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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.