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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 24, 1948)
Fiftieth Year of Publication and Sendee to the Universitv UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1948 VOLUME L NUMBER 7 'Too Many Men/ Says Alaska U Club By VERN HAMMOND The University of Alaska boasts a student organization which is perhaps unique among all the fun making clubs in American universi ties. It is composed entirely of male students, with a single lone ly girl as an honorary member. ,Its ambitions are practically non existent, its principal activity is general hell-raising, and its mot to is “We hates ’em.” By way of explanation, this motto refers to women. All wom en. You see, the name of the or ganization is “Associated Woman Haters of the University of Alas ka,” and the admission of the sin gle female member was not ex actly a compliment to the femi nine charms of that young wo man. Paper Versus Women The University of Alaska, like the University of Oregon, has a paper which is operated entirely by students. This paper provides complete cooperation toward what ever ends the Woman Haters wish to accomplish. Whole pages in the Alaska Polar Star are de voted to paid advertisements by i the Woman Haters, urging way ! ward males to repent and enter the fold of the Associated Woman Haters. About the best time ever had by students of A.U. came when the Woman Haters accused one of their most prominent members of the unforgivable crime of dat ing one of the girl students. It mattered not at all that the girl involved was none other than the honorary members of the organi j zation. “Legal” charges were filed, and a .trial was arranged. I A dash of intrigue entered the picture when the Polar Star, sup posed staunch supporter of the Woman Haters, managed to smuggle into the jury one of their staff members, who was sworn to stick to a verdict of not guilty. It just happened that the accused man was also an important staff member of the Polar Star, and that paper had every reason to rally to his defense. The inevitable result of the trial was a hung jury, with the news paper lad in the role of the only | holdout. But the other jury mem bers finally prevailed. The gallant lad was overpowered, bound ami gagged. The jury returned to the courtroom carrying the helpless newshound and submitted a ver dict of guilty. Before any of you fellows con demn the Alaskans for their folly in even pretending to hate the fair sex, it might be a good idea to explain the Woman Haters’ ex cuse for existing. The gals up there in Fairbanks, Alaska, are outnumbered by a good ten to one. Sales Start Monday for U Theater Acting as chairman for the seas on ticket sales to the University theater’s six scheduled productions this year will be Emelie Rose Jack ull. Plans have been made to select a representative from each house to be on the committee to boost sales. Reserve season tickets will be placed on sale Monday, September 27, for $5 each in the Johnson hall box office a day before the office will be open to the general public. Included in the price is admit tance to the special spectacle pro duction held in McArthur court, for which regular single admission is $2.40. The tickets are transferable and may be used as admission to more than a single production. A season’s saving will mount up to $2.40 to season ticket buyers. It will be impossible to accomo date all those wishing tickets, ac cording to Lejeune Griffith, theater business manager, so buyers should apply early, either to the box office or to authorized agents on the on the campus. No season tickets will be sold after October 30. Department Heads Name Assistants Four new graduate assistants have been appointed to the Depart ment of History as of this fall, Dr. Dan E. Clark, head of the History Department, has announced. They are Ross Campbell, 1948 graduate from the University of Portland, Royal Hart, 194S gradu ate from Willamette University, Jay Deardorff, 1947 graduate from the University of Oregon, and Rob ert Pearson, 1946 graduate from the University of Oregon. WAA Frosh Gather The W.A.A. freshman orientation will be held Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in the Gerlinger gym. Entertain ment will include square dancing and swimming and refreshments will be served. All W.A.A. members are invited. Oct. 2 Deadline Set For Student Voters With October 2 the deadline, student voters may register for the November general election at the booth in the Co-op spon sored by the Young Democrats, beginning today. Hours will be from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. today, and the booths will be open next week at hours to be announced later, says Bob Davis, president. Prerequisites for registration are 50 days’ residence in Lane county and six months in Ore gon. Men Outrank UO Women 2-1 In Enrollment By BARBARA ALDERMAN The men are still the social un derdogs on the Oregon campus. Latest registration figures show that the men outnumber the wo men by more than two to one. Figures obtained from Clifford Constance, registrar, show that the number of women who have registered for fall term at the University this year as compared to those registered at the same time last year has dropped consid erably more than has the number of men. These figures show that only 1548 women have registered for fall term while last year at the same time 1778 had registered— a drop of 1.3 per cent. The num ber of menv registered totaled 3665, a drop of only .3 per cent under the 3677 of last year. Sophs Largest Class The sophomore class is the larg est at present with an enrollment (Please turn to page two) Last Minute Conference Betty and Marilyn Hillman, rally girls, get the straight word on the Stanford game from Coach Jim Aiken, as Co-Captain Don Stan ton looks on. Dr. Kaplan Opens Lecture SeriesTonightatChapman '1 he 1948-49 public lecture series will open tonight with Dr. Joseph Kaplan of the UCLA Institute of Geophysics as guest lecturer. The talk on “The Upper Atmosphere of the Earth” will be sponsored jointly by the University Lecture Series Committee 'Favorite Tenor' Appearance Due Jan Peerce, New York-born ten or in his eighth year with the Metropolitan opera, will give a concert in McArthur court next Thursday, September 30. Presented by the Eugene and University Civic Music associa tion, Peerce will be the first of seven artists to appear. “Favorite Tenor’’ Called “my favorite tenor” by Arturo Toscanini, he is currently on his tenth national concert tour under the direction of Impresario S. Hurok. An Italian tenor who is not a product of Italy, who has never even crossed the Atlantic, Peerce JAN PEERCE gained fame in his field after be ing engaged by Toscanini to sing as soloist in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in 1938. S. Hurok en gaged him the next year, and his career was made certain in 1940 when he joined the Metropolitan opera. Also in Films Besides being heard in opera, concerts, radio and records, the musician has also performed in such films as “Carnegie Hall” and “Something in the Wind,” starring Deanna Durbin. In 1946 he was voted the favor ite male singer in a national poll of radio critics. and Sigma Xi, national honorary, in l oom 207, Chapman hall. Accord ing to Dr. E. C. Ebbighausen, secretary of Sigma Xi and as sociate professor of physics, Dr. Kaplan is one of the most distinguished of American physicists and has made many con tributions of a fundamental nature. Dr. Kaplan will discuss problems relating to the earth’s atmosphere and the difficulties that are en countered. New instrumental tech niques as the use of the V2 rocket in sending recording instruments to high altitudes will lie emphasized. By means of V2 rockets it is now possible to reach heights of 100 miles or more and thus it is possi ble to record measurements at alti tudes never previously reached by balloons. Dr. Kaplan was born in Hungary (Please turn to page seven) Committee Appointed For Affair Individual committee chair men have been named for this year’s Homecoming celebra tion. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, October 22-24, accord ing to Bob Don, general chair man. The 1948 theme will be re vealed at a later date. Assistant chairman for the whole affair will be Joan O’ Neill. Committee heads for the Saturday night dance will be Bill Monroe and Jeannine Macaulay; registration, Beverly Buckley; hos pitality, Leslie Tooze; traditions and Order of “O” luncheon to be held October 23, Reedy Berg; pub licity, A1 Pietschman; and promo tion, Chuck Corrigan. Noise, Bonfire Slated Joe Warren will be in charge of the October 22 noise parade, which will be immediately' followed by the frosh bonfire under chairman ship of John Backlund. After this annual conflagration will come the rally in “McArthur Court, which will bc'under the direction of A1 Lipp man. Tom ^McLaughlin will direct the sign contest. ° Rousing committee ° chairman willobe Ann Case, and Joan Wagen blast will have charge of cleanup operations. Adlans to Relax On Sunday, October 24, alumni will have a chance to relax, and visit living organizations. All cam pus buildings will be open, accord ing to Don, for inspection. There will be a meeting of all committee heads today at 3 p.m. in the Old Oregon offices in Friend ly hall. “Anyone interested in working on a Homecoming committee,” Don said, “may contact the committee head.” Frosh Women Asked to Party Slated Tuesday Freshman women and their counselors will be entertained at a party Tuesday evening, Septern ber 28, in Gerlinger anneex. Counselors are asked to meet their freshmen and bring them to the party, which will be from 6:20 to 7:30. The program will include games and entertainment, and re freshments will be served. Each guest will be issued a name tag, which will be returned at the close of the evening to check attendance. Counselors who have not already met with 1 their freshmen are asked to do so immediately, and to be sure to escort them to the party. Sc© story page 3. ,