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VOLUME XLIX UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1947 :-NUMBER 19"
Five-Cent Dance Set Tonight
WORLD
HEADLINES
By UNITED PRESS
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 9 (UP)
—A great grey army transport
neared the California coast tonight
bringing home the first of “The
boys who didn’t come back.’’ The
transport, USAT Honda Knot, will
pass through the golden gate short
ly before noon tomorrow to raise
the curtain on a grim epilogue to
the drama of war—the repatriation
of America’s war dead.
In the ship’s hold are some 3,000
brown steel caskets containing the
remains of the first American ser
vicemen to give their lives in the
war—mainly those who fell at
i Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941 and
who were temporarily buried in
Hawaii. They are the advance
guard of a long, silent parade des
igned to last for nearly two years
! as a quarter of a million war dead
i return from both the Pacific and
European theaters of war.
TOKYO, Friday, Oct. 10 (UP)
> The worst typhoon of the Pacific
. storm season wrecked American
installations on Iwo Jima with
winds of up to 140 miles an hour,
aerial .reconnaissance and radio
reports said today.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 9 (UP)
?The distillery and wine workers
: (AFL) today charged in a tele
. gram to President Truman that
the shutdown of the distilling in
dustry is a “political gesture to the
|highly mobile prohibition forces.”
; Union President Joseph O’Neill
;told Mr. Truman that an industry
| close-up for 60 days would throw
35,000 workers out of jobs and he
said he doubted that it would re
sult in a "worthwhile saving” any
way.”
PULLMAN, Wash., Oct. 9—
' (UP)—Dr. John A. Hannah,
president of Michigan State col
lege, has seen 157 consecutive
Michigan State football games
over the past 16 years. But he
will have to miss the Spartan
Washington State game here
Saturday.
The team arrived in Spokane,
Wash., by air tonight without
their No. 1 rooter. Extreme pres
sure of business kept him at
home.
SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 9. (UP)
■—Present day inflation was
planned by the New Deal Demo
cratic administration, Republican
Gov. Ralph F. Gates of Indiana,
charged here tonight.
“Prices began to go up in 1939,”
Gates declared in an address to a
$25-a-plate dinner at the western
conference. “The inflation Roose
velt (former Pres. Franklin D.
Roosevelt) planned began to show
itself. Mr. Roosevelt began it. Mr.
Truman gave it impetus.”
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 9—
(UP)—The Golden Gate Restau
rant association taf San Francis
co, to which most of the city’s
eating places belong, today re
jected Pres Truman's program
for meatless Tuesdays and egg
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Lectures
To Begin
October 23
Local Professors,
Prominent Speakers
Promised for Series
Dr. Gordon Wright, associate
professor of history, will be the
first speaker in the University lec
ture series to begin October 23, Dr.
' Rudolph H. Ernst, chairman of the
series, announced Thursday-. He
will talk on the “Anatomy of the
Fourth French Republic.” Dr.
Wright will be one of 12 speakers
to lecture in the 1947-48 series
which feature outstanding schol
ars, Dr. Ernst said.
Visiting lecturers wno are defin
itely scheduled for talks this year
include R. Maurice Frechet, world
prominent mathematician, Edgar
Goodspeed, professor from the Uni
versity of Chicago, Dr. A. Closs,
University of Bristol, educator, and
T. A. Osborn, English author of
“The Garden City.”
Tentative speakers are Louis B.
Wright from the Huntington li
brary, Stewart Holbrook. Portland
author, and Alexander Johanneson,
vice chancellor of the University of
Reykjabik, Iceland.
Local lecturers besides Dr.
Wright will be Perry John Powers,
instructor in Romance languages,
Herbert H. Hoeltje, senior profes
sor of American literature, Edmund
A. Cykler, associate professor of
musicology, and M. D. Ross, assist
ant upant professor of architec
ture.
Although some of the lectures are
tentative, this year’s series promis
es to be one of the most outstand
ing that has been given at the Uni
versity, Dr. Ernst declared. He em
phasized that these lectures are
available to all students and fac
ulty members without charge.
Theme Contest
Announced
( An appeal for a suitable theme
for the 1947 Homecoming was
voiced yesterday by Mo Thomas,
! recently appointed general chair
man of the event, as he announced
that a theme contest would be held.
The winning these will net its
contributor a $10 award which is
being given by the committee,
Thomas declared.
The theme must be an appropri
ate one which will be adaptable
for a sign contest and must tie in
with the alums which will be visit
ing the campus, the University, and
the “Oregon spirit,” he said.
All entries must 'be turned in to
the alumni office in Friendly hall
before 5 p.m. Monday, October 13.
The dates of Homecoming are No
vember 21, 22, and 23.
Social Duties Available
Mimeographed copies of the so
cial chairmen’s duties for both
men’s and women’s living organi
zations are now available at the
dean of women’s office.
Old, Old Gag Has Returned
To Plague University Campus
By LARRY LAU
Is University personnel more gullible than the average citizen?
Yesterday it was the ancient Mexican swindle. Today’s chapter
concerns that tired old gag of the thirties, the chain-letter.
Things like that did not go out with 10 cent milkshakes and
5 cent hotdogs. In living organizations all over the campus,
earnest groups are in little money-making huddles. At night.
Speech Director
Sets Try-outs
For forensics
Try-outs to choose extemporan
eous speakers to represent the Uni
versity of Oregon in this year’s In
tercollegiate Forensic Association
of Oregon tournament will be held
Wednesday and Thursday of next
week. Mr. K. E. Montgomery, di
rector of competitive forensics an
nounced that women’s try-outs will
be held Wednesday, October 15
with the drawings for topics start
ing at 3 p.m. in Montgomery’s
office an the speeches starting at
4 p.m. in room 107 Friendly. Men's
try-outs will be held Thursday at
the same time and place.
At a meeting of the I.F.A.O,
held last Saturday on the Oregon
campus, the topics for this year’s
state contests were chosen. Mr. K.
E. Montgomery and Mr. E. Ray
Nichols, Jr. represented Oregon at
this meeting of the. statewide eight
member organization.
for the men’s division the speech
es will be taken from the generals
topic, “Human values in relation
to the individual” and for women
the general topic will be “The Uni
ted States and Communism.” Mont
gomer emphacized that it is not
assumed that the potential repre
sentatives for the University will
be thoroughly prepared at this time
on these subjects and the try-out
speeches will require only a general
knowledge background. He urged,
therefore, that any students inter
ested in extemporaneous speaking
will enter these preliminary con
tests on equal footing and will be
judged on the basis of potentialities
as well as initial accomplishments.
Students interested in these try
outs are asked to contact Mr.
Montgomery in his office.
Lutheran Group
Outlines Activities
The University Lutheraan Stu
dent association has announced its
plans for the year. Sunday’s from
5:30 to 8 p.m. ther will be pro
' grams of a varying nature and dis
cussions at the YWCA bungalow.
[ The Rev. Ingward Olson of Dane
bo Lutheran church, will speak
Sunday and following his talk a
fireside songfest and a light sup
per are planned.
Thursday noons the discussion
group will meet in the committee
room of the YMCA. Each student
is to bring his own lunch and cof
fee will be served.
Lutheran students and their
\ friends are welcome at all of the
I student functions.
investors dream assuredly of a new
Cadillac. Ho hum.
How It Works
In case some readers were in ex
tremely short pants in the early
thirties, and don’t remember the
chain letter epidemics, here’s the
way the thing works.
Some character approaches you
with a letter, sells you on the idea,
and explains all the rules. The fee
for becoming convinced is $2.
Now you type up two copies of
the letter, deleting the top name on
the list and adding your own. Then,
you scour around until you find two
people who are willing to become
speculators, sell them each a letter
for $2, which gives you $4.
Very Simple
At this stage of the game your
enthusiasm is pretty well worked
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Comic Singer
Scheduled Here
Saturday Night
Salvatore Baccaloni, basso buffo,
who is described as one of the
greatest drawing cards among
singers in America today, will ap
pear in McArthur court Saturday
evening under the sponsorship of
the Eugene Civic Music associa
tion.
The doors of Mac court will open
at 7:30 p.m. and the performance
is scheduled to begin at 8:15 p.m.
Members of the music association
and students bearing ASUO cards
will be admitted.
The first artist of the 1947-48
civic concert series, Baccaloni was
first discovered by Arturo Tosca
uini in 1926 and was engaged for
La Scala opera in 'Milan, principal
opera house of Europe. Baccaloni
possesses the unusual range of two
and a half octaves ranging from
deep low “E” to a brilliant top “A”
to the dramatic tenor.
The portrayer of comic charac
ters, Baccaloni commands 160 roles
in five languages. He has appeared
with almost every opera company
and in almost every opera house in
the world.
Warner Bass will accompany
Baccaloni in the Saturday night
concert.
Panheilenic Opens
Rushing Monday
Barbara Williams, president of
Panheilenic, announced yesterday
that open rushing will begin on
Monday. All women interested in
rushing are asked to meet with
Miss Williams in the counsel room
on the second floor of Emerald
hall today at 4 p.m. The $5 rush
ing fee is payable at the dean of
women’s office.
Nickel Hop
To Award
Records
Outstanding Groups
Given Recognition
For Participation
AVVS week will come to a close
Friday night with the annual all
campus dance, the Nickel Hop. All
men may circulate around to every
women’s living organization from
7:30 to 10:30, being charged >a
nickel for every 15 minutes of danc
ing.
Co-chairmen Trudi Chernis and
Beth Basler have announced the
prizes in store for a woman’s house
ending the evening with the most
nickles, ciunted on a percentage
basis. The men’s living organiza
tion that visits the largest number
of women’s organizations will also
be awarded a prize, both prizes
being record albums of Johnny Mer
cer and Stan Kenton, given by the
Jaquith Music Co. and GrSves Mu
sic Co.
The announcement has been,
made that Kappa Alpha Theta will
not be open for the hop. Also the
Orides invite all unaffiliated Eu
gene girls to Gerlinger hall to take
part in the event with them.
Refreshments of cokes will be
served in each women’s organiza
tion at 9 p.m.
The co-chairmen urge all men to
take part and move to each house
on the campus to make this year’s
Nickel Hop a success for the As
sociated Women Students.
Dr. Dull Chosen
Political Adviser
Dr. Paul Dull, assistant profes
sor of political science, was chosen
adviser of the political science club
when it met Monday night. Pro
gram plans were discussed and
George Pederson, senior in poli
cal science was appointed program
director.
Possible programs include off
campus speakers, forums, discus
sions with other colleges, and dis
cussions conducted by club mem
bers.
Meetings of the political science
group are held approximately every
two weeks. Membership is open to
anyone interested.
Veteran of Balkans
To Address Group
Lieut. Col. Joe Gurley, who has
recently returned from the Balkans
to his studies at the University,
will speak to the Westminster for
um Sunday evening on conditions
behind the Russian “Iron Curtain.”
After VE day, Gurley was as
siged as commanding officer of the
AAF station in Budapest, and ser
ved on the allied control commission
for Hungary. Five months later he
went to Belgrade, Yugoslavia;;
where he was acting air attache
in the U.S. embassy. Gurley was
finaly expelled form the country on
the orders of Marshall Tito.