Oregon Emerald
VOLUME XLIX NUMBER 68
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. EUGENE WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 21. 1948
Military Ball
^Colonel'
Elimination
Set Tonight
Twenty-five formal clad Little
Colonel candidates will meet Scab
bard and Blade members tonight
at 7:30 in Alumni hall,, Gerlinger.
Col. and Mrs. F. R. Maerdian,
Capt. and Mrs. Richard Roche and
members of the military staff will
be on hand to greet the aspirants
ror the first lady of the Military
Ball. Col. Maerdian and Capt.
Roche are professors of military
science and training, and sponsor
of Scabbard and Blade, respec
tively.
After the hour-long reception, a
group of Scabbard and Blade men
vill go into conference to select
six finalists, to be known thereaf
ter as Little Captains. Names and
pictures of these finalists, each of
vhom will take honorary com
mand of a company in the ROTC
regiment, will appear in the Em
erald.
All candidates will receive com
nlimentary tickets to the Military
Ball, February 7.
A well known motion picture
otar has agreed to assist Scabbard
and Blade in the selection of the
Little Colonel. Although his choice
will not be known until the Little
Colonel is introduced in an “elab
orate” ceremony during the Mili
tary ball, the actor will send a con
gratulatory telegram to the Little
Colonel elect, announcing her se
lection.
The Little Colonel will also re
ceive a full page color portrait in
the 1948 Oregana.
Said promotion chairman Bill
Tassock concerning tonights judg
ing, “Scabbard and Blade judges
will face a dilema” six finalists
from so many attractive candid
ates.” (see candidates, page 6)
Dr. Weidenrich
Slated to Talk
Human evolution will be the gen
eral subject of the Condon theater
series to be held this year on Feb
ruary IS and 19 in 300 Fenton hall
at 8 p.m.
Dr. Franz Weidenrich from the
staff of the American museum of
natural history and formerly with
"he Genonic research laboratory at
Peking union medical school, will
be speaker.
The lectures will deal with re
cent discoveries of man in south
east Asia and are divided into two
groups: “General Problems” and
“Evolution of the Brain.”
Dr. L. S. Cressman, chairman of
the lecture series, announced that
the purpose of the lectures is to
interpret science to the layman and
stressed that they would be non
echnical in nature. Slides will be
shown at both meetings. There will
be no charge and the public is in
vited to attend.
Accordionist Needed
Roger Tetlow, co-chairman of
special events in the March of
Dimes campaign, is making special
call for an accordion player for the
nrograms. Any student playing the
instrument is asked to contact Tet
low immediately.
Music Lovers
Orchestra
To Present
First Concert
Tonight under the baton of Dr.
Edmund A. Cykler the 65-piece
University symphony orchestra
will present its first concert of the
school year at 8:15 p.m. in the mu
sic school auditorium.
Playing Mozart’s violin concerto
in D major with the orchestra will
be Janet Shafer, senior in music.
Haydn's London symphony in D
major is also on the program. This
work written in 1795, was the last
of the English symphonies which
Haydn wrote specifically for Eng
lish audiences.
Bizet’s “L’Arlesienne Suite,” to
be played by the group, originally
was part of the incidental music to
a play, “Girl from Arles,” by Dau
det, French playwright. The music
includes typical folk and popular
tunes from southern France, and
is one of the first pieces of music
to use the saxophone, invented in
1840 and not too popular at the
time, as a solo instrument. Bee
thoven’s “Prometheus Overture,”
from the only ballet the composer
ever wrote, is also listed on the
program.
Dr. Cykler, associate professor
of musicology, came to the Univer
sity last fall from the staff of Oc»
cidental college of Caliornia. He
earned his doctor’s degree in musi
cology at Charles university in
Prague, Czechoslovakia. Tonight’s
perormance will mark his first pub
lic appearance with 'the University
orchestra.
Dean Theodore Kratt,. of the
school of music, will direct the or
chestra in its next appearance in
April, when it will play the inci
dental music for “A Midsummer
Night's Dream.” The group will
present another concert on May 5,
under the direction of Dr. Cykler.
WAA Amendment
Up for Girls' Votes
All women’s living organizations
have been requested to vote on an
amentment to the WAA constitu
tion. This amendment would place
the head of sports on the WAA
council.
The result of the vote should be
submitted to WAA President Bar
bara Borrevik at the Delta Gam
ma house.
If there are any transfers from
other schools who are members of
WAA and would like to affiliate
with the local group, they should
contact Miss Borrevik.
Heart Hop Petition
Deadline Today
Zata Sinclair, chairman of the
sophomore commission of the
YWCA, announced that today is
the last day to turn in petitions for
the annual Heart Hop. Sophomore
women are eligible for general
chairmanship, while both sopho
more and freshman women may pe
tition for subcommittee heads.
These committees are King of
Hearts selection, tickets, decora
tions, refreshments, and others.
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Conductor |
Dr. Edmund A. Cykler, who
leads the University Symphony
tonight in its first school year
concert. (See column 2)
UO Enrollment
Down This Term
Enrollees for winter term total
5,636, Associate Registrar Clifford
L. Constance announced yesterday.
This is a drop of 269 from the num
ber registered fall term.
The total, which was a one per
cent rise over winter term regis
tration last year, included 3,821
men and 1,815 women. It was a
four per cent increase in male en
rollment over the same time a year
ago. The number of women stu
dents dropped three per cent.
Fewer students than usual have
dropped school since fall term,
Constance said, but the number of
new students is down 15 per cent.
Greatest change was in the jun
ior class, which now has 593 mem
bers. The junior class last year
numbered only 397. The number of
graduate students has gone up 25
per cent from 318 to 401 in the past
year.
The freshman class has de
creased 24 per cent from last year’s
total of 1985 to 1512. Special stu
dents and auditors have also de
creased from 133 to 114. Sopho
mores and seniors have increased
12 and 7 per cent, respectively.
The number of veterans current
ly attending the University is 3998,
of whom 80 are women. They con
stitute 63 per cent of the total en
rollment. Of this total 304 men and
1 woman are attending under pub
lic law 16; 2365 men and 79 women
under public law 346; 49 men un
der the Oregon state aid law; and
200 others.
Ladies' Day
Conference
Open to All
UO Women
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The women’s business conference
to be held Thursday is open to all
women of the University regard
less of their major, emphasized
Elizabeth Wright, president of Phi
Chi Theta, the sponsoring organi
zation.
The luncheon speaker, Mrs. Irene
Taylor, will talk on the coming op
portunities for women in business.
Mrs. Taylor, who was president of
the Portland Business and Profes
sional Women's club last year, is
particularly interested in the role
which women are playing in busi
ness today, and the nature of
change in women’s employment as
it has been affected by the war.
Vice-president of the state con
ference of social work, she was cit
ed in 1946 as citizen of the week
during National Business Women's
week and was a delegate to the bi
ennial convention of the National
Federation of Business and Profes
sional Women. Mrs. Taylor is a
graduate of the University of Ore
gon and is now public relations di
rector of the Goodwill Industries in
Portland.
Anyone interested in attending
the luncheon and hearing Mrs. Tay
lor may make reservations in the
office of the dean of the school of
business administration, room 108,
Commerce. Luncheon tickets arc 60
cents.
In an advisory capacity, assisting
with the conference will be Miss
Hilda Fries, national project chair
man of Phi Chi Theta, Miss Fries
is a graduate of the University of
Oregon and a past president of the
Portland alumni chapter of Phi Chi
Theta,
The president of Oregon Federa
tion of Business Women’s clubs,
Mrs. Leone Jensen, will be chair
man of the discussion group on
“Problems Women Face in Busi
ness’’ to be held in alumni hall
Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Jensen is
a graduate of the Oregon State
College School of Pharmacy, hold
ing a bachelor of science degree.
Since her graduation, she has
gained a valuable fund of experi
ence working in Eugene stores.
Skiing Enthusiasts
To View Movies
Showing tonight at 7:30 in 207
Chapman are two ski movies,
“Classic of Skiing Norway” and
“Ski in the Valley of the Saints.”
“Classic of Skiing Norway” is
narrated by Lowell Thomas, and
“Ski in the Valley of the Saints” is
a natural color picture of skiing in
the Laurentian hills in Canada.
No Holes
Bricklayers
Delayed
By Strike
By STAN TURNBULL!,
Masons laying chimneys at Am
azon Flats housing project well
have to stop work when they reach
the ceilings, as there are no car
penters to cut holes for them, I. T.
Wright told the Emerald Tuesday.
Wright, superintendent of the
physical plant, said that unless car
penters now on strike for a 25-cent
increase return to work by the end
of the week, plumbers, and paint
ers still working there will have
to lay off.
No tangible accomplishments had
been made late Tuesday afternoon
toward settling the strike which
has halted most work on nine two
story units at the project.
Negotiations were still continu
ing, according to Roy Stein, presi
dent of the General Contractors
association, but no progress was
reported. Other contracting and
union officials were unavailable
for comment.
Two more-or-less conflicting
views were given:
The carpenters, through A. R.
Major, business agent for the local,
stated that 75 per cent of the con
tractors in the area either are pay
ing or are willing to pay the 25
cent raise, which will bring hourly
wages to $2.
Stein, General Contractors’ pres
ident, stated that no men working
for the 24 or 25 contractors in his
association were paying $2, nor
$1.60 for common labor.
The University, according to So-'
perintendent Wright, has signified
its willingness to pay the new rate,
but is holding back because the
contractors are fighting the move.
Cabaret Life
At Artists' Bali
Joie de Vivre (Joy of Life to the
uninitiated) is the theme of the an
nual Beaux Arts ball, which will be
presented February 28 in the Ger
linger hall annex.
Decorations will convey a caba
ret atmosphere. Spot entertain
ment, refreshments and music w.Jl
complete the program. Prizes will
be given for the most original cos
tumes.
Ralph Bonadurer, chairman, has
selected Pat Patrick as emcee, and
Kempton Russell and Newton
Crossfield in charge of tickets.
Tickets will go on sale around Feb
ruary 1 in the art school co-op.
Sponsors in the Allied Art league
expect this year’s event to be a big
ger-than-ever success. As usual,
this costume affair will be limited
to art students and their dates only.
Infirmary Busy As Flu Hits Campus
Twenty students have been hos
pitalized in the infirmary this week
as the result of the most wide
spread flu epidemic to sweep the
Oregon campus since 1944.
Many more influenza victims
have been reported to the health
service, Dr. Fred Miller, head of the
infirmary said, but with the build
ing’s 26 beds full. Facilities are
lacking to care for them.
Two of the health service nurses,
Miss lone Wasem and Mrs. Irma
Fitts, are among the patients hit by
the disease. Another nurse, Mrs.
Margery Chedester, has just re
turned to duty.
The outburst of flu cases, Dr.
Miller continued, has probably
spread to Eugene from San Fran
cisco and Los Angeles, where epi
demics have been raging. The peak
in Los Angeles was passed last
week, he added, but the number of
victims in the bay area is steadily
growing.
A long distance call to Seattle
was made by the health service to
obtain an immunizing vaccine, ef
fective against a certain virus of
influenza. The vaccine is expected
today.
Supply Increase Possible
Dr. Miller has issued a plea that
students report to the infirmary for
preventative shots. Although
enough serum for only 300 patients
has been ordered, the health service
is prepared to meet a larger de
mand by rushing more vaccine
. from Seattle.
We can’t promise a sure thing
with the shots,” Dr. Miller warned.
He pointed out that the serum not
only takes two weeks to take ef
fect, but that it is only effective
against one of the influenza virus.
Two Viruses Main Cause
At a meeting of the Pacific coa.-it
section of the American student
health association in Los Angeh 9
this weekend, Dr. Miller said, Stan
ford and University of California
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