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In four short years, theclass of 1944, having entered
a pre-war University, hasdiscovered the responsibil-
ities facing the college grad-uate of today: not merely
being an able citizen; butalso the responsibility for Published by the University of Oregon Alumni Association
OLD OREGON
Nothing Could Keep
These Oldtimers Away
By GEORGE TURNBULL
WELL, it's 50 years ago since thatearly summer day when Paul Brat-tain, '94, received his diploma from
the hands of Dr. Charles H. Chapman, sec-ond president of the University of Oregon;
but the old-timer, still straight and soundand strong, gave the alumni luncheon pro-
gram, June 3, a flying start with his happyreminiscences of college days before most
of his auditors were born. With his clear,carrying, outdoor voice this veteran stock-
man from Paisley disdained the "loud-speaker," pleading, cowboy-like, that he
was "afraid the microphone would kick."
If these programs are kept up to thestandard of this one and last year's, their
spreading fame will send Secretary DorisHack hunting a larger hall for the crowds.
Lynn A. Parr, '17, president of the Uni-versity of Oregon Alumni Association, now
superintendent of Marshfield schools, mayhave taken some precarious chances with
his "statistics," but he did give the luncheonspeakers just the right send-off and the
program didn't drag a minute.
But we're getting away from Mr. Brat-tain. He was here in the days when the
University consisted of Deady and Villardhalls and 175 to 200 undergraduates?some
of 'em away under, in the prep department.He told the group how he preferred to ride
horseback to and from his eastern Oregonhome?three hundred miles and more?
rather than to walk at the beginning andend of the college year; and how the grizzly
bears left their tracks around him underthe big tree that night when he had tied up
his horse and dropped off to sleep underthe protecting branches.
"I remember," he recalled, "that I hadsomething to do with the first football
game ever played here. ... It was be-tween Albany college and the University.
Our coach was Cal Young, one of Eugene'sdistinguished citizens. . . I remember
helping collect the money from the spec-tators and keeping it in a satchel. When
we counted it there was $180, which hadcome in at two-bits each. This was the nuc-
leus of football at Oregon. . . " Mr. Brat-tain recalled the faculty appreciatively. "If
the professors," he said, "hadn't been good
I never would have graduated." This gavethe chance to bring in an anecdote of old
John Wesley Johnson, Oregon's first pres-ident, the kindly martinet who taught Latin
to Oregon's earliest students. "No!" roar-ed Johnson after another of young Brat-
tain's hopeful replies to a question in Latinproved erroneous. "You're just like a chick-
en going through a picket fence. You makethe same mistake every time."
BAZ Williams, old-time football star,ing for the quarter-century class of 1919.
Complaining that "they" wouldn't let himgive the talk he wanted, on the unions and
the Democrats, he started off by remindingeverybody that the last Oregon team that
played in the Rose Bowl was the 1919 team."We've never been in there since. I hope
I'm made out a liar some day." He calledoff the names of the immortals of that big
day at Pasadena when Oregon played Ed-die Casey's Harvard team to a standstill,
losing only 7 to 6: Brick Leslie, center;Carl Maultz, Al Harding, and Baz Wil-
liams, guards; Kenneth Bartlett and SpikeLeslie, tackles; Mart Howard and Stanford
Anderson, ends; and that great backfieldmade up of Bill Steers, Hollis Huntington
(brother of Shy, the coach), Skeet Man-erud, Everett Brandenburg, Nish Chapman,
and the two Jacobberger boys.
(Continued on page 18)
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JUNE 1944
Pioneer U. O. Professor
Mourned by Associates
By WINIFRED ROMTVEDT, '47
Dr. George Rebec, scholar, philosopher, lover of literature, author,closely allied with the development of the University, died in Eugene,
May 19. The 76-year-old teacher had inspired several generationsof Oregon students to a greater industry and a greater love of the
principles and ideals to which he had devoted his life.
ANOTHER one of the men who helpedPresident Prince L. Campbell buildthe University of Oregon into the
type of institution it is today is dead. Dr.George Rebec, professor emeritus of phil-
osophy and counsellor of the graduate divi-sion of the state system of higher educa-
tion, died May 19 at a Eugene hospital.The 76-year-old scholar had come from Los
Angeles three weeks before that time. Hiswinter in Arizona was interrupted by the
need for an operation in Portland, but en-route an immediate operation was neces-
sary in Iyos Angeles. His death was dueto a coronary heart attack.
Dr. Rebec came to the University in 1912and became dean of the graduate school in
1920. He was appointed dean and directorof the graduate division of the Oregon
State system of higher education in 1933.In addition he was head of the department
of philosophy.
His interest in adult education beganwhen he served as director of the Portland
Extension center. Largely responsible forthe organization of graduate work in the
state system, he set standards and madethe school well-known all over the coun-
try. His task included coordinating grad-uate work in all the institutions.
Dr. Rebec was considered one of themost stimulating instructors on the Uni-
versity faculty. It was his high academicstandards, his lectures and seminars, his
love of good literature, and his accurate
CLASS OF 1934, upper left?left to right,seated: Martha Goodrich, Mary M. Steven-
son Elliott, Nonearle French Ryder, HelenBinford Codding, Frances Johnston Dick,
Madeleine Gilbert Christenson, KatherineManerud Myrons, Mary Dodds White-
house, Laura Drury Porter; standing: Lu-cille Skei Hamaker, Lois Greenwood, Rex
Hamaker, Clarence Codding, Dorothy Fen-ton Woodin, Eldon Woodin. Class of 1904,
lower left, left to right, seated: Edna P.Luckey Eastham, Pauline Walton, Louise
Jones, standing: Ralph Shelley, FredStaver, James Russell. Class of 1924, upper
right?left to right, seated: Beatrice TowersPierson, Cecile Johnson Summers, Ruth
Powell Sether, Marian McMasters, Mc-Pherson, Mildred Braaten Archibald and
Henryetta A. Lawrence. Standing: RayPorter, Georgia Benson Patterson, Law-
rence Cook; from the Class of 1919: Dora-Belle Francis Ford, Roberta Schuebel
Caldwell, Frances Elizabeth Baker, MelbaWilliams Hannah. Class of 1914, lower
right?left to right, seated: Mrs. OttoHeider, Mrs. Oscar Haugen, Mr. Haugen,
Florence Thrall Stickels, Mrs. WallaceBenson, Mrs. Norton Cowden; standing:
Otto Heider, Wallace Benson, A. R. Grout,A. D. Collier, George Stevenson, Norton
Cowden, Henry Fowler. Prints of the classpictures may be purchased for 50 cents
from J. W. Teter, Photographer, U. of O.,Eugene.
reasoning which influenced his students'work.
BORN on March 11, 1868, at Tusculo,doctor's degrees at the University of Mich-
igan. After teaching there for several yearshe attended the University of Strasbourg,
Alsace, Germany, in 1893-94. In Florence,Italy, in 1908-09, he studied aesthetics and
history. His experiences in Europe also in-cluded study of social and cultural problems
in 1922-23 and extensive travel.
During several summers he taught atthe University of California and Stanford
university. Not only was he a teacher, butalso, an author. He wrote numerous articles
in the Journal of Philosophy and the Amer-ican Historical Review, and was for sev-
eral years reviewer for the literary sectionof the Baltimore Sun.
A George Rebec prize in philosophy isawarded annually to the undergraduate
student who submits the best essay on aphilosophical topic. Private Mark Perlman,
Madison, Wisconsin, formerly a memberof the Foreign Area and Language group
of the Army Specialized Training programon the campus, was this year's winner.
DR. GEORGE REBEC, whosedeath in May lost for the Uni-
versity an ardent supporter anda conscientious teacher.
Funds for the prize were awarded byfriends of Dr. Rebec in recognition of his
scholarship and leadership in philosophy.
IT WAS not until Dr. Rebec's death thatto the Women's Cooperative association of
the University was announced. Interestedin the high scholarship maintained by the
members of the association, he presentedthem the house, which was named Rebec
house.
(Continued on page 19)
OLD OREGON
PUBLISHED BY THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
VOL. XXV TUNE 1944 No. 10
ALUMNI COUNCIL
OFFICERS
Lynn Parr, '17
Marshfield President
Robert S. Miller, '37,
Portland Vice-President
?Elmer C. Fansett, '28 Alumni Secretary
Doris Hack, '41,
Eugene Acting Alumni Secretary
* On leave
COUNTY DIRECTORS
Terms Expire December 31, 1944
Terms Expire December 31, 1945William Haggerty, '29 Harney
John N. Mohr, '28 Hood RiverOtto Frohnmayer, '29, J.D. '33 Jackson
Mrs. Boyd Overhulse, '31 JeffersonDr. Clairel L. Ogle, '16 Josephine
John H. Huston, '21 KlamathRay Harlan Lake
Basil Williams, '19 LaneLawrence Hull, '23 Lincoln
Ralph Cronise, '11 ..LinnEarl Blackaby, '15 Malheur
Dr. Clarence W. Keene, '96, M.D. '01 Marion
Terms Expire December 31, 1943Edwin Dick, '40 Morrow James T. Donald, '15 Baker
Clarence Codding, '35 Multnomah Walter T. Durgan, '28, J.D. '31 BentonDr. Asa B. Starbuck, M.D., '06 Polk Peter Laurs, '27 Clackamaj
Paulen Kaseberg, '37 Sherman Robert W. Lucas, '36 ClatsopChester O. Knowlton, '32 Tillamook Robert Pollock, '38 Columbia
Bertrand S. Jerard, '15 Umatilla Elton A. Schroeder, '27 CoosRaymond O. Williams, '14 Union _ Curry-
George Stadelman, '30 Wasco Remey M. Cox, '22 CrookPaul Patterson, '23 Washington Dr. H. C. Staples, '23 Deschutes
Glen S. Macy Yamhill Miss Genevieve Dunlop, '34 GilliamJohn F. Putnam, '31 Wheeler Orval D. Yokum, '27, J.D. '29 Grant
OLD OREGON STAFF
Carol Cook, '45 Editor Anne Craven, '43 Assistant EditorLaurel Gilbertson, '44 Associate Editor Bill Love, '47 Sports Editor
Edith Newton, '45 Advertising Manager
OLD OREGON
Warren to Assume
Hoop Coaching
By BILL LOVE, '47
Sportswriter Love, slated for induction into the Navy the first ofJuly, here reviews the sports prospects for 1944-45; from Coach
Warren comes news of the sports "greats" of former years.J
OHN A. Warren, '28, has definitely beenselected as head basketball coach at Ore-
gon this coming year, filling the vacancycreated when Howard Hobson, '26, was
granted a sabbatical leave to study for hisdoctor's degree at Columbia University.
The appointment of Warren to the hoopcoaching post, plus an earlier statement by
the athletic board that intercollegiate bas-ketball would be retained at Oregon, gives
a "green light" to Northern Division plansas far as Oregon is concerned.
Coaching basketball is nothing new to"Honest John," who is also head football
coach at the school. For several years, hewas freshman basketball mentor, and
helped develop many players who later be-came regulars with the varsity.
And before that, he put Astoria (Oregon)high school on the map athletically. Every
one of his Astoria hoop teams?he coachedthere for seven years?went to the state
tournament. On four occasions, they wonthe state title, finished second once, and
the other two times wound up in third spot.No other coach or team in the state has
come close to that record.In high school, he helped develop Waliy
Palmberg and Bob Bergstrom, both ofwhom were among the best in the North-
ern Division when playing with OregonState. Later, he came up with Bobby Anet,
'39, Wally Johanson, '40, and Ted Sarpola,'42?all three members of that Oregon na-
tional championship team of 1939. And lastyear, he turned out an Oregon army hoop
team that ranked among the best serviceunits in the state.
John takes over a difficult task. Takingover a coaching position for just one year
(the length of Hobson's leave) is hardenough in normal times, but wartime brings
further problems. The majority of lastyear's team have either left school or joined
the armed forces, and a large share of thehigh school players will also be in the ser-
vices before hoop season rolls around.
However, the new mentor sees a fewrays of light in between the dark clouds,
and expects to have a good nucleus onon which to build a team?relying on in-
coming freshmen to do the rest. There isa possibility that six lettermen will be back,
and three experienced players?Bob Ham-ilton, Marion Huff, and non-letterman Ken
Hays?are almost certain to be in the fold.
But then again, nearly all other divisionschools will be well-equipped with return-
ing lettermen from last year, which putsthem at least on equal footing with the
Webfoots.
W ITH spring sports on the "suspend-
on the campus of interest to Oregon's many
alums becomes a major "headache." The"status quo" has remained virtually un-
changed during the past month.
But in a pinch, Oregon's "Honest John''Warren, football and now head basketball
mentor, comes to the rescue. The genialmentor has close writing contacts with
many of his ex-athletes now in the service,
and through his cooperation, news of theseformer Webfoots are available to the Old
Orcf/on readers.One of the more interesting reports
comes from Len Surles, '43, blocking backon the varsity in the early forties. He is
now a lieutenant in the army, and is build-ing railroads in the wilds of India.
He finds life quite "rugged" in the oldworld. The men in that sector live in grass
huts (Bashas), and are frequently visitedby many of the jungle animals such as mon-
keys and even panthers.Jim Shephard, '43, is a sergeant at Camp
Roberts, California, and has several Ore-gon boys under him. The two Steers twins,
Henry and Howard, '44, who along withMerrit Kufferman, '44, played on Warren's
1943 Oregon army team composed of sol-diers on the campus, are both in officers'
training at Fort Benning.Harold Lloyd, '46, guard, and Russ Now-
ling, '43, end, are both lieutenants in the aircorps, stationed in Arizona. George Dugan,
'45, another end, is finishing up his flying,and now weighs 225 pounds, 30 pounds over
his playing weight at Oregon. Pete Torchia,'45, another end, is in the marine corps in
the South Pacific.Tommy Roblin, '43, Oregon's versatile
back, is married, and is a sergeant some-where in Alabama. Bill Davis, '46, prize
sophomore fullback, is in midshipmanschool at Columbia university. Bob Rey-
nolds, '45, the sophomore back from Port-land, is also in infantry training for an
officer's commission.Duke Iverson, '44, and Chet Haliski, '43,
who saw action with Webfoot teams some-time prior to the '42 season, are sergeants
with the marine corps in Florida, teachingjiu jitsu. Iverson and Haliski were both
varsity blocking backs.
Inky Boe, '44, is in the shipyards at Se-attle. Another shipyard worker is Les
Steers, '44, Oregon's great high jump cham-pion. Les is in Portland.
Ray Segale, '42, a three-year lettermanwho finished his career in 1941, is a lieu-
tenant with the marine commandos in theSouth Pacific. Elliot Wilson, '44, who
played center at the same time Segale waswith the Webfoots, is also a marine lieu-
tenant, stationed at Norfolk.
Going back still farther, Jimmy Nichol-son, '40, triple-threat halfback, is a corporal
in the air corps in New Jersey. Dick Brown,'45, former end, recently graduated as an
ensign from Columbia, receiving the swordas the outstanding member of his class. He
is in San Diego, studying sound instru-ments. Bob Koch, '44, former fullback, is
also an ensign, stationed in New Englandas a landing craft trainee. And Jimmy New-
quist, '44, the Camas Cyclone and a back-field teammate of Koch's at both Oregon
and later St. Mary's Pre-flight, is an ensignin the naval air corps.
Lt. George Scharpf, '37, and Lt. HankNilson, '40, are both in Italy. Scharpf is one of
Hayward's star runners, while Neilson wasregular blocking back at Oregon for sev-
eral years.
"HONEST JOHN" WARREN, '28will take over the hoop coaching
duties of Coach Howard Hobson,who is taking a sabbatical leave of
absence during 1944-45 to attend theColumbia university graduate school.
Lt. Clyde Lee, 44, halfback, is an armyair corps flyer, and has been recently dec-
orated. With him has been Paul Jackson,'42, Oregon midget basketball guard.
Lt. Bob Diez, another of Hayward'ssprinters, is with the fifth army in Italy,
has also been decorated, and his picture isto be used on fifth War Loan posters.
Charles M. Hulten
In New York Hospital
Charles M. Hulten, associate professorof journalism on leave as assistant director
for management of the office of war infor-mation in Washington, D. C, is in a New
York City hospital as a result of an illnesswhich started his confinement several weeks
ago.
In a letter received by George Turnbull,acting dean of the school of journalism,
Hulten reported that he had been orderedby his physician to rest for several months.
OWI is keeping his position open for himuntil he is able to return to his job.
Charles Gray, '43, Listed
As German Prisoner
Staff Sgt. Charles R. Gray, '43, previouslyreported missing in action, is a prisoner of
the Germans it was recently disclosed bythe war department. He was reported miss-
ing after a raid over Hungary on April 3.Word that he was a prisoner came to his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Gray, of Eu-gene, on Mother's day along with flowers
for Mrs. Gray that Sgt. Gray had orderedbefore going out on his last mission.
JUNE 1944
Student Union-Memorial to Dr. Erb
By BILL BUELL, '45
Oregon's Student Unionnears reality as the site is
chosen, but there still re-mains the question of what
facilities the building is to in-clude. Old Oregon polls its
readers to aid the committee.
THE long dreamed of, long worked for,Student Union building, now no longer
proaching reality, will be known as the ErbMemorial Union building in memory of Dr.
iDonald Milton Erb, late University ofOregon president and enthusiastic Student
Union supporter.
Orlando John Hollis, acting Universitypresident, who revealed this information at
the semi-annual meeting of the Universityof Oregon Alumni association, also an-
nounced that the site for the building willbe on University street, between Thir-
teenth and Fourteenth avenues.
The Oregon state board of higher educa-tion has authorized the University to pro-
ceed with plans to start construction assoon as the war is over and materials are
available. As a result of gifts and specialdrives, $100,000 is already in the building
fund. A campaign to raise at least $200,000more through gifts and contributions is
planned for the near future. The balanceof the required amount necessary for the
structure will be obtained through a bondissue.
The question of where the Union is to belocated has been solved; plans for raising
the money are under consideration. Thequestion of what the building is to contain,
however, is still the subject of hot dis-cussion.
Gene Conklin, '46, chairman of this year'sStudent Union committee, had printed in
the Emerald a ballot listing various rooms,offices, and services which had been sug-
gested for the Union. Students were askedto check those which they wish the building
to contain.
A dance floor received the largest num-ber of votes, 443. Other rooms to be used
for social purposes receiving large numbersof votes were a general lounge, 343, and a
smoking lounge, 331. That college sociallife is not entirely a pursual of the oppo-
site sex was suggested when 248 studentsvoted for a separate women's lounge, 235
for a men's. Filled with sympathy for theiroverworked professors, 199 students voted
for a faculty lounge.
Perhaps remembering the overcrowdedconditions in Chapman hall when the ro-
mance language department showed aFrench film with Jean Gabin this spring,
342 students thought the Union should con-tain movie equipment. A browsing and rec-
ord room attracted 337 votes. An aestheticminority of 92 requested an art gallery; 224
students voted for a chapel, 147 for a me-memorial hall.
A SODA fountain received 403 votes,banquet hall drew votes from 36?. A terrace
to be used for lounging, dining, or dancingattracted 348 responses, a private parry
room 270. A cafeteria was requested by 220.Probably this service would have received
many additional votes if more students
eating outside living organizations had par-ticipated in the poll.
The promoters of Student Union havealways maintained that one of the principal
advantages of such a building was that itwould enable all student activities offices to
be concentrated under one roof. Over 360voters thought the Union should contain
student government offices. Committeerooms chalked up 341 tallies. Oregana, Pan-
hellenic, and interfraternity offices all re-ceived over 300 votes. Over 200 people
voted for Independent Student Association,Educational Activities Board, Alumni As-
sociation, Athletic Board, and Employmentoffices. 170 students thought the Union
should contain Y.M.C.A. offices, while 168voted for a Y.W.C.A.
FOOT-WEARY students, tired of trudg-
and back, chalked up 409 votes for a Stu-dent Union postoffice, the second largest
total in the poll. Over 300 votes each werecast for a lost and found department, in-
formation desk, and check rooms. 273money-minded individuals thought the Un-
ion should provide banking facilities. Ap-proximately 200 votes were cast for barber
and beauty shops and locker rooms.
That many students wish the Union to be arecreation center was indicated when game
rooms received 386 votes. 365 meteorologicoptimists wanted a sun porch and roof gar-
den. Student interest in bowling was shownwhen 323 prospective keglers asked for a
non-commercial alley.Everything from a Dean of Women's of-
fice and a study room to a date bureau anda billiard room was suggested by those
utilizing the blank write-in spaces at theend of the ballot. One of the most popular
suggestions was an auditorium.The results of this poll will not determine
the final plans for the Student Union. The(Continued on page 20)
Please place a check in the blank at the left of each facility which you think
is needed in the Student Union building. The lower blank lines are for any sugges-
tions which you would like to add.
Please indicate whether you are an alumnus an alumna
a civilian a member of the armed forces Do you plan to re-
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OLD OREGON
NEWS from Britain that one of the five
Russia two years ago is now participatingin the aerial war against Germany raised
speculation that Lt. Col. Robert G. Em-mens, '35, one of the five, might also have
returned to combat. From a United StatesMarauder base in England came word that
Sgt. Theodore Laban is an engineer-gunnerflying from Britain and was a member of
the Tokyo raiders interned in Russia. Noinformation on the whereabouts of Em-
mens or the other three supposedly in-terned in Russia is available. Lt. Col.
Emmens was a lieutenant at the time heparticipated in the Tokyo raid and has been
promoted since that time.
Proving that the marines are still tootough for a mere sniper's bullet is CpL Mar-
tin Feldman, '45, who, although hit in thehelmet by a sniper bullet, got to his feet
and walked unaided to a field first aid sta-tion. Landing with the assault wave on
Engebi Island, Eniwetok Atoll, the ma-rines reached their objective, then began
searching for snipers. While probing inthe brush, Cpl. Feldman was hit. The for-
mer Oregon football guard left school twoweeks after Pearl Harbor to enlist in the
marines and has been overseas for 19months.
For outstanding service in coordinatingmedical service in action against the Japa-
nese at Tarawa, Capt. French R. Moore,'22, M.D. '26, of the naval medical corps,
has been awarded the legion of merit. Ac-cording to the navy department his superb
professional skill and knowledge and hisvalorous action in rescuing and moving
wounded under fire had been responsiblefor saving many lives. Capt. Moore was
division surgeon at Guadalcanal and laterreorganized navy medical activities through-
out the South Pacific. Incidentally, for thosewho read the book, "Guadalcanal Diary,'
this is the same Dr. French R. Moore, men-tioned in the first chapter of the book as
one of the medical men with the invasiontroops.
Not to forget that Oregon women arealso achieving fame in the military field is
the report that Lt. (jg) Donna Gill, '3.2,Spar, recently promoted to her present
rank, has been made the new head of theSpar recruiting office in Chicago. She has
complete charge of the office where pros-pective Spars are interviewed, given apti-
tude tests, and finally sworn into the coastguard. She is the sister of Lt. (jg) Warren
C. Gill, LL.B. '39, U. S. coast guard re-serve, who is recovering in a Los Angeles
naval hospital from wounds received in thelanding at Salerno.
At impressive ceremonies held on theparade grounds of an army camp some-
where in the Southwest Pacific, Capt. Wil-bur C. Hayden, '26, M.D. '32, army medical
corps, received the silver star for heroismunder fire. The citation was for his action
at Nassau Bay, New Guinea, in July, 1943,when he administered to a litter patient
and required immediate medical attention,who had sustained four gunshot wounds
during which time enemy aircraft flying attree-top height strafed the beach and en-
emy bombers kept up a continual bombard-ment of the area. Capt. Hayden has been
overseas since April 1942, and served ascommander of the collecting company dur-
ing the Nassau Bay-Salamaua campaign.
Clyde B. Walker, '38, captain in the armyair forces, has been assigned as an instruc-
tor pilot at the Alexandria army air field,an installation of the second air force, and
training center for Flying Fortress crews.
Captain Walker served 23 months in theCentral and Southwest Pacific where he
achieved the distinguished service cross,the distinguished flying cross and the air
medal with three oak leaf clusters. Cap-
tain Walker has two brothers in the ser-vice. One is a major in the signal corps
and the other a captain in the medical corps.
Eugene D. "Kayo" Mullins, '33, has beenpromoted from major to lieutenant-colonel
at Fort Douglas, Utah, where he has servedas public relations officer of the ninth ser-
vice command since last December. ColonelMullins majored in journalism and was a
member of the Emerald staff and AlphaDelta Sigma. He was employed by the
Post-Intelligencer in Seattle and was %member of the advertising staff of the Port-
land Oregonian when called to active dutyin 1940. He entered active service as a re-
serve officer and became military intelli-gence officer at Fort Stevens before going
to Fort Douglas as executive officer in theintelligence division and later assuming the
position of public relations officer.
Major Gerald Johnson, '42, is home againafter a year and a half in the South Pacific
where he attained new honors. The SouthPacific assignment came after returning
to the States from Kiska, Alaska, in thefall of 1942. Major Johnson now wears rib-
bons for two awards of the distinguishedflying cross and the air medal with three
oak leaf clusters. To top these off he justrecently was awarded the distinguished
service cross. The cross was presented him"for extraordinary heroism in action near
Oro Bay, New Guinea, Oct. 15, 1943."
During a fierce engagement with 18 en-emy dive bombers and 20 fighters, his
squadron of eight planes intercepted themand in the course of battle, Major John-
son shot down two enemy bombers andone fighter. His citation relates that "by
this daring strike, he dispersed the enemyformation and diverted it from the tar-
get. Supporting squadrons of allied fightersthen entered the combat and turned back
the enemy force with no damage to ourshipping or installations."
During his leave at home he marriedMiss Barbara Hall, '44, Miss Hall received
a degree in nursing from the Universityof Oregon medical school and her bach-
elor's degree with this year's graduatingclass.
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Medical Officer
Standout Alum
Son of Mrs. Ellen CondonMcCornack, (a member of
the first class to be graduatedfrom the University?1878),
and grandson of ThomasCondon, Oregon's pioneer
geologist, Brig. Gen. CondonC. McCornack (retired) has
added the achievements ofhis brilliant career in the
army medical corps to theroster of those in his family.
BRIGADIER Gen. Condon C. McCor-nack, '01, awarded the Legion ofMerit in March upon retiring fromthe army medical corps, has come to Eu-
gene with his wife, Nina Wilkins McCor-nack, 'OS, and their airedale terrier, Pat,
intent on the purpose of "enjoying life asbest they can."
Their College Crest home, with its viewof Oregon's blue hills and the outspread
city of Eugene, shows little evidence of
their last 35 years, spent in army fashion,traveling from post to camp to fort.
ASUO president in 1901, McCornackleft the University to enter medical train-
ing at the University of Portland. At theend of his first year there, he transferred
to Jefferson Medical college, Philadelphia,from which institution he won his M.D.
degree in 1904. Returning to Oregon, heentered practice in Portland as assistant
county physician and enrolled in 1906 asa lieutenant in the National Guard medi-
cal corps.
In April 1909, McCornack left his postin Multnomah county to take up active
duty in the army. From the army medicalschool he went to China and the Philip-
pines, to a post on the Mexican border,and in succession to Fort Benjamin Harri-
son, Camp Devons (during the WorldWar), Ft. Leavenworth, the Army War
college (Washington, D.C.), and the Med-ical Field Service school (Pennsylvania),
where he served as assistant commander.
Commissioned as a member of the gen-eral staff corps in 1931, a lieutenant colonel
by that time, McCornack was assigned toservice with the general staff. In 1935, he
assumed command of the Letterman Gen-eral hospital in San Francisco. After a
year's service at that post, he was trans-ferred to Hawaii, where he spent three
years as departmental surgeon, with head-quarters at Fort Shafter, T.H.
Returning to the States in 1939, the med-ical officer became surgeon for the 9th corps
area, later assuming a post with the West-ern Defense command and the 4th army
in San Francisco. The year 1943, the gen-eral's last year in the service, found him
as deputy chief of staff for the 4th army.
"For exhibiting the soundest judgmentin planning details incident to the prepar-
ation of the two task forces which routedthe enemy from the Aleutian islands,"
reads the citation which accompanied Gen-eral McCornack's Legion of Merit award.
"Absolutely" McCornack would enterthe army if confronted with the same
choices he met over thirty-five years ago.His keen interest in the practice of medi-
cine in the army was evidenced in theeager manner in which he explained that
the "army stresses preventative medicine.They're most interested in keeping disease
from occurring."
In contrasting the early Chinese hos-
pitals with their American counterparts,
the general shook his head, muttered a
slightly pained exclamation, and went on
to explain: "The buildings were of the
poorest sort; beds were nothing but six
foot slabs of wood; the ordinary doctors
were inadequately trained. But in Peking
(Peiping) there was a hospital maintained
by a Rockefeller endowment. It was a very
good one, too."
JUNE 1944
News of the Classes With LAUREL GILBERTSON, '44
1908
Leslie P. Miller, '08, prominent Oregoneducator, died at his home in Yoncalla on
May 22, 1944, after a long illness. He wasone of the originators of the union high
school idea and organized Union HighSchool District No. 9 at Yoncalla. He is
survived by his wife, Lulu Poill, '00, andtwin daughters, Mrs. Juanita Miller Gale,
'32, and Mrs. Willetta Miller Niemi, '32.
1911
Perm. Class Sec'y: Mrs. Jessie Calkins Morgan (Mrs.Frank T. Morgan), Nyssa, Oregon.
Dr. F. Theodore Struck, '11, M.A. '14,professor of industrial education and head
of the department of industrial education,Pennsylvania State college, died at his
home November 22, 1943. A member of theU.S. Office of Education from January 1
to July 1, 1942, Dr. Struck was largely re-sponsible for the development of the ex-
tension teacher-training program in voca-tional education in Pennsylvania. He was
among the first vocational educators toemphasize the value of shop activities in
rural schools.
1913
Perm. Class Sec'y: Col. Carlton E. Spencer, Assist-ant Director, State Selective Service, Salem, Oregon.
Comdr. Russell D. Calkins, '13, U.S.Navy, died at the naval medical center,
Bethesda, Md., on May 8, 1944, after sev-eral months illness. After graduating from
the University in 1913 he went on to theUniversity of Michigan where he received
his degree of doctor of jurisprudence in1915. He practiced in Eugene until 1917
when he entered the navy as an ensign.After the war he returned to Eugene but
was offered a commission by the navy and re-turned to serve for a total of 27 years. He
was recently cited for his work in planningspecial amphibious missions for the landing
in North Africa. He is survived by hiswife, his father, Winsor W. Calkins, LL.B.
'32, and two sisters, Miss Jeannette Cal-kins, '18, and Mrs. Jessie Calkins Morgan,
'11. Services were held in the Fort MyerChapel, Arlington, Va., burial at Arlington
national cemetery.
1914
Perm. Class Sec'y: Frederic Harold Young, 7709S. E. 31st Ave., Portland, Oregon.
Mae A. Norton, '14, owner and managerof the Hollywood Artist Bureau, sent in an
extremely interesting copy of the news let-ter which the bureau publishes. Miss Nor-
ton contracts speakers and programs forevents of all types, shapes and sizes.
Dr. Giles Murrel Ruch, '14, chief of theresearch and statistical service, vocational
division, U.S. office of education, died athis home in Washington, D.C., November
15, 1943. He was nationally known in thefield of psychology, mental measurements,
and vocational guidance. Dr. Ruch receivedhis doctor of philosophy degree from Le-
land Stanford university in 1922 and latertaught in Ashland high school, University
high, Eugene and then the University ofOregon as assistant professor of education.
He is the author of numerous textbooksand of the Stanford Achievement test.
Woman's counselor at Swan Island ship-yard in Portland is Mrs. Florence Avery
Rice, '14.
1917
Mrs. Martha Beer Roscoe (Mrs. Stanley R. Roscoe),1236 J. Street, Eureka. California.
After spending several years with theU.S. forest service in California, Paul E.
Chesebro, '17, is now bookkeeper for theTucker Chevrolet company in Gridley,
Calif.
Thirty-eight University women studentswere capped and received certificates for
80 hours work as volunteer nurses' aides ina recent ceremony in Gerlinger hall. The
graduates have volunteered for an addi-tional 150 hours for the ensuing 12 months.
Girls receive two hours of University creditfor this work.
* * * *
Sigma Delta Chi, national men's journal-ism honorary, initiated five new members
preceding a dinner meeting at the Eugenehotel the last week of May. University stu-
dents, William H. Buell, '45, Will R. Lind-ley, '45, and Norris W. Yates, '45, and two
professional members ?? George E. Hart,city editor, and Roch Bradshaw, wire edi-
tor, of the Eugene Register-Guard werethose initiated.
* * * *
Dorothy E. Godknecht, '46, won theBotsford, Constantine and Gardner adver-
tising agency prize of $40 for the best so-lution of a sales promotion problem through
advertising. The commodity treated in thesolutions was Jan, a Jantzen Knitting com-
pany product. Jenelyn Gaston, '45, won the$25 second prize, and Marilyn Campbell,
'44, won the $10 third prize.
* * * *
The Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity house,near the corner of Alder and 13th streets,
was purchased by the men's cooperativeassociation. Dr. S. H. Jameson, professor
of sociology and advisor to the group,handled the transaction.
The University theater vaudeville unit,comprising about 20 students ? singers
dancers, and actresses, entertained CampAdair soldiers May 22 at one of the post
theaters.
* * * *
Dr. Ralph W. Leighton, Ph.D. '31, deanof the school of physical education, is tak-
ing a sabbatical leave during fall term,1944-45, to do extensive research as an aid
to planning for Oregon's post-war physicaleducation program. He plans to visit all of
the nation's accepted centers of physicaleducation and to study developments in the
field. H. E. Hoyman, associate professor ofphysical education, will serve as acting
dean in Leighton's absence.
* * * *
The Oregon Daily Emerald, edited byMarjorie Major Goodwin, '44, was given
its eighth award as an All American col-lege newspaper, it was announced late
spring term by the Associated CollegePress, Minneapolis, Minn.
1918
Perm. Class Sec'y: Dr. Edward Cray, Miner Btdg.,
Eugene, Ore.Orson V. White, '18, has been pinchhit-
ting as hotel clerk in the Argo hotel, Salem,for the past six months and enjoys seeing
former Oregon students who register.
1919
Perm. Class Sec'y: Mrs. Helen Jean McDonaldMcNab (Mrs. Wm. H. McNab), 81S Sprue* St.,
Berkeley, California.
Mrs. Ruth Montgomery Rustad, '19, sentin her regrets that she was unable to attend
the twenty-fifth reunion of the class of '19this June as the distance from Toledo,
Ohio, to Eugene was a little too far. Shehas lived in Toledo for the past ten years
and has a position with the board of educa-tion there.
Appointed to a five-year term on thestate board of architect examiners in Ore-
gon is Graham B. Smith, '19. He was re-cently named as architect to draw up plans
for the proposed new Eugene high schoolplant, construction of which is due to start
as soon as the war is over. He and Mrs.Smith (Edna Bushman, '24) make their
home in Eugene where Mr. Smith has prac-ticed since 1921.
1920
Perm. Class Sec'y: Mrs. Era Godfrey Banks (Mra.Walter H. Banks) 2231 McMillan St., Eugene. Ore-
gon.
From somewhere in England comes wordthat Lt. Col. Bertrand O. Woods, '20, has
been promoted to his present rank frommajor. In the army medical corps, Colonel
Woods received his medical degree fromRush university, Chicago. Previous to go-
ing overseas he was stationed at LettermanGeneral hospital, San Francisco, and at
Camp Mackall, N.C.
1921
Perm. Class Sec'y: Jack Benefiel, Waldport, Ore.
Opening offices in Eugene is Dr. AlfredB. Peacock, M.D. '21, well-known Marsh-
field surgeon who has practiced there for25 years. A member of the International
College of Surgeons, Dr. Peacock servedas mayor of Marshfield in 1933-34.
1922
Perm. Class Sec'y: Mrs. Helen Carson Plumb (Mrs.Herbert L. Plumb), 3312 Hunter Blvd., Seattle,
Washington.
Promoted from the rank of first lieuten-ant is Capt. Vernon G. Henderson, '22, a
member of the army transportation corps.
1923
Perm. Class Sec'y: Mrs. Aulis Anderson C alia way(Mrs. Owen M. Callaway), 398 Sunset Lane, Glen-
coe, 111.
Palmer Hoyt, '23, was recently electedto the board of directors of the Associated
Press to fill the vacancy caused by the res-ignation of W. H. Cowles, publisher of the
Spokane, Wn., Spokesman-Rezriezv. Hoyt,publisher of the Portland Oregonian, will
fill out the one-year unexpired term ofCowles.
1924
Perm. Class Sec'y: Frank G. Carter, 1530 WillardSt.. San Francisco, Calif.
Regimental surgeon in the navy medicalcorps is Lt. Comdr. Warren E. Page, '24,
M.I). '27, now serving with the marines inthe South Pacific.
OLD OREGON
Charles Koyl-Emphasis on Character
By PEGGY OVERLAND, '45
Winners of the Koyl cup,presented in 1914 by Charles
W. Koyl, '11, have main-tained their campus won dis-
tinctions as men of outstand-ing character and ability.
The story back of the cup,and what has become of the
men singled out by the awardis told here.
BEHIND all the awards and achieve-ment recognitions offered each year
scholarships, fellowships, and other badgesof distinction, lie some unanswered and
interesting questions of origin and whathappened to the winners. What do all the
outstanding students with the cups undertheir arms, medals on their chests, and
scholarships in their hands do after com-mencement calls its roll and sloughs off
its graduating class? And how did it everhappen that some unknown, nimbus-like
benefactor should set up and leave to pos-terity a list of standards which he con-
sidered the composite of an ideal student?Back of every awarding and conferring,
back of all the gilt-edged ceremonies, liethese persistent questions that only get
"curiouser and curiouser" as the years goby and the number of distinguished win-
ners mounts up..
So here are the answers to one mystery?the famous Koyl cup award, which is
presented each year by a committee of thefaculty to that man of the junior class who
is in their opinion, the best all-around man.Since 1914 each junior class has offered up
from its midst a sample of an "all-aroundman" and the behind-the-scenes work of
nomination and selection, and even of theidentity of Koyl himself, have remained
for the most part, a mystery to the studentsand sometimes even to the winner. For
the benefit of those students who have be-come alumni now and for the winners who
have joined the same ranks, here is thestory of the Koyl cup and its illustrious
winners:
IX 1911 there graduated from the Univer-
known on the campus, who reached mostof the students' notice through his inten-
sive, wholehearted work in the Y.M.C.A.,and other religious groups. His name was
Charles W. Koyl and he followed up hisundergraduate interest by taking on the
duties of V.M.C.A. secretary immediatelyafter graduation. In this capacity, he served
several years on the campus, later leavingfor other positions in the same field.
It was around 1912 that he became sec-retary and by 1914 the first Koyl cup win-
ner had been chosen and his name stampedat the top of a slender cup that was in the
following years to be covered front andback with many illustrious names.
"Charlie" Koyl, as he is best known toKarl Onthank, '13, Dean of Personnel Ad-
ministration and a former classmate ofKoyl, was a man most interested in char-
acter ability and development. "He not-iced during his undergraduate years on the
campus," Onthank remarked in an inter-view, "that there were an unusual number
of awards for activity and scholastic abilitybut few for outstanding character. He was
determined to set up some token to beawarded to a student as a mark of distin-
guished character and he was equally de-termined that the choice and selection of
the winner should be left to the studentsand classmates. In this manner he hoped
not only to reward some exceptional stu-dent but also to cultivate among the others
discrimination in character appraisal andevaluation."
How well his wishes have been carriedout, Dean Onthank is willing to testify in
the affirmative. Each year a group of stu-dents, most of them outstanding seniors
with representatives from the other classes,assemble with a faculty representative and
nominate their choice for the outstandingjunior man. These nominations are then
acted upon by a faculty committee whichselects the actual winner from the names
offered. This procedure has been rigorouslyfollowed ever since the award was first
established.According to Onthank, students have un-
failingly exercised good judgment in ap-praising character, and the type of man
they have selected has always fulfilled theUniversity's expectations.
66TTE HAS not always been the mostA A active member of his class, although
he is invariably well-known among the stu-dents, but he has always possessed the
character and personal ability that madehis class proud to acknowledge him," Dean
Onthank said. And a swift perusal of thewinners and their careers in the world
have, for the most part, proven the accur-acy of this statement.
JACK EDWARDS,winner of the Koyl
cup for 1944, poseshere with Phyllis
Horstman, who wonthe Gerlinger cup,
feminine counterpartof the award for men.
Out of 31 winners the largest numberhave entered into the field of newspaper or
public relations work?a total of seven.Included among these are Remey M. Cox,
'22, formerly managing editor of the BendBulletin and now editor and publisher of
a paper and president of the PrinevillePublishing company; Anton Peterson, '31,
who after winning a scholarship in adver-tising at New York university, joined the
staff of the Oregon Journal as circulationmanager; Sterling F. Green, '34, former
Emerald editor and now head of all theAP correspondents and working with the
office of War Information in Washington,D.C.; Malcolm C. Bauer, '35, a major in
the army in Italy and aide-de-camp to Ma-jor General Joyce, formerly city editor of
the Oregonian; Roy Nels Vernstrom, '40,former Old Oregon editor in charge of pub-
licity department of the Marines; Lyle M.Nelson, '41, former Emerald and Old Ore-
gon editor, now in the war department atWashington, D.C. as editor of a technical
publication; and last of all and most recent,Ray Schrick, '43, former Emerald editor
doing some public relations writing for thearmy in Italy.
The next greatest representation falls inthe law field which includes the first win-
ner of the cup, Herbert Lombard, 'IS, Cot-tage Grove attorney who took his J.D. at
Stanford; Nicholas Jaureguy, '17, formerlyamong nine governors of the Oregon State
Bar; Robert Mautz, '26, member of a Port-land law firm; James Johnson, '27, a for-
mer architectural draftsman and now witha law firm in Chicago; Benoit McCroskey,
'28, a pre-law student who did the unusualand stayed out of the field, becoming in-
stead, credit superintendent for GeneralMotors Acceptance corporation in Spo-
kane, Washington; Roy Herndon, '29, whoreceived both a degree in economics and %
J.D., won the Hilton law contest in 1930and 1932, and is now an attorney in Los
Angeles.
T HE medical profession claims two:Dwight Wilson, '19, who was excep-
tionally active even for a Koyl cup winner,having been a varsity wrestler and baseball
pitcher, president of the A.S.U.O. and ofthe State Oratorical association; and Ralf
Couch, '23, superintendent of the Oregon
Medical School. Tied with that field isthe ministry which has Randall Scott, '18,
pastor in the Methodist Church, and RalphSpearow, '24, who was a pastor in the Pres-
byterian Church only for a time, leaving
it to venture through different professionsuntil he is now an investment broker in
Portland. In 1924 he was the pole vaulterfor the United States team in the Olym-
pics tournament.
Most of the others have either privatebusinesses of their own or hold responsible
positions in business offices. Herald White,'20, whose daughter, Abbie Jane, '43, was
president of the campus Y.W.C.A. last year,
is owner of the White Electric company inEugene; Thomas I. Chapman, '21, is co-
owner of the Koke-Chapman Printing com-
pany; Donald Woodward, '25, is very ac-tive in realty, having affiliated with the real
estate business of his father, which he en-tered on graduation, combining it with a
pioneer real estate company in Portland;
George Stadelman, '30 is owner of a fruitcompany in addition to being mayor of
The Dalles and Wasco county directorof the Oregon Alumni Association. Bri-
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TRADITION LIVES ON
Despite the decrease in enrollment andthe large proportion of new students, Ore-
gon traditions are still alive and being car-ried on by the some 1700 students on the
campus. At the left is a group of "lucky"frosh giving the "O" on Skinner's Butte
its annual coat of paint. In the proper andaccepted manner they use the seats of their
pants as the main means of application.Below, Coed Capers, the annual show given
for girls only, is going full stride. This yearthe general theme centered around "Wom-
en Reverse the Universe."
During Junior Weekend, certain tradi-tions are in force and punishment for in-
fringements by the male element is paddlingon the steps of Fenton hall, shown above.
Most offenders are caught for smoking orwalking on the grass on the old part of the
campus. Justice is meted out to the girlson the day of the All-Campus Picnic when
they are unceremoniously dunked in thefountain. To the right is a scene from the
millrace?haunted quite often during springterm by Betty Coeds and Joe Colleges in
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The Welcome Book-Its Purpose
THK new edition of the UniversityWelcome Book, rated as one of thebest of its kind in the country and a
model of many which have been startedsince this one was first published, is just out
in its 1944-45 edition. It is designed to helpnew students yet acquainted with the Uni-
versity of Oregon campus and its workand activities. Through text and ample il-
lustrations it pictures the campus in a fash-ion impossible for such formal publications
as the catalog. After brief introductionsand greetings from the Acting President
and personnel staff, the book describes indetail Freshman Week and getting started
in the University; the process of Freshmanexaminations, the meaning of "Prep Index"
and "Psych Scores," the advisers' confer-ence, getting registered, and the numerous
other affairs of Freshman Week are setforth so clearly that new students who read
this section in advance are saved much ofthe usual confusion.
64T IVING at the University" describesJL> life in University houses and hous-
ing regulations; tells about fraternities, sor-orities, cooperatives, dormitories; tells
what to bring, about social life and rules,and campus clothes. "Costs and Financial
Aids" tells the new student what it will costin some detail and how those who need to,
always a majority on the Oregon campus,can save on expenses and earn part or all
of their education. Young men are told howthey can get the most from the University
before they are called in selective service;or for those who are physically disqualified
for military service, how they can use theirUniversity training toward other important
war service.A new section this year is the one en-
titled "War Work for University of OregonWomen," which tabulates in some detail
the fields and jobs in which Universitywomen now work, where more are needed,
and suggests suitable courses of study andUniversity consultants in each field. A
pamphlet previously published by the Per-sonnel Division and Heads of Women's
Houses giving such information was so
much in demand that on the recommenda-tion of leaders among women students this
section was added to the new WelcomeBook in order to be of most service to new
women entering the University.
STUDENT activities are given consider-the ASUO president and with descriptions
of various activities, athletics, publications,
drama, religious groups, and campus tradi-
tions. "Pages for Parents" is a section add-
ed a year ago for parents of new students.
Part II of the Welcome Book is devoted
to (and paid for by) fraternities and sor-
orities. Since fraternities are now inactive
the section this year is devoted entirely to
sororities and the rushing period which
precedes regular Freshman Week and
gives complete information to girls inter-
ested in rushing period.
The Welcome Book is sent to all new
students on receipt of their high school or
other college credentials. It is intended to
be read prior to arriving on the campus and
experience has shown that it is of much
more value when it is read in advance.
Others interested may secure copies from
the Alumni office or the personnel deans.
EVIDENCING AN AWARENESS of the necessity of a solid background in liberalarts subjects (as outlined in the statement by Dean James H. Gilbert on the next page)
students have filled the 20th Century Literature class until it is one of the largest onthe campus. Class has just been dismissed, and the students are pouring out of Oregon
hall, having completed the last class of the course in which, in addition to reading ex-amples of modern literature, they also learned of the conditions which inspired the
attitudes of modern authors.
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Physical fitness became a byword at theUniversity when the school of physical
education, under Dean Ralph W. L,eighton,revised its service program to more ade-
quately prepare college men and womento meet the physical strains which are the
inevitable result of the quickened life causedby war activity. The program has now be-
come nationally recognized as a valuablecontribution by a university to the nation's
war program.Training for men was enlarged to include
preinduction conditioning; for women acourse known as "basic" was added. These
changes tended to draw the students intophysical activities which provided thorough
development.All intercollegiate sports seemed doomed
in 1943, to a tortured death for the dura-tion?but late spring term (1944) came the
decision from the state board of higher edu-cation to maintain the University's par-
ticipation in intercollegate basketball. Vet-eran Coach John Warren is slated to direct
the 1944-45 hoopsters.In the realm of intramural sports a com-
prehensive program is followed each year.Volleyball, hockey, basketball, swimming,
and tennis are some of the sports includedin the program. The organization of intra-
mural sports for the women is directed bythe Women's Athletic Association.
Health education is a service course re-quired of all undergraduates. In this course,
which varies slightly for men or women, thestudents are thoroughly taught the factors
which lead to understanding the problemswhich confront the average college stu-
dent with relation to the field. Body struc-ture, the problems of individual and com-
munity health, and the scientific principlesof healthful living are particularly stressed.
The course for men is completed in oneterm, while the course for women is re-
quired for three terms. More specializedcourses in health education, emphasizing
even more specific factors, and courses de-signed for the major in physical education
are also offered.
For the major in physical education, theUniversity offers courses either leading to
professional work in physical education andhealth education in preparation for teaching
in these fields, or leading to coaching andhigh school teaching of physical education
and health education.
Liberal Arts at Oregon-Background i
Acting President Orlando John Hollis,"the University may look forward to the
next academic year confident that its essen-tial work will go forward. ."
Dr. James H. Gilbert, dean of liberal arts,"each of the threefold divisions of the lib-
eral arts field were brought into activeservice."
By ORLANDO J. HOLLIS,'26
Acting President
PRESENT indications are that the Uni-versity may look forward to the nextacademic year confident that its essen-
tial work will go forward to the fullest ex-tent possible under wartime conditions.
The University budget for the fiscal year1944-45 has been approved by the state
board of higher education in an amountslightly in excess of the budget originally
provided for the fiscal year 1943-44. Suffi-cient staff members to offer all the essen-
tial courses have been employed for thecoming year. It is not planned to suspend
or close any department, school, or col-lege of the University. Any student coming
to the University next year may expect tofind the necessary courses for the pursuit
of his major course of study.
It appears that it will be possible to pro-vide living accommodations for dormitory
students in regular University dormitorieslocated on the campus. Next year there will
probably be an increasing number of dis-charged members of the armed forces re-
turning to the campus to complete theireducation or coming to the campus for the
first time. Special provision has been madefor the accommodation of these deserving
students.Extracurricular activities for the next
academic year are planned to continueupon approximately the same basis as for
the year just closed. Included will be thepublication of the student newspaper, the
Emerald, the publication of the year book,the Oregana, collegiate competition in bas-
ketball, a series of concerts, and the usualsocial events.
The state board of higher education hasapproved the post-war building program
of the University, including as the first itemon the list of proposed new buildings the
student union building, to be known as ErbMemorial Union building. The actual draft-
ing of the plans for this building will beundertaken in the immediate future.
There is indeed every reason to look for-ward to 1944-45 with confidence.
By DEAN J. H. GILBERT, '03
College of Libert Arts
LONG before the attack on Pearl Har-bor brought the United States into theon preparedness and the prospect of active
service for the majority of men studentshad turned attention to subjects in the lib-
eral arts program that were basic to thewar economy. As was natural, mathematics
and the sciences became centers of inter-est. Fundamental to engineering, ballistics,
communications, radio and radar, and avi-ation, the sciences were found essential to
leadership in the war economy and for of-ficers' training.
With a planned program for studenttrainees in various branches and the coming
of the first unit to the University in May,1943, it was soon seen that other phases of
liberal arts training were essential to thewar economy and the training of selected
students for particular tasks. Their useful-ness and capacity for leadership would de-
pend upon their command of oral and writ-ten English, a mastery of certain foreign
languages, a knowledge of geography, cul-ture and institutions of the territory marked
out for military operations and temporaryoccupation. Thus each of the threefold di-
visions of the liberal arts field were broughtinto active service in preparing men for
the responsibilities of the world's greatestconflict.
Among civilian students, too, the trendwas distinctly toward the liberal arts sub-
jects. The conflict, widespread even to glo-bal proportions, has given us an interest in
foreign lands and peoples, their racial orig-ins, their historical evolutions, and their
cultures, such as no generation of collegestudents has had before. We have come to
realize, too, that any program for an en-during peace must be based on an under-
standing of resources, territorial back-ground, the language, the psychology, and
the institutions of the peace-loving peoplesof the world. In the period of reconstruc-
tion and the new era of peace, the masteryof science, language, literature, and social
science will be essential to those who as-pire to positions of leadership.
SUSAN CAMPBELL HALL, above, andserve women students as dormitories durii
for over 250 students; Susan Campbell is;each suite including a study room, a dr;ssi
in John Straub are arranged to care forporches; accommodations include wide elm
[or Reconstruction
By DEAN KARL ONTHANK,'13
Personnel Administration
THE roster of University of Oregonwomen serving in the armed forces?long and honorable one. Many Oregon
women are in war industries?shipyards,airplane plants, and the like. Here, also, a
surprisingly high proportion, despite thebrief time they have had to acquire experi-
ence, are holding important posts, doing inmany instances fascinating work. The gov-
ernment employs many, especially thoseprofessionally trained, at responsible levels.
Red Cross and USO have substantial num-bers. But by far the larger number is em-
ployed in the less spectacular, less publi-cized, but no less important business of
maintaining at home the quality of life anddemocratic institutions which we are fight-
ing for at the war fronts. The Universitywoman who is teaching, maintaining public
health as a county nurse, doing social work,
Kind John Straub Memorial hall, below, willesaring the next year. The halls offer rooms
ijeiis arranged into suites housing four girls,i ::;ssing room, and a sleeping porch. Rooms
ire for two students, with four-girl sleepingr.
:closets, built in dressers, and study tables.
getting out (sometimes almost alone) thelocal newspaper, even helping to keep the
necessary wheels of business turning, maysometimes feel that her work is a bit pro-
saic compared to that of her uniformedsisters. But if she is doing a good job, she
is entitled to feel that her work is no lessworthwhile?even to have an occasional
thrill of satisfaction at getting some par-ticularly tough task well done.
What about women now on the campus?Although talents, interests, and purposes
naturally vary widely with individuals,there is a prevailing desire to be of service,
to make University experience serve not onlyall the usual purposes of higher education
but also definitely help toward meeting-present needs. Although many enter the
uniformed services on graduation, someeven earlier, and many others go into "war
work," there has been no marked shiftingof class enrollments of women. Most wom-
en have gone on with their fields of normalinterest, in most of which there is urgent
need. But they are interested more thanbefore in learning about needs and oppor-
tunities in the various fields, and morefrequently than before utilize optional hours
to take courses likely to assist in gettingprompt placement at significant work on
leaving the campus.
A year ago the Personnel Division anded in getting out a pamphlet, "War Work
for University of Oregon Women," whichsummarized information on the demands
and opportunities for women in the variousfields of work, suggested appropriate
studies and staff consultants in each field.This was so much used by University girls
that the supply soon ran out. The same in-formation, brought up to date, is now in-
cluded in the new University WelcomeBook.
The fields of work listed as needingwomen and offering attractive opportun-
ities for University women range from ac-counting through business, government
service, health and recreation, medicine andnursing, science and mathematics in many
fields, social work, a great variety of re-sponsible secretaryships, to the Wacs and
Waves?to name only a few of the moreconspicuous headings.
Women in this country still are free to dopretty much as they please. It is encourag-
ing to see so many of them choosing to use'their talents and education intelligently
and purposefully. To reconcile the generaland liberal education wisely desired by
most women with training for a definite andsignificant job on graduation ; or to harmonize
normal (and now often hastened) plans formarriage with employment during the war
emergency is by no means easy. But Uni-versity women are tackling this problem
intelligently, getting the best counsel avail-able, and finding ways to put their talents
to important use. This they see as an oppor-tunity for service, even as a patriotic duty
and?as those who are doing it havefound?also a source of great personal satis-
faction.
By JANET SMITH
Employment Secretary
Today the employment problem is justthe opposite of what it used to be. Now em-
ployers are seeking the workers instead ofthe workers hunting employers. This year
at the University only 13 per cent of the
Dean of Personnel AdministrationKarl Onthank, "the University can
help you to find a place in the wareffort.
men did not earn some part of their way?and 52 per cent of the women were wholly
or partially self-supporting. Odd jobs ofall kinds pay higher wages than ever be-
fore and can be fitted into a busy class timeschedule with little difficulty. Board and
room jobs are plentiful?good stenographicability is eagerly sought. A student may
need to adjust her class work so that shecan fill a half-time job as an office worker,
for most office positions are half-time. Ifa student has excellent health, above aver-
age scholastic ability^ and is willing to workand has enough cash to cover his tuition
and initial expenses (about $100) there isno reason why he or she should not earn
his or her own way through school. It isnot easy but it is not impossible. Never be-
fore has the opportunity for employmentbeen so great. Write to Miss Janet Smith,
Secretary of Employment, for information.
Employment Secretary Janet Smith,"It's not difficult to earn your expenses
?most of the students do."
Getting Acquainted-Federation Aim
By JEAN TAYLOR, '45
THE long famous "hello" spirit of theUniversity has for many years pro-jected itself into the Oregon Federa-
tion, an organization of school-spiritedstudents who want the University ? its
merits and advances, its fun and hard work,its interests and results, its way of life?to
be known to the people of the state ofOregon.
Each year during the spring plans arclaid out so that Oregon alumni, citizens of
the state, and prospective students, maylearn what the University is doing, how it
is run, and what its aims and objectivesare.
The Federation is made up of studentsat the University who are interested, not
only in upping enrollment of the school forthe coming fall, but in seeing that citizens
of the state know about one of their larg-est public institutions.
Under various officers, Jim Frost, '43,Roy Vernstrom, '40, and Les Anderson, '43,
to name a few, the Federation has in thepast placed much of its organizational
stress on a large scale tour of the state eachsummer.
In the past, something like 10,000 mileswas traveled each year by the caravan of
Oregon boosters, and the group has beenmade up of the current Federation student di-
rector and the president of the studentbody, as well as members of the coaching
staff and faculty.What sororities and fraternities are like,
how much it costs to live at school, wherejobs may be obtained, what courses and
degrees are offered?these and a host ofother questions are answered by the visiting
delegation.In conjunction with the tours made by
the officers of the groups, committees areformed in almost every town and city in
the state where there are Oregon studentsor alumni to aid in contacting prospective
students and to give them information onthe school.
EACH year, the large-scale "sell Ore-land at a giant picnic held at Jantzen Beach
park. For grads, for students, for friends ofthe University, it is a "gathering of the
clans," which welcomes new students,shows them some of the Oregon spirit, and
also renews acquaintances and friendships.It is a veritable "old home week" and has
become as traditional with Oregon studentsas Junior Weekend or Homecoming.
Last year, because of wartime exigencies,the Oregon Federation suspended its work.
It was felt that although the money spenton the organization was in every measure
worthwhile, that money could be put tomore patriotic use.
But Oregon students missed the big pic-nic at the end of the summer and the con-
tact with the school which had carriedover, in past years, the three months when
students are scattered and out of contactwith each other and the school. Moreover,
it was found that there was a definite needfor the organization, even in wartime, to
bridge the gap for those high school grad-uates who wish to know about the Uni-
versity.
So again this year, the Oregon Federa-tion will roll into action in the middle of
June.
Under the capable leadership of Gerd
An ^AU Oid'
By ANNE CRAVEN, '45
Chairman of the Campus War Board
MANY students going to college
efforts into something of more imme-diate aid to the war effort. For that
reason, the campus war board wasestablished by the student body ex-
ecutive council. The board consists ofa general chairman and various com-
mittees covering the entire campuswar activities and each headed by a
chairman.
One of the most important activ-ities coordinated through the war
board is the Red Cross, now an of-ficial chartered organization, which
is open every afternoon and Saturdaymorning for those college women
who wish to do their part by rollingbandages so badly needed overseas.
The nurses' aide course also comesunder the Red Cross committee.
Throughout this year large numbersof University women have taken the
course (the University allows 2 cred-its for those completing it) and have
spent long hours helping to fill outthe gaps in the local nursing short-
age, both at the Sacred Heart hos-pital and the University infirmary.
The war board is collecting bondsfor the service scholarship fund to
help servicemen returning to collegeafter the war and puts out special
editions of the Emerald, studentdaily newspaper, for Oregon men
now in the service.
Other important activities includethe frequent scrap drives, the sale of
bonds and stamps, and the agricul-ture aid committee which sends coeds
out to help the farmers stymied bythe help shortage.
These are just a few of the activ-ities carried on by the war board dur-
ing the year. A coed need not feelthat she is of no help to the war ef-
fort when she comes to college. Onthe contrary, the campus war board
offers numerous ways she may helpto bring closer the day of victory.
Hansen, '45, the Federation will resumemost of its pre-war functions.
Miss Hansen, in her three years at theUniversity, has proven herself a school-
spirited and highly capable student. Shehas been a member of Kwama, sophomore
women's service honorary, and Phi ThetaUpsilon, junior women's honorary. Her
hard work and an excellent scholastic rec-ord brought her membership in Mortar
Board, senior women's honorary.
All Gerd's drive, her ability to organize,and her enthusiasm will be put to excellent
use this summer as she swings the Feder-ation on its way.
While the definite itinerary has not yetbeen settled, it is known that a state-wide
tour will be made by Miss Hansen, AudreyHolliday, president of the student body,
and other officials.
Three separate tours will probably bescheduled. One will go to the southern part
of the state. Eastern Oregon, the "highcountry" will be contacted in a later trip,
and the tours will culminate again in Port-land.
Eugene is to be the center of Federationactivities, and information on Oregon may
be obtained by contacting the Oregon Fed-eration, General Delivery, Eugene.
During the course of the summer, MissHansen plans to present colored movies of
the campus and student life. Miss Hollidayhas said that she will endeavor to answer
every question asked, especially as to war-time conditions, living organizations, and
costs. Both student leaders plan to give acomplete picture of the war-time Uni-
versity.
AGAIN this year, the famous OregonAugust at Portland. Plans are already un-
derway for an old-fashioned get-togetherof students, alumni, and Oregon-minded
high school graduates. Oregon studentswant the people of Oregon to know what
they are doing and why they enjoy theirschool so much. It is for that reason that
the Oregon Federation was formed, to givean official stamp on the boosting which stu-
dents give their school.
The organization is alive to the problemspresented in attending college in war-time.
It is also very much aware of the respon-sibilities which confront the coming gener-
ations in time of peace.Underlying the stories of the fun of cam-
pus life, and the academic explanationswhich they will give during the coming
summer to those people interested in theUniversity, will be a very serious aim?to
bring to students the realization of the im-portance of a college education, and the
advantages to be had at the University asequipment in meeting and solving the prob-
lems of the post war world.
For a Better Class of '48
By GERD HANSEN, '45
Federation Director
ARMED with several reels of colored
materials and Welcome Books just off thepress, the Federation delegation will invade
most of the larger Oregon towns duringthe next three months.
The movies include such recent and in-teresting shots as soldier students in the
science labs, inside shots of dormitories,vital war work as carried on at the Univer-
sity and other pictures of various depart-ments.
Most of the active Oregon students allover the state are preparing for a success-
ful summer of Oregon boosting. It islargely due to the efficient work of the city
chairmen and their committees that ourprogram is a success. The alums are doing
their share, too. Active committees are or-ganizing among themselves, sending stu-
dent lists to the federation office, and per-sonally contacting high school graduates
to help them solve their college preparationproblems.
If you know of any student interested inthe University and want to obtain informa-
tion about it address a letter to the OregonFederation, General Delivery, Eugene, Ore-
gon, and your query will receive a promptreply. Thank you for your cooperation. Our
goal is a larger and better informed classof 1948!
GI and civilian students puzzle over an experiment inthe physics laboratory, upper left, and students in Dr.
Dan Clark's history class listen intently to his explana-tion of some phase of United States history, upper right.
Still another aspect of campus life is shown, left, asart students work in sculpture class. Above is a scene of
the campus showing Commerce hall with Oregon inthe foreground. Gerlinger hall, the women's building
which contains the dean of women's offices, Alumnihall, and the women's physical education classes, is
shown below.
Sec. 562 P. L. & R.U. S. POSTAGE PAID
Eugene, OregonPermit No. 20
OREGON offers to you
? Business Administration?Training for leadership in business and industry.
? Education?Professional preparation for entrance into the teaching fields.
? Journalism?Liberal arts as a background and practical experience in pro-
fessional techniques.
? Law?A firm foundation in practice and theory.
? Medicine?Only institution in the Pacific Northwest from which medical
degrees may be obtained, premedical requisites at Eugene, med-
ical study in Portland.
? Music?Equipped for preparing students for teaching, concerts, or pure
enjoyment.
? Physical Education?Both training for entering professional work and ser-
vice courses for fitness and recreation.
? Liberal Arts?Backbone of the University.
Anthropology, biology, chemistry,
classic languages, economics, litera-
ture, speech, drama, radio, geogra-
phy, geology, Germanic languages,
history, mathematics, philosophy,
physics, political science, psychol-
ogy, romance languages, sociology.
? Architecture and Allied Arts ? Technical
training in architecture, interior de-
sign, landscape architecture, draw-
ing and painting, sculpture, art edu-
cation.
On this walk, called "Hello Walk," students must say helloto everyone they meet during the Junior Weekend festiv-
ities Spring term. This is what is termed the "old part ofthe campus," going past Villard and Deady halls, the two
oldest buildings on the campus which now house liberalarts and science, and showing Fenton hall, formerly the
library and now the law school.
JUNE 1944
Alumnae in Uniform
Lt. Hugh B. Muir, '4.1, and PatriciaGray, '44, were married April 20, 1944, in
the First Methodist church of Gainesville,Fla. After graduating from Fort Benning
early this year, Lt. Muir was assigned toCamp Blanding, Fla., and is now stationed
at Camp Atterbury, Ind. The couple areliving in nearby Franklin, Ind.
The wedding of Miss Flora Burkhardtand Arthur W. Erfeldt, '39, was an event
of April 30, 1944, at the home of the bride'sparents in Portland.
Married in Portland on May 6, 1944,were Jean Brice, '46, and Lt. Harold P.
Jackson, '44. For the present Lt. Jacksonis stationed at Camp Roberts, Calif.
Miss Betty V. Sherman, '45, became thebride of PFC Harold L. Kirk, '42, on Feb-
ruary 27, 1944, in Eugene. They will maketheir home in San Pedro, Calif., as Private
Kirk is stationed at nearby Fort MacAr-thur.
St. Michael and All Angels' church inPortland was the scene of the wedding of
Pearl L. Buckler, '41, and Lt. Elved M.Steele, '40, on May 29, 1944. Lt. Steele has
just returned from duty in the PanamaCanal zone with the army air forces. They
will live in Miami, Fla., temporarily.At a simple ceremony read the evening
of March 6, 1944, Miss Jean Goldsmith, '44,became the bride of Lt. John D. Raster,
U.S. army medical corps, of St. Paul, Minn.Dr. Kaster is stationed at Barnes General
Hospital in Vancouver, Wn.An event of April 22, 1944, at Westmin-
ster Presbyterian church in Portland, wasthe marriage of Norma Jean Poland, '43, to
Lt. James H. McKain, U.S. army, of Taf*,Calif.
One of the season's prominent weddingsin Eugene was that of Barbara Huntington,
'47, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A.Huntington, '24, to Lt. John Clayton, Jr.,
of Philadelphia. Dr. Leavitt O. Wright of'the University read the marriage ceremony
in the First Congregational church the eve-ning of March 4, 1944. Lt. Clayton is sta-
tioned at Camp Adair, Ore.From Del Monte, Calif., comes news of
the wedding of Miss Zoe Littlefield, '46, andLt. Hershel Rodney Taylor, '45, on April
19, 1944. The couple visited in Eugene be-fore going on to Alliance, Neb., where Lt.
Taylor will be stationed.Announcement has been made of the
marriage of Miss Joan Dilson, of Los An-geles, to Lt. Comdr. William R. Curry, '39,
U.S. navy. The wedding was an event ofMay 21, 1944, in Westwood Community
church, Los Angeles. The bride is a mem-ber of Alpha Gamma Delta at the Univer-
sity of California. Commander Curry re-turned recently from 19 months of service
in the South Pacific and is reported to bethe youngest lieutenant commander in the
U.S. navy.Miss Nina R. McCulley, '42, and Lt.
Melvin H. Cleveland, U.S. army, were mar-ried at Fort Winfield Scott, Calif., on Feb-
ruary 7, 1944. Mrs. Cleveland is librarianat Sandy high school and will continue her
teaching while her husband is on activeduty.
A recent bride is Elene L. Douglas, '42,whose marriage to Sgt. Robert T. Nelson
of Silverton was an event of April 19, 1944,in the First Christian church in Eugene.
Mrs. Nelson is supervisor of public schoolmusic in Ashland, Ore., and Sgt. Nelson is
now stationed at San Luis Obispo, Calif.
New York City was the scene of the
RECENTLY COMMISSIONED
an ensign in the Spars, Phyllis
Thurston Gardner, '39, while on the
campus was a member of Kwama,
the co-op board, and Kappa Alpha
Theta. Prior to entering the service,
Ensign Gardner was a radio con-
tinuity writer connected with sta-
tion KOIN KALE in Portland,
Ore.
An increasing number of Oregon alum-nae are entering the service to help fill
posts left vacant by Oregon men now fight-ing on all fronts overseas. Last reports in-
dicated that close to 200 former coeds arein the service. Newest recruits to the ranks
of the Waves include the following: MaryT. Brugman, '41, Pi Beta Phi, who has com-
pleted her indoctrination training and hasbeen assigned to the Link trainer instruc-
tors' school at Atlanta, Ga.; Eva BettyBurns, '41, of Oak Grove, Ore., former
clerk for the Metropolitan Life Insurancecompany of Portland; Jean Morrison, '45,
Kappa Alpha Theta, at present completingher training at the Waves indoctrination
school at Hunter college, New York; BettyM. Rodgers, '45, former employee of the
First National Bank in Portland; PatriciaAnn Lynch, '41, Pi Beta Phi, who has been
assigned to the Waves' yeomen's school atOklahoma, A. & M. college, Stillwater,
Okla.; and, Judith Eccles, '46, also at Hun-ter college.
Waiting for orders to report for trainingin the Waves are Margaret E. Ott, '44, and
Elizabeth K. Hill, '37, both of Eugene.Miss Ott was employed at the Y.M.C.A.
wedding of Miss Marie Bastron, '44, andStaff Sgt. Webb Tilton, of New Hamp-
shire, on May 24, 1944. Mrs. Tilton wasprominent in the Portland Civic theater
before her marriage and Sgt. Tilton was amember of Fred Waring's glee club before
entering the service.
and the University Employment officewhile on the campus. Miss Hill is a member
of Alpha Chi Omega, Gamma Alpha Chi,advertising honory, and was active on the
Emerald staff.
Veterans of almost a year's service inthe Wac are Pvt. Joan Seavey, '39, and Cpl.
Marjorie G. Suit, '43. Pvt. Seavey is nowserving in the peninsular base section of
the command group in Italy and spent sometime in North Africa. Recently promoted
to corporal, Miss Suit is in the personnelsection of Camp Grant, 111. Her father is
a Japanese prisoner of war, having beencaptured in Bataan.
On active duty with the Waves is CarolBoone, '44, hospital apprentice first class,
at the naval hospital at Corona, Calif.After completing her indoctrination work
at Hunter college, she was assigned to theadvanced hospital corps training school at
the naval medical center at Bethesda, Md.Two members of the army nurse corps
were recently home on leave in Eugene,Lts. Helen Curry, '42, and Jean Yunker,
'43. Lt. Curry is stationed with the armyair corps at Hammer Field, Calif., and is
the sister of Lt. Comdr. William R. Curry,'39, naval dental corps. Lt. Yunker recently
completed her training as a flight nurse atthe Bowman Field, Ky., school of air evac-
uation.Recently promoted to the rank of lieu-
tenant (jg) in the Waves is Mrs. EllamaeWoodworth Naylor, '38. She is stationed in
San Francisco and was recently in Port-land on leave.
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OLD OREGON
The Old-Timers Came Back
(Continued from page 2)
MRS. Barry Eastham (Edna Luckey)
again for the group her thrilling days inChina, where she and her husband spent 35
years, until their return on the Gripsholm,after having been in a Japanese concentra-
tion camp at Tientsin. She told vividly ofthe hardships, bringing out realistically the
cruelties of the Japanese. She told, how-ever, with some relief, of two Japanese who
actually were kind to them?One arrangedfor the Easthams to see their daughter,
married to an Englishman, before they leftfor home on the refugee ship and another
who allowed a prisoner to disregard theJap-made rules and keep two large photo-
graphs of his family.
Mrs. Eastham recalled how, in the depthsof the unhappy days under Japanese camp
regimentation, there would flash into hermind a lesson learned in Dr. Henry D.
Sheldon's logic class?that the pursuit ofhappiness is a losing game and that happi-
ness really is a sign of a job well done. Theclass of 1904 reported 30 per cent of its
full membership resent, with six out of 30,and 37% per cent of the 16 living members.
Otto W. Heider, Sheridan lawyer pinch-hitting for Vernon T. Motschenbacher,
Portland insurance man, unable to makethe trip to Eugene, had himself a good time
with some statistics?according to whichhalf of the Fourteeners were of Phi Beta
Kappa calibre. He himself had a key, but,he explained, it was the key to the base-
ment. He reported fourteen of the 1914group here for the reunion.
When Georgia Benson Patterson, '24,wife of Paul Patterson, signed her registra-
tion card she put four thick lines under theidentification housewife?perhaps one for
each of the children. Her home duties havenot put her out of touch with her group
or the campus, and her remarks about herstudent days had the flavor of recency. Her
husband, silver-tongued law student in hiscollege days, has just been nominated by
the Republicans for state senator from theHillsboro district. She pointed with pride
to Claude Robinson, student-body presi-dent in her graduating year, who is now \
national figure in the polling of public opin-ion a la George Gallup, but claimed for her
group in general only that they were goodaverage people, only expressing the hope
that the general average is a little higherbecause of the 1924's. Having been com-
plimented twice, ten years apart, by Dr.James H. Gilbert for her brevity of expres-
sion, she expressed the desire to make itthree times as she moved away from the
mike.
Frances Johnston Dick, representing the34's, promised as the permanent secretary
of the class, that her group would put theother classes to shame with the size of
their postwar turnouts for such events asthis. Now the boys and girls of that group
were up to their necks in the war and waractivities?or short of transportation.
Marilyn Campbell, president of the Asso-ciated Women Students this year, didn't
let anyone overlook the exploits of thewomen in running things, on the campus
as well as off, while so many of the menwere away at war. Speaking for the class
of '44, almost all of whom are girls, she ex-pressed the determination to back up the
boys, to bring them home sooner: "we arenot going to let them down."
T HE luncheon was over before some of
alumni luncheon realized that the redoubt-able class of 1913 just hadn't been heard
from throughout the proceedings. This wasunusual. Karl Onthank was there, and An-
drew Collier of Klamath Falls, but CarltonSpencer wasn't, and neither was Ed Bailey,
so the old teamwork was missing'. Therewasn't as much as a yip out of any thir-
teener, not even after the fourteeners had
OLD TIMERS, indeed are these two members of the class of 1894, PaulBrattain, center, and Waldo Davis, right, who were the representatives
of their class at the annual University luncheon during Commencementweekend. Lynn Parr, '17, president of the Alumni association, is at the
left.
been so completely ballyhooed. "It's thewar," of course. With peace?and more gas
?this group, which has never denied itspre-eminence in everything that makes
much difference, will find its voice again.
T HE luncheon brought together a lot
years.Miss Ida Patterson, graduate of 1886, re-
tired Eugene teacher, apparently repre-sented the earlier class was a member at
the luntheon.Mrs. J. B. Caldwell (Robert Schuebel,
Oregon City), of the class of 1919, was re-called by some of the old-timers as the first
winner of the Gerlinger cup as the best all-around woman in the junior class. Some-
one recalled that the next year's winnerDorothy Duniway (Mrs. Paul M. Ryan of
New York), had to be waked up at hometo appear at the Junior Prom to receive
the cup.Larry Cook, Portland insurance man,
and Raymond L. Porter, Benson Techteacher, both of the '24 class, reminisced
about the Harvard-Oregon football gameon New Year's day of 1920, when they
cheered for Oregon at Pasadena, and Chan-cellor Hunter recalled going down from
Oakland with a crowd of Californians whorooted for Oregon, almost pulling the game
out of the fire for the Webfoots. Just an-other yell might have done the business,
but the boys were hoarse by that time.Brig. Gen. Condon McCornack, retired,
of the class of 1901, was among the distin-guished alumni present. The general, who
is a grandson of Dr. Thomas Condon, Ore-gon's pioneer geologist, is the son of an-
other distinguished graduate, Mrs. EllenCondon McCornack, 78. He is now a resi-
dent of Eugene.When Melba Williams Hannah, a 1919er
from Vancouver, Wash., registered she putan exclamation mark after the identifica-
tion housewife (!). A niece of the late Pro-fessor Frederic S. Dunn, she is remem-
bered by old-timers for a gift that justifiedthe name Melba?she was the outstanding
soprano of her undergraduate group.Henry Fowler, a fourteener who was
prominent in campus journalism, a memberof the late Dean Allen's first classes, shook
quite a lot of hands. Henry has achieveda big place in Oregon journalism as asso-
ciate editor of the Bend Bulletin underJudge Robert W. Sawyer.
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JUNE 1944A
Having heard amusing comments concerning a letter received byDean Lawrence of the school of architecture and allied arts from
one of his AAA alums, the editorial staff of Old Oregon investigated.The letter proved interesting as well as amusing, so the staff detoured
its policy of printing letters received at the office and offers insteadthe following excerpts from Lt. Jack Casey's ('40) letter:
DEAR Dean Lawrence, W.R.B., M.A.H.,etc.:
Our voyage (overseas) took 43 days andwas a world cruise. We crossed the equa-
tor twice?the first time I was given theregular Navy initiation from a Pollywog
into a Shell Back?and I've got the scarsto prove it. This might not sound important
to you but I'm also a "Golden Dragon,"which is not a Chinese Tong?but is a
mystic order of those who have crossed theinternational date line. Now if I can only
get into the Elks I'll about have hit every-thing.
Our first stop was Wellington, N.Z.; wedidn't get off the boat but we did get "4th
class leave," which to a sailor means watch-ing the shore with field glasses.
Next stop was Melbourne, Australia?there we did get off?and my first big event
was (sissy) a quart of?of all things?milk?incidentally the last I've had in 13
months.
Australia is very much like the U.S. ex-cept people talk a little different ? have
funny money, drive on the wrong side ofthe street?and have big charcoal burners
on their cars in lieu of gasoline.
The main diversion on the boat was try-ing to figure out the various denominations
of the strange money that got into variouscrap and poker games.
After a while we ran into Bombay?wealso ran into a whale (so help me) on the
way?he (or she) got lodged cross wiseon the bow and the ship had to back up to
shake it off?(honest, it's the truth).
You can smell Bombay long before youcan see it, and the smell grows correspond-
ingly worse the closer you get. We werethere about four days and the closest I got
to the Taj was the Taj Mahal hotel?thetown's biggest. The Taj itself is in Delhi or
New Delhi (where's Fletcher) although Ihad to correct a couple of my men who
were writing home that they saw the realthing.
The "travel book" beggars and snakecharmers, as well as the "Gharies" (horse
drawn carriages) were all present.
The things to see were the Hanging Gar-dens, which iveren't hanging ? but were
beautiful, formal English gardens ? allkinds of topiary (or is that bee culture)
work. A thing that caught my eye was theburying ground of this sect called (I be-
lieve) "Peiceo" which did not believe inburying people?they just laid them out in
a 100 foot deep "well" about 50 feet wideand allowed the birds to eat them. So con-
sequently there are hundreds of scream-ing, wheeling vultures, kites, and other
birds flying about.
INDIA is the only spot I've been which
dier to get a bargain. I bought my wife astar sapphire for one-third of the $150 it
was valued at in Portland.
Next stop was Cairo?On the outskirtsof Cairo is Helliopolis (City of the Sun),
which was built in 1923 and thus is amaz-ingly modern?the town is totally compris-
ed of the most "modernistic" buildings yojcan imagine?it outdoes Frank S. Wright,
himself. Bombay also has a new sectionof this type.
Now, allow me to completely demoralizeyou by taking you to the Pyramids with
me. We drove out in our truck?you can goby bicycle or tram (if you don't mind lice).
They are about six miles out of town?right in back of numerous bill boards and
road houses?and across the road from theMena house (of Churchill and F.D.R.
fame). I wasn't disappointed in the size ofthem as many were?as I did not expect the
Empire State building. The stones arehuge?about five feet high. You can't see
the Sphinx till you walk around the GreatPyramid?and when you come upon him
?his?or her?back is turned?as she isfacing the east.
The Sphinx' nose is missing?accordingto legend Napoleon's troops used her for
target practice?if that's true they musthave been better marksmen than Rommel,
as he couldn't even hit Cairo. Near theSphinx is the ruins of a temple, all with
the "lotus columns" just like the books say.Halfway up the middle of the Great Pyra-
mid (facing the Nile) is a long, low, pas-sageway (I have a permant stoop from it)
which ends in a bare room in which is ablock of stone on which the mummies used
to be. The mummies are now in the Cairomuseum, which is closed for the duration.
NO TRIP to the Pyramids is completewithout a camel ride (they say) so, not
to be outdone by millions of other touristsI succumbed?not craving the long walk
back. Brave me?I chose the biggest andhighest (and meanest, I found later) camel
of the bunch?I should have taken one ofthe many beautiful Arabian horses there?
or at least one of the four feet high burros?so I could have paddled my feet in the
sand as we went.A camel in repose is a peaceful looking
thing ? lying there, dozing, chewing hiscud, so I cautiously inquired the price; and
the Wog said 5 piasters (20c)?cheap athalf the price, so I bravely climbed on. No
sooner had I hit the seat than the camelstarted clambering to his feet. The only
way this can be done is by jumping (I swearit) to his hind feet first?which flings you
forward impaling your stomach on the twofoot "saddle horn"?and then springing
onto his front feet, which almost throwsyou off backwards and adjusts a few ver-
tebra in the bargain. There I was hangingon for dear life at least 25 feet in the air?
and the Wog started shouting for hismoney. I explained in my best Arabic that
I had enough to do to stay on top let alonedig down for the fare. After a few thou-
sand words of this when I did dig out the5 piasters?he hollered, "no"?he wanted
15 piasters. I screamed for Allah and hol-lered to let me down. So with much beating
about the head, the camel lurched down-ward?this time impaling me in reverse
order. Consequently, after much animateddialog, the Wog said another fellow and I
could ride up the hill together for 10piastros.
This time the saddle fitted a little tighter,but the height was no less. I was smart; I
got on in back and let the other fellow getthe wind knocked out of him. My better
judgment told me we would never makethe hill?but the neck and spine adjust-
ment was worth the price of admission. Aquarter of the way up (with the Wog club-
bing the beast on the head at every step?I thought the camel was doing nobly) he
led our camel across the path of anotherone. Well, it must have been mating season
or something, for our ship of the desertstarted lurching about?with me half sea
sick already! So, between all that and thekeeper's shouts and blows, and the bellow-
ing of the camels, our camel got a littleperturbed?and started to crane his neck
around to bite things. The closest "things"were the four legs hanging down both sides
(again I was glad I was behind) belongingto us "sheiks." A camel's teeth are a couple
of inches long?at least?and a horriblegreen color. Then and there we were both
finished with camels?so they beat him tohis knees again and we piled off.
On reading the above chatter, I find whatstarted out to be a letter has evolved into
a plot for Walt Disney. Gosh, it took menine pages just to get to Egypt?and that
leaves all of North Africa "unexplored."Regards to all,
LT. JACK CASEYc/o Postmaster, N.Y.C.
Pioneer Professor Dies
(Continued frtom fage 3)In addition to a number of Oregon social
and civic societies, Dr. Rebec belonged tothe National American Philosophical asso-
ciation, the American Academy of PoliticalScience, the American Association of Uni-
versity Professors, the national economicleague, Phi Beta Kappa, Theta Delta Chi,
and the Quadrangle club, University ofMichigan.
His only surviving relative is his daugh-ter, Mrs. Robert Van Nice, who was witli
him at the time of his death. His wife, theformer May Lowell, died in 1938. Follow-
ing funeral services at which Dr. ErnestG. Moll of the Department of English de-
livered the eulogy, Dr. Rebec was buriedMay 22 at Rest Haven memorial park.
Editing Theses Honored
Four graduating seniors in journalismare participants in the T. Neil Taylor prize
for the best pieces of investigative editingsubmitted annually in the University school
of journalism. Jean Wallace won $40 forher topic, "The Future of Germany." Win-
ners of $20 each were Margie Robinson"Emergent China?The American View-
point;" Mrs. Marjorie Goodwin, "PostwarCity Planning with Special Reference to
Eugene;" and Carol Greening, "Finland inCrisis."
The prize has been awarded annuallysince 1<>4() by T. Neil Taylor, Oakland, Cal-
ifornia, businessman who was graduatedfrom the school of journalism in 1931.
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(Continued from page 6)
Capt. Howard L. Richardson, M.D. '40,is one of the doctors of a station hospital
treating battle and medical casualties atone of General MacArthur's New Guinea
bases. Captain Richardson went on activeduty as a medical officer in August, 1941,
and was stationed at Barnes General Hos-pital before going overseas in June, 1942.
Award of the distinguished flying crossto 1st Lt. Axel Peter Slustrop, '44, has
been announced by ninth air force head-quarters in England. He was cited for "ex-
traordinary achievement while serving asa co-pilot on a B-26 airplane on twenty-
five bombardment missions over enemy oc-cupied Europe." Lieutenant Slustrop has
previously been awarded the air medal withthree oak leaf clusters.
Recent commissions include that of Don-ald E. Selby, '44, commissioned an ensign
in the USNR upon completion of a three-month course in navigation, seamanship
and gunnery. Roy W. Grice, '45, Robert j.Fugit, '4d, and Vernon Kelly, '44, recently
received commissions as second lieutenantsfrom the Eagle Pass, Texas, flying field.
Hal Kelly, '45, has gained his silver wingsand commission as a pilot in the army air
forces.1st Lt. Kathryn J. Felter, Wac, '34, has
reported for duty with the transportationcorps at the New Orleans Port of Embark-
ation of the army service forces. She willserve as assistant classification officer. Prior
to entering army service in April, 1942,Lieutenant Felter was in the trust depart-
ment of the Valley National Bank, Phoenix,Ariz. She received her commission in Jan-
uary, 1943, following graduation from offi-cer candidate school, Fort Des Moines,
and since that time has been on duty atWashington, D.C., and Daytona Beach,
Fla.Arthur M. Clark, '33, has recently been
promoted from major to lieutenant-colonelin line with his duties as staff officer of an
AAF B-17 Flying Fortress wing headquar-ters in Italy. A graduate of the University
of Oregon law school, Colonel Clark wascalled to duty as a reserve officer in 1940
and went to England as a captain in Feb-ruary, 1942, thence to North Africa and
Italv.
MISSING IN ACTION
Listed as missing in action by the war de-partment is First Lt. John A. Raffetto, Jr.,
'42, who was last heard from in the Mediter-ranean area. Lieutenant Raffetto was active
in Scabbard and Blade and ROTC activitieson the campus. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. John A. Raffetto of Klamath Falls.
Sgt. Richard B. Hutchison, '40, a memberof the Royal Canadian Air Force, has been
reported missing in action overseas sinceJanuary 23, 1944.
Missing in action after a bombing raidover France, is Lt. John W. "Bill" Dye, '45,
who was co-pilot on a B-25 bomber. Hehad previously completed his 13th mission
successfully. His wife, the former PhyllisBrodie, '44, is living with her parents in
North Bend, Or.
Second Lt. Fred A. Kreml, '40, has beenreported missing in action in the Mediter-
ranean theater in a recent dispatch fromthe war department. While on the campus
Lieutenant Kreml was president of Camp-bell Co-op in 1938-39.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Currin of Pilot Rock.Ore., have been notified that their son, First
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Lt. Ralph Currin, '42, is missing in actionin the Mediterranean area. His brother,
Lt. Robert W. Currin, '42, is with the armyair forces technical training command.
GOLD STAR ALUMS
Three new gold stars have been addedto the huge service flag in Johnson hall hon-
oring Oregon's war casualties, bringing thetotal number killed in action to 76.
First Lt. Harold Stevenson Riley, Jr., '44,has been reported killed in the European
theater sometime in April according to awar department dispatch. No details of his
death are known. Lieutenant Riley, pilot ofa P-47 Thunderbolt, was recently awarded
the oak leaf cluster to the air medal formeritorious service in aerial flight over Eu-
rope. His squadron provided escort protec-tion for heavy bombers over Germany.
While on the campus, Riley was a memberof Kappa Sigma fraternity. He is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Harold S. Riley, Sr., ofPortland.
Killed in a plane crash at Pocatello, Ida-ho, on May 24, 1944, was Second Lt. Wil-
liam L. Frager, '39, when a pursuit plane hewas flying went out of control in landing,
crashed and burned. Lieutenant Frager wasa member of Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity,
Skull and Dagger, Alpha Delta Sigma, andFriars. He was active in campus affairs and
was junior weekend chairman in 1938. Hiswife, the former Elizabeth Davis, was at
Pocatello at the time of his death whilehis young son, Larry Neil, born February
14, was with Lieutenant's Frager's par-ents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Frager of Al-
bany, Ore.First Lt. Charles Van Scoyoc, '40, has
been killed in action on the Anzio beach-head in Italy according to word received
by his wife at Orting, Wn. A member ofSigma Alpha Epsilon, Lieutenant Van Sco-
yoc had been in the service since the sum-mer of 1941. Besides his wife he is survived
by his five-months-old son, Stephen, andhis parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Van
Scoyoc.
Student Union?
Memorial to Dr. Erb
(Continued from page 5)purpose of the poll was merely to obtain an
idea of what the students wanted.
Since accommodations for visiting alum-ni are being included in the plans for the
building, it is the desire of the committeeto discover what services and facilities
would be most useful to such visitors. Inorder that alumni and men in the service
who will return to school may have a voicein deciding what the Erb Memorial Union
will contain, a similar ballot is beingprinted in this issue of Old Oregon.
Koyl Emphasized
Fine Character
(Continued from page 8)
an Mimnaugh, '32, is on the sales staff of a
bond sales firm in Portland; Robert M. Hal),
'33, who was A.S.U.O. president, is now man-
ager of an important department in the
Kaiser company at Portland; William O.
Hall, '36, holds an important office in the
Federal Budget bureau department in
Washington, D.C.; and Zane Kemler, '39,
formerly bookkeeper and office manager
of the Public Service company in Portland
is now with the McDonald Candy com-
pany in Eugene.
All the remaining winners have been
taken up by the army and here also they
have distinguished themselves. Delbert
Bjork, '37, who signed on graduation with
the Chicago Bears, national professional
football team, was recently decorated for
gallantry at Attu; Tony Amato, '38, was
placed in an army training unit after work-
ing in the League codification bureau at
Portland; Robert S. Lovell, '42, is with
the army, making army equipment; and
William J. Moshofsky, '44, is in fighter
training. The only member of the list who
is dead is Leslie O. Tooze, '16, who was
killed in the World War in 1918. The latest
winner of the Koyl cup is Jack Coleman
Edwards, '45.
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JUNE 1944
News of the Classes With LAUREL GILBERTSON, '44
1924
(Continued from page 7)A letter from Mrs. Edna Thornber Ad-
kins, '24, brings us up-to-date on her activ-ities for the past few years and also sev-
eral other alums. Mrs. Adkins traveleda good deal before the war with her engi-
neer husband and they have now settled inPortland where he is connected with the
army engineers. They have one daughterand three sons. While in The Dalles she
met Mrs. Adelaide White Wray, '22, andMrs. Marian White Callihan, '22, whose
husbands are in the drug store business.Also at The Dalles was Bertha Atkinson,
'24, who has since moved to Washing-ton, D.C.
Members of the class of '24 present forthe 20th reunion of the class included Mrs.
Mildred Braaten Archibald, '24, from Cor-vallis, Mrs. Alice Tompkins Fee, '23, of
Portland, wife of Judge James A. Fee, whocame down to celebrate with Ruth Knee-
land, 24, of Eugene, Mrs. Freda MowreyCowling, '24, and Henryetta Lawrence, '21,
both of Portland. Mrs. Cowling is women'sactivity editor of the Oregonian.
1925
Perm. Class Sec'y: Mrs. Marie Myers Bosworth
(Mrs. Harlan P. Bosworth) 544 Conger Ave., Klam-
ath Falls, Ore.A recent visitor in the office was Gordon
E. Wilson, '25, district supervisor for ShellOil company in Portland. Mr. Wilson, a
member of Alpha Tau Omega, was a var-sity football player in 1923-24 and recalled
a good many of the players of his day. Heand his wife (Ruth E. Corey, '28) are liv-
ing in Portland.
Lt Comdr. James E. Buckley, '25, M.D.'28, navy medical corps, is in the adminis-
trative branch of the amphibious trainingcommand with the Pacific fleet. He is a
former Portland physician and instructorin surgery at the University of Oregon
medical school.
1926
Perm. Class Sec'y: Mrs. Anna DeWitt Crawford,
(Mrs. Wm. J. Crawford), Yeon Building, Portland,
Oregon.Lloyd L. Hockett, '26, former Salem
chiropractor, is a pharmacist first class withthe navy somewhere in the South Pacific.
1929
Perm. Class Sec'y: Mrs. Luola Benge Bengtson(Mrs. O. Hilding Bengston), 203 N. Peach St.,
Medford, Oregon.With the aero medical department of the
army air forces at Orlando, Fla., is Lt. Col.Roland F. Marks, M.D. '29.
Chief registrar at the base hospital atWilliams field, Chandler, Ariz., is Lt. Mi-
chael Francone, '29. Lieutenant Franconeis a member of the medical administration
corps and recently was promoted to hispresent rank. He was married to Miss Tess
Lindell of Salt Lake City on March 15.
Head of the newly created psychology ofaviation department at the University of
Tennessee is Dr. Robert Y. Walker, '29,M.A. '30. Dr. Walker is a former instructor
of psychology at Ohio State University.He and Mrs. Walker (Myrtle Baker, '25)
are living in Nashville.
1931
Perm. Class Sec'y: William B. Pittman, Jr., Box
187. Exeter, California.Capt. Orrin Richard Hess, '31, M.D. '33,
is in the army medical corps stationed atCamp Kohler, Sacramento, Calif. He prac-
ticed in Roseburg, Ore., previous to hisarmy service.
Mr. and Mrs. James Alan Wickham, '31,(Golda Parker, '31) have both resigned po-
sitions on the Portland school staff andare accepting positions at Eugene high
school. Mrs. Wickham has been dean ofwomen at Lincoln high in Portland for the
past three years and has been president ofthe Portland Dean's association for two
years. Mr. Wickham is a former instructorat Benson Polytechnic high in Portland.
1932
Perm. Class Sec'y: Mrs. Hope Shelley Miller (Mrs.Robert T. Miller), Logansport, Indiana.
Sgt. Carroll D. Watson, '32, is in a com-bat engineer battalion in England where
he has been stationed for five months. Oneof his best friends, Percy Bergerson, '32,
is a chief mate in the merchant marine.Bergerson was married in June 1943 to
Florence Woughter, '31, in San Francisco.Florence is employed by the U.S. veterans'
administration at Ft. Miley.
Parents of a son, Robert Nelson, bornon May 5, 1944, are Mr. and Mrs. Robert E.
Holmquist, '32 (Thelma Nelson, '33). Mr.Holmquist is inspection supervisor for Boe-
ing Aircraft in Seattle. They also have adaughter, Julie, who is two years old.
A bride of April 16, 1944, was Miss CarylM. Hollingsworth, '32, whose marriage to
George C. Dickson, U.S. army, took placeat the Mount Tabor Presbyterian church
in Portland.
1933
Perm. Class Sec'y: Mrs. Jessie Steele Robertson(Mrs. George H. Robertson), St. Francis Apts., 526
N. W. 21st, Portland, Oregon.
On the staff of the dermatology sectionof the army medical corps is Capt. Robert-
son L. McBride, '33, M.D. '37. At presenthe is stationed at Fort Ord, Calif., after
completing a three year residency at Buf-falo, N.Y.
Overseas with the army medical corpsin the European theater is Capt. David M.
Harris, M.D. '33.Promoted from the rank of first lieuten-
ant is Capt. Merle G. Fischer, '33, in thearmy air corps.
At a ceremony at the Trinity Episcopalchurch in Portland on March 16, 1944, Miss
Mary Lee Carter, '33, became the bride ofDr. Knox H. Finley of Santa Ana, Calif.
They will make their home in Oswego,Ore.
Director of Eugene's fifth war loan drivebetween June 12 and July 8 is L. Clifton
Culp, '33, local realtor. He will surpervisethe drive in Eugene and Lane county.
1935
Perm. Class Sec'y: Pearl L. Base, 5732 N. E. Inter-
state, Portland. Oregon.
Clarence C. Codding, '35, football manof the early 30's, was back on the campus
with his wife, Helen Binford, '34, for thereunion of the class of '34. Clarence, a for-
mer head of the alumni association, is acamp manager for Oregon Shipbuilding in
Portland.
1936
Perm. Class Sec'y: Ann-Reed Burns, 2566 S. W.
Vista, Portland, Oregon.
Earl L. Bucknum, '36, is a chief specialistat the naval sub base, New London, Conn.
Capt. Clyde H. Koontz, '36, has beenpromoted from the rank of first lieutenant
in the adjutant-general's department in
Washington, D.C.On the campus for commencement this
year were Mr. and Mrs. William O. (Bill)Hall, '3d, (Jayne Bowerman, '37) who came
down to see her sister, Sally '44, graduate.For the past few years Bill has had an impor-
tant post with the bureau of budget inWashington, D.C. but expects to receive
his call for the navy by the first of July.He has a commission as an ensign in the
naval reserve.Walter E. Thrasher, '36, died in Corvallis,
Ore., on April 30, 1944, after being takenill suddenly. Mr. Thrasher was instructor
in the Glide high school, near Roseburg,Ore.
1937
Perm. Class Sec'y: David B. Lowry, HighcrottOrchard, Anderson Rd., Ashland, Oregon.
Announcement has been made of themarriage of Dorothy M. Wilkinson, '37, to
Sgt. Milton H. Brower, the wedding beingan event of February 1, 1944, in Chicago,
111.
Announcement has been made of thebirth of a son, Vincent Ernest, on May 6,
1944 to Lt. and Mrs. Paul W. Howell, '33,(Margaret Reynolds, '37).
1938
Lt. George H. Corey, '38, has spent al-most three years in Alaska and is now hop-
ing to come out soon for further training.His wife, the former Joan Hoke, '41, lives
in Pendleton.
Dr. Richard L. Sleeter, '38, is interningat City hospital in Salt Lake City after
graduating in December from the Wash-ington University medical school at St.
Louis, Mo. He and his wife, (IsabelleMiller, '38) are living in Salt Lake City.
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News of the Classes
1938
(Continued from page 21)Capt. Frank C. Prime, Jr., '38, former
Salem dentist, now a member of the armydental corps, has been notified of his pro-
motion from first lieutenant to captain.Capt. Prime has been in the service since
November 1942 and is stationed at the ad-vanced two-engine pilot school, La Junta,
Colo.
1939
Perm. Class Officers: President Harriet SarazinPeterson, 1123 S. W. Whitaker, Portland, Oregon;
Jean Holmes, Harry Weston, Mary Elizabeth Nor-ville, Wally Johansen, Zane Kemler, Elizabeth Stet-
?on, Hal Haener, Ruth Ketchum.
Capt. Edwin J. Welsh, '39, has just re-turned to the states from Alaska where
he had twenty-three months of active dutywith the army. He is now stationed at
Camp Carson, Colo.
1940
Perm. Class Officers: Phil Lowry, Medford, Oregon;Secretary, Roy Vernstrom; Rita Wright Stackhouse,
Marge Van Matre, Alyce Rogers Sheetz, LeonardJermain, Ann Frederickson, Scott Corbett.
Announcement has been made of themarriage of Shirley Chadwick and Capt.
John C. Koppen, '40, on March 5, 1944 inPhoenix, Ariz.
Mr. and Mrs. Benson Mates, '41 (LoisOnthank, '40) are the parents of a daugh-
ter, Maureen Ann, born on April 29, 1944,in Portland. Grandparents of the new ar-
rival are Dean and Mrs. Karl W. Onthank,'13, (Ruth MacLaren, '14).
Announced by the war department isthe promotion of Major Knox Parker, '40,
from the rank of captain in the army a;rcorps.
1941
Perm. Class Officers: President Bob Keen, 3143 NE18th, Portland; Secretary Majeane Glover Wersch-
kul, Lloyd Sullivan, John Cavanagh, Bill Ehrman,Tiger Payne, Grace Irvin Glang, Barbara Pierce,
Betty Buchanan.
Dr. Byron F. Royce, '41, M.D. '43, willbe resident in medicine at the Alameda
county hospital in Oakland, Calif., for thecoming year. He has spent the last year
as an interne at the same hospital.Mr. and Mrs. Edgar C. Averill, '40,
(Jeanne Nasser, '41,) are the parents of adaughter, Leslie Jeanne, born in Portland
on May 2, 1944. This is.the Averills' firstchild.
An event of April 22, 1944, was the mar-riage of Miss Joanne Riesch, '41, to Sgt.
Oscar F. Clarke, of Colton, Calif. The wed-ding was held in Westminster Presbyterian
church in Portland. Maid of honor for hersister was Nancy Riesch, '43, who came up
from San Francisco to be present. Thecouple are living in Medford as Sgt. Clarke
is stationed at Camp1 White and Mrs.Clarke is junior hostess at the camp.
A recent graduate of the medical fieldservice school, Carlisle, Penn., is Lt. Owen
G. Miller, '41, M.D. '43. He is now quali-fied for field duty with the troops and has
been assigned to Camp Upton, N.Y.
Of interest to alums and campus friendswas the marriage on April 4, 1944, of Carol
H. Nelson, '41, and Major Scott S. Corbett,Jr., '41, at Westminster Presbyterian
church in Portland. Major Corbett has justreturned from overseas duty with the ma-
rines in the South Pacific and they arenow living in San Diego, Calif. Mrs. Cor-
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With LAUREL GILBERTSON,'44
Scott Corbett, '41, now a marine ma-
jor, returned after two years in the
South Pacific. (See news notebelow.)
bett was a member of Kappa Alpha Thetaon the campus while Major Corbett was a
member of Phi Delta Theta, Friars, andpresident of the junior class.
Mrs. Aileen Guy McNett, '41, has beenawarded a scholarship at Radcliffe college,
Mass., for one year in personnel training.Mrs. McNett was secretary of the school
of journalism on the campus for three yearsbefore going east in February. Her hus-
band, Lt. (jg) Arthur K. McNett, '43, isattending the navy's supply reserve corps
school at Harvard.
Serving an an ambulance driver with theAmerican Field Service on duty with the
British troops in the India sector in RobertC. Simmons, '46. In the Africa-Italy area
is Fred E. Quale, '41, also with the British
troops. The field service is made up mostlyof men who have been rejected for active
military duty and is a volunteer group.Back in the states after seeing a great
deal of action in North Africa, Sicily and
Italy, is Lt. Lloyd W. Beggs, '41. Duringthis time he was literally blown up when
the jeep he was in ran over a German minein Sicily. After spending ten weeks in the
hospital he got back into active duty only
to land back in the hospital after being-strafed by German planes while fighting
in Italy. At present, Lt. Beggs is at CampCroft, S.C.
A veteran bombardier-navigator in theMediterranean theater is Lt. George M.
Rolander, '41, who recently received hispromotion to the rank of first lieutenant.
He is with the oldest medium bomb group
in that theater and in 16 months of combatthis B-26 Marauder group has shot down
116 enemy fighters and carried out morethan 4,000 sorties against German installa-
tions.
1942
Capt. Charles K. Richardson, '42, hasbeen notified of his promotion to that rank
in the army air corps. He is serving over-seas in the Mediterranean area.
Recently promoted to the rank of cap-tain at the army service forces depot, Sa-
vannah, Ga., was Edwin M. Wheeler, '42.
First Wave from Oregon to be giventhe rating of classification specialist, sec-
ond class, is Alice B. Jacobson, '42, now onduty at the Waves indoctrination school at
Hunter college, New York. Prior to navyservice, Miss Jacobson was an interviewer
for the United States employment servicein Portland and previous to that was a
school teacher at Raymond, Wn., and atGaston and Mehama, Ore.
Announcement has been received hereof the birth of a son to Rev. and Mrs.
Charles Devereaux, '40, (Edith Paris, '42)in Columbus, Ohio.
A marriage of interest to campus andalums is that of Hope M. Hughes, '42, and
Lt. (jg) Elmer C. Pressman, '43, whichtook place in Eugene on May 11, 1944. Lt.
Pressman has just returned from a year'sduty as a pilot with the Atlantic fleet. They
are at home in Norfolk, Va. at present.Maxine Hansen, '42, and Lt. Clifton Vol-
storff, '42, were married May 17, 1944, atthe Wee Kirk O' the Heather in Glendale.
Calif. The bride's only attendant was Mrs.Joseph Stein, (Jean Talboy, '44); and Capt.
Jack Cosley, '41, U.S. marine corps, wasbest man. Lt. Volstorff has just returned
from the South Pacific theater where hewas navigator of a B-24 bomber. He re-
cently received the air medal for success-fully completing 50 missions. The couple
is now living at Walla Walla, Wn., whereLt. Volstorff is on duty as a navigation in-
structor at the air base.
Recently promoted from second to firstlieutenant in the army transportation corps
was Thomas W. Holman, '42, former pass-enger agent for the Union Pacific railroad
in Portland. He is on duty at the San Fran-cisco port of embarkation, Fort Mason,
Calif. His sister, Lt. Elizabeth Holman, 36,is an officer in the Wac.
Censorship has been lifted enough in theMediterranean area for Ensign Donald C.
Daniels, '42, to tell us that he took part inthe African campaign, Sicilian and Salerno
invasions and has been to the Anzio area.He has been overseas for over a year now
and is anxious to get back to "Old Oregon."
1943
Perm. Class Officers: President, Ray Packouz; Sec-retary, Nancy Lewis; Board: Al Larsen, Marge Dib-
ble, John Busterud, Wes Sullivan, Don Treadgold.
Doing a good deal of volunteer entertain-ing for service men and women in the Se-
attle vicinity is Ruth J. Merritt, '43, throughthe civilian volunteer defense of the Se-
attle War commission. Utilizing the train-ing she received at the music school on the
campus, she plays the piano and sings forthem?often a complete request program.
Bates-Portland Garage
R. C. BATES, Telephone BEacon 8129
Sth and Salmon Sts. Portland, Oregon
JUNE 1944
News of the
Classes
1943
(Continued from page 22)
The wedding of Miss Marylee Fry, '43,and William E. Snell, '43, was an event of
March 25, 1944, in St. Paul's Episcopalchurch in Salem. Mrs. Fry is the daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Fry and Mr.Snell is the son of Governor and Mrs. Earl
Snell, all of Salem. The couple will maketheir home in Portland while Mr. Snell is
completing his work at the University ofOregon medical school.
A recent bride is Miss Nancy Jane Lewis,'43, whose marriage to Ensign Robert F.
Moller, '43 was an event of March 21, 1944,in Portland. Ensign Moller recently grad-
uated from the naval reserve midshipman'sschool in New York and is now on active
duty at New Orleans, La.
A recent visitor in Eugene was EnsignAbbie Jane White, '43, who is in the Waves
at Boulder, Colo.
Dr. and Mrs. Blair Holcomb, '17, of Port-land, announce the marriage of their daugh-
ter, Shirley, '43, to Ensign William J.Smith, Jr., U.S. navy. The wedding was an
event of April 16, 1944, at the Church ofthe Madeleine in Portland.
From somewhere on a destroyer in thePacific comes word from Milton J. Gardner,
'43, storekeeper first class, in the navy, thathe is the proud father of a baby girl, Lynn
Mary, born on April 3, 1944, in San Fran-cisco. Mrs. Gardner is the former Helen
Mullen of San Francisco.
1944
Married in the Church of the Madeleine
in Portland on December 27, 1943, were
Mildred L. Larsen, '44, and Veryl R. Alex-
ander, '45. The couple are living in Portland
while Veryl is attending dental college un-
der the army training program.
Parents of a daughter, Molly Sue, are Mr.
and Mrs. Warren D. Lomax, '41, (Shirley
Seavey, '44). The baby was born in Eugene
on May 3, 1944, and is the grandchild of
Prof. A. L. Lomax of the business admin-
istration school on the campus.
Lt. Bernard J. Somers, '44, is ill in a
hospital somewhere in India. He is in the
quartermaster corps in that area.
Lt. Uly Dorais, '44, a recent visitor on
the campus, is now attending an eight
weeks administration course at the adju-
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1007 Willamette Eugene, Oregon
tant-general's school at Ft. Washington,Md. He is permanently stationed with the
air transport command at Rosecrans field,St. Joseph, Mo.
Returning to active duty after a 30-dayleave is Lt. (jg) William P Wygant, '44,
who has been in combat service as a pilotwith the Pacific fleet in the Alaskan the-
ater.
1945
Parents of a daughter, Catherine Jean,born April 30, 1944, in Columbus, Ga., are
Lt. and Mrs. Walker M. Treece, '42 (JeanSchuler, '45). Lt. Treece is stationed with
the army in Georgia.
At a double ring ceremony in Alexandria,Va., Miss Harriett Noyes, '45, and Lt. Don-
ald H. Campbell, '43, were married on April26, 1944. Lt. Campbell is stationed with the
marines at Camp Lejeune, N.C., and Mrs.Campbell will live in Washington, D.C.
Present at the wedding were Lt. (jg) andMrs. Dwight Caswell, '43 (Helen Ray-
burn, '45).
1946
Miss Janet Bean, '46, and Lt. B. KingMartin, '46, were married in the chapel of
Trinity Episcopal church in Portland onMarch 25, 1944. For the present they are
making their home in Seattle.
Members of a combat engineer battalionof the 104th division, better known as the
"Timberwolves," are PFC William D.Cramer, '46, Pvt. Roy R. Seeborg, '45, and
Pvt. Merling E. Nelson, 43. Formerly atCamp Adair, Ore., this outfit now special-
izes in demolitions, mines and booby trapsat Camp Carson, Colo.
Waiting to go to midshipman schools onthe first of July from U.C.L.A. are Henry
L. Doeneka, Jr., 46, Robert B. Westover,'46, Allan E. Littlefield, '46, and William L.
Ordway, '45. They will receive commissionsas ensigns in the naval reserve sometime
in November, 1944.
Major Akers Dies
In San Francisco
Major Wayne M. Akers, '22, prominentEugene business man, died at the Letter-
man hospital in San Francisco on Monday,June 5, 1944. He had permanently injured
his health several months ago in a trainingaccident and according to reports from the
Presidio his death was due to despondencyover ill health. Major Akers was finance
officer at Letterman hospital and sinceMarch 31 has been a patient there. Prior
to entering the service he was assistantcashier and a director of the First Nation;:l
bank in Eugene. A member of Beta ThetaPi on the campus, he was a member of the
Eugene Gleeman, the Eugene Lions cluband the American Legion post here. He
is survived by his wife, Mrs. Alice TitusAkers, '25, and two children, Peggy and
John, all of Eugene.
Army Pays $600,000
Army auditors of the ninth service com-mand, Ft. Douglas, Utah, have completed
the auditing of the contract between thearmy and the University of Oregon and
have signed the contract approving pay-ment of approximately $600,000, according
to J. O. Lindstrom, University businessmanager. The contract covers the period
June 14, 1943 to June 30, 1944 and includesrent of institutional buildings, dormitory
buildings and four fraternities, instruc-tional costs, professors' salaries, supplies,
rental of equipment, messing, housing, costof operating the physical plant used by the
trainees, and medical service. At the pres-ent time there are 47 pre-med students left
on the campus.
The University bought $6,000 worth ofequipment from the army, including 129
fluorescent lights, two refrigerators, cafe-teria unit, ice-cream cabinet, electric mixer,
and miscellaneous items.
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What
110 million
? During 1943, Union Oil Company
took in 110 million dollars from the
sale of its products. But at the end of
the year, the people who own the com-
pany (and there are more than 31,000
cf them) wound up with just 4%% of
this in dividends. What happened to
the rest?
2 Well, the largest single share, 34V2
million dollars, was paid out for
the raw materials from which we manu-
facture our finished products. The next
largest, 24V2 million, went to Union Oil
employees who got approximately $5.21
in wages and salaries for every $1.00
that went to the stockholders.
*? Another 14 million went for depre-
ciation of tools, oil fields and equip-
ment?all of which have to be replaced
as fast as we "wear them out." 13 mil-
lion went for materials, supplies, re-
search and other expense. 8% million
was spent in transporting our products
to our customers.
J34V4 million
U'A million
14 million
13 million
t'A million
Raw Materials
Wages t Salaries
Depreciation
Materials, Sup
plies, etc.
Transportation
{6 million s
4'A million Dividends
2V4 million
1'A million
1 million
Surplus
War Contingency
Fund
Interest
M 6 million was paid out to local, state
and federal governments in taxes.
Interest charges took another 1 million,
and 1% million was put into a wartime
contingency fund we've had to set up
because of abnormal operating condi-
tions. The last 2^ million was plowed
back into the business.
JE That left just 4V2 million to be paid
out in dividends to the 31,37.5
Americans who own Union Oil ?an
average of $148.73 per stockholder.
Since these stockholders financed all the
oil wells, refineries,service stations, etc.,
without which we simply couldn't do
business . . .
? ... this seems a reasonable enough
" return. For the only alternative to
this private financing of American indus-
tries would be government ownership,
which would eliminate the freedom of
the individual, the efficiency of a free
economy, and that all-important human
i ncentive?competition.
UNION OIL COMPANY
OF CALIFORNIA
AMERICA'S FIFTH FREEDOM IS FREI ENTERPRISE
Thos: desiring more complete information on the material in
this advertisement may refer to the formal Annual Report to
Stockholders and Employees which we will gladly furnish on
request. We would also appreciate any comments or sugges-
tions. Write: The President, Union Oil Company, Union Oil
Building, Los Angeles 14, California.