Old Oregon
Ranks High
In Magazines
! Alumni Publication
Places 6th in Contest
Old Oregon, University of Ore
gon’s alumni publication, placed
sixth in a contest of the nation’s
alumni magazines for the Magazine
of the Year, Les Anderson, alumni
director, announced.
In the classification awards Old
Oregon placed first in the cover
division and second in the illustra
tions division. Judged were the nine
issues published during the past
school year under the editorship of
Bert Moore.
With the exception of the Har
vard magazine, Old Oregon took
more awards than any of the other
144 entries.
Cover artist for the Oregon
alumni publication was Mrs. Jack
Wilkinson, wife of a University
faculty member.
Other members of the Old Ore
gon staff were: Jordis Benke, busi
ness manager; Susan McCarrel and
Bill Wasmann, associate editors,
and Jim Wallace, managing editor.
Wallace was selected as editor of
Old Oregon for the coming year.
Old Oregon was the only stu
dent-staffed magazine among the
first 10 winners.
Warning Issued
To New Vets
Student veterans who have taken
training under government spon
sorship other than at the Univer
sity of Oregon are reminded that
the University requires a supple
mentary certificate of eligibility to
enroll, J. D. Kline, assistant regis
trar, said.
These certificates should be ob
tained from the Veterans’ Admin
istration before fall term registra
tion, he said.
The University will not accept
student veteran enrollment without
the proper authorization papers al
though such students may enroll,
paying their own fees. When the
authorization papers are obtained,
they will be reimbursed, Kline said.
Former veteran students who at
tended the University last year un
der public law 346 and haven’t tak
en training elsewhere under govern
ment sponsorship during the sum
mer will not need a certificate, he
said.
Man With 'Rippling Rhythm'
To Provide UO Picnic Music
SHEP FIELDS
Greeks Expect
800 Rushees
In September
More than 800 prospective Greeks
will descend upon the campus when
rush week begins September 5, ac
cording to Virgil S. Fogdall, asso
ciate director of student affairs.
There have been no changes in
schedules for rushees, he said.
Fraternity rushees will live in
Vets Dorm No. 2 during the week
and the sorority rushees will stay
in Gerlinger hall. Fraternity rush
headquarters in Stan Ray Hall,
Vets dorm No. 2 will open at 2 p.m.,
Sunday for room assignment. Wo
men will receive room assignments
in Gerlinger Sunday at 9:30 a.m.
$15 Bushing Fee
A rushing fee of $15 must be
paid in advance of rush week, Fog
dall said. For women rushees this
must be paid by August 20. There
was no time limit set for men but
Fogdall said the number of men
rushees is tentatively set at 425.
The limit for women is about 305.
The numbers are limited by the
amount of room available in fra
ternity and sorority houses, Fog
dall said.
On hand to welcome women rush
ees will be sorority rush chairmen
and Margaret Rauch, president of
the Panhellenic association. Men
will be greeted by Warren Richey,
president of Interfraternity coun
cil, and John Gilbertson, in charge
of rush period.
More information may be ob
tained regarding rush week by
writing the office of student af
fairs, Emerald hall.
One-Hand Typewriter Blessing
To Handicapped. Comes to' UO
V By BOB McCANN
A journalism student came here
in 1946 to continue his education.
He had to do all his work with one
hand, and he needed a special type
writed to help him.
^ Few people knew anything about
one-hand typewriters, but Richard
^ Mengler, former VA training offi
* cer here, announced last fall that
^~~the IBM company had made such a
machine.
' On April 21, one left-hand IBM
J electric typewriter arrived in Eu
gene. By that time there were three
veterans who wanted a course in
one-hand typing. A. class, taught by
r Miss Jessie Smith of the school of
-^business administration, was begun.
^ Miss Smith, handicapped by the
* lack of a textbook for the new
vj course^ devised her own exercises
for tile three students. Since there
> was only one special typewriter
available, the two right-handed
^ptnen took the course on standard
\ typewriters.
O Then, one day the class received
some real help. Miss Ada Zinser,
head of the textbook section of
the Co-op looked up a special text
that was written for one-hand typ
ing on a standard machine. One
copy was obtained.
Last week Miss Smith said,
“There are really two processes in
learning to type with one hand.
First the student must unlearn
what he knows about the standard
typewriter, then he must learn the
new keyboard and try to overcome
the old reflexes associated with the
standard machine.”
The success of this course is dem
onstrated by the achievement of
Charlie Steele, one of the veterans
who took it. He types 35 words a
minute on the new IBM typewriter.
By fastening an eraser to the space
bar, he operates it with just a
twist of the wrist. The eraser acts
as an extension on the bar and
raises it to a level he can easily
reach with the heel of his left hand.
The one-hand typewriter has a
strange keyboard. All the numbers
and symbols are found on four
banks of keys normally operated
by the left hand on the standard
typewriter. Placing the left hand
Shep Fields, the "Rippling
Rhythm” bandman, is joining the
Oregon Webfoots on the annual
Jantzen Beach picnic August 20.
Fieldes will serve the Webfoots
with his latest tunes in combina
tion with his old familiar r5pp
rhythm.
Advance notices say the new
combination has set music men
buzzing about its progressiveness
and its genuine ability. Fields, say
the notices, is the man who played
“rippling rhythm” into the spot
light and became one of the na
tion’s top hotel bands after critics
openly expressed doubts of its suc
cess. Then he began augmenting
the rippling style with background
music and voicing.
In 1943 Fields turned away from
the ripple style for awhile, thinking
the public was tired of it. He
formed an all-sax band that creat
ed quite a sensation along Tin Pan
Alley for some time. Later he re
organized his Rippling Rhythm
crew and returned to his club, the
Glen Island Casino. This, according
to the advance notices, put the club
back on its feet as a musical show
case and successfully re-launched
the ripple style Webfoots will be
dancing to at Jantzen beach.
UO Planning
(Continued from page one)
house 330 students; $250,000 addi
tions to Hayward field and McAr
thur court seating capacities;
$750,000 addition, to the University
library.
The University is likely to have
one of the most successful athletic
seasons in its history during 1948
49. West coast sports authorities
are betting that the Duck football
ers will fight their way to the Hose
Bowl this year. Besides that possi
bility, Oregon has the invitation to
invade Big Nine territory for a
University of Michigan game in
Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Jim Aiken, Oregon’s football
coach, had this to say about the
Ducks: “I’ve told the team that no
matter what league you’re playing
in, you should shoot for the cham
pionship.”
Michigan’s Wolverines are the
national champions for 1947.
Almost every department and
Grants Total $12,895
Approval by the State Board of
Higher Education at its July 27
meeting of $12,895 in gifts, most
ly for research and other scholarly
activities ' " helped to swell the
y grants this year to
Hr>rT ^ ighest in University
.-,ccr\. These grants in turn re
ject national recognition for work
of University faculty members and
departments.
Throughout the year, campus
news notes have frequently con
tained such items as “Navy Awards
Research Job,” “Grant of $15,000
Given Professor,” etc. These awards
and gifts have covered almost all
school in the University is attract
ing more teachers. Many of the in
structors coming to the University
are nationally known authorities in
their fields. So besides having ade
quate physical facilities, every stu
dent entering fall term should re
ceive the best education ever of
fered at the University.
The student government and stu
dent bodies for 1948 are expected
to be of different political texture
than ever before. In the spring
elections of 1948 the traditional
Greek vs. Independent fight for po
sitions on the Associated Students
of the University of Oregon ex
ecutive council, was enlivened by
the spontaneous participation of a
third party which cut across the
two old house blocs.
Donald M. DuShane, director of
student affairs, said about the elec
tion results this year: ‘‘we feel con
fident that we can put full faith in
student governing bodies this
year.”
Hopes for Millrace
Since the intake canal for the
millrace was ruined in the 1945
Willamette river flood, University
students have pushed for the re
conditioning of the old channel. In
the Eugene municipal elections
this spring an appropriation up to
$20,000 to match any private con
tributions for the millrace was ap
proved.
With the removal of technical
difficulties the millrace will go
through and the accompanying wa
ter pageants and other University
traditions will be re-initiated.
fields of activity from chemistry
to drama.
Guggenheim Fellowship
In addition, faculty recognition
has included a grant of a Guggen
heim fellowship for research and
study to a member of the psychol
ogy staff; selection of the dean of
education to give the keynote ad
dress at the national meeting of
the American Association of School
Administrators; the award of one
of two fellowships given on a
world-wide basis to a member of
the biology staff by the Arctic in
stitute, a well-known scientific or
ganization; the election of a mem
ber of the Department of Romance
languages to the presidency of the
American Association of Teachers
of Spanish and Portuguese; and
many similar awards.
“Human Growth” Praised
Significant in the academic pic
ture was the selection of the Uni
versity by a national committee to
publish a new international schol
arly magazine, “Comparative Lit
erature,” and the high praise given
“Human Growth,” an educational
movie planned and guided by a
member of the psychology depart
ment. Of the movie, favorably re
viewed in Time, Life, and News
week and other magazines, Chicago
Sun-Times correspondent said:
“Eventually this film will be worth
far more to the happiness, health
and purity of American children
than all the Oscar winners ever
made.”
University Gets
Villard Books
A gift of 222 books covering na
tional and international affairs was
received at the library July 18,
from Oswald Garrison Villard, not
ed journalist, according to C. V.
Seitz, junior acquisition assistant.
Villard is the son of the railroad
magnate, Henry Villard, who made
a grant of $150,000 to the Univer
sity in the 1890s for the construc
tion of Villard hall, second oldest
building on the campus.
The fish that escaped is the big
one.
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