap preciation of music. I am also as sisting with the directing of the instrumental and choral organiza tions. A radio station on the post enables us to broadcast our con certs throughout the United King dom and to the continent. “There are about 400 student enrollees in the music courses. They are eager to learn, and are doing a good job of it. Representa tives of the army 1 and E divisions in Paris, conducted a poll among the students of both terms and more than 90 per cent were favor ably impressed with the SAU (Shrivenham American Univer sity) set up and what it had to offer. These boys are fine fellows and well selected. Besides acquaint ing them with good music, we are getting a great deal of joy and satisfaction in sharing their ex periences and being able to help them in so many ways.” Plan to Attend UO Dean Kratt said that many of his students hope to attend the University of Oregon and that he is talking as many into it as he can. “The SAU is in many ways like the average American college,” he said, “We even have ^ football team and a baseball team.” Kratt told of his travels about England and his lectures on music appreciation. “I have had the chance to meet some of the Uinted Kingdom’s most outstanding musi cal figures,” he wrote. Extension Courses Open (Continued from 1>age one) the tsarist regime in the late nine teenth century, the revolutions of 1905 and 1917, and the Soviet Union since 1917 are also being offered. In industrial arts, a course of methods in woodworking will be open. Special reference will be given to tool technique, applied de sign, and craftsmanship in new and individual projects. Twentieth century music, the principal movements, realism, im pressionism, expressionism, neo classicism and neo-romanticism, and their representative composers will be under the direction of the music school as will public school music, a survey of methods and materials used , in teaching music in the public schools. I’. E. for Women Body conditioning for women will be given by the physical edu cation department. Included in the course will be body conditioning exercises and recreational activi ties such as swimming and volley^ bail. Subjects to be offered by the department of romance languages will be elementary conversational Spanish, advanced conversational Spanj,sh, and first year Spanish. Designed for beginning students, a typing class is being offered by the department of secretarial science. It will cover the theory and practice of touch typing. The sociology department is giving a course on marriage and family problems. It will cover com parative marriage and family cus toms; the American family today, its organization and disorganiza tion; the sociological importance of the family as an institution of society; problems of husband-wife relationship and parent-child re lationship; current solutions; and social, cultural and sexual aspects of successful marriage. It has been strongly advised by the extension division that classes be attended the first meeting, since class organization will depend upon attendance. Payment of fees will be accepted at the first meeting. For further information re garding extension classes call Miss Mozelle Hair at 3300, extension 326. i Important Short Meeting All Members of the Emerald Business Staff and Others Who Wish to Begin This Interesting Activity. Friday, January 4 3:00 p. m. Room 105, Journalism T House Council Members Named The committees of the house council- of the Y.W.G.A. for winter term were announced recently by chairman Vii’ginia Tomkins. ^ The various committees are as follows: yard—Marcia Summers,, chairman, Gloria Scarpelli, Norma Berg, Rifth Schneider, Dorothy Schaer, and Alma Lou Stubbert; inside of house—Norma Parpala, chairman, Bernice Johnson; tele phoning—Audrey Kuhlberg, chair man, Barbara Blaesing, Lynn Renick, Margie Weeks, and Bar bara Wood; magazine—Jane Grace, chairman, June Doak, Dione Hemanway, and Marjorie Tate; flowers—Pat Cooke and Page Leard, co-chairmen, Connie Newton, Beverly Clark, Leslie Palfrey, Dorothy White, and Suzanne Sullivan; bulletin board—■ Virginia Hammerquist, chairman, Barbara Hufford. Viirginia Tomkins asks anyone else interested in working on these committees to contact her by phoning 3869. i: HOGAN'S GROCERY AND COOK'S MARKET Quality Groceries And Choice Meats 544 E 13th McDonald "THE DOLLY SISTERS" BETTY GRABLE JOHN PAYNE JUNE HAVER "OVER 21" IRENE DUNNE 'WITHIN THESE WALLS" HUMS f# "HIT THE HAY JUDY CANOVA "LIFE WITH BLONDIE" ARTHUR LAKE PENNY SINGLETON