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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 8, 1935)
Free Game A statement from the graduate manager’s office reveals that con trary to previous announcements all student body members will be admitted free to the Califoraia Oregon game Saturday. Story on page 3. Assembly! The initial student body meeting of the year will be at II o’clock this morning with Chancellor Hunter, President Boyer, and ASUO prexy James Blais as speakers. VOLUME XXXVII UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1935 NUMBER 6 FIRST ASSEMBLY SLATED FOR TODAY UO Makes Ten Per Cent Gain In Enrollment Fall Term Totals Largest in Four Years; More Will Register This Week A 10 per cent increase in reg istration over that of last year was announced yesterday after noon by the registrar’s office. En rollment totaled 2697 at that time. Last year the total students reg istered was 2449. Students may register all this week, and by petition next week. Clifford Constance, assistant reg istrar, estimated that 50 more would register in that time, bring ing the total to 2750. This year’s figures are largest since 1931-32, when 2870 registered fall term. In 1930-31 fall term, students totaled 3095, and the low est registration in the past ten years was reached in 1933-34 when only 2122 students registered. Business School Largest There are 1156 men and 1141 women enrolled. Of these, 933 are freshmen, 974 sophomores, 278 juniors, 278 seniors, and 127 grad uates. | Business administration claimed 653 of the total, social science 365, arts and letters 302, no major 280, journalism 265, architecture and allied art 235, law 231, education 159, physical education 109, and music 98. Matriculates numbered 1126 and old students, including graduate students, totalled 1571. A total of 2708 have taken out registration material. Oregon State Has 3000 At Oregon State college enroll ment on October 4 was 3,018. At that time last year the total was 2,508, making an increase of 20 per cent this year. The largest increases in numbers of students here were in the busi ness administration and journal ism schools. At Corvallis the largest increases were in the schools of forestry and agriculture. The total number of freshmen at OSC was aproximately 1500 yes terday. Eight Patients In Infirmary Sunny fall weather which urged undue exposure combined with the strain of orientation has resulted in crowded attendance at both the infirmary and dispensary this week. Cola's of the summer variety seem to be the principle reason for the eight patients in the infirmary, according to Margaret Callahan, head nurse, and it is expected that they will be released shortly. Those in the infirmary include Bill Martin, Carson Shumake, George Birnie, Max Carter, Mary E. Bea ley, Marian Lucas, and Maluta Read. So far, with the exception of one or two cases of appendicitis, only minor ailments consisting largely of head colds have been prescribed for at the dispensary. Physics Credit Hours Increase An astounding increase of 46 per cent over last year’s number of credit hours represented by stu dents in the department of physics was today made public by Dr. A. E. Caswell, department head. In commenting upon the in creased colelgiate enrollment over the whole United States, Dr. Cas well attributed the overflow to the government’s present relief policy for assisting students. Dr. Caswell lamented the fact that a great many of the new type of students given benefit by this program were a bit rusty after several years away from school and were proving slow in adapting themselves to technicalities. Spinning Cobtvebs for Catwalkers It’s doubtful if even an intreped cat would tread this so-called catwalk being laid to carry workmen who will fabricate huge cables between towers rising 742 feet above the Golden Gate in San Francisco. rAnything Goes’ Author Accepts NBC Position The Journalism "shack” echoed' with congratulations to Richard Watkins, feature editor of the Em erald and author of "Anything Goes,” when he announced that he had accepted a position as a publicity writer for the National Broadcasting company in its office at San Francisco. Watkins will say goodbye to Oregon friends at noon today when he boards the train for San Fran cisco to take over his new job. Watkins came to the campus af ter transwerring from the Sacra mento junior college where he was editor of the Pony Express, the school newspaper. He was also president of the California State Junior College Press association. Starting out as a reporter of the Emerald he began writing a feature column entitled “On the Band Wagon” and later renamed it to “Music in the Air.” Later, when the popular show, “Anything Goes” came out he adopted this name for the column. Dick was interested in this type of feature writing and wrote on an average of 400 words daily for the Emerald. He was appointed feature editor this year and was also head of publicity for the Em erald. Wafkins kept in touch with most of the p ublicity men that handled anything musical for the publishers and radio studios. Working along this line and im proving his column he gathered nation-wide as well as local and campus information. YWCA Campaigns For Membership The YWCA opened up its an nual campaign for new members yesterday when representatives in the women's living organizations began their drive with member ship cards. Offering every girl on the Uni versity of Oregon campus an in terest in some field of campus ac tivity, the membership card proves of value throughout the school year. The membership drive closes with a membership banquet Octo ber 17. Doris Mabie has been ap pointed chairman of* the banquet. In the past a number of women’s living organizations have gone one hundred per cent in the member ship drive showing their complete backing of the campus activity. Discussion and interest groups, doughnut and brownie sales, social and committee work are included on the year’s program of the YWCA. AWS Mum Sale For California Game Begins Elizabeth Turner Will Handle House Sales Attendance at the Oregon-Cali fornia game in Portland this week end will be made more desireable for campus coeds with the advent of the AWS mum sale starting today. In charge of selling the mums at men’s houses is Elizabeth Turn er who will have a group of an nouncers going to each fraternity and dormitory today noon. Gene vieve McNiece has organized women on the campus to sell at the various sororities. This year the flowers will be purchased from Lubliners, Port land florists, at the usual rate of one dollar and seventy-five cents for the mums delivered, and fifty cents for flowers purchased at the stand on Morrison between Sixth and Broadway. Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thurs day the girls will visit the living organizations to interest both men and women to display the Oregon colors at this first game played away from the campus. The sale is one of the ways by which the AWS raises money to meet various financial needs of the organization. Marjorie Will is in charge of all the mum sales which the AWS will give during this year. U Man Appointed Milton Thompson, former foot ball end at the University of Ore gon, received his appointment Fri day to a flying cadetship in the U. S. army air corps. He is leav ing immediately for San Antonio, Texas, where he will be stationed at Randolph field. Before his ap pointment he was employed by the Standard Oil company in Portland. Campus Calendar Scabbard and Blade will meet at 7:15 p. m. Tuesday at the ROTC barracks. No uniform. All girls who haven’t left their permanent addresses at the dean of women's office please do so at once. YMCA cabinet will meet Tues day at 3 p. m., it was announced today by Glenn Griffith, YMCA secretary. Gala Game Ceremonies Start Friday Portland Pre-game Festivities Biggest In Recent Years Witli Dance, Show The Oregon rally committee, headed by Jack Campbell, will con tribute its share in making the forthcoming Oregon - California football game the outstanding Portland pigskin contest of 1935 by staging the most colorful pre game ceremonies to precede a col legiate grid affair in the Rose city in recent years. The rally will be officially init iated on Friday night when a gala street parade will be held in the downtown district. Following the street program, a special rally show will be staged at the Broad way theatre. An all-Oregon stage show, in addition to the regular screen fare, will be presented. Webfoot grads and present students will furnish I the entertainment. Featured on the | list of attractions are two gradu I ates who have established them | selves in “big time” theatrical I circles—Ed Cheney, tap dancer; i and Ken Allen, singer. Cheney, a footballer here a de cade ago, returned to his home town last year after a successful period in ISTew York under Ned Wayburn, world-famous dance di rector. He is now instructing a large dancing class. Allen, who was a student here several years ago, for five years starred as a featured entertainer (Continued from Page Three) Pit Diggers Seek Steam Pipe Leak Around Friendly Treasure hunting on the cam pus? No, that isn’t what those Uni versity lads are doing who are so diligently digging that large pit in front of Friendly hall. They are faithful NY A laborers struggling to get at a leak in one of the pipes of the steam return line leading to the central campus heating plant located behind the University lost and found depot, according to D. L. Lewis, superin tendent of the physical plant. Steam heat for the whole cam pus is furnished through the heat ing plant, Lewis explained. Coarse sawdust, commonly known as hog fuel, is used for fire for the boilers. Warm Coat Found Bur-r-r! Some young man of the campus may get chilly when the snow flies this winter, if he doesn't take better care of his top coat. Fortunately this particular top coat was left at the YMCA build ing, and the owner may recover same by calling at the “Y” and identifying it, according to Glenn Griffith, secretary. Emerald Corrects Error ia Pled go List of Saturday An error in the pledge lists published in Saturday’s Emerald left out the names of the two new pled ires of Phi Mu. They are Dorothy Louise Johnson of Portland, and Franeella Oliver of Baker. Other girls listed on the Phi Mu list were ineorreet ly so. Alien Clevenger and Max ine Wyatt of Portland, Allee Rogers, Ruth Baker, Wahnita Mills of Eugene, and Jean Pat ton of Salem are all pledges of Alpha Gamma Delta. Burglar Bound Over to Court; I $5000 Bail Set ! Earl Assists Police In Location of Youth Accused of robbing the E. H. Hall residence at 2174 Fairmount boulevard Thursday evening, Paul Grace was arrested Saturday eve ning, and bound over to Justice of I i the Peace Dan Johnston Monday. The charge is burglary in a dwell ing. Bail was set at $5000. Mr. Hall and Jennings King, up on whom he had drawn a gun when the two men attempted to detain him after the robbery, identified Grace. He is accused of the theft of $300 worth of jewelry and some cash, but the jewelry was not found when his room v/as searched after his arrest Saturday night. The arrest was made after state police and deputy sheriffs had worked together on the case. Virgil Earl, dean of men at the University of Oregon, assisted the officers. Obtaining a description of the burglar from Hall and King, the dean located Grace in the men’s dormitory where he had a room, but had not registered as a student. Grace stated that his home is in Palo Alto, California, and that he attended Standford university. Independent Groups to Lunch The Dill Pickle club, made up of independent girls of the campus who bring their lunch and eat at the YWCA hut, will be hostesses for the Question Mark club, a sim ilar organization of independent men, at an informal luncheon Wednesday at the YWCA bunga low. Each boy and girl is expected to bring his or her own "eats” and join for a social luncheon. This is planned as a feature one day each week this winter, it is announced. A similar get-together program was held last year by the two groups. On some days special pro grams will be arranged, while so cial hours will be planned for other days. Assistant Leaves David McDonald, graduate as sistant in education for the past year, has been appointed professor of secondary education at Whit tier college, California. E. H. Porter, and Oscar A. White have been appointed part time assistants to fill his place. WPA Projects Will Be Continued During Fall Tha comprehensive program of repair and construction financed partly by University funds and partly by government grants which was carried on during the summer is being continued this fall on the campus. Chief among construction work is the tunnel being built between 13th and 14th avenues. The tun nel, one of the six WPA projects slotted or being considered for the University, employs between ten and twenty men and will eventu ally contain part of the steam, gas, electric and telephone lines con necting the various buildings. When finished it will extend to 14th avenue near the site of the proposed infirmary and will be one of the links of the network of sim ilar tunnels to be constructed. The principal repair work car ried on by University employees during the summer were new floors in a portion of the base ment of Commerce and new side walk on the east side of the build ing. The stage was enlarged in the nm3ic hall and storage rooms added beneath it. Classrooms were constructed in the architecture building and a few necessary re pairs made in both the men’s and women s dormitories. Alpha Xi Delta Tops Spring Grade List Sigma Hall, Second Delta Delta Delta, Delta Upsilon Lead Greek Organizations Alpha Xi Delta led all living or ganizations in scholastic rating last spring term. Sigma hall rated second, with Delta Upsilon leading the fraternities, and Delta Delta Delta second in sororities in rat ing. The ranking of organizations is: Alpha Xi Delta.1.8246 Sigma hall .1.8225 Alpha hall .1.7514 Delta Delta Delta .1.6741 Zeta Tau Alpha .1.6685 Pi Be'3 Phi .1.6378 Non-organization women.1.6215 All men’s halls . 1.5945 Non sorority women .1.5934 Delta Upsilon .1.5426 Hendricks hall .1.5425 Ail-women .1.5220 Non-fraternity men .1.5214 Sigma Kappa .1.5199 All-women’s halls .1.5186 Alpha Phi .1.5173 Alpha Gamma Delta .1.5141 Mary Spiller hall .1.5071 Non-organizeil men .1.5019 Susan Campbell hall .1.4990 Chi Omega .1.4824 All-women’s organizations 1.4813 Alpha Chi Omega .1.4796 All-sorority .1.4745 Omega hall .1.4650 Kappa Kappa Gamma .1.4592 All University .1.4293 Alpha Delta Pi .1.4228 Kappa Alpha Theta .1.4205 (Please turn to patje three) "Billie” Rivers No Longer Tends To Tall Populars Probably no one else on the campus knows more about the tall Lombardy poplars that were once in the art school court yard than “Billie” Rivers, the janitor in the art building. The trees which were cut down this summer,. because they were growing too tall for safety, were once tiny caplings with tender, pliant twigs for lims. Every morning “Billie” would find the branches tied in knots. Day by day he would patiently un tie them until finally the trees grew tall and strong, and the ten der branches were no longer there to tempt mischievous hands. To “Billie” it’s just a "swell” joke, and he laughs about it and says, “Kids is kids, even if some of ’em are pretty grown up kids!” Dr. A. E. Caswell I Speaker Tonight Tonight at the first regular meeting of the Round Table, local social organization composed of University faculty members and Eugene business men, Dr. A. E. Caswell, physics department head, will deliver an illustrated lecture showing the historical milestones as well a.s recent developments in the study of astronomy as a sci ence. Dr. Caswell has on hand a great numbe*- of select slides of celestial views as well as several outstand ing original articles written by authorities on the subject, past and present. In the main body of his lecture he plans to touch, not only on as tronomy as a concrete subject, but also upon the relation of this fas cinating science to the study and better understanding of philoso phy. GRADUATE EMPLOYED Elizabeth Bendstrup, 1935 grad uate of the University of Oregon, and member of Mortar Board, is now employed in the First Nation al bank of Astoria. Chancellor Hunter To Meet Students In Gerlinger at 11 Spooks Today Chancellor Frederick M. Hunter will make Ills first appearance be fore a complete Oregon student body today at the assembly at 11 o’clock. Large Group Attends Speech Squad Meeting Bill Hall Plans Extensive Program for Year Interest in public discussion went to a new high yesterday when 45 men and 20 women, the largest squad ever to turn out, re ported at Friendly hall yesterday evening for the preliminary meet ing. Because of the increased membership, the forensic manager, Bill Hall, is laying plans for an extensive program of state-wide discussion of pertinent public ques tions. Final trials for men will be held Tuesday, October 15, at 7:15 in room 13, Friendly hall. Last trials for women will be Wednesday, Octobrr 16, at 7:30 in the same room. Anyone who is interested in public discussion and has not yet turned out may see Bill Hall, or anv member of the speech depart ment. The members of the squad' in small groups will select six more important tonics and will prepare for presentation, explanation, rem edy, and summary of the problem, according to W. A. Dahlberg, as sistant professor in speech and coach of the squad, who outlined the plan which would be followed during the year. These groups will travel about the state, presenting their material in community Granges, churches, and town halls. James Carrell, instructor in English, will coach the women’s squad. Walter Escheback, junior in speech, and Kessler Cannon, sophomore in speech, both mem bers of last year’s organization, will also aid in training the new comers. Girls’ Mail Held At Dean’s Office Mail has been turned in at the dean of women’s office for the fol lowing girls: Mary Eleanor Bailey, Alba Ben nett, Marian Johnson Bauer, Selma Carothers, Ruth Fitch, Holly Hol comb, Ora May Holman, Dorothy Alice Hutchins, Frances Latour ette, Lucille Marie Lee Jon, June Morse, Rowene Nisson, Mary Nor vell, Lorena Patchy, Myrtle Pull ock, Hazel Ragain, Peggy Lee Reavis, Marion Rosenblatt, Amy Simonson, Lydia Smith, Ruth Smith, Dorothy Vinton, Mary Jane Willis, Eunice Lynch. Outliank, Boyer, Blais Scheduled To Present Aspects Of Student Conditions The Oregon student body will have its first opportunity to hear Chancellor Frederick Hunter this morning at a general assembly in Gerlinger hall at 11 o’clock. All classes will be excused at that hour, it has been announced by Karl W. Onthank, dean of the per sonnel department. Also appearing on the first meeting of the ASUO will be Pres ident C. V. Bover who will be the principal speaker of the meeting: and ASUO prexy, Jim Blais, who is to begin his administration as head of the Oregoh student bod'y by giving a short address. None of the topics of the speakers were announced. Hunter Popular Speaker Chancellor Hunter has appeared before several smaller groups on the campus since coming here last month from Denver university to take over the helm of the higher institutions of learning in Oregon. His dry wit, combined with the unique method of putting himself on an equal footing with the stu dent cr. the campus, has made him a most popular speaker. He was accorded great applause at his appearance at the freshman as sembly held during “rush” week in the school of music auditorium. It is expected that all three speakers will give short, informal outlines of activities of the coming year which will be of great inter est to every student. No Assembly Schedule No regular schedule of student body assemblies will be held this year, Dean Onthank said, but they will be scheduled from time to time as the opportunity arises to present to the students a satis factory program of enertainment, as has been the case during the last few years. The University band is to pro vide musical setting for the first j get-together of the year. Education School Shows Changes News and happenings of the University’s education department show change and completion for that section of the school with ad vancement and awards coming to various members here. After the usual requirements of oral examinations and other in tensive examinations, La Roy Bove received his master’s degree in ed ucation during the past week. Another member, Mrs. Elizabeth Montgomery, is continuing her teaching for the University in the Portland extension school. She taught on the campus during the summer session. Last year Mrs. Montgomery was awarded her doctor of philosophy degree from the University. two Alumni Are On Liner Dixie The most exciting summer ad venture of any Oregon graduates may probably be claimed' bv Polly and Ray Thompson, both ex-TJnt versity art students. Polly gained her B. A. here last June. In the course of a leisurely re turn journey from Oregon to Bos ton. where Mr. Thompson teaches in the Wentworth institute, the couple embarked at New Orleans on the ill-fated liner ‘'Dixie,” and were wrecked off the Florida coast, j Attempts by coast guard and other vessels to rescue the stranded passengers created head lines for several days, but aside from shock, the Thompsons suf fered no ill effects from their dra matic misfortune.