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Alumni Edition Alumni j Edition \ i VOLUME XXXIV UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1932 NUMBER 22 Battle Against Juggling Plan In Last Stages Polilioal Humbuggery Is Exposed VOTE 10 DAYS AWAY Eugene Citizens Working To Beat Zorn-Macpherson Sehool Grab Measure By ALEXANDER G. BROWN As ttie campaign against the Zorn-Macpherson school moving bill slips into the last stages, and both camps are making every pos sible effort to bring about success, the would-be school movers are finding that more and more of the political humbuggery that they have been trying to pass on to the voters is being discredited and ex posed. Latest of these incidents was re vealed by R. B. Swenson, editor of the Monmouth Herald, who, upon reading the advertising and hear ing the radio speeches which quoted Guy Stanton Ford, noted educator and dean of the graduate school at the University of Minne sota, as being in favor of consoli dation, presumed on a long stand ing friendship with Mr. Ford to write him and determine whether he had been quoted correctly. In his reply, Dean Ford inclosed copies of his letters to the Zorn Macpherson crowd. The first let ter, Ford admitted, had been writ ten without full investigation of the matter and the second written after he had had opportunity to look the bill over and give his real sentiments in regard to the meas ure. Ford Quoted In his second letter, which has not been quoted by the foes of higher education, Ford said, in part: “. . . if I were engaged in con solidation, I doubt very much if I would be in favor of the measure, a copy of which you inclose. I don't like section seven, for in stance. It may be true, probably is true, that Portland is the logical location for a medical school de siring clinical advantages, but lo cating the law school in Salem away from the other units of the state University is a piece of po litical jugglery that could not be defended on any educational grounds for a single moment.” Proponents Ignore Conclusion Proponents of the bill have con tinually quoted parts of the fed eral survey in which the .survey commission was dealing in possible changes in the system, but they have consistently refused to recog nize the concluding chapter in which the commission states: “This does not mean in the Ore gon situation that it would be better at this late date to unite the two institutions upon one cam pus. Quite apart from historical background and sentiment, the state now has a large investment upon both campuses. There is no practical means of getting this in vestment back from either cam pus if one were abandoned. Both must be utilized now, and the prob lem therefore is to propose a plan which will insure the most econom ical use of the present plant and the most economical development.” Alibi Used But even when the school mov ers were shown this statement, they had a ready alibi. In a de bate at Lebanon, Hector Macpher son stated the survey commission had been influenced by powerful interests within the state to make (Continued on Page Three) : Orchestra Ready To Present First Concert Sunday The University Symphony or chestra is ready for its first con cert of the year, to be given at the [ music auditorium Sunday after ! noon at 3 o’clock, says Rex Under | wood, director. This opening concert, planned ! to be one of the highlights of the 1 Dad's day week-end, will be open | to students and townspeople with out the usual admission charge. An interesting program, includ ing Mendelssohn’s overture to “Ruy Bias'' and Weber’s overture to “Der Freischutz” has been planned. It will include several ensemble numbers and a Mendels sohn concerto for violin and or chestra for which Howard Hal bert, concert master, will be the soloist. Alumni Will Rally In Eugene Friday For Homecoming Games, Dances, Reception Planned To Welcome Campus Guests Near the eve of the most impor tant election in Oregon as far as the University of Oregon is con cerned, alumni will rally in Eugene Friday night to begin a Homecom ing which will also be a pledge to the University of support at the polls four days later. Few Home comings have been more impor tant. It is “Back to Fight for Ore gon,” this year, and from all cor ners of the Pacific northwest stu dents are expected to gather. The radio speaker who recently asked, “Who do these alumni think they are anyway?” can probably have his question an answered next week-end if he but visits Eugene. Freshmen To Battle The Frosh-Rook game on Hay ward field Friday night will be of prime interest. These two infant teams battled to a scoreless tie in a sea of mud at Corvallis a couple of weeks ago, and each is out to win this deciding game. The game will be preceded by the bonfire rally, and will be followed by a rally dance at McArthur court. According to the Skull and Dag (Continued on Paye Three) Local Writer Will Give Bible Characterization Frederick K. Davis, Eugene writer, will present the story of Peter as the sixth in his- series of character interpretations of New Testament personalities before upper-class group at Westminster Sunday morning at 9:45. A special welcome will be extended to the Oregon Dads. “Should the Church Take Part in Social Reform?” is the subject for discussion with which Orval Thompson will open the evening forum at 6:30. The social hour follows at 7:30, to which everyone is invited. Y.W.C.A. Donut Sale Closes at Game Today The sale of donuts between halves of the Oregon-Gonzaga game today marks the end of the Y. W. annual donut drive on the campus, which, according to asso ciation officers, has been most suc cessful. About 22 girls have been signed up by Maryellen Bradford, chair man, and will sell warm donuts at two for five cents. Potent Pigger’s Publication Produces Patronymic Play By ELINOR HENRY “Who put the Pigg in Pigger’s Guide?” is a Good Base for a Kid der’s reMarks toDay, as the 1932 1933 student directory that Parks Near my Wright Elbow Otto help any Tongue to Kidwell. Nunn May Utter Learned Prose, but for a Little Riddle, a Lively Short Story, or a Sly Dodge, this is the Best Way. Let us Blaise away on Pollitt-ics .... Hoover, Thomas, and that White House Hunter from New York—every Page of the Daly Currier will Carey a Schmeer about them for Weeks, plus a Hull Lott of Economus (French Banks Barr Coppers, England Fales?). Petit Pierre Priaulx and Jamie McPherson and Howard Smith— all worship the Golden Cash in the Temple of Babbitt; but they Hug their Nickels while the Tillman grows Gray, his Back to the Wall. .... Flagg of the Frey! Shades of Borah and Smith! What Wood Alger say? Now, take ftie Case of Trulove. . . . . Ewen your Darling on a House Davenport, talking of Downs or of Labbs in Condoiv or maybe of a Card you Drew—cer tainly not of an Arey Cassel. But when a Beem, a Ray of light searches you out, you Roher, “Dowsett! Dimmitt!” Love? And Howe! Imagine Gerlinger Hall on the Seashore .... perhaps the Long Gray Beach at Gearhart! . . . . With Briggs in a Gale—a Large Berg to the Lee. Summers and Winters the Fisher Luhrs, then Fries the Trout and Salmon. The Strong Bowman can Chase the Hart and Buck. Sparks fly from Steele as Spears strike Shields. To Goff, to Skeie, to Marshall Piuney Chessman, to Cook a Waf (Conlinued on Page Two) PROBABLE LINEUPS Gonzaga • Pos Hurd . LE. Bellinger .LT. Maher .LG. Murphy .C. Barker .EG. Reilly .RT.. Wilson (C) .RE. Sherar .Q. Peterson .LH. Casetto .RH.. Krause .F. Oregon . Morse . Eagle . Frye (C) Hughes . Clark . Nilsson . Wishard Bowerman . Temple' .. Parke . Bobbitt j Oregon Webfoots To Oppose Gonsaga Squad Here Today By MALCOLM BAUER “Prink” Callison will trot his Webfoot gridsters out on Hayward field this afternoon at 2 o’clock to tangle with one of the "scrap piest” elevens in the Northwest, the Gonzaga Bulldogs. Despite the fact that the Ducks will go into the game minus the services of Capt. Bill Morgan at tackle and “Big Mike” Mikulak at full, they are conceded an edge over the Spokane aggregation. Michael Pecarovich, the genial mentor of the northern team, rolled into town with his herd yesterday, and announced that he was ready for the best the Web foots had to offer. Both teams are heralded as us ing a “wide-open” offensive style of play, and the game promises to be one of many scores. Mr. Pecarovich’s lads have the habit ■ of opening up with dazzling spin ners, triple-passes, and double re verses early in the game, and have consistently scored on much heav ier teams this year before the game was well underway. I On the line, the Webfoots will have the advantage of both weight and experience, the same forward wall starting today that tore such great holes in the Vandal defense last Saturday. Behind the line there is little choice. The combination of She rar, Peterson, Castello, and Krause has been working well for the Bulldogs all season, rolling up large scores with fair consistency. Krause, at full, is the ace of the quartette, being rated almost on a par with “Mike” Mikulak as a plunger and defensive back. In the Oregon backfield Bill Bowerman, veteran signal caller, and Mark Temple, offensive flash, will be the only starters who have been playing regularly this year. Bobbitt will be at full, and either Stan Kostka, “Pepper” Pepelnjak, or Bob Parke will play in the right half position. Parke will probab ly get the call because of his con sistent punting. WUcarson at Rochester Vernon L. Wiscarson, B. A., '32, is now attending the Eastman school of music of the University of Rochester. The entering class numbers 146, and 26 states as well as Washington, D. C., and Canada are represented. Wiscarson is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Benton Wis carson, Eugene. A Pair of Bulldog-Tamers Above is Leighton tJee, Oregon right-halfback, and below is Howard (Dutch) Clark, guard. They both appear on Ilayward field today against the Bulldogs of (ion/.aga university. Clark will be employed on the YVebfoot starting eleven, and Gee is cer tain to see action. At present he is bothered by an injured knee. Taylor Asked To J Administer Psych Exam at Stanford Tests To Give Vovational And Educational Guidance Dr. Howard R. Taylor of the psychology department has re ceived his seventh consecutive in vitation from Stanford university to administer the three-hour psy chological entrance examination required of every undergraduate student entering that institution. According to Dr. Taylor, one such examination is to be given under his direction early in March at Lincoln high school in Portland, and another in the psychology de partment at Condon hall. These tests, Dr. Taylor said, are part of a vocatioinal and educa tional guidance system being de veloped at Sanford which is not unlike the one in use at the Uni versity of Oregon. A $5 fee is charged each applicant taking the test under the Stanford system. No charge is levied at Oregon. Through entrance examinations of this kind it is possible to pre dict successful college careers with a fair degree of accuracy, accord ing to Dr. Taylor. Sheldon at Wisconsin Henry Sheldon, B. A., ’25; M. A. ’28, son of Dr. H. D. Sheldon, chairman of lower division social science at the University, is now research fellow in statistics at the University of Wisconsin. Mr. Shel don received his Ph.D. degree in sociology at Wisconsin. Campus Calendar Y. W. C. A. cabinet entertain ing W. A. A. and A. W. S. councils tonight, 8 o’clock, at the bunga low, with a Haloween party. Oregon Yeoman basketball prac tice today at 1:00 p. m. on the main floor of the men’s gym. The decorations committee for the Dad’s day banquet will meet promptly at 12:45 p. m. in the en trance to the dining room of the men’s dormitory. Women’s debate squad meeting Monday at 4 p. m. in room 13 of the speech division. Coiegium Augustale will meet at the Phi Mu house Monday eve ning at 8. Latin students invited. Westminster freshmen meet with Dean Onthank at 9:45 a. m. tomorrow at the house. Introduce dad to your Christian life activi ties. Dr. R. C. Clark of the history department will be the principal speaker at the Young Democratic league meeting Monday night at 8 p. m. in the Osburn hotel. Ev eryone invited. „ The Campus Culinary Art club will have a Halowe’en party Mon day evening, at 1893 Garden ave nue. All members are invited. Group on Religion meeting at bungalow at 9:15. All interested invited. Committee Named To Welcome Dads Upon Arrival Today The following students will be at the registration desk in Johnson hall today to take care of the dads. Nine to 10 o'clock, Mary Compton, Margaret Roberts, and Louise Stein; 10 to 11, Lou ise Stein, Eleanor Wharton, and Adele Sheehy; 11 to 12, Elean or Eide, Lois Margaret Hunt, and Gail McCredie; 12 to 1, Peggy McKie; 1 to 2, Eleanor Norblad, Katherine Espy, and Nora Hitchman; 2 to 3, Mar jorie Schobert; 3 to 4, Althea Peterson. Between halves of the game, the rally committee will assist in checking up unregistered dads. AWS Announces Mum Sale for Corvallis Tilt The Associated Women students has announced that the chrysan themum sale in support of the student loan fund will be held for the Homecoming game at Corval lis on November 5, and not for the Gonzaga game here today. Prices on the mums will be 50, 75, and one dollar as usual, and everyone is urged to help the loan fund by being sure to buy an A. W. S. mum. Orders will be taken in the liv ing organizations by appointed representatives and also* at the Co-op next week. Math Honorary Holds First Meeting of Year Pi Mu Epsilon, honorary mathe matical society, held its first meeting of the year last night at 7:30 in the alumni hall of Gerlin ger. The head of the department of ^mathematics at Oregon State col lege, Professor W. E. Milne, who for 13 years was a professor here, spoke to the audience upon “Math ematics and Mathematicians.’’ V. W. Group to Meet The Y. W. C. A. group on reli gion meets tonight with Fred K Davis, well-known among religi ous authorities, who is to speak on the authenticity and some o( the content of the Bible. Eileen Hickson, group chairman, has is sued an invitation to all who are interested in the subject to come I to the bungalow at 9:15. Prowling Cyclist On O. S. C. Camp n Hits Girls, FI A campus prowler who r bicycle and flits in and out -< ority houses at all hours 1 O ? treduced a reign of terror i ■5 “ gon State college, a dispatc £ ** Corvallis last night indicat< The intruder has redu> sorority ^and women’s hall tion to an extremely state, although he does i damage than slapping his Early yesterday morning he made his way to an upper story of Snell hall, women’s dormitory, where two girls encountered him. The prowler slapped their faces, es caped via window and fire escape, and pedaled away hurriedly on his bicycle. Dr. Parsons Will Leave Sunday on Tour of Colleges One-Day Conferences to be Held on Campuses of Western Centers Dr. P. A. Parsons, head of the department of sociology, will leave Sunday morning to visit the campuses of most of the state in stitutions of higher learning west of the Rocky mountains, to hold a one-day conference in the inter est of the North American confer ence on Higher Education and Re ligion. The conference is made up of leading representatives of insti i tutions of higher learning and the ! Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish churches in America. Dr. Parsons was elected presi dent of the Pacific division of the conference, and takes this trip in that capacity. The purpose of the i t rip is to inaugurate a survey of | the situation with reference to re ligious education and character building education upon each of the campuses for the national com mittee. Dr. Parsons will proceed east by way of the institutions of Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Minnesota. He will spend two days at the National Conference of State Leagues of Municipali ties at the University of Chicago. He will then study a proposed school of religion at the Univer sity of Michigan, and will attend a conference called by the chancel lor of the University of New York, in New York City on November 15 and 17, as a special represen tative of the University of Ore gon. On November 16, Dr. Par sons will be at conference in Washington, D. C. Sheldon To Talk For Wesley Club Dr. Henry D. Sheldon, chairman of social science, will talk on "Zo roastrianism'' at the Sunday morning meeting of the Univer sity class of the First Methodist church, beginning at 9:45. This is one of a series of meetings being ' j sponsored by the Wesley club on I "Comparative World Religions.” Donald Sturman, graduate as - i sistant in the philosophy depart ; ment, will talk on “Ethics and i Morals’’ at the Sunday evening . meeting of the Wesley group. The , meeting, which continues the . club’s series on "Seeking a Philoso . phy of Life,” will begin at 6:30. Disfavor with which the new football rules were received at the I beginning of the season, has gradu t ally turned to mild favor, in some cases, enthusiastic acceptance. Students Play losts To Dads Of State Today 00 Fathers Register for Annual Event 3ANQUET IS FEATURE Chancellor Kerr To Be Principal Speaker; W. Lair Thompson Is Toastmaster Approximately 400 dads are on the campus to participate in the sixth annual Dad’s day celebra tion. The highlight of the affair is the Dad’s banquet which will be held this evening at 6 o’clock. W. Lair Thompson, president of the Oregon Dads, will act as toastmas ter. Chancellor William Jasper Kerr will give the principal ad dress of the evening, this being the first time Dr. Kerr has ad dressed the Oregon Dads. The in vocation will be given by Rev. Milton S. Weber, pastor of the First Presbyterian church. Greetings by Brown Greetings from the Oregon al umni will be offered by Alexan der G. Brown, alumni secretary, and Bob Hall, president of the A. S. U. O., will extend greetings from the students. C. L. Starr, president of the state board of higher education, will greet the Dads in behalf of the state board, and Mrs. Jacob Kanzler, president of Oregon Mothers, will give the mothers’ greeting. Houses having the largest pro portion of attending dads and largest percentage of “Freshman Dads’’ will be presented with the A. W. Norblad, Paul T. Shaw, and O. Laurgaard trophy cups. Newly elected officers of Oregon Dads will also be presented at the ban quet. The University of Oregon concert orchestra, directed by Rex Underwood, will play a number of selections. Wear Insignia All dads who have registered will wear arm bands. Those who have visited the campus before will wear a yellow band and "Freshman Dads’’ willl use green colored bands. Another big event of the day will be the mass meeting of dads at 10:30 a. m. in Guild hall at Johnson hall. At this session a business meeting will take place along with the election of officers for the coming year. Every dad on the campus is urged to attend. At 2 o’clock dads will be guests at the Oregon-GonZaga football game, where they will occupy a special section and have their own yell leaders. Cecil Espy, rally chairman, has arranged to have some entertaining events between halves. Special Church Services Sunday Dad's day services will be observed by all Eugene church es. At 3 p. m., dads will have an opportunity to attend the Univer sity orchestra concert to hear what the student musicians are doing. After the concert John Stark Evans is giving an organ recital at 5 o’clock. Between events, dads are urgfid to visit the campus and view the departments where sons and daughters take their work, and the library where they do their study ing. With son or daughter as a guide, dads should feel free to go anywhere. Faculty and adminis trative officers will be glad to see them any time. The dean of per i sonnel administration, dean of men ! and women will be in their offices | all day today to have conferences with parents. > Students Gather To Observe 'Moonbeams’ in theMillstream — Moonbeams on the rippling wa j ters of the mill-race have long been a source of delight to the . ! youths known as Webfoots. But never before yesterday did this \ phenomena bring forth expressions . of content and happiness at mtd [day. ; This is the way it happened. A . I group of students whose extra ) curricular activities have received campus-wide note of late were . gathered at the Sigma Nu house for a daylight observation of "moonbeams” on the mill-race. Among the guests were Kappa Sigs, Betas, Sigma Chis, Fijis and - at least one Theta Chi, by the . [ name of Parks Hitchcock, writer - of the "Moonbeams” column in c | the Emerald, who was to supply f the “moonbeams” for the daytime i observation. -] At about 12:40 o’clock, the stu 31 dents of unnatural phenomena re p paired to their laboratory on the I rear lawn of the Sigma Nu estate. I Mr. Hitchcock was suspended by his feet and shoulders over the brink of the rippling waters. He swung outward. He swung in ward. A paddle was swung out ward just as the swinging Mr. Hitchcock reached the inward end of his arc. They collided. The process was repeated sev eral times and then the suspending arms were detached, and Mr. Hitchcock described a parabola which ended on the surface of the rippling waters of the millrace. The phenomena was observed. Noises indicating extreme delight on the part of the observers were heard by those across the waters. The observation completed, Mr. Hitchcock swam to the opposite bank of the millrace, where he was given transportation to the Journalism building by a passing motorist. From there he went home to get a change of clothing before going to his afternoon classes.