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On the Alumni Record BOOKSBy THEALUMNI SECRETARY

"The Home Fires Are Burning", sloganof last year's Homecoming is still an ap-propriate phrase and there certainly is noless Oregon spirit this year than last.There are fewer of the rah rah Joe Collegeantics than ever before, but more genuine,heartfelt sentiment on the part of studentsand alumni alike and a keen realization oftheir obligations.In pondering the question of a Home-coming program this year, several elementsenter the picture which form barriers tocarrying on the usual type of Homecomingprogram that has become a Webfoot tra-dition. First of all, gasoline mileage hasreceived another blow and three gallonsper coupon will not bring alums back tothe campus from any great distance.Other types of transportation are uncer-tain. Secondly, the annual big game,highlight of the weekend inyears past, willnot be played for reasons we explained inthe September issue of Old Oregon. Theseare the two main obstacles.If the alumni feel that the first obstaclecan beovercome, and if some other activi-ty can be arranged to take the place of theannual football tussleanother kind ofsport with our own team participating, afootball game played by other than W ebfootteams, or perhaps an activity completelyout of the realm of sportsthen a programcan be planned in cooperation with thestudent affairs committee representing thecivilian-army student body. Write andtell uswhat you think about it. Any sug-gestions for the events of a war-timeHomecoming will be welcomed.* * *

A letter not long ago from Lt. R. C.Conroy, '42, in Iraq states that he has notseen anyone from school since he lefthome. Does anyone know an alum be-sides Lt. Conroy who is now in or nearIraq? We sent the name and address ofone other and we hope the two can get to-gether.Wendell Haley, '41, gave us a few minutesof his vacation time several weeks ago andalmost persuaded thewhole office force toapply for air traffic control work by hisvivid accounts of this new and interestingoccupation. Haley is assistant traffic con-troller with the civil aeronautics authorityin Portland.Two alumnae are now engaged in thiswork, having passed the training periodsuccessfully, Joan Murphey, '40, in Idahoand Mary Sheldon, '42, at Boeing air fieldin Seattle. The work requires a college de-gree, a steady nerve and excellent judg-ment. * *University of Oregon audiences will havean opportunity to hear three outstandingartists in concerts this year. MarjorieLawrence, New York Metropolitan operasoprano, will open the Greater Artists'series on November 6. Ezio Pinza, cele-brated basso, will appear March 20, andBidu Sayao, Brazilian soprano, comes tothe campus April 19. At least three oth-er artists will be contracted-and the datesfor their appearances scheduled later bythe educational activities board.

The board hopes to include an instru-mentalist and dramatic or dance perfor-mances. All three artists signed so farare Metropolitan opera stars and have re-ceived a great deal of popular acclaim. Noseason tickets will be issued this year, ac-cording to Horace Robinson, acting edu-cational activities manager. Tickets willbe sold separately for each concert.

'93 Alumnus HasSonnets P ublishedThe "innocent looking" Petrarchian son-net was found by Arthur Patch McKinlay,'93, to be a skillful way of imparting satire.He later used the same medium to expressthe loveliness of nature and life he sawaround him."The Passing Show," containing these

poems, recently was published by Liver-ight. Whether describing the Oregon swale,the crashing chords of Rachmaninoff, the"well wherein true love abides," or smokingin the Hollywood bowl, the eminent pro-fessor's lines impart the essential youth fnhis 72-year-old spirit.Now professor of Latin, emeritus, at theUniversity of California in Los Angeles,Dr. McKinlay received his Ph.D. from Ha r-vard in 1906. Loyal to Oregon throughoutthe years, he attended the fiftieth reunionof his graduating class, held last June onthe University campus.

WHY JAPAN WAS STRONG.By John Patric.New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co. 1943$2.50An introduction to the everyday life ofthe Japanese people is presented inPatric sbook with the inimitable flavor of adven-ture and originality. He penetrates tothe strata below that experienced by theordinary tourist or correspondent andshows knowledge of the Japs in a down-to-earth way unlearned by most diplomats.How was this writer connected with theUniversity of Oregon? Ten years ago hechugged to the door of the school of journ-alism in a disreputable jaloppy and an-nounced to Dean Eric W. Allen that hewanted to study article writing. Hisbrief sojourn at the "U" (winter term,1934) was characterized by the same dis-respect for rules and convention as washis trip_ to Japan.Patric, who has a place on Frying PanCreek, near Florence, Ore., may now trulybe termed an Oregonian. He has assert-ed himself boldly to the public through abook and a series of Readers Digest ar-ticles describing the questionable businesspractices of garages. Earlier he wrotefor National Geographic.Showing a keen reportorial sense, hisbook is the next best thing to a trip toCherry Blossom land for the reader him-self. It also includes interpretation ofwar events since then in the light of hisknowledge of the enemy. Only recently,Doubleday began the third printing of"Why Japan W as Strong"a swiftly-mov-ing tale skillfully told.

OLD OREGONPUBLISHED BY THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONO F THEUNIVERSITY OF OREGONVOL. XXV OCTOBER 1943 No. 2

A L U M N I C O U N C I LO F F I C E R S

N. Thomas Stoddard, '30, ,Portland PresidentGeorge P. Stadelman, '30,The Dalles Vice-PresidentElmer C. Fansett, '28 Alumni SecretaryDoris Hack, '41,Eugene Acting Alumni Secretary On leave

C O U N T Y D I R E C T O R STerms Expire December 31, 1944

Edwin Dick, '40 MorrowClarence Codding, '35 MultnomahDr. Asa B. Starbuck, M.D., '06 PolkPaulen Kaseberg, '37 ShermanChester O. Knowlton. '32 TiliamookBertrand S. Jerard, 'IS UmatiUaRaymond O. Williams, '14 ....UnionGeorge Stadelman, '30 WascoPaul Patterson, '23 WashingtonGlen S. Macy YamhillJohn F. Putnam, '31 Wheeler

Terms Expire December 31, 1945William Haggerty, '29 .'._ HartleyJohn N. Mohr, '28 Hood RiverOtto Frohnmayer, '29, J.D. '33 JacksonMrs. Boyd Overhulse, '31 JeffersonDr . Clairel L. Ogle, '16 JosephineJohn H. Huston, '21 ...KlamathRay Harlan LakeBasil Williams, ' 19 .. LaneLawrence Hull, '23 ... .. . -...LincolnRalph Cronise, '11 ..LinnEarl Blackaby, 'IS -..MalheurDr . Clarence W. Keene, '96, M.D. '01 Marion

Terms Expire December 31, 1943James T. Donald, 'IS BakerWalter T. Durgan, '28, J.D. '31 BentonPeter Laurs, '27 ClackamasRobert W. Lucas, '36 ClatsopRobert Pollock, '38 ColumbiaElton A. Schroeder, '27 Coos_.CurTyRemey M. Cox, '22 _ CrookDr . H. C. Staples, '23 ..DeschutesMiss Genevieve Dunlop, '34 GiUiamOrval D. Yokum. "27, J.D. "29 Grant

OLD OREGON STAFFMargie C. Robinson, '44 Editor Bill Love, '47 SportsDoris Hack, '41 Associate Editor Charles Polit*. '45, Ruth K Collins, f4S,Laurel Gilbertson, '44 Associate EditorBarbara Younger, '45 Advertising Manager

Editorean Wallace, '44, Courtney Swan-ler, '46 Staff Assistants

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O C T O B E R 1 9 4 3Ship Named for Ex-President CampbellB y G E O R G E S H R E V E(Former Eugene Newspaperman)

F o rm e r U n i v e r s i t y P r es id en tPrince Lucien Campbell (r ight),wa s publicly commem orated thisfall when the gray hulk of a hugeship named for him slid into theharbor. His accomplishments forOregon were the inevitable re-sult of superior qualities . . . asan educator . . . as a man.I X September the Oregon Shipbuilding cor-poration of Portland launched a series ofLiberty ships bearing the names of well-known western leaders who contributed tothe grow th of America. One of the ships,launched on Septem ber 25, was the "Prin ceLucien Cam pbell." Those familiar withthe history of the University of Oregon andwith the grow th of the state of Orego nwell realize the imp ortant role this manplayed in the development of both.During his administration from 1902 un-til his death in 1925, Presid ent Campbellcontributed toward the growth of the Uni-versity of Oregon from a 200-student col-lege to a 3,000 student university with nineprofessional schools in addition to a high-grade liberal arts college.The widespread influence of the educa-tor is described by Dean Karl W. Onthank,executive secretary for President Camp-bell from 1916 to 1925: "Pre siden t Camp-bell was one of the leaders in the develop-ment of high schools in Orego n and inmany other ways his influence as an edu-cational statesman extended far beyond the

University.""Under the Oregon initiative and refer-endum law, he was the first American edu-cator compelled to present the case of high-er education to the entire electorate. Th ishe did, not once but repeatedly, ultimatelygaining the support of the people."As founder and organizer of the emer-gency council of education during the lastwar, he was called to Washington D. C. tobecome secretary and vice-president of theorganization. He became an outstandingnational figure because of his work on thecouncil toward preparing for the post-warera withou t "disorgan ization in the edu-cational world."This executive visioned a world thatPres ident Wilso n hoped forone thatwould be peaceful and would certify theright s for which Am ericans were thenfighting. One of his poems , "Cros s inthe Sky", fostered this idea. Presid entCampbell's work on the council duringthe last war resulted in the organization ofthe American council on education, whichis again encou raging Am erica's intellec-tual grow th and upholding educationalprinciples during a trying war-time period.PRINCE Lucien Campbell, the son of aChristian minister, was born in thefrontier town of New Market, Missouri, onOcto ber 6, 1861. His moth er was a firstcousin of Alexander Campbell, founder ofthe Christian church. He was educatedin pioneer Oregon, having come here whenhe was eight years old. He gradua tedfrom Oreg on Christian college in 1882.

He was a reporter for the Kansas CityStar in 1883-4. After receiving his de-gree from H arvard, he returned to Ore-

gon to teach at the Christian college,which had become the Oregon Norm alschool. He held an L-L.D . degree fromPacific university and the University ofColorado.One of the president's favorite pastimeswas exerciseoutdoors and indoors. Heonce stood on the crest of Mt. Shasta, andas late as 1919, when he was 57, he suc-cessfully ascended Mt. Rainier. He wasa strong advocate of physical educationfor students and faculty alike.The school of education, begun by hispredecessor, Dr. Frank Strong, receivedthe warmest encouragement from Presi-dent Campbell. It was throu gh thisschool that he was able to improve the ed-ucational system and the quality of teach-. ing througho ut the state.The school of journalism was opened in1912. Hav ing been a repor ter himselfand having a particular interest in writ-ing, the president was determined to ele-vate journalism to the professional planeof medicine and law.

Th e school of archite cture and alliedarts, established in 1914, has gained nation-al prestige . The school of business ad-

ministration, organized at about the sametime, revealed Campbell's ability to seethe needs of a state changing from an ag-ricultural tc an industrial area.TN 1914 a beginning was made on theschool of law. It has grow n steadilyto a high ranking school. Dur ing Presi-dent Campbell's last years, the school ofsociology was added. Th e president'sinsight into human qualities was the se-cret of success in development of the mu-sic school.Mr. Cam pbell's influence was felt inmany different organiz ations. He was adirector of the Oregon society for the pre-vention of tuberculosis, a member of thestate textbook commission, Oregon statebureau of mines and geology, Oreg onstate library commission, YMCA execu-tive comm ittee for Oreg on and Idaho ,chairman of the Oregon state council ofdefense, on severa l scientific rese archcommittees, and an officer in the nationalassociation of state universities. He wasan honorary member of Phi Beta Kappa.

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OLD OREGON

Oakland Civic Leader .He's Kiwanis No. 1 ManBy NORRIS YATES, '45

One of the most impressive success stories ever told of anOregon graduate has been enacted by Donald B. Rice, '14.He is now head of an organization with clubs in more than2,191 communities in the United States and Canada."T;HE experience of maturity, a faultlesscharacter, and a remarkable enthus-iasm to this new opportunity toserve."The se word s, lifted from the pages ofthe Kiwanis magazine, form a succinct tes-timonial to the personality of Donald B.Rice, '14, the ne w pre sid ent for 1943-44 ofKiwanis International, which next to Ro-tary is the largest of the great serviceclubs.The election of Mr. Rice, or "Don" as heis widely known, climaxes a brilliant car-eer of com mun ity service dating back to1920, when he first joined the Kiw anis o r-ganization, and including, besides his clubactivities, mem bersh ip on the executivecommittee of the Oakland, California com-mun ity chest, and 15 years as a director ofthe Oakland council, Boy Scouts of Ameri-ca. In 1924 he was elected pres iden t ofhis local Kiwanis aggregation. This wasfollowed by his service as district secretaryfor one year.He served faithfully and well on numer-ous com mittee s, and was elected lieuten-

INTER NAT IONAL PRE SIDE NT of Kiwanisis Don ald B . Rice, '14, of Oakland, Cal. His ele-vation to the position climaxes years of servicein community and organization activities.

ant-governor of the California-NevadaKiwanis district in 1929. Tw o years laterhe was elevated by his grateful fellow mem-bers to the district governorship. From1932 to 1943 he was a member of the districtfinance committee.TN 1936 he became vice-chairman of theInternational committee on achieve-ment awards, and in 1938 he was appointedIntern ationa l trustee to fill an unexpiredterm. Durin g 1941-43 he served as inter-national treasurer.In Oakland Don Rice is recognized asone of the city's ablest civic leaders. Be-sides his community chest and Boy Scoutactivities, he is a past commander of Post5, American Legion, a director of the Am-erican Red Cross, and also of the Salvationarmy . One might well expect such a manas Don to be active in war work, and sureenough, his name is to be found on theboard of directors of the Oaklan d w archest, the mayor's war committee, and con-nected with various m iscellaneous bon dpromotion activities.Mr. Rice is noted for notonly his zeal and accomplish-ments in community and or-

ganized activities, but also forhis business ability, his capac-ity for fair dealing, and his suc-cess in the fields of finance andpersonnel management. Byprofession he is deputy super-intendent of schools in Oak-land, which means that he isbusiness manager of the Oak-land board of education.This organization has an an-nual budget of about $6,000,000and employees to the numberof about 2,500. Moreover, in1936 his fellow executives paidtribute to his authority byelecting him president of theCalifornia Public Schools' Bus-iness Officials' association.Don Rice attended the Uni-versity of Oregon from HoodRiver, majoring in economics.Some of his old classmates willdoubtless remember him as amember of Beta Theta Pi fra-ternity. While still at the Uni-versity he met Hazel Tooze,'15, who afterwards became hiswife. She was an "army bride"of World War I, as Don en-tered the service shortly afterhis graduation and could not bemarried until a furlough per-mitted a short visit home.He attained the rank of firstlieutenant and after his dis-

charge in 1919, he returnedto Oregon, and there lived fora time. But before he could en-

Vessel Titled for H e r o -One of War's First DeadA destroyer escort vessel now bears thename of Ensign Verdi Sederstrom, '40,naval hero who was killed during the Jap-anese attack on Pearl Harbor December7, 1941. He was serving aboard the U .S.S.Oklahoma, which capsized in the harbor.Ensign Sederstrom has also been awardedthe Purple Heart medal posthumously. Thename Sederstrom was given to a destroyerescort which was launched on June 15,1943, under the name Gillette, and thatname was transferred to another vesselyet to be launched.

tirely decide what course the future was totake, he received an offer from the Oaklandboard of education to serve as its purchas-ing agent. Little comment on his compe-tence is needed when we learn that he be-came business manager within two years ofjoining the organization.In his private life, as in his activities andbusiness affairs, people have always foundDon Rice to be a fellow with a smile and aready hand. It is doubtful if anyon e whohas ever met him has not left with the feel-ing that here was a real friend, a person onwhom one could count to th e last ditchwhen once his word had been given.Those who have visited the Rices a ttheir home in Oakla nd have found M rs.Rice to be a gracious hoste ss. Both ofthem share an ardent love of golf, and the jplay repeatedly togeth er. It is said thatthe score is often turned in to Hazel's ad-vantage.Incidentally, both of the two are descend-ed from old Orego n pioneer families. Do n'sgrandfather occupied a seat in the first leg-islature of the territory, and M rs. Rice 's un-cle was an early governor of the state.

WHAT are the compelling motives behindDonald B. Rice 's intense personaldrive and willingness to serve his com mun-ity and country? Perhap s the best ans-wer to be discovered lies in his enthusiasm;enthusias m for the land he lives in; enth u-siasm to make it the best in the world, tomake his comm unity the finest place inwhich to live, and its people the best servedand most provided for.All this takes root from his trust in thefuture, from the belief that restoration af-ter the war's destruction will lift humanityforward and give it mo re to live for. H eis convinced that only throu gh an en light-ened populace can this coun try put forththe greate st and mo st effective effort topreserve and propagate the ideals for whichit fights.From enthusiasm evolves his key word,'servic e". Each man should serve asmuch as possible, and that can be done onlyby serving as he best knows how. DonRice serves his country by promoting bondsales through his activities on the variouswar boards of his hom e city. He serve shis country by being presid ent of a gre atinternational organization dedicated to thatselfsame purpos e. And lastly, he serve sjust by being what he isan honorable ci-tizen and substantial member of the com-munity, a speciman of one of the most rug-ged and worthw hile types of true Am erican.We in Oregon may "point with pride" tohim, not merely as a ''favorite son", but asa living embodim ent and distinctive pro-mulgation of those principles and rules forliving the good life, which the Univ ersityhas tried to inculcate in its students in addi-tion to the foundations of mere education.


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Campus SiteOf Air CorpsInstructionBy WAR REN MILLER(Co-Editor, Emerald Army Page)

Lustily singing the Army AirCorps song as theyfile o classes,the first soldiers to arrive on thecampus are now veterans at Ore-gon. They boast a splendid 40-piece band, a glee club, and havebeen unanimously tagged as"right guy s" by civilian andinstructor alike.

OF the 900 or more soldier-studentsstationed on the University of Ore-gon campus 230 men belong to the51st Army Air Forces Technical TrainingDetachment .These men were originally placed on thecampus to spend 12 m onths acquiring ahighly specialized mathematical and scien-tific background in preparation for becom-ing air corps weathe r officers. Since theircourse started five mon ths ago, the goal to-ward which their efforts were directed hasbeen changed and now the basic essentialsbeing acquired are for use in 11 distinct di-visions of operatio n, primar ily air cadet,communications cadet, and weather obser-ver.The men composing the personnel ofthis unit are picked men representing thevery best of their age group in the entirenation. The ir excellence, as well as thatof the University faculty, has been ably de-monstrated by superior rankings of the de-tachm ent in national examinations, high-lighted by top position among the nation'smeteorology schools in the test in math e-matics.Although the average age of the men isyou ng, 18-19, a large share of them havebeen drawn directly from college campusesthroug hout the nation. Men representingWisconsin, Minnesota, N. Y. U., Stanford,Texas A. and M., and a dozen others havecome together as members of this detach-men t. Break ing old affiliations and try -ing to become loyal W ebfoots is a hardtask; especially is the task difficult when solittle time is allotted to the less worrisomeside of life and living.Compulsory study sessions every nightleave relatively little time to establish thewide contacts necessary for social life andthe forma tion of unifying college spirit. Inspite of this barrier, assemblies where thecivilians can meet the soldiers on commonground s are working hand in hand withweek-end dances and social affairs to bringall of the Ducks together as a closely knitgroup.TH E p rogram being followed by thesemen is indeed rigid in the academicsense. For examp le: In the 12 mon thson this campus the air corps men will com-plete work in thre e and one half years ofcollege ma them atics . ^The completion ofso much wo rk in so little time entails thefine wo rking of a com pletely integra tedcourse starting with basic elementary al-

"ATTEN-SHUN!" Major General John F. Curry (front, left) of Denver,and his aide, Capt. J. R. McEldowney (left), shown officially inspectingmen of the AA FT TC at the University. Major General Curry is command-ing general of the army air force's western technical training command.gebra and working up through trigono-metry, analytical geom etry, calculus andadvanced calculus.This thoro ugh foundation in m ath isaccompanied by a similarly clear presenta-tion of basic physics. In addition to the22 hours devoted weekly to these two sub-jects are seven hours of vectorial mechan-ics (the course p opularly acclaimed asT H E toughe st), four hours each of En g-lish composition, speech, and geography,and three hours of American history.

The established program of alternatelectures and quiz sections provides a mostefficient means of instruc tion. Supple-menting the class room work is supervisedstudy from 6:30 p. m. to 9:00 p. m. eachweek-day night. The academic programof all military men on the campus is underthe immediate supervision and direction ofDr. Will V. Norris.The total of 49 hours of concen tratedwork is giving the men a foundation in sub-jects which have direct application to high-ly technical operations of the air corps per-sonnel.ALONG with the rapid and strenuoustraining of the minds of the men goesan accompanying course in physical edu-cation and military drill. Tw o hours ofeach day are devoted to keeping the .nenin shape as is demanded of top conditionsoldiers. Mak ing play out of work is ac-complished through the medium of flightathletic tourn ame nts held at least threedays a week.

This tourn ame nt play gives the men achance to engage in active competition inbasketball, softball, swimming, and soccerand provides an excellent complement tothe regula r calisthenics and drill. A greatdeal of good spor ts material has been un-covered in softball and basketball con-tests, and a detachment cage outfit is nowin embry onic form with at least ten top-notch players eligible for first squad posi-tions.The administration of the detachmentis under the direct control of CommandingOfficer Captain C. D. Cable. CaptainCable was the activation officer in com-

mand of the University of Washington me-teorology school and supervised its estab-lishment before performing a similar dutyat Oreg on. A recent prom otion from 1stlieutenant was just received by CaptainCable, who has succeeded in efficiently or-ganizing and conducting the military por-tion of the detachment's action.Officer in charge of the physical educa-tion program and detachment adjutant isLt. Max Punches, former Colorado Statefootball star. Lt. Pun ches has succeededin setting up a physical training programthat keeps the men in the condition requir-ed of a good military body and also pro -vides them with the relaxation and refresh-ment that accompanies a well organizedand well supervised athletic set-up.THE direct control of the men is carriedout through a system of student cadetofficers. Th e unit, or wing, officers areheaded by the cadet lieutenant colonel andthis staff. Directly subordinate are twogroup commanders at the heads of paradegroups designated as A and B. Each par-ade group is, in turn, composed of two squa-drons with a norma l complem ent of 60men, 30 men in each of the two flightscompo sing a squad ron. At the head ofeach of the eight flights into which themen have been divided are flight leadersin charge of marching the men to and fromclasses, maintaining order and discipline,and carryin g out the o rders of CaptainCable in their direct application to the men.In accordance with the rules for campusconduct established by the University mili-tary department, the air corps men marchin formation in any group movement overthe campu s. The dress of the day is alsothe uniform prescribed for all soldier-stu-dents on the Webfoot campus.But in spite of this seeming uniformitythe air corps detachment has a distinct andhighly enviable chara cter all its own. Th edetachment personnel were admitted totheir respective branch of training becauseof their special aptitud e. In every way,academically, athletically, and militarily,the men are proving their mettle worthythat of the uniform of the Unite d State sarmy and of the army air corps.


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WILLIAM O. HALL, '36, sendsword from overseas to friends on thecampus.BILL HALL, '36

Dr. James H. GilbertCollege of Social ScienceUniversity of OregonDear Dr. Gilbert:

I've intended for some weeks now todrop you a line, but I've been very busyand life is something more of an effort ov-er here. I trust that you have had a goodsummer and that the University has nowenrolled its share of the war and navy de-partment trainees and available young la-dies.He rm an Kehr li wrote- me some weeksago that he was heading for home aboutSeptem ber 1, so I'd guess that he is wellestablished by this time. I certainly hop-ed to be able to spend some time in God'scoun try myself this fall, but that looksrathe r out by this time. I'll probably beable to comp romis e by spending a weekr two with 1st Lt. B arn ey Ha ll, '38, andour respective wives in the Shenandoahs.This country in many ways reminds meof Oreg on. The coastal area is very fer-tile, but soon fades away into a drier area,and then finally one gets into the desert,which surprisingly enough is not the sanddunes you expect, but rather a rocky deso-late dry country som ething like part s ofsoutheastern Oregon.The camel seems to me a most wonder-ful cre atu re. In the oases at the edge ofthe sand country they provide a consider-able part of the sustenance of life as theydo in the actual desert. The y give a goodquality of milk which is eaten sour by thenatives, provide water in times of emer-gency, offer hair for clothes, skins, meat,

and the only reliable transportation in pre-jeep times.With my regards to Miss Furnish andall my other friends on the campus.Sincerely,William O. HallNAKM Civil AffairsAPO 534, PostmasterXew York City, NT V(Winner of the Koyle cup, Bill Hall wisnamed outstanding junior man in V)35,After graduating he was assistant directorof the bureau of municipal research andservice on the campus and acting directorin l>3-4. His brother, Barney Hall, '38.M.I). '42, was ASUO president at Ore-gonKd.)

dnati ng. This year I am the executiveresident as well as covering Pediatrics, butnot for long. The army is in too g reatneed for more doctors.I must say good bye now. Good wishesto all. Marbara Jean Boyd. MD '42Children's Hospital3700 California StreetSan Francisco, California

JOANNE RIESCH,'41Dear Doris,I will try to give you a picture of mywork here at service club Xo. 2. W e areunder the army ninth service command atFort Douglas."Our hostess staff consists of a librarian,a cafeteria hostess, and the senior and jun-ior hostesses The senior hostess isresponsible for getting anything for theclub in .the way of activities, facilities, etc.and I help her in everyth ing. Then Ialso supervise the guest house. All ouractivities are for the enlisted men.We have recording hours, musical con-certs, community sings, (il movies, danc-ing classes, special parties, and dances.There is a radio broadcast preceding ourdance every week. So you can see thesethings keep us busy.At the club I play the piano a lot justfor anybody who wants to sing. I haveaccompanied on every radio program sinceI've been out here, and they made me an"hon orary member" of the cast. I do agrea t deal of singing too . . on the radio,on floor show s, in the chape ls. It's fun.. I discover talent around the club, whichI often help train for our show s, so myteaching role doesn't stop.Sincerely,Joanne RieschService Club Xo. 2Camp White. Medtord Oregon(.After gradu ating from Oregon, Joann etaught music in Medford high schoolEd.)

BARBARA BOYD,'42Hello Old Oregon:This is just a short note to say how muchI enjoy receiving news from hom e eachmon th. Several times I have run acrossfamiliar names and have even contactedtwo or three old classmates here in SanFrancisco through 'News of the Classes."The result has been many pleasant hours inbringing back memo ries as well as tryingto visualize Oregon in its present war-timestate.Here we are very conscious of the warfor it seems there are more people in uni-form than out. That and the active wa-terfront bring the war pretty close to home.So we dig in and work twice as hard in anattempt to do the work left by those goneacross. It is little enough.As for myself, I am enjoying the workat Children's hospital immensely. Thehours are long; the work is hard but fas-

LT. HUBARD KUOKKA, '39Dear Roy and best wishes to Mrs. An-drews,I've been instru cting six mo nths nowand even have former studen ts of mineteaching cadets here. I've won my fir^tpromo tion, to first lieutenant. Com esnow a peculiar restlessn ess. A mood ofbeing super saturated with Tex as, and astrong desire to be off to the wars has gotme in a woefully blue funk.I apologize! I guess in every letter I'veever written I've panned Tex as. Th ereason I didn't like Corpus Christi was be-cause of the contacts I've had with otherdisgruntled people of Xew York, Chicago,California, etc. who seem to have crowdedthe Texans out of the way.Mosq uitoes, steamy heat, insects, andsnakes still abound as they did a year ago

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She Still Has "The Voice With A Smile"War traffic keeps her busier than ever but she manages to

keep calm and pleasant.She still has "The Voice With A Smile" even when the lightsare thick on the Long Distance switchboard and the circuits arecrowded. Even when she has to ask you to "Please limit your call to 5 minutes. Others are waiting.99That 's to help everybody get better service and you couldn'task for a better reason than that.

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OL D OREGONFootball Comes to LifeAs Army Fields TeamBasketballers StartRegular Workouts

By BILL LOVE, '47THE lemon-yellow and emerald-greenwill fly over the gridiron after all thisseason. While stout-hearted Oregonfollowers were disappointed in the an-nouncement that the Ducks had over-thrown inter-collegiate football tor the '43year, they should be heartened by thereturn of the green and yellow banner,though in a modified form.The squad is composed of members ofthe ASTU army training program (over1000 stron g on the campus) the same boysthat the war department said could notplay inter-collegiate football. And at thehelm is John W arren, "foniK-r Oregon

coach" who is now working in the armyphysical training program here.Over 50 boys have turned out (muchbetter than the 17 that greeted W arrenbefore school started) including severalwith college experiencethough no BruceSm iths, Jay Stoves, Bill Doley s, or thelike.The Oregon soldiers christened the'Army Ducks"are only allowed to prac-tice one hour per day, and had only tendays' practice when they met the Willam-ette Xavycats here October 16. These boysengage in the gridiron phase of the army'sphysical fitness program under the direc-tion of Dr. Ralph Leighton, dean of Ore-gon's school of physical education, andchief of the army's physical training setup.It is part of the ASTU "intra-mural" foot-ball program organized on the campus.Despite the fact that the men in khaki,instead of the usual civilian armada, will bewearing Oregon colors this year, Webfootfans will see some of the best football inthe northwest this fall. Willamette, whichdefeated Whitman 20-to-0 earlier in theseason and scored 25 to 6 to overpow erthe "Army Ducks," was one of the strong-est teams on the coast, and included manynaval players with college experiencethree from Oregon. They were BobSheridan, a former Oregon freshman andWSC basketball star, Gerald Wolfsher, ex-Oregon freshman who was first stringguard, and Jim Porter, another ex-ducklingwho played quarterback.

WARREN hardly had time to weld to-gether a strong lineup, due to theshort practice session and hours, but hischarges are expected to improve with theseason, which includes four other gamesscheduled to date. Lt. R. G. Davis, unit ath-letic officer and business manager for foot-ball, has listed games with the 104th cav-alry from Marshfield for Saturday, Octo-ber 23 at E ug ene ; one of several Cam pWhite grid elevens here October 30; a re-turn engagement with the cavalry at Marsh-field November 6, and a tilt with a secondCamp White eleven in Eugene Novem-ber 13.The home games will not start till 3:30p. in. to permit the 1000 arm y s tude nts,who attend Saturday classes, to witness thetilts. The program is not sponsored to makemoney, and a small fee is charged to coverbare expenses.8

Among the experienced men on theASTU eleven are three outstanding tackles- -Ge orge Pede rson , former Tulani.' fresh-man and St. Olaf varsity man; GeorgeWalker, three-year letterman at West Vir-ginia, and Dave Lubanko, from Cornell.The rest of the forward wall is composedof men with junior college or high schoolexperience.Warren has discovered no outstandingpunters, but Bill Kulesh from Drexel insti-tute in Philadelphia is a fine passer andrunner from the left-halfback position. BobPinnick, 190-pound fullback who playedwith the Northwestern freshmen is theregular line-bucker, with Hal Johnson, 200-pound guard and ex - Maryv ille (M o.)Teachers player, at quarterback, and BobWorth, slippery prepper from Minnesota,at right half.

WHILE Warren is put t ing h is "ArmyDuck s" through the paces CoachHow ard Hobson has opened up with" thehoop game, and over 30 enthusiasts havebeen working out over two weeks preparingfor the coming basketball seasonANDTHE DUCKS DEFINITELY INTENDT O H A V E A N O R T H E R N D I V I S I O NH O O P T E A M ( U N L E S S ) . .Most of the candidates are better-than-average prep players, and it is possiblethat four members from last year will beback to carry on. While Oregon does notopen the season till January 7, 1944, inSeattle, Hobso n hopes to promo te an exten-sive pre-season schedule starting in No-vember with nearby service and otheiquintets. The University of Orego n medicalschool with four or five men of experienceis a likely rival.At the present time, only two formerWebfoots are in training,both Ducklingslast year. They are Bob Hamilton, dynamicguard and shot from Marshalltown, Iowa,and Ed Allen, 6-foot-2 three sports winnerat Mohawk who set an Albany collegetournament scoring mark a few years back.Two other Oregonians are possibilities6-foot-8 Roger Wiley, first-string centerlast year who is trying to get into the navy,and Bob Caviness, another freshman whois playing winter baseball in California atthe present time.FOUR other men have transferred fromother colleges and are now workingoutGeorge Bray, leading scorer and cen-ter for Jean Eberhart 's Southern Oregoncollege team last year and a 6-foot-5 "tallt imber"; Marion Huff, two-year lettermanfrom Eastern Oregon college; LowellWelch, Stockton J.C., and Ted Holmes,two-year veteran w ho played at Menlo J.C .;Bill Mather, football center from Spokane,and Del Dungey from Scappoose are othercandidatesthe rest being prep schoolplayers last year.Included are three Portlan ders LukeBaccelleri, leading scorer and all-city playerfrom Roosevelt; Bill Phillips, another Roose-velt player, and Norm Henwood, Grant.Other Oregon boysEd Dowdy, Pleas-ant Hill; Wayne Hemiii, The Dalles; LeeWimberlv, Roseburg; Don Taylor, Lake-view; Bruce Fischer, Eugene; Jerry Mos-ley, Cottage Grove; Dale Hargett , La-Grande; Earl Bennett, Silverton; Dan GivanBonanza, and Russ Monahan, Milton-Free-water.

Players from Washington out are: Ken-neth Hays, Waitesburg, and Dick Hum-phreys, O rting. Californians include: EmeryOwens, Fresno; Bob Feasley, Palo Alto;Fred Hessell, Beverly Hills, and Bill Grif-fith, Oakland. Two other candidates listedarc John Weisel, Albion, Idaho, and VicLowler, Peoria, 111.CA U G H T I N T H E R O U N D S . . .Floyd "Scrapiron" Rhea, '43, is fin-ished with football, at least for the presentseason. The ex-Oregon guard, who playedwith the college all-stars against the Wash-ington Redskins some time ago, stated in aletter to his former coach, John Warren,that he got a knee in his back after 12 min-utes of action with the professional ChicagoCardinals a few weeks ago, cracking acouple of vertebra. Rhea officially belongsto the Brooklyn Dodgers, but was loanedto the Cards. He now wears a brace whichpermits him to walkbut no physical ex-ertion.An d Joe Gordon, '39who shone on thediamond for the Webfoots in years pastis now back in his home town, Eugene,after finishing the World Series in superbstyle. It is unofficially rumored that Joemight take a job in the army's physical fit-ness program on the campusand help getthe soldiers in shape. Wo n't some happyboys in khaki have something to writehome about if he does!


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This Time It's "Prof"The ever-changing faculty direc-tory is brought up to date forOld Oregon readers. Here is anintroduction to the latest mem-bers on the University staffimpressive for its list of degreesbut even more so for its distinc-tive personalities.

"V TE W CO M ER S to the University campus1^ 1 are not limited to freshmen and trans-. * ^ fer stu den ts this year. No t whenthe number of new teachers, l ibrary assis-tants, and supervisors for practice teachingadds up to 29. Ho wev er, a couple ofthese aren't completely unfamiliar with thecampus.Take William R. Baker, '30, for exa mple.Form er pitcher for the Oregon baseballclanfrosh team and three years on thevarsityhe is now back on the campus asassistant professor of physical education.He was also frosh baseball coach sprin gterm, 1930.The Bakers (she is the former MargaretNugent, '29) are glad to be back in Eugeneexcept for one thing . The y have been liv-ing in an auto court because of the crowd-ed living conditions here. "W e're movinginto a house the first of next week," Mr.Baker sighed with relief. For the past 12years he has been football, swimming, andtrack coach at Columbia high school, S.Orange and Maplewood, New York.Likewise no stranger to the campus isJean Kendall, '40, the new instructor in arteducation. While going to school hereshe was vice-president of W AA , and amember of Phi Lambda Theta, education

honorary, not to mention Phi Theta Upsi-lon, junior women's service honorary. "Itseems very good to get back, even if it haschanged so m uch," Miss Kendall said."Bu t wh at a time I had tryin g to find aplace to live!"Spending a couple of summers and onewinter term in charge of the sculpture de-partment at Oregon gave Jean Laura Suth-erland, '37, new instructor in sculpture,plenty of experience for her job. MissSuth erland could see no chan ge in th ecampus , "except for the soldiers." "Th estudents seem to work as hard as ever."she said. She is replacing Oliver Barrett,who died last summer.The Oregon campus seems very differ-ent and a bit strange to Dr. Robert E.

Cushman, new head of the religion depart-ment. It seems that Dr. Cushman at-tended and later taught at Wesleyan uni-versity, Middletown, Connecticut, and atYale Divinity school, both men's schools.Teaching at a co-educational college, es-pecially one so predominately feminine, isreally something new to him."My wife says I don't understand wo-men," Dr. Cushman said smiling, "but Iam rapidly getting adjusted to a women'scampu s." H obbies? Instead of onemain hobby, Dr. Cushman has fivepaint-ing, landscape, photography, poetry, andantique furniture. "Eno ugh to keep mebusy." he said."Variety is the spice of life" might wellhave been Dr. Cushman's motto in school,too. While at Wesleyan he was editor ofthe college literary magazine, president ofDelta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, debated,

By ANNE CRAVEN,'45

DR. ROBERT E. CUSHMAN,head of the University's religiondepartment in the absence of PaulB. Means.played football, and "Oh, yes, I belongedto some literary clubs, too." Dr. Cushm anreplaces Dr. Paul B. Means who is now inthe armed forces.A FT E R doing special work equipping and" ^ organizing the dormitories at the Tex-as College of Art s and Indu stries , it is

very enjoyable to retu rn to teaching . de-clared Mrs. Ella Peterson Junker, new in-structo r in home economics. Before go-ing to Texas, Mrs. Junker served as diet-ician of cooperative dormitories at IowaState college.The best part of the campus to Robert D.Clark, new assistan t professor of speechand dramatic arts, is the library."It's really wonderful," he said.Mr. Clark served as assistant professorand director of the radio studio at the Col-lege of the Pacific in Stockton, California,and read news over KW G during the springand summ er of this year. He d oesn'tplan to do any radio work in Oregon, how-ever. "My major field is speech," M r.Clark said "and I certainly like the speechsetup on this campus."Th e constitu tion of the tar weed is themain interest at the moment of Dr. DerrolE. Pennington, new assistant professor ofchem istry. He hopes to get started sooninto research on this weed with a studentwho is going to write his ma ster 's thesis onthe subject. Dr. Pen ning ton said thatthis oily weed aboun ds in farme r's fieldsaround Eugene and that as yet no oneknows much about it.Dr. Pennington received his Ph. D. fromthe Unive rsity of Tex as and while theredid research on vitamins with Roger Wil-liams, formerly of the University and oneof the foremost authorities in the countryon vitamins. When asked about his work,Dr. Pennington was casual. "Oh , I justwork with pests and animals." He is amember of Sigma Xi, national science hon-orary, and the American Chemical society.

A NOTHER new instructor, although he hasbeen on the campu s all sum mer , isSergeant Donald K. McEachern, instruc-tor in milita ry science. In civilian life hewas security analyst of the Mississippi Val-ley Trust company in St. Louis, Missouri.Sergeant McEache rn was sent here lastspring by the ninth service command.Charles A. Ranous, new instructor inEnglish, was an instructor in English andspeech at the University of North Carolina,and Memphis State college before cominghere. Dur ing the sum mer s of 1941 and '42he was consu ltant in Eng lish and speechfor the southern association of colleges andsecondary schools. He grad uated fromthe University of Michigan.A former graduate assistant at the Uni-versity, Mrs. Elsie Bailey, is now back onthe campus as a part time instr uctor inEnglish. Mrs. Bailey's alma m ater isMontana State university.Thirty-four new staff members have beenappointed to teach academic subjects tothe soldier-students. The a ppointm entsfill newly created positions and are in ad-dition to those filled by regular universitystaff members, many of whom also teachcertain subjects to the soldiers. Nine ofthe thirty-four are University of Oregonalumni. George Costello, '39, BessieKamarad, '42, Marie Ridings, '21, JohnRowland, '38, and Whitn ey Scobert, '38,are instructors in mathematics; Richard E.Chambers, '40 and George Lienkaemper,'29, instructors in physics; Clarence W.Strong, '34, instructor in both physics andchemistry, and Mrs. Olga Good, '34, in-structor of Russian.Miss Jo Ann Evans of Merced, Calif, an d

Lt. William C. Mudd, '43, were marriedon F ebrua ry 2, 1V43. Lt. Mudd is servingas a special service officer at Camp Croft,South Carolina.

NEW FACULTY MEMBER CarlWebb, '32, teaches graphic journal-ism, also backgrounds of publish-ing to future newspapermen andwomen enrolled at Oregon. He isalso ONPA secretary.


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OLD OREGONNews of the Classes With LA UREL GILBERTSO N, '441903

Perm. Class Sec'y: Dr. James H. Gilbert, CommerceBldg. , Campus.Judge Bert E. Haney, '03, one of Ore-gon's most prominent members of thedem ocratic p arty , died Septem ber 18, 1943at his home in Por tland . In 1923 Pres i-dent Coolidge appointed him to the L'nit-ed States shipping board on which he ser-ved until 1920. He received his appoin t-ment as the fifth judge of the circuit courtin the ninth district by President Roose-velt. 1905Perm. Class Sec'y: Albert R. Tiffany, 2045 Potter,Eugene, Oregon.Governor Earl Snell has appointed JohnF. Cahalin, '05, as judge of the districtcourt, Multnomah county, department No.1, it was announced recently. Judge Ca-halin has previously served as deputy dis-trict attorney of Multnomah county andas deputy city attorney of Portland.

1911Perm. Class Sec'y: Mrs. Jessie Calkins Morgan (Mrs.Frank T. Morgan), Nyssa, Oregon.Dr. Thomas C. Bailey, '11, Portlanddentist , died September 11 at the GoodSamaritan hospital in Portland as the re-sult of spontaneous cerebral hemorrhage.Surviving are his wife and two children,Tho mas and Judith. Dr. Bailey was amember of Sigma Xu fraternity and alsoattended North Pacific dental college.

1914Perm. Class Sec 'y: Frederic Harold Young. 7709S. E. 31st Ave. , Portland, Oregon.Miss Mertie Ewing, and Henry L. H e ss ,'14, were married in La Grande, Ore., onOct obe r 3, 1943. He ss was state sena-tor for Union and Wallowa counties from1932 to 1936 and was democratic nomin-ee for governor in 1938.

1917Mrs. Martha Beer Roscoe (Mrs. Stanley R. Roscoe),1236 J. Street, Eureka, California.Chalmer N. Patterson, '17, writes thathe is now in the textbook preparation sec-tion at Keesler field, Miss., which preparestexts for all arm y air forces mechan icsschools. He has written several books,including one on airplane structures, andhas collaborated on one dealing with fueland oil systems for airplanes. Withina year, he has received one promotion andbeen recomm ended for another . Mr.Patterson and his wife, the former MaryIrvine, '24, live at 610 Thelma street, Bil-oxi, Miss. 1918Perm. Class Sec'y: Dr. Edward Gray, Miner Bldgr. ,Eugene, Oregon.Re-elected as president of the Oregonstate board of architect examiners wasA. Glenn Stanton, '18, at the annual meet-ing held in Portland. Mrs. MargaretGodin Fritsch, '23, was also re-electedsecretary of the board.

1919Perm. Class Sec'y: Mrs. Helen Jean McDonaldM c N a b ( M n . W m . H . M c N a b ) , 8 15 S pr u ce S t .,Berkeley, California.Word has been received of the death ofMrs. Genevieve Chapin Malmstrom, '18,10

on Septem ber 12, 1942 in Panajach el, So-lola, Guatemala, Central America. Herhusband, Carl Malmstrom, writes that shecontracted lobar pneumonia while treat-ing sick Indian s in that territo ry. Mrs.Malmstrom went to Guatemala as a mis-sionary nu rse in 1926, ma rryi ng Mr. M al-ms trom in 1928. They lived there forfourteen years and have two children,Mary, 11, and Paul, 5.Kenneth A. Moores, '19, is a broker inSeattle living at 1142-20th N. He is mar -ried and has three children, Ken neth ,Madison, and Richard.Mrs. Helen Jean McDonald McNab,'19, is living at 815 Spruce street, Berke-ley, California. She has three children,Jean, William, and David.1921Perm. Class Sec'y: Jack Benefiel , National YouthAdministration, Bedell Bldg. , Portland, Oregon.Word has been received of the death ofLt. Col. Byron O. Garrett, '21, on Septem-be r 11 , 1943 in Sea ttle. Mi litary serviceswere held in Hillsb oro. At the time ofhis death he was executive officer in theoverseas supply division of the Seattleport of embarkation.

1922Perm. Class Sec'y: Mrs. Helen Carson Plumb (Mrs.Herbert L. Plumb), 3312 Hunter Blvd. , Seattle,Washington.A note received from Dr. Ian Campbell,'21,' states, "I'm still associate professorof petrology and associate chairman ofthe division of the geological sciences atCalifornia Inst itute of Techn ology. Alsohave been work ing as geologist for theU.S. Geological Survey, principally onmagnesium, in Washington and Arizona.

OLD OREGON EDITOR for thecoming school year, Margie Robin-son, '44, has instigated severalchanges in the publication. Themost obvious of these is a new coverdesign, planned by Wiltshire's En-graving company of Eugene anddisplayed for the first time on theOctober issue.

Sa w Dr. Thomas P. Thayer, '29, a fewmonths agohe w as huntin g opticalquartz for the Geological Survey."1923

Perm. Class Sec'y: Mrs. Aulis Anderson, Callaway(Mrs. Owen M. Callaway), 188 Parks Ave. , Glen-coe, Illinois.Ralph R. Smith, '23, is engaged in thelumbering business in Astoria where heis living at 387-15th street.Dr. Ernest L. Boylen, '23, is a major inthe medical corps somewhere in Sicily orItaly, according to his wife, Mrs. FlorenceKendall Boylen, '15.New commandant of cadets at the armyair forces trainin g field at Gard en City,Kansas is Major Wilbur D. Hostetler, '23.Major Hostetler was a mem ber of theBald Eagles flying club in Portland andwas an overseas flying instructor in WorldW ar I. Mrs. Hostetler, the formerArbelyn Healy, '23, is with him at his sta-tion.

Announced recently was the promotionof Delbert V. Hill, '13, to the position ofassistan t cashier of the Firs t Natio nalBank of Eug ene. Mr. Hill will com pletehis twentieth year with the bank in Jan-uary, 1944. He and M rs. Hill, BeatriceFaulkner, '34, make their home at 2036Charnelton, Eugene.1924

Perm. Class Sec'y: David B. Lowry, Bear CreekOrchards, Rt. 4 , Medford, Oregon.Dr. Rodney R. Langlois, '24, died Aug-us t 11 , 1943 as the res ult of a fall on thbasem ent stairs of his Seattle home . Hewas head of the Dr. R. R. Langlois Dentalclinic in Seattle.George Neal, '24, manager of the Na-tional Casualty company of Detroit, wasmarried to Louise Luthem on May 7,1943. They live at 609 South Grand, LosAngeles, Calif.

1925Perm. Class Sec'y: Mrs. Marie Myers Bosworth

Geneva E. Foss, '35, spends the wintermonths teaching English and journalismat the Spokane high school and her sum-mer months on the editorial staff of theSpokane Daily Chronicle. She edits U Pand AP wire copy as well as local stories.James H. Bagan, '25, was recently ap-pointed manager of the U.S. employmentservice in Portland which covers the met-ropolitan area and Oregon City. Mr.Bagan was manager of the Eugene officebefore going to Portland.

1926Perm. Class Sec'y: Mrs. Anna DeWitt Crawford,(Mrs . Wm. J. Crawford), Yeon Building, Portland,Oregon.

Notification of the death of J. HughTucker, '26, on Augu st 26, 1941 has justreached the office. H e wro te the column"As I See It" in the Baker Democrat-Her-ald for many years besides compiling datafor the history of eastern Oregon.Brooks Hawley, '26, writes, "I contin-ue to live with my pare nts on the cattleranch in Sumpter Valley where I grew up.There is plenty of everything here but hu-man being s. In place of thre e of u s,(Continued on page 13)


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The Axis Won't Like ThisLT. Col. Kermit Stevens, '38, hasn'tchanged a bit since his college days.Wh ereas he used to keep Orego n'sbasketball scorekeepers busy chalking uppoin ts, he now keeps the enemy busykeeping track of the number of Americanraids on their territory. He recently re-ceived the silver star medal, third higherarmy decoration, for his outstanding workin the European theater.Stevens, an air force squadron leader, iswith the United States eighth air force inEng land. Colonel Stevens and his squa-dron have successfully delivered destruc-tive blows on middle Europe time aftertime.On returning from one of the most re-cent raids on Frankfort, the colonel spokeon a radio broadcast from England. Hisaunt, F. Ina Burgess of Eugene, pickedup the broadcast, in which Stevens des-cribed the raid as "very successful".While attending the University, Stevenswas a mem ber of the Ord er of the O,

treasure r of the sophomore and seniorclasses, and a member of Friars.CITATIONS and recognitions have comefast for many fighting alums, but notfast enough to keep up with Donald E.Good, '41, whose rank is now major andwho holds the distinguished flying crossfor extraordinary achievement and thesilver star and oak leaf cluster for gallan-try in action. Major Good leads a fa-mou s flying comp any of now veteranbombardiers, most of whom have receivedfrequent mention and won decorations.In the thick of it, Major G ood's planehas been hit a number of times by heavyanti-aircraf t fire. On one mission, withone engine knocked out and his bomb baydoors open, he flew nearly 80 miles out ofenemy territory to save his plane.He finally made a forced landing whenhis rem aining engine failed, coming toshore in friendly territory, but that didn'tstop him. On another adventure his plane,flying low, clipped off the top of a tree.He brought plane and crew back to theirbase with only minor damage.ANOTHER former Oregon student, Lt .Donald Byars, '43, is making a namefor himself in the southwest Pacific are-i.He recently received the air medal in re-cognition of his service in the southwestwar theate r. Lieu tenant Bya rs, pilot ofa Lightning P-38, was cited for participat-ing in a fierce daylight fight over the al-lied base at Oro bay.Announcement of the award came toLt. Byars' father in a letter from Lieuten-ant-General George C. Kennedy, in whichhe praised the fearless and courageou sservice Byars rendered to his combat or-ganization. He was a member of thesixth pursuit group stationed at Wheelerfield, Honolulu, at the time of the PearlHarbor a t tack .

HEADING the list of military commis-sions and promotions this month isRobert G. Emmens, '35 . When Em mc ishelped Jimm y Doolittle bomb Tokyo hewas a lieutenant. Seven weeks ago hewas still a lieutenant; now he is a lieuten-ant-colo nel. In notifying his moth er,Mrs. J. J. Em men s of M edford, the wardepartment stated that he had skipped therank of major. He was advanced to therank of captain six weeks earlier. L t -

Col. Emmens and his crew are still intern-ed in Vladivostok, Russia, where theylanded after their historic raid.Capt. Gordon H. Berg, '42, after serv-ing in India for more than a year as a B-25 bomber pilot, has been awarded theDistinguished Flying cros.s in recognitionof his services. Aw ard of the decorationwas on the basis of Captain Berg's com-pletion of 50 bombing missions againstthe enemy, involving more than 200 hoursof operational flying under hazardou scombat conditions.

Diligen t service of severa l alum ni inline for promotion recently won for themthe rank of captain. Dr. Verne W. Whit-taker, '36, captain in the dental branch ofthe army air corps medical service, prac-ticed in Eugene a number of years and isnow at Mather field, California. Don-ald C. Boyd, '39, captain with a reconnais-sance squadron, is stationed at the armyair base at Laurel, Miss. Lt. William I.Lonigan, '41, according to an announ ce-ment received by his father, was recentlymade a captain. He also is stationed atLau rel field, Miss ., and has been in theair corps for three years. Emerson B.Page, '42, has been promoted to captainand is attached to the air corps at Homs-

Eric Forsta Recovering;Received Two MedalsWord received from England by Profes-sor and Mrs. W. F. G. Thacher of Eugenefrom Tech. Sgt. Eric Forsta, '32, (above),their son-in-law, indicates that he is on theroad to recovery after being wounded inaction, presumably on a bombing missionover Nazi-occupied Europe. Sergeant For-sta was awarded the Order of the PurpleHeart after the raid and earlier received theair medal.Overseas for nearly two years, he is theson of William Forsta of Astoria. The ser-geant has seen action as a turret gunnerin a flying fortress with the American airforces. At the Unive rsity, Fors ta was all-Pacific coast conference football center.

stead, Fla. Page was business man agerof the 1942 Oregana his senior year.THE Purple Heart award has been re-ceived by Major Harold J. Kinzell,'31, as a result of wounds suffered in theMed iterranean theater of operation-..Major Kinzell, a former a ttorn ey in P ort-land, has been in the service for thr eeyears and overseas for one year.Edgar L. Smith, II, '33, has become imajor at Fort Jackson, S. C, where he isstationed. His wife, the former RuthJohnson, '38, and their small son, Ed garIII are living in Columbia, S. C.The navy, too, is represented by W. Ed-ward Brown, '27, now a lieutenant (jg>.Lt. Brow n enlisted in 1930 as an appre n-tice seaman and worked his way up tohis present rank. Alfred H. Warner, '43,was commissioned an ensign in the navalreserve upon graduatio n from the navalair training center at Corpus Christi, Tex-as .John William Smith, '40, recently grad-uated from the Yuma, Ariz., air field andwas commissioned a second lieutenant inthe air corps. He is now taking specialtrainin g to fly B-17 flying fortresses atHobbs field, New Mexico.A former Emerald editor, Vinton H.Hall, '?i2, has been prom oted to lieuten-ant (s. g.) in the navy.. En listing overa year ago, he is now the resident officerin charge of the pre-flight naval trainingschool at Albuquerque, Xew Mexico. Hiswife (the former Janet Thacher, '34,) andtheir three children live in Los Angeles.

KILLED IN ACTIONConfirmation of the death of their son,Ensign Robert B. Small, '43, has been re-ceived by his paren ts in Hood River. En -sign Small was co-pilot of a navy bombingplane on patrol in Caribbean and Atlanticwaters.

AMONG THE MISSINGFor the second time in the last fewmonths, Mr. and Mrs. Rex Putnam, '15,have received word from the war depart-ment concern ing their sons. This timethey were informed that Lt. Roger Put-nam, '38, has been missing in action sinceSeptember 11, 1943. Several m onths agothey learned that their only o ther son,Rex, Jr., was killed in India. Both sonswere army air force lieutenan ts. Lt.Roger Putnam's wife is the former EleanorSwift, '41, of Salem.Lt. Rodney Orange, '41, one of the her-oes of United States forces attacking Jap-anese bases in New Guinea, is missing inaction. He was engaged in scouting andreconnaissance work and was awardedthe distinguished service cross for her-oic scouting trips through the entire NewGuinea area. Ora nge has been missingsince a bomb ing raid last May. His wife,Rae June Sprague, '40, lives in Portland.Also mi.isiiig in action, Lt. (jg) LelandLuverne Dunn, '38, was sent overseas inMay, 1943 upon grad uation from the nav-al air field at Corpus Christi, Tex as. Lt.Dunn was on one of the islands in thesouth Pacific area when his parents. Dr.and M rs. R. L. Dunn of Eu ge ne , lastheard from him.

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G l o & e w p A ,Registration figures for fall term, pre-dicted at only 1,500, delighted officials byjumping over the 1,700 mark the middleof October. Of this total, more than1,350 were womenencouraging com-pared to a repo rt that 100 fewer wom enenrolled in fall, 1942. Civilian men thisyear made a sorry showing, as was expect-ed. While 1,650 men registered lastyear, only 365 civilian fellows now attendclasses. * * *The first soldier-sponsored dance of th eschool year recently lent a strictly G.I. at-mosphere to Mc Arthu r court. Music,supplied by a 15-piece khaki-clad armyband, was proclaimed the best since T.Dorsey 's of last year. The majority ofthe bandsmen, all of whom are now study-in g at Oregon, are former professionalmusicians and include Ralph Sutton, pian-

ist , past master of the boogie woogie withJack Teagarden, and Marv Rice, ex-saxplayer for Tommy Tuc ke r and Art Jar-rett . * * *Te rme d the "annual devastation edi-t ion," October 14th's Oregon Daily Em-erald was a product of the local SigmaDelta Chi (men's professional fraternity injournalism) chapter. Co-editors Ted Bush,'45, Mark Howard, '45, an d Chuck Politz,'45, the last three of a clan now nearly ex-tinct on the campus, turned out a paperevery bit as zany as was last year's SDXsheet. * * *That University students are concernedwith affairs of international import wasdemonstra ted October 15 when theyeagerly attended a forum on relations withRussia. Led by Dr. Gordon Wright ,popular assistant professor of history,those present made the room crackle witha lively discussion . The y predictedtrouble at the peace table unless toleranceand understanding of the Soviet nation issoon accomplished.* * *Substituting for the traditional exchangedessert-dances between m en's and wo-men's living organizations (the dances lastyear became "foodless pauses"), a week-ly mixer has been inaugurated. All menstudents , a rmy and civilian alike, are di-vided into groups, each of which is desig-nated for a certain coed's group. Thu sfar experimental, the dancing lasts from9:30 p. in. to 10:30 p. m. on Wednesdaystime limited because of the soldiers' res-tricted schedules.* *The huge " O " on Skinner's butte, un-happily dull last year, is now a glarint-yellow once more, thanks to the lifting ofan arm y edict. Led by the cheer-leadingsquad, a handful or two of industriousWebfoots clambered up the butte on themorning before the first home footballgame ( in t ra -mura l a rmy sport ) of theyear and slopped paint on the letter. On-ly damper of the occasion was the lackof any freshmen to distribute the paintmore evenly by sliding down the slanting" O " .

Wilma Alice Gruning, '45, was marriedJuly 19, 1943 to M arc G. Du nn.12

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up all his qualities which will remain vi-vidly in the minds of the many who knewhim:The traits which were his chief assetswere an inspiring personality, sound prac-tical judgment combined with superior or-ganizing ability, a positive genius formaintaining the morale of his forces, andabiding faith in the necessity in liberal cul-ture for a democracy.T T is an interesting coincidence that Mar-guerite and Mary Ann Campbell, daugh-ters of President Campbell 's half brotherDavid, graduated from the University in1943. During their four years here, theylived at Susan Campbell hall, named af-te r the President 's wife. Mrs. Campbellwas active in social welfare, and sheshowed as keen an interest in the welfareof the students and society in general asdid her husband. Mrs. Lucia CampbellHenderson, daughter of President Camp-bell, now lives in Kansas. She and herhusband, Sidney Henders on, graduatedfrom the University in 1912.The proposal to name a ship after theman who was president of the Universityfor 23 years was accepted by the maritimecommission after being unanimously ap-proved at the meeting of the Oregon alum-ni association last May. Dean Kar l W.Onthank made the proposal on behalf ofthe class of 1913, who celebrated their30th class reunion at Commencement . Atthe launching ceremonies Colonel Carl-ton E. Spencer, former University of O re -gon law professor and now assistant statedirector of selective service, gave the prin-cipal address, highlighting the formerpresident 's various achievements.At tending the launching program inPortland were several members of theCampbell family: Mr. and Mrs. DavidCampbell and daughters, Mary Ann andMarguerite, Mrs. Jane Campbell Krohn,

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when I came here as a cadet, but I reckonI'm gettin ' climatized. I am still teach-ing cadets to fly by instruments at Beeville,Texas, a small cotton and cattle town 55miles north of Corpus Christi and 90 milessouth of San Antonio. The people arefriendly, but I would like to live in thenorthwest again.I have an edition of the Emerald tellingthe story of the new "O rego n" with itsarmy students . Gosh, how things havechanged since Charley Paddock, HowardOhmart, Betty Brown, and Robin workedindustriously in behalf of opt iona l ROTCand "Peace Day s." Would like verymuch to know what Paddock and Ohmartare doing.Also would like to lie on my back undera fir tree and dangle my feet in the Mc-Kenzie and leisurely munch on one ofMrs. Belknap's pies.Sincerely,Hubard Kuokka ,1st Lt., USMCRSquadron 13-C, BeevilleNAS Corpus Chris ti , Texas

(This letter was sent to Roy C. Andrews,'15, instructor in chemistry at the Univer-sity Ed.)her husband and son, John; Universi tyfaculty members, Dean and Mrs. Karl W.Onthank, Dean Eric W. Allen, ProfessorJohn Stark Evans; representatives of theclass of 1913, Mrs. Elizabeth Busch Johns,Mr. Fendel Waite, Mr. and Mrs. RobertKellogg; alumni guests, Mr. and Mrs.George Gerlinger, Mayor and Mrs. GeorgeStadelman, Mr. Anton Pe terson, pre-sident of the Portland alumni association;Doris Hack, acting alumni secretary, Mr.and Mrs. Marion F. McLain, Mr. ClarenceCodding, Mrs. Leith Abbott, Mrs. HughRosson, Mrs. Theresa Janes, and Mr. JackStafford.

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there should be a dozen. Our regularcrop is about 100 beef a year, but we arecutting down."1927Perm. Class Sec'y: Anne Runes, 3203 E. Burnside,Portland. Oregon.

While her husband is doing defensework A. Lenore Chapman Anderson, '11, iscontinuing their grocery business at Mcl-rose Road, Roseburg, Ore. They have ason, William, 13 years old.1928

Mrs. Alice Douglas Burns (Mrs. E. Murray Burns),321S NE U.S. Grant PI., Portland, Oregon.Mr. and Mrs. Herbert G Socolofsky, '28(Ruth C. Bradley, '29) are making theirhome at Box 297, Parkland, Wash, whereMr. Socolofsky is supervisor of ruralroutes for the Meadowlawn dairv.Mrs. Mary Titus Vallentyne, '"28, wasmarried to Ross Parker Van Voorhis onSeptember 18, 1943 in Los Angeles. Theirhome is at 3041 Sussex Lane, Los Angeles.

1929Perm. Class Sec'y: Mrs. Luola Benge Bengtson(Mrs. O. Hilding Bengston), 203 N. Peach St.,Medford, Oregon.District representative for the UnionOil company in Spokane is Frank K. Cald-well, '29. His present address is 447 W e st_'0th, Spokane, Wash.George W. McMurphey, '29, seniorvice-analyst in the retail trades section ofth e OPA in Washington, D. C, for morethan a year and a half, has been transferredto the Longman section of the office ofcivilian requirements, WPB. Mr. Mc-Murphey has been highly praised for hiswork in the OPA and his first assignmentin OCR is to coordinate a plan to facili-tate feeding of defense plant workers. Heis the son of Mrs. Alberta S. McMurphey,'88, of Eugene and his wife is the formerJanet M. Johnstone, '28.Announcement has been made that Ma-jor Herbert W. Lasselle, '29, has beentransferred from the Portland port of em-barkation to the San Francisco port ofembarkation. Major Lasselle is withthe transportation corps and was assis-tant superintendent of the army t rans-port service at Portland.1930

Mrs. Eleanor Poorraan Hamilton (Mrs. Alfred E.Hamilton), 6 E. 82nd St., New York City.New York City was the scene of thewedding of Catherine Van Schuyver, '30,to Henry J. Bloch on July 14, 1943. Mrs.Bloch is a yeom an second class in theWaves, stationed in Xew York.Alice L. Spurgin, '30, recently completedthe officer training course in the W a ve san d was commissioned an ensign. Shehas been assigned to the personnel depart-ment of the U.S. Naval hospital in Brook-lyn, Xew York. 1931Perm. Class Sec'y: William B. Pittman, Jr., Box187, Exeter, California.Drew W. Perkins, '31, is now produc-tion supervisor ot small arms ammuni-tions manufacturing at the RemingtonArms plant in Salt Lake City. He andhis wife, the former Dorothea Bushnell,

'30, and their three children, Roger, Johnand Pamela, make their home at 1888Hubbard avenue, Salt Lake City, 5,Utah.Mrs. Louise Hollenbeck Thompson, '31is art instructor at Clark junior highschool in Glendale, Calif.1932Mrs. Hope Shelley Miller (Mrs. Robert T. Miller),Logansport, Indiana.

Mrs. Dora Ellen Moore, '32, writes thatsh e and her husband reside at Heppner ,Oregon. They have two young sons,Marvin, three, and Gary, one.William W. Weirich, '32, chief special-ist, USN, is in charge of the naval postoffice at Pearl Harbor. His wife andthree sons make their home in Portland.1933Perm. Class Sc'y: Mrs. Jessie Steele Robertson(Mrs. George H. Robertson), St. Francis Apts., 526N. W. 21st, Portland, Oregon.Capt. and Mrs. George H. Chilson,(Marion Elizabeth Clarke, '33) announcethe birth of William Harley on August 12,1943. 1934

Perm. Class Sec'y: Mrs. Frances R. Johnston Dick(Mrs. William G. Dick), Vogt Bldg., The Dalles,Oregon.Operator at the Eastern Oregon Light& Power company is Stanley A. Ingram,Jr., '34, who lives at Haines, Oregon.After six years in Portland as assistantmanager of Columbia Basin Sawmills andColumbia Basin Loggers, Sherrill L. Greg-ory, '34, has moved to Eureka, Calif., tobe manager of the Redwood Industrial Re-lations committee, which is an associationof Humbolt County Redwood lumbermanufacturing concerns. His home is at1033 I street. Eureka.1935Perm. Class Sec'y: Pearl L. Base, S732 N. E. Inter-state, Portland, Oregon.Capt. George R. Bagley, '35, assigned tothe field artillery, is stationed at Ft. Sill,Oklahoma. He is married and has twodaughters.Dr . and Mrs. James H. Rumm el, '35 (Ce-cile Frazier, '34), are living at 2216 N. E.Everett St., Portland, Oregon. He is a den-tist and she is teaching school at Girls Poly-technic high school.From Greeley, Colo, comes word of themarriage of Margaret Wickersham, '35,and PFC Stanley W. S. Chiswell on Sep-tember 4, 1943.Miss Rhoda Cougill, '35, was married toCapt. Malcolm Andresen on September 4,1943 in Spokane, Wash. Captain Andresenis a graduate of the University of Wiscon-sin and has served overseas in North Africafor one year, where he won the distin-guished flying cross and received the airmedal nine times. They will be at homeat 424 East Twenty-first , Spokane Wash.Mrs. Andresen is Spokane county healthdepartment nutritionist and Captain Andre-sen is stationed at Geiger field.Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Miller, '35, JD'37, (Barbara Weston, '36) are now livingat 3815 S. E. Ankey Street, Portland. Mr.

Miller is associated with McCamant, King& Wood, attorneys. They have three chil-dren, Barbara, Robert, Jr., and David.

1936Perm. Class Sec'y: Ann-Reed Burns, 2566 8. W.Vista, Portland, Oregon.A June wedding of interest was that ofMarjorie Jane Scobert, '36, and Robert W.Wilson, '32, in Eugene on June 26, 1943.Mr. Wilson is stationed at the naval baseat Farragut, Idaho, and Mrs. Wilson is con-tinuing to teach at Roosevelt junior highin Eugene.From Knoxville, Tenn., comes word of thewedding of Mabel Lee Dowlin, '36, and Lt.Col. Jackson Graham on July 4, 1943. Theyare now at home at 120 4th Street, Clarkes-ville ,Tenn. 1937David B. Lowry, Highcroft Orchard, Anderson Rd.,Ashland, Oregon.Married on September 11, 1943 wereElinor Stewart, '37, and Sinclair RobleyH a mmond in Portland. They are makingtheir home at 1501 Alki Avenue, Seattle,Wash.Elizabeth D ement, '37, has been assigned(Continued on page 14 )

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to military duty with the army nurse corpsan d has reported to the station hospital atOakland, Calif, for duty. She was employedat the University of Oregon medical schoolprior to her induction.1938

Mrs. Gayle Buchanan Karshner (Mrs. Don W.Karshner) , Box 76, Arcata, California.Sgt. Richard H. McBee, '38, is a bacter-iologist in a station hospital at Camp Croft,South Carolina. Prior to his induction intothe army. Sergeant McBee was in chargeof the Maryland state health department.An outstanding marriage of Septemberwas that of Betty Jane Casey, '38, to Dr.Russell Ramon deAlvarez at St. Thoma sMore chapel in Portland. They will maketheir home in Ann Arbor, Michigan.A wedding of last March 27, 1943 wasthat of Caro Anne Cogan, '39, and Sgt.Charles S. Eaton, '39. Sergeant Eaton isstationed at the naval air station, San Di-ego, and Mrs. Eaton is a reporter on theSanta Ana Rc


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in Hawaii who have received the air medalfor meritorious achievement. They par-ticipated in over 200 hours of ferrying andtransport flights where hostile contactswere always a possibility.The marriage of Judith A. Leaper andThomas R. Baldwin, Jr., '41, was an eventof August 27 ,1943 in Portland. Mr. Baldwinis attending North Pacific dental collegeand after graduation will be attached tothe army dental corps.1942

A son, Glenn Coryl, Jr., was born to Lt .and Mrs. Glenn C. Smith, '42, on August8, 1943. Lt. Sm ith is stationed at F ort Cus-ter, Michigan.A wedding of interest here was that ofViola Iris McNutt, '42, an d Lt. Lyle Jacob-son, '42, in Eugene on July 7, 1943. Lt. Jac-obson is stationed at Camp Roberts, Calif.Michi Yasui, '42, was married to ToshioAndo in Denver, Colo, on June 7, 1943.Mr. Ando is a law student at Denver uni-versity.Inducted into the army nurse corps re-cently was Harriett A. McRay, '42, formerhead nurse of the women's medical depart-ment at Multnomah county hospital. Shehas been assigned to the station hospitalat Camp Callan, Calif.Serving with the 323rd bombardmentgroup in England is Lt. Carroll (Bob) C.Calkins, '42. While on the campus he wasvice-president of the student body.Lt. Phyllis Margaret Seabrook, '42, wasmarried to Lt. Arthur Andres, Jr., in thechapel at Fort Ord, Calif. Au gus t 14, 1943.The bride is a member of the army nursecorps.A wedding of September 26, 1943 wasthat of Virginia Lee Heuer, '42, and Lt.Clifton H. Annett, of Royal Oak, Mich, inthe chapel at Liberal air base, Liberal, Kan-sas. Lt. Annett attended Wayne universityand is now stationed at Liberal as a B-24Liberator bomber pilot.A son, Douglas Ray, was born to Lt. andMrs. James D. Russell, '42, on August 25,1943 at the Walk er clinic in Eu gene. Lt.Russell is serving in the army in NorthAfrica.Donald Lee Merrill, '42, an d Miss NormaK. Baker, '46, were m arried on M ay 8, 1943and are now residing in Columbus, Georgia.Mr. Merrill is an instructor in the infantryschool at Ft. Benning.

1943Perm. Class Officers: Ray Packouz, Secretary, NancyLewis; Board, Al Larson, Marge Dibble, John Bust-erud, Wes Sullivan, Don Treadgold.

An event of Augu st 11, 1943 was the m ar-riage of Genevieve Working, '43, an d HalBruce Dallke, '42, in the First Congrega-tional church in Eugene. Mr. and Mrs.Dallke are living at 1110 Grant street,Evanston, 111., where Mr. Dallke is attend-ing the theological seminary. Mrs. Dallke isworking at Marshall-Field Co."Missing in action" is Lt. John D. Wil-liams, Jr., '43, pilot of the famous B-17 Fly -ing Fortress, the "Honey Bun," accordingto word received by his parents, Mr. andMrs. John D. Williams, '13. Lt. Williamshas been in combat service in North Africasince M arch, 1943 and participated in thesurrender of Pantelleria. He received hiswings from the Roswell, New Mexico fly-ing school in September, 1942.

Economist W rites Pa perActi ng 1943 pres iden t of the PacificCoast Economic association, Dr. James Gil-bert, '03, wrote the lead article in a recently

published booklet containing papers byassociation members. Dr. Gilbert, dean ofthe college of liberal arts at the University,stresses the important role played by pri-vate property in the economic system of thewestern world in this paper, entitled "TheChanging Concept of Property."1944

Co-editor of "The Park Stylus," fourpage tabloid published at the college inParkville, Mo. is Fred Beckwith, '44, ofEmerald fame (co-sports editor and gossipcolumnist). Also on the staff are HowardApplegate, '45, who writes a sports column,and Eston Way, '44. All three are at Park-ville in the navy's V-12 program.Frank E. Anderson, '44, recently spent a15-day furlough at his home in Eugene. Hejoined the fourth air force a year ago andis stationed in San Francisco, Calif. Befdreenlistment, Anderson was a teller at theFirst National bank in Eugene.Miss Mary Elizabeth Arkley, '45, an dWilliam Parker Lyon, III, '44, were mar-ried during the summer in Tulare, Cali-fornia where Mr. Lyon is an aviation cadetat the Rankin flying school.An event of June 5, 1943 was the mar-riage of Roberta Boyd, '44, to Capt. RobertH. Offley, Jr., a graduate of West Point.She is living at 767 Franklin avenue, Yuba,Calif.PFC Patricia Sutton, '44, U. S. marinecorps, is stationed at Camp E denton, Eden-ton, North Carolina.1945Jack D. Henton, '45, stopped in Eugeneon his way to the V S. naval hospital inSeattle, Wash. He is a pharmacist matethird class and was previously stationed atSan Diego.Margaret Carolyn Phinney, '45, was mar-ried to PFC Leslie Philip Hardie, '45, inEuge ne on A ugust 13, 1943, at St. M ary'sCatholic church. Private Hardie is sta-tioned at Salt Lake City.1946The following addresses were receivedfor several members of the class of 1946who left before the close of the last schoolyear :ArmyPvt. Glenn Eugene Allison, Re-ception Center, Fort Lewis, Wash.; Pvt.Wayne A. Strohecker, Amarillo Air Field,Amarillo, Texas; Pvt. Leon Robicheau,Parachute Inf., Fort Benning, Ga.; Pvt.John L. Jensen, ASTU 3912, Utah StateCollege, Logan, Utah; Pvt. James W . Ryel,Co . A, ASTU 3920, University of Oregon(previously at Camp Roberts, Cal.); A/CWilliam J. Pengra, 3rd Wing, Sq. 60, FlightB, SAAAB, Santa Ana, Cal.Navy Aviation Cadet William DanaLance, California Polytechnic, San LouisObispo, Cal.; Brian A. Hollopeter, A/S,U.S. Naval Training Station, San Diego,33 , Cal.; John E. Munro, A/S, U.C.L.A.Navy School, Los Angeles, 24, Cal.; Sea-man 2/c Mercer G. Brown, AOM 9-44,

NATTC, Norman, Okla .Marines Pvt. Donn Lewis Bonham,College of the Pacific, Stockton, Cal.

South American TourBegu n by Grad, W ritersRobert Ormand Case, '20, (above) assist-ant to the president of the Rubber Devel-opment corporation, is heading a group ofthe nation's leading newspaper men on aninspection tour of Central and South Amer-ica. The purpose of the trip is to enablemembers of the group to see the operationsof the governmen t's natural rubber procu re-ment program.Mr. Case, author and novelist, has beendevoting as much of his time as possiblesince Pearl Harbor to the natural rubber

procurement program. The Rubber Devel-opment corporation, Washington, D.C. issponsoring the trip.

Lt. Jim Frost BringsN ew s of Former DucksFresh from the army's school for specialservice at Washington and Lee university,Lexington, Va., Lt. James Frost, '42,stopped at the Oregon campus October 18.After a 10-day leave he was to head forCamp Roberts, Cal., where he has beenmore or less permanently stationed sinceentering the army.Frost's special training, lasting fourweeks was in the "morale" division of thearmy, a comparatively new and rapidly ex-panding branch. The division has four partsinformation and orientation, education,physical training, and recreation. Capt.Russ Cutler, '34, attended the school inFrost's class. Cutler is base athletic officerat March field, Cal.On his way back west, the second lieu-tenant saw several Oregon alumni in Wa sh-ington, D.C. Lyle Nelson, '41, working asa civilian in the ordnance branch for thewar department; Jeff Kitchen, '43, puttinghis studies at Brookings institute to prac-tical application in the lend-lease office;Fritz Giesecke, '45, with the ASTP atGeorgetown university. Frost also reportedthat First Lt. Ken Bowes, '45, is stationedat the replacement depot in Fort Meade,

Md. At Camp Roberts he sees Lieutenants"Tiger" Payne, '41; Lou Torgeson, '42; AlSilvernail, '44, an d Bill MacGibbon, '42.15


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C a n y o u n a m e t h e c h e a p e s tt h i n g y o u I I b u y t h i s w e e k ?

! Prices vary , of course, throughout thecountry, but if w e take Los Angeles as an ex-ample, you'll pay 3c a lb. for flour. Potatoes,your cheapest vegetable, will cost at least 6 c al b . ; sugar, 6li>c; table salt, 4^ c; bread, 8 c ; andmeatfrom 30c a pound on up.

2 * A $45 man's suit will cost you about Slla l b . ; a S6 pair of shoes about $3; a new carabout 40c per lb. But regular grade gasoline,exclusive of tax, will cost you just 2 to 2J2Cper l b . depending on where you live.

3 * Pound lor pound, that makes gasoline justabout the cheapest commodity in daily use inAmerica. To give you some idea how cheap,let's suppose it were possible to m ail a poundfrom Los Angeles to Seattle. The Post Officewould charge you 17cjust for taking it u p there.

4 * But Union Oil will pump crude from amile or two below ground ; pipe the crud e sev-eral miles to their refinery; process it into 76gasoline;ship it 1,349 miles by tanker to S eattle;deliver it by truck to your neighborhood sta-tion; and sell it to you for 2Kc.

5* D oes that mean gasoline is just naturallycheap? N o . Back in 1 9 2 0 , a gallon of 52octane,exclusive of t a x , cost you 7 7% more in Seattleand Los Angeles than a gallon of 7 4 octanecosts you today. But it does prove that compe-tition has forced the oil companies to g reaterand greater efficiency.

6* They've had to keep racking their brainsfor ways to improve products and cut costs.For in a competitive business that's the onlyway you c a n ge t more customers. If the indus-try had been controlled b y one company, or bythe government, this wouldn't have happened.

7* F or there's not much incentive to go aftermore customers when you already have themall. That's th e fatal weakness of al l monopoliesprivate or governmentaland it goes alongway toward explaining why other "systems"have bri-n so far ou tstripped by our own.

8* For under our systemcompetitive FreeEnterprisewe Americans have had an incen-tive to continually improve products and lowercosts. As a result, we've achieved th e higheststandard of living and the greatest war pro-duction any nation has ever known.A M E R I C A ' S F I F T H F R E E D O M I S F R E E E N T E R P R I S E

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