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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 11, 1929)
TODAYS WEATHER Oregon: Cloudy, with showers in west portion Friday. Saturday probably rain; moderate south and southeast winds on coast. Mavimuin temperature . 6!) Minimum temperature .. 35 Precipitation .04 NUMBER 8 \ MOTHER somber shadow has joined the march of the ghosts. The frosh parade has reached the twilight of its exist ence, and resonant whack of pad dles along with the chant of the ^ paraders will hang in the skele ton closet of “has beens.” Intel ligence certainly tells us that it is best that this tradition should go. It has been a misfit for sev eral years. It is our sentimen tality that breathes the sigh. We were ruthlessly treated and would not want the experience repeated, and yet . . . we're glad we went through it . . . college seemed to be in the making. However, sen timentality can give way to intel ligence, and if the ne^ scheme carries the color and glamour of the frosh parade without the phys ical discomfiture, then the change must be for the best. * * * ^OME of our worthwhile or k ganizations are so taken for jl granted that we fail to give grateful acknowledgment. A few years ago the Oregon Knights were given the difficult task of assuming the responsi bilities of all the defunct and decapitated service organiza tions. The pioneering process was hard, and criticism was plentiful. With very little back ground in experience and even less encouragement, this ambi tious group set out to solve the problems of meeting teams at trains; ushering; assisting in registration; and the hundreds of other tasks busy groups were so willing to push off on them. They have performed their task so well and efficiently that we no longer appreciate their vital necessity to the A. S. U. O. We see them at every function, and expect them to be there. Certainly there is no organiza tion on the campus that per forms more real honest-to-god t labor with less thanks. * * * JF YOU want to take an intellec tual jaunt ... if you wish to add to your cultural self . . . may we suggest the exhibit of modern photographic art now on display in the little art gallery of the school of architecture and allied arts. You don’t have to be an artist to appreciate this excellent and worthwhile feature ... its beauty and expressiveness need no explanation. Find a little time to go vagabonding . . . follow the flagstone walk . . . the reward will be a delightful half hour. ■y^HILE all the various student committees are busy decid ing things, will someone please solve, once and for all, which one of our various songs is THE alma mater song? We are aware of a change a few years ago in which “The Pledge Song” was official. The tendency has g been of late to observe “Mighty Oregon" as the song of songs. We haven’t any argument to advance on the merits of either. However, we should like to know when we stand and when we don’t ... or is that tradi tion to have an alma mater song passing too ? SOCIAL WORKER LEAVES Margaret Creech, assistant di rector of the school of social work in Portland, is on leave of absence doing graduate work in the Uni versity of London. She expects to secure her Ph. D. degree before re turning to Portland. I Homecoming To Be Bigger Event This Year Says Chairman HALL IS NAMED Committee Chief Requests Co-operation in Its Undertaking ‘Ah in Needed,’ States £ ird in Making oointnient Keith 3 Marshfield, was yes terday a! ^ >d chairman for this year’s Ht ling by Tom Stod J dard, pres ^ if the A. S. U. O. Hall is a ^ in the school of •usiness admin Keith nail sirauou, auu nas Deen a member 3f Homecoming i committees for | ;he past three : ears. In announcing lis choice, Stod dard said, “The position of Home coming chairman this year is go ii n g to require the services of t h e most able man on me campus. wu mi basis I have chosen Keith Hall to fill the position. His record in college has been of the highest caliber, exemplifying in every case his ability to assume full respon sibility and to achieve signal suc cess in the work assigned to him.” Large Crowd Expected Homecoming week-end will fall on November 15 and 16. On the afternoon of the 16th Oregon will clash with Oregon State at Hay ward Field for the football su premacy of the state. This an nual classic always attracts a ca pacity crowd, and it is expected that the game will be an attrac tion which will help to make this year’s Homecoming the greatest ever held in Eugene. When reached by phone last night and questioned regarding his plans, Hall said, “As the univer sity grows each year, the duties of the Homecoming chairman be come greater and more difficult, and I realize that I have a hard job ahead of me, but knowing the spirit that now prevails upon the campus, I feel confident that the whole university will co-operate with me in making this year’s Homecoming Oregon's greatest.” Hall Experienced In addition to his three years’ experience on Homecoming work of past years, Hall has taken part in many other branches of student activity. Two years ago he was president of the sophomore class. During his junior year he was a district chairman of the Greater Oregon committee and business manager for the canoe fete. At present he is vice-chairman of the Greater Oregon committee and a member of the rally committee. • Hall will spend several days in selecting the committee heads for his Homecoming directorate, and will probably have his choices ready for announcement about the middle of next week. Advance signs indicate that a record-breaking crowd of alumni will pour into Eugene for the two days of Homecoming. Advance ticket sales for the game are so (Continued on Page Two) Mrs. Ben Hooper Declares Unity Is Necessary to World Peace J By WARREN TINKER A SILVER - HAIRED woman * stood before members of the International Relations club last night and proclaimed the phi losophy of the world today in terms of world peace and broth erhood. Mrs. Ben Hooper, na tionally known leader in Inter national Relations, was the speaker. “War is an emotion. Wars are made by governments; not by people. Yet people must be driven mad before there is war,’’ stated Mrs. Hooper. Again and again she sought to emphasize that point; that people at war are mad, regardless of which ^ side they are on. "The next war of international importance ! ends our civilization,” she said. ‘‘It is just plain cowardice for us not to look the situation in the face.” Students of many nations sat listening to Mrs. Hooper as she spoke with quick, dramatic phrases of the closeness of hu man relations today, of the fact that ‘‘our thinking is 50 or 100 years behind the times.” "The most encouraging thing at present, I think, is the fact that our president, Mr. Hoover, and the prime minister of Eng land, Mr. MacDonald, are sitting across .he table from each other, discussing the problems of international peace,” she said. The diplomatic letters often cause difficulties because (Continued on Page Three) Committee on Music Plans to Find New Song Selection of New Hymn to Be Followed by ‘Song Week’ for Practice Freshman to Sing Pledge Song at Saturday Game Plans to make singing: of uni versity songs and band music play a larger part in the develop ment of pep and spirit at the foot ball games this fall were laid at a meeting of the music commit tee held yesterday afternoon. This movement will get under way at the Willamette game Sat urday afternoon. Just before the start of the game the band will parade the field and then halt be fore the rooters’ stand to accom pany the singing of “Mighty Ore gon.” Between the halves the "Pledge Song” will be used in the freshman induction ceremony. Competition Planned In order to develop enthusiasm for the singing idea, a competition will be held in the near future for new songs which will be more suitable for mass pep singing than those now in use, according to Kenton Hamaker, chairman of the music committee. It is' hoped that such a competition will re sult in the composing of some such song as the “Bow Down to Washington” which has made our northern rival so well known about the country. Definite plans for the competi tion and members of a managing committee will be announced in a few days by Hamaker. The se lection of new songs will be close ly followed by a campus-wide “Song Week,” the object of which will be to familiarize the students with the songs by intramural sing ing competition and other means. Committee Formed Members of the music commit tee, which is fostering the drive are, in addition to Hamaker, John Stark Evans and George Hopkins of the school of music faculty; “Doc” Robnett, assistant graduate manager; J. H. Stehn, director of the band; Joe Freck, band mana ger; James Dezendorf and Flor ence McNerney. Godfrey Snaps Jumper in Drop From Aeroplane Pictures to be Shown on Regular Register, McDonald Reel Very unique motion pictures of a parachute jumper in action were obtained by George H. God frey, director of the university bureau of public relations, at the opening of the new Springfield flying field last Sunday afternoon. Godfrey was taken up in a plane by Major Gilbert Eckerson, president of the Eckerson Flying school, owner of the new field. One of the stunts of the afternoon was a parachute jump made from a height of 4000 feet. Major Eckerson followed the jumper in his plane from this al titude to within 100 feet of the ground, circling round and round him while Godfrey took closeups of the descent. These pictures will be shown on the regular Register-McDonald news reel which will be featured tonight and tomorrow at the Mc Donald theatre. LAIRD TO ATTEND O.A.C. CONFERENCE Eugene Laird, forensic mana ger, will represent the University of Oregon at a conference at Cor vallis this Saturday. The conference which is of the executive committee of the inter collegiate oratorical association of Oregon, will decide on questions for debate between schools in the state of Oregon and also will take care of the annual business of the association. Wins Honors In the national rifle matches held at Camp Perry, Ohio, last August, Harvey Wright, senior in the university, tied for third place. He was also individual high point shot in the K. O. T. C. here last year. I Soph Committee And Order of ‘O’ Decide Class Garb Dark Grey Whipcords Are Chosen as Official Trousers Silver-grey Pants Must Go At End of Term No longer shall the burning question of what the well-dressed sophomore man shall wear below the belt vex the campus. A com mittee appointed by Jack Stipe, president of the sophomore class, met yesterday with the Order of the O and Tom Stoddard, presi dent of the student body, and an amicable settlement was reached. Sophomores fortunate enough to have purchased whipcords of a i dark grey color may wear them for the remainder of the school year. The lighter, silver-colored whipcords may be worn for the remainder of the fall term, but af ter the beginning of the year their owners will wear them at their own risk. The committee appointed by Stipe, Wednesday evening, includ ed Phil Hammond, chairman, Chet Knowlton, and Dick Jennings. This committee agreed with the viewpoint of the Order of the O men that whipcords should not be worn at all after this year. Steps will soon be taken to make “mole skins” the permanent sophomore garb after this year, according to George Stadleman, president of i ! the Order of the O. I WOMEN INVITED TO DANCE All women students who do not ; I have a regular place of organiza- J tion where they may take part in ; ! open house Saturday night are j asked to come to the Y. W. bunga | low for the annual campus event, Gracia Haggerty announced yes terday. Unique Party Planned For Frosh Women ‘Get Wise’ Affair Big Event Oil Fall Term Social Calendar ESTERLY PLANS TALK Prominent Members of League to Take Part In Entertainment A crowd running well up in the hundreds is expected to attend the Women's League annual “Get Wise" party, given to acquaint frosh women with campus life, this afternoon at three o'clock in the women's gym. Final arrangements for a big afternoon that will include danc ing, “eats” and a skit with some of the outstanding women lead ers on the campus taking part, were being made yesterday under the direction of Joan Patterson, who, as vice-president of the lea gue, is in general charge. All Women Invited Every big sister is to bring her little sister, if possible, and those in charge are particularly anxious that every frosh woman attend. Every woman student on the cam pus is invited. Dean Virginia Judy Esterly will speak during the program. “It will give frosh an opportun ity not only to learn what Oregon women do, but a chance to make new friends and to get the ‘feel’ of the league spirit,” was the com ment of one league officer yester day. “Judging from one rehersal of the skit, there won’t be a dull minute during the afternoon,” she added. Changes in Law School Finished; Morse New Prof. New Classroom Added; Douglas in Charge Of Library A new class-room, a new profes sor, a new plan for the direction of the library, and the law school on the third floor of the Oregon building feels itself greatly remod eled. The class-room is a small one which has been enlarged to take in part of the hall, but its increased size and appearance have given ft the title “new.” The new professor is Wayne Morse who comes from Columbia university to be an instructor in law here; and the new plan for the library is its addition as a part of the main library with M. Douglas in charge. Student help will be employed by Mr. Douglas, and, it is said, library work will be run on a more business-like plan than heretofore. With the addition of Hugh Rosson to full-time professor of law, and Orlando Hollis to his old position of part-tiijie instructor, the law school faculty is complete and ready to go ahead with an en tirely “new” year. FEE SOURCES EXPLAINED * * * Non-Resident Students Paid Extra Assessment in 1926-27 Totalling $13,750 By REX TUSSING Editor’s Note: This is the sec - ond of a series «f surveys by Rex Tussing. associate editor of the Emerald, briefly outlining the di rection of student fees and taxes as received by the university. Costs: Each year L. H. Johnson, comp | troller of the university, submits a certified account of expendi tures and receipts to the board of regents. The report for the year | ending September 30, 1929, is now in process of compilation and will not be printed within the month, but figures from the 192S report show an approximate trend. Remember that last year stu dent registration fees were $19.75 instead of this year's $26.25. Fees from students: Regular registration.$ 27,924.75 Late registration . 2,572.00 Infirmary . 24,237.00 Non-resident . 13,750.00 Transcripts . 351.75 Law School . 1,950.00 ! Eugene Extens. 12,229.78 Portland Extens. 30,698.00 Eugene Sum. S. 10,577.50 Eugene Post S. 1,300.00 Portland Sum. S. 12,001.00 Sum. Coaching S. _ 175.00 Total .$137,766.78 All these fees are remitted to the state treasurer for credit of the current expense fund. Several things are worthy of note. One which immediately strikes the non-resident is that non-resident fees total more than half the reg ular registration sum, and that the latter brings in a smaller re ceipt than Portland Extension. Even the combined summer schools are but a few hundred be low; hence the regular student pays no large fraction of the funds remitted. Save for the infirmary, the total is very low. Added to these fees are miscel laneous refunds, rentals, and col j lections ranging from labor re funds of $2,600 to collection of (Continued on Par/e Two) Oregon Knights Pledge List To Be Out Oct. 12 FRESHMAN INAUGURAL’ WILL BE SUBSTITUTE FOR PARADE I I-1 Ceremony to be Conducted At Half Time of Game; 1 Dean Straub, Stoddard,! To Address New Men Bv DAVE WILSON Final details of plans for the “freshman inaugural" ceremony to be held on Hayward field be tween halves of the Willamette ! game Sunday afternoon were worked out in a meeting of the directorate fOr the affair held yes terday afternoon in the office of Acting Dean of Men Biggs. Representatives of the Order of the O, the Oregon Knights, the rally committee, the university band, and the freshman, sopho more and junior classes talked over the details of the ceremony and worked out a plan which it is hoped will be a great step forward in the inauguration of freshman men into the traditional life of the campus. Section for Frosh ^ A special section in the east grandstand will be reserved for the fresehmen men, and they will be required to sit there. Smaller sections nearby will be reserved for the band, the order of the O and the Oregon Knights. At the beginning of the half time inter mission the frosh will form on the east track, and preceded by the band and the Order of the O will . march around the edge of the field and halt in front of the central box of the west grandstand. Here the Dean Emeritus of men, John L. Straub, will deliver a short address to the class, wel coming them to the life of the I university. He will be followed by Tom Stoddard, president of the j Student Body, who at the conclu- I sion of his words of welcome, will place an official “green lid” on the head of Lawrence Bay, newly elected president of the freshman class. Frosh Don Lids At this signal, all of the frqsh will kneel and place their lids on their heads, to wear them until Junior Week-end next May. The band will then strike up the Oregon Pledge song, and the new ly-crowned freshmen will sing it. They will then be escorted back to their places in the east grand stand. The addresses of Dean Straub and Stoddard will be carried to those in the east stand by means of the field amplifying system, ac cording to “Doc” Robnett, assist ant graduate manager, who is handling the details for the ritual. “All house presidents and hall sponsors should see to it that all their freshmen come to this game, urged Stoddard. “And all the freshmen should remember to bring their green lids in their pockets when they come.” CATHOLIC CROUP WILL BREAKFAST The Newman club, Catholic stu dent organization, will breakfast Sunday morning at 9 o’clock at St. Mary’s hall, 11th and Lincoln streets, according to Richard Burke, president of the club, who, with Irene Moore, treasurer, is in charge. Captain John McEwan and Bill Reinhart, varsity football coaches, j and Prink Callison, frosh coach, ! will be guests at the breakfast. | The club will elect officers for ' the coming year, and plans for the j organization will be discussed. INDEPENDENTS TO JOIN OPEN HOUSE All independent men on the campus wishing to attend open house may secure that privilege 1 by leaving their names at the campus Y. M. C. A. today or to morrow. This has been arranged so that a check on the number going will be available. All those who sign up will meet at the Y. hut at 6:30 Saturday evening and start from there. Club Snickers Cause Golfers Trip to Sing Sing It isn’t every day that a pro posed golf game ends up by a trip to the police station, but it did happen yesterday when two University of Oregon stu dents visited the Eugene police station to inform those efficient crime detectors that two golf bags had been stolen from their parked car. Clarence Veal, Alpha hall, and Carl Swan, Zeta hall, are the two, now clubless, golfers. One bag was tan and con tained three woods and eight irons; the other bag was grey and contained three woods and six irons, the victims reported to the police. Value was set at $150.00. The bags were removed from an automobile parked on 13th street between Patterson and Ferry streets at about 7 o’clock last nignt. General Meeting Will Mark Yearly Pledge Exercise Governor Patterson anti Portland Rabbi Will Speak to Students Eleven O’clock Glasses Will be Dismissed A general assembly is being planned for the 18 th Annual Pledge day, Wednesday, October 16, to be held at 11 a. m. in Mc Arthur Court, according to an an nouncement made by Earl M. Pal let, registrar. Rabbi Henry J. Berkowitz, of Portland, will speak at the assembly while Governor Patterson of the state of Oregon, will read the pledge. All 11 o'clock classes will be dismissed and every student will be urged to attend and take part in the ceremony. Rabbi Berkowitz is the leader of the Congregation Beth Israel in Portland, and is well known about the state for his activity in civic affairs. Before coming to Portland, he was the rabbi of the synagogue in Kansas City. He is known as a forceful speaker. The Pledge day is an annual af fair and the occasion on which the university students join in pledging their obligation to the state. The pledge, which will be read by Governor Patterson, fol lows “As a student at the university which is maintained by the people of Oregon, I heartily acknowledge the obligation I owe. The oppor tunities open to me here for se curing training, ideals and vision for life, I deeply appreciate, and regard as a sacred trust, and do hereby pledge my honor that it shall be most cherished purpose (Continued on Vngr, Thru ) Each Living Group To Be Represented Officers for Next Year to Be Elected at Meeting Next Week Tradition Enforcers Will Direct Green Cap March at Game > l Pledging of new freshman Init iates into the Oregon Knights is scheduled for Saturday of this week, it was announced at a meet ing of the- Knights held yesterday afternoon. One freshman will be chosen from each fraternity and living group on the campus and initiated into the Knights at an early date. Election of officers of the or ganization on the campus will be held next week, according to James Dezendorf, duke, to fill in vacancies left in the lineup se lected last school year. New Policy Planned For several years in the past the Oregon Knights have been the organization which has handled the turning-in of freshman for li brary steps punishment. Offend ers of traditions were spotted and reported. A new system will be put in use this year. Slips with the name of the freshman will be made out by the knight and a du plicate given to the freshman at the time the offense is noted. This is aimed to obviate all cause for cries of “discrimination,” Dezen dorf pointed out. Plans for directing the fresh man green-cap march between halves at the Willamette game were also made at the meeting. Besides their regular duty of handling the crowds and ushering at all games, the Knights will act as escorts for the freshmen when . they march across Hayward field to be officially “crowned” with their lids by Tom Stoddard. CROUP DISCUSSES ARMISTICE PLAJSS Plans to celebrate Armistice day on the Oregon campus in a more constructive way rather than with previous militaristic ballyhoo were discussed by a group of Eugene people interested in the National Council for Pre vention of War at a meeting held at the Anchorage last Wednesday night. Through better sunderstanding of existing conditions throughout the nations of the world and closer contact with the officials of each the council believes that it will make it possible to settle all international disputes without re lying upon the evils of war. Speakers at Wednesday night's meeting were Professor E. E. DeCou, president of the Eugene Council for Prevention of War; Professor Harold S. Tuttle, secre tary of the organization; Dr. Wil liam Kuykendall, Eugene physi cian; Mrs. E. W. Allen; Rev. E. M. Whitesmith, pastor of the Unitarian church; A. E. Caswell, 1 professor of physics, and E. W. | Allen, dean of the school of jour 1 nallsm. Entrances Show Interest Toward Rhodes Scholarship Examinations AS MUCH interest as in for * mer years is being shown in the forthcoming Rhodes Schol arship tests, and a number of students have already signified their intentions of taking part, according to Dean George Rebec. All of the students who have ! thus far announced their inten tions of entering the competi tion are seniors except one, who is a junior. The Rhodes Scholarship com petition is an annual affair. Two students chosen from the ; state are given the advantage of three years of study at Ox ford, in England, and on the 1 continent. Two are chosen from each state and the District of Columbia and each receives his transportation to and from Eng land, pais $2,000 a year expense money. Due to the shortness of the terms at Oxford, a student is able to take advantage of op portunities to study in continen tal universities as well as to gather first-hand information concerning European countries. There are no formal limita tions to eligibility except that the contestant must be an American citizen. The standards are so high, however, that none but seniors and an occasional junior have a chance of winning,