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Sigma Delta Chi Pledges to Revive Traditional Talks ©regon Weekend Keynote To Be Sounded at Gerlinger Assembly NUMBER 17 VOLUME XXXIX UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1937 Date Bureau IsEstablishec On Campus Dean Approves Plans Organized at UO Bill Duke; Office tc Be in Gerlinger There will be no excuse for stu dents, or alumni, desiring dates tc Paul Whiteman's dance Friday no! having them . . . now that a “hello’ bureau has at last been establishec on the campus. Hazel P. Schwer ing, dean of women, gave her ap proval to the suggested bureau a' a meeting yesterday. The “hello bureau,” organized by Bill Duke, senior in business ad ministration, with the assistance of Catherine Crane and Pau Smouse, will have a temporary of fice in Gerlinger hall to meet the needs of homecoming vfeekend. Dates Available Those persons desiring to con tact dates for the dance or othei weekend events can get in touct with the bureau between 3 anc 5:30 afternoons and from 6:45 tc 9:30 evenings. Bill Duke believes the “hello bu reau” should go over on this cam pus. Speaking for himself and his co-workers he said yesterday, “Af ter arriving on the campus we were impressed with the difficul ties of getting acquainted. It oc curred to us then that there was a definite place at Oregon for a hellc bureau or similar organization.’ Will Aid Students Date bureaus have flourished or other campuses. Duke believes the bureau will give students a bettec chance of getting dates for dances and other functions for whict dates are essential. Now how do you go about get ting a date? Any student so desir ing can get in touch with the bu reau and leave his or her name tc be put on the files along with cer tain statistical information aboul the student. (Name, sex, genera: characteristics, course major. 1 This information will be filed al no charge to the student. Students who want dates wi! call in to the bureau, be fixed up and all for the nominal charge o! 25 cents. This charge is being made to pay for organizing and op erating expenses. “The bureau is not being forme< as a profit-making enterprise,’ Duke emphatically states, “but is to fill the need for such an organi zation on this campus. Women, Papers Are Alike, Says Kansas Daily By ALYCE ROGERS From Kansas State college comes this unique comparison of newspapers and women: “They have forms. They are bold face type. They always have the last word. Back numbers are not in de mand. They have a great deal of influ ence. They are well worth looking over. You cannot believe everything they say. They carry the news wherever they go. If they know anything, they us ually tell it. They are never afraid to speak their own mind. They are much thinner than they used to be. Every man should have one o1 his own and not borrow his neigh bor’s.” A True Sampson “Then there’s the senior,” say: an Indiana Daily Student column ist, “who thought he was using hi1 roommate’s blade in his razor. Hi shaved twice before he discoverer there was not blade at all.” Blue and gold firetrucks and firi equipment is the present rage a the University of California a Berkeley to protect *hem fron Stanford’s rallies. Confiscation o streetcars along with the fir equipment has been a steady die of Stanford's rah-rah boys due ti the cardinal hue of such minut items, their campus color. Mayb it'll be a blue and gold town yet Wonder what Eugene equipmen would look like yellow and green On Comeback Trail Amelita Galli-Curcl, famed throughout the world for her remark able voice, will appear on the campus this Sunday as the last attraction on Oregon’s biggest homecoming program. Coed Escapes] 9 i From Clutches t i Of Marauder An unidentified man leaped from the shadows of the side street at Sixteenth and Alder and attempted to molest a coed about 8:30 lasst night. The man lunged and grabbd the girl. She struggled with him and, badly frightened, escaped to run down the street. Her assail ant pursued her for some dis tance, she declared. Safe with friends, the sobbing and nervous coed said she had ; just left her sorority alone to walk down to the campus. The marauder was scantily attired, she revealed. Neutrality Issue to Be Symposium Topic American neutrality has been chosen as the regular discussion topic of the women’s symposium. The group is trying to arrange symposiums with University of Washington and University of Cal ifornia teams, according to D. E. Hargis, instructor in speech. A more extensive program of tours are being planned also, Mr. Hargis said. The group meets every Tuesday. There is still chance for anyone in terested to tryout for the sympo sium, Mr. Hargis stated. Visiting Librarians To Attend Dedication Several California and Washing ton librarians, and a number from Oregon, will be present at the dedi cation services of the new library Sunday, October 24. From California will come W. H. Kerr, librarian of Claremont col lege, Claremont, California. C. W. Smith, Mrs. Marie Alfonso of the librarian school, and Miss Siri An drews, all of the University of Washington at Seattle will be pres ent. Among the Oregon librarians will be Miss Harriet C. Long, state librarian, Miss Hazel Johnson, li brarian at Heed college in Portland, Miss Nell Unger, librarian of the Portland Library association, and Miss Lucy N. Lewis, director of the library of the Oregon state system of higher education at Corvallis. There will be various visiting staff members of other libraries. Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Douglass will have a buffet lunch in the staff room of the new library, Sunday noon for these visitors. Greeter Committee To Be on Tap Friday Oregon’s official greeter commit tee will function again Friday when they offer official welcome to Paul Whiteman, king of jazz, and his 30-piece band. Whiteman Still!'King' Music Dean Opines Paul Whiteman has never been dethroned as the “King of Jazz,’ in the opinion of Dean John J. Landsbury of the school of music. The ponderous maestro is not only tops in the opinion of the dear, but his band members are skilled enough to be valued members of any symphony orchestra in the land, Landsbury declared. Cornish Reports 'Y' Drive Progressing Francis Beck, executive secre tary for the YMCA, announced yes terday that the financial drive is , well under way and is progressing [ more rapidly than the drive of last year. “At present the workers are ■ confining their efforts to the city ; of Eugene,” he said. Four teams have already com pleted their canvassing. They found : considerable interest manifested in > the YM program for the present t year, and individuals contacted > were very liberal in giving. ; Dr. N. H. Cornish, chairman of ; the finance committee, states that ’ very pleasing progress has been t made toward the goal of $1200 for ’ the school year. An Artistv "yes:"— “You know,” Dean Landsbury confided, “almost everyone seems to think that I have no use fo: any music not of the classical, ami what we might call ‘legitimate school. Nothing could be furthei from the truth. I judge each typs of music in its own field. Anc Paul Whiteman is undoubtedly ar artist of the highest type in his chosen department.” Waring Praises Need of a course in popular mu sic at the University was expres sed by the dean who declared tha! such a course might be considerec when money is obtained to support properly the musical work to whict the school is already committed. Andre Kostalanetz and Fret Waring were also mentioned a: men who have achieved a higi degree of skill and artistic succe3: jin the realm of popular music. Williams Longs for Old Spirit and Pep For Oregon Games Winding Serpentine, Huge Bonfire, Noise And Vim, Vigor and Vitality Keynote of Days That Laid Foundation of Traditions Describing a campus steeped in tradition with loyalty to the tenm and the University on every side, Baz Williams, prominent Oregon alumni and a Eugene citizen who was a guard on the 1919 Oregon Rosebowl team, told of the homecoming put on in former years. rr<_fknt cnivif nrirl turn nf thf* most mitstnndin? were thnt an Oregon team was never to he beaten on their home field and Williams stated that this fact was so imorinted that never during that time did an Oregon team go down to defeat. The other one was that you should never be the first cne injured, as in those days the team was small and injuries had to be few. Starting the festivities of the weekend, as in the present home coming, the rally, bonfire, and noise parade were held on Friday night. All students congregated at the Sigma Chi corner donning loud pajamas and putting them over their clothes, others blacked them selves up to look like negroes, and the funniest sort of costumes were always in demand. Serpentine and Noise The line of march consisted of the noise floats as the vanguard, j with all the students following en mass immediately behind in one tremendous serpentine. This ser pentine went through every thea tre and amusement place in town and completely stopped traffic on I Willamette. At 8th and Willamette the ser pentine coiled up in one group and gave the Oregon yells, uncoiled and continued up to Eleventh and Kin I caid where the bonfire was laid on Kincaid field, which is now the present site of the new library. Bonfires were not only traditions but were real things in those days. They were massive structures which were braced by eight tele (Please turn to page four) Class Cutters? No, Art Studes Hard at Work Yesterday was a perfect day to cut classes. There were also quite a few students seen sitting on the bleachers by the race. The casual observers probably put two and two together and con cluded that they were “skip pers.” But this time they were wrong. Those students were by no means idle. You see they were students from the art school and the teacher, though not there constantly, dashed over now and then to see how the work was going. Dr. Parsons Writes For Planning Annual Dr. Philip A. Parsons, head of the sociology department, has re ceived a copy of the 1937 American planning and civil annual which contains a chapter written by him, “County and Community Planning in Oregon.” The chapter gives a brief history of the Oregon state planning board ■ since its inception at the begin ning of the Roosevelt administra tion. Dr. Parson has been a leader in planning work throughout the state. O Men Plan Annual March for Saturday With one of the largest groups of alumni in history coming home to honor Oregon this weekend, all plans have been made for active and past members of the Order of the O to make their annual march around the field preceding the Oregon-Oregon State grid clash Saturday. “All Order of the O men will gather outside the stadium and come Rally Program Installs Human Interest Anglej Lauding Oregon’s homecoming weekend, KOIN by direct wire will conduct a half-hour program from 9:00 to 9:30 Friday night with Freed Bales, as chairman for the broadcast who is respon sible for arrangements and con tacts. This will be a rally program and will go towards boosting the football game with a human in terest angle that has never been tried before. Mothers of the play ers and wives of the coaches will be interviewed on their idea of the game and what they think. The broadcast will be held at the home of Skeet Manerud, a prominent alumni of the Univer sity. Some of the old grads and for mer football players will make a few remarks and what they think of this year’s team. Greetings will be extended by Barney Hall, student body presi dent and Bill Dalton, general chairman for homecoming week end. Samples of the noise from two of the best floats in the rally parade will blast radio land’s wires. A quartet number will be sung- by the Sherry Ross quartet featuring Oregon songs in addi tion to Oregon’s new song, “Marching Oregon.” BULLETIN Materials gathered for the homecoming fire were set off by unknown persons at 12:30 last 1 night. City firemen, arriving quickly on the scene, had the blaze out before much damage ; had been done. Ill UliUUgll w. - march around the track once, then they will take their seats of honor in the grandstand in a special bleacher section of the grandstand behind the Oregon State players’ bench,” stated Colonel Bill Hay ward. Among the prominent alumni will be Charles “Beauty” Robinson, former yell leader, who will speak also at the rally; Ed Bailey, a for mer tackle who played on one of ; the greatest service teams of the United States, ran for governor of the state, and comes from Port land; and Shv Huntington, Hollis Huntington, Kenny Bartlett, and Baz Williams, all of whom are members of Oregon’s Rose* bowl aggregation of 1916 and 1919. Hayward voluntarily spoke on the Oregon spirit. Coming to the University in an era when tradi tions were kept and a greater Ore gon was more important than any thing else, he said that it was hard to define it to the present day college student. “It is something that comes to you—that vou can reach up and pull out of the air, and suddenly iyou realize that you are doing and feeling something that formerly vou'd never dream of doing — it runs up your spine,” said the colonel. His hope Is that they will school the present day student in this spirit from days past, and he be lieves this is the only way that Oregon c£n fully come into the loyalty and spirit of a traditional campus. He spoke of the old days when it was compulsory for every member of any organization to attend ral lies and the cry was “not a soul in the house but the cook,” and she would probably go. The ATO house, which used to be located near Willamette, had a Chinese cook who when rally night came would say “No suppa, evly body go to rally” and all good members and the cook would al ways be present. Whiteman’s Band Unable to Secure Rooms in Eugene 'Biggest Weekend' Plans to Be Told al 11 o'Clock Meeting In Gerlinger “Oregon’s b i g g e s t weekend" plans will be outlined in detail at tbe homecoming' pen assembly in Gerlinger at 11 o'clock this morn ing bv Bill Dalton, general chair man for the event. The entire weekend committee intends to give students a “ore view showing” of the various events scheduled for the three-day celebration. Team on Hand Providing the part of the pro gram publicizing the "little civil war” Saturday between Oregon and State. Prink Oallison will have his sound on hand. Giving them a chance to tell their plans for the coming game, will also mean the first introduction for the “sensa tional sophs.” Tt is probable that the “touchdown twins," Gravbeal and Smith will make their first showing in public since receiving their name from coast sports writ ers. Band to Play Barnev Hall, student bodv presi dent. has announced that the pep parade will be helped with liberal portions of music bv the Oregon band, and songs by band members. An attempt to teach the words of “Marching Oregon” to the stu dents will be made by the Oregon Melody Men, led by Hal Young. Plans are being pushed to give the song its first public hearing Satur day at the game. A WS Reports Con tin ued Sale Of Game Mums Pinal orders will be taken for the AWS-sponsored mum sale until late tonight, according to Harriet Sarazin, general chair man of the sale. Mums will be sold today from 9 to 5 o’clock in a booth between Oregon and Commerce halls be sides in the living organizations. Members of the AWS speakers’ committee also are taking the orders. Mums in every size and color —of yellow and green — will be the fashion as well as a tradi tion to be observed at Saturday’s game. The “mighty little civil war” is the one event of the year when no girl can enjoy herself beside her “orange-mummed” sister from Corvallis. Prices for the little bundles of happiness range from four bits to six bits to a dollar. Burgess Rare Book Collection to Open Being- exhibited for homecominc weekend, the Burgess rare booh collection will be housed in a roon near the reserve lobby in the easl end of the library, according to li brary officials. Special shelves have been made for the Burgess collection, as thej are divided into several sections. Books in one set of shelves ar( the oldest in the collection, anc there are some hand-printed manu scripts. Another section is mad< up of the Barker group, containing the more modern books on Englisl and American literature. Severa of these are books that once be longed to Stevenson, Browning and Shelley. Homecoming Tilt Ticket Exchange Closes Thursday The deadline for obtaining ex change tickets for the home coming game is Thursday night. Students who wish tickets must get them at the ticket office at McArthur court before that time. Beta's Can Hit Books; Brink' Has Returned Boys at the Beta house were able to resume studies last night, a great load having been lifted from their collective minds. The cause? "Prink" was with them again. Prink disappeared on Sunday. I When he didn’t show up on Mon • day, then Tuesday, the fellows began to get uneasy. Especially Don Kennedy, Prink’s best friend. Things just weren't the same at the big brick house on the race without Prink. About eight o'clock last night n stranger appeared at the Beta house. And with him, Prink, the tiny wire-haired terrier . . . mas cot of the Webfoot team, named after—you guessed it. Mussolini. Famous Author To Pay University Visit Edison Marshall, nationally known author and former Oregon student, may be a visitor on the campus sometime during the school year, Professor W. F. G. Thacher I said yesterday. He recently received a telegram from his former pupil in which the author admitted a longing for familiar Oregon scenes but said that his wife’s refusal to allow him | to fly and the postponement of a i Hollywood business trip have made the date of his arrival here uncer tain. Possibility that the annual Edi son Marshall prize of $50 for the best short story written by a Uni versity student may be raised was indicated by the wire, Professor Thacher said, although the size of the potential raise was not given. GRAD IN HOLLYWOOD Herbert L. Larson, drama editor of the Portland Oregonian, who was graduated from the Univer sity in 1923, is now in Hollywood writing a series of articles on the motion picture industry. Now Thin Leader Is Rated Best in Dance Orchestra Field; to Play Till 1 o'Clock By special permission of the stu dent affairs committee, Oregon will dance to the music of Paul White man’s orchestra until 1 o’clock Fri day night but the famous band and leader will still have some tall travelling to do before they hit the hay. Because of the crowded condi tions in Eugene no space will be available for the band. Whiteman wired ahead to reserve 20 rooms, found no accomodations available and decided to drive on to Portland where they play their next en gagement. ASUO dance committee mem bers indicated yesterday sale of tickets had been brisk. Although the special train from Oregon State will not leave Corvallis until Sat urday morning, many students are planning to motor over for the homecoming dance. Whiteman But Shadow Although the genial Whiteman is but a shadow of his former self since he lost 130 pounds by "not living for three months,” reports from California where his band has been performing indicate that it has not suffered. Reviews have been enthusiastic wherever they appeared. The story of Whiteman's success with bands has become a saga. For the last ten years he has been at the top of the list of dance bands. Whiteman was the first band direc tor to see the possibilities for sym phonic production in American jazz. Popularized “Rhapsody” His orchestra popularized Gersh win’s "Rhapsody in Blue” as a jazz symphony. The calibre of his mu sic has led critics to declare that he could achieve the pinnacle of success in the concert field if he concentrated upon it. Whiteman has been a big name in the dance band field ever since the war period. The organization he now directs is one of the oldest in the business. See you at the game Saturday. Infirmary Inspires Embryo Rhymsters By BILL RALSTON Longfellow? Wadsworth? Stevenson? or just another poetry crazed freshman ? At any event a new source of lyric achievement has been discovered—maybe. Some energetic bed-stricken patients at the infirmary seem tc have a knack for poem writing, from this evi rlpnrp ---———— From the Heart? Poetry, you know, is supposed to be “straight from the heart” but the following bit of rhyme (our regrets to the author) might have been written under the influ ence of very high blood pressure. Although it wouldn’t be fair to give you the name of the author who wrote the following collection of thoughts in words, it is perfectly okay to say that he is one of the present patients at the infirmary. To My Nurse 0 snowy maiden with heart so pure, You take my temperature. My heart goes out to one so white, Always on hand, both day and night. Your constant love and ceaseless care All touch my heart. I know not where I lie. And yet so cold you are. You seem a frozen distant star. 1 long to reach your other side. It can’t be done, I know. I’ve tried. In vain I seek to strike the key— That opens up your heart to me. And so I lie here counting hours Till when I walk again ’mong many flowers. But why must nurses be so cold, To me just ’cause I’m not so old. Theatergoers Get Reduced Seat Rates Mrs. Ottilie Turnbull Seybolt has announced that this year spec ial subscription cards will be avail able which will entitle the holder to a reserved seat at five Univer sity theater productions for what four reserved seat tickets would ordinarily cost. The tickets sell for $2.00. For further information anyone interested should see Roy Schwartz, drama secretary, in Johnson hall. The box office sales of tickets for "Roadside” will be open Octo ber 26 at 10 o’clock. Reservations for the formal opening Friday night October 29 may be made at any time by seeing Walden Boyle, Roy Schwartz, or Mrs. Seybolt. Janet Felt has been chosen to play the part of the meddlesome Mrs. Foster in the "Roadside” pro duction. BOSSING ATTENDS MEETING Dr. Nelson L. Bossing will at tend a committee meeting of the state teachers’ placement agency, Friday afternoon, at Portland. The meeting will be held to plan the program for the fall meeting of the association.