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VOLUME XLVII UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE. FRIDAY, JANUARY. IS, 1946 Number 6l Coeds to Vie for Dads Day Cup Awards Sophomore Job Goes To Jeanne Simmonds ASUA Executive Council Picks News Editor; Consideration of Yell King Petitions Postponed Jeanne Simmonds, Emerald news editor, was appointed sophomore representative on the ASUO executive council at a -^.meeting of the council yesterday. Besides her Emerald position, Jeanne is on the WAA cabinet, a member of Amphibians, and treasurer of the sopho more class. Other petitioners for the office were Bjorg Hansen, Gloria Teams Inspire Dance Theme Basketball players for both the Oregon and Oregon State teams are warned to be prepared to see themselves as others see them by Gloria Smith and Marilyn Ander son, co-chairmen of decorations for the ISA Hoopster’s Hop, which is taking place from 10 to 12 p.m. in Gerlinger hall Saturday night fol lowing the basketball game. The Ducks and Beavers will dance to the music of Ted Hallock . and his 12-piece orchestra, which is making its first appearance since it was disbanded in 1942. Tickets for the dance go on sale today at 50 cents per person in the Co-op from 1 to 5 p.m., and will be sold all day Friday and until noon Saturday. Some tickets will be sold in houses. The event is open to both stags and couples. Patrons and patronesses for the dance include: Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Franchere, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stickles, Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Means, Mr. and Mrs. John C. Mc Closkey, and Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur P. Riddlesbargar. Veterans Reminded ^To File for Money “All veterans are urged to file Veteran’s Administration Rehabili tation form No. 1950 for eligibility and entitlement to subsistance payments as early as possible after release from active duty service” said Mr. Emmett F. Mc Graw, chief of the veterans guid ance center at the University, in a recent interview. Mr. McGraw explained that often veterans are told to wait until they enter school before filing for edu cational and training benefits under the service men’s readjust ment act, public law No. 346. However, he continued, if they wait until entering school there is a delay in securing a certificate on eligibility and entitlement and in receipt of subsistance pay ments, therefore this should be done as soon as possible. Wants Red Cross Men Any men who have had Red Cross training or experience are asked to contact Dean Onthank, ~ dean of personnel administra tion, as soon as possible. The help of these men is need ed in advisory ways and would be appreciated very much. Grenfell, Pat Jordan, Anne Bur gess, Winston Carl, Robert Merri field, Harry Nordwick, Barbara Borrevick, Dorothy Habel, Betty Mack, Robert Moran, Beryl How ard, Pat Weber, Barbara Wells, Dedo Misley, Mary Ruth Springer, Pat Cook, Robbieburr Warrens, Mavis De La Mar, Mitchell Davis, and Deane Bond. Yell Duke. Petitions Petitions for the post of yell duke were read, but the council decided to postpone decision. The three applicants, Jimmy George, Dick Byron, and Norman Weekly, will help lead yells at the OSC basketball game Saturday night. Executive council members will judge the volume of applause given each candidate and will base their selection on this recommendation by the spectators. Frosh Election Rules In preparation for the fresh man class elections, tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, January 29, the council adopted the fol lowing rules and regulations: 1. Voting booths shall be used at the polling places. 2. Two-stub ballots shall be used. 3. There shall be no election eering within 100 feet of the polls. 4. There shall be no one in the polling places unless he is voting except those persons necessary for carrying out vot ing procedure. 5. Coercive action by any political party shall be con sidered a basis for contesting the election. JEANNE SIMMONDS Carnival To Include Traditional Booths Scheduled to be a 100 percent hit, all run, no error affair, the winter term WAA carnival Jan uary 26 will boast bingo, base ball throws, fishponds, fortune tel lers, side shows, and just about anything apropos to carnival fes tivity. Floorspace, renting at $1 per 10-foot square, is selling fast, and living organizations have already formulated themes and turned them in to Bobbie Fullmer at the AOPi house. Co-chairmen of the event will be Barbara Wells and Pearl Pe terson. Committee heads are as follows: Thelma Chaney, proper ties; Dagmar Shanks, publicity; Marryann Hansen, arrangements Betty Ingebritson, finance; Bar bara Borrevik, tickets; Bobbie Fullmer, booths; Joyce Neidermey er„ decorations; Wanda Lue Payne, refreshments concession, and Jerry Arnold, cleanup. The intermission program is being planned by Hex Gunn, and admission will be 10 cents a per son. Attendance to Decide Trophy Winners; Houses Must Submit Lists to Dean For the first time since 1943, women’s living organizations will again be eligible to compete for the three trophies given for the best attendance of Dads on Dad's weekend, February 2 and 3. The Nordblad trophy, given to the living organization with the highest proportion of Dads registering; the Shaw trophy awarded to second place winners, and the Lauregaard trophy tor tne living organization having the most freshmen Dads will all be presented at half-time of the Oregon - Washington basketball game, February 2. Women Only The last winners in 1943 were: Noi'blad trophy, Pi Beta Phi; Shaw trophy, Phi Gamma Delta; and Lauregaard trophy. Alpha Xi Delta. This year the contest will be open only to. women’s living organiza tions due to a recent ruling brought about by the unsettled con ditions of the mens organizations. The president of each organiza tion competing for Dad’s Day prizes are requested to submit to the dean of mens office, by Janu ary 28, a list containing the names of all the Dads eligible under the contest rules stated below who have a daughter in the competing irganizations. The list of Dads of freshmen students must be kept separate from the list of other Dads. The total number of Dads listed shall be the base for deter mining the percentage of Dads in attendance. Regulations Given The contest rules have been drawn up as follows: Only Dads of members of a living organiza tion are counted. 1. The dads of fraternity women who live in the halls of residence are to be credited to such halls for the purpose of the competi tion. 2. The dads of fraternity women who li’ve with parents or relatives in Eugene and not actually living in their respective houses or halls ' are not included in their member ship for purposes of this compe tition. 3. Out-of-town dads of members not living in the organization , would be counted. 4. Only such dads as are of (Please turn to page six) C. G. Howard Declares Lack of Experience Is Greatest Bar to American Thinking By DOROTHY THOMPSON “When talking about Russia, France, or England be sure you know your facts,” urged Charles G. Howard, professor of law, when he spoke yesterday morning at the ASUO assembly in McArthur court. “Don’t trust rumors, dispel sus picion, and, after reading news paper headlines, reserve judgment,” he continued. Howard, recently returned from the European theater of operations where he served as a major with the army in military government. He feels that “the American public has very little accurate informa tion concerning military govern ment in Germany.” Experience Limited Howard remarked on America’s very limited experience in occupy ing other people’s lands. To offset this, an extensive study of occu pational troops in Germany after World War I was made. This re port proved that ordinary combat officers were not suited for the performance of military govern ment duties. Because of these find ings, a special group of men were picked and schooled to carry out this vital task, he said. He described the process of turn ing out “a rotund banker and a college professor, with an intellec tual stoop” to resemble Apollos graduated from West Point. Fol lowing this basic training course, the officers were sent to different universities throughout the nation to study Germany and German language. Each of the men studied his particular profession, in its German counterpart. These men had beep in all walks of life— lawyers, doctors, sanitary engineers, public utility engineers, food and agricultural experts, teachers, librarians, firemen, theologians and artists studied the German way of doing things. Train In England Late in 1943\ they were sent to England where they had more in tensive training and engaged in hypothetical problems involving the mock capture of English towns and dealings with the town clerks and magistrates. The speaker made it clear that when the invasion came, these groups moved right along with the combat troops in all their opera (Please turn to page eight) Bowen Praises Balzac’s Ability French Writer Rated Great Literary Novelist By Bill YVhitelock Showing that Balzac had an ex travagant and extraordinary im agination, Dr. Ray P. Bowen open ed the winter term of the Univer sity lecture series last night. Balzac, at the age of 30, was capable of a greatness in the un derstanding of human emotions and actions that he never had at any other period in his life, the head of the romance languages department said. And this under standing of human nature has caused him to be rated as one 'rf the greatest literary novelists. "He presented as many people as possible to form a complete cross-section of life, but even so he missed the extreme personali ties of life,” asserted Dr. Bowen. Balzac claimed to have created more good men than bad, but bs admired a brilliant mind and craft iness in any of his characters. Human Nature The number and quality of the men and women put into the frame (Please turn to page six) Millrace Revetment Out; Channel Dry Scene of many Junior Weekend festivals, the University’s millrace has become a belated victiem of the flood, but, instead of the high water of a short time ago, tbe channel is almost completely dry because of a revetment that broke early Tuesday morning. It will take the low waters of the springtime to make the famed water coui'se usable for canoeing and brief swimming sessions, as well as providing power for the Eugene Woolen mills and the Eu gene Excelsior company. Both of these companies are now operating on electricity and will continue to do so until repairs can be made to the revetment. The revetment broke sometime early Tuesday morning just oppo site the Judkin’s point swale which carried lots of the Willamette back into the main river after a short cut through Glenwood. No estimate on the cost of re pairs has been made, pending closer study of the break. Three years ago it took $8,000 to undo the damage of the flood. It is not expected the project now facing the industries will go that high, as bedrock lies in the area and re pairs will not have to run as deep into the earth.