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OSC Vntlcr Suspicion
As Cow Is Captured
On Oregon Campus
; VOLUME XXXVIII
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1936
NUMBER 31
The
Passing Show
Coast Strikes Spread
Recognize Rebels
Singer’s Funeral
Edward’s Motives
By DARREL ELLIS
Strikes Tie lip Coast
Plans were initiated yesterday
in Pacific coast cities to reoper
strike-blocked distribution chan
nels for emergency operations that
have arisen in different localities
because of prolonged strikes by
union workers.
Officials in Oakland and Berke
ley laid plans to take over milk
plants tied up by striking truck
drivers. Government-owned Alas
ka railroads were authorized tc
transport necessities to stricken
areas, when a food shortage was
threatened. Three hundred car
loads of merchandise were unload
ed by a citizens committee in San
Farncisco.
Red Regime Totters
Germany and Italy yesterday
recognized the insurgent forces of
General Francisco Franco as the
official Spanish government.
French officials announced that
they would not recognize the rebel
government unless Great Britain
announced approval. British offi
cials said approval was unthink
able. Although government offi
ces were closed in Russia, an edict
of a month ago made it clear that
the Soviet government would not
recognize the' insurgent forces.
Schumann-Heink Dies
Full military rites will be con
ducted at the funeral of Mme.
Schumann-Heink Friday morning.
The great diva died comparatively
poor, her benefactions to American
disabled soldiers having reduced
her fortune to a negligible sum.
Service will be directed by
Hollywood veterans’ organizations,
and interment will be in San Diego
where she made her home. The'
75-year-old contralto died of com
plications arising from a blood dis
order.
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One Buck Pays
Way to 1 Show,
4 OSC Dances\
By BERNADINE BOWMAN
Four dances and a midnight
matinee, all features of the home
coming celebration which will ac
company the Oregon-Oregon State
game on the OSC campus thi3
weekend, will cost the Beaver stu
dents just one dollar.
Friday night the Beavers will
rally dance at the Memorial union
and the women’s building, with
two orchestras performing. The
midnight matinee will wind up
Friday’s entertainment. Two mere
orchestras will “swing it” Satur
day night in the same buildings.
Tickets for the dances are inter
changeable both nights. A fifth
band will play for the matinee.
Texas Spiders Tough
The land of the scorpion and the
tarantula, Texas, is cultivating
some superior spiders.
Under glass in the biological
laboratories of the University of
Texas are hundreds of baby spid
ers. The biologists don’t bother
to feed them, for the little fellows
just eat each other when meal
time comes around.
In another exhibit, a black wid
ow spider and a tarantula are
roommates, living under an armed
truce.
Band Writes New Song
Band members of Georgetown
university have collaborated to
give the Washington, D. C., school
a new song. The entire band aided
in composing the piece. When pre
sented for the first time at the
NYU-Georgetown football game,
the student body of the school ac
cepted it with enthusiasm and
adopted it Sot a school song.
Universal Wasserman
Students must be educated to
the dangers of syphilis before
yearly Wasserman tests may be
properly received on university
campuses, Dr. Lillian Ray Titcomb,
physician for women at the south
ern college, has declared.
The Wasserman test for which
the University of California Daily
is now campaigning would bring a
realization of the necessity of con
trol of the disease, the physician
stated. She predicted that such
tests would some day be made
compulsory on all campuses in the
United States.
3 Appointed
To Positions
OnASUOBoard
Hallie Dudrey, Hurd and
Nash Are Chosen by
Hammond, Boyer to
Fill Council Places
Personnel of the educational ac
tivities board was completed Wed
nesday with the appointment of
Frank Nash, Hallie Dudrey, and
James Hurd by President C. Val
entine Boyer and Fred Hammond',
ASTJO president.
The replacements were made
necessary by the failure of three
members appointed last year to re
turn to college. Nash will serve as
student member of the publications
council to replace Kermit Paul
sen; Miss Dudrey takes the posi
tion of Tex Thomason on foren
sics; and Hurd, that of Kenneth
BeLieu on the student welfare
council.
Board Created Last Year
These sub-committees, consist
ing of faculty and student mem
bers, aid and advise the main edu
cational activities board in determ
ining the policies and expenditures
of this branch of ASUO. The
board was created last year as part
of the reorganization of the ASUO
which split the direction of ath
letic and educational activities.
Appointments are made jointly
by President Boyer and Hammond
to avoid political pressure, and ar
rive at the most capable men for
positions.
Judging to Begin
On School Papers
Sigma Delta Chi Members
To Give First Decision;
Faculty Vote Final
Flooded with a last minute rush
of samples of papers to be entered
in the high school press confer
ence contest, Howard Kessler,
chairman, announced that no more
entrants would be accepted. The
deadline was definitely stated to
be last Tuesday and no exceptions
can be made.
Sigma Delta Chi judges will be
gin at once, and will complete
their task within a few days. The
national journalism honorary is
conducting the conference, which
this year is being held entirely by
correspondence. The winners will
be notified by the press wireless
when the final selections have been
made. Announcement of the win
ning schools will be made Novem
ber 29.
The judges will select the six
best papers in each of the five
divisions of the contest and submit
their choices to faculty judges
drawn from the school of journal
ism staff. The decision of the fac
ulty judges will be final.
E. E. Boushey Made
Member of Honorary
Earl E. Boushey, assistant pro
fessor of physical education; will
be on the membership committee
of Phi Delta Kappa, national edu
cation honorary society. The ap
pointment was made November 9,
by Principal Good, of Edison
school, president of the local chap
ter. Eligibility of education stu
dents and teachers is reviewed by
the committee before they can be
admitted as members.
i Inter fraternity Council
Meets at 4 to Discuss
Deferred Pledging
The interfraternity council
will meet this afternoon at four
o’clock in room 110 Johnson hall
to discuss possible action in fol
lowing up the dads’ suggestion
regarding deferred pledging. ....
Ed Reames, president of the
council, appointed a committee
Monday to meet with the com
mittee appointed by the Oregon
dads. Members of the commit
tee are: Cecil Barker, chairman;
Henry Minger and Charles Irv
ing.
I
Careless Students Ruining
\ Campus Beauty by Walking
On Grass, Says Lindstrom
i
—
Expenditure of $36,500 in Vain if Lawns
Are Trampled on, He Says; Beauty
Depreciation Noted
I
By CLAIR JOHNSON
| “The University campus is your home. If you have pride in your
University, if you want to sec your campus retain its beautiful setting.
PLEASE STAY OFF THE GRASS.”
Such was the sentiment voiced yesterday by J. O. Lindstrom, busi
ness manager of the University, as he asked immediate cooperation
from students with regard to staying off the grass as essential to the
preservation of Oregon's beautiful campus.
Expenditure of a $36,500 total for beautifying the campus during
me past year win oe maue aimosi
useless if students do not refrain
from carelessly tramping down the
grass on all parts of the grounds,
according to Mr. Lindstrom.
Paths Should Be Used
“The University spends approxi
mately $11,500 annually to keep
the grounds in shape and carry on
pruning of shrubs, fertilization,
new plantings, etc.,” he said. “This
year the federal government has
apportioned a $25,000 landscaping
project which is primarily to beau
tify the campus. If established
paths are ignored, a great share of
this expenditure will be in vain.”
Fred A. Cuthbert, associate pro
fessor of landscape architecture, is
in charge of the landscaping, and
he is developing paths which will
handle pedestrian traffic.
Cooperation Necessary
Recent evidence of this was the
building of the new diagonal walk
which cuts southeast off thirteenth
avenue towards the women’s build
ing, Mr. Lindstrom mentioned, as
he repeated that students must co
operate with Mr. Cuthbert, or his
excellent work thus far will be
negligible in value.
“Students shouldn't hinder the
success of the landscaping project
by making it necessary to spend
money to rebuild lawns which they
have thoughtlessly trampled on,”
Mr. Lindstrom continued.
Visitors Notice Carelessness
Oregon Dads, friends, and alums
returning to the University have
commented to faculty and student
leaders that the campus shows evi
dence of student carelessness, both
in walking on the lawn and in
throwing cigarette stubs around,
according to Mr. Lindstrom.
He recalled varied favorable
comments about the campus this
summer. Particularly remembered
was the commendation from a
group from Idaho. They remarked
that the grounds were in beautiful
shape then.
Pride Called For
"And so they were, this sum
mer,” Mr. Lindstrom said. “But
since school has started they have
been getting worse-looking contin
ually. The dry weather, of course,
has not helped matters, but this
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Uni High Adopts
Big Brother Idea
OfPiggers Guide
Like big brother, little broth
er, so says University high
school. Under the sponsorship
of the Quill and Scroll club, a
small high school edition of the
"Piggers Guide” has been put
out, entitled “The Duckling, Jr.”
In it are all the names, ad
dresses, and telephone numbers
of the student body, listed. ac
cording to classes.
The book was received with
much enthusiasm. Although,
“The Duckling Jr.” does not con
tain a map, it makes up for that
lack by having advertising, all
clubs listed, and a social page.
Book Week Tea
Thursday at 4;
Librarians Hosts
A book week tea will be giveft
Thursday afternoon at 4 o’clock in
Gerlinger hall at which house
librarians will act as hosts and
hostesses to students, faculty, and
townspeople.
A program of skits and book
talks will be presented. Miss Ber
nice Rise, circulation librarian, will
be in charge of book displays.
Good book week is celebrated
nationally this year from Novem
ber 15 to 21. In addition to the
tea, book week will be observed
on the campus by the usual book
displays in the libraries and those
asked for by the Co-op and Mc
Morran-Washburne’s store. Doro
the Hagge, librarian for Kappa
Alpha Theta, is general chairman
for the campus program. She is
assisted by Helen Garrel, Delta
Delta Delta librarian.
The program will include a talk
by M. H. Douglass, head librarian,
and' a series of interviews by How
ard Kessler of guests in the audi
ence. Dean Onthank will be mas
ter of ceremonies. A browsing
idea will be featured.
Men Find Women’s PE
Classes Fascinating
Taking advantage of the girls physical education department’s
‘‘guest day,” the boys gym classes took the opportunity to see how
the other half plays. Witty remarks, sly glances, and elbow nudging
were in order as the halls and class rooms were filled with a curious
gathering of males.
The interpretive dance group drew the largest and most enthusiastic
audience throughout the day. The girls, clad in their tight fitting
costumes of black, tossed their heels into the air, twisted their torsos
■—much liKe tne lames in tne lit
tle Egypt” shows—to the ever in
creasing approval of the wide-eyed
assemblage. Such remarks as
“pipe those classy pins,” “ain’t she
a peachy one,” and “hot dog, T
could love something like that,”
filled the air constantly. In fact
it was necessary to request some
of the more rabid fans to leave
when their allotted time was up or
they would have stayed there all
day.
The corrective course also drew
many of the sightseers. Girls
(standing on their heads, girls ly
ing on their stomachs, girls
; draped around this, or girls jump
ing over that, each exercise tend
ing to correct some deficient mua
i cle, seemed to amuse the crowd.
Folk dancing, hockey and other
sports all drew their share of ad
mirers and smart crackers, al
though the hockey players were
handicapped by the fact that they
had to wear more clothing than
the other classes, shin guards, pro
tectors, etc. Hence the loss of ap
peal. And as each group left the
building it would be found that
more than half of the boys would
be missing, forcing the instructor
to go back to the master dance
class and drag the remainder of
his charges out by the neck—ac
companied by much beefing and
howling.
Overback Wants All
Oregana Agents to Call
At Dispensary Today
All Oregana agents are to
call at the Oregana office In the
old dispensary between 1 and 5
p.m. today. It is essential that
every one be there, according
to Howard Overback, business
manager.
Frosh Vigilantes
Guarding Campus
Any Oregon Slate Prowlers
Minus Good Intention?
Get Bad Treatment
Battling ideal conditions foi
Oregon State raid is duo to Iasi
night's thick fog, Clayton Ellis
freshman vigilante chairman, anc
a crew of 40 men guarded the
campus until early this morning
A statement by Ellis ran to the
tune of hanging any Stater caught
prowling about the campus minus
good intentions.
The guard will be resumed to
night and will include guarding
the bonfire to be constructed fot
the Friday night rally.
The frosh refreshment commit
tee, headed by Jean Farrens, wil
start its duties tonight by supply
ing coffee and sandwiches to the
vigilantes.
The vigilante and refreshment
chairman appointments were madt
by John Dick previous to the frost
bonfire held during Homecoming
Shy Instructors
Awair Bids for
Harvest Dance
Two shy, retiring instructors
have been added to the faculty,
and even though it is leap year,
they find it very hard to break
into society. So lonely are these
two eligible bachelors for the
company of the fairer and more
intelligent sex that they finally
hired a publicity manager.
“The Harvest dance is only
three days away and we haven’t
had' a bid yet,” wailed Paul E.
Kiepe, instructor in speech and
drama. “Neither Mr. Hargis nor
I have ever felt such coldness in
people, and we long to go to
that dance, for we heard that
there is going to be cider and
doughnuts.”
Hoping to surprise Donald E.
Hargis, instructor in speech, by
having a date arranged for him,
Mr. Kiepe refrained from telling
him of his hiring a publicity
agent. All of you Oregon coeds
are on the spot until these stran
gers get dates. Why not show
some of that famous western
friendliness to them?
Pledge Trainers
See Libe Inside
Misses Lenore Casford and Ber
nice Rise, periodical and circula
tion librarians, conducted pledge
trainers through the intricacies
and mysteries of the University
library both in theory and fact
Tuesday as the group assembled
in 110 Johnson for their second
meeting of the term.
“The library is a treasure house
of knowledge,” said Miss Casford
as she distributed mimeographed
library rules and told pledge train
ers how to go about opening the
various doors to this treasure.
The University has over 1500
periodicals, and a student saves
much time if he knows how to
use the tools to open their rich
fund of wealth, according to Miss
Casford. A misplaced book is a
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Boy Leaves Infirmary
To Play Frosh Game
Dennis Donovan, frosh varsity,
has a lot of what it takes. Last
with a bruised arm, which finally
week he went to the infirmary
necessitated an operation. As the
use of an anesthetic was unadvis
able, Donovan remained entirely
conscious throughout the opera
tion.
When the time came for the
frosh game with Corvallis, Dono
van was taken from the infirmary
and played in the game. After the
victory, he was brought back for
further treatment.
BROOKS SPEAKS TO PTA
Wendell S. Brooks, professor in
education, spoke to the PTA at
Condon school, on the subject of
“Education Minus C h a r a c ter
Equals What?” Professor Brooks
also lectured at the Lane County
Principals' association meeting
Saturday, on “Personal Guidance
a Major Function of Education.
Immediate Use o f Deferred
Pledging at Oregon Would.
Bring Chaos, Says Onthank
Disaster Would Face Fraternities and
University, Although Campus Could
Prepare for System
By WAYNE HARBERT
Immediate adoption of the deferred pledging' system by sororities
and fraternities at the University would be disastrous, believes Karl
W. Onthank, dean of personnel.
Such a sudden and revolutionary change would seriously upset the
entire housing system of the school as well as to financially endanger
j the Greek letter organizations. Wihtin the given period of time, how
ever, the deferred pledging system could perhaps be adapted to con
If OS C Men A re
Behind That Cow
It's a Bern Insulk!
If Oregon State pranksters
are behind the sudden appear
ance of a squat brown jersey
cow with kindly eyes on the cam
pus last night, we want them to
know that it’s an insulk.
Not that Oregon men look
down upon the cow sometimes
as farmy and unsophisticated
but this deed smacks of insinu
ation that we eat our hamburg
ers over here on the hoof.
As long as grass is green in
far pastures, Oregon has no pro
tests against animals wandering
about our campus except that
Officer Rhinesmith has to chase
them down. But Rally Commit
tee Chairman Don Thomas issued
an ultimatum last night that,
rumors to the contrary, ho clum
sy bovines will be allowed to
trek through fraternity living
rooms with the serpentine
marchers Friday night.
Anyway, with milk at a pre
mium in some of the bay cities,
the sad-eyed animal was a time
ly gift, as students ascertained
that she was a good milker. Be
sides, the owner of the animal
is shortly to have an increase in
his herd, it is rumored.
Kehrli Back From Meet;
Preparing State Report
Herman Kehrli, director of the
bureau of municipal research, re
turned Monday from a meeting in
Salem of the interim commission,
with Governor Charles H. Martin
und state officials.
A report being prepared under
the direction of Mr. Kehrli, direc
tor of research for the interim
committee, will be made at anoth
er meeting in about three weeks.
O. K. Burrell, professor of busi
ness administration, and Phillip A.
Parsons, member of the state plan
ning board, also attended the meet
ing.
form with conditions at Oregon,
Mr. Onthank declared.
Housing System Problem
“At the present time, there are
insufficient housing facilities avail
able for the accommodation of the
entire freshman class,” the dean
said. “Some provision for this
would have to be made if freshmen
were not allowed to live in the
houses the first year.
“It would be inadvisable to move
upperclassmen from the dormitor
ies to make room for the freshmen
because the new students would
then be deprived of capable lead
ership of upperclassmen now avail
able. Likewise, no adequate su
pervision over living conditions
could be possible if students were
scattered over the entire eastern
part of Eugene in private homes or
boarding houses. Such a system
would multiply present evils,” Mr.
Onthank held.
Would Need Money
If the deferred system were
adopted, more dormitories would
have to be built to house the hun
dreds of students who would be
held from sororities and fraterni
ties, Dean Onthank continued.
Where money with which to con
struct these extra units would
come from would be a problem.
Fraternities and sororities would
be hit a staggering blow if the ad
ministration were to announce that
the deferred (plan of pledging were
to immediately replace the present
restricted system, Mr. Onthank
maintained. If they had several
years’ notice before the introduc
tion of the plan, it would perhaps
be possible for the organizations
to financially guard themselves by
pledging more students in the
meantime.
Fraternities May Aid
Fraternities are of aid in train
ing freshmen, Mr. Onthank said,
provided they are administered by
capable leaders. Many houses are
weak in this respect, however, he
advanced.
“Rushing and hell week are the
two glaring evils of the fraternity
system,” Dean Onthank pointedly
remarked. “If a fraternity wishes
to survive the movement of re
striction, it must modernize its
methods. It must improve its
housing facilities, make them as
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Attention All Fishermen!
Mrs. Young Traps Giant
T> . r TV A 1 7 IT’ PAV
Beginner’s luck, but oh! boy, what luck! Fish stories grow on
bushes, but the one told by Mrs. Hal Young, wife of Hal Young, who
recently joined the University music staff, came off the end of a
“dollar-sixty-nine” trout rod and nearly causer the annihilation of the
entire party accompanying her.
Out on the first fishing trip of her life, Mrs. Young caught what
old timers claimed was the biggest salmon pulled out of the Siuslaw
river in many years. Aside from
that, she also caught two other
fish weighing 12 and 15 pounds
respectively with tfhe first two
casts of her line!
The party, composed of Mr. and
Mrs. Young and Dana Washburn
of the Montgomery Ward store in
Eugene, left Saturday afternoon
and drove up to Mapleton on the
Oregon Rally Squad
To Meet Twice Today
To Finish Friday Flans \
The Oregon rally committee
will meet twice today at the
College Side to complete plans
for the giant rally to be held on
the campus Friday night. The 1
first meeting is slated for 12:30
o’clock and the second is at 5
o’clock. JKvery member of the
rally committee is ordered to be
there at both times.
Siuslaw river where they stayed
overnight.
Mrs. Young, who is a dancer and
has appeared on stages and at
theatres all over the world, pro
ceeded out into the river with her
husband and Mr. Washburne to
throw in her first line to drag out
her first fish a few moments later.
She got two, one right after the
other.
Suddenly Mrs. Young felt a hard
pull on her line and figured that
she must have snagged bottom, as
it was near the shore. But the
“bottom" began to move and the
reel hummed. Mr. Young took the
flimsy rod from his wife’s hands
after she became nearly exhausted,
and after some time had the fish
along-side the boat. Washburn
gaffed the monster but slipped and
fell into the bottom of the boat but
on the next try succeeded in get
ting a firmer hold. Over the side it
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FireChiefOK’s
Friday Night
Rally Bonfire
Frosli Placed in Charge;'
Dirk Names Stretcher,
Lowry as Co-chairmen
Of Committees
After receiving the final OK
of Virgil D. Earl, dean of men, and
of the Eugene fire chief yester
day; John Dick, frosh prexy, ap
pointed Bob Stretcher and Phil
Lowry co-chairman for a rally
bonfire to be burned as the main
feature of the Friday night rally
in preparation for the annual Ore
gon-Oregon State grid clash.
Responsibility for the bonfire
was placed in the hands of the
class of '40 by Don Thomas, rally
chairman.
Committees Appointed
Pete Mitchell received the ma
terials chairmanship, and will be
assisted by George Heilig, Don
Sheedy, Ed Stanton, and Ed Lucky.
Stan Norris was appointed con
struction chairman. Members of
his committee are Jim Jones, El
don Wyman, Ben Hodgen and Nor
man Rankin.
The final appointment by Dick
was Russ Iseli, clean-up chairman.
Those selected as assistants were
Don Thomas, Harry Weston, Jack
McGirr, Harry Clifford, and Fred
Hammond.
Plans being considered by the
construction committee point to
ward an effigy bonfire.
Serpentine at 6:00
Before the fire, at 6:00, a ser
pentine parade through fraterni
tie houses and around the campus
has been planned by the rally com
mittee. As the parade it will pick
up men from houses visited and all
fraternities have been asked to
hold a 5i30 dinner.
Serpentine plans are being laid
and committeemen being named
by Noel Benson of the rally com
mittee who has been placed in
charge of this phase of the pre
game demonstrations.
The serpentine will end at the
scene of the bonfire, where yell~,
pep-talks, the Oregon band, and
songs will be featured, previous
to burning of the bonfire.
Yeomen Chorus
Is Thrown Open
To All IJO Males
Following enthusiastic approval
of the Yeomen Glee club by the
faculty of the University and John
J. Landsbury, dean of the school
of music, and donation of music
by John Stark Evans, professor of
music, the Yeomen decided at
their meeting Monday night to
open the club to all men on the
campus.
All independents, men in dormi
tories and house members are eli
gible to sing in the group. Only
Yeomen will be allowed to hold of
fice, however.
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