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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 14, 1947)
Navy Requires College Grads Lt. Charles L. Wall of the Seattle office of Naval Officer Procure ment visited administration offi cials at the University yesterday . explaining openings in the supply corps available to college gradu ates. The candidates for commissions in the supply corps will be sent to a supply officers school at Bayone, New Jersey and upon completion pi' the course will be commissioned as ensigns. Supply officer s in the navy will be paid $180 a month plus dependents’ allotments, travel pay, subsistence, and free medical and dental care. Requirements for the supply corps candidates are: the candidate must be a college graduate, a native born citizen, between the ages of 21 and 25, in good physcial condition, and must pass 'the mental, moral and professional standards set up by the supply corps. Application blanks are available at the office of Karl W. Onthank, dean of personnel administration. Further information may be ob tained from the Office of Naval Of ficer Procurement, 513 Arctic building, 704 Third avenue, Seattle, 4. Washington. Luncheon Tickets On Sale at Co-op Eugene girls and those living out will be able to purchase their tickets for the annual YWCA sponsored junior-senior luncheon any time■ to day at the Co-op. The luncheon is scheduled for May 18 at 12:30 at the Eugene ho tel. It is customary for junior wom en to invite the graduating seniors FH their guests. Admission is 85 cents. Money from the house sales of tickets is to be turned in to the Chi Omega house by Thursday evening, according to Dedo Misley, ticket chairman. Grad Students Set Picnic, Ball Game To celebrate “Grads Day", May l.\ all graduate students and mem bers of the faculty are invited to attend a picnic at Swimmers De light. Tickets may be purchased in the office of each department or from Newel Cornish in 208 Oregon for 75 cents. They will cover costs of 1 ranspurtation, admission to the pic nic area, and a lunch. Features of the day will be a grad-faculty ball game and corona tion of the Queen of the Stacks. Baby Sitters Still Sit The evening baby sitter service fur the convenience of veterans nan their wives is continuing un der the leadership of Velma Snel .e rum and Mary Margaret Jones, according to Miss Lois Greenwood, executive director of the YWCA. It has also been requested that anyone interested in assisting with the program through the summer months contact the co-chairmen or apply at the Y. YMCA to Elect Officers Election of YMCA officers and a discussion of plans for next year will be held at the meeting of that o ganization on Thursday at 7 p.m„ according to President Dave Mor ti more. Employes of Bethlehem. Steel Corporation will receive $17,000. ono back, pay pqdet; a pew; .sup . plementn'l wage agreement. Education Society Chooses Officers Election of officers for Phi Delta Kappa, men’s professional educa tion society at the University, took place Thursday. New officers elected were presi dent, Ray Hendrickson, supervisor of health and physical education instructor in University high school; vice president, Norman Hawk, graduate student; secre tary-tary, Victor Doherty; histor ian, Dan Hamlow, social science teacher in Eugene high school; news editor, William Dedman, English and social living instruc tor, Eugene high school; and fac ulty sponsor, Fred L. Stetson, pro fessor of education in the univer sity. Seniors Offered Steamship Jobs Jobs at sea or shore as freight and passenger solicitors or as pursers are available for seniors graduating in June, Karl W. On thank, dean of personnel adminis tration and director of the grad uate placement service, revealed Tuesday. In a letter to Dean Onthank, the personnel director of the American President steamship lines put out the call for college graduates with a foundation in economics, marine transportation and foreign trade. Employees of the steamship line will have their choice of sea or shore duty. Students desiring further infor mation about the steamship job should contact Dean Onthank at the graduate placement office in Friendly hall. *• Geology Group Elect L. W. Staples, assistant pro fessor of geology, was elected Monday as 1947-48 president of the Oregon chapter of Sigma Xi, national honor society for science research. Succeeding him as chap ter secretary will be E. G. Ebbig hausen, associate professor of phy sics. K. S. Ghent, assistant pro fessor of mathematics, was named treasurer. New electors are C. W. Clancy, assistant professor of bi ology, and L. S. Cressman, head of the anthropology department. Group Honors Two Phi Betas Two outstanding members of Phi Beta, national music and dramatic honorary, were given recognition at a recent candlelight ceremony held at Gerlinger hall for the gradu ating seniors of the group. Patricia Metcalf Chase was awarded the Phi Beta bracelet for the most outstanding professional work shown this year by a senior, and the Phi Beta scroll was pre sented to Ailene Wendt, junior, for the most outstanding service to the honorary. Miss Wendt succeeds Mrs. Chase as president this term. Seniors who were present at the ceremony were Nancy Carlisle, Es ther Griffiths, Helen Tims, Barbara Hood, Patricia Chase, Elizabeth Howes, Barbara Wiesy, Irene Bur gess, Marjorie Reeves, and Louise Robson. As part of the program Barbara Eagleson and Treva Rice each sang a solo, and a piano solo was given by Joan Abbitt. Amphib Officers Elected Monday Officers to “rule the deep” were elected Monday night when Betsy Moffit was chosen as the 1947-48 president of Amphibians, women’s swimming honorary. Assisting her will be Birdella Ball, vice-president; Sylvia Branden, secretary-treasur er; and Shirley Sault, publicity chairman. The new officers will be installed May 19 at the annual Amphibian banquet to be held at the Eugene hotel. Retiring officers of the club are Beverly Bennett, president; Mary Anne Hansen, vice-president; Betsy Moffit, secretary-treasurer; and Pat Mounts, publicity agent. IN SPRINGFIELD Joan Fontaine in "REBECCA" —also— |'THE AFFAIRS OF I GERALDINE" Church Meeting Open to Students Directors of the Unitarian church in Eugene have extended an invitation to University stu dents interested in a liberal relig ion to attend a meeting Wednes day evening to survey the field for reorganizing the Eugene parish. Rev. Delos O'Brien of San Fran cisco, Pacific coast director for the American Unitarian association, will preside. The church is located at the corner of Eleventh avenue and Ferry street. Thursday Bible Group To Continue in St. John The usual Thursday Bible stu dies, under the auspices of the UO Fellowship, will be continued in the tenth chapter of the Gospel according to St. John, at the men’s lounge of Gerlinger hall from 8 to 9 a. m. and in the committee room of the University YMCA, from 11 to 12 noon. “But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name.” (John 1:12) will be the theme. In July, 1876, Deady hall became the first building on the University of Oregon campus. ALL SIZES .PRICED RIGHT k 7'/ K PETE THE COP Says: Lastex Swim' Trunks styled by B.\ .D’. \re Back Again Colors: Maroon - Miaze Sandune - Koval moHmson-HEnninG Stole fto'i'Ttlen McDonald Theater Bldg. 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