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VOLUME L
Fiftieth Year of Publication and Service to the University
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 36, 1948
STARTING today the back pagA
of the Emerald will carry addition
al news of significance that failed
to appear on page 1.
NUMBER 29
Deferments for UO Students
Free Physical Exam
ALL JNEW DRAFT INDUCTEES will get a thorough physical exam
ination to determine whether or not he is fit to serve Uncle Sam.
Men who are called from this area will get their physical examination
in Eugene.
'Forest' Hailed
y Dn Opening
Overcoming the handicap of hav
l ing their opening performance de
layed twenty minutes by Friday’s
Homecoming noise parade passing
Johnson hall, the cast of “The Pet
rified Forest” presented to the
first-night audience a two-act play
of suspenseful entertainment. The
varied cast of characters makes
the play especially worthwhile.
•. Louise Clouston gave a sensitive
portrayal as Gabby, her best scene
j* being the last one in which she goes
through all the symptoms of an
v emotional breakdown. Lewis Vog
ler, who played opposite her as
Alan Squier, was also at his best
4 in the last intense scene.
Leading players were assisted by
an unusually capable supporting
cast. Cliff James as the obnoxious
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ISA Plans Meeting
To Discuss Party
Final arrangements for the ISA
Halloween mixer dance, set for
Saturday night ih Gerlinger annex,
will be discussed at a meeting of
all ISA committees at 6:30 p.m.
today upstairs in the Side.
The dance will be free to all ISA
members. Music will feature Glenn
Miller records.
Bob Davis, president of ISA em
phasized that all members of the
organizational committee, public
ity, mixer arrangements, music,
decorations, distribution, and other
subcommittees are to be present.
Grad to
A former UO student, Arthur J.
Somner, BA grad, will speak to
night at the regular meeting of
the Inter-Varsity Christian fellow
ship at 7 in John Straub dining
room.
Inti. Affairs
May Affect
Proposals
By Gretchen Grondahl
.{Emerald Staff Reporter)
Under present draft regula
tions, it doesn't look as if the
University will suffer any con
siderable drain on its-male en
rollment this year.
With international affairs in
their current shaky state, regu
lations may be altered at any time;
however, at this moment all col
lege men in satisfactory standing
as full-time students will be de
ferred until the end Of the academ
ic year in which they are called.
Many VVebfeet will come under
other deferred classifications.
Assorted rumors have beseiged
the campus about just what men
will be deferred. In the hope of
clarifying the situation as it now
stands, the Emerald here presents
a summary of developments to
date.
Deferments Affect Students
1. Any. college student undergo
ing a full-time course of instruction
who is in satisfactory standing aca
demically with the institution will
be deferred until the end of the
academic year in which he is called.
In the University, this would
mean any student considered by
the institutions to be in satisfac
tory standing, carrying 12 or
more term hours.
When the student’s work falls be
low these requirements, he will be
placed in Class 1-A, subject to im
mediate call.
2. Any veteran who served hon
orably for twelve months or more
between September 16, 1940, and
June 24, 1948, or more than 90 days
between December 7, 1941, and
September 2, 1945, will be deferred
indefinitely.
Veterans who served between 90
days and 12 months from Septem
ber 16, 1940, and June 24, 1948, will
not be liable to call if they are
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A Familiar Sight
VETERANS WILE REMEMBER THIS. Practically the first step
after a man passes his physical examination is to lie sworn in as a
member of the United States army.
Officers' Pics Slated
Class officers, student body of
ficers, and members of the cxecu- 1
tive council will have their pic
tures taken tomorrow for the Orc
gana.
The picturees will be taken be
tween 8 and 10 in the browsing
room of the library. Class officers
are asked to report at 8 o’clock
and student body officers and
members of the executive council
at 9. Campus clothes will be in
order.
Anyone who will be unable to be
photographed at these times may
call Ann Morton at 333 or 334.
Bettys, Joes Due
Candidates for Betty Co-ed
and Joe College must be turned
in by noon today. Each campus
living organization should turn
in its nominee to Ellie Johns,
Emily West, Sally Terril, Elaine
Loftus, Jim Herschner, Malcolm
Mont air ue or Jim Goode.
Socialist Smith
ro Speak at 4
Tucker P. Smith, Socialist vice
presidential candidate and Norman
rhomas’ running mate, will explain
he Socialist viewpoint on national
ind international issues at 4 p.m.
;oday in 207 Chapman.
Head of the economics depart
nent at Olivet college, Olivet,
Mich., Smith’s record includes ex
perience as a labor educator, labor
eader and organizer of progressive
novements.
His Eugene address will be a
special side-trip talk for Univer
sity students between his scheduled
ipeeches in Salem and Portland.
Born in Perry, Mo., Smith re
vived his master’s degree in so
liology at the University of Mis
souri. He did graduate work at Co
umbia. From 1930 to 1933 ho
served as secretary of the commit
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Intramural Pinball Teams Proposed
h By STEVE LOY
(Emerald Special Writerl
How long must the pinball art
ists be deprived of recognition as
intramural sportsmen ? Consider
_ the possibilities of house teams vy
ing for honors in this new sport
as they now do in touch football
r and basketball.
t Imagine how many more men
* would “turn out” for the “team”
and how many more spectators
would be attracted. Business men
would no doubt contribute prizes
for high scores and periscope mir
rors could be arranged to allow
the spectatotr to enjoy the compe
tion from the comfort of his booth.
Compare this with the mud along
the football field or the hard
bleachers at a basketball game.
The pinball machine has become j
a major source of diversion on our '
campus. Twenty or more machines
in the coffee dispensaries on tho
campus, each capable of absorbing
from a dollar to a dollar and a half
an hour are providing fun and
amusement for scores of students
day and night.
Some people find it difficult to
understand the attraction of flash
ing lights and tinkling bells, but
the skilled ball and plunger addict
finds satisfaction aplenty in seeing
Cinderella getting to the ball, or
the rise and fall of Jack and Jill.
Who says they can’t be beaten.
“Beating” the pinballs consists of
winning free games and this easily '
provides the impetus for the Amer
ican tradition of trying to get
something for nothing.
Not a fad or temporary thing,
the machine has established itself
as a source of revenue. The Vet
erans Administration has author
ized pinball repair courses as eligi
ble for GI Bill benefits. Costing
from $150 to $300 plus city and
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Cartoon by Mac Epley
other taxes, the machines must be
profitable or they wouldn’t be
around.
Fast replacing the pool table,
the pinball combines skills neces
sary to the execution of many
sports. Knowing how hard to hit
the ball for golfers, geometric an
gles for pool sharks, and where
above all is it possible to get train
ing for the indispensible art of
body English used in bowling.
Many new improvements have
been made on the machines since
the first pinballs consisting of put
ting in enough nickels to get odds
great enough to almost insure a
hit with the one ball used. This
type of machine is still popular in
Washington and other states where
laws allow awards to be made in
money.
First in the line of skill machines
with four or more balls came the
bumper machines. You bumped the
sail through the bumpers until it
rolled to the bottom of the board
rnd when your score was large
enough you got a free game; now
with flippers, ejectors, rotors and
solenoids even a “jostling” lever
skill has become more of a force
in the game. *
Think what intramural pinball'
competition would do for the ego
of the little fellow in the house who
is too small to turn out for football
or basketball. If he pays attention
in PE 3003 (advanced pinball man
ipulation) he might be the star
man on the team and triumph over
his musclebound opponent not by
a mere six or seven points as in
football but maybe by a million.