Cut5 of Fame us Oregon Trackman Keeps Journalism Fountain Sprouting ‘Chick1 Rosenberg Once Mighty Pole Vawlter Loses Glory of Yore By WILFRED BROWN f How the mighty have fallcu! It was only a matter of four or five j ears ago that the gentleman jn the ail, joining cut trotted out onto Hayward field and was greet ed by the cheers of the thousands seated there. He poised his slender pole, ran gracefully up to the stand ard.-',, and vaulted 'neatly over the bar, surmounting it by inches and winning* the acclaim of. the spec ‘JTitors. •• • | The next "day his face appeared in I half the newspapers of the state, and this particular picture proudly graced the ltt-*3 edition' of the Ore gana. Hut now, how different. The youth’s name is Wister Ros enberg, who was popularly known as ‘(thick” when he starred for Ore gon in track. The nicknames came I about in this manner: Students who met the genial pole vaultrr on the campus would greet him with a “Hello Wister,” and from “Wister” easily derived | “ Wix'sle;1,” after the well-known I sauce. From this, some one applied the name “Rooster” to the Oregon track man, and of course “Chick” I naturally followed. But all this is past for “Chick” Rosenberg. No longer do all stu dents greet him with the cheery "Hello Chick,” as of vore. He, or ait least this cut of him, reposes to (fhy in the hallway of the Journal ism building, is seen by hundreds of students every day, and is' un noticed. Oregon’s one-time mighty pole vault cr now spc.-ov/ tiis rin-s» j>iiig oiitMi tlio faucet of a drink ing fountain. Professor Camden Resigns Art Position: Will Go to Cornell Hurry Camden, associate proi'es : in- in sculpture, luis received uu offer of :i high increase 'in salary l>y the Cornell university in New 'I’ork as an instructor there for next year. j\Lr. Canulcn has been an instruct or at the University of Oregon for t\V0 years, before which he was'a student at the Beaux Arts in Home, lie is now regarded as one of the most promising voting. American sculptors. His work, while here at Oregon, has been highly praised by national authorities. It is greatly admired by both professors and students on this campus. Mr. Camden plans to exhibit some of his work at the National Sculptors’ exhibition in San Fran cisco next month. Too Busy To Come Down Town? Give Us a Ring WE WILL DELIVER YOU A TYPEWRITER EITHER ON RENTAL OR PURCHASE Or li' Yon Have a Machine That's Not Working, We Will Fix It Up ami (live You a Substitute While We Are Doing It OFFICE MACHINERY & SUPPLY CO. 1017 Willamette St. Phone 118 On the Screen Action! Dfaiua ! Double Bill TODAY and Saturday ON THE STAGE Three Chapter NOVEL - T presented by Manhattan Players ■ ■ HALSTEAD STREET' MA * I N EE and NIGHT No Advanc: in Admission IS. L. Bossing to l ill Fcst Left by Sicferl Committee Seeks Successor For lleury W. Davis j Dr. N. L. Bossing, professor of i odui’iition, was chosen to fill n va cancy on the bonnl of United Chris-1 j ti.'in work nt a meeting which was ! held Wednesday evening at the An I ehorage. Mr. Bossing will succeed j John B. Sicfert, who recently went I to California for his health. I Tie.' work of finding a successor J to the place of secretary of United I Christian work on the campus. I which was left vacant when llenrv \"V. Davis resigned, lias been turned I •over to a joint committee composed of members of the board and stu- 1 j dents. Monikers of the committee io j elude: Walter Meyers, Dean Carpen ter, Karl Onthauk, Lawrence Miteli I elmort1, Hal Anderson and Don j ! Campbell. I _ I Elisabeth Crisell Will Decorate Dance Hall - i | When the merry-go-round of col-, i lege gaities resumes its whirl spring! I term, Joe College will have a new, dance hall to which ho can take his lady love. It will be u pale green place, in the back of the College Side. On the walls will ho black silhouettes—! trees that liang dioopiug and pretty I women to coquette wit It* handsome ! j men. These silhouettes are to be drawn ' ! by Elizabeth Crisell, sophomore, who] I drew the ones for the Kappa I | Alpha Theta formal. Emerald Copy Desk Has Signs of Spring j — ' I Airs. Wiggs in the Cabbage Patch! I story knew spring was here—just' ; because she smelled it in the air. j | The Emerald office knew it yes I terdny. Not because the sky was i blue, or the (lay balmy, or not be J cause any of the co-ed reporters blossomed out in cream-colored o.\-; fords an.d write dresses. They knew it — jnst because aj little bunch of violets in an ink- j well perched chirpilv on the eopv j desk. Let Aggies Luss, and Utah Queen9 But at Oregon He-Men Are Piggers! By BUBBY BBiU H.'ii k in the dark ages of tile Uni versitv of Oregon's history, when it was situated on the outskirts of the city of Eugene, and taadeiu bicycles were the approved collegiate mode of travelling; when peg top trousers and woolly rough-necked sweaters were all the rage for the rugged males, and pompadours and at least three petticoats were part of the equipment of the less rugged fem inine students, our hero, whose name will lie concealed for various rea sons, when the shades of dusk were eat le ling, would mount his gallant and trusty wheel and disappear into the wild country that was loeated somewhere south of the city. Ilis fraternity brothers, so the story runs, grew abnormally curious as to the destination of their way ward brother, so a group of then; followed him one evening. O at in the still night .they went, on through the gloaming, till the\ retie lied a farmhouse several miles from the portals of the Alma Mater. There, to their amazement and in tense grief, they saw our doughty hero, sealed on a pigsty, amorously gazing nt the moon with his fair lass, and sighing profoundly - amid the medolious noise of the grunt ing, contented pigs. Wildly his friends wended their way home, with the report that “X's” seeret had been found out: lie lind been "pigging” as they termed it. The story found il's wav into print, and from then on its use became more and more popular with the students and soon was the accepted term for men who culled steadily on fe male. members of the university. Mon hcanio "piggers,” and went '•pigging,” until the words got sue* a strangle held on the mind*; of slu donts that in 1!>(»!», the staff of the “Midnight Donut,” nil official paper published by a group of sin dents, that would print all tlio scan dal and underhanded acts of stu dents fvhielf were denied space in the Emerald, started a campaign In do away with the obnoxious words. I hey slated ” that the words •piggor’ and ‘pigging’ have made the University of Oregon notorious in tlio world Of slang,,” and an at tempt was made to make them ob solete. lint did they succeed.’ Evidently Underw ood & Elliot For that picnic lunch dome in and look over our line of home-made pastries, pickles, and olives—jams and jellies—cheese, cold meats, and salads. i Phone 25 13th and Patterson MANHATTAN 1 “COCKTAIL hianc/sfM^chard Arlen-Paul Lukas A PASAMOimT PICTURE rr SEnfs V 11 Oswald V . Thc Lucky Ji . . i y’?u“'1 oy'.P?WCm»i •' a£j oil jjovvcrcc/; not, l'or uga'.u ’.it lt;“.~, thi' Fmerald -‘.■'”(•<1 ;i riproariug :iml grandioso I'witi'sl to lift the i';im|His of tIn* pestilent word. A grand prize of five dollars uns offered the |«>r,son tinning in a name that could lie •substituted for 'pigging.' A name war turned in, yea, but that’s about .all the good it did. ''.Inning" was that word. College men with sheikv complexes never, ne'er, were supposed to go pigging any more, oh no, they went .Inning, oh d' ar me. _ lint somehow the he-men o Oregon still ‘pigged.’ Another go:t | old Oregon tradition remained act against the invasion of pro gross. Our friendly enemies at tin Ore gam State Agricultural college,0 is ■ co i^iv made brothers by a stab law, go 'fussing;' and the rolleg iatt Joe's at the t'niveisit’y o ■ t I. h always ‘queen.’ Fastidious students here daintily turn up tlieir noses at our old standby expression, lieeause it is, oh so CRl'OK and I'N ■ It I'lFl X I'll), you know, and it sounds so SIjOI’I’Y, and they are all in favor of doing away with it. A very troublesome word this “pigging,” and eludes all efforts at squelching it. It still has ardent supporters who maintain that it has personality, and is typically Oregon, and furthermore the old, ean|pus would not be the same if it disap peared. The war between the two factions has been waging for years, and a sneaking notion prompts that it will continue to wage heartily in the future with many casualties ( u each side. Rut in the meantime, Oregon men are “piggers”; Joe Col lege “pigs,” Sue Sorority, and it’s debars to pesos that Vic Wetzel goes "pigging” tonight. I niversity Orchestra To Leave for Portland I'ovl y-i'ijjht people, including l"> members of the university orchestra, Kex l:mlenvoo(i, director, Mrs. I'm!' twooiI as clia peron, Ronald J’.i!:m M, assistant -graduate mana ger, (.ml Clareme Field, orchestra manager, will, leave Saturday morn ing for 1’ortland, where they will play an entire week at tlu Portland t heater. Ready for EiiSltr? • ho::! Seelug These ° XT 1 * e w » Charming modes for evcfyope — and every need. Sports coats, need. 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