Saturday Events Climax Joint Homecoming - Dads’ Day Fete
Oregon Alums
Elect Officers
For New Year
Date for Commencement
May Be Earlier
Alumni Association Votes
Unanimously Against
Tax Limitation
Merle Chessman, ’09, Astoria,
was elected president of the Uni
versity of Oregon Alumni associa
lion, Saturday, to succeed Ralph
Cake. James H. Raley jr., ’31,
Pendleton, was named vice-presi
dent; Henry Fowler, ’14, Eend, was
elected to the board of directors;
and Bob Allen, '32, Eugene, was
re-elected secretary-treasurer.
The new officers will take office
January 1, 1935. There was no op
position to any of the candidates.
While only 180 alumni regis
tered, it is believed by officials
that about 300 were present in Eu
gene November 3, Allen said.
A committee was appointed to
study the advisability of making
commencement date one week ear
lier, before the undergraduate fin
al examinations are given. The
committee: Fred Shaver, Portland,
chairman; Nick Jaureguy, Oscar
Furuset, Dean Karl On thank,
and “Slug” Palmer.
The alumni were guests of the
Oregon Dads for the Dad’s day
banquet. Merle Chessman, newly
elected president, spoke in behalf
of Ralph Cake, outgoing chief.
President C. V. Boyer greeted the
alumni and suggested the arrange
ment of special two-weeks summer
courses for alumni only.
Various reports on the affairs of
(he organization were given by Bob
Allen and Ralph Cake. The asso
ciation voted unanimously to send
an expression of sympathy to Mrs.
Lawrence T. Harris, Eugene, who
has been prominent in alumni ac
tivities but who was unable to at
tend this meeting because of ill
ness.
The association passed the fol
lovving resolution regarding the
20-mill tax limitation bill:
WHEREAS, there is now pend
Well in p;t on Letter Tolls
Stand of Oregon Dads
For 11. of O. and Boyer
T? ARLE Wellington, Portland,
president of the "Oregon
Dads” sent the following mes
sage for the "Dad's Day” edi
tion of the Emerald.
"Oregon Dads” stand solidly
behind the University, and we
are always ready to do anything
in our power to aid the progress
of the institution in which we
are so vitally interested. The or
ganization has been working for
the best interests of the institu
tion and is willing to continue
this service indefinitely. We
have learned to admire and re
spect President Boyer, and will
back him in every constructive
step.
mg at the November election a
constitutional amendment popu
larly known as the twenty mill
limitation; and
WHEREAS, this destructive
measure, by making sweeping and
impossible reductions in property
taxes of state, counties, cities and
school districts without providing.
any substitute revenues, would
cripple and disorganize the educa
tional program of the State of
Oregon from the elementary
schools through University, Col
lege and Normal schools; and
WHEREAS, many civic and edu
cational organizations have gone
on record as opposing this negative
and destructive approach to the
problems of tax reform and of
popular control of public budgets
and expenditures; and
WHEREAS, the experience of
other states points unmistakably
to the damaging effects of tax lim
itation laws on the educational and
cultural life of the commonwealth.
BE IT RESOLVED That the
■ University of Oregon Alumni as
sociation in meeting assembled,
places itself on record as. opposing
the twenty mill limitation, and urg
ing upon friends of education the
necessity of defeating the amend
ment and leaving the way open for
a more constructive approach to
a solution of our tax problem—a
solut.jou consistent with the main
tenance of our educational institu
tions in times of increasing enroll
ment and of expanding demands
for public services which such in
stitutions stand ready to offer.
Many Dads Return to Campus
To Relive Days at University
■j" OST youth regained for a day!
J That’s what homecoming and
Dad's day meant to many who vis
ited the campus over the weekend.
(And it was reported that some of
the dad's who came down set a
"capacity example” that is the en
vy of many a boistrous lad.)
Mr. Bayard T. Merrill, '29, one
of the visitors, is known as the
champion Oregon dad. He had four
children enrolled in the University
at the same time that he himself
was. The principal of Vida schools
is the father of Marian Merrill, '30,
teacher; Mrs. Ruth Merrill Travis,
ex-'28, secretary for the A. S. U.
O. offices; Charles K. Merrill, ex
'29, clerk in the Eugene postoffice;
Mrs. Jean Merrill Riddell, ex-’3t,
wife of Stewart E. Riddell, jr., ex
'32, of Eugene. Mr. Merrill never
misses a homecoming.
Jack Bellinger. '33, former mem
ber of the Emerald's editorial staff,
was also back for a visit. He is
now a reporter for the United
Press in Salem, Oregon.
Franklin Hall, '29, parole agent
for the Wisconsin Board of Con
trol, was in Eugene over the week
end. He now lives at Eau Claire,
Wisconsin.
Anil then there was one well
known Portlander who listed his
occupation as "lawyer and hus
band." I
Many other alums were here.
Among them were:
Otto H. Reichman, ex-1900, was
up from Montague, California. This [
flour milling and grain dealer is
both an Oregon dad and an alum
nus.
Mrs. Lois Hall Bond, '21. member
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do much to encourage the mer
chants of Eugene to advertise
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of Delta Gamma. Her home is at
Santa Monica, California.
A. M. Collier, M3, banker and
ice manufacturer of Klamath Falls,
Oregon.
Mrs. Anna Grimes Calef, ’99,
(Mrs. Mahlon Calef, from Port
land.
Carl E. Davidson, '3*1, (LL.B.)
attorney, state tax commission,
Salem, Oregon.
Curtis Gardner, '08, and his wife,
Mrs. Hattie Hyde Gardner, Ml, of
Portland. Mr. Gardner is a gen
eral contractor and road builder in
Alaska for the U. S. Bureau of
Public Roads.
Robert L. Gardner, '26, member
of Phi Kappa Psi, now living at
the Multnomah A. A. club, Port
land, and representative for the
Armstrong Cork company.
Circuit Judge Arthur D. Hay,
Ml, of Lakeview, Oregon.
Luke L. Goodrich, ’01, former
Eugene banker, now engaged in
banking at Longview, Washing
ton.
L&urids Laurldson, ’07, electrical
engineer for the Portland General
Electric company.
Zells Ruble, ex-'30, had not visit
ed the campus for seven years. She
is employed by the National Park
Service in Salem, Oregon.
Jack Allen Warded. ex-'30, mem
ber of Delta Upsilon, from Yakima,
Washington.
Thomas Winn, auditor of the
Oregon Milk Control Board, from
Portland.
Oregana Salt's
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will also receive free copies. Sub
scription books will be distributed
to the houses before 12:30 today.
Only members living in the house
will be counted.
Due to the new payment plan
and the radically different book
proposed, sales are expected to be
far greater than in previous years.
A group of speakers representing
the Oregana will appear at the
various houses for several nights
and will give actual proof that this
year’s layout will be exceptional.
Oregon Dads and Their Officers
Above—Oregon Dads, assembled on the steps of Johnson hall, fo llowing the mass meeting Saturday morning. A record number oJ
fathers of students was present for the eighth annual mass meeting.
Below, new officers of the Oregon Dads and the University alumni association—left to right—Earle Wellington, Portland, president,
Oregon Dads; W. M. Davis, Portland, member of the executive committee; W. Lair Thompson, retiring president; C. W. Morden, Portland,
member of the executive committee; James Raley, Pendleton, vice-president of the alumni association; Ralph Cake, retiring president,
alumni association, and Merle Chessman, president of the alumni association and vice-president of the Oregon Dads.
Dad’s Day Groups
Praised by Casey
John T. Casey, general head of
Dads’ Day today praised the work
and cooperation of his various
committees, and the faculty com
mittee in making the annual event
such an outstanding success.
“Special credit is due to Ami
Reed Burns for the decorations
and the general attractiveness of
the banquet; Mark Do Launey for
the ability in which he conducted
the advertising program; Louise
Beers for the capability with which
she handled the registration; Mary
McCracken, whose assistance as
secretary was invaluable to me,
and Dan Maloney for the efficiency
with which he handled the public
ity for the occasion.
All members of the committees
greatly appreciate the help and co
operation given them at all times
by the faculty committee. Without
their help it would have been im
possible to make such a success of
the occasion,” stated Casey.
Non-Fiction Hooks
Added to Library
Outstanding among recent non
fiction books at the Co-op lending
library are “Experiment in Auto
biography" by H. G. Wells, noted
scientist and radcial thinker, and
William Chamberlin’s “Russia’s
Iron Age,” a successor to his fam
ous “Soviet Russia.”
"Soviet Russia” was written
when Chamberlin was employed by
the Russian government. Mrs. El
sie Belknap, Co-op librarian, said
yesterday that "Russia’s Iron Age"
is a new book and is therefore
written from a diferent point of
view.
Mrs. Belknap announced that
other books of special interest are
"Decline of American Capitalism"
by Lewis Corey, economist, and
"Autobiography” by the famous
English novelist, John Cowper
Powys.
The Co-op has just received cop
ies of Edna St. Vincent Millay’s
first publication in three years,
"Wine From These Grapes.” This
book contains poems of many
types, including a long sonnet se
quence called "Epitaph for the
Race of Man." Miss Millay has
proven herself to be America's
most popular poet of today, ac
cording to Mrs. Belknap. In drama,
Noel Coward’s “Conversation
Piece." a sophisticated farce now
playing on Broadway, is on dis
play.
N e w fiction features " T h e
Folks," a story of the mid-west by
Ruth Suckon, "The Foundry" by
Albert Halper, a proletarian writ
er, and Jules Romains’ "The Proud
and the Meek. " translated from
French.
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Morale, Spirit of University
Gets Praise of Board Offichd
Greetings from the state board
of higher education were brought
to Oregon Dads by C. A. Brand,
Roseburg, vice-president of the
board. Mr. Brand warmly praised
the spirit and morale on the Uni
versity campus, pointed out pro
gress that had been made in high
er education during the past year,
and predicted the return, in the
near future, of upper division and
graduate work in science to the
University campus.
Mr. Brand’s speech follows:
"I appreciate your invitation to
speak to you tonight for the State
Board. And it is not a perfunctory
duty but a privilege. No one
knows better than we do that the
interest and the loyalty of the
fathers and mothers is one of the
greatest assets that any university
can have, and we appreciate your
coming down here and meeting the
student groups and getting ac
quainted with the professors and
the campus and the athletic field.
“Your interest means much to
the official family of the Univer
sity but it means more, I believe,
to the students. I shall never for
get the thrill I got once when my
father took me back to his college
at New Haven, and all over the
Yale campus, and he showed me
the windowless walls of Skull and
Bones, his old fraternity, and we
sat together on the famous Yale
fence, carved with the initials of
generations of Yale students. You
know I felt that we were of the
immortals that day, my father and
I on the campus of a great uni
versity!
“This is a great university. There
is something in the atmosphere of
the place, in the quality and the
consecration of the faculties, dis
tinguished scholars recognized the
country over. They are modest
men. as most great men are. who
have stayed loyally here with di
minishing salaries, though many of
them have been called to high po
sitions elsewhere. They stayed be
cause they saw the opportunity
here and believed, though some
times it has been hard, that Ore
gon is fundamentally sane, and is
for education. I take off my hat
to them!
“The year has seen real progress
in many ways. Some of the feat
ures of the unified system of high
er education that were experiment
al have been modified. The Uni
versity emerges an independent in
stitution. And you have a presi
dent : a wise and firm and friendly
president, and I congratulate you
in that. More power to him!
Of course, from time to time,
other modifications of the Unified
plan are inevitable. One of them
:oncerns upper division and grad
rate work in science. I have been
pleased to find that leaders on
both campuses realize that a full
fledged university must have this
higher work in science. I think you
may be confident that it will come.
In curricular matters we are deal
ing with educational right and
wrong. If it is right that a cer
tain course or department should
be here or there that should settle
it. Each question must be decided
on its own merits, and trading is
definitely out.
“In defining morale the diction
ary says “State of Mind, as of sol
diers, with reference to confidence,
courage and fidelity.” Morale on
the campus, in that sensee,—con
fidence, courage and fidelity,—is
high. Relations between students
and faculties on other campuses
are cordial. I credit much of the
year's gain in these things to the
fine, constructive work of the or
ganizations you parents represent
here.
The threat of the 20-mill tax lim
itation hangs like a pall over the
whole state, but whatever happens
on November 6 I cannot believe
that the people of this state will
allow these marvellous institutions
to be wrecked. Sometimes you
have wondered why these things
moved so slowly, haven’t you ?
Sometimes Earl Wellington has had
to sit on the lid till his cramped
position was almost painful. He
was right. And you know what I
mean. But on that point may I
say now that to the best of my
knowledge and belief the board’s
aims and hopes and ambitions are
the same as yours. Personally, it
is not my ambition to see the Uni
versity of Oregon the largest, nu
merically. on the coast, but under
your new president I want to see
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it the greatest. And remember,
the greatest universities have never
been the largest.
"We have not stood still this
last strenuous year. There has
been a steadying, a return of con
fidence that what ought will be, a
settling down to work, and a grow
ing suspicion that possibly patience
may be a virtue after all.
"And so, with the members of
the board, may you, President
Boyer and your co-workers, and
you fathers and mothers, and all
the members of the great Oregon
family,—may we all look down the
shining path to the future with
renewed faith,—and hope,—and
charity.
Boyer Explains
University Aims
At Dads’ Meeting
Social Service Is Declared
Means of Imparting
Information
Large Crowd
01 Dads Out
For Banquet
New Attendance Mark Is
Set
The addition of a third objective,
:hat of social serivce, to the func
:ions of teaching was brought out
oy President C. V. Boyer in an ad
dress before the Oregon dads Sat
urday morning.
Boyer explained the first two ob
jectives as those of teaching and
research.
Social service work not only
gives the state the advantage of
the experts on the university staff,
but makes them more efficient in
teaching, since they will have more
first hand information to impart
to the students.
"Every great institution must
Foster research in order to develop
new knowledge,” said Dr. Boyer,
"Teaching then imparts this
knowledge to the student, and by
developing a program of social ser
vice, the service of the educator,
the benefit of his knowledge is
made available to the common
wealth.”
Students at the University need
vocational and personnel guidance,
which in accordance with Dr. Boy
er’s plans, will be administered to
them as advice, not as a matter of
discipline, it was declared. “Uni
versity students are not children or
‘youngsters’ but thinking men and
women,” Dr. Boyer stated. "It is
the purpose of the University to
develop their capacities to the end
that they may become useful mem
bers of society.”
The complete list of officers
elected for the 1934-35 Oregon
Dads organization includes: Earle
Wellington, Portland, president;
Merle Chessman, Astoria, vice
president; Walter M. Cooke, Port
land, secretary; Dr. Earl M. Pal
Iett, executive secretary of the
University, executive secretary; R.
S. Hamilton, W. M. Davis, C. W.
Morden, all of Portland and Carl
Haberlach, Tillamook, two year
terms as executive committee
members; Arthur L. Fields, Walter
M. Cooke, of Portland, Thomas H.
Tongue, Jr., of Hillsboro and Merle
R. Chessman, Astoria, one year
terms a s executive committee
members.
Thompson Recommends
Permanent Members
Of State Board
The biggest crowd of dads and
students in the history of Dad's
day attended the annual banquet in
the John Straub Memorial building
last Saturday night.
Due to an unexpected rush of
non-registered people, many had to
be turned away from the affair.
W. Lair Thompson, president of
the dad's organization for the past,
three years, presided as toastmas
ter. In his address he recommended
that two or three people be ap
pointd as full time members of the
state board of education, that these
new people should be people who
could "talk" education, and that
they be apointed because under the
present system memberships to the
state board are political appoint
ments and thereby the members of
the board find their time too much
taken up with their own affairs to
adequately handle the demands on
the board's facilities.
Group Represented
Mr. Thompson then introduced
the various speakers for the occa
sion. Dr. Victor P. Morris, profes
sor of economics at the University,
delivered the main address of the
evening. Greetings from the state
board of higher education were
brought by C. A. Brand, member
from Roseburg. Merle R. Chess
man, Astoria, spoke for the alum
ni; Mrs. O. F. Stafford, Eugene,
represented the mothers, and Joe
Renner talked for the associated
students.
The ever increasing demands
made upon intelliegience by pro
gressive civilization must be met
by education, particularly higher
education, declared Dr. Morris. He
told of the constant advancement
in thought necessary to become or
stay intelligent, and the "group
thought” which was necessary to
control national and international
situations, rather than "individual
thought.”
Theater Revue
Many Out-of-State Dads
Gather on U.O. Campus
Many Dads came to the annual
“Oregon Dads Day” at the Uni
versity from neighboring states.
Among the out-of-state dads
were R. E. Hanrahan, father of
Margaret Hanrahan, from Lewis
ton, Idaho; F. A. McDonald, father
of Bernice McDonald, from Long
view, Washington; Giffrid L. So
bey, dad of Betty and Giffrid So
bey, of Paso Robles, California;
and O. H. Reichman, father of
I Paul Reichman, of Montague, Cal
ifornia.
C. W. La Barre, Portland, was
: listed as the Dad who has the most
i children attending the University.
They are Cosgrove, Julia, and Cor
inne La Barre.
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MCDONALD — “Servants’ En
trance" with Janet Gaynor
and Lew Ayres.
By R. KNUDSEN
College Night
TTTHAT'S the matter with all
^ ’ the modest talent on this
campus ? Friday night at the Mc
Donald theater, Sheiwod Burr and
his orchestra had to furnish prac
tically the entire college night pro
gram.
The McDonald theater initiated
the college night program with the
purpose in mind of making one
night a week during which con
siderable of the program could be
furnished by the University stu
dents themselves. This would add
interest in this night and not only
boost attendance for the McDonald
theater but open up opportunities
for campus talent to express it
self in a way which it could gain
considerable helpful publicity and
a small monetary return.
Any thing in the line of enter
tainment is given a chance. Several
of the living organizations have
quartets or blues singers of some
sort which could surely find an
ample reward in taking part in
this program. Acrobats, contor
tionists, and ventriloquists are all
in demand.
Servants’ Entrance
Janet Gaynor and Lew Ayres in
their lievly little picture ‘Servants’
Entrance” will run at the McDon
ald theater all the rest of this week
until Thursday when a double bill
will be featured.
University students may look
forward in anticipation to “Cleo
patra," a very popular picture of
the new type being produced in
Hollywood, which will play at the
McDonald next week.
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