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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 18, 1946)
Number 128 Drive For Food To Close With French Relief Boxes “We face the greatest threat of mass starvation in the history of mankind,’’ stated president Truman April 19, To help alleviate this situation the French club. YWCA and tne One World club opened a relief drive in May. The purpose of the drive is to send boxes con taining food and clothing to schools in France, Belgium and Holland. Headed by Bob Kyle, French club president, the drive is scheduled to close May 25. Contributions which are being donated by campus liv ing organizations will be sent di rectly to the following schools: ■\Klksschule in Son, Holland; Ecole Decroly in Bruxelles, Belgium; and the two Centre Scholaire schools, one in Gip, France, and the other in Vence, France. In the World Student Service Fund Newsletter of December 10, 1945, the following conditions were noted: Greece—Greek universities (Athens, 8000 students, Polytech nic, Salonika, 1,200) reopened on April 1, 1945. “Nearly all students lack books, stationery, writing ma terials and money for tuition. Sev eral thousand are resourceless, their families impoverished, their homes destroyed. Many are in poor health and need extra food to ward off tuberculosis.’’ Austria — the University of Vienna reopened in October with 5000 students in a city where 75 cent of the people are near starvation. The Newsletter of February 18, 1940 brought even worse reports. In Czechoslovakia every second building of Masryk university in Brno was badly damaged or de stroyed. Six hundred students as sembled in a room designed for 200. Two thousand of the students had been in concentration camps and 20 per cent of all students had tuberculosis. There was little or no food. March 22’s letter stated that in Germany, where students were at tending the University of Kiel which had reopened in November, they had found winter quarters in canal barges. The food situation was desperate. In Hungary Dr. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, Nobel prize winner in chemistry in 1937, re ported that the 6000 students at the University of Budapest, “like most people, live in holes in the ground; they can see through the soles of their shoes; butter, meat and sugar are the stuff dreams are made of.” In the last letter received May 6 Dr. Szent-Gyorgyi stated, “The real proglem is what to eat for supper ... of many of us you can not say that we are alive or dead. There is something in between and most people are like that.” These conditions prevail throughout Europe, according to the News letters. “These are the problems faced by countries throughout the world who are in a position to aid a starving Europe. These are the problems which the French club, YWCA, and the One World club are alleviating by their present drive,” declared Kyle. “We would appreciate personal ized notes from the contributors ('Please turn to page six) Bloch Urges New Industry Growth Here 230,000 New Northwest Jobs Needed By 1950 The Pacific Northwest contains boundless resources and it is the duty of the people living here to develop them to the fullest extent, according to Ivan Bloch, chief of the division of industrial resources development of the Bonneville power administration, in his speech “Pacific Northwest Horizons,” at Chapman hall last night. He spoke before the annual joint meeting of Sigma Xi and Phi Beta Kappa. “One must admit a feeling of deep hope that the West can con tinue to be the horizon for the nation without at any time jeopar dizing the very assets and attrac tive qualities which have been— and are—drawing people here,” Bloch said. A large majority of the service men stationed on the West coast who were interviewed expressed (Please turn to six) One World Club Enters Jap Deportation Fight UO Group Wires Oregon Senators For information On Clark's Action By HERB PENNY The One World club has dispatched telegrams to Oregon senators and representatives requesting investigation of Attor ney General Clark’s recent order to deport all deportable Japa nese aliens, Keith Bacon, One World president, announced Friday. The telegrams read: “We urge that you investigate Attor ney General Clark's recent order to deport all deportable Japanese aliens. Is it contemplated separat ing family groups by this order? We request information and urge that the public be given all infor mation on the action of the justice department.” The action was taken, Bacon ex plained, after receiving a message from the American Council on Race Relations about the matter. In this message Laurence I. Hewes, regional director of the American council, wrote that initial sailing dates had already been set. These sailings would in (Plcasc turn-to page five) Liz De Cou to Represent Northwest At Student Conference in Switzerland By Jessie Becker One of the happiest coeds on the campus is Elizabeth DeCou, who Wednesday received a letter an nouncing that she has been chosen as northwest division representa tive from the National Intercollegi ate Christian council to attend the World Student Christian Federa tion in Switzerland August 22 to 30. In addition to this conference, there is a strong probability that Miss DeCou may also go to the World Student Congress in Prague, Czechoslovakia, from August 17 to 31 ancj the Interna tional Student Service conference in Cambridge, England, from July 22 to 29. One Man, TwoGirls Seek Independent Council Posts By Maryann Thielen Nick Weddle, Dorothy Fowler, and Laura Olson, representing the senior, junior, and sophomore classes, respectively, are the Inde pendent candidates as executive council representatives in the forthcoming ASUO election. Weddle is backing Gil Roberts’ four-plank platform advocating a better University system through increased salary for faculty mem bers and equal faculty-student rep resentation on all boards and com mittees. Nick has managed the basketball team for three years, and was recently characterized by Coach Howard Hobson as the best manager he ever had. Evidence of his many campus activities is found in his past presidency of Skull and Dagger and membership in Friars. Independent junior representa tive Dorothy Fowler believes that class representatives should give ^fetter representation to their class es than has been done heretofore. This could be done by obtaining in formation from small groups, such as heads of houses, as to what the students really want on the Oregon campus. Dorothy, a member of Kwama, has been active on the Emerald, Oregana, and Old Oregon staffs during her two years at the Uni versity. Dorothy has also served with the ISA as sophomore rep resentative on the executive coun cil, and as social chairman. An English major, Dorothy is from Grants Pass, Oregon. Laura Olson, Independent soph omore representative, stated that she will “do her utmost to see that any affairs concerning my class or the rest of ASUO are given thor ough consideration.” A freshman in journalism, Laura has served as a reporter and night staff worker on the Emerald. She is treasurer of Susan Campbell hall, a member of the YWCA cabinet, and was co chairman of the inter-dorm formal. Laura has served on many all campus committees such as Dad’s Day, Whiskerino, terrace dance, Mortar board donut sale, and dec oration committee for the Heart Hop. At present she is working on the “Vote-at-18” committee. Miss DeCou has been very ac tive on the campus during her three years here. At present she is president of the Student Reli gious council, and a pledge of Phi Beta, music and drama honorary, JANET DOUGLAS President of Mortar Board Dateless Men Wait n Worry Turn-about Mortar Board ball finds dateless males in a state of despondency on the UO campus. The tables are turned as they wait for the ring of the telephone. From incomplete reports, the women seem to be holding out and letting the men do the worrying during this one opportunity of the year. Mortar Board’s annual spring formal, the Bachelor Catcher's ball, finds the women dating the men, and taking over the duties that usually fall to the other side. Inquiring among the men on the campus, the Emerald reporter found that most are looking for ward to the event, whether dated or (Please turn to [’age five) and Sigma Delta Phi, Spanish hon orary. For two years she served on the YWCA cabinet as chairman of the Town and Gown club. During' her sophomore year “Liz” served on the assembly committee and won a campus championship for her fencing ability. This brunette, blue-eyed Kappa Alpha Theta, was born in Eugene about 19 years ago and has lived here since, except for a visit east when she was 12, a trip to Mexic>r two summers ago, and two trips to New York. Last summer, Liz attended the Presidents school, which offers courses for officers of student organizations, at Columbia university in New York City for six weeks. Miss DeCou Is a Spanish major with a minor in music, but her in terests are extended to a variety of (Please turn to page free) Young 'Met' Star To Sing at Igloo 'Princess Pat' Munsel To Appear June 14 Patrice Munsel, youngest star ever given a contract by the Met ropolitan Opera company, will ap pear at McArthur court June 14 at 8:15 p.m. This is Miss Munsel’s fourth tour of the nation's concert halls, and her appearance here is sponsored by the Eugene Civic Music association. In December, 1943., after win ning a Metropolitan audition of the air contest, she made her debut at the ''Met." Miss Munsel appeared in the role of Philine in the opera l "Mignon,” and received an ovation from the audience which, accord ing to the,record, lasted eight min utes. Now 20, “Princess Pat" is a vet eran of three opera seasons and three concert tours. She has ap peared in the leading roles in “Tales of Hoffman," "Rigoletto,” “Lucia di Lammermoor,” “The Bar ber of Seville,” "The Golden Cock erel" and "Romeo and Juliet.” In addition to guest appearances on several radio programs, she is in the second year of a four-year assignment as permanent star of the weekly Sunday afternoon "Family Hour” of the Prudential Life Insurance company. She sign ed a $120,000 contract to sing on the program before she had made a single public appearance. Members of the ASUO who pie sent student body cards and ECMA members who present their mem bership cards will be admitted to ! the concert free. Dave Fortmiller Selected By Greeks For Chairman By Larry Lau Dave Fortmiller, Greek candidate for the senior class representative to the executive council, is a jun ior, majoring in business adminis tration, with an accumulative GPA of 3.12. During the recent, success ful Junior Weekend, Fortmiller was chairman of the all-campus sing, and at present serves as vice-presi dent of his fraternity, Beta Theta Pi. Fortmiller saw three years’ service, much of it in Germany and France. In two jam-packed years, 20 year-old Pat Weber, Greek candi date for junior class representa tive to the executive council, has, besides acquiring a GPA accumu lative of 3.39, engaged in a number of activities. A member of Theta Sigma Phi, women’s journalism honorary, and Phi Theta Upsilon, junior women’s honorary, Miss Weber also serves as the Alpha Chi Omega house vice-president. Recently, Miss Weber was the hospitality chair man for mothers at Junior Week> end. Fall term she served as tb* finance chairman for the sopite— more Whiskerino, and during wift 1 ter term, Miss Weber acted as co^ chairman of the sophomore sit it for Coed Capers. Don Pinkerton Twenty-two-year-old Don Pink erton,three-year naval veteran, who is the Greek nominee for soph omore representative to the execu-. tive council, is a pre-med major, with a GPA last term of 2.79. Pinkerton at the present time is a member of Skull and Dagger, sophomore men’s honorary, as well as corresponding secretary for his fraternity, Sigma Alpha Epsilon. During the war, Pinkerton served as a pharmacist-mate, attached tfe the sixth marine division during their invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa.