VOLUME XXXVIII
NUMBER 47
The
Passing Show
Mattson Fugitives
What—I\o Horns?
Antagonists Unite
British Gas Masks
By DARREL ELLIS
Warrant Says Conspiracy
From G-man leader Edgar Hoov
er yesterday came further evidence
that more than one man is being
sought in connection with the
Mattson kidnapping and murder.
Referring to the “unknown” fugi
tive as “him,” Mr. Hoover quickly
added, “I don’t mean him—I
mean him or them." The federal
district attorney's office in Tacoma
f yesterday confirmed the belief that
the conspiracy charge in the “John
Doe” warrant issued Wednesday
inferred that more than one is in
volved.
Police were still investigating
the stolen car in which were found
tire chains and a handkerchief
stained with human blood, and it
was believed that samples of the
stains were being compared with
Charles Mattson’s blood though
no reports on this point had been
made. Meanwhile, Arthur Madsen,
26, a former resident of Tacoma,
was explaining scratches on his
face to Sacramento police and is
being held for investigation.
USSR Cara Mlss Quota
Strikes such as the recent Gen
eral Motors walkout in the U. S.
are hardly possible in the USSR,
but even that has not assured the
Soviets of immunity from as
sembly line shutdowns. Of stories
supposedly explaining production
failures in Russian autmobile fac
tories, one of the most amusing is
the account of a half-hour shut
down in a large plant because no
horns could be found to equip the
next machine on the line.
Foreign engineers may be em
ployed, it was disclosed today, to
bolster up the industry. Of the 12,
000 car quota set for the Gorky
plant in 1936, only 2,500 were
actually produced. Lack of exper
ienced workmen, delay in shipping
of supplies and waste are advanced
as causes underlying the failure.
Neopaganists W orried
An anti-semitic interpretation of
the bible, by which Nazis have
denied that Jesus was a Jew, seen
k as an obstacle in the path of com
plete abolition of the book, met
with the united disapproval yes
terday of Catholic church leaders
and extreme Nazis.
A recent translation of the
gospel of St. John, first step in an
ambitious plan to revamp the en
tire book, recently went into its
second edition with over 2,000
copies sold.
Rabies “Prepared”
The fine points of war prepar
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Students Behave:
So North Carolina
Jail Loses Guests
When the Lead Smokes
The jail in Chapel Hills, home
of North Carolina university, is
not doing the rushing business of a
few years back, the chief of police
declared recently.
Following the war, Chapel Hill
crime was on the ascendancy,
largely due to student occupation
of the jail. The only commodity
served to the city's guests from the
university was ice water. Now the
only exciting incident which the
chief, on duty for nearly 20 years,
remembers as happening recently
occurred when the plaster fell off
the ceiling in his office.
A drama student on the Univer
sity of Minnesota campus claims to
be the only one who has an under
sti^y to break in his pipes.
Playing the part of a doctor who
smokes continuously in one of the
campus productions, the actor,
Donald Hawkins contracted a sore
throat in breaking in pipes in re
hearsal.
Now a second actor. Donald Mit
chell, is breaking in the pipe and
doing his rehearsal smoking. Haw
kins is saving his throat for the
opening night.
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Houses Must Pay Taxes
A Kansas judge has recently
denied the request of Chi Omega
sorority and Sigma Chi fraternity
chapters on the University of Kan
sas campus for injunctions against
Douglas county on the grounds
that their property assessments
were too high.
Both the groups have already
filed suits against the county ask
ing for reduction in tax assess
ments. Both have asked for sub
stantial reductions and wanted to
set their own valuations.
Greeks Start
Consideration
Of Turf Fund
Initiators of Project to
Approach Individual
Houses for Financial
Help in Drive
. Aftei« an informal open-forum
discussion of the project of turfing
Hayward field, Dick Watson and
Bill Van Dusen, representing Sig
ma Nu fraternity, last night asked
the members of the inter-fraternity
council to take the plan of collect
ing funds to their individual houses
for consideration.
Van Dusen and Watson asked
for suggestions as to how the plan
of collecting funds could be car
ried out, and general sentiment ap
peared to be that the individual
houses should be contacted by
these men for contributions. This
solicitation will most likely come
after the various houses have
placed the matter for discussion
before their meetings, next Mon
day night, so any definite action
on collecting funds will not be
forthcoming until that time.
Barker Makes Report
Cecil Barker reported that the
deferred pledging committee is
still at work, has done everything
possible up to date, and is awaiting
further action on the matter by the
Oregon Dads and other groups.
The Dads are considering the mat
ter at length, and have said that
it will be some time before any
definite conclusion will be reached
Because of the controversial nature
of the subject a thorough investi
gation is being made.
President Ed Reames reported
that although twelve hours of
credit with a GPA of 1.75 is neces
sary before pledges can be initiated
into houses, that this average can
be made any term, and not neces
sarily the one preceeding initiation.
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Paintings by Vincent
On Display in Seattle
A “one-mah show” of 23 oil
paintings by Prof. A. Med. Vincent,
professor of drawing and painting
is now on display in the Volunteer
park art museum, Seattle, Wash
ington. The paintings were placed
on exhibit January 13 for a show
ing which will continue for two or
three weeks.
I
! Daily Dips Duo
Shaven Sophs
In Iced Waters
Judgment day has arrived
and Gabriels Jim Wells and
Willie Frager are biowing their
horns to the four winds. Yester
day noon Wells organized the
Chi Psi freshmen into an ice
ehopping party and proceded to
clear the ice away from the
downstream side of the Hilyard
bridge.
From that bridge this noon
many hapless sophomores who
have failed to heed the vigilantes
warning’ will take off for the
chilling surface of the mill-race.
Everyone except freshmen is in
vited to the ritual each noon, and
a variety of entertainment is
promised for all. even the par
ticipants.
The black list of shavers is
growing with leaps and bounds
with the vigilant representatives
in each house and hall doing
their bits in contributing mill
race fodder for the daily event.
The pool is under construction
in McArthur court to douse the
heads of any men who shave be
fore dating out their best girl
for the Whiskerino. Slight
trimming only will be allowed.
American Youth
Act Read To ASU
Provisions Will Appear
In Congress’ Session
During Year
Members of the Oregon chapter
of the American Student union, a
non-political organization for the
interests of students in pedce, aca
demic freedom, and living condi
tions, heard the provisions of the
American Youth act read by
Hayes Beall, a leading national of
ficer in the Methodist youth coun
cil last night.
The American Youth act to
come before the seventy-fifth con
gress during the present session
concerns an increase appropriation
by that body for partially satisfy
ing the needs of America’s youth,
termed the “forgotten generation”
by the ASU.
In the state convention of the
Student union in Portland on Jan
uary 2, the ASU chapters of the
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Prexy’s Dismissal Not
Politics, Hulten Claims
By BEULAH CHAPMAN
Pure politics was not the sole cause of the dismissal of Dr. Glenn
Frank from the presidency of the University of Wisconsin, in the
opinion of Charles M. Hulten, assistant professor of journalism at the
University of Oregon and former employee of the University of
Wisconsin.
“There is a popular misunderstanding out here on the coast about
Socialist Party
Forms Eugene
Local Tuesday
Lane county local of the Social
ist party of America became a
reality Tuesday night, with 15 per
sons applying for the charter.
Monroe Sweetland, state chairman
of the Socialist party, discussed
the future of third-party action in
Oregon, declaring that Socialists
have a definite place in the new
coalition and a big job to do.
A majority of the members of
the new local are students, al
though it is expected to take in
trade union circles and towns
people. James Rowan was named
temporary chairman; Gordon Con
nelly, secretary; and Hayes Beall,
organizer.
Housemothers to Meet
Monday in Gerlinger
Mrs, Violet Chessman and Mrs.
Alta Wall will make plans for the
three next meetings of house
mothers at the regular business
J session to be held Monday after
noon at 1:30 o'clock in Gerlinger
hall, according to an announcement
from the dean of women's office
I Thursday.
Hazel B. Schwering, dean of wo
men, will preside.
the whole matter, mainly because1
we do not have the facts,” Mr.
Hulten said. "That Frank was dis
missed by Gov. Phil LaFollette
only because he ‘dared to be a Re
publican’ does not seem to be quite
the case.”
Mr. Hulten received both his
bachelor’s and master's degrees
from the University of Wisconsin,
and was employed there in 1930
31 as editor of the university press
bulletin. While at the university
he was acquainted with both Pres
ident Frank and Mr. La Follette,
then professor in the Wisconsin
law school
Even at the time there was a
certain amount of dissatisfaction
with President Frank at the uni
versity, Mr. Hulten said. His many
outside activities, including a
great deal of writing and a heavy
speaking schedule, took him too
much away from his work in the
opinion of many.
Specific causes for the dismissal,
according to a statement issued
1 this week by Harold M. Wilkie,
president of the board of regents,
were Frank’s lack of executive
ability, mismanagement of fi
nances and failure to devote suf
ficient time to the university.
The "politics" theory as motiva
tion for the dismissal was dis
credited, Mr. Hulten pointed out,
when the state’s largest newspaper,
-the Milwaukee Journal, which has
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A Shining Star
Eleanor Vitts plays (lie part of
Mariellu, lioroino in tonight's open
ing performance of “The Shining
Hour.” . Not only does she have a
husband hut she wins one as the
first play of the winetr term un
folds.
Junior Dancers
Chosen at Tryout
Master Dance Pledges 11;
Spring Term Reeital Is
Listed in Aetivities
Eleven coeds were admitted as
junior members of Master Dance,
interpretive dance honorary, after
a tryout held Wednesday night in
Gerlinger.
They are: Barbara Barnell, Doris
Robinson, Betty Lou Kurtz, Felker
Morris, Ellamae Woodworth, Lou
ise Robison, Mary Richeson, Jean
Ramsden, Nancy McAnulty, Helen
Gorrell, and Levelle Walstrom.
At the end of this term these
pledges will present original
dances before members of Master
Dance to determine if they shall be
admitted as permanent members
of the senior organization.
A “dance drama" is being
planned by the organization for
next term in place of the regular
recital, according to Shirley Ben
nett, president. Further plans for
this affair will be made at the next
meeting on Wednesday, January
20, at 7:30 in Gerlinger hall.
Laura Bryant Elected
President of New Club
The ’39-’40 club, a group of
freshmen and sophomores under
the direction of the Westminster
house, held election of officers
Wednesday night: Laura Bryant,
president; Phillip Barrett, vice
president; and Louise Sandstrom,
secretary-treasurer.
The group has plans for a piano
concert, a party, and a student dis
cussion.
Cast o f Six in fShining Hour’
To Solve Old Love Triangle
Tonight on University Stage
Coffee and Cigarettes Will Be Served
Formally Dressed Audience; Smith,
Misses Neal and P ills Play Leads
By WILFRED ROADMAN
Although the eternal triangle is as old as the hills, just how it
works out, who loses and who wins, is vividly re-enacted in "The
Shining Hour,” the emotional drama of the Linden family, which
comes to the University theatre stage tonight at S:30.
The formally dressed audience which will greet tonight’s performance
will find a much smaller cast than has graced any University theatre
production this season. There are only six of them the six Lindens
in contrast to the forty in “Bury the Dead" and the eleven in “Goodbye
Dr. Larsell to Meet
Pre-Med Students
Medical Sliool Applicants
Told to Make Interview
| Appointments Early
Dr. O. Larsell of the admissions
committee of the University of
Oregon medical school will be on
the campus next Wednesday, Janu
ary 20, to interview all students
planning to make application to
the medical school for next fall.
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Again.
Mrs. Seybolt, director of the
play, has had nn opportunity to
work these six in their respective
parts, resulting in a compactness
and smoothness which is otherwise
impossible.
Cast Named
The six Lindens are: Patricia
Neal as Judy, Gerald T. Smith as
David and Eleanor Pitts as Mari
ella these make up the starring
trio. The others are Ernest Sav
age as Ernest, Margie Tucker as
Hannah, and George Eikman as
Micky.
The story concerns a prosperous
English family which becomes
emotionally entangled with one
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Hayward Field Has Good
Base for Sodding; Work
May Be Done Through WPA
Underground Sprinkling System Will
Be Installed; Site Was Once Swampy
Creek Bottom in Cow Pasture
By HUBARD KUOKKA
Hayward gridiron will have one of the toughest of turf surfaces, sod
three inches thick, when football is played here in future years, an
nounced faculty leaders in athletic activities yesterday.
Soil experts have indicated that the field is ready for the sodding as
it now stands. Ploughing will be necessary, of course, to cultivate a
soft bed for the sod roots. About 35 tons of fertilizer will be mixed into
the soil during this process.
ASUO to Discontinue
Delivery of Emeralds
At Houses Tomorrow
Beginning Friday morning;,
Emerald’s will no longer he de
liveerd to the various living or
ganizations.
Hereafter they will be avail
able at the Co-op and Johnson
Hall, where student body mem
bers may ob'ain them by pre
sentation of their activity cards.
This step is being taken to
enable student body members
to get their own copies every
morning.
Ballet “Headliner”
Snapped in a graceful pose from the number, “Les Sylphides,” are
three of the featured performers who will appear here February 4
with Col. I), de Basil's Monte Carlo Ballet Russc.
►O UU Will V.
the campus lawns onto the field,
an inch of sandy loam sprinkled
over it, and then grass seed sowed
onto the surface. With frequent
rolling and watering the seeded
grass stems will fasten their roots
into the sub-sod and thus form a
hardy playing surface.
Sprinkling System
An underground sprinkling
system will be installed under the
sod to eliminate the expense of
watering by hose.
The work will not be started,
stated Professor H. C. Howe, Ore
gon’s faculty representative in the
Pacific Coast conference, until the
money is on hand. It is expected
that actual work will be started
by March, however, with the aid of
W. P. A.
Sigma Nu fraternity has
pledged itself to raising the money
to pay for the project. It will cost
between $1000 to $1700.
Although the field will not be
completely ready next fall, it will
be possible to play the few games
scheduled on it. It is not certain
to what extent the track and field
men will be allowed to use the field
this spring, said Professor Howe.
I-aid in Creek Bottom
The field is on the site of an old
swampy creek bottom. When the
present field was built rock and
coarse gravel to the thickness of
three feet were dumped into the
mire to assure a firm porous base
and then 12 to 15 inches of sandy
soil were laid on top, explained
Dr. John F Bovard, dean of the
school of physical education.
Hayward field used to have a
grass surface in those years but
the turf not being very thick, did
not hold the football cleats and
became very muddy and sloppy in
the rain. When the people became
tired of the mud a hardwood saw
dust field was laid over it.
Spears Scraped It Off
Virgil D. Earl, now dean of men
at the University0 had charge of
laying the sawdust field in 1924.
When Dr. Clarence W. Spears was
football coach here, he had all the
sawdust scraped off, and the foot
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Hero for Tonight j
David, lead in “The Shining
Hour,” rumpus Guild theatre pro
duction, Is played by (Jerald T.
Smith, veteran player in student
plays. Tonight's curtain rises at
8:30 before a formally attired au |
dlenee in open-night festivity.
ASUO Card Sales
Reach 1400 Mark
Aolivi* Program Is Offered
Students; Easy-Payment
Bringing Results
“An active program for an
active student body" is the theme
of the ASUO winter term card
sales drive now in full swing.
Sales, under the leadership of
Chairman Bill Jones, now total
approximately 1400. House repre
sentatives, headed by Zane Kem
ler and Elizabeth Turner, are
steadily achieving results, under
the easy-payment plan. Agents
have been appointed in every liv
ing organization on the campus
and application blanks may be se
cured from them.
The ASUO president, Gilbert
Schultz, and Jones are working
out plans for rally dances and fre
quent assemblies, in an effort to
stir up a new and more enthusias
ttce spirit on tha campus.
These events will be open only to
student card holders.
“We are not making an out
dated appeal to the student’s sense
of loyalty in buying cards," Jones
said. “What' we want to put over
is the fact that we are going to
give the members plenty of fun.
Non-members are going to miss a
lot,”
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New Oregon
Song Planned
By Musicians
Rally Dance Announced
At ASUO Assembly;
Other Aetivities Listed
For Winter Term
Headed by Hal Young, professor
of music, campus musicians are
at work composing a new song for
the University, it was announced
at yesterday's student assembly.
Announcement of the decision to
compose a new and more appro
priate song to replace “Mighty
Oregon" as the alma mater, topped
a list of student activities tenta
tively scheduled for this term.
As the first of a series of rally
dances, some of which are to fol
low basketball games, an associat
ed student matinee is tentatively
planned for Saturday afternoon in
Gerlinger hall.
Bonus Feature Substitute
That Educational Activities Di
rector Ralph Schomp, is still nego
tiating for an entertainment fea
ture to replace the bonus attrac
tion of last term which failed when
Robert L. Ripley didn’t appear,
was also announced.
Fourth announcement made to
assembled student body member -,
was that arrangements have been
completed for the University's
symphony orchestra to broadcast
over the NBC's Blue network on
January 27.
Hal Young; Sings
Accompanied by Bob Garretson,
pianist, Mr. Young sang “Ah,
Sweet Mystery of Life,” “Stout
Hearted Men,” from the light op
era, “The New Moon,” and “Cost
Cosa,” from “A Night at the Op
era."
Introduction of Mike Mikulak,
new backfield coach, followed the
group singing which was led by
Young.
Subbing for Gib Schultz, Don
Casciato took the microphone as
Major in “Major Bow-wow’s Ama
teur Hour,” and presented several
amateur student entertainers.
“Bow-wow” Entertainers
Charles Devereaux and his fa
ther, Clark P. Devereaux, played
two harmonica selections to the
accompaniment of a foot-tapping
audience. Hal Jepson, although in
terrupted by curious “Smoky,”
campus police dog, went though a'
Fred Astaire routine. Art Ebright
presented a theory of communism
followed by a dubious tale of Red
Riding Hood. Edgar Wulzen was
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Faculty Act for Capers
Shrouded in Mystery
Dignity will be cast to the four winds among a selected group of
faculty women the night of Coed Capers, Wednesday, January 20.
Last year it was to go "Top Hat" in full dress and a Fred Astaire
routine. This year all plans are swathed in blackest mystery until
skit-time is present.
It is the custom each Coed Caper season for three faculty judges
and their court to add to the spice
of the carnival spirit by not only
giving: out prizes, but contributing
a part of the entertainment.
Days before the curtain goes up,
there is great mystery about this
act. From behind closed doors
comes laughter and merriment.
The scretive creators finally
climax their efforts by a triumph
ant dinner the night of the Capers,
signifying among themselves all is
in readiness.
Their premier is a spotlight oc
casion, sandwiched in somewhere
between the fourth playlet ancl the
second intermission, but it never
fails to bring down the house.
Hovering around the curlycued
question mark this season are ru
mors that the idea has been im
ported. Swift white letters, have
zoomed in an out of Chairman
Alice Macduff’s office. Telephone
calls hinting many things, but re
vealing nothing, have transpired.
Only the names of the perform
ers were made public. The three
judges are: Mrs. C. L. Schwering,
Mrs. Alice Macduff, and Mrs. Val
entine Boyer: their court: Mrs.
Frederick Hunter, Mrs. Elmer
Fansett, Mrs. Hal Young, Mrs.
Calvin Hall, Mrs. Faye Knox, Mrs.
Robert Horn, Mrs. Rex Underwood,
Mrs. Emmajean Peterson, and Mrs.
Howard Taylor.
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