Oregon
VOLUME XLVII
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. EUGENE.
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Number 65
THURSDAY. JANUARY 24, 1646
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Freshmen to Nominate Class Officers Today
Coeds Reveal
Secret Weapon:
The Hammer
WAA Carnival
Construction Due
--*■ By DAGMAR SHANKS
As a warning to would-be
strollers who might happen by
Gerlinger hall Saturday after
noon, those wofi’t be wood
peckers you hear, seemingly
pecking away in the lofty
rafters, because Gerlinger, un
like historic Villard is a fairly
recent structure and holds little
attraction for the noisy birds.
The steady tatto that echoes
over, the campus from the
women’s gymnasium will be creat
ed by nothing more than the
busy hammers of carnival booth
chairmen, and their beaver-like
committees, industriously building
their concessions in preparation
for the evening’s merrymaking .
Construction artists will receive
Ul*:c go-ahead signal at approxi
mately 1 p.m., according to an an
nouncement made Wednesday by
the W. A. A. The paint and paper
is expected to really fly as the
mental sketches of each organi
zation’s “idea man” begin to ma
terialize. As a stimulus to pro
mote “bigger and better” booths,
a prize is being awarded to the
organization showing the most or
iginality in idea and design.
Chairs, tables, standards, and
curtains to be used in separating
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CARNIVAL CHIEFS
Baybara Wells, top, and Pearl
Peterson, are co-chairmen of
this year’s WAA carnival.
Administration Approves
Proposed Veteran Group
Reminding veterans that attempts to organize on this
campus have not been successful in the past, Dean of Men
*''<ifirgil Earl announced the administration would give its ap
proval of the current movement among returning servicemen
to consolidate.
All male veterans interested in forming a social organiza
tion on the campus will meet at 2 p.m. in McArthur court today.
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whether or not the veterans desire
tc form any type of organization
and will indicate the general trend
of opinion Of the Oregon college
veteran.
Purely Social
The organization, if formed, will
not prejudice any member’s stand
ing in any other campus organiza
tion. It will be purely a social
group under whatever set-up the
veterans desire to use. A veterans’
group will not constitute a political
block and will be under the ad
visement of University adminis
tration.
Assistant Dean of Men George
Hall, a veteran of World War
II, will address the first meeting
and has declared that he will
accept the position of advisor if
requested to do so by the
veterans.
Past Attempts
A veterans’ group was discussed
during the fall term, 1944, when
the returning servicemen of the
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Nomination of freshman class officers and adoption
of the class constitution will take place at a special
assembly from 4 to 5:30 p.m. today at McArthur court. ,
All certificates of eligibility must be submitted to •
me by the tirtie of or before the assembly,” Ed Allen,
ASUO president, announced. Allen will preside.
Freshman class elections are tentatively set for Tues
day, January 29, from 9 a. m. to 3 p. m. at the YWCA
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Austria, Russians Hit
Assembly Limelight
Les Anderson, U O Alumni, On Stage;
Will Tell of European Occupation ,
By DOROTHY THOMPSON
Lester Anderson, ex-ASUO president, and principal speaker
at the student assembly this morning at 11 o’clock in McArthur
court made it clear that he doesn’t “plan to talk about personal
war experiences but rather give an account of a few impressions
and views of the average man in the army of occupation in
Austria.”
Anderson pointed out that “better war stories than I could
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Side or Taylor’s.” Now on terminal
leave from the army awaiting dis
charge in March, Anderson spent
several years as a lieutenant in the
331st infantry of the 83rd division.
His unit fought from Normandy
almost to Berlin itself in the last
days of the European war.
Info on Russians
Having spent several months in
the occupation of Austria working
in close contact with the Russians
he will give his impressions of our
ally, and the Austrian people, gov
erned on the same principal as
Germany by a four power council.
The Russians, Anderson says,
seem friendly although a little
suspicious of the Americans.
The treatment of the Austrians
by the two powers is quite dif
ferent, he went on, in that the
Russians regard Austria as an
occupied country while the
Americans look upon her as a
liberated nation, which he feels
is a mistake. According to the
speaker, Austria contributed as
much to the war as Germany
did.
In his description of Austria he
said, “Vienna is flat. Some of the
buildings are still standing but as
in Berlin all of the great land
marks are gone.”
Strategic Position
The country itself is in a strange
location in the center of a restless
Europe with the different in
fluences of the surrounding nations
constantly tearing her apart, he
continued. However, there seems
to be a strong trend toward Ger
many even in the language, al
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March of Dimes
Drive Opens Today
A March of Dimes drive, sched
uled to net a goal of $1800 from
University students, is being
launched today as dime containers
are placed in prominent places
throughout the campus. Eileen
Kleiner, chairman of the Univer
sity infantile paralysis drive, yes
terday stated that tne campaign
will run the week of January 24
31.
The drive, In whicji the men
have been pitted against the wom
en for the highest contributions,
will solicit money from students
for the annual March of Dimes
week, being held nationally at this
time. House presidents of the con
j test losers, whether they be the
I men or women, have agreed to
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Gleemen Slate
38th Concert
Under Alton
70 Men to Take Part t
In Anniversary Show
Under the direction of
Donald Allton, assistant pro
fessor of music at the Univer
sity and accompanied by
Stacey Green, the Eugene Glee
men will begin their 38th semi
annual home concert this,
evening at S:15 p.m. in McArthur
court.
Marking the 20th anniversary of
the group's organization, tonight’s
concert will be the Gleemen's 9th
appearance. Six of the 70 men tak
ing part in this evening’s program
participated in the group’s first
performance in J926. Since’ that,
time, the choral organization has
made many charitable, and suc
cessful appearances, including
numerous coast-wide radio per
formances.
Aids Charities
During their twenty years of
musical service to this and other
communities, one of the outstand
ing achievements of this civic non
profit organization has been its aid
to various charities. The 94th con
cert is sponsored by the Boy Scout
Oregon Trail Council, with benefits
going directly to the Boy Scout.
Oregon Trail Council, with bene
fits going directly to the Boy
Scout camp fund.
The Gleemen will open their
program with Howard McKinney’s
arrangement of Edward Grieg’s
“Brothers, Sing On!” “Come to Me
in My Dreams,” by Nobel Caio;
“Passing By” by Edward Purcell;
and the German folksong, “Kath
ryn’s Wedding Day,” will follow
in the first part of the program.
Guest Artist
Featured as guest artist of the
concert is George Boughton,
violinist, also member of the Unj
veristy school of music. His num
bers on the program wilt include
“Perpetum Mobile” By Novaceb;
the "Grand Adagio” from the
Ballet “Raymonda” by Alevendre
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THE EUGENE GLEEMEN, unique group of non-professional local businessmen who sing “because we like t«,” shown above, will
present their anniversary concert on Ihe campus tonight.