FROSH
EDITION
VOLUME XXXIII
FROSH
EDITION
NUMBER 105
SIIIIE BOARD III
NEETHQIDH
Deferred Pledging Plan Up
For Action at Meeting
Of Education Body
AUTO BAN CONSIDERED
Kelty Advises Retention of
Journalism School;
Contention Rife
With plans already well under
way for the reorganization of the
state’s institution of higher learn
ing, the state board of higher edu
cation will meet in Portland Mon
day to take action on other phas
es of the state-wide change. Mem
bers have been in recess since they
adjourned a month ago after mak
ing appointments for the heads of
the 13 “schools” created at Eugene
and Corvallis.
Issues which will come before
the board for discussion in the
coming session include deferred
pledging, student ownership of au
tomobiles, compulsory military
training, and the standing of the
courses in journalism offered at
the University.
The system of deferred pledging,
under which no living organization
would be allowed to pledge fresh
men, has not been definitely de
cided upon. It has been recom
mended by the board that this is
sue, if passed upon favorably,
would not go into force until the
fall of 1S33. This would make it
possible for fraternities and soror
ities to rearrange their budgets to
meet the new conditions.
Another plan which will radical
ly change life on the campus if
passed, is that of prohibiting the
operation of motor vehicles by stu
dents while registered in school.
The regulation of the military
courses offered in both schools, and
the possible abolishment of com
pulsory military training will re
ceive attention. It is thought
probable that advanced military
courses will be brought together
at one school.
Since Paul Kelty, editor of the
Oregonian, acting as spokesman
for a committee of the State Edi
torial association presented a writ
ten request for the board to retain
professional courses in journalism
at Eugene and maintain the pres
tige of the school as it is today,
members have been considering a
plan. It is expected that in its
K coming meeting the board will def
initely determine the status of the
combined journalism courses as a
department or a school.
COAL STRIKERS TAKE
LIFE IN OHIO FIGHTING
CADIZ, O., April 15.—(AP)—
Despite the presence of Ohio na
tional guardsmen, another life was
lost today -as disorders flared in
the eastern Ohio bituminous coal
field, scene of numerous strikes.
The body of Carl Naygren, 45,
was found in a ditch several hours
after a crowd of 200 men attacked
four workmen en route to the Har
mon Creek mine, near here, beat
them severely and slashed the tires
of their automobile.
Second of Free
Lecture Series
Comes on Monday
•»/fONDAY at 8:15 o’clock the
4 second of a series of lec
tures on “Love and Marriage”
will be delivered on the campus
The subject for the talks will
be “The Biological Aspects of
Love and Marriage.”
The students will be divided
into two groups to hear speak
ers on the same subject. The
women will meet in Alumni hall
with Dr. Lena Kenin as the lec
turer.
Villard hall will be the scene
of the men’s meeting. Dr.
William Livingston, former
member of the ' University
health service, will deliver the
lecture.
Including Event in Oregana
Activity List Discussed
Invitations for the second Mat
rix Table banquet to be given by
Theta Sigma Phi, national wom
en’s journalistic honorary, will be
sent out today, it was announced
Thursday at a meeting of the or
ganization. Prominent women
throughout the state and city will
be asked to the affair as will out
standing women on the campus
who have achieved recognition in
art, literature, drama, music, writ
ing, and scholarship.
Mrs. Cheryl Scholz, dean of wo
men at Reed college, who recently
returned from Vienna, will be the
speaker and honor guest for the
formal banquet which will be held
Wednesday evening, April 27, at
the Eugene hotel.
The possibility of making the
affair an activity to be included in
the list printed in the Oregana
with the graduating seniors was
also discussed at the meeting. Miss
Betty Anne Macduff is general
chairman of the event. Working
under her are Willetta Hartley,
secretary; Thelma Nelson, invita
tions; Virginia Wentz, tickets;
Jessie Steele, decorations; Eleanor
Jane Ballantyne and Esther Hay
den, hostesses; Lenore Ely, pub
licity.
PROFESSORS’ WIVES .
TO APPEAR IN PLAY
Three wives of faculty members
will appear in a one-act play to be
presented Tuesday afternoon at
the Unitarian church on the corner
of Eleventh and Ferry streets. The
play, “Patchwork,” was written by
Sally Elliott Allen, wife of Dean
Eric W. Allen of the school of jour
nalism.
The program, which starts at
2:30, will be a part of a silver tea
being sponsored by the church al
liance, with Mrs. Dugald Campbell
and Mrs. Grace Mann acting as
hostesses.
Members of the cast are: Mrs.
Maxwell Adams, Mrs. Virgil Park
er, Mrs. Kenneth Shumaker, and
Mrs. Allen.
GENE LOVE ACHIEVES DESIRE
IN TITLE ROLE OF HAMLET
T
Marian Camp and Inez Simmons Play Female Leads in Guild
Hall Players Production Due Last of Month
Gene Love, who will play the
title role in “Hamlet” which is to
be given on the campus the 29th
and 30th of this month, has
achieved one of his chief desires
Love has been active in the drama
group for the past few years, play
ing all kinds of parts ranging from
the lowliest to the highest but none
of them have meant so much to
him as the role of Hamlet. His
role is so prominent throughout
the play that no female lead can
really be named.
Marian Camp and Inez Simons
play the leading female roles of
Ophelia and Queen Gertrude re
spectively. Marian Camp will be
remembered as the delightful “Dul
cy” who opened the Guild theatre
season, while Inez Simons received
distinction recently in the role of
Andromache in “Trojan Women.”
The cast of “Hamlet” includes
all of the Guild Hall players. Jack
Stipe who has played several im
portant roles every year will play
the plotting King Claudius. Harvey
Welsh, the gushing scenario writei
in “Dulcy” will be Rosencrantz
with Eldon Woodin as his co-plot
ter, Guildenstern.
Doddering Polonius is Wilbur
Walker, who as Sergeant Mason
in “Journey’s End,” gave relief to
a relentless situation. Chuck Shoe
maker as Horatio, constant friend
of Hamlet, and Warren Gram as
Laertes, brother of Ophelia, will
both be remembered for their ap
pearances in “Journey’s End.”
The comic grave diggers will be
played by two newcomers, A1 Cul
verwell and William Anderson. The
parts of Francisco, Marcellus and
Reynaldo will be filled by Bob Fer
guson, Leonard Dart and Ethan
Newman respectively. Wilbur Thi
bault is the Player King and Louise
; Marvin the Player Queen.
Members of the court include
Louise Webber, Ann Powell, Beth
i Hurst, Betty Buffington, Dorothy
Esch, Howard Steib, Ethan New
man, Russell Clarke, Bob Loomis,
Hagan Moore, Roland Boles, Mar
tin Geary, Russell Tinkham, and
Howard Ragan.
JOHNSON NAMED
I LEAP WEEK HERD
Complete Plans for Annual
Senior Class Affair
Released
GIVES LATE PERMISSION
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Women To Be Host at Many
Social Events Listed
For 21 to 23
The appointment of Beth Ann
Johnson as chairman of Senior
Leap Week was announced yester
day by Hobart Wilson, senior class
president.
Miss Johnson stated that the
events of the week were to be
strictly informal for both men and
women. As the name of the week
indicates the dating will be done
by senior women for the following
events:
The first event of the week will
be the “Kappa Koffee” on Thurs
day of next wgek from 3:30 to
5:30 at the Kappa Kappa Gamma
house. Janice Hedges is chairman
of this tea-dance affair which will
not be a strictly date affair.
Thursday evening at 9 there will
be a special presentation at the
Colonial theatre. Virginia Grone,
chairman, has not as yet an
nounced any of the features.
Following this the Theta After
Theatre in charge of Barbara Bar
ker will be held at the Kappa Al
pha Theta house from 11 p. m. to
1 a. m.
Friday afternoon the “Co-ed’s
Revenge,” headed by Oneita Jant
zen, will be held at the Delta Gam
ma house from 3:30 to 5:30.
Friday evening the “Barroom
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OHIO OFFICIALS CHECK
TRAGIC BOMB EXPLOSION
Sewer Gas Is Held Possible
Cause of Eight Deaths
COLUMBUS, O., April 15— (AP)
—While state officials continued
their investigation of a theory
that bomb vandals were respon
sible for the explosion yesterday
in the new state office building in
which eight men were killed and
scores injured, explosive experts
said tonight a preliminary investi
gation did not show high explo
sives were used.
The experts, summoned here
from Wilmington, Del., informed
Governor George White, after an
hour in the ruins, that they be
lieved no high explosive such as
nitroglycerine, TNT, or dynamite
had caused the $1,000,000 damage
to the $6,000,000 building.
State investigators, while in
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Bloodhound Bill - -
He Caught a Bad
Cold, Weeps Willie
WTILLIAM J. BURNS is dead.
Whitehaired, 71, for years
his name was synonymous with
sleuth.
For years he made a popular
sport out of catching people.
Then he caught a cold.
Not a Sherlock Holmes. No
toupee, no monocle. On the con
trary modern, efficient. Mr.
Burns rarely resorted to dis
guise. His men were the first
“Plainclothesies.”
Burns agencies are every
where. Tracing, locating prodi
gals is one of their chief duties.
Occasionally they get a crim
inal, but more often a co? re
spondent.
Burns was a boon to detective
fictionists. He was the Diamond
Dick of Broadway.
Billionaire, oil-soaked Rocke
feller hired him to break up
strikes. Burns broke them up.
Billionaire, oil-soaked govern
ment wanted a man in jail.
‘ Burns put him in.
Nothing was impossible for
Burns. Given money he could
1 do anything. And did.
He was a human bloodhound.
But he wasn’t human.
His power reached every
; where.
Then he caught cold. His
, heart failed.
Peacefully,
Wetfobt Willie.
Production Managers for
"Beggar’s Opera” Named
Ey STEVE B. STRONG
Way back in the clays of the la
mented Junior Vodvil, the visitor
to rehearsals at the Heilig theatre
could be sure of one thing. He
could be sure that he would see,
somewhere near the front row,
Steve Smith, guiding light of many
a student vodvil production. Not
so now. The junior show is no
more. S. S. Smith is still playing
angel, however, this time to the
“Beggar's Opera.’’ Mainly through
his machinations a cast has been
assembled from the four points of
the campus, a production staff en
gaged, an^ rehearsals undertaken.
Big job. Tireless man, the maest’ro.
A staunch supporter of the mer
its of the old English show, Mr.
Smith propaganded Joltn Gay for
months, and huffed and puffed,
and claimed that Eugene was being
very unwise in not providing a lit
tle decent amusement for a change,
and at last he has blown the house
down, and we will see the “Beg
gar’s Opera” on May 13 and 14.
And here is the tireless crew that
is producing the play, the much
maligned and little publicized pro
duction staff. First of all, S. Ste
phenson Smith, who prefers to re
main, publicly at least, in the ca
pacity of “servant of the serv
ants of the opera.” Mrs. Dorathi
Bock Pierre, directing dramatics,
and Madame Rose McGrew, direct
ing the music. Mrs. Pierre has
presented two or three dance
groups in recital on the campus
and as a result is not unknown to
the students. And the madame i3
too well known to need introduc
tion.
Josephine Rice is conducting the
orchestra from the piano, and on
her falls the burden of the blame if
the rhythm falters. Marie Myers
is working daily to instill the spirit
of the dance into the choruses, in
venting a step here, plugging a
step there, shouting "te dum, te
dum, kick!” daily for hours. And
Vint Hall is known as the produc
tion manager, meaning that this
revered columnist, ex-edit, ex-man
age, and what have you, is en
gaged in keeping the cast of the
S. STEPHENSON SMITH
Sorvus saevorum operae,
D. V. ct dlabolo non
dissidente.
opera amused while waiting to go
on. These artists must be kept
contented.
Myrtle McDaniel is a secretary.
Her job is to phone, and phone,
and phone. She has a little book
wherein she records the results of
each i call. Karl Klippel is play
! ing the harassed stage manager,
for a change, having harassed
many a one when he trod the
boards for the past several years
in Guild hall. Paul Austin is the
business manager, and it is he that
undertakes to make what money
is to be made from the production.
Sandy Platt is the property man.
Everybody knows that a property
man is butt of it all. It is he that
runs to and fro with what is need
ed, it is he that settles all perr
sonal problems as they arise—
(and don’t think an artistic crew
like this doesn’t have problems)—
and generally, he collaborates. Bob
Guild is publicity director. It is
he that is responsible for stories
such as this. The publicity director
has to be the handy man about
the place, ready to do anything.
Mary Jean Warner is designing
costumes.
And that is the list of the Jack
and Jills that are building this
complex house—the “Beggar’s Op
era.’’ A salvo for the production
staff, who are born to blush un
I seen, and work unsung.
HOWARD CONTRIBUTES
TO OREGON !.! REVIEW
Dillavou, Price, Spencer Also
Write Articles
The April issue of the Oregon
Law Review, journal of the Ore
gon Bar association, has just
come off the press with articles
by Charles G. Howard, professor
of law at the University of Oregon,
collaborator with E. R. Dillavou
on “Principals of Business Law”;
Ernest B. Price, formerly United
States consular judge in China, and
now of Stanford university; Carl
ton E. Spencer, professor of law
at the University of Oregon.
“The Restatement of the Law of
Contracts With Oregon Notes,”
by Charles G. Howard, covers in
formal contracts without assent or
consideration from articles 85 to
94, which is a continuation of the
research work being done on the
matter.
Carlton E. Spencer’s article,
“Res Gestae in Oregon,” involves
technical quest of evidence and
proof, which has been analyzed in
all Oregon cases. The issue also
carries the proceedings for the
1932 Oregon District Attorney
association.
SPEECH HEAD TO GIVE
READING ON INDIANS
John L. Casteel, associate pro
fessor of English and director of
speech, will give a reading on na
tive literature of the American In
dian Tuesday evening at a meeting
of the Cosmopolitan club at Inter
national house.
Mr. Casteel will discuss the char
acteristics of the American Indians
in regard to religious beliefs, their
activity as council speakers, and
their native dances.
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LAW DEAN ASKED TO
ADDRESS BAR DINNER
Professor Wayne L. Morse has
; been asked to attend the annual
; banquet of the Sixth Judicial Bar
association which will meet at
\ Pendleton, April 20.
Professor Morse has been asked
to discuss the future of the Oregon
i law school, which has suffered a
few changes by the board of high
er education.
COAST MILLS REPORT
DROP III PRODUCTION
Current Business Far Below
That of Last Year
SEATTLE, April 15 — (API —
Operation of 322 mills reporting
for the week ending April 9 was
24.8 per cent of capacity com
pared with 24.4 per cent of ca
pacity for the previous week and
44.5 per cent for the same week
of the previous year.
During the same week, 287 of
these plants were reported by the
West Coast Lumbermen’s associa
tion as down and 135 operating.
The operating plants reported pro
duction at 47.3 per cent of group
capacity.
Current new business of 217
identical mills was 9.5 per cent
under production, totaling 13,000,
000 feet less than orders of the
previous week. Production of
this group was listed at 750,000
feet more than the previous week,
shipments being 13 per cent over
production.
Inventories were reported by 144
mills to be off 9,000,000 feet dur
ing the week and 18.3 per cent
less than at this time last year.
Unfilled orders declined 24,400,000
feet from the previous week.
GUILD CHOOSES OLD
ENGLISH PRODUCTION
_
One of the first examples of
English drama has been chosen
for the third production of the
drama department for this term.
“Gammer Gurton’s Needle,” is the
title of the five-act play to be giv
en at the Guild theatre sometime
later in the term.
Margaret Hunt and Louise Web
ber have been selected for the lead
ing roles. Other members of the
cast will be chosen later, said Ot
tilie T. Seybolt, head of the drama
department yesterday.
The author of this old play is
unknown, and controversy may
still be found as to his identity.
The plot revolves around the loss
of a needle, which was considered
quite a serious catastrophe in the
days when needles werp quite a
rarity.
FISH GLEE SET
F0R91TKHT
Complete Plans Rounded Out
For Annual Yearling
Free Dance
PLANS AVERRED UNIQUE
Steib Welcomes Students;
Hopes To Set New
Precedent
Final plans for the Frosh Glee,
annual all-campus yearling dance
scheduled for 9:00 this evening,
were laid as the decoration and
construction plans neared comple
tion last night. Walter Gray of
Seaside is in general charge of the
affair.
The dance is free to all Univer
sity students and Howard Steib,
freshman class president, tenders
an official welcome to all stu
dents to attend. The yachting
motif is used in the decorations
which are under the direction of
Jeff Howard. Members of the
freshman class under the super
vision of Hartley Kneeland, con
struction chairman, have trans
formed McArthur court into a
veritable sports dreamland. In
formal sportswear will be the
order of the day and dire penalties
are threatened for all who refuse
to comply.
Abbie Green and his Midnite
Sons, prominent local orchestrans,
will provide the music and refresh
ments have been furnished through
a Eugene firm.
“We hope that we can offer the
campus something new in the way
of freshman dances,” Gray stated,
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GOVERNOR MURRAY
RETURNS FROM TOUR
Refuses To Reveal Reason
For Hurried Journey
OKLAHOMA CITY, April 15—
(AP)—Advised by Lieut. Gov.
Robert Burns to “stay home and
be governor, if you don’t like the
way I run this state,” Governor
William H. (Alfalfa Bill) Murray
immediately set about putting his
administrative house in order to
day.
Pausing long enough to dictate
a letter to Gov. Roosevelt of New
York in which he asked the east
erner some questions regarding is
sues of the campaign in which
both are candidates for the Demo
cratic nomination for president,
Murray announced he would re
verse an important official act of
Burns which had halted a sub
prison project started by the gov
ernor.
Returning last night from a
speaking tour abruptly halted in
Oregon, Murray steadfastly re
fused to reveal the reason for his
dash back to Oklahoma City. His
side thrust at Roosevelt in the
midst of state problems made it
clear he remained interested in the
presidential campaign.
SENATORS HEAR STUDENT
WASHINGTON, (IP) — Three
United States senators listened
last week to the stories of stu
dents from some 40 eastern col
leges and universities who were
ejected from Kentucky when they
arrived there ostensibly to study
the working conditions and to aid
the striking miners there.
Last Chance To
Sign Up for Song
Contest Offered
'J’ODAY Is the last day for
houses or halls to sign up
for the Polyphonic choir Intra
mural song contest, it is an
nounced by George Barron,
choir president. Music to be
used in the contests for men’s
quartets and women’s sextets
will be ordered at once from the
publishers and competitive au
dition for the two large silver
cups offered as prizes will be
held about the 20th of May.
Four women’s groups and
four men’s were entered up till
yesterday. House representa
tives wishing to sign up today
should call Mrs. Hay at (local)
343 before 12 o’clock.
Co-Op Announces
Final Chance to
Get Caps, Gowns
'T'ODAY is the last day to
order rap and gowns as well
as announcements. A charge
for the rental of the outfit will
' e $2.50 besides the deposit fee
of $2.50, which will be remitted
after commencement. The an
nouncements arc 12c each and
can be secured at the Co-op.
PRICE MUSLIM
BEARD CUTEST
Wagner, Hibberdl, Barker,
Lord Are Among Winners
The sophomore class can start
life anew with a clean slate now.
And incidentally with clean faces.
The Whiskerino shuffle, and the
attendant contests were ushered
into the pages of campus history
last night to the tunes of babbling
ping-pong balls and Abbie Green’s
Midnite Sons, at the Coconut
Grove ball-room.
Brute Stauffer was general
chairman for the big second-year
event.
The prize for the longest beard
went to Bill Price for his fluffy
whiskers. He received a meal
ticket to the College Side inn for
his “shaving pains.” Other prize
winners and their awards were as
follows: blackest beard, Paul Wag
ner, a meal ticket at the Green
Parrot; the second longest beard,
Jack Cooper, a shave and a hair
cut at C. O. Elliott’s; shortest
beard, Ken Lord, a tie from Paul
D. Greens; blondest beard, George
Hibberd, a carton of cigarettes
from the Campus shine shop; red
dest beard, Bob Sleeter, a sweater
from Phelps Terkel; most uniquely
designed beard, Bill Barker, a
sports belt from DeNeffes; second
best design, Tom Tongue.
The judges were Helen Burns,
Helen Lee Stanton, Adrienne Sa
bin, Rosemary Bertois, Marioh
Vinson, and Betty Zentner.
Other committee members aid
ing Stauffer included: features—
Molly Cochran, Jim Ferguson, Bob
De Graf; patrons—Betty Steiwer,
Charleen Purcell; publicity— Ed
Schweiker, Maxine Reid, and Nan
cy Suomela.
D. A. R. HOLD PLANTING
CEREMONY ON CAMPUS
In commemoration of the 200th
anniversary of the birth of George
Washington, the Lewis and Clark
chapter of the Daughters of the
American Revolution held a cere
mony on the campus yesterday to
plant a small sapling tree.
The tree, an Evergreen southern
magnolia, is at present but two
feet high, but is featured as part
of the program to transform the
waste lands in the northeastern
section of the campus into a park.
The park will be dedicated to
Prince Lucien Campbell, former
president of the University.
Among those present at the
planting were Mrs. C. O. Wilson,
regent; Mrs. F. S. Appleman, Mrs.
S. E. Stevens, and Mrs. Jane L.
Kettels. Mrs. Wilson is the mother
of Hobart Wilson, president of the
senior class.
TWO GRID TEAMS
BATTLE TO TIE
Desperate Conflict Marks
First Scrimmage Game
Of Season
FIGHT To”STANDSTILL
Doughboys Under Bowerman
Take Early Lead But
Marines Come Back
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By BOB RIDDLE
Fifteen hundred wondering foot
ball fans lined the sides of McAr
thur field yesterday to witness
one of the most spectacular games
ever played in these parts, and
all the wonder they had held prior
to the spectacle vanished swiftly
as two inspired teams fought vali
antly to a final 14-14 tie. What
they saw was a blue-clad eleven,
captained by Bill Bowerman,
sweep Joe Walsh and his crew off
their feet during the first half,
only to have the wearers of the
white come back with added de
termination in the final half to tie
the score and barely miss victory.
For eight full minutes the rival
teams battled shoulder to shoulder
with neither having the advantage.
It was a pass, Pepelnjak to
Parke, that broke the ice—a long
toss of 35 yards beautifully exe
cuted, that led to the first score
for the Doughboys. Pepelnjak, on
two thrusts, covered the necessary
ground to scoring territory. At
this point the powerful backfield
of the Marines, with Walsh and
Kostka doing most of the packing,
momentarily played havoc with
I the Blue defense. Kostka made
20 yards around left end and Cap
Walsh added another at center. A
pass, Kostka to Parker, gained six *
more, but success went to their
heads and on the next try Bower
man crashed through and inter
cepted on the 35-yard line.
Speed again won out late in the
second period when the Doughboys
carried the ball to midfield, at
which juncture Parke hurled a
bullet-like pass to Pepelnjak for
the Blues’ final touchdown. Parke
converted and Pep fooled the boys
on the next, a ‘‘make up,” by the
way, for the first score, due to
lack of goal posts, by racing
around right end while perched to
hold a conversion. This made the
score 14-0, and it looked hopeless
for Walsh’s Marines, as the whistle
blew, ending the half.
Full of grim determination, the
“Welshmen” lines up at the start
of the third quarter and stayted
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OREGON GRAD GETS
COMMENT ON WORK
International recognition has
been received by George W. Black
Jr., graduate with the class of ’28
and receiving his M. A. in romance
languages in ’30, for his thesis,
“The Life and Works of Georges
Eekoud,” regarded as the most ex
tensive study yet made on this
famous Belgian novelist.
Commendations of the thesis
have been received from such au
thorities and critics on Belgian
literature as M. Georges Verres,
who took the place of Eekoud at
the Belgian academy; G. L. Van
Rossbeock, editor of The Romance
Review at Columbia university;
and Prof. L. A. Morlze of Harvard.
DEAN STRAUB RECALLS EARLY
FRESHMAN CLASSES AT OREGON
Oregon’s “Grand Old Man” Remembers When Students
Were Admitted to University From Sixth Grade
Oregon’s “grand old man," John
Straub, still thinks as much of his
freshmen as ever. He said so yes
terday as he sat at the great desk
in his den, recalling the classes
which have come and gone in the
54 years he has been at the Uni
versity.
“Daddy of the freshmen! That’s
what they called me,” he said with
a smile. He used to help them find
jobs, find friends, and pull them
out of tough spots. Even now he
likes to know what his freshmen
are doing, though retired from the
strenuousness of campus life.
In the infancy of the University
the campus must have seemed
strange without its multitude of
green lids and frosh pranks. Such
things as hazing and general
rough-house were unknown then.
In fact, It wasn’t until the early
'80’s, as Dean Straub remembers,
that there were any freshmen at
all. Students were admitted from
the sixth grade and there was no
line of demarkatlon.
Dean Straub didn’t want to talk
about his own memories yesterday.
He was impatient with the weath
er, which he says may last until
July. Right now he is more inter
ested in present-day affairs, likes
to read books about J. P. Morgan
and Henry Ford, and to talk about
the economic situation.
But his wife, a frail little lady
who lies on a bed where she can
look directly onto a busy street,
gazed towards the campus which
she hasn’t seen for a whole year,
and described Eugene as she saw it
54 years ago, a young woman fresh
from the "civilized” East.