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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 11, 1947)
Twenty Admitted To Medical School Twenty students on campus have [ en admitted to the October, 1947, 1 rst-year class of the University of Oregon medical school in Portland, :• cording to A. H. Kunz, head of the chemistry department, and chair man of the premedical and preden tal advisory committee. The list from Caroline O. Hoop jv.an, registrar at the medical school, includes: Amos M. Greg son, Charles Carlyle Henriques, Harry Lee Harris, Oaks Hoover, Laurence P.. Lanfston. Arthur Albert Lee Jr., - -Donald Lee Mack, Robert E. Mass, Donald Clarence Nelson, Genevieve £. Norton. Kenneth Q. Pershall, Wayne McKay Pidgeon, Paul Ed in Schaff Jr., Virginia May Scholl, Marthe Elizabeth Smith, James M. Stubblebine, David Chalmers Wi l y, Dorothea R. Weybright, Lynn Ernest Wolfe, and Elmer Zenget. More students are to be consid ered later by the admissions com mittee, explained Miss Hoopman. Dr. D. E. Clark Soon To Contribute Articles Dr. Dan E. Clark, head of the department of history in the Uni versity, has been invited to write a long general article on Oregon f, r the forthcoming Collier's stan dard encyclopedia. The reference work will be pub lished by the P. F- Collier and Sons corporation early in 1948 and v ill carry contributions from at Uast three other local authorities. Dr. Clark is also preparing an article on the Lewis and Clark expedition for a volume on famous explorers to be issued in France scon. WAA Cups, Curtains Must Be Turned in Houses having booths at the WAA carnival may pick up tlieii earnings now at the educational ac tivities offices. The money must be called for by March 1 or it will go into the WAA fund, the cabinet announced Friday. The WAA also asks that 13 miss ing curtains be returned. These were carried off by groups having concessions at the carnival. Houses in possession of WAA cups must turn them in to either Mary Anne Hansen or Barbara Bor revik, Virginia Scholl, president, re quests. A check up is being made on all of these cups. Shanghai Architect To Speak Here Friday W. P. Lai, architect from Shanghai will be a visitor on the University campus Friday, and will speak to the upper-division architecture students on hospital planning, according to word re ceived last week by Dean S. W. L ttlc at the art school. At present visiting in Portland, Lii is in the United States, study ing the American hospitals for the Chinese government and working for a private client, Dean Little said. Speech Slated Friday Dr. Warren D. Smith, head of the geology and geography de partment. will give a talk on “Minerals Around the World” at ti e meeting of the Eugene miner al society Friday night. The meet ing will be hold at the Community house in back of Skinner’s butte in combination with a pot-luck supper. NIGHT STAFF J Lawrence Clark. Night Editor M. Theresa Stadelman H. Marie Gatewood J. James Vitus J. Herman Sullivan B. Keith Baird * K. Hamilton Pearson Chair Newest Addition To Geology's Museum The geology department has recently accepted an unusual con tribution to its museum. The new scientific discovery is a 75-year old hickory chair, the favorite of Dr. Thomas Condon, pioneer geol ogist of the Oregon country and first professor of geology at the University. Dr. Warren D. Smith announced Monday that the addition was made by Dr. Condon’s grandson, Senator E. A. McCormack. Dr. Condon, who died in 1907, is per haps the best known name in Ore gon science. He has a building on the Oregon campus, the chapel in the Eugene Congregational church, and a town in eastern Oregon named after him. U S Health Service Seeks Trainees Examinations for regular corps appointments for scientific .offi cers in the service are now open to qualified graduate students, the U. S. public health service has announced. Approximately 75 ap pointments are to be made. Oral examinations will be held at the University on February 21 at 9 a. m. Written examinations will be held on April 14 and 15 at places convenient to the can didate and the service, and will be given over a two-day period.. The tests will cover the candi dates’ own particular field and related fields of science. Requirements include United States citizenship, graduation di ploma in the field of science, pro fessional training, and a physical examination by the U. S. public health service. Entrance pay for assistant grade with dependents is $3811 a year. Senior assistant grade with dependents pays $4351 a year. Promotions are regular up to and including the grade of scientist di rector which corresponds to full colonel at $8551 a year. Applications and additional in formation may be obtained by writing to the Surgeon General, U. S. Public Health service, Washing ton 25, D. C. Study of Mennonites Told in Second Volume The second volume of “Hutteri an Chronicle,” a study of the mi grations of the Mennonites through Europe from 1665 to 1947, has just been completed by A. J. F. Zieglschmid, professor of Ger manic languages. The book, which is a continuation of a volt ume already published by Ziegl schmid and Dr. G. F. Lussky, will be out around May 1. The book is being published by the Carl Schurz memorial founda tion and financed by the American Council of Learned Societies. Donald Goodchild, secretary of the society, said in reviewing the book, “I find it one of the most interesting pieces of work that I have had a chance to examine in connection with our grants in aid of publication.” The first volume, which traced the history of the Mennonites from 1525 to 1665, has been used in many colleges throughout the United States and Europe, and has received favorable reviews in many countries of South America. Mr. Zieglschmid is formerly of Northwestern university. SPORT STAFF THIS ISSUE Bernie Hammerbeck Fred Taylor Wally Hunter Elwin Paxson A1 Pietschman Jerry McNew Charles McDonald Theta Sigs Open Fashion Contest All women’s living organizations are asked to choose two girls to ap pear in tjie Theta Sigma Phi fash ion show, scheduled February 27, Barbara Johns, co-chairman of the contest committee, announced Mon day. Requirements for the positions are not based on beauty or costli ness of clothes, Miss Johns stressed, but on the models’ general appear ance, taking into consideration poise, grooming, good taste, and at tractiveness. In this way, Miss Johns asserted, the models, one of whom will be named Oregon’s Miss Vogue, will be a representative, not of campus beauty or expensive clothes, but of well-dressed coeds. The names of the models from each house, with their favorite out fit which they will model, are to be submitted to Miss Johns at the Del ta Gamma house or to Carolyn Ja cobs at the Chi Omega house, by Thursday. Eliminations for Miss Vogue will be held February 18 and 19 in Alum ni hall, and the winner will be an nounced at the fashion show. Miss Vogue will receive a full page in the 196-47 Oregana, it has been prom ised by Roy Paul Nelson, Oregon editor. Summer Job Seekers Urged to Apply Now University juniors and seniors interested in summer employment in preparation for permanent po sitions with the Bonneville Ad ministration should present appli cations and credentials at the stu dent placement bureau, according to Karl W. Onthank, dean of per sonnel administration. Merrill J. Collett, director of personnel for the Bonneville Ad ministration, will appear on the campus during the winter term and will interview applicants for entrance in the “training experi ence program’’ which will prepare the trainees for permanent em ployment. Fellowship Now Offered In Industrial Relations The Clarence J. Hicks memorial fellowship for 1947-48, which will be awarded to a graduate of any United States or Canadian col lege or university who shows out standing promise as an executive or teacher in the field of industrial relations, has been announced by Princeton university. The fellowship will provide $1000 and will carry free tuition CAMPUS CALENDAR Riding club meeting in 204 Chap man, 5 p.m. tonight. University chess club meeting up stairs in the Side at 7 p.m. Newman club meeting in the YMCA at 6:45 p.m. World religions class at West minster house at 12 nopn. Lunch will be served for 35 cents. Deutsche Gesellschaft reorgani zation meeting' in the Anchorage cafe at 7 p.m. Professor Defends Edison's Research Greater recognition of the exten sive research organization of Thom as A. Edison, whose birth centennial was observed Saturday, was de fended by A. E. Caswell, physics head, who also announced the de partment’s acquisition of new equip ment for work on spectrology and nuclear physics. “Edison, more than any man in his time, turned out more inven tions of note,” said Dr. Caswell, “but he alone could not do every thing.” Spestrograph Arrives To be removed this week from the crating of the Bausch and Lomb Optical company, according to Dr. Caswell, is a 630-pound, 9-feet-long Littrew spectrograph, which is an apparatus for photographing a spec trum or for forming a representa tion of the spectrum in any way. Dr. Caswell revealed specifically that the spectrograph will be used in the study of spectra of various elements and compounds, particu larly in the visible spectrum ana the near infra red spectrum. Other new equipment includes a Geiger-Muller counter, to be used in counting particles from disinte grating atoms. The instrument will be put to use shortly in the study of radiation from radio active molyb denum, not for the purpose of dis covering anything new, it was ex plained by Dr. Caswell, but to prac tice the technique involved in counting the particles associated with the decay of the radio active molybdenum. The counter, mentioned Dr. Cas well, is a standard piece of equip ment used for counting electrons, beta gamma, and cosmic rays, and other impulses from other forms of radiation. _ in graduate school of Princeton, equivalent to $300. Interested students may obtain full information on the fellowship at the University graduate place ment office in room 6 Friendly. 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