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VOLUME XXXV UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1933 NUMBER 30 Students Rally To Support Of Faculty Action One Thousand Names Pledge Of Indignation Resolutions Circulated Over Campus COMMITTEE FORMED Reasons Given for Establishment Of Group by Tom Tongue; Response Is Quick Student indignation mounted rapidly yesterday against the at tack made on the University of Oregon by Roscoe C. Nelson, chair man of the state board of higher education. Before the day was over, more than 1000—1024 to be exact—students had signed peti tions endorsing the resolution passed yesterday by the faculty asking Nelson’s resignation from the board. First in the stirring course of the day’s events was the forma tion of a Committee of 50, headed by Thomas H. Tongue, president of the student body, to inform the students of the history leading to the present crisis, and to hold down any outbreaks that might reflect discredit on the University. Speakers Give History At noon speakers appeared in every living group on the campus, warning against demonstrations on the campus and at the annual Oregon-Oregon State game in (Continued on Page Two) k Gilbert Declares Resolution Denial Of Nelson’s Claim Unanimous Resolution Is Public Objection to Partisanship In Higher Education James H. Gilbert, dean of the college of social science, yesterday gave to the Emerald a statement declaring ihat the resolution of the faculty yesterday is a “public protest against partisanship in higher education” and a refutation of Roscoe C. Nelson’s claim that the faculty is divided in the ratio of 99 to one. The full text of Dean Gilbert’s statement follows: “The unanimity of the faculty vote on the resolution of protest should serve as a standing refuta tion of the claim that the faculty is divided in the ratio of ninety nine to one. There are more ‘Catilines’ and ‘maggots’ than Mr. I Nelson imagines. Never in many years has the University faculty exhibited more solidarity of inter est and esprit de corps than dur ing the past few trying days. Whatever their stand on some of the issues raised by Mr. Nelson they are one hundred per cent against the unbecoming partisan ship and abuse shown in increas ing degree in three successive ad dresses by the president of the board. The faculty, almost to a man, are opposed to the program of Hitlerizing higher education in Oregon. “The action of the faculty, it should be made clear, is in no sense related to inter-institutional i (Continued on Page Tivo) Oregon Dads, Mothers, and Federation Pledge Support 1933 NOV 6 AM 9 40 STERLING GREEN EDITOR EMERALD UNIVERSITY OF OREGON EUGENE ORG— DADS WERE ORGANIZED SEVEN YEARS AGO BEFORE UNI FICATION OF EDUCATIONAL CONTROL IN OREGON STOP THE CHARGE OF LAST THURSDAY AGAINST THE DADS IS FAUSE AND UNJUSTIFIED STOP AS TAXPAYERS AND FATHERS OF STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY WE HAD AND HAVE THE RIGHT TO SUGGEST THAT THE PLAN OF UNI FIED CONTROL WITH A PRESIDENT IN CHARGE AT EACH INSTITUTION BE CARRIED OUT STOP LAST WEEK’S OCCUR RENCES SHOULD MAKE CLEAR TO ALL WHAT MANY REALIZED WHEN UNIFICATION WAS ADOPTED STOP NOW HARMONY CAN BE ATTAINED ONLY BY A MAJOR OPERA TION STOP THE BOARD SHOULD PERFORM IT IMMEDI ATELY. W. LAIR THOMPSON. PORTLAND ORE NOV 6TH 1933. STERLING GREEN EDITOR THE EMERALD U OF O EUGENE ORE. THE OREGON MOTHERS WAS ORGANIZED IN WHAT MIGHT BE CALLED “PEACE TIMES” AND ITS OBJECTIVE WAS AND IS “TO SERVE IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY THE INTERESTS OF THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF ITS MEMBERS.” IT IS MOST UNFORTUNATE THAT AT A TIME WHEN IT WAS HOPED AND THOUGHT THAT PEACE AND HARMONY HAD BEEN RESTORED AND THAT HIGHER EDUCATION IN ORE GON WAS ON THE WAY TO BETTER THINGS, THE NEWLY ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCA TION SHOULD HAVE FELT THE URGE OF APPEARING BEFORE THE STUDENT BODIES OF OUR TWO FINE MAJOR INSTITUTIONS AND REVIVING CONTROVERSY. ALTHOUGH THIS MATTER HAS BROKEN OUT OF A CLEAR SKY AND HAS BEEN PRECIPITATED SO SUDDENLY THAT A MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF OUR ORGANIZATION HAS NOT, AS YET, BEEN POSSIBLE, THE OREGON MOTHERS MAY BE DEPENDED UPON TO SUPPORT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT THE FACULTY AND STUDENT BODY AND ALL OTHERS HAVING FOR THEIR OBJECT THE ATTAINMENT OF THAT WHICH IS RIGHT AND PROPER AND FOR THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE UNIVERSITY AND STATE OF OREGON. THE OREGON MOTHERS FEEL THAT THIS IS THE TIME FOR ALL GOOD FRIENDS OF THE UNIVERSITY TO PLEDGE ANEW THEIR ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNIVERSITY AND TO ASSIST IN REESTABLISHING A HARMONIOUS SPIRIT IN THE CIRCLES OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN OREGON. HARRIET M. DIBBLE, PRESIDENT “THE OREGON MOTHERS’ ” EXTRA—PORTLAND ORG 6 440P STERLING GREEN EDITOR OREGON DAILY EMERALD EUGENE ORG— THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FEDERATION PLEDGES ITS WHOLE-HEARTED SUPPORT TO THE FACULTY AND STU DENT BODY AND TO THE EMERALD AND WILL STAND WITH YOU IN ANY CAUSE AFFECTING THE FTTURE OF OREGON’S UNIVERSITY— EARLE WELLINGTON. PRESIDENT UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FEDERATION. ! Candidates for Rhodes Honor Selected Here Six University Students Named by Group SCHOLARSHIP PRIZE Brooke, Dunbar, Harrington, Hill, Hayter, Lanilye Successful Aspirants for Prize Six University of Oregon stu dents were announced Sunday as candidates for the Rhodes scholar ship by Dr. George Rebec, chair man of the examination commit tee. The six include James W. Brooke, Eugene, senior, German major; John Raine Dunbar, Eu gene, graduate student, English major; George Harrington, Eu gene graduate student, history major; Robert Hayteer, Dallas, medical school, medicine major; Irvin B. Hill, Cushman, graduate | student, economics major; James! T. Dandye, Portland, third year law student. “Among the 14 candidates to take the examination, not one was a failure,” declared Dr. Rebec. The ones selected will be sent to Port land to the state meeting, where they will compete with candidates from the entire state of Oregon. The Portland meeting will proba bly be held the latter part of Christmas vacation or the first part of January. The students chosen from the state meeting will attend the district meeting, which is usually held in Spokane, Wash ington. There two students will be chosen to go to Oxford. The fund which supports the Rhodes scholars was left by Cecil Rhodes, a South African billion aire, who was largely responsible for the building of the African part of the British empire. Students are selected also from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and other parts of the British empire. The examination committee con sists of Dr. Rebec, S. Stephenson Smith, Andrew Fish, A. R. R. Huestis, Clara Smertenko, and Mrs. Clara Fitch, secretary of the graduate division. Style Show to Be Featured at Next AWS Mass Meet Stylist From Portland to Present Latest Models, Fashions, With Description What the well-dressed college woman shall wear, how, when and | why to wear it, will be shown to the University of Oregon co-eds at' the first A.W.S. mass meeting to j be held tomorrow afternoon from ! 4 to 5:30 in Alumni hall or Ger linger, announced Virginia Hartje, general chairman. Modeling will be done from 4:15 to 5; tea will be served from 5 to 5:30. Miss Reisenrath, stylist from Charles F. Berg’s in Portland, will announce the models and give a I short description on the utility ofj each garment. There will be four models, also from Berg’s. The latest fashions in flannel pajamas, woolly robes, soft slip pers, form-fitting slips, dainty un dies and wearever sport socks will be shown. The girls will also model afternoon, and Sunday tea dresses; formal and informal din-j ner gowns, informal dance dresses,1 and trailing gowns for formal dances, featuring the jacket com bination. Members of the committee as sisting Miss Hartje with arrange ments for the event, which has proved so popular with the co-eds last year, are Jean Kinney, invi tations; Catherine Coleman, re freshments and serving; Reba Herns, properties; Elizabeth Rix, music; and Henriette Horak, pub licity. A Reply to Mr. Bryson (EDITORIAL) T~\EAN MORSE declared in his spirited address to the alumni Saturday that a group of men in Eugene had presumed to speak for the faculty of the Uijiversity when the chancellor was selected, and he named five individuals. The only one of these men who undertook to issue a statement was E. R. Bryson, and he declared that these men “spoke for the business men of Eugene and many of its citizens.” It*will be unnecessary to enlarge upon the fact that Mr. Bryson also declared that the statement of Dean Morse did not represent the attitude of most of the deans and many of the older faculty members, because the faculty’s declaration of unanimous support to Dean Morse shows that statement to be in error. The Emerald believes it is able to present evidence that the majority of Eugene’s business men were not even consulted when the group expressed itself as favoring Dr. Kerr, and that a majority of Eugene’s business men were not in favor of Dr. Kerr’s selection at that time. As evidence we submit the results of a survey of 112 Eugene business men undertaken by a group of interested students shortly after the close of school in June. Three questions were asked and the replies were faithfully recorded. The questions were as follows: “Were you interviewed at the time the deal was made?” “Were you in favor of Dr. Kerr at that time?” “Do you favor Dr. Kerr now?” (The survey was completed on .Tune 14.) The results are hereby submitted. Were you interviewed? No . 78 Yes . 21 Didn’t live here at time . 3 Has no opinion . 4 Declined to comment . 1 Doesn’t remember . 5 112 56 30 3 18 5 In favor of Kerr now? No . Yes . Has no opinion . Declined to comment . Had just settled in Eugene 112 Naturally, there were many wh<? would express no opinion, many who made evasive replies, many who declined to answer. In some cases those interviewed intimated that they did not personally favor the selection of the present chancellor, but believed in the interests of peace and expediency his selection should be accepted quietly. In such cases the reply in the above tabulation is listed as “yes.” We believe we have been perfectly impartial in the tabu lation and are ready to submit it for inspection to an impartial scrutiny. It is to be remembered that this survey was conducted at a comparatively quiet period in the history of higher educational con troversy, and that undoubtedly many who reserved comment at. that time would, in the light of recent attacks upon the University, be much more outspoken. It should also be remembered that this survey covers only the more populous business districts, where in terest was most intense at the time of the selection of a chancellor: the great mass of small businesses in outlying sections is not in cluded, or the answers to the first question would probably show an even more significant ratio than 78 to 21. The Emerald believes that these figures are irrefutable and that they completely nullify the statements of Mr. Bryson. Campus Calendar 112 43 . 24 . 35 . 8 2 In favor of Kerr then? No . Yes .!.. Didn’t live here at time Has no opinion . Declined to comment ... All independent men and women who have not signed the student Nelson resolution sign at the Co-op today. Kwama, sophomore women’s service honorary will entertain Skull and Dagger, sophomore men's service honorary at dinner in the Alpha Phi house tonight at G p. m. All members of the committee of 50 are requested to call Tom Tongue at the Chi Psi house be fore 11 o’clock this morning. Very important. The industrial group of the Y. W. C. A. meets tonight at 8 at the bungalow. Dr. Cornish will lead a group discussion on problems of commodity buying. Men and wo men are invited. Hendricks hall will have pictures | taken at Kennell-Ellis studio, 957 j Willamette, today. The Allied Arts league will meet ; Thursday, November 9, in room | 107 in the Architecture building at 2 p. m. Plans for the Beaux Arts ball will be discussed. Refreshment committee for the sophomore informal meets at 4:30 this afternoon at the Kappa house. W. A. A. council meeting to night at 7:15 in social room. Folklore group meets at 4 this afternoon in the A.W.S. room to make plans for term. All interest ed please come. Theta Slg meeting, 4 o’clock 104 Journalism, today. Women’s debate squad will meet Wednesday at 7:30 in Friendly hall. A.W.S. speakers committee will meet this afternoon at 5 at the College Side inn. I’hi Beta will meet tonight at 7 in Gerlinger hall. Mum sale representatives will meet upstairs in the College Side at 4 today. Since this is the last meeting, it ij important that ev eryone come. ; ASUO to Issue Free Rooters’ Lids for Game Unity in Cheering Group Sought hy Vail ONLY 500 AVAILABLE Students Held Responsible and Must Pay One Dollar if Hats Are Lost Rooters’ lids will be issued free of charge to men students hold ing student body cards beginning Wednesday morning at 8 o’clock at a booth to be constructed be tween Oregon and Commerce halls. The Associated Students by vote of the executive council, supplied the funds for 500 lids of the same quality formerly sold for .ft. They are not to be given away, but are to be issued in the same manner as athletic equipment and must be returned during spring term. Each student will be responsible for his lid and for any lost or stolen there will be a charge of $1 taken from the student's deposit. Number Limited Since there is a limited number of the new lids, students possess ing old ones are requested by Tom Stoddard, assistant graduate man ager, to wear them. In order to get a seat in the rooters’ section it will be neces sary to wear both the rooters’ lid and a rally tie, according to Mickey Vail, chairman of the rally committee. By reversing some of the lids in the rooters’ section there will be the letters ORE spelled out on a green background, and it will be necessary for the whole group to be uniform or the effect will be lost. Tongue Urges Support “If every Oregon man wears a rooters’ lid at the game Saturday, and if he really helps to build the spirit and unity of the rooters’ section not only for this game but in the games in following years, I feel that the associated students will have made a real investment,” said Tom Tongue, A. S. U. O. pres ident, yesterday. The graduate manager’s office suggests that due to the limited number of lids, that men call at the booth as early as possible on Wednesday as there will be no more available when the supply runs out. 750 Reservations Given Co-eds for U O - OSC Game Women's Student Cards Must Be In by Noon Thursday; Train To Leave Saturday Women’s tickets for Saturday’s game distributed at the booth be tween Oregon and Commerce halls yesterday numbered 750 of the to tal of 830. Women are required to ex change their student body cards for reserved seats before they leave Eugene. They will be given a return train ticket upon show ing their game ticket to the con ductor on the way to Portland. Tickets will be exchanged until Thursday at noon. After this time it will be impossible for any wo man to obtain a student ticket. Men will not exchange their stu dent body cards but will show them on the train, at which time they will also be given a return ticket. The cards will be taken up at the gate of the game. The rally train, which is the only train on which' students may ride to Portland, will leave the depot at 7:30 a. m. Saturday. It is possible, however, to return on any regular Southern Pacific serv ice. There will be trains at 7:45 p. m. and 9:50 p. m. Saturday; and 8 a. m., 7:45 p. m. and 9:50 p. m. Sunday leaving from the Union depot in Portland. Resolution Demands Nelson Resignation As State Board Head Request Made First by Law Seliool Dean At Homecoming Luncheon: Approval Unanimous The resignation of Roscoe G. Nelson from the chairmanship of the Oregon state board of higher education was demanded by the University faculty in a resolution passed unanimously at a special meeting yesterday in Guild hall. Wayne L. Morse, dean of the law school, had demanded Nelson’3 resignation in a speech at the Homecoming alumni luncheon Saturday noon at the John Straub Memorial building. The faculty action offi cially sanctioned Morse’s stand. The resolution declares that “tactless, discourteous, and unfounded aspersions” hcfc'e been "cast upon the University of Oregon, its stu dents, and the members of its faculty.” It charged Nelson with Note to Alumni Through the genero.sity of a loyal friend of the University, it has been possible to mail this issue of the Oregon Daily Emerald to all alumni residing in the state of Oregon. I welcome this opportunity to urge all alumni to acquaint themselves through the col ums of this newspaper and by whatever other means possible with the facts surrounding the recent developments in higher educational circles of the state. It is a critical situation that faces your alma mater—a sit uation that merits your intelli gent understanding of the principles involved. Despite the overwhelming amount of material presented in this issue of the Emerald, there is one fact that must re main clear: namely, that the fight the faculty and the Uni versity are waging for freedom and fair play is not a fight be tween institutions nor two fac tions of divergent educational thought, but a fight to obtain, as Dean Morse says, "leader ship with a perspective,” or, in other words, leadership that is free from political shackles, bias and partisanship. Your University cannot hold the place you cherish for it among the great institutions of the country if its faculty feels that unjust criticism and op pression is being placed upon it from above. The University needs today, as does all higher education, your sympathetic understanding and your en couragement in a campaign to end the forces that have been strangling true educational ideals. ROBERT K. ALLEN, Aiumni Secretary ¥ partisan commitments and revival of unnecessary antagonisms," in speeches which he gave on the Eugene and Corvallis campuses last Thursday. Copies of the reso lution were ordered sent to Gov ernor Meier and members of the state board. Morse Makes Statement Morse last night declared, “As a result of the faculty's action, X feel that any further statement from me in regard to Mr. Nelson's speeches and his replies would be superfluous. I wish to repeat what T said in faculty meeting this afternoon: that I have a deep personal affection for Mr. Nelson no matter whal personal abuse he or others heap upon me. I shall confine myself to the basic issues involved in the controversy which involves the very perpetuation and preservation of the University. "In regard to Dr. Kerr’s state ment to the press, I wish to say that I shall answer it in his pres ence at the next meeting of the faculty. Suffice for now, I wish to call attention to one glaring fallacy in his argument on the budgets. By hypothesis, suppose X has $100 and 20 per cent of it is taken away from him, and sup pose Y has $10 and 18 per cent of it in, taken away from him. Query: Comparatively speaking, which man, X or Y, would suffer most?” _ Nelson Comments Roscoe C. Nelson, president of the state board of higher educa tion, had been advised Monday evening of the action of the Uni versity of Oregon faculty and is sued the following statement: “No necessity exists for any ex tended statement. I shall be guided fully by my conception of what the public interests require. The importance of the cause of higher education far transcends that of any individual or group of«indi viduals. If 1 yielded to my in clinations I would retire at once and thereby remove myself from (Continued on Pa</e Three) Election to Friars Climaxes Busy Homecoming Weekend Friars, senior men's honorary, inducted seven outstanding seniors into the organization at the Home coming dance held Saturday at the Igloo. Jack Cate, economics major, and chairman of the Homecoming com mittee; Ed Martindale, political science major, and president of the senior class and interfraternity council; Mickey Vail, physical edu cation major and yell king; Dick Near, law student prominent in campus activities; Glen Hieber, law student, chairman of the con stitutional committee; Mark Tem ple, physical education major and co-captain of the varsity football team; and Gilbert Olinger, busi ness administration major, and captain of the basketball squad were those admitted. The homecoming dance was a finale to a very busy weekend, consisting of the rally, journalism jam, alumni luncheon, and the Utah football game. Prizes awarded to the winning houses for the best floats in the rally parade were: Pi Kappa Al pha and Chi Omega Mrs. Walter Cook trophy for the women's house and the Bristow trophy for the men’s house, forty admissions to the McDonald theater for each house: Sigma Kappa and Alpha Phi $2.50 merchandise order from Aladdin gift shop for the women’s house and a $2.50 merchandise or der from White’s Inc. for the men’s house, and a $2.50 order from Mc Morran and Washburne for each house; Sherry Ross hall and Kap pa Kappa Gamma, $3 merchandise order from Babb’s hardware store for the men’s and a $3 order from Skeie’s for the women’s house. All trophies and prizes were presented to the winning teams by Mrs. Walter Cook, honorary presi dent of the Oregon Mother's club. Phi Gamma Delta and Pi Beta Phi, although winning no prizes received honorable mention in the parade.