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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 12, 1929)
1 LET THE HOME FOLKS READ ABOUT HOMECOMING VOLUME XXXI THE WEATHER Oregon: Fair today, moderate variable winds becoming souther ly on the coast. Temperature: Monday, minimum, 85 degrees; maximum, 42 degrees; stage of river, —1.7 feet; precipitation .31 inch. NUMBER 30 Blame Yet Unplaced for Blasting of Ancient ”0” Says Webfoot Prexy No Evidence Leaves O.S.C. Unsuspected May Have Been Local Men Who Committed Act, Say Officials Dynamite Charge Shatters Ohl Oregon Emblem The student administration of the university has no intention of blaming students of Oregon State Agricultural College for the dyna mite blast which tore a section from the concrete “O” on Skin ner’s Butte early Saturday morn ing, according to a statement made yesterday by Tom Stoddard, student body president. “We have no evidence at all which would lead us to believe that this piece of vandalism is the work of Corvallis students,” said Stoddard. “On the contrary, I am inclined to believe that the dyna miting was done by persons living in Eugene. Whether they were students or not I do not know.” Explosion Saturday The charge was set off about 3 o'clock on Saturday morning, and was heard all over the city. So violent was the explosion that a piece of concrete, weighing about 25 pounds crashed through the roof of a building near the foot of the butte, endangering the lives of occupants. The explosion took a section out of the lower right corner of the “O” about three by four feet in size. The cement is four feet wide and four feet deep at this point. The freshman class will be re sponsible for repair to the “O,” said Stoddard. Work will begin on it today, and it will be its old self again when alumni begin to arrive for Homecoming Friday. Mutual Policy Outlined Ransom Meinke, president of the Oregon State student body, and Carl E. Totton, editor of the Oregon Daily Barometer, called on Stoddard Friday afternoon for the purpose of outlining a mutual pol icy frowning upon any form of violence in connection with the Homecoming game between Ore gon and Oregon State. DR. HALL RETURNS TO CAMPUS FRIDAY Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall, pres dent of the university, will be back on the campus next Friday, ac cording to information received at his business office. Dr. Hall left a week ago to attend the American Association of State University Presidents which is be ing held in Chicago the eleventh and twelfth of this month. Dr. Mez Will Speak To Extension Students Dr. John R. Mez, of the Econ omics department, will speak to a group of graduate students of the Portland Extension Center on November 23 at a dinner held at the Sign of the Rose in Portland. Dr. Mez will speak on the sub ject of “International Relations in the Pacific Area.” Friday’s Rally Will Be Without Gaudy Nightwear J3AJAMAS are out for the Homecoming Rally. At a meeting of the student affairs committee yesterday it was de cided that, to solicit a greater turnout and avoid several of the embarrassing situations which occurred last year, the previously planned garb fo gaudy nightwear should be baired. Rally officials state, however, that everyone is urged to come in the costumes they will wear to the Journalism Jamboree. Senior Women Chosen To Aid at Alum Reception Group Schedules Meeting For 4:30 P. M. Today In Alumni Hall Homecoming Dance Time Advanced Till 9:30 Senior girls and Eugene women who will assist in receiving at the Homecoming reception which will be given in Alumni hall of the Gerlinger building next Saturday evening from eight-thirty until nine-thirty have been named by Betty Schmeer, who is in charge of the reception. She is being as sisted by Florence McNerney and Wilma Enke. All graduates of the university, former students and seniors are invited to the reception. The Murray Warner art museum will be open for the occasion, and the Homecoming dance has been put ahead until nine-thirty to give the alums added to time to attend the reception. Seniors and alums chosen for the women’s living organizations are: Alpha Chi Omega, Eloise Schade and Mrs. Clifford R. Man erud; Alpha Delta Pi, Edna Dun bar and Mrs. ft. F. Grefe; Alpha Gamma Delta, Helen Allen and Miss Lois Shields; Alpha Omicron Pi, LaWanda Fenlason and Mrs. Malcolm Epley; Alpha Phi, Sara Luten and Mrs. James G. Hard ing; Alpha Xi Delta, Elise Schroe der and Miss Mabel Klockars. Chi Delta, Irene Greenbaum; Chi Omega, Murdina Medlar and Mrs. Frank Jenkins; Delta Delta Del ta, Jeannette Gunther and Miss Mozelle Hair; Delta Gamma, Elea nor Poorman and Mrs. Ivan Ware; Delta Zeta, Eldress Judd and Miss Beatrice Morris; Gamma Phi Beta, Edwina Grebel and Mrs. O. F. Stafford; Kappa Alpha Theta, Helen Peters and Mrs. David M. Graham; Kappa Delta, lone Garbe and Miss Grace Griggs; Kappa Kappa Gamma, Naomi Hohman and Mrs. Lawrence W. Manerud; Phi Mu, Iva Curtis and Miss Mar ian Lowry; Pi Beta Phi, Beatrice Milligan and Mrs. E. E. Wyatt; Sigma Kappa, Margaret Turner and Mrs. Norval Armes; Zeta Tau Alpha, Mary Frances and Mrs. Le land Shaw; Girls’ Oregon club, Mary Klemm. A meeting of both senior girls and alums will be held in the north end of Alumni hall this afternoon at four-thirty to complete plans for the reception. ‘Campus Wreck’ Contest Planned As Homecoming Rally Feature Another “Campus Crate Con test” is in the offing. Students who lacked faith in their chariot’s ability to cover the 125 miles be tween Eugene and Portland at the time of the Idaho game will find no such obstacle in the way of competing for one of the valuable prizes offered in the competition scheduled for Homecoming. Jim Raley, general chairman of the rally committee recently ap pointed Bill Whitely general chair man for the unique affair, which will be run off in connection with the rally; and noise parade to be held early Friday evening. Whitely has appointed Harold Fraundorf, Art Rolander and Bill Pitman to be his assistants, and the group is now securing prizes of gasoline script books and or ders on filling stations from local gas agencies. Homer Dixon won a $10 gasoline script book in the recent Portland contest. The prize will be given to what the judges decide is the "most col legiate campus car," according to Whitely. Students interested in the contest should call Whitely or Fraundorf at 703 for further de rails, Homecoming Committees Labor Hard Bonfire and Decorations Are Requiring Attention BRISTOW CUP SHOWN Nt king for Big Arch low Assured Ba, s ee days remain be tween d the opening of the 1929 . 3 iiing, probably the s biggest celebra Keith Hall tion to hit the campus for many years. In prep aration for the event, according to Keith Hall, general chair man, the Home coming directo rate and the numerous sub committees are working over time in order that everything may be ready and functioning per fectly by 6:30 o'clock Friday eve ning, the oificial opening of the big rally and of Homecoming. The bonfire and the decorations are the features which are requir ing the most attention just at present. The bonfire is being con structed in the form of a gigantic "O" on the slopes of Skinner Butte by the Freshman class, under the general supervision of Kenton Hamaker, assistant chairman of .the Directorate. Workers Needed Joe Freck, who is in charge of the Homecoming decorations, states that he will be in need of many workers, both men and women, to assist in making the green and yellow pennants that are to decorate Thirteenth street from the Sigma Chi corner to Johnson hall. • Neon Arch Assured The Neon tubing for the big arch that is to span Thirteenth street near Condon hall is now assured, Freck reports. The arch is to be the big feature of the Homecoming decorations. Another feature of the decorations for this year’s Homecoming will be a gi gantic welcome sign which is to be hung on the steel tower of the Hammond Construction company at the new Fine Arts Museum. The sign will start at the top of the tower, 120 feet above the ground, and will extend down wards for 40 feet. A spot light in the cement bucket 80 feet above the ground will illuminate the sign after night. There has been considerable dis cussion on the campus during the past few days as to who is sup posed to attend the campus lunch eon at McArthur court Saturday. To clarify the issue Keith Hall made the following statement last night: 4,000 To Be Fed “The campus luncheon is in tended primarily for the Oregon students and alumni and their im mediate relatives and friends. We are making preparations to feed 4,000 persons, which is as many as can be accommodated conven iently between 11:30 and 1 o'clock. For this reason we cannot under take feeding all townspeople and visitors on the campus who may feel inclined to attend.” The Bristow trophy, which is offered annually to the house or hall displaying the most attractive welcoming sign, is now (jn display in the window of the University Co-op. Sigma Alpha Epsilon won the cup last year, and Kappa Alpha Theta and Friendly Hall in 1927 and 1926. The signs will be judged soon after dark Friday night, and the winners will be an nounced about 7:30 o’clock, ac cording to Kenneth Curry, who is in charge of the sign contest. DR. SANBORN TO ADDRESS TEACHERS “Trees of the Pacific North west" will be the topic of a lec ture to be given by Dr. Ethel San born, of the plant biology depart ment, before a group of nature study teachers in Portland tomor row. This is one of a series of similar lectures being arranged by the extension division, Ed and Ed’s Co-ed Together A scene taken from “Ed’s Co-ed,” campus movie filmed last spring term. Dorothy Burke and Verne Elliott, who play the leading roles, are snapped in a familiar pose on the steps of the Business Admin istration building. Construction of Huge Homecomie Bonfire Started Travis, Chairman, Urges Assistance of Every Class Member Schedule for Building and Guarding Listed Construction work on the bon fire was started yesterday after noon. One truck and freshmen from three fraternities began the assembling of material and the building of the framework which will surround the 150 foot long “0"-shaped bonfire. “If the class of 1933 is to have a Homecoming bonfire which will come up to the standard set by previous classes, every freshman man must turn out and work as much time as he possibly can this week,” says Jim Travis, general bonfire chairman. Schedule Fixed Schedules have been drawn up for the various organizations both for construction work during the day and guarding duty at night. Work will be done in shifts up till Thursday afternoon, says Travis, but at that time all men will be expected to report for the last big push. A hot dinner will be served to the workers on the butte at 6 o’clock Thursday evening, and a supper will be distributed at mid night. It is expected that the services of the entire class will also be re quired for most of Friday, in order to have the big pile all ready for firing at 7:30 Friday evening. Workers Named Schedule for the rest of the week: Tuesday—Morning: Alpha Beta Chic Alpha hall, Alpha Tau Omega. Afternoon: Delta Tau Delta, Alpha Upsilon, Bachelordon. Night vigi lance: Delta Tau Delta, Delta Ep silon, Gamma hall, Friendly hall, Sigma Pi Tau. Wednesday -Morning: Phi Gam ma Delta, Delta Epsilon, Gamma hall, Sherry Ross. Afternoon: Phi Delta Theta, Friendly hall, Sigma Pi Tau, Chi Psi. Night vigilance: Kappa Sigma, Phi Kap pa Psi, Zeta hall, Sigma Phi Ep silon, Psi Kappa. Thursday— Morning: Phi Sigma Kappa, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sig ma Nu, Beta Theta Pi. After noon: Theta Chi, Omega hall, Sig ma hall. Night vigilance: Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Delta Theta, Phi Sigma Kappa, Sherry Ross hall, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Chi. ; Friday—Vigilance: Sigma Nu, | Chi Psi, Beta Theta Pi, Theta Chi, Omega hall. Sigma hall. Second Showing Of Campus Movie Now on Schedule Friday Night Show Will Be Repeated Saturday, November 16 Vaudeville Program Will Be Feature A demand for tickets to the premiere showing of “Ed’s Co-ed” which sold out the house within two days after sale opened has led the directors to schedule a second showing for Saturday night, November 16, following the Home coming dance, announced Hon Hubbs, business manager for the production, yesterday. The show will be identical to the premiere showing scheduled for the McDonald theater the eve ning of the 15th, according to Hal Johnson, manager of the ticket sale, and will also be held at the McDonald. A,s on Friday night, all seats will be reserved for the Saturday showing and will sell for a uniform price of $1.25. An hour’s program of vaudeville which has been arranged for the premiere by Boone Hendricks will be repeated for the Saturday pro gram. Oregon Sticker Will Make Debut For Homecoming Drawing Incorporates Representation of Webfoots A new sticker will make its de but on the campus by Homecom ing. The new emblem represents a yellow Webfoot with a green “U" around its neck, a small green “of” on its chest, and standing behind an “O” which reaches to the thighs. It is so designed that the features stand out clearly, yet the sticker is small enough to avoid obstructing vision when placed on the windshield. Keith Maguire and Kendall Newport designed the sticker. It is felt tha^ the duck is some what inadequate as an emblem of ! the university, but it has been used I so much by sports writers that the idea has become associated with ! the university in the minds of peo ple. With this in mind the new ! sticker has been devised to serve until the time when the univer sity chooses a more appropriate ■ mascot. The sticker design is now in the ; hands of a Portland engraver and M. F. McClain, manager of the I Co-op expects to have the stickers on hand by Thursday or Friday. Oratory Men To Try Out December 10 Each Man To Determine in Advance What Line He Will Speak in SQUAD TO Bp LARGER Subjects in State Old Line Contests To Be Optional Oratory tryouts will be held Tuesday, December 10, in Villard hall at 2 p. m. At this time four men who will represent the uni versity in oratory and two in ex temporaneous speaking contests, will be selected. A larger num ber of men in the squad will be chosen this year than last year. At the tryouts each man is to determine in advance what event he would like to participate in. IJe will then proceed to prepare the speech accordingly. The first specific contest will be the state old line contest to be held the second Friday in March at the university. The sub jects are to be optional. Contest at Corvallis The national constitutional con test will be held at Corvallis under the sponsorship of the state col lege. The subject for that is pre scribed as some phase or entire subject of the American constitu tion. The state peace contest which is to be held on the second Friday of April will be in Eugene under the auspices of the Eugene Bible school. The subject as prescribed must pertain to world peace or any phase of it. The final oratory contest is the Pacific Forensic league contest at Tuscon, Arizona, March 20, 27 and 28. The two extemporaneous con tests will be held simultaneously with the old line oratory contest and the Pacific Forensic league contest. The Pacific Forensic league extemporaneous contest will be held March 26, 27, and 28 in Tuscon, Arizona. The state extemporaneous contest will be held at Linfield college at Mc Minnville on the second Friday in February. Will Write Orations In brief, the candidates for ora tory and extemporaneous squads will decide immediately upon what they wish to try out for and after determining upon the subject pro ceed to write full 15-minute ora tions which arc to be delivered at the tryouts on December 10. Those who try out to represent the university at the extempora neous contests will speak on spe cial phases of the general topic which is being used for debate tryouts on November 17. These special phases will be assigned on the. day of the tryouts. Two Speakers Chosen It is possible that the one man sent to Tuscon, Arizona, may par ticipate in both contests there. Since the object is to get the four best orators and the two best ex temporaneous speakers on toe campus a man may be chosen for any contest regardless of which phase he speaks on, although he may state his preference. Speeches for the 15 - minute orations must be written out and memorized and will be from 1,500 to 1,800 words In length. The ex temporaneous speeches will be eight minutes in length. All candidates must sign slips in the public speaking department and further particulars may be arranged for with the coaching staff consisting of Dr. R. C. Hoe ber and Walter E. Hempstead, Jr. Oratorical. Interest Crows "Interest in oratory among the most effective student speakers on the campus is greater, if anything, than formerly,” explained Mr. Hempstead. “This year’s increased oratory schedule will give an op portunity for more men to repre sent the university officially in this type of forensic endeavor. “Any sophomore or upperclass man, who is at home on the plat form, is encouraged to sign up for the tryouts.” More than 500 members of the Youngstown, Ohio, First Baptist Temple Sunday school recently combined to write the entire Bible in longhand in one day. Each of the 500 copied 50 verses. The whole \a being bound. Col. Gilbert Stresses Peace in Armistice Day Talk to Student Body Bravest Frosh Found at Last; O Whatta Break! FTEIt a week, during which every bed was full, the In firmary declared an armistice and discharged all but three patients. However, within two hours afterwards, two girls who insisted on making Armistice Day a day of rest were admit ted, making a total of five stu dents confined in the infirmary, four of them girls. According to Miss Margaret Calahan, in firmary nurse, the freshman cluss should he nroud of the fact that they have a man who is brave enough to spend his days and nights under the same roof with four girls. A veritable Daniel in the lions' den. Those wlur are at present eonfined in the infirmary are: Amelia Anderson, Elsie Mollcr, Elinor Henry, Affie Reagan, and Raymond Whiteside. Journalism Jam Ticket Campaign Opens With Bang Annual Scribes Hop Starts Shortly After Rally Honoring Grads Representatives Chosen By Sales Committee Tickets to the big Journalism Jamboree to be held Friday night at the Eugene Armory were placed on sale in the houses and halls of the campus yesterday with the house representatives ap pointed by Harry Van Dine and Margaret Clark, in charge of the tickets for the dance. Unaffiliated students may obtain tickets at the University Co-op. The tickets, which were de signed and printed by Robert Allen, are in the form of minia ture newspaper pages, and will sell for fifty cents each. The dance is a no-date affair, although no strenuous effort will be made to prevent the young men of the campus from buying tickets for the ladies of their choice and escorting them to the Armory. The dance will begin at 8 o’clock, shortly after the big Homecoming rally which ends at the intersec tion of Seventh and Willamette streets. Paper caps and masks will be sold at the door for the benefit of those who come without costumes or wish to supplement their attire. Prizes will be award ed for the cleverest men’s and women’s costumes. Henry Kaahea, the crooning Ha waiian, will sing a number of na tive and American songs, playing his own accompaniment on the guitar. Marjorie Clark, blues singer par excellence, will be fea tured also. Representatives Listed The representatives who will handle tickets to the Jamboree are: Alpha Chi Omega, Jane Man ion; Alpha Delta Pi, Lucille Car son; Alpha Gamma Delta, Dorothy Morrison; Alpha Omicron Pi, (Continued an Page Two) Begins at 8:00 * Speaker Says Disarment Plans Futile Kellogg Peaee Pact Called Today’s Only Hope By Chaplain Large Crowd Present at Holiday Assembly “We can't make peace by pact; it must be in the hearts of men!" declared Colonel William S. Gil bert, speaker at the Armistice day assembly held in McArthur court yesterday morning. Colonel Gil bert is a retired army chaplain and is now engaged in the admin istrative work of the Presbyterian Church of Oregon. “Back of all of the peace ges tures, all the peace plans, peace ! pacts and treaties there must be a world regeneration a change in the hearts of men,” he asserted. Although education will help in bringing about peace, according to Colonel Gilbert the ultimate achievement must be accomplished through a real change in men’s attitude toward peace. World Dislikes U. S. Stand "How can we find a way to abiding, safe, and permanent peace? The nations of the world tried several ways following the signing of the Armistice. The first was the formation of the League of Nations. Fifty-nine countries are taking part in this organiza tion. America is still refusing to belong to the League. I’m not saying whether it’s right or wrong, but the world doesn’t like it. The world thinks our refusal to be part of the League is an unfriend ly attitude.” The Locarno treaty, the second of the ways mentioned by Colonel Gilbert as attempts for peace, seemed to be more of a guarantee for rather than against war, he said. The World Court and rep arations plans are further at tempts. Kellogg Pact Is Hope “The Kellogg Peace Pact is the ray of hope today,” declared the speaker. Hp added that it is use less to try to outlaw war, for war has always been an outlaw. “When the World war broke out, there were in existence nine hundred and sixty solemn treaties guaran teeing, the world thought, world peace." Colonel Gilbert emphasized the futility of total disarmament, but declared that one way to expedite the coming of peace is the limita tion of armaments. “The recent visit of the premier of Great Britain to the President of the United States is one of the greatest, I might say the greatest, event of its kind in the history of the world,” he asserted. “Your fathers are passing on to you the problem that they have not been able to solve,” he said, referring still to the accomplish ment of a permanent peace, “and may you be able to solve it with out recourse to force. It is not the amassed wealth of America which they are handing on to you: that may prove to be your curse. The problem which they are leav <Continued on Pape Three) Guiding Aid for Puzzled Studes To Be Aim of Personnel Office r|~'HE personnel office has been organized for„ the purpose of bringing students who are need of advice into closer personal con tact with some faculty member,” said Dr. H. R. Taylor, newly ap painted personnel director, while explaining yesterday the func tionings of the faculty adviser system that is now being devel oped at the University of Oregon. “Many students are just now be ginning to realize that they have serious problems to face, and are at a loss to know where to turn for guidance. The university admin istration is trying to help these students in every way possible, and has established the personnel office in room 112 Johnson build ing as a means of advising indi vidual students according to their different '’abilities, interests and purposes. ‘‘Each student is assigned to a faculty adviser. He should not feel, however, that his personal contacts should be restricted to this faculty member. There are numerous other opportunities for personal acquaintance with var ious instructors, and many stu dents make use of these occasions without ‘handshaking’ or ‘apple polishing.’ “Any student faced with diffi culty which he feels unable to solve (Continued on Page Three) I