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VOLUME xxxix
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1937
NUMBER 16
Presiden tialProspect
Leaves Campus After
Short Visit; Meetings
Dr. Charles F. Remer Is Interviewed; Visits
Chancellor Hunter and Faculty Members
On the Campus
As quietly as he came, Dr. Charles P. Remer, University of
Michigan economist and one of the men named by Chancellor
Hunter as a candidiate for president of the University, left the
campus last night after a two-day visit with University execu
tives and faculty members where he discussed educational prob
lems and was informally interview
ed in connection with his candi
dacy.
It is believed that the 48-year
old nominee had been interviewed
by Chancellor Hunter before he
left for his trip to eastern Oregon,
where it is believed the chancellor
may confer with members of the
state board of higher education.
Interviewed by Faculty
Usually reliable sources said
that the Michigan educator had
been interviewed by members of
the faculty advisory council
which has cooperated with the
chancellor in naming a list of pos
sible candidates. It is known that j
the visitor, a recognized authority
on world economics, is favored by j
some in the faculty group for the
presidential position.
Chancellor Hunter is expected
back in Eugene some time before
the time when he leaves to attend
the regular board meeting Monday
in Portland.
Dr. Remer, born in Young Amer
ica, Minnesota, June 16, 1889, re
ceived his education and a B.A. de
free from the University of Michi- [
gan in 1908. He later returned
there to hold a professorship in
economics since 1928. Following
his graduation he served in the eco
nomics bureau of the Philippine is
lands from 1910 to 1912, then mov
ing to an instructing position in
his chosen field at St. Johns uni-1
versity in Shanghai, China.
He returned to get his M.A. at
Harvard in 1917, after which he
took a professorship in China
again until 1922. He again took
graduate study at Harvard in 1923
and received a Ph.D. as well as do
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Sister Twins
Create Havoc
On UTCampus
By ALYCE ROGERS
Havoc is being created on the
University of Texas campus this
year in the form of the Stamm
twins, four of them, daughters of
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Stamm of
Rayne, La.
There happen to be four because
Aurelita and Eliska, 19, look so
much like Joy and Jocelyn, 16, that
only intimates—and not all inti
mates—can tell one from the other.
They look so much alike, that the
Alpha Delta Pi sorority pledged
them all at once to avoid confusion.
Boys, they confess, occasionally
go out with the wrong sister with
out ever knowing it. When Aure
lita, for instance, gets a chance to
make two dates for the same hour,
she merely passes one along to
Eliska, Joy, or Joselyn. The boy
never knows the difference and
everybody is happy.
All four are trim brunettes, and
pretty. They live together and
wear the same kind of clothes, even
the same sizes. They are almost
always together and even catch
colds at the same time, says Eliska.
Women Fail Goal
“Not one woman in 5,000 gradu
ating from Ohio State university
receives real distinction in her
chosen field,’’ according to the uni
versity’s associate dean of women.
She stated that the reason for
this may lie in the fact that the
women lack ambition, or because
a large percentage of them are
working their way through school
and do not have the time needed
for attaining distinction in their
work.
Anita Louise Talks
Anita Louise, petite blond film
star, and member of Phi Beta, mu
sic and drama honorary, was the
guest speaker at a special dinner
given by the University of South
ern California YWCA group in
honor of its new members. The
dinner was a grand finale to the
organization’s membership drive. ,
Prexy Timber
Dr. Charles F. Renter, professor
of economics at the University of
Michigan, who has been mentioned
as a possible prospect to fill Dr.
C. Valentine Boyer’s vacancy as
president of the University, left
the campus yesterday after a short
visit.
Police Search for
Omega Hall Burglar
Dorm's Strog Box Is
Rifled; $27 Is Taken
By Thief
Oregon State police were today
attempting to find clues which
would lead to the capture of the
burglar who last Wednesday rob
bed Omega hall of about $27.
The money was reported stolen
from the room of the hall’s trea
surer, Jack Townsend, sometime
around noon.
On returning from lunch, Town
send said he found dresser drawers
opened and ransacked, a small tin
box opened and the money which
had been collected from members
of the organization for fall term
dues taken from a wooden box that
had been locked in a desk. ’Town
send said he had been getting the
money ready to place in a safe just
before it was stolen.
Officers of the hall organization
at once reported the theft to Mrs.
Genevieve Turnipseed, director of
dormitories, who turned the case
over to state police. Fingerprints
on the tin box were photographed.
State Fire Marshal
Will Visit Campus
StateDeputy Fire Marshall Jack
A. Hayes will be on the Oregon
campus today and tomorrow mak
ing his annual inspection of all stu
dent living quarters, it, was learned
by Dean Karl Onthank of the per
sonnel division Tuesday.
Mr. Hayes, representing Hugh
H. Earl, state fire marshall, will
investigate all fraternities, sorori
ties, dormitories and private homes
housing two or more students. He
will inspect and test all safety de
vices, extinguishing apparatus and
precautionary measures connected
with living organizations and ex
pressed the desire to confer with
the house president and house
manager of each organization.
TEACHING IN ORIENT
Among the alums, who have
strayed for from the campus, is
Robert S. Hardy, M.A. '33, who has
accepted a teaching position at
Rqbert college in Istanbul, Turkey.
Another alumnus, Sheldon Laur
ance, '32, is teaching in Hilo, Ha
waii.
Rally to Open)
Big Weekend
On Thursday
Homecoming Plans
Talks by Gridders
Songs on Program
At 11 Tomorrow
Oregon’s students will rally
Thursday at 11 a.m. in Gerlingei
hall at a homecoming pep assem
bly, Barney Hall, student body
prsident, announced yesterday. All
University students are welcome.
Headlining the assembly pro
gram will be the introduction oi
Coach Callison and his squad tc
the students. The "sensationa
sophs” of the team will get theii
first opportunity to express theii
feelings about the coming game at
the assembly.
The University band under the
direction of John Stehn will also
be featured at the assembly. Hall
said. A group of choristers formed
from band members will entertain
with Oregon songs.
Plans Detailed
The homecoming committee
headed by Bill Dalton, will be intro
duced to the assembly, and will
detail their plans for homecoming
to the students. The committee
plans to publicize the weekend with
skits depicting the various events
scheduled.
The Oregon Melody Men of 30
voices will sing ‘‘Marching Ore
gon” then attempt to teach the
assembled students the words. This
will be necessary, Hall said, due to
plans for a feature at Saturday's
game calling for students singing
the song.
To Make Coeds
'Pom' Conscious
Now Fort's Plan
A “pom-pom” in every Ore
gon coed’s hand was the cry
raised by Sam Fort, rally chair
man yesterday as be spread a
cordon of workers over the cam
pus to sell the green and yellow
gadgets.
A “pom-pom”, contrary to pop
ular belief, is not something to
eat, but rather a colorful, pa
triotic adornment which every
coed should have, Fort said.
Orders for the “pom-poms” will
be taken by representatives in
each living organization under
the direction of Betty Lou Drake.
They will sell for ten cents each.
Kwamas will take charge of the
sale on the dampus. The idea
was originated by ‘June Brown.
Men's Pool Closed
For Repairs; Will Be
Opened Thursday
The men’s swimming pool, closed
for several days for necessary re
pairs, will continue to be closed
Wednesday, according to advice re
ceived from the physical education
department.
The chlorinating and pumping
system, the cause of the trouble,
were taken apart and readjusted
during the closed period.
All the water was drained from
the pool, and all the tile, both be
low the water line and above,
thoroughly scrubbed. Brass is also
being polishedf
Water is being run in now, but
owing to the quantity of water
necessary to fill the pool it will
take some time before the tank is
ready.
Famed Printer to Dedicate Libe
John Henry Nash, above, San Francisco printer is noted, among
other things, for his “fine” printing. On Sunday afternoon however he
will change his role from maker of books to talker of hooks when
he acts as chief speaker on the program dedicating the new libe.
Original Libe Books
On Display Saturday
The costly elegance and cultural atmosphere of the University of
Orgon’s shining new library make a strange and over-towering com
parison to the first University library, the foundation for which was
donated by Henry Villard, Oregon railroad magnate, in 1882. This
nucleus of Oregon’s library, infinitesmal beside the present day’s huge
Harold Faunt Heads
Student Committee
Group to Raise Funds
To Furnish Library
Browsing Room
Harold Faunt has been appoint
ed by Barney Hall, student body
president, as chairman of a student
committee, in charge of the final
drive for funds to furnish the
browsing room of the new library.
Faunt is working with Mrs. Irene
Gerlinger, who is in charge of rais
ing funds in Portland, and who has
promised the last $1,000 when the
students have raised the $9,000. It
will be necessary for the students
to raise at least $1,500, Faunt said
in speaking of his plans for the
drive.
The browsing room Is now being
furnished with furniture borrowed
from Gerlinger hall. When the
room is furnished it will have deep
rugs, comfortable chairs and dav
enports, and other aids to students
who wish to read. The browsing
room is to include the Burt Brown
Barker collection and the Burgess
collection of rare books.
A collection will be taken at the
Oregon State game on Saturday.
FROSH YELL KINGS NAMED
Paul Cushing, yell leader, last
night announced Woody Slater and
Sid Kauffman as the yell leaders
for the freshman class. Practices
with them will be arranged some
time after homecoming, he said.
circulation, will be on display in
the library before the formal dedi
cation.
A letter from Mr. Villard, sent
to the board of regents in 1881, told
them of his grant. In the original,
which has been preserved and is in
the new library, it seems odd to
note that the letter, although mark
ed “dictated,” is written in long
hand. That date, 1881, shows that
it was indeed before typewriters
had come into general use. That
fact alone gives us an idea of the
tremendous progress the Univer
sity has made during the years.
Villard’s Letter
Here is a copy of Henry Villard's
letter:
“Dictated”
Oregon Railway and Navigation
Company
Manager’s office
Portland, Ore.
Oct. 25, 1881.
To the Board of Regents of the
Oregon State University:
I beg to confirm herewith my
promises of pecuniary aid made at
our conference on yesterday as fol
lows.
1. That I Will donate $1,000 for
the purpose of providing additional
philosophical and chemical appa
ratus. I desire that in the disburse
ment of this sum for the purpose
stated the Board be guided by the
recommendations of the Profes
sors of Natural Philosophy and
Chemistry.
2. That I will give $1000. for the
foundation of a library for the Uni
versity. I will personally under
take to have the most suitable
works of reference selected by
I competent experts.
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UO Enrollment
Hits New High
For Fall Term
Soph Class Is Largest
With 1156 Students;
Total lor All May Be
3125 for Quarter
With a few more students yet
to register before the books are
finally closed, enrollment at the
University of Oregon climbed to a
new all-time high for fall term,
and showed a considerable increase
over the fall term of 1936, it was
announced here today by C. L.
Constance, assistant registrar.
Enrollment on October 19 had
reached 3,113, breaking the pre
vious fall record of 3,095, set in
1930. Last year total registration
for the fall term was 2,904.
A substantial gain in men stu
dents over both the record and the
mark of last fall term was the
most outstanding figure noted.
Men students this fall now total
1944, compared to the previous rec
ord of 1741 in 1930, and 1702 for
fall term a year ago. Women this
fall showed a slight decrease, from
1202 last fall to 1189, although late
registrations may still bring this
figure up to “par.”
Frosh Lacks 6
The freshman class lacks only
six students of equalling the mark
set in the fall of 1930 of 1055, and
late registrations may top the for
mer record. Last year the total
was 973.
The sophomore class gained the
distinction as the largest in the
University, with 1156 members, a
new all-time record, since in 1930
the total was 1093, and last year
was 1059.
New students, numbering 1233,
also set a new record, passing that
of 1930, when 1216 enrolled for
the first time. Last year’s mark
was 1166.
Business administration, with a
new record high of 860, leads all
schools or colleges on the campus,
with journalism at 315 and physi
cal education with 170 also setting
new records.
A total registration of approxi
mately 3125 is anticipated by the
end of the term, since more than
a dozen students enrolled after
this date a year ago, Mr. Con
stance points out.
Weekend Keynoted
In Emerald Program
Giving students a taste of the
highlights of the homecoming
weeknid program was the keynot
of last night’s Emerald of the Air
broadcast.
Following the regular news
broadcast by Harry Lehrbach, Don
Kennedy introduced none other
than Paul White, in a transcrip
tion, of course. The moastro’s band
played several swingy rhythms
with vocalizations by men and wo
men singers.
in the Igloo Sunday afternoon.
With the crowd cheering and
rooters’ colors flashing, the Ducks
and the Beavers trotted out upon
the turf of Hayward field ready to
begin their annual football classic
this Saturday—such was the final
touch in the program of headlines.
The imaginative pre-game broad
cast was made by Don Kennedy
with all the appropriate sound
effects.
The Emerald will go on the air
again Friday night at 8:30 with
another homecoming program.
Greek-Letter Pledges Hold Ceneral Walkout
A general strike for “better
hours and lower assignments,” as
the Phi Psi pledges put it, by the
freshmen of six houses on the cam
pus put the living activities in
those places into an uproar last
night.
Following the walkout by the
Delts night before last the Phi
Delta, Sigma Nus, and the Phi
Psis raised mild hell by turning
the houses topsy turvy and run
ning off with the Alpha Phis, Tri
Delts, and the Chi Omegas to an
evening of fun and frolic when
they should have been home study
ing.
Things were in a terrible mess
at the Phi Psi house when the Em
erald reporter waded into the
place. A flower pot had been
crashed onto the floor littered with
paper and feathers and paper
streamers criss-crossed the room
and chairs and tables were over
turned and the windows smeared
with tallow.
Furthermore the pledges ran off
with both the front and side door
and the stove and not only that but
the senior chair. Feathers was the
theme of that mess. Feathers
from the attic to the living room,
feathers scattered over a deep lit
ter of paper.
The Phi Psi president welcomed
the reporters with a bandage over
his right eye and an expectant
gleam in his eye. “There will be
millracing,” it was announced as
the boys added a little more wax
to the windows for the unfortunate
frosh to clean off when they re
turn.
An unidentified man who claimed
to be a Phi Psi pledge called the
Emerald earlier in the evening and
informed that the pledges had
thrown George Varoff into the ash
bin but that rumor was emphati
cally denied by that gentleman.
The unknown one also blithely in
formed the Emerald that the pledg
es were not coming back for two
days and that they were spending
■the time at Siltcoos lake.
“They’ll get theirs waxed,” was
the violent threat from the Sigma
Nu house when asked about this
walkout deal. In that house, too,
feathers and papers were scattered
about when the reporters had
walked in. The Sigma Nu pledges
had taken it on the lam when they
had been called to stand inspection,
an idious task to them. They had
spent the early part of the eve
ning dancing at Mammy’s shack,
with the Chi O’s and the Tri Delts.
They claim that they had to drive
out the Phi Psi boys during the
course of the evening.
In the Phi Delt house the radio
and the stove were rendered hay
wire and the beds in the sleeping
porch thoroughly turned over. It
was rumored and the Emerald
could not confirm it that the pledg
es from the barn went up the Mc
Kenzie for their party.
Luncheon Cancelled
By Bill Dalton After
Managers Protest
Organizations Oppose 'Head Tax' for
Campus Functions; Start Plans to Organize
Along Former Lines
Announcement was made yesterday by Bill Dalton, general
chairman for homecoming weekend, that the campus luncheon
scheduled for Saturday will not be held. The announcement
came following the afternoon meeting of house managers called
by Bob Goodfellow to nrotest the latest in “ fraternity-must
Gals Still Plead
For Men to Buy
Beautiful Mums
Mums in yellow and green—
one of every size, kind, ar.d de
scription; all you have to do is
plunk down the necessary four
bits, six bits, or to the tune of
one smacker to make the girl
friend or your mother happy.
An old tradition that is nec
essary for a coed’s complete en
joyment at any football game
and with the annual grid clash
of Oregon and Oregon State it is
practically a requirement.
This mum sale is under the
sponsorship of AWS and mums
are obtainable from any mem
ber of the AWS speakers' com
mittee and a representative has
been appointed in every coed's,
living organization to take or
ders. The girl selling the most
mums in any living organization
will be entitled to a free mum.
Professors and personnel on
campus are also being contacted
with a special campus sale with
Aida Macchi in charge. Harriet
Sarazin is general chairman.
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Ohmart Visits U of C
To Plan Co-op Meet
Hopes to Hold Coast
Conference During
Xmas Vacation
Howard V. Ohmart, general man
ager of the two units of Campbell
Co-op, men's living organization on
the campus, left last night for
California where he will visit simi
lar cooperative living organizations
in the vicinity of Sun Francsico in
the hope of effecting a coast con
ference here during the Christmas
vacation.
Heading the itinerary will be a
visit to the largest co-op on the
coast at the University of Califor
nia in Berkeley where 500 students
live. While there Mr. Ohmart will
observe the particular Rochdale
cooperative principles and tech
niques employed by the Califor
nians and will attempt to offer in
exchange the successful methods
used in the three years of Camp
bell Co-op’s existence.
Provided a conference is arrang
| ed for the Eugene campus, local
cooperators hope that a Pacific
coast organization will be formu
lated to advance western coopera
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WPA Workers Near
End of Sidewalk,
Landscape Project
Finishing touches are being ap
plied this week to the latest cam
pus landscaping project, which in
cludes the area between Johnson
and Susan Campbell halls.
Included in the work, which is
under the direction of F. A. Cuth
bert, University landscape archi
tect, is a new concrete walk from
Johnson to Susan Campbell, with
concrete curbing built in at several
points.
The driveway to Susan Campbell
has been graded and surfaced with
oil, and a diminutive “island” now
occupies the center of the turn
around at that hall.
The "nose" of the terrace, which
is between the new walk and the
driveway, will be covered with
turf from the more level part of
the green, which turf will be re
placed by seeding.
WPA labor was used throughout.
pay” assessments made for the
weekend deal. Plans were made to
re-organize the house managers’
council along lines it formerly held
as the financial power of the cam
pus.
Casing of the protest meeting by
the managers came as a result of
their unwillingness to accept an
other tax without first being con
sulted. A preliminary caucus of
several managers Monday revealed
that they would oppose the new
tax of twenty-five cents per head
for organization and dormitory
members which was levied by the
weekend committee.
Saturday Lunch for Alums
Reasons for the abandonment of
the all-campus spread, as stated by
Bill Dalton, was that too many
living organizations use Saturday
lunches a get-togethers with their
alumni.
Mel Rooney, Sigma Chi manager,
was appointed chairman and an
nounced he will appoint a com
mittee later to draw up a constitu
tion to present at a meeting next
week.
A protest was made against the
statement in yesterday’s Emerald
concerning the independent men
not paying their share of luncheon
fees. The independents referred to
as getting free meals are those
living outside of regular organiza
tions.
Set Forth'Purpose
The purpose of the new council
as set forth today is—mutual co
operation and benefits in meeting
and presenting problems to the
managers, to find ways to cut ex
penses and profit by mistakes, and
to gain control over the interfra
ternity council and organizations
on the campus that come to fra
ternities for donations.
The group would also try to get
a representation on the council.
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Mortar Board to
Welcome Director
Mrs. George Clark Davis, Jr.,
sectional director of the United
States Mortar Board, will be a vis
itor on the campus Wednesday and
Thursday.
Eugene Mortar Board members
will meet Mrs. Davis and nine
members of the Corvallis Mortar
Board this morning. The group
will lunch at the Osburn hotel.
A model initiation will be put on
i by Mrs. Davis at a dessert party,
tonight at 7:30, at the home of
Mrs. F. M. Hunter, wife of the
chancellor.
Thursday evening Mrs. Davi3
shares honors with Mrs. Gordon
Burk, province director from Vic
toria, B. C., at a Gamma Phi re
ception.
Mrs. Davis spent yesterday vis
iting the Oregon State campus.
Hayes Will Confer
At Teachers' Meet
Miss Hayes of the extension de
partment will leave Thursday to
confer with teachers at the teach
ers institute at Astoria—a joint
meeting of Clatsop and Tillamook
county teachers, who are interest
ed in correspondence courses.
Teachers who have graduated from
normal schools and are working
for a degree at the University or
at State College often use corre
spondence courses to complete re
quirements for graduation. A
graduate normal teacher usually
enters the University as a junior,
and takes several courses along
with teaching.
October 28-29, Miss Hayes will
attend the teachers' institute in
Ashland. It is a joint meeting of
Curry, Jackson, Josephine, Klam
ath, and Lake counties.