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1 Oregon Basketeers Pass Opening Test, Win Handily, 45 • 51 VOLUME XXXVIII UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1936 NUMBER 41 a Tlw Passing Show David Windsor | Mencken Comments [ W ally Waits Merry Christmas By DARREL ELLIS Ex-King Edu ard “A man without a country," Ex king Edward, the only sovereign in Great Britain's history to volun tarily renounce the throne, awaits passage of the abdication law by parliament today to sever official ly his rule over the world’s might iest empire and give to him the name David Windsor and the right to marry twice-divorced Mrs. Wal lis Warfield Simpson. Still ruler of Britain’s 495,000. 000 subjects, Edward last night gave kingly counsel to his brother and next emperor of Britain, Al bert, Duke of York, before signing away his claim to the throne to day. Speaking as a simple citizen, the dethroned monarch will bid his farewell in a radio address tonight. //. L. Satirizes H. L. Mencken, noted author and critic, said last night that Edward was an “idiot” and suggested the ox-king try his luck in Hollywood. “He must come to America,” de clared Mencken. “He ought to go to Hollywood. If he is too dumb to make good there, he could go to Washington and become a mem ber of the cabinet.” Cherehez La Femme “Wally” Simpson, the woman who upset an empire, sat in her villa retreat at Cannes, France, to day looking out over a rain-swept sea toward the land which her fu ture husband, an abdicated king, will leave, probably never to re turn. In touch with London yesterday morning by telephone, Mrs. Simp son received word of Edward's his toric statement almost as soon as it was made. Employees of the villa said she was apparently in the best of spirits. Anil a Happy Netv Year Somewhat sentimental after reading reams of funereal copy telling in sure, bold strokes the death of a man deserving better things in life, yours truly cannot (Please turn to payc five) i Turfing of Field Assured Exam Crammers Need Not Fear Loss of Sleep By BERNADINE BOWMAN Psychologists at the University of Southern California have been conducting experiments which lead them to believe that brain power is not greatly affected by loss of sleep. Three students were kept awake from 5:30 a. m. one Friday until 10:30 p. m. Saturday. Every ten hours the subjects were given tests in solving more than 100 mathe matical problems and identifying more than 300 colors flashed before their eyes. Their accuracy was practically unchanged in spite of fatigue, but increasingly frequent “blank” lapses occurred in which they could not solve the simplest problems. * * * All Universities Day Last week the University of Flo rida had an All Universities day, for over 2,000 men and women re siding in Florida who are seldom able to return great distances to visit their campuses of under graduate days. An occasion of this sort is un precedented in all the history of higher education. The idea gained the approval and support of those who fell within its scope. They gathered on the Florida campus in a spirit of reminiscence, and of good jovial fellowship. Each per son was given an identification badge and the colors of his or her alma mater, and at the All Uni versities day luncheon there was a riot of color in an atmosphere of collegiate songs and yells. ‘Higher Education’ “You'll never be late to a class if you ride the elevator,” might be the slogan for students at the University of Texas. One of the fastest elevators in Austin, Texas, is being installed in their new li brary. The elevator is automatic and will run from the first floor to the twenty-seventh, which is the top of the new library tower. All the students will have to do is push the buttons “up” or “down” and open the elevator door and step inside. There they push one of the 27 buttons which has their floor number on it and then try to keep their heart in place as they make the trip in record time. Oregon, UCLA to Demonstrate Fast Breaking Style in First “ j Major Game at Igloo Saturday Teams Are Interrogation Points in Respective Conference Sectors; Bruins Have Vets Will Be Interesting Different Ruling Systems To Be Used by Teams; Card Holders Admitted It will be northern division against southern division, tip-off against no tip-off, when basketball teams of Oregon and UCLA clash on McArthur court Saturday night. Starting time is 8 o’clock. How ard Hobson’s Webfoots, approach ing conference form after two prac tice tilts, are a question mark as far as capability in major play is concerned. The Bruins, coached by Caddy Works, are in the same category. Both Use Fast Break Both teams are improved over a year ago, and both use a fast breaking style of play, which assures a colorful, interesting ex hibition. It will be the first inter division game at the Igloo in years The first half will be played un der southern division rules, where by the ball is put in play under j the backboard by the team scored , upon after each basket, instead of by the conventional center jump. Probable Lineups Oregon UCLA Silver .F. Appleby Lewis.F. Bell Wintermute ...C. Ball Purdy .G. Rietz Courtney .G. Seiter Officials: Halph Coleman and Frank Heniges. T{ie last period will be placed under northern division rules, which require a center jump after each field goal. The contrast of the two rule systems should provide meat for the numerous arguments raging over the advantages and disadvan tages offered by, elimination of the tip-off. Ball UCLA Leader John Ball, rangy veteran, leads the UCLA outfit. Ball was chosen as center on the second all-coast team last season. Other veterans are Orville Appleby and Marty Bell, forwards, and Bill Rietz, guard. Jack Seiter, reserve guard from last year, completes the start ing lineup. The Westwood quintet trouced Los Angeles and Compton junior colleges in opening starts. The Ducks will be handicapped for the game by absence from the lineup of two tentative regulars. Bill Courtney, "quarterback” of the team, has a foot injury and is in the infirmary. He may be in shape for limited action Saturday night. Laddie Gale, elongated cen ter and forward, .will not be eligible until the end of the term. Oregon Lineup Listed Probable starting five for Ore gon will be Johnny Lewis and Dave Silver, forwards; Ray Jewell or Urgel Wintermute, center, and Ken Purdy and either Courtney or Bob Anet, guards. Wally Johansen is certain to see action at forward. ASUO books will admit students to the game. Speech Department Will Hold Faculty Tea Today The speech department faculty will hold a tea for all members of the speech classes today from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Mrs. John L. Casteel and Mrs. W. A. Dahlberg will pour, assisted by some of the students. A program, to be held at 4, i3 being planned by Avery Combes, senior B.A. major. It will include several musical numbers and read ings. The Long and the Short of It Ray Jewell (left) eenter on Oregon’s varsity basketball team, stretches six feet, six inches. Bill Courtney, his team mate at guard stands five feet, ten inches. Both are important cogs in the YVebfoot machine which meets UCLA at McArthur court Saturday night. Rentier Wins $15 Jewett Award Six Men Vie Before 200 in Final Speech Contest at Villard Last Night Zane Kemler won first prize of $15 at the second Jewett interclass speech contest with his talk last night on “Traditions and Student Liberty.” Robert Fulton won second place with “Necktie Party,” and Robert Dent placed third with “A Warn ing to the World.” Judges for the contest were Helen Harriman, Mrs. J. D. Bryant, and Prof. S. H. Jame son. About two hundred students heard the speeches in Villard hall. Second and third prizes were' $10 and $5 respectively. Other speak ers were Charrles Devereau, Free man Patton, and John Norton. Circulation Librarian Tells of Special Lom Bate on Vacation Books Miss liernice Rise, circulation librarian, has announced a spec ial feature for the Christinas vacation. All rental books may be taken out from December 16, or later, and kept until January 1 for 15 centQ. She urges all In terested to take advantage of this special rate. Law School Presents Gifts to Ex-Secretary Upon the occasion of Miss Thel ma Kem, ex-secretary of the law school, leaving for San Francisco to take over a new position with the Pacific Telephone and Tele graph company, members of the law school student body presented her with a traveling kit and a book, “The Way of the Transgres sor.” Marry and Raise GPA’s Says TCLACA Society Marry and improve your grades! Better still, marry another student and be practically certain of a B average. Significant figures from the registrar’s office show the grade point averages of married students last year, where both were attend ing the University, attain the high point of 3.05, or better than a B average for the 12 student couples. This was .18 of a point above the average of those married stu dents who had only one of their twosome in school, and .00 over the all-University average of 2.45. Psychology deciles were also placed under the microscope by As sistant Registrar Clifford Con stance, with results that bore out the GPA variance. It was found that student cou ples had a rating in the psychologi cal examination of 7.79, whereas the couples with only one member a student hal but a 5.85 average. The all-university psych average was 6.21. In calculating the percentage of married students who exceeded the University averages both in GPAs and psychology quizzes, further discoveries were made. Seventy-seven per cent of the married couples bettered the Uni versity grade point average and 79 per cent improved on the psych rating,' while 75 per cent of the student-outside combination ex ceeded the all-school scholarship figures and only 48 per cent of (Please turn to page file) UO Equestrians Asked to Show Blooded Mounts Six residents of Eugene, includ ing two members of the University faculty, will exhibit horses this Saturday at the polo and horse ex hibition to be held in the U. S. armory at Corvallis. Paul Ft. Washke, director of the men’s gym and president of the Eugene hunt club, and Wayne L. Morse, dean of the law school, are the faculty members who will ex hibit. Townspeople are Dr. Gilson Ross, Raymond Rushlike, and Rife Webb. A special invitation was ex tended to the Eugene people by the managers of the exhibition. The exhibition will mark the in itiation of Mr. Washke into the show ring. Santa Claus Visits, Dancing, Vaudeville Will Add Gaiety At Xmas Revels Saturday Glenn Griffith's Carolers, Tri Dell Trio,! I Hal Young, Faculty Dance Chorus, Magician Hopkins Entertain Tomorrow night is Christmas Revels night. « j The big all-campus no-date traditional Christmas party will be j held in Gerlinger hall, Saturday evening, December 12 at 9 o’clock. Vaudeville, surprises, and Santa Claus will provide merriment and entertainment for spectators and dancers. Campus clothes will be j worn at this all-campus dance. The Revels, now an annual event on the campus, was introduced in 1931 as an informal get-together in which students and faculty members cooperated. Originated by Karl W. Onthank, dean of per sonal administration, the dance featured a group of carolers direct ed by S. Stephenson Smith and a Christmas trees on the women’s athletic field, south of Gerlinger hall. This year the Christmas party will feature Glenn Griffith’s carol ers, Hal Young, Tri Delt trio, fac ulty dance chorus, George Hop kins appearing as a magician and a novelty number. Paul Kiepe of the speech divi sion will be master of ceremonies and according to Harry Hodes, Christmas Revels co-chairman, will present ‘novelty radio ideas with their latest tear-jerkers and laugh pullers.” Under the management of Clar ence Elle and Eva Klink, decora tion chairmen, Gerlinger hall will take on a true holiday spirit. The decoration chairmen are being as sisted by Leonard Hufford, green ery: Janet Johnston, dance room; Robert Winestone and Donald Hunter, lighting; Sybil Scroggie, main room; Mary Seely, ceiling; and their committees. Other persons assisting Harry Hodes and Delores Lawes, .Christ mas Revels co-chairmen, are Jean Gulovson, publicity; Gail Hufford, refreshments; Jean Cramer and Harold Strawn, program; Dean Hazel P. Schwering and Theda Spicer, faculty; Glenn Smeed, mu sic; Vivian Cornutt, clean-up; Winifred Henry and Hazel Lewis, finances, and Ruth Stanley and Helen Nickachiou, patrons and pa tronesses. A charge of 25 cents will be made to both dancers and specta tors for whom the balcony will be opened. Ore^ana Photos Must Be Taken Before Holidays All Oregana pictures of living organization members, indepen dents, Orides and house mothers must be completed before Christ mas vacation. Cap and' gown pho tos must also be taken before the end of the term. Pictures of Skull and Dagger, Rally committee, and the 1934 freshman golf team will be taken Friday at 12:40 p.m. in front of Johnson hall. Don Casciato also announced that all Oregana staff members are urgently requested to get in touch with him before the holidays to receive final instructions for the big push to begin the first of next term. Aaron Rubino, photographer, and Bob Albi, in charge of photographic arrangements, tcok the house snapshots last week. An attempt will be made to take outdoor shots of the houses during the next few days, it was an nounced. Library to lie Open From 9 to 6 Daily Throuf(lumt Holiday Library hours for the Christ mas vacation will be from 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. in all departments, with the library closed on Sun days and holidays. Rental books may In; taken out by the students from De cember 16 at a flat rate of 15 cents for the two weeks pe riod. Whiskerino Heads Named by Weston Burdicks, Clifford Picked As Co-chairmen; Dance To Be January 23 Although Esquire has not offi cially announced it, beards will soon be in style again, at least for University of Oregon sophomores. The fashion hint was announced last night by Hai ry Weston, soph president, when he appointed Den ton Burdick and Harry Clifford' as co-chairmen of the Whiskerino. Date for the traditional down raising dance of second-year class es has been set at Jan. 23. En forcement of the bearded visage edict will be in the hands of James Wells and William Frager. Other appointments announced (Please turn to pape hvo) Rushing Rules Are Unchanged For Next Term Rushing rules for the winter term will be the same as those used fall term, Ed Reames, interfrater nity council president, said yester day. Before the rushee is entitled to dates ha must obtain an official date card from the dean of men’s office. Price of the card will be $1. Upon making his decision, the rushee must be taken to the dean’s office in company with a member of the fraternity to which he in tends pledging to file his prefer ence. Hayward Gridiron Will Be in Grass For Stanford Game Gallison's Contraet Is Reeonimended For Renewal by Athletic Board in Meeting Late Last Night Oregon will have a turf field by next fall and Prince (Prink) Callison will again head the Webfoot football forces. These were the chief items announced late last night at the conclusion of a long meeting of the Oregon athletic board. The board announced that plans were being put in motion fcr the turfing of historic Hayward field and that a gala dedica tion of the grassed gridiron was to be held on October 2, when Oregon meets Stanford here. Recommendation to the state board of higher education that Burglar Visits Alpha Psiand Leaves Shoes “Man on second” — that gen eral alarm sounded in sorority houses when males intrude into the upper floor “sanctum sanctor um" did not echo through the the halls of the Alpha Phi house during the dinner hour Tuesday night and as a result bathrobe clad Rita Wright stymied the efforts of a shoeless, white-stock inged burglar. Miss Wright startled the "sec ond story man” in the corridor, she was surprised by his appear ance in the forbidden territory and quaried him concerning his motives. The potential burglar said he was looking for a girl and ex plained “his feet were wet so he left his shoes downstairs.” “You can’t stay up here,” Miss Wright exclaimed, “Dean Schwering would have a fit If she knew you were here.” At these words the man chuckled and ran into the nearby bathroom. Fearing to follow him, Miss Wright ran to the kitchen for aid from houseboy Harlan Duncan. The pair returned to the second floor in search of the culprit. He had left via the fire escape taking $1.50 with him. He left his shoes behind. Alumni Secretary Fansett Elmer Fansett, recently appointed alumni secretary of the Univer sity, who will In-Kin work next term. He is a graduate of Oregon and the Harvard school of business administration. Callison's contract be renewed for another season also was voted by the board members, who expressed confidence in the Webfoot mentor’s coaching ability. A sub-committee of six members, headed by Athletic Manager An son Cornell, was named by the board to study details of financ ing and turfing Hayward field. This group plans to complete its studies as soon as possible in order that actual work may be begun immediately. Committee Named Members of the turf committee (Please turn to pane tivo) Minger Completes Ball Appointments — March 6 Is Set as Date for Formal Dance; 11 Are Named on Committee i Henry Minger, chairman of next term’s Senior ball announced the complete committee appointments yesterday. Bob Olbekson will serve under Minger as assistant chairman; Ja son Bailey will head the finance committee; decorations, Ken Mil ler; construction, Fred Smith; pa trons and patronesses, Patricia Neal; reception, Jean Stevenson; publicity, Virginia Endicott; secre. tary, Phyllis Adams; floor, How ard Bennett; programs, Marjorie Murdock; orchestra, Dan Clark Jr.; refreshments, Helen Larson, and tickets, Harry Campbell. The date for this gala affair, the most formal campus dance of the school year, has been tentative ly set for March 6, at the end of winter term. It will be held in McArthur' court. Negotiations are being made with one of the nation’s leading dance orchestras but a definite de cision'will not be made until the first of next term. ERIC MERRILL Clothes for Men and Boys extends Best Wishes to the UNIVERSITY Of OREGON for a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR There's plenty of time left to buy that PARTICTLAR Gift