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'Old Oregon’ Features ’09 'No. 1 Alumni’ E. II. McAlister Honored By Alumni Association November Magazine Issue Gives Sports Account, Personal Items The November issue of “Old Ore gon" is on its way to thousands of former Oregon students, it was an nounced yesterday by Robert K. Allen, alumni secretary and editor of the magazine. This month the publication fea tures E. H. McAllister, graduate of the class of ’09. He is honored as the “distinguished alumnus,” in the caption below his picture on the front cover. Recently he was awarded the Portland alumni as sociation's scroll as "Oregon’s No. 1 Alumnus for 1934.” McAllister is the father of three University graduates and until two years ago he was professor of astronomy and mathematics here. He is now a faculty member at Oregon State colelge. Among other features, accounts of alumni banquets held in San Francisco, Portland, Marshfield, LaGrande, Albany, Burns, Baker, Pendleton, Klamath Falls and other cities on the “Founders's Day” held recently. The most in teresting account is relative to the group in New York who held their first meeting out there on the At lantic coast. The Oregon Homecoming festivi ties are featured and a full account of sports is given. Maury Van Vliet, Vincent Walker, Ned Simp son, Budd Jones, co-captain Butch Morse and Stan Riordon are espec ially praised for their work during the season. Faculty, student activities and personal items about alumni are also included in the issue. Oregon Rally Section At Game Goes Over Big A total of 87 students from the University attended the football game with St. Mary’s in San Fran cisco on Thanksgiving day, said Tom Stoddard, assistant graduate manager. These students formed the nuc leus of a huge rooting section that competed favorably with that of the southern school. Many Oregon alumni living in the vicinity of San Francisco attended the game and united with the students and other supporters in the lemon-yellow looting section. Oregon’s rally committee at tended the game en masse and from radio reports, they made a striking appearance in their white uniforms and deserve much credit for leading such a successful yell section so far from home, said Stoddard. Students from the University were given free admission to the game upon presentation of their student body cards to Hugh Ros son, assistant graduate manager, in San Francisco prior to the game AUSTRALIAN FLOODS PAST MELBOURNE, Australia, Dec. 3— (AP)— After a night of terror which many spent in trees beating swimming in surrounding waters,' thousands of residents of flood de- i vested communities near here I watched swollen rivers recele to day. The unprecedented flood, gravest I disaster in the state of Victoria's; history, cost the lives of 4, left ap proximately 8,000 homeless and caused damage estimated at 1,000, j 000 pounds (about $0,000,000). ___ RELATIONS BOARD Rl LES WASHINGTON, Dec. 3. (AP) ! The labor relations board today ruled the San Francisco Call-Bul- j letin had violated the recovery act I in the case of Dean S. Jennings, j formerly one of its rewrite men ; who contends he got in trouble with his superior because of news paper guild activities. Unless the paper offers to rein state Jennings within ten days, the board said, it would be cited to the NRA compliance division for Blue Eagle removal and to the justice department for legal action. BIGGER DAM PREDICTED WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.—(AP) —Frank T. Bell, United States commissioner of fisheries, predict ed today that the Grand Coulee dam, on the Columbia river in cen tral Washington, would be built to its full height and water provided for the irrigation of 1,200,000 acres of now arid land in the Columbia basin. jNew Department I Added to Emerald Advertising Stafl Improvement of Facilities Makes Better Display Copy Possible With the addition of improve; facilities for picture decoration am display, a new department, th‘ purpose of which is to give bettei service to advertisers, has beer added to the Emerald busines staff, Grant Thuemmel, busines; manager announced yesterday. The new layouts will be pre sented to merchants by the Emer aid advertising solicitors. “It. is an extra service which wil be welcomed by the merchants ir Eugene, as it will tend not only te save them time, but also to mak; better advertisements, since the layouts will be prepared by per sons who are especially capable al this type of work, and who are working in conjunction with the j display department of the Emer ald,’' Thuemmel said. William Jones, , recently ap pointed assistant advertising man ager has charge of the new depart ment. Extension School Boasts Largest 1934 Enrollmenl Correspondence Students Aetive in Literary Circles Extension work of the Oregon state system of higher education is becoming a recognized factor in the education of the state. The general extension division now has more students under its supervis ion than any institution controlled by the board of higher education. There are 3051 enrolled students, 1760 of whom are in the Portland extension center. This marks a gain of 508 over last year's enroll ment for the Portland unit. At Eugene, the correspondence study department has 1104 students en rolled; 187 are studying in Med ford, Grants Pass, Eugene, Salem, and LaGrande. Mrs. Cobie de Lespinasse, a cor respondence student in Hubbard, and a mother and grandmother, is hatdHg a book published in Decem ber entitled: “The Belles of Hel mus," a realistic novel of Ameri can-Dutch characters with Oregon and the Middle West as back ground. Mrs. Lespinasse has tak en every available course in creat ive work which the extension di vision offers. Another correspondence student, Mrs. Claire Warner Churchill, Wheeler, has been widely praised for the literary excellence of her volume, "Slave Wives of Nehalem," a story dealing with the natives of the Nehalem country. MERRY CHRISTMAS WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.—(AP) Government statisticians concluded today, on the basis of official and private figures, that business would enjoy the best Christmas trade since 1930. Quintet Meets (Continued from /’<!,/c Three) ing Gemmell hard for his forward post. Lewis Injured A sprained ankle suffered Sat urday night put John Lewis, who was working with good chances of a first team berth, out of compe tition for at least two weeks. Budd Jones, last year’s regular guard, has just started practice with the squad this week. Other Union Oilers who will make things exciting for the Web toots are Ralph Cairney, Washing ton's all-Coast guard of two sea sons back, and Howard Grenier, who won all-Coast honors last , winter at Idaho; Buck Grayson, King Bailey, and Jerry Thomas, til former Beaver stars at Corval is, are veteran members of the luint who will also be out to show ip the University five. Tentative starting lineups will ae found elsewhere on the sport ’age. I 1 Be Kn“ light ”eued! 1'so the Classified Ail Columns! They Pay! 10c per line Kehrli Leaves • To Attend City Official Meet League Group to Submil Legislative Program j Pendleton, LaGrande, Tin Dalles to Make lip Itinerary Herman Kehrli, director of th< bureau of municipal research am service of the University and ex ecutive secretary of the League ol Oregon Cities, left yesterday morn I ing with Arthur Cannon, researcl j assistant, to attend regional meet ! ings for city officials which are j being resumed by the League ol ; Oregon Cities. The next meeting, the fifth ol I the series, will be held in Pendletor Thursday. All officials of Orgor cities as well as citizens interested | in municipal affairs will be wel come. The sixth meeting will be held at La Grande, December 7 and the seventh at The Dalles, December 11. A tentative program will be submitted by the legislative com mittee of the league at the next {three meetings which will provide j for amendments to the revenue J feature of the Knox^ law; correc j tion of- present abuses of the in itiative, refendum, and recall; par ity between state and local units in apportionment of tax collec tions; a commission to study problems of municipal administra tion and finance; and collection and foreclosure of city liens by the county sheriff. Representatives of the state I emergency relief administration, the Northwest regional planning commission, and the Oregon state liquor control commission have been invited to be present. Kehrli will be gone for about two weeks. He will drive from the regional meeting at The Dalles to Seattle where he will attend the conference of the Northwest re gional planning commission which will be held there December 12, 13 and 14. Duck Tracks (Continued from Page Three) likely Ron Gemmell out of a for ward post, John Lewis took a bad downwards slip Saturday when he sprained his ankle. Keep your eye on the boy though—he’ll be back in a couple of weeks and will see plenty of first team action this season. Too bad he had to be laid up though because, along with all the rest of the men, he needed the practice sessions and games be fore conference play starts to iron out the rough edges so as to fit in with the smooth working team Reinhart is striving for. * * * Gene Shields, veteran Duck line coach and keen-eyed scouter, has hud a little letter luck this year and has watched his team in three games instrud of his usual one or two. He added the third one to his list Thanksgiving day when he saw the hoys take u defeat from tlie St. Mary’s Gaels. Other games he saw were the U.S.C. and Mon tana ones. It’s too hail we lost that one, Gene says, we really had the better team and outplayed them. A coup le of costly decisions and their heavy backs pounding so hard is what did the damage. They kept getting stronger as the game went on while we weakened. l$ut the boys really played good ball and deserved to win. death penalty invoked LENINGRAD, U. S. R .R.. Dec. 3. (API The death penalty for Russian terrorists was invoked anew today by the central execu tive committee of the Communist party as an aftermath of the as- 1 sassination of Sergei Kiroff, secre tary of the party's central commit tee. Let a Classified Ad Iron Your Troubles Can you afford one? Yea! lOe per line Relief Statistics Disclose 18,500,050 Are Receiving Aid * One-Sixth of Population Is Dependent on State Federal Aid WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.—(AP) —Nearly one-sixth of the popula j tion of the United States is on re . I lief rolls. Federal figures show that fam ilies are exhausting savings and i turning to relief agencies faster i than industry and public works | cut into the ranks of the unem ■ | ployed. . | The gravity of the situation was J driven home' to the administration 1 j by the latest official figures—those for September. In that month 18, j 300,050 were on relief and $143, 000,000 of public funds .was spent to support them. In September, j 1923 the relief population num bered 12,338,000 and relief expendi tures were $59,000,000. Cold weather and dwindling funds have brought added prob lems in recent months. The government has spent $1, 000,000 in civil works this year, but relief officials frankly are dis satisfied over the amount of relief provided by these funds. More than half of the destitute unem ployed still are dependent on out ! right doles. Two million bread winners have work relief jobs, but their earning averaged only $9.87 each in a recent typical week. The average family on relief re ceives about $2 a month. Payments vary widely in different sections, depending on living costs and the contributions made by state and local governments. President Boyer Back on Campus President C. V. Boyer returned Sunday from a Washington, D. C., meeting of the National Associa tion of State Universities, Novem ber 21-23. He was on a commit tee with Presidents L. P. Sieg of Washington university. A. C. Wil lard of the University of Illinois, and E. A. Gilmore of the Univer sity of Iowa to present for dis cussion the administrative prob lems facing new college heads. The National Association of State Universities, which meets every year and alternately at Chi cago and the capital, discusses problems facing the colleges and universities of the nation. Some of the subjects of this year’s gather ing were “Is There Organized Op position to Public Education?”, “Public Education and the State Tax Program," and “Social and Community Projects in F.E.R.A. Student Employment.” Dr. Boyer said yesterday that every state but California was rep resented at the meeting. The heads of land-grant colleges usually con vene at the same time—this year they met on November 19 and 20. LA MS ON ASKS DISMISSAL SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 3—(AP) —Prosecution and defense attor neys clashed today over disposal of wife murder charges against David A. Lamson. with superior judge R. R. Syer finally taking under ad visement the defendant’s pleas for their dismissal and his release on bail. Judge Syer continued the case until Friday but said he would make no decision within 10 days. ROOMS For rent winter term, very de sirable room near campus for one or two men. Every convenience. 670 E. 12th. i New Geology Course Offered Winter Term Inroduction to field geology, a course for students desiring to ob tain greater familiarity with com I raon rocks and minerals will be given winter term, according to Warren D. Smith, head of the de partments of geology and geogra phy. While the work in the course is primarily designed for second year students in geology, a limited num ber of students from other depart ments and schools can be accom odated. A knowledge of elemen tary chemistry and geology is de sirable, but students without this prerequisite may register for the work after consultation with the department, said Dr. Smith. The main objective of the course will be to provide the general stu dent with some familiarity with the common rocks and minerals and simple methods of identifying them in the field and laboratory. Vacation Cruise And Tour of Italy Offered as Prize University Travel Bureau Is Sponsor of Student Essay Contest The Bureau of University Travel, an educational, non-com mercial foundation fostering travel education, is offering a vacation cruise and tour of Italy as a prize to the undergraduate student writ ing the best paper on “Educational Values in Travel,” according to a letter received recently by-Dean J. H. Gilbert, of the college of social science. Any undergraduate, man or woman, is eligible to compete in the contest. Approval of a college adviser must be obtained and ap plication must be presented to the sponsors of the contest on or be fore March 15, 1935. Terms and conditions governing the contest are, in part, that the study shall be based upon personal experiences Higher Education Data Is Available To All Interested Publication Contains Texts Of Addresses Made At U. O. Meet Proceedings of the higher edu cation conference, a session held on the University of Oregon cam pus July 11-14, have been published and are available to anyone inter ested in the work of this meeting, Dr. Victor P. Morris, professor of economics and head of the editing committee, announced here today. The publication contains com plete texts of addresses by Dr. Davenport, Mr. Angell, Mr. Hovde, tnd others. In adition to educators, leaders in business and professional life addressed the group relative to the matter of higher education and business, politics and other nation al phases of the present order. Among the outstanding men in the session were: Fred J. Kelly, chief of the division of higher edu cation, Washington, D. C.; Dr. James W. Angell, professor of ec onomics at olumbia University; the Hon. Frederick M. Davenport, former congressman from New York; Dr. F. L. Hovde, assistant director of the noted general col lege at the University of Minne sota, and Dr. George W. Frazier, president of Colorado State Teach er’s college. All those wishing copies of the book may obtain them by writing to the University executive offices. and the writer’s own personal de sires in travel, and that papers shall not exceed 2500 words in length and shall be presented not later than May 15, 1935. The itinerary of the proposed cruise schedules the sailing at New York for June 27 and the end of the cruise in the middle of August. Stopovers will be made at numer ous Spanish and Italian cities. Copies of the offer for posting, together with application blanks will be sent at an early date. EUGENE’S OWN STORE McMorran & Washburne Merchandise of Merit Only PHONE 2700 REMEMBER! KEEP THURSDAY NIGHT OPEN to visit us FROM 7:30 TO 9:00 we will hold Open House and Christmas Gift Prevue Be Sure to Come! Typed Papers and Notes not Only Look Better, but Are Better^-^-rS^jL^ Rent a Typewriter. Put It to Work. Remember- -All Rentals May Be Applied on Purchase. OFFICE MACHINERY & SUPPLY CO. 10-17 Willamette St. Phone 148 C P. Lonllord Co.. Lae. “you who are studying for radio or opera should choose a throat-ease cigarette'says LILY PONS . . . famous as a star of opera, radio, and the concert stage Ex-Dean to Visit Here Next Week Mrs. Virginia Judy Esterly, dean of women at the University frorn 1923 to 1930, will visit on the cam pus. December 13. Mrs. Esterly at present is counsellor on human re lations and assistant to the presi dent of Scripps college, Claremont, California. A.W.S. will honor Mrs. Esterly with a tea Thursday, December 13, in Gerlinger hall. Kwama, Mortar Board, Phi Theta Upsilon, service honoraries, and Orides, independ ent women’s organization will serve. Mrs. Esterly is travelling at present in the Northwest in the interest of Scripps college, a school for women. She has been giving various lectures to high school girls and groups of women. She will talk at the University high school on Thursday morning. While on the University campus, Mrs. Esterly was active in promot ing Peter’s Lodge, an A.W.S. re treat. During her leave of absence from the University in 1928, she travelled one year in Scandinavian countries. Mrs. Esterly is a graduate of the University of California and is a member of Mortar Board. Stoddard Announces Ticket Arrangements Any ASUO member, who is planning to go to Baton Rouge for the intersectional grid clash with Huey Long's Louisiana state uni versity, is asked to contact Tom Stoddard, assistant graduate man ager, at the Roosevelt hotel in New Orleans sometime before the game. Students will be given free tick ets to the game upon presentation of their ASUO cards to him. HOUSE MOTHERS MEET House mothers of the various living organizations on the campus met yesterday in the Carnegie listening room in the music audi torium. A program composed of a collection of records was given. Send the Emerald to your friends. Tonqueds to Discuss Plans for Annua! Ball Plans for the annual Christmas ball will be discussed at the Ton queds’ meeting at the Alpha PM house tonight. The program includes entertain ment, and refreshments will be served. Alberta Roberts is general chairman for the affair. Commit tees are: entertainment. Margllee Morse; refreshments, Marjorie Murdock; calling, Elaine Cornish, chairman, Gayle Buchanan, Eliza beth Ann DeBusk, Henryette Mummey, Geneva Stafford, Mar jorie Scobert, Lucille Williamson, and Bettie Curtis; serving. Jo Skene, chairman, Barbara Rocme, Mary Hunt, Jo Evans, Bea Evans, Joy Carlisle, Alice Gerot, and Wii helmina Gerot; hostesses, Ciara Nasholm, chairman, Heien Dcdds, Virginia Endicott, Slare Igoe, Dor othy Jensen, Euphemea Laraway, Kathleen Bates, Maluta Read, and Ethel Thompson. Send the Emerald to your friends. Sight Important About 87 per cent of our learning comes through the sense of sight, the other 13 per cent being through hearing, touch, smell and taste, so it is no exaggeration to say we must consider the use of the eye to be the main interest in civilisa tion today for the advancement of learning or bettering the con dition of Jiving. Let us consider ways of using light more efficiently and with less eye strain, for it liar, been reported that 40 per cert of persons 30 years of age have defective eyes. Test Is Made An amber colored lamp was recently tested and found 11 give just half as much light as an inside frost lamp. So use these colored lamps for the pur pose intended, strictly for dec oration. Don’t use them to see by. The blue (daylight) lamp is used where a whiter light is wanted. It gives only three fifths as much light as the in side frost lamp. Dr. Ella C. 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