FINALS SCHEDULE —See Page 34 VOLUME XLVII Number 32 winter Term Highlights Show UO Reconversion oy uorotny Thomson As the brief winter term draws to a close, events of the past weeks pass in review. Registration week found new students, registration totals, the housing shortage, re turning vets, and fraternity rush ing the top news of the day. The Music Box Ball, first big formal of the term, was held the first Saturday night of the term with Mary Margaret Ellsworth as chair man of the event. '' Social life .took on. new interest with the number of male students increased so suddenly and dozens of desserts and open houses sched tiled for each Wednesday night. Headlines barked of bulging class rooms and still-climlping registra tion totals. Many veterans .were again tak ing up their studies at the Univer sity and the Emerald ran numerous interviews of some of the more prominent and their impressions of the Oregon campus on their return. The journalism editing class re sumed their weekly radio broad casts of campus news to be aired at 4:45 over KOAC on Tuesdays. While the infirmary urged students to get influenza shots to avoid a possible epidemic. Emerald headlines January 8 loudly proclaimed a 60 per cent increase in enrollment over the winter term of 1945 with a total of 2850 registered the second week. Phi Beta keys were bestowed on six proud seniors: Louise Montag, Pauline Sulflow, Mrs. Aleanor Merrifield, Barbara Lucas, Shirley Rubenstein, and Charles Cunning ham. AWS officials announced Coed Capers plans with Virginia Scholl named as general chairman, and the Oregon Federation of Collegi ate Leaders scheduled their seventh annual meet at the University. Fraternity rushing was tempo rarily terminated and the Greeks claimed 84 new pledges with Alpha Tau Omega filling the 10 man per house quota. The Gerlinger Gals, 17 strong, took over their converted quarters in the third floor of the women’s building with big plans for making a name for themselves on the cam pus. Winter term registration was still making front page news with a record-breaking total of 3035 students and more expected. Be cause of the great number of new students it was decided that a Pigger’s guide was needed and plans were started to publish one. IN HER EASTER BONNET "She 11 b"e the finest lad)'' in the Easter parade” if her bonnet is from the WESTGATE SHOPPE E. 13th On the Campus This jaunty spring sling ... gabardine trimmed in patent with a tiny brass loop. In black sizes 4 to 10, A AAA to B 7.95 The concert series- was opened with the appearance of the Sal zedo harp ensemble at McArthur court. Plans were initiated for the formation of a University veter ans organization. Odeon, campus art group, an nounced the forthcoming publica tion of campus manuscripts, urg ing student participation. Campus houses named their Co ed Capers “Dream Girl” candi dates and Dorothy Habel was elect ed Dads’ Day chairman when Bob Matheson, originally selected, was unable to accept the position be cause of illness. In the third week of winter term, the Emerald proudly an nounced that the “allotment was up to 7-8 man per woman” with the total enrollment the third high est in history. Birth of a new University con stitution was proclaimed as a solu tion to ASUO problems, with rep resentation according to popula tion rather than class. Dr. Ray P. Bowen opened the winter term lecture series with a talk on Honore de Balzac. Three independents, Bob Kirkpatrick, Phil Dana, and Fred Goodspeed, were elected to the ISA executive council. Jeanne simmonds, Emerald newseditor, was appointed sopho more representative on the ASUO executive council. Campus coeds vied for the Dads’ Day cups pre sented to the houses with the most days registering and the most freshmen dads. Oregon was saddened by the temporary loss of the picturesque millrace, dry because of recent Willamette floods which caused the breakage of a revetment. Ducks and Beavers merged at a post-game dance, the Hoopsters’ Hop held in Gerlinger hall. The yearly March of Dimes campaign pitted men against coeds in a drive to raise money. Dr. Harry K. Newburn retruned to the University after an eastern trip to attend the conference of the Association of American colleges. Late in January, registration to tals were still climbing with a to tal of 3397 enrolled, and the ratio of men to women nearly 9 to 10. Fall term GPA honors were copped by Delta Delta Delta with a house GPA of 2.782. Alpha Gam ma Delta took second place, and Highland house third. The proposed ASUO constitution was the subject of the assembly on January 31, with explanations of the Student Congress plan by the drafters and students discus sion of the issue from the floor. Dad’s Weekend was the big event of the first weekend in Feb ruary with a Dad’s luncheon held Saturday at the Eugene hotel and the appearance of the Oregon 1919 Pacific Coast championship bas FELLAS it's important to be neat Get slicked up at . . . SCHLICK'S BARBER SHOP 11th and Alder ketball team at the Saturday night game with Washington The “Rooters Rat Race," spon sored by the rally squad, was held after the game in Gerlinger hall, with the music of Ted Hallock and his band. On February 1, enrollment fig ures had climbed to 3405, and 81 percent increase of 1945's winter term high of 1884 students with the school of law claiming the largest increase. Plans for an $80,000 science building were formulated by the state board of higher education and the four story structure should be completed by the fall of 1947. The San Carlo Opera company, scheduled to give a performance of “Carmen” on February 5, had some trouble with their stage sets and costumes which failed to ar rive and so the audience was en tertained spontaneously by the cast.y The 27th annual Oregon Press conference was held on the eampr* February S and 9 with approxi mately 100 editors and publisher* attending the numerous events the program. Coed Capers, annual all-women affair, held the spotlight Friday night, and Beverly Pitman elected Dream Girl of 1946. Hend riel 's hall women were judged first te costumes, and cup for the best skit was warded to the freshman class. Sponsored by the advertising honoraries, the Krazy Kopy Krawd took over McArthur court Satur day night, February 9. Initial steps toward the lorjg planned student union building t were taken February 12, when the activities board approved an ap propriation of $2500 to help fi nance a drive to raise funds. February 14 Marv Rasmussen was chosen King of Hearts at th» Valentine day special event, Ore Heart Hop. (Phase turn to page thirty-six) Qladhfl QilLent •PORTLAND'S LEADING PHOTOGRAPHER” • : «i Invites students tmm to her modern studio at all times 708 W. Morrison St. Portland, Oregon SPRING TERM *' ‘ * • • ' ' ; ■ * IS PICNIC TIME i Let us fill your picnic basket with delicious cold meats, fruit, pastries. And remember to stock up here for those late evening snacks. SAVE WHEN YOU BUY AT * . • UNIVERSITY GROCERY 709 E. 11th Fh. 1597