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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 8, 1932)
ALUMNI EDITION ALUMNI EDITION VOLUME XXXIV UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1932 NUMBER 7 T V Vote on November 8th ToDecideFate of University Voters Will Get Chance at Grab Move in Month Future of Four Schools Han^s in Balance ALUMNI CHALLENGED Preservation of Higher Education Prevention of Increase in Taxation Are Issues The hand - to - hand fight against the Zorn - Macpherson “school scrambling” bill will decide its fate. Explain the bill to your friends and asso ciates. Alumni of the Univer sity are its missionaries. Its future rests upon your activity in the next 30 days. Vote 317 X No and save higher educa tion for Oregon. By ALEXANDER BROWN One month from today, voters of the state of Oregon will have an opportunity to go to the polls and register their disapproval of the Zorn - Macpherson bill, the adoption of which would wreck higher education in Oregon, sad dle an additional tax load upon the taxpayer, and result in gigan tic loss to the state and indivi duals. In the defeat of this bill at the polls on November 8 rests the continued existence of the Univer sity of Oregon, of Monmouth Nor mal school, of the normal schools at La Grande and Ashland, and of all higher education in Oregon. The fate of all these schools will be in the hands of the some 400,000 registered voters of the commonwealth. Challenge Flung Alums The situation presents a chal lenge to all Oregon alumni, in fact, to all persons interested in preserving the high standing of Oregon's educational institutions, as well as to those interested in maintaining this standing at the smallest possible cost to the tax payers. The next month will decide whether that challenge has been accepted. The situation today is this: Since the Zorn - Macpherson crowd first made public their plans to move, change, and other wise scramble the institutions of the state, claiming, without proof or precedent, that such wholesale manipulation would save $1,000, 000 a year, the alumni and inter ested citizens have waged a suc cessful preliminary campaign, seeking to demonstrate to the voters the fallacy of the original claims of the Zorn-Macpherson ites to economy. Campaign Is Successful The campaign thus far has in a measure been successful. Where ever the real facts have been clearly presented to impartial lis teners, the reaction has invariably been firmly opposed to this vici (Continucd on Page Three) Tentative Lineup Today Oregon Bailey . Morgan . Frye . Hughes .. Clark . Nilsson . Wishard . Bowerman . Temple . Gee . Mikulak .. Referee: Herb Dana. Umpire: Abe Colin. Washington ....BE. W. Smith ....BT. Wiatrnk ...BG. O’Brien .C. Howard ...RG.. Windust -RT. Isaaeson -BE. Nisbet .Q. Cherberg —BH. Bufkin • RH. Muezynski - F.-. Sulkosky Field judge: Tom Bouttit. Head linesman: Tom Shea. TOO Communities To Be Served in Deputation Work |Speech Students To Cover Three Counties in Talk Tour About 100 communities in the counties of Linn, Lane, and Doug las will bs served by deputation work offered by University stu dents under the direction of Philip A. Parsons, dean of the school of applied social science. The speech division of the Uni versity is entering actively into the work, planning to send stu dents to surrounding communities to offer debates, mock debate, dramatics, and a demonstration of parliamentary procedure. Ted Pursley has been chosen manager of the speaker's bureau. Those interested are urged to register with him. All organizations who have stunts, plays, musical talent, or any other form of entertainment I which they would like to offer, may discuss their plans with Dean Parsons. A project which has been undertaken by the Wes ley club and which is suggested for other organizations is the choosing of a particular commun ity to which entertainers will be sent throughout the year when ever the need arises. Gage in Michigan Working for Ph.D» Daniel D. Gage, Jr., associate professor of business administra tion, is away on a leave of absence and is working to obtain his doc tor of philosophy degree in eco nomics at the University of Michi gan. During the past summer Mr. Gage traveled in France and Ger many. In Paris he visited with Mr. and Mrs. Vinton Hall. In Germany j he attended Heidelberg university. Mrs. Gage, who graduated from the University of Oregon last year 1 and who was a member of Alpha Phi sorority, accompanied him at the University of Michigan at the present time. Group To Meet Monday Officers of Prose and Poetry group of Philomelete are to meet Monady at 4 p. m. in the office of Ernest G. Moll, 201 Villard hall. One of Donors Tells of Past Expresses Hope for Future By HAZLE CORRIGAN “There wasn’t very much dream of the future. It was a dream of the present,” Marion Wilkins, one of the original donors to the fund which built Deady hall, said in de scribing the sacrifices that the pioneers made to the cause of education in subscribing * to the fund that built Deady hall. Mr. Wilkins shows the marks of the years, but to talk with him is to know that there remains yet that pioneer spirit which will fight for a cause. Seated in his comfortable home, he recalled the days when Eugene was a town of 700, when the first thought above mere existence was to build schools and churches. The people of Eugene and Lane bounty founded the University at great personal sacrifice in order that the young people might have an opportunity to prepare them- j selves for their life work. Those ; pioneers have watched the Uni-l versity grow from an institution of one building and a handful of students to be an important fac tor in the life of the state. The work of the founders did not stop with the building of Deady hall; it has been a work which has spread over nearly sixty years, according to Mr. Wilkins. “Every year the citizens were called upon to aid the Uni versity.” Mr. Wilkins expressed confi dence in the people of the state of Oregon, in their attitude to ward the University. More than once appropriations have been held up by referendum petition, but always the voters have up held the University and higher education in Oregon, he declared. Gorrell May Hear Final Decree on Re-entry Monday Girl Found Driving Minus Permit Wednesday Files Applieation Ruth Ardis Gorrel will probably know in a few days whether she will be able to re-enter the Uni versity. Her case will be taken up at the enforcement committee meeting .Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock, when a decision will be made concerning her petition to re-register. Miss Gorrel’s registration was cancelled Wednesday because she failed to have a permit to drive the family car. Yesterday she filed for a driving permit in the office of O. L. Rhinesmith, en forcement officer. After the enforcement commit tee passes on Miss Gorrell’s peti tion, the decision will be sent to the registrar’s office, from where she will be notified as to her eligi bility to re-register. The enforce ment committee acts as a judiciary body and has been meeting every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday afternoons. This has been the first case the enforcement committee has handled in enforcing the high er education board’s ban on auto mobiles. Paul Scherer Boosted For Education Board Paul A. Scherer, Medford fruit man, has been recommended by the Fruitgrowers’ league to fill the position on the state board of high ed education vacated recently by Albert Burch. It was not revealed until yester day that the league had voted and forwarded the recommendation to Governor Julius L. Meier on Sep tember 21. The telegram to Meier read: “We heartily urge the ap pointment of Paul A. Scherer to the board of higher education be cause of his admirable qualifica tions for the important duties of this board.” Eugene Riding Group Weekly Event Sunday The regular weekly ride spon sored by the Eugene Hunt club will start from the Eugene Rid ing academy at 9 a. m. tomorrow and will last two hours. Sponsors of the event invite University students to participate. This Lad Has a Nimble Toe -4 Sheldon To Teach ‘World Religions’ In Lecture Series Classes Begin Tomorrow At M. E. Church, Starting at 10 Dr. Henry D. Sheldon, chairman of social science, will teach a course on "World Religions” that will be sponsored each Sunday morning throughout the term by the Wesley Foundation, organiza tion of Methodist University stu dents. The class will meet at 9:45 at the Methodist Episcopal church; all students are invited to attend. The topic for this Sunday will be “Primitive Religions "’.subjects for succeeding Sundays, as announced by Dr. Sheldon, are “The Religion of the Greeks,” “Confucianism,” “Zoroastrianism,” “Brahmanism,” “Buddhism,” “Judaism,” "Moham medanism,” and “Christianity.” The series will take the form of lectures beginning at 10 o’clock, preceded by a discussion and an swering of questions at 9:45. The questions are to be written and handed in at the conclusion of the preceding Sunday morning’s meet Annual Survey of Fire Prevention To Begin The annual survey of the Uni versity of Oregon fraternities, so rorities, and dormitories relative to fire prevention will start next week, it was announced yesterday. The state fire marshal’s office will assist. Karl Onthank, dean of person nel, has requested that the survey be completed as joon as possible. It will probably be finished by the end of the week. It’s Matt Muczynski, one of the “Fighting Irish” on .Jimmy Phe lan’s Husky team that hopes to dethrone the Webfeet today front their long record of whipping the best teams the U. of W. could pro duce. He’s an all-round threat, and the name Muczynski spells trouble in English. Web foots, Huskies Ready for Clash at Portland Stadium Registration Ends Today; Out-State . Fees Due on 22nd Today at noon marks the last day to enter the University. Students registering' after today will owe an additional late pay ment fee of $5. Out-of-state fees will be due October 22, which will also mark the deadline for second payments of fees being paid on the installment plan. However, students are urged to make payment as soon as possible to avoid the rush and possible in ability to take care of all stu dents on that day. Seattle Grid Fans, 10,000 Strong, To See Portland Tilt Tale of Muczynaki’s Injury Is Not Given Much Credence SEATTLE, Oct. 7.—(Special to the Emerald) — Ten thousand Washington football fans, most of hem from Seattle, are heading (or Portland tonight and tomor •ow morning to watch Coach Jim ny Phelan's Huskies try to stop the march of the University of Oregon's football team toward a oossible Pacific coast champion ship. Little credence has been placed generally in Phelan’s statement hat his star sophomore fullback, Watt Muczynski, may not play be ause of injuries. Phelan emphati cally denies that the giant Muc cynski will start, and declares that 3ill Wolcott will start in Matt’s dace at right half. Phelan has admitted, however, hat Muczynski will probably see lome action before the game is ever. After four years of picking them wrong, Seattle dopesters have fi nally chosen the Webfoots to win, ind the hordes of Washington rooters are out, for the first time in the history of the sister-state conflicts, to cheer the underdog. Mum Sale Successful, Continued in Portland The A. W. S. mum sale has been universally successful so far, Edith Peterson, chairman, stated yesterday. A new plan was start ed this year in having orders taken for the mums on the special train which left Eugene at 3:30 yesterday. Tommy Luke’s in Portland is the official headquarters for mums today from 9 until 2. Pro ceeds go to the student loan fund sponsored by the A. W. S. for both men and women students. Sophomore Halfbacks Are Injured GAME TRADITIONAL Callison Makes Conference Delnit As Coach in Tilt Starting At 2 This Afternoon By BRUCE HAMBY PORTLAND, Oct. 7.—(Special) Portland put on its American Legion finery tonight and made ready to watch Oregon and Wash ington play their 27th football game beginning 2 p. m. tomorrow at Multnomah stadium. Adversar ies for more than a quarter of a century, the two teams meet here in one of the traditional football battles of the Far West. For the first time in five years the Webfoots enter the annual en counter on the long end of the odds. Victors over Santa Clara in a pre-season reversal of dope, the Oregon lads are expected to be one touchdown superior to the Huskies. Oregon arrived here this after noon and worked out at Waverley Country club at 4 o'clock. Down from the north early tonight Irish Jimmy Phelan brought a team that will fight with its back to the wall. Out of the pennant race for the past five years, the Huskies battle tomorrow for their coach’s job, their school’s financial future, and their own athletic prestige. Four Years Straight For four years Washington has not reached the territory back of Oregon's goal line. Even the as sistance of three great backs, Chuck Carroll, Thurle Thornton, and Merle Hufford could not take the ball through the Oregon wall. Four years ago, in this same setting, Johnny Kitzmiller made his coast conference debut. Play ing the running back position in opposition to Carroll, unanimous choice for all-American that year, the Flying Dutchman led Cap Mc Ewan's unheralded team to a 27 to 0 victory. Again in 1929 the boys in Em erald and Yellow humbled the Huskies. The score was 14 to 0. Back 'to Portland in 1930 shifts the scene of battle. The late Enoch Bagshaw had been succeeded at Washington by Jim Phelan. Dr. C. W. Spears was leading the Web foots. Late in the third quarter Kitzmiller caught a pass and dashed 25 yards for the only touch I down of a desperately fought game. Spears Jinxes Phelan * Last year Oregon went to Seat tle as a 7 to 5 underdog. But Doc Spears scored a football victory over Phelan for the fifth consecu tive time, and the Webfoots had another win over the Huskies. The score was 13 to 0. Outgained from scrimmage, Oregon turned two lucky breaks into touchdowns. Doc Spears is gone now, and a (Continued on Page Four) Prehistoric Indians9 Skulls Show Trouble with Teeth That prehistoric Indians walked the floor (or the ground) with a splitting toothache- even as you and I is amply testified to by the condition of the teeth in ancient skulls unearthed this summer at Gold Hill by L. S. Cressman of the school of social science. Mr. Cressman, in charge of a small group of workmen, spent about five weeks excavating bur ial mounds in the vicinity of Gold Hill, 18 miles east of Grants Pass. Of the 39 skeletons disinterred, including alike those of small chil dren and those of toothless age, a majority bore signs of defective teeth. Cavities in long-silent jaw bones gave mute testimony against the theory that ancient man preserved his bridge-work through proper diet. Obsidian ceremonial knives were uncovered with some of the skele tons; among these was found a single, skillfully fashioned one of slate. The ceremonial knife had a definite place in the worship ritual of the prehistoric Indian, and it was not designed for practical use as a cutting instrument. Ornamental shells exhumed by Mr. Cressman indicate that 20 cen tures, more or less, is a period of small importance where the pe rennial vanity of man is concerned. An abalone shell was tucked neatly beneath one bony chin, and a string of others that may have adorned an apron lay near by. A crushed skull and a bleached arrow-head imbedded in a brittle i bone told their story of violent death. A small pile of jasper, evidently gathered to be worked into arrow heads, lay undisturbed. Its owner ! had been killed, perhaps, or forced | to flee for his life from man, or . beast, or flood—who knows?