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VOLUME XLVIII Number 47 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1946 •'Civil War' Begins Busy Weekend; Melchior Concert Is Sunday Climax By WALLY HUNTER University of Oregon’s Webfoots, on the tail-end of a three game losing streak, will attempt to salvage some measure of lost g 1 or\ tiom the wreckage of the 1946 grid season when they tangle with the Oregon State college Beavers at Corvallis today in the season finale for the Ducks. Game time is 2 p. m. Early rated a dark-horse ’ team with championship po tentialities, the Oregon grid star beaconed in an off-hand way (Please /urn ti< page pour) jj/letropolitan Opera Star To Appear at Mac Court 'Great Dane' to Bring Own Orchestra; Capacity Crowd Expected to HearTenor LACRITZ MELCHIOR . . . Hh<f appears at the Igloo Sunday. me n,auruz Meicmor concert nas been definitely scheduled for 3 p.m. Sunday in McArthur court, Dick Williams, educational activities manager announced Friday. Doors will open at 2 p.m. and Williams said that they will not be closed at 3 p.m. “We will seat as many people in the court as fire regulations will permit,” he continued, “and all sec tions of the court will be open; there will be no backdrop.” R. C. Swank, University librar ian, announced Friday that the li brary will remain closed until 6 p.m. Sunday to enable the employees to attend the concert. Melchior’s concert was previous ly scheduled for Monday night, No vember 18, but due to unfavorable (Please turn to page eight) Problems of Disabled Vets Discussed at Chicago Meet By MIRIAM SULLIVAN Problems facing disabled veterans bent on getting a col lege education were discussed at a meeting sponsored by the Disabled American Veterans and the American Council on Education held in Chicago, November 1, 2, 3. The University of Oregon was represented by its registrar, C. E. Avery, who said participants in the discussion numbered about 30 and rep resented the Disabled American Veterans, the American Coun cn on maucauon, ana universities located in various sections of the nation. “A research project is contem plated which should lead to a bet ter working relationship between disabled students and members of (ollege faculties and administra ions,” Mr. Avery said. “Such a roject would seek to serve the 21,000 disabled veterans in the country who have applied for edu > Cation under Public Law 16. It "might also reveal why only about 1 out of every 16 of those eligible is claiming his benefits under this law.” Project Outlined The project as outlined at the Chicago meeting would involve a study of the attitudes of disabled veterans toward education, employ ment, and their own disability. The problem of placement would be thoroughly explored in terms of in dividual disability, and the view points of employers should be given rdequate consideration. A complete study would be made of the ways in which disabilities may be minimized, and special edu cational devices should be utilized to enable amputees, those hard of hearing, or with visual defects to pursue their studies in more nearly normal ways. The problems of focial adjustment, likewise, should frSSie a share of attention. Net Results Mr. Avery said that the net re sult of such a research project probably would be a set of hand books outlining facts, findings, and recommendations which would be distributed to faculty members of colleges and universities, who could then adapt the suggestions made by experts to the individual problems which confront them in dealing with disabled veterans. Idea for this study was born at the Portland convention of Dis abled American Veterans which was held in September. The Ameri can Council on Education, a re search and service organization to American colleges and universities, was asked to appoint a temporary board to see what could be done. It was a meeting of this temporary board which was held in Chicago. DAV to Finance This group was successful in formulating a list of subjects for research and preparing recommen dations for submission to the American Council on Education. Appointment of the permanent re search director and board would be made by the council. The DAV will finance the project, if author ized, accepting aid from other vet erans’ groups, if necessary. Grad Visits Campus Duncan G. Wimpress, graduate in journalism and graduate assist ant spring term was on the campus Friday. He is teaching and hand ling public relations at Whittier col lege, California. V (Emerald photo hy Don Jones) BEHIND THE SCENES . . . Left to right: Estelle Shimshak, Edwin L. Clark, and Pat Laxton. Clark lias charge of scenery preparation at Universi ty theater. Clark Creates Set In AcoustictChaos Giving directions to his crew above the hanging hammers, noisy saws, and the general confusion present in the drama work shop, is Ed Clark with his crew, busy pre paring the sets for the coming pro duction, “Dark of the Moon.’’ Due to the popularity of the last play the University theater has planned on giving a matinee the af ternoon of December 7. The play will be given in the nights of Decem ber 4, 6, 10, 11, and 12. It will be the second production in the 1946-47 University theater season. Sets for the Richardson-Birney play are unique in construction. De signed by Horace W. Robinson, they are built in sections and set upon two wagons so the eight sets can be easily moved. These xragmentary sets are involved and construction takes careful planning so they fit the stage and scenes. Clark and Richardson became friends while attending the Univer sity of Iowa. Clark with Richard son watched “Dark of the Moon” grow from a dream to a college pro duction. While overseas Clark had the pleasant surprise of learning that “Dark of the Moon” had be come a huge success. Returning to the states he went to Chicago to see the play during its run. Clark thinks “Dark of the Moon” is one of the most delightful plays the University theater has yet pro duced. Simplicity, innateness, and the easy flow of the lines add much to its enjoyment. Perhaps one of the most important details of the sets and scenes is the timing. State Board Report Shows Rapid Growth of University The biennial report of the State Board of Higher Education, recently released, shows a rocket-like increase in student en rollment since 1900, when the student census stood at 330. The University of Oregon has been declared one of the fastest growing institutions in the country by the state board. The above figure shows that Oregon has multiplied its strength 18 times, from 330 in 1900, to 5,682 this term. xear-oy-year ngures in me tame denote that, except for several ex ceptions, the increase has been steady and rapid. And further, be cause of the large increases in re cent years, coupled with the steady growth of the state, it appears that the University enrollment wrill continue to take large steps in the future. 3 Slump Periods The exceptions to the steady growth trend occur before, during, and after the two world wars, and at the time of the national de pression in the early thirties. A drop in enrollment occurred at each of these three points. World War II caused the largest total decrease, when figures dropped from 3,684, in 1942, to 2,002, in 1943. In 1917, the first year of World War I, enrollment at the University was 1,036. One year later only 961 students were attending. But after both wars the figures show increases larger than the ones for the years just previous to the wars. This is attributed to the influx of ex-servicemen returning to school. The depression caused another definite decrease—many students were finding it hard to get enough money to come to school. In the first year, 1932, enrollment dipped \ from 3,088, in 1931, to 2,511, and dropped to an even lower figure of 2,386 the next year. In 1935, the figures begin to rise again, and enrollment increases did not falter again until the ap proach of the war in 1940, the year the army began to beckon. The only disappointment Uni versity students might find in the table from which the above figures were taken is in the column paral lel to the University figures. In that column Is found the enroll ment figures for Oregon’s sister college at Corvallis. Only once—in 1933—was the University’s enrollment greater than that of Oregon State, which has also had a steady growth, comparable to the University’s. Newspaper Managers Elect Webb President LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. 22 — | (AP)—Carl Webb,'Eugene, Ore., manager of the Oregon Newspa per Publishers association, has been elected president of Newspa per Association Managers, Inc., it was announced today by Nancy Mahood of Lincoln, who was re elected secretary-treasurer. Webb succeeds C. V. Charters, former manager of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper association.