VOLUME XXXV
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1933
NUMBER 32
Roscoe Nelson
Quits Position
On State Board
Chairman Resigns After
Deliberation
STATEMENT IS MADE
Governor Meier Accepts Action
In View ot' 111 Health of
Portland Attorney
Roscoe C. Nelson, chairman of
the Oregon state board of higher
education, resigned yesterday from
the group. He made his decision
after serious deliberation.
In commenting on his action,
the Portland attorney said, “I be
lieve this action best for the cause
of higher education in Oregon.”
He further stated that it had
not been his intention to attack
the University of Oregon or its
students in his address.
In a statement following his
resignation he declared: .
“No judge will pass upon a
cause, a party to which believes
him to be prejudiced. In retiring,
he does not do so under fire, nor
does he admit a factual "basis for
the challenge. He withdraws so
that the suitor may submit his
controversy to a court, the impar
tiality of which is constant and
whose ultimate judgment cannot
thereafter be assailed upon the
grounds that the court had been
prejudiced.”
Nelson indicated his contacts
with the University faculty under
existing circumstances “could be
nothing but embarrassing.”
Governor Meier in accepting the
resignation stated that he knew
tftat Nelson was not in the best of
health and that doctor’s orders
had been given Nelson to rest.
More Rally Ties to Be
Sold at Co-op Today;
Lid Supply Exhausted
Another allottment of 100
rally ties was received yester
day and will be placed on sale
at the Co-op this morning-. This
is the third and last order placed
for ties, and makes a total of
700, 600 of which have already
been sold.
The entire supply of rooters’
lids purchased by the A.S.U.O.
and distributed free to students
was exhausted yesterday.
Students desiring to sit in
the rooters’ section at the game
must have both a rooters’ lid
and a rally tie.
Resigns Post
Roscoe C. Nelson, who resigned
as chairman of the state board of
higher education yesterday.
Dean of Medical
School Plans Visit
To Campus Soon
Dr. Harold B. Myers Invited by
Advisory Committee to Aid
Students With Programs
Dr. Harold B. Myers, associate
dean of the Portland Medical
school, is to visit the campus some
time in the near future for the
purpose of holding personal inter
views with pre-medical students
planning to attend medical school
next year. He will help students
to adjust their programs so they
will be best fitted for the work
there. Students will be allowed
20 minutes for each conference,
and must sign up for the time.
Myers has been invited by the
pre-medical advisory committee,
consisting of Dr. Will V. Norris,
professor of physics; Dr. E. S.
Conklin, professor of psychology;
and Dr. H, B. Yocom, professor of
biology, and will arrive prior to
the aptitude test.
Those students taking the test,
the Association of American Med
ical College Aptitude test, which
will be given in room 105 McClure,
December 6 at 2 p. m., must apply
immediately to Dr. Yocom. A fee
of $1 is required of each one tak
ing the test.
Six Students Get Jobs
Due to the efficient work of «he
employment agency in locating va
rious jobs, six students were able
to meet last installments on reg
istration fees Saturday. Such jobs
as cutting lawns, washing win
dows,, fixing radios, irons, sweep
ers, and cutting wood were the
means of the earning of this
money.
Guild Hall Players to Present
Variety Show November 24
Contrary to the policy of past
years, the Guild Hall players this
year will give a variety show as
their first fall term production.
The show is scheduled for Friday
and Saturday, November 24 and
25, in the evening.
Formerly the group opened its
seasons with full length, serious
plays. However, in the words of
Mrs. Seybolt, the drama division’s
director, this year the players and
their associates will go completely
frivolous. She states that there is
not a serious thought in the whole
program.
Since the beginning of the term,
the players, accompanied by cam
pus musicians and entertainers,
have been traveling to C.C.C.
camps where they presented an
evening's amusement for the boys.
Their contributions have been wel
comed enthusiastically in each
case. In some camps, members
have been found to be clever en
tertainers in their own right. Some
of these will be invited to take
part in the players' variety show.
Among the 33 campus actors to
be added to the drama group this
year are many singers, dancers,
and comedians. Since “doubling in
brass," the stage term for taking
part in the play as an actor and in
the interlude as an entertainer, is
the order of the day in the C.C.C.
camps, these little acts have been
tried under production conditions,
and therefore will not be new when
given on the players’ variety pro
gram.
First there are the McCall bro
thers, Tom and Harry, whom Mrs.
Seybolt calls the “prize campus
clowns.” They team up to enter
tain with saxophone and banjo.
Then there is Marion Bass, blues
singer who caused the camp boys
to sit up and take notice. She
will appear with Dale Brown, pop
ular campus pianist, as her ac
companist.
Gertrude Winslow and Helen
Vinson will appear in specially ar
ranged dance numbers. They
promise to be gay and not to go
“Mary Wigman” on us, Mrs. Sey
bolt says.
A number of one-act farces and
black-outs have also been slated.
Among them are “How Perfectly
Absurd,” “Give the Audience a
Chance,” and a duet for man and
girl, depicting a love scene with a
very modern economy of words.
Finally, there is to be a Chinese
grotesque in which Tom McCall
plays the God of Fate. Even Jove
himself could not tower more
threateningly over puny man, says
the director.
The popular price list will be re
leased later, as will the exact hour
: of the show. It is planned to raise
| the curtain early, possibly at 7:30.
Library Plans
Being Pushed
To Completion
Proposed Building Site
Is Chosen
PLANS CONSIDERED
Proposed Infirmary Awaits Final
Action; 30 Per Cent of Cost
Would Be Gift
Plans for the proposed $350,000
library oa the Oregon campus are
being driven to completion, it was
stated last night by F. E. Callis
ter of Albany, member of the
Oregon state board of higher edu
cation and chairman of the build
ing committee of the group.
Ellis F. Lawrence, dean of the
University school of fine arts, is
in charge of plans for the project
and is now completing them.
Site Chosen
The site for the proposed build
ing has been chosen. The location
will be the easl side of Kincaid
street between Thirteenth and Fif
teenth. This situation would place
the library between Condon hall
and the education building.
Another site had originally been
proposed. It is Thirteenth street
between Condon and Johnson
halls. Callister indicated that the
selection of Kincaid had been
made in order to provide for fu
ture expansion.
Plans Considered
Tentative plans for the struc
ture are now being considered by
Governor Meier’s advisory com
mittee of the Public Works ad
ministration. Official action will
be taken by the committee after
Lawrence has submitted his com
pleted plans. From this group the
project can be forwarded directly
to the Public Works administra
tion in Washington, D. C.
Awaiting final action of the
PWA in Washington is the $100,
000 proposed infirmary for the
campus here. Of the money sought
by the University for ihe two
projects, 30 per cent would be an
outright gift and the remaining
70 per cent would be borrowed for
repaymerit over a period of sev
eral years.
Honorary Has Formal
Pledging on Tuesday
Seven men were formally pledged
into Alpha Kappa Psi, national
professional fraternity for men in
business administration, Tuesday
evening. Those pledged were Ed
gar Perry, Ralph Finseth, Ken
neth Wood, Donald Heisler, Rob
ert Crouter, Wayne Tyrell, and
Donald Farr.
During the course of the eve
ning plans were made for a
smoker that is to be held in the
near future. Initiation for the
pledges will take place Sunday,
November 19, in Gerlinger at 10:30
p. m. Following the initiations,
a dinner will be served at the An
chorage.
Smith to Speak at Y Hut
Dr. Warren D. Smith will speak
before the Graduate Students divi
sion this evening at the YMCA hut.
Order of O Will Assist
In Organizing Rooting
Group for Football Tilt
Because of the enormous
stress to be placed upon the
cheer leaders, the Order of the
O has arranged to assist in the
organization of the cheering
section at Portland this Satur
day.
The following men have been
requested to be at the Multno
mah stadium on the east side of
the field at 12:20 Saturday af
ternoon: Bob Miller, Ron Gem
mell, Ike Donin, Jim Watts,
Charlie Dolloss, Bob Wagner,
Bill Berg, Don Olsen, Wally
Hug, Sherwood Burr, Ted Gei
secke, Gib Olinger, and Wes
Clausen.
All rooters are requested to
cooperate with these men in
making this rooting section a
success.
Chancellor Kerr Must Go,
Declares Dean Morse
T'\EAN WAYNE L. MORSE, center rf tho educational upheaval
that has rocked the state for the past week, yesterday issued
a statement calling- for the resignation of Chancellor W. J. Kerr,
declaring that the chancellor can thus best serve the interests of
higher education in Oregon.
The statement, issued shortly after the resignation of Roscoe
C. Nelson from the state board of higher education, follows:
“Mr. Nelson's resignation is indicative of the true character of
the man. I was convinced that when he fully appreciated the fact
that his presence on the Board was inimical to harmony in higher
education, he would resign. During the last few days Mr. Nelson
has learned nifyiy facts concerning- higher education which he did
not knew at the time he delivered his unfortunate speeches. As a
result, he is now in a position to speak out to the people of this
state, and knowing him to bte a (fearless man I sincerely hope that
he will do so. Again I wish to' repeat that my controversy with
Mr. Nelson has not been a personal one. I have not and shall not
stoop to personal abuse. I am very fond of Mr. Nelson personally
and my spirit of friendship has hot been extinguished by this con
troversy, which simply had to come.
“Intellectual honesty compels me to call the attention of the
people of this state to the undeniable fact that harmony in higher
education is impossible until a chancellor is appointed who is free
from long-standing partisanship in educational controversies. I do
not mean to reflect upon Dr. Kerr’s outstanding service to the State
College. However, it must be obvious to all impartial observers
that if Dr. Kerr is sincere when he states, as he has so many times,
that he is devoted only to the best interests of higher education in
the state, he can best accomplish this end by resigning from the
chancellorship. Such an act on his part would be truly great and
would enrich him in the history of Oregon.
WAYNE L. MORSE”
Correction Matle
On Date of Arrival
Of Col. Campbell
Conflicting Information Received
At Personnel Office Causes
Misunderstanding
The announcement made yester
day stating- that Col. W. T. Camp
bell, autogiro expert, would be on
the campus was erroneously an
nounced as a result of conflicting
information received by the per
sonnel office.
Campbell will be here today and
will either land in a field near the
campus, or the plane will be at
the Eugene airport, where students
may inspect it if they wish. He
will give an address at a public
meeting to be held in Villard hall
at 7:30.
Campbell has lectured in 36
states during the past 18 months.
He has delivered his address at
Carnegie Institute of Technology,
University of Illinois, Harvard'uni
versity, University of Tennessee,
and other colleges.
Band Will Have Heavy
Schedule at Portland
A heavy schedule will confront
the University of Oregon band
upon its arrival in Portland. It
will leave at 4:30 Friday after
noon and arrive in Portland at
about 8 o’clock. At 11 o’clock it
will participate in a big down-towA
rally.
From then on it rests until 10
o’clock Saturday morning when it
will assist in the Armistice day pa
rade. At 12 o’clock it will play for
the big student rally and then
perform as usual at the game.
The Oregon State band will also
function on the ball field. ,
Rally Dance to Be
Given Friday at
Multnomah Hotel
Celebration to be Broadcast From
Arabian Boom Over KGVV
And NBC System
- - Two parties will take place at
the Multnomah hotel in Portland
in connection with the game fes
tivities on Friday and Saturday.
•The entertainment, to be held in
the Arabian room, will feature
Jim Taft’s 17-piece orchestra with
Ed Cheney, who appeared on
Broadway with Ed Wynne, in
charge of the floor show.
The Friday night rally, which is
the one that has formerly been
held in the studios of KGW, will
be broadcast from the Arabian
room over KGW and the NBC sys
tem. The coaches and prominent
sporting authorities will speak.
The cover charge for each night
is fixed at $1 50 a person. There
will be no regular dinner, but food
may be ordered from the set
menu. For students with A. S.
U. O. cards, the cover charge will
be 75 cents on Friday night.
Students Urged to See
Art Exhibit in Portland
Students are urged by the art
and architectural departments to
attend the art exhibit which is be
ing held in Portland this week
end. This is a rare opportunity
which will not be available to the
student body again.
Besides Oregon’s own art and
architectural exhibits, a collection
of the old masters has been sent
to Portland from New York ex
pressly for this exhibition.
According to Dean Lawrence of
the school of fine arts, it will more
than repay any student to spend
some time at the exhibition.
Campus Calendar
Friday class in copy editing will
read for next assignment the first
four chapters in Dobbs’ Proof
reading and Style. Copies on Eng
lish reserve.
_
Christian Science organization
holds its regular meeting tonight
at 8 in the Y. W. C. A. bungalow.
Frosh Commission will meet at
the Y. M. C. A. hut tonight at
7:30. All members be present.
Heads of women’s houses must
have their house rules in the dean
of women’s office by 5 o'clock to
day.
Westminster operetta practice
this afternoon at 5 o'clock.
Important meeting of Phi Mu
Alpha tonight at 7 in the lounge
of the Music building. All mem
bers are urged to be present.
Pan Xenia, foreign trade profes
sional fraternity, will meet to
night at 7:30 in Gerlinger hall.
Dr. H. J. Noble will be the speaker
of the evening. Pledges and mem
bers will be admitted.
Meeting of the directorate for
the Sophomore infoimal at 4 this
afternoon at the Alpha Phi house.
Amphibian meeting tonight at
7:30 in women’s swimming pool.
All members be present.
Music half-hour at the Y. YV. C.
A. today between 4:45 and 5:15.
World Fellowship group meets
at the Y hut tonight at 9.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon will have
pictures for the Oregana taken
today at Kennell-Ellis studio, 957
Willamette.
Westminster Guild cabinet will
meet this evening at 7:30 at West
minster house.
Students Given
Permission to
LeaveFriday
Rally Train Tomorrow
At 4:30 P. M.
DEMAND SATISFIED
Assembly Scheduled in Gorlinger
Friday at 11 o’clock;
Classes Dismissed
A train will leave for Portland
tomorrow at 4:30 p. m. for the
benefit of all students desiring to
go at that time. The originally
planned rally train will still leave
at 7:30 Saturday morning, accord
ing to announcement of Tom Stod
lard, assistant graduate manager
On Friday morning at 11 o'clock,
a rally assembly will be held in
Gerlinger hall under the direction
of Mickey Vail, chairman. All stu
ients, whether planning to leave
Friday or Saturday, should be at
he rally, Vail said. Dean Wayne
L. Morse of the school of law will
be the principal speaker. Eleven
o’clock classes will be dismissed
lor the assembly.
Hally Slated
The train Friday afternoon will
xrrive in Portland at 8 p. m., en
xbling students to march from the
’entral depot with the University
band, which will leave Friday, to
he Broadway theater, where a
;hort rally will be held under the
Jirection of Portland alumni of
the University. Twelve members
if the rally committee left today
to take care of arrangements for
x huge rally to be held at the
Broadway theater at 10 o’clock,
two hours after the first rally.
Students using the Friday af
ternoon train are urged to be at
the Sixth avenue entrance of the
Portland hotel at noon Saturday
to participate in the rally preced
ing the game from the hotel to
Multnomah stadium.
Arrangements Possible
Classes will n^t be dismissed on
Friday afternoon. Students with
late afternoon classes can probably
nakc some satisfactory arrange
nent v/ith their professors, ac
cording to Karl W. Onthank, dean
xf personnel administration.
A rumor was circulated around
the campus yesterday that women
would not be allowed to go on the
Friday afternoon train. However,
the student advisory committee,
consisting of Dean Onthank; Mrs.
Hazel P. Schwering, dean of wo
men; James H. Gilbert, dean of
he school of social science; Virgil
D. Earl dean of men; L. K. Shu
maker, supervisor of English bu
reau; C. E. Spence, professor of
law; and Tom Tongue, president
jf the A. S. U. O., officially passed
on the matter, and women will be
permitted to go.
Procedure Outlined
All women who have not ex
changed their student body cards
for reserved seats to the game
must do so before noon today at
McArthur court. Absolutely no
tickets will be issued on the train
or in Portland. The game tickets
will be shown on the train on the
way to Portland, and a return
ticket will be given each woman
while en route.
Men's student body cards will
not be exchanged for tickets but
will be shown for passage on the
train and will be collected at the
stadium. Men will also be given
return train tickets while en route
to Portland.
Students of the medical school,
who protested yesterday at not
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Hally Ties Purchased
On Credit Must Be Paid
For by Coming Friday
All students who purchased
rally ties on credit must pay
for them on or before Friday,
according to Bob Hunter, pres
ident of the Order of the O.
The agreement which the
students signed specified that
the ties must be paid for on
the tenth of the month. The
money will be collected by the
Skull and Dagger representa
tive in each house.
Portland Oregonian
Recommends Kerr
Return to Corvallis
University Faculty Should Choose Head
From Own Members, Says Daily
In Editorial Reverse
PORTLAND, Nov. 8.— (Special)—The Portland Oregonian will
declare editorially tomorrow that the only method of restoring peace
to higher education will be by the selection of a man from outside
the state as chancellor, letting Dr. W. J. Kerr return to Corvallis as
president of the state college. The University faculty, the Oregonian
says, should elect its president from the members of its faculty.
The reversal of the Oregonian’s previous stand on the higher edu
cational situation is explained as its conception of the only move which
would meet the situation and “rescue higher education.”
It laid the opposition to the chancellor to deep-seated prejudice
in University circles against the selection of a man who once headed
Independents to
Hold Joint Dance
Friday Evening
Affair Will Be at Craftsman Club;
Decorations, Entertainment
To Carry Out Rally Idea
The only dance scheduled on the
social calendar of the University
for Friday, November 10, the night
before the Oregon-Oregon State
game is the Independent Women
Yeoman affair to be held jointly
beginning at 8:30 in the Crafts
man club, 850 East 14th strteet.
The dance is to be semi-informal
and will carry out a rally idea in
decorations and entertainment.
All Yeomen and Independent
women holding membership in
their organization are extended an
invitation to attend; there will be
a 20-cent admission charge to
cover expenses.
Patrons and patronesses for the
dance are Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Noble, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Cut
ler, Mr. and Mrs. Clay E. Palmer,
Mrs. Alice B. Macduff, and Mr!
and Mrs. Kenneth Shumaker.
Committees in charge of ar
rangements include Laura Gold
smith and Frank Evanson, chair
men; Mega Means, refreshments;
Teresa Nelson, program; and Hen
riette Horak, publicity.
Library la Busy
Mid-term grades seem to have
had a stimulating effect on study
ing in general, if the amount of
patronage of the library is any
guage. For the last few days,
there have been more people at
work in the reserve departments
than for any period so far this
term.
a rivat school. The full editorial,
which appeared under the heading
“We Indicate a Course," follows:
"This newspaper concludes with
regret that there never can be
restoration of peace and progress
in higher education in Oregon
while Dr. Kerr remains as chan
cellor. It believes this is due to
no fault or any failure on the part
of Dr. Kerr, but to conditions be
yond his control or that of the
board. The time has passed when
ordinary measures can be expected
to work substantial or lasting im
provement. If their birthright of
higher education is to be saved
for the boys and girls of this and
future generations in Oregon there
will have to be extraordinary ac
tion. At present, affairs are go
ing from bad to worse.
“Let Dr. Kerr be sent back to
Corvallis as president of the state
college. Let a president for the
university be elected from among
the members of the university fac
ulty. Let the board find a new
chancellor from without the state.
"This newspaper was among
those who approved the selection
of Dr. Kerr as chancellor. It be
lieved the selection was the best
that could be made for the then
existing situation. It believed Dr.
Kerr would administer the chan
cellorship competently, and that
he would be fair to each and all
of the institutions under his
charge. He has fulfilled these ex
pectations.
“But prejudice in university cir
cles against the chancellor who
once headed a rival school was
too deep to be overcome. Its
depth had been underestimated by
those who favored Dr. Kerr's elec
tion, including this newspaper. It
wept so deep that nothing the
chancellor could do—and he has
done many worthy things—ap
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Mae West Modes Featured
In Dashing Display of Styles
By I-IENRIETTE HORAK
Mae West has come to the cam
pus! One at a time, gentlemen,
there is an amendment to that
bold statement—Mae West has
come to college in so far as wo
men’s styles are concerned, and
as evidenced by the type of clothes
modeled at the A. W. S. style show
in Gerlinger yesterday. Charles
F’. Berg’s from Portland have
caught the West trend and made
it evident in the type of women’s
clothes they sent to be modeled,
dinner and dance dresses especially
featured the protruding anatomi
cal factors.
The 400 coeds who came to set
the latest in fall fashions, saw
the latest, or perhaps a step aheac
of the latest modes, and were left
awed and gasping by the beauty
and refined daring of some of the
gowns. Dashing reds, vivid greens,
soothing blues and blacks, glow
ing silver and gold colors of the
gowns left the coeds starry-eyed.
High backs, low backs, and no
backs at all, any of which shall
be seen on dresses in the ballroom
and at formal and informal din
ners.
Flannel, jersey, and satin pa
jamas, in blues, reds, and delicate
pinks brought forth a flutter of
"ohs” and “ahs” from the coeds.
Woolly robes and imported slip
pers to match received murmurs
of approval from the audience.
Sturdy, yet good-looking sport
clothes seemed to favor the animal
part of the world. There were
camel hair sports coats, swagger
or belted, rabbits hair dresses, doe
skin gloves, and pig skin shoes.
The twin sweater sets and suede
jackets, and hill-billy brushed wool
sweaters are still to be favorites
with college women. A dominat
ing feature in sport clothes is the
ascot scarf, which can be detached
and quite change the style and
chicness of a dres3. Yellow, brown,
and maroon colors predominated
in tne sport clothes.
Some of the afternoon dresses
showed the influence of Chinese
culture in color selection and tunic
style of design. A new type of
monk-hood and nun collars, mak
ing use of metal cloth, entranced
the coeds with their mysterious
ness and old world atmosphere.
Dance and dinner dresses fea
tured the Mae We3t silhouette,
and were shown in various lengths.
Jeweled clips worn in the hair with
evening dresses are quite the
thing, according to Miss Reifen
rath, stylist from Berg’s, who de
scribed the models and commented
on their utility. Coats and eve
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