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SU Currents Barbershop Sing Applications Due Barbershop quartets may enter the all-campus quartet contest to be held in the Student Union ball room at 8 p.m Saturday, Mar. 7. A trophy will be awarded to the organization sponsoring the win ning quartet. Application blanks may be ob tained from organization presi dents and must be turned in to Dorothy Anderson at Chi Omega or mailed to 1461 Alder st. by Monday. The contest will be open to the public. * * * SU Chairmanship Open to Petitions Petitions are now being accep ted for chairmen of the Student Union movie committee, Don Zavin, assistant chairman of the SU board has announced The position will become vacant at the end of this term. Deadline for petitions has been set for Tues day. The petitions may be obtained and returned to SU 301 or 310. * * * 'Panic in Streets' Sunday SU Movie “Panic in the Streets" is the movie scheduled for showing in the Student Union ballroom Sunday, at 3 and 4:30 p.m. Admission is 30 cents. The movie, which stars Richard Widmark and Paul Doug las, is a story of the outbreak of plague which is caught before it becomes a disaster by the fast work of the Public Health service. “The Black Rose,” which was scheduled for this Sunday, was shown last Sunday. * * * Trowbridge Talk To Feature Poems Hoyt Trowbridge, professor of English, will present a program entitled, “A Close Reading of Some W. H. Auden Poems,” Fri day at 7:45 p.m. in the Student Union Browsing Room. IDC Dance Set For Straub Hall “Lamplight Serenade,” the Inter-dormitory council dance, ’'Will be held Mar. 7 at John Straub Stall from 9 p.m. to midnight, Mark fiewman, general chairman, has announced. Committee heads are Don Wil son, decorations; Dick Morse, pro grams, and Jim Miller, refresh ments. Decorations will follow a lamp light theme, with one antique style lamp above the clock in the lobby of Straub which will go on and off alternately, Wilson said. Tables and chairs will be placed on the roofed walks in back of the hall. A French cafe theme will be created, Wilson explained. A dinner for dance chairmen, IDC members, chaperons and hon ored guests will precede the dance at 6:30 p.m. at Straub. Classifieds FOR SALE: Auto Radios — new and used for all cars. Eugene Radio Co. 7th & Charnelton. Ph. 4-8722. 3-12 FOR SALE: '51 Packard 300, new tubeless tires, fully equipped. See Dot Dotson at 111 E. 11th. IRL Slates Discussion Of 'Backward Areas' ‘■The Development of the Under developed Areas” is the topic of the sixth annual conference of the Oregon high school International Relations league, currently being held on campus under the sponsor ship of the Oregon Education as sociation and the University of Oregon. Niharranjan Ray, chairman of the department of culture and art at the University of Calcutta, In dia, and E. J. Bell, a member of the board of consultants to the State department “point four" Only Three Papers Left Winter Term The next edition of the Oregon Daily Emerald will appear Wed nesday, Mar. 4. Following that, there will be two additional pap ers on Mar. 6 and 12 before the Emerald stops publication for Winter term. • Campus Briefs 0 Xo “Friday at Four” will be presented to<Jay. 0 All petitions for spring term business manager of the Emerald must be filed in person by noon Wednesday. The Publications Board will select the new manager that evening, Dick Williams an nounced. ^ Old and new living organiza tion scholarship chairmen will meet Tuesday at 4 p.m. in the Student Union. — 9 AWS representatives are to turn in their AWS evaluation re ports to Jackie Steuart at the Al pha Delta Pi house before 5 p.m. Monday, according to Miss Steu art, president of the AWS con gress. Representatives who do not have the blanks can obtain them at the AWS office, SU 305. 0 Amphibians, women’s swim ming honorary, will meet Monday at 7:30 p.m. at Gerlinger pool. Election of officers for the coming year will be held at that time. 0 Deadline for petitions for Mom’s Day weekend chairmen is 5 p.m. Tuesday. They should be turned in to the ASUO president's office. Chairmen will be chosen at I the ASUO senate meeting Thurs day, according to President Pat Dignan. Mother’s day will be held in conjunction with Junior Week end, May 8-10, Dignan said. 0 Sally Hayden, junior in busi ness, and Jean Peterson, junior in sociology, have been named co chairmen of this year’s Easter Sunrise service, sponsored by the University Religious council. The announcement was made after a committee meeting of the council Tuesday night. Grapefruit rinds make good cleansing pads for copper cooking utensils. program, will be guest speakers at the conference. Delegates from Oregon high school international | relations classes are attending the i event. | On the agenda for this morning : are talks by the two guest speak ers between 8:15 and 10:15 in the j Dads’ lounge of the Student Union. Bell will speak on “The War Against Poverty,” and Hay, on "Western Economic Aid Programs in India and Their Implications.” A conference luncheon and bus iness meeting will be held in the SU ballroom at 12:15 p.m. Fol lowing this, roundtable di&cussions will be held by the delegates. Conference delegates will attend a banquet tonight at 6:30 in the SU ballroom. Oregon foreign stu dents will address the group on the subject of "Secondary Educa tion in My Country." Business sessions and panel re ports will occupy the delegates Saturday morning. Plans Announced For Duck Preview Tentative plans for the 1953 I Duck Pieview to be held April 24 ! and 25 were announced this week ! by co-chairmen Sunny Allen and j Bob Summers. A campus "Vodvil Show” will highlight Friday evening activi ties. The £how will be followed by neighborhood parties at campus living organizations. I First scheduled event for Satur ‘ day is an orientation assembly in the morning. This will be followed by tours and exhibits on the cam pus until noon. In the afternoon, high school visitors will attend the University of Oregon-University of Washington baseball game. Ex change dinners at living organiza tions will precede a Duck Preview dance to be held Saturday eve ning in the Student Union ball ; room. j All Oregon students have been urged by Summers and Miss Allen to invite high school friends to the campus that weekend either by personal letters or phone calls during spring vacation Since ar rangements for housing are being made through the Duck Preview committee, individual living or ganizations are not allowed to make direct requests to high school principals. However, the committee is sending invitations to schools throughout the state to be i distributed 'to high school stu dents. Hist. Prof to Speak At NAACP Meeting William Williams, assistant pro fessor of history, will speak be fore the Eugene chapter of the National Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People at 8 p.m. Monday at Wesley house. Brotherhood in the South— 1946” will be Williams’ topic. The meeting is open to anyone inter ested. The speaker, an informed work er in Negro problems of the South, is author of the book, "American Russian Relations ” A CORDIAL WELCOME AWAITS YOU 11 a.m.—“What Think Ye of Christ? Whose Son Is He?’’ (KASH Broadcast) Lord’s Supper observed; New Members received 7:30 ppn.—“Genesis and Science” — Special Music 9:45 a.m.—University age Bible Class. Fred Beard, Teacher First Baptist Church Vance H Webster Broadway at High Pastor EXAM APR.23 Draft Test Applicants Face Mar. 9 Deadline By Lrf*n Calvert Emerald An jlant Mewl Editor Students who plan to take the selective service college qualifica cations test must have their appli cations filed by Mar. 9, selective service headquarters has an nounced. The test will be given April 23. The results will be reported to the student’s locnl draft board for con sideration of his deferment as a ! student. _ ROTC deferments were reopened ; to students on Feb. 16, Col. E. L. ' Bruns, head of the military de ; partment, has announced. Accord I ing to Colonel Bruns, up to 85 per 'cent of the freshmen men will be eligible for military deferment. Acceptable Work Sophomores who are doing ac ceptable work and are possible candidates for the advanced ROTC course will also be eligible for de ferment, Colonel Bruns stated. Junior and senior men formally en rolled in the advanced course are granted deferments. Conditions of military defer ments, according to Colonel Bruns, include the students signing an agreement saying he will apply for and complete the advanced course, if accepted. This will give him a j military deferment for his sopho more year. If accepted for the ad vance cour se the student agrees to accept a reserve officer's commis sion with the proviso of a minimum of two years active duty. The com mission lasts for eight years, starting the day it is granted. You Can Retire If the man decides to retain his ; commission and remain active in the inactive reserves, he will be eligible for retirement with pay. The .size of the retirement pay ments vary with the number of years on active duty, Colonel Bruns said. Also emphasized by Colonel Bruns was the fact that if fresh men sign the agreement saying they intend to apply for advanced KOTC and then do not the mili tary department must cancel their deferment. A. L. EUingson, counsellor for men, said that military deferment currently give students the best chance of remaining in school for four years. Not Kougli When asked about the num ber of students who have been drafted from the University, El lir.gson stated that the draft boards have not "been as rough as was expected” on the students. However, he warned that men who have received orders to take their physical for the draft must do so. He explained that when a stu dent receives his orders to report for his physical he should request a letter from the registrar's of fice tor his diaft board stating that he is enrolled in school and giving his grades. The student should also write a personal let ter to the board asking for con sideration of his student standing, he said. EUingson added that under the present regulations set up by se lective service, freshmen men are eligible for one full year of col lege. Students with questions con cerning their draft status should contact the office of student af fairs, EUingson said. Willamette at Tenth Something Unusual for Your Room Imported - Printed BIRD HANDKERCHIEFS 3 for $1.00 • Frame them with a mat • Hang them on your walls The only ones available now in this country *Du&e "Did *)t! ^ Piggie Burgers at 20c Good! Different! Made cf Fresh Pork Sausage at « DUKE'S Remember — Deluxe Burgers at 25c Luscious Shakes at 18c BUY 'EM BY THE BAG! DUKE'S Little Joirst on 14th & Willamette