Flying Wheel
Invades House
Professor and Mrs. C.L. Huf
faker were in a dazed condition
Saturday morning as they sur
veyed Mrs. Huffaker’s collection
of valuable glass cruets, smashed
and cracked by a runaway wheel
which crashed into their Fair
mount blvd. home Friday night.
The wheel, lolling off a car driven
by Gordon R. Nelson. 965 Twen
tieth ave., ruined a collection of
cruets which Mrs. Huffaker had
•( ollected over a period of 10 years.
Bounced Five Feet
Nelson was driving north on
Fairmount at the time the wheel
came off. It rolled down the hill,
across the Huffaker lawn, and
bounced five or six feet off the
ground through the Huffaker’s
fiunporch window.
Many of the most valuable cut
glass articles were on top of a
cabinet in the sunporch. The wheel
Hit the back of this cabinet leav
ing a carpet of broken glass on the
J loor.
About 15 of the most valuable of
her 135 cruets were smashed, Mrs.
Huffaker said. Many others were
cracked and chipped.
The amount of damage hasn’t
been determined yet, Mrs. Huf
faker declared Saturday morning.
••The trouble is, many of the
broken cruets are rare ones which
no amount of money will replace,
she said. The collection was cover
ed by insurance.
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Freshmen Ray Bailey and Graham
Missbach.
In the medley relay, Earl Wal
ters will handle the backstroke
laps, Harmon the breaststroke laps,
and Vannatta the crawl. The fresh
men, though outclassed in this
('vent, are not to be slighted, with
Bailey, Bruce, Moorehead, and Bob
Warnke carrying duties.
Walters and Pete Hill rate the
‘ nod as varsity standouts in the
i a.ckstroke. Walters should cop the
: event with Hill close behind. The
frosh will pit Moorehead and Paul
I Dahlquist against these two.
■ Kireilis has withheld his lineups
! for the four-man relay until meet
time, since last minute changes
. may be necessary.
Navy to Stimulate
History Program
Names of all naval reserve offi
cers studying or teaching history
is currently being compiled by the
Department of the Navy. Included
in the list are all reserve officers
who are now undergraduate stu
dents in history contemplating con
tinuing historical studies, have
graduate school training in histor
ical research, teach or have taught
history in universities, colleges, or
secondary schools, or write or
have written on historical sub
jects in or out of the Navy.
The desire to stimulate the study
of naval history, the need for a
complete list of those in the navy
qualified to man the naval history
program and the neccessity of the
names of those who assisted in any
way during World War II in pre
paring the administrative narra
tives of the major naval commands
are the purposes of the program.
In sending the information, the
officer's name, rank, file number,
address, college education and his
torical field of special interest, pre
sent occupation, and a brief of his
naval assignments should be in
cluded. The information is to be
sent to Director of Naval History,
1224 Navy Department EXOS,
Washington 25, D.C.
Veterans Wanted
For Vehide Jobs
Application blanks are now
available for the motor vehicle in
spector examination, it has been
announced by the Portland civil
service board. The blanks may be
obtained at room D, municipal au
ditorium in Portland. The final date
for filing applications is December
12. The examination will be held at
the Portland municipal auditorium
December 22.
Candidates must have resided
for one year in the Portland area:
must be under 50 years of age and
must have graduated from high
school. The applicate must present
a voter's registration card and an
Oregon driver's license. Veterans
will be given preference.
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CAMPUS I
CALENDAR
4 p.m.: Symposium meeting of
the “High Cost of Living” group, j
room 107, Friendly hall.
4 p.m.: Asklepiads meeting in
room 101 McClure hall.
6:30 p.m.: Dames, students’
wives’ club, and their husbands,
meeting for a potluck party at St.
Mary’s Episcopal parish hall, 13'tb
and Pearl.
7 p.m.: Skull and Dagger meet
ing at the Side.
7 p.m.: Phi Theta meeting in
uniform at McArthur court.
7:30 p.m.: Hui-O-Kamaaina club
meeting at Gerlinger hall.
7:30 p.m. Symposium meeting of
“Federal World Government”
group in room 107, Friendly hall.
Plans for Whitman trip will be dis
cussed.
7:45 p.m.: Christian Science or
ganization meeting at the YWCA.
Bridge Tournament
Calls Undergrads
Plans for the 1948 national inter
collegiate bridge tournament were
announced recently by Nelson B.
Jones, director of Faunce House,
Brown university, and chairman of
the Intercollegiate Bridge Tourna
ment committee. Invitations have
been sent to officials of 318 col
leges and universities.
Only undergraduates are eligiblei
to play in the duplicate contract
bridge event for the title and tro
phy. A preliminary round will be
played by mail in February, and
the sixteen highest-ranking pairs
will meet for the face-to-face finals
at the Drake hotel in Chicago on
April 23 and 24.
The event is supported by the
Intercollegiate Bridge Tourna
ment so that there is no cost to
the competing colleges or the play
ers. Purpose of the tournament is
to develop contract bridge as an in
tercollegiate sport in which men
and women can compete on ar
equal basis.
A team from the University of
California won last year’s contest,
which was entered by 1,008 stu
dents representing 126 colleges in
39 states.
Alumni Names Officers
New officers of the northern Cal
ifornia alumni association are
Frank G. Carter, '24, president;
Walter J. Hempey, ’22, vice-presi
dent; and Miss Etta Belle Kitchen,
’31, secretary. Elected at the party
held in San Francisco before the
Stanford game, they took over the
duties of their offices immediate
ly.
Ad Staff
Day Manager
Winston Carl
Asst. Day Manager
Joan Mimnaugh
Layout Manager
Shirlie McCarton
Contract Executives
Jackie Newburn
Virginia Mahon
Layout Staff
Liz Weinzirl
Betty Arnold
Eileen Olson
Ruth Jasman
Janice Hughs
Sales Staff
Harry Lamley
Shirley Ingman
Joan Carr
Margery Hammond
Wallace Bearing
Mildred Doehring
Florence Hansen
Nancy Chamberlain
Emerald Classifieds
All classified is payable in advance at the
rate of four cents a word the first ^sertion,
two cents a word thereafter at the Emerald
Business Office. . . ..
Classified deadline is 4:00 p.m. the day
>rior to publication.
LOST man’s 21 jewel Bulova
wrist watch, leather strap some
where on campus. Call Gene
Hamblen, Phone Marcolla 132.
(53)
LOST: Pair shell rimmed glasses
in blue leather case on campus.
Call 947, Virginia Nash. Reward.
(51)
FOUND: Ladies watch. Women’s
P.E. Gerlinger.
LOST: Will people who took small
black Persian kitten from ticket
booth, Hayward field Saturday
return to Phil Dana, 1543 E. 151
trailer 20, or phone 91 from 9.’
5. (52) 1
'
LOST: Men’s topcoat. Between &
and 9 Saturday. Theta’s openj
house. Call 2340. (46) (47) (48 ^
FOUND: Camera on the campus,
1128 Alder, Phone 1349W.
LOST: At game, billfold. Vernon
Bowman, 2335 Riverview. Re
ward. (52) 9555'
DramaCompetition
Hunts New Talent
To bring out new authors and to
introduce their work to community
and professional tneaters, the
thirteenth annual competition for
awards in dramatic writing was
recently announced by the dramat
ists’ alliance of Stanford univer
sity.
The contests are open to all per
sons writing in dramatic forms,
whatever their training, experi
ence, or residence. Awards for 1948
are: the Maxwell Anderson award
of $100 for verse drama of ful’
length or one act (masques and li
bretti barred) and the Miles Ander
son award of $100 sponsored by
Peninsula Players of San Mftteo,
California, for full length come
dies or tragedies dealing with do
mestic life in the western hemis
phere.
The Stephen Vincent Benet
award of $50 and presentation over
station KVSM for radio drama of
twenty minutes length, whether se
rious or comic; the Henry David
Gray award of $75 for clear-cut dis
cussion of tfteatrical topics in any
period, but specifically for con
structive articles on problems of
production and acting.
For information about registra
tion papers, fees, and special ser
vices, address Dramatists’ Alliance,
Box 200 *Z, Stanford university,
Palo Alto, Cal. The contest closes
February 15, 1948.
Webster Speaks Tonight
Dr. Vance H. Webster, pastor
of the First Baptist church, will
speak on “A Man After Mine Own
Heart,” at the Intervarsity Chris
tion fellowship meeting tonight at
7 p.m. in the dining room of John
Straub hall.
In addition to his regular minis
try, Dr. Webster has been a mem
ber of the executive committee on
the board of American Baptist
Home Missions society and was
president of the Oregon State Bap
tist convention from 1945-46.
Nominees Named
At Alum Meeting
Gordon Wilson, '25, and Harolc
Warner, ’13, both of Portland, are
nominees for the 1948 presidency
of. the Oregon alumni association,
They were nominated at a general
meeting of the alumni association
held Saturday in Johnson hall. The
office of vice-president will be
filled by Mrs. Ruth Stewart Cald
well, ’23, of Cottage Grove, oi
Mrs. Constance Cartwright Small,
T6, of Salem.
Ballots mailed in the next issue
of Old Oregon, alumni magazine,
will decide the officers who will
assume their duties January 1,
1948.
Three out of five World War II
veterans are under 30 years of age,
according to a new Veterans Ad
ministration tabulation.
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