Creative Show
Introduces Gl's
Odeon to Feature
Vets' War Poetry
Veterans’ verse will find its
place for the first time in the Odeon
program and magazine, at the
fourth annual program April 28.
Poetry by veterans will be pre
sented in a separate section on the
Odeon program, which w'ill begin
at 8 p.m. in the music school audi
torium.
This group of veteran verse will
include “G.I. Return” by Robert I.
Doyle, “Appeal” by Francis Ma
thews, and "Pour un Soldat Mort,”
“War Sonnets, I and II,” and “An
dante,” by Gene D. W. Edwards.
AAF Veteran
After 50 months in the air corps,
Captain Francis Mathews was re
leased September 1945. He entered
Oregon at the beginning of fall
ter m as a sophomore, majoring in
psychology.
“I’ve been writing verse off and
on ever since I was in grammar
school,” Mathews said. He wrote
while in the service, and added that
writing is his hobby.
Hopes to Write
Robert I. Doyle, freshman in
journalism, did creative writing
during the 44 months he spent in
the service. He was in New Cale
donia and Saipan as a T-4 in army
.ordnance. Doyle mentioned that
the writing he did while in the
service was more or less a hobby,
but added, “I hope to make crea
tive writing my profession.” He
was discharged from the service
October 26, 1945.
Gene D. W. Edwards, a former
technical sergeant in the para
troopers, spent 48 months in the
service. During this time he was
in the Aleutians, Italy, France,
Belgium, Germany and Norway.
English Major
Edwards, a Eugene resident and
former Oregon student, is a senior
majoring in English.
“I find writing very interesting,”
CAMPUS CALENDAR
Today
There will be a meeting of the
Newman club, 6:30 p.m., at the
Side.
There will be a meeting of mem
bers of Skull and Dagger, 7 p.m.
at the Side.
Tomorrow
There will be a meeting of Phi
Theta.
Desserts
University house faculty dessert.
Omega—Hendricks hall.
Theta Chi—Sigma Kappa.
Phi Psi & Kappa Sigma—Kappa.
Chi Psi—Alpha Gamma Delta.
Sigma Phi Epsilon—preference.
Phi Gamma Delta — Delta
Gamma.
Beta—AOPi.
ATO—Delta Zeta.
SAE—Pi Phi.
Phi Delt—Chi Omega.
Sigma Alpha Mu—Alpha Phi.
Theta—Delt.
Movies to Show
Problems of Land
An agricultural program has
been scheduled by the Educational
Activities board for the Wednes
day movie series. It features the
first March of Time to be offered
this term, titled “Farming.”
“The Plow That Broke the
Plains,” a dramatic exposition of
the social and economic history of
the Great Plains, depicts in chro
nological order the settlement of
the prairies by cattlemen and farm
ers, the World War I boom to
drouth depression, and an epilogue
of the New Deal’s effort to reha
bilitate the Dust Bowl through
conservation and resettlement.
The third feature to be offered
is titled “The River,” a panoramic
story of the Mississippi basin. This
film deals with the vast industrial
and agricultural expansion which
led to its exploitation and ruin, and
of the efforts now being male to
control its floods by reforestation
and the TVA.
There will be two continuous
showings of these films in 207
Chapman hall from 7:30 to 10:30
o’clock Wednesday night. Students,
faculty members, and townspeople
are invited to attend,
i —-- -
he said, “but don’t intend to stake
my all on it.”
Gene's poetry was written on the
Anzio Weaclihead in Italy. “In my
case, wilting was sort of a steam
valve,” he said.
i The Odeon art exhibit and tea
' will be given from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
and the program will begin at 8 in
the music school auditorium. Odeon
magazines will be distributed at
the program.
Willamette Park
DANCING
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Featuring Ted Hallock
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Make reservations now for Friday, May 3
Anthropology Club
Chooses Officers
At an organizational meeting of
anthropology majors, April 19,
officers for the newly-formed an
thropology club were elected.
They are: president, Robert
Campbell; secretary, Mary Eliza
beth Douglas; and treasurer,
Charles Reetz. Charis Bradt and
Allen Murphy are in charge of
the club’s program. Faculty ad
visor is A. F. Whiting, acting as
sistant professor of anthropology.
Program and meetings have not
yet been decided upon, but tenta
tive plans call for at least one
meeting each month.
The club is open to all students
now taking an anthropology
course. Those wishing to join may
contact any of the officers.
Coed Journalists
To Hear Holbrook
Honoring women in journalism,
both on the campus and through
out the state, Theta Sigma Phi,
women’s professional journalism
honorary, will hold its annual Mat
rix Table banquet Wednesday, May
1, at the Eugene hotel.
Invitations have been sent to
outstanding seniors in literature
and arts, in addition to women
majoring in journalism. Profes
sional journalists in Oregon will
also be guests.
Stewart Holbrook, prominent
Oregon author, will be guest
speaker of the affair. A former
feature writer for the Oregonian,
Holbook is the author of many
well-known books. His talk will be
on the subject of his next book,
“Lost Men of American History,”
which also deals with lost women.
Yvonne Zeek, general chairman
for Matrix Table, urges all Theta
Sigma Phi alumnae to attend the
banquet also.
REGISTRATION
(Continued from Page one)
the first time were 329 men
and 49 women, almost six
times as many matriculates as
last year.
The school of law is the de
partment of the University
having the greatest percent
age of increase. The 265 re
corded is 420 per cent more
than last year’s mark. Included
in this total are 204 pre-pro
fessional, 32 first year, 18 sec
ond year, and 11 third year
students.
Breakdown Given
The college of liberal arts has
1476 enrolled, as compared to 993
of a year ago. This includes 1162
lower division, 4 general arts and
letters, 3 general science, 8 gen
eral social science, 5 anthropology,
31 biology, 19 chemistry, 1 classics,
9 economics, 66 English, 7 geogra
phy and geology, 1 Germanic lan
guages, 33 history, 12 mathematics,
5 physics, 10 political science, 40
psychology, 15 Romance languag
es, and 45 sociology.
In the School of Journalism, ex
actly the same number of men and
women are registered—142. Thi3
is a 101 per cent increase over the
141 total recorded a year ago.
More Figures
Other departments of the Uni
versity are as follows: architecture
ana allied arts, 452; business ad
ministration, 829; education, 141 ;|
music, 158; physical education,
160; general studies, 3; and audi
tor, 18.
The sophomore class is now the
largest, having 1485 registered.
Other classes are freshman, 1172;
junior, 195; and senior, 514. In ad
dition, there are 180 special stu
dents and auditors and 240 gradu
ate students.
GRADE PUPILS
(Continued from Page one)
be held this year in McArthur
court.
More Expected
Last year approximately 800 stu
dents from 16 schools attended the
final broadcast. A large increase
is expected this year, stated Miss
Garnett, because of the lifting of
travel restrictions which hamper
ed last year’s meet. —*
Junior music majors who assist
Miss Garnett in the weekly broad
casts are Mary Louise Stone,
Louise Robson, Jean Paris, Mary
Stapleton, Frances Schuchard, Est
ley Schick, Janet Whitfield, and
Bird Hart.
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