Air Force Colonel Quits
Oregon 'RO' Command
Col. Emory Bruns, head of the
combined Army and Air Force
ROTC units at the University of
Oregon since 1951, is retiring from
the Air Force after 30 years of
service. He has been on active
duty since the beginning of World
War II, and a full colonel for the
past five years.
Colonel Brun's tour of duty
started in 1940 at Ft. McArthur,
Calif, as a major in the Army.
In 1943 he was moved to the Gen
eral Staff school at Ft. Leaven
worth and later the same year to
Ft. Douglas. Utah, as the director
of curricula for the 9th Service
Division.
At Stanford university Colonel
Bruns became the executive of
ficer of the Officer's Training
School. He served in similar po
sitions at Camp Cook, Calif.
Goes To Pacific
In September 1944 he was trans
ferred to the Pacific theater of
operations, becoming Command
Chief of the Far East Air Force,
22nd. Replacement Division, until
it was inactivated in July of 1946.
While assuming this command
Colonel Bruns flew over 100,000
miles throughout the whole Pacific
theater, and at one time had
nearly 17,000 officers and enlisted
men under him. He received the
Legion of Merit award for service
in thi£ command.
From July of 1946 until April of
1947 he became the chief of the
headquarters of the Pacific Air
Service Command in Manila.After
this position he was transferred
to the United States, serving as
flight commander at Ft. Slocum,
N.Y., and later at Mitchell Air
Base on Long Island. He assumed
his position at the University of
Oregon in September of 1951.
Receives Degree
Colonel Bruns is a graduate of
the ROTC program, receiving his
degree and reserve commission
from South Dakota State college.
He was the honor graduate of his
ROTC class.
Prior to active duty in military
service he served as principal of
numerous secondary schools in
Idaho. Colonel Bruns was a pole
vaulter, football player, bowler,
but calls himself, “the world’s
lousiest golfer,” even though he
Joint Picnic Slated
By Senate and SU
The Student Union board, both
old and new members, will have a
joint picnic with old and new mem
bers- of the ASUO senate and the
president’s cabinet Wednesday.
Food for the picnic, which will
be held at Armitage park, will be
free. The informal affair will be
gin at 4:30 p.m.
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Drive-In Theatre
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likes to go 18 now and then. He
was one of the first members of
the National Ski Patrol.
Colonel Bruns was married in
1926, and has one son who will
be fourteen years old Saturday.
Upon retirement he plans to “take
it easy for a while" and then get
back in the teaching field.
When it was suggested that he
might just join the ranks of shuf
fle-board players in St. Peters
burg, Florida, his reply was, "Now
wait a minute, son, a man like me
can't just up and quit already!”
OSA Chooses
Award Winners
Announeemerit of the winners of
the Standa^j Oil scholarships and
the two Max Tucker scholarships
was made by the office of student
affairs this week. The awards are
for the 1953-54 academic year.
Gary Young, Lebanon, and Mar
lis Claussen, Portland, incoming
freshmen, are winners of the $1,
000, one-year Max Tucker scholar
ships. The Standard Oil awards
went to Bruce Bloomfield, Gresh
am, incoming freshman; Gail West,
freshman in business; Bob Sum
mers, sophomore in liberal arts,
and Ron Lowell, junior in general
science.
Other scholarship? to be awarded incom
ing freshman are: $500 Alumni, Dale B.
Metcalf, Pendleton: $300 Oregon Mothers,
Madelain Farah. Portland. Darrel Brittsan.
Medford, and Rodger O’Harra. Pendleton ;
$300 Alumni. Sandra Ann Dunkin. Portland ;
$200 Oregon Mothers. Patricia Ann Deeney.
Salem, and Karen Rice, Portland ; $200
Oregon Dads, Dennis Davis. Medford. Carole
Beech. Portland, Gary West. Halfway, and
Dorothy Caltow, Harrisburg; $200 Alumni,
Clarissa Berning. Redmond, and Nancy Lou
Dunkeson. Ashland, and $200 Bend Alumni,
Barbara Loehr. Barbara Ream. Charles Aus
tin. Marilyn Waterman and Ronald Trip
petts, all of Bend.
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Lane County Horse
Show Opens Today
The 15th annual horse show at
the Lane county fairgrounds opens
tonight at 8 with another night
performance Saturday and mati
nee performances at 2 p.m. Satur
day and Sunday.
Tickets may be purchased at the
fair grounds gate for 80 cents.
University students riding in the
show include Gayle Johnson, fresh
man in education, showing a quar
ter horse owned by a local busi
ness man. Jean Smith, freshman in
liberal arts, will show her own
pleasure horse, Ferocious.
Dennis O'Neel, freshman in lib
eral arts, has entered his palomino
in parade classes. Gerry Pearson,
senior in English, will ride her
own hunter, Allow Me, and Spend
thrift, a jumper belonging to Mrs.
H. Chapman of Eugene.
Webfoots Invade
Stanford Diamond
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hander hurler, Bob Murphy, who
won nine and lost one during the
season, wil lprobably get the start
ing nod from Stanford Coach Ev
erett Dean.
The California team will be fav
ored heavily in the hitting depart
ment, but excluding Murphy, the
Card mound staff is impotent com
pared to Oregon.
The Webfoot squad landed at
San Francisco airport Thursday j
afternoon and motored to Stan
ford Village where it will stay to- !
day and tomorrow. The Ducks will!
be back in Eugene Sunday night, j
The two foes will battle at noon
Saturday, after today’s game. If i
the best-of-three series has not
been decided in two games, anoth
er contest is scheduled later Sat- j
urday.
With this last edition of the
"Emerald" we wish you a
pleasant... and prosperous ...
summer vacation. We look for
ward to seeing those of you
who are returning next fall and
we hope to have the chance
to serve you.
Eugene Travel
Service
5-8431
Eugene Hotel Lobby
Amendment Henrina Set Next Week
The hearing on the contested
graduate student amendment will
be held early next week, accord
ing to K. J. O’Connel, professor
of law and chairman of the con
stitution committee.
O'Connell had tentatively set
the hearing for “the end of the
week.”
Don Collin, ASUO vice-presi
dent, stated Thursday evening in
senate meeting that he is in favor
of having the persons contesting
the amendments rewrite the peti
tion and name the ASUO vice
president as defendant in the hear
ing. No decision has been made
on Collin's idea.
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