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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 14, 1929)
LET THE HOME FOLKS READ ABOUT HOMECOMING ' I - ■ II ■ I 'ini’ mt WEATHER REPORT Wind, northwest. Precipitation, none. Wednesday's temperatures: Maximum . 49 Minimum .. 31 River stage .—1.8 VOLUME XXXT UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1929 NUMBER 32 Preparations Finished for Homecomers Registration Headquarters In Dr. DeCou’s Office At Johnson Hall WILL GIVE OUT TAGS Accommodations Made for Returning Alums by Committees When the University of Oregon almnni start drifting back to the campus tomorrow afternoon, they will find a group of will ing and effic ient co-eds or ganized by Al to e r t a Rives waiting to reg ister them for rooms and show them any other needed a c c o m m oda tions. .a. consiaera ble number of Alberta Rives returning alum ni will find lodging in the houses of which they are. members, and others have reserved rooms at the Eugene hotels. In addition to these over 100 rooms in private homes have been reserved by Ir ma Logan and Bess Templeton, who are working under Miss Rives on accommodations. It is believed that this number will prove suf ficient. The price for rooms will be one dollar for one person or $1.50 for two. The registration for rooms will begin tomorrow at 2 o’clock and will continue until 9. It will be gin again Saturday morning at 10 and will continue until 8 p. m. Dr. DeCou’s office will be used as the headquarters for the registration. Registration Tomorrow General registration for alumni will be conducted at the same time in the lobby of Johnson hall by girls working under Miss Jean nette Calkins, alumni secretary. The general registration will be gin tomrorow afternoon at 1 o’clock and Saturday morning at 10. Each alumnus will be given a tag bearing a schedule of Home coming events. If his dues are paid, he will be given tickets to the luncheon and to the dance. If not, the tickets to the dance will cost one dollar each and those to the luncheon fifty cents. Alumni who have not paid their fees may do so when they register. Dorothy Eberhard will assist Miss Calkins in the general registration. Rives Names Co-eds The women who will be sta tioned at Johnson hall tomorrow for the room registration are as follows: 2-3, Peggy Slauson and Jean Luppen; 3-4, Dorothy Mut zig and Jean Jamison; 4-5, Geor gie Miller and Mary Lou Munzy; 5-6, Katherine Perigo and Virginia Duzel; 6-6:30, Louise Marvin and Ann Rea; 8-9, Barbara Tucker and Virginia Wasco Smith. The registration office will be closed during the rally from 6:30 till 8 o’clock. The girls who will be on duty Saturday are: 10-11, Claire Bod ley and Ardis Ulrich; 11-12, Mar ion McIntyre and Elizabeth Kune; 12-1, Harriet Hoffman and Paul ine Anderson; 5-6, Helen Chaney and Mable Winkler; 7:30-8, Ann Baum and Marian Ness. Sherry Ross Hall Damaged by Fire * * * * W/indotv Frame, Leather Chair Destroyed The window frame and sashes and a leather upholstered easy chair were practically destroyed by a fire that broke out some time before 6 o’clock, in room 67 of Sherry Ross hall in the new men’s dormitory. As the boys were coming down to dinner, the smoke was scented and soon discovered emitting from the room which was locked. Eldon Strom and A1 Schmidt succeeded | in putting out the climbing ze with a waste paper basket jd with water and a handy pie. >f wearing apparel. Just how e fire started was not known, jt it was thought to have Si caused either by the chair against the radiator or by a 'i gotten cigaret stub, left lying the window sill. The room, which is occupied Kenneth Linklater and Geor Sprague, had been vacated abo two hours before the fire was found. Travis Asks Aid Of Every Frosh In Bonfire Work Class To Meet at Sigma Chi Corner at One O’Clock Today Bay Warns Men of Class Against Loafing There remains enough work to keep every member of the fresh man class busy on the Homecom ing bonfire today and tonight as well as Friday, states Jim Travis, chairman of the bonfire commit tee, in a plea issued last night. Every man in the class is asked to meet at the Sigma Chi corner at 1 o’clock today to begin work in earnest. Six trucks will be used this afternoon and evening and the class plans to work most of the night. Plans for feeding the workers at 6 o’clock this eve ning and again at midnight have been made. Larry Bay, frosh president, has expressed the hope that the mem bers of the class will report will ingly for work. “Steps will be taken to see that every man in class reports unless he has a sufficient reason for not working. It will go hard with those who evade the work because of laziness or disinterest.” DR. HALL TO BE HERE ON FRIDAY According to word received from Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall, president of the university, he hopes to re turn to Eugene In time for the Homecoming rally Friday night. Dr. Hall is returning from a con ference of the American Associa tion of State University Presi dents in Chicago, and expects to be in Portland Friday noon. He will attend meetings in Portland, and will reach Eugene as soon as he is able after these are com pleted. Karl W. Onthank, execu tive secretary, stated that Dr. Hall will be here by Saturday morning, if he is not able to reach Eugene sooner. fVrO' Tux-clad Neophytes Prepared ******** Journalism Studes Speak at Library I JT'S early in the season for snow balls and it’s a little late for tomatoes. So, when five tuxedo-clad pledges of Sigma Delta Chi, men’s journalistic honorary, make their debut to the campus at 10:50 o’clock this morning on the old libe steps, they ought to have clear sailing. Over at the journalism shack, where fingernail-chewing and other quaint customs are tenderly cher ished, there’s a pet tradition that calls for the public appearance of every Sigma Delta Chi pledge on the library steps, just as a mat ter of initiation fun. The five wielders of the blue pencil who will give the campus its treat tomorrow will be Lester McDonald, Ralph Yergen, Ralph David, Ralph Milsap, Mack Hall. Following the style of their for bears today’s quintet of neophytes will don tuxedos and cut-aways, with derbies and top hats. They will have their shoes shined. They will attain sleek coiffures. They will shave. Each of the five will have a speech to make on some subject relative to possible improvements of campus customs. They will speak from the viewpoint of the old grads getting back to the alma mater. “That is,” explained one of the pledges, “we mill speak if.’’ Quarter Ton of Oregon Fight Austin Colbert and George Christensen, the giant Oregon tackles, are considered among the best on the coast. Both faced Oregon State last year and were two of the main cogs in the Oregon victory. It’s a safe bet that very little yardage will be made through them Saturday. Co-eds Will Make Whoopee In Noise Parade Sidewalk on Each Side of Willamette Street To Be Reserved for Girls Miss Dunbar Appoints Leaders for Houses Oregon co-eds will participate in the Homecoming rally Friday night for the first time in history, according to Edna May Dunbar, chairman of the woman’s part of the event. The sidewalk on both sides of Willamette street between Sev enth and Eighth will be reserved for the girls, who will be furn ished with the old-fashioned Fourth of July sparklers for dis play during the parade. All co eds are supposed to take their places on the sidewalk betweeen Seventh and Eighth by 6:45 ' o’clock instead of following the parade over town, Miss Dunbar announced. Costumes In Vogue They may wear the costumes that they expect to use for the Journalism Jamboree, which starts at the Eugene armory im mediately following the rally. Ina Tremblay is assisting Miss Dun bar in promoting the girl’s fea ture of the rally. Miss Dunbar has appointed a woman in each house to aid in get ting out the co-eds for the rally Friday night. These are: Alpha Chi Omega, Virginia Hunter; Pi Beta Phi, Mary Agnes Hunt; Chi Delta, Wanda Leslie; Chi Omega, Harriet Kibbee; Kappa Kappa Gamma, Betty Beam; Delta Gam ma; Gladys Clausen; Alpha Omi cron Pi, Mally Kurtz; Representatives Selected Alpha Gamma Delta, Marguar ite Looney; Zeta Tau Alpha, Dor othy Goodfellow; Alpha Phi, Lu cille Murphy; Gamma Phi Beta, Miriam Stafford; Alpha Xi Delta, Orpha Ager; Phi Mu, Ina Trem blay; Hendricks hall, Dorothy Eades; Susan Campbell hall, Ella Red key; Alpha Delta Pi, Gracia Hag- j gerty; Delta Zeta, Ruby Gibson; I Kappa Alpha Theta, Emmajane Rorer; Oregon club, Margaret Or mandy; Kappa Delta, Dorothy Tunney; Sigma Kappa, Gladys Vatnsdal; and Delta Delta Delta, Fanny Vick Pierce. Asklepiads To Have Illustrated Lecture “The Cult of Aesculapius” will be the subject of an illustrated lecture by Professor F. S. Dunn, Latin instructor, before the Ask lepiads, medical honorary society, this evening at 7:30. Aesculapius, explains Professor Dunn, is the Latin name for Asklepios, the Greek god of medi cine, and Asklepiads means liter ally the sons of Asklepios. The lecture will be given in room 107, Oregon hall, and is open to the gublic. Groom Your Wrecks * * * '• * Call of Crate Owners Now is the time to groom your "Galloping Ghost,” “Black Death," "Iron Horse,” “Blue Racer” or whatever you call your favorite campus crate, so as to be raring to go in the big contest Friday. Free gasoline and a chance to be at the head of the noise parade is the opportunity awaiting each and every owner of these famed cars, is the announcement made by Bill Whitely, in charge of the contest. Various prizes in the form of gasoline script are to be giveli U) the drivers. Any kind of a car may be entered, but it is preferred to have those with Oregon senti ment smeared around them in the form of stickers, yellow and green trimmings. The “racers" are to be judged at G:30 on Friday evening on Alder street between 11th and 12th street, prior to the rally and then fall in the line of march. All those entering should call Bill Whitely or Hal Fraundorf at 703. John Stark Evans To Play on Own Designed Organ University Organist Will Be Featured Often In Portland Having the satisfaction of play ing for the first time on the larg est organ in the state and one which be is the designer will be the experience of John Stark Evans, of the school of music,, when he journeys to Portland No vember 24 to give a Sunday af ternoon recital at the First Pres byterian church. Mr. Evans' concert will be one of a monthly series, arranged to give Portlanders opportunity to hear a number of noted organists play on the fine new instrument, which was dedicated only last June. Dr. Huestis To Talk To Nature Study Club Dr. Ralph R. Huestis of the de partment of Animal Biology will speak today on “Mammals,” be fore the Portland Nature Study club. Dr. Huestis’ lecture comes as one of a group of science talks arranged for the club by the uni versity’s extension division. Frosh Classes To be Excused Friday Nov. 25 Freshman classes will be ex cused on Friday, November 15, according to the report given out by Hugh Biggs, assistant dean of men. According to present infor mation Saturday classes will meet as usual. New R.O.T.C. Flag Displays Oregon Seal in Colors N. B. Zane Handles Work Of Designing Color Specifications Banner Is First Shown at Holiday Assembly Among- the flags displayed at the Armistice day demonstration in McArthur court Monday was the new R. O. T. C. ensign. Ob servers who remarked the Uni versity of Oregon seal on the R. O. T. C. flag, noticed also that the seal was in colors, instead of the usual black and white outline. Since there seems to be no of ficially colored Oregon seal, the task of specifying the colors to be used was left to N. B. Zane of the school of architecture and allied arts by Major Barker when the R. O. T. C. commandant de cided to send his design to the war department at Washington, D. C., where the Oregon flag was to be made. Mr. Zane drew out the seal and designated the colors to be used. He states that a very good job of it was done by the flag makers, and that his specifications were faithfully followed. The seal on the R. O. T. C. flag is not the only one done in colors, however. In the skylight of the ad ministration building is a glass seal, tinted so that the light which filters through from outside reveals the lights and shadows on the mountain and the river which are incorporated in the seal. TED HEWITT WINS PRODUCTION LEAD Ted Hewitt has been chosen to play the leading role of Lord Dil ing in “The Last of Mrs. Chey ney," to be produced some time in January, by the National Colle giate players. According to Cecil Matson, drama assistant, there was a great deal of difficulty in making a de cision. Hewitt will play opposite Nancy Thielson, who is playing the part of Mis. Cheyney. DR. HALL HOST TO NOTABLES AT GAME Among the notables who will be here for -the homecoming game are Governor and Mrs. Isaac L. Patterson, and Hal E. Hoss, sec retary of state, who will be the guests of President and Mrs. Arn old Bennett Hall at this event. Members of the state board of higher education who will also be guests of the president include F. E. Callister, Albany; B. F. Irvine, A. R. Watzek, and C. L. Starr, all of Portland. Mrs. Walter M. Cook, president of the Oregon Mothers; and Paul T. Shaw, head of the Oregon Dads, are also planning to be here for the game as guests of Dr, Hall, Prominent Church Men To Lecture Roman Catholic, Jewish, Protestant Leaders Will Speak Y GROUPS SPONSORS Three Topics Scheduled For Discussion Next Week Rabbi Berkowitz, of Temple Beth Israel, Portland, Rev. Bow man, First Presbyterian Church, Portland, and Father Tobin, of the Roman Catholic Church, will be brought to the campus for reli gious discussions and lectures on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of next week. These men represent the Jewish, Protestant, and Ro man Catholic religions, respec tively. Each Will Speak Each man will speak for twenty minutes each night on the follow ing subjects: "What Religion Means to Me,” Thursday: “Signif icance of Jesus in the Modern World,” Friday; “Message of My Church to the Modern World," Saturday. This is not to be an argument between the three sects but a co operative presentation of the meanings, creeds, and the signifi cances of the individual beliefs. Sponsored by Groups The round table discussion of re ligion is sponsored by the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. The com mittee in charge of the arrange ments consists of Wayne Robin son, chairman, Richard Burke, president of the Newman Club, Alex Tomkin, president of Delta Epsilon, the Hebrew fraternity, Ward Wintermeier, Eldress Judd, Ann Baum, Elizabeth Scruggs, and Dorothy Shaw. Journalism Jam Plans Will Be Discussed Today Tickets Selling Rapidly For Dance Friday, Officials Say The members of Sigma Delta Chi and Theta Sigma Phi, men's and women’s journalism fraterni ties, will meet this afternoon in the Journalism building to com plete the plans for the Jamboree, big all-campus dance to be held at the Eugene armory immediately following the Homecoming Rally Friday night. Carl Gregory, president of Sig ma Delta Chi, who left Wednes day for Columbia, Missouri, to attend the national convention of the fraternity, appointed Neil Tay lor to co-operate with Elise Schrogder, president of Theta Sigma Phi, in taking charge of the dance. The unique front page tickets issued for the Jamboree are sell ing fast, according to reports com ing in from representatives in the houses and halls of the campus. Tickets for independent students are on sale at the University Co-op. The admission price to the Jam boree is four bits a head. It is a no-date affair. Prizes will be awarded for the cleverest cos tumes. PROF. WRIGHT IS ON A.A.T.S. BALLOT The name of Professor Leavitt O. Wright, of the romance lan guage department, has been placed on the ballot for officers of the American Association of Teach ers of Spanish, it was announced in the November issue of Hispania, the national journal of that asso ciation. Dr. Wright was nominat ed for membership on the execu tive council for a three year term. The other nominee for the va cancy on the council is Dr. Stur gis E. Leavitt of the University of North Carolina. Results of the election which is conducted by mail will be made at the annual meeting of the as sociation on Dec. 27 and 28, at George Washington university, Washington, D. C., when the new officers will be inducted into office, Two Dances to Feature Evening Entertainment After Saturday’s Game Admission to Game to be by Exchange Ticket Admission to the O. S. C. game Saturday will be with ex change tickets which may be secured at the Co-op by pre senting the regular student body tickets. A request from the assistant graduate man ager, Doc Robnett, asks that students present both tickets at the gates Saturday. Groups Will Aid In Drive for Red Cross Membership Members of Alpha Kappa Della and Sociology School Listed Women Named to Handle House Campaigns Major students in the school of applied social science and sociol ogy will assist with the Red Cross drive which is being held today, according to Dr. P. A. Parsons, who has charge of the drive. Members of Alpha Kappa Delta, national sociology honorary, and 15 girls who are in the first and second year of the nursing course will assist Mrs. G. A. Ross, who is handling the city-wide drive. The following girls will act as1 a committee to communicate with the living organization regarding the house memberships; Gwendo lyn Shepherd, Elizabeth Ptumnier, Bess Templeton, Mildred McGee, Dorothy Davidson and Edwina Grebel. NEIL TAYLOR NEW HEAD OF JAMBOREE Neil Taylor, junior in journal ism, was appointed last night by Carl Gregory, president of Sigma Delta Chi, as general chairman of the Journalism Jamboree to fill the place of Gregory who leaves today for the national convention of Sigma Delta Chi. Taylor will have charge of all of the commit tee workers of the jam. New Web foot Stickers To Be on Sale Friday The new Webfoot stickers which have been designed for Oregon cars are now being printed in Portland and will be at the Co-op Friday. The stickers consist of the green letters U. of O. on a yellow duck. Extension Student Obtains Degree Carl Landerholm, student in the University Extension Center, re cently obtained his Master’s De gree with the completion of his thesis entitled “Jefferson's Inter est in Western Exploration." Oregon Seals Decorations For Affairs Seniors, Alums To Frolic At Gerlinger Hall With Varsity Vagabonds Dezemlorf Selects Heads Of Ticket Sellers Huge Oregon seals, eighteen feet in diameter, will be the fea tures of the decorations for the H o mecom ing a a n c e a to De given in Gerlin ger hall and Mc Arthur court next S a t u r day evening, starting at 9:30, accord ing to Bill East, chairman of the dances. The Jseals have been |worked out „ in colors ana lignts Bill East shining through will add to the effect. Pennants in yellow and green will also be used by Bill Pittman, who is in charge of decorations. Two Dances Slated All alumni and seniors will dance at Gerlinger hall this year to the strains of Johnny Robin son’s Varsity Vagabonds and jun iors and underclassmen will frolic at the Igloo, where an imported orchestra will strut its stuff, ac cording to Howard Page, who is making arrangements for the or chestra. Dezendorf Chooses Men Bill Dezendorf, who is in charge of the ticket stfle, haS divided the men’s living organization into five districts, each headed by a chair man. Fanny Andrews will select the ticket sellers in district num ber one, composed of Kappa Sig ma, Sigma Nu, Phi Kappa Psi, Chi Psi, Beta Theta Pi; Norman Eastman of district two, made up of Alpha Tau Omega, Phi Gamma Delta, Delta Tau Delta, Theta Chi, Alpha Upsilon and Delta Epsilon; Dan McGinnis of district three, which consists of Sigma Chi, Phi Sigma Kappa, Bachelordon, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Psi Kappa; Bill Knox of district four, containing Phi Delta Theta, Sigma Alpha Epsi lon, Sigma Pi Tau, and Alpha Beta Chi; and A1 Ames, of district five, which takes in the mert’s new dormitory and Friendly hall. Tickets Required for Reception Alums and seniors will be ad mitted to the reception to be held in Alumni hall in the Gerlinger building Saturday night from 8:30 until 9:30 by ticket only, it was decided at a meeting of senior girls and Eugene women who are to assist at the reception Tuesday afternoon in the Gerlinger build ing. Dance tickets will serve, or special slips may be obtained from Miss Jeannette Calkins now or at the hall that night, according to (Continued on Cage Two) Green College Chap Like Frog German Word ‘Frosh’ Tacked to First rpo BE sure, the freshman is a x webfoot. Only he is really a webfoot frog, and not a duck at all. At least, Dr. F. G. G. Schmidt, head of the German department, hazards a guess that? this may be true. “Frosch, the German word for frog, was applied to the youngest and greenest student in the Auer bach scene of Goethe's ‘Faust,’ where the students meet in the wine-cellar, and where Mephis topheles plays his magic tricks upon them," was the explanation offered by Dr. Schmidt in com menting on the origin of some phrases of American s t u d en t slang. The term, according to Dr. Schmidt, was probably chosen be cause of the color of the common tree frog and used to characterize the green manner of the young student. “Americans like to abbreviate everything,’’ he said, “and frosh is, no doubt, a corrupt spelling of the Greman Frosch.” In Germany, the first-year stu dents also have a rather peculiar designation. In the fraternities and social groups of German uni versities they are known by the term “Fuchs,” which means fox in English. Second-year men are called “Jung-Bursche,” meaning young fellow; the gentlemen of the third year, “Alt-Bursche’’ or old fellow, while the dignified fourth-year men are designated by “Altes-Haus,” which has the com mon meaning of old house or more freely, old moss-covered. If prohibition were not in ef (Continued on rage Four)