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VOLUME XXXVII
NUMBER 1
Incidentally
A Few Fleas . . .
A Few Suggestions
By
Robert XV. Lueas
(Editor)
Mr. Freshman, vou don’t need
priv advice. All vou need is time.
If when you enter the University
of Oregon vou a»e cocky and bring
with vou the when-T-was-in-high
s^hool skeleton time will adiust
that to the satisfaction of all con
cerned.
Tf you arc scared, intimidated by
the supreme pnse, and the utter
indifference of Hie campus bigwigs
don't frnf about that either. The
rext four years will teach you that
the high-nosed priest of sophisti
cation. to be more specific, the
“snob” in educated bevond his in
tollig'mce and too stupid to recog
nize the riot of color that exists in
every face in the world.
You will not fall for *he old era?
about “studies don’t mean a thing
- it's the contacts that count.”
You have seen too manv disciples
of that spineless phrase walkin'!
themselves lxrw-iegged in an at
tempt. to earn bread and butter
with “contacts" when the sum to
tal of their benefit derived from
college might b° summarized in a
bull-session of five minutes.
And vet you won’t shrink from
the blazing noise3 of tvm rallv, the
clamor and romance of the danee.
No, and vou will want, to pit the
eln.'-smate that ducks action and
snirit, and activity. He will be
MTSSTNG something-.
You won’t enter the University
of Oree-on thinking that vou are
drifting into a fairy-land of smart
college people, soft, sweet, summer
evenings. All won’t, be a Roman
holiday. Tn (he class rooms the
world will not unfold itself before
your contented and idle mind. Of
course you see the brilliant doctor,
lawyer, the revealing scientist, the
powerful contain of business. They
are finished products. How did
college form those superior pemon
alities? College alone had little to
do with it. and will ignore the pres
ence of your healthy selves if you
don’t realize that there must be
■work -blinding work, and occa
sionally of the monotony of a dronj
ing professor, and the aching ten
sion of the final examination, the
very sight of which may send the
poorly prepared mind into a state
of vacume.
These things won’t bother you.
You are healthy and tough minded
and eager to learn. You haven’t
time to decay into the weak-sister
state of people who you see all
about you. You are young and
new- with sharp edges that cut a
clean path toward your ideals as
an adult.
Without a doubt, when you ar
rive here you will quietly remem
ber that your fellows are here for
the same reason that you are—to
secure and education not onlv from
books but from two legged per
sons they call "professors” who are
swell guys, and from experiences
that are jarring, rich, lustrous.
And that you are lust ns good as
the next fellow and mavbe better.
You are just getting your
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ASUO Gives Triple
Value For Student
Membership Cards
The Associated Students of the*
University of Oregon announce a
program for fall term that is un
excelled in the history of the in
stitution and offers $15.55 worth
of entertainment for the price of
the student body card which is
$5.00. The breakdown of the pro
gram and the monetary value fol
lows:
Football: Gonzaga at Portland,
$1.10; Utah at Eugene, $1.65; Cali
fornia at Portland, $1.65; Idaho at.
Eugene; SI.65: Oregon State at
Eugene, $2.20. Total, $8.25.
Concerts: $2.20.
Dances: $3.00.
Emerald subscription: $1.00.
Freshman football: $1.10.
Total $15.55. Price of student i
body card (which admits holder j
free to entire program), $5.00.
With two internationally famous \
groups of entertainers already
signed for its concert season 1935
36, the ASUO announced today
plans for the impressive array of i
famous stars of the musical and .
dancing world.
Stars Listed
First on the list revealed by j
Ralph Schomp, assistant graduate I
manager, are the Ted Shawn!
dancers, who have been packing
collegiate playhouses throughout
the East and Middle West for the
past few years. Mr. Shawn, for
merly of the world famous Shawn
Denis dancing team, has gathered
together a group of dancers that
has been receiving laudatory press
notices in college and metropolitan
dailies alike, whenever they have
shown.
The Latvian Russian choir which
provided music for the current
screen success “Anna Karenina” j
are also scheduled to appear before
the students in MacArthur court.
There will be eight concerts dur
ing the season. Four will be pro
vided by the University concert
band, under the direction of John
Stehn, and the University orches
tra, under the direction of Rex Un
derwood.
Others Considered
The other four concerts will be
staged with outside talent. The
above two have already been sched
uled and the other two appearances
will be chosen from such stars as
Grace Moore; Martinelli, Metropoli
tan opera tenor; Lotte Lehmann,
Metropolitan soprano; Tito Schipo,
famous tenor who was received by
a packed house here on a former ^
visit; Alexander Eralowsky, Euro
pean pianist on his first tour of
America in five years and who has
been filling his houses until there
was standing room only, so far on
his tour; Nino Martini, who starred
in a film recently released from
Hollywood, “Here’s to Romance”;
the American Ballet; Trudi Sclioop
and her Ballet Comique.
The total attendance price to all
of these concerts will be approxi
j matelv $6.00. Schomp announced,
j However, all students holding an
j ASUO card will be admitted abso
lutely free of charge.
Moleskin-Clad Soph Relates
Incidents of 'Humbler Days’
Editor’* Nntp— Thi* story, written l>y fl |
prominent, freshman Emerald renorter, is
ji I’hronolovy of some of the hishliwhts of
,};is extrn-eurri.ai’-ir career ns a frosh. it
rmnhu*i"es 'Ttln” at the University. It is
noteworthy that Mr. Harhe-t was an ex
cellent etu'i-mt * as are all well-rounded
Orevon freshmen. I1 is was a aiood funda
mental first year at eolletre.
By WAYNE HARBERT
, Only once can a young- man or
.woman be a freshman in a college
‘'or' university. Anil, take it from
me, a sophomore who has been
through the mill last year as a
lowly freshman, it will always be:
one of the biggest thrills of my life
to think back over the many ern-1
li.-irrassing and amusing moments
of my first year at the University
of Oregon. There was my first
“date” to a college fraternity, the
lirst time that I cracked a final for
an "A." the thrill of attending the
first big- University dance and of
being in a campus dramatic produc
tion. And then, there was the time
the rally train went to Portland,
crammed full of victory-thirsty
collegians, all determined to deal
defeat to Oregon State college on
the gridiron. What a thrill it was
to sit in the rooting section during
the torrid fray!
Politics
Politics! Yes, politics at Univer
sity is almost as much fun as a
football game. There was the big
torchlight parade which stretched
for block after block, composed of
almost a hundred carloads of patri
otic students, all lustily cheering
for their favorite candidate. Of
course after the parade, there was
the big political dance at one of the
larger sorority houses. The rival
parade goes by! Joe College in all
his glory!
On the sneak, I hereby advise all
men students who plan to come to
Oregon to enter one of the best
schools in the west not to wear cor
duroys or moleskin pants. For
these are the sacred garb of the
sophomores and the upperclassmen.
And, to all frosh, DON’T bother to
bring your tuxedo to Oregon the
first year! You can't wear it. It
is among the unwritten laws that
no yearling should even be .heard
of wearing a tux. Why, they won’t
even let the freshmen go to the
Senior Ball because everyone must
wear a tux, and the tradition mak
ing it unlawful for first year men
to wear the formal attire naturally
keeps them on the outside looking
in. Aspiring freshmen should all
invest in a pair of inexpensive frosh
pants, commonly known as tin
pants. They cost only a couple of
dollars and are the established
freshman attire. However, any
type of wool pants can be worn, just
as long as it isn’t cords or mole
skins! A dipping in the mill race
is automatically handed to the frosh
who attempts to break this tradi
tion.
It was during the pre-Whisker
I ino days. The Whiskerino, you
know, is the annual dance given by
the sophomore class at which all
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Massive New
Library to
Rise at Oregon
Overstuffed Chairs to
Replace Traditional
Desk, Chair
With construction already under
wav for the new y 1.50,000 lil)rary
on the University campus, it has
been called to the attention of the
thousands of students who plan re
turning to Oregon next week, of
the modern features to be embodied
in the huge structure which will
make it one of the most imposing
buildings on th campus.
Most novel of the features is the
recreation room which will occupy
a central portion of the ground
floor and will he devoted to creat
ing a home-like atmosphere for
students using the library. The
"oom will be approximately 90 feet
nng hv ?.4 feet wide and will be
furnished with over-stuffed furni
ture. floor lamps, and easy chairs,
replacing the conventional desk
ind-chair system of the library. At
Jach end of this room will be built
a fireplace from which fires will
glow on cold, wintry evenings. The
vails of the room will be largely of
glass. so as to make the recreation
il center as inviting as possible.
New Features Included
The incorporation of desirable
features of libraries throughout
the nation has been made by the
irchitect., Ellis F. Lawrence and
Librarian M. II. Douglass. Besides
furnishing ample space for the
250,00(1 volumes now housed in the
old library in cramped quarters,
the new structure will have private
studies for faculty members and
graduate and upper-division stu
dents.
A memorial forecourt, in which
will be a fountain surrounded by
i garden and seat, is to be financed
by gifts made by the Alumni Hold
ing company. Two walks will lead
up to the entrances, while a third
public entrance will be through
the basement.
In general architecture design,
both inside and out, the library
promises to be most striking. The
Lombardic design will harmonize
with the Museum of Fine Arts
nearby, a3 well as other newer
buildings on the campus.
Art Rooms Spacious
No student can gain access to
anv other part of the building
without first noticing the central
ly located recreation room. Ad
joining this room on one side will
be the Pauline Potter Homer col
lection of beautiful books and on
another side will be the location of
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The University of Oregon, chattering students, vine-covered walls, handsome
larious yell-kings) wise professors, bewildered freshmen, cocky sophomores,
seniors. It is all on its way.
men, lovely women, hi
somhor juniors, eleant
Dr. F. M. Hunter’s Statement
To ’Young Bloods’ of Oregon
Editor’s Note: This statement is
from the pen of Chancellor F. M.
Hunter and is directed to the Uni
versity of Oregon’s class of 1939.
To all ambitious red - blooded
youth the institutions of higher ed
ucation of Oregon extend greetings.
These institutions invite those who
have high qualifications and cour
age and who can make best use of
their excellent facilities to join the
college family in preparing for more
useful and happier living. Espe
cially to all such I offer the saluta
tions of the State Board of Higher
Education and of this office.
The question, “Does College Edu
cation Pay?" inevitably arises when
youth considers his future. The
answer comer, in terms of the pos
sibilities of growth of the spiritual
man and his ability to create for
himself an inner culture. In these
days of confusion and competition,
it is overwhelmingly difficult, if not 1
impossible, for the young American '
to acquire this culture without the 1
assistance of the college and the
university. 1
How Will It Pay
But the final answer must! in- '
elude economic, as well as spiritual,
considerations. ‘"Will it pay in dol
lars and cents?” asks the young i
man of today. Let me cite the find
ings of a recent careful and scien
tific social survey. In one of the 1
great metropolitan cities of the
United States, under the direction
of leading statisticians and econ
omists, data giving positive evi
dence upon this important question
have just been forthcoming. In No
vember, 1933, a canvass of a large
number of employed and unem
ployed heads of families indicates
that those who had acquired the
benefits of a university and college
education not only resisted the un
■mployment wave best but received
>y far the larger proportion of
inane ial returns.
Here is a picture of more than
>0,000 heads of families of this city
Phe surveyors sought to ascertain
Tom them the group most preva
ently employed -and receiving the
lighest wages. Five principal
>roups were used:
Per cent
Employed
3 roup I—
People who did not go be
yond the sixth grade - 40.7
3roup II—
People who went beyond
the sixth grade but not
beyond the ninth . (13.3
3 roup III—
People who went beyond
the ninth but not beyond
high school .73.9
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ARTIST’S SKETCHES SHOW HOW NEW LIBRARY WILL LOOK!
Here are exterior views and the plan for the
; first floor of the new $350,000 library to be construct
ed on the University of Oregon campus. At the top
Is the way the library will look from a point on Kin
' caid street near Fourteenth avenue. Lower left is the
main floor plan, showing the various features to be
I Included in the structure. Lower left Is a view of the
! library looking south. The Museum ef art is seen on
! the left, while on the right the architect has sketched
a view of the humanities and sciences building, a
project for the future. The ground will be broken
officially for the library at a ceremony Tuesday at
! 1:45. (Illustrations courtesy Eugene Register-Guard.)
H- -
Oregon Enrollment
CJ
\pproaches Record;
5000 Mark Eyed
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Iimter Sinks
Shovel at New
library Site
]lian eel lor Featured
ipeaker at Initial
itep in Construe! ion
When Chancellor Frederick M.
luntcr worked a shovel into the
tubborn, dusty dirt of the Univer
litv of Oregon campus last week
ind expertly turned it into the
nitial move in the construction of
;he University’s $350,000 library
juilding, he quietly climaxed a 20
/ear period of hoping and planning
>n the part of University of .Ore
gon officials. Soon from around
'hat scratch in the earth would
’cratch in the earth would arise a
rast building epitomizing much
hat distinguishes the University of
Oregon—cultural development.
In a few brisk sentences, as much
to the point as his shovel wielding,
lie told the goodly crowd of towns
people, students and officials that,
traditionally, practice lags 50 years
oehind knowledge; but, in the pres
3nt day, both knowledge and prac
tice lag 50 years and even a century
behind need.
Dr. Hunter's speech, marking his
first public appearance in Oregon
since he assumed the office of chan
cellor of higher education Septem
ber 1, was delivered on the site of
the new building near Kincaid and
Fourteenth avenue September 10.
The outline of the building has been
laid on the field in white and posts
with white flags marked the cor
ners of the structure, giving a good
suggestion of the location of the
new building and its relation tc
other buildings on the campus.
Preceding Dr. Hunter on the pro
gram were M. IT. Douglass, Uni
versity librarian; Burt Brown Bar
ker, vice-president; Representative
C. F. Hyde, representing Governor
Martin; and Mayor Elisha Large
of Eugene.
Librarian Douglass expressed
confidence in the planning of the
library, because “we have had sc
much practice planning it.” He
traced the history of the campaign
for a new, adequate building, dur
ing which Dean Ellis F. Lawrence
of the school of architecture anc
his firm have drawn at least 25 sep
arate plans, a large number of therr
recently in an endeavor to fit the
needs to the amount of money avail
able.
He said that the first request foi
funds was for $525,000 but thal
$350,000 was finally allottee
through a PWA loan and grant
Douglass explained that the plan a1
rinally completed will be adequate
for a period of six to ten years, anc
:s very flexible to allow for ultimate
expansion, sufficient to handle 500(
students at one time, if necessary.
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Not since 1030-31, when the Uni
versity of Oregon pulse rocketed
to the enrollment of 3093 have 1he
prospects for a large student body
been more favorable. Reports of
substantial increase in freshman
registration have been stimulated
by the hundreds of applications for
admissions mailed into that office
each summer month.
Reasons for the upward move
ment are many: increased Federal
aid to needy and worthy students,
heightened confidence on the part
of Oregon parents in the state’s
system of higher education since a
final and definite settlement of ad
ministrative difficulties, intensive
advertising campaign carried on by
active students in explaining and
promoting the University.
Applications indicate that there
are many students intending to en
ter college this year who have been
graduated from high school several
years and have been unable to at
tend college because of the throt
tling depression. Several years of
work, during which time money has
been saved, and increased business
activity have now made it possible
for these students to attend school.
Most, definite information issued
by the office of the registrar: Reg
istration day will tell all.
College Bedlam
Heralds Dance
All-University Frolic
Staged in Portland
Seldom is college spirit., the
thrilling, blatant, spirit nnleased
outside the months of active school
operations. Summer time finds
students scattered, static in the
quiet humdrum of economic life.
Gone are the yell kings, stomping
bands, curling ribbons of college
colors.
In Portland, Oregon, last week,
plodding pedestrians were jarred
by a terrific din. Office building
windows were raised, heads peered
over the ledges. Newsboys gawked,
stopped howling. Slowly north on
Sixth street came a mock locomo
tive, pulling a not-so-mock box car,
ringing a real train bell. In the
engine tender were crowded mem
bers of Jim Dierick’s NBC orches
tra—sporting rally sweaters, rooter
lids, unmistakably green unques
tionably yellow. In the box car
were clustered Oregon coeds- let
termen sweatered, Oregon men,
collegiate clothed. The sides of the
box car proclaimed the University
of Oregon Fall Frolic, held in .Tatlt
zen Beach ballroom the following
night.
Following, chugged a huge truck
carrying a compressed air machine
attached to a riveter. Object of
the riveter’s attention: a three-foot
disk of half-inch cast iron. Result:
bedlam, chaos, war.
Portland cosmopolites were im
pressed. A college rally on the
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New Students to Meet Campus
Luminaries at Oregon
In an attempt to make new
comers feel at home at the Uni
versity of Oregon, to put them at
ease among fellow students who
have been in attendance three or
more years and who have estab
lished for themselves a name in
the social and academic life of the
school, freshmen will be intro
duced to those people whose names
will make news at the University
during the year 1935-36.
As prominence may be secured
in many fields of endeavor at the
University, students excelling in
ricular activities are included in
this list of names. These names
will make news at the University
this year:
Jim Blais, president of the As
sociated Students, top-notch polit
ical office on the campus.
Mary McCracken, president of
the Senior Class, effervescent lit
tle campus spark-plug, exceeding
ly active in all campus activity j
and excellent student.
Bill Hall, solemn independent
high-light, president of Inter-Dorm
council, winner of the Koyl cup as
most outstanding Junior.
Peggy Chessman, leader among
Oregon women, executive of Ore
gon Daily Emerald.
Bill Schloth, campus dramatic
star, a leading player of Inter
Collegiate players
Maragret Ann Smith, president
of Associated Women Students,
super-student, shining Oregon
socialite.
Rollie Rourke, vice president of
Associated Students, newsworthy
basketball luminary.
Roberta Moody, dynamic mem
ber of Greater Oregon Committee,
member of Executive Council as
Senior Woman.
Budd Jones, fiery member of
basketball team, rangy, thunder
ing football end, outstanding man
among Oregon activities.
Walt Back, blond all-American
football prospect, dynamo of Prink
Callison’s football offense, triple
threater.
Robert Lucas, editor of the Ore
gon Daily Emerald.
McMORRAN &
WASHBURNE’S
NEW and DISTINCTIVE
DUDLEY FIELD
SHOP
For College Men
THE COLLEGE
SHOP
For College Women
‘A COMPLETE COURSE
IN COLLEGE FASHION’
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