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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 3, 1947)
.Col. J, MacGregor Here For Short Visit Colonel John MacGregor, class of ’23, former ASUO president and worthy grand chief of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, is a visitor on the campus this week, following a holiday visit to Portland from his present home in New York City. Tonight Colonel MacGregor will be guest of the University Inter fraternity council at a banquet given* in his honor at the Osburn hotel. Byron Mayo, president of the council, is in charge of arrange ments for the dinner. 1SUO President Coming to the University after being discharged from the Navy in World War I, Colonel MacGregor received his A. B. degree in eco nomics in 1923, after serving a year as president of the Oregon student body. He was the first to advocate a student union build ing on the campus and conducted the first successful campaign for funds. He received the degree of doctor of jurisprudence from the New York university law school in 1927, followed by a year of graduate work in international law at Co lumbia university. He is a mem ber of the bar of the supreme court of the United States and has held the position of professor of law at New York university for 18 years, serving as acting dean for the past several year*. He is a leading New York lawyer, special izing in maritime affairs. AXO Chief His active participation in fra ternity affairs resulted in his elec tion as worthy grand chief of Al pha Tau Omega fraternity last year. He has also served as chair man of the National Interfraterni ty conference since 1941. He is well-known as an ardent booster of the University and its alums and was instrumental in or ganizing an alumni chapter in New York City. He has headed this chapter for the last 20 years. Colonel MacGregor served with the army’s chemical warfare serv ice during World War II, and was one of the few men trusted with the secret of Doolittle's first raid on Tokyo. Guest of Onthank During his stay in Eugene, the colonel is a guest of Karl W. On thank, dean of personnel adminis tration. He intends to leave Satur day for a tour of the Northwest chapters of his fraternity before returning to New York. Guild T ryouts Slated First try-outs for the winter term Theater Guild production “I Remember Mamma” will be held this afternoon in room 103, Johnson hall at 3 p. m. Addition al try-outs are scheduled for Saturday afternoon at 2 p. m. and Monday night at 7:30. Oregon Press Confab Slated for Feb. 21,22 The University-sponsored an nual Oregon Press conference will be held in Eugene February 21 and 22, it was announced recently by Carl C. Webb, secretary-manager of the Oregon Newspaper Publish ers' association and assistant pro fessor of journalism here. This year's - conference will mark the 28th annual meeting of the news papermen. Arrangements for the meet are in charge of P. L. Jackson, pub; lisher of the Oregon Journal and president of the Oregon Press con ference, George S. Turnbull, dean of the journalism school, and Webb. All editors and publishers In the state have been invited to attend the conference. Seven Get YWCA Posts Seven Eugene women were chos en last week to serve three-year terms on the campus YWCA advis ory board. They are Mrs. Curtis E. Avery, Mrs. James Bush, Mrs. Paul W. El lis, Mrs. Herbert C. McMurtry, Mrs. L. Risley, Mrs. A. C. Stockstad, and Mrs. Stanley Summers. Mrs. Stockstad was also named to replace Katherine Douglass as representative of the YWCA com munity chest. Copy Desk Staff: Brophy Kahananui Goetze Penny Yates Smith Byfield Snillib Hollywood Studios Sent Medical Films Six major Hollywood studios have been sent slides and tran scripts of the University’s project ed film on human growth and re production, it was anounced this week by Dr. Adolph Weinzirl, di rector of social hygiene education in the University medical school in Portland, and director of the E. C. Brown trust fund. Dr. Wein zirl said that the studios should submit production proposals early this month, which will be received by Dr. Lester F. Beck, professor of psychology, and film adviser for the trust. Several studios have already in dicated their interest in the film, which is an educational picture for junior high school level. Dr. Weinzirl expects that the contract will be let and production under way by spring. The slides have been given sev eral trial showings, and have met with unanimous approval. The film will feature discussions be tween children of the age-group for which the picture is intended. Testing of the film is being con tinued, with instructions given in classrooms and before community groups. Included in the testing are attitude surveys, which are con ducted to determine if the com munities are psychologically ready for sex education. Dr. Beck is di recting these test showings. Just $300,000 more is needed for the student union building. Hubert Wilkins Cancels UO Assembly Speech 1' Sir Hubert Wilkins, noted ex* plorer, will not appear here Janu ary 7 as originally scheduled, Dick Williams, educational activities manager, disclosed yesterday, There will be no assembly next week. Important business with the navy, which has called Wilkins to Washington, was the reason Williams gave for the postpone ment. He said that plans were being made to secure Wilkins later in the year. The next speaker to appear here is Major General George P. Hays, acting commanding general of the United States Sixth army. He will speak January 28 on “The Post war National Defense Program.’' Randolph Churchill, son of Eng land’s wartime Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, is scheduled to appear here in February. i CAMPUS CALENDAR Regular weekly Mu Phi Epsilon recorded concert in library brows ing room Sunday afternoon at 4 p.m. All scheduled dates In Gerlinger hall during Winter term must be checked with Mrs. Edith P. Siefert, hosess at Gerlinger. Phone 267, Especially important for clubs and honoraries. Business and advertising staff meeting Tuesday, January 7 in room 105, journalism building. Do You Love Mystery? Listen to this Lineup On KUGN 1400 kc Sc * THE FAT MAN Monday Night at 8:30 ☆ POLICE WOMAN Sunday Night at 6:45 ☆ I DEAL IN CRIME Saturday Night at 7:30 . ☆ DICK TRACY Every Night at 5:00 8:00 P. M. 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