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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 16, 1937)
ru MUSHED HV T1IK ASSOCIATED STt'DEMS THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON Of Fred W. Colvig. editor Walter R. Vcrnstrom, manager LeRoy Mattingly, managing editor Editorial Retard: Clair Johnson, Howard Kessler. George Rikman, Edwin Robbins, Darrel Ellis, Orval Hopkins, Virginia Endicott UPPER NEWS STAFF i ell r 1 ia/xii. 1.UUW1 Paul Dcutschmann, news editor. Bcruadine Bowman, exchange Gladlys Battleson, society Paul Plank, radio editor. aging editor. Edwin Rabbins, art editor. Clare Igoc, women’s page Leonard Greenup, chief night editor. Reporters: Parr Aplin, Louise Aik *n. Jean Cramer, Beulah Chap man. Morrison Bales, Laura Bryant, Dave Cox. Marolyn Dudley, Stan Hobson. Myra Hulser, Dick Litfin, Mary Hen derson, Bill Pongra, Kay Morrow. Ted Proudfoot, Catherine Taylor, Alice Nelson, Rachael Platt. Doris Lindgren. Rita Wright, Lillian Warn, Margaret Kay, Donald Seaman, Wilfred Roadman. Sports staff: Wendell Wyatt. Elbert Hawkins. John Pink, Morric Henderson. Russ Iscli, Ccce Walden, Chuck Van Scoyoc, Bill Norenc, Tom Cox. Assistant managing editor: Day editor: Clare Igoc Jrmajcan Randolph Assistant day editors: Jean Gulvoson Lew Evans Night editor: Prank Nickerson Tea-Time Terpsichore 1 ONG ago, in what reminiscent alumni call the good old days—when the mill race flowed with milk and honey and school spirit pounded in every breast—there was a very enjoyable informality about the campus. It was a small school then and all that, cer tainly. But everyone knew everyone else and hailed him brother, and there was a spirit of comradeship that must have added much to the pleasure of schooling. Well, of course those days are past recovery probably; for the school has grown, become departmental ized, and loyalties have become scattered. But isn’t there something of the informal cam araderie which added so much to those times that can be recovered? One of the most pleasurable entertain ments in those days was the “practice dance” they used to hold between four and six o’ clock one night a week. No pose, no stiffness, no frills—people just drifted in with their ordinary campus attire, and they had a whale of a good time, we’re told. They must have taken their regular performances seriously, to call these “practice dances.” # « * 'BE not so studied now in our terpis chore and we’d probably snort at the notion that we need “practice”; for dancing today is more an expression of what’s in us, and it takes only music to bring it out. The ASlJO is talking of staging a dance some time this term for the pleasure of its members. Well, here., to us. is an idea that has that aeed off the map. If President Selmltz is really looking for something lo set off a spark of enthusiasm in student body member ship here’s just the ticket. It’s just an idea, but what's wrong with it—having an informal dance up in Gcrlinger hall every Wednesday, say, between four and six o'clock in the afternoon? Up to the Houses Jk NYONK Avith an axe to "rind or with a project to finance on the campus lias in the past been reasonably certain of one source of revenue. Anytime a proposed project has got by the planning stage and faces the hard reality of raising money, its promoters have turned to the interfraternity council for dona tions. The council lias gained the reputation of being an easy mark. Appeals to the council for funds in the long run amount to appeals to the fraterni ties. Houses, through direct appeals and through dunning the council, have been forced to carry far more than their share of the burden of financing stray activities. Thursday afternoon, in answer to an ap peal for funds for turfing Hayward field, by far the most Avorthy project originated on the campus in recent years, the council took no direct action but left the matter directly up to the houses. * * * action is completely justifiable. The only grounds on which it may be criti cized lies in the fact that the group failed to take the opportunity to express its official approval of the project and to add the weight of its mpral sanction, although the majority of the house presidents seemed to favor the plan. The originators of the plan for the funds drive, Bill Van Dusen and Dick Watson, in cooperation Avith the fraternities are working out on the basis of membership the figure each organization can be expected to con tribute. Contributors to tlie fund are making their donations for a Avorthy cause. It is not the intention of the backers of (lie drive to con centrate on fraternities. The benefits of grassing the University gridiron will extend to all students., alumni, and Eugene towns people. And as far as possible the drive for donations should be equally broad. * * * JF THE council did not voice its approval of the measure presented to il. neither did it disapprove. It may be charged Avitli stalling. But, granted that the promoters of the plan intend to reach every group equitably in their quest for funds, the interfraternity council, as an organization Avorking for the University's best, interests, could hardly have any motive for voicing disapproval. Hayward Drainage (Continued from f’tijc one) tinued, as it is desired to turf the whole playing area, it will he first be necessary to see if there is enough suitable turf available on the campus to cover this much area. However, it is quite probable that this turf can be found, he said. The athletic department will have to reseed the spots from which the sod has been moved. The whole thing is dependent on whether or not funds will be avail able for the project, Air. Cuthbert said. Latest estimates indicate that the cost will be between $1001) and $'.2000. Seeding in ({uestinn Seeding directly upon the pre pared ground without the benefit of an underlying layer of trans planted sod has been considered by some as an economy factor, but Air. Cuthbert has no faith in the idea. “If any difficulty should rise, so that we can’t use turf, the success of it as a playing field would be very questionable," he explained. “I couldn't guarantee it." However, if the work were to be done as is planned, the field will be in excellnt playing condi tion by next fall, he said. Water Supply Factor Another factor that will influ ence the ultimate cost is the water supply and the installation of the watering system, it lias not been determined whether water from the mill-race or from the city reservoirs will be used. The underground sprinkler sys tem to be used will he of the semi automatic variety which is widely used on eastern gridirons. From the network of underground pipes, rubber-encased spouts w ill rise to the playing surface. When it is de sired to water the field, whirling nozzles can be fastened to the spouts. This system will spreay water over a great area. GRAD RUUD S William C. Wa.shburne, '90, pres ident of the First National bank of Junction City, lias retired from the banking business since the sale ot his institution to the U. S. National bank of Portland. Debating Team Of New Zealand Will Be Guests Members of the debate team of Otago university, New Zealand, will be guests of honor at a ban quet sponsored by Order of the Mace, University speech honorary. The date has been tentatively set for February 18. The group is also scheduled to speak before a meeting of the stu dent body assembly, Kessler Can non, president of the speech hon orary, announced. < 0-01> (tout'd Disriisssp.s Problem* at Luncheon The Co-op Board held a special luncheon meeting Thursday at the College Side. Jack McGirr, presi dent was in charge. Salaries of em ployees and the effect of the social security act upon them was dis cussed. Deans John F. Bovard and James 11. Gilbert were faculty advisers present. Dean Jewell lo Leelure Before Junior College j Dean J. K. Jewell, dean of the education school, will lecture Wed nesday at the Lower Columbia Junior college at Longview under the joint sponsorship of the Junior college and the Kiwanis clubs of Longview and Kelso. The series of lectures is entitled “What Higher Education Has to Offer People." Dean Jewell, who will represent | the state institutions, is the first ; speaker in the series. His subject ! will be “What Does Higher Educa tion Offer"" from the standpoint I of a vocational school. It I,HIC IN PORTLAND Dr. George Rebec, dean of the graduate division, left for Portland Friday, where lie will meet with graduate students at the extension center. He will return Sunday. GRAD TEACHES Ml sic | Carolyn L. Schenek, ’30. is teaching music in the high school : at Auatctue, Washing ton. Eugene Woman lo Talk At Westminster Houst Mrs. Vera Todd Crow, prominent in Eugene civic activities, will speak Sunday morning at Wesmin stcr house on ‘‘Perpetual Peter Pans,” or "People Who Never Grow Up.” A fifteen minute wor ship service beginning at 9:45 and led by Betty Meek, will precede the talk. Four University students will speak Sunday evening on the sub ject, ‘The Most Vital Problem to Me," to be followed by group dis cussion. The speakers will be Ken neth Lealherman, Edna Carlsen, Leroy Scott, and Edna Piper. Tea and cookies will be served at (! o'clock. The forum starts at 0:30. Sociological Honorary Hears (ialvin Hall Talk Calvin Hall, assistant professor of psychology, was the guest speaker at the meeting of Alpha Kappa Delta, sociology honorary, Wednesday evening in Gerlinger hall. Hit) topic was “The Present Place of Social Psychology in Social Science.” A discussion on tlie relationship of social psychology and sociology followed the talk. Louis A. Wood, professor of eco nomics, will be the guest speaker at the next meeting. January 28, in Gerlinger hall, POLLS DOES t on M\ Merton Folts, ex-'22. has ■’ sports column in the Eugene Reg ister-Guard and also serves as sports critic and announcer for KORE In his spare time he referees “A" and “B" league games. 1U MM s |s MAYOR Lloyd O. Harding, who received his bachelor's degree in geology in 19.12. has been elected mayor of i Oregon City for 1937. He was | formerly city commissioner. . _ LK IKK RELIEF HEAD James W. Leake. '3d, is head of the relief unit in MulLuomau county. Sen,', tin- Emerald lo you: frie.uds Forest ‘Burn5 Re-Seeded by Airplane Choice timbcrland burnt over by the recent Coos Bay fire is being re-seedcd for forage crops by means of airplanes. The state of Oregon has converted an old mail plane into a seeder. The seed is poured into hoppers in the fuselage and released through trap doors in the bottom of the plane over desig nated areas. The work is dangerous for the pilot, as he flies so low as to be almost “hedge-hopping.” * EMERALD'S * Quiz of the Week By ELIZABETH STETSON Do You Read Your Emerald? Note: This is to be a weekly feature of the Emerald. Each week three students or professors will be given the test and their scores compared. They are this week, Walt Vernstrom, business manager of the Emerald and junior in business administration, a perfect one; Eileen Donaldson, junior in physical education who made a score of 7 out of 10; and Dr. Lester F. Beck, professor of psychology, who missed only one of the ten questions. What can you do on it? Check one answer right and the correct answers will be given on the page somewhere. 1. It hasn’t been in the Emerald and you may have flunked your Latin but every Oregon student should know the meaning of the in scription on the Oregon seal, “Mens Agitat Molem." It means: a. Men Against Mountains, b. Men Agitate Women, c. Men and Women, d. Mind Conquers Matter. 2. This was in the Emerald and what is it? Canard Co-op is the name of: a. Something you keep Ducks in, b. A French Restaurant; c. Men’s Cooperative House, d. A Steamship Line. 3. This has been publicized so much that an unknown benefactor sent them $5 and a convict wrote them a song. TCLACA stands for: a. Two Can Laugh At College Association, b. Two Can Live As Cheaply Association, c. Two Can't Live As Cheaply Association, d. To Cheat Lacks All Conscience. •1. One of our profs was elected to the executive council of the Am erican Association of University Professors. He even had his picture in the paper. It was: a. S. Stephenson Smith, B. Wayne L. Morse, c. James Gilbert, d. Charles Peavy. 5. A donut program is: a. A donut eating contest, b. YWCA bene fit program, c. Men's intramural program, d. Coffee and donuts at four o’clock in the College Side. ; 0. Latest movement to take Oregon football out of the mud is: a. Hiring of Mike Mikulak as backfield coach, b. Turfing of the field, c. new financial program, d. equipping of the team with rubber boots. 7. Oregon football team has scheduled a post-season game with: a. University of Nebraska, b. University of Louisiana, c. University of Arizona, d. Oregon State college. ! 8. Asklepiads (even if you guess it you probably can’t, pronounce it i is: a. A surgical instrument, b. Pre-mod honorary, c. Independent ! men's organization, d. Independent women’s organization. 9. The Passing Show, it may have passed you by, but it is a regular column of ttie Emerald written by: a. Darrel Ellis, b. Bernadine Bow man. c. Fred Colvig, d. Gib Schultz. 10. The senior cops aie a vigilante group who: a. Are seniors who I arrest seniors for violating traditions, b. Juniors who arrest seniors for i the same purpose, e. Senior women who protect the girls at Coed Capers, d. Cops on the Eugene police force more than 15 years. Sues Death I alley Seotty Death Valley Scotty, mystery figure of the famous (loath valley, is being sued lor ilivurce by Mrs. l,!la Scott, left above. Mrs. Scott cluiitis that stir married Scotty in UKHI and ♦ lit they have one son. Walter h Scott. ,lr„ right above, she asks separate luaintenance in Long Iteaeh at SI.000 a month. j Campus Calendar Those in the Infirmary today are: Helen Ingle, Betty Riech, Beth Pratt, Alice Caldren, Bruce Higby, Don Thomas, Dale Hardisty, Julia Abraham, John Beckett, John Smith, Betty Pownall, Mortimer Heinrich, Louis Larson, Kenneth Walker, Brock Miller, Hubert Tot man, Earlene Groblebe, Regina Grover, Betty Dye, Margaret Paul son, Betty Baker and Robert Albi. ASU executive council meets at the Y hut this afternoon at two o’clock. Passing Show (Continued from page one) guns on capital ships to 14 inches if Japan and Italy would join in the agreement by Apriil 1 this year, Italy notified Great Britain yesterday she was in accord with the naval limitation treaty. Although Japan’s attitude is un known, United States plans to mount 16 inch guns on two new battleships to be built this summer brought information that Japanese officials, through The Domei (Japanese News Agency) inter preted American plans as meaning the United States "means to adopt cross-ocean tactics, using capital ships and monster guns.’’ TODAY’S ATTRACTION HEILIG: “Mysterious Cross ing” and “Undercover Man.” MCDONALD: “Gold Diggers of 193”” and "In His Steps.” STATE: “Oh, Susanna,” and “Special Investigator.” REX: “Dimples” and “Charlie Chan at the Racetrack.” MAYFLOWER: “Poppy” and “Forgotten Faces.” “Gold Diggers of 1937,” the fourth of the famous tuneful “Gold Digger” series, now showing at the McDonald, with Dick Powell and Joan Blondell, one of the new est of the screenland's newlyweds, and Victor Moore, whom all will remember for his part in “Of Thee I Sing,” as the picture’s big stars. Powell is an unsuccessful insur ance man and Joan is a stranded showgirl, who becomes his secre tary, and helps him out of his diffi culties by getting a large policy for him. In the other half of tire bill is “In His Steps,” a romance starring Eric Linden and Cecelia Parker, who had the leading roles in “Ah, Wilderness” and “Old Hutch.” * s- * “Mysterious Crossing” the story of a murder on the Mississippi, stars James Dunn and features Jean Rogers and Andy Devine. “Undercover Man” with John Mack Brown in the heavy role, is a west ern “drama” with the star as’ a detective trying to round up a band of gangsters. For the last time today at the Heilig. # *• * “Oh, Susanna,” is a singing western picture at the State with Gene Autry as the star. “Under cover Man” is another action pic ture with Richard Dix in the fea tured role. Shirley Temple and Charlie Chan finish their respective runs at the Rex today also. “Dimples” is the child star’s picture and “Charlie Chan at the Racetrack,” is the other one. We call him his screen name, Charlie Chan, al though his real name is Warner Oland, but believe it or not, Oland receives more fan mail at his stu dio under the name of Chan than in his own name. And oh, yes. Don’t forget the Rex Gang kid dies! “Forgotten Faces,” a sinister murder plot stars Herbert Mar shall as the murderer of his wife’s lover. For this he goes to prison and gets out in time to keep his wife from ruining the life of his daughter. Gertrude Michael pro vides the feminine interest. W. C. Fields, one of the funniest of the screen’s comedians, appears as a The Oregon Daily Emerftld, official student publication of the University of Oregon, Eugene, published daily during the college year exvept Sundays, Mon days, holidays, examination periods, the fifth day of December to January 4, except Janunry 4 to 12. annd March 5 to March 22, March 22 to March 30. Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice, Eugene, Oregon. Subscrip tion rate, $3.00 a year. BUSINESS STAFF Circulation Manager. .Caroline Hand Frances Olson Executive Secretary Copy Service Department Manager .Venita Brous National Advertising Manager .Patsy Neal . Assistant: Eleanor Anderson. Collection Manager.Reed Swenson Pin-Ball Thief Gets $25 at Siberrian Bamlit At Taylor’s Crashes Through Plate Glass Window to Escape Thieves broke into the Siberrian cream shop and Taylor's confec tionary early Friday morning, ob taining $25 in nickles from the pin-ball machine at the Siberrian. The owners of Taylor's were aroused at 4:30 a.m. by their burg lar alarm. They surprised a young man in the act of robbing the cash register. Becoming frightened, he smashed through the plate glass window of the front door, escaping without any money. He had entered by breaking a back window. Police assume that the person who entered the Siberrian was mo tivated by vengeance because he ignored $40 in bills and silver that was accessible in the shop and con centrated his efforts on the slot machine. He used a crew-driver for the job. Entry into this shop was made by breaking a pane of glass in the front window. Shifts in Law Faculty Announced by Hollis With Professor Orlando J. Hollis acting- as dean of the School of Law, in the absence of Dean Wayne L. Morse, several changes will be made in the faculty. Professor Hollis will take over the teaching of a class in legal ethics, ordinarily taught by Dean Morse. Hugh E. Rosson, former graduate manager of the Univer sity, will teach a class in criminal law. Rosson, who has been practic ing law since his retirement, will be a special lecturer. Mr. Rosson will teach a class in wills during the spring term. GRAD IS PRINCIPAL Lily T. De Bernardi, B. A. ’36, is principal of the grade school at Glenada, Oregon. circus quack in “Poppy.” Funny enough. rh/jfJ likes to hear IS Cl Cl about you But It’s Hard to Explain Things in a Letter Your paper— THE OREGON DAILY EMERALD sees all, and prints all about campus life at the University. The Emerald covers fully the things you want to write home about! Your parents are interested in first hand information about the problems and developments in higher education as discussed and reported by the students themselves. Your father is interested in getting the sport dope direct from a center of collegiate activities—a sport page replete with action and color and intimacy as regards Pacific coast athletics. 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