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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 13, 1931)
NUMBER 31 To Start Homecoming Jamboree At Men’s Gym Is Day’sHighSpot Big Dance Scheduled for Post Rally Crowd Campus Clothes in Order For No-Date Affair; Starts at Nine Topping off the first day of Homecoming with a bang, the Journalism Jamboree, lucky Fri day the 13tli dance, will hold forth tonight at the men’s gym amidst colored spotlights and flying ser pentine. The fact that the dance is strictly a no-date affair is assur ance that the hall will be crowded with Oregon and Oregon State students and a host of alumni, said Merlin Blais, general chairman of the affair, last night. Jam Begins at 9 The Jam begins promptly at 9 o'clock, leaving plenty of time for rally enthusiasts to get there. Campus clothes are in order along with rooters’ lids, but rally pa jamas are taboo. Gallons and gallons of free cider will be furnished to the gang. The Kampus Knights, Carl Collins’ eight-piece orchestra, will furnish the music, and three or four lively features are promised during in termissions, including the “Max” girls’ trio. Bill Duniway will be master of ceremonies. Patrons Named Following are the patrons and patronesses: Mr. and Mrs. Hal E. Hoss, Dean and Mrs. Eric W. Al len, Mr. and Mrs. William M. Tug man, Mr. and Mrs. George Turn bull, Mr. and Mrs. Arne G. Rae, Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney King, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Shumaker, Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Washke, and Mr. and Mrs. Earl E. Boushey. The dance is being sponsored jointly by Sigma Delta Chi and Theta Sigma Phi, honorary jour nalistic fraternities. Works of Oregon Artists Exhibited at Art Building Pictures by University Students And Faculty Shown An exhibit of the work of Ore gon artists is now on display in the little museum in the school of architecture and allied arts at the University. The exhibit is part of that shown recently in Portland as the fifth annual exhibition of the Oregon City of artists. Pictures by several of Univer sity of Oregon artists, a number of which won prizes at the Portland showing, are included in the col lection, which is declared to be one of unusual merit. Four of the landscapes of Alfred Schroff, long famous for them, are in the exhibit. Victoria Avakian, Eyler Brown, Maude I. Kerns, Andrew Vincent, and N. B. Zane, all from the local art school, are represented by a number of pictures, as well as Nel lie Best, and Lucia Wiley, students. All townspeople and visitors over Homecoming are invited to see the exhibit, which includes work from artists in every section of Oregon. Much of the subject matter, too, is of local interest. The little museum is open from 8:30 to 11:30 in the morning, from 1 to 4:30 in the afternoon, on week days, and from 2 to 5 on Sunday afterenoons. Prose and Poetry Group Holds Business Meeting Peggy McKie was elected vice president of Prose and Poetry group of Philomelete for the com ing year at a meeting held last night at the Alpha Omicron Pi house. Plans for a map of countries and authors studied during the year were made. The next meeting of the group will be held a week from next Tuesday in the women’s lounge, and will be entirely devoted to a study of the poet Tagore of India. Saturday Classes To Be Dismissed announcements, there will be no classes held tomorrow. The. student advisory com mittee late yesterday afternoon decided that because of the large number of alumni expect ed on the campus for Homecom ing, and the responsibility of the student? in planning enter tainment and making arrange ments for visiting “grads,” all Saturday classes will be dis missed. This action, however, is not to be considered as setting a precedent, said Dean Onthank, personnel director, but as spe cial action advisable this year. Rough Silent Men Stake Claims on /CONTRARY to previous an Gold! Gold! Gold! The days of '49 are reappearing in Oregon! This morning at 9:40 o’clock a gold strike surpassed only by the famous gold rush to California will be in progress on the field just east of Condon hall. Bearded prospectors of the '49 clan will be busy panning for that most pre cious of precious metals—gold. This bewhiskered, claim-jumping outfit will be, however, only the pledges of Condon club going through their initiation. The Con don club is the Oregon chapter of the National Geological and Min ing Societies of American Univer sities. It is rumored that, as in all gold rushes, there will be much shoot ing, claim jumping, and toughness. Five rough, unkempt miners will be at the scene of mining activi ties. “Calcite” Clift, “Pyrite” Peck, “Staurolite" Stafford, “He matite” Harris, and “Galena” Gon zales will all be on the scene do ing their bit. Alumni Lunch To Be Held At Men’s New Dormitory Sons and Daughters Appointed on Decoration Committee Daughters and sons of alumni as well as nephews and brothers have been appointed on a commit tee on decorations for the alumni luncheon at Homecoming. The committee members, all of whom are freshmen, are Bernard Asheim, chairman; Margaret Ann Morgan, Jack Copeland, Josephine Waffle, Max Duniway, and James C. I Ghormley. The Alumni luncheon is to be held at noon Saturday of Home coming at the men’s new dormi tory, at the same time that the student lunch is being served at the Igloo. There are only 200 places avail able, Miss Calkins pointed out, and therefore, alumni who do not make their reservations before Friday night will have to make other ar rangements. Tickets for the stu dent lunch at the Igloo may be purchased by alumni. “We expect that most of those who cannot be accommodated at the Alumni luncheon will buy tickets for the lunch at McArthur Court,” said Miss Calkins. Asheim, chairman of the com mittee, reports that the decora tions will be worked out in the Oregon colors and that special fa vors and features are being ar ranged by his freshman commit tee. Dr. Moore To Give Lecture On Greece November 18 Dr. A. R. Moore, instructor in animal biology, will give an illus trated lecture on Greece, Novem ber 18 at Oregon hall at 8 o’clock. Dr. Moore traveled in Europe last year and spent much of his time in Greece. He took all the pictures himself. The lecture will be on findings of archeologists in Athens and other parts. College Paper Officials Open Session Here Twelve Publications on Coast Represented Meet Opens With Banquet Address by Dean Allen; Dance Given The eleventh annual conference of the Pacific Intercollegiate Press association was officially opened yesterday with a luncheon at the Green Lantern tavern. The 24 editors and managers of college publications in California, Nevada, Idaho, and Washington will be guests of the associated students of the University for the next two days. At the luncheon Dean Eric W. Allen, journalism school, who was first honorary president of the as sociation, extended greetings to the delegates. He al3o gave some history of the association which was originated on the Oregon cam pus. Dues Lowered In the business meeting, held in the Journalism building, the dele gates voted the reduction of the association dues from the previous rate of $30 for dailies, $20 for bi weeklies, and $15 for weeklies to the flat rate of $15 for all mem bers. The question of the associa tion affiliating itself with a na tional press association was also brought up. The discussion of the various problems that have arisen during the past year will be taken up in the business meeting today and Saturday. A dance was given at the Lee Duke cafe last night for the dele gates. At dinner the visitors were guests of members of the Emerald staff at various fraternity houses. Delegates Listed The delegates representing their member publications who are pres ent at the conference are: William H. Simmons, editor, and Bert Tay lor, manager, of the Daily Barom eter at O. S. C.; Bob Merriman, manager, and Joseph Jackson, edi tor, of U .of N. Sagebrush at Reno; Paul Jones, editor, and Conroy Gillespie, manager, of Idaho Ar gonaut at Moscow; Carroll Plag net, manager, and Roy Sardegren, editor, of Washington Evergreen at Pullman; Jack S. Muson, editor, and Arthur Ribbel, manager, of Daily Californian at Be'rkeley; Richard J. Freindlich, editor, and M. Lewis Thompson, manager, of Stanford Daily at Palo Alto; Ed ward P. Morgan .editor, and Miss Neilson, manager, Whitman Col lege Pioneer at Walla Walla; Tom Patterson editor, and Dean Har rell, manager of Daily Trojan from Southern California; A. Maxwell Clark, editor, and Lee Ringer, manager, of Daily Bruin of U. C. L. A., at Los Angeles; and the representatives of the University of Washington Daily at Seattle, and the Willamette Collegian at Salem. I Women Are Free First Time Tonite To Join Pep Rally ^OMAN — the emancipated! Tonight at 5:30 she can don her low heels, stock up on pep, and be at Cocoanut Grove to join the men of Oregon on their long trek to 7th and Willam ette streets. For the first tiriie in campus history, she will march, shoul der to shoulder with the men, marching as they march, and chanting as they chant. She can stagger heroically down 11th street to Oak, on to Willam ette, and from there to 7th street—where, climaxing her long pilgrimage she can lend her lung-power to man’s in a last burst of enthusiasm. It’s the first time—and the worst or best time, take your choice. Bonfire Reported Ready as First Light of Dawn Comes Guards Stationed Around Campus, Butte; Co-eds Serve Workers The frosh bonfire is ready! Skinner's Butte, scene of the frosh bonfire, hummed with activ ity last night. A large crowd oi freshman men gathered to put the finishing touches on the great mass of logs, paper, and old lum ber which will be set off tonight, and to provide assurance that no invasion from Oregon State would be successful in undoing their work. When first arriving at the foot of the butte the reporter was stopped by an important looking individual who proved to be Leo Merle, chairman of the vigilance committee, and was allowed to proceed to the scene of the bonfire only after much arguing. Only freshmen were being allowed ad mittance. Several small bonfires illumined the clear, cold night and provided warmth for the frosh who packed around them. Helen Nelson and her cohorts were dispensing baked beans, slightly burned; bread, and a dark liquid which she called coffee, to the hungry workers. Howard Steib, class president, was doing his best to impress his fellow freshmen with the impor tance of his office. Parks Hitchcock was busy try ing to get some publicity for him self. Chuck Clay, general chairman of the bonfire, and Jeff Howard, con struction chairman, were conspic uous by their absence. On the campus the freshmen were doing their duty also. Sev eral groups were stationed in dif ferent sections of the campus to guard against another invasion of paint daubers. Coffee and sand wiches were served from a station in front of the Administration building. Tickets Go Fast For Homecoming Dance Saturday Selling To Be Continued in Co-op, Living Groups, Sclienk States The 500 tickets for the annual Homecoming dance to be held at McArthur court Saturday night, which were placed on sale Tues day have been going fast, accord ing to Harry Schenk, business manager of the Homecoming re ception. If enough tickets are left the sale will be continued until Satur day. They may be purchased at the Co-op or from the ticket sale representatives at the men’s liv ing organizations on the campus. The representatives are as fol lows: Alpha hall, Chuck Stryker; Al pha Tau Omega, Torrey Schell; Alpha Upsilon, Ed Kirby; Beta Theta Pi, Bill Barendrick; Chi Psi, Bob Trimm; Delta Tau Delta, Hal Short; Friendly hall, Chuck Klein egger; Gamma nail, Geo. Econ omy; Kappa Sigma, Jack Edlefsen; Omega hall, Ike Kafoury; Phi Del ta Theta, Dick Goebel; Phi Gam ma Delta, Sheldon Dunning; Phi Fiappa Psi, Art Adarhs; Phi Sigma Kappa, Chuck Foster; Pi Kappa Alpha, Tom White; Sherry Ross hall, Larkin Williams; Sigma Al pha Epsilon, Larry Jackson; Sig ma Alpha Mu, Hank Levoff; Sig ma Chi, Ned Kinney; Sigma Nu; A1 McKelligan; Sigma hall, Ro land Blantz; Sigma Phi Epsilon, Duane Frisbie; Sigma Pi Tau, Lit ton Bivans; Theta Chi, Ray Foss; Zeta hall, Collis Kaseberg. Helen Binfortl Discusses European Impressions Attitude of Students Different; Work Is Main Object The thing that impresses one most during a visit to European universities is that students go to colleges for academic purposes rather than to have a good time, was the opinion expressed by Miss Helen Binford at the last “Sunday Supper” at the International house. Miss Binford, who was one of eight women students of the Unit ed States selected to travel through Europe as a representative of the Y. W. C. A., visited many places of interest there. Next Sunday, Professor Juan B. Rael of the department of Ro mance languages of the University, will speak about the people of New Mexico, who are of pure Spanish stock and are still living in the ways of Old Spain. It w'as from these people that Mr. Rael gathered folk tales which he com piled last year to be published in the form of a book. TWO STUDENTS SPEAK Rolla Reedy, junior in education, and Wallace Campbell, senior in sociology, spoke at the Walker high school on depression and so cial planning. j Alumni Program Feature of Dinner For Phi Delta Plii All Former Members Here For Homecoming May Attend Banquet A program including short ad dresses by several of Oregon’s most noted members of the bar and featuring alumni participation has been arranged by the local chapter of Phi Delta Phi, national law honorary, for its homecoming reunion banquet to be held Satur day night at 6:30 at the Eugene hotel. Lawrence Harris, ex-justice of the Oregon supreme court, Ashby C. Dixon, prominent Portland at torney, Circuit Judge Skipworth, and Prof. Carlton D. Spencer, rep resenting the alumni will speak at the gathering. The reunion program is designed to offer homecoming grads a chance to talk over their expe riences and problems with other alumni and present members, stat ed Merrill Swenson, who is ar ranging the dinner and program. Music will also be a part of the entertainment. Edward Fisher was appointed to take charge of this feature. Swenson will wel come the old members back as part of the after dinner program while William Knight is to be toastmaster. Invitations have been accepted by prominent jurors, practitioners, and prosecuting attorneys from all parts of the state, Swenson and Knight said yesterday. “Already the acceptances received point to a large attendance. It is probable that tomorrow’s mail will bring still more.” A general invitation to all alum ni members of Phi Delta Phi who will be on the campus Saturday has been issued by Swenson. These visitors are asked to make reser vations with him. Art Museum To Be Open To Public This Week-End Murray Warner Collection Now in Memorial Building The Murray Warner art mu seum, now located in the Prince L. Campbell memorial building, will be open for inspection on Fri day, Saturday, and Sunday of this week at the hours of 5 to 10 o’clock in the evening. Students who have already seen the collection would be well re warded to view it again under the artificial light provided in the new location as it greatly increases the beauty of the display, reports in dicate. After this week the display will be open on Sunday evenings from 5 to 7 o’clock under artificial light. The longer opening for in spection this week-end was ar ranged to give the visiting alumni a chance to visit the building and see the collection in its new en vironment. Revival of Old Lid Tradition Peps Campus Green and Yellow Caps Bloom Everywhere Rumors Thai Lidless Will Be Barred From Game Discredited In order to quiet the rumor that only students with rooters’ caps would be admitted to the rooting section Saturday, Kermit Stevens, president of the Order of the ’’O,'’ declared today that all students would be admitted but that those wearing the lids would have their choice of seats. The campus-wide campaign for the wearing of rooters’ lids which has been sponsored by the letter men has met with success, Stevens said. All LUls Sold "All rooters caps available had been sold at 5:30 yesterday after noon. The order which we placed called for 900 lids and it fell through. We were able to obtain only 600, all of which have been purchased,” Stevens stated. When advised that there was some adverse criticism concerning the stand which the Order of the “O” has taken on the question of rooters’ lids, Brian Mimnaugh, president of the associated stu dents, made the following state ment: Revives School Spirit "I cannot understand this atti tude. In my opinion, this revival of an old tradition has done much toward building up the school spirit, which has been at low ebb for some time. “There are, of course, some stu dents on the campus who feel they cannot afford to spend the money for the rooters’ lids, but I think they are in the minority. All the larger universities of the country require the wearing of rooters’ lids to the football games. "The Order of the ‘O’ has taken no drastic steps, so far as I know, to enforce the wearing of the lids, and I think the greater part of the student body will agree that they have rendered a real service to the University.’’ Tryouts for Men’s Debate Team To Be Thursday Tryouts for men’s varsity debate will be held Thursday evening at 7:15, November 19 in Villard hall. The question will be: "Resolved, That the cutting of wages has ma terially retarded recovery from the present depression.” Drawing for speaking places will begin at 7:15 and each speaker will appear alternatively affirmative and negative. All men students, except fresh men are eligible. Members of var sity squads in preceding years are expected to try out under the same rules as new candidates. John L. Casteel, associate pro fessor of English, requests that everyone who expects to enter the tryouts should sign up in the speech department to speak on either the affirmative or negative or the question. Students Must Get Game Tickets From C°-op Now J AST warnings were issued ^ yesterday by the graduate manager’s office, for students to get their special tickets for Saturday’s game at the Co-op. These tickets will be required along with student body cards in order to get in the rooting section gate, Ronald II. Rob nett, assistant graduate mana ger, stated. On presentation of a signed student body card at the Co-op a special student ticket will he issued, free of charge. All Plans Completed To Entertain Grads For Big Week-End Noise Parade Positions Scheduled for Rally Men, Women To Gather At Cocoanut Grove For Serpentine When the president of the fresh man class touches a match to the huge "O” on Skinner's butte at 6 o'clock tonight, all the pent-up Homecoming spirit which has been growing for the last two weeks on the campus will let loose. Final plans for the myriad of features planned for the entertainment of the hundreds of alumni and visi tors have been completed, John Penland announced, and all is in readiness for one of the greatest celebrations ever held on the Ore gon campus. Student committees have been working feverishly all week to complete their work and, accord ing to Penland, "everything has gone off as smoothly as could ever be desired.” Homecoming signs are being rushed to completion by the various fraternities and will be judged tonight. Decorations about the campus and downtown streets have been nearly finished. Registration Begins Today Registration of alumni will com mence this afternoon in Johnson hall. More than 275 rooms are still available to visitors who have not secured them as yet. Carolyn Haberlach and Ed Reames, in charge of the housing, have an nounced a list of students who ivill be on hand to escort the visi :ors to their rooms. The committee includes John Pennington, Harold Birkinshaw, Bud Weiss, Lucile Lowry, Parma Ulark, Maxine Reed, Martha Good rich, Annabelle Powell, Marylou Patrick, Lucille Coate, Dorothy \ndoraele, Louise Barclay, Kath leen McNutt, Dorothy Esch, and Helen Binford. Roger Bailey, in charge of dec orating the campus, announced that volunteers to help in finish ing the decorating on the campus and down town were needed. Four arches have been erected on the campus and down town stores are co-operating in every way to make this the most colorful Homecom ing as far as decorations go, in history. Luncheon Plans Completed Plans for the student luncheon in McArthur court Saturday have been completed. The lunch will start at 11 a. m. and students may fill up before the game until 1 p. m. A clean-up committee, which has been requested to ap pear at the Igloo after the game and clean up the debris before the Homecoming dance, has been an nounced by Alexis Lyle, chairman. Neal Bush will act as chairman and he will be assisted by Bob De Graff, Harlan Boals, Bill Douthit, Floyd Deeds, Max Metschan, Don ald Fields, Chuck Weber, Carrol Hollen, John Parker, Gene Brewer, and Jim Ghormley. Decorators from Portland were on the campus yesterday to com plete the work on the Igloo for the huge Homecoming dance to be held Saturday night. Harry Schenk, In charge of the ticket sales, stated that large numbers have been sold, and predicted a large crowd of students and visit ing alums. Thirty Hike to Spencer’s Butte Over Armistice Day Thirty participated in the hike to the top of Spencer’s butte, sponsored by the Wesley founda tion for an Armistice day celebra tion. A sunset vespers service under the leadership of Donald Saunders, devotional chairman of the Foun dation, was held at the summit. Thelma Shuey was in charge of the hike. Burning O Will Set Off Pent-Up Student Spirit Signs and Decorations Are Nearly Completed; Arches Built The entire stage is set for this evening's noise parade, first fea ture of the Oregon Homecoming program, with rally-mad students, •bombs, rockets, fuses, and noise floats all scheduled to deafen the returned alums and the citizens of Eugene. The Oregon students will gather at Cocoanut Grove at 5:30, men in pajamas and women wearing low-heeled shoes. From there will start the chanting double serpen tine which will wind west on Elev enth street, headed by the band and the Order of the “O” men, all pajama clad. At the intersection of Oak street, the noise floats will be waiting and will join the serpen tine. Ferd Fletcher, in charge of this feature, stated that all floats must be ready at 5:30, and must be absolutely movable. Only the minimum number of men needed to operate the floats will be al lowed upon them. Parade Positions Chosen Parade positions were chosen by lot, last night, at a meeting of the rally committee. Floats will pro ceed in the following order: 1. Alpha Tau Omega and Delta Tau Delta. 2. Sigma Nu and Kappa Sig ma. 3. Sigma Chi and Chi Psi. 4. Sigma Pi Tau and Sigma Phi Epsilon. 5. Phi Gamma Delta and Theta Chi. 6. Sigma Alpha Mu and Alpha Upsilon. 7. Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Phi Sigma Kappa. 8. Alpha hall and Gamma hall. 9. Phi Delta Theta and Pi Kappa Alpha. 10. Beta Theta Pi and Phi Kap pa Psi. 11. Friendly hall. 12. Sherry Rosa hall and Sigma hall. 13. Zeta hall (speaker’s float). Sparklers To Be Used At Tenth street the parade will travel west to Willamette. As it turns down the main street, the huge bonfire will be lighted on Skinner’s butte, and will blaze throughout the rally. Jack Wood has secured sparklers, fusees, and other equipment to be distributed among the members of the parade to be displayed on Willamette. Gordon Day, in charge of the judges, has prepared their stand on the canopied east entrance of McMorran and Washburne. The judges secured are Carl Tunne man, Art Hendershott, and Elmer Byrne. Floats will be judged 75 per cent on noise and 25 per cent on originality. Two awards will be given, presented by Smith and Watkins Motor company, and the Hoffman Jewelry store. Spotlights Promised At the intersection of Seventh street, the band will fall out, and the serpentine will break up to fill the sidewalks. The noise floats will continue on to Sixth street, where they will be parked, and their operators will return to Sev enth street, where the last float bearing the speaker’s platform will be halted. Spotlights will be played upon the platform as Kelsey Slocum, yell king, leads Oregon yells, and four Oregon men—staunch sup porters—will give short pep talks. These speakers will be Baz Wil liams, Bob Mautz, Britan Mim naugh, and Dick Smith. The rally will break up in time for students to catch the train for Corvallis for the Frosh - Rook game, or to attend the annual Journalism Jamboree, scheduled for 9 o’clock at the men's gym nasium.