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VOLUME XLIX ^ * UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1947 NUMBER 22
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Webfooters Assist Rally Squad
By Planning Songs, Creating Yells
Students asking the reason tor
the new Oregon spirit and the rally
rally exuberance at football games
will find that the rally squad under
the direction of Yell King Johnny
Backlund has a definite influence
in arousing this spirit. Aiding the
rally squad is an important cog in
the machinery, an organization
known as Webfooters.
The Webfooters do, in fact, per
form the duties of a behind-the
scenes rally squad, carrying out
the ideas and innovations that in
still and cultivate this necessary
spirit in the minds of the students.
Each living group on the cam
pus has one Webfooter representa
tive, appointed each fall term. The
organization, headed by Yell King
Johnny Backlund and under the
general direction of Norm Morri
son, is divided into various com
mittees who work together formu
lating plans for rallies, pre-game
and half-time activities and stunts,
and new songs and yells. When a
rally comes off smoothly as sched
uled or a new fight song or yell is
introduced, the Webfooters are
usually responsible for the success.
Working hand-in-hand with the
rally squad and various game rally
committees, the WTebfooters play
an important part in promoting the
activities advocated by the rally
squad to encourage Oregon spirit.
Those working on Webfooter
committees are: welcoming, Jane
Carlisle, chairman, Bob Berkely,
Jackie Tetz, Denise Sewell and
Frank Olson; songs and yells, Jo
anne Frydenlund, chairman, Jerry
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Listening to Rally King Johnny Backiunu (with notebook) outlining
YVebfooter plans for the year are, (back row) Bull Barnum, Jane
Carlisle, Norm Morrison, and Janine Macauley; and (front row)
Glenn Gillespie anil Joanne Frydenlunil. (Photo by Kirk Braun)
Peterson and La Trelle McCall;
snowball rallies, Bud Barnum,
chairman, Jim Hefty, Sally McKin
ney, Marge Harrison and Ralph
Haley.
Publicity, Glenn Gillespie, chair
man, Mary Keller, Beverly Miller,
Eva Moore, Robert Cox, Dave
Turnbull, Elwin Paxson, Steve Loy,
Marve Horenstein and Wenzl
Evans; entertainment, Jeannine
Macaulay, chairman, Lynn Helge
sen, Sylvia Mtichell, Tom Thomp
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WORLD HEADLINES
By United Press
NEW YORK, Oct. 14. Heroic coastguardsmen tonight rescued 51 men,
women and children from a four-engined flying boat, floundering in
35-foot seas in mid-Atlantic, and were going grimly ahead with the
perilous task of removing the 18 still aboard the doomed plane in the
- blackness of a wild north Atlantic night.
The sky queen, with 69 aboard, the greatest human load ever carried
in an airplane across the Atlantic, had been forced by gasoline shortage
to land in mid-Atlantic, this morning on a flight from Foynes, Eire, to
newfoundland and thence to Baltimore.
MIAMI, Fla., Oct. 14. A rejuvenated hurricane headed for the
Georgia-Carolina coast tonight with winds up to 90 miles per hour and
the weather bureau ordered hurricane warnings up along the seaboard
from Savannah, Ga., north to Wilmington, N.C., at 11:30 p.m. EST.
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 14. An U S. army pamphlet, distributed to A
mencan troops all over the world, warned today that Russia, through her
control of the Eurasian land mass is in a position to launch an offensive
war “in almost any direction.”
The bulletin, prepared for use by American military commanders in
keeping their troops informed on world geo-political developments, said
- the Russians could strike westward into Europe, eastward to China, or
across the north polar region at North America.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14. A major cutback in beer production was
urged on the nation’s brewers today by chairman Charles A. Luckman
of the Citizen’s Food committee, as a further contribution to the volun- I
.. tary grain-for-Europe drive.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 14. The AFL today blamed Russia for “pre
_ vailing dangerous international tensions” and said the Soviet acted as
though they were “already at war against the American people.”
The 66th annual convention also reiterated its anti-CIO policy by
resolving never to cooperate with the rival labor organization on foreign
policy as long as the CIO remains affiliated with the “Communist domi
“ nated” World Federation of Trade Unions.
NEW YORK, Oct. 14. Winston Churchill said tonight that Soviet
- Russia and its satellites may withdraw from the United Nations—there
by creating two worlds—but that such a split need not lead to war.
The former British prime minister said that if the more powerful
“world” wants peace, war will not result from this withdrawal which
:~"-Tnay come “at some moment or other.”
i son, Jim Savory, Phyllis Chelf, El
! don Foster and Baylon Louis.
Game stunts—Ed Harris, chair
man, Marge Neer, Phyllis Belle
isle, Dick Neely, Evan Clark, Bruce
Bowman, Frank Biownell, Vern
Risberg and Bob Kimble; decora
tion, Stan Klein, chairman, Carman
Jones, Marian Battey, Katherine
Vealos, Barbara Schultz, Alicia Pe
ters, Helen Ross, Betty Lou Arnot,
Ken Johnson, Connie Daniel and
Bill Walker.
Reporters Slate
Meet Tonight
Emerald reporters and special
assignment writers are asked to
meet in the news room of the Em
erald quonset hut at 7:45 tonight,
News Editors June Goetze and
Bobolee Brophy have announced.
All reporters are required to at
tend this meeting if they wish to
retain their beats, the news editors
said. The rules and responsibilities
of reporters, as well as some fun
damental rules of news story writ
ing, will be explained at that time,
particularly for the benefit of
freshman Emerald writers.
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Reporters who are unable to at
tend this meeting are asked to in
form the news editors before Wed
nesday night.
Those who are asked to attend
are Gloria Talarico, Hans Wold,
Betty Lagomarsino, Jackie Tetz,
Ruthe Reagan, Stan Turnbull, Eve
lyn Nill, Anita Holmes, June Mc
Connell, Wallace Berning, Kathleen
Mullarky, Connie Jackson, Coralie
Thomson.
Nancy Peterson, Janice Kent,
June Fitzgibbons, Jerry Carey,
Hugh Lazenby, Diana Dye, War
ren Mack, Eugene Patterson, Wally
Humphries, Pat King, Mike Calla
han, Hank Kamin, Vinita Howard,
Dick Smith, Harold Coleman, and
Harry Lamley.
Joe Colleges to Meet
All candidates for Joe College
are asked to meet at the Alpha
Chi Omega house at 7 tonight for
preliminary judging. Contestants
are requested to wear sweaters and
slacks.
But, Gee Whiz— /
Don't Like Donuts
Students at the University of
California at Los Angeles can
now get all the coffee they want
“for nuthin,” according to the
Daily Bruin, student newspaper.
All they've got to do is buy a
coupl eof doughnuts for nine
cents.
It’s all part of a coffee price
war between two Los Angeles
drug store chains, the Bruin re
ports.
Marine Corps
Organizes Unit
A marine corps organized reserve
unit is scheduled for activation in
Eugene on or about November 10
and will share the proposed new
navy armory building, according to
First Lieutenant W. E. Weinberg,
USMC, who was on the campus
Monday.
Lt. Weinberg was in Eugene rep
resenting Major Hl.E.W. Br.mes
of the Portland headquarters of
the organized reserve.Major Barnes
will be pi’csent Thursday evening
at 7:30 in room 105, physical edu
cation building to explain the or
ganized reserve program to inter
ested students.
1 According to Lt. Weinberg, the
organized reserve is open to hon
orably discharged veterans from
all branches of the armed services
and non-veterans 17 to 32 years,
inclusive, meeting the required
physical and mental standards.
“Members of the organized re
sere unit,” Lt. Weinberg explained,
“will meet for only two hours one
night a week and will be paid one
full day’s pay according to rank.”
Daily pay ranges from $2.50 for
privates to $5.50 for master ser
geants.
YWCA Increases
Members to 796
An increase of 70 members over
last year’s total of 726 has been
reported by YWCA membership
Chairman Nila Desinger at the
close of the drive October 3.
Miss Desinger reports that all
houses have not yet returned their
membership cards which should
make some additions to the role.
She also said that anyone wishing
to join the Y may obtain the nec
essary information at the YWCA.
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Six Named
Betty Coed
Finalists
Judges Make Choice
Of 24 Contestants
After Long Session
Six finalists for Betty Coed, tho
typical University girl, were se
lected yesterday from 24 contest
ants in an hour and a half session
at alumni hall.
They are Annie Bennett, Marilyn
Anderson, Phyllis Morgan, Jackie
Wachhorst, Ann Hoch, and Carol
Handelin.
Miss Bennett, a law student, is
the candidate from Hendricks hall.
Marilynn Anderson of Alpha Chi
Omega is a liberal arts major.
Both Phyllis Morgan, Delta
Gamma, and Carol Handelin, Alpha
Phi, are majoring in art. The Gam
ma Phi Beta representative, is a
journalism student.
Ann Hoch, a psychology major
who transferred from Colorado
Women’s college, is the contestant
from Gamma hall.
Judges of the contest were Miss
Mary Bowman, instructor in phy
sical education; Hank Kinsell, jun
ior in business administration; and
Sallie Timmons and Bob Frazier,
seniors in journalism.
The girl named Betty Coed and
the man selected to be Joe College
will be presented cups at the Sopho
more Whiskerino. Joe College final
ists will be named this evening.
Speech Tryouts
Set for Today
Tryouts for the women’s extem
peraneous speech representative
will be held this afternooh in room
107 Friendly. The winner of this
preliminary contest will be the Ore
gon representative for the Inter
collegiate Forensic Association of
Oregon contest sometime in Decem
ber.
Students intending to compete in
this elimination contest are ro4
quested to be in the office of K- E.
Montgomery, 107 F, Friendly by
3 p.m. for the drawing of topics.
The speeches will start at 4 p.m in
room 107 Friendly.
The preliminary contest to
choose an Oregon representative
for the men’s division of the IFAO
extemporaneous contest will be
held at the same time and place on
; Thursday.
Replace Radio Thriller Program
Says Psych Department Head
By JIM WALLACE
Before condemning radio thrill
ers as a form of juvenile entertain
ment, parents should examine them
to discover why they are attractive
to children, Dr. Howard Taylor,
head of the University psychology
department, said in a speech to the
Paront-l'eachers association of
Condon grade school last night.
He further pointed out that once
the attraction is established the
parent should attempt to substitute
'something more worthwhile that
would at the same time satisfy the
child’s desire for such entertain
ment.
Dr. Taylor said that although
most of today’s adults went through
a similar period of desire for thrill
t y p e entertainment and' that
people’s taste and appreciation
grow with age,he definitely tnoagnt
that radio thrillers were harmful.
These programs were considered
harmful by Dr. Taylor because the
day-after-day emotional stimula
tion such as is a main feature of
these programs wears the human
mechanism and helps build up ner
vous tension. Furthermore, he con
tinued, time and energy devoted to
these programs could be better
given to something more beneficial.
In regard to effect on character
of these programs, Dr. Taylor em
phasized that it depended on the
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